K2 HEDGE FUND STRATEGY OUTLOOK Q1 2017

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1 K2 HEDGE FUND STRATEGY OUTLOOK Q1 2017

2 2017 Q1 OVERVIEW Favorable dispersion has created reasons for optimism in hedge strategies for the 1 st quarter of This optimism strengthens our conviction in three main strategies: Long Short Equity Generalist, Event Driven, and Relative Value Fixed Income. OUR TOP CONVICTIONS 1 Long Short Equity Generalist Higher dispersion following the US presidential election should create an attractive environment for the strategy. Generalists can capture alpha through changing factor and sector exposures. 2 Event Driven Corporate activity should remain robust under the Trump administration, which is expected to employ more business friendly policies. 3 Relative Value Fixed Income An interest rate regime shift is presenting opportunities for hedged bond strategies to potentially generate performance irrespective of market trends. LONG/SHORT EQUITY Rising rates coupled with increased dispersion have historically created opportunities for long/short managers to generate alpha. RELATIVE-VALUE The less directional nature of relative value strategies remains attractive amidst the greater uncertainty in the markets. EVENT DRIVEN Merger arbitrage spreads remain attractive while special situations and activism will be more equity market dependent. CREDIT We are at an inflection point with expectations of reflation, higher rates, and curve steepening. Long/short credit managers should benefit from sector dispersion. GLOBAL MACRO As interest rates in developed markets normalize, the possibility of a broad emerging market correction grows. COMMODITIES There has been a clear shift in sentiment for base metals, and agriculture commodities remain largely oversupplied, which is keeping volatility low. INSURANCE-LINKED SECURITIES We do not expect a material influx of capital into the ILS market given where we are in the cycle. Pricing should remain stable. This presentation is provided to you on a confidential basis for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any fund. Such offer may only be made at the time a qualified offeree receives a Confidential Private Offering Memorandum describing the offer. This presentation may not be copied, loaned, or distributed to any other person without the consent of Franklin Templeton Investments.

3 A Yuuuuuge Change for the Markets and Hedge Strategies? On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 the world changed meaningfully, and with it the sentiment that had been driving global markets for the previous eight-plus years. Overnight the prevailing macroeconomic narrative was rewritten. A future once defined by predictions of limited growth, lower-for-longer rate expectations, and concerns over deflation/stagflation was suddenly turned on its head. By the evening of November 9, less than 24 hours following election results, base-case expectations turned from deflation to surging reflation, from stagnant GDP to explosive growth. Assets around the globe quickly and forcefully re-priced an assumed new world order. In short, the so-called Trumpflation rally was on. Since the election, markets have confidently placed their bets squarely on hope, and essentially little else. There is hope that the Trump campaign promise to do great things for America will indeed come to fruition. Hope that proposed massive infrastructure spending, aggressive tax cuts, repatriated earnings, and potential for less onerous regulation will succeed in galvanizing the US economy. Hope that the Fed will be able to normalize rates without any ill effects. Hope that Europe will not see any political fallout from the Italian referendum or from the French and German elections later in And hope that emerging markets will stabilize and not be burdened by the US dollar s surge. Is this level of hope (optimism) rational? It certainly seems like a lot to expect. But truth is indeed often stranger than fiction, and even the most gifted of storytellers would likely never imagine a more fantastic yarn than the reality of this election cycle. Perhaps, as Bridgewater s Ray Dalio recently observed, we will see a lift in the animal spirits beyond the Trump euphoria that morphs into actual business investing. Perhaps we will get real and tangible growth in America. Or perhaps not. Regardless, our job is to manage in and through the environment as we see it unfolding. One thing we feel certain about is that the path forward will be marked by uncertainty and market volatility and this is a good thing for hedge strategies. Remember, alpha is a byproduct of an inefficient market, and in our view higher volatility is an indication of greater market inefficiency hence greater opportunity for active investments like hedged strategies to succeed. Clearly Trump s victory did represent a seismic shift, and while markets are discovering how this shift will change the landscape, we anticipate sharp market moves along the way and in both directions. We also anticipate large asset rotations, like the significant move out of bonds and into stocks that we are witnessing now, roughly $3 trillion dollars as of mid-december according to Deutsche Bank. And we expect measurable dispersion on a sector and security basis. In these circumstances, investment managers with more latitude in trading and access to more esoteric or non-traditional securities may be better able to capitalize on price dislocations and trends. Trumpflation: An Improved Environment for Long-Short Equity We were optimistic about long short equity last quarter, and our conviction in the strategy has been strengthened going forward. The aforementioned sea change in the markets we have observed following the Trump victory has provided an added tailwind to the strategy, as has the expectation for a normalization of interest rates. We expect that long/short equity managers will be able to capitalize on idiosyncratic opportunities that may develop as a result of these changes. For example, fundamentally weak companies may face increased pressures on their financials in a rising rate environment, allowing managers to profit if they can correctly picking winners and losers. Cyclically sensitive companies and sectors may do well against a backdrop of increased infrastructure spending; while defensive sectors may lag as investors shift out of yield-oriented names. Hedge strategies have historically outperformed when the performance spread, or dispersion, between best and worst S&P 500 sectors has widened. We anticipate dispersion may rise going forward. Sector Dispersion Increased Significantly Following the US Presidential Election S&P Sector Performance November 2016 Percent Change (11/1/16 11/30/16) 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% -2% -4% -6% -8% November As of November 30, Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Copyright 2016, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. All rights reserved. See for additional data provider information. 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% -2% -4% -6% -8% Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook 1

