VENTURA INVESTMENT PROGRAM SEARCHING FOR EXCELLENCE ACROSS ALL ASSET CLASSES.

VENTURA INVESTMENT PROGRAM SEARCHING FOR EXCELLENCE ACROSS ALL

ASSET CLASSES

THE PROPOSITION

• INVESTMENT RESEARCH & SELECTION

• PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION

• INVESTMENT MONITORING

• PORTFOLIO RE-BALANCING

• TRANSITION MANAGEMENT (CGT)

Russell Investment Group

• Pioneered multi-manager investing• Largest multi-manager in the world ($2.5 trillion under advice)• Largest manager research firm in the world ($40m in 2006)• 2,000 institutional clients• 40 million individual investors• 44 countries• Transitioned over $646b between managers in 2006

CLIENTS

• $10,000,000,000 OF BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION MONEY

• 9 OUT OF TOP 10 AUSTRALIAN SUPERANNUATION OUTSOURCING MANDATES AWARDED TO RUSSELL.

• BHP,BLUESCOPE STEEL,ANZ,IBM,HOLDEN,NEWS LIMITED,CSR,NESTLE, 3M.

DIVERSIFICATION

• MULTI ASSET (EQUITIES, FIXED INTEREST, PROPERTY)

• MULTI STYLE (GROWTH, VALUE, STRATEGIC, TACTICAL)

• MULTI MANAGER (39 OF THE WORLDS BEST PRODUCTS CHOSEN FROM A RESEARCHED UNIVERSE OF 8,000)

Ventura Philosophy

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PropertyProperty

SharesShares

BondsBonds

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MarketMarketGrowthGrowth

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Multi-Asset

Multi-Style

Multi-Manager

Ventura Process

PEOPLE • PROCESS • PORTFOLIO • PERFORMANCE

Total manager products monitored by Russell

Investment products continually monitored and researched

Products with a primary “Buy” rating

Russell investment manager products

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Ventura PhilosophyMULTI STYLE

No single investment style consistently dominatesBased on wickets taken in backyard cricket over a rolling 3 year time period – past performance is not an indication of future performance

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SymondsMedium Pace

SymondsSpinWarneSpinWarne

Ventura PhilosophyMULTI MANAGER

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Decathlete Champion 10.48s 7.77m 15.91m 2.21m 46.41s 13.87s 49.55m 5.10m 67.03m 4’17.87''

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Olympic Champion 9.87s 8.55m 21.29m 2.35m 43.84s 13.00s 69.30m 5.90m 90.17m 3’32.07''

Decathlete Champion 10.48s 7.77m 15.91m 2.21m 46.41s 13.87s 49.55m 5.10m 67.03m 4’17.87''

CHASING PERFORMANCE IS A DANGEROUS PASTIME.

MORNINGSTAR STUDY 3/5/2007

• ONLY 22% OF FUNDS WHICH APPEARED AMONG THE

TOP FIVE YEAR PERFORMERS ONE YEAR REPEATED

THIS RESULT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

• 32% TURNOVER AUS EQUITY MGRS IN 2007

Ventura PhilosophyMULTI MANAGER

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Of the 21 first quartile managers in 2004, two stayed on top each yearRanking from Mercer IDPS Diversified Australian Shares Universe12 month returns ending 31 January

Monitoring managers

• DAILY- REVIEW OF PORTFOLIOS VS PERFORMANCE

• WEEKLY- CONVERSATIONS WITH MANAGERS ON TACTICS, MARKETS.

• MONTHLY- PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

• QUARTERLY-FORMAL REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE AND PROCESS.

PORTFOLIO RE-BALANCING

• STRATEGY TO REDUCE TRACKING ERROR AT THE LOWEST COST.

• FUNDS ARE REBALANCED TO A 3% TOLERANCE LEVEL.

• REBALANCED AT ASSET CLASS LEVEL AND MANAGER LEVEL.

TERMINATION

• CHANGE IN STYLE

• PERFORMANCE BELOW EXPECTATION

• DEPARTURE OF KEY MEMBERS OF INVESTMENT TEAM (32% left in 2007)

• TRANSITION MANAGEMENT (TAX ADVANTAGED)

TWO TYPES OF RISK

• THAT THEIR INVESTMENT WILL LOSE MONEY.

• THAT THEIR INVESTMENT WONT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY.

NO NASTY SURPRISES

• VENTURA CAPITAL STABLE 30/70 FIVE YEAR PERFORMANCE 7.56%

• VENTURA DIVERSIFIED 50 50/50 FIVE YEAR PERFORMANCE 9.42%

• VENTURA GROWTH 70 70/30 FIVE YEAR PERFORMANCE 11.72%

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‘PICK YOUR OWN’

• VENTURA AUSTRALIAN SHARES FUND

• VENTURA AUSTRALIAN OPPORTUNITIES FUND

• VENTURA INTERNATIONAL SHARES FUND

• VENTURA GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

• VENTURA HIGH GROWTH FUND

CORE & SATELLITE

• CORE OF VENTURA PORTFOLIOS

• USE AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY THAT INCREASES DEGREE OF PREDICTABILITY-NOT ONE WHICH FLUCTUATES WITH MARKET CYCLES.

• MODEL PORTFOLIO EXAMPLES AVAILABLE.

SUPPORT

• DEDICATED BDM

• RUSSELL BDM’S.

• SEMINAR SUPPORT

• MONTHLY MARKET BAROMETER

• INVESTMENT MANAGER OUTLOOK

• MARKET REVIEWS

• EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR CLIENTS

• EASY TO USE WEBSITE

BUSINESS OUTCOME

• REDUCED MANAGER RESEARCH

• REDUCED ADMINISTRATION

• REDUCED COMPLIANCE BURDEN

• PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

• MORE TIME SPENT ON REVENUE GENERATING ACTIVITY WITH CLIENTS & REFERRAL SOURCES