Fund factsheet: bt wholesale american share fund

Fact sheet
 BT Wholesale American Share Fund
ARSN: 087 594 509 About the Fund
Performance
The BT Wholesale American Share Fund (Fund) is an actively managed portfolio of North American shares. The Fund invests primarily in United States and Canadian shares. The Fund may also hold cash and may use derivatives. The management of BTIM's regional international share assets is outsourced to MFS International (U.K) Limited (MFS), a member of the Boston-based Massachusetts Financial Services group. A member of the firm's group established the first mutual fund, Massachusetts Investors Trust, in 1924. Fund objective
The Fund aims to provide a return (before fees, costs and taxes) that exceeds the S&P500 Total Return Index in AUD over the medium to long term. The suggested investment timeframe is five years or more. Investment philosophy
Sector allocation (as at 30 June 2016)
MFS believes that bottom-up, fundamental analysis offers the best opportunity to identify high quality companies with above average, sustainable earnings growth. Further, MFS believes that focusing on stock selection, rather than sector selection, is a compelling way to add value versus the S&P 500 over time. Investment process
Consumer Discretionary Each analyst is responsible for following companies within their specific industry Consumer Staples coverage. The analysts develop and maintain their own models, visit with company management, and interview competitors, suppliers and customers in Information Technology order to form an opinion on each company. Telecommunication Services Financials ex Property Trusts Other information
Fund size (as at 30 Jun 2016) $44 million Date of inception1 Minimum investment Buy-sell spread2 0.20% (0.10%/0.10%) Distribution frequency 1 MFS started managing the Fund in June 2006. 2 The buy-sell spread represents transaction costs incurred whenever you invest or withdraw funds, and may vary from time to time without notice.
Management costs3
The Fund is managed in sector neutral style vs. the S&P500 according to eight broad sectors as defined by MFS: Capital Goods, Consumer Cyclicals, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financial Services, Health Care, Technology and 3 You should refer to the latest Product Disclosure Statement for Telecom. Each sector has an allocation within the MFS Research Portfolio which full details of fees and other costs you may be charged. matches its proportionate weight in the S&P 500. The Quantitative Analysts will 4 This is the fee for managing the assets of the Fund and run screens to exclude companies that are deemed to be illiquid. overseeing the operations of the Fund. The Issuer fee is paid from The Fund will typically hold 80-110 stocks. the assets of the Fund and is reflected in the unit price of your investment.

Market review
recovery in oil prices as well as management's work to reduce capital expenditure and update with strong production Global shares produced a positive return for the quarter despite continuing market uncertainty and geopolitical risks increasing. The MSCI World ex-Australia returned 4.37% for the June quarter, • Overweighting energy exploration and production company driven by stronger US markets and a falling Australian dollar. The EOG Resources aided relative performance. The company US market continued its rise towards all-time highs with the S&P reported roughly in line earnings for the quarter. Total 500 returning a positive 1.9% for the quarter, driven by the production came in at the high end of guidance while the potential for delayed rate hikes and a rising oil price. This saw the bottom-line results were supported by costs generally in line to Energy sector (+10.8%) and Utilities (+5.9%) outperform. better than guidance. European markets were most affected due to its proximity to the Significant impacts on performance - Detractors
UK and the potential ramifications of Brexit on their already struggling economy. The German DAX index returned -3.65% and Health Care
the broader Eurostoxx 50 index -4.7%. Remarkably the UK share • Avoiding diversified medical products maker Johnson & market made a dramatic rebound post-Brexit that saw it finish up Johnson held back relative returns. Strong growth in the 5.3% for the quarter. pharmaceutical division helped drive overall corporate growth Asian markets were also negative, with the big impact being felt by in the first quarter. Strong costs controls and favorable FX the Japanese share market. The Nikkei 225 index dropped 7.1% movements also supported the solid results. Management for the quarter, with growing concerns over a strengthening Yen raised its outlook for the remainder of 2016. and its impacts on corporate earnings especially the large • Not holding a position in shares of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer detracted from relative performance. The company reported The Australian Dollar was lower against most currencies for the strong first-quarter results, with its Prenvar, Lyrica and Enbrel quarter. The AUD/USD fell 2.7% as did the AUD/EURO down - products contributing most to the revenue beat. 0.3%. The largest drop was against the Yen where we fell 10.8%. • The portfolio's overweight position in biopharmaceutical The biggest move, unsurprisingly, was against the GBP with the company Alexion Pharmaceuticals detracted from relative AUD/GBP up 7.3% for the month. performance. The company reported weak quarterly results Fund performance
below investor expectations. Macroeconomic conditions in Latin American negatively impacted revenues from Soliris The Fund outperformed the S&P 500 during the June quarter. which came in lower than expected. Additional factors
• Security selection in information technology and financials • An overweight position in US oil refiner Valero Energy detracted from relative performance. The company reported Individual stocks: Memorial Resource Development and EOG quarterly earnings that missed analyst estimates as the rising crude price has squeezed gasoline margins and the diesel Detractors
