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BREMNER
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Table of Contents BREMNER
CAPI TAL
MANAGEMENT
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Executive Summary
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Chief Investment Officer
Team Organisational Chart
The Investment Philosophy 6
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The Investment Process
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Risk Management
Portfolio Construction 14
Proposed Fund Terms 15
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Trade Examples
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Executive Summary BREMNER
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Bremner Capital A global investment firm looking to generate alpha through the careful selection of opportunistic long/short
Management equity positions, formed on the basis of overarching macro views, and an emerging markets expertise
Founded by former Atticus Capital Partner Dr. Chris Bremner
Background / Investment
Chris was the portfolio manager of the Atticus Emerging Markets Fund
Team
Investment Team has been identified
Fundamental, thematic value-driven approach to stock selection after taking macro view
Dual analysis fosters opportunistic investing; adopting both top-down and bottom-up approaches to maximize
Investment Philosophy return.
Setting risk guidelines and managing risk holistically
Global fund that will opportunistically allocate
Top-down thematic approach, identifying areas of significant economic/social change to identify compelling and
Investment Strategy actionable investment themes. Bottom up analysis to pick 30-80 optimal stocks (liquid market large-caps) to play
these themes
To generate superior, sustainable, risk-adjusted, absolute returns through equity and equity derivative products
Investment Objective
Targeting 25% returns over the cycle, with a volatility of 12-14%
Alignment of Interests Partners contributing significant day one capital to the fund
Risk management, allignment of interest and capital preservation are integral to, and drive, the Firm's
Focus On Risk
investment approach. Bremner Capital Management will implement a Triple Risk Overlay.
Portable track record from Atticus Emerging Markets Fund (June 2003 to December 2008)
Track Record
Annualized +16.8% net over the cycle, with a volatility of 12%
Lower fees, allignment of interest, special Phoenix share class, dividend and non-dividend class of shares, hurdle
Terms
rate - LIBOR + 300bps
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Chief Investment Officer BREMNER
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Dr Chris Bremner
Dr Bremner has over 20 years of experience investing in Emerging and Developed Markets as a portfolio
manager.
Dr Bremner's previous professional experiences include serving as:
•Portfolio Manager of Atticus Emerging Markets fund, Ltd since its formation in June 2003 to December 2008
•Managing accounts for a number of well known hedge funds based in New York as third-party manager from
1998 to 2002
•Serving as Chief Investment Officer of Oppenheimer (Bermuda) Ltd from 1994 to 1998
•Managing funds for Bankers Trust Australia Ltd from 1988 to 1994
Dr Bremner holds a medical degree from the University of New South Wales and is a private investor with
passive non-controlling interests in a biotechnology company specialized in RNDNA interference and an
engineering company specialized in magnetic technology. Dr Bremner has consulted a number of
governmental organizations in the field of quantum physics and artificial intelligence throughout his career
and is an active philanthropist in the fields of medicine and science.
