Natixis
French corporate and investment bank and financial-services company within Groupe BPCE.
Last updated November 1, 2026
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Overview
Natixis is a French financial-services company specializing in corporate and investment banking, asset and wealth management, insurance-related services, and specialized financial solutions. It is headquartered in Paris and operates as a global business line of Groupe BPCE, the banking group formed around France’s Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne networks. Unlike BPCE’s retail networks, Natixis primarily serves companies, institutional investors, financial institutions, public-sector organizations, and high-net-worth clients. The company was created in 2006 through the combination of Natexis Banques Populaires and the corporate and investment-banking activities of the Caisse d’Épargne group’s IXIS. The merger was intended to create a large French wholesale bank with complementary capabilities in capital markets, corporate finance, structured finance, asset management, and investment services. Natixis inherited businesses with long histories in French cooperative banking, including Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur, which had become part of the Banques Populaires group through earlier reorganizations. Natixis expanded rapidly before the global financial crisis, building businesses in structured credit, securitization, fixed income, equities, commodities, and alternative investments. The crisis exposed substantial risk in parts of its structured-credit portfolio. In 2008 the bank reported heavy losses and carried out a large capital increase supported by its principal shareholder groups. The episode led to a reduction of certain risk exposures and a stronger focus on more recurring, fee-based activities, including asset management, insurance, corporate finance, transaction banking, and infrastructure finance. In 2009, Natixis became part of the newly created Groupe BPCE, which combined the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne groups after the crisis. Natixis remained a separately branded operating company and was listed on Euronext Paris for many years, while BPCE served as its controlling shareholder. Its businesses were subsequently organized around two principal areas: Corporate and Investment Banking, commonly known as CIB, and Asset & Wealth Management. Natixis Investment Managers became a major multi-affiliate asset-management platform, bringing together specialist investment firms under a broader distribution and governance structure. Natixis CIB provides services such as mergers and acquisitions advice, equity and debt capital markets, corporate lending, structured finance, infrastructure and energy finance, trade and export finance, transaction banking, risk management, and market activities. Natixis Investment Managers distributes investment strategies through affiliated and specialist managers across equities, fixed income, private markets, real assets, and responsible investment. Natixis also has activities connected with insurance, payments, and specialized financial services, although the composition and branding of these activities have changed over time within Groupe BPCE. BPCE announced a simplified ownership structure for Natixis in 2021. Following a tender offer and a subsequent squeeze-out, Natixis shares were withdrawn from Euronext Paris and the company became wholly owned by BPCE. This ended Natixis’s status as a separately listed public company while preserving Natixis as a major operating brand and legal entity within Groupe BPCE. The company continues to present itself as a global corporate and investment bank and asset manager, with a strategic emphasis on sustainable finance, energy transition, infrastructure, private assets, and long-term relationships with institutional and corporate clients.
