Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank. It provides wholesale banking, investment solutions, and specialized financial services. The company’s wholesale banking services comprise mergers and acquisitions, primary equity, and capital advisory services for businesses, institutional investors, insurance companies, banks, and public sector entities. It also offers equity, credit rate, currency, commodities, and global-structured credit solutions, as well as access to the capital markets; finance for aircraft, exports and infrastructure, and energy and commodities; strategic and acquisition finance, real estate finance, and equity linked finance; portfolio management services; global transaction banking services, such as account management and treasury, cash management, trade finance, and correspondent banking products; and economic, credit, equity, and quantitative research services. The company’s investment solutions include asset management services; life insurance, personal protection insurance, and property and casualty insurance solutions for retail and small business customers, farmers, companies, and associations; private banking services; and private equity financing services for unlisted small- and medium-sized enterprises through sponsored equity holdings. In addition, its specialized financial services consist of factoring, lease financing, consumer credit, sureties and financial guarantees, film industry financing, employee benefits planning, and payment and securities services. Founded in 2006, Natixis is based in Paris, France.