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Theme Watch Navigating a Transforming World Theme Watch is a monthly report to help investors consider their tactical thematic asset allocations in light of current market conditions and macroeconomic events. It offers insights on performance, positioning, BofAML equity client trading flows, and the BofAML Beat Factor across the following ATW themes: ageing, bottom billions, climate change, education, energy efficiency, food security, millennials & centennials, obesity and health & wellness, robots & AI, safety & security, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, waste, and water.

Green themes push higher, valuation remains steady Risky assets including solar, wind, security, waste, and Chinese eCommerce companies rallied this month, leading to 6 out of 12 themes outperforming the benchmark MSCI AC World (+1.92%): Safety (+3.65%), Climate Change (+3.19%), Waste (+3.14%), Energy Efficiency (2.93%), Water (2.69%), and Millennials (+2.67%). The only theme in the red was Obesity (-1.38%), caused by a selloff in healthy eating and pharmaceuticals. Valuation across themes ticked lower (16.3x 12m forward PE vs 16.5x last month), widening the discount to the benchmark (17x). Both flows (-US$6.6bn) and positioning (10 out of 12 themes down or flat) indicate conservative client exposure. Despite strong performance of riskier themes, we remain cynically bullish. The BofAML Bull & Bear indicator remains at 5.5. We stay long risk until it reaches 8.0, an unambiguous evidence of “greed” in the market. High quality themes remain attractive in this environment.

People first: bottom-up prefers Millennials & Longevity Bottom-up analysis using the BofAML proprietary Global Beat Factor model shows that our analysts are out-of-consensus bullish on EM consumers (4th consecutive month) and health consumables. Our People-focused themes Millennials & Centennials, Longevity, and Bottom Billions are the most widely represented in this model. The Beat Factor screen identifies the most out-of-consensus stocks using BofAML analysts' price objectives and EPS estimates and comparing it with consensus estimates on the sell-side. A Beat Factor score of 100 = most upbeat vs consensus.

Table 1: Thematic Beats Top 20 most out-of-consensus thematic longs (new additions shaded)

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Beat Factor

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DABUR IN Dabur India 100 CPLE6 BZ COPEL 95

VLID3 BZ Valid 100 GFPT TB GFPT 95

853 HK MicroPort 99 HUVR IN Hindustan Unilever 95

TWE AU Treasury Wine 99 ALQ AU ALS Limited 94

270 HK Guangdong Invest 98 CSR AU CSR Limited 94

SIRI US Sirius XM Radio 98 6361 JP EBARA 93

COH AU Cochlear Ltd 97 7649 JP Sugi Holdings 93

IMI LN IMI 97 AMCX US AMC Networks 92

MTD US Mettler-Toledo 96 035720 KS Kakao 92

TLKM IJ Telkom 96 4452 JP Kao 91

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch European Quantitative Strategy, iQdatabase, Bloomberg, (as of September 4, 2016)

Global Thematic Investing Beijia Ma, CFA >> Equity Strategist MLI (UK)

Sarbjit Nahal >> Equity Strategist MLI (UK)

Manish Kabra, CFA >> Quantitative Strategist MLI (UK)

Felix Tran >> Equity Strategist MLI (UK)

A Transforming World

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Contents Theme Watch 3

BofAML Thematic Investing Stock Lists & Primer Picks 4

Performance – how themes fared 5

Thematic Beats – most out-of-consensus thematic stocks 9

Ownership – where are you invested 10

Equity Flows – Recent trading 23

Themes 25

Ageing – The Silver Economy 25

Bottom Billions – Moving on Up 29

Climate Change – A Call to Action 32

Education - Stay in School 36

Energy Efficiency – Efficient Frontier 40

Food Security – Feed the World 44

Millennials & Centennials – New Kids On The Block 48

Obesity and Health & Wellness - Globesity 52

Robotics & AI – Robot Revolution 56

Safety & Security - Safer World 59

Waste - No Time to Waste 63

Water - Blue revolution 67

Methodology Appendix 71

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Theme Watch Theme Watch is designed to help investors consider their strategic thematic asset allocations in light of current market conditions and macroeconomic events. It offers insights on performance, positioning, BofAML equity client trading flows, and the BofAML Beat Factor across the following themes: ageing, bottom billions, climate change, education, energy efficiency, food security, millennials & centennials, obesity and health & wellness, robots & AI, safety & security, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, waste, and water.

Four key attributes In this new monthly research product, we review our themes on performance, positioning, BofAML equity client trading flows, and the BofAML Thematic Beats model.

Performance how our Primer Picks (BUY-rated names with material thematic exposure) have fared. This measures the performance of our Primer Picks lists since inception (December 6, 2013, and June 6 2014 for Longevity) to the present.

Positioning where are you actually invested. We look at investor positioning in which we assess the FactSet snapshot of where 13k traditional long only funds/money is invested in our themes. This highlight crowded and neglected trades in the thematic investing sphere.

BofAML equity client trading flows recent trading trends. We provide an aggregated view of BofA Merrill Lynch client trading flows into and out of our stock lists (executed by the cash equities business of the firm). It is not meant to be predictive of the market, but aims to provide a view of trading flows within the thematic space.

Thematic Beats – most out-of-consensus thematic stocks. Thematic Beats is modelled after Beat Factor, a proprietary BofAML model produced by our Quant Research Team. consensus estimates on the sell side. This quantifies the most out-of-consensus stock ideas within the BofAML thematic universe, highlighting stock-picking opportunities regardless of the macro investing environment.

Chart 1: Thematic Primer Picks annualized performance since inception (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Benchmark = MSCI AC World TR Gross (GDUEACWF). Past performance should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. A complete performance record

is available upon request *Longevity inception date = 6-June-2014; **Food Security inception date = 31-March-2015; ***Millennials inception date = 26-May-2015

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BofAML Thematic Investing Stock Lists & Primer Picks

Thematic Investing: A Transforming World Q3 2016 Primer Picks 05 September 2016

Since December 5 2013, we have been publishing a number of BofA Merrill Lynch Global 13 equity themes:

ageing, bottom billions, climate change, education, energy efficiency, food security, millennials & centennials, obesity and health & wellness, robots & AI, safety & security, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, waste, and water. Our strategic view has been longer term and the names we have selected in each of these thematic stock lists are those which we believe should benefit in the long run from the theme. The aim of our stock lists has been to provide investors with information to understand company and sub-theme opportunities and risks inherent in the themes.

For each theme since the inception of each specific list, we have mapped a number of sector -For each entry point, we have mapped opportunities and risks as we understand them to highlight a diverse range of entry points for investors wishing to invest in the theme.

efficiency themes, and the role of the themes as long-term drivers. We have

Low Theme-related products, technologies, services, and solutions are not material to global revenues and/or growth but are one factor, among others, for the business model, strategy and R&D of the company.

Medium Theme -related products, technologies, services, and solutions are an important factor for the business model, strategy and R&D of the company; material to sales and/or growth.

High Theme-related products, technologies, services, and solutions are core to the business model, strategy and R&D of the company; material sales and/or growth driver; pure play (i.e., 100% of sales).

Since the inception of our Thematic Investing Stock Lists, each quarter we have published: (i) a broader list mapping out the full universe of stocks exposed to a theme based on our Low/Medium/High methodology and (ii) which are those stocks which have both a Buy rating from our fundamental equity team and that have Medium to High exposure to the theme under our methodology. Although it is difficult to accurately gauge the link between such exposure and share price performance (as many factors outside the scope of this analysis are likely to play a role in short- and long-term price development), we still consider its thematic exposure as an important and positive point to track given twith a 25Y+ lifespan.

A company can be in more than one theme stock list, sub-theme, or Primer Picks.

Thematic stock lists are not a recommended list either individually or as a group of

stocks. Investors should consider the fundamentals of the companies and their own

individual circumstances / objectives before making any investment decisions. The

recommendations on each stock is contained in the most recent report on the

company, which we urge you to read.

http://research1.ml.com/C?q=XwVLx6I8VNiY5lO8IsW9Fw


Performance how themes fared We began publishing our thematic stock lists and Primer Picks on December 5 2013. In

- either High or Medium - exposure to the relevant theme and our fundamental analyst have a Buy rating. We assess them on an equal-weighted, total return basis. Although our medium- to long term strategic view focuses on the significance of the links between our themes and the business development and environment facing our covered companies, we caution investors that it is difficult to accurately gauge the link between such exposure and share price performance (as many factors outside the scope of this analysis are likely to play a role in short- and long-term price development), Investors should consider the fundamentals of the companies and their own individual circumstances / objectives before making any investment decisions. Moreover, past performance should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. A complete performance record is available upon request. For a complete description of our performance methodology, please see the Methodology Appendix on page 71).

We use the MSCI AC World index because it represents equities within both developed and emerging markets, spanning large, mid and small cap segments. It is one of the most widely tracked indices in the world, and commonly used as a proxy for global equity. It is the index which best reflects our BofAML thematic universe, in our view. We use the gross, total return, USD-denominated version (GDUEACWF), in line with our performance representation

Stock lists are rebalanced both quarterly and published as A Transforming World - Quarterly Primer Picks, as well as when thematic primers and accompanying Primer Picks reports are updated (See Appendix of historical changes to stock lists on page 71).

Chart 2: Thematic Primer Picks 1M performance (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Past performance

should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. A complete performance

record is available upon request. Benchmark = MSCI AC World TR Gross (GDUEACWF)

Chart 3: Thematic Primer Picks annualized performance since inception (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Benchmark = MSCI AC World TR Gross (GDUEACWF). Past

performance should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. A complete

performance record is available upon request *Longevity inception date = 6-June-2014; **Food

Security inception date = 31-March-2015; ***Millennials inception date = 26-May-2015

Safety remains on top +9.95%, Education +6.7%, and Obesity +5.5% As of September 4 2016, 4 out of the 10 BofAML thematic Primer Picks lists outperformed our benchmark MSCI AC World (GDUEACWF Index) since on an annualized basis since inception Dec 4 2013 (we note that inception for Longevity was June 6 2014, Food Security March 31 2015, Millennials May 22 2015; Robots and Bottom Billions Primer Picks lists have <12m data, hence we cannot currently report performance). On an annualized basis, Safety & Security is the best performer since inception, +9.95%, followed by Education, +6.70%, Longevity, +5.51%, and Energy Efficiency (+5.02%), vs +4.61% for MSCI AC World). Underperformers include Climate Change, +4.41%, Obesity and Health & Wellness, +4.39%, Waste, +3.67%, and Food Security, +0.24%, The themes in the red are Millennials -0.77%, and Water, -1.92%.

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Climate Change 3.19% 6.28% 12.99% 12.78% 4.41%

Education 0.83% 12.55% 17.36% 19.79% 6.70%

Energy Efficiency 2.93% 4.56% 14.04% 14.64% 5.02%

**Food Security 1.43% 3.82% 9.82% 0.35% 0.24%

*Longevity 1.28% 3.33% 5.86% 13.02% 5.51%

***Millennials 2.67% 8.83% 10.93% -1.00% -0.77%

Obesity -1.38% 5.98% -0.88% 12.72% 4.39%

Safety 3.65% 8.76% 14.76% 30.26% 9.95%

Waste 3.14% 0.78% 0.18% 10.56% 3.67%

Water 2.69% 3.97% 8.05% -5.25% -1.92%

MSCI AC World TR 1.92% 4.69% 12.23% 13.38% 4.61%

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, Benchmark = MSCI AC World TR Gross (GDUEACWF), Inception date = 06-Dec-2013. Past performance should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. A

complete performance record is available upon request. *Longevity inception date = 6-June-2014

Green (solar, wind, and waste) driving outperformance This month we saw strong performance of risk assets including solar, wind, security, waste, and Chinese eCommerce companies. This led to 6 out of 12 themes to outperform benchmark MSCI AC World: Safety (+3.65%), Climate Change (+3.19%), Waste (+3.14%), Energy Efficiency (2.93%), Water (2.69%), and Millennials (+2.67%). The only theme in the red was Obesity, caused by a selloff in healthy eating and pharmaceutical & healthcare.

Cynically bullish

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Despite strong performance of riskier thematic names, global risk assets up 15-20% since Feb, and we are looking ahead to another big “policy month” in Sep. Our chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett recommends buying volatility. Tactically, the 3P’s (Positioning, Policy, Profits) still argue for upside, but with BAML positioning data is close to giving a contrarian sell signal for EM and shows EU, Japan, cyclicals & banks as contrarian longs.

The BofAML Bull & Bear Indicator remains at 5.5 this week, indicating we stay long risk until unambiguous evidence of “greed”, e.g. B&B approaches “complacent” territory of 8.0

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Source: BofAML Global Investment Strategy


Relative valuation lower while market ticks higher Thematic primer picks valuation have been ticking higher in the last two quarters, but still remains below benchmark. The median 12m forward PE of thematic Primer Picks is now as 16.3X, versus 16.5X last month. The valuation of the overall market has hovering around 6m highs, with MSCI AC World at 17X versus 14.6X 7 months ago. 8 out of 12 themes are currently trading at a discount to the broader market. Education (13.3x median 12m forward P/E), Climate Change (14.6x), Energy Efficiency (15.7x), Water (15.8x), Food Security (16.2x), Waste (16.2x), Robots & AI (16.5x), and Safety (16.6x) all cheaper vs MSCI AC World.

