CIBC Global Bond Fund. Annual Management Report of Fund Performance

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1 CIBC Goba Bond Fund Annua Management Report of Fund Performance for the financia year ended December 31, 2015 A figures are reported in Canadian doars uness otherwise noted This annua management report of fund performance contains financia highights but does not contain the compete annua financia statements of the investment fund If you have not received a copy of the annua financia statements with this annua management report of fund performance, you can get a copy of the annua financia statements at your request, and at no cost, by caing us to-free at , by writing to us at CIBC, 18 York Street, Suite 1300, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2T8, or by visiting wwwcibccom/mutuafunds or the SEDAR website at wwwsedarcom Unithoders may aso contact us using one of these methods to request a copy of the investment fund s proy voting poicies and procedures, proy voting discosure record, or quartery portfoio discosure Management Discussion of Fund Performance Investment Objective and Strategies Investment Objective: CIBC Goba Bond Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide a high eve of income and some capita growth whie attempting to preserve capita, by investing primariy in debt securities denominated in foreign currencies issued by Canadian or non-canadian governments or corporations, and internationa agencies such as the Internationa Bank for Reconstruction and Deveopment, aso known as the Word Bank Investment Strategies: The Fund undertakes a vaue approach based on high rea yieds and the portfoio is positioned with respect to country, currency, and sector aocations, average term-to-maturity, and term structure Adjustments to the portfoio are based on a review of goba macroeconomic and capita market conditions, with a focus on identifying countries with high rea yieds, supportive currencies for protection and enhanced returns, and positive poitica and economic environments The Fund aso identifies attractive sectors and credits on a cycica basis Currency and country eposure are managed to protect principa and increase returns Risk The Fund is a goba fied income fund that is suitabe for medium-term investors who can toerate ow to medium investment risk For the period ended December 31, 2015, the Fund s overa eve of risk remains as discussed in the simpified prospectus Resuts of Operations The portfoio sub-advisor of the Fund is Brandywine Goba Investment Management, LLC (the sub-advisor) The commentary that foows provides a summary of the resuts of operations for the period ended December 31, 2015 A doar figures are epressed in thousands, uness otherwise indicated The Fund's net asset vaue increased by 22% during the period, from $388,258 as at December 31, 2014 to $474,553 as at December 31, 2015 Net saes of $42,611 and positive investment performance resuted in an overa increase in net asset vaue Cass A units of the Fund posted a return of 86% for the period The Fund s benchmark, the Citigroup Word Government Bond Inde (the benchmark), returned 152% for the same period The Fund s return is after the deduction of fees and epenses, unike the benchmark See Past Performance for the returns of other casses of units offered by the Fund Severa factors affected goba bond markets over the period, incuding goba growth concerns, decining commodity prices and the US Federa Reserve Board (the Fed) deaying its interest rate increase unti December The Bank of Japan impemented aggressive easing measures to combat infation, whie the Bank of China devaued the renminbi, cut its ending rate and owered reserve requirements The European Centra Bank (ECB) impemented quantitative easing (monetary poicy used by centra banks to stimuate the economy) and pedged more stimuus if needed Credit spreads (the difference in yied between corporate bonds and government bonds with the same maturity) increased US and Meican bonds modesty detracted from the Fund s performance US duration (a measure of interest rate risk) detracted as US Treasuries faced pressure during the period around the Fed s interest rate decision when China devaued its currency Meican bonds were pressured as a resut of weak oi prices The Fund s ong duration positon in these bonds detracted, but the decine was offset by their yied The Fund s moderate overweight eposure to South African bonds aso detracted from reative performance after the country repaced its finance minister In terms of currencies, arge underweight eposures to the euro and yen detracted from performance, athough the euro faced pressure as a resut of a sow, but stabiizing, economy and ECB poicy The ECB disappointed markets by not etending the size of its quantitative easing program The Fund maintains a arge underweight eposure to the euro by hedging its euro bond hodings The yen appreciated as the Bank of Japan resisted additiona easing but widened the scope of its target asset purchases to incude equity echange-traded funds

