Us total yield presentation - apac oct 2013 thai-final

High Quality Yields American Style UBS US Total Yield Equity

Jeremy Raccio, CFACitywire Asia 2013

Asset management

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Distinguishing characteristics of the UBS US Total Yield Strategy

Offers attractive total yields in the US market

– High dividend yield and high share buyback yield

Focus on sustainability of total yields via quality criteria

– Leads to defensive portfolio with good upside participation

Top quartile ranking since inception

Strategy’s AuM is over USD 360m¹

Past performance is not indicative of future results.1 Source: UBS Global Asset Management & Morningstar, as at end of September 2013.

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Table of Contents

SECTION 1 Why total yield is important in the US 3

SECTION 2 Investment process of the UBS US Total Yield strategy 7

SECTION 3 Performance & positioning 11

SECTION 4 Investment management team 17

APPENDIX 20

Section 1

Why total yield is important in the US

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Source: UBS Global Asset Management, Factset (MSCI Net div. reinv). Data as of 31 July 2013.

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Most companies repurchase shares and pay dividends = total yield

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What is share buyback yield? Why do companies buyback stock?

Essentially, share buyback yield is the expected long-term appreciation in stock price as a result of buybacks (excluding other impacts to stock price such as changes in company sales & profits, news, broad macroeconomic factors, equity market volatility, etc.)

By repurchasing its own shares, a company reduces the number of publicly held shares outstanding. Assuming constant earnings, this increases earnings per share (EPS), which can lead to a higher stock price in the medium to long run.

Share buybacks allow companies to have increased flexibility when making decisions about how to return profits to shareholders.

Section 2

Investment process of the UBS US Total Yield strategy

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Our investment objective

High yields Seeks to capture high total yield opportunities including

dividends and share buybacks

Focus on the companies’ stability and sustainability of dividends

100 equally weighted stocks

Across sectors and other factors

High quality

Highly diversified

Combine high total yield + high quality characteristics in a diversified portfolio

Source: UBS Global Asset Management

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Quality: Criteria 55%

The high quality focus is key for the investment process

High quality is of the utmost importance and is weighted slightly higher than the total yield criteria

Total Yield: Criteria 45%

Current Total Yield


Price Stability

Sustainability of Dividends

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Transparent investment process

US large and mid cap stock universe (approx. 1’100 stocks)

Ranking from 1 – 1’100 stocks

100 equally weighted stocks

High Total Yield High Quality screenHigh Total Yield and High Quality criteria are weighted and applied to the full universe.

Constraints to balance portfolioDiversification constraints across sectors, liquidity

and other factors are applied to the ranking.

Plausibility checksData quality checks for each stock.


Section 3

Performance & positioning

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Cumulative performanceUBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy outperforming peers and indices

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Performance figures are gross of fees and unaudited. Peers Group Average: Morningstar US Large-Cap Blend universeSource: UBS Global Asset Management & Morningstar. Strategy inception date: Feb 15, 2013.

From end of Feb 2013 to end of Sep 2013

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Month-by-month performanceUBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy outperforming peers and indices

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Performance figures are gross of fees and unaudited.Peers Group Average: Morningstar US Large Cap Blend universeSource: UBS Global Asset Management & Morningstar. Strategy inception date: Feb 15, 2013.

From end of Feb 2013 to end of Sep 2013

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Sector exposures

Sector Weight (%) Deviation from index (%)

Financials 12.6

Information Technology 20.5

Consumer Discretionary 19.8

Health Care 19.5

Industrials 10.7

Consumer Staples 6.9

Energy 5.9

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Source: UBS Global Asset Management, Factset, as of 30 August 2013.The strategy is actively managed, thus allocations can be changed any time at UBS’s discretion. Current portfolio structures may be found at www.ubs.com/fundgate.

UBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy

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Portfolio characteristicsUBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy

UBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy MSCI USA

Holdings 101 598

Beta 0.93 1.00

Price-to-book 2.63 2.45

Price-to-earnings 14.53 15.98

Price-to-cash flow 10.58 8.99

Debt-to-equity 0.38 1.10

EV-to-EBITDA 7.12 9.52

ROE 21.95% 13.90%

ROA 9.69% 3.12%

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Source: UBS Global Asset Management, MSCI, and Bloomberg. Data as of 30 August 2013.The strategy is actively managed, thus allocations can be changed any time at UBS’s discretion. Current portfolio structures may be found at www.ubs.com/fundgate

