NewGen Trading Fund Equity long-short trading strategy

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Overview

• Toronto based investment manager of equity long/short strategies

• Registered with OSC as a Portfolio Manager/Investment Fund Manager/ EMD

• Investment Advisor:

– NewGen Trading Fund LP

– NewGen Trading Fund RRSP

– NewGen Trading Fund Offshore

• Strategy AUM - C$80 million

• Investment Team – 3 portfolio managers

• Generalist and resource sector focused backgrounds

• Complementary trading and fundamental research experience on both the Buy-Side and Sell-Side

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Why NewGen?

NewGen Philosophy:

We fundamentally believe that equity markets

are inefficient over near term time horizons.

Our strategy seeks to exploit those inefficiencies to deliver a true alternative investment

option to investors:

• Produce superior risk adjusted returns

• Preserve investor capital in protracted downturns – truncate the downside

• Generate a unique return stream to diversify investor portfolios

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1. Inception July 2012; performance reported net of all fees for Class A – Series 1 Units; effective February 1, 2013 the Fund changed its base currency from USD to CAD, presentation of performance data prior to this date assumes USD hedged to CAD

2. The Sharpe Ratio is a hypothetical measure of excess return and the US 5-year Treasury yield is used for the risk-free rate in its calculation

3. As of presentation date, combined Assets Under Management (AUM) includes the NewGen Trading Fund, NewGen Trading Master Fund, NewGen Trading Fund LP and the Polaris Resource Trading Fund

Market Opportunity

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Long Biased/Buy & Hold/Value FocusedUnsophisticated Market Participants

Certain sectors require specialist knowledge (i.e. mining, energy,

technology, etc)

Long Biased/Buy & Hold/Value FocusedUnsophisticated Market Participants

Certain sectors require specialist knowledge (i.e. mining, energy,

technology, etc)

Price

Inefficiencies

To Exploit

Price

Inefficiencies

To Exploit

Diminished Liability TradingBanks are now allocating far less capital for liability trading, creating less efficient

markets

Diminished Liability TradingBanks are now allocating far less capital for liability trading, creating less efficient

markets

Growth of Algorithms and High Velocity Trading

Creating frequent errors and price distortions

Growth of Algorithms and High Velocity Trading

Creating frequent errors and price distortions

The End of Prop DesksLargely eliminated from financial

institutions due to Volker Rule (prohibitsbanks from engaging in trading that is not

at the behest of its clients)

The End of Prop DesksLargely eliminated from financial

institutions due to Volker Rule (prohibitsbanks from engaging in trading that is not

at the behest of its clients)

NewGen L/S Trading Strategy

• Employ an opportunistic long-short equity trading strategy (broad sector exposure)

• Ideas are derived from a bottom up approach based on fundamental research

• Implementation of any specific idea typically requires:

• a pre-determined catalyst

• within set time horizons

• profit/loss assessments

• liquidity analysis and an exit strategy.

• Fund strategies include: event-driven trades, pairs trades, IPO/secondary offeringparticipation, index additions/deletion predictions, clean-up/block trades,momentum/technical trades and risk arbitrage.

• Seek to consistently monetize trading gains derived from catalysts

• Broad portfolio risk including net and gross exposures, sector exposure, volatility, andcorrelations are monitored to ensure the portfolio adheres to the Fund’s mandate.

• Adaptive Risk Management - Ability to drastically reduce portfolio exposure in difficultmarket environments

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Target Portfolio Composition & Characteristics

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Market RiskMarket Risk

ConcentrationConcentration

LiquidityLiquidity

Risk ToleranceRisk Tolerance

LeverageLeverage

TurnoverTurnover

Time HorizonTime Horizon

Market CapMarket Cap

Market-neutral Long-bias

Concentrated Diverse

Illiquid Highly liquid

Capital preservation Capital appreciation

No leverage Use of leverage

Passive Active

Short Long

Small-cap Large-cap

� Typical net exposure range -10% to 50% (avg ~30%)� Alpha focus, minimal equity beta� Typical net exposure range -10% to 50% (avg ~30%)� Alpha focus, minimal equity beta

� 30-40 core positions on average (long / short)� 3-5% core position size� 30-40 core positions on average (long / short)� 3-5% core position size

� Highly liquid portfolio, all positions evaluated relative tounderlying liquidity (avg position size vs ADV = 5-15%)

� Highly liquid portfolio, all positions evaluated relative tounderlying liquidity (avg position size vs ADV = 5-15%)

