** Shares in Europe's largest asset manager, Amundi AMUN.PA rise 4.7%, at the top of SBF120 .SBF120 index, after beating market expectations for Q4 results
** Amundi says investors added 20.9 billion euros ($24.70 billion) more than they withdrew in Q4, compared with estimated net inflows of 16.1 billion euros in a company-compiled consensus
** "DWS's results last week were a tough act to follow, but Amundi has demonstrated it is up to the task," Jefferies analysts say, adding Amundi also achieved a quarterly beat on profit before taxes (PBT), revenue and net income
** J.P. Morgan also highlights the group announced a 500 million euro share buyback program, starting on Wednesday and expected to be spread over a period of approximately one year
** Shares in Amundi reached their best price since August 2021
($1 = 0.8460 euros)
(Reporting by Mathias de Rozario in Gdansk)
((mathias.derozario@thomsonreuters.com))