The subsidiary of the French bank expects an exponential growth in the number of issuances and the traded notional via blockchain as the cost of issuance, settlement, clearing and reconciliation will be reduced significantly.

Following his recent appointment as head of sales Société Générale-FORGE, SRP caught up with Guillaume Chatain (pictured) about the progress of blockchain in the structured products market and the activities of the subsidiary of Société Générale dedicated to cryptoassets. Structured products are the right financial instruments to start experiencing blockchain as a new infrastructure for securities to be issued, traded and settled - Guilla