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Schroders Equity Lens - Research and Analytics January 2021
Schroders Equity Lens
Research and Analytics

January 2021

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Schroders Equity Lens - Research and Analytics January 2021
Table of contents

01   2020: The Year in Review

02   Regional

03   Styles

04   Fundamentals

05   Income

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Schroders Equity Lens - Research and Analytics January 2021
Summary (1 of 2)

– Despite recording the worst drop in economic activity since the Great Depression,
  2020 turned out to be a very positive year for financial markets. The MSCI All-Country
  World (ACWI) $ Index returned 16.8%, led by the US market, which was up 21.4%.

– US outperformance was heavily attributable to the increasing index concentration
  and rally in the Big Tech stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Google
  (Alphabet). Without their contribution, US equities would have returned 13.9% in
  2020, behind EM equities (18.7%) and Japanese equities (14.9%).

– An effective response to contain Covid-19 allowed certain Asian economies to return
  to a degree of normality comparatively better than the rest of the world, sending their
  stock prices higher in the process. Stand-out markets included South Korea (+42.7%),
  Taiwan (+42.0%) and China (+29.7%). In fact, only 7 out of the 27 countries in the MSCI
  EM Index posted positive returns in 2020, highlighting the narrowness of the EM rally.

– Many of the sectors that suffered deep drawdowns earlier in the year made a
  substantial comeback. The peak-to-trough loss for global material stocks, for
  example, was 37.5%. However, they posted a total return of 94.0% from their 2020
  low, the largest comeback of any sector. Similarly, global energy stocks experienced a
  drawdown of 57.6%, but eventually rallied by 67.3% from their market low.

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Schroders Equity Lens - Research and Analytics January 2021
Summary (2 of 2)

– Covid-19 vaccine optimism continues to support a rotation away from the 2020
  winners and towards the laggards. Over the past three months, global small caps
  outperformed large caps by 8.4%, while global value stocks outperformed growth
  by 4.7%

– Although value has started to gain the upper hand, its recovery has been highly
  uneven across regions. Over the past three months, outperformance has been most
  pronounced in the UK (+17.5%). However, relative gains have been far more muted in
  the US (+2.8%) and are even trending negative in Japan (-3.5%).

– Increasing bullish sentiment is leading to more corporate earnings upgrades. For the
  month of December, the US led the pack, with more than twice as many upgrades as
  downgrades. Japanese and EM equities also recorded 50-70% more upgrades than
  downgrades.

– Income investors are still reeling from the economic fallout of the pandemic. For
  example, dividends-per-share in Europe and EM are forecast to return to pre-
  recession levels only by 2022. Meanwhile, the UK is forecast to take even longer.

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Global equities
2020: The Year in Review
2020 US equity performance was driven by Big Tech
In fact, EM and Japanese equities (in USD) outperformed the US ex FAMAGs…
2020 $ total return, %

 25
                  21.4
                                                   18.7
 20
                                                                                    14.9                           13.9
 15
                                                                                                                                                    11.6
 10

    5

    0

    -5

-10                                                                                                                                                                                        -10.4

-15
                     US                              EM                            Japan                     US ex FAMAGs                     Europe ex UK                           UK

                                                                      Local return          Currency return            Total return

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars. Notes: FAMAG is a market-cap weighted index of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet
(Google’s parent).

