Schroder GAIA (Global Alternative Investor Access) & Egerton Capital Limited. For Professional Investors or Advisers only

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1 Schroder GAIA (Global Alternative Investor Access) & Egerton Capital Limited For Professional Investors or Advisers only

2 Schroder GAIA The structure Regulated by the CSSF Luxembourg Schroder Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A. Schroder GAIA SICAV (UCITS) Schroder GAIA Egerton European Equity Schroder GAIA Sloane Robinson Emerging Markets Fund Fund Selected by Schroders fund of hedge funds manager, NewFinance Capital Egerton Capital Limited Sloane Robinson LLP Hedge Fund Investment Manager Hedge Fund Investment Manager 1

3 Schroder GAIA Combining the strengths of a well established UCITS manager with market leading hedge fund expertise Schroders Manager selection and product positioning Sales, marketing and client service Management company administration and oversight Investment compliance and risk management Schroder GAIA (UCITS Platform) Luxembourg NewFinance Capital Investment Manager selection Investment Due Diligence Investment risk management Hedge Fund Managers Specialist expertise in managing alternative investment strategies with proven track records 2

4 Schroder GAIA On-going risk management and monitoring 1. Independent daily monitoring of UCITS rule compliance 2. Independent Risk Management and investment monitoring 3. Operational due diligence 4. Quarterly risk review by the Schroders Investment Risk Framework Board Schroder Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A. NewFinance Capital Schroders and NewFinance Capital Members of Schroders senior management Portfolio allocation Investment limits Counterparty risk Performed by specialist Hedge Fund analyst in conjunction with risk monitoring quantitative analyst On-going monitoring and evaluation of original due diligence findings Performance and investment style Daily portfolio risks aggregation. (VaR, liquidity, leverage, concentration ) Stress tests Schroder GAIA provides an extremely robust manager monitoring process 3

5 Schroder GAIA Why Egerton Renowned long short investor with one of the longest and best European track records Investment approach fits with UCITS III without compromise Egerton is a focused one product business Simple, conservative approach to equity investing with very little to no leverage Source: NewFinance Capital, March

6 Schroder GAIA Egerton European Equity Key Terms Investment focus Long / short portfolio with primary, but not exclusive, focus on European stocks Launched on 25 th November 2009 Dealing frequency Weekly (every Wednesday), and on the last business day of each month Deal cut off CET on day preceding dealing day Fees C Shares Management fee %, Performance 20%* of outperformance of EONIA +1% A Shares Management fee - 2%, Performance 20%* of outperformance of EONIA +1% Minimum Subscription C Shares 500,000 / 500,000 A Shares 5,000 / 5,000 Local country registration for public marketing is in process A sterling denominated, non-hedged share class is also available * Subject to High Water Mark 5

7 Schroder GAIA Introducing Egerton Capital Limited

8 Egerton Capital Limited Company Overview Egerton Capital Limited is an experienced, independent, equity oriented money management firm based in London The investment team is led by John Armitage, the Chief Investment Officer, together with Marcello Sallusti, Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Ralph Kanza, Senior Advisor. John worked at Morgan Grenfell for thirteen years prior to co-founding Egerton in 1994 The Portfolio Management Group comprises ten investment professionals, supplemented by a trading staff of two and operational support numbering thirty six Egerton focuses principally on European equities Investments are also made outside of mainstream Europe, as and when compelling ideas are considered to be superior to those available within the home market Authorised and regulated by Financial Services Authority (FSA) Source: Egerton Capital Limited, as at March Daiwa Europe Fund Managers Ireland Limited, the Fund s Administrator. 7

9 Portfolio Management Group Trading Paul Murphy (Feb 99) Head of Trading Stephen Ward (Apr 06) Trading Officer John Armitage (May 94) Chief Investment Officer Ralph Kanza (Feb 05) Senior Advisor Marcello Sallusti (Apr 00) Deputy Chief Investment Officer Charles Evans Lombe (Apr 01) Analyst Jay Huck (Jan 03) Analyst Leila Govi (Mar 04) Analyst Nick Jones (Mar 05) Analyst Michael Blank (Aug 05) Analyst Paul Tucker (Sep 07) Analyst Jonathan Rodgers (Jun 08) Analyst Source: Egerton Capital Limited, as at 31 January

10 Egerton Capital Limited Investment objectives To target attractive absolute returns over the medium to long term, within the context of a long-biased approach To add value through stock selection utilising detailed fundamental analysis of individual equities To drive and maintain a wedge between the Fund s performance and that of the market and retain a commitment to best ideas Source: Egerton Capital Limited, March

11 Egerton Capital Limited Investment process & portfolio construction Fundamental research Analysts are unconstrained and conduct intensive bottom-up company research Portfolio Positions Top 20 positions typically 50-75% John Armitage (CIO) & Marcello Sallusti (Deputy CIO) are key sizing agents Risk Management Hedges Cash Diversification Liquidity management Knowing what you own Source: Egerton Capital Limited, March

