March 2018

BCV CHF Foreign Bonds

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Universe: SBI Foreign AAA-BBB

Universe: SBI Foreign

Foreign borrowers in CHF

~ 500 issues

Fixed-rate bonds

Maturity > 1 year

Amount > CHF 100 mio

Rating AAA-BBB

Sectors Rating Maturities

AAA21.5%

AA32.9%

A27.5%

BBB18.0%

Agencies20.0%

Covered11.1%

Financials28.2%

Industrials23.3%

Gov. Related17.4%

0 - 3 years30.1%

3 - 5 years21.4%

5 - 7 years25.0%

7 - 10 years11.9%

> 10 years11.7%

Sources: SIX, POINT

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Remarks on the SBI Foreign AAA-BBB

Sources: SIX, POINT

- SBI Domestic AAA-BBB: 73% (CHF 337 bill.)

- SBI Foreign AAA-BBB: 27% (CHF123 bill.)

- SBI Foreign AAA-BBB represents an important part of SBI (Total) AAA-BBB

- Composition of SBI AAA-BBB end of March 2018 :

Domestic73%

Foreign27%

Market value in %

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20 biggest positions of universe by issuer

Sources: SIX, POINT

IssuerMarket Value

(%)

Number of

issuesDuration (Yr)

Credit spread

(bp)

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK 6.0% 15 6.6 20

OESTERREICHISCHE KONTROLLBANK 3.9% 9 7.2 30

BANK NEDERLANDSE GEMEENTEN NV 3.5% 9 4.2 26

NEDERLANDSE WATERSCHAPSBANK NV 2.6% 10 5.5 29

COOPERATIEVE RABOBANK UA 2.2% 7 4.0 56

CORPORACION ANDINA DE FOMENTO 2.0% 10 5.9 59

CREDIT SUISSE AG/GUERNSEY 1.9% 5 4.7 92

CREDIT AGRICOLE SA/LONDON 1.8% 14 4.9 75

DEUTSCHE BAHN FINANCE GMBH 1.8% 6 5.5 41

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD 1.8% 8 4.8 54

CIE DE FINANCEMENT FONCIER SA 1.5% 6 6.1 37

KREDITANSTALT FUER WIEDERAUFBA 1.4% 3 7.6 22

WESTPAC BANKING CORP 1.4% 7 5.8 64

GAZPROM OAO VIA GAZ CAPITAL SA 1.3% 4 3.7 164

SNCF RESEAU EPIC 1.3% 5 10.1 42

REPUBLIC OF POLAND GOVERNMENT 1.3% 2 1.9 52

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC 1.3% 7 4.5 82

CAISSE DE REFINANCEMENT DE L'H 1.3% 6 4.3 38

CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECON 1.2% 7 3.8 59

CREDIT AGRICOLE HOME LOAN SFH 1.2% 7 7.4 39

- The 20 biggest issuers represent 41% of the universe

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Performance in CHF

Sources: BCV, SIX

Performance in CHF

29.03.2018 1 month 3 months YTD 1Y3 years

(annualized)

BCV CHF Foreign Bonds I 0.16% -0.43% -0.43% -0.56% 0.13%

SBI Foreign AAA-BBB 0.19% -0.36% -0.36% -0.30% 0.34%

Difference -0.03% -0.07% -0.07% -0.25% -0.20%

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

BCV CHF Foreign Bonds I 3.48% 2.54% 5.92% 0.28% 4.58% 0.92% 0.95% -0.05% -0.43%

SBI Foreign AAA-BBB 3.67% 2.73% 6.01% 0.38% 4.78% 1.10% 1.09% 0.21% -0.36%

AUM (mio) 582 652 819 830 842 847 782 673 657

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Performance against index

Since 31.08.2009

Sources: BCV, SIX

100

104

108

112

116

120

124

BCV CHF FOREIGN BONDS (CLASSE I) SBI FOREIGN AAA-BBB

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Performance against index

Since beginning of the year 2013

Sources: BCV, SIX

98

100

102

104

106

108

110

BCV CHF FOREIGN BONDS (CLASSE I) SBI FOREIGN AAA-BBB

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Daily Excess Return

Since 31.12.2010

Sources: BCV, SIX

-8

-6

-4

-2

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Daily Excess Return (Class I)

