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Austrian Fund Firm Snaps Up Private Bank
Tom Burroughes
16 July 2008
Austrian fund management firm C-Quadrat Investment said it is planning to buy the whole of Techno Verwaltungs und Beteiligungs, which is the sole owner of M&A PrivatBank. The financial value of the acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, was not disclosed. M&A PrivatBank specialises in private banking, asset management and corporate finance and has fee-generating assets of €1.3 billion. C-Quadrat said the combined fee-based assets under management of the two firms would amount to around €5.8 billion. C-QUADRAT is an independent asset manager operating across Europe and was founded in 1991.