mlc investment performance review updated to 31 march 2010

MLC investment performance review

Updated to 31 March 2010

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Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The value of an investment may rise or fall with the changes in the market. Please note that all return figures reported are before management fees and taxes, and for the period up to 31 March 2010, unless otherwise stated.

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AGENDA

1. Overall results

2. The market environment

3. Drill down by asset class

Slide 3

1. Overall results

Key Messages:

• Markets have rebounded strongly, however risks remain.

• Clients participated fully in the recovery due to our disciplined investment approach.

• Market rebound has justified advice to clients to remain fully invested and focused on long-term goals.

• Appointed managers have generally enhanced returns though security selection.

• Our diversified portfolios’ 5-year returns remain positive.

MLC Horizon 4 – Super

Highlights:• 5-year returns remain positive, and 1 year returns rebounded very strongly.• All asset classes provided positive returns for both the year and quarter.• Australian Shares (+45%) and Hedged Global Shares (+51.8%) performed

strongly. (ref slide 12) • Hedged Global Shares outperformed unhedged Global Shares by +32.2% over

the year on account of a rising $A. (ref slide 12) • Global Private Assets have continued to rally in the latest quarter, one year

return is now +11.5%. (ref slide 34)• Horizon 4 debt returns (+10.9% for the year) have been driven by strong returns

from higher credit risk bonds which continue to benefit from robust corporate earnings and buoyant investor risk appetites.

Slide 5

MLC Horizon 4 - Balanced Portfolio

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a. MLC MasterKey Super / Gold Star / Business Super(before taking into account fees and tax) MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax) MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star / Business Super*(takes into account fees and tax)*MLC MasterKey Business Super commenced on 30 April 2001 and issues the same unit price as that reported for MLC MasterKey Superannuation Gold Star. The returns outlined above do not include allowance for fee rebates you may be entitled to should you be part of a large employer plan.

1.7 24.7 -2.6 3.6

1.8 25.6 -2.1 -

-1.028.72.6 6.0

MLC Horizon 4 – total returns

Slide 6

Historical Absolute Performance MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star Horizon 4 Balanced Portfolio

(after taking into account fees and tax)

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MLC Horizon 4 – asset class contribution

Slide 7

Contribution to Total Return by Asset ClassMLC Horizon 4 Balanced Portfolio

(before taking into account fees and tax)

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AustralianShares

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MLC Horizon 5 – Super

Highlights:• 5-year returns remain positive, and 1 year returns rebounded very strongly.• All asset classes provided positive returns for both the year and quarter.• Australian Shares (+45%) and Hedged Global Shares (+51.8%) performed strongly.

(ref slide 12) • Hedged Global Shares outperformed unhedged Global Shares by +32.2% over the

year on account of a rising $A. (ref slide 12)• Global Private Assets have continued to rally in the latest quarter, one year return

is now +11.5%. (ref slide 34)• Horizon 5 debt returns (+12.4% for the year) have been driven by strong returns

from higher credit risk bonds which continue to benefit from robust corporate earnings and buoyant investor risk appetites.

Slide 8

MLC Horizon 5 - Growth Portfolio

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a. MLC MasterKey Super / Gold Star / Business Super(before taking into account fees and tax) MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax) MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star / Business Super*(takes into account fees and tax)

1.8 29.6 --3.5

*MLC MasterKey Business Super commenced on 30 April 2001 and issues the same unit price as that reported for MLC MasterKey Superannuation Gold Star.The returns outlined above do not include allowance for fee rebates you may be entitled to should you be part of a large employer plan.

5.632.62.6 -2.7

28.6 -4.01.7 3.4

MLC Horizon 5 – total returns

Slide 9

Historical Absolute Performance MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star Horizon 5 Growth Portfolio


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MLC Horizon 5 – asset class contribution

Slide 10

Contribution to Total Return by Asset ClassMLC Horizon 5 Growth Portfolio


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GlobalProperty

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LTAR DebtSecurities

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2. The market environment

Asset Class Performance

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AustralianShares

GlobalShares

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EmergingMarkets

AustralianProperty

Securities

GlobalProperty

Securities

AustralianBonds

GlobalBonds

(hedged)

Global HighYield Bonds

(hedged)

Inflation-LinkedBonds

Cash

Quarter to Mar-10 % p.a. 1 Year to Mar-10 % p.a. 3 Year to Mar-10 % p.a. 5 Year to Mar-10 % p.a.

