{"id":55539,"date":"2016-09-07T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/innovation\/natixis-asset-management-launches-a-new-area-of-expertise-real-asset-private-debt\/"},"modified":"2016-09-07T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T22:50:00","slug":"natixis-asset-management-launches-a-new-area-of-expertise-real-asset-private-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/innovation\/natixis-asset-management-launches-a-new-area-of-expertise-real-asset-private-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Natixis Asset Management launches a new area of expertise, real asset private debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em> <strong>In order to meet the challenge posed by persistently low interest rates and to address investors\u2019 need for diversification, private debt financing of real assets is a potential source of performance. In addition, it helps to finance the real economy. To meet the needs of institutional investors, Natixis Asset Management has launched a new area of management expertise, real asset private debt, combining three complementary, high potential sectors: real estate, infrastructure and aircraft.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A diversifying asset class offering attractive upside potential<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Real asset private debt offers significant benefits in the current environment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> It represents an alternative to traditional investments and traditionally reduces portfolio volatility;<\/li>\n<li> It offers a wide range of potential yields depending on the investor\u2019s appetite for risk;<\/li>\n<li> It represents a source of diversification for bond portfolios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A comprehensive range managed by an experienced, recognised team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Headed by Laurent Belouze, who has over 20 years\u2019 experience in financing infrastructure projects, and reports in to Natixis Asset Management\u2019s fixed income division, the new real asset private debt area of expertise covers three complementary sectors considered to be high potential:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Real estate, managed by Arnaud Heck, with 19 years\u2019 experience in private debt management;<\/li>\n<li> Infrastructure, managed by C\u00e9line Tercier, with 19 years\u2019 experience in private debt including 10 years in infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li> Aircraft, managed by Aymeric Angotti, with 14 years\u2019 experience in the sector, including 5 years in aircraft structured finance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Strong growth ambitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2016, Natixis Asset Management\u2019s objective is to launch a comprehensive range of debt products: a second real estate debt fund of \u20ac750 million, Senior European Loan Fund II[[SELF I, a \u20ac323 million real estate debt fund, was launched in 2012 and fully invested in July 2015. Senior European Loan Fund II is a sub-fund of the Senior European Loan Fund SCA-SIF, a specialized investment fund under Luxembourg law, managed by AEW Luxembourg. Natixis Asset Management and AEW Europe acts as a consultant with AEWLuxembourg. The subscription and acquisition of interests in the Senior European Loan Fund are restricted to certain types of institutional investors who meet the definition of Well Informed Investors as set out in the Luxembourg Law of 13 February 2007 relating to specialized investment funds. Natixis Asset Management &#8211; Limited liability company &#8211; Share capital \u20ac50 434 604,76 &#8211; Regulated by AMF under n\u00b0GP 90-009 &#8211; RCS Paris n\u00b0329 450 738 &#8211; Registered Office: 21 quai d\u2019Austerlitz \u2013 75 634 Paris Cedex 13.<br \/>\nAbout]], the first closing of which occurred in March 2016, an infrastructure debt fund denominated in dollars and euros, an aircraft debt fund and a junior debt fund invested in aircraft and\/or real estate assets.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahima Kobar, Co-CIO in charge of fixed income products at Natixis Asset Management, says: <em>\u201cNatixis Asset Management is very ambitious for the new real asset private debt activity: by 2018, we aim to have close to three billion euros in assets under management and a dedicated team of fifteen specialists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natixis Asset Management launches a new area of expertise, real asset private debt, in three complementary, high potential sectors: real estate, infrastructure and aircraft&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":55537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1471],"tags":[1655,1651,1711,1437,1691,2139,1952,1678],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55539"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}