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Will Big Tech maintain its dominance by 2030?
“Top dogs” by market cap tend to be eclipsed or disrupted every decade…
Top five US publicly traded stocks by market cap
Rank                           1960                      1970                      1980                        1990                      2000                           2010                2020

1                             AT&T                        IBM                       IBM                      Exxon                 Microsoft                   Exxon Mobil                Apple

2                General Motors                         AT&T                      AT&T           General Electric          General Electric                       Microsoft           Microsoft

3                          Dupont          General Motors                        Exxon                          IBM                     Cisco                      Walmart             Amazon

4                            Exxon         Eastman Kodak             General Motors                           AT&T                  Walmart                            Apple          Alphabet

5                General Electric                      Exxon                    Amoco                Philip Morris            Exxon Mobile            Johnson & Johnson               Facebook

Index
                                27%                      24%                        17%                        13%                        15%                            11%                22%
weight

Source: Refinitiv Datastream, S&P Dow Jones and Schroders. Notes: weight based on S&P 500 as at start of year, except for 2020 as at 31 December. Green shading denotes companies from tech sector
(although officially Amazon is consumer discretionary, while Facebook/Alphabet are communication services).

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China was a stand-out market in 2020
…outperforming the US by 8% and global equities by nearly 13%
Total $ return, %
    40

    30

    20

    10

     0

    -10

    -20

    -30

    -40
          Dec         Jan            Feb             Mar              Apr            May              Jun              Jul            Aug             Sep             Oct             Nov   Dec

                                                                             US              China               Global equities

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars. Notes: US = MSCI USA Index, China = MSCI China Index, Global equities = MSCI AC World Index $.

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2020 EM rally driven by a narrow group of countries
South Korea, Taiwan and China vastly outpaced other emerging markets
2020 $ total return, %
    50
    40
    30
    20
    10
     0
    -10
    -20
    -30
    -40

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Brazil
                                                                  Malaysia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Thailand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Egypt
                                                                                                           Qatar

                                                                                                                                                                 Chile

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Poland

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Greece
                                                                             Saudi Arabia

                                                                                            UAE

                                                                                                  Mexico

                                                                                                                   Czech Republic

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Kuwait

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Russia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Pakistan
                  Taiwan

                                   EM Index

                                              India

                                                                                                                                                                         Peru

                                                                                                                                                                                            Turkey

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Colombia
          Korea

                           China

                                                      Argentina

                                                                                                                                                  South Africa

                                                                                                                                                                                Indonesia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Hungary
                                                                                                                                    Philippines

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars.

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Did you buy the dip? – 2020 global sector returns
Materials, industrials and energy stocks rebounded sharply from their market low
Global $ sector returns, %

            IT                                         -31.0                                                                       46.1                                 92.9

Health care                                                   -26.8                                     15.4                                  53.0

  Cons Stap                                                    -24.5                              8.8                           41.7

      Utilities                                    -33.8                                    4.6                                    46.5

 Comm Svs                                                  -27.4                                                  24.1                                62.7

     Materials                                 -37.5                                                            21.5                                                    94.0

 Industrials                                  -39.0                                                 11.8                                                         78.9

  Financials                               -41.9                                -3.2                                                                   65.1

       Energy                -57.6                         -27.7                                                                                         67.3

 Real estate                                  -38.5                           -5.7                                                     46.9

     Cons Disc                                        -32.6                                                                37.0                                           96.0

                  -80          -60                 -40                 -20              0                  20              40                    60             80        100    120

                                                                Maximum drawdown in 2020            Return from 2020 low                2020 return

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars.

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Global equities
Regional performance
Performance leadership table
Another winning year for US equities…

