Natixis S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides corporate and investment banking, and asset and wealth management services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central and Latin America, North America, and Asia and Oceania. It accepts deposits; and offers a range of hedging products, financing, and investment solutions in the fixed income, credit, foreign exchange, commodities, and equity markets. The company’s investment banking services include strategic financing and acquisition activities, financing on the primary bond and equity markets, and financial engineering on listed investments. In addition, it engages in the origination and structuring of structured finance in the aviation, infrastructure and natural resources, and real estate and hotels sectors; and international trade finance and structured finance solutions for export operations and cash management for its corporate clients, commodity traders, and the clients of the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne networks. Further, the company assists large and medium-sized commercial and industrial companies, institutional investors, and investment funds in the preparation and implementation of divestitures or mergers, capital raising, restructuring, and capital protection transactions. The company serves corporate clients, banks, institutional investors, financial sponsors, public sector entities, and Groupe BPCE networks. Natixis S.A. was formerly known as Natexis Banques Populaires SA and changed its name to Natixis S.A. on November 2006. The company was founded in 1919 and is based in Paris, France. Natixis S.A. operates as a subsidiary of BPCE S.A.