DGAP-News: Altira Group: Funds of funds of the Altira subsidiary Patriach receive awards

Altira AG / Miscellaneous

15.12.2008 

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++ Funds of funds of the Altira subsidiary Patriach garner top spots in the
2008 Austrian geld-magazin Fund of Funds Award

++ Number 1 in the category mixed funds of funds 'Balanced' and Number 3 in
the category mixed funds of funds 'Equity Focus'

++ Beat benchmark in spite of financial crisis

In the framework of the 'Austrian Funds of Funds Award', the Austrian
geld-magazin at the end of November has now for the eighth time honoured
the best fund of funds managers. Patriarch Multi-Manager GmbH, a subsidiary
of Altira, was able to take two top spots.

In the category mixed funds of funds 'Balanced', 1 year's performance (due
date: 30 September 2008), 'Patriarch Select Ertrag' took place number 1.
This fund of funds, which is marketed by Patriarch, invests predominantly
in equity and fixed-income funds.

In comparison with the competition, the Patriarch product in a one-year
comparison was able to clearly outstrip all similarly oriented competitors
and consequently also the benchmark of the category (Patriarch: -7.12%;
benchmark -14.1%)

The other funds set up under the umbrella of Patriarch Multi-Manager GmbH
acquitted themselves well in the rankings of geld-magazin for the awards.
Thus Patriarch Aktien-Strategie Global, for example, took third place in
the category Mixed Funds of Funds 'Equity Focus', 1-year performance.

Dirk Fischer, managing officer of Patriarch Multi-Manager GmbH, states, 'We
are very pleased with the very good rankings of our funds. Particularly in
the top ranking, we prevailed against 62 renowned competitors in our
comparative group. Thus we proved that our clients, even in a difficult
environment such as we currently have, can know they are well taken care of
with our products. We wish to take these awards as a spur for future
results and to be measured against them.'

The fund volume currently administered by Patriach is just at EUR 150
million (as of end of November).


++ Patriach Multi-Manager GmbH

The Altira Group subsidiary Patriarch is a product developer for innovative
and specialized products in the area of investment.

Patriarch selects the best managers and picks the best suited managers
according to the investment focus of the particular project (fund of funds,
managed account, etc.).


++ About Altira

The Altira Group is an owner-managed company that is simultaneously an
exchange-listed asset management company. It manages money for
institutional investors in the areas of private markets, public markets and
real estate.

The investment approaches focus on inefficient markets. Inefficient markets
are newly forming markets and regions of the future with above-average
growth opportunities as well as established markets undergoing major
structural changes. Due to their specialised knowledge and years-long
experience, the Altira teams are able to generate a sustainable
above-average risk/yield profile ('high alpha strategies') in these markets
by using an active investment approach.

The implementation into defined investment products is then handled by the
focused, independent Altira subsidiaries. Whereas the investment decisions
are independently taken in the investment teams, all of the boutique
companies have centralised access to a common, institutional
infrastructure. The Altira Group is in general a founding majority
shareholder of these boutique subsidiaries, or it acquires shares in
existing asset management companies who want to tap into the Altira Group
platform.


Contact:
Altira Aktiengesellschaft
Olaf Meier
Head of Investor Relations
Phone: +49 69 719 12 80 123
E-Mail: olaf.meier@altira-group.de


DGAP 15.12.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Altira AG
              Grüneburgweg 18
              60322 Frankfurt / Main
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)69 719 12 80 - 00
Fax:          +49 (0)69 719 12 80 - 011
E-mail:       info@altira-group.de
Internet:     www.altira-group.de
ISIN:         DE0001218063
WKN:          121806
Listed:       Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Entry Standard
              in Frankfurt
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