Unconstrained Investment andPortfolio Construction

Douglas McDowellHead of Client Investment Strategies

THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT FOR RETAIL CLIENTS

GLOBAL STOCKMARKET RETURNS SINCETHE START OF THE DECADE

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Source: Bloomberg as at 31.01.2012. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Neptune funds do not replicate a benchmark and holdings may therefore vary from those in the index quoted. For the reason the above comparison index should be used for reference only.

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TAKE A GLOBAL UNCONSTRAINED* APPROACH

• Global sector research and understanding of the macro environment is essential to identify future sector and stock opportunities

• Exposure to both non-OECD and OECD economies allows better risk management

• Industry developments over the last 30 years and, in particular, the craving for ‘measuring’ a manager’s output has led to them, and all those offering, chasing short-term relative return by constructing sub-optimal portfolios based on indices or benchmarks and thereby putting an unnecessary cap on the generation of long-term absolute return

These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research. We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views. *Subject to prescribed regulatory limits.

UNCONSTRAINED* INVESTMENT BASED ON CONVICTION

• Investing in best ideas, holding the stocks you want, in the quantities you want, based on your conviction  

• The resulting increase in active risk may increase expected return

• Strategic risk is the permanent loss of capital

• Active risk is the short-term volatility around an index or benchmark

• Accepting greater active risk (higher volatility) can lead to higher return (and a lowering of strategic risk)

•  Allows you to take a pragmatic view of absolute diversification 

•  It allows you to take a long-term view

*Subject to prescribed regulatory limits. These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research.We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views.

A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO INVESTING

• Global equities are arguably best viewed on a sectoral basis

• Fundamental research focused on identifying the ‘winners’ in each industry

• Investors must understand the outlook for global sectors/industries, their key influences and likely development before assessing an individual company’s likely operational performance vs. other potential investments, both inside and outside that sector

• It is unlikely that any company, however well managed, can perform well vs. all other potential investments in an industry whose background is poor

• Without a clear understanding of the industry in which it operates, it is impossible to fully understand the prospects of a company operating within it

These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research. We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views.

A SECTOR BASED APPROACH

• Sector allocation is the key determinant of portfolio construction and, as a by-product, regional allocation

• Sectoral reviews identify their current structure, prevailing 3-5 year trends and global opportunities

• Within the most promising sectors, it is the global companies that tend to dominate and investors should seek to add value by detailed analysis at the stock level to identify the most suitable investments.

• The aim of individual company research is to find those companies most likely to benefit from the sector/industry trends identified in sector research

These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research. We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views.

PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION AND THE REAL WORLD

• Beware of country-based benchmarking

• Too much attention to benchmarks can constrain idea generation and performance

• National or regional silos can give you a narrow, historically-based focus

• Sector-based research is essential with increasingly ‘globalised’, interrelated economies

• A thorough understanding of global growth drivers alongside industry dynamics leads to real understanding

• Real understanding leads to real conviction

• Meaningful positions based on knowledge of the company, its peers and its industry

These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research. We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views.

IT’S NOT A BI-POLAR WORLD

• Emerging markets (EM) vs. developed markets (DM) dichotomy is the received wisdom

• In reality EM/DM remain interconnected in complex ways

• Emerging markets are a collection of vastly different economies

• Developed economies’ growth is patchy, but there are some areas of strength and they are still the home of many fast-growing global industry leaders

Investing in emerging markets can involve a higher degree of risk. Less developed markets are generally less well regulated than the UK and do not have the strict standards of accounting and transparency present in developed markets. Some emerging markets may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries and markets that trade only a limited number of securities. As a consequence, both the value of investments made and the ease of which the underlying securities can be bought and sold may be adversely effected.

ECONOMIES ARE NOT MARKETS

Source: Google Images, July 2011.

• OECD economies are predominantly

• Domestic

• Consumer-orientated

• Net borrowers

• OECD markets are predominantly

• Global

• Business-orientated

• Net savers

INVESTMENT IN COMPANIES, NOT IN COUNTRIES

• Japan’s business community ranked 1st overall (World Economic Forum Report 9.10.10)

• 1st in 4/9 categories

• Top 4 in three more

• 9th and 13th in the other two categories

•Many Japanese firms:

• Dominate their global sectors

• Higher exposure to non-OECD markets vs. their US/EU rivals

• Translational gains from yen weakness

• Sales and operating profits derived from overseas (41% & 44% respectively).