Table 3: Theme Median P/E valuation

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Bottom Billions 17.6x 18.9x 17.7x 18.3x 16.6x 17.6x NA NA

Climate Change 15.4x 14.6x 14.9x 14.1x 14.7x 14.6x 14.3x 14.0x

Education 13.5x 13.3x 13.1x 12.8x 13.3x 16.0x 13.1x 16.1x

Energy Efficiency 15.8x 15.7x 15.4x 15.1x 15.1x 14.6x 14.7x 14.3x

Food Security 16.6x 16.2x 15.4x 15.3x 15.2x 15.0x 14.6x 13.6x

Longevity 16.3x 17.8x 16.6x 18.0x 15.5x 15.4x 15.0x 14.8x

Millennials 17.3x 19.2x 17.4x 19.0x 16.5x 18.3x 16.6x 17.8x

Obesity 17.9x 18.0x 18.0x 18.8x 16.8x 17.2x 16.7x 16.7x

Robotics 16.1x 16.5x 15.6x 16.7x 15.7x 16.2x 14.8x 14.0x

Safety 15.8x 16.6x 15.6x 16.9x 15.8x 17.0x 14.8x 16.0x

Waste 16.1x 16.2x 15.3x 15.8x 14.3x 15.0x 14.5x 13.6x

Water 16.1x 15.8x 15.3x 15.2x 15.3x 15.3x 14.8x 15.9x

Total Universe 16.4x 16.3x 16.0x 16.5x 15.5x 15.8x 14.9x 15.2x

MSCI AC World 17.0x 16.8x 16.5x 15.7x

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Forward P/E is based on consensus analyst earnings estimates for the next four quarters as compiled by Bloomberg, NA - Primer Picks includes stocks only with Buy and

High/Medium exposure. Some sub-themes do not have Primer Picks companies within them.

Environmental themes (Water) have been a drag on performance, while demographic themes (Safety, Longevity, Education) have been generating alpha.

Table 4: Thematic Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta Adjusted Beta Alpha Correlation

Climate Change 1.16 1.11 -0.01 0.90

Education 1.17 1.12 0.04 0.80

Energy Efficiency 1.14 1.09 0.00 0.93

Food Security 0.98 0.99 -0.02 0.91

Longevity 1.01 1.00 0.08 0.90

Millennials 1.04 1.03 0.00 0.95

Obesity 0.84 0.89 0.01 0.83

Safety 1.13 1.09 0.09 0.89

Waste 0.96 0.98 -0.01 0.86

Water 1.12 1.08 -0.12 0.78

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Relative index=MSCI AC World TR (GDUEACWF Index). Weekly observations since inception,

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Chart 5: Thematic Primer Picks performance since inception (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. See Appendix on Page 65 for list of Primer Picks rebalances. The themes have a base of 100 starting on December 6 2013, T+1 from the first publication of the Primer Picks list. Benchmark = MSCI AC World TR Gross (GDUEACWF)

Past performance should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. A complete performance record is available upon request

*Longevity inception date = 6-June-2014; **Food Security inception date = 31-March-2015; *** Millennials inception date = 26-May-2015

****Black lines indicate quarterly rebalances on 14-Feb-2014, 13-May-2014, 4-Sep-2014, 4-Dec-2014, 4-Mar-2015, 4-Jun-2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

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Safety Primer update

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Water primer update

04-Apr-2014

Longevity primer initiation

06-Jun-2014

Energy Efficiency

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Energy Efficiency

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Safety Primer update

03-Sep-2015

Food Security primer initiation 31-Mar-2015

Millennials primer initiation

26-Apr-2015

Water primer update

10-Jul-2015


Thematic Beats most out-of-consensus thematic stocks Beat Factor is a proprietary BofAML model produced by our Quant Research Team. It screens for BofAML analysts’ most out-of-consensus ideas, using a purely quantitative approach involving price objectives and earnings estimates. We run the Beat Factor model using our Thematic Universe of stocks as a starting point. BofAML estimates come from our internal data maintained in iQdatabase® and use I/B/E/S consensus estimates available in Factset. We will be publishing the updated version every month.

Beat Factor score is an equal-weighted measure based on our analysts’ price objectives, FY1 earnings and FY2 earnings estimates relative to consensus. Both FY1 and FY2 earnings are compared to avoid any single period bias. Scores are standardised to minimise any cyclical/defensive or high Risk/low Risk bias. The score is used to rank stocks from -100 (most downbeat) to +100 (most upbeat), which we then use to arrive at the ‘PO Beat Factor’, ‘Earnings Beat Factor’, and composite ‘Beat Factor’. (see Methodology Appendix on page 78).

Beat Factor Global iQanalytics®: Out-of-consensus ideas 17 August 2016

Table 5: Thematic Beats Top 20 most out-of-consensus thematic longs (new additions shaded)

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Upbeat) Theme Description DABUR IN Dabur India 100 Bottom Billions India consumer goods (hair/oral/skin/home care, foods), 60 countries, expanding African presence

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853 HK MicroPort 99 Longevity/Obesity China's Medtronic in the making, leading high-end medical device manufacturer in orthopaedics and CVDs

TWE AU Treasury Wine 99 Millennials Leading international wine business, operates globally across ANZAC, Americas, EMEA and Asia.

270 HK Guangdong Invest 98 Food Security/Water Exclusive water supplier to Hong Kong; provides around 55% of water needs in Shenzhen and Dongguan

SIRI US Sirius XM Radio 98 Millennials US satellite radio streaming co, more than 140 channels of music and talk programming with over 30mn subscribers

COH AU Cochlear Ltd 97 Longevity #1 hearing devices implant co; transitioning from Medtech to consumer, bone conduction & acoustic implants

IMI LN IMI 97 Robots & Ai International engineering co, precision, critical & hydronic divisions, supplies products for energy efficient buildings

MTD US Mettler-Toledo 96 Safety Manufacturer & supplier of precision weighing & analytical instruments for labs, industrial, and food safety applications

TLKM IJ Telkom 96 Bottom Billions Indonesian #1 integrated telecoms operator, providing local fixed-line, mobile and data service

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CSR AU CSR Limited 94 Climate Change/EE Diversified conglomerate, building products include lightweight concrete and insulation materials

6361 JP EBARA 93 Food Security/Water Global leader in pumps and compressors, products are sold to water utilities companies

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AMCX US AMC Networks 92 Millennials US cable network provider, makers of hit shows such as Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Walking Dead

035720 KS Kakao 92 Millennials Korea's #1 mobile SNS content platform operator, with free mobile IMs, mobile games, mobile advertising, and SNS

4452 JP Kao 91 Longevity Japan's #1 domestic comprehensive consumer products maker, makers of adult diapers

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch European Quantitative Strategy, iQdatabase, Bloomberg, (as of September 4, 2016)

*The Stock Beat screens are not a recommended list either individually or as a group of stocks. Investor should consider the fundamentals of the companies and their own individual circumstances/objectives before making any investment decisions


Ownership where are you invested To look at investor positioning, we looked at publicly disclosed fund holdings of over 13,000 institutions, 30,000 unique mutual fund portfolios, and 200,000 non-institutional

Universe and assessed their positioning relative to the active benchmark. (see Methodology Appendix on page 75).

Investors increase exposure to People themes 10 out of 12 themes saw their allocation decline or remain flat this month as investors took down exposure. Investors added positions to 2 people-focused themes, Obesity and Bottom Billions. Environmental themes saw their exposure decline across the board, including Energy Efficiency, Food Security, Water, and Waste.

Chart 6: Positioning and ownership across all themes

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research

Exhibit 1: 3M change in ownership


Increased OW to IT and Technology, decreased exposure to Cleantech Delving into sub-themes, investors continued to trim exposure to high volatility high risk Cleantech, including Solar and Water-friendly Energy, which moved further U/W. They added to O/W in tech related sectors such as ICT, IT, and Technnology.

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Ageing: Consumer over HealthTech and Drug Stores Investors are overweight Consumer, which includes beauty, travel and vitamins. The underweights are in areas including drug stores and HealthTech, which specializes in data analytics, big data, and information services for healthcare.

Table 6: Longevity sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Biotech Biotech companies developing therapies for age related conditions Pharmaceuticals Companies treating cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, diabetes, osteoporosis

etc. Medical Technology Devices used in treatment, diagnosis and monitoring HealthTech Data analytics, big data, information services for healthcare Managed Care Managed care organizations that provide and administer health insurance Drug stores Stores retailing prescription drugs Genetics & Genome DNA analysis, sequencing, genotyping etc. Age-related Conditions Hearing aids, vision care, incontinence etc. Aged Care Senior living, nursing centres etc Insurance Life and general insurance, pensions and annuities Wealth Management Mutual funds, wealth mgmt, estate planning & private wealth Consumer Beauty, Travel and Vitamins


Increased Exposure to Medtech, Aged Care, Genetics & Genome, decreased

exposure to Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, HealthTech

Chart 7: Longevity - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Bottom Billions: Consumer and Financials over Healthcare Investors are overweight Consumer, which includes appliances, eCommerce, media, and FMCG. They are also overweight Financials, including Retail Banks, Fintech, and Microfiance. The underweights are EM healthcare, including pharmaceuticals, generics, and retail pharmacies.

Table 7: Bottom Billions sub-themes Sub-theme Description Consumer Appliances, eCommerce, media, FMCG, food and two-wheelers

Financials Retail Banks, Fintech, Microfinance etc.

ICT/Technology Mobiles, smartphones, the internet and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Healthcare Pharma, generics, pharmacies etc.


Increased exposure to ICT/Technology, decreased exposure to Financials

Chart 8: Bottom Billions - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Climate Change: IT over infrastructure Investors appear to be overweight IT solutions cloud computing, data centres, power management, virtualization, and semis. They appear to be relatively underweight Water Infrastructure engineering, construction, equipment.

Table 8: Climate change sub-themes

Sub-theme Description Solar Solar Panels, solar power arrays, solar glass, polysilicon, wafers etc.

Wind Wind power generation, turbine manufacturers, wind farm operators etc.

YieldCo Companies formed to own and operate cleantech assets

Nextgen Vehicles, Batteries & Storage Energy storage, lithium producers, EV’s etc.

Hydro Generation of Hydro electricity

Nuclear Generation of electricity from Nuclear power

Diversified Cleantech Companies with mixed electricity generation capacity (Solar+Hydro+Nuclear+FF)

Other Cleantech Biofuel, biodiesel etc.

Auto Autocatalysts, EVs, engine components etc.

Buildings Appliances; building materials; home renovation; HVAC; insulation materials etc.

Inds. & Integ. Automation, controls, heat transfer, T&D etc.

IT Cloud computing, data centres, heating and cooling, power management,

semiconductors etc.

IoT Sensors, middleware, platform software, Cloud-based applications, and wireless

technology.

LED & Lighting Chips, CFLs, CCFLs, LEDs, lighting management, luminaries, process equipment

etc.

Smart Grid Automatic meter reading; grid storage; distributed grid mgmt; EV charging

infrastructure; ICT etc.

Transport Lightweighting, rail & bus services, jet engines etc.


Increased exposure to IT, Autos, YieldCos, Nuclear, Div. Cleantech, Decreased

exposure to Solar

Chart 9: Climate Change - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


Solar

Wind YieldCo

Nextgen Vehicles, Batteries & Storage

Hydro

Nuclear

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Other Cleantech

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Education: Edtech over K-12 & childcare Investors appear to be overweight Education Technology (EdTech) sub-theme, including digital and online learning. The biggest underweight is K-12 & childcare.

Table 9: Education sub-themes

Sub-themes Description EdTech Products, technologies and services which facilitate and

enable the shift from print to digital and from classroom to on-

line learning

K-12 & childcare & Misc. K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary

education.

Post-secondary, Colleges & Universities This encompasses higher, post-secondary, tertiary or third

level education.

Publishing & content Includes academic publishing (books and journals), textbooks /

course books, academic research and scholarship, preparatory

materials, training materials, other educational materials – as

well as retailers and distributors of such materials.


Increased exposure to Publishing & Content, and K-12 & Childcare

Chart 10: Education - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Energy Efficiency: IT and IoT over Transport Investors appear to be overweight IT solutions including cloud computing, data centres, power management, virtualization, and semis. They appear to be underweight Transports including bus and lightweighting, as well as Autos and Industrials.

Table 10: Energy Efficiency sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Auto Autocatalysts, electric vehicles (EVs), engine and transmission

components etc.

Buildings Stocks involved in appliances; building materials; home

renovation; HVAC; insulation materials etc.

Inds. & Integ. Stock involved in automation, controls, heat transfer, T&D etc.

Internet of Things Sensors, middleware, platform software, Cloud-based

applications, and wireless technology.

IT Cloud computing, data centres, power management,

semiconductors etc.

LED & Lighting Chips, CFLs, CCFLs, LEDs, lighting management, luminaries,

process equipment etc.

Smart Grid Automatic meter reading; grid storage; distributed grid mgmt;

EV charging infrastructure; ICT etc.

Transport Lightweighting, rail services, public bus and coach operators,

aircraft engines etc.


Increased exposure to IT, Autos, LEDs & Lighting, decreased exposure to

Transport, Smart Grid, Internet of Things

Chart 11: Energy Efficiency - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Food Security: Food Safety over Farming Investors appear to be overweight Food Safety & Animal Health solutions including Medical devices, medicines and vaccines, supplements and pathogen testing. They appear to be underweight Farming including plantations, palm oil, sugar, soybean, canola, etc.

Table 11: Food security sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Agricultural Equipment Application equipment, big data analytics, harvesters, engines, nutrient application,

power generation, precision Ag, tillage and tractors.

Agricultural Inputs Agronomy, crop protection, enzymes, fertilizers, seeds (conventional and GM).

Agribusiness, Protein & Dairy Ag services, crop sourcing, dairy, exporters, feed, food ingredients, meat (beef,

chicken, pork, poultry) , oilseeds, processing, storage and transportation.

Farming Plantations, palm oil, sugar, soybean, canola, processing and corn.

Food Safety & Animal Health Medical devices, medicines and vaccines, supplements and pathogen testing.

Healthy Eating H&W-centred product portfolios (e.g., naturally healthy, organic produce etc.) and

reformulating the nutritional profile of portfolios (i.e., less fat, sugar etc.).

Reducing Food Waste Aseptic packaging, biodegradable packaging, bottles, boxes, cans, cold chain.

Water Water treatment, water management, water Infrastructure and supply, and

waterfriendly energy.