2 CIBC Goba Bond Fund Yied contributed to the Fund s reative and absoute performance The Fund s moderate overweight eposure to the US doar, and arge overweight eposure to Meico and India, contributed to reative performance as the Canadian doar weakened against most currencies during the period Most currencies fe against the US doar over the year The Fund s moderate overweight eposure to New Zeaand government bonds aso contributed to performance as these bonds appreciated significanty in response to centra bank easing and an improved economic outook About 3% of the Fund was invested in Indonesian bonds with unhedged currency eposure Athough the rupiah depreciated in the third quarter, it rebounded in the fourth quarter and the 10-year bonds raied, contributing to the Fund s performance Infation in Indonesia decreased to 3% from 7%, and the country pans to impement additiona economic stimuus through dereguation and ta incentives The Fund s Indonesian bond hodings provide a yied of about 8% compared to US treasuries at 2% The sub-advisor sod the Fund s hodings in UK government bonds to add currency hodings in the Norwegian krone and Swedish krona The sub-advisor beieves that Norway and Sweden provide more positive ties to goba growth (especiay in the eurozone) than the UK Norway, an energy-focused economy, hed up we as the price of oi decined, and the sub-advisor beieves that the recent stabiization of energy prices shoud benefit its economy The Fund s eposure to the British pound was eiminated because the sub-advisor was concerned about the UK economy and poitica risk reated to the eections Athough the Fund maintains arge underweight eposure to the yen, the sub-advisor added new eposure via a currency forward, given a more positive vauation and the seeming ack of success of Japan s economic poicies, couped with the unikeihood of any near-term monetary stimuus The sub-advisor increased the Fund s eposure to Poand on the beief that the country s growth outook and proimity to European markets may attract foreign direct investment In addition, the sub-advisor beieves that Europe s fisca chaenges have essened Stronger eurozone economies, particuary in Germany, ower oi prices and a recent drop in interest rates by the ECB shoud be positive for Poand s economy and the Poish zoty, in the sub-advisor s view In December, the sub-advisor added 050 years of US duration by buying United States Treasury Bond (300%, 2045/11/15) in order to offset the risk of the Fund s emerging market eposure In addition, the sub-advisor beieves rea yieds are more attractive since the ow yieds of eary 2015 Throughout the year, the sub-advisor reduced the Fund s eposure to the US doar to invest in other opportunities Recent Deveopments During the period, there were no events or activities that had a materia impact on the Fund Reated Party Transactions Canadian Imperia Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and its affiiates have the foowing roes and responsibiities with respect to the Fund, and receive the fees described beow in connection with their roes and responsibiities Manager CIBC is the Manager of the Fund CIBC receives management fees with respect to the day-to-day business and operations of the Fund, cacuated based on the net asset vaue of each respective cass of units of the Fund as described in the section entited Management Fees The Manager aso compensates its whoesaers in connection with their marketing activities regarding the Fund From time to time, CIBC may provide seed capita to the Fund Trustee CIBC Trust Corporation, a whoy-owned subsidiary of CIBC, is the trustee (the Trustee) of the Fund The Trustee hods tite to the property (cash and securities) of the Fund on behaf of its unithoders Portfoio Advisor The portfoio advisor provides, or arranges to provide, investment advice and portfoio management services to the Fund CAMI, a whoy-owned subsidiary of CIBC, is the portfoio advisor (the Portfoio Advisor) of the Fund Distributor Deaers and other firms se the units of the Fund to investors These deaers and other firms incude CIBC s reated deaers such as the principa distributor, CIBC Securities Inc (CIBC SI), the CIBC Investor s Edge discount brokerage division of CIBC Investor Services Inc (CIBC ISI), the CIBC Imperia Service division of CIBC ISI, and the CIBC Wood Gundy division of CIBC Word Markets Inc (CIBC WM) CIBC SI, CIBC ISI, and CIBC WM are whoy-owned subsidiaries of CIBC CIBC may pay traiing commissions to these deaers and firms in connection with the sae of units of the Fund These deaers and other firms may pay a portion of these traiing commissions to their advisors who se units of the Fund to investors Brokerage Arrangements and Soft Doars The Portfoio Advisor and any portfoio sub-advisors make decisions, incuding the seection of markets and deaers and the negotiation of commissions, with respect to the purchase and sae of portfoio securities, certain derivative products (incuding futures) and the eecution of portfoio transactions Brokerage business may be aocated by the Portfoio Advisor and any portfoio sub-advisors, to CIBC WM and CIBC Word Markets Corp, each a subsidiary of CIBC CIBC WM and CIBC Word Markets Corp may aso earn spreads on the sae of fied income and other securities and certain derivative products (incuding forwards) to the Fund A spread is the difference between the bid and ask prices for a security in the appicabe marketpace, with respect to the eecution of portfoio transactions 2

