Commercialmortgageloans

REACH

RESEARCH

RESULTS

CORE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

WHY CORE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS (CMLs