GEROVA Financial Group Ltd., Formerly Asia Special Situation Acquisition Corp., Announces That Its Securities Are Now Trading On The NYSE Amex Exchange Under The Symbol GFC

GEROVA Financial Group, Ltd., (NYSE Amex: GFC - News), a new specialty reinsurance company, formerly Asia Special Situation Acquisition Corp., which traded under the symbol CIO, announced that effective today its ordinary shares are trading on the NYSE Amex under the symbol GFC.

GEROVA Financial Group, Ltd.’s units are now trading under the symbol GFC.U and the new symbol for the company’s warrants is GFC.WS.

About GEROVA Financial Group, Ltd.

GEROVA Financial Group, Ltd., is a specialty reinsurance company, based in St. George, Cayman Islands, established in 2010 to take advantage of opportunities arising from financial market dislocations. GEROVA underwrites insurance risks that it believes will produce favorable long-term returns on shareholder equity. GEROVA seeks to further enhance returns on equity by directly originating high-yield senior secured commercial loans to middle market companies in select industries. At the time of its January 2010 public listing, GEROVA acquired approximately $650 million in equity capital, including an existing loan portfolio at what it believes is a significant discount from its value. GEROVA believes it has opportunities to deploy shareholder capital to acquire high quality assets at less than market value and opportunities to gather additional assets by providing reinsurance capacity to primary insurers that are under writing capacity pressure.

Forward-Looking Statements

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