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The Round Up

17 September 2009

Issue No. 178

The Round Up is a comprehensive daily note produced by the RBS Warrants

team providing an overview of market movements along with quality ideas forwarrant traders and investors.

In todays issue

Global Market Action Scoreboard, commentary

Aussie Market Action SPI Comment, Events & Dividends

PDN (PDNKZJ) Trading Update Capital raising

WDC (WDCKZG) MINI Investment Buy Bottom of cycle?

CSR (CSRKZA) MINI Trading Buy A sweet trade

Round Up Corner Portfolio Protection using MINIs

Equities

Move Last % Move Range Volume

ASX 200 +110.1 4650.4 +2.4% +12 to +111 $7.5 bn(H)

SPI - yesterday +115.0 4662.0 +2.5% +27 to +117 65,852(VH)

Dow Jones +108.3 9791.7 +1.1% -4 to +116 Avg

S&P 500 +16.1 1068.8 +1.5% + to +16 High

Nasdaq +30.5 2133.2 +1.5% + to +31 Avg

FTSE +82.0 5124.1 +1.6% u.c to +89 Avg

Commodities

Move Last % Today % Past Month

Oil-WTI spot +1.4 72.4 +2.0% +7.1%

Gold Spot +9.6 1017.1 +0.9% +7.3%

Nickel (LME) +24.4 781.0 +3.2% -11.8%

Aluminium (LME) +3.3 85.9 +4.0% -3.2%

Copper (LME) +9.8 290.3 +3.5% +2.4%

Zinc (LME) +3.5 86.7 +4.3% +6.3%

Silver +0.4 17.4 +2.1% +18.3%

Sugar +0.7 22.5 +3.3% +2.3%

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Dual Listed Companies (DLCs)

Move %Move Last AUD Terms Diff to Aus

NWS (US) 0.35 0.02 +14.4 c 16.50 +13.8 c

RIO (UK) 75.50 0.03 +27.2 c 51.43 -875.1 c

BLT (BHP UK) 54.50 0.03 +17.6 c 33.27 -572.7 c

BXB (UK) 24.50 0.06 +4.1 c 7.78 -2.0 c

American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

Move %Move Last AUD Terms Diff to Aus

BHP (US) 2.04 0.03 +68.9 c 39.44 +43.7 c

AWC (US) 0.42 0.07 +6.2 c 1.76 +4.0 c

TLS (US) 0.70 0.05 +14.3 c 3.28 +4.4 c

ANZ (US) 0.96 0.05 +20.2 c 23.14 +30.9 c

WBC (US) 5.31 0.05 +109.2 c 25.01 +45.5 c

NAB (US) 1.28 0.05 +25.7 c 29.42 +37.4 c

LGL (US) 1.42 0.05 +28.1 c 3.21 +6.3 c

RMD (US) 0.19 0.00 +46.0 c 5.26 -7.8 cJHX (US) 1.05 0.03 +31.8 c 7.29 +1.1 c

PDN (CAN) 0.09 0.02 +4.3 c 4.61 +11.8 c

Overnight Commentary

United States Commentary

Dj vu in the US, another round of consensus beating economic numbers, bolstering the bull case that the worst is behind us and theUS economy is on the improve. By the bell, the Dow just shy of highs up 108pts led by both the growth proxies and the financials, theNasdaq and S&P both finishing 1.5% higher.

Eco - CPI for August +0.4% vs +0.3%, Ex Food&Energy in line at +0.1%, CAD -$98.8bln vs $ 92.0bln expected but an improvement on-$101.5bln in Q1. Of most interest and getting the most air time, better than expected Industrial Production, August coming in at +0.8%vs consensus +0.6%.NAHB for Sept in line at 19.

Growth Proxies - Another day, another round of healthy gain from the US growth proxies. GE up over 6% and the Dow's best, Alcoanot far behind up 3.5%, Du Pont, IBM and Caterpillar all finishing around 2% higher.

