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RNS Number : 4531B

CQS Diversified Fund Limited

17 February 2011

 
 Interim Management Statement 
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 www.cqsdiversifiedfund.com 
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 Overview                       CQS Diversified Fund Limited (the "Company") is a 
                                closed-ended investment company, registered and 
                                incorporated in Guernsey on 27 October 2010 
                                (registration number 52551). This interim 
                                management statement relates to the period from 27 
                                October 2010 (date of incorporation of the 
                                Company) to the date of publication of this 
                                statement and has been prepared solely to provide 
                                additional information in order to meet the 
                                relevant requirement of the UK Listing Authority's 
                                Disclosure and Transparency Rules, and should not 
                                be relied on by Shareholders, or any other party, 
                                for any other purpose. 
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 Investment Objective           The investment objective of the Company is to 
                                achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns over the 
                                medium to long term by primarily investing in 
                                convertible and credit-related strategies. The 
                                Company will seek to achieve its investment 
                                objective by investing substantially all of its 
                                assets in the Segregated Portfolio Alpha of CQS 
                                Diversified Fund (SPC) Limited ("DVA") DVA is a 
                                fund incorporated in the Cayman Islands with an 
                                investment objective to generate attractive risk 
                                adjusted returns over the medium to long term. DVA 
                                seeks to mitigate the risks and volatility 
                                associated with investing in individual strategies 
                                by constructing a portfolio of underlying funds 
                                across a range of strategies. These underlying 
                                funds primarily invest in convertible and credit 
                                related strategies and are all currently managed 
                                by CQS Cayman LP. 
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 Share Capital                  The number of shares in issue in each share class 
                                 of the Company is summarised as follows: 
                                     Share      15 December   31 January 
                                     Class          2010         2010 
                                 ------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                  GBP Shares    65,025,567    65,025,567 
                                 ------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                  USD Shares    14,706,175    14,706,175 
                                 ------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                 Source: Citco Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited. 
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 Performance                    The NAV per share* and return information of 
  Summary                       each share class of the Company is summarised 
                                as follows: 
                                                  31       Financial    Calendar 
                                   Share        January    YTD (since      YTD 
                                   Class         2011       launch)      Return 
                                -----------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
                                 GBP Shares 
                                  Net Asset 
                                    Value      100.37p      +1.40%       +1.40% 
                                -----------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
                                 USD Shares 
                                  Net Asset 
                                    Value     USD1.0038     +1.42%       +1.42% 
                                -----------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
                                * NAV performance is provided for information 
                                purposes only and is based on the estimated NAV 
                                per share as at 31 January 2011. Shares in the 
                                Company do not necessarily trade at a price equal 
                                to the prevailing NAV per Share. 
                                Performance review for DVA 
                                Further detail of monthly performance information 
                                of the Company and DVA can be obtained from the 
                                Company's monthly shareholder report, copies 
                                of which are to be found on the Company's website: 
                                www.cqsdiversifiedfund.com 
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 Investment Profile             As at 1 February 2011, the investment portfolio 
                                of DVA was approximately allocated on the 
                                following 
                                basis: 
                                                              Allocation 
                                 Underlying Fund                   % 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                 ABS                            22.00 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                 Asia                           16.00 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                 Convertible and 
                                  Quantitative Strategies       24.25 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                 Directional Opportunities      24.50 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                 Credit Long Short              13.15 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                 Cash                            0.10 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                 TOTAL                          100.00 
                                ---------------------------  ----------- 
                                Source: CQS Cayman 
                                LP 
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 Material Events                The Company was incorporated on 27 October 2010. 
  and Transactions              On 15 December 2010, the Company raised GBP74.4 
                                million from a placing and offer for subscription, 
                                comprising 65,025,567 Sterling Shares and 
                                14,706,175 USD Shares, which were admitted to the 
                                Official List and to trading on the London Stock 
                                Exchange. The Company invested substantially all 
                                of the net proceeds of the placing and offer for 
                                subscription into DVA, in accordance with its 
                                investment policy, on 31 December 2010. Other than 
                                set out above, the Board is not aware of any 
                                significant events or transactions that have 
                                occurred between 15 December 2010 and the date of 
                                publication of this statement which would have a 
                                material impact on the financial position of the 
                                Company 
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 Investor Information           The latest available information on the Company 
                                 can be accessed via www.cqsdiversifiedfund.com 
 
                                By order of the Board 
                                 CQS Diversified Fund Limited 
                                 17 February 2011 
 

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