EANS-News: C-QUADRAT Investment AG / C-QUADRAT significantly increases assets under management (AuM) to approx. EUR 4.3 billion in 2012

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Vienna/Frankfurt (euro adhoc) - - 45.6 per cent increase in AuM -
Acquisition of United Kingdom's BCM Group completed in late 2012 -
Austrian asset manager Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH already
acquired in late September 2012 - Product range extended to include
new products for institutional investors

In the 2012 financial year C-QUADRAT increased the volume of its
assets under management, held directly as well as indirectly through
management and advisory mandates, by 45.6 per cent from EUR 2.92
billion in late 2011 to EUR 4.26 billion. This clear increase mainly
reflects two acquisitions completed in 2012. The United Kingdom's BCM
Group manages a total of EUR 883.2 million while the Austrian firm
Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH (APM) handles assets amounting to
EUR 404.9 million (as of late 2012).

C-QUADRAT completed its acquisition of the UK's BCM Group in December
2012. BCM Group is a London-domiciled independent asset manager with
a focus on credit funds (convertible funds, high yield funds), multi
asset class funds and fund of funds. C-QUADRAT had already acquired
APM in late September 2012. The asset manager APM is seated in Vienna
and focuses on absolute return funds, microfinance and commodities
funds.

Through these two acquisitions C-QUADRAT has not only significantly
increased the volume of its assets under management in its core asset
management business, it has also added further high-growth segments
to its range of products. "With high-quality credit and multi asset
funds as well as absolute return and commodities products, we can now
offer institutional investors genuine added value throughout Europe",
says Alexander Schütz, founder and management board member of
C-QUADRAT. "Naturally, we continue to offer our highly successful
trend-following fund of funds, managed by ARTS Asset Management.
Overall, therefore, we are well-placed for the future as an
independent asset manager."

C-QUADRAT is an asset manager specializing in quantitative and
discretionary absolute and total return strategies. The company was
established in 1991. It has been listed in the Prime Standard of the
Frankfurt stock exchange since 2006 and since May 2008 on the Vienna
stock exchange. C-QUADRAT is well-known for its analysis of
investment funds and as an innovative asset manager. Both
institutional clients and private investors rely on its expertise.
With offices in Vienna, London, Frankfurt and Geneva and sales
activities in 17 countries, C-QUADRAT is active throughout Europe.

Further inquiry note:
Andreas Wimmer
Stubenring 2
A-1010 Vienna
Tel.: +43 1 515 66 316
E-mail: a.wimmer@investmentfonds.at
www.c-quadrat.com

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company: C-QUADRAT Investment AG
Stubenring 2
A-1010 Wien
phone: +43 1 515 66-0
FAX: +43 1 515 66-159
mail: c-quadrat@investmentfonds.at
WWW: www.c-quadrat.at
sector: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000613005
indexes: Standard Market Auction
stockmarkets: official market: Frankfurt, Wien
language: English