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Team Organisational Chart BREMNER
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• Drives and oversees the investment process
• Manages the portfolio
Dr Chris Bremner
- Sets risk guidelines and manages risk
holistically
- Ensures portfolio remains consistent with
investment philosophy
Investment Team Business Management Team
Efthymia Tsotsani Analyst Brian Way1
Tancredi Marchicdo
-Financials, Telecoms -Energy, Utilities Trader
Investor Relations
perations Manager
Vaiva Martinonyte
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The Investment Philosophy BREMNER
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A rigorous, fundamental, value-driven investment approach to stock selection after taking macro view
Relative Likelihood World-View Value-Driven Approach
We will avoid anchoring to a single Fundamental value-driven
macro outcome, and will continually approach to stock selection
adjust our stock selection, exposure after taking a macro view,
and risk levels based on a relative applied equally to longs and
likelihood framework, taking shorts
consideration of what is 'priced in'
relative to our views
Thematic
Value-
Driven
Global Equity Stock Selection
Macro Analysis VS with EM
expertise
Flexibe Opportunistic
Flexible Mandate Opportunistic
Our fundamental long and short portfolios Bottom-up analysis seeks
will range across industries and themes, best way to implement
utilising the investment expertise of our views opportunistically
team and enabling us to pursue across developed and
inefficiencies globally developing markets
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Investment Process — Macro Idea Generation BREMNER
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Macro View
Top Down Thematics 10-20 Actionable Themes
Sector View
Fundamental Analysis Risk Management
• Pragmatic risk management
approach
• Continual re-assessment of
• data/market versus our
TOP DOWN THEMATICS 30-80 Stocks investment themes
Research and identify 10 — 20 compelling and actionable investment themes
MACRO VIEW - research & identify global macro themes
Key Input: Established and proven global network of industry leaders, politicians, bankers, and suppliers
Analysis of Money Supply raw data through independent valuation models, disregarding common broad money supply measures. Use of:
• Net bank lending
• Implications of velocity on money
Subsequent effects on net credit creation, timing lag, and reflection on asset price trends
SECTOR VIEW — research & identify areas of significant structural change
Key Input: Use extensive and well developed global network of contacts to identify changes and shifts in economies, markets, industries,
demand structures, and supply chains
• Regulatory: Sector specific changes, updates, changes in focus, precedents
• Technological: Developments, new trends, updates, omissions, failures
• Industry Specific
• Political: Change in governments, policies, views, public opinion, current/capital account and relationship with industries
• Demographic: Migrating populations, birth/death rates, demand structures Confidential I 7
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Investment Process — Fundamental Stock Analysis BREMNER
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Macro View
Top Down Thematics 10-20 Actionable Themes
Sector View
Fundamen al Analysis Risk Management
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• Pragmatic risk management
approach
• Continual re-assessment of
• data/market versus our
30-80 Stocks investment themes
BOTTOM UP ANALYSIS - FILTERING THE UNIVERSE
Search for 30-80 optimal stocks to play the themes in the most simple and
VALUE INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY - valuation indicators used
liquid way
Use of bottom up fundamental analysis to look at stocks with a long term • Intrinsic Value: Calculation of intrinsic value for a security
perspective, to identify stocks that will be most sensitive to the themes based on discounted free cash flow formulation. Looking to
identified as a result of the macro and sector analyses, independent of short purchase stock at significant margin of safety discount to this
term market dynamics fair value
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS
• Extrapolation of the dividend discount model
Established team of portfolio manger and analysts with sector specialization,
and core skills in fundamental analysis. • Cash flow multiple. Look for low:
- Price/Cash Flow
• Industry Experts — established and proven global network among industry
- EV/EBITDA
thought leaders, politicians, bankers, suppliers
• Corporate Access — collaborative management relationships have been • Focus on balance sheet assets. Look for low:
developed over many years of covering companies - Price/ Book Value
- EV / Invested Capital
• Financial Modelling — business drivers, income statement, cash flow
statement, balance sheet. Emphasis on cash flow and balance sheet
• Earnings. Look for low:
• Street Research — gauge consensus, source financial data - P/E
- P/E / Growth
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Investment Process — Risk Management BREMNER