4 What a Difference a Month (or Election) Makes Relative Value Since the election we have seen a significant shift in the expectation for interest rates going forward, particularly as it pertains to US rates and the Federal Reserve s more hawkish tone. This shift has had a major impact on bond markets as well. Given the pro-growth narrative attached to the incoming Trump administration the story has rapidly moved from one of deflation to reflation, growth, and an acceleration of monetary tightening in the US. Indeed, following their most recent rate hike in December, the Fed implied there may be an additional three more hikes in Both corporate fixed income and sovereign bond markets have been meaningfully impacted by this new narrative, and this has been reflected in a steepening of the yield curve. Since early November we witnessed a significant rise in yields and greater dispersion in security prices or what we like to describe as a distillation of value. No longer is everything in the credit space (or equity markets, for that matter) generally moving in tandem. This has created opportunity for hedge fund managers in the relative value fixed income space. For example, cross-border valuations can be very attractively priced relative to each other, especially given the aggressive rhetoric coming from the US Fed in terms of rate hikes. On the contrary, in Japan and Europe there is still talk of the potential for further easing measures. As a function of this dynamic we are seeing large movements in foreign exchange and global currencies, again creating tangible long versus short trading opportunities for relative value trades. When the Repatriation Levee Breaks Event Driven As we did last quarter, we remain very positive on the Event Driven hedge strategy. There are a host of elements driving our conviction in this strategy. Deal levels have remained high over the last several years as the result of extremely low interest rates, accommodative credit markets, and high corporate cash balances. This quarter, however, we anticipate another potential tailwind to the strategy. Following the surprise Trump victory, a new narrative has emerged regarding the possibility of repatriating trillions of dollars in cash held by US corporations overseas. This outcome is only speculative of course, and the timeframe of any such transfer as well as the precise amounts of capital remaining overseas are unknown. Nonetheless, the prevailing sentiment is that potential regulatory and tax code changes implemented by the new Trump administration could incentivize corporations to bring some or all of this liquidity back onshore. Naturally, this would serve as a significant catalyst to the event driven strategy, as we could see this cash being used for a variety of corporate transactions including special stock dividends, increased dividends, potential share buybacks, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and potential increased R&D expenditures. The bottom line is that chief financial officers would be flush with cash, and this would likely create a very compelling opportunity set for corporate activity and growth. Relative Value Strategies Have Outperformed Bonds During Rising Rate Environments 25% 20% +213bps 15% 10% 5% +263bps Increase in Treasury Yields % +126bps 9.1% 18.9% +130bps 12.5% 5.7% +114bps +66bps 3.9% 3.7% 0% -3.5% -1.2% -0.8% -1.9% -2.7% -5% Oct-93 to Nov-94 Jan-96 to Jun-96 Oct-98 to Jan-00 Dec-08 to Jun-09 Apr-13 to Dec-13 Jul-16 to Nov-16 Relative Value Hedge Strategies¹ U.S. Bonds¹ As of November 30, Relative Value Hedge Strategies represented by HFRI Relative Value Index (HFRIRVA); U.S. Bonds represented by Bloomberg Barclays US Agg. TR Index (LBUSTRUU). 2. Treasury Yields represented by 10-Year Treasury Yield. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Source: Bloomberg. See for additional data provider information. 2 Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook

5 Strategy Outlook Summary Long/Short Equity N + We remain constructive on the strategy in the wake of the US election. Rising rates coupled with increased dispersion have historically created more opportunities for long/short managers to generate alpha. The Trump administration s policies could have divergent effects across industries, creating opportunities for managers to identify winners and losers. Uncertainty tied to elections in Europe and the Brexit negotiations could lead to sustained volatility in global markets, providing an attractive backdrop for the strategy. Relative Value N + The less directional nature of relative value strategies remains attractive amidst the greater uncertainty in the markets, particularly in light of the continued rally in risky assets. We maintain a positive outlook for convertible and volatility arbitrage and are upgrading fixed income arbitrage from underweight to neutral. Event Driven N + Corporate activity should remain robust under the new administration, which is expected to employ more business friendly policies less regulation, lower taxes, tax holiday on cash repatriation, reduced antitrust risk. Merger arbitrage spreads remain attractive while special situations and activism will likely be more equity market dependent. Credit N + We are at an inflection point with expectations of reflation, higher rates, and curve steepening. Investors are moving out of duration risk and into credit risk. Long/short credit managers have shorter duration portfolios and should benefit from sector dispersion. Distressed and less liquid special situation names have continued to underperform. In structured credit, yields look attractive, and technicals have been stabilizing. Demand for private credit has remained high. Global Macro N + Investors will be focused on the incoming Trump administration, fiscal policy in the US, and monetary policy in Europe and Japan. Energy and developed market interest rates have moved into a choppy phase, which we expect to continue. As interest rates in developed markets normalize, the possibility of a broad emerging market correction grows. This risk drives a reduction to our score on the sector, but strong long-term idiosyncratic opportunities persist. Commodities N + With the OPEC production decision out of the way, markets are now free to trade on supply and demand factors as opposed to binary events. There has been a clear shift in sentiment for base metals, and agriculture commodities remain largely oversupplied, which is keeping volatility low. Insurance-Linked Securities N + The US hurricane season did not have a material loss after Hurricane Matthew. Impact was lower than initially expected. Overall, 2016 insured losses are higher than recent years. We do not expect a material influx of capital into the ILS market given where we are in the cycle. As a result, no material change in our outlook for Q1 as pricing should stay relatively stable. Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook 3