Source: Neptune Research & Nikkei 225 Index as at 2010.

ASSESSING POTENTIAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

• Reflect the well-diversified and increasingly inter-dependant economic growth across both developed and emerging markets

• Understand both the drivers and distribution of future growth

• Equally important to understand the varying stages of economic growth of emerging markets…

• …and their idiosyncrasies

• The BRICs are not all same and they are often very different from countries on the ‘frontier’

These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research. We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views.

STOCK SELECTION

• Company analysis assesses the growth outlook over 3-5 years, focusing on ROE and ROCE, margin history, balance sheet strength and free cash-flow and management’s record in capital allocation

• Those companies (potential investments) thus identified are then subject to a proprietary valuation tool which is the prime determinate of ultimate inclusion in a portfolio

• The ultimate determinate of a holding’s size is the strength of conviction

• Aiming to buy strong companies within preferred sectors at good valuations, coupled with the rigid sell discipline is the bottom-up contributor to performance

These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research. We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views.

PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION AND CONTROLS

• Truly unconstrained*, with a significant tracking error

• Weightings not based on index weightings but on conviction

• Entire process focused on portfolio risk

• Sector constraints and guidelines

• No geographic restrictions

• Where a company is listed is largely an accident of history

*Subject to prescribed regulatory limits.

EMERGING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

• BRIC’s economic strength is dominating the outlook for global growth

• Steep change in balance of economic power

• We believe BRICs will account for two-thirds of global growth over the next 5 yrs

• Economic outlook remains robust, especially when compared to developed markets

• No constraints from deleveraging → new credit cycle beginning

• Rapidly reducing reliance on OECD for growth

• Divergent emerging vs. developed market performance a reflection of misunderstanding/distrust of Chinese economic policy

Source: Neptune Research, August 2012. These are Neptune’s views and as such this document is deemed to be impartial research. We do not undertake to advise you as to any change of our views. Past performance is no guide to future performance. Investing in emerging markets can involve a higher degree of risk. Less developed markets are generally less well regulated than the UK and do not have the strict standards of accounting and transparency present in developed markets. Some emerging markets may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries and markets that trade only a limited number of securities. As a consequence, both the value of investments made and the ease of which the underlying securities can be bought and sold may be adversely effected. Please remember that forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance.

THE WORLD OF EMERGING STOCKMARKETS 1991

Source: Emerging Stock Markets Factbook 2011

Market capitalisation in US$ billions

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. . . AND 20 YEARS LATER

Czech Republic, $53 bn

Thailand, $276 bn

Brazil, $1,532 bn

Colombia, $212 bn

Chile, $337 bn

Mexico, $458 bn

Peru, $91 bn

Morocco, $66 bn

Egypt, $70 bn

Hungary, $33 bn

Russia, $1,048 bn

South Korea, $1,140 bn

Taiwan, $875 bn

Malaysia, $435 bn

China, $3,768 bn

India, $1,506 bn

Poland, $212 bn

Indonesia, $407 bn

Turkey, $282 bn

South Africa, $515 bn

Emerging markets total market capitalisation in 2011

Source: Bloomberg, June 2011

Source: Neptune as at 30.09.12. This Fund may invest more than 35% in government and public securities in a number of jurisdictions.For further details please see the Prospectus.

