Natixis Investment Managers acquires stake in Airborne Capital

Natixis Investment Managers has acquired a minority stake in the new 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. The deal provides Airborne with access to a worldwide asset management platform which it says will help to accelerate its plans to grow the business to have aircraft assets under management of over $5bn within the first five years of operations. The transaction enables Natixis Investment Managers to continue to expand its expertise in alternative investments, specifically real assets. Airborne was