6 Outlook Trend For Strategies And Sub-Strategies Sub-Strategies Ranked By Score STRATEGIES Q Q Q CHANGES RANKINGS (TOP DOWN) SCORE Long Short Equity Activist Asia Sector Tech/Healthcare Equity Market Neutral Europe Relative Value Fixed Income Convertible Arbitrage Volatility Arbitrage Event Driven Special Situations Activist Merger Arbitrage Credit Distressed Structured Credit Direct Lending Credit Long Short Macro Discretionary Systematic Emerging Markets Commodities Agriculture Metals Natural Gas Scandinavia Power Oil & Products Insurance-Linked Securities Life Securitization Retrocessional Industry Loss Warranties Private Transaction Catastrophe Bonds Oil & Products 1.6 Long/Short Credit 1.5 US Natural Gas 1.4 Emerging Markets 1.4 ED - Merger Arbitrage 1.1 Metals 1.1 Direct Lending 1.1 Discretionary 1.0 Convertible Arbitrage 0.9 Activist 0.9 Volatility Arbitrage 0.8 Long Short Equity 0.7 Equity Market Neutral 0.7 Scandinavia Power 0.5 Europe 0.5 Asia 0.5 Systematic 0.4 Private Transactions 0.4 Sector Technology/Healthcare 0.4 Agriculture 0.3 ED - Special Situations 0.3 ED - Activist 0.3 Structured Credit 0.1 Cat Bonds -0.1 Fixed Income -0.2 Distressed -0.6 ILWs -0.6 Retrocessional -0.7 Life Securitization -1.7 The K2 Research Outlook Scores are the opinions of the K2 Research group as of the date indicated and may not reflect the views of other groups within K2 or Franklin Templeton. Scores are determined relative to other hedge fund strategies and do not represent an opinion regarding absolute expected future performance or risk of any strategy or sub-strategy. Scores are determined by the K2 Research group based on a variety of factors deemed relevant to the analyst(s) covering the strategy or sub-strategy and may change from time to time in K2 s sole discretion. In certain sections of this presentation, outlook scores are rounded to the nearest whole number. These scores are only one of several factors that K2 uses in making investment recommendations, which may vary based on a clients specific investment objectives, risk tolerance and other considerations. Therefore, a positive or negative score may not indicate that a particular strategy or sub- strategy should be overweighted or underweighted, respectively, in any given portfolio. This information contains a general discussion of certain strategies pursued by underlying hedge funds, which may be allocated across several K2 funds. This discussion is not meant to represent a discussion of the overall performance of any K2 fund. Specific performance information relating to K2 funds is available from K2. 4 Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook

7 SUB-STRATEGY OUTLOOK AND RETURN Long Short Equity SUB-STRATEGIES Long/Short Equity (HFRXEH) Inception: Jan-98 Activist (HFRXACT) Asia (HFRXASC) Inception: Jan-04 Tech/Healthcare (HFRXTH) Equity Market Neutral (HFRXEMN) Inception: Jan-98 Europe (HFRXEHE) Inception: Apr-03 TRAILING 12-MONTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE as of November 30, 2016 ANNUALIZED RETURN since inception COMMENTARY -1.18% 5.03% We believe that rising rates will lead to improving opportunities for managers to generate alpha. As rates rise, stocks should increasingly react to fundamentals as weak companies face pressures on their balance sheets and strong companies are able to invest in market share. We also expect to see a pickup in sector- and stock-level dispersion in the wake of the US election. The Trump administration s policy initiatives, including tax and regulatory reforms, could have divergent effects across industries. Higher dispersion should create an attractive environment for the strategy. 6.72% 7.09% The recent pick-up in new activist campaigns has been positive for the strategy. Managers have taken advantage of volatility during the second half of 2016 to build up new positions across a variety of sectors. President elect Donald Trump s administration may limit its antitrust scrutiny of potential deals, improving the regulatory environment for the strategy. 0.06% 6.28% Japan may benefit from a favorable macro backdrop, healthy earnings growth, additional structural reforms, and continued buying by domestic institutions. Higher US rates are generally negative for Asian equities due to higher discount rates. China s commitment to structural economic reform, accommodative policies, improving macro, and earnings momentum support the investment outlook. US China trade relations and RMB policy are topics to watch. 5.54% 7.94% Despite a potential short-term beta headwind as some investors rotate capital out of the space to take advantage of new post-election opportunities, Technology valuations look attractive relative to recent levels, and growth in the space remains encouraging. Innovation in areas such as cloud computing continues to disrupt sectors and established players. Healthcare innovation and M&A remain robust. Questions relating to potential changes to the Affordable Care Act and drug pricing practices should result in a pickup in idiosyncratic investment opportunities within the space. Healthcare valuations are generally attractive on a relative basis % 1.05% We believe systematic funds with a low net or market-neutral orientation are well positioned to capitalize on market inefficiencies and volatility. Market neutral managers can systematically capture alpha by exploiting factors, trends, and liquidity. Managers low correlation to equity markets should also help insulate them from large equity market drawdowns. Transition markets, such as the post-election period, can initially be challenging for systematic managers. However, they typically return to generating alpha following these periods % 0.44% We expect European equity markets to benefit from favorable valuation and earnings growth metrics moving forward. We expect profits to recover from years of subpar growth relating to the sovereign debt and banking crises. Several upcoming elections and continued uncertainty relating to the long-term sustainability of the European Union could spark volatility within the region. However, these events could spark further regional and stock-level dispersion. Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook 5