12 Egerton Capital Limited Investment process A fundamental approach to stock selection is taken which is detailed, intensive and forensic Strong valuation disciplines are used in the search for equities with the potential for meaningful multiple expansion In this process, longer-term investment time frames are utilised This bottom-up approach creates a portfolio that is dynamic, eclectic and uncorrelated Disciplined research and a strong quality/value bias are important elements in on-going portfolio monitoring Source: Egerton Capital Limited, March

13 Egerton Capital Limited Portfolio construction There is one pool of capital Decision making is led by John Armitage, the CIO, working together with the analysts The fund s exposures are principally driven by individual, stock by stock investment decisions Wholesale exposure management is limited to times when it is perceived that there is a marked change in the financial environment, and/or where relative performance has deteriorated significantly Shorts are considered profit centres and not used for funding The top 20 holdings typically account for between one half and three quarters of the portfolio s gross long position Source: Egerton Capital Limited, March

14 Egerton Capital Limited Risk control Know what you own : detailed and forensic knowledge of all constituents within the portfolio is crucial to success The goal is to create a diversified portfolio out of an eclectic/uncorrelated group of stocks Emphasis on portfolio liquidity is permanent Leverage is used sparingly as has been the case since inception Cash levels are raised where appropriate, and derivatives are used as disaster insurance within a budget Individual position sizes are usually limited to no more than 5%-7% of equity at book cost, and small cap position sizes are limited to 0.5%-1.0% of the same Source: Egerton Capital Limited, March

15 Egerton Capital Limited Stock examples VISA Inc. The world s leading brand and network for credit and debit card payments Key play, with no credit risk, on multiple trends of cash/cheque replacement and bancarisation Most developed market USA still seeing highly positive trends: Credit card expenditure has reached a cyclical trough Debit card spend increasingly replacing cash and cheque, and growing 20% YoY Prepaid card market reaching out to un/under banked (estimated up to 80mn Americans) Ongoing growth in card usage for business/tourism is accelerating valuable cross border volumes Tapping ever more merchant categories: Quick Service Restaurants, Taxis, Car Parking, Healthcare Rapid growth of ecommerce is clearly highly geared to card usage Developing markets benefit from similar trends, plus ongoing bancarisation : Brazilian card volumes growing at 24% YoY 85% of Brazilian card usage still at the ATM (no economics for Visa) vs. 15% at POS (Visa earns money) Russian growth only fell to 40%+ in recession. Top 4 retailers don t even accept cards today. High potential for new technology to leapfrog developed world like cellular: mobile payments, transportation High operational leverage, with negligible marginal cost per transaction captured/processed Strongly cash generative: sitting on $5bn, and generating US$2bn+ annually for dividends and buybacks Source: Egerton Capital Limited, March

16 Egerton Capital Limited Stock examples BERKELEY HOMES Leading UK homebuilder; unique record of management excellence relative to quoted sector. Prescient change of strategy in 2004, to focus on cash- generation, generated significant returns to shareholders. Current sector backdrop a significant opportunity for BKL. Sites, pipeline, and land bank optionality (net cash > 300mn). Is not reflected in share price. Source: Egerton Capital Limited, March

17 Egerton Capital Limited Annual net returns since launch: 15.4% p.a. since inception against benchmark 7.9% % * The Egerton European Equity Fund Limited, from Jan 05 Class B 16 FTSE World Series European Index Total Return Local Currencies Data to 30/04/2010 * Data from 16/9/94 31/12/94 Source: Egerton Capital Limited, Performance figures calculated and provided by Daiwa Europe Fund Managers Ireland Limited, the Fund's Administrator after 20% performance fee for Class A, 15% for Class B (all Series) & 10% for Class C (all Series), and 1% p.a. management fee for all Classes. All Index values shown are FTSE World Series Europe Index Total Return in Local Currencies

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19 The Egerton European Equity Fund Limited - performance analysis (All calculations are based on weekly data points from inception 16-Sep-94 to 30-Apr-10) EEEF (EUR) Class B 1 FTSE World Series Europe Index TR LC Return Analysis (%) Annualised Return (net of fees) Gaining Periods Largest Weekly Single Gain Largest Weekly Single Loss (6.06) (12.22) Risk Analysis Average net long exposure (%) Maximum drawdown (%) (29.44) 3 (54.28) 4 Recovery to new peak n/a n/a Annualised Standard deviation Sharpe Ratio Comparison to Benchmark Excess Return (%) Alpha 0.24 Beta 0.25 R-Squared 0.23 Relative Volatility 0.52 Source: Egerton Capital Limited NOTES 1 Fees prior to 2005 included performance fees of 20%, and 1% p.a. management fee. Fees from 1 Jan 2005 include performance fees of 15%, and 1% p.a. management fee 2 Average Net Long Exposure is since inception and post-delta adjusted 3 Maximum Drawdown relates to the period 29-Oct-07 to 27-Oct-08 4 Maximum Drawdown relates to the period 16 Jul 07 to 09-Mar-09 These historical performance figures are not intended as a forecast of the future performance of any of the accounts managed by Egerton Capital Limited Partnership This account has been managed since inception by Egerton Capital Limited/Limited Partnership The performance data used to generate the statistics has been generated by Daiwa Europe Fund Managers Ireland Limited, the fund's Administrator 18