Increased exposure to Water, Agribusiness, Protein & Dairy, Decreased exposure to

Reducing Food Waste, Food Safety & Animal Health, Healthy Eating

Chart 12: Food Security - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


Agribusiness, Protein & Dairy

Agriculture & Food Equipment

Agriculture Inputs

Food Safety & Animal Health

Healthy Eating

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Water

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Millennials: Tech and Education over Dining & Wellness Investors appear to be overweight Education, and Technology, including devices, eCommerce, apps, media, dating, games and wearables. They appear to be underweight Drinking, Dining and Health & Wellness, including healthy eating, quick-casual & online dining, and beverages.

Table 12: Millennials sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Consumers Clothing & apparel, affordable premium, beauty & cosmetics, travel & leisure

Drinking, Dining and Health & Wellness Healthy eating, quick-casual & online dining, beverages, physical activity

Education Post-secondary, publishing & content, EdTech, childcare

Financials EdTech, childcare FinTech, low-cost, mBanking, wealth management, cashless

society

Households & Housing Household formation, homebuilders, DIY, white goods

Technology Devices, eCommerce, apps, media, dating, games, wearables

Women Child care, clothing & apparel, affordable premium, beauty & cosmetics


Increased exposure to Education, Financials, Decreased exposure to Tech,

Household

Chart 13: Millennials - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Obesity: Pharma over Sports Apparel Investors appear to be overweight Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, which have involvement in cardiac care, diabetes, dialysis, bariatric devices, and patient handling systems. They appear to be underweight Spots apparel & equipment, as well as Commercial weight management, diet & nutrition.

Table 13: Obesity sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Pharmaceuticals & Health Care Cardiac care/cardiovascular devices, dialysis services, emergency medical

equipment, gastric bands/balloons, orthopaedic devices, ostomy, patient-handling

equipment, wound care etc.

Food H&W product portfolios (e.g., naturally healthy, fortified/functional, better for you,

organic, fresh produce, fresh juices, etc.) and reformulating the nutritional profile of

portfolios (i.e., less fat, sugar and sodium, fewer calories and artificial ingredients, and

more beneficial ingredients)

Cmcl weight mgmt, diet & nutrition Commercial weight-loss centre chains, dietary and weight-management supplements,

meal replacement products, multi-level marketers that sell weight management

products, nutrition, and the VMS industry

Sports apparel & equipment Fitness, footwear, gyms, leisure, manufacturers and retailers of sports apparel,

recreational sports and activities, specialty sports, sports apparel, sports clothing,

sports lifestyle products, sports retailers and sports venues


Increased exposure to Food, Cmcl Weight Management, Decreased exposure to

Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Sports Apparel & Equipment

Chart 14: Obesity - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Robotics: Semis over Services and Ag & Mining Investors appear to be overweight Semiconductors, which is a required component is nearly all robotics applications. They appear to be underweight Domestic service robots, and robots used in Agriculture & Mining.

Table 14: Robotics sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Agriculture & Mining Self driving trucks, agri drones etc. Services (Domestic) Home robots AI & Software Automation Machine learning, NLP, deep learning, Big Data analysis, software, facial recognition Auto Autonomous cars, ADAS tech, software and connectivity systems etc. Aerospace & Defense Drones, robotic platforms for soldiers Financials Robo advisors, robo trading etc. Healthcare Robo surgery, telehealth, exoskeletons etc. Industrial Automation Industrial robots, machine vision, automation & control systems etc. Semiconductors Suppliers and manufacturers of integrated circuits


Increased exposure to Healthcare, Services (Domestic), Decreased exposure to

Autos, Aerospace & Defense

Chart 15: Robotics - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Safety: Workplace and Commercial/Residential over TIC Investors appear to be overweight Commercial/Residential and Workplace Security, including workwear, protective gloves and glasses, and body armour. They appear to be underweight the Testing Inspection Certification (TIC) sector.

Table 15: Safety sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Auto ABS, airbags, braking, crash avoidance, parking assist, passenger restraints,

proximity detectors, seatbelts, tyres etc.

Commercial & Residential Access control, alarm protection, armoured transport, cash handling, fire safety

and security, intrusion protection, cybersecurity, locks, security guards etc.

Homeland Critical infrastructure, CBRNE threats, biometric identification, airports, ports and

borders, counterterrorism intelligence etc.

Cybersecurity Antivirus, back-up & recovery, cloud, data encryption, enterprise security,

firewalls, ID management, mobile security, networks, SaaS, virtualisation, VPN

etc.

Life Sciences

Providers of analytical instruments and lab equipment etc.

Medical Providing medical services and associated products

Oil & Gas Rig builders, drillers, drilling equipment, pipeline infrastructure, insurance etc.

TIC Testing, inspection, verification, audit, accreditation and consulting services, etc.

Workplace Workwear, protective gloves, footwear, headgear, protective glasses, breathing

appliances, fall protection, life jackets, body armour etc.


Increase exposure to Workplace, Commercial & Residential, Oil & Gas, Decreased

exposure to Homeland, TIC, Chart 16: Safety - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Waste: Treatment over TIC, Sewage and E&C Investors appear to be overweight waste Treatment, including chemical and industrial companies that deal with waste generated in the industrials, energy, medical, and residential space. They appear to be Underweight E&C, TIC, and Wastewater & Sewage which mainly encompass the utilities that process wastewater.

Table 16: Waste sub-themes

Sub-themes Description E&C Provides of engineering & construction services to the waste industry

Life Sciences Waste & wastewater analysis tools and solutions

Management & other Facility operators and provides of collection, treatment & disposal services

O&G Drilling waste and produced water treatment

Recycling Scrap metal and e-waste recyclers

Sustainable Packaging Waste paper recyclers & collectors, solution provides and lightweighting

TIC Quality assurance, monitoring, water and wastewater analysis etc.

Treatment Waste collection and transport, industrial waste treatment & recycling and chemicals

Waste-to-Energy Incineration, landfills, treatment facilities and utilities making use of WTE technology

Wastewater & Sewage Wastewater & Sewage collection and treatment


Increased exposure to Oil & Gas

Chart 17: Waste - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes


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Water: Treatment over Equipment and Utilities Investors appear to be overweight Water Treatment wastewater, desalination, PV solar, and bottled water. They are underweight makers of water equipment like Pipes, Pumps & Valves, as well as water Utilities.

Table 17: Water sub-themes

Sub-themes Description Engineering & Construction Engineering, procurement, construction and consulting of water infra and supply

Management Irrigation, drought resistant seeds and crops, precision agriculture, smart meters

etc.

Pipes, pumps & valves Companies involved in water pipes, pumps & valves

Treatment Wastewater, industrial treatment, chemicals, desalination, water quality, bottled

water, TIC etc.

Utilities Water, wastewater and sewage treatment utilities

Water-Friendly Energy Wind, solar and geothermal energy, CHP, smart irrigation and precision

agriculture


Increased exposure to Water management, Pipes, Pumps & Valves, Water Utilities,

decreased exposure to Water Treatment, Water-friendly Energy, E&C

Chart 18: Water - Positioning and ownership by sub-themes



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Equity Flows Recent trading We define BofAML equity net trading flows as USD notional buys minus sells executed by BofAML equity trading platform for our clients. The August 5 2016 through September 4 2016 period showed -US$6.6bn of outflows from the thematic universe.

Last month period (August flows) is August 5 2016 September 4 2016

Table 18: BofAML client net trading flows by theme (US$mn)

Theme Last month

ending Sep 4 2016

Aug 4 2015 July 4 2016 June 4 2016 May 4 2016 Apr 4 2016 Cumulative Net

flows 3 month avg.

Bottom Billions -172 1,049 296 3,638 -167 -1,085 3,558 391

Climate Change 305 1,917 -891 1,411 -852 -621 -5,182 444

Education -862 698 417 1,299 -612 -323 -2,569 84

Energy Efficiency 205 1,644 -713 1,364 -821 -483 -3,592 379

Food Security 310 275 -230 -571 -633 -797 1,069 118

Longevity -3,438 -351 -934 -652 -3,179 -2,428 -28,286 -1,574

Millennials -198 762 809 7,875 -1,401 -1,083 -302 458

Obesity -1,481 -638 -482 -943 -2,014 -1,293 -10,342 -867

Robotics -529 986 128 5,885 -974 -89 3,638 195

Safety -205 -351 -662 1,537 111 311 10,485 -406

Waste -256 -151 -317 427 -399 -316 870 -241

Water -289 64 48 165 -180 -224 3,164 -59

Total -6,611 5,905 -2,531 21,433 -11,121 -8,432 -27,489 -1,079

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research; Cumulative net flows with Sep 5 2014 as starting point. Average flows=average net flow between specified period.

Chart 19: MSCI AC World TR performance and BofAML client net trading flows in thematic universe


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Chart 20: BofAML client net trading flows by theme (US$mn)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research; September Flows signify the period from Aug 5 2016 to

Sep 4 2016

Chart 21: Cumulative net flows by region

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, Cumulative net flows with Sep 5 2014 as starting point.

Table 19: BofAML client net trading flows by region (US$mn)

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AMRS -9,934 -3,577 -52,694

APAC 771 574 344

EMEA 2,553 1,924 24,860

Total -6,611 -1,079 -27,489

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Themes Ageing The Silver Economy

Thematic Investing: The Silver Economy Global Ageing Primer 09 May 2016

Age wave: peak youth (2020E), 2.1bn aged 60+ (2050E). We are living in the midst of the most remarkable demographic transition in history with life expectancy to reach 77.1 by 2050E (vs. 48Y in 1950), the global 60+ population to grow to 2.1bn by 2050E (vs. 901mn today); the median age worldwide to hit 36 by 2050E (vs. 29.6 today); and life expectancy increasing by 1Y every 5Y. We are arriving at “peak youth” for the first time in human history with the number of persons aged 65+ expected to outnumber children under-5 by the end of this decade. Ageing has also become a universal phenomenon, and by 2050E, 80% of older people will live in EMs. Life expectancies of 300-400Y or even an infinite extension of life expectancy may be within reach in our lifetimes.

Longevity risk: we’re not prepared for the coming tidal wave. Preparing for this demographic tidal wave is a pressing imperative for governments, businesses and individuals alike as people outlive assets. Global annuity and pension-related longevity risk exposure today is already up to US$25tn. Age-related spending makes up 40% of government budgets in DMs, and rising age-related costs are likely to push 60% of sovereigns into speculative grade. QE and low interest rates are exacerbating longevity risk for the one in five corporate pension funds that are already underfunded. Individuals are also inadequately prepared for the coming crisis, with nearly two out of three employees globally not saving for retirement. Women, the young, and poorly educated are at greatest risk.

Multi $tn silver lining: healthcare, financials, care, consumer. We believe the private sector will play a pivotal role in addressing longevity challenges, while catering to the unmet needs of an older population. From an investment perspective, we see multiple entry points to access the silver economy theme: 1) Pharma & Healthcare (80% of older adults have at least one chronic condition, elderly account for c75% of healthcare spending, up to US$3tn of spending is wasted each year, focus shift to better and smarter solutions); 2) Financials (ushering in the age of saving: growing importance of asset income in retirement, and role of insurers and wealth managers in accumulation/decumulation phases, a tailwind for asset management); 3) Aged-Care (87% of Boomers want to age in place, US$500bn senior living market); and 4) Consumer (Boomers account for 50-60% of DM consumer spending, and 60+ spending will reach US$15tn by 2020E).


Primer Picks performance Chart 22: Longevity Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. See Appendix on Page 65 for list of Primer Picks

rebalances. Past performance should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future

performance. A complete performance record is available upon request. 21D Realized Vol is the

rolling 21-day (business day) realized volatility of the Primer Picks performance. Past performance

should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. *Black lines indicate

quarterly rebalances on 4-Sep-2014, 4-Dec-2014, 4-Mar-2015, 4-Jun-2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015,

4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 23: Longevity Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Inception is Jun 6 2014.

Table 20: Longevity Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 1.01

Adjusted Beta 1.00

Alpha 0.08

R^2 (Correlation^2) 0.80

Correlation 0.90



Leaders and laggards Chart 24: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Longevity Primer Picks

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research; Bloomberg

Chart 25: 3M top/bottom total return performance of Longevity Primer Picks


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Flows In our wider Longevity thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed outflows of -US$3,438mn for the August period. Longevity has experienced the most outflows since we began observing in September 2014, and its cumulative net flows are now at -US$28mn in the past 24 month period.

Chart 26: Longevity – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, cumulative net flows with Sept 5 2014 as

starting point

Table 21: Longevity BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)

Last month ending Sep 4 2016 -3,438

Aug 4 2016 -351

Jul 4 2016 -934

Jun 4 2016 -652

May 4 2016 -3,179

Apr 4 2016 -2,428

Mar 4 2016 -723

Feb 4 2016 1,758

Jan 4 2016 -2,176

Dec 4 2015 -1,132

Nov 4 2015 -3,201

Oct 4 2015 -491

Cumulative Net flows -28,286

YTD flows -12,123

3 month avg. -1,574

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research Cumulative net flows with Sep 5 2014 as starting point.

Average flows=average net flow between specified period

Table 22: Longevity Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE

Sub-Theme Universe Primer Picks

Genetics & Genome 21.3x 20.4x

Biotechnology 15.1x 21.4x

Medical Technology 19.0x 18.7x

Pharmaceuticals 18.3x 17.5x

HealthTech 19.2x 17.9x

Age-related Conditions 20.1x 20.8x

Consumer 16.2x 17.9x

Drug stores 18.3x 18.5x

Aged Care 18.7x 16.2x

Wealth Management 13.4x 11.9x

Insurance 10.0x 10.0x

Longevity 16.3x 17.8x

MSCI AC World 17.0x

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Forward P/E is based on consensus analyst earnings estimates for the next four quarters as

compiled by Bloomberg, NA - Primer Picks includes stocks only with Buy and High/Medium exposure. Some sub-themes do not have Primer

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Positioning of longevity stocks Exhibit 2: Top Overweight and Underweight stocks in Longevity

Source: BofAML Global Research. BofAML Thematic stock lists are not a recommended list either individually or as a group of stocks.

