Société Bénéfique

Société Bénéfique is a large corporation of the Distant Fringe.

• It can be found in Uncharted Space.
• It is an unpublished, non-canon organization.

Market Ticker Code

This business entity is traded under the following interstellar market code/s:

Market Ticker Code
Name	Code	Type	Charter	Remarks
Société Bénéfique	SoBn	4 to 12 alphanumeric character	LLC	None

Description (Portfolio)

Société Bénéfique is considered to be a part of the Banking, Insurance, and Legal Business Sector. It operates throughout the Distant Fringe, though its interest is strongest in the rimward parts of Halcyon Sector. It is involved with finance and economics of all kinds.

Commercial Competencies

• Asset allocation, asset management.
• Bond trading, commodity trading, equities trading, investment and stock portfolios.
• Brokerage services, capital market services, investment management and retail brokerage.
• Commercial banking, corporate banking, investment banking and retail banking.
• Conglomeration services, debt resolution, and mediation and advisory services.
• Futures and options trading, stock trading.
• Mortgages, mortgage loans and underwriting.
• Risk management, finance and insurance, venture capital.
• Treasury and security services, remittance services.

Governance & Organization

Société Bénéfique is governed by a President and a Board of Trustees. It is run by a Executive President, Senior Executive Officers and Bureau Directors. It has an extensive Records Bureau, an Internal Audit Department, a large Legal Bureau, a Sophont Resources Bureau, a very large Public Relations Bureau, and a large Internal Security Bureau.

Head Office

The head office is located on Wolf, a major commercial and industrial center in the rimward part of Halcyon Sector. As well as the main administrative complexes its headquarters includes corporate retreats and spa complexes, executive villas, and large private estates with associated recreational facilities where business may be undertaken in complete privacy. The company controls a number of private spaceport facilities on the world.

Major Divisions

• Bénéfique Financial Services
• Commercial Banking Division
• Finance Management Division
• Investment Banking Division
• Private Banking Division
• Securities Division

Stockholders

Stock ownership:

• "Fives" families – 31%,
• Fringe Stock Holdings LLC – 14%,
• Archus Mutual Investment – 13%,
• Harbinger Holdings – 10%,
• Private ownership – 10%,
• InStellar Consortium – 8%,
• Lindemann Holdings – 6%,
• StoneRock Fidelity – 4%,
• Younger Stock Investments – 4%.

Subsidiaries

None.

Best Known Products & Services

This business is best known for:

1. Commercial public banks.
2. Mortgages and loans.
3. Starship mortgaging.

Corporate Holdings

The company maintains Regional Head Offices, administrative centers, prime real estate, secure properties and compounds, holding facilities, heavily protected vaults and secure areas, ancillary facilities, commercial premises and large private estates on worlds across the region. It holds substantial amounts of vehicles, supplies, and the supporting equipment and technology necessary to maintain operations. These assets and holdings are protected by Société Bénéfique's highly trained and superbly equipped security. It vigorously pursues those who cross its interests.

• Société Bénéfique holds deposits and vault cash, reserves, loans including interest from consumer and business loans, rights, and investments and securities.
• It has a corporate fleet of light transport vessels and private armed escort craft.

Notable Investments

• Harada Solutions Ltd. (based at Kuyt). 7% stock ownership.
• Marchand et Bernard SA (based at Wolf). 15% stock ownership.

History & Background (Dossier)

Société Bénéfique is closely associated with the neutral world of Wolf, an economic powerhouse dominating the rimward half of the Distant Fringe.

It makes much of its ethical banking practices and has a focus on sustainability. It deals with organisations that are making a positive social, environmental or cultural impact.

Trade Partners

• Enterprise Sociale (based at Kuyt).
• Hoffmann & Bachelor (based at Wolf)
• Younger Stock Investments (based at Kuyt)

Trade Competitors

• Bright Commercial Bank (based at Selasia).
• First Astra Bank (based at Tal Varisa).
• Instelbank Prime (based at Scybria)

Corporate Timeline

The organisation was founded by a consortium of financial interests on Wolf in the early years of the 52nd century.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This business is best known for frequenting the markets of the following worlds and systems:
Uncharted Space:

• Halcyon Sector
  • Paradise Subsector

Facilities Data

This business is known to host facilities in the following locations:

• Wolf

World Listing

This business can be found on the following worlds and systems:

No world articles for Société Bénéfique

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science