2. • Asset allocation
• Key focus areas for STANLIB
– US Payrolls
– Low return world – risk is important
– China – Bank bad debts limit stimulus
– ZAR – structurally weak
– South African Consumer – tailwind is absent
• Opportunities
– Offshore Property
– Bonds – almost but not quite
Agenda
2
3. Strongly Dislike Dislike Neutral Favour
Offshore Bonds SA Listed Property Offshore Equities SA Cash
SA Equities
Non commodity SA
Rand Hedge Stocks
Offshore Listed
Property
SA Bonds Offshore Cash
Asset view Q2 2016
Risk adjusted basis
4. US monthly payrolls report (6 month average) – trend slowing
May payrolls at 38,000, Hourly wage growth - OK
5. Single digit return forecasts means more defensive positioning
A poorer risk-return outlook
6. China: The elephant in the room
RMB 10-15trn (US$1.6-2.5 trn.) in next 3-5 years
Banks’ asset quality is deteriorating
Figures for commercial banks (excluding policy banks and rural credit cooperatives)
Source: CEIC, Gavekal Data/Macrobond Source: CEIC, Wind, HSBC
Breakdown of China’s bad debt
2015 - RMBtrn
7. ZAR History: Currency deviation from REER
STANLIB forecast: R15 2016E, R16 2017E
Source: I-Net
9. 31% of SA Income
comes from social
grants, pensions and
remittances
(46% of South
Africans receive
social grants)
SA Consumer
Source: StatsSA
Percentage distribution of main source of household income by province, 2015
16. Yield spread between Listed Property and Bonds
Global Property still cheap relative to bonds
-2.0
-1.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
Apr-05 Apr-06 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-09 Apr-10 Apr-11 Apr-12 Apr-13 Apr-14 Apr-15
Spread(%)
FTSE EPRA NAREIT Developed Index and JP Morgan Global Bond Index Spread
Spread
Spread = Global Developed Property Yields less Developed Bond Yields
Source: BNP Paribus Cadiz, STANLIB Research 31 March 2016
Current 2.65%
Average 1.51%
25. South Africa Turkey
Brazil
IndonesiaMexico
India Argentina
Poland
Thailand
Russia
Hungary
-6.0
-3.0
0.0
3.0
6.0
9.0
12.0
-10.0 -8.0 -6.0 -4.0 -2.0 0.0
CAbalance(%ofGDP)
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
EM twin deficits comparison (%)
Source: Standard Bank Research
29. US 10-year real return is at its long-term average
Source: Bloomberg, STANLIB Research
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014
S&P500 10yr Rolling Real Return
30. US S&P 500 Return – Q2 2016 in US$
Various methods: 10-20% overvalued on average
31. Source: I-Net Bridge, STANLIB Research
SA 10-year real return at average
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
ALSI 10yr Rolling Real Return
32. South African corrections:
ZAR weakens 10% on average over 9.5 months
Source: STANLIB
Start Date End Date Comment Move ALSI PE
ALSI Capital
return - over the
prior year Recession
Yield Curve
(SA 10 year -
3m T bill)
01 Feb 1960 28 Apr 1961 March 1960 - Sharpeville -30.0% 11.76 -
30 Apr 1969 29 Oct 1971 Nifty fifty collapse and Bretton Woods -58.1% 25.64 66.5% 1.8
02 Jul 1973 30 Nov 1973 1973 Oil crisis -25.8% 15.63 35.8% 4.9
01 Apr 1974 30 Sep 1976 US Inflation post Oil crisis -37.6% 14.93 38.3% Yes 3.4
31 Oct 1980 30 Jun 1982 US Recession via Volcker -36.5% 9.09 82.4% Yes 5.7
31 Aug 1987 29 Feb 1988 Asian Crisis -42.6% 14.71 67.6% 6.2
02 Apr 1990 31 Jan 1991 Recession -19.0% 10.87 28.6% Yes -1.6
01 Jun 1992 30 Oct 1992 ERM crisis in European Monetary union -18.0% 13.89 19.8% Yes 1.9
07 Aug 1997 12 Jan 1998 Asian Crisis -27.9% 17.24 13.0% -0.6
20 Apr 1998 11 Sep 1998 Russian crisis -41.8% 17.24 6.0% -0.2
17 Jan 2000 17 Apr 2000 IT bubble bursts -27.6% 17.78 66.6% 3.2
22 May 2001 21 Sep 2001 911 and ZAR collapse -23.0% 11.97 22.8% 1.4
22 May 2002 25 Apr 2003 Unifer/ Consumer loan crisis -34.6% 13.25 23.6% 0.5
11 May 2006 13 Jun 2006 -16.7% 16.71 68.3% 0.8
11 Oct 2007 23 Jan 2008 GFC -20.0% 15.09 33.9% -1.4
22 May 2008 20 Nov 2008 GFC continued -45.4% 15.45 9.1% Yes -0.9
06 Jan 2009 03 Mar 2009 GFC continued -20.5% 9.45 -25.7% Yes -3.3
Current environment: PE is 22x, Yield curve is 2.6%, ALSI 12m return is 3%