EANS-News: C-QUADRAT Investment AG
C-QUADRAT significantly increases assets
under management (AuM) to approx. EUR 4.3 billion in 2012
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Information 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 end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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