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Schroders
Portfolio Solutions Monthly
October 2014
Markets Dashboard
Yield changes (bps): Sep 14 to Oct 14
10 year
20 year
50 year
Risk asset market changes:
Sep 14 to Oct 14
FI Gilt yield

-17

-9

-6
MSCI All World

+0.0%
IL Gilt yield

-12

-10

-7
FTSE 100

-1.2%
RPI swap

-7

+2

-1
5yr Euro CDS

+2 bps
FI Gilt / Swap spread

+0

+4

+4
1 year 90% FTSE 100 put

-
Source: Schroders, 31 October 2014.
Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, Merrill Lynch, Credit
Suisse, 31 October 2014. Change in put is the outright
change in premium.
Funding level dashboard
1 year reference funding level progression
1 month attribution of funding level change
110%
99%
100%
90%
Oct 13
97%
Jan 14
Apr 14
Jul 14
Oct 14
Sep
Nominal
funding rates:
level:
-0.8%
99%
Real
rates:
-0.9%
Growth
Oct
assets: funding
+0.5%
level:
98%
Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, 31 October 2014. Please refer to the supporting notes for further details.
October commentary
Flat returns over the month masked heightened volatility:
October was a month of two halves with the
30 year gilt yield hitting a record low in the
middle of the month. This came as equity
markets tumbled amid concerns surrounding
global growth, driving volatility upwards. As
the month progressed risk appetite returned
and rates retreated throughout the latter half
of the month (chart right).
The spike in volatility saw risk control
mechanisms kick-in within volatility
controlled mandates, helping protect
drawdowns over a volatile month.
Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, 31 October 2014
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Market data: LDI markets
One
year
range
•L H•
Month
One
Three
One
end
Month Months Year
31 Oct 30 Sep 31 Jul 31 Oct
2014
2014
2014
2013
Month end curve
Nominal rates - Gilt markets
5 Year
1.59%
1.80%
2.04%
1.55%
10 Year
2.34%
2.51%
2.82%
2.75%
20 Year
3.03%
3.12%
3.39%
3.55%
30 Year
3.18%
3.24%
3.48%
3.74%
50 Year
3.06%
3.12%
3.33%
3.55%
1 Month change (RHS, Bps):
5.0%
20
2.5%
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
0.0%
-20
Real rates - Index-linked gilt markets
5 Year
-1.04%
-0.97%
-0.94%
-1.40%
10 Year
-0.60%
-0.48%
-0.32%
-0.45%
20 Year
-0.42%
-0.32%
-0.11%
-0.04%
30 Year
-0.38%
-0.32%
-0.10%
0.00%
50 Year
-0.40%
-0.33%
-0.14%
-0.05%
5 Year
2.86%
3.01%
3.11%
3.19%
10 Year
3.12%
3.19%
3.25%
3.34%
20 Year
3.50%
3.49%
3.53%
3.65%
30 Year
3.56%
3.55%
3.57%
3.72%
50 Year
3.52%
3.53%
3.57%
3.71%
2.0%
20
0.0%
0
-2.0%
-20
0
10
20
30
40
50
Inflation rates - RPI swap market
5.0%
0
2.5%
-15
0.0%
-30
0
10
20
30
40
50
Nominal gilt curve vs swap curve
5 Year
-0.21%
-0.21%
-0.18%
-0.14%
10 Year
-0.03%
-0.03%
0.02%
0.03%
20 Year
0.22%
0.19%
0.19%
0.18%
30 Year
0.32%
0.28%
0.27%
0.29%
50 Year
0.24%
0.21%
0.18%
0.20%
Global bond markets
0.5%
5
0.0%
0
-0.5%
-5
0
10
20
30
40
50
Forward gilt curves
10 Year Bund
0.84%
0.95%
1.16%
1.67%
10 Yr Gilt / Bund Spread
1.39%
1.46%
1.43%
0.93%
10 Year US Treasury
2.34%
2.49%
2.56%
2.55%
10 Yr Gilt / US Spread
-0.09%
-0.06%
0.04%
0.06%
5 year IG CDS - Euro
65
63
65
83
5 year IG CDS - US
64
64
64
73
4.0%
2.0%
Gilt curve
3 yrs fwd
0.0%
0
Currency rates
Money markets
1 yr fwd
5 yrs fwd
10
20
30
31 Oct 30 Sep
2014
2014
40
50
31 Jul
2014
31 Oct
2013
1.60
Bank of England base
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
GBP / USD
1.60
1.62
1.69
SONIA
0.44%
0.45%
0.45%
0.42%
GBP / EUR
1.28
1.28
1.26
1.18
3m Libor
