Hong Kong Baptist University 1998 Superannuation Fund

1. Hong Kong Baptist University1998 Superannuation Fund 5 September 2003

2. Contents • Portfolio Size Summary • Performance Summary • Asset Allocation • Performance Review • Current Investment Strategy and Market Outlook Hong Kong Baptist University

3. Portfolio Size Summary

4. Portfolio Size Summary * The exchange rate is the deal FX rate, which is 7.7993 HKD/USD as of 31 July 2003. + The exchange rate is based on the spot rate from Bloomberg, which is 7.7996 HKD/USD as of 31 July 2003. Hong Kong Baptist University

5. Performance Summary

6. Performance Summary As at 31 July 2003 Remarks: 1. Performance figures are net of 1.15% management fee and after 0.75% rebate. 2. Citigroup WGBI - 18 US $ Hdgd 3. Performance figures are net of 1.15% management fee and after 0.70% rebate. 4. 70% Citigroup WGBI - 18 US $ Hdgd and 30% MSCI World (net) Hong Kong Baptist University

7. No. of Shares Cumulative Alloted Shares Unit Price Alloted Shares Cumulative Real Return* MLIIF US Dollar Global Bond, as at 29 July 2003 • Assume USD1,000 contribution on every 29th of the month Cumulative Capital Employed Cumulative Invested Assets Unit Price Source: Internal * Excess returns are calculated net of management fee and before rebate. Hong Kong Baptist University

8. No. of Shares Cumulative Capital Employed Cumulative Alloted Shares Unit Price Alloted Shares Cumulative Invested Assets Unit Price Cumulative Real Return* Stable Fund, as at 29 July 2003 • Assume USD1,000 contribution on every 29th of the month Source: Internal * Excess returns are calculated net of management fee and before rebate. Hong Kong Baptist University

9. Cumulative Real Return* As at 29 July 2003 • Assume USD1,000 contribution on every 29th of the month Stable Fund MLIIF US Dollar Global Bond Source: Internal * Excess returns are calculated net of management fee and before rebate. Hong Kong Baptist University

10. Asset Allocation

11. MLIIF US Dollar Global Bond Fund By Region, as at 31 July 2003 * Citigroup WGBI - 18 US $ Hdgd Source: Internal; Datastream Hong Kong Baptist University

12. Stable Fund By Asset Class, as at 31 July 2003 * 70% Citigroup WGBI - 18 US $ Hdgd and 30% MSCI World (net) Source: Internal; Datastream Hong Kong Baptist University

13. Stable Fund By Region, as at 31 July 2003 * 70% Citigroup WGBI - 18 US $ Hdgd and 30% MSCI World (net) Source: Internal; Datastream Hong Kong Baptist University

14. Stable Fund By Sector, as at 31 July 2003 * Allocation only includes the equity portion of Stable Fund. + MSCI World (net) Source: Internal; Datastream Hong Kong Baptist University

15. Performance Review MLIIF US Dollar Global Bond Fund

16. MLIIF US Dollar Global Bond Fund • Our overweight duration position in euro-zone bonds benefited from an extended rally, although this was partially offset by market sell-offs in March and June. • We remained underweight duration in US dollar bloc bonds, which detracted as US bond yields declined beyond expectations. • Being overweight duration in corporate bonds also benefited, these were attractive given positive issuance and low government bond yields. Hong Kong Baptist University

17. Performance Review Stable Fund

18. Stable Fund • The fund slightly underperformed the benchmark for the quarter. The performance suffered due to the defensive stance taken. Over the quarter, we significantly underweighed bonds as we believed the bond valuation is very expensive. • The overall bond investment performance is the same as benchmark. • On equity side, our underweight in information technology detracted, as many of these shares rallied strongly in the second quarter, as investors sought high earnings leverage into the anticipated economic recovery. • In consumer discretionary, the media segment was impacted by similar trends. Our holdings in high quality publishing companies like Reed Elsevier lagged. • Positive contribution came from financials, our holdings in Banca Intessa , BNP Paribas and US corporate and municipal bond insurer, AMBAC Financial outperformed towards end June. Hong Kong Baptist University

19. Performance Review Major Markets Summary

20. Major Markets Summary Hong Kong Baptist University

21. Investment Outlook

22. What We Said And What Happened Source: MLIM Hong Kong Baptist University

23. Markets Have Come A Long Way Source: Bloomberg Hong Kong Baptist University

24. Global recovery to consolidate World GDP Growth % 5 Actual Forecast 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 World GDP Growth Source: OEF / MLIM Hong Kong Baptist University

25. Deflation risk is low, particularly in the US & UK Probability of deflation in 2004 % 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 US G7 Germany UK Eurozone Japan Source: Datastream; MLIM Hong Kong Baptist University

26. High operational leverage is boosting earnings Real earnings per share, MSCI world 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 82 84 86 88 92 94 96 98 00 02 80 90 Trend Earnings Actual Earnings Source: Datastream; MLIM Hong Kong Baptist University

27. Global equities close to fair value in aggregate MSCI world, price to normalised earnings 40 35 30 25 20 Average 15 10 5 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 Source: MLIM; MSCI Hong Kong Baptist University

28. For the rest of the year... Source: MLIM Hong Kong Baptist University

29. Conclusions • Extreme risk aversion has subsided • Short term market direction now dependent on economic follow through • Global equity valuations no longer cheap but opportunities exist in UK • Bonds are still expensive, particularly investment grade Hong Kong Baptist University

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