Variation of +/- 2 basis point

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Risk analysis

Sources: BCV, POINT

29.03.2018 Coupon (%) Yield (%)Duration

(Yr)

Credit

spread (bp)

BCV CHF Foreign Bonds I 1.41 0.26 5.15 54

SBI Foreign AAA-BBB 1.48 0.25 5.10 54

Active -0.07 0.01 0.05 0

*Portfolio Risk (%): 1.45%

*Benchmark Risk (%): 1.46%

AUM (mio): 657

Portfolio Beta: 1.00

*Based on 3 years - Daily

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Annualized Tracking Error

Based on 6 trading months

Sources: BCV, SIX

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35

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Subscription of 60 millions CHF near the end of the year 2011 implying a relative

performance of +9bp and -4bp over two consecutive days

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Avg Bid-Ask Spread Average (before crisis)

Source: Bloomberg

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Positioning

Sources: SIX, POINT

Fund Bench. Diff.

Agencies 19.7 20.0 -0.3

Covered 9.5 11.1 -1.6

Financials 28.7 28.2 0.5

Industrials 25.4 23.3 2.1

Gov. Related 16.6 17.4 -0.8

Cash 0.1 0.0 0.1

Total 100 100

Fund Bench. Diff.

0 - 3 years 30.0 30.1 -0.1

3 - 5 years 22.2 21.4 0.8

5 - 7 years 24.0 25.0 -1.0

7 - 10 years 12.4 11.9 0.5

> 10 years 11.4 11.7 -0.3

Total 100 100

Fund Bench. Diff.

AAA 19.6 21.5 -1.9

AA 32.0 32.9 -0.9

A 27.9 27.5 0.4

BBB 20.4 18.0 2.3

Cash 0.1 0.0 0.1

Total 100 100

Rating (%)

Sector (%)

Maturity (%)

Funds Bench. Diff.

Supranational 11.3 11.2 0.1

Chile 1.3 1.3 0.0

Mexico 0.9 0.9 0.0

China 0.6 0.6 0.0

Slovakia 0.6 0.7 -0.1

India 0.6 0.6 0.0

United Arab Emirates 0.6 0.5 0.0

Qatar 0.3 0.0 0.3

Panama 0.1 0.1 0.0

United States 14.2 14.2 0.1

France 13.8 14.1 -0.3

Netherlands 12.3 12.2 0.0

Austria 6.3 6.9 -0.6

Germany 5.6 5.9 -0.4

Australia 5.1 5.1 0.0

Switzerland 3.5 3.0 0.5

Sweden 3.4 3.6 -0.2

Canada 3.3 3.7 -0.4

New Zealand 3.1 3.1 0.0

…

United Kingdom 2.3 2.4 -0.1

S.Korea 2.0 1.3 0.7

Spain 1.5 1.2 0.3

Finland 1.3 1.8 -0.5

Norway 1.0 1.6 -0.6

Denmark 0.8 1.2 -0.5

Italy 0.6 0.6 0.1

Luxembourg 0.1 0.1 0.0

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Countries (%)

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Investment process

Pre-investment:Portfolio construction

• optimized sampling

• refining based on liquidity constraints

• building of a model portfolio

Investments:Execution and control

• execution of operations in order to minimize the market impact

• cash management: subscriptions, redemption et coupons and dividend payment

• performance supervision, tracking error analysis

• follow up of changes within the benchmark

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Investment process

PricesSIX

OptimizerPOINT®

Benchmark: SBI Foreign AAA-BBB

(around 500 issues)• tracking error minimisation

• turnover control

• respect of the constraints

Model portfolio(around 450 issues)

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The bond management team BCV

A member of our team since 2006, Agim Xhaja is in charge of managing fixed income portfolios and the BCV International Bonds fund.He has 14 years of investment experience. His career began in 2001 with UBS, where he held various positions in the credit risk controland financial research divisions. Mr. Xhaja has a PhD in finance from the International Center for Financial Asset Management andEngineering (now the Swiss Financial Institute) and the University of Lausanne, a Masters in international economics from the GraduateInstitute of International Studies in Geneva, and a degree in mathematics from the University of Tirana.