3 CIBC Goba Bond Fund The spread wi differ based upon various factors such as the type and iquidity of the security Deaers, incuding CIBC WM and CIBC Word Markets Corp, may furnish goods and services, other than order eecution, to the Portfoio Advisor and any portfoio sub-advisors, in partia echange for processing trades through them (referred to in the industry as soft doar arrangements) These goods and services are paid for with a portion of the brokerage commissions and assist the Portfoio Advisor and any portfoio sub-advisors, with investment decision-making services for the Fund or reate directy to the eecution of portfoio transactions on behaf of the Fund As per the terms of the portfoio sub-advisory agreements, such soft doar arrangements are in compiance with appicabe aws In addition, the Manager may enter into commission recapture arrangements with certain deaers with respect to the Fund Any commission recaptured wi be paid to the Fund During the period, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions or other fees to CIBC WM or CIBC Word Markets Corp Spreads associated with fied income and other securities are not ascertainabe and, for that reason, cannot be incuded when determining these amounts Fund Transactions The Fund may enter into one or more of the foowing transactions (the Reated Party Transactions) in reiance on the standing instructions issued by the Independent Review Committee (IRC): invest in or hod equity securities of CIBC or issuers reated to a portfoio sub-advisor; invest in or hod non-echange-traded debt securities of CIBC or an issuer reated to CIBC in a primary offering and in the secondary market; make an investment in the securities of an issuer for which CIBC WM, CIBC Word Markets Corp, or any affiiate of CIBC (a Reated Deaer) acts as an underwriter during the offering of the securities at any time during the 60-day period foowing the competion of the offering of such securities (in the case of a private pacement offering, in accordance with the eemptive reief order granted by the Canadian securities reguatory authorities and in accordance with the poicies and procedures reating to such investment); purchase equity or debt securities from or se them to a Reated Deaer, where it is acting as principa; undertake currency and currency derivative transactions where a Reated Deaer is the counterparty; and purchase securities from or se securities to another investment fund or a managed account managed by the Manager or an affiiate of the Manager At east annuay, the IRC reviews the Reated Party Transactions for which they have issued standing instructions The IRC is required to advise the Canadian securities reguatory authorities if it determines that an investment decision was not made in accordance with conditions of its approva Custodian CIBC Meon Trust Company is the custodian of the Fund (the Custodian) The Custodian hods a cash and securities for the Fund and ensures that those assets are kept separate from any other cash or securities that the Custodian might be hoding The Custodian aso provides other services to the Fund incuding record-keeping and processing of foreign echange transactions The fees and spreads for the services of the Custodian directy reated to the eecution of portfoio transactions initiated by CAMI as the Portfoio Advisor are paid by CAMI and/or the deaer(s) directed by CAMI, up to the amount of the credits generated under soft doar arrangements from trading by CAMI on behaf of the Fund during that month A other fees and spreads for the services of the Custodian are paid by the Manager and charged to the Fund on a recoverabe basis CIBC owns a 50% interest in the Custodian Service Provider CIBC Meon Goba Securities Services Company (CIBC GSS) provides certain services to the Fund, incuding securities ending, fund accounting and reporting, and portfoio vauation Such servicing fees are paid by the Manager and charged to the Fund on a recoverabe basis CIBC indirecty owns a 50% interest in CIBC GSS 3