Weightings% top holders

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Aetna Inc. 121 40% NA NA Resmed Inc CHESS Depositary Interests on

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MetLife, Inc. 92 40% -1 -2% Cy napsus Therapeutics Inc. 0 0% NA NA

Pfizer Inc. 81 40% NA NA Hutchison China MediTech Limited

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Ventas, Inc. 110 36% -1 6% Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd.

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Centene Corporation 98 36% NA NA Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. 1 0% NA NA

Merck & Co., Inc. 92 36% -26 -10% Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd. Class A 3 0% -2 0%

Biogen Inc. 110 34% -12 -12% MicroPort Scientific Corp. 4 0% -6 -2%

Celgene Corporation 85 34% -12 -12% Regis Healthcare Ltd. 4 0% -1 0%

Kimberly -Clark Corporation 76 34% NA NA Platinum Asset Management Ltd 5 0% NA NA

Anthem, Inc. 95 32% NA NA Amundi SA 7 0% NA NA

Welltow er, Inc. 94 32% -3 4% Luy e Pharma Group Ltd. 8 0% 0 0%

Home Depot, Inc. 91 32% -24 -16% Ramsay Health Care Limited 11 0% NA NA

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 87 32% 9 2% AMP Limited 14 0% NA NA

Low e's Companies, Inc. 86 32% -19 -6% Amplifon S.p.A. 14 2% -15 -6%

Abbott Laboratories 80 30% -18 -10% Cellectis SA Sponsored ADR 20 2% NA NA

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Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Bottom Billions Moving on Up

Thematic Investing: Moving on Up Bottom Billions Primer 25 February 2016

The next big growth engine: 4.5bn at base of the pyramid. In a world starved for growth, we believe that the answer lies in uplifting the 4.5bn people at the base of the economic pyramid. These ‘Bottom Billions’ earn only US$1-10/day, but have US$5tn in purchasing power and US$7.4tn in wealth. They are young (60% <30 years), urban (+180k city residents/day), connected (2bn EM Internet users), educated (12 years of expected schooling) and have more disposable income than ever before. Driven by strong demographics (90% of population growth to 2050E will be in EMs) and LT GDP growth in EMs (the ‘sweet spot’ of c.US$3-6,000 per capita income) – 3bn will join the 4.9bn-strong global middle class by 2030E, the biggest growth story since the post-WW2 boom.

#1 potential market in history of commerce: US$5tn today. The Bottom Billions spend US$2.3tn on food and beverages, US$508bn on housing, US$328bn on clothing, footwear and personal care, US$243bn on health and US$206bn on education a year. We anticipate fast growth for spaces like ICT (can increase EM GDP by US$2.2tn and create 140mn new jobs); banking the 2bn unbanked (financial inclusion is a US$380bn annual revenue opportunity); Consumer goods (25-year runway for growth); and Healthcare (EMs to account for 50% of additional spend by 2022E). We also see opportunities around the US$5-7tn/year in investments needed to realise the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

It won’t be easy: Need inclusive growth to reduce instability. Despite this potential, in 2015, 14% of people still lived in extreme poverty (<US$1.25/day), 795mn went chronically hungry, 780mn adults were illiterate, and 2.4bn lacked access to proper sanitation. The Bottom Billions also lie at the heart of the world’s top risks, and the 2016 economic growth outlook for EMs is weak. However, we believe that governments, businesses and stakeholders need to act together to tackle growing inequality (poorest 20% receive 6% of income vs richest quintile attracting 50%), social unrest and instability, which is reaching the highs of the 1980s. Inclusive growth – reducing extreme poverty and sharing prosperity (boosting the incomes of the poorest 40%) – is key to alleviating growing risks around disempowerment, unrest, instability, migration and the collapse of nation-states.

US$56tn opportunity (2030E): entry point for investors. As the Bottom Billions move up the economic ladder, middle-class spending could increase to US$56tn by 2030E and US$84tn by 2050E (vs US$21tn in 2009). We highlight four entry points for investors looking to play the theme: (1) Consumer; (2) Information & Communication Technologies (ICT); (3) Financials; and (4) Healthcare. We believe investors should also focus on closely related solutions like Climate Change, Education, Food Security, Green Bonds, Pandemics, Safety, Waste, and Water which we also explore in the report.


Flows In our wider Bottom Billions thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed net flows of -US$172mn for the August period. This brings its cumulative net flows to -US$3,730mn in the past 6 month period.

Chart 27: Bottom Billions BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, cumulative net flows with Mar 5 2016 as starting point

Table 23: Bottom Billions BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)

Last month ending Sep 4 2016 -172

Aug 4 2016 1,049

Jul 4 2016 296

Jun 4 2016 3,638

May 4 2016 -167

Apr 4 2016 -1,085

Cumulative Net flows 3,558

YTD flows 3,558

3 month avg. 391

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research Cumulative net flows with Mar 5 2016 as starting point.


Table 24: Bottom Billions Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE


ICT / Technology 15.8x 15.9x

Financials 11.7x 12.2x

Consumer 20.1x NA

Healthcare 19.3x 18.7x

Bottom Billions 17.6x 18.9x

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Domino's Pizza, Inc. 125 28% -3 2% Banco de Chile 7 0% 0 0%

Mead Johnson Nutrition

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Coca-Cola Company 92 28% -39 -6% Ax iata Group Bhd. 8 0% 0 0%

PepsiCo, Inc. 71 28% -15 -6% Coca-Cola Amatil Limited 11 0% -11 -4%

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Sep-2016 3M Change Aug-2016 3M Change


Climate Change A Call to Action

Thematic Investing: A Call to Action Climate Change Solutions Primer 27 November 2015

Climate change: it’s real, it’s now and it’s scary - We view climate change as one of the defining issues of our time. 2015 is the hottest year since records began in 1880, and 14 out of 15 warmest years have occurred since 2000. Extreme weather is the #2 global risk today and affects 10% of the globe (vs. 0.1-0.2% in 1951-80). Global average temperatures are entering uncharted territory with +1°C of warming (vs pre-industrial levels) by the end of 2015, midway to the +2°C warning sign, seen as the threshold of catastrophic climate change. Levels of atmospheric CO2 concentrations are the highest in 800,000Y and there is broad consensus that global surface temperatures will rise by 1.5-4.5°C by 2100E.

Costs: potentially unprecedented damage to financial stability - Climate change and the carbon-intensive economy are already causing unprecedented damage to financial stability via physical, liability and transition risks, in our view, as well as up to 5mn deaths a year. Weather-related losses have hit US$4tn over the past 30Y, and have averaged US$200bn p.a. over the past 10Y. Without action, the global mean cost of climate change could rise to 1-5% of GDP/year – with EMs and the poor to be hit hardest. For investors, climate change risk will have an impact at the level of asset class, industry sector and sub-sector. Global investment portfolios could lose up to 45% of their value to 2020E, and investors could see average annual returns erode by 26-138% by 2050E. Sectors at greatest long-term risk include agriculture, energy, financial services, insurance, and travel and tourism.

A low carbon future: clean energy transition is underway - Few issues are uniting world leaders like the war on climate change. We are seeing positive signs that economic growth and energy-related emissions have decoupled for the first time in 40Y. Investments in cleantech have grown 3.5x in 10Y to US$300-350bn/year in the past 5Y, with another US$130-300bn/year being invested in energy efficiency. Renewables now account for c.50% of all new power generation, and we estimate they will represent 70-80% of capacity additions from 2015-30E. By 2030E, low carbon energy will account for c.60% of the global energy mix while fossil fuels decline to c.40%. Coal has become a stranded asset, in our view, while both oil and gas face growing risk over the next 10-25Y.

US$13.5tn+ to 2030E: multiple entry points for investors - We forecast at least US$13.5tn in low carbon energy investments to 2030E and highlight 9 entry points for investors wishing to play the climate change and low carbon solutions theme: 1) Energy Efficiency; 2) Wind; 3) Solar; 4) YieldCos; 5) Nextgen Vehicles, Batteries & Storage; 6) Nuclear; 7) Hydro; 8) Diversified Cleantech; and 9) Other Cleantech. We believe investors should also focus on closely related solutions like Food Security, Water and Green Bonds.


Primer Picks performance Chart 28: Climate Change Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)






quarterly rebalances on 14-Feb-2014, 13-May-2014, 4-Sep-2014, 4-Dec-2014, 4-Mar-2015, 4-Jun-

2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 29: Climate Change Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Inception is Dec 6 2013.

Table 25: Climate Change Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 1.16

Adjusted Beta 1.11

Alpha -0.01


Correlation 0.90



Leaders and laggards Chart 30: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Climate Change Primer Picks


Chart 31: 3M top/bottom total return performance of Climate Change Primer Picks


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Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, cumulative net flows with Sept 5 2014 as starting point

Table 26: Climate change & extreme weather BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)

Last month ending Sep 4 2016 305

Aug 4 2016 1,917

Jul 4 2016 -891

Jun 4 2016 1,411

May 4 2016 -852

Apr 4 2016 -621

Mar 4 2016 -15

Feb 4 2016 1,604

Jan 4 2016 -1,876

Dec 4 2015 -165

Nov 4 2015 -2,497

Oct 4 2015 -8


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Table 27: Climate Change Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE


Solar 8.7x 7.8x

Wind 14.0x 14.9x

YieldCo 16.9x 15.8x

Nextgen Vehicles, Batteries & Storage 14.0x 12.4x

Hydro 11.6x 9.6x

Nuclear 13.0x 10.3x

Diversified Cleantech 14.5x 11.9x

Other Cleantech 13.1x 11.7x

Auto 12.2x 11.7x

Buildings 15.1x 15.8x

Industrials & Integrated 17.8x 16.2x

IoT 18.7x 18.3x

IT 18.4x 18.4x

LEDs & Lighting 23.2x 19.0x

Smart Grid 15.7x 16.8x

Aircraft Engines 16.2x 16.2x

Bus 9.8x 9.8x

Lightweighting 13.0x 14.1x

Rail & Rail Equipment 12.5x 12.5x

Climate Change 15.4x 14.6x

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Delphi Automotiv e PLC 104 38% -1 -2% MLS Co., Ltd. Class A 0 0% 0 0

Union Pacific Corporation 92 38% -22 -18% BYD Company Limited Class A 0 0% 0 0

Intel Corporation 78 38% -36 -22% CPFL Energias Renov av eis SA 0 0% 0 0

Nex tEra Energy , Inc. 88 36% -25 -14% China National Nuclear Pow er Co. Ltd.

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Cisco Sy stems, Inc. 80 36% -21 -22% Renesas Electronics Corporation 1 0% 1 0

salesforce.com, inc. 115 34% -7 0% NHPC Limited 2 0% 0 0

Ex elon Corporation 106 34% -27 -6% Shenzhen Inov ance Technology Co., Ltd

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AES Corporation 104 30% -8 -2% Cosan Limited Class A 6 0% NA NA

Honey w ell International Inc. 86 30% -24 -16% CPFL Energia S.A. 6 0% -1 0

Low e's Companies, Inc. 86 30% -23 -16% ENGIE Brasil Energia S.A. 9 0% 1 0

Linear Technology Corporation 79 30% -2 -4% Bombardier Inc. Class B 12 0% -56 0

Alphabet Inc. Class C 106 28% -18 -8% Adv antech Co., Ltd. 15 0% -7 0

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Education - Stay in School

Thematic Investing: Global Education Primer - Stay in school 01 November 2013

One of the most pressing socio-economic challenges - We believe that education presents one of the most pressing socioeconomic challenges today, with 100m children never having attended school, tens of millions of dropouts, 800m illiterate adults, and major gaps in lifelong skills and training in both emerging and developed markets. We also believe that education for all (EFA) offers a once-in-a-generation investment opportunity to build healthy, prosperous and equitable societies, with every dollar invested in education generating US$10-15 in economic returns (source: UN).

US$4.5-5.1tn market today, US$5.9-7.8tn by 2017E - The global education sector is worth US$4.5-5.1tn today, encompassing K-12, post-secondary, corporate and government learning, e-learning, child care and language learning. Going forward, we see the fastest growth coming from e-learning and for-profit education, as well as from

global education is on target to become a US$5.9-7.8tn market (source: GSV Advisors, BofA Merrill Lynch estimates).

Strong growth drivers, EMs leading the way - Growth drivers include strong spending (c5% of global GDP), increasing enrolment rates (90% for primary completion, 71% for secondary enrolment), demographic opportunities (booming population of 5-17 year olds in EMs), more women in education, EMs upping their spend on education (disposable spending on education in China, India and Brazil is 10-13%), increasing global mobility, and a growing realisation of employment, earnings and economic development needs and opportunities (developed market graduates earn >US$1m more than high school dropouts over their lifetime).

Structural shifts, for-profit/private & EdTech - We believe the high cost of education is placing a burden on cash-strapped governments and households, which means increasing dependence on private spending (32% of funding for higher education in the OECD, 62% in the US), a growing role for for-profit education companies, and an increasing focus on affordability and results. Further, we think the integration of ICT and the shift to EdTech (from print to digital and from classroom to online learning) means e-learning is set to become a US$250bn+ market by 2017E, posing threats and opportunities for many incumbents.

Four major entry points for investors - We have mapped education across a number

wishing to invest in the theme: 1) K-12, 2) post-secondary, 3) content and 4) EdTech.


