CONFIDENTIAL

16th March 2011

Beyond ETFs

For Professional Investors onlyThis document is not intended for use by or targeted at retail customers. Should a retail customer obtain a copy of this document they should not base their investment decisions solely on the basis of this document but must seek independent financial advice.

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Contents

Tracking error

• Is this a serious issue?

• How can it be eliminated?

Obtaining efficient exposure to rising commodity prices

• Comparing commodity indices to spot prices

• Contango and backwardation

• Obtaining more efficient long-term exposure

Low cost asset allocation using an Exchange-Traded-Product

• New Actively-managed Tracker trading on the LSE

Tracking Error

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Tracking Error – FTSE 100 Index (sideways market)

* Source: Bloomberg 07/03/11 Past performance is not a guide to future performance

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Tracking Error – MSCI Emerging Markets Index (rising market)

* Source: Bloomberg 07/03/11 Past performance is not a guide to future performance

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Enhanced Trackers

Defined maturity Societe Generale debt instruments designed to track an index

Eliminate Tracking Error

• A defined payout at maturity directly linked to the index level with no tracking error

Outperform the benchmark index

• At maturity, the security pays the performance of the benchmark index plus 50-80bps per annum depending on size, maturity and index)

Intra-day liquidity

• Traded live on the LSE throughout the trading day, with defined bid-ask spread (SG are market- maker)

Transparency

• Execution levels based on index closing levels available upon request

• Credit risk of Societe Generale

Obtaining efficient exposure to rising commodity prices

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The Oil Price versus the S&P GSCI Oil Index

• Prior to 2005, many benchmark commodity indices outperformed headline “spot” commodity prices

• Since then, many commodity markets have persistently traded in contango, leading to underperformance of benchmark indices

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A closer look at oil in 2009 and 2010

* Source: Bloomberg 07/03/11 Past performance is not a guide to future performance

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Comparing active and passive managers in rising markets

* Source: Bloomberg 07/03/11 Past performance is not a guide to future performance

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More information about the roll and the indices is found on the S&P website.

Dynamics of the commodity futures market

Contango

When the prices for futures contracts are higher in the distant delivery months than in the nearer delivery months, the market is said to be in “contango.” This generally has a negative impact on index values, as the higher longer-

term future prices move lower over time to the

shorter-term prices. This potential convergence over time is often referred to as a negative “roll yield”.

Backwardation

When the prices for futures contracts are lower in the distant delivery months than in the nearer delivery months, the market is said to be in “backwardation.” Holding, backwardation generally has a positive impact on index values, as the lower longer-term future prices move higher over time to the shorter-term prices. This potential convergence over time is often referred to as a positive “roll yield”.

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A closer look at WTI Crude Oil futures

• Backwardation used to be more common – for example in

March 2004.

• Markets shifted into contango as demand for commodities rose. During the peak of the credit crisis, markets remained in contango as investors forecast a rebound in aggregate demand.

• The recent events in North Africa and the Middle East have caused a price spike in the short-end, although futures are still in contango through much of 2011, and beyond 2014.

• Through most of 2009 and 2010, markets remained in steep

contango.

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Obtaining more efficient longer term exposure

Track a specific long-dated future rather than rolling short-term futures every month

Examples:

SG95 – tracking Dec 2013 Brent Crude Oil

SG96 – £ hedged version of SG95

• Upon expiry, the payout equals the exact oil price

• No roll costs or tracking error

• Tradable live via the LSE

• Subject to SG credit risk

Comparing the WTI and Brent Crude Oil futures curves

* Source: Bloomberg 07/03/11 Past performance is not a guide to future performance

Low cost asset allocation using an Exchange Traded Product

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Actively Managed Tracker

An Exchange-traded product that tracks your asset allocation strategy

•The Asset Manager allocates across pre-selected underlying assets, including equity indices, commodity and bond ETFs and cash.

•The investor buys a single Exchange-traded product that closely tracks the portfolio of assets.

•The Asset Manager can make changes to the asset allocation at any time by simply sending an e-mail.

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Actively-managed Tracker – Features

•Efficient asset allocation – allows asset managers to give their clients efficient access to their asset allocation model.

•Dynamic – Possibility to make daily changes to the portfolio, executed off closing levels.

•Simplicity – A single e-mail to SG is all that is needed to make changes to the asset allocation for all the investors that own the security.

•No Tracking Error – reduce tracking error by tracking equity indices directly, with payout and liquidity directly linked to the index.

•Low cost – Reduce costs by directly tracking equity indices, removing fund TER.

•Tax efficiency – Changes to the portfolio don’t result in a tax event. Investors can buy/sell units of the Tracker as required, e.g. to realise a capital gain or loss. Depending on the structure, the Tracker can be held in an ISA or SIPP, and taxable to CGT or income tax.

•Liquidity – Listed and quoted on the LSE – tradable live throughout the day. Quoted prices are in line with index level (no discount/premium), and with a defined bid-ask spread.

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Actively-managed Tracker – Features (continued)

•Access clients on different platforms – Clients need not invest directly through you – for example, the product can be held in a brokerage account, reducing costs.

•Prospecting tool – Allow potential investors to dip their toe in to your expertise – the security is traded like a share or ETF.

•Flexibility – can be used alongside traditional funds and discretionary portfolios, for example, when clients are looking to increase their investment between annual planning meetings, it is a simple low-touch way of getting invested in a diversified way quickly.

•Transparency – Easy for investors to instantly assess performance of an asset allocation strategy, and compare to alternatives. Return and risk data instantly available via Bloomberg.

•Flexible issuance platform – Asset managers can allocate across a pre-defined selection of assets including equity indices and ETFs giving access to every asset class.

•Revenue generation – Brokerage, performance and/or annual management fees can be built into the terms as required, and paid to the asset manager based on the assets invested in the tracker.

•Credit risk – Societe Generale – investors shouldn’t be over exposed to a single counterparty.

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