� Active risk management� Target significant short attribution� Active risk management� Target significant short attribution

� Typical gross exposure range 80-170% (avg ~150%)� Bottom-up opportunity driven� Typical gross exposure range 80-170% (avg ~150%)� Bottom-up opportunity driven

� Active portfolio management� Expected turnover of 5-6x per year� Active portfolio management� Expected turnover of 5-6x per year

� Trades are generally short-term in nature (i.e. 10-30 dayholding periods)

� Trades are generally short-term in nature (i.e. 10-30 dayholding periods)

� Portfolio represented by all market caps, but general biastowards small and mid-caps as liquidity permits

� Portfolio represented by all market caps, but general biastowards small and mid-caps as liquidity permits

Value Proposition

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� Demonstrated ability to generate performance through alpha, rather than beta� Sharpe(1.7)� Demonstrated ability to generate performance through alpha, rather than beta� Sharpe(1.7)

Returns (14.9% Annualized)Returns (14.9% Annualized)

� Able to tactically move across markets, sectors and strategies depending on themarket opportunities

� Strict adherence to liquidity bias

� Able to tactically move across markets, sectors and strategies depending on themarket opportunities

� Strict adherence to liquidity biasLiquid and NimbleLiquid and Nimble

� Aim to minimize downside through balanced portfolio of long & short ideas� No individual oversized positions� No reliance on privates or derivatives to generate return� Adaptive Risk Management - quickly reduce exposures under sub-optimal market conditions

� Aim to minimize downside through balanced portfolio of long & short ideas� No individual oversized positions� No reliance on privates or derivatives to generate return� Adaptive Risk Management - quickly reduce exposures under sub-optimal market conditions

Preserve CapitalPreserve Capital

� Unique return stream uncorrelated to broad equity markets� Unique return stream uncorrelated to broad equity marketsUncorrelated Return (.29 Cor)Uncorrelated Return (.29 Cor)

Risk (8% SD) Risk (8% SD) � Strategy seeks to remove this unwanted market and systemic risk� Strategy seeks to remove this unwanted market and systemic risk

Risk Management

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NGTF Return Vs TSX in both Up & Down MonthsNGTF Return Vs TSX in both Up & Down Months

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+152bps

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+186bps

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+95bps

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Trading Strategy Up/Down Capture

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NGTF S&P/TSX Composite

AverageMonth +143bps

AverageMonth +66bps

AverageMonth

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AverageMonth +190bps

Trading Strategy Performance Snapshot

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1. Performance reported net of all fees for Class A – Series 1 Units; effective February 1, 2013 the Fund changed its base currency from USD to CAD, presentation of performance data prior to this date assumes USD hedged to CAD

2. July and August 2012 are internal estimates since the Administrator combined July (partial month) and August 2012 in their calculation

3. The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index (SCHFI), Equity Hedge Equal Weighting and S&P/TSX Composite Index comparative performance is provided for illustrative purposes only – they are both widely followed indices but are not considered benchmarks due to differing holding composition as compared to the

NGTF

4. Partial year starting July 2012

5. Standard deviation is a form of hypothetical performance data and the Sharpe Ratio is a hypothetical measure of excess return (uses US 5-year Treasury yield for the risk-free rate in its calculation)

Comparative Performance Statistics for Trading StrategyComparative Performance Statistics for Trading Strategy

Value of $10,000 Invested in Trading Strategy Since Inception3Value of $10,000 Invested in Trading Strategy Since Inception3

Trading Strategy Performance Snapshot

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1. Performance reported net of all fees for Class A – Series 1 Units; effective February 1, 2013 the Fund changed its base currency from USD to CAD, presentation of performance data prior to this date assumes USD hedged to CAD

2. July and August 2012 are internal estimates since the Administrator combined July (partial month) and August 2012 in their calculation

3. The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index (SCHFI), Equity Hedge Equal Weighting and S&P/TSX Composite Index comparative performance is provided for illustrative purposes only – they are both widely followed indices but are not considered benchmarks due to differing holding composition as compared to the

NGTF

4. Partial year starting July 2012

5. Standard deviation is a form of hypothetical performance data and the Sharpe Ratio is a hypothetical measure of excess return (uses US 5-year Treasury yield for the risk-free rate in its calculation)

Value of $10,000 Invested in Trading Strategy Since Inception3Value of $10,000 Invested in Trading Strategy Since Inception3