     Best
                                                                                                                                                                  Ann return
                 2009         2010          2011         2012         2013         2014         2015          2016   2017     2018     2019     2020      YTD      since 09'
                   EM           EM           US        Europe          US            US         Japan          US       EM       US       US       US       US        US
                 79.0%        19.2%         2.0%        22.5%        32.6%         13.4%         9.9%        11.6%    37.8%    -4.5%    30.6%    21.4%    21.4%     15.3%
                   UK         Japan          UK           EM        Europe           EM           US           EM    Europe    Japan   Europe      EM       EM        EM
                 43.4%        15.6%        -2.5%        18.6%        28.7%         -1.8%         1.3%        11.6%    27.8%   -12.6%    25.9%    18.7%    18.7%     10.1%
                Europe          US         Japan          US         Japan         Japan       Europe        Japan    Japan      UK       UK     Japan    Japan    Europe
                 33.9%        15.4%       -14.2%        16.1%        27.3%         -3.7%        0.1%          2.7%    24.4%   -14.1%    21.1%    14.9%    14.9%      8.6%
                   US           UK        Europe          UK           UK            UK          UK         Europe      UK       EM     Japan   Europe   Europe     Japan
                 27.1%         8.8%       -14.5%        15.3%        20.7%         -5.4%        -7.5%         0.3%    22.4%   -14.2%    20.1%    11.6%    11.6%      7.5%
                 Japan       Europe          EM         Japan          EM         Europe         EM            UK       US    Europe      EM       UK       UK        UK
                  6.4%         2.4%       -18.2%         8.4%        -2.3%         -5.8%       -14.6%         0.0%    21.9%   -14.4%    18.9%   -10.4%   -10.4%      6.4%

 Worst

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars. Europe = Europe ex UK.

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Breakdown of equity return drivers
Valuations still doing most of the heavy lifting while EPS growth contracts
12m $ return, %
100

 80

 60

 40

 20

     0

-20

-40

-60
                         US                                     EM                               Japan                   Europe ex UK   UK

                                                             Income         EPS growth      P/E change   FX return   Total Return

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars.

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Cracks begin to emerge in US equities’ leadership
Dollar weakness and lofty valuations continues to chip away at US returns
US vs RoW, 12m $ return, %
 25

 20

 15

 10

     5

     0

  -5

-10

-15

-20

-25
  Dec 2016                 Jun 2017                Dec 2017                Jun 2018                Dec 2018                Jun 2019           Dec 2019   Jun 2020   Dec 2020

                                                         Income           EPS growth            P/E change            FX return       Total return

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars. Notes: RoW = MSCI AC World ex US Index $.

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Global (ex US) equities should benefit from cyclical recovery

US market structure mirrors dotcom experience                                                                 Global equities more economically sensitive than US
S&P 500, %                                                                                                    MSCI AC World, %

70                                                                                                             80

65                                                                                                             70

60                                                                                                             60

55                                                                                                             50

50                                                                                                             40

45                                                                                                             30

40                                                                                                             20

35                                                                                                             10

30                                                                                                               0
  1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019                                                1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

                                        Cyclical          Defensive                                                                                    Cyclical         Defensive

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars. Notes: cyclical = materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, energy, financials, real estate. Non-cyclical = utilities,
IT, consumer staples, health care, communication services.

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Weakening dollar in 2021 should further support EM equities
EM vs. DM performance tends to be inversely correlated with the strength of US dollar
12m rolling return, %

 20                                                                                                                                                                             -15

 15
                                                                                                                                                                                -10
 10
                                                                                                                                                                                -5
     5

     0                                                                                                                                                                          0

  -5
                                                                                                                                                                                5
-10
                                                                                                                                                                                10
-15

-20                                                                                                                                                                             15
         Dec 15        Jun 16            Dec 16            Jun 17            Dec 17             Jun 18            Dec 18            Jun 19           Dec 19   Jun 20   Dec 20

                                                                   EM vs DM equities                 US dollar index (inverted RHS)

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020 in US dollars. Notes: EM = MSCI EM index $ and DM = MSCI World Index $.

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Global equities
Style performance
Global small cap and value rotation remains intact (so far)

Rolling 3-month global total return
 15

 10

     5

     0

 -5

-10

-15

-20
  Mar 20               Apr 20               May 20               Jun 20                Jul 20               Aug 20             Sep 20   Oct 20   Nov 20   Dec 20

                                                                            Small vs Large caps              Value vs Growth

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020. Based on MSCI AC World Index.

