EANS-News: C-QUADRAT Investment AG / C-QUADRAT Investment AG reports Q1-3/2010 results

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9-month report

Vienna/Frankfurt (euro adhoc) - Operating income EUR 40.8 million
Operating profits EUR 5.7 million
Net profit EUR 9.3 million
Assets under Management EUR 3.044 billion

C-QUADRAT Investment AG (ISIN AT0000613005) finished the first nine
months of 2010 with EUR 40.8 million in total operating income
(Q1-3/2009: EUR 24.4 million), EUR 5.7 million in operating profits
(Q1-3/2009: EUR 1.8 million) and EUR 9.3 million in net profit
(Q1-3/2009: EUR 3.0 million).

Operating income in the first nine months of 2010 amounted to EUR
40.8 million (Q1-3/2010: EUR 24.4 million; up 67%). Management fees
rose a substantial 57% from EUR 16.0 million in Q1-3/2009 to EUR 25.1
million in Q1-3/2010 due to strong growth in the volume of investment
funds managed by C-QUADRAT Kapitalanlage AG. Performance fees
amounted for EUR 10.3 million of operating income in the period under
review (Q1-3/2009: EUR 3.2 million; up 222%). The company´s fixed
personnel expenses were EUR 5.5 million in the first nine months of
2010 (Q1-3/2009: EUR 4.5 million; up 22%), while other operating
expenses (including marketing and selling expenses) were 28% higher
year-on-year at EUR 3.6 million (Q1-3/2009: EUR 2.8 million).
Operating profits of EUR 5.7 million were generated in the first nine
months of 2010 (Q1-3/2009: EUR 1.8 million; up 211%), with net profit
amounting to EUR 9.3 million (Q1-3/2009: EUR 3.0 million; up 209%).

In the first nine months of 2010, assets under C-QUADRAT management
have increased by 14% from EUR 2.662 billion to EUR 3.044 billion.
Total fee-generating assets grew from EUR 4.514 billion to EUR 4.858
billion (up 8%).

"Thanks to the good performance of our funds, we achieved strong
growth in assets under management and were therefore able to improve
substantially our the most important income category, namely
recurring management fees. That is an excellent basis for the
future", commented Alexander Schütz, C-QUADRAT founder and Management
Board member. Last week, C-QUADRAT and its ARTS Asset Management
subsidiary were jointly awarded the title of Best Fund of Fund
Managers in Austria.

The Q1-3/2010 report of C-QUADRAT Investment AG is now available for
download in the Investor Relations section of the www.c-quadrat.at
website.

C-QUADRAT, the fund company - is an independent, quantitative asset
manager operating across Europe. Founded in 1991, the company has had
its own asset management company with a bank licence since 2003 and
has been listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
since November 2006 and at the Vienna Stock Exchange since May 2008.
The C-QUADRAT team has made a name for itself across Europe with its
asset management, analysis and investment fund management activities.
Innovative investment strategies for institutional investors round
off the product offering. Many banks, insurance companies and
financial service providers operating internationally rely on the
expertise of C-QUADRAT. As at 30.09.2010, C-QUADRAT had a total of
EUR 4.9 billion of Fee Generating Assets, EUR 3.0 billion of that
total in the Asset Management segment.

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Further inquiry note:

Andreas Wimmer

Member of the Board

C-QUADRAT Investment AG

Stubenring 2

A-1010 Wien

Tel.: +43 1 515 66 316

Mail: a.wimmer@investmentfonds.at

www.c-quadrat.com

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000613005
WKN:
Index: Standard Market Auction
Börsen: Frankfurt / official market
Wien / official market