Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG) Monthly Update for July 2011

LONDON, August 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG) is a Guernsey closed-ended investment company traded on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext under the ticker symbol "TFG".

In this monthly update, unless otherwise stated, we report on the consolidated business incorporating TFG and Tetragon Financial Group Master Fund Limited.(1)

Net Asset Value Estimates as of July 31, 2011

(Amounts provided are unaudited and subject to change)

                                               (in millions except per
                                                      share data)
    Estimated Fair Value of Investments:              $1,233.9
    Cash and Cash Equivalents:                          $141.9
    Net Other Assets/ (Liabilities):                      $1.6
    Estimated Net Asset Value:                        $1,377.4
    TFG Shares Outstanding:                              131.7
    Net Asset Value per Share: (2)(3)                   $11.63

(1)TFG invests substantially all its capital through a master fund, Tetragon Financial Group Master Fund Limited (“TFGMF”) in which it holds a 100.0% share.

(2)Excludes 9.4 million shares held in treasury and 3.91 million shares held by a subsidiary.

(3)NAV per share was reduced by $0.10 in July 2011 to reflect the approval of the quarterly dividend relating to Q2 2011.

This release does not contain or constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction.  The securities of TFG have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US persons unless they are registered under applicable law or exempt from registration.  TFG does not intend to register any portion of its securities in the United States or to conduct a public offer of securities in the United States.  In addition, TFG has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of such Act.  TFG is registered in the public register of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets under Section 1:107 of the Financial Markets Supervision Act ("FMSA") as a collective investment scheme from a designated country. This release constitutes regulated information ("gereglementeerde informatie") within the meaning of Section 1:1 of the FMSA.

Portfolio Composition

Portfolio Held by Tetragon Financial Group Master Fund Limited

(unless otherwise stated)

As of July 31, 2011

   
                                  TFG      TFG
                                 group    group     No. of Closed CLO
                                 Market    Net      Transactions No. of
                     TFG Share    Cap     Assets        Closed CLO
    Report Date      Price ($)  ($MM)(1)  ($MM)        Transactions
    31 July 2011       $7.75   $1,021.0  $1,377.4         75(2)

   
                                                                  Investment
                                                          Risk      - Fair
                                                        Capital      Value
    Capital Allocation by Asset Class                  Allocation ($MM)(3)(4)

    Broadly Syndicated Senior Secured Loans: US           73.0%      $896.1
    Broadly Syndicated Senior Secured Loans: Europe       12.8%      $157.4
    Middle Market Senior Secured Loans: US                14.2%      $174.2
    CDOs Squared: US                                       0.0%        $0.0
    ABS and Structured Finance: US                         0.0%        $0.0

                            Total                        100.0%    $1,227.7

   
                                                              Asia
    Geographic Allocation by Asset Class        USA   Europe Pacific  Total

    Broadly Syndicated Senior Secured Loans     85.1%  14.9%   0.0%   100.0%
    Middle Market Senior Secured Loans         100.0%   0.0%   0.0%   100.0%
    CDOs Squared                                 0.0%   0.0%   0.0%     0.0%
    ABS and Structured Finance                   0.0%   0.0%   0.0%     0.0%

                                                87.2%  12.8%   0.0%   100.0%

   
                                                            Bank Loan
                                                            Exposure
    Top 15 Underlying Bank Loan Credits                        (5)

    Univision Communications                                  0.92%
    HCA Inc                                                   0.85%
    Community Health                                          0.84%
    First Data Corp                                           0.82%
    SunGard Data Systems Inc                                  0.75%
    Aramark Corp                                              0.71%
    Cablevision Systems Corp                                  0.71%
    Federal-Mogul                                             0.67%
    TXU Corp                                                  0.66%
    Las Vegas Sands                                           0.66%
    Charter Communications                                    0.65%
    Nielsen Company                                           0.64%
    Sabre Holdings Corp                                       0.63%
    Georgia Pacific Corp                                      0.59%
    Health Management Associates                              0.56%

   
    EUR-USD FX: 1.44
    (1) Calculated using TFG shares outstanding and month end exchange price.
    (2) Excludes CDO-squared and ABS CDO transactions which were written off in October 2007.
    TFG continues to hold the economic rights to 3 of these written-off transactions.
    (3) Excludes TFG's investments in LCM Asset Management LLC and GreenOak Real Estate LP
    (4) Equivalent to Investment in Securities at Fair Value in the US GAAP Financial
    Statements.
    (5) Includes par amount of loans held directly by TFG and also loan exposures via TFG's
    investments in CLOs. With respect to CLO investments, calculated as a percentage of total
    corporate loan assets that TFG has exposure to
    based on its equity-based pro-rata share of each CLO's total portfolio. All calculations
    are net of any single name CDS hedges held against that credit.

Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG)

Monthly Update For July 2011

   
    Expected Upcoming Events                     Date

    Q2 Dividend Payment Date                     August 26, 2011
    August 2011 Monthly Report                   September 20, 2011 (approx)

For further information, please contact:
TFG:
David Wishnow/Yuko Thomas
Investor Relations
ir@tetragoninv.com

Press Inquiries:
Brunswick Group
Andrew Garfield/Gill Ackers/Pip Green
+44-20-7404-5959
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