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Value’s winning streak has been uneven across regions
Outperformance has been most pronounced in UK equities compared to elsewhere
Value vs Growth by region, 3-month rolling total return %
 25
 20
 15
 10
  5
  0
 -5
-10
-15
-20
-25
-30
  Mar 20              Apr 20              May 20             Jun 20                   Jul 20              Aug 20           Sep 20   Oct 20   Nov 20   Dec 20

                                                                   US            UK            Europe ex UK        Japan    EM

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020.

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Opportunity for further mean-reversion still significant
Relative valuations are still completely detached from relative earnings
Global growth/value, rebased to 100

200

180

160

140

120

100

 80
      2008           2009            2010            2011            2012            2013             2014         2015          2016    2017   2018   2019

                                                                 Growth/value forward 12M EPS                Growth/value total return

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020. Based on MSCI AC World.

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What is needed for the value rotation to gather steam?
Faster EPS growth, higher yields and a steeper yield curve are key
Average annualised value premium, %
 2

                                                                                                                                                                                         Value
 1                                                                                                                                                                                       outperforms

 0

                                                                                                                                                                                         Growth
-1
                                                                                                                                                                                         outperforms

-2

-3

-4
        Accelerating profit          Decelerating profit             Rising yields               Falling yields         Steepening yield curve       Flattening yield curve
             growth                       growth

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data from December 1974 to 30 November 2020. Notes: returns based on monthly rolling annualised returns of MSCI USA Value versus MSCI USA Growth
total returns. Accelerating/decelerating profit growth = y/y abs change in rolling 12-month EPS growth of the MSCI USA Index. Yields = US 10-year Treasury yield. Yield curve is 10-year US Treasury yield versus
3-month US Treasury Bill.

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A stronger economy in 2021 should benefit small businesses
Small caps tend to outperform large caps when business activity improves
Total return %
25                                                                                                                                            25

 20                                                                                                                                           20
 15                                                                                                                                           15
 10
                                                                                                                                              10
     5
                                                                                                                                              5
     0
                                                                                                                                              0
 -5
                                                                                                                                              -5
-10

-15                                                                                                                                           -10

-20                                                                                                                                           -15

-25                                                                                                                                            -20
   Dec 08                       Dec 10                       Dec 12                 Dec 14                     Dec 16           Dec 18   Dec 20
                                                       US Small vs Large caps y/y   ISM Manufacturing Index abs y/y chg (RHS)

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020.

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Global equities
Fundamentals
Markets end year with a bang
Stock prices continue to drift away from near-term fundamentals
YTD % chg
  20

  15

  10

     5

     0

     -5

 -10

 -15

 -20

 -25

 -30
   Dec 19           Jan 20          Feb 20          Mar 20          Apr 20             May 20    Jun 20     Jul 20      Aug 20   Sep 20      Oct 20    Nov 20

                   MSCI All-Country World Price $ Index                       Trailing 12M EPS            Forward 12M EPS         2021 EPS            2022 EPS

Forecasts included are not guaranteed and should not be relied upon.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, I/B/E/S, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020.

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Nothing looks cheap these days
Bargains are difficult to find, as Japanese and EM equities grow more expensive
Valuations vs. 15-year median (31 December 2020)

Equity market                            CAPE                     Forward P/E                      Trailing P/E                          P/B                   Dividend yield
                                           33                          23                               32                                4.4                        1.5
US
                                          (23)                        (15)                             (19)                              (2.8)                      (2.0)
                                           13                          14                               18                                1.6                        3.3
UK
                                          (13)                            (12)                            (14)                           (1.8)                          (3.8)
                                           21                              18                              24                             2.0                            2.2
Europe ex. UK
                                          (16)                            (13)                            (16)                           (1.7)                          (3.2)
                                           21                              18                              25                             1.5                            2.0
Japan
                                          (23)                            (14)                            (16)                           (1.3)                          (2.0)
                                           16                              15                              22                             2.0                            2.0
EM
                                          (15)                            (11)                            (14)                           (1.7)                          (2.6)

     Key:          >20%           10-20%         0-10%         0-10%         10-20%         +20%
                             Expensive                                      Cheap
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020. Figures are shown on a rounded basis. Assessment of cheap/expensive is relative to 15-year median in brackets.

