SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Natixis Global Asset Management (“NGAM”), one of the 15 largest asset managers in the world based on AUM,¹ today announced the appointment of Marie Teo as Director of Institutional Sales, Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, Teo will help drive overall development of NGAM’s business in the region across institutional channels.

Teo joins NGAM from Amundi where she served as Director and Head of Institutions for Southeast Asia. Prior to that, Teo served as Director, Institutional Marketing, for APS Komaba Asset Management in Singapore.

Teo’s appointment is part of a continued expansion of NGAM’s capabilities in the region and closely follows the recent addition of Madeline Ho, former Regional Head of Southeast Asia for Fidelity Worldwide Investment, as NGAM’s Head of Wholesale Distribution for Asia Pacific and Managing Director of NGAM Singapore.² Reporting to Ho, Teo joins with extensive knowledge of and experience in the institutional markets of Southeast Asia, a region of key significance to NGAM’s overall expansion in Asia.

“Marie’s expertise and experience will be critical in our efforts to help institutional investors across Asia manage risk more effectively and construct portfolios that meet the modern market challenges of rising volatility and low yields,” said Hervé Guinamant, President & CEO of Natixis Global Asset Management – International Distribution.

NGAM, which manages US$785 billion AUM globally (as of 31 March 2013) and employs more than 3000 people around the world, first established a distribution presence in Asia in Tokyo in 2001 and now has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Taipei and Beijing. Asia is one of the firm’s fastest-growing global markets; Asia AUM has increased 49% in just over three years to US$24 billion (as of 31 March 2013).

About Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A.

Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. is one of the 15 largest asset managers in the world based on assets under management.³ 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. Its proprietary distribution network helps package and deliver its affiliates’ products around the world. Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. brings together the expertise of multiple specialized investment managers based in Europe, the United States and Asia to offer a wide spectrum of equity, fixed-income and alternative investment strategies.

Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A.’s assets under management totalled $785 billion (€613 billion) as of 31 March 2013.⁴ Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. is part of Natixis. Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, Natixis is a subsidiary of BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A.’s affiliated investment management firms and distribution and service groups include Absolute Asia Asset Management; AEW Capital Management; AEW Europe; AlphaSimplex Group; Aurora Investment Management; Capital Growth Management; Caspian Private Equity; Darius Capital Partners; Gateway Investment Advisers; H2O Asset Management; Hansberger Global Investors; Harris Associates; IDFC Asset Management Company; Loomis, Sayles & Company; McDonnell Investment Management; Natixis Asset Management; Ossiam; Reich & Tang Asset Management; Snyder Capital Management; Vaughan Nelson Investment Management; and Vega Investment Managers.

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¹ Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2012 ranked Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. as the 13^th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management as of 31 December 2011.

² NGAM Singapore (name registration no. 5310272FD) is a division of Absolute Asia Asset Management Limited (AAAM). AAAM (Company registration No.199801044D) is authorized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and holds a Capital Markets Services License to provide investment management services in Singapore.

³ Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2012 ranked Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. as the 13^th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management as of 31 December 2011.

⁴ Assets under management (AUM) may include assets for which non-regulatory AUM services are provided. Non-regulatory AUM includes assets which do not fall within the SEC’s definition of ‘regulatory AUM’ in Form ADV, Part 1.