PARIS - Societe Generale SA says its net profit slumped sharply in the second quarter as the French bank continued with its efforts to meet new international banking capital requirements.
Societe Generale's net profit fell to €433 million ($532 million) in the three months to June, down 42 per cent from €747 million a year earlier.
The bank, which gained notoriety as the victim of convicted fraudster Jerome Kerviel, says profit from corporate and investment banking plummeted more than 70 per cent in the second quarter as the bank took losses disposing of €2.2 billion in collatoralized debt obligations and other risky, capital-intensive assets.
In a statement Wednesday the bank warned that it expects business conditions to "remain uncertain and challenging over the next few quarters."
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