Natixis Global Asset Management
| French limited company (société anonyme) | |
| Industry | Asset management |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France[1] |
Key people | Pierre Servant (Chief Executive Officer)[2][3] |
| AUM | €294 billion (2013) |
| Total equity | €50,434,604 |
| Owner | Natixis |
| Website |
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Natixis Global Asset Management is a French asset management company with €294 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2013. The company is based in Paris and it is the second biggest French manager by market share.[4] Its clients are institutional investors, companies, private banks, distributors (multi-managers and financial advisers) and banking networks. The company is part of the French Natixis financial group.
History
Natixis Global Asset Management was created in 2007, through the merger between Natexis Asset Management and Ixis Asset Management.[5]
The original company was the asset management company of the Banque Populaire group; Ixis, founded in 1984 which was merged with the asset management company of the Caisse d’Epargne group.
Activities and Brand
The firm is structured around six autonomous business units:[6]
- Fixed income: sovereign debt, inflation, corporate credit, structured credit, convertible bonds, long/short credit, money market instruments, aggregate.
- European equities: active fundamental and value management of European large caps, European small & mid caps, insurance equities.
- Investment and client solutions: Global multi-asset class management and allocation under capital and liability constraint, Social liability and employee savings, Strategic advice and financial engineering solutions, insurance allocation.
- Global emerging: Global emerging bonds, currencies, global emerging equities.
- Structured products and volatility: handled by the dedicated investment division, Seeyond. Structured beta and guarantee, Model-driven equity management, Flexible asset allocation and active volatility management, Equity arbitrage.
- Responsible investment, handled by the dedicated investment division, Mirova: Global thematic & sustainable development management, ESG Europe, employee savings and solidarity savings, Infrastructure funds, ESG research, voting and engagement.
Subsidiaries and strategic partnership
- H2O Asset Management,[7] a 50.01%-owned subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management, is a UK management company authorized by the FSA, created by Bruno Crastes and Vincent Chailley. The London-based company develops an alternative global macro multi-strategy approach and also manages global bonds, global equities and volatility.
- Dorval Finance, owned 25% by Natixis Asset Management, specializes in flexible management, mainly dedicated to IFAs. Dorval Finance is headed by Louis Bert and Stéphane Furet.
- VEGA Investment Managers is a portfolio management company owned 60% by Banque Privée 1818 and 40% by Natixis Asset Management. Total assets managed by the two companies was €6.5 billion as of 30 September 2012.
References
- ↑ "Natixis Global Asset Management Announces Completion of DNCA Finance Acquisition". Yahoo! Finance. July 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Executive Profile Pierre P. Servant". Bloomberg Business. 15 September 2015.
- ↑ "Executive Bios". Natixis Global Asset Management. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ Source: EuroPerformance as of 30/06/2012. EuroPerformance scope: open-end funds only - excluding discretionary management mandates and dedicated funds
- ↑ "Company Overview of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.". Bloomberg Business. October 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Société de gestion - Natixis AM | Natixis Asset Management". nam.natixis.com. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
- ↑ H2O AM LLP Official Website