market has been extremely weak. • Security selection in healthcare • Not owning shares of telecommunication services provider AT&T detracted from relative performance. The company • Individuals stocks: Valero Energy and not holding AT&T reported earnings per share ahead of market consensus, while Significant impacts on performance - Contributors
its revenues were inline. Perhaps a bigger factor in its outperformance during the period was due to heightened Information Technology
investor interest in owning defensive, higher yielding securities following increased uncertainty after the UK voted to leave the • The portfolio's holdings of business-oriented social networking EU and the US Federal Reserve put future rate hikes on hold. service LinkedIn aided relative returns after shares spiked late in the reporting period following the announcement software Portfolio positioning
giant Microsoft was to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in an We employ a sector neutral approach relative to the S&P 500 all-cash deal representing a 50% premium over its previous Index and use our bottom-up, fundamental investment approach to day's price. The deal is expected to enhance Microsoft's identify solid companies with a bias towards companies generating transition to a cloud computing services provider. above-average, sustainable growth and whose stocks trade at • An underweight to shares of software giant Microsoft reasonable valuations. Our eight sector teams are focused on contributed to relative results after the company reported constructing portfolios that outperform their respective S&P 500 mixed results for the quarter. Although overall earnings results sectors with the flexibility to invest across industries and add value were in line with expectations, gross margins came under through stock selection. pressure and weaker-than-expected growth in its Server/Cloud Despite a choppy end to the quarter courtesy of the Brexit vote, the and Office segments fueled investor concern about prospects S&P 500 was able to finish positive for the quarter. Low volatility, for the company's faster growing segments. Finally, news that high dividend yield and defensive names led the way. At the sector the company had reached an agreement to acquire Linkedin level, the resurgence of energy stands out as it finished the quarter for $26bn surprised the market, further pressuring its share as the best performing sector in the S&P 500. After nearly two years of declining North American rig counts (longest correction in Financials
modern times), rig counts climbed modestly in June. While it is certainly premature to declare this move a bottom, based on an • Holding REIT Store Capital contributed to positive analysis of prior cycles, the bottom in rig counts tends to follow the performance. Shares rose as Q12016 earnings were above bottom in oil prices by 3-6 months. In this cycle, the bottom in oil expectations and the company raised its acquisition guidance. prices occurred on February 11th, nearly 4 months before the Additional factors
recent bottom in rig counts. In past cycles, rig productivity continued to improve for another 6-12 months after the bottoming • The portfolio's position in independent natural gas and oil as it takes a while for confidence in the cycle to set in and company Memorial Resource Development contributed to influence the type of drilling companies are willing to perform or relative results. The stock reacted positively to the continued entice new/more companies back into the field. At this point, it will be important for oil to hold around the $50 level for the recovery to

be sustainable. In looking at the portfolio's performance during the Coors is a potential takeout candidate, as buying Molson Coors quarter, while our underweight to the highest yielding stocks was a would give a company such as Heineken brands, scale and US meaningful headwind, over the long term our ability to outperform profit pool exposure. will largely be a function of our ability to identify compelling investment opportunities rather than broad sector, factor, market or Within energy, the opportunity set remains challenging but we economic calls and this quarter strong stock selection across the continue to favor reasonably valued exploration & production portfolio (6 of the 8 sector teams had positive stock selection) companies that we believe can sustainably and profitably grow drove outperformance. production over the long term, offer top quality acreage, skilled production ability with a focus on reducing costs and improving Within their sector teams our analysts continue to look for well productivity, and stronger balance sheets. We are compelling investment opportunities. Within capital goods, given a underweight the integrated oil companies on valuation concerns variety of industrial headwinds (weak oil & gas, foreign exchange, and at current oil prices cash flows do not appear to cover capex slowing China/emerging market growth) we favor several well and dividend payments. For example, Chevron recently guided positioned, high quality multi-industry names including Danaher, down capex and with lower capex guidance it will be difficult for Roper, and Honeywell International, which offer compelling Chevron to grow post 2018, replace reserves, grow its dividend valuations, capital allocation/M&A catalysts, fundamental and maintain its AA balance sheet. In addition, we believe our E&P momentum derived from high levels of execution and the potential names such as EOG Resources and Pioneer Natural Resources for margin expansion. Within transportation, we continue to prefer should outgrow the integrated companies above $40 oil. Within oil railroads given their ability to grow and take price. Railroads services, we favor Halliburton and Schlumberger over the volumes have been negatively impacted by the energy complex, equipment companies and drillers. While near term valuations for particularly