France

FRANCE/GERMANY - Société Générale is to provide Allianz-owned AGF with global custody and trustee services to some E70bn assets.

FRANCE - CDC IXIS Asset Management has reorganised its senior management team and appointed Thierry Dissaux as chief executive officer, France.

FRANCE - Société Générale is to provide Allianz-owned AGF with global custody and trustee services to some E70bn assets.

FRANCE/US - Crédit Agricole is to sell its US alternative asset subsidiary LibertyView Capital Management to Neuberger Berman in a bid to focus its efforts on the European securities market.

FRANCE - The small level of funded schemes in France have not suffered as badly as many other funded schemes in Europe from the declining equity markets, mainly due to the late entry into the equity markets for most funds.

FRANCE - Jean-François Boulier has been appointed deputy CIO and head of fixed income at Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management.

FRANCE/NETHERLANDS - La Mondiale, the French mutual life insurance and pensions company, and Dutch global life insurers Aegon have joined forces in a bid to seize a share of Europe's private pensions market.

FRANCE/KOREA - BNP Paribas Asset Management has signed a 50/50 joint venture deal with Korea's Shinhan Financial Group to set up a new investment trust management company.

FRANCE - BNP Paribas Group, Frances biggest bank, posted a net income of just over E1bn for the second quarter, a drop of 13% on the corresponding period last year.

BENELUX/FRANCE/GERMANY/ITALY - Nearly one quarter of institutional investors are dissatisfied with the performance of their asset managers, according to the latest European Institutional Asset Management Survey (EIAMS) by Invesco.