A new address in the heart of Paris for LBP AM and Tocqueville Finance

La Banque Postale Asset Management, a subsidiary of La Banque Postale and a multi-specialist, conviction-based asset manager and SRI pioneer, has set up shop at its new Morland facility in the heart of Paris, at 36 Quai Henri IV. In moving into a space designed on the basis of the most exacting environmental standards, LBP AM has chosen a site that is consistent with its values and its ambition to express sustainable finance in concrete actions. 

A facility that fits LBP AM’s SRI values

In renovating a former Paris prefecture site, Morland Mixité Capitale won the Réinventer Paris urban renovation prize in 2016. This is an environmentally responsible complex, from its design to its daily use, and is fully aligned with LBP AM’s missions and commitments to the energy transition and with the civic values of La Banque Postale group.
With construction based mainly on the reuse of materials recovered from the former site, the use of biowaste recycling solutions, and energy circuits connecting all the site’s facilities, Morland will allow LBP AM to apply to itself the requirements that it imposes on companies in which it invests.

Pioneering finance at the heart of a pioneering site

As a high-architectural-quality building in Paris’s historic centre, the Morland facility also meets LBP AM’s ambition to bring finance back to the heart of the city. This innovative and civic-minded development is based on mixed uses and mixed publics. The site will very soon house various venues that flow directly into neighbourhood life. In addition to offices, for example, the site will include housing units, a market and retail space, as well as a daycare centre, an arts & crafts centre, a hotel, a restaurant, a rooftop bar, and a youth hostel.

A new cocoon for employees

On more than 3,300m² in a new and vertically vegetated building with a view of the river Seine and amidst 7,000 m² of green space, including tree-lined inner courtyards and rooftop urban farming spaces, the 200 employees of LBP AM and its Tocqueville Finance subsidiary will see the benefit of an entirely new work environment that is both relaxing and stimulating. 
This work environment was designed to offer employees an experience that is commensurate with the two companies’ CSR ambition. In promoting teamwork and comfort with cutting-edge technological equipment, the spaces promote concentration, creativity and conviviality, and have been built with high-quality, sustainable materials based on a user-friendly design.

Emmanuelle Mourey, Chair of the Management Board of La Banque Postale Asset Management: “With these new offices, we continue the transformation of LBP AM and its Tocqueville Finance subsidiary, which we began in late 2020. The choice of Morland, which meets the most exacting eco-design standards, is consistent with our leading SRI-based asset manager mission and our CSR policy. We have also made the choice of an exceptional location in the heart of historic Paris and an urban setting in order to offer each employee a new work experience that combines innovation, teamwork, and comfort and fits the company’s mission.”

About Banque Postale Asset Management 

LBP AM is owned 70% by La Banque Postale, 25% by Aegon Asset Management and 5% by Malakoff Humanis. As an SRI leader in multi-specialist conviction-based asset management, LBP AM has four investment divisions: equity management via its Tocqueville Finance subsidiary; real & private assets (with a focus on debt), multi-assets & absolute return, and quantitative solutions. To its institutional investor clients, including mutual and other insurance companies, large corporates and external distributors, it offers open-ended funds, dedicated funds and mandates. As of 31 December 2021, consolidated managed and distributed assets of LBP AM and its Tocqueville Finance subsidiary came to 60 billion euros.

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