SocGen Steers Independent Course
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The bank may not be such an easy acquisition target after all.
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Societe Generale laid out its defense  ahead of a high-profile money laundering trial due to begin in  Paris on Monday, which could put further pressure on the French  bank as it grapples with the effects of a trading scandal.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken one step closer to a bid for the presidency, taking the helm of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s party.
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French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday that Societe Generale, hit by $7 billion in losses from rogue trades, was not under any pressure to merge with another bank.
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An internal investigation by Societe Generale  into a massive trading loss blamed on a single trader has found controls at the French bank lacked depth, a report published by the bank showed on Wednesday.
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French bank BNP Paribas revealed Thursday it had its eye on crisis-hit Societe Generale, while voices in the European Union were raised against France for vowing to ward off hostile bids.
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France's Societe Generale says fraud was hidden using "sophisticated and varied techniques."
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Speculation of a British bid for Societe Generale, in the face of French opposition to a foreign takeover, pushed shares in SocGen up sharply on Wednesday nearly two weeks after it was plunged into a rogue trading scandal.
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Strong results from Barclays (NYSE:BCS) on Tuesday offset news of further writedowns at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS), while a strong open on Wall Street helped European euqities to a second session of gains.
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BNP Paribas confirmed on Thursday that it was studying a possible bid for Societe Generale, as its fellow French bank reeled from rogue trading losses and France warned off would-be foreign bidders.
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The 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) rogue trader scandal at Societe Generale does not affect the "solidity and reliability of France's financial system," President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday.
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The man at the center of a trading  scandal at Societe Generale said that his activities could not  have gone undetected by the French bank.
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Societe Generale  Chairman  Daniel Bouton told a newspaper the French bank would overcome  its "shock" at having discovered an alleged $7 billion euro  (10.3 billion pound) internal fraud.
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Societe Generale , the French bank hit by a trading scandal, faced further pressure on Monday with a government report set to criticize its risk control and as an unrelated money-laundering trial starts.
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French bank Societe Generale  is mulling a combination with bigger domestic rival BNP Paribas, a French newspaper said on Friday, in a deal which could create a new French national champion in banking.
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Societe Generale, the French bank reeling  from a rogue trading scandal, launched a rights issue at a  steep discount on Monday, aiming to raise 5.5 billion euros  ($7.97 billion) to bolster its balance sheet.
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A deeply discounted $8 billion rights issue from Societe Generale, seen in part as a bid by the scandal-hit French bank to remain independent, has not convinced analysts that it will deter predators.