8 SUB-STRATEGY OUTLOOK AND RETURN Relative Value SUB-STRATEGIES Fixed Income (HFRXFSV) Convertible Arbitrage (HFRXCA) Inception: Jan-98 Volatility Arbitrage (HFRXVOL) Inception: Jan-04 Event Driven TRAILING 12-MONTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE as of November 30, 2016 ANNUALIZED RETURN since inception COMMENTARY 7.31% 3.66% Bond volatility has picked up marginally following the US election as the markets adjusted to the potential changes in the US fiscal and monetary policy under the new administration. The diverging central bank paths of the major global economies are expected to present improved directional opportunities. Participation from directional buyers and sellers of bonds should result in greater market inefficiencies between cash bonds and futures, benefiting less directional relative value trading. The strategy is still subject to greater leverage and funding risks, justifying the cautiously optimistic rating. 3.91% 1.23% Greater market uncertainty combined with still low rates and low realized volatility has limited the supply of trading opportunities in the market. The outlook for the strategy, however, remains quite attractive as rising rates in the US, the prospect of more new issuance, and potential market volatility should all benefit the strategy both as a safer investment alternative (given its lower directionality) and as a source of less correlated trading alpha should the markets remain benign for the foreseeable future % 4.68% After a brief post-election spike, implied and realized equity volatility declined dramatically once again with market complacency propped up by a positive outlook for US growth even as political and macroeconomic uncertainty looms large. We continue to view volatility arbitrage as an attractive strategy to take advantage of this uncertainty through a combination of less directional relative value trading and market-making strategies and longerbiased convex volatility solutions. SUB-STRATEGIES Merger Arbitrage (HFRXMA) Inception: Jan-98 Special Situations (HFRXSS) Activist (HFRXACT) TRAILING 12-MONTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE as of November 30, 2016 ANNUALIZED COMMENTARY RETURN since inception 4.55% 5.38% We expect that corporate activity will remain robust and potentially increase in 2017 as the new administration is expected to employ more business friendly policies (less regulation), especially as it relates to antitrust regulation. The potential for lower corporate tax rates and a tax holiday to repatriate cash from overseas should also help support corporate activity. Despite the increase in interest rates, credits markets remain accommodative, and rates are still at historically low levels. Merger arbitrage remains an attractive strategy for investors seeking steady returns with minimal market correlation. 6.29% 1.96% Special situation equities posted disappointing returns in 2016 as equity market volatility overwhelmed the positive catalysts. However, the opportunity set is expected to remain healthy as many companies proactively pursue value enhancing actions to avoid being targeted by activists. We expect the strategy to perform better in 2017, especially as investors gain more clarity on the new administration s regulatory and tax policies. We favor managers that properly hedge these higher beta investments. 6.72% 7.09% Although we expect activists to continue to find mismanaged companies to target, much of the low-hanging fruit is gone. Activists will need more time for strategies to come to fruition when employing a restructuring approach as opposed to financial engineering. Activism remains a market dependent strategy due to its high net exposures, but our market outlook is improving. 6 Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook

9 SUB-STRATEGY OUTLOOK AND RETURN Credit SUB- STRATEGIES Direct Lending (HFRXDS) Inception: Jan-98 Distressed (HFRXDS) Inception: Jan-98 Credit Long/Short (HFRXFCO) Structured Credit (HFRXFAB) Global Macro SUB-STRATEGIES Discretionary (HFRXDT) Systematic (HFRXSDV) Emerging Markets (HFRXTEM) TRAILING 12-MONTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE as of November 30, 2016 TRAILING 12-MONTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE as of November 30, 2016 ANNUALIZED COMMENTARY RETURN since inception 13.65% 3.07% Basel III and Volcker Rule have reduced banks ability to lend globally. Whether banks begin to re-enter the lending arena in the US under the new administration is a longer term question. An influx of capital into the space has lowered the illiquidity premium, but yields are still attractive % 3.07% Distressed and less liquid special situation names continue to underperform due to longer restructuring timelines and hedge fund deleveraging. Stabilizing commodity prices, however, drove a rebound in CCC risk this year, dampening enthusiasm for what was expected to be a wave of defaults in the Energy, Metals & Mining, and Retail sectors. In addition, recent recovery rates have been below historical averages as only the weakest companies have defaulted. 6.06% 4.38% Credit market participants are moving out of duration risk into credit risk, a complete reversal of the trends of the past few years. Long/short credit managers are well positioned, given their shorter duration portfolios, and should be able to generate alpha from rising sector dispersion. Managers are finding attractive rate sensitive short opportunities while event-driven long positions continue to perform well. 5.85% 11.35% Fundamentals remain generally strong in structured credit, particularly in RMBS, higher quality CMBS and consumer ABS, with increased certainty surrounding cash flows. Yields are attractive relative to other fixed income instruments, and recent technical challenges posed by hedge fund closures appear to have stabilized. In some legacy CMBS bonds originated prior to 2008, store closures and difficulty for borrowers to refinance as rates rise may present challenges. ANNUALIZED COMMENTARY RETURN since inception 1.50% 5.57% Driven by the surprise Trump victory and Italian referendum result, increases in fixed income and currency volatility benefited managers recently. As we enter 2017, geopolitical news is expected to be a major focus of the market. Central bank activity and forward looking projections of growth and inflation expectations should also be major factors. Managers will be focused on the incoming Trump administration, fiscal policy in the US, and monetary policy in Europe and Japan % 3.47% As yields in developed markets increased last quarter, most systematic managers realized losses on longs and have reversed positioning bias to the short side. Some markets have moved into a choppy phase, including developed market interest rates and energy. We expect continued choppiness before markets begin to trend again, lasting anywhere between three to six months. 5.58% 5.87% The opportunity set in Emerging Markets, especially for idiosyncratic positions, continues to be rich. Latin America is the most popular region with investors mainly focused on Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina. As interest rates in developed markets continue their normalization, the possibility of a broad emerging market correction grows. This near-term risk drives a reduction to our score on the sector. Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook 7