4 CIBC Goba Bond Fund Financia Highights The foowing tabes show seected key financia information about the Fund and are intended to hep you understand the Fund s financia performance for the period ended December 31 The Fund's Net Assets per Unit¹ - Cass A Units Net Assets, beginning of period $ 1214 $ 1110 $ 1105 $ 1044 $ 981 Increase (decrease) from operations: Tota revenue $ 035 $ 038 $ 030 $ 039 $ 050 Tota epenses (027) (025) (023) (022) (021) Reaized gains (osses) for the period (006) Unreaized gains (osses) for the period (038) Tota increase (decrease) from operations 2 $ 102 $ 115 $ 013 $ 076 $ 087 Distributions: From income (ecuding dividends) $ 008 $ 011 $ 008 $ 017 $ 027 From dividends From capita gains Return of capita Tota Distributions 3 $ 008 $ 011 $ 008 $ 017 $ 027 Net Assets, end of period $ 1310 $ 1214 $ 1110 $ 1104 $ This information is derived from the Fund's audited annua financia statements The Fund adopted Internationa Financia Reporting Standards (IFRS) on January 1, 2014 Previousy, the Fund prepared its financia statements in accordance with Canadian Generay Accepted Accounting Principes (GAAP) as defined in Part V of the CPA Canada Handbook Under Canadian GAAP, the Fund measured fair vaues of its investments in accordance with CICA Handbook Section 3855 which required the use of bid prices for ong positions and ask prices for short positions As such, the net assets per unit figure presented in the financia statements may differ from the net asset vaue cacuated for fund pricing purposes An epanation of these differences can be found in the notes to the financia statements issued prior to January 1, 2014 Upon adoption of IFRS, the Fund measures the fair vaue of its investments by using the cose market prices, where the cose market price fas within the bid-ask spread As such, the Fund's accounting poicies for measuring the fair vaue of investments in the financia statements are consistent with those used in measuring the net asset vaue for transactions with unithoders Accordingy, the opening net asset figure as at January 1, 2013 was restated to refect accounting poicy adjustments made in accordance with IFRS A figures presented for periods prior to January 1, 2013 were prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP and subsequent thereto were prepared in accordance with IFRS 2 Net assets and distributions are based on the actua number of units outstanding at the reevant time The tota increase (decrease) from operations is based on the weighted average number of units outstanding during the period 3 Distributions were paid in cash, reinvested in additiona units of the Fund, or both Ratios and Suppementa Data - Cass A Units Tota Net Asset Vaue (000s) 4 $ 45,157 $ 38,765 $ 34,607 $ 34,235 $ 32,729 Number of Units Outstanding 4 3,446,240 3,193,495 3,118,589 3,098,920 3,131,606 Management Epense Ratio 5 209% 209% 210% 208% 207% Management Epense Ratio before waivers or absorptions 6 243% 269% 277% 290% 302% Trading Epense Ratio 7 000% 000% 000% 000% 000% Portfoio Turnover Rate % 6179% 11995% 6279% 6920% Net Asset Vaue per Unit $ 1310 $ 1214 $ 1110 $ 1105 $ This information is presented as at December 31 of the period(s) shown 5 Management epense ratio is based on the tota epenses of the fund (ecuding commissions and other portfoio transaction costs), incurred by or aocated to a cass of units for the period shown, epressed as an annuaized percentage of the daiy average net asset vaue of that cass during the period 6 The decision to waive and/or absorb management fees and operating epenses is at the discretion of the Manager The practice of waiving and/or absorbing management fees and operating epenses may continue indefinitey or may be terminated at any time without notice to unithoders 7 The trading epense ratio represents tota commissions and other portfoio transaction costs before income taes epressed as an annuaized percentage of the daiy average net asset vaue during the period Spreads associated with fied income securities trading are not ascertainabe and, for that reason, are not incuded in the trading epense ratio cacuation 8 The portfoio turnover rate indicates how activey the portfoio advisor and/or portfoio sub-advisor manages the portfoio investmentsa portfoio turnover rate of 100% is equivaent to a fund buying and seing a of the securities in its portfoio once in the course of the period The higher a portfoio turnover rate in a period, the greater the trading costs payabe by a fund in the period, and the greater the chance of an investor receiving taabe capita gains in the year There is not necessariy a reationship between a high turnover rate and the performance of a fund 4

5 CIBC Goba Bond Fund The Fund's Net Assets per Unit¹ - Cass O Units Net Assets, beginning of period $ 1241 $ 1132 $ 1124 $ 1063 $ 999 Increase (decrease) from operations: Tota revenue $ 035 $ 036 $ 031 $ 040 $ 049 Tota epenses (001) (001) Reaized gains (osses) for the period (004) Unreaized gains (osses) for the period (037) Tota increase (decrease) from operations 2 $ 129 $ 146 $ 038 $ 103 $ 119 Distributions: From income (ecuding dividends) $ 034 $ 034 $ 030 $ 040 $ 051 From dividends From capita gains Return of capita Tota Distributions 3 $ 034 $ 034 $ 030 $ 040 $ 051 Net Assets, end of period $ 1341 $ 1241 $ 1132 $ 1124 $ This information is derived from the Fund's audited annua financia statements The Fund adopted Internationa Financia Reporting Standards (IFRS) on January 1, 2014 Previousy, the Fund prepared its financia statements in accordance with Canadian Generay Accepted Accounting Principes (GAAP) as defined in Part V of the CPA Canada Handbook Under Canadian GAAP, the Fund measured fair vaues of its