The Parker Forrester story dates backto creation of the two Internationally-basedbrokerage firms Parker EuropeAG and ForresterManagement at the start of the twentieth century.The two family-run companies merged in2006 to become Parker Forrester, organisedin the form of a partnership. In other words thepartners who owned the company were alsothe managers of the company.This spirit of partnership between managerscontinued when the group's holding companybecame a privately held limited company.This means Parker Forrester’s direction isnot dictated by the need to satisfy nextquarters earnings.In 2007, managed assets - of both our privateand institutional customers - increased from126% to 335%. Currently, the figure is arounda 3X year over year increase.Our growth - unique in the history ofParker Forrester - is the result of the strongperformances on the equity markets, and ourfocus on attracting new customers and of theconsolidation of the investments of ourexisting customers.