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SGCIB finds a niche in Asia's competitive LBO market

Societe Generale's leveraged and acquisition finance team says strong growth in LBOs creates the risk of a downturn.

By Sameera Anand

November 16, 2006

Societe Generale Corporate Investment Banking SGCIB recently enhanced its focus on the leveraged and acquisition finance business in Asia with Pierre-Louis Auzel moving from Paris to head the product for Asia-Pacific. FinanceAsia talks to Auzel and his colleague, Thierry Magnan, head of media and telecom finance Asia-Pacific, about how they see the business developing.

What is the motivation for you to enhance focus on leveraged finance in Asia
Auzel We have an established presence in Asia but setting up a 10-member strong leverage finance team is recent. This reflects our desire to expand our leveraged finance and corporate acquisition business beyond Europe. After we expanded to the US two years ago we came this...

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