Natixis turns on the taps in flow trading
French bank boosts flow business, balancing structured solutions capabilities

For anyone harbouring doubts that Natixis has the chops to be a force in flow trading, a look at its recent results should disabuse them.
Flow rates volumes across cash and derivatives at the French bank’s corporate and investment banking (CIB) arm jumped an impressive 230% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2023. This comes on the back of an 88% jump in global FX and rates flow volumes from 2021 to 2023; in the same period, total global rates cash and derivatives
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