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1 16 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY APPENDIX ECONOMIC INDICATORS DEVELOPED ECONOMIES Purchasing Managers Index EMERGING ECONOMIES Purchasing Managers Index US Eurozone Japan Brazil Russia India China Industrial Production Growth (YoY%) Industrial Production Growth (YoY%) US Eurozone Japan Brazil Russia India China Real GDP growth (QoQ%, saar)* Real GDP growth (QoQ%, saar)* US Eurozone Japan Brazil Russia India China *For some economies, annualised GDP data were estimated by UOBAM. For India, data are in year-on-year percentages (YoY%). Please refer to the last page for the important notice & disclaimer.

2 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY 17 Inflation - CPI (YoY%) Inflation - CPI (YoY%) US Eurozone Japan Brazil Russia India China Note: All data are sourced from Bloomberg, Datastream and UOB Asset Management Ltd (UOBAM) unless otherwise stated, as at 4 December Central Banks Interest Rates Country Interest Rate Current Rate (%pa) Latest Meeting Change at Latest Mtg (bp) Last Change Next Meeting 3-Dec-2014 United States Fed Funds Target Rate US Dec 2008 (-75bp) 18 Dec 2014 Eurozone Refinance Rate Sep 2014 (-10bp) 4 Dec 2014 Japan BOJ Overnight Call Rate Dec 2008 (-20bp) - United Kingdom UK Offical Bank Rate Dec Mar 2009 (-50bp) 4 Dec 2014 Brazil Brazil Selic Target Rate Oct 2014 (+25bp) 16 Jul 2014 Russia Russia Refinacing Rate Announcement Sep 2012 (+25bp) - India Reverse Repo Rate Dec Jan 2014 (+25bp) 3 Feb 2015 China Interbank Repo 1D South Africa South Africa Repo Avg Rate Dec Jul 2014 (+25bp) 29 Jan 2015 Source: Bloomberg, as at 3 December 2014 UOB Asset Management

3 18 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY MARKET PERFORMANCE DEVELOPED MARKETS EMERGING MARKETS Equity Indices Equity Indices USA 11.6% Index Index Fixed Income Indices AC World 4.2% EM 0.2% Japan -4.2% Europe -4.4% Asia 8.8% High Yield -3.6% Investment 1.5% Singapore Govt 0.9% Sovereign 0.2% G7 GBI -0.1% Index Fixed Income Indices Index Asia ex-japan 4.6% EM 0.2% EM Latin Am -6.0% EM Europe -19.3% Sovereigns 10.9% EM Latin Am -6.0% Corporate 6.5% High Yield 2.9% 98 Dec-13 Mar-14 Jun-14 Sep-14 Commodity Indices Dollar Index Spot Industrial Metals -3.2% Gold -3.2% Index Agriculture -10.2% GSCI Light Index-13.2% Index Energy -30.3% Please refer to the last page for the important notice & disclaimer.

4 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY 19 EQUITY MARKET INDICATORS DEVELOPED MARKETS EMERGING MARKETS Earnings Revision by Regions for FY2 Earnings Revision by Regions for FY2 Revisions in previous 2 mths Revisions last mth Revisions in previous 2 mths Revisions last mth % Change % Change Earnings Revision by Sectors for FY2 Earnings Revision by Sectors for FY2 Revisions in previous 2 mths Revisions last mth Revisions in previous 2 mths Revisions last mth % Change % Change Earnings Yield Ratio* Earnings Yield Ratio* Mean+1SD,3.2x Nov-14,3x Mean,2.1x Mean+1SD,2.2x Nov-14,2.2x Mean,1.7x Mean-1SD,1.1x Mean-1SD,0.9x *Mean and SD are based on data from UOB Asset Management

5 20 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY P/BV vs ROE by Region P/E vs Growth by Region P/BV vs ROE by Sector P/BV vs Growth by Sector Please refer to the last page for the important notice & disclaimer.

6 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY 21 FIXED INCOME MARKET INDICATORS Developed Markets 10-Year Govt Yield (%) Emerging Markets 10-Year Govt Yield (%) US Euro Japan UK Brazil Russia India China Emerging Markets (USD) Total Return Index Emerging Markets Yield and Credit Spread JPMorgan EMBI Total Return JPMorgan EMBI Spread (bps) JPMorgan EMBI Yield (%) - RHS Asia (USD) Total Return Index Asia Yield and Credit Spread JACI Total Return JACI Spread (bps) JACI Yield (%) - RHS UOB Asset Management

7 22 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY Emerging Markets (Local Currency) Bond Yield Asia (Local Currency) Bond Yield JPMorgan GBI-EM Bond Yield (%) HSBC Asian Local Bond Yield (%) G-10 FX against US Dollar Emerging Markets FX against US Dollar % change versus USD from YTD to 30 Nov 14 % change versus USD from YTD to 30 Nov 14 Asia FX against US Dollar Singapore Bond Index % change versus USD from YTD to 30 Nov 14 HSBC Singapore Local Currency Non Govt Bond Index Singapore Government Bond Index All UOB - RHS Please refer to the last page for the important notice & disclaimer.

8 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT STRATEGY 23 COMMODITY MARKET INDICATORS Brent Crude Oil Price and Production Bloomberg OPEC Crude Oil Production Output/Saudia Arabia - RHS DOE EIA US Crude Oil Production - RHS Brent Crude Oil (USD) Agriculture Price (USD) Corn Wheat Soyabeans - RHS Precious Metal Price (USD) Base Metal Price Gold Silver - RHS LME Copper Inventories LME Copper Spot - RHS UOB Asset Management

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