Financials - For the first time in a little while, financials and cyclical plays moved in unison. Comments from Citi's Pandit that he had"little doubt" the bank would return to profitability and repay bailout funds once there are "concrete signs" of an economic recoveryseemed to add to confidence, BoNY up 6.6%, Amex and JP's up 3.4% and BoA finished 2.7% higher.

Homebuilders - On the back better than expected IP and the in line result from the NAHB index, US homebuilders were one of thestandouts. Lennar up 6.2%, Pulte and DR Horton up 5%.

United Kingdom & Europe Commentary

The FTSE was again boosted by increased investor optimism to hit a 12 month high. The FTSE climbed 1.6% or 82pts whilst in Europethe FTSE Eurofirst 300 added 1.4%, the DAX was up 1.3% and the CAC rose 1.6%.

UK Banks - The sector added the most points to the index as upbeat comments from Bernanke saying the recession was over in theUS helped investor confidence. Barclays rose 3%, HSBC jumped 4.4%, Lloyds climbed 4.3% and RBS was up 0.6%.

Euro Banks - The sector was boosted by comments from SocGen saying that banks were in a better-than-expected position to meetthe ECB's new capital requirements. SocGen climbed 5.7%, BNP was up 5.1%, Deutcshe Bank rose 3.5% and Commerzbank added4.7%.

Financials - The London Stock Exchange, up 6.5%, was up more than 10% at one stage after bid rumours. One story doing therounds was that a potential bidder had approached Borse Dubai and Qatar Investment Authority, which own 20% and 15% stakesrespectively of LSE.

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Retail - Britain's second largest retailer Next rose 6.8% after it reported a rise in first-half profit, at the top end of expectations, althoughit forecast a tougher second half and a flat full-year outcome. Defensive supermarkets Sainsbury and Tesco were off 0.4% and 0.6%respectively.

Eco - Britain's jobless rate climbed to its highest level in almost 13 years. The amount of people who joined the unemployment queuerose by 24.4k which was lower than the 25 k expected. Analysts however cautioned that unemployment queues could lengthen forsome time.

Resources Commentary

Miners - Stronger US data for the second night in a row again boosted metal prices. BHP climbed 3.2%, Rio was 2.85% higher, Angloadded 2.7% and Xstrata ended 3.4% higher after also being upgraded by RBS.

Energy - Crude climbed back above $70 per barrel lifting the sector. Tullow soared 9.2% after an oil find off Sierra Leone, BP added0.7%, Shell was up 0.5%, BG Group jumped 3.1% and in Europe Statoil was 0.45% higher, Repsol gained 1.9% as it is also in theSierra Leone consortium.

SPI Commentary

The SPI traded up 115pts or 2.5% to 4662. Overnight the SPI traded up another 53pts to 4715.

SPI Intraday SPI Daily

*SPI report taken from the 9:50am open to the 4:30pm close on the previous trading day. Charts taken from IRESS

Upcoming Economic Events for the Week

Monday AUS

US

Tuesday AUS Dwelling commencements, RBA Board Minutes

US PPI, retail sales, NY Fed Empire PMI, Business inventories

Wednesday AUS

US CPI, Current account balance, Industrial production

Thursday AUS RBA Bulletin, customs imports

US NAHB survey, housing starts

Friday AUS

US Philadelphia Fed Index

*Dates are indicative only and may change

Upcoming Dividends

ExDivDate Security Description Div (c) Yield Frk(%) PayDate

21-Sep-09 BBG Billabong 18 4.3% 50 23-Oct-09

21-Sep-09 NCM Newcrest Mining 15 0.44% 0 16-Oct-09

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Trading Update:

Paladin Energy (PDNKZJ) Capital raising

Last week PDN completed an institutional placement to raise A$419m. This represents ~15% of issued capital with anissue price of $4.60. The placement was well received by investors, however with the share price closing Friday below theissue price, we believe a buying opportunity has been presented. RBS Research expect the stock to rerate post issue as

balance sheet concerns will be gone. RBS Research target price $5.61 with a BUY recommendation. Buy PDNKZJ

Source: IRESS

PDN completed an institutional placement of ~15% of issued capital with a price of $4.60. PDN said that the funds will be used to advance M&A and other growth opportunities, progress Langer Heinrich

Stage 3, expand exploration programs, and strengthen the balance sheet The raising will take PDN's net debt down to US$166m from US$520mln with gearing falling to 17% (previously

46%). RBS Research believe the placement should be well received by investors, and expect the stock to rerate post

issue as balance sheet concerns are removed.