* Indicative current total yield: This figure is indicative and gross of flat fee. The indicative current total yield is the sum of yields from dividend distributions and from company profits returned to shareholders via share buybacks. The dividend yield portion is based on the dividends of last year, net of US withholding tax of 30%. The portion of yield derived from share buybacks is calculated as the net cash each company held in the strategy used to repurchase shares (gross share buybacks minus share issuance) based on the most recent annual financial statement. This net cash is divided by the market capitalization from the previous month end resulting in the share buyback yield. Adding the dividend yield results in the total yield. The final total yield can deviate significantly from the indicative current total yield due to changes in company earnings, dividends, share buybacks, stock prices etc. In accumulating share classes, the total yield, net of fees, will be accumulated. In distributing share classes, the total yield, net of fees, will be distributed. • Risk information: UBS US Total Yield Strategy has the risk characteristics of a typical equity investment and is not designed to be a replacement for bond investments. The strategy is suitable for risk-tolerant investors who are willing to bear the risk and volatility of equity investments. Total yield must by no means be confused with total return

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Selected portfolio holdingsUBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy

Share price is up over 20% in 2013. Net buybacks increased 15% with the release of the company’s quarterly financial results. Moderate total yield but solid quality scores, specifically dividend stability, ROE, and ROA.

Home Depot

Share price is up over 25% in 2013. Net buybacks increased 2.8% and dividends increased 3.3% with the release of the company’s quarterly financial results. The stock has strong quality scores. Recently announced a $40 billion share buyback program.

Share price is up over 36% 2013. Net buybacks increased 7.7% with the release of the company’s quarterly financial results. The stock combines a solid total yield, driven entirely by the share buyback yield, with very good quality scores. It has no long-term debt.

Microsoft

Yahoo

Dividend Yield

Buyback YieldSource: UBS Global Asset Management, Factset, as at 30 August 2013.The strategy is actively managed, thus allocations can be changed any time at UBS’s discretion. Current portfolio structures may be found at www.ubs.com/fundgate. This information should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security.

http://www.ubs.com/fundgate

Section 4

Investment management team

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Distinguishing features of the investment team

Investment team

Jeremy Raccio,Lead Portfolio Manager

12 years investment experience

Patrick Zimmermann,Deputy Portfolio Manager

15 years investment experience

Experienced team with a solid history of working together

Research and investment process is transparent

Rigorous and disciplined portfolio construction and risk management

Members of a global team of 15 investment professionals

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Equities - Applied Research Group

Name Location Years in industry Years in company John Cotton, CFA London 18 9 Chris Coward, CFA New York 16 14 Jay Eisenhardt London 9 9 Art Gresh, Ph.D. New York 17 9 Chris Hughes, Ph.D., CFA Zurich 8 5 Shaheen Iqubal, CFA Chicago 13 13 Adam Jokich Chicago 1 1 Kazuki Kagohashi Tokyo 5 5 Ian McIntosh, CFA Chicago 14 9 Ian Paczek, Ph.D., CFA London 17 9 Scott Payseur, Ph.D. New York 8 5 Jeremy Raccio, CFA New York 12 5 Masafumi Sasai Tokyo 14 7 Katsumi Tsuzura Tokyo 28 15 Patrick Zimmermann, CEFA Zurich 16 5

Source: UBS Global Asset ManagementAs of June 15, 2013

Local equity trading

Over 20 equity dealers in London, Zurich, Chicago and Singapore

Currency specialists

6 experienced FX traders plus 4 spot order generators

Independent Risk ManagementSpecialist team of

12 professionals utilizing proprietary Global Risk System

Supported by global resources of UBS Global Asset Management

15 Investment professionals positioned in offices across the globe

Applied Research Group team members

APPENDIX

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Supplemental information – performance attribution since inceptionPerformance versus MSCI USA index

Past performance is not indicative of future results.Source: UBS Global Asset Management, MSCI Barra. As of 30 August 2013.

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Dividends have been an important part of total equity return. Share buybacks too are a well known return driver. Decreasing the number of shares outstanding - assuming constant company earnings - will increase earnings-per-share and dividends-per-share. This makes each share more valuable and should increase the stock price over the long run.

Empirical evidence has shown that high quality companies with the ability to sustain above average total yields have provided better returns over time than the broad equity market.

The rules based backtest of the UBS US Total Yield Strategy (see chart) confirms this showing a strong outperformance versus the MSCI USA.

Our investment thesis is that the quality and total yield bias of the companies in this strategy will continue to be rewarded and add value especially during market downturns.

A positive return impact in the backtest versus the index stems from the equal stock weighting in the portfolio construction process. It reduces the weight of mega caps and increases the weight of large and mid caps in the portfolio compared with its bench- mark. This characteristic is expected to persist.

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Why a US total yield strategy is expected to add valueThe benefits of high quality companies and high total yields

Rules based backtest of the US Total Yield Strategy

Note: These figures refer to the past. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. The US Total Yield backtest is not a live portfolio, but a simulation using the same rules based model as the UBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy will use. The backtest results takes into account transaction costs, but is gross of fees.

Source: UBS Global Asset Management, MSCI. Data as of end of November 2012.