Primer Picks performance Chart 33: Education Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)







2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 34: Education Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)


Table 28: Education Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 1.17

Adjusted Beta 1.12

Alpha 0.04


Correlation 0.80



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Chart 37: Education – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows


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Table 29: Education BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


Aug 4 2016 698

Jul 4 2016 417

Jun 4 2016 1,299

May 4 2016 -612

Apr 4 2016 -323

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Feb 4 2016 269

Jan 4 2016 -865

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Table 30: Education Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE


EdTech 13.3x 18.6x

K-12 & childcare 19.3x 11.2x

Miscellaneous 18.9x NA

Post-secondary, Colleges & Universities 9.9x 9.7x

Publishing & content 15.6x 17.0x

Education 13.5x 13.3x

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Cisco Sy stems, Inc. 67 26% -18 -28% Nav itas Limited 6 2% -2 0%

Adobe Sy stems Incorporated 88 22% -10 -4% G8 Education Limited 7 2% -9 -2%

Intel Corporation 66 22% -27 -32% Care.com, Inc. 17 2% 0 0%

HP Inc. 83 20% -22 -20% Wolters Kluw er NV 17 2% -5 -10%

Capella Education Company 76 20% -1 -6% GAEC Educacao SA 8 4% -6 -2%

New s Corporation Class A 88 18% 5 0% Lenov o Group Limited 14 4% -2 -2%

eBay Inc. 64 18% 2 -4% Lagardere SCA 17 4% -13 -6%

Amazon.com, Inc. 101 16% -20 -8% Apple Inc. 57 4% -38 -54%

Pearson PLC 34 16% -5 0% DeVry Education Group Inc. 49 6% -8 -4%

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Energy Efficiency Efficient Frontier

Thematic Investing: The Efficient Frontier - Energy Efficiency Primer 04 September 2014

Global energy crisis: the current path is unsustainable - Primary energy demand accounts for more than 7% of global GDP, and with demand set to grow by up to 40% by 2035E, the world needs US$48-53tn in energy investments over the period (source: IEA).

same as it was 25Y ago, leaving much of the world dependent on energy imports and associated geopolitical risks. The current energy path is also putting us on a CO2 emissions trajectory consistent with long-term global temperature increases of 2.0°C -4.5°C, making irreversible climate change a reality.

- An energy-secure future for all will require a balanced energy mix, encompassing clean coal, gas, nuclear and renewables as well as energy efficiency. Historical energy savings from efficiency have exceeded the output from any other single fuel source, and efficiency could halve the energy needed to power the world by 2035E (source: IEA). We believe that efficiency is the cheapest and easiest way to reduce energy demand and CO2 emissions, and that the combination of increasingly effective policies and high energy prices means that it will transition from hiding in plain sight to becom

Invest for the future: up to US$14tn in investments (2035E) - Global investments in energy efficiency have ranged from US$130bn-300bn/pa in recent years. By 2035E, we are anticipating US$8-14tn in investments or US$550bn+ in annual spending both to meet growth in demand and make the transition to a lower-carbon economy (source:

energy is lost along the value chain, every dollar spent means US$2-4 in lifetime cost savings, and two-thirds of the economic potential to improve energy efficiency remains untapped (source: ABB, IEA). Investing in efficiency will also reduce mid- to long-term exposure to the risk of stranded assets vis-à-vis fossil fuels.

Eight major entry points for investors - We have mapped energy efficiency exposure

investors wishing to play the energy efficiency theme: (1) Autos; (2) Buildings; (3) Industrials; (4) Internet of Things (IoT); (5) ICT (incl. cloud, data centres, semis); (6) Lighting & LEDs; (7) Smart Grid & Energy Storage; and (8) Transport (incl. bus, plane, rail, shipping).


Primer Picks performance Chart 38: Energy Efficiency Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)







2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 39: Energy Efficiency Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)


Table 31: Energy Efficiency Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 1.14

Adjusted Beta 1.09

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Correlation 0.93



Leaders and laggards Chart 40: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Energy Efficiency Primer Picks


Chart 41: 3M top/bottom total return performance of Energy Efficiency Primer Picks


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Flows In our wider Energy Efficiency thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed net flows of +US$205mn for the August period. Cumulative net flows is now up to -US$3,592mn in the past 24 month period.

Chart 42: Energy efficiency – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows


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Table 32: Energy Efficiency BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


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Table 33: Energy Efficiency Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

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Aircraft Engines 16.2x 16.2x

Auto 12.2x 11.7x

Buildings 15.0x 15.6x

Bus 9.8x 9.8x

Industrials & Integrated 17.7x 16.2x

IoT 18.7x 18.3x

IT 18.4x 18.4x

LEDs & Lighting 23.2x 19.0x

Lightweighting 13.0x 14.1x

Rail & Rail Equipment 12.9x 12.5x

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Energy Efficiency 15.8x 15.7x

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Positioning of energy efficiency stocks Exhibit 6: Top Overweight and Underweight stocks in Energy Efficiency




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Delphi Automotiv e PLC 102 42% -1 4% MLS Co., Ltd. Class A 0 0% 0 0%

Cisco Sy stems, Inc. 78 36% -21 -22% BYD Company Limited Class A 0 0% 0 0%

salesforce.com, inc. 112 34% -7 0% Sanan Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. Class A 0 0% 0 0%

Union Pacific Corporation 89 34% -22 -20% Renesas Electronics Corporation 1 0% 1 0%

Eaton Corp. Plc 85 34% -25 -14% Siemens Limited 4 0% 0 0%

Intel Corporation 76 34% -35 -26% Qingdao Haier Co., Ltd. Class A 4 0% -4 -2%

Home Depot, Inc. 86 32% -30 -22% Bombardier Inc. Class B 11 0% -55 -12%

Alphabet Inc. Class C 104 30% -18 -8% LG Chem Ltd. 13 0% -5 -2%

AES Corporation 101 30% -7 -2% Adv antech Co., Ltd. 15 0% -6 -4%

Honey w ell International Inc. 83 30% -23 -14% Delta Electronics, Inc. 17 0% -13 -10%

Linear Technology Corporation 77 30% -2 -4% Airtac International Group 10 2% -7 -4%

Analog Dev ices, Inc. 105 28% -15 -12% HIWIN Technologies Corp. 12 2% -15 -6%

Ingersoll-Rand Plc 82 28% -12 -16% Alfa Lav al AB 12 2% -3 -2%

Ow ens Corning 78 28% -7 -4% Epistar Corporation 17 2% -85 -10%

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Top Underweight

Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Food Security Feed the World

Thematic Investing: Feed the World: global food security primer 30 March 2015

Food security: 805mn going hungry & GDP hit by 3%. Food security exists when all people have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. While global per capita calorie supply has improved to reach 2,868kcal per day - 805mn people are chronically undernourished, and hunger and under-nutrition reduces global GDP by c2-3% (cUS$2tn). The global population is expected to grow from 7.2bn today to 9.6bn by 2050E and 11-12bn by 2100E. The combination of rising incomes and changing diets mean that by 2050, the world needs to produce 70% more food globally.

9.6bn to feed by 2050E: 70% more food production needed. In our view, all potential food security solutions should be considered given that we may have already arrived at peak production for many food categories. Global challenges include: declining yields (1.4% pa today vs. 3.2% in 1960), limited land remaining to be cultivated (1.4bn ha), the protein challenge (+2% meat demand to 2030E), food waste (30% of edible food), peak water (Ag is 70% of water use), and extreme weather and climate change (25% of wheat yields at risk), among others.

$2.3tn food & Ag market: $220bn in annual investments. The food & Ag sector accounts for 3% of global GDP, making the sector worth US$2.3tn. Annual investments in food security & Ag are estimated at US$220bn with 75% coming from the private sector. Every dollar invested in Ag R&D creates US$20 in economic activity, with Ag-related growth 2-4x more effective at reducing poverty than other sectors. That said, annual investments from 2015-30E would need to reach US$480bn to rea

Fast growth areas: protein, inputs, BioAg, tech, EMs, H&W. We believe that positive industry fundamentals support long-term growth beyond the current down-cycle. Short-term, we anticipate fast growth for areas like: inputs, protein plays, BioAg, precision Ag and the Internet of Things (IoT), EMs including Brazil and China, and healthy eating/wellness.

Eight major entry points for investors. We highlight eight entry points for investors wishing to play the food security theme: (1) Agricultural Equipment; (2) Agricultural Inputs; (3) Agribusiness, Protein & Dairy; (4) Farming; (5) Food Safety & Animal Health; (6) Water; (7) Healthy Eating; and (8) Reducing Food Waste.


Primer Picks performance Chart 43: Food Security Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)






quarterly rebalances on 4-Jun-2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 44: Food Security Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Inception is 31-March-2015.

Table 34: Food Security Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 0.98

Adjusted Beta 0.99

Alpha -0.02


Correlation 0.91



Leaders and laggards Chart 45: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Food Security Primer Picks


Chart 46: 3M top/bottom total return performance of Food Security Primer Picks


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Flows In our wider Food Security thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed net inflows of +US$310mn for the August period. This brings cumulative net flows to +US$1,069mn after 17 months of observations.

Chart 47: Food Security – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, cumulative net flows with Apr 5 2015 as starting

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Table 35: Food Security BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


Aug 4 2016 275

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Jun 4 2016 -571

May 4 2016 -633

Apr 4 2016 -797

Mar 4 2016 731

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Dec 4 2015 -976

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Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research Cumulative net flows with Apr 5 2015 as starting point.


Table 36: Food Security Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

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Agribusiness, Protein & Dairy 15.2x 12.9x

Agriculture & Food Equipment 18.1x 15.4x

Agriculture Inputs 16.9x 16.9x

Food Safety & Animal Health 21.9x 24.6x

Healthy Eating 20.2x 17.9x

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Food Security 16.6x 16.2x

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Positioning of food security stocks Exhibit 7: Top Overweight and Underweight stocks in Food Security




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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 117 36% 4 2% Roka Bioscience Inc 1 0% 0 0%

Mosaic Company 93 34% -2 0% Ros Agro Plc GDR RegS 1 0% NA NA

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 98 32% -20 -6% Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd.

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Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 94 32% -28 -4% PhosAgro PJSC Sponsored GDR RegS 3 0% -30 -12%

Dow Chemical Company 75 32% -29 -8% Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co. Ltd. 4 0% -3 0%

WestRock Co. 112 30% -15 -2% China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd. 4 0% -2 -2%

Kroger Co. 97 30% -20 -8% Grupo LALA SAB de CV Class B 4 0% -1 0%

Dov er Corporation 90 30% 0 -4% Thai Union Group Public Company Limited 6 0% -7 -2%

Packaging Corporation of America 83 30% -10 -4% Wilmar International Limited 6 0% -1 0%

Ingersoll-Rand Plc 81 30% -12 -8% Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. 7 0% -11 -2%

Whirlpool Corporation 78 30% 1 -2% Alfa Lav al AB 11 0% -5 0%

General Electric Company 70 30% -51 -24% Aguas Andinas S.A. Class A 12 2% -4 -2%

United Technologies Corporation 91 28% -21 -12% Almarai Co. Ltd. 79 2% 78 2%

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Sep-2016 3M Change


Millennials & Centennials New Kids On The Block

Thematic Investing: New Kids On The Block - Millennials & Centennials Primer 30 August 2016

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collectively accounting for 59% of the global population. There are 2bn Millennials worldwide and they have overtaken Boomers to become the largest living generation in US history. But we need to prepare for the rise of the 2.4bn Centennials born at the turn of the century and set to live to over 100Y. They are embracing diversity, sustaand entrepreneurialism like no generation before them and they are economically optimistic to boot. Together Gen Y and Gen Z will account for c60% of the global workforce by 2020E.

Digital natives: disruptive technology is the new normal - Technology is the defining

penetration. Young cohorts check their phones 150x per day, 50bn IMs and 6bn emojis are sent every day, and human attention spans are falling below those of goldfish. Gen Y and Z are mainstreaming disruptive technologies and both corporates and investors need to step up to the challenge, including via smartphones and apps, social media,

things shareable.

Peak youth: worrying 21st century demographic reality - For the first time in history, people aged 65Y+ will outnumber children <5Y before 2020E. Total fertility rates have dropped to near or below replacement rates in all regions except Africa. The downside risk is that both generations may end up poorer than their parents and grandparents, with the demographics having profound long-term effects on the viability of economic growth, housing, pensions, health and long-term care, labour markets, education and public finances.

US$21tn income today: five entry points for investors - We estimate the total income of Millennials and Centennials at US$21tn in 2015 35% of global gross income. The US, China, India, Japan, and Germany are the largest markets. We forecast that this number could grow to US$62tn by 2030E, US$32tn for Millennials and US$30tn for Gen Z. We highlight five entry points for investors wishing to play the theme: 1) Technology, Media & Entertainment; 2) Consumer; 3) Household Formation; 4) Education; and 5) Financials.

BofAML stocks with exposure and Primer Picks - We present a list of 200+ global stocks covered by BofAML that have exposure to Millennials and Gen Z-related solutions. Our Buy-rated stocks with material exposure to the theme are detailed in an accompanying Primer Picks report, as is our full list of stocks.


Primer Picks performance Chart 48: Millennials Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)






quarterly rebalances on 4-Jun-2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 49: Millennials Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Inception is 26-May-2015.

Table 37: Millennials Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 1.04

Adjusted Beta 1.03

Alpha 0.00


Correlation 0.95



Leaders and laggards Chart 50: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Millennials Primer Picks


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Chart 52: Millennials – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows

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Table 38: Millennials BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


Aug 4 2016 762

Jul 4 2016 809

Jun 4 2016 7,875

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Feb 4 2016 1,865

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Table 39: Millennials Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

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Education 13.4x 13.3x

Consumer 17.0x 17.6x

Drinking, Dining & Health & Wellness 19.0x 21.3x

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Target Corporation 90 34% NA NA Kakao Corp. 7 0% -4 -2%

TJX Companies, Inc. 83 34% -8 -6% LPP S.A. 9 0% -6 -4%

NIKE, Inc. Class B 82 34% -27 -12% ANTA Sports Products Ltd. 9 0% -2 -2%

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Top Underweight

Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Obesity and Health & Wellness - Globesity

Thematic Investing: Globesity and Health & Wellness primer 03 December 2014

Pressing global health challenge - We believe that the obesity epidemic may be the most pressing health challenge facing the world today. The number of overweight or obese people has tripled since 1980 with not a single country making progress in reducing these rates. Today, almost one-tare now overweight, including 671mn who are obese (source: The Lancet 2014). By

#5 cause of death & US$2tn in annual costs Obesity is the fifth-leading global risk for death, accounting for 3.4mn adult deaths a year. Obesity can raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and cancer, among many other health-threatening conditions, Total health care costs are more than 40% higher for obese patients than normal-weight patients. The global economic impacts of obesity are estimated at US$2.0tn or 2.8% of global GDP, on par with the impacts of smoking or armed violence, war and terrorism (source: McKinsey). The future costs could be overwhelming, especially given high levels of global childhood obesity and growing obesity in EMs.

