EANS-News: C-QUADRAT Investment AG / C-QUADRAT expands sales network to Spain and Italy

C-QUADRAT funds now available in Spain and Italy also

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Subtitle: C-QUADRAT funds now available in Spain and Italy also

Wien (euro adhoc) - Vienna/Frankfurt, 4.11.2009. A total return fund
managed by C-QUADRAT & ARTS is now available in Spain and Italy as
well, via insurance products for the retail market. The sales network
of C-QUADRAT - the fund company - now extends to twelve countries
with a total population of 289 million. Spain and Italy have now been
integrated into the C-QUADRAT sales network covering Austria,
Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania and
the three Baltic states. The C-QUADRAT ARTS Total Return Global-AMI
(DE000A0F5G98) fund will be sold in Spain and Italy as part of a life
assurance product marketed by Aspecta Lebensversicherung AG.

The investment policy pursued by the C-QUADRAT ARTS Total Return
Global-AMI fund is based on a "total return" approach. The fund
managers use a technical trading programme, specially developed by
ARTS Asset Management for tracking medium-term trends. The aim is to
generate an absolute return over the long term and over different
market phases.

The assets of the fund may be fully invested in stocks and shares.
The share quota may be reduced to zero in declining markets. In such
a case, the bulk of assets are invested in investment funds
comprising short-term bonds or fixed deposits. C-QUADRAT ARTS Total
Return Global-AMI is characterised by a highly active management
style. The trading system adheres to clearly defined trading rules
and currently monitors more than 10,000 investment funds. Asset
allocation is aimed at exploiting the yield potential of the most
successful sectors and countries. C-QUADRAT ARTS Total Return
Global-AMI is a fund operated by Ampega Gerling Investment GmbH.
Since 27.3.2003, the fund has been managed by C-QUADRAT Kapitalanlage
AG, which has delegated portfolio management to ARTS Asset Management
GmbH. The fund has received many awards and has been rated by
Stiftung Warentest, an independent organisation for consumer product
testing, as "far above average". In the five years until 30.10.2009,
shares in the fund have increased in value by +10.79% p.a.

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 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
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.

The current version of the published sales prospectus for the
aforementioned fund can be obtained by potential investors free of
charge from AmpegaGerling Investment GmbH, Charles-de-Gaulle-Platz 1,
D-50679 Cologne, from the registered offices of the fund´s depositary
bank, from the registered offices of the payments and information
office in Germany - Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers KGaA,
Kaiserstrasse 24, D-60311 Frankfurt am Main, or downloaded from the
Internet at www.c-quadrat.at. Past performance provides no indication
of the future performance of an investment fund. Every investment of
capital involves a degree of risk. The value of an investment may
fall as well as rise. Initial charges and exit fees are not taken
into account when calculating fund performance.

*C-QUADRAT ARTS Total Return Global-AMI: Rated by Stiftung Warentest
as "far above average" (67.1 points) in a test of 381 globally
investing funds (12th place), 11/2009 issue

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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
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