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For Professional Investors and Advisers Only

TM RWC UK Equity Income Fund

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Value stocks stand at a record discount to Growth

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Sources: Morgan Stanley, 31 July 2020

No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risks in any market environment.

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UK Value vs Growth Average Valuation Premium

Value vs Growth (Avg % Premium On PE, PBV & PD) Median

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“What were you thinking?”

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“At 10 times revenues, to give you a 10-year payback, I have to pay you 100% of revenues for 10 straight years in dividends. That assumes I can get that by my shareholders. That assumes I

have zero cost of goods sold, which is very hard for a computer company. That assumes zero expenses, which is really hard with 39,000 employees. That assumes I pay no taxes, which is very

hard. And that assumes you pay no taxes on your dividends, which is kind of illegal. And that assumes with zero R&D for the next 10 years, I can maintain the current revenue run rate. Now,

having done that, would any of you like to buy my stock at $64? Do you realize how ridiculous those basic assumptions are? You don’t need any transparency. You don’t need any footnotes.

What were you thinking?” Scott McNeely, CEO Sun Microsystems 2003

Company Price to sales

ratio

Microsoft 10x

Tesla 14x

Beyond Meat 22x

Snowflake 150x

Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

Source: Bloomberg 30 September 2020

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“But what’s the catalyst?”

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Potential Catalysts

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• Often there is no catalyst e.g March 2000

• Companies can create their own catalysts e.g Dixons Carphone, Aviva, Centrica

• Long term investors are already taking advantage of the under valuation e.g. Pearson, Royal Mail

• Takeovers e.g William Hill, G4S, RSA

• Brexit deal

• Improving news on Covid/vaccine

• An increase in inflation???

No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risks in any market environment.

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Record valuation divergence, lopsided markets and illiquid stocks produce interesting results

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US Momentum Stocks Have Given Up 4 Months Of Gains Compared To Value

MSCI USA Momentum Price Return USD / MSCI United States Value Index

Bloomberg, 10 November 2020

Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and

investors may not get back the full amount invested.

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Russell 1000 Growth Index / Russell 1000 Value Index

Bloomberg, 10 November 2020

No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risks in any market environment.

Record valuation divergence, lopsided markets and illiquid stocks produce interesting results

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Bloomberg, 10 November 2020

Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

Record valuation divergence, lopsided markets and illiquid stocks produce interesting results

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What lessons can today’s investors draw from the 1970s?

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• Investors cannot see any chance of an increase in inflation and have priced assets accordingly

• QE did not produce inflation post 2008 and therefore do not believe it will not produce inflation this time

• But there are some major differences

• Positioning is so lopsided that many investors will be impacted by the first sign of an increase in inflation

• The 1970’s could provide a useful lesson

No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risks in any market environment.

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Inflation and value have been closely correlated

Source: Ken French data library, Datastream, Bernstein analysis, 24 September 2020 10

Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

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If inflation is dead, then value investing is dead

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Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

Source: Bloomberg as at 31 August 2020

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But maybe inflation isn’t dead?

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Central bank stimulus is far greater

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Source: Bloomberg, 22 September 202013

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Fiscal response to the coronavirus crisis is much greater

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Supply of money increasing at fastest rate since the 1970’s

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Starting to price in reflation or inflation?

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Market Matrix US Sell 2 Year Buy 10 Year Bond Yield Spread

Source: Bloomberg, 10 November 2020

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Gold seems to think something is going on

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Source: Bloomberg, 22 September 202017

Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

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What would investors need to do differently?

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In the 1970s, real assets performed much better than financial assets

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Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

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Within equities, the best performing sectors were those that benefitted from rising commodity prices such as energy and materials

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US Equity Sector Performance Through The 1970s

Nominal Real

Source: Variant Perception, 1st January 1970 – 31st December 1979.20

The names shown above are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, recommendations or advice. No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or

eliminate risks in any market environment

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The Nifty 50 group underperformed the market by c. 40%

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Source: Exane, 1st February 1973 – 31st December 1979 21

Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

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The original Nifty 50 of the early 1970s

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Name

1972 Peak

P/E

Valuation

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from 1973

to 1974

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from 1973

to 1977

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Polaroid 90.7 -79% -70% Corning Glass 42.9 -53% -32%