Index data source: Australian Shares - S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index; Global Shares (hedged) - MSCI All Countries (A$ hedged); Global Shares (unhedged) - MSCI All Countries; Australian Property Securities - S&P/ASX 300 LPT Accumulation Index; Global Property Securities - UBS Global REIT (hedged); Australian Bonds - UBS Composite Bond (all mats); Global Bonds (hedged) - BCGA Global Agg (hedged); Global High Yield Bonds (hedged) - BCGA US Corp HY BB/B (hedged), Australian Inflation Linked Bonds - UBS Inflation Linked Bonds (all mats); Cash - UBS Australian Bank Bill;

Market environment - asset class returnsfor the period ending 31 March 2010

Slide 12

Recovery, but still a complex and uncertain environment

• A very uneven global recovery is underwaySolid, V-shaped upswing in the emerging economiesA modest U-shaped recovery in the USJapan, Europe are still laggingAustralian economy continuing to improve, after an extraordinary

period of outperformance

• But unresolved imbalances still remainHousehold indebtedness in the English-speaking worldUnsustainable budget deficits and rising public debt in the US, UK,

and peripheral European economiesInflexible currencies in key emerging economies (e.g. China)

• Equity and credit market recovery is welcome, but prospective returns are now lower as a result (markets no longer cheap!)


Australian shares

Australian shares - performance

Highlights:• Absolute one year return is very strong, capturing the market recovery which

commenced in March 2009.• Rolling one year returns have been above index with a very high degree of

consistency since September 2008 – a good result in varying market circumstances.

• 7/10 appointed managers outperformed – a range of styles contributed. Stock selection will be more important from here.

• Positive stock contributors: o/w News Corporation (+65%), Brambles (+53%), Fairfax Media (+77%), ANZ (+61%) which helped offset u/w Commonwealth Bank (+62%).

Slide 15

MLC Australian Share Fund

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a.MLC Masterkey Super Fundamentals / Gold Star / Business Super(before taking into account fees and tax)MLC Masterkey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax)MLC Masterkey Super Gold Star / Business Super*(takes into account fees and tax)S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index(S&P/ASX 200 Index prior to Nov 2002)

1.3 8.0

41.1 -

0.9 40.0 -1.9 7.0

8.6

1.1

*MLC MasterKey Business Super commenced on 30 April 2001 and issues the same unit price as that reported for MLC MasterKey Superannuation Gold Star. The returns outlined above do not include allowance for fee rebates you may be entitled to should you be part of a large employer plan.

45.0

-1.2

1.3 -1.3

-2.641.9

Australian shares – total returns

Slide 16

Historical Absolute Performance MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star Australian Share Fund


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30%

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Australian shares – excess returns

Slide 17

Rolling Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Australian Share Fund


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Australian Shares – manager contribution

Contributors:• Dimensional: o/w small caps, Macquarie Group, Amcor, OneSteel, Qantas, Alumina, Boral • Balanced: o/w Wesfarmers, Orica, ANZ Bank, Qantas• Maple-Brown Abbott: o/w Fairfax Media, APN News & Media, News Corp., Lion Nathan (takeover)

and u/w Woolworths• Concord: o/w James Hardie, ANZ Bank, Macquarie Group, JB Hi-Fi, Arrow Energy• JF Capital Partners: o/w Navitas, News Corp., Independence Group, Rio Tinto, u/w/ Telstra• Northcape: o/w ANZ Bank, Brambles, Incitec Pivot, Seek, Fairfax Media• Wallara: o/w Challenger, OneSteel, Orica, James Hardie, Macquarie Group, SeekDetractors:• Lazard: o/w Telecom NZ, Telstra, Intoll, u/w Commonwealth Bank, Tabcorp• Northward: o/w Woolworths, Nufarm u/w ANZ Bank, Wesfarmers• Contango: o/w Orica, Seek, Lion Nathan, Oz Minerals, u/w Fosters

Slide 18

Manager Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Australian Share Fund


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6%

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12%

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Maple-BrownAbbott

Lazard Dimensional Contango Concord JF Capital Wallara BalancedEquity

Northcape NorthwardCapital

AustralianShare Fund

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Global shares

Global shares - performance

Highlights:• All markets provided positive returns for the year, which was captured by the

managers who all provided absolute double-digit returns for the year.• The portfolio benefited by having exposure to emerging markets, which

returned +58.4% for the year.• It has been one year since the MLC Global Share strategy underwent an

enhancement with the appointment of four new managers. The short term results from the new managers are in line with how they were expected to perform in a rising market. Sands Capital (+44.3%), Harding Loevner (+18.9%) and Tweedy, Browne (+18.6%) outperformed the benchmark, while Mondrian (+13.4%) lagged the broader market over the year.