RBS MINIs over PDN

Security ExPrc Stop Loss CP ConvFac Delta Description

PDNKZI 135.29 156 Long 1 1 MINI Long

PDNKZJ 310.22 356 Long 1 1 MINI Long

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MINI Investment Buy:

Westfield Group (WDCKZG) Bottom of devaluation cycle?

Post result, WDC has maintained FY09 operating EPS guidance of 94-97cps, despite a cut in the FY10+ payout policy to70-75%. With WDC arguably at the bottom of a challenging earnings and property devaluation cycle, RBS Research aremore confident of a sector re-rating and upgrade to Buy. RBS target price $14.16. WDC is trading in an uptrending

channel. Buy WDCKZG below $12.

Source: IRESS

RBS Research expect the level of cap rate expansion for WDC to ease materially and the NOI decline across the UK andUS portfolios to cease in the 2H09. RBS see ongoing rerating from here as evidence mounts of a stabilisation and slow

improvement in property markets and move to a Buy with a longterm positive disposition on quality property companiessuch as WDC.

WDC reported negative revaluations of A$2.9bn across the portfolio which were not unexpected. The cut in the dividendpayout from 100% of operational earnings to 70-75% would no doubt have caught those expecting an equity raising bysurprise but we see this and the deferred development schedule positioning WDC well to respond to any upturn in thebroader property market.

RBS MINIs over WDC

Security ExPrc Stop Loss CP ConvFac Delta Description

WDCKZG 650.83 716 Long 1 1 MINI LongWDCKZR 1847.47 1662 Short 1 1 MINI Short

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MINI Trading Buy:

CSR Limited (CSRKZA) A sweet trade

Compared to the performance of sugar and other building materials stocks, CSR has been an underperformer of late. Thesugar price has recently pulled back from multi decade highs, however RBS Research anticipate CSR has achievedFY10 average prices in excess of A$400/t, and an increasingly attractive hedge book over FY11+. Current signals also

point to the earliest crushing season finish in 18 years. The divestment of CSRs business is also in the pipeline which webelieve will unlock value. The stock has pulled back to its uptrend line and looks to have found support at $1.90. BuyCSRKZA

CSR Daily Chart

Source: IRESS

CSR is trading in a strong uptrending channel since hitting lows in March. The stock has recently pulled back to the lowerend of the uptrend channel and appears to have found support at $1.90.

Sugar price returns vs CSR returns

Source: IRESS

The chart above shows the returns on CSR vs the returns on sugar. It can be seen that there is a historical correlationwith sugar and CSR, however this relationship has diverged in 2009 with sugar significantly outeprforming sugar.

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CSR vs other builders and the S&P/ASX 200

Source: IRESS

The chart above compares recent returns of CSR and other building materials stocks. It can be seen that CSR hasunderperformed both JHX and BLD as well as the broader market. The reason for the divergence of sugar and CSR asshown on the previous page in 2008 was the weakness in building materials. However this sector of the market hasrallied, and CSR has been left behind.

We believe that the underperformance of CSR in both sugar and building materials is set to converge with CSRoutperforming. CSR also has an aluminium business and has also underperformed AWC.