10 SUB-STRATEGY OUTLOOK AND RETURN Commodities SUB-STRATEGIES Oil & Products (HFRXENEG) Inception: Jan-07 TRAILING 12-MONTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE as of November 30, 2016 ANNUALIZED RETURN since inception COMMENTARY 3.94% 2.10% Uncertainties surrounding production levels of OPEC and core non-opec producers have mostly disappeared. Questions remain concerning implementation, but the influence of quasi-governmental bodies like OPEC on day-to-day price movements in oil has declined. We expect energy prices to follow fundamentals, which would be beneficial for the substrategy. We maintain our favorable outlook across directional, relativevalue, and products trading. Metals (HFRXMETL) 16.13% 4.32% Sentiment in the metals market has completely changed after the Trump election and signs of China s economy improving. Generally, supply and demand appear much tighter, suggesting higher volatility. While the China tail risk scenario still exists, we upgraded the outlook for the sub-strategy. Agriculture (HFRXAGRI) -0.66% 2.71% Volatility levels are relatively muted, given supply overhangs across many agriculture commodities. Managers need supply cuts or significant weather events to trigger more active markets. While we expect more balanced markets eventually, we have reduced the score for now. US Natural Gas (HFRXCOM) 1.61% 3.18% We maintain our positive view of the US natural gas markets. Oil supply cuts had an indirect impact on gas supply, and demand for the commodity has been strong. After a long period of low volatility, the natural gas market represents an attractive trading environment. Scandinavia Power (HFRXCOM) 1.61% 3.18% Weather has a significant impact on power prices at this time of the year. Reservoir levels in both Norway and Sweden are significantly below normal levels, which is a prerequisite for volatility. A more normal winter relative to last year should provide good trading opportunities. 8 Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook

11 SUB-STRATEGY OUTLOOK AND RETURN Insurance-Linked Securities SUB-STRATEGIES Cat Bonds (EHFI300) Inception: Jan-06 TRAILING 12-MONTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE as of November 30, 2016 ANNUALIZED RETURN since inception COMMENTARY 4.94% 6.38% Lower pricing has generated additional interest from sponsors to issue bonds at a lower cost for multiple years. We expect new issuance to continue to trend higher into Q1 and Q2 2017, but uncertainty remains if new issuance will replace maturing bonds over this period. We remain engaged with the market to be in a position to tactically adjust our view as we gain clarity on new volume. Private Transactions (EHFI300) Inception: Jan % 6.38% Prices are expected to be stable or experience slight declines for January 1 renewals. Overall this sub-segment of the market should offer opportunities similar to those over the past year. At this stage of the cycle, firms with a strong capital base and robust internal resources are at a clear competitive advantage from a sourcing perspective. Less established firms are subject to style drift. Life Securitization (EHFI300) Inception: Jan % 6.38% No significant changes since last quarter for the liquid life market offerings. New issuance in liquid 144A format remains muted. There are interesting opportunities in the less liquid space due to regulatory changes but would require a multi-year investment horizon. Retrocessional (EHFI300) Inception: Jan % 6.38% Higher yielding strategies are less attractive than other substrategies. We see an improved outlook for lower yielding strategies within the retro sector as more demand for this type of risk is expected for Industry Loss Warranties (EHFI300) Inception: Jan % 6.38% Customized structures offer some limited opportunities for sellers of protection. Overall buyers of protection are in a better position for standard contracts to partially hedge their portfolios. Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook 9

12 GLOSSARY Alpha A mathematical value indicating an investment s excess return relative to a benchmark. Measures a manager s value added relative to a passive strategy, independent of the market movement. Correlation The degree of interaction between the Fund s return and that of the comparison Index. The correlation coefficient, expressed as a value between +1 and -1, indicates the strength and direction of the linear relationship between Fund s returns and the returns of the index. Average Annualized Return Annualized geometric average return comprised of compounded monthly returns. BENCHMARK DEFINITIONS S&P 500 Index The S&P 500 Index is a market-value weighted index provided by Standard & Poor s which consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. Includes reinvestment of dividends. HFR Monthly Indices (HFR) are equally weighted performance indexes, utilized by numerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark for their own hedge funds. The HFR are broken down into four main strategies, each with multiple sub-strategies. All single-manager HFR Index constituents are included in the HFR Fund Weighted Composite, which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database to the existing capital structure. HFRX Event Driven Index (HFRXED) Event Driven Managers maintain positions in companies currently or prospectively involved in corporate transactions of a wide variety including but not limited to mergers, restructurings, financial distress, tender offers, shareholder buybacks, debt exchanges, security issuance or other capital structure adjustments. Security types can range from most senior in the capital structure to most junior or subordinated, and frequently involve additional derivative securities. Event Driven exposure includes a combination of sensitivities to equity markets, credit markets and idiosyncratic, company specific developments. Investment theses are typically predicated on fundamental characteristics (as opposed to quantitative), with the realization of the thesis predicated on a specific development exogenous to the existing capital structure. HFRX Relative Value Arbitrage Index (HFRXRVA) Relative Value investment managers who maintain positions in which the investment thesis is predicated on realization of a valuation discrepancy in the relationship between multiple securities. Managers employ a variety of fundamental and quantitative techniques to establish investment theses, and security types range broadly across equity, fixed income, derivative or other security types. Fixed income strategies are typically quantitatively driven to measure the existing relationship between instruments and, in some cases, identify attractive positions in which the risk adjusted spread between these instruments represents an attractive opportunity for the investment manager. HFRX