coal. However, pricing is holding and the expectation is Halliburton and Schlumberger appear elevated, on a normalized for similar pricing increases in 2016. In addition, even assuming basis both look reasonable. In addition, history suggests that earnings weakness in 2016 the stocks are still trading at or below recoveries can be much quicker and steeper than expected, a market multiple. Within autos, we are avoiding the auto OEM's potentially leading to earnings higher than currently projected. Of as margins will be under pressure due to regulatory/fuel efficiency the two, we currently have a preference for Halliburton given its spend and we have grown increasingly wary of both the potential higher exposure to North America, which should bounce much peaking North American seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) harder in a recovery assuming unconventional North American for vehicle sales as well as the potential pull forward of auto sales production is the global swing production. in China due to government incentives. We view coatings as an attractive industry (pricing power, consolidated within end markets, Within financial services, we remain underweight money center high barriers for new entrants, attractive returns) and we remain banks as the ongoing D.C. reform agenda results in a slow pace overweight. Finally, we sold our position in Crown Holdings as we for capital return. We believe that regional banks are uniquely continued to build our position in Berry Plastics Group. Berry, the positioned to benefit from G-SIFI regulations that put larger scale leading provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and competitors at a marginal regulatory cost and capital driven engineered materials, trades at a sizable discount to Crown disadvantage. In keeping with this line of thinking, we eliminated Holdings, grows faster, and is de-levering. our position in Wells Fargo and started a new position in US Bancorp. Regarding Wells Fargo, while we still view the bank as Within consumer cyclicals, we continue to account for how the high quality, we believe the bank must operate under a set of internet impacts specific companies. One area where the impact of regulatory constraints not present for other super regional banks the internet has been significant has been retailing with and these unique constraints will likely cause earnings growth to Amazon.com putting pressure on many retail business models, be lower than peers and credit risk to be higher than has one of the reasons we own Amazon.com. As we look for additional historically been the case. Conversely, we believe US Bancorp is opportunities in retailing, finding businesses less impacted by the poised for relative outperformance driven from fee growth, threat of the internet is something we take into consideration and operating leverage and credit protection. Also, the bank is among Costco, Ross Stores and AutoZone fit that description. Elsewhere, the most diverse from a product and geographic perspective we continue to seek differentiated ideas in a tough retail landscape providing natural growth and credit hedges. Finally, the bank is the and given some challenging near term trends we decided to ideal size and its lower regulatory burden relative to the largest reduce our apparel overweight and eliminated our position in Gap. banks gives management greater flexibility to grow organically or Gap is undeniably cheap, but in a tough traffic environment without through M&A, pay dividends and buy back stock. broad based women's fashion trends, the path forward for Gap is challenging. We also eliminated our position in PrivateBancorp following strong performance. Within insurance, we are underweight largely due to Within consumer staples, we made several adjustments to not owning Berkshire Hathaway, but we did start a new position in positioning based on changing analyst views. Specifically, we Aon, which offers risk management services, insurance and swapped our Kimberly-Clark position into Procter & Gamble. We reinsurance brokerage, human resource consulting and believe Kimberly-Clark's current valuation is less compelling given outsourcing services globally. Overall, Aon is a capital light structurally slower growth driven by an increasingly competitive business with GDP+ growth, high returns and trades at a discount environment in China. Procter & Gamble on the other hand, we to the market on a FCF basis. We also changed our positioning see improving organic growth (growth should improve as P&G within asset managers, brokers and exchanges by eliminating our benefits from more focused investments behind a structurally position in BlackRock and starting new positions in Charles faster growing set of categories post brand rationalization) Schwab and Blackstone. Schwab has generated better relative supported by significant P&L flexibility (additional cost savings growth than BlackRock, offers asset sensitivity without the credit opportunity and lessening FX headwinds) leading to limited risk of risk and exposure to the secular growth of retirement and meaningful downward earnings revisions, with a valuation that is independent advisors. With Blackstone, the alternative asset attractive relative to consumer staples. We also sold our position in management industry is attractive (high returns due to low capital Blue Buffalo Pet Products as strong performance made the intensity, strong FCF generation, accelerating AUM growth and risk/reward less compelling, and Coca-Cola. The investment thesis lower fee pressures and market share pressures relative to on Coca-Cola had been that after the bottler refranchising, the traditional asset managers) and Blackstone's superior brand, company would become a higher margin, less volatile, higher people and process drives long term outperformance. In addition, ROIC business, thus deserving of a higher multiple. While this is the diversity of the firm (Blackstone is the only firm with scale in still the case, the market seems to be giving Coca-Cola credit for real estate, private equity, hedge funds and credit) should create this improvement through a higher current valuation. Finally, we less cyclicality in earnings relative to peers and is trading at an started a new position in Molson Coors Brewing. Molson Coors is attractive valuation for a best in class asset manager. more reasonably valued relative to peers and offers cost synergies associated with the pending Miller transaction. In addition, Molson

