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Takahashi and Daniel Maeda are guest speakers and are not affiliated with

S&P Dow Jones Indices and that S&P Dow Jones Indices is not providing

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Director of Institutional Investors Division

CVM

Daniel Maeda is a civil engineer who graduated from the Brazilian Federal University of Rio de

Janeiro, and joined CVM in 2005. From 2009 to 2014, Daniel was responsible for the

Registration and Authorization Department at the CVM’s Institutional Investors Division, and

since then until 2016, worked as the head of the Market Structure Department, as part of the

Market Surveillance Division. Since 2016, he has been the head of the Institutional Investors

Division, an area responsible for the registration, supervision and enforcement of a USD 1 trillion

investment fund industry. Before that, Daniel worked as an analyst in financial institutions and

auditing companies.

Daniel Maeda

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Director, Global Research & Design

S&P Dow Jones Indices

Phillip Brzenk is Director, Global Research & Design, at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI).

Phillip is responsible for conceptualization, research and design covering global strategy, factor

based, alternative beta and thematic equity indices.

Prior to joining Global Research & Design, Phillip spent five years in the index management and

production groups at S&P DJI, where he was involved in the index management of strategy and

custom indices.

Phillip is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. He

has a bachelor’s in Management with a concentration in Finance from the Georgia Institute of

Technology.

Phillip Brzenk, CFA

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Active vs. Passive

October 3, 2017

Copyright © 2017 by S&P Global. All rights reserved.

World Investor Week

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Agenda

Comparing Performance - SPIVA® Scorecard

Impact of Fees

Future of Active vs. Passive

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The SPIVA® Scorecard

• The S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA®) Scorecard is a widely followed report which measures the performance of actively managed funds versus their respective benchmarks over near-, mid-, and longer-term investment horizons. The report accounts for:

• Survivorship correction

• Apples to apples comparison

• Asset weighted versus equal weighted returns

• Style consistency

• Data cleaning to avoid double counting multiple share classes

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SPIVA® United States – Equity Funds 11

Percentage of U.S. Funds Outperformed by Benchmarks

Category Comparison Index 1-year (%) 3-year (%) 5-year (%) 10-year (%) 15-year (%)

U.S Equity

All Domestic Funds S&P 1500 47.5 85.6 84.4 85.4 84.6

Large-Cap Growth Funds S&P 500 Growth 37.9 74.8 76.4 92.3 95.1

Large-Cap Core Funds S&P 500 60.8 90.7 85.1 91.6 96.3

Large-Cap Value Funds S&P 500 Value 52.3 87.2 88.6 64.2 83.1

Mid-Cap Growth Funds S&P 400 Growth 49.3 85.4 85.2 98.3 96.1

Mid-Cap Core Funds S&P 400 68.5 89.5 87.3 95.8 97.0

Mid-Cap Value Funds S&P 400 Value 67.9 81.8 86.2 88.8 87.0

Small-Cap Growth Funds S&P 600 Growth 49.7 88.0 90.1 95.5 99.4

Small-Cap Core Funds S&P 600 66.0 91.5 95.4 93.6 96.2

Small-Cap Value Funds S&P 600 Value 62.7 92.5 95.2 93.3 79.7

International Equity

Global Funds S&P Global 1200 56.3 75.1 79.9 79.8 84.8

International Funds S&P International 700 77.8 57.4 71.9 79.9 91.5

International Small Cap Funds S&P Developed Ex US Small Cap 46.2 67.8 70.9 64.3 83.3

Emerging Markets Funds Funds S&P Emerging Markets 75.4 80.2 75.3 87.9 95.2

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, CRSP. Data as of 06/30/2017. Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

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SPIVA® United States – Fixed Income Funds 12

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, CRSP. Data as of 06/30/2017. Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

Fixed Income Funds Outperforming the Benchmarks

Category Comparison Index 1-year (%) 3-year (%)5-year (%) 10-year (%) 15-year (%)

