Monthly Performance Review

Close AllBlue Fund Limited 30 October 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 October 2006 CLOSE ALLBLUE FUND LIMITED (THE 'COMPANY') MONTHLY PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE Close AllBlue Fund Limited (the 'Company') is a Guernsey incorporated, closed-ended investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to provide its Sterling, US Dollar and Euro shareholders with consistent long-term capital growth through an investment policy of investing substantially all of each share class' assets in the Sterling, US Dollar and Euro shares in AllBlue Limited respectively. AllBlue Limited provides access to a portfolio of seven diversified strategies managed by BlueCrest Capital Management L.P. and managers with close links to BlueCrest. These include the BlueCrest flagship fund with a mixed arbitrage strategy (BlueCrest Capital International Limited), an equity long/short fund (BlueCrest Equity Fund Limited), an emerging markets macro strategy fund (BlueCrest Emerging Markets Fund Limited) and a systematic trading process fund (BlueTrend Fund Limited). The net asset values ('NAV') of the Company's Shares as at the close of business on Friday 29 September 2006 were:- Total Return Last Since NAV Last Month Quarter Launch** Sterling Shares £0.9634 -0.45% N/A -1.71% US Dollar Shares $0.9654 -0.41% N/A -1.51% Euro Shares €0.9577 -0.60% N/A -2.30% **Based on opening NAV, being the Issue Price less Formation and Initial Expenses, of £0.98025 per Sterling Share, $0.98025 per US Dollar Share and €0.98025 per Euro Share. PERFORMANCE REPORT OF ALLBLUE LIMITED FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2006 The following portfolio performance report for AllBlue Limited has been provided to the Company by BlueCrest Capital Management Limited. Whilst the Company believes that the information has been received from a reliable source, the Company is not able to verify the information and accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the comments made or figures given in the report, and neither should any responsibility be implied. REPORT BY BLUECREST ON ALLBLUE LIMITED SEPTEMBER 2006 REVIEW FOR ALLBLUE LIMITED Investments in: Capital Free Cash %Return Weighted Return Allocation% By Sector % Mixed Arb 18% 66% -0.36% -0.06% Systematic 23% 82% -0.13% -0.03% Equity 30% 59% -0.15% -0.05% Low Beta 1% 87% -1.61% 0.02% Emerging Markets 18% 50% -1.57% -0.28% Credit Arb 8% 39% 1.02% 0.08% Event Driven 2% N/A 0.40% 0.01% Total 100% -0.35% September was a month where opportunities remained lacklustre and risk appetite continued to err on the side of caution. AllBlue performance was dominated by the unfortunate events in Emerging Markets. A coup in Thailand and political scandals in Hungary, Poland, South Africa and Brazil created a tough trading environment. Equity markets saw a sharp rally along with credit spreads that continued to tighten. Mixed Arbitrage was dominated by the final stages of the squeeze in fixed income markets. 10-year US treasuries rallied from 4.80% to an ultimate low of 4.53% as the yield curve continued the recent inversion trend. Data for the most part remained around expectations with the big exception being the Philadelphia Fed confidence indicator in which the -0.4 number was much weaker than the expected print of 14. US producer prices also came in below expectations, softening the prospects for inflation and potential further rate hikes. Systematic trading was flat for the month. Within the different buckets, Equities was the strongest performing sector with gains largely offset by losses in the Short Interest Rate bucket. FX and Metals also had a slight negative contribution with Energies moderately positive. Emerging Markets proved tricky as the political instability in Hungry led to volatility and risk reduction of their assets. The benchmark local market index, GBI-EM Broad, posted a small negative return for September of 0.07%, leaving the YTD return at 2.91%. There was, however, significant differentiation in returns, region to region and country to country. Turkey (-6.13%) and South Africa (-5.91%) were the worst performers while India (+3.32%) and Indonesia(+2.63%) performed well. We expect volatility to pick up as we approach the end of the year, as investors struggle with the concept of high core inflation combined with the perception that the US economy is slowing. Equity markets continued their recovery during September. Most equity indices delivered small positive returns for the month. The MS Europe Index increased 0.80% and the MS World Index returned 1.07%. Gains were largely driven by the declining oil price, moderating inflation indicators and stable interest rates. Equities posted a return of -0.13%. The strategy has been steadily increasing its exposure to Mega Cap stocks (stocks with a market cap of >20Bn USD) and this strategic long position delivered over 1% in September. We have also been increasing net exposure to IT and Telecommunication. Together with Healthcare and Basic Resources, IT and Telecoms were the largest contributors to the performance. Short positions in some of the US retail sectors together with long positions in financials and banks posted negative performance. Credit Arbitrage posted a broad-based performance across all portfolio strategies. Intra-Credit and Inter-Credit were the top performers, booking gains across several trading themes in both Europe and North America. Some of the rally in credit spreads was driven by technicals associated with the roll in credit derivative indices. Equity strategies also performed well on the month. The Correlation book ended the month flat, despite a moderate drop in implied equity correlation across maturities. Event Driven showed a moderate positive contribution. After the relatively subdued holiday period, September saw a very high level of both announced M&A activity and speculative news flow. This activity, in conjunction with a 10% decline in the oil price, sent the DJ Eurostoxx 50 index up 2.4% to a new 2006 high. Activity included MAN's hostile approach to Swedish truck maker Scania, a consortium agreeing to buy UK water company AWG and Serono falling to Merck. Disclaimer: This publication is issued by Close AllBlue Fund Limited (the 'Company') for informational purposes exclusively to and for the benefit only of shareholders in the Company and to no one else; and accordingly the Company accepts no responsibility for the use any third party might make of the information herein contained and neither is any responsibility implied. Information on AllBlue Limited and its underlying funds have been provided to the Company by BlueCrest Capital Management Limited and the Company is not responsible for, nor does it warrant, the accuracy of such information. Although BlueCrest Capital Management Limited believes that the information on AllBlue Limited and its underlying funds is materially correct, no warranty is given as to the accuracy of the information provided. This publication may not be relied upon in evaluating the merits of investing in any securities referred to herein. Neither is it intended as and is not to be taken as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security, nor does it constitute an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction, including those in which such an offer or solicitation is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such a solicitation or offer. Where in this document an estimate of the Net Asset Value of a share in the Company is given, although the information is believed to be materially correct, no warranty is given as to the accuracy of the information provided. The Company's underlying investment programme is speculative in nature and entails substantial risks. The underlying investments may be subject to sudden and large falls in price or value and there could be a large loss upon realisation which could equal the total amount originally invested. *Calls to this number will be recorded. Further information about Shares in Close AllBlue Fund Limited may be found on the Company's website at www.closeallbluefund.com. For further Company shareholder information about investing in the Company contact: Marc Gordon or Richard Bolchover of Close Fund Management (Investments) Limited, the Shareholder Liaison Agent, Tel: London 020 7426 4000. Neither this press release nor any part of it may be released, mailed, transmitted, copied, distributed, taken or otherwise sent in or into the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japanese Securities laws. Anson Fund Managers Limited Company Secretary. Tel: Guernsey 01481 722260 END OF ANNOUNCEMENT E&OE - in transmission This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
UK 100