McDonald's 85.7 -49% -29% Upjohn 41.1 7% -35%

Walt Disney 81.6 -65% -56% Chesebrough Ponds 41.0 -39% -16%

Baxter Travenol 78.5 -45% -32% Minnesota Mining (3M) 40.8 -25% -29%

Automatic Data Processing 76.2 -68% -23% American Express 39.0 -55% -26%

Intl Flavors & Fragrances 75.8 -33% -43% American Home Products 38.9 -16% -21%

Avon Products 65.4 -80% -56% Schlitz Brewing 38.7 -42% -72%

Rite Aid 64.7 -93% -61% IBM 37.4 -42% -11%

Avery International 64.2 -20% -55% J.C. Penny 34.1 -47% -54%

Hewlett-Packard 63.1 -18% -9% Squibb 33.9 -59% -46%

Emery Air Freight 62.1 -33% -28% Procter & Gamble 32.0 -22% -13%

Johnson & Johnson 61.9 -29% -38% Anheuser-Busch 31.9 -43% -49%

Digital Equipment 60.0 -45% -91% Sears Roebuck 30.8 -46% -38%

Kresge (now Kmart) 54.3 -42% -32% Heublein 30.1 -49% -47%

Wal-Mart Stores 52.3 -45% 8% PepsiCo 29.3 -49% 4%

AMP 51.8 -24% -23% Pfizer 29.0 -39% -28%

Black & Decker 50.5 -59% -9% Bristol-Myers 27.6 -36% 15%

Schering-Plough 50.4 -22% -50% General Electric 26.1 -43% -9%

American Hospital Supply 50.0 -43% -46% Revlon 26.1 -33% 41%

Burroughs 48.8 -25% -34% Phillip Morris 25.9 -24% 10%

Xerox 48.8 -44% -62% Gillette 25.9 -61% -46%

Eastman Kodak 48.2 -42% -53%Louisiana Land &

Exploration25.6 -48% -24%

Coca-Cola 47.6 -48% -37% First National City 22.4 -28% -20%

Texas Instruments 46.3 -10% 1% ITT 16.3 -63% -19%

Eli Lilly 46.0 -15% -44% Nifty Average 46.8 -41% -31%

Merck 45.9 -29% -30% S&P 500 19.2 -37% 1%

The names shown above are for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, recommendations or advice.Source: Exane BNP Paribas estimates, DataStream, 04 July 2019

Past performance is not a guide to the future. The price of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back

the full amount invested.

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Which sectors are likely to perform if inflation expectations increase?

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No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risks in any market environment.

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Communication Services, 17%

Consumer Discretionary,

15%

Consumer Staples, 4%

Energy, 11%

Materials, 12%

Financials, 20%

Health Care, 1%

Industrials, 10%

Information Technology, 4%

Utilities, 4%Cash, 2%

Security Weight

Kingfisher 6.6%

Anglo American 6.1%

Royal Mail 6.0%

Pearson 5.2%

Standard Chartered 5.1%

NatWest Group 5.1%

BP 4.4%

Barclays 4.2%

ITV 4.1%

Royal Dutch Shell 3.7%

Sector

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TM RWC UK Equity Income Fund - Portfolio

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time without any notice. This information should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any security.

Proposed portfolio as at 31 October 2020

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NatWest Group

The names shown above are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, recommendations or advice.

Sources: Company Reports & Accounts, Bloomberg, 31 August 2020

• Share price down 50% YTD

• Q2 2020 TNAV per share 265p; currently valued at less

than 0.5x tangible book value

• Capital position strong – core equity tier one ratio 17.2%

end June (16.2% end December); £6.5bn excess capital

(>50p per share)

• Banks have 3x level of capital pre GFC, underwriting

standards much improved

• COVID19 shock – assumes GDP decline 14%,

unemployment 10%, HPI -10%; takes £2.9bn provisions in

H1, expects £4.0bn for full year; full year pre-provision

profit c.£4.0bn

• Downside economic scenario (GDP -17%, HPI -25%) gives

c.£2bn additional loan losses

• Company maintains medium term target 9% to 11% return

on tangible equity; equates to EPS c.25p

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ITV

The names shown above are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, recommendations or advice.

Sources: Company Reports & Accounts, Bloomberg, 31 August 2020

• Share price down 50% YTD; 2020 profits will be materially impacted by

COVID19; advertising down sharply, Q2 TV production temporarily ceased;

recovery expected for 2021

• Share of viewing and total viewing hours steady; ITV delivers 95% of

audiences over 5m; high advertiser ROI

• Studios business have seen consistent growth in profits over last 15 years;

2019 EBITA £270m, valuable content, fair value c.£4bn

• More volatile Broadcast business therefore valued at zero; 2019 EBITA

£460m, fair value c.£5bn

• Company 2019 EPS 14p, fair value c.180p, 2019 net debt / ebitda 1.0x

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|RWCSource: RWC Partners, Bloomberg, UBS Portfolio Analysis System (PAS), 31 August 2020

Assumes 100% invested portfolio

Index: FTSE All-Share Index

Portfolio Detail Fund Index Active

P/E (Consensus) 11.3 15.1 -3.9

Yield 4.0 4.0 0.0

Price / Book 0.7 1.4 -0.6

EV / EBIT 13.5 15.2 -1.7

EV / EBITDA 6.2 8.7 -2.5

EV / Sales 0.7 1.6 -0.9

Average Market Cap 21.1 37.7 -16.6

Active Share 82.6%

Tracking Error 11.7

Total Securities Held 29

Geographic Breakdown Weight

UK equities 84.0%

Of which:

FTSE 100 63.4%

FTSE 250 20.6%

Internationally listed stocks 14.0%

Of which:

Asia Pacific 2.7%

Continental Europe 2.8%

North America 8.5%

Cash & Equivalents 2.0%

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Fundamental analysis – Representative Fund

The information shown above is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, recommendations or advice.

