For professional investors only Schroders Portfolio Solutions Monthly June 2014 Markets Dashboard Yield changes (bps): May 14 to Jun 14 10 year 20 year Risk asset market changes: May 14 to Jun 14 50 year FI Gilt yield +11 +4 +2 MSCI All World +1.8% IL Gilt yield +9 +4 +5 FTSE 100 -1.5% RPI swap +5 +2 +1 5yr Euro CDS -4 bps FI Gilt / Swap spread -2 -2 -1 1 year 90% FTSE 100 put - Source: Schroders, 30 June 2014. Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, 30 June 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 130% 116% 120% 114% 110% 113% 100% 90% Jun 13 111% Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 Jun 14 May Nominal Real funding rates: rates: level: +0.5% +0.6% 112% Growth Jun assets: funding +1.6% level: 115% Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, 30 June 2014. Please refer to the supporting notes for further details. June commentary — The market brought forward the start of the rate hiking cycle by around one quarter following Governor Mark Carney’s Mansion House speech in which he suggested that rates may rise sooner than expected. — Following the speech, the release of the June MPC minutes revealed another 9-0 vote to maintain the 0.5% base rate, offsetting the recent ‘hawkish’ tone from MPC members. — The Financial Stability Report revealed two new measures of macroprudential policy in an attempt to combat risks generated from future increases in household debt levels. Lenders are now required to stress test borrower affordability and implement a loan-to-income cap on new loans of at least 4.5x incomes. — US real GDP was revised down significantly below market expectations to -2.9% in Q1. Despite this, global equity markets continued to stretch for new highs with volatility remaining low. 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Portfolio Solutions Monthly June 2014 For professional investors only Market data: LDI markets One year range •L H• Month One Three One end Month Months Year 30 Jun 31 May 31 Mar 30 Jun 2014 2014 2014 2013 Month end curve Nominal rates - Gilt markets 5 Year 2.05% 1.85% 1.91% 1.42% 10 Year 2.87% 2.76% 2.92% 2.70% 20 Year 3.52% 3.48% 3.62% 3.60% 30 Year 3.62% 3.59% 3.72% 3.89% 50 Year 3.44% 3.42% 3.57% 3.75% 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 -0.91% -1.08% -0.99% -1.22% 10 Year -0.29% -0.38% -0.24% -0.37% 20 Year -0.06% -0.10% 0.01% 0.01% 30 Year -0.04% -0.08% -0.01% 0.06% 50 Year -0.10% -0.15% -0.07% 0.00% 5 Year 3.10% 3.05% 3.11% 2.95% 10 Year 3.28% 3.23% 3.29% 3.25% 20 Year 3.58% 3.56% 3.61% 3.65% 30 Year 3.64% 3.63% 3.67% 3.76% 50 Year 3.65% 3.64% 3.67% 3.78% 5 Year -0.15% -0.15% -0.16% -0.15% 10 Year 0.01% 0.03% 0.03% 0.06% 20 Year 0.19% 0.20% 0.22% 0.21% 30 Year 0.25% 0.25% 0.31% 0.34% 50 Year 0.15% 0.16% 0.25% 0.26% 10 Year Bund 1.25% 1.36% 1.57% 1.73% 10 Yr Gilt / Bund Spread 1.41% 1.20% 1.15% 0.70% 10 Year US Treasury 2.53% 2.48% 2.72% 2.49% 10 Yr Gilt / US Spread 0.14% 0.09% 0.02% -0.04% 5 year IG CDS - Euro 62 66 76 120 5 year IG CDS - US 59 62 69 88 2.0% 20 0.0% 0 -2.0% -20 0 10 20 30 40 50 Inflation rates - RPI swap market 5.0% 20 2.5% 0 0.0% -20 0 10 20 30 40 50 Nominal gilt curve vs swap curve Global bond markets 0.5% 10 0.0% 0 -0.5% -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 Forward gilt curves 5.0% 2.5% Gilt curve 3 yrs fwd 0.0% 0 Currency rates Money markets 1 yr fwd 5 yrs fwd 10 20 30 40 50 30 Jun 31 May 31 Mar 2014 2014 2014 30 Jun 2013 Bank of England base 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% GBP / USD 1.71 1.68 1.67 SONIA 0.45% 0.42% 0.42% 0.41% GBP / EUR 1.25 1.23 1.21 1.17 3m Libor 0.55% 0.53% 0.52% 0.51% GBP / JPY 173.2 170.5 171.9 150.8 3y20y 5y20y 3y30y 5y30y Interest rate swaptions as at month end: 1y20y ATM* Forward Par swap rate 3.36% 3.55% 3.64% 3.51% 3.56% ATM* Implied volatility 58.0 63.1 64.9 59.5 59.5 Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, 30 June 2014. *At the money. All data as at month end allowing for UK trading days. 2 1.52 Portfolio Solutions Monthly June 2014 For professional investors only Market data: Risk management strategies One year range •L H• Month One Three One end Month Months Year 30 Jun 31 May 31 Mar 30 Jun 2014 2014 2014 2013 Equity indices MSCI All World 204 201 196 171 FTSE 100 6,744 6,845 6,598 6,215 S&P 500 1,960 1,924 1,872 1,606 Euro Stoxx 50 3,228 3,245 3,162 2,603 Nikkei 225 15,162 14,632 14,828 13,677 13.6% 16.5% 4.3% 4.6% MSCI All World Total Return (re-based to 100) 140 120 100 80 Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 Jun 14 Equity option market indicators (FTSE 100, 1 year) ATM* Implied volatility 13.0% 12.8% Skew (110 - 90) 4.3% 4.2% ATM implied 1 year volatility 20.0% 15.0% Skew (110 vol - 90 vol) 5.0% 4.0% 10.0% Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 Jun 14 3.0% Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 Jun 14 Equity risk management strategy indicators (FTSE 100 total return, spot prices) Zero cost put spread collar call strike (70% / 90%) 109.3% 90% Put Zero cost collar call strike (90% Put) 1 yr 1.9% 108.0% 3 yr 5.1% 117.7% 125.0% 95% Put Zero cost collar call strike (95% Put) Zero cost put spread collar call strike (70% / 95%) 1 yr 3.0% 104.9% 105.8% 3 yr 6.5% 113.8% 119.4% NB - one year range indicators for equity risk management strategies are based on month end values for the past 11 months. Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, 30 June 2014. *At the money. All data as at month end allowing for UK trading days. About us 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 OverThe-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. 3 Portfolio Solutions Monthly June 2014 For professional investors only 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%. Important Information For professional investors only. 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