investments in accordance with CICA Handbook Section 3855 which required the use of bid prices for ong positions and ask prices for short positions As such, the net assets per unit figure presented in the financia statements may differ from the net asset vaue cacuated for fund pricing purposes An epanation of these differences can be found in the notes to the financia statements issued prior to January 1, 2014 Upon adoption of IFRS, the Fund measures the fair vaue of its investments by using the cose market prices, where the cose market price fas within the bid-ask spread As such, the Fund's accounting poicies for measuring the fair vaue of investments in the financia statements are consistent with those used in measuring the net asset vaue for transactions with unithoders Accordingy, the opening net asset figure as at January 1, 2013 was restated to refect accounting poicy adjustments made in accordance with IFRS A figures presented for periods prior to January 1, 2013 were prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP and subsequent thereto were prepared in accordance with IFRS 2 Net assets and distributions are based on the actua number of units outstanding at the reevant time The tota increase (decrease) from operations is based on the weighted average number of units outstanding during the period 3 Distributions were paid in cash, reinvested in additiona units of the Fund, or both Ratios and Suppementa Data - Cass O Units Tota Net Asset Vaue (000s) 4 $ 429,396 $ 349,493 $ 119,737 $ 84,203 $ 55,930 Number of Units Outstanding 4 32,019,524 28,170,891 10,577,906 7,488,563 5,258,290 Management Epense Ratio 5 000% 000% 000% 000% 000% Management Epense Ratio before waivers or absorptions 6 000% 001% 001% 001% 001% Trading Epense Ratio 7 000% 000% 000% 000% 000% Portfoio Turnover Rate % 6179% 11995% 6279% 6920% Net Asset Vaue per Unit $ 1341 $ 1241 $ 1132 $ 1124 $ This information is presented as at December 31 of the period(s) shown 5 Management epense ratio is based on the tota epenses of the fund (ecuding commissions and other portfoio transaction costs), incurred by or aocated to a cass of units for the period shown, epressed as an annuaized percentage of the daiy average net asset vaue of that cass during the period 6 The decision to waive and/or absorb management fees and operating epenses is at the discretion of the Manager The practice of waiving and/or absorbing management fees and operating epenses may continue indefinitey or may be terminated at any time without notice to unithoders 7 The trading epense ratio represents tota commissions and other portfoio transaction costs before income taes epressed as an annuaized percentage of the daiy average net asset vaue during the period Spreads associated with fied income securities trading are not ascertainabe and, for that reason, are not incuded in the trading epense ratio cacuation 8 The portfoio turnover rate indicates how activey the portfoio advisor and/or portfoio sub-advisor manages the portfoio investmentsa portfoio turnover rate of 100% is equivaent to a fund buying and seing a of the securities in its portfoio once in the course of the period The higher a portfoio turnover rate in a period, the greater the trading costs payabe by a fund in the period, and the greater the chance of an investor receiving taabe capita gains in the year There is not necessariy a reationship between a high turnover rate and the performance of a fund 5

6 CIBC Goba Bond Fund Management Fees The Fund, either directy or indirecty, pays an annua management fee to CIBC to cover the costs of managing the Fund Management fees are based on the net asset vaue of the Fund and are cacuated daiy and paid monthy Management fees are paid to CIBC in consideration for providing, or arranging for the provision of, management, distribution, and portfoio advisory services Advertising and promotiona epenses, office overhead epenses, traiing commissions, and the fees of the portfoio sub-advisor(s) are paid by CIBC out of the management fees received from the Fund The Fund is required to pay appicabe taes on the management fees paid to CIBC Refer to the Simpified Prospectus for the maimum annua management fee rate for each cass of units For Cass O units, the management fee is negotiated with and paid by, or as directed by, unithoders or deaers and discretionary managers on behaf of unithoders Such Cass O management fee wi not eceed the Cass A unit management fee rate The foowing tabe shows a breakdown of the services received in consideration of the management fees, as a percentage of the management fees coected from the Fund for the period ended December 31, 2015 These amounts do not incude waived fees or absorbed epenses Cass A Units Saes and traiing commissions paid to deaers 2159% Genera administration, investment advice, and profit 7841% Past Performance The performance data provided assumes reinvestment of distributions ony and does not take into account saes, redemption, distribution, or other optiona charges payabe by any unithoder that woud have reduced returns Past performance does not necessariy indicate how a fund wi perform in the future The Fund s returns are after the deduction of fees and epenses, and the difference in returns between casses of units is primariy due to differences in the management epense ratio See the section entited Financia Highights for the management epense ratio Year-by-Year Returns These bar charts show the annua performance of each cass of units of the Fund for each of the periods shown, and iustrate how the performance has changed from period to period These bar charts show, in percentage terms, how an investment made on January 1 woud have increased or decreased by December 31, uness otherwise indicated Cass A Units 6