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What lessons can today’s investors draw from the 1970’s?

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• Investors cannot see any chance of an increase in inflation and have priced assets accordingly

• But there is a non-zero probability of inflation increasing

• Asset classes are not priced for this and the consequences could be severe

• Could the FAANG’s be the new Nifty Fifty?

• Could the 2020’s be the decade that value stocks come back in to fashion?

• How confident that zero exposure to value is the correct risk profile?

No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risks in any market environment.

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RWC Income Team: Portfolio Managers & Investment Analysts

Ian joined RWC Partners in

August 2010. He was previously

senior portfolio manager at

Schroders managing both

Institutional Specialist Value

Funds and the Schroder Income

Fund and Income Maximiser

Fund together with Nick Purves.

During his time at Schroders, Ian

was Citywire AAA rated, Nick and

Ian’s Income fund was

Morningstar 5 star rated, AA

rated by OBSR and won the

Moneywise award in 2009 in the

UK Equity Income and Equity

Income and Growth sectors.

Previously Ian was the Head of

European Equities and Director

of Research at Citigroup Asset

Management and Head of

Global Research at Gartmore.

Ian Lance

John joined RWC Partners in

September 2010. He previously

worked at Schroders, where he

co-managed the Schroder

Income Maximiser with Nick

Purves and Ian Lance. John

also co-managed the Schroder

Global Dividend Maximiser,

Schroder European Dividend

Maximiser and Schroder UK

Income Defensive funds, all

three of which employed a

covered call strategy. John also

specialised in trading and

managing derivative securities

for a range of structured funds.

Previously he worked as a

performance and risk analyst for

Bank of Ireland Asset

Management UK. John is a CFA

charterholder

John Teahan

Nick joined RWC Partners in

August 2010. He was previously

senior portfolio manager at

Schroders for over 16 years

managing both Institutional

Specialist Value Funds and the

Schroder Income Fund and

Income Maximiser Fund together

with Ian Lance. During his time at

Schroders, Nick was Citywire

AAA, Nick and Ian’s Income fund

was Morningstar 5 star rated, AA

rated by OBSR and won the

Moneywise award in 2009 in the

UK Equity Income and Equity

Income and Growth sectors. Nick

is a qualified Chartered

Accountant.

Nick Purves

Larry joined RWC in August 2010

as a graduate recruit. He

graduated from the University of

Nottingham in 2009 with an

honours degree in Economics

and during his tenure

successfully completed two

intern positions; the first at

Permal Investment Management

where he was involved in

manager research for the firm as

an Investment Analyst, and the

Government Economic Service

as an Assistant Economist. Larry

is a CFA charterholder.

Larry Furness

Jaakko joined RWC’s Equity

Income team in September 2015

from Northleaf Capital. Jaakko

was an Associate within the

Private Equity team at Northleaf,

where he focussed on secondary

private equity transactions. Prior

to this Jaakko worked at Bank of

America Merrill Lynch as a

Senior Analyst within their

Investment Banking division in

London, and at AIM Capital in

Helsinki before that. Jaakko

graduated from the Aalto

University School of Economics

with an M.Sc. (with Distinction) in

Finance. He is fluent in Finnish

and English.

Jaakko Kinanen

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Contact

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Please contact us if you have any general questions or would like to discuss any of our strategies.

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Disclaimer and Important Information

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AIFMD and Distribution in the European Economic Area (“EEA”)

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (Directive 2011/61/EU) (“AIFMD”) is a regulatory regime which came into full effect in the EEA on 22 July 2014. RWC Asset Management LLP

is an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (an “AIFM”) to certain funds managed by it. The AIFM is required to make available to investors certain prescribed information prior to their investment in

an AIF. The majority of the prescribed information is contained in the latest Offering Document of the AIF. The remainder of the prescribed information is contained in the relevant AIF’s annual

report and accounts. All of the information is provided in accordance with the AIFMD.

In relation to each member state of the EEA (each a “Member State”), this document may only be distributed and shares in a RWC fund (“Shares”) may only be offered and placed to the extent that

(a) the relevant RWC fund is permitted to be marketed to professional investors in accordance with the AIFMD (as implemented into the local law/regulation of the relevant Member State); or (b)

this document may otherwise be lawfully distributed and the Shares may lawfully offered or placed in that Member State (including at the initiative of the investor).

Information Required for Distribution of Foreign Collective Investment Schemes to Qualified Investors in Switzerland

The representative and paying agent of the RWC-managed funds in Switzerland (the “Representative in Switzerland”) is Société Générale, Paris, Zurich Branch, Talacker 50, P.O. Box 5070, CH-

8021 Zürich. In respect of the units of the RWC-managed funds distributed in Switzerland, the place of performance and jurisdiction is at the registered office of the Representative in Switzerland.