The folks at one of Natixis' subsidiaries are celebrating a big milestone: their centennial.

Today, Kevin Charleston, chairman and CEO of Natixis' Loomis, Sayles & Company, highlights the asset manager's 100th birthday and centennial year. The Boston-based fund firm now has $425.4 billion in AUM*.

Loomis Sayles was founded as a partnership in January 1926 by A. Vere Shaw, Robert H. Loomis, Ralph T. Sayles, and Arthur B. Nichols, making the firm one of the oldest asset managers in the U.S. The team rolled out its first mutual fund in 1929, followed by a second in 1930.

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company bought Loomis Sayles (as the firm rebranded in 1930) in 1968 and incorporated the fund firm into New England Investment Companies, which rebranded as Nvest 30 years later. Natixis (then called CDC IXIS Asset Management) bought Nvest in 2000.

"As Loomis Sayles celebrates its 100th anniversary, we look ahead with gratitude for the opportunity to continue growing and innovating alongside those we serve," Charleston states.

"One hundred years & still active," reads a special Loomis Sayles centennial webpage. "Celebrating 100 years of investment excellence."

*As of September 30, 2025. 

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