US$932bn food & beverage health & wellness market Over the past two years, 10+ countries have passed fat/sugar taxes with the two being increasingly heralded as the

and healthy foods in recent years. The global health and wellness (H&W) food market is estimated at US$932bn in 2014. It is both high growth and high margin and is set to reach US$1.1tn by 2019 (source: Euromonitor), while fresh produce is expected to reach US$736bn by 2015 (source: Companiesandmarkets.com). We anticipate a shift in business model focus from product volumes alone to the quality of food & beverage portfolios from an H&W perspective.

US$365bn global athletic market along with the US$78bn gym, fitness and health club market, we view both as long-term beneficiaries of the fight against Globesity. These factors are likely to result in growing numbers engaging in sports and demand for affordable equipment and apparel to engage in physical activity or sports. The industry continues to see strong growth in North America and EMs. Trends are also favourable, including: rise of the shift to more active lifestyles.

Four major entry points for investors - We have mapped the global fight against obesity across a number of sector value chains to highlight the diverse range of entry points for investors wishing to play the global fight against obesity theme: 1) Pharmaceuticals, Health Care & Medtech; 2) Food, Food Retail, Quick Casual & Beverages; 3) Weight Loss, Diet, Nutrition & VMS; and 4) Sports Apparel & Equipment.


Primer Picks performance Chart 53: Obesity Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)







2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 54: Obesity Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)


Table 40: Obesity Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 0.84

Adjusted Beta 0.89

Alpha 0.01


Correlation 0.83



Leaders and laggards Chart 55: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Obesity Primer Picks


Chart 56: 3M top/bottom total return performance of Obesity Primer Picks


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Flows In our wider Obesity thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed outflows of -US$638mn for the July period. This brings cumulative net flows down to -US$8,861mn in the past 23 month period.

Chart 57: Obesity – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows


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Table 41: Obesity BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)

Last month ending Sep 4 2016 -1,481

Aug 4 2016 -638

Jul 4 2016 -482

Jun 4 2016 -943

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Table 42: Obesity Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE


Cmcl weight mgmt, diet & nutrition 14.4x 17.9x

Food 20.8x 24.6x

Food Ingredients 14.9x NA

Food Retail 18.5x 16.9x

Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare 17.3x 18.1x

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Medtronic Plc 102 36% -20 -4% Resmed Inc CHESS Depositary

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Merck & Co., Inc. 89 36% -26 -4% MicroPort Scientific Corp. 4 0% -5 0%

General Mills, Inc. 83 36% -26 2% China Dongx iang (Group) Co., Ltd. 7 0% -3 -2%

Abbott Laboratories 79 34% -21 -4% Feng Tay Enterprise Co. Ltd. 8 0% NA NA

GNC Holdings, Inc. Class A 102 30% 13 4% Luy e Pharma Group Ltd. 8 0% 0 0%

Foot Locker, Inc. 74 30% 6 4% Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited 12 0% -5 -4%

Panera Bread Company Class A 105 28% 4 4% Coloplast A/S Class B 11 2% -12 -4%

Chipotle Mex ican Grill, Inc. 93 28% -10 -2% ANTA Sports Products Ltd. 11 2% -2 0%

PepsiCo, Inc. 71 28% -19 -6% Shenzhou International Group

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Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 91 26% -25 -2% Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

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ConAgra Foods, Inc. 79 26% -17 2% DAVIDsTEA, Inc. 15 2% -1 0%

HeartWare International, Inc. 68 26% -21 8% Belle International Holdings Limited 15 2% -15 -6%

AstraZeneca PLC 59 26% -28 -4% Orex igen Therapeutics, Inc. 17 2% -43 -12%

Dollar General Corporation 83 24% 0 -6% Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 18 2% -10 -2%

Allergan plc 81 24% NA NA American Renal Associates Holdings,

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Top Underweight

Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Robotics & AI Robot Revolution

Thematic Investing: Robot Revolution Global Robot & AI Primer 03 November 2015

Next industrial revolution: rise of the intelligent machines Robots and AI are becoming an integral part of our daily lives as providers of labour, mobility, safety, convenience, and entertainment. 2014 was the third consecutive year for record sales of robots worldwide (229,000, +29% YoY). The IoT, big data, cloud computing and 3D printing have meant exponential advancements in the space, while global structural drivers, such as demographics, energy efficiency, productivity, urbanisation, and wage inflation, suggest long-term sustained growth. Robots are likely to be performing 45% of manufacturing tasks by 2025E (vs. 10% today).

US$153bn mkt (2020E): US$14-33tn in disruptive impact We estimate the robots and AI solutions market will grow to US$153bn by 2020E, comprising US$83bn for robot and robotics, and US$70bn for AI-based analytics. We anticipate US$14-33tn in annual creative disruption impact in 10Y, including US$8-9tn of cost reductions across manufacturing and healthcare, US$9tn cuts in employment costs via AI-enabled automation of knowledge work and US$1.9tn in efficiency gains via autonomous cars and drones. Adoption of robots and AI could boost productivity by 30% in many industries, while cutting manufacturing labour costs by 18-33%.

Paradigm shifts bring challenges: inequality, labour, safety We are facing a paradigm shift which will change the way we live and work. We anticipate the greatest potential challenges arising from our ATW theme of People, notably the possible displacement of human labour (with 47% of US jobs having the potential to be automated) and growth in inequality (with a 10% supply and demand gap between skilled and non-skilled workers by 2020E). We also anticipate issues around cybersecurity (50bn connected devices by 2020E), privacy (#1 concern in human-tech interactions), and longer-

Eight entry points for investors: fast growth areas We highlight eight entry points for investors wishing to play the robots and AI theme: 1) AI; 2) Aerospace & Defence (incl. drones); 3) Autos & Transport; 4) Financials; 5) Healthcare; 6) Industrials; 7) Services (domestic); and 8) Ag & Mining. We anticipate fast growth for the likes of agribots, AI, automation, care-bots, cobots, drones (commercial and military), fintech, industrial robots, medical robots & computer-assisted surgery, self-driving cars, service robots, software and telehealth.


Flows In our wider Robotics thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed net flows of +US$986mn for the July period. Total cumulative net flows moved to +US$4,168mn after 9 months of observations.

Chart 58: Robotics BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, cumulative net flows with Nov 5 2015 as starting point

Table 43: Robotics BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


Aug 4 2016 986

Jul 4 2016 128

Jun 4 2016 5,885

May 4 2016 -974

Apr 4 2016 -89

Mar 4 2016 -307

Feb 4 2016 -431

Jan 4 2016 -34

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YTD flows 4,635

3 month avg. 195

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research Cumulative net flows with Nov 5 2015 as starting point.


Table 44: Robotics Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE


Agriculture & Mining 19.7x NA

Services (Domestic) 10.9x NA

Artificial Intelligence 13.4x 11.0x

Software Automation 19.2x 51.7x

Auto 12.0x 11.7x

Aerospace & Defense 15.4x 17.5x


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Industrial Automation 16.4x 16.2x

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QUALCOMM Incorporated 78 40% -13 -6% Hangzhou Hikv ision Digital

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Intel Corporation 76 38% -35 -22% Wipro Limited Sponsored ADR 2 0% -62 -16%

Medtronic Plc 100 36% -15 -6% ABB India Limited 2 0% 0 0%

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Eaton Corp. Plc 87 36% -25 -8% Adv antech Co., Ltd. 15 0% -7 -2%

NVIDIA Corporation 118 34% -6 -2% Delta Electronics, Inc. 18 0% -13 -10%

Ray theon Company 76 34% -22 -4% Shenzhen Inov ance Technology

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Tex as Instruments Incorporated 117 32% -12 -4% Renesas Electronics Corporation 6 2% 1 0%

Analog Dev ices, Inc. 108 32% -14 -6% Daew oo Engineering & Construction

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Dov er Corporation 87 32% -9 -4% Airtac International Group 9 2% -8 -4%

Parker-Hannifin Corporation 74 32% -15 -6% HCL Technologies Limited 11 2% -3 0%

Lockheed Martin Corporation 114 30% -25 -8% HIWIN Technologies Corp. 12 2% -15 -6%

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 92 30% -15 -8% Infosy s Limited 20 2% -14 -6%

Top Underweight

Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Safety & Security - Safer World

Been Hacked! Global Cybersecurity Primer 03 September 2015

every year 2.3mn people are killed at work (Source: ILO), 1.3mn lose their lives in road accidents, and 15,000+ die in terrorist attacks (Source: NCTC). Globalisation is driving the need for safety and posing new challenges from EM growth to outsourcing, the food supply chain, a degrading environment, and new diseases. We believe some corporates may push the boundaries of safety in their efforts to exploit new resources.

Cybersecurity: one of the top global risks today: 90mn+ attacks per year - There are 80-90mn+ cybersecurity events per year, with close to 400 new threats every minute, and up to 70% of attacks going undetected. All companies are being hit: finance & insurance is the most targeted sector, followed by ICT, manufacturing and retail. Cybersecurity has become a homeland security threat with rapid growth in attacks against critical infrastructure and manufacturing. Americans worry about falling victim to cyberattacks more than any other type of crime with 1bn data records compromised in the US alone in 2014. We believe cybersecurity poses a key threat to the three pillars of creative disruption: the Internet of Things (IoT), the Sharing Economy and Online Services.

- The average cost of cybercrimes for US companies reached a record US$12.7mn in 2014, with cybercrime costing the global economy up to US$575bn annually. Cyberattacks are the #1 source of economic assaults against governments, and the #1 source of IP theft for corporates. The rise in disruptive technologies including IoT with 50bn+ devices connected to the internet by 2020 means that we are facing a potential worst-

created by the internet, meaning that as much as US$3tn of global economic value could be at risk by 2020E. Investors need to play safe - Public opinion has become more sensitive to issues of quality, security, health & safety, environmental protection and social responsibility, which has led to the proliferation, strengthening and convergence of regulation and the development of non-regulatory standards. As a result, corporates are increasingly being forced to adapt to new best practices on safety & security. We believe that investors need to focus on this shift and look for long-term solutions to the ever-growing raft of threats against people, governments, infrastructure and society as a whole.

Eight entry points for investors, US$1.5tn+ market (2020e) - We have mapped efforts to promote safety & security across a number of global sector value chains to highlight the diverse range of entry points

Life Sciences; 6) Oil & Gas; 7) Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC); and 8) Workplace. We believe these entry points will represent a combined US$1.5tn+ market by 2020.


Primer Picks performance Chart 59: Safety Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)







2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 60: Safety Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)


Table 45: Safety Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 1.13

Adjusted Beta 1.09

Alpha 0.09


Correlation 0.89



Leaders and laggards Chart 61: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Safety Primer Picks


Chart 62: 3M top/bottom total return performance of Safety Primer Picks


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Flows In our wider Safety & Security thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed net inflows of -US$205mn for the August period. Cumulative net flows for Safety also remains on top at +US$10,485mn in the past 24 month period.

Chart 63: Safety – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows


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Table 46: Safety BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


Aug 4 2016 -351

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May 4 2016 111

Apr 4 2016 311

Mar 4 2016 997

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Dec 4 2015 613

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Table 47: Safety Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

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Auto 12.0x 11.7x

Commercial & Residential 15.4x 15.7x

Cybersecurity 15.9x 21.8x

Homeland 15.8x 17.5x

Life Sciences 20.8x 19.0x

Oil & Gas 14.7x 9.4x

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Intel Corporation 77 38% -33 -24% Autoliv Inc Shs Sw edish DR 1 0% -2 -2%

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 106 32% -10 -4% Bureau Veritas SA 13 0% -10 -10%

Lockheed Martin Corporation 113 28% -23 -12% Mando Corp 9 2% NA NA

NVIDIA Corporation 109 28% 0 -2% Valeo SA 19 2% NA NA

United Technologies Corporation 93 28% -19 -8% Atos SE 19 2% -23 -10%

Spectra Energy Corp 85 28% -31 -10% A10 Netw orks, Inc. 31 2% -8 -4%

3M Company 73 28% -31 -14% FireEy e, Inc. 36 2% -23 -12%

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Top Underweight

Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Waste - No Time to Waste

Thematic Investing: No time to waste - global waste primer 05 April 2013

Global waste crisis - Poor waste management is a global reality, with only 25% of the 11bn tonnes collected annually recycled or recovered and 3.5 bn people lacking access to basic waste management services. The situation will get worse with waste volumes growing faster than urbanisation rates and GDP growth and waste volumes set to double to 2025 (vs. 2005), and double again from 2025-50.

US$1tn+ market today - Waste management is a US$1tn market today that includes municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial waste, waste-to-energy (WtE), and sustainable packaging, among other areas. Growth drivers are increasing volumes, changing variety and complexity of waste streams, urbanisation, income growth (GDP-waste link), reducing environmental and social risks and costs, resource scarcity, commodity prices, growing private sector involvement, stakeholder pressure, and tightening regulation.

- We are seeing a shift away from waste as a mandatory public service to waste management as a sustainable business opportunity. We see the fastest growth in the next decade coming from diversion, recycling, recovery of valuable secondary raw materials, waste-to-energy, e-waste, and sustainable packaging as well as from EMs. We see considerable low hanging fruit potential given that 70%+ of global

recycling by a factor of 3.5x and doubling industrial waste recycling.

Multiple entry points for US$2tn market (2020E) - We believe that the global dynamics of waste management mean that the sector offers numerous growth opportunities for those with exposure to the value chain. By 2020, we estimate that the waste industry could be worth up to US$2tn, with Europe facing the toughest strategic challenges, and Asia and South America seeing the fastest growth. We see opportunities across waste management, industrial treatment, WtE, wastewater & sewage, E&C, recycling, and sustainable packaging among other areas.


