Societe Generale
Reference number: 124866
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
Check their details
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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One Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4SG, United Kingdom
- SG Corporate and Investment Banking
- SGSS
- Societe Generale Securities Services
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- FC000268
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Overseas company
- Incorporated
- 1 January 1993 (33 years old)
- Registered office
- 29 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 75009, France
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| France Houssaye | Director | Jul 1967 | 31 Mar 2009 |
| Alexandra Schaapveld | Director | Sep 1958 | 22 May 2013 |
| Lorenzo Bini Smaghi | Director | Nov 1956 | 20 May 2014 |
| Lubomira Rochet | Director | May 1977 | 23 May 2017 |
| William Leon Connelly | Director | Feb 1958 | 23 Jun 2017 |
| Philippe Aymerich | Director | Aug 1965 | 14 May 2018 |
| Diane Fabienne Marie Cote | Director | Dec 1963 | 23 May 2018 |
| Jerome Contamine | Director | Nov 1957 | 23 May 2018 |
| Annette Hildegard Messemer | Director | Aug 1964 | 19 May 2020 |
| Sebastien Michel Jacques Marie Wetter | Director | Jul 1971 | 18 May 2021 |
| Henri Marie Xavier Olivier Poupart-Lafarge | Director | Apr 1969 | 18 May 2021 |
| Johan Amaury Praud | Director | Nov 1985 | 18 May 2021 |
| Beatrice Cossa-Dumurgier | Director | Nov 1973 | 23 May 2023 |
| Slawomir Krupa | Director | Jun 1974 | 23 May 2023 |
| Benoit De Ruffray | Director | Jun 1966 | 23 May 2023 |
| Maria Ulrika Margareta Ekman | Director | Oct 1962 | 23 May 2023 |
| Pierre Palmieri | Director | Nov 1962 | 23 May 2023 |
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (3)
- 020 3129 1446
- 020 4572 5631
- 020 8058 4859
Fake email addresses (2)
- johnmoore@societe-generale.online
- johnmoore@societegenerale.de.com
Fake websites (2)
- privatewealth-socgen.co.uk
- societegen-private.com
The 3 FCA warnings these came from
- societegen-private.com 5 September 2025
- societegen-private.com / privatewealth-socgen.co.uk 5 September 2025
- Societe Generale/ societegenerale.de.com / societe-generale.online 6 April 2022
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
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- Accepting Deposits
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Bidding in emissions auctions
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
- Providing information in relation to a regulated benchmark
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
- Sending dematerialised instructions
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
Action taken against them
1 fine in 2010, £1.57m in total. This is part of the official register record and is worth reviewing before going ahead.
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Fined £1.57m on 25 August 2010
On 25 August 2010 the FSA imposed a financial penalty of £1,575,000 on Société Générale UK Branch in respect of breaches of FSA rules set out in chapter SUP 17 of the FSA Handbook which occurred between 5 November 2007 and 24 February 2010 (the Relevant Period). In breach of SUP 17, Société Générale failed to submit correct transaction reports in respect of approximately 18.8 million transactions, an estimated 80% of the Firm's reportable transactions during the Relevant Period. Société Générale also failed to retain at the disposal of the FSA, a proportion of the required, relevant data relating to its transactions over a nine month period. Firms are required to submit accurate and complete transaction reports to enable the FSA to detect and investigate suspected market abuse: insider trading and market manipulation.
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired 4 trading names. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.
Show the retired names
- SG Cowen
- SG Cowen & Co
- SG Investment Banking
- TCW
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