Ostrum to launch aircraft and infrastructure debt funds

Ostrum Asset Management, Natixis Investment Managers’ largest affiliate, plans to launch an aircraft debt fund and an infrastructure vehicle amid a strategic plan to further bolster its alternatives offering. Ostrum is planning to launch the funds in the third quarter in a Luxembourg SICAV format, which will be managed by Aymeric Angotti, head of aircraft finance at Ostrum. In addition to the fund launches, Ostrum announced May 24 that it had partnered up with Natixis’ Corporate & Investment Banking arm to offer clients a wider range of asset financing around the global and co-invest in real estate, infrastructure in aviation