Calyon’s international presence in 58 countries
Backed by the Group’s credit ratings and financial solidity, Calyon is now a leading player in financial markets and is ranked among Europe’s Top Ten corporate and investment banks.
Operating in 55 countries, Calyon offers its corporate and financial institution clients a wide range of products and services in capital markets, brokerage, investment banking, structured finance and corporate banking. Calyon’s portfolio of businesses is centred on two major areas: capital markets and investment banking, and financing activities.
The capital markets and investment banking division
The capital markets division covers all aspects of the trading and distribution of both standard and structured capital markets products. Clients are covered through a network of 30 trading rooms with staff organised around seven product lines: treasury, equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, foreign exchange, commodities, debt capital markets and credit markets.
The brokerage division conducts its activities through three subsidiaries: Cheuvreux in Europe and CLSA in Asia in equity markets, and Calyon Financial in futures and options markets.
The investment banking division (Global Investment Banking) groups together the merger and acquisition advisory services for corporate clients and the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) business, which is responsible for equities transactions and structured equity derivatives for corporate clients.
The financing division
Structured finance: project finance, asset-based finance (shipping, aviation and rail), international trade finance (export, trade and commodity finance), real estate and acquisition finance.
Loan syndication.
Corporate banking and cash management.