SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Raising capital has become "fundamentally impossible" for European banks, the chairman and CEO of France's Societe Generale said on Friday, in a stark reflection of the concern over the health of banks in the region.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Raising capital has become "fundamentally impossible" for European banks, the chairman and CEO of France's Societe Generale said on Friday, in a stark reflection of the concern over the health of banks in the region. "Investors lack confidence," Frederic Oudeahe told a financial forum in Shanghai. "Raising capital today is fundamentally impossible." Europe's widening debt crisis has left many of the continent's banks strapped for cash and dependent on the European Central Bank. ...
Raising capital has become "fundamentally impossible" for European banks, the chairman and CEO of France's Societe Generale said on Friday, in a stark reflection of the concern over the health ...
Magicians at the ECB have temporarily convinced market participants that Europe is in some sort of recovery. It isn't.
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"Debt Doom Loop in Spain"
Société Générale SA (SCGLY.PK)
Q1 2013 Earnings Call
May 7, 2013 6:30 AM ET
Executives
Frédéric Oudéa – Chairman and CEO
Philippe Heim – Group CFO
Didier Hauguel – Head of Specialised Financial Services and Insurance and Group Chief Country Officer for Russia
Laurent Goutard – Head of Societe Generale Retail Banking, France
Analysts
Delphine Lee – JP Morgan