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Q4 2020

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Bond Market Performance
              While long-duration segments led performance on a trailing one-year basis, high
              yield outperformed investment grade bonds in Q3

              Bond Sector Performance                                                                                                              September          Q3      1 Year       1 Year Max Drawdown
                                                             TIPS outperformed nominals in Q3, their second
               18%                                           quarter in a row of strong performance                                                                                                         0%

               16%
                                                                                                                                                                                                            -5%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1 Year Max Drawdown (%)
               14%

               12%                                                                                                                                                                                          -10%
Returns (%)

               10%
                                                                                                                                                        8%                                                  -15%
                 8%
                                                                                                                                                                                  6%
                 6%                                                                                                                        5%                        5%                                     -20%
                                                                                                                  4%           5%
                                                               4%
                 4%                                                                     4%
                                                                                                     3%
                                                                                                                                                                                               2%           -25%
                 2%                  1%
                        0%                        0%                        0%
                 0%                                                                                                                                                                                         -30%
                          T-Bills      US            US        US TIPS      US MBS       US IG    1-10 Yr IG 10 Yr+ IG US High             Leveraged Developed Developed EM Hard EM Local
                                    Aggregate     Treasury                             Corporates Corporates Corporates Yield                Loans    Ex-US IG   Ex-US   Currency Currency
                                                                                                                                                     Corporates Sovreign Sovereign Sovereign
                                                                                                                                                                 Bonds    Bonds     Bonds
              Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. As of September 30, 2020. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. T-bills - Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Tr Bills: 1-3 Months Index, US Aggregate -
              Bloomberg Barclays US Agg Index, US Treasury - Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Index, US TIPS - Bloomberg Barclays Global Inflation-Linked: U.S. TIPS Index, US MBS - Bloomberg Barclays US MBS Index,
              US IG Corporates - Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Index, 1-10 YR IG Corporates - Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Corporate Index, 10 Yr+ IG Corporates - Bloomberg Barclays Long U.S. Corporate Index,
              US High Yield - Bloomberg Barclays VLI: High Yield Index, Leveraged Loans - S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index, Developed Ex-US IG Corporates - Bloomberg Barclays Global Agg Corporate ex USD $1B+ Index,
              Developed Ex-US Sovereign Bonds - Bloomberg Barclays Global Treasury ex-U.S. Index, EM Hard Currency Sovereign Bonds - J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, EM Local Sovereign Bonds - Bloomberg
              Barclays EM Local Currency Govt Diversified Index

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Bond Market Yield and Duration
                              Income remains hard to come by with traditional fixed income exposures, as the Agg
                              yields just 1.2% and 67% lower than that of its 20 year average1

                              Bond Market Segments Yield and Duration                                                                                                 Yield to Worst           Duration       QTD Return

                              10                                                          Senior Loans offer a yield of 5.6% vs                                                                                              5
                                                                      4.6                 5.8% for HY                                                                                    8.6                           8.6

                               8
                                                                                                                                                                                                        7.1                  4
                                                                                                                  6.8
                                                                                                                                                                           6.4
Yield (%), Duration (Years)

                                            3.5
                                                               5.8

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 QTD Return (%)
                               6     5.6                                                                                                                                                                         3.2
                                                                                                                                                              4.6                                                            3
                                                                                                                   2.9
                                                                     3.9                                                                         3.9
                               4                                                                            3.8
                                                                                                                               3.3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             2
                                                                                   1.9            1.9                                                                              2.0
                               2
                                                                                                                         1.3                            1.4          1.2                  1.5
                                                  0.6                                       0.7                                                                1.3                                0.5
                                           0.2          0.1                  0.1                                                           0.3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1
                               0
                                                         0.6                                       0.6                                                                      0.6
                                                                                                                                                 0.2                                                            -0.7
                                                                                    0.1                                             0.1                                                                   0.2
                              -2                                                                                                                                                                                             0