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Risk Management Risk management is a core ethos of Bremner Capital Management, and consequently every member
is tasked with managing and monitoring risks at all times
• Pragmatic risk management
approach Real-time assessment of key risk parameters (factor risks, fund leverage, position correlation, and
• Continual re-assessment of
data/market versus our foreign exchange exposure) to ensure that these parameters remain within portfolio limits
investment themes
Post-Trade
Portfolio Construction Reporting/Monitoring
Analytics
Names enter the portfolio at the RISK / REWARD ANALYSIS
discretion of the CIO and are sized • This is the appropriate metric to appraise the risk / return profile of each individual
according to: Gross Max 300% / Typical
position — maintained and reviewed on a continuous basis for each position
Exposure 130%
• Conviction levels
RISK
• Risk/reward analysis Net Max 150% / Typical
Exposure +65% • Downside risk from current security price to downside protection
• Liquidity, ability to exit
• Inherent risk or volatility of stock Limit: Max 30% in any one • Downside protection can be ascertained, for example by strong technical support
Sector sector levels on the stock price chart, or compelling value on a fundamental basis
• Within the boundaries of the
portfolio limits outlined overleaf Limit: Top REWARD
Ten Max 50% of NAV
Names • The upside from current security price to target price, derived from fundamental
analysis of intrinsic fair value. Fair value periodically reviewed, as good quality
companies increase intrinsic value over time
The COO performs the role of Chief Risk Officer (CROI
CORRELATION
• The COO is tasked with monitoring and reporting
risk limits to the CIO on daily basis • The extent to which positions vary together and are correlated will be monitored
• The COO presents all positions to the CIO on a using Prime Brokerage risk reports and a Barra risk framework to track factor risks and
weekly basis, highlighting any risk limits that are being potential correlations
approached • For new positions, correlation with the existing portfolio is determined before
• The COO reports to the board on a ongoing basis, adding the position to the portfolio. Reduction in overall portfolio correlation is
any breaches of risk limits, and how these breaches desirable as risk is reduced
were managed
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BRENINER
Investment Process — Risk Management
CAP ITAL
MANJAGEIVIENT
RISK REPORTING - kc i." SRL ( ,Lopat
Bremner Capitol Management will implement a full transparency approach using an innovative reporting/monitoring tool
• Increase transparency and oversight with intelligent alerts
,/ Compliance and style drift monitoring /Sensitivity analysis , identify main risk contributors
to risk
,/ Investment concentration monitoring /Factor decomposition and VaR, R2 for overall fit
/Scenario analysis and stress test (empirical and
,/ Adherence to investment management guidelines factor)
/Risk decomposition: marginal VaR and component
,/ Investment exposure, monitoring and extreme market scenario VaR
/Empirical VaR - VaR, modified VaR. CVaR (expected
analysis
shortfall)
/Factor VaR - VaR, modified VaR. CVaR (expected
• Tighten operational processes shortfall)
/Proxy portfolios and fund replication with daily
pricing
✓ Shadow valuation across all investments, both in-house and third- /Position risk calculations (greeks)
/FX exposure monitoring
party for daily NAV (estimation)
/Position and trade level information
/Fully integrated and interactive reporting engine
✓ Fund allocation transaction management and bookings rebalance and
(webripad)
cash flow forecast
• Decision support
What-if analysis
Factor sensitivity analysis
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Investment Process — Risk Management BREMNER
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Managing Entry/Exit points of trade MANAGEMENT
Risk Management
• Pragmatic risk management
Adjust portfolio to have highest conviction and best risk/reward positions as largest in the portfolio
approach
• Continual re-assessment of
data/market versus our
investment themes
MACRO — Trade entry/exit points are assessed based on the macro environment
Thesis: The extent of monetary stimulus, especially the rate of change of the money supply, impacts financial asset prices, typically with a lag of
6-9 months.
Strategy: Use purchased third party data (central banks (money supply, quantitative easing), net bank lending, movement in current account) to
forecast the rate of change of the money supply. Use of rd order derivatives.
Objective: To develop a monthly risk-on/risk-off indicator to use in both sizing trades, and timing of entry and exit points
MICRO
Entry:
• Entry price — to offer significant margin of safety upside to intrinsic value target price established as a result of fundamental analysis
• Time horizon
• Catalyst
• Upside / Downside Analysis
• Conviction
Exit:
• Hits Price Target
• Thesis Changed
• Better Alternative Investment
• Stop Loss
- Stock Level — Dynamic adjustment according to trading conditions and external environment
- Book Level — maximum loss on individual position: 7% of AUM
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BREMNER