NEPTUNE GLOBAL EQUITY FUND ASSET ALLOCATION

Research process leads to conviction in leading companies

Industrials14.7%

Cash0.6%

Consumer Staples22.5%

Telecoms1.5%

IT14.3%

Financials4.9%

Consumer Disc16.2%

Energy14.5%

Materials10.8%

US 50.5%

UK 9.1%

China 10.9%

Russia 12.7%

Hong Kong 5.0%

Japan 3.3%

Norway 2.5%

France 2.3%

Switzerland 1.6%

Mexico 1.5%

Cash 0.6%

TOP DECILE IN 8/10 CALENDAR YEARS ENABLING A RETURN OF 165% SINCE LAUNCH (4/91)Period Neptune Global Equity Fund IMA Sector Average MSCI World

To 30.09.12 % return Quartile ranking % return % return

YTD 2.99 4 7.64 9.29

2011 -17.77 4 -9.58 -4.31

2010 22.43 1 16.41 15.87

2009 33.91 1 23.44 16.45

2008 -38.83 4 -24.24 -17.39

2007 29.85 1 10.42 7.72

2006 18.06 1 8.26 5.83

2005 56.66 1 26.61 23.04

2004 16.86 1 8.97 7.46

2003 31.44 1 21.78 20.29

2002 -15.45 1 -25.08 -27.26Source: Lipper as at 30.09.12, A Accumulation share class performance, IMA Global sector, in sterling with net income reinvested and no initial charges. Calendar year performance as at the end of each year. The performance of other share classes may differ. Launch date: 31.12.2002. This Fund may have a high historic volatility rating and past performance is not a guide to future performance. Investments in emerging markets are higher risk and potentially more volatile than those in established markets. The value of an investment and any income from it can fall as well as rise as a result of market and currency fluctuations and your clients may not get back the original amount invested. IMA sector averages and rankings may change at any time as a result of closure, movement between sectors or price amendments by competitor funds. The discrete calendar year’s performance provided represents the Fund’s ranking at the close of that particular year. Neptune funds are not tied to replicating a benchmark and holdings can therefore vary from those in the index quoted. For this reason the comparison index should be used for reference only.

NEPTUNE GLOBAL EQUITY FUND LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTION

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Source: Neptune and Bloomberg as at 30.09.12 in local currency. This Fund may have a high historic volatility rating and past performance is not a guide to future performance. Investments in emerging markets are higher risk and potentially more volatile than those in established markets. The value of an investment and any income from it can fall as well as rise as a result of market and currency fluctuations and your clients may not get back the original amount invested. Neptune funds are not tied to replicating a benchmark and holdings can therefore vary from those in the index quoted. For this reason the comparison index should be used for reference only.

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Appendix

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NEPTUNE INVESTMENT TEAM

Mark MartinThomas Barber

Healthcare Sector

James Dowey Chief Economist

Paul Caruana-GaliziaEconomist

Felix Wintle

Head of US Equities Healthcare Sector

Rob Burnett

Head of European Equities Financials Sector

Ted AlexanderKunal Desai

William BalfourTechnology & Telecoms Sector

Chris Taylor

Head of Research

Thomas SinclairWilliam Rice

Ben Pennington

Oil & Gas Sector

Robin Geffen

CEOFund Manager, Global Equities

Douglas McDowell

Head of Client Investment Strategies

Ewan ThompsonHead of EM Equities Shelley McKeaveney

Ben MyersMining & Metals Sector

Emma StanfordThomas Smith

Chemicals & Utilities Sector

Douglas TurnbullGeorge Boyd-Bowman

Ian Sealey

Financials Sector

Rebecca YoungScott MacLennan

Industrials Sector

James HackmanLeonard Cripps

Kate TrowbridgeDavid Nelson

Consumer Sectors

Alex Breese

Head of UK EquitiesIndustrials Sector

• Common sense approach• Efficient Diversification• Concentrated portfolios • Investment restrictions• Pre-trade checks

GLOBAL PORTFOLIO

Country Reviews

Global SectorReports

Company Valuations

WEEKLY MEETING CYCLE

Highest ConvictionStocks

PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION

PORTFOLIO MONITORING AND RISK CONTROL

• Ongoing monitoring• Target prices• Sell discipline • Performance and risk analysis• Post-trade checks and review

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INVESTMENT PROCESS OVERVIEW

Global Sector Matrix

CONTACT DETAILS

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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Some Neptune funds may have a high historic volatility rating and past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of an investment and any income from it can fall as well as rise as a result of market and currency fluctuations and your clients may not get back the original amount invested. These funds may invest more than 35% in government and public securities in a number of jurisdictions. Forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future performance. Investments in emerging markets are potentially higher risk than those in developed markets.

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