Impact investment funds are investments are intended to contribute to social well-being through the investments made. Natixis Asset Management’s impact investment funds finance projects in areas such as help into employment, access to housing for the most disadvantaged, social entrepreneurship and micro-finance. Socially-responsible investment therefore gives meaning to investing, while at the same time providing a respectable level of financial performance.

Natixis and its subsidiaries Natixis Asset Management (AM) and Natixis Interépargne are participating in the Impact Investment Week organized by Finansol⁽¹⁾ for the fourth year running.

Natixis AM and Natixis Interépargne play a key role in this sector, in the management of impact investment (market share of 35%⁽²⁾) and socially-based employee savings (52.6% market share⁽³⁾) respectively, and have joined forces with Finansol to promote this type of investment to the corporate and retail market.

Natixis AM and Natixis Interépargne offer a broad range of impact investment expertise

Natixis AM has five funds that carry the Finansol label (Insertion Emplois Équilibre, Insertion Emplois Dynamique, Insertion Emplois Sérénité, Natixis Impact Nord-Sud Développement and Ecureuil Bénéfices Emploi), with almost EUR 1.16 billion in assets managed under a social and environmental approach as of end-September 2011.

Natixis Interépargne, meanwhile, manages six funds (FCPEs and FCPRs⁽⁴⁾) with the Finansol label, including Carrefour Équilibre Solidaire and Natixis Solidaire, and since September 2009: ES-PL Solidaire BP, Natixis ES Insertion Emplois Solidaire, Impact ISR Rendement Solidaire and Natixis Avenir Mixte Solidaire.

Initiatives…

A number of events have been organized all over France for Impact Investment Week (November 3 to November 10, 2011), which are aimed at raising the profile of impact investment.

Natixis AM to participate in a local community initiative organized by Ageca in Paris

At a round table discussion on November 4, 2011, Emmanuel Gautier talked about impact investment at a local level and its growth potential, in the company of Olivier Maurel (Danone Community) and Séverine Maire (BabelDoor).

Grand Prix Finance Solidaire - partnership with Le Monde Argent

For the second consecutive year, Le Monde and Finansol are jointly managing the impact investment awards [Grand Prix Finance Solidaire], which recognize the organizations that have developed projects with the greatest social and environmental benefits. The awards ceremony took place on Thursday November 4, 2011, in Paris.

Further information

Video interview with Emmanuel Gautier, Head of Impact Investment at Natixis AM, available on LeMonde.fr: Presentation on the "90/10" management of impact investment funds, illustrated by an investment in la Foncière Terre de Liens, and on the growth prospects for impact investment.

(1)    Finansol is a professional association that aims to develop impact investment
(2)    Source: [Baromètre professionnel de la finance solidaire (2011 edition), Finansol]
(3)    Source: AFG, as of 12/31/2010
(4)    FCPEs and FCPRs: mutual funds