DGAP-News: Altira AG: Significant Advancement of the Private Markets Division

Altira AG / Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous

03.04.2008 

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Altira Group is able to significantly advance and expand its investment
strategy 'Entrepreneur capital for German small and medium sized
companies'.
Heliad Equity Partners, an exchange-listed investment trust managed by a
subsidiary of Altira, has today signed an agreement for the sale of about
50% of its portfolio. The purchaser is the Jersey based, newly established
acquisition vehicle Heliad Investments Limited, which is funded by the
renowned private equity secondary firm Greenpark Capital Limited
('Greenpark'), London. A company of Altira Group will be the investment
advisor for Heliad Investments Limited so that the assets under management
within the strategy 'Entrepreneur capital for German small and medium
sized-companies' will increase by approx. EUR 50 m.
As a result of the sale at a valuation above acquisition costs, significant
profits will be realised within Heliad, from which Altira´s subsidiary –
provided the remaining portion of the portfolio has a positive development
– will receive performance fees.
Andreas Lange, Chief Investment Officer of Altira Group, is very pleased
with the development: 'The successful trade sale shows that the Altira
Group is able to form excellent management teams that invest in attractive
niches such as German small and medium-sized companies and that it can
create lasting value for the respective investors. This transaction is an
important milestone for us and a strong base to raise the assets under
management within our strategy 'Entrepreneur capital for German small and
medium sized companies' sharply in the medium term.'

+++ 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
Juan Rodriguez
Leiter Investor Relations
Tel: +49 69 719 159 66 405
E-Mail: juan.rodriguez@altira-group.de


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Language:     English
Issuer:       Altira AG
              Grüneburgweg 18
              60322 Frankfurt / Main
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)69 719 159 66 - 0
Fax:          +49 (0)69 719 159 66 - 11
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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