C-QUADRAT: launch of C-QUADRAT product sales in the Baltic region

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Vienna (euro adhoc) - C-QUADRAT: launch of C-QUADRAT product sales in
the Baltic region

Vienna / Frankfurt, 8 September 2008. As of today, C-QUADRAT
Investment AG (ISIN AT0000613005) is launching its sale of C-QUADRAT
products in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Seesam Life Insurance SE, one of the region´s top four insurance
companies and a member of the Vienna Insurance Group, has been
enlisted as sales partner in this effort. Within the scope of
cooperation in the area of fund-linked life insurance policies, 240
sales agents are offering the C-QUADRAT guarantee product known as
Trend Fox II.

Altogether, the sales activities of C-QUADRAT, the fund company, now
have access to nine European countries with roughly 161 million
potential customers. The number of independent financial advisers
(IFAs) who offer C-QUADRAT products throughout Europe now exceeds
35,000 persons.

"We are extremely happy about the expansion of our sales activities
in these three very interesting markets. Together with a top partner,
we can position C-QUADRAT products in a market phase which is
characterised by strong growth in private investment savings. Thus,
at the same time, we can advance C-QUADRAT´s established path of
growth and internationalisation in a consistent manner", said
C-QUADRAT founder and CEO, Alexander Schütz.

C-QUADRAT- the fund company - is an independent asset manager
operating across Europe. Founded in 1991, the company has had is 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 in the Prime Standard of 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 and by devising structured products. 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

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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

Fax: +43 1 515 66 359

Mail: a.wimmer@investmentfonds.at

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000613005
WKN:
Index: Prime.market
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / official market
Wiener Börse AG / official market