                                    Leveraged Floating Rate    HY      US Treasury: Corporates:             EM Hard           MBS         Intermediate Intermediate Aggregate       Broad          Broad          TIPS
                                      Loans      Notes      Corporates  1-3 Year     1-3 Year               Currency                       Treasuries Corporates                  Corporates     Treasuries

                              Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. as of September 30, 2020. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the
                              deduction of any fees or expenses. Performance returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. Intermediate Treasuries: Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Treasury Index,
                              US Treasury: 1-3 Year: Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Index, Broad Treasuries: Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Index, Corporates: 1-3 Year: Bloomberg Barclays US
                              Corporate 1-3 Year Index, Aggregate: Bloomberg Barclays US Agg Index, MBS: Bloomberg Barclays US MBS Index , Intermediate Corporates: Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate
                              Corporate Index , Floating Rate Notes: Bloomberg Barclays FRN < 5yr Index, Broad Corporates: Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Index ,HY Corporates: Bloomberg Barclays US
                              Corporate High Yield Index. 1Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. as of September 30, 2020. Yield to Worst used for the Bloomberg Barclays US Agg Index.

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ETF Fund Flow Trends
         As the market took a more risk-off tone in September, high yield ETF flows
         reversed course while demand for government bond ETFs increased

         Government Flows Versus S&P 500 Performance Trends                                                    High Yield ETF Monthly Flows ($ Billions)
                   S&P 500 Difference to 50-Day Moving Average
                   Rolling 30-Day Government Bond ETF Flows                                                                $10.0

                 20%                                                               $20
                                                                                                                            $8.0                             $7.5

                 15%                                                                                                                                                $6.3          $6.4
                                                                                   $15                                      $6.0
                 10%

                                                                                   $10                                      $4.0
                  5%                                                                                                                                  $3.0
                                                                                                                                                                                         $2.4

                                                                                                               $Billions
                                                                                                                                                                           $1.6

                                                                                           Flows ($Billions)
                  0%                                                                                                        $2.0
Difference (%)

                                                                                   $5

                  -5%                                                                                                       $0.0
                                                                                   $0
                 -10%                                                                                                               ($0.7)
                                                                                                                           ($2.0)
                 -15%                                                              ($5)
                                                                                                                           ($4.0)
                 -20%
                                                                                                                                             ($4.7)
                                                                                   ($10)                                   ($6.0)                                                               ($5.1)
                 -25%

                 -30%                                                              ($15)
                    Jan-17    Oct-17     Jul-18     Apr-19       Jan-20

         Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. As of September 30, 2020, calculations by SPDR Americas Research. All figures are in USD.

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Active Performance Barometer
Active fixed income managers continued to see strong performance in Q3 2020 after
struggling to outperform the market in Q1 2020
Percent of Managers Outperforming Prospectus Benchmark                                          Average Manager Excess Return (%) versus Prospectus Benchmark
  Intermediate Core Bond         Intermediate Core Plus Bond           HY Bond                       Intermediate Core Bond       Intermediate Core Plus Bond

100                                                                                             3

                                                                                                2
 80

                                                                                                1
 60

                                                                                                0
 40
                                                                                                -1

 20
                                                                                                -2

  0
                                                                                                -3                                  Average excess returns were
        As a result of their credit bias, core plus                                                                                 all positive in Q3 2020
-20
        managers faired the worst in Q1 2020, but
                                                                                                -4
        rebounded strongly in Q2 and Q3

                                                                                                -5
-40
                                                                                                       2019     Q1 2020       Q2 2020   Q3 2020     2020    2020 Minus
         2019       Q1 2020       Q2 2020      Q3 2020        2020      2020 Minus
                                                                                                                                                               2019
                                                                           2019
Source: Morningstar as of September 30, 2020. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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Yield Curve
The yield curve was largely unchanged in Q3, as the Fed kept short-term rates at
zero and long-term rates did not budge