The sugar story is sweet

Current sugar prices around 21.60USc/lb are just below 28-year highs, up ~45% over the past 12 months. With dry weather in India and excess rain in Brazil curbing production from the worlds two biggest growers, the

ISO estimates global demand may outstrip supply by 8.4Mt in 2009/10 (5% of consumption). CSR indicated an expectation of a minimum achieved price of A$380/t. Yet with implied raw sugar prices

subsequently averaging A$525/t, RBS research now anticipate FY10 realised prices of A$403/t. In addition CSR appears poised to benefit from drier weather conditions and mill upgrades to complete the sugar

cane crush in late October, the earliest in 18 years. RBS target price $2.15 with a buy recommendation

RBS MINIs over CSR

Security ExPrc Stop Loss CP ConvFac Delta Description

CSRKZA 100.69 Long 1 1 MINI LongCSRKZP 299.35 Short 1 1 MINI Short

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RBS Round Up Corner:

Using Index MINI Shorts

An Index MINI short is a listed derivative product issued by RBS over the SFE SPI 200 futures contract (SPI). TheSPI is the benchmark equity index futures contract in Australia which is based on the XJO. The XJO consists of over

90% of the total market capitalisation of all companies, unit trusts, stapled securities listed on the ASX and is comprisedof the largest 200 ASX listed companies by market capitalisation (plus liquidity considerations). The SPI futures have ahigh degree of correlation to the XJO. Buying an Index MINI short gives you upside exposure to falls in the SPI and is agreat way to hedge a stock portfolio or take a bearish trading view on the stock market

The price of an Index MINI short tracks the price of the nearest month SPI futures contract. The value of an index MINIshort is calculated by taking the strike price of the MINI short and subtracting the current SPI futures level and thendividing by 100. The Index MINI short will move 1c for every 1 point movement in the SPI, and will increase in value asthe SPI falls and decrease in value as the SPI rises. Therefore, if you think that the Index level will go down you maydecide to buy an Index MINI Short.

Value of Index MINI Short = [Strike Price - Level of SPI Futures] / 100

The Strike Price is the amount that RBS funds on behalf of the Holder (in other words, it is the leverage incorporatedinto the Index MINI) and is the amount that a holder has to pay to RBS if they want to exercise the Index MINI. Thestrike price can be converted to a dollar amount by dividing by 100. Holders can choose from a range of Strike Prices,each of which provides a different level of leverage. Index MINI shorts trade between the hours of 10am to 4pm ontrading days (although RBS will generally be quoting markets from 9:50am 4pm)

Lets see how an Index MINI works with an example:

Example: Trading a Index MINI Short - XJOKZX

Action UnitsSPI

FuturesStrikePrice

Index MiniPrice

Stop Loss LevelProfit /(Loss)

%Return

BUY 1,000 4,400 4895.97 $4.96 4655Index Future falls to 4300*

SELL (same day) 1,000 4,300 4895.97 $5.95 4655 $1.00 20%

SELL (2 weeks) 1,000 4,300 4890.32 $5.90 4655 $0.94 19%

Index Future rises to 4500

SELL (same day) 1,000 4,500 4895.97 $3.96 4655 -$1.00 -20%

SELL (2 weeks) 1,000 4,500 4890.32 $3.90 4655 -$1.06 -21%*If the index falls and the MINI position is closed out, tax will be payable on the profits from the MINI short

The first line in the table shows a position of 1,000 Index MINI Shorts purchased for a price of $3.23 where the Index wastrading at 4400. The Strike Price of the Index MINI is 4895.97, with a Stop Loss Level at 4655.

The second line shows the outcome of a decrease in the Level of the Index Futures to 4300, a 100 point drop. The Index

MINI price has increased to $5.95, with the Strike Price and Stop Loss Levels remaining unchanged. The sale of 1,000Index MINIs has realised a 20% profit if sold on the same day. If the holder sells their Index MINI Shorts two weeks afterthe date of purchase the Strike Price has decreased to 4890.32, to reflect the two weeks funding costs. The sale of 1,000Index MINIs at $5.90 has realised a 19% profit.

The next two lines demonstrate the P&L impact if the SPI index were to rise to 4500, a 100 point rise.

