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Titanium Asset Management Corp.

Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

Milwaukee, WI, March 2, 2012 - Titanium Asset Management Corp. (AIM - TAM) today reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.

Highlights are as follows:

·; Managed assets decreased slightly from $8,434.4 million to $8,316.8 million during the fourth quarter of 2011 primarily reflecting the redemption of TALF assets under management.

·; Average managed assets of $8,375.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2011 were modestly higher relative to the $8,343.9 million for the same period last year. Investment management fee revenues were $5,160,000 for the fourth quarter of 2011, a 1.2% decrease from investment management fee revenues of $5,223,000 for the same period last year primarily due to the modestly lower average fee rates. Average managed assets of $8,347.2 million for 2011 were also modestly lower relative to the $8,350.6 million for the prior year. Investment management fee revenues were marginally higher at $20,507,000 for 2011 compared to $20,463,000 for 2010, reflecting a slightly higher average fee rate.

·; Distributed assets decreased by 49.2% from $736.5 million to $374.0 million during the fourth quarter of 2011 reflecting continued referred client redemptions. The combination of the continued erosion in the distributed asset client base and the reduction in our average referral fee rates due to the decrease in the hedge fund adviser's fees have led to significant decreases in our referral fee revenues. Referral fee revenues were $161,000 for the fourth quarter of 2011, a 72.9% decrease from referral fee revenues of $594,000 for the fourth quarter of 2010. Referral fee revenues for 2011 were $1,106,000, a 54.3% decrease from referral fee revenues of $2,418,000 for 2010.

·; Adjusted EBITDA(1) continued to improve during the fourth quarter of 2011 and for the full year. Adjusted EBITDA of $541,000 for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $473,000 for the same period last year. Excluding severance costs, our Adjusted EBITDA for 2011 would have been $1,133,000 compared to $326,000 for 2010. The ongoing improvements in Adjusted EBITDA primarily reflect the structural cost reductions achieved since the beginning of 2010, offset in part by the decrease in referral fee revenue.

·; Net investment loss of $68,000 for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to net investment income of $257,000 for the same period last year. Net investment income of $322,000 for 2011 compared to $1,266,000 for the same period last year.

·; Net loss of $11,174,000, or $0.54 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to a net loss of $6,032,000, or $0.29 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2010. Net loss of $18,250,000, or $0.88 per diluted common share, for 2011 compared to a net loss of $13,602,000, or $0.88 per diluted common share, for 2010.

(1) See the table below for a definition of Adjusted EBITDA (deficit), a non-GAAP financial measure. The table provides a description of this non-GAAP financial measure and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Commenting on these results, Robert Brooks, CEO of Titanium Asset Management Corp. said:

"We are pleased to report positive EBITDA for 2011 which reflects significant progress since the current management team assumed responsibilities at the beginning of 2010. Since that time, we have reduced our ongoing annualized administrative expenses from approximately $25.1 million to approximately $20.6 million by reorganizing and integrating various elements of our business. At this reduced structural cost, we believe we can achieve significant growth in profitability as we achieve revenue growth."

"During 2011, we were disappointed to suffer a significant loss in the distributed assets and our referral fees. In addition, the sluggish economy continues to create a challenging environment in which to grow our core managed assets. Nonetheless, we were able to take significant steps in overcoming these challenges and we are proud to have achieved the turnaround that we targeted for 2011."

"Our investment management teams continue to achieve solid investment performance and several of our fixed income strategies are performing in the upper deciles of our peer group rankings for their three year investment performance. We believe these strong performance rankings position us for strong asset growth over the next year."

For further information please contact:

Titanium Asset Management Corp.

Robert Brooks, CEO 312-335-8300

Seymour Pierce Ltd

Jonathan Wright +44 20 7107 8000

Assets Under Management

Assets under management of $8.3 billion at December 31, 2011 were higher than the $8.1 billion reported at December 31, 2010 due primarily to positive investment returns. The following table presents summary activity for 2011 and 2010 periods.