Macro Index (HFRXM) Macro strategy managers which trade a broad range of strategies in which the investment process is predicated on movements in underlying economic variables and the impact these have on equity, fixed income, hard currency and commodity markets. Managers employ a variety of techniques, both discretionary and systematic analysis, combinations of top down and bottom up theses, quantitative and fundamental approaches and long and short term holding periods. Although some strategies employ RV techniques, Macro strategies are distinct from RV strategies in that the primary investment thesis is predicated on predicted or future movements in the underlying instruments, rather than realization of a valuation discrepancy between securities. In a similar way, while both Macro and equity hedge managers may hold equity securities, the overriding investment thesis is predicated on the impact movements in underlying macroeconomic variables may have on security prices, as opposes to EH, in which the fundamental characteristics on the company are the most significant and integral to investment thesis. HFRX Equity Hedge Index (HFRXEH) Equity Hedge strategies maintain positions both long and short in primarily equity and equity derivative securities. A wide variety of investment processes can be employed to arrive at an investment decision, including both quantitative and fundamental techniques; strategies can be broadly diversified or narrowly focused on specific sectors and can range broadly in terms of levels of net exposure, leverage employed, holding period, concentrations of market capitalizations and valuation ranges of typical portfolios. HFRX Equity Hedge EUR Index (HFRXEHE) The HFRX Equity Hedge EUR Index is denominated in EUR. Equity Hedge strategies maintain positions both long and short in primarily equity and equity derivative securities. A wide variety of investment processes can be employed to arrive at an investment decision, including both quantitative and fundamental techniques; strategies can be broadly diversified or narrowly focused on specific sectors and can range broadly in terms of levels of net exposure, leverage employed, holding period, concentrations of market capitalizations and valuation ranges of typical portfolios. Equity Hedge managers would typically maintain at least 50%, and may in some cases be substantially entirely invested in equities, both long and short. HFRX ED: Distressed/Restructuring Index (HFRXDS) Distressed Restructuring Strategies employ an investment process focused on corporate fixed income instruments, primarily on corporate credit instruments of companies trading at significant discounts to their value at issuance or obliged (par value) at maturity as a result of either formal bankruptcy proceeding or financial market perception of near term proceedings. Managers are typically actively involved with the management of these companies, frequently involved on creditors committees in negotiating the exchange of securities for alternative obligations, either swaps of debt, equity or hybrid securities. HFRX EH: Equity Market Neutral Index (HFRXEMN) Equity Market Neutral strategies employ sophisticated quantitative techniques of analyzing price data to ascertain information about future price movement and relationships between securities, select securities for purchase and sale. These can include both Factor-based and Statistical Arbitrage/Trading strategies. Factor-based investment strategies include strategies in which the investment thesis is predicated on the systematic analysis of common relationships between securities. In many but not all cases, portfolios are constructed to be neutral to one or multiple variables, such as broader equity markets in dollar or beta terms, and leverage is frequently employed to enhance the return profile of the positions identified. Statistical Arbitrage/Trading strategies consist of strategies in which the investment thesis is predicated on exploiting pricing anomalies which may occur as a function of expected mean reversion inherent in security prices; high frequency techniques may be employed and trading strategies may also be employed on the basis on technical analysis or opportunistically to exploit new information the investment manager believes has not been fully, completely or accurately discounted into current security prices. HFRX Activist Index (HFRXACT) Activist strategies may obtain or attempt to obtain representation of the company s board of directors in an effort to impact the firm s policies or strategic direction and in some cases may advocate activities such as division or asset sales, partial or complete corporate divestiture, dividend or share buybacks, and changes in management. Strategies employ an investment process primarily focused on opportunities in equity and equity related instruments of companies which are currently or prospectively engaged in a corporate transaction, security issuance/repurchase, asset sales, division spin-off or other catalyst oriented situation. HFRX Commodity Index (HFRXCOM) Commodity strategies include both discretionary and systematic commodity strategies. Systematic commodity have investment processes typically as function of mathematical, algorithmic and technical models, with little or no influence of individuals over the portfolio positioning. Strategies employ an investment process designed to identify opportunities in markets exhibiting trending or momentum characteristics across commodity assets classes, frequently with related ancillary exposure in commodity sensitive equities or other derivative instruments. Strategies typically employ quantitative process which focus on statistically robust or technical patterns in the return series of the asset, and typically focus on highly liquid instruments and maintain shorter holding periods than either discretionary or mean reverting strategies. HFRX Asia Composite Hedge Fund Index (HFRXASC) HFRX Asia Composite Index is designed to reflect the performance of the complete Asian hedge fund universe by an asset weighted allocation to the following: HFRX Asia Ex Japan Index, HFRX Asia w/japan index, and HFRX Japan Index. HFRX EH: Sector - Technology/Healthcare Index (HFRXTH) Technology/Healthcare strategies employ investment processes designed to identify opportunities in securities in specific niche areas of the market in which the Manager maintain a level of expertise which exceeds that of a market generalist in identifying opportunities in companies engaged in all development, production and application of technology, biotechnology and as related to production of pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry. Though some diversity exists as a across sub-strategy, strategies implicitly exhibit some characteristic sensitivity to broader growth trends, or in the case of the later, developments specific to the Healthcare industry.