0.55%
0.57%
0.56%
0.51%
GBP / JPY
179.7
177.8
173.6
157.8
3y20y
5y20y
3y30y
5y30y
Interest rate swaptions as at month end:
1y20y
ATM* Forward
Par swap rate
2.83%
3.00%
3.08%
2.97%
3.02%
ATM* Implied volatility
67.7
68.8
67.1
62.0
62.0
Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, 31 October 2014. *At the money. All data as at month end allowing for UK trading days.
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Market data: Risk management strategies
One
year
range
•L H•
Month
One
Three
One
end
Month Months Year
31 Oct 30 Sep 31 Jul 31 Oct
2014
2014
2014
2013
Equity indices
MSCI All World
197
197
202
190
FTSE 100
6,546
6,623
6,730
6,731
S&P 500
2,018
1,972
1,931
1,757
Euro Stoxx 50
3,113
3,226
3,116
3,068
Nikkei 225
16,414
16,174
15,621
14,328
13.6%
14.9%
4.5%
3.7%
MSCI All World Total Return (re-based to 100)
120
100
80
Oct 13
Jan 14
Apr 14
Jul 14
Oct 14
Equity option market indicators (FTSE 100, 1 year)
ATM* Implied volatility
13.7%
13.8%
Skew (110 - 90)
5.3%
4.8%
ATM implied 1 year volatility
20.0%
Skew (110 vol - 90 vol)
5.0%
15.0%
4.0%
10.0%
Oct 13
Jan 14
Apr 14
Jul 14
Oct 14
3.0%
Oct 13
Jan 14
Apr 14
Jul 14
Oct 14
Equity risk management strategy indicators (FTSE 100 total return, spot prices)
Zero cost put spread collar
call strike
(70% / 90%)
109.6%
90% Put
Zero cost collar call strike
(90% Put)
1 yr
3.1%
107.4%
3 yr
6.1%
116.2%
128.1%
95% Put
Zero cost collar call strike
(95% Put)
Zero cost put spread collar
call strike
(70% / 95%)
1 yr
4.3%
104.6%
106.4%
3 yr
9.2%
110.0%
118.4%
NB - one year range indicators for equity risk management strategies are based on month end values.
Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, 31 October 2014. *At the money. All data as at month end allowing for UK
trading days.
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The Schroders Portfolio Solutions Team partners with investors to provide risk management strategies across
all major financial markets.
The team structures and executes physical and derivative based strategies to manage the exposure to global
equity and fixed income markets. These solutions draw on the full opportunity set of exchange traded and
Over-The-Counter derivatives.
To help manage interest and inflation rate risk, Schroders Portfolio Solutions offers a comprehensive and fully
flexible solution utilising segregated solutions (encompassing physical bonds, swaps, swaption and synthetic
gilt based strategies), as well as the Schroder Matching Plus pooled fund solution. We also provide funding
level and market based trigger monitoring and execution for both pooled and segregated solutions.
Clients can access these solutions under directed or discretionary mandates.
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Notes
The funding level dashboard shows the funding level progression and attribution of funding level change of a
Reference Pension Scheme. This Reference Pension Scheme has a liability duration of around 20 years and
assumes the liability is linked 50% to real interest rates and 50% to nominal rates. The assets are assumed to
have a beta of 0.75 to global equity markets. This enables the reader to observe the scale of component
changes. No allowance for the impact of the progression of time on liabilities is included in the funding level
dashboard. Funding level progression is presented on a rolling 12 month basis, indexed to an initial funding
level of 100%.
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