If the SPI index level were to trade at or above the stop loss level of 4655, RBS will buy back the SPI futures underlyingthe index MINI shorts and the holder will get back the difference between the strike price and the price which RBS buysthe SPI futures back at. A stop loss event will only occur if the SPI futures hit the stop loss level between 10am and 4pmon a trading day. If the SPI futures were to gap through the strike price, then the holder will have no further obligation topay additional funds or margin thus losses are limited to the initial capital outlay

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Hedging a diversified portfolio of shares with Index MINIs

The market value of 1 SPI Futures contract = SPI Index level x 25

Example: SPI at 4,400 = 4,400 x 25= $110,000 (value of 1 SPI contract)

The Multiplier for Index MINIs is 100. This means that the price of one Index MINI is equivalent to one hundredth of the

level of the SPI.

Now lets assume 2,500 MINIs (100 X 25) = 1 SPI Future contract2,500 MINIs = 4,400 x 25100 MINIs =4,400 x 11 MINI = 44 X $1

= $40 worth of index exposure

If you owned a diversified portfolio of shares worth $1,000,000 and want to hedge against the downside with MINI shorts.

The number of MINI shorts you must buy = $1,000,000 / $44 ($ value of 1 Index MINI)= 22,727 MINI shorts needed to hedge portfolio

Note: The easy way to determine the index exposure of a MINI is to divide the spot index level by the MINI multiplier of100.

Example: Index level at 4,400 = 4,400 / 100= $44 market exposure

So the formula for calculating the number of MINI shorts needed to hedge a $ value portfolio is:

What are the benefits and features of Index MINI shorts?

Simpler than unlisted CFDs - they are traded on, and supervised by the ASX. No maturity date thus minimising the concerns of rollovers or exercises. Leveraged participation in the movement of the Index on a one for one hundredth basis. (1c = 1 point) Funding Costs charged on a daily basis so that day-traders dont pay intra-day. Limited recourse leverage and Stop Loss Levels protects Holder against losing more than initial Capital Outlay Most efficient way to hedge an existing portfolio by taking a short position over the overall Index. Do not have initial collateral requirements and do not involve margin payments Ability to lock in recent gains on a postfolio without realising capital gains tax

MINIs approaching stop loss

Underlying MINI Code MINI Type Strike Stop Loss Share PriceApprox. MINI

ValueShare:

Stop Loss

ANZ ANZKZV Short $25.43 $22.91 $ 22.83 $ 2.60 0.4%

LLC LLCKZP Short $12.31 $11.23 $ 10.99 $ 1.32 2.2%

HVN HVNKZP Short $4.98 $4.48 $ 4.33 $ 0.65 3.5%

WES WESKZT Short $29.58 $26.65 $ 25.74 $ 3.84 3.5%

XJO XJOKZW Short 5,097.62 4,843.00 4,650.40 $ 4.47 4.1%

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SFIs approaching stop loss

Underlying MINI Code MINI Type Strike Stop Loss Share PriceApprox. MINI

ValueShare:

Stop Loss

AGK AGKSZX Long $7.98 $9.06 $ 13.49 $ 5.51 32.8%

TTS TTSSZX Long $1.38 $1.64 $ 2.56 $ 1.18 35.9%

BSL BSLSZW Long $1.76 $1.94 $ 3.07 $ 1.31 36.8%

WDC WDCSZW Long $7.52 $8.25 $ 13.06 $ 5.54 36.8%

WBC WBCSZV Long $14.03 $15.40 $ 24.52 $ 10.49 37.2%

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Explanation of Warrant Tables:

Security refers to the code ascribed to the warrant, ExDate refers to the date on which the warrant expires or is reset, ExPrc refers to the

exercise price, or second instalment payment, CP tells you whether the warrant is a call or a put, ConvFac the conversion factor of the warrant

which tells you how many warrants you need to exercise in order to take possession of 1 share, Delta tells you how much the warrant will move for a

1c move in the underlying security, Description Tells you the type of warrant.

All charts taken from IRESS unless indicated otherwise

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