Slide 20

MLC Global Share Fund

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a.MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals / Gold Star / Business Super(before taking into account fees and tax)MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax)

MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star / Business Super*

(takes into account fees and tax)MSCI All Country World Index(MSCI World Index prior to July 2002)

16.2 -9.5 -1.3


18.31.2 1.0

19.6

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1.0 -8.6

-7.9

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0.5

17.0 -

-0.4

Global shares – total returns

Slide 21

Historical Absolute Performance MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star Global Share Fund


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-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

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2010

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Global shares – excess returns

Slide 22

Rolling Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Global Share Fund


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Contributors:• Returns from Sands Capital (+25.9% over the benchmark) and Dimensional (+15.7% over the

benchmark) were driven by the riskier parts of the market rallying the most during the year. • Harding Loevner's excess performance (+1.3% over the benchmark) for the quarter was driven

by good stock selection in the Health Care, Information Technology, and Consumer Discretionary sectors.

Detractors:• Capital (-7.9% below the benchmark) and Walter Scott (-6.7% below the benchmark) lagged the

market over the year in an environment where companies with higher risk levels rose above conservatively placed quality companies.

• Mondrian (-3.0% below the benchmark) underperformed for the quarter due to allocations to the Spanish and Singaporean markets. Further, weak security selection within the US, UK, Australia and Germany had a negative impact on performance.

Slide 23

Manager Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Global Share Fund


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Australian property

Australian property - performance

Highlights:• The sector has stabilised due to massive capital raisings. A number of REITs

have resumed development activity. • Strong return rebound by the sector but it is still 58% below mid-2007 peak.• Strong track record of index outperformance intact (through variable

market conditions)• The Fund’s one year performance was due largely to Resolution Capital’s

outperformance (70% allocation) while Challenger underperformed (though still ahead over 3 and 5 years)

• Ownership of non-Australian REITs via mandate discretion given to Resolution has been very rewarding in addition to Australian REIT stock selection. Slide 25

MLC Property Securities Fund

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a.MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals / Gold Star / Business Super(before taking into account fees and tax)MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax)MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star / Business Super*(takes into account fees and tax)S&P/ASX 300 Property Accumulation Index(S&P/ASX 200 Property Index prior to Nov 2006)

-1.3 39.0 -19.7 -5.6

42.7

40.2

-0.9 -18.9

-1.2

-3.6

-19.3 -

*MLC MasterKey Business Super commenced on 30 April 2001 and issues the same unit price as that reported for MLC MasterKey Superannuation Gold Star. The returns outlined above do not include allowance for fee rebates you may be entitled to should you be part of a large employer plan.

-23.342.0-1.6 -7.2

Australian property – total returns

Slide 26

Historical Absolute PerformanceMLC MasterKey Super Gold Star Property Securities Fund


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Australian property– excess returns

Slide 27

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Australian property – manager contribution

Contributors:• Ownership of non-Australian REITs via mandate discretion given to Resolution has been

very rewarding (e.g. US mall owner Simon Property Group, US diversified Vornado, Hong Kong Land and Manhattan office REIT SL Green). Other positives were o/w Challenger Diversified Prop. Group & Challenger Kenedix Japan Trust and u/w Dexus Property Group.

Detractors:• Underweight Goodman Group (recapitalised recently), Charter Hall Office REIT (formerly

Macquarie Office Trust), Centro Properties, ING Industrial Trust and Mirvac Group.• Performance recovery of higher risk, poorer quality REITs which the managers tend to

avoid.