13 BENCHMARK DEFINITIONS (CONTINUED) HFRX RV: FI Sovereign Index: Fixed Income (HFRXFSV) Sovereign includes strategies in which the investment thesis is predicated on realization of a spread between related instruments in which one or multiple components of the spread is a sovereign fixed income instrument. Strategies employ an investment process designed to isolate attractive opportunities between a variety of fixed income instruments, typically realizing an attractive spread between multiple sovereign bonds or between a corporate and risk free government bond. Fixed Income Sovereign typically employ multiple investment processes including both quantitative and fundamental discretionary approaches and relative to other Relative Value Arbitrage sub-strategies, these have the most significant top-down macro influences, relative to the more idiosyncratic fundamental approaches employed. RV: Fixed Income: Sovereign funds would typically have a minimum of 50% exposure to global sovereign fixed income markets, but characteristically maintain lower net exposure than similar strategies in Macro: Multi-Strategy sub-strategy. HFRX RV: Fixed Income-Convertible Arbitrage Index (HFRXCA) Convertible Arbitrage includes strategies in which the investment thesis is predicated on realization of a spread between related instruments in which one or multiple components of the spread is a convertible fixed income instrument. Strategies employ an investment process designed to isolate attractive opportunities between the price of a convertible security and the price of a non-convertible security, typically of the same issuer. Convertible arbitrage positions maintain characteristic sensitivities to credit quality the issuer, implied and realized volatility of the underlying instruments, levels of interest rates and the valuation of the issuer s equity, among other more general market and idiosyncratic sensitivities. HFRX RV: Volatility Index (HFRXVOL) Volatility strategies trade volatility as an asset class, employing arbitrage, directional, market neutral or a mix of types of strategies, and include exposures which can be long, short, neutral or variable to the direction of implied volatility, and can include both listed and unlisted instruments. Directional volatility strategies maintain exposure to the direction of implied volatility of a particular asset or, more generally, to the trend of implied volatility in broader asset classes. Arbitrage strategies employ an investment process designed to isolate opportunities between the price of multiple options or instruments containing implicit optionality. Volatility arbitrage positions typically maintain characteristic sensitivities to levels of implied and realized volatility, levels of interest rates and the valuation of the issuer s equity, among other more general market and idiosyncratic sensitivities. HFRX ED: Merger Arbitrage Index (HFRXMA) Merger Arbitrage strategies which employ an investment process primarily focused on opportunities in equity and equity related instruments of companies which are currently engaged in a corporate transaction. Merger Arbitrage involves primarily announced transactions, typically with limited or no exposure to situations which pre-, post-date or situations in which no formal announcement is expected to occur. Opportunities are frequently presented in cross border, collared and international transactions which incorporate multiple geographic regulatory institutions, with typically involve minimal exposure to corporate credits. HFRX Special Situations Index (HFRXSS) Special Situations: Strategies employ an investment process primarily focused on opportunities in equity and equity related instruments of companies which are currently engaged in a corporate transaction, security issuance/repurchase, asset sales, division spin-off or other catalyst oriented situation. These involve both announced transactions as well as situations which pre-, post-date or situations in which no formal announcement is expected to occur. Strategies employ an investment process focusing broadly on a wide spectrum of corporate life cycle investing, including but not limited to distressed, bankruptcy and post-bankruptcy security issuance, announced acquisitions and corporate division spin-offs, asset sales and other security issuance impacting an individual capital structure focusing primarily on situations identified via fundamental research which are likely to result in a corporate transactions or other realization of shareholder value through the occurrence of some identifiable catalyst. Strategies effectively employ primarily equity (greater than 60%) but also corporate debt exposure, and in general focus more broadly on post-bankruptcy equity exposure and exit of restructuring proceedings. HFRX RV: FI Asset Backed Index (HFRXFAB) Fixed Income - Asset Backed includes strategies in which the investment thesis is predicated on realization of a spread between related instruments in which one or multiple components of the spread is a fixed income instrument backed physical collateral or other financial obligations (loans, credit cards) other than those of a specific corporation. Strategies employ an investment process designed to isolate attractive opportunities between a variety of fixed income instruments specifically securitized by collateral commitments which frequently include loans, pools and portfolios of loans, receivables, real estate, machinery or other tangible financial commitments. Investment thesis may be predicated on an attractive spread given the nature and quality of the collateral, the liquidity characteristics of the underlying instruments and on issuance and trends in collateralized fixed income instruments, broadly speaking. In many cases, investment managers hedge, limit or offset interest rate exposure in the interest of isolating the risk of the position to strictly the yield disparity of the instrument