History
Natixis was established in 2006 through the merger of Natexis Banques Populaires and IXIS, the wholesale-banking arm associated with the Caisse d’Épargne group. The creation brought together two established French banking traditions and was designed to produce a stronger corporate and investment bank with capabilities spanning financing, capital markets, asset management, and investment services. Its name combined elements associated with the predecessor institutions and was positioned for international use. During its early years, Natixis pursued an ambitious expansion in wholesale banking. The company developed activities in structured finance, securitization, fixed income, equities, commodities, derivatives, corporate finance, and alternative investment products. Like several international investment banks, it was heavily affected by the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Losses associated with structured-credit positions and deteriorating market conditions weakened the bank’s capital position and damaged investor confidence. Natixis responded with a substantial capital increase backed by its shareholder groups and with measures to reduce risk and rebalance the business. The crisis also accelerated the restructuring of French cooperative banking. In 2009, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne were combined to form Groupe BPCE. Natixis became the group’s principal corporate and investment-banking and asset-management platform, while the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne brands continued to serve retail and small-business customers through their own networks. Natixis remained a separately listed company, but BPCE and its cooperative shareholders exercised control over its strategic direction. Over the following decade, the company sought to shift toward businesses generating more stable fees and client relationships. Corporate lending, transaction banking, infrastructure finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and risk-management services became central parts of its wholesale offering. In asset management, Natixis developed Natixis Investment Managers as a multi-affiliate platform. Rather than relying solely on a single investment style, the platform brought together specialist managers with capabilities in public markets, private assets, real assets, and responsible investment. Natixis also increased its focus on sectors associated with long-term investment, including infrastructure, renewable energy, transport, natural resources, and public-sector finance. Sustainable finance became an important part of its market positioning, with the bank arranging green, social, sustainability-linked, and transition-oriented financing and incorporating environmental, social, and governance considerations into parts of its investment business. In 2021, BPCE launched and completed a transaction to acquire the Natixis shares it did not already own. The transaction was followed by a squeeze-out and the delisting of Natixis from Euronext Paris. Natixis therefore changed from a separately traded public company into a wholly owned subsidiary of BPCE, although its brand and operating divisions remained in use. The ownership simplification was intended to make management of the group’s wholesale businesses more direct and to support closer integration with BPCE’s broader strategic plan. Natixis remains active as a global corporate and investment bank and asset manager. Its current identity is defined less by retail banking than by specialized services for corporations, institutional investors, financial institutions, public-sector borrowers, and wealth-management clients. Its main strategic themes include sustainable finance, infrastructure and energy transition, private markets, asset-management distribution, and the delivery of cross-border financing and investment services through Groupe BPCE.
- 2023
Nicolas Namias takes leadership of Natixis
[1]Nicolas Namias becomes chief executive of Natixis as part of the broader leadership transition at Groupe BPCE.
- 2021
Natixis becomes wholly owned by BPCE
[5]BPCE completes the acquisition of the remaining Natixis shares, followed by the company’s withdrawal from Euronext Paris.
- 2010
Expansion of the asset-management platform
[3]Natixis develops a multi-affiliate asset-management model that later operates internationally under Natixis Investment Managers.
- 2009
Natixis joins Groupe BPCE
[2]The formation of Groupe BPCE places Natixis within the combined Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne banking group.
- 2008
Crisis-era losses and recapitalization
[4]The global financial crisis exposes losses in structured-credit activities, leading to a major capital increase and a strategic reduction of risk.
- 2006
Natixis is created
[4]Natexis Banques Populaires and IXIS combine to form Natixis, a new French wholesale-banking and financial-services company.
Products and positioning
A wholesale financial-services platform serving corporates, institutional investors, financial institutions, public-sector clients, and wealth-management customers, with particular emphasis on corporate and investment banking, asset management, infrastructure, and sustainable finance.
Corporate banking · 2006
Corporate and Investment Banking
Natixis CIB serves corporations, financial institutions, investors, and public-sector organizations. Its activities include advisory work, financing, capital markets, transaction banking, global markets, risk management, and sector expertise in areas such as energy, infrastructure, aviation, real estate, and natural resources.
Asset management
Natixis Investment Managers
Natixis Investment Managers is a global multi-affiliate investment-management platform. It provides access to specialist managers and strategies across equities, fixed income, insurance-related investments, private markets, real assets, and responsible investment for institutional, intermediary, and individual clients.
Specialized finance
Infrastructure and energy finance
Natixis arranges and provides financing for infrastructure and energy projects, including transport, utilities, digital infrastructure, conventional energy, and renewable-energy developments. The business is also associated with financing the energy transition and other long-duration capital projects.
Investment banking · 2006
Capital markets and structured finance
The offering includes debt and equity capital-markets services, securitization, structured lending, derivatives, hedging, and market access. These services help corporate and institutional clients raise funding, manage financial risks, and optimize balance sheets.
Controversies
2021
Natixis fined over misleading investors
A French criminal court found Natixis guilty of misleading investors in 2007 regarding its financial strength related to sub-prime exposure and fined the firm 7.5 million euros. The court also ordered compensation for retail investors. Natixis denied wrongdoing and said it was appealing.
