Francois Perol, BPCE group and Natixis Chairman, arrives for the company's 2011 annual results presentation in Paris February 23, 2012. French investment bank Natixis reported a milder-than-expected 32 percent decline in quarterly profits on Thursday as it became the latest lender to grapple with weak capital markets and wrote down more of its Greek sovereign debt exposure. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS)