Applying Multi Manager to Islamic Investments Shamindra Perera CFA, Managing Director, Russell Investments 28 November 2007

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3 Why Multi-Manager? No-one is Best at Everything Source: Athens 2004 Olympic Games % Outperformance by Individual Event Champion Olympic Champion 8.59m9.85s 21.16m 2.36m 44.00s 12.91s 69.89m 5.95m 86.50m3:34.18 Decathlon Champion 7.84m 10.85s 16.36m2.12m48.36s14.05s48.72m70.52m 4:40.01 Event 100m Long Jump Shot Put High Jump 400m 110m Hurdles Discus Pole Vault Javelin 1500m 5.00m

4 Applying Russell Multi-Manager to Shariah Compliant Investing Guiding principles  Hire managers from the entire universe, not only Shariah compliant managers  Managers focus on managing assets, not Shariah compliance  Apply a single high standard of Shariah investment across all managers In practice  Managers researched and hired by Russell, Global Leader in Multi Manager Investing. Managers replaced when necessary.  Russell’s Shariah Board formulate and approve Shariah guidelines  Russell provides managers with a list of investable stocks, not Shariah guidelines

5 Shariah Compliance Board Members  Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia) Chairman  Sheikh Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgari (Saudi Arabia)  Dr. Mohammed Daud Bakar (Malaysia)  Sheikh Esam Mohammed Ishaq (Bahrain) Single process for all managers  Board approves investment guidelines  Board approves approve purification method  Broad universe of stocks is screened for compliance  Managers select securities from a single list  Manager portfolios continuously monitored for compliance  Board certifies Shariah compliance

6 Russell Shariah World Equity Fund Manager Process Characteristics Source: Russell Investments As at: 31 st March 2007 TECHNICAL: exploits opportunities created by behavioural anomalies in the market FUNDAMENTAL: capitalises on superior analysis of companies and securities LONG TERM: security decisions usually assessed over time horizons longer than 2 years SHORT TERM: security decisions reviewed over time horizons less than 2 years JUDGEMENTAL: flexible or pragmatic processes that rely on knowledge or experience of individuals or teams SYSTEMATIC: security selections driven by a systematic, usually quantitative, assessment process with limited scope for variation in implementation VALUE: relies on analysis of valuation metrics such as price/book GROWTH: depends on superior forecasting of earnings or cashflow growth TOP DOWN: forecasts macroeconomic trends expected to drive asset class, country, sector and security returns BOTTOM UP: focuses on individual securities, with less sensitivity to macro themes and asset class, country or sector returns

7 Russell Shariah Emerging Markets Equity Fund Manager Process Characteristics Source: Russell Investments Correct as at 31 st March, 2007 TECHNICAL: exploits opportunities created by behavioural anomalies in the market FUNDAMENTAL: capitalises on superior analysis of companies and securities LONG TERM: security decisions usually assessed over time horizons longer than 2 years SHORT TERM: security decisions reviewed over time horizons less than 2 years JUDGEMENTAL: flexible or pragmatic processes that rely on knowledge or experience of individuals or teams SYSTEMATIC: security selections driven by a systematic, usually quantitative, assessment process with limited scope for variation in implementation VALUE: relies on analysis of valuation metrics such as price/book GROWTH: depends on superior forecasting of earnings or cashflow growth TOP DOWN: forecasts macroeconomic trends expected to drive asset class, country, sector and security returns BOTTOM UP: focuses on individual securities, with less sensitivity to macro themes and asset class, country or sector returns

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