INTERVIEW Laurent Mignon Natixis’ Chief Executive Officer What were the highlights of 2016 for Natixis? Despite a tough first quarter on the financial markets and a particularly challenging context more broadly speaking, the third year of our New Frontier strategic plan was very positive for Natixis. Our core businesses displayed an increase in revenues again this year, with a total of €8bn across 2016, driven by solid commercial momentum, our teams’ steady commitment and our clients’ enduring trust, while also staging a rise in profitability. With the roll-out of our asset-light model, which is the very foundation of our business strategy, we expanded our range of solutions at Corporate & Investment Banking, based on this approach that relies less on own capital. We can now boast greater capabilities to build effective financing solutions for our clients as a result of our successful implementation of the originate-todistribute model, which reinforces new business volumes while reducing our risk-weighted assets. We also developed new franchises at a steady pace, particularly in Mergers & Acquisitions, with two acquisitions – Natixis Partners in 2015 and PJ Solomon in 2016. Meanwhile, our international platforms continued to expand rapidly, with our Asian platform especially standing out. Lastly, robust momentum in our Global Markets, Global Finance and Investment Banking businesses confirmed the positive impact of our new organizational structure for Corporate & Investment Banking, which we implemented during the first half of 2016. 2 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2016 - Natixis
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