Slide 28

Manager Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Property Securities Fund


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Global property

Global property - performance

Highlights:• Substantial performance recovery and return outcome for the year

(though still negative on a 3 year basis). The US (+109%) and Singapore (+79%) REIT markets were the best regional market performers in local currency terms, Japan (+15%) the lowest.

• The MLC strategy captured the one year return surge, and more. • Largest country REIT market overweights remain Hong Kong, Singapore

and Japan while USA, Australia and Europe continue to be underweighted.• Morgan Stanley continues to outperform strongly (40% of portfolio in Asian

REITs). Resolution’s excess return recently went negative (price weakness of their largest holding Link REIT) while La Salle’s return is also under benchmark.

Slide 30

MLC Global Property Fund

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a.MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(before taking into account fees and tax)MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax)UBS Global Investors Index (hedged) 6.8 81.9 - -

6.5 - -

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Global property – excess returns

Slide 31

Rolling Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Global Property Fund


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Global property – manager contribution

Contributors:• Asian stock selection by Morgan Stanley (40% of their portfolio)• O/w Manhattan office specialist SL Green• U/w Australian REITsDetractors:• O/w Japan• O/w Link REIT (Hong Kong retail, due to management change related

price weakness), Unibail (Europe retail), Hammerson (UK) Slide 32

Manager Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Global Property Fund


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Global private assets

Global private assets – performance

Highlights:• One year return of +11.5% on a hedged basis reflects the strength of the

$A and the positive momentum of valuations.• The strategy has provided positive absolute returns since inception

(+8.7% p.a.) and represents a premium of +5.6% when compared to the listed global share markets reflected by the MSCI ACWI return of +3.6%. When comparing this relative performance, listed markets are more volatile than unlisted assets.

• The majority of MLC’s Managers are first or second quartile and have acquired quality assets that have proven more resilient through the crisis.

• China is continuing to present some attractive opportunities and MLC has backed Managers seeking to invest in select state owned enterprises.

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MLC Global Private Assets

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a.MLC Global Private Assets(diversified fund component,before taking into account fees and tax)MSCI All Country World Index Hedged into AUD (MSCI World Index Hedged prior to July 2002)

5.3

11.611.58.3 6.0

-3.952.85.4


Long-Term Absolute Return Portfolio

Long-Term Absolute Return – performance

Highlights:• Returns were positive for most risky assets - with the exception of Australian REITs over

the last quarter. Most notable were the positive returns from private markets and the multi-asset class real return strategy, managed by Ruffer.

• The Portfolio underperformed the Neutral Strategy because we started to take a relatively defensive asset allocation stance in the first half of 2009 and market returns have continued to be strong.

• This stance is consistent with LTAR’s objective of ensuring that the long-term return is robust regardless of market performance – this implies reducing risk exposure when the risk of a long-term adverse outcome is relatively high. We believe this continues to be the case.

• LTAR’s longer-term returns are significantly ahead of the Neutral Strategy.

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MLC Long-Term Absolute Return Portfolio

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a. MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals / Gold Star / Business Super


MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(after taking into account fees and tax) MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star / Business Super*(after taking into account fees and tax)

MLC LTAR Neutral Strategy


Inflation (CPI)** 0.5 2.1 2.9 -

-1.532.64.1

--6.251.73.3

**The Consumer Price Index figures are currently only available to 31 December 2009

*MLC MasterKey Business Super commenced on 5 December 2005 and issues the same unit price as that reported for MLC MasterKey Superannuation Gold Star. The returns outlined above do not include allowance for fee rebates you may be entitled to should you be part of a large employer plan.

2.8

2.7

--1.329.4

--1.928.4


Diversified Debt Fund

Note: Horizon 1 to 5 debt strategy results are in the detailed quarterly commentary documents.

Diversified Debt assets - performance

Highlights:• The Fund’s returns have been driven by strong returns from higher credit risk

bonds which continue to benefit from robust corporate earnings and buoyant investor risk appetites.

• Credit spreads (the difference between yields on high yield bonds and government bonds) are now close to long-term averages so the prospective for further gains has reduced. Investments in non-investment grade bonds are a variable component of our debt strategy and we continue to assess the risk/return trade-off of investing and will make adjustments accordingly.

• Almost all managers have outperformed their respective benchmarks over the year.

