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'What to invest in, Why, When & How!' from

PIC Europe s.a.

with Colin MacGregor

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Agenda

What to invest in

Why should we invest money

When will be the right time to invest?

How (safely)?

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We all remember this………..

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Housing market crash

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Nothing New…

Source, Micropal, data from 1st October 93 To 1st December 08, Bid-Bid, Gross, Based In US Dollar, Calculation Indexed. Off-bid uses actual prices. Curr-chg uses bid-bid adjusted for current spread. The value of your units may go down as well as up. Past performance is notnecessarily a guide to the future.

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Where are the Investment Opportunities – Wealth Creation!

Source: DataStream, IMF. Industrial = Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

Emerging Countries >

Industrial countries

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Where are the Investment Opportunities – Consumption!

Source: CLSA

Private cars per 100 urban households

0.30.5

1.4

2.2

3.4

4.0

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1999 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006e

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Where are the Investment Opportunities - In India?

The Cheapest Car in the World

•3 metres long,

•Seats four comfortably or five at a squeeze,

•Does 65mph

•100,000 rupees (£1,300) – the same price as the DVD player in a Lexus.

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Where are the Investment Opportunities – Urbanization!

Source: United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs, 2005

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Conclusion

Key investment drivers remain intact

•Demographics

•Globalisation

•BRIC

A portfolio of uncorrelated assets should delivergreat performance over the investment cycle

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Why?

Council pension deficit set to double

“The pension deficit for local councils in England and Wales could hit £60bn this year.” Liberal Democrats said

Government - warnings

“The number of pensioners is growing at an unprecedented rate. This has created a gap of 10.4 billion CZK (roughly 400 million EUR) in the social security budget......” Petr Holub

Czech pension system collapsing: budget gap widens

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How ?(but safely)

Protected Funds

– doing what they say on the tin

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Global Equity Capital Protector Fund

Source: Bloomberg. As of 1st December 2008. Past performance is no guide to future performance.

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When?

Now is good, ten years ago even better……

I’ve workedreally hard..

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When is the right time to invest?

£500 per month invested at 9%30 year old retires at 60 with £761,000 or £68,400 per

annum

40 year old retires at 60 with £276,000 or £24,900 per annum

(or could invest £1,347 pm)

50 year old retires at 60 with £81,000 or £7,290 per annum

(or could invest £4,577 pm)

“The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity” Helen Rowland

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Next Move …….

Complete forms

Take money

Retire where and when you planned

…comfortably