Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world’s largest asset management firms and the asset
management arm of French bank Group BPCE, has acquired a minority stake in specialist aircraft
lease and asset management firm Airborne Capital. The stake was acquired for an undisclosed sum from the existing shareholders, comprising Airborne’s founding management team and FEXCO, Ireland’s largest privately owned financial services company.The deal provides Airborne with access to a worldwide asset management platform which will help to accelerate its plans to grow the business to have aircraft assets under management of over $5bn within the first 5 years of operations. The transaction enables Natixis Investment Managers to continue to expand its expertise in alternative investments, specifically real assets.
Natixis Investment Managers acquires stake in Airborne Capital