Investment Process — Risk Management
CAPITAL
Dynamic Stop Losses MANAGEMENT
Non — Variable
Factors
• Portfolio! Hard Stop - Losses
• Triple Risk Overlay
Variable Factors -
likelihood of change on individual position stop losses
External Environment Internal Environment
Money Interest Legislation Technology Price Value
Liquidity Correlation
supply rates targets indicators
2 3
Total Score = 2 Total Score = 2,5
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Investment Process — Risk Management BREMNER
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Uncertain Market Outlook
2013 - 2014 Scenario
Impact on asset classes:
Equities
t* t
Commodities
Real Estate
At
Expected
Normal Inflation
Bonds
a Credit
• Consumption stabilises at average levels, unemployment comes down, real estate stabilises in developed markets
• Monetary policy becomes gradually more restricted
• Diminishing marginal effect of any future QE
• IR reversal
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Portfolio Construction BREMNER
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Typical Gross Exposure Typically 130%, max 300%. Adjusted for market conditions
Typical Net Exposure Typically +65%, max 150%
Equities (cash, swap, indices)
Asset Class Exposure
Derivatives: All vanilla (swaps, futures, options)
SO longs (Position limit at initiation, no more than 10% of NAV)
Typical position size: 2-3% of NAV
Longs
Maximum position size 7% NAV
Average holding period: 12 months
30 shorts (Position limit at initiation, no more than 5% of NAV)
Typical position size: 1-2% of NAV
Shorts
Maximum position size 5% NAV
Average holding period 6 months
Global, opportunistic portfolio positioning in developed and emerging markets with a particular focus on larger,
Geography
liquid names
10 — 20 themes, expressed in 30— 80 names. All liquid, large cap listed stocks
Concentration Sector: Max 30% in any one sector
Top Ten Names: Max S0% of NAV
Dynamic adjustment according to trading conditions and external environment
Stop-loss triggers
Max 7% of AUM
Typical Holding Period 12 months
Liquidity Exit 60% of portfolio within one trading session, 90% within 5 trading sessions, remaining 10% within 5 days
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Proposed Fund Terms BREMNER
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Inception Date Expected in Q2 2013
Redemption Frequency TBD
Notice Period 30 days
Gates / Lock-Ups No
Founders: 1.25%
Management Fee Main: 1.50%
• Phoenix: TBD
Founders: 15%
Incentive Fee Main: 20%
• Phoenix: TBD
High-water Mark Yes
Hurdle Rate LIBOR + 300bps
Prime Broker Goldman Sachs, UBS
Legal Schulte, Roth & Zabel
Fund Administrator IFS
Fund Auditor Ernst & Young
• Phoenix Shore [kiss only ovoilabk ex-Atticus investors, respecting their 11WM
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Trade Example BREMNER
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Long Generali, Short Unicredit
GRAB
Macro: Secure financing vs unstable
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Last Price capitalised being an insurance co.
■G IM Equity 12.61
• LKG Ill Equity 3.488
Unicredit has been recapitalised 3 times
since 2008.
Entry Rationale: Governance change at
Generali. Unicredit has a large book of
defaulting loans and shrinking Eastern
European operations.
Entry Date: lune 2012 @ 8.5.
'3.48S Target Price: 22.
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Trade Example BREMNER
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Long Airports of Thailand
GRAB
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I. Low on 11/07/11 35.75
• and hove been offering discounted
landing fees for Thai Air since 2008.
Entry Rationale: Discount rote for Thoi
Air is currently rolling off combined with
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years.
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Entry Date: March 2012 @ 52.
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Japer, 81 3 3201 8900 Singapore 65 6212 1000 U.S. 1 212 318 2000 Copyright 2012 Bloomberg Finance L.P.
SN 783155 H645-4774-0 27-Nov-12 18.44, 28 GMT CIIT40:00
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Trade Example BREMNER
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Long Pfizer
GRAB
Macro: Industry has undergone a
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Description: Currently trading at 10.2x
La last Price 24.3599 earnings and should be trading at 20x.
T High on 1048/12 26.035
+-Average 23.3141
/ low on 03/06/12 21.265 Entry Rationale: Pfizer hos closed non-
performing divisions and acquired
competitors to counter the effect of
accelerating potent expiries — allowing
the earning momentum in worst case
scenario environment.
Entry Date: March 2012 @ 22.
Target Price: 60.
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Japan 81 3 3201 8900 Singapore 65 6212 1000 U.S. 1 212 318 2000 Copyright 2012 Bloomberg Finance L.P.
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Trade Example BREMNER
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Short Apple
GRAB
ALPL US Equit, 99 Save As 90 Actions - 9n Edit - 9$ Table Line Chart
09/04/ 2012 11/27/2012 Last Price PI one PI INConpdte MIIMM Volume r USD Pl Macro: Unsustainable mar
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