The principle factors affecting our net flows during the periods ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 include the following:

·; We generated approximately $700 million of new assets in 2009 through our participation in the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility ("TALF") of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. These assets were added through separate client accounts and our Titanium TALF Opportunity Fund ("TALF Fund"). We expect the securities purchased under the TALF program will mature and be redeemed over the next couple of years, and, as a result, we expect to experience decreases in these assets under management. In 2010, the TALF related assets under management decreased by approximately $100 million and in 2011, the TALF related assets under management decreased by approximately $250 million.

·; Net flows for 2011 were negatively impacted by the loss of several equity accounts managed under a quantitative strategy. These accounts totaled approximately $140 million and represented all of the accounts managed under this strategy. While management fee revenue was impacted by the loss of these accounts, the loss did not have a significant impact on profitability as the revenue was subject to a significant fee sharing arrangement with the portfolio manager.

·; Multiemployer pension and welfare plans represent approximately 34% of our client base, and these plans have been faced with a challenging economic environment over the last several years due to the equity market collapse of 2008 and general business conditions that affect their contribution and withdrawal levels. These factors have led to higher levels of outflows from our fixed income strategies throughout the last two years. Net inflows from multiemployer pension and welfare plans were approximately $87 million during 2011 compared to net outflows of approximately $320 million during 2010. The net outflows for 2010 include a $170 million multiemployer pension client that decided to change to an indexing strategy.

·; Since 2008, the lack of individual investor confidence in the equity markets has led to higher account closures and withdrawals of equity assets, particularly in our retail accounts. During 2011, this withdrawal activity significantly subsided as total outflows of equity assets were approximately $80 million compared to approximately $180 million in 2010.

·; Net flows for 2011 were positively impacted by the addition of approximately $20 million of equity assets of a mutual fund for which Clal serves as investment advisor, and for which we serve as sub-advisor pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement with Clal.

Market value changes reflect our investment performance. Fixed income assets comprised approximately 90% of our total assets under management at December 31, 2011. Fixed income returns as measured by the Barclay's Aggregate Index were 1.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2011 and 7.8% for the year-to-date period ended December 31, 2011 (for the comparable 2010 periods the returns were -1.3% and 6.6%, respectively). Approximately 50% of our fixed income assets with defined performance benchmarks outperformed their respective benchmarks for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Equity assets comprised approximately 7% of our total assets under management at December 31, 2011. Equity returns as measured by the S&P 500 Index were 11.8% for the three months ended December 31, 2011 and -2.1% for the year-to-date period ended December 31 (for the comparable 2010 periods the returns were 10.7% and 15.0%, respectively). Approximately 20% of our equity assets outperformed their respective benchmarks for the nine months ended December 31, 2011.

The following table presents summary breakdowns for our assets under management at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

Our mix of assets under management by investment strategy was relatively unchanged as fixed income assets comprised 90% of total assets under management at December 31, 2011, compared to 88% at December 31, 2010.

Our mix of assets under management by client type was relatively unchanged as institutional accounts comprised 86% of total assets under management as of December 31, 2011 compared to 85% at December 31, 2010.

Our mix of assets under management by investment vehicle was relatively unchanged as separate accounts comprised 91% of total assets under management as of December 31, 2011 compared to 89% at December 31, 2010.

Distributed Assets

We earn referral fees on clients referred to Attalus Capital LLC ("Attalus"), a hedge fund manager with whom we have a referral arrangement. The assets managed by Attalus under this arrangement decreased from $894.4 million at December 31, 2010 to $374.0 million at December 31, 2011, primarily due to client redemptions. The activity related to these assets was as follows:

During 2011, we experienced significant decreases in the assets managed by Attalus as a result of several factors, including Attalus' overall fee rates, the investment performance of the hedge funds managed by Attalus relative to the performance of other hedge funds, and certain changes in Attalus' management. Starting January 1, 2011, Attalus reduced its average fee rates, which reduced our referral fee rate and revenue (an approximate $900,000 reduction to our annualized referral fee revenues). The combination of these factors resulted in outflows totaling approximately $500 million (representing approximately $800,000 of annualized referral fees).

Attalus has also informed us that they have received further redemption requests that are expected to be effective at the end of the first quarter of 2012. The additional redemption requests total approximately $170 million (representing approximately $300,000 of annualized referral fees). These redemptions would reduce the assets under management to approximately $200 million, with an annualized referral fee rate of approximately $300,000.