• During the quarter we announced changes to the debt strategy that are designed to strengthen their defensive characteristics and improve our ability to preserve capital when growth assets are weak. Details are available at mlc.com.au/debtstrategy

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MLC Diversified Debt Fund

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a.MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(before taking into account fees and tax)MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax)50% UBS Composite Bond Index (All Maturities)and 50% Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Bond Index (hedged)

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Rolling Performance in Excess of the IndexMLC Diversified Debt Fund


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Contributors:• Global high yield bonds and global multi-sector bonds have continued to outperform lower credit risk bonds in Australia and

globally. 1 year returns have been extremely strong after the market bottomed just over a year ago. • Global bonds, which have more exposure to higher credit risk securities, have outperformed Australian bonds over the year and

the quarter.Detractors:• The Fund is more exposed to interest rate changes because it’s a longer-term focussed strategy. It was therefore more affected

by increasing government bond yields in almost all developed countries. • Global government bonds have been relatively weak this year due to concerns about the increase in supply. Governments,

particularly in the developed world, have had to borrow massive sums to fund fiscal stimulus packages and the market is increasingly concerned about their ability to service their debt. The market is currently more concerned about some of the developed countries, like the US, defaulting than many companies and governments of emerging countries.

• Over the year Australian inflation-linked bonds detracted from performance, however they were removed from the Diversified Debt Fund in September 2009. That’s why the graph doesn’t include a return for the last quarter.

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Due to changes to the debt strategy (announced 15 February 2010) occurring during the quarter, returns will be available for the new debt sectors from the June quarter onwards.

Contribution to Total Return by Asset ClassMLC Diversified Debt Fund


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Contributors:• The graph reflects the extremely strong returns achieved by managers in the global high yield and

multi-sector bond sectors this past year. • All but one of the managers outperformed their respective benchmarks over the year because they

maintained their exposure to higher credit securities during the recovery. • NSIM and UBS outperformed their Australian bond benchmarks, boosting returns from one of the

weaker sectors this year. Detractors:• Oaktree marginally underpeformed in a sector that produced a massive return this year.Slide 41

Due to changes to the debt strategy (announced 15 February 2010) occurring during the quarter, returns from the 7 new managers will be available from the June quarter onwards.

Manager Absolute PerformanceMLC Diversified Debt Fund


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MLC IncomeBuilderTM

MLC IncomeBuilderTM - performance

Highlights:• Quarterly distributions are still below those of 1-2 years ago due to the

profit environment and companies (especially banks) acting cautiously re their dividend policies.

• Aggregate return (pre fees & tax) above benchmark for all periods shown above.

• Positive stock contributors for the year include Lion Nathan (takeover late 2009), Fairfax Media and underweighting/not owning CSL, QBE Insurance and Woolworths. These and others offset overweighting Telstra, Fosters, Primary Health Care, Metcash and underweighting Commonwealth Bank.

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MLC IncomeBuilderTM Fund

Performance to 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years31-Mar-10 % % % p.a. % p.a.MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals / Gold Star / Business Super(before taking into account fees and tax)MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals(takes into account fees and tax)MLC MasterKey Super Gold Star / Business Super*(takes into account fees and tax)S&P/ASX 200 All Industrials Accumulation Index 1.4 43.8 -5.6 5.4


1.2 37.8 -3.8 5.1

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43.9

-3.238.9

MLC IncomeBuilderTM – distribution performance

Highlights:• The above distribution chart (Fund inception to only 2009) shows the Fund’s

strong history of growing underlying annual distribution (Primary objective to grow income achieved in 12 out of 14 years distribution history since inception).

• Current year (2009-10, not displayed above) distributions have so far been consistently lower than last year’s due to many companies deciding to reduce dividends in response to the GFC and associated earnings slowdown.

• The Fund is well positioned for an anticipated recovery in earnings and dividends.

1.86 2.46 2.23 2.73 3.04 2.83 2.984.24 4.87

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Source: MLC IncomeBuilderTM Unit Trust

MLC IncomeBuilderTM – manager contribution

Contributors:• O/w Lion Nathan (takeover late 2009), Fairfax Media and

underweighting/not owning CSL, QBE Insurance and Woolworths. Detractors:• O/w Telstra, Fosters, Primary Health Care, Metcash and u/w Commonwealth

Bank. Slide 45

Manager Performance in Excess of the Index

MLC IncomeBuilderTM


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