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Medium Risk 90% Capital guaranteed Currency Note on Emerging market Basket Investment Terms Issuer – Barclays Notional- $2,721,050 Unit Size-10 notes CUSIP-06742W208 Underlying- Emerging Market Currency Basket ( EURINR, EURRUB, EURCNY) Pricing date- July 7, 2014 Maturity data- June 24, 2016 Max Return-unlimited Minimum Return- 90% Issuer Details Issuer - Barclays S&P Credit Rating. AAA Market capitalization 100 Bn CDS 5y spread 150 bps Investment underlying opportunity: Emerging market currencies in general are volatile and reward risky and adventurous investors higher returns. This investment is designed to capture equally weighted basket appreciation in INR (Indian Rupee), CNY ( Chinese Yuan), RUB (Russian Rouble) relative to euro. These 3 currencies have depreciated at least by 10% over 2 year period due to reasons like, Crisis in Ukraine, India’s inflation and growth issues and china’s slowdown in economy. This has gotten priced into the Currency forward markets. Now there is high probability for these currencies to start appreciating as India has elected a new government with strong mandate for economy growth, Russia with great new deals on Natural gas and stronger economy in china. If due to some reason these currencies flounder the investment is protected beyond 10% depreciation in the currency. Gatick Global solutions: www.gatick.com 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 12/15/1998 9/10/2001 6/6/2004 3/3/2007 11/27/2009 8/23/2012 EUR/CNY EUR/INR EUR/RUB

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  • MediumRisk90% Capitalguaranteed

    Currency Note on Emerging market Basket

    Investment Terms Issuer Barclays Notional- $2,721,050 Unit Size-10 notes CUSIP-06742W208 Underlying- Emerging

    Market Currency Basket (EURINR, EURRUB, EURCNY)

    Pricing date- July 7, 2014 Maturity data- June 24,

    2016 Max Return-unlimited Minimum Return- 90%

    Issuer Details Issuer - Barclays S&P Credit Rating. AAA Market capitalization 100

    Bn CDS 5y spread 150 bps

    Investment underlying opportunity: Emerging market currencies in general are volatile andreward risky and adventurous investors higher returns. This investment is designed to captureequally weighted basket appreciation in INR (Indian Rupee), CNY ( Chinese Yuan), RUB (RussianRouble) relative to euro. These 3 currencies have depreciated at least by 10% over 2 year perioddue to reasons like, Crisis in Ukraine, Indias inflation and growth issues and chinas slowdown ineconomy. This has gotten priced into the Currency forward markets. Now there is high probabilityfor these currencies to start appreciating as India has elected a new government with strongmandate for economy growth, Russia with great new deals on Natural gas and stronger economyin china. If due to some reason these currencies flounder the investment is protected beyond 10%depreciation in the currency.

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    EUR/CNY

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  • Risk Return Dashboard

    ExpectedReturn

    3.836 %

    Volatility 7.5%

    Risk Score 3

    CapitalGuaranteed

    Yes (90%)

    MaximumLoss

    10% ofinvestment

    Performance Measure

    ExpectedReturn

    Medium

    Market Risk Medium

    Issuer Risk Low

    Complexity Low

    Currency statistics (2y forwards)EURINR 92.457

    EURRUB 54.36

    EURCNY 8.68

    Structured note investment underlyingCurrency forwards suggest a depreciation inthe currency basket.We think forwards are pricing higher rate ofDepreciation despite strong indicators in favor ofEconomic growth.This will be a good opportunity to capture thisMispricing in the product.

    This note has 2 years to maturity.The expected return is good. Notehas a payoff similar toa digital call option and Call option.This position pays unlimited amount on

    the upside with potential to loss10% of the initial investment . This is agood investment if the underlyingbasket appreciates significantly .At theSame time it is protected from losesOn the downside beyond 10%depreciation

    Investment Metrics

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    Note Return

    Note Return

  • Note Performance(Historical)

    Note Performance(Future Stress test)

    Return 3.836 % per annum 3.836 per annum

    Note Payoff 103.86 103.86

    Probability of Gain 93.7 93.7

    Risk Score 3 3

    Volatility 7.5% 7.5%

    Probability of Loss 63.2 63.2

    Expected Maturity 24 months 24 months

    History does not Repeat but rhymes. This note has returned 3.836% per annum historicallywith a probability of gain of 37%. Therefore from a mathematical perspective, this note is mostCertain not to deliver the expected return.

    Investment Performance

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    Historical Analysis Assetperformance

    Note Return

  • Recommendation: Metrics and historical analysis concludes this investment is a not an attractiveinvestment. Investments on Emerging market stock or currencies in general are risk in nature. Thisinvestment in particular is a safe way to gain exposure to those currencies with a chance to lose 10% ondownside with unlimited upside. In current market environment for an investor this investment willdefinitely help to obtain 21.5% per annum with protection up to a 10% decline in the currency basket.

    Pros ConsNote provides a coupon of 21.5% aslong as note is above initial level andmarket performance above 21.5%appreciationNote offers exciting opportunisticexposure to EM currency basketNote offers a pre packed approach tocombine a Digital call, Out of themoney call and short put.

    Note has potential to loss 10% ofinvested principal if markets declinebelow initial level

    Historically this note has lost moneymany timesThese 3 options are long dated (2Y)and are illiquid. Therefore volatilityskew and volatility spread becomesimportant

    Score Card: Reverse Convertible on GMCR

    Market Direction (SP 500):

    Market Vol (SP 500):

    Underlying Direction: (INR)

    Underlying Direction: (RUB)

    Underlying Direction: (CNY)

    Underlying Vol:

    Issuer Credit (CDS):

    Investor Risk Appetite:

    Investment Recommendation

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    Disclaimer: This report is prepared by Gatick Global solutions team. This isnot an investment advise.

    Contact Details:Karthik Misra and Chandra S Khandrika for further details and questions

    Bearish Bullish

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    Bearish Bullish

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