Operating Results

(1) See the table below for a definition of Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure. The table provides a description of this non-GAAP financial measure and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Our 2011 fourth quarter investment management fees decreased $63,000, or 1.2%, relative to the fourth quarter of 2010 due to a modest decrease in our average fee rate. For the annual periods, our investment management fees increased $44,000, or 0.2%, due to a modest increase in our average fee rate.

Our 2011 fourth quarter referral fee revenue decreased $433,000, or 72.9%, compared to the referral fee revenue for the fourth quarter of 2010. Referral fee revenue for 2011 decreased by $1,312,000, or 54.3%, compared to the referral fee revenue for the same period last year. The decreases reflect a combination of asset redemptions incurred by Attalus throughout 2011 and a reduction in our average referral fee rate due to Attalus' reduction in its fees.

Our Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $541,000, an increase of $68,000, or 14.4%, over the comparable amount for the 2010 period. Our Adjusted EBITDA for 2011 included severance costs of $469,000. Excluding severance costs, our Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2011 would have been $1,133,000. Our Adjusted EBITDA deficit for the year ended December 31, 2010 included severance costs of $918,000. Excluding severance costs, our Adjusted EBITDA deficit for the year ended December 31, 2010 would have been $326,000. The improvement to EBITDA in the 2011 periods primarily reflects the cost reductions, offset in part by the decrease in referral fee revenue.

Amortization of intangible assets

Throughout 2011, the Company considered the impact of recurring redemptions of the Attalus assets and their impact on the remaining useful life of its NIS referral relationship intangible asset. The most recent assessment at year end resulted in reducing the estimated remaining useful life to approximately 15 months as of October 1, 2011. The $3,376,000 increase in amortization expense in 2011 reflects these revisions to the estimated remaining useful life of the intangible asset related to the referral relationship. As a result of the most recent revision to the estimated remaining useful life, we expect that the total annual amortization expense will increase to $9,604,000 for 2012.

Goodwill impairment

In completing our annual impairment test for goodwill as of December 31, 2011, we concluded that the goodwill balance was impaired and recognized an additional impairment charge of $8,923,000.

Following the end of the first quarter of 2011, we were notified by Attalus of redemptions and a reduction in our referral fee rates that significantly exceeded the estimates that were received in connection with the 2010 year end assessment of goodwill. From ensuing discussions with the management of Attalus, we became aware of additional concerns with the relationship that may impact our marketing relationship beyond the current contractual period. These factors caused the Company to further reduce its long-term forecast of referral fee revenues and triggered an interim assessment of goodwill as of March 31, 2011. As a result of that assessment, we had concluded that goodwill had been impaired and recognized an impairment charge of $3,500,000 as the reduction in the forecast long-term referral fee revenues had resulted in a reduced estimate of the Company's value.

In total, we recognized impairment charges of $12,423,000 during 2011.

During 2010, we recognized goodwill impairment charges totaling $11,000,000 based on impairment tests completed as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2010.

Forward-looking Statements

Statements in this press release which are not historical facts may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control.

Any forward-looking statements made in this press release speak as of the date made and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, and we undertake no obligation to update any such statements. Results may differ significantly due to market fluctuations that alter our assets under management; a further decline in our distributed assets; termination of investment advisory agreements; impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets; our inability to compete; market pressure on investment advisory fees; ineffective management of risk; changes in interest rates, equity prices, liquidity of global markets and international and regional political conditions; or actions taken by Clal Finance Ltd., as our significant stockholder.  Additional factors that could influence Titanium's financial results are included in its Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about March 9, 2012. The report will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the Company's website at www.ti-am.com.

Notes:

(1) Adjusted EBITDA (deficit) is defined as operating income or loss before non-cash charges for amortization and impairment of intangible assets and goodwill, depreciation, and share compensation expense. We believe Adjusted EBITDA (deficit) is useful as an indicator of our ongoing performance and our ability to service debt, make new investments, and meet working capital obligations. Adjusted EBITDA (deficit), as we calculate it may not be consistent with computations made by other companies. We believe that many investors use this information when analyzing the operating performance, liquidity, and financial position of companies in the investment management industry.