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Upbeat analyst sentiment prevails
Earnings upgrades far exceeded downgrades for US, Japanese and EM equities
Analyst upgrades/downgrades

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

0.0
      Dec 17        Mar 18          Jun 18          Sep 18          Dec 18         Mar 19          Jun 19          Sep 19          Dec 19   Mar 20   Jun 20   Sep 20   Dec 20

                                                                    US           UK           Europe ex UK            Japan           EM

Forecasts included are not guaranteed and should not be relied upon.
Source: Datastream Refinitiv, IBES, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020. Number of positive/negative 12m forward EPS revisions.

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Earnings projections for the years ahead
Analysts are forecasting a V-shaped recovery around the globe
YoY exp. EPS growth, %

 50
                                                                                               43
 40                                                                                                      36        36
                                                                                                                             34
 30
                                                                                     20
 20                                                                                                                                                    16        16         17        15        16

 10
     0
-10
-20               -14
                                                           -19
-30                                   -23

-40                         -33
                                                -37
-50
                                     2020                                                              2021e                                                             2022e

                                                                   US           UK            Europe ex UK               Japan            EM

Forecasts included are not guaranteed and should not be relied upon.
Source: IBES, Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020. Notes: Japan EPS for 2022 is 4 quarter sum until 31 March of following calendar year, e.g. 2022 = 31/03/2022 – 31/03/2023.

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Global equities
Income
Income investors feeling impact of deteriorating earnings
EM and European dividends forecast to return to their pre-recession peak by 2022
Dividends per share, index (100 = FY2019)

 120

 110

 100

     90

     80

     70

     60
          2019                                                        2020                                  2021        2022
                                           Forecast           US               UK   Europe ex. UK   Japan          EM

Forecasts included are not guaranteed and should not be relied upon.
Source: IBES, Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020.

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Dividends may be down, but they are not out…
Equity income increasingly attractive versus bond alternatives
Forward 12m dividend yield vs bond yield, %
 10

  8

  6

  4

  2

  0
      2004      2005        2006        2007        2008        2009        2010         2011      2012   2013       2014      2015   2016    2017     2018   2019   2020

                                           Europe (ex UK) equities                       US equities             US IG Corps           US Treasuries

Forecasts included are not guaranteed and should not be relied upon.
Source: IBES, Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI, ICE and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020.

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Dividend vs. bond yields by region
Stocks vastly trump corporate bonds for income in UK, Europe and Japan
 Forward 12-month equity dividend vs. bond yield, %

 4.5
                                                           4.0
 4.0
                                                                                                                                                                                         3.6
 3.5

 3.0                                                                                              2.9
                                                                                                                                                                              2.4
 2.5                                                                                                                                     2.2
 2.0                           1.9
                   1.6                                                1.6
 1.5

 1.0
                                                                                                             0.3                                       0.5
 0.5

 0.0
                         US                                      UK                              Europe ex UK                                  Japan                                EM

                                                                                 Equities                 IG corporate bonds

Forecasts included are not guaranteed and should not be relied upon.
Source: IBES, Datastream Refinitiv, MSCI, ICE and Schroders. Data to 31 December 2020. Corporate bond yield = unhedged local currency yield, except for EM which is in USD.