Marketing campaigns
- Sustainable finance and energy-transition positioning
Global
Natixis has promoted its expertise in green, social, sustainability-linked, and transition finance, alongside investment strategies addressing climate and environmental objectives.
Outcome. Sustainable finance became a recurring part of Natixis CIB’s public positioning and sector strategy.
Brand decisions
2021
BPCE takes Natixis privateM&ABackground
BPCE sought to simplify ownership and governance of Natixis, which it already controlled as the company’s principal shareholder.
Action taken
BPCE acquired the remaining shares through a tender offer and squeeze-out, resulting in Natixis’s delisting from Euronext Paris.
Aftermath
Natixis became a wholly owned BPCE subsidiary while continuing to operate as a distinct corporate and investment-banking and asset-management brand.
2009
Integration into Groupe BPCEM&ABackground
The Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne groups were combined following the financial crisis, requiring a new group structure for retail and wholesale banking activities.
Action taken
Natixis became the principal corporate and investment-banking and asset-management platform of Groupe BPCE.
Aftermath
Natixis retained its operating identity while becoming strategically controlled within the enlarged cooperative banking group.
2008
Recapitalization and reduction of crisis-era riskStrategyBackground
Natixis suffered significant losses during the global financial crisis, particularly in activities connected with structured credit and deteriorating capital markets.
Action taken
The bank raised capital with support from its shareholder groups and began reducing selected risk exposures while placing greater emphasis on recurring client businesses.
Aftermath
The episode reshaped Natixis’s business mix and contributed to the subsequent consolidation of French cooperative banking into Groupe BPCE.
Recent events
BB Energy closes $500 million U.S. credit facility[7]
Reported:
BB Energy closed a $500 million senior secured revolving borrowing base credit facility, with commitments from eight lenders. ING Capital acted as joint lead arranger and bookrunner, while Komgo's digital system was used for the transaction.
- Unconfirmed
Amp secures project financing for Hillston Solar Farm[8]
Reported:
Amp announced that it had successfully raised project finance for its 120 MW Hillston Solar Farm in New South Wales. The project finance agreement was executed with Natixis and Export Development Canada as mandated lead arrangers.
- Unconfirmed
Lucara secured financing for the Karowe underground expansion[9]
Reported:
Lucara secured commitments for US$220 million in senior debt facilities, comprising a US$170 million project finance facility for the underground project and a US$50 million working capital facility. The financing, together with equity financings and projected cash flows, fully funds the Karowe Underground Expansion Project.
Natixis fined over misleading investors[6]
Reported:
A French criminal court fined Natixis 7.5 million euros after finding it guilty of misleading investors in 2007 about its financial strength related to sub-prime exposure. The court also ordered compensation for retail investors. Natixis denied wrongdoing and said it was appealing.
- Unconfirmed
Sonnedix secures financing for Chile solar projects[10]
Reported:
Sonnedix secured $87 million in financing to support its expansion in Chile; Sonnedix and Natixis closed senior facilities for an expected portfolio of approximately 20 solar photovoltaic plants.
- Unconfirmed
Bluestone Resources enters a US$30 million credit facility[11]
Reported:
Bluestone Resources entered into a US$30 million credit facility led by Natixis. The proceeds are to support optimisation, design, engineering and development work at the Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala.
Sources11 sources
- 1Natixis official websitenatixis.com
- 2Groupe BPCE official websitegroupebpce.com
- 3Natixis Investment Managersim.natixis.com
- 4Natixis — Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- 5Natixis becomes wholly owned by BPCEgroupebpce.com
- 6Natixis fined over misleading investorsfinancialpost.com
- 7BB Energy完成5亿美元美国信贷额度prnewswire.com
- 8Amp 为 Hillston 太阳能农场获得项目融资prnewswire.com
- 9Lucara 为 Karowe 地下扩建项目取得融资globalminingreview.com
- 10Sonnedix为智利太阳能项目获得融资realassets.ipe.com
- 11Bluestone Resources签订3000万美元信贷额度canadianminingjournal.com
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