Two years after announcing its creation with the support of several French institutional investors, the agency resulting from the combination of Spread Research and EthiFinance has taken another important step in its development as the leading European agency for integrated financial and sustainability analysis. This involves an expansion of the group of institutional backers and a rebranding of the group's services.

Astorg has entered into an agreement to acquire the majority of shares in Anaqua from funds under the management of Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.

YesWeHack, Europe's leading Bug Bounty platform, announced today it has raised €4 million from Open CNP, the corporate venture program of CNP Assurances, and Normandie Participations. This deal aims at asserting the company's presence in France and accelerate its international development, notably in Europe and Asia.

The re-statement by Santander's chief executive on the 2018 earnings call on January 30 of the group's existing policy to call hybrid instruments on economic terms seems to have been accepted calmly.

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) announces the appointment of Peter McGahan as UK Head of Coverage & Investment Banking, effective 14 January 2019.