20 The Egerton European Equity Fund limited Net Performance since Inception (%) vs FTSE World Series Europe Index TR LC* Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Fund Index Class B1 Jan (0.19) (2.07) (6.03) (2.06) (3.09) (6.60) Feb (0.91) (0.50) (6.90) 1.74 (0.50) 3.05 (1.94) Mar (1.15) (0.07) (2.65) (4.95) (2.30) 0.63 (2.34) (1.22) (0.35) Apr (0.14) (2.12) (0.46) (2.11) (3.34) (2.58) (2.31) May (0.29) (0.31) (4.00) 0.59 (0.06) 3.22 (1.64) 2.88 (2.09) (1.61) (0.79) Jun 3.37 (0.26) (0.36) (4.54) (0.31) 0.61 (3.42) (1.48) (8.09) (0.49) Jul (2.90) (3.08) (1.87) 1.22 (0.07) (2.04) (2.70) 0.67 (11.48) (0.49) 4.40 (0.97) (1.98) Aug (0.13) (6.16) (5.91) (13.81) (0.31) (5.14) (0.22) (0.10) 1.13 (0.18) Sep 0.34 (6.16) (7.61) 1.51 (2.08) (1.44) (4.55) 4.87 (11.03) 1.82 (14.64) 0.37 (3.57) Oct (0.71) (1.05) (7.56) (0.86) (4.57) 4.35 (1.29) (4.76) (2.58) Nov (1.57) (4.59) (3.11) 4.95 (2.87) Dec 0.05 (0.04) (8.15) Annual Performance 3.07 (4.27) (1.12) 2.11 (16.33) (28.46) Index Class B1 Index Class B1 Index Class B1 Index Class B1 Index Class B1 Index Jan (7.06) (11.42) (0.68) (6.30) (2.85) (3.76) Feb (1.40) (1.43) 1.52 (0.25) 1.21 (9.11) Mar (2.49) (0.12) Apr (1.61) May (4.02) (4.76) Jun (0.38) (0.62) (6.01) (9.94) 0.32 (1.79) Jul (0.09) (3.44) (2.89) (1.83) Aug (1.59) (0.57) (1.59) Sep (8.98) (11.55) Oct (4.77) (13.91) (0.88) (2.80) Nov 2.41 (0.20) (2.60) (3.61) (2.62) (4.54) Dec (0.55) Annual Performance (25.84) (38.60) (1.94) 2.23 Source: Egerton Capital Limited * Share class performance figures for Egerton calculated and provided by Daiwa Europe Fund Managers Ireland Limited, the Fund's Administrator after 15% for Class B (all Series), and 1% p.a. management fee for all Classes. All Index values are calculated by Schroders and are FTSE World Series Europe Index TR in Local Currencies. 19

21 Important information Risk warnings: The Fund is a high risk vehicle. In particular the use of financial derivative instruments for investment purposes may increase the share price volatility, which may result in higher losses for the Investor. Investments in equities are subject to market risk and, potentially, to currency exchange rate risk. Important Information: This presentation does not constitute an offer to anyone, or a solicitation by anyone, to subscribe for shares of Schroder GAIA (the Company ). Nothing in this presentation should be construed as advice and is therefore not a recommendation to buy or sell shares. Subscriptions for shares of the Company can only be made on the basis of its latest prospectus together with the latest audited annual report (and subsequent unaudited semi-annual report, if published), copied o which can be obtained, free of charge, from Schroder Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A. An investment in the Company entails risks, which are fully described in the prospectus. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results, prices of shares and the income from them may fall as well as rise. FTSE International Limited ( FTSE ) FTSE FTSE is a trade mark of London Stock Exchange Plc and The Financial Times Limited and is used by FTSE International Limited under licence. All rights in the FTSE indices and / or FTSE ratings vest in FTSE and/or its licensors. Neither FTSE nor its licensors accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the FTSE indices and / or FTSE ratings or underlying data. No further distribution of FTSE Data is permitted without FTSE s express written consent. Schroders has expressed its own views and opinions in this presentation and these may change. This presentation is issued by Schroder Investment Management Limited, 31, Gresham Street, EC2V 7QA, who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration No , England. For your security, all telephone calls are recorded. 20