US Treasury Curve                                                                           US Treasury Active:                 9/30/2020          12/31/2019           6/30/2020

                              1M           3M           6M           1Y               2Y              3Y               5Y               7Y              10Y             30Y
                   3.0
                                                                                                                                                                         2.4
                   2.5
                                                                                                                                        1.8             1.9
                   2.0                                  1.6          1.6              1.6             1.6             1.7
 Yield (%)

                              1.5          1.5                                                                                                                           1.4
                   1.5

                   1.0                                                                                                                                  0.7              1.5
                                                                                                                                        0.5
                                                                     0.2              0.2             0.2             0.3
                   0.5        0.1          0.1           0.1                                                                                            0.7
                                                                                                                                        0.5
                   0.0                                                                                                0.3
                              0.1          0.1          0.2          0.1              0.1             0.2

                                                                                                                                       YTD         Trailing 3 Months             1 Month
                  50.0
                                                                                                            1               1                               3                4
 Change in Bps

                    0.0
                               -5 -1        -4 -1        -6 -1        -4   0           -2   0          -2              -1                  -2 -2                -2                -2
                  -50.0

                 -100.0                                                                                                                                              -93.4
                 -150.0                                                                                                                            -123.4
                          -137.8       -145.2       -148.2       -146.2         -144.2           -145.2          -141.4           -136.1
                 -200.0

                               1M           3M           6M           1Y               2Y             3Y               5Y               7Y              10Y              30Y
Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. As of September 30, 2020. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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Rates Trends
      The yield curve traded in a narrow range throughout the quarter, but recently
      started to fall even as jobless claims continued to decline

         US 10-2 Year Spread (%) versus Initial Jobless Rate                                                        US Inflation Measures

                                       US Initial Jobless Claims   10-2 Year                                         Headline CPI   Core CPI   PCE   Sticky 12 Month CPI

                                     8000                                               0.80                         3.5

                                     7000                                               0.70                          3

                                     6000                                               0.60
                                                                                                                     2.5
Initial Jobless Claims (Thousands)

                                     5000                                               0.50

                                                                                               10-2 Yr Spread
                                                                                                                      2

                                                                                                                %
                                     4000                                               0.40
                                                                                                                     1.5
                                     3000                                               0.30

                                                                                                                      1
                                     2000                                               0.20

                                     1000                                               0.10                         0.5

                                        0                                               0.00                          0

         Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. As of September 30, 2020. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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Credit Trends
Credit spreads widened closer to their long-term averages amid the risk-off
sentiment in September, except for CCC & lower high yield bonds

Credit Spreads                                                                             Credit Spread Changes in Basis Points
                                                                                                                                                        1 Year        September
            Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Index
            Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Index                                            High Yield CCC & Lower                                              93
                                                                                                                          -19
            Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Energy Index                                        US High Yield B Rated                                46
                                                                                                                                                                            152

                                                                                             US High Yield BB Rated                                                               168
                                                                                                                                                   46
 2500                                                                                                                                                                      144
                                                                                                    Broad High Yield                              40
                                                                                                      US BBB Rated                           28
                                                                                                                                       8
 2000                                                                                                   IG Corporate                        21
                                                                                                                                       6

                                                                                           Credit Spread Current vs. 20-Yr Averages
 1500
                                                                                                                                                   20-Yr. Avg          September

                                                                                                                                 157
 1000                                                                                                   IG Corporate            136
                                                                                                                                166
                                                                                                                                                                 The crossover
                                                                                                      US BBB Rated               184                             segments’ spreads
  500                                                                                               Broad High Yield                             549             are above their
                                                                                                                                                 517             20-year averages
                                                                                             US High Yield BB Rated                        384
                                                                                                                                           400
     0                                                                                        US High Yield B Rated                               570
                                                                                                                                                  567
                                                                                        US High Yield CCC & Lower                                                         1168
                                                                                                                                                                         1152

Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. BofA Merrill Lynch, As of September 30, 2020. US High Yield CCC & Lower = BofA ML US High Yield CCC & Lower Rated Index. US High Yield B Rated
= BofAML US High Yield B Rated Index. BBB Rated = BofA ML US Investment Grade BBB Rated Index. Broad high yield = Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Index.
IG Corporate = Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Index. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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Credit Trends (Continued)
 Though downgrades decreased in Q3, 2020 total downgrades have outpaced every year
 over the last ten years

 Yearly Downgrades By Quarter for North American Credits                                   Percent of High Yield Bonds Trading at Distressed Levels
 Q1    Q2     Q3    Q4
                                                                                                 % HY Trading as Distressed    Average
3000        Q3 saw fewer downgrades than in Q1 and Q2, as                                  25%         The positive change in sentiment from policy has
            2020 is setting records for number of downgrades
                                                                                                       decreased the percentage bonds trading distressed
                                                                                                       since Q1
2500
                                                                                           20%

2000

                                                                                           15%

1500

                                                                                           10%
1000

                                                                                            5%
 500

   0                                                                                        0%
       2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020*

 Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. BofA Merrill Lynch, as of September 30, 2020.

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Credit Attribution
Both high yield and investment grade corporate bonds produced positive returns
in Q3, however, the spread widening in September was a drag on the quarter

US High Yield Attribution                                                                  US IG Corporate Attribution

       Curve Change         Curve Carry        Spread Return                                   Curve Change        Curve Carry         Spread Return

   6                                                                                     12

                                        4.55
                                                                                         10            6.64
                                                                                                                      IG Credit’s strong returns in 2020 have
   4
                                                                                                                      been from its duration profile
                                                                                           8

   2
                                                                                           6

   0                                                                                       4

                                                                                                                               1.56
                                                                                           2
  -2
                                                               -1.15
                                                                                           0
                           The change in spreads equated to
  -4                       100% of the return in Q3                                                                                                    -0.29
                                                                                          -2

                -0.08
  -6                                                                                      -4
            Year to Date                 Q3                  September                             Year to Date                 Q3                  September

Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P As of September 30, 2020. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. US IG Corporates - Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate
Index, US High Yield - Bloomberg Barclays VLI: High Yield Index

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Senior Loans
         For investors looking for a smoother path of income generation, senior loans yield
         close to 5%1 with historically lower volatility than high yield

                 Rolling 36M Volatility                                                                                        Yield per Unit of Average Volatility
                              Senior Loans   High Yield
                                                                                                                                          1
                         25
                                                                                                                                         0.9      0.87

                                                                                                                                         0.8
                         20

                                                                                                  Yield Per Unit of Average Volatility
                                                                                                                                         0.7
                                                                                                                                                                        0.61
Standard Deviation (%)

                         15                                                                                                              0.6

                                                                                                                                         0.5

                         10                                                                                                              0.4

                                                                                                                                         0.3
                         5
                                                                                                                                         0.2

                                                                                                                                         0.1
                         0
                                                                                                                                          0
                                                                                                                                               Senior Loans           High Yield

Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P., Factset as of September 30th, 2020. Senior Loans represented by the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan 100 Index and High Yield by the Bloomberg Barclays High
Yield VLI. Left chart: displays rolling 36M yields for the periods ending 02/28/2005-09/30/2020. Right chart: Yield to Worst used for the indices. Average rolling 36M yield for the periods ending
02/28/2005-09/30/2020 used for the volatility calculation.1Source: S&P Dow Jones as of September 30, 2020. YTM for the S&P LSTA Leveraged Loan Index = 4.93%.

