Retirement – The French paradox: savers choose very safe investments while harboring grand hopes as regards revenue and capital appreciation
Natixis Global Asset Management today published the results of its 1st annual survey of French individual investors with financial assets of between €75,000 and €300,000 held in banks*. This survey of 984 clients of French banks was conducted in July 2014.
Carried out by CoreData on behalf of Natixis Global Asset Management, this survey involved French individual investors with financial assets, held in bank, of between €75,000 and €300,000 (average assets over the preceding 3 months aggregated at household level). The survey was carried out online between July 7 and 13, 2014 and involved 984 French banking network customers.
The survey looks at the attitude of retail investors in relation to their needs, their goals and their pension arrangements, as well as their savings expertise and expectations.
To check out the full report click on the following link – Please note that the full report is only available in French : http://www.nam.natixis.com/fr-FR/Presse/Communiques-de-presse
As asset management company for Groupe BPCE, Natixis Asset Management meets the financial savings and investment needs of the individual, professional and SME investors within the Group's banking networks.
With assets under management of €307.8 billion and 588 employees, Natixis Asset Management ranks among the leading European asset managers. Natixis Asset Management is organized into 6 investment divisions: Fixed income, European equities, Investment and client solutions, Structured and volatility developed by Seeyond1, Global emerging, and Responsible investing developed by Mirova2.
Source: Natixis Asset Management – June 30, 2014.
- Seeyond is a brand of Natixis Asset Management. 2 Mirova is a wholly owned subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management. An SA with a share capital of €50,434,604.76 - Paris Trade Registry No. 329 450 738 - AMF Approval No. GP 90 009
Natixis Global Asset Management ranks among the world’s largest asset managers based on assets under management1. Its affiliated asset management companies provide investment products that seek to enhance and protect the wealth and retirement assets of both institutional and individual investor clients. Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Natixis Global Asset Management’s assets under management totaled €679.6 billion at June 30, 2014. Natixis Global Asset Management is part of Natixis.
Source: Natixis Global Asset Management – June 30, 2014.
- Source: Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2014 ranked Natixis Global Asset Management as one of the largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management at December 31, 2013.
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