Finally, we changed our positioning in REIT's by eliminating remain underweight the electronics/semiconductor industry and we Ventas (less compelling risk/reward) and starting new positions in exited our position in Analog Devices on valuation concerns. Tanger Factory Outlet Centers and STORE Capital. We believe Tanger can compound AFFO/share growth mid-high single digits, Within telecom, we continue to favor cable and towers at the in-line with the industry, but trades at a sizable discount to expense of telephone services. Within telephone services, we mall/outlet peers. STORE is a triple net lease REIT (tenant pays favor Verizon Communications over AT&T given Verizon's superior base rent plus operating expenses, property taxes and insurance) collection of assets and lower valuation. We also continue to favor that is focused on non-investment grade, middle market retail the tower companies although we swapped our position in tenants (primarily single tenant properties including chain American Tower into SBA Communications. The stocks are now restaurants, supermarkets, drug store and other retail). It is run by trading near parity versus a long history of SBAC trading at a an experienced management team, has offensive and defensive premium. In addition, SBAC has faced a number of topline qualities and trades at an attractive valuation. headwinds that should dissipate later this year, and is most exposed to an uptick in US carrier activity which is likely to come in Within health care, we exited our position in Endo International on 2017 with carrier deployment of newly purchased spectrum. concerns around generic pricing, increasing leverage and uncertain organic growth resulting in an underweight to Looking forward, we believe it is extremely difficult to make equity pharmaceuticals. We are also underweight biopharma due to a investment decisions based on predictions around economic lock of new product cycles and we favor the healthier organic growth, interest rates, commodity prices or currency movements. growth stories in Celgene and Alexion Pharmaceuticals. And you can now add in political events. As a result, we build the Elsewhere, we continue to favor medical equipment as we have portfolio stock by stock and we will continue to seek out investment found a mix of medical equipment and supplies companies that opportunities that can drive strong performance over the long term. offer a combination of growth (driven by favorable long-term As financial conditions tighten, revenues and profits will likely demographic trends that should drive volumes, favorable mix shift, become more variable, and we anticipate equity returns dispersion new product launches and a focus on innovation, and penetration to increase and stock selection to become a larger contributor to in faster growing markets), high or improving relative market share, active returns. In fact, we have seen a weakening of the profit expanding margins, strong free cash flow generation, prudent cycle. The drag on profits seems to be coming from several capital deployment and stock prices trading at attractive sources, excess global manufacturing capacity, particularly in valuations. We added to our exposure with a new position in China, slowing capital expenditures and tepid consumer demand. Zimmer Biomet Holdings. Zimmer Biomet is trading at an attractive The uncertainty produced by Brexit may present an additional valuation and we believe the business/end markets are stabilizing, headwind to global profits. As a result, we expect investors to shift improving FCF can drive significant de-levering and there is little to their focus towards the durability of earnings and to reward higher no near term deal risk. While we are not trying to make a call on quality companies with sufficient operating cushion and pricing the HMO group, we are cognizant of the wide deal spreads, reasonable valuations and stable fundamentals that could continue to make these good stocks for the foreseeable future and as a result maintain market weight exposure. Within technology, given a changing technology landscape we are avoiding certain large cap legacy technology companies with slowing growth including IBM and Intel. However, we are cognizant that this positioning results in an underweight to value tech. As a result, we have been analyzing the value tech landscape and recently added to our positions in Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. We are overweight the internet space owing to the massive secular shift underway. For example, time spent on the internet now exceeds time spent watching TV, which provides companies such as Google a huge opportunity to monetize this trend. We remain overweight business services, with a mix of generally high quality, durable companies. We made a swap within computer software, selling Qlik Technologies after private equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to take the business intelligence software company private and started a new position in Akamai. Akamai provides cloud services for delivering, optimization and securing online content and applications through its global network of 200,000 servers across 120 countries. We favor Akamai's competitive positioning (3x the largest competitor), recurring subscription revenue, emerging security business (15% of revenues growing 40%) and ability to benefit from the secular shift of online traffic. After underperformance in the past year, we were able to purchase at a more reasonable valuation. 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