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Hybrid Securities
               Convertible securities have outperformed equities with less drawdowns year to date.
               Preferreds may help generate income with lower credit risk than high yield

               YTD Performance: Converts vs. Equities and Fixed Income                                                             Yield per Unit of Volatility
                                 S&P 500                                                                                                                               Trailing 36M Volatility   Yield     Yield Per Unit of Volatility
                                 Bloomberg Barclays US Convertibles Liquid Bond Index
                                 Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Bond Index                                                                                              18                                                               0.70
                                 Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Very Liquid Index
                                 VIX Index
               130                                                                                  90                                                                   16

                                                                                                                                   Standard Deviation (%), Yield (%)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          0.60
                                                                                                    80                                                                   14
               120

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Yield/Volatility Ratio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          0.50
                                                                                                    70
                                                                                                                                                                         12
               110

                                                                                                          CBOE Volatility Index
                                                                                                    60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          0.40
Index Levels

                                                                                                                                                                         10
               100                                                                                  50
                                                                                                                                                                          8                                                               0.30
                90                                                                                  40

                                                                                                    30                                                                    6
                80                                                                                                                                                                                                                        0.20
                                                                                                    20                                                                    4
                70
                                                                                                    10                                                                                                                                    0.10
                                                                                                                                                                          2
                60                                                                                  0
                                                                                                                                                                          0                                                               0.00
                                                                                                                                                                              Long Term Large Cap    Agg      Preferreds   High Yield
                                                                                                                                                                              Treasuries Dividend
                                                                                                                                                                                         Equities

               Source: Left chart: Bloomberg Finance L.P., as of September 30th 2020. Right chart: Bloomberg Factset, Bloomberg Finance, L.P. as of September 30th 2020. The yield to worst for the
               Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury 20+ Years Bond Index, Wells Fargo Hybrid and Preferred Securities Aggregate Index and the Bloomberg Barclays High Yield VLI. The dividend yield is
               used for the S&P 500 High Yield Aristocrates Index. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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EM Debt Attribution
Emerging market local currencies rallied by 2.7% on the quarter, benefiting
exposures with a currency bias like EM Local debt

EM Local Sovereign Debt Attribution                                                   EM Local Sovereign Debt Return Correlation to EM Currencies (2009 – 2020)
     Curve Change      Curve Carry       Spread Return        Currency Return
                                                                                                                           5%

                                                                                             EM Currency Monthly Returns
 4
                                                                                                                           2%
 3                                     1.82
                                                                                                                           -1%
                                                                                                                                                                          Correlation: 92%
 2
                                                                                                                           -4%
 1
                                                                                                                           -7%

 0                                                                                                                     -10%
                                                                                                                           -10%                  -5%              0%                5%
-1                                                                -0.39
                                                                                                                                              EM Local Sovreign Debt Monthly Returns

-2
                                                                                                                            14%
                                                                                           EM Currency 1 Year Standard
-3                                In Q3, currency effects were positive to
                                                                                               Deviation Returns            12%
                                  EM Debt. However, not in September.                                                       10%
-4
                                                                                                                             8%

-5                                                                                                                           6%
                                                                                                                                                                           Correlation: 88%
             -1.59                                                                                                           4%
-6
                                                                                                                             2%
          Year to Date                  Q3                   September
                                                                                                                             0%
Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. As of September 30, 2020                                                                          0%             5%             10%            15%             20%
EM Local – Bloomberg Barclays EM Local Sovereign Bond Index.
                                                                                                                                       EM Local Sovereign 1 Year Standard Deviation of Returns
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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Bond Market Opportunities
Three strategies outside of the Agg exposure to pursue more income, while
balancing sources of risk

Senior Loans to                                          Preferreds to                                             Emerging Market
Reduce Credit                                            Improve Income                                            Debt to Add
Volatility                                               Diversification                                           Currency Driven
Income seeking investors who                            Preferred may be appropriate                               Income
are averse to the increased                             for investors seeking the highest
                                                                                                                   A weakening US dollar may be
credit risk of high yield bonds                         yields in the investment grade
                                                                                                                   a total return tailwind for
may want to consider senior                             universe while maintaining
                                1                                                                                  Emerging Market Debt (EMD)
loans as they yield close to 5%                         overall portfolio diversification as
                                                                                                                   and given that a primary
and historically have had lesser                        preferreds have relatively low
                                                                                                                   source of return deviations are
volatility than high yield                              historic correlations to traditional
                                                                                                                   from the currency, EMD may
                                                        stocks and bonds (0.52 and
                                                                             2                                     further diversify income
                                                        0.40, respectively)
                                                                                                                   generation within a portfolio