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Total yield is an attractive alpha factorThe benefits of high quality companies and high total yields

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Methodology: At the beginning of each period form portfolios based on level of total yield or dividend yield. Hold the best quintile portfolio long and sell the worst quintile portfolio short. Hold the long-short portfolios for a year, measure performance, and rebalance. In all periods, long-short portfolios formed by using the total yield factor outperformed long-short portfolios formed by dividend yield alone.



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Persistence in total yieldFirms that return capital in one year are likely to return capital the next year

Past performance is not indicative of future results.Source: UBS Global Asset Management, MSCI, Compustat. Universe is union of S&P 500, S&P 400, Russell 1000 and MSCI USA. MSCI USA data is available starting in Nov 2003; Russell 1000 data is available starting in Oct 2005.

Using the High Total Yield model, portfolios were formed on 31-July of a given year and held for one year without rebalancing. Total yield of the portfolio is measured at the beginning of period (blue bars) and again at the end of the period (red bars). The brown bars are the total yield of the entire universe at a given date. As an example, the portfolio formed at 31-July-2005 had a total yield of 3.76% based on returning $159.9 Bn to shareholders. At 31-July-2006 the same portfolio had a total yield of 4.52% based on $205.9 Bn of returned capital over the 1 year period.

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Source: UBS Global Asset Management. 31 May 2012.

Portfolio Annualised excess return 5.10%

Annualised risk 5.00% Information ratio 1.02%

Median monthly excess return 0.25%

Max. monthly excess return 5.76%

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Strategy has defensive characteristicsBest performance comes during market downturns

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Total yield theme is efficiently capturedHigher total yield than MSCI USA index with similar dividend yield

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Note: These figures refer to the past. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. The US Total Yield backtest is not a live portfolio, but a simulation using the same rules based model as the UBS US Total Yield Equity Strategy will use. The backtest results takes into account transaction costs, but is gross of fees. Dividend yield and total yield are net of 30% non-reclaimable withholding tax on dividend income which Lux funds are subject to.


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High Total Yield + High Quality is key to outperformanceEmpirical evidence has shown that high quality companies with the ability to sustain above average total yields have provided better returns over time

High Total Yield High Quality High Total Yield

Annual excess rtn 5.10% 3.35%Annual risk 5.00% 5.85%IR 1.02 0.57Median monthly excess rtn 0.25% 0.10%Max monthly excess rtn 5.76% 7.71%Min monthly excess rtn -3.39% -4.10%

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Before the share buyback After the share buyback Change

Market capitalization USD 200m USD 200m 0%

Number of shares outstanding 4m 3.8m -5%

Share buyback yield = 10m/200m = 5%

Assuming annual earnings remain constant 20m 20m 0%

Earnings per share (EPS) = 20m/4m = USD 5.0 = 20m/3.8m = USD 5.26 = (5.26/5) – 1 = 5.22%

How does this translate into a share buyback yield?

Example

Company ABC returns part of its annual profits through buying back 5% of its shares outstanding. This reduces the number of shares outstanding by 5%. Assuming constant earnings, earnings per share (EPS) will increase by approx. 5%.

Given the company returns 5% of market capitalization to shareholders, the share buyback yield is 5%.

Illustration of company ABC with real numbers:

Assumption: Cash used for net share buybacks = USD 10m

An example to illustrate the share buyback yield

For illustrative purposes only.Note: total yield and share buyback yield can be calculated at a single stock level, as well as at an aggregate portfolio level.

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Portfolio construction: the in-house developed POP system

For illustrative purposes only. This information should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security.

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Scenario and sensitivity analysis

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Jeremy E. Raccio, CFAPortfolio Manager Director

Jeremy Raccio is a portfolio manager and quantitative analyst within Structured Equities. Jeremy’s focus is US equities and High Yield High Quality strategies.

Prior to joining UBS Global Asset Management, Jeremy was a quantitative analyst in the Quantitative Strategies Group at Credit Suisse Asset Management where he was responsible for the development of quantitative stock selection models, portfolio optimization and implementation, and new product development.

Jeremy is a CFA Charterholder. Jeremy is also a member of the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), and the Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA).

Jeremy is a member of the Technical Review Committee of the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR). GISR is a non-profit program that has brought together various stakeholders to design and implement a global sustainability ratings standard.

Years of investment industry experience: 12

Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (US), BS; Stern School of Business at New York University (US), MBA

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Patrick Zimmermann, CEFASenior Portfolio ManagerExecutive Director

Patrick Zimmermann is a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Applied Research team, part of Equities. He is primarily responsible for the management of active high dividend yield strategies.

Prior to joining UBS Global Asset Management in 2008, Patrick was an Equity Portfolio Manager at Credit Suisse Asset Management, focusing on quantitative equity investment products and research for European equities. He has also worked as a Senior Economist and Strategist at Zürcher Kantonalbank.

Patrick has published articles in refereed financial industry journals.

Patrick is a member of the Swiss Bankers Association.

Years of investment industry experience: 16

Education: University of Zurich (Switzerland), Lic. oec. publ.

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