relative to the lower risk instruments. HFRX RV: Fixed Income-Corporate Index (HFRXFCO) Fixed Income - Corporate includes strategies in which the investment thesis is predicated on realization of a spread between related instruments in which one or multiple components of the spread is a corporate fixed income instrument. Strategies employ an investment process designed to isolate attractive opportunities between a variety of fixed income instruments, typically realizing an attractive spread between multiple corporate bonds or between a corporate and risk free government bond. Fixed Income - Corporate strategies differ from Event Driven: Credit Arbitrage in that the former more typically involve more general market hedges which may vary in the degree to which they limit fixed income market exposure, while the later typically involve arbitrage positions with little or no net credit market exposure, but are predicated on specific, anticipated idiosyncratic developments. HFRX Discretionary Thematic Index (HFRXDT) Discretionary Thematic strategies are primarily reliant on the evaluation of market data, relationships and influences, as interpreted by an individual or group of individuals who make decisions on portfolio positions; strategies employ an investment process most heavily influenced by top down analysis of macroeconomic variables. Investment Managers may trade actively in developed and emerging markets, focusing on both absolute and relative levels on equity markets, interest rates/fixed income markets, currency and commodity markets; frequently employing spread trades to isolate a differential between instrument identified by the Investment Manager to be inconsistent with expected value. Portfolio positions typically are predicated on the evolution of investment themes the Manager expect to materialize over a relevant time frame, which in many cases contain contrarian or volatility focused components. HFRX Macro: Systematic Diversified Index (HFRXSDV) Systematic Diversified strategies have investment processes typically as function of mathematical, algorithmic and technical models, with little or no influence of individuals over the portfolio positioning. Strategies which employ an investment process designed to identify opportunities in markets exhibiting trending or momentum characteristics across individual instruments or asset classes. Strategies typically employ quantitative process which focus on statistically robust or technical patterns in the return series of the asset, and typically focus on highly liquid instruments and maintain shorter holding periods than either discretionary or mean reverting strategies. Although some strategies seek to employ counter trend models, strategies benefit most from an environment characterized by persistent, discernible trending behavior. Systematic Diversified strategies typically would expect to have no greater than 35% of portfolio in either dedicated currency or commodity exposures over a given market cycle. HFRX Emerging Markets Index (HFRXTEM) HFRX Total Emerging Market Index covers all 5 emerging markets: Asia Ex Japan, Russia/East Europe, Latin America, MENA, and Multi Emerging market. 15 constituent funds are composed of 3 most representative funds are chosen in each region and equally weighing every region. HFRX Commodity: Energy Index (HFRXENEG) Macro: Commodity: Energy strategies are reliant on the evaluation of market data, relationships and influences as they pertain primarily to Energy commodity markets focusing primarily on positions in Crude Oil, Natural Gas and other Petroleum products. Portfolio investment process can be predicated on fundamental, systematic or technical analysis, and strategies typically invest in both Emerging and Developed Markets. HFRX Commodity: Metals Index (HFRXMETL) Macro: Commodity: Metals strategies are reliant on the evaluation of market data, relationships and influences as they pertain primarily to Hard Commodity markets focusing primarily on positions in Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc.). Portfolio investment process can be predicated on fundamental, systematic or technical analysis, and strategies typically invest in both Emerging and Developed Markets. HFRX Commodity: Agriculture Index (HFRXAGRI) Macro: Commodity: Agricultural strategies are reliant on the evaluation of market data, relationships and influences as they pertain primarily to Soft Commodity markets focusing primarily on positions in grains (wheat, soybeans, corn, etc.) or livestock markets. Portfolio the investment process can be predicated on fundamental, systematic or technical analysis, and Agricultural strategies typically invest in both Emerging and Developed Markets. Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index (EHFI300) The Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index is an equally weighted index of hedge funds that explicitly allocate to insurance linked investments and have at least 70% of their portfolio invested in non-life risk.

14 DISCLOSURE The K2 Research Outlook Scores are the opinions of the K2 Research group as of the date indicated and may not reflect the views of other groups within K2 or Franklin Templeton. Scores are determined relative to other hedge fund strategies and do not represent an opinion regarding absolute expected future performance or risk of any strategy or sub-strategy. Scores are determined by the K2 Research group based on a variety of factors deemed relevant to the analyst(s) covering the strategy or sub-strategy and may change from time to time in K2 s sole discretion. In certain sections of this presentation, outlook scores are rounded to the nearest whole number. These scores are only one of several factors that K2 uses in making investment recommendations, which may vary based on a clients specific investment objectives, risk tolerance and other considerations. 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