1Source: S&P Dow Jones as of September 30th 2020. YTM used for the Senior Loans are represented by the S&P LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index. YTM = 4.93%. 2 Source: Factset,
Bloomberg Finance, L.P, Correlation and Beta measured for the 10 year period ending 09/30/2020. Wells Fargo Hybrid and Preferred Securities Aggregate Index used to represent
Preferreds, S&P 500 used to represent Equities and the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index used to represent bonds.

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Appendix A

Definitions
Basis Point: One hundredth of one percent, or 0.01%.                                         The Bloomberg Barclays US Convertible Liquid Bond Index is designed to represent
                                                                                             the market of U.S. convertible securities, such as convertible bonds.
The Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Bill Index tracks the market for treasury bills
issued by the US government. US Treasury bills are issued in fixed maturity terms of 4-,     Credit Spread: A credit spread is the difference in yield between a US Treasury bond and
13-, 26- and 52-weeks. The US Treasury Bill Index is a component of the US Short             a debt security with the same maturity but of lesser quality.
Treasury Index along with US Treasury notes and bonds that have fallen below one year
to maturity.                                                                                 Parity The value of the underlying equity if the convertible is converted. It is equal to the
                                                                                             current stock price multiplied by the number of shares for which the bond may be
The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index is a measure of global investment              exchanged.
grade debt from 24 local currency markets. This multi- currency benchmark includes
treasury, government-related, corporate and securitized fixed-rate bonds from both           S&P/LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index: The S&P/LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100
developed and emerging markets issuers.                                                      Index is designed to reflect the largest facilities in the leveraged loan market.

The Bloomberg Barclays US Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) Index tracks agency               Delta: The sensitivity of one asset to an underlying deriviative
mortgage pass-through securities (no longer incorporates hybrid ARM) guaranteed by
Ginnie Mae (GNMA), Mae (FNMA), and Freddie Mac (FHLMC). The index is constructed             Spread Changes: Changes in the spread between Treasury securities and non-Treasury
by grouping individual TBA- deliverable MBS pools into aggregates or generics based on       securities that are identical in all respects except for quality rating.
program, coupon and vintage.
                                                                                             Parity The value of the underlying equity if the convertible is converted. It is equal to the
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Index: A benchmark that provides a measure of the            current stock price multiplied by the number of shares for which the bond may be
performance of the US dollar denominated investment grade bond market, which includes        exchanged.
investment grade government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass
through securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities        Standard Deviation: Measures the historical dispersion of a security, fund or index
that are publicly for sale in the US.                                                        around an average. Investors use standard deviation to measure expected risk or
                                                                                             volatility, and a higher standard deviation means the security has tended to show higher
Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate 1–3 Year Index: The Index includes publicly issued           volatility or price swings in the past.
US dollar denominated corporate issues that have a remaining maturity of greater than or
equal to 1 year and less than 3 years, are rated investment grade.                           Yield: The income produced by an investment, typically calculated as the interest received
                                                                                             annually divided by the investment’s price.
Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Bond Index: The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate
Bond Index measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate, taxable         Yield Curve: A graph or line that plots the interest rates or yields of bonds with similar
corporate and government related bond markets. It is composed of the US Corporate            credit quality but different durations, typically from shortest to longest duration. When the
Index and a non-corporate component that includes foreign agencies, sovereigns,              yield curve is said to be flat, it means the difference in yields between bonds with shorter
supranationals and local authorities.                                                        and longer durations is relatively narrow. When the yield curve is said to be steepened, it
                                                                                             means the difference in yields between short term and long term bonds increases.
The Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Currency Liquid Government
Index is a country-constrained, more liquid version of the flagship Emerging Markets Local   Yield to Worst: Yield to worst is an estimate of the lowest yield that you can expect to
Currency Government Index, which is designed to provide a broad measure of the               earn from a bond when holding to maturity, absent a default. It is a measure that is used in
performance of local currency Emerging Markets (EM)                                          place of yield to maturity with callable bonds.