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Appendix
List of indices (1 of 2)
Large cap equities
US – MSCI USA Index , or S&P 500 Index where specified
UK – MSCI UK Index
Europe ex UK – MSCI Europe ex UK Index
Japan – MSCI Japan Index
Developed markets – MSCI World Index
Emerging markets – MSCI EM Index
China – MSCI China Index
Global – MSCI All Country World Index
Rest of world – MSCI All Country World ex US Index

Small cap equities
US – MSCI USA Small Cap Index
UK – MSCI UK Small Cap Index
Europe ex UK – MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap Index
Japan – MSCI Japan Small Cap Index
Emerging Markets – MSCI EM Small Cap Index

Factor and sector indices
US Value – MSCI USA Value Index
US Growth – MSCI USA Growth Index
US Cyclical – MSCI USA $ materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, energy, financials, real estate
US Defensive – MSCI USA $ utilities, IT, consumer staples, health care, communication services
Global Value – MSCI All Country World Value Index
Global Growth – MSCI All Country World Growth Index
Global Cyclical – MSCI All Country Global materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, energy, financials, real estate
Global Defensive – MSCI All Country Global utilities, IT, consumer staples, health care, communication services

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List of indices (2 of 2)
Bond indices
US Treasuries – ICE BofA US Treasury Index
US IG Corps – ICE BofA US Corporate Index
UK IG Corps – ICE BofA Sterling Corporate Index
Europe IG Corps - ICE BofA Euro Corporate Index
Japan IG Corps - ICE BofA Japan Corporate Index
EM IG Corps - ICE BofA Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index

Currency indices
US Dollar – DXY US Dollar Currency Index

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rue Höhenhof, L-1736 Senningerberg, Luxembourg. Registered No. B 37.799

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investment marketing, to the extent permitted and in accordance with the Regulation of Investment Advice, Investment Marketing and Investment Portfolio Management Law, 1995 (the “Investment Advice
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Note to readers/viewers in South Korea: Issued by Schroders Korea Limitedn26th Floor, 136, Sejong-daero, (Taepyeongno 1-ga, Seoul Finance Center), Jung-gu, Seoul 100-768, South Korea. Registered and
regulated by Financial Supervisory Service of Korea (“FSS”)This material has not been reviewed by the FSS.

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(UID) CHE101.447.114. Authorised and regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)

Note to readers/viewers in Taiwan: Issued by Schroder Investment Management (Taiwan) Limited 9F., No. 108, Sec. 5, Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei 11047, Taiwan. Tel +886 2 2722-1868 Schroder
Investment Management (Taiwan) Limited is independently operated. This material has not been reviewed by the regulators.

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any fund will be made in Thailand and this presentation is intended to be read for information only and must not be passed to, issued to, or shown to the public generally. Schroder Investment Management
(Singapore) Ltd does not have any intention to solicit you for any investment or subscription in any fund and any such solicitation or marketing will be made by an entity permitted by applicable laws and
regulations.

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fund will be made in Malaysia and this presentation is intended to be read for information only and must not be passed to, issued to, or shown to the public generally. Schroder Investment Management
(Singapore) Ltd does not have any intention to solicit you for any investment or subscription in any fund and any such solicitation or marketing will be made by an entity permitted by applicable laws and
regulations.

For readers/viewers in the People’s Republic of China: Issued by Schroder Investment Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Unit 33T52A, 33F Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Century Avenue, Pudong New
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For readers/viewers in the United Arab Emirates: Schroder Investment Management Limited, located on 1st Floor, Gate Village Six, Dubai International Financial Centre, PO Box 506612 Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. Regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority.This document is not subject to any form of regulation or approval by the DFSA. The DFSA has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any
Prospectus or other documents in connection with this Fund. Accordingly, the DFSA has not approved any associated documents nor taken any steps to verify the information set out in the Prospectus for the
fund, and has no responsibility for it. This document is intended to be for information purposes only and it is not intended as promotional material in any respect. This document is intended for professional
investors only as defined by the DFSA rules which can be accessed from their website www.dfsa.ae

For readers/viewers in the United Kingdom: Schroders will be a data controller in respect of your personal data. For information on how Schroders might process your personal data, please view our Privacy
Policy available at www.schroders.com/en/privacy-policy or on request should you not have access to this webpage. Issued by Schroder Investment Management Limited, 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y
5AU. Registered Number 1893220 England. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

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