Agim Xhaja, PhD, CIO Fixed Income

Fabio Simoncini, Investment Manager

He is in charge of Swiss franc-denominated bond fundsand management mandates that are either indexed-basedor semi-actively managed. He has 13 years of experiencein the financial industry. Before joining the fixed incomeinvestment team in July 2013, Mr. Simoncini worked for11 years at Lombard Odier in Geneva, first as aquantitative portfolio manager for equities, then as a fixedincome manager in charge of index-based investmentsand developing quantitative strategies. He holds aMaster's and a PhD in Mathematics from the SwissFederal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne.

Joël Lopes joined our bond-management team in January2014 and manages semi-active and index-based bondfunds and discretionary mandates denominated in Swissfrancs. He holds a Master's in economics from theUniversity of Neuchâtel and a Bachelor's in managementfrom the Business and Economics Faculty of theUniversity of Lausanne. He has two years of financial-market experience.

Joël Lopes, Investment Manager

Gaël Fichan, Investment Manager

Gaël Fichan is foreign currency bond investmentmanager responsible for selecting securities and buildingportfolios. He brings a bottom-up perspective to thebonds investment committee. A part of our team since2013, Mr. Fichan has four years of experience in thefinancial industry. He previously worked at Swisscanto onthe fixed income investment team and holds a Master's inBanking and Finance (joint degree program between the:University of Zurich and ESGF Business School, Paris).

A member of BCV's fixed-income investment team sinceOctober 2015, David Wehrli manages bond funds andasset management mandates with proven experience inselecting sector-specific securities from, for example, thenon-cyclical consumer goods and automotive sectors. Hehas a Master in Finance and a Bachelor in Accountingand Finance from the University of Neuchâtel.

David Wehrli, Investment Manager

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Investing in the Swiss fixed income market withBCV CHF Foreign Bonds

Take advantage of the opportunities offered by foreign bonds issued in Swiss francs

Diversified exposure while minimizing idiosyncratic risk

Replicate as closely as possible the performance of its benchmark, the SBI Foreign AAA-BBB TR (tracking error 0.10 – 0.20%)

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Fund Characteristics

Legal Structure Fund under Swiss law

Registration Switzerland

Depository bank Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV), Lausanne, Switzerland

Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, Pully, Switzerland

Fund Manager BCV Asset Management, Lausanne, Switzerland

Fund Management Gérifonds SA, Lausanne, Switzerland

Liquidity Daily, 14h

Launch date 17.08.2009

Fees (p.a.)Class A: 0.65%

Class I: 0.25%

Anti-dilution fee 0.20%

Base currency CHF

ISIN numbers CHF A: CH0102907844 / CHF I: CH0102907927

Telekurs numbers CHF A: 10290784 / CHF I: 10290792

Bloomberg tickers CHF A: AMPRFBD SW / CHF I: AMPRFBI SW

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℡

℡

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Your specialists, always at your disposal

Agim Xhaja, PhD, CIO Fixed Income

Bonds & Forex Investment Manager

agim.xhaja@bcv.ch

021 212 21 13

Fabio Simoncini

Strategist Investment manager

fabio.simoncini@bcv.ch

021 212 20 91

Joel Lopes

Strategist Investment manager

joel.lopes@bcv.ch

021 212 22 39

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Your contact person

℡ 021 212 31 18

Banque Cantonale VaudoiseAsset ManagementCP 300 amconseil@bcv.ch1001 Lausanne www.bcv.ch/invest

Frédéric Gardet

Gilles Guyaz Philippe MaederMartin Koenig Ulrich Lüthy Philippe Schlatter

Urs ZieglerMichel Aubry

℡ 044 388 71 30

Banque Cantonale VaudoiseAsset ManagementTalacker 35 ramona.morel@bcv.ch8001 Zürich www.bcv.ch/invest

Jürg BaltenspergerRiccardo Cutruneo

Julien Brasey

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