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Société Générale, Lombard Odier Investment Managers
French banking group Société Générale, through its asset management division Société Générale Investment Solutions (France), has launched a new Tail Risk Hedging Fund. The fund is designed to provide institutional investors with capital appreciation over the long term and particularly in periods of market stress by being exposed to tail risk hedging and carry strategies. The fund is sub-managed by Geneva-based Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) and led by portfolio manager Arnaud Saint-Sauveur, an expert in managing tail-risk strategies.

Called the SG29 MAS – LOIM Tail Risk Fund, this new product aims to help institutional investors' global exposure to financial markets during periods of heightened volatility and unpredictability, providing them with resilience, the firm said in a statement.

The fund is based on the SG LOIM Tail Index, a proprietary index developed jointly by Société Générale‘s Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) platform, SG IS (France), and LOIM. This index brings together Société Générale’s expertise in structuring innovative fund solutions and quantitative strategies with LOIM’s deep experience in designing and managing defensive portfolios.

The launch marks a step in the collaboration between Société Générale and LOIM, combining the strengths of two financial institutions to deliver sophisticated risk management solutions.

“This fund aims to give investors confidence by offering protection against extreme downside scenarios, while mitigating the carry cost across market environments,” Jean-Pascal Porcherot, managing partner at Lombard Odier Group and co-head of LOIM, said.

“This initiative reflects our commitment to innovation in quantitative solutions and to helping clients navigate always more complex markets,” Guillaume Arnaud, global head of QIS at Société Générale, added. “In today’s environment investors are increasingly looking for efficient ways to add tail protection to their portfolios. The fund aims to meet this demand by offering a cost-effective tool that complements core allocations and supports long-term portfolio stability.”

The new fund will be available to professional and institutional investors through Societe Generale Investment Solutions (France).

B2PRIME Group
B2PRIME Group, a financial services firm serving professional clients and institutions, has launched B2PRIME Retail, a division designed to bring institutional-grade technology and infrastructure to individual traders.

Retail clients can now trade contracts for difference (CFDs) across seven asset classes – foreign exchange, metals, indices, commodities, energies, cryptocurrencies and non-deliverable forwards (NDFs), the firm said in a statement.

The company has also secured a DARE licence in The Bahamas, enabling it to provide regulated digital-asset services, including crypto spot and perpetual futures trading for eligible clients, subject to jurisdictional limits.

Clients can choose between two account types: Raw Spread, offering direct institutional spreads with fixed commissions, and Standard, providing tight spreads with zero commission. Trading platforms include B2TRADER, a multi-asset solution with TradingView integration, and cTrader, which offers leverage of up to 1:500, depending on client classification and regulatory restrictions.

B2PRIME Retail operates as a “ring-fenced business” with separate management, systems and governance, maintaining strict information barriers from the institutional arm, it said.

“Retail traders deserve access to the standards of reliability and transparency comparable to those professionals enjoy,” Eugenia Mykuliak, chief executive and founder of B2PRIME Group, said.

The company holds a variety of licences, including CySEC (Cyprus), DFSA (Dubai), FSCA (South Africa), FSC (Mauritius), FSA (Seychelles) and DARE (Bahamas).