Primer Picks performance Chart 64: Waste Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)







2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 65: Waste Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)


Table 48: Waste Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 0.96

Adjusted Beta 0.98

Alpha -0.01


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Leaders and laggards Chart 66: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Waste Primer Picks


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Suzano Pa Fibria Celulose

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SIIC Env. ACS

Ferrovial Suez

Steel Dynamics Conch Venture

Amcor Nucor

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Graphic Packaging

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Flows In our wider Waste thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed net flows of -US$256mn for the August period. This brings cumulative net flows to +US$870mn in the past 24 month period.

Chart 68: Waste – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, cumulative net flows with Sept 5 2014 as starting point

Table 49: Waste BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


Aug 4 2016 -151

Jul 4 2016 -317

Jun 4 2016 427

May 4 2016 -399

Apr 4 2016 -316

Mar 4 2016 345

Feb 4 2016 831

Jan 4 2016 150

Dec 4 2015 -350

Nov 4 2015 1,504

Oct 4 2015 -38

Cumulative Net flows 870

YTD flows 313

3 month avg. -241



Table 50: Waste Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE


Engineering & Construction 10.5x NA

Life Sciences 16.6x NA

Management 19.0x 20.3x

Management (Transport) 14.6x NA

Oil & Gas 24.6x NA

Recycling 13.1x 13.2x

Sustainable Packaging 13.2x 16.0x

TIC 21.7x NA

Treatment 15.8x 11.4x

Waste-to-Energy 17.7x 10.3x

Wastewater & Sewage 16.2x 17.0x

Waste 16.1x 16.2x

MSCI AC World 17.0x




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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 103 30% -8 -4% SIIC Env ironment Holdings Ltd. 4 0% 0 0%

WestRock Co. 106 28% -12 0% China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd. 9 0% -16 -2%

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and

Company

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Dow Chemical Company 73 28% -23 -16% Alfa Lav al AB 11 0% -4 0%

Nucor Corporation 99 24% -14 -10% ICL-Israel Chemicals Ltd. 6 2% -3 0%

Commercial Metals Company 93 24% 2 2% Manila Water Co. Inc. 7 2% -2 0%

Ecolab Inc. 83 22% -6 0% Doosan Heav y Industries &

Construction Co., Ltd.

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AECOM 93 18% -14 -2% China Ev erbright International Limited 15 2% -4 -2%

Waste Management, Inc. 85 18% NA NA Keppel Corporation Limited 16 2% -13 -2%

CSX Corporation 77 18% -27 -18% Activ idades de Construccion y

Serv icios SA

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General Electric Company 67 18% -45 -32% Mondi Limited 20 2% -3 0%

Sealed Air Corporation 65 16% -12 -6% Ferrov ial, S.A. 54 2% -41 -4%

Top Underweight

Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Water - Blue revolution

July 2015

California drought: a sign of things to come globally. We view the unprecedented drought in California as a harbinger of the coming global water crisis. California is in its 4th straight year of drought, with the last 3Y being the driest in recorded history. Groundwater levels have plunged up to 15-30m (50-100ft) and the Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 5% of historical levels. The drought is expected to cost California agriculture alone US$2.7bn in economic costs in 2015, with disruption extending to mandatory water restrictions, wildlife, land subsidence, seawater intrusion, wildfires, and human health. In a business as usual scenario, California water demand will outstrip supply by 50bn m3 (1tn gallons) by 2060E, with an 80% chance of multi- -

Globally: water is the #1 risk facing the planet. Water is recognised as the #1 global risk for 2015 in terms of impacts to economies, environments and people. Globally, 750mn people lack access to safe drinking water source and 2.4bn have no access to proper sanitation facilities. Close to 50 countries are officially classified as being water

Global water demand is set to overshoot supply by 40% by 2030E, and by 2050E, 3.9bn on cost

the global economy US$260bn per year or c1.5% of global GDP. By 2050E, 45% of projected GDP is at risk, with as many as 50 countries at risk of conflict over water.

Four major entry points, US$1tn market (2020E). We have mapped efforts to tackle the global dynamics of water supply and demand to highlight four entry points for investors wishing to invest in the global or California water theme: 1) Water Treatment; 2) Water Management; 3) Water Infrastructure & Supply; and 4) Water-friendly Energy. We believe these entry points will represent a US$1tn+ market by 2020E

High growth: treatment, efficiency, tech, solar, EMs, desal. We see the fastest 3-5Y growth coming from the low hanging fruits of water treatment and recycling, more efficient water usage (smart meters, high efficiency irrigation, surface and groundwater storage), technology (precision Ag, IoT, drought resistant seeds and crops), EMs (China), water-friendly energy (solar and wind), and desalination.

BofAML Global & California stock lists & Primer Picks. We highlight 50+ global stocks covered by BofAML that have material exposure to California water solutions. We have also updated our Global Water stock list to include over 100+ covered stocks with exposure to the water theme. Our 40+ Global Water primer picks (Buy-rated stocks with material exposure) are detailed in an accompanying Primer Picks report.


Primer Picks performance Chart 69: Water Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)







2015, 4-Sep-2015, 4-Dec-2015, 4-Mar-2016, 4-Jun-2016

Chart 70: Water Primer Picks performance (through September 4 2016)


Table 51: Water Primer Picks beta relative to the market

Raw Beta 1.12

Adjusted Beta 1.08

Alpha -0.12


Correlation 0.78



Leaders and laggards Chart 71: 1M top/bottom total return performance of Water Primer Picks


Chart 72: 3M top/bottom total return performance of Water Primer Picks


Primer update 04-Apr

Primer update 10-Jul

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American Wtr. Kubota

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CPFL Energia

China Singyes

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Flows In our wider water thematic stock list, BofAML global equity trading showed net flows of US$289mn for the August period. This brings cumulative net flows to +US$3,164mn in the past 24 month period.

Chart 73: Water – BofAML client monthly net flows and cumulative flows


starting point

Table 52: Water BofAML client net trading flows (US$ mn)


Aug 4 2016 64

Jul 4 2016 48

Jun 4 2016 165

May 4 2016 -180

Apr 4 2016 -224

Mar 4 2016 859

Feb 4 2016 1,212

Jan 4 2016 166

Dec 4 2015 -108

Nov 4 2015 1,744

Oct 4 2015 14


YTD flows 1,820

3 month avg. -59



Table 53: Water Theme and Sub-theme P/E valuation

Forward PE


Engineering & Construction 11.0x 7.8x

Management 18.1x 15.7x

Pipes, pumps & valves 16.5x 12.2x

Treatment 16.6x 16.9x

Utilities 16.6x 17.0x

Water-Friendly Energy 15.8x 15.1x

Water 16.1x 15.8x

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Positioning of water stocks Exhibit 13: Top Overweight and Underweight stocks in Water




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American Water Works Company ,

Inc.

86 40% -13 -2% Inox Wind Ltd. 0 0% 0 0%

Nex tEra Energy , Inc. 87 38% -26 -6% BYD Company Limited Class A 0 0% 0 0%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 102 28% -12 -8% SIIC Env ironment Holdings Ltd. 4 0% 0 0%

Dow Chemical Company 72 28% -27 -14% ICL-Israel Chemicals Ltd. 5 0% -2 0%

Danaher Corporation 113 24% -12 -6% Xiny i Solar Holdings Ltd. 6 0% -1 -2%

AES Corporation 97 24% -12 -6% CPFL Energia S.A. 7 0% 0 0%

Pentair plc 106 22% -3 4% Enphase Energy , Inc. 8 0% -17 -2%

NRG Energy , Inc. 95 22% 11 -2% Doosan Heav y Industries &

Construction Co., Ltd.

10 2% -4 -2%

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and

Company

91 22% -32 -10% Duratex S.A. 11 2% -2 0%

Adv anced Energy Industries, Inc. 82 20% -16 -2% Aguas Andinas S.A. Class A 12 2% -4 -2%

Parker-Hannifin Corporation 68 20% -21 -12% Alfa Lav al AB 12 2% -4 0%

AECOM 89 18% -15 -4% GCL-Poly Energy Holdings

Limited

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Ecolab Inc. 82 18% -12 -8% Beijing Enterprises Water Group

Limited

14 2% -4 -2%

Wolseley plc 58 18% -9 -2% Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. 94 2% -77 0%

General Electric Company 66 16% -50 -38% Bureau Veritas SA 96 2% -59 -8%

Top Underweight

Sep-2016 3M Change

Top Overweight

Sep-2016 3M Change


Methodology Appendix Thematic Investing Stock Lists & Primer Picks We have previously created a BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research list of stocks which have exposure to our equity themes Climate Change & Extreme Weather, Education, Energy Efficiency, Longevity, Obesity and Health & Wellness, Safety & Security, Waste, and Water. They lists are part of BofAML Thematic Investing Stocks Lists.

- either High or Medium -- exposure to the relevant theme, and have a Buy rating by the fundamental analyst. The Stock Lists and Primer Picks are in a document called theme Primer Picks. Thematic Investing Primers and their accompanying thematic Primer Picks are updated together. We update the full universe of all Thematic Investing Stock Lists and Primer Picks simultaneously on a quarterly basis and announced through a published research report A Transforming World - Quarterly Primer Picks. We show a representation of performance based on the Primer Picks.

Performance representation methodology Each Thematic Investing Primer Picks list is equal-weighted, with rebalancing each time we publish an update. Updates are made in both the A Transforming World - Quarterly Primer Picks as well as the Primer Picks that are published when each theme is updated. The performance of any individual security on the list is its percentage change in price, including dividends [(End Price Begin Price)/Begin Price.] Dividends and corporate actions are credited when the stock goes ex-dividend. The performance does not reflect transaction costs. If such cost were reflected the performance would have been lower.

Price at which the rebalance occurs is the end-of-day price on the T + 1 date from publication. Stocks that are no longer covered, or are no longer Buy rated or become restricted are taken into account and removed at the next quarterly or theme update. In the same manner, stocks that are added for reasons such as change in restriction, new research initiation, etc. can only occur when the Primer Picks list is updated.

We assume 0% tax rate. The actual tax rate for investors will be dependent on several factors such as the country of domicile of the company, country in which the stock in listed, country of company operations, as well as country in which the investor is based. Investors should consult their own tax circumstances to gauge exact performance.

Seven themes - Education, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change & Extreme Weather, Obesity and Health & Wellness, Safety & Security, Waste, and Water have a base value of 100 starting at December 6 2013, which is the T + 1 date from when the Quarterly Primer Picks product was introduced. Prior to that, each Primer Picks list was maintained and published separately. Longevity theme was introduced on June 6 2014. Food Security was introduced on March 30 3015, and Millennials was introduced on May 22 2015, Robotics & AI was introduced on November 3 2015 which is less than 12 months, hence we cannot show performance at the moment.

The indicative performance of the BofAML themes is calculated by the BofA Merrill Lynch Research group.

For historical Primer Picks changes prior to June 2016, refer to Theme Watch: Introducing Thematic Beats 19 May 2016

Appendix of Primer Picks changes BofAML Thematic Investing Primer Picks lists are rebalanced on a quarterly basis through A Transforming World - Quarterly Primer Picks, and when the themes are updated. Below is an appendix of latest rebalances:


Table 54: September 2016 Primer Picks changes

Theme BBG Ticker Date Action Comment Bottom Billion 000651 CS 06/09/2016 Addition Out of review period

Bottom Billion 728 HK 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated



Bottom Billion BAT SJ 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Bottom Billion BHARTI IS 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Bottom Billion CDH IS 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Bottom Billion ICICIBC IS 06/09/2016 Addition Out of review period

Bottom Billion SITESB1 MM 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Bottom Billion TEL NO 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Bottom Billion TIMP3 BS 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Climate Change 000651 CS 06/09/2016 Addition Out of review period

Climate Change 002074 CS 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Climate Change 006400 KP 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Climate Change 1590 TT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Climate Change 2448 TT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Climate Change 600236 CG 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Climate Change 600900 CG 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Climate Change 6752 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Climate Change 9513 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Climate Change 9984 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Climate Change FTV UN 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Climate Change MEO1V FH 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Energy Efficiency 000651 CS 06/09/2016 Addition Out of review period

Energy Efficiency 002008 CS 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Energy Efficiency 006400 KP 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Energy Efficiency 1590 TT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Energy Efficiency 2448 TT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Energy Efficiency 6752 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Energy Efficiency 9984 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Energy Efficiency FTV UN 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Energy Efficiency MEO1V FH 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Food Security 2319 HK 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Food Security BG UN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Food Security IPL AT 06/09/2016 Addition Out of extended review

Food Security MWC PM 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Longevity CGF AT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Longevity CVS UN 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Longevity DRRD IS 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Longevity EI FP 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Longevity EW UN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Longevity FLRY3 BS 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Longevity MFC CT 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Longevity NDA SS 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Longevity NN NA 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Longevity PMC UN 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Longevity SEBA SS 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Longevity WBA UW 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Millennials 2255 HK 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Millennials 3938 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Millennials 7974 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Millennials AEO UN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Millennials ASC LN 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Millennials BAT SJ 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Millennials BRBY LN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Millennials GME UN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Millennials HMB SS 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Millennials HOME UN 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Millennials ITX SQ 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Millennials PLNT UN 06/09/2016 Addition Off restricted list

Millennials PNDORA DC 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Millennials SIG UN 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Millennials TSQ UN 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Millennials VIPS UN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Obesity 2319 HK 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Obesity 9910 TT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Obesity BAT SJ 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated



Theme BBG Ticker Date Action Comment Obesity PLNT UN 06/09/2016 Addition Off restricted list

Robotics 002008 CS 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Robotics 6503 JT 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Robotics FTV UN 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Safety ALQ AT 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Safety MRO LN 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Safety MTD UN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Safety ULE LN 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Waste ALQ AT 06/09/2016 Addition Coverage Initiated

