The Paris-headquartered company initially created two Luxembourg based SICAVs – Natixis AM Funds and Mirova Funds – in June 2013 and September 2009 respectively, and has since brought the 25 funds within the umbrella structures.
Funds registered under the Natixis AM Funds SICAV, many of which have a three year track record, will provide investors with access to a broad range of assets types, including fixed income, bonds and European and emerging market equities.
In addition, the range also includes a flexible, quantitative and volatility management investment approach developed by Seeyond, a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management.
As at the end of March, the Natixis AM Funds SICAV had total assets under management of €2.3bn (£1.8bn, $3.1bn).
Natixis said that the Mirova SICAV meanwhile, which has seven underlying funds, is one of very few SICAVs in Europe entirely dedicated to socially responsible investment. The underlying funds had assets under management of €1.3bn at the end of March.
All of the underlying funds in both SICAVs have been registered for sale in Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands and the UK.
The company added that the Natixis AM Fund’s SICAV subfunds are also registered in Switzerland and that the Mirova range should be by year-end.
Hervé Guinamant, chief executive of Natixis Global Asset Management for international distribution said: “These two fund ranges, one a broad range of industry-leading expertise and the other a leader in the rapidly expanding field of socially responsible investing, are examples of the depth and breadth of innovative strategies Natixis Global Asset Management is bringing to investors around the world.”