Bloomberg US Treasury Index: The Bloomberg US Treasury Bond Index is a rules-
based, market-value weighted index engineered to measure the performance and
characteristics of fixed rate coupon US Treasuries which have a maturity greater than 12
months.

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Appendix B

Important Disclosures
Issued by State Street Global Advisors, Australia Services Limited (AFSL Number 274900,            perceived inability or unwillingness of issuers, guarantors or liquidity providers to make
ABN 16 108 671 441) ("SSGA, ASL"). Registered office: Level 14, 420 George Street,                 scheduled principal or interest payments; illiquidity in debt securities markets; and
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia · Telephone: 612 9240-7600 · Web: www.ssga.com.                        prepayments of principal, which often must be reinvested in obligations paying interest at
                                                                                                   lower rates.
This material is general information only and does not take into account your individual
objectives, financial situation or needs and you should consider whether it is appropriate         Equity securities may fluctuate in value in response to the activities of individual
for you. You should seek professional advice and consider the product disclosure                   companies and general market and economic conditions.
document, available at www.ssga.com, before deciding whether to acquire or continue to
hold units in an ETF. This material should not be considered a solicitation to buy or sell a       Investments in small-sized companies may involve greater risks than in those of larger,
security.                                                                                          better known companies.

The views expressed in this material are the views of the SPDR Americas Research Team              Investments in mid-sized companies may involve greater risks than in those of larger,
through the period ended 30 September 2020 and are subject to change based on market               better known companies, but may be less volatile than investments in smaller companies.
and other conditions.                                                                              Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market and
This document contains certain statements that may be deemed forward-looking                       economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies with
statements. Please note that any such statements are not guarantees of any future                  smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the value of the
performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those                    security may not rise as much as companies with smaller market capitalizations.
projected.                                                                                         Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole. They can remain
The information provided does not constitute investment advice and it should not be relied         undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
on as such. It should not be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell a security.      Foreign investments involve greater risks than US investments, including political and
It does not take into account any investor’s particular investment objectives, strategies, tax     economic risks and the risk of currency fluctuations, all of which may be magnified in
status or investment horizon. You should consult your tax and financial advisor.                   emerging markets.

Investing involves risk including the risk of loss of principal.                                   Because of their narrow focus, sector funds tend to be more volatile.

All material has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. There is no                   Commodities investing entail significant risk as commodity prices can be extremely
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                                                                                                   inflation risk.
All the index performance results referred to are provided exclusively for comparison
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rate risk (as interest rates rise, bond prices usually fall); issuer default risk; issuer credit
risk; liquidity risk; and inflation risk. These effects are usually pronounced for longer-term
securities. Any fixed income security sold or redeemed prior to maturity may be subject to
a substantial gain or loss.
The values of debt securities may decrease as a result of many factors, including, by
way of example, general market fluctuations; increases in interest rates; actual or

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Appendix B

Important Disclosures
Standard & Poor’s, S&P and SPDR are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor/s
Financial Services LLC (S&P); Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones
Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones); and these trademarks have been licensed for use
by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (SPDJI) and sublicensed for certain purposes by State
Street Corporation. State Street Corporation’s financial products are not sponsored,
endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, their respective affiliates and
third party licensors and none of such parties make any representation regarding the
advisability of investing in such product(s) nor do they have any liability in relation thereto,
including for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of any index.
Tracking Code: 3285399.1.1.ANZ.RTL
Expiration Date: January 31, 2021

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