Total Return Asian Equity

Product Profile

• Number of accounts 2
• Product assets US$724 million
• Years managed 3
• Benchmark
  • MSCI AC Far East ex Japan (reference only)

Key Investment Professionals

• Ronald Chan, CFA
  Senior Portfolio Manager
  Joined Firm: 1995
  Investment Career Began: 1992
  

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** Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Individual performance will vary. Gross returns were calculated on a total return basis, including all dividends and interest, accrued income, realized and unrealized gains or losses, and are net of all brokerage commissions and execution costs, and do not give effect to investment advisory fees which would reduce such returns. Net returns, where appropriate, were calculated on a total return basis, including all dividends and interest, accrued income, realized and unrealized gains or losses, and are net of all brokerage commissions, execution cost, and investment advisory fees. Currency hedging may be effected as a normal part of the discretionary fund management where it is considered beneficial in order to minimize exposures to fluctuations in exchange rates prevailing between the different country currencies and the portfolio base currency. Composite returns include any benefits or costs of such currency hedging transactions. The dispersion of annual returns is measured by the standard deviation across equal-weighted account returns represented within the composite for the full year. Additional information regarding policies for calculating and reporting returns and a complete list and description of all of the firm’s composites are available upon request.

^†   The Representative Account information is for illustrative purposes only and reflects one account within the composite. Rounding may cause figures to vary from 100%. Portfolio holdings and sector composition are subject to change without notice and should not be considered a recommendation of any particular securities or investment strategy. The supplemental information above compliments the GIPS® compliant presentation on the following page.

RCM (the “Firm”) is a global investment advisory organization, consisting of separate affiliated firms, which operates under the brand name RCM. The affiliated firms that comprise the Firm include, among others, RCM Capital Management LLC (“RCM Capital”), an investment advisory firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has been in operation since 1970, either directly or through its predecessors, and RCM Asia Pacific Ltd. ("RCM AP"), an investment advisory firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has been in business since 1984, either directly or through its predecessors. RCM Capital presents the Total Return Asian Equity strategy in the United States. RCM has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®). To obtain a list and description of all of the Firm’s composites, please call 415-954-5400 or write to RCM, Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94111.

This composite was created in December 2006 and includes all fee-paying, discretionary Asian equity portfolios managed by RCM AP that invest in companies listed in Asia Pacific ex Japan with the investment objective to maximize income and long-term capital growth. Each portfolio is a concentrated portfolio of 30-50 stocks and managed as a total return fund and without benchmark restrictions. Whilst there are no benchmark restrictions, the reference benchmark applied to the composite is MSCI AC Far East ex Japan Index, which is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance in the Far East, excluding Japan. As of 31 December 2006, the MSCI AC Far East ex Japan Index consisted of the following 9 developed and emerging market country indices: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore Free, Taiwan, and Thailand. In contrast to the benchmark, the portfolios, forming this composite, do contain cash. The Portfolios within this composite may and do invest in non-benchmark securities. In contrast to the benchmark, the portfolios, forming this composite, do contain cash. Unless otherwise noted, index returns are presented as total returns, which reflect both price performance and income from dividend payments, if any, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions or other expenses of investing. The portfolios within this composite may and do invest in non-benchmark securities. Unless otherwise shown in the composite table, no composites contain carve-outs from balanced portfolios. Performance results and valuation presented are in US dollars.

Composite performance is net of any applicable withholding taxes on dividends, interests and capital gains. The standard management fee scale for segregated accounts for this product starts at 0.75% p.a. on the first US$20 million and will be lower by tiers. Actual fees may vary depending on, among other things, the type of client (the fees for registered investment companies, for example, are generally significantly higher) and the amounts of assets under management. Advisory fees are described in Part II of RCM's and RCM AP's Form ADV.

All data as of March 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted.