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

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

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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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