Waste MWC PM 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Water MWC PM 06/09/2016 Addition Rating Upgrade

Water SIE GY 06/09/2016 Addition Theme exposure warranted for inclusion

Bottom Billion 6367 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under Extended Review

Bottom Billion BHIN IS 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion CCU CC 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion CREAL* MM 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion DEC FP 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion DGE LN 06/09/2016 Removal Under Extended Review

Bottom Billion NPK SJ 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion SECB PM 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion SITESL MM 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Bottom Billion SUNP IS 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion TKG SJ 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Bottom Billion URC PM 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change 002745 CS 06/09/2016 Removal Under review

Climate Change 3800 HK 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Climate Change 6268 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Climate Change 6367 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under Extended Review

Climate Change 6645 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Climate Change ADI UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change ARM LN 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Climate Change ASML NA 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change BWA UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change ETN UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change GNRC UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change HXL UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change KSP ID 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change MPG UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change MXIM UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change NXPI UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change SAF FP 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Climate Change SGO FP 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Education ESTC3 BS 06/09/2016 Removal No Rating

Education LNKD UN 06/09/2016 Removal NO RATING

Energy Efficiency 002745 CS 06/09/2016 Removal Under review

Energy Efficiency 6268 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Energy Efficiency 6367 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under Extended Review

Energy Efficiency 6645 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Energy Efficiency ADI UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency ARM LN 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Energy Efficiency ASML NA 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency BWA UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency ETN UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency GNRC UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency HXL UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency KSP ID 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency MPG UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency MXIM UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency NXPI UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency SAF FP 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Energy Efficiency SGO FP 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security 371 HK 06/09/2016 Removal Under Restriction

Food Security 392 HK 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security 3983 HK 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security 6326 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under Extended Review

Food Security ALMARAI AB 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security AWK UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade



Theme BBG Ticker Date Action Comment Food Security CNHI UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security HAIN UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security MPI PM 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security MRFG3 BS 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security NPK SJ 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Food Security PI IS 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Food Security UPLL IS 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Food Security WWAV UN 06/09/2016 Removal NO RATING

Longevity 1565 TT 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity ACAD UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity BCR UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity CS FP 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity CYNA UQ 06/09/2016 Removal Under Restriction

Longevity DL NA 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity DNAI UQ 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Longevity ESPR UQ 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity HTWR UW 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Longevity LGEN LN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity LNC UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity NOVOB DC 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity PFG UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity QUAL3 BS 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity STJ LN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity SUNP IS 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Longevity TKAI UQ 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Millennials DGE LN 06/09/2016 Removal Under Extended Review

Millennials DHI UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Millennials ESTC3 BS 06/09/2016 Removal No Rating

Millennials GRMN UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Millennials GRUB UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Millennials HAIN UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Millennials JUBI IS 06/09/2016 Removal Theme exposure warranted for exclusion

Millennials LMCK UW 06/09/2016 Removal Under review

Millennials LNKD UN 06/09/2016 Removal No Rating

Millennials RI FP 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Millennials W UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Millennials WWAV UN 06/09/2016 Removal NO RATING

Obesity ESPR UQ 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Obesity GRMN UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Obesity HAIN UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Obesity HTWR UW 06/09/2016 Removal Coverage Terminated

Obesity NOVOB DC 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Obesity SUNP IS 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Obesity WWAV UN 06/09/2016 Removal NO RATING

Robotics 6268 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Robotics 6645 JT 06/09/2016 Removal Under extended review

Robotics ADI UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Robotics ETN UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Robotics NXPI UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Safety GRMN UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Safety KEP SP 06/09/2016 Removal Under Extended Review

Safety MPG UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Safety NXPI UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Waste FER SQ 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Waste FIBR3 BS 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Waste MTO LN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Waste NUE UN 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Waste STLD UW 06/09/2016 Removal Rating downgrade

Water 371 HK 06/09/2016 Removal Under Restriction

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Positioning methodology

Positioning between stocks within a Theme We looked at the publicly disclosed holdings data of 13,000 institutions, 30,000 unique mutual fund portfolios, and 200,000 non- ‛ spanning 110 countries. Within each theme, we looked at the 50 largest funds in terms of the total market value of their holdings within the theme. They would be considered the most influential investors within the theme.

First we calculate if a particular stock is overweight by the biggest holders. We take the market value of the stock held by the top 50 holders and calculate its proportion of total market value in disclosed in the stock. Then we consider the total Theme market value of the top 50 holders, and calculate its proportion of total Theme market value for all the funds. This tells us if the top holders of the Theme are overweight or underweight the particular stock relative to all holders within a Theme.

Next we look at the percentage of top 50 holders who are overweight stock. We look at the total market value of the stock, and calculate its proportion within the market value of the entire Theme. Then we look at the proportion the Theme comprises within the

The disclosed MV of Adobe is 28,019mm, and the MV of the Education theme is 1,537,972mm. Adobe then comprises 1.82% of the MV of the Education theme,

within the Adobe stock specifically. This means the fund has 1.518% of its Education theme in Adobe. This is lower than the active benchmark, the fund is underweight Adobe.

We plot the stock overweight level versus the percentage of top holders that are overweight. The higher the overweight level and the higher the proportion of holder overweight, the higher indication that the stock itself is overweight.

Positioning between sub-themes within a Theme We looked at the publicly disclosed holdings data of 13,000 institutions, 30,000 unique mutual fund portfolios, and 200,000 non- ‛ spanning 110 countries. Within each theme, we looked at the 50 largest funds in terms of the total market value of their holdings within the theme. They would be considered the most influential investors within the theme.

First we calculate the relative weight of the sub-theme by the biggest holders. We take the market value (MV) of the sub-theme held by the top 50 holders and calculate its proportion of total MV in disclosed in the sub-theme. Then we consider the total Theme MV of the top 50 holders, and calculate its proportion of total Theme market value for all the funds. This tells us if the top holders of the Theme are overweight or underweight the particular sub-theme relative to all holders within a Theme. For example:

Education theme has 4 sub-themes: EdTech, K-12 & Childcare, Post-secondary, and Publishing

The top 50 holders of the Education theme have 150,000mn in EdTech. The total MV of EdTech held by all holders is 450,000mn. Then the top 50 holders account for 33.33% MV in EdTech.

The top 50 holders of the Education theme have an MV of 375,000mn in Education. The total MV of Education theme is 1,500,000mn. This means the top 50 holders account for 25% of Education. 33.33/25=1.33. Using a 100 scale, 133 is above 100 and shows a relative overweight in the EdTech sub-theme.


Next we look at the percentage of top 50 holders who are overweight the sub-theme. We look at the total market value of the sub-theme, and calculate its proportion within the market value of the entire Theme. Then we look at the proportion the Theme

The disclosed MV of EdTech sub-theme is 450,000mm, and the MV of the Education theme is 1,500,000mm. Edtech then comprises 30% of the MV of the

within the Edtech sub-theme specifically. This means the fund has 45% of its Education theme in Edtech. This is higher than the active benchmark, the fund is overweight Edtech.

Positioning between Themes within Thematic Universe We looked at the publicly disclosed holdings data of 13,000 institutions, 30,000 unique mutual fund portfolios, and 200,000 non- ‛ spanning 110 countries. For the overall Thematic Universe, we looked at the 50 largest funds in terms of the total market value of their holdings within the entire thematic universe. They would be considered the most influential investors of themes.

First we calculate if a particular theme is overweight by the biggest thematic holders. We take the market value of the theme held by the top 50 holders and calculate its proportion of total market value in the theme. Then we consider the total Theme universe market value of the top 50 holders, and calculate its proportion of total Theme universe market value for all the funds. This tells us if the top thematic holders are overweight or underweight the particular theme relative to all holders of the thematic universe.

Next we look at the percentage of top 50 holders who are overweight the theme. We look at the total market value of the theme, and calculate its proportion within the market value of the entire Thematic universe. Then we look at the proportion the

The disclosed MV of Education is 225,000mm, and the MV of the Thematic Universe is 1,500,000mm. Education then comprises 15% of the MV of the

within the Education theme specifically. This means the fund has 12.8% of its Thematic Universe in Education. This is lower than the active benchmark, the fund is underweight Education.

We plot the theme overweight level versus the percentage of top holders that are overweight. The higher the overweight level and the higher the proportion of holder overweight, the higher indication that the theme itself is overweight.

Holdings data Sources for this information include 13F, 13G, 13D, Registration filings (S-1, S-2, S-3), Proxy, 10-K, Insider filings (Forms 3, 4, 5), N-30D, N-Q mutual fund holdings, annual reports, and country specific authorities as collated by Factset. We use the most recent data available for each fund, excluding data that is more than 12 months old. The most

-to-three months old. To provide a more recent -to-market

the holdings as of the most recent month-end. The report does not reflect any changes, other than re-pricing, in portfolio holdings after the filing dates. The analysis includes both active and passive fund holdings information.


Equity client flow methodology This portion of the research product provides an aggregated view of BofA Merrill Lynch client trading flows into global stocks executed by the cash equities business of the firm. By aggregating flows across many execution platforms and trading desks, the goal of this product is to provide an overview of what Themes are being bought or sold. It is not meant to be predictive of the market, but aims to provide a holistic view of BofAML client trading flows by Theme.

The trading flow considers all stocks within the Thematic Universe, which spans all

of buy orders less sell orders. Since this product is meant to provide client action context of recent market and Theme performance based on client trading flows, we

single stock trades executed by the firm globally within the cash equities business including high touch, electronic trading, and portfolio trading. Order flow on derivatives such as options, futures, and swaps are not included.

Equity flows are represented in US dollar terms. Stocks that are not denominated in USD are converted using the spot foreign exchange rate on the day of trading.

Thematic Beats - Stock Beat Methodology

Filtering the universe 1. Select all stocks that are both within BofAML’s thematic universe as of the

fourth day of the month.

2. Exclude stocks for which BofAML does not have price objectives or earnings estimates.

3. Exclude stocks which are on BofAML’s restricted list or which have no rating, including those under review or under extended review.

4. Exclude stocks where the BofAML’s price objective was established more than six months ago.

5. Exclude stocks in bottom one third based on Market Capitalisation in USD.

6. Both BofAML and IBES Consensus price objectives are 12 months horizon data

7. Verify that the earnings estimate year for consensus is the same as for iQdatabase estimates to ensure that earnings estimates are comparable.

8. Convert consensus data into BofA ML estimates currency using BofA ML forecasts.

9. Exclude stocks with fewer than five consensus estimates for each of FY1 earnings, FY2 earnings and price objective. We do not adjust the consensus number to exclude the BofAML price objective and earnings estimates.

10. Exclude stocks with zero standard deviation of consensus estimates.

11. Adjust estimates for any corporate actions (e.g. stocks split and bonus shares) in the back testing period.

Calculating ranks 1. Convert consensus price objective and earnings estimates to BofAML pricing

currency.

2. Calculate a Z-score for each of the estimates, price objective, FY1 earnings and FY2 earnings individually using the below formula


Z-Score =

(BofAML Estimate – I/B/E/S Mean Estimate)

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Standard Deviation of I/B/E/S Estimate

Using Z-scores, standardises stocks to prevent any cyclical/defensive bias in our universe.

3. Exclude stocks with FY1 or FY2 earnings Z-score outside the range of ±5.

1. Rank stocks’ Z-scores from -100 (worst) to +100 (best) for each of the price

objective, FY1 and FY2 earnings.

Calc 1. Calculate equal-weighted average of ‘PO Beat Factor’, ‘FY1 Earnings Beat

Factor’, and ‘FY2 Earnings Beat Factor’.

2. Rank the average score from +100 to -100 to arrive at the ‘Beat Factor’. The maximum positive average score is ranked as +100 and the least negative average score is ranked as -100.

3. We intend to publish the new Stock Beat Screen each month.

The flowchart below summarises our methodology


Expected Return ‘Expected Return’ is calculated as the difference between the month-end share price objective of the BofAML analyst and the month-end share price. The Expected Return does not take into account total return.

Upside Rank The expected return is ranked from +100 (most upside) to 0 (least upside).

Top Thematic Beat Screen Stocks with BofAML ‘Buy’ rating, and positive Beat Factor are placed in the ‘Top Thematic Beat’ screen.

Thematic Beats acts as a stock, sector and market screen and does not constitute a recommended stock portfolio. Thematic Beats screens are not a recommended list either individually or as a group of stocks. Investors should consider the fundamentals of companies and their own individual circumstances before making any investment decisions.

Thematic Beats - risk factors 1. The performance of Thematic Beats Top Stock Screens individually or as a group

may be impacted when BofAML analysts change their view after the screen is published for the current month.

2. Thematic Beats will not provide the Top stocks when the BofAML analyst views are less differentiated from consensus.

Minimum of 5 IBES estimates FY1 or FY2 Earnings Z score in the range of +-5

Z score is ranked +100 to -100 PO Beat, FY1 and FY2 Earnings Beat

Buy rating, positive Beat Factor and expected return

Beat Factor

Top Thematic Beats Stocks

Restricted Status, No Rating, PO established date > 6 months

Select top two third stocks by market cap

FY1 Earnings, FY2 Earnings and Price Objective

Estimates are checked for currency compatibility

BofAML Thematic Universe

Rating

Market Capitilisation

Estimates

Currency Normalisation

Screen Selection


Analyst Certification I, Beijia Ma, CFA, hereby certify that the views expressed in this research report accurately reflect my personal views about the subject securities and issuers. I also certify that no part of my compensation was, is, or will be, directly or indirectly, related to the specific recommendations or view expressed in this research report.


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dispersions (shown in the table below). The current price objective for a stock should be ew of the potential price appreciation (depreciation).

Investment rating Total return expectation (within 12-month period of date of initial rating) Ratings dispersion guidelines for coverage cluster*

Buy ≥ 10% ≤ 70%

Neutral ≥ 0% ≤ 30%

Underperform N/A ≥ 20%

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