7 CIBC Goba Bond Fund Cass O Units a 2010 return is for the period from June 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 Annua Compound Returns This tabe shows the annua compound return of each cass of units of the Fund for each indicated period ended on December 31, 2015 The annua compound tota return is aso compared to the Fund s benchmark(s) The Fund s benchmark is the Citigroup Word Government Bond Inde 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years* or Since Inception* Inception Date Cass A units 86% 67% 73% 51% September 26, 1994 Citigroup Word Government Bond Inde 152% 86% 68% 52% Cass O units 109% 89% 95% 96% June 1, 2010 Citigroup Word Government Bond Inde 152% 86% 68% 65% * If a cass of units has been outstanding for ess than 10 years, the annua compound return since inception is shown Citigroup Word Government Bond Inde is intended to represent the goba government bond market Currenty it consists of fied interest securities (bonds) issued by governments in various deveoped countries A discussion of the reative performance of the Fund compared to its primary benchmark(s) can be found in Resuts of Operations 7

8 CIBC Goba Bond Fund Summary of Investment Portfoio (as at December 31, 2015) The summary of investment portfoio may change due to ongoing portfoio transactions of the investment fund A quartery update is avaiabe by visiting wwwcibccom/mutuafunds The Top Positions tabe shows a fund s 25 argest positions For funds with fewer than 25 positions in tota, a positions are shown % of Net Asset Portfoio Breakdown Vaue United States Doar 550 Meican Peso 92 Austraian Doar 73 Other Bonds 69 Cash 58 Maaysian Ringgit 37 New Zeaand Doar 36 Euro 30 Indonesian Rupiah 30 Braziian Rea 29 Other Assets, ess Liabiities 01 Forward & Spot Contracts -05 % of Net Asset Vaue Top Positions United States Treasury Bond, 250%, 2045/02/ United States Treasury Bond, 019%, 2017/07/31 98 Cash 58 United Meican States, Series 'M', 775%, 2042/11/13 57 United Meican States, Series 'M30', 850%, 2038/11/18 35 Repubic of Itay, 500%, 2039/08/01 30 Godman Sachs Group Inc (The), Variabe Rate, 146%, 2018/11/15 30 United States Treasury Bond, 288%, 2043/05/15 30 Bank Nederandse Gemeenten NV, Foating Rate, 049%, 2016/07/18 28 New South Waes Treasury Corp, 500%, 2024/08/20 28 Government of New Zeaand, Series '423', 550%, 2023/04/15 26 Indonesia Treasury Bond, Series 'FR71', 900%, 2029/03/15 26 United States Treasury Bond, 300%, 2045/11/15 25 Svensk Eportkredit AB (SEK), Variabe Rate, 072%, 2017/11/09 23 Deia Credit Loca / New York, NY, Foating Rate, 072%, 2017/01/11 19 Federative Repubic of Brazi, 1000%, 2025/01/01 17 Repubic of Hungary, Series '23/A', 600%, 2023/11/24 17 Nederandse Waterschapsbank NV, Variabe Rate, 059%, 2018/02/14 17 Repubic of South Africa, Series 'R214', 650%, 2041/02/28 17 Queensand Treasury Corp, Series '25', 475%, 2025/07/21 16 European Investment Bank, Variabe Rate, 039%, 2018/10/09 16 Queensand Treasury Corp, Series '26', 325%, 2026/07/21 15 Repubic of Poand, Series '0725', 325%, 2025/07/25 15 Government of Maaysia, Series '0314', 405%, 2021/09/30 14 Queensand Treasury Corp, Series '22', 600%, 2022/07/

9 The management report of fund performance may contain forward-ooking statements Forward-ooking statements incude statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that incude words such as epects, anticipates, intends, pans, beieves, estimates, or other simiar wording In addition, any statements that may be made concerning future performance, strategies, or prospects and possibe future actions taken by the fund, are aso forward-ooking statements These statements invove known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actua resuts and achievements of the fund to differ materiay from those epressed or impied by such statements Such factors incude, but are not imited to: genera economic, market, and business conditions; fuctuations in securities prices, interest rates, and foreign currency echange rates; changes in government reguations; and catastrophic events We do not undertake, and specificay discaim, any obigation to update or revise any forward-ooking statements, whether as a resut of new information, future deveopments, or otherwise prior to the reease of the net management report of fund performance

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