Government Long Funds Barclays US Gov’t Long 10.7 96.6 100.0 95.3 98.2

Government Intermediate Funds Barclays US Gov’t Intermediate 57.9 76.2 88.9 83.7 87.7

Government Short Funds Barclays US Gov’t (1-3 Year) 50.0 70.4 83.9 79.4 91.7

Investment-Grade Long Funds Barclays US Gov’t/Credit Long 4.4 97.8 85.5 96.6 97.7

Investment-Grade Int Funds Barclays US Gov’t/Credit Intermediate 24.9 50.2 40.6 57.3 75.9

Investment-Grade Short Funds Barclays US Gov’t/Credit (1-3 Year) 19.5 48.5 34.5 68.8 71.4

High Yield Funds Barclays US Corporate High Yield 83.3 90.1 91.0 97.5 98.3

Mortgage-Backed Securities Funds Barclays US Agg Securitized - MBS 54.7 66.0 70.2 76.7 90.0

Global Income Funds Barclays Global Aggregate 13.5 45.3 43.8 64.4 70.0

Emerging Markets Debt Funds Barclays Emerging Markets 23.3 84.6 90.2 76.5 66.7

General Municipal Debt Funds S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond 71.6 50.0 34.2 68.4 86.7

Loan Participation Funds S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 61.2 34.0 56.8 - -

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SPIVA® Latin America 13

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, Anbima, Morningstar. Data as of 06/30/2017. Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

Percentage of Funds Outperformed by Benchmarks

Category Comparison Index 1-year (%) 3-year (%) 5-year (%)

Brazil Equity Funds S&P Brazil BMI 69.5 68.1 76.9

Brazil Large-Cap Funds S&P Brazil LargeCap 80.4 62.8 85.9

Brazil Mid-/Small-Cap Funds S&P Brazil MidSmallCap 57.7 82.4 82.5

Brazil Corporate Bond Funds Anbima Debentures Index (IDA) 92.4 65.2 90.4

Brazil Government Bond Funds Anbima Market Index (IMA) 88.8 84.1 77.1

Chile Equity Funds S&P Chile BMI 80.5 81.4 89.1

Mexico Equity Funds S&P Mexico BMI 85.7 85.1 64.4

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Outperformance Is Fleeting 14

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, CRSP. Data as of 09/30/2016. Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, CRSP. Data as of 09/30/2017. Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

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Active vs. Passive Funds Fee Comparison 16

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Morningstar. Data as of December 2014, as reported in the SPIVA U.S., Canada, Europe, India, Latin America and South Africa Scorecard Year-End 2014.

Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

Average Annual Expense Ratios

Region Active Funds (%) Passive Funds (%) Difference (%)

Cumulative Impact of Fee

Differentials Over Five

Years (%)

Developed Markets

Canada Equity 2.14 0.95 1.19 -6.09

Europe Equity 1.88 0.34 1.54 -7.93

US Large Cap 0.75 0.27 0.48 -2.42

US Mid & Small Cap 1.13 0.37 0.76 -3.85

Emerging Markets

Chile Equity 4.50 2.52 1.99 -10.33

Mexico Equity 2.02 0.42 1.60 -8.28

Indian Equity Large Cap 1.87 0.49 1.37 -7.06

Indian Equity Mid/Small Cap2.00 1.00 1.00 -5.12

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Clear Divergence of Asset Flows

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Morningstar. Data as of 03/31/2017. Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

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Sector Equity (2,421) (31,024) 390 2,640 57,294 443

International Equity (2,852) (70,313) 1,527 20,595 104,840 1,046

Allocation (1,367) (43,272) 1,214 674 1,148 62

Taxable Bond 19,796 96,309 2,378 18,304 165,446 977

Municipal Bond 786 19,021 625 416 6,022 29

Alternative 383 (12,287) 165 344 496 46

Commodities 152 1,660 26 (437) 2,360 65

All Long Term (4,111) (309,564) 10,049 73,667 637,939 5,899

Money Market (19,271) (100,533) 2,623

Active Passive

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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. Charts and tables are provided for illustrative purposes.

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