 PROFILE |
 Uniquely Positioned |
As an integrated regional stock market brokerage firm set up in Abidjan, SGI Hudson & Cie (Hudson) is the preferential intermediary between West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA ) countries and international investors.
Member of the regional stock market (Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilière), Hudson is an independent brokerage firm.
It plays a leading role in its various areas of activity including investement banking, research, portfolio management. With a network of correspondents in London and New York, Hudson offers the financial markets inetrnational vision.
Hudson is the the Société Financière Internationale's (SFI) correspondent.
Hudson offers its services and its technical know-how to companies, financial institutions, governements and to high calibre individuals throughout the Union (UEMOA).
| Advice and Financial Engineering |
Thanks to its Advisory Departement and its Financial Engineering, Hudson offers companies and governements investment banking services. These services include financial advice within the framework of mergers and acquisitions, privatizations or still restructurations.
Hudson also provides advice in taking up of stock such as floatations, bond issues and liquidities programmes.
Within the framework of its strategic advice services, Hudson guarantees technical assistance in implementing companies' strategies based on the creation of stockholding value.
Hudson, therefor, proposes thourough analysis and evaluation which aim to support its clients in the achivement of their projects.
| Risk Management |
Risk management is part of the company's activities . Hudson has developed rules and procedures in order to identify, control, and regulate the inherent risks to its trading activities, brokerage and investement banking.
Hudson's main risks are market, credit, liquidity, judicial and operational risks.
The optimum portfolio management of the firms activities
helps reduce the impact that the volatility of a
particular sector may have on its global revenues. |
| Job Integration |
By espcially emphasizing orginality and research, Hudson has developed into an investement and market bank.
The integration of these various roles helps permanently provide clients with a wide range of services adapted to their needs.
| Research |
The market and investment bank's activities are fully supported by research that helps Hudson provide its clents with reliable financial information. The research activities have allowed Hudson to become a leader in terms of financial analysis thanks to the creation of a data base on all quoted companies as well as several stock indeces.
Hudson provides its clients with information on the evolution of markets, companies and of the macro-economic environment. Hudson also publishes a weekly information letter called: 'La lettre d'Hudson' with includes finacial analyses on quoted companies.
| Capital Markets |
With the help of its Capital Markets Department, Hudson offers its institutional clients (insurance companies, retirement fund managers, investment funds.) and to high calibre individuals a wide range of individuals brokerage services (sales of shares on the primary market and the execution of client orders on the secondary market), custody of shares, investment advice (portfolio management).
Moreover, Hudson is a specialist of the BRVM (the regional stock market)
| The Team |
Hudson is first of all a team of professionals credited with solid international expeience which makes SGI Hudson & Cie one of the very first integrated brokerage companies in the UEMOA money market.
| A Choice Partner |
Hudson works to expand excellent relationships with all its clients. Its independence, the quality and consitence of its team, job integration and strict risk management of its operations are assets which make Hudson a priviliged partner in the regional market. |
