Societe Generale, France's third-largest listed bank, cut its profit targets after the investment and corporate banking sectors suffered a market downturn in the fourth quarter.
The Bank expects tangible assets to return between 9% and 10% in 2020, below its previous target of 11.5%. Societe Generale also said it would not achieve its revenue growth target of 3%. The bank lowered its forecast after its fourth quarter revenue fell by 6.3% to 5.93 billion euros (5.2 billion), in line with analysts'forecasts gathered by the company's data.
Due to the overall market downturn, the company's corporate and investment banking sector's profits fell by more than half in the current quarter.
After its dismal performance in the market, Societe Generale, like its cross-town rival BNP Paribas, decided to cut costs by 500 million euros in its corporate and investment banking sectors. The bank will also sell more assets than planned.
Societe Generale also replaced Jean-Francois Gregoire, deputy chief risk officer, as Frank Drouet, head of market activities.
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