RNS Number:2861U
Office of Fair Trading
15 January 2004


Merger Update:


The OFT has decided, on the information currently available to it, that a
relevant merger situation, under the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002, has
not been created in the following merger:

Anticipated acquisition by Man Group of BlueCrest Capital Management

The text of this decision will be placed on the Office of Fair Trading's web
site at www.oft.gov.uk and will also appear in the Office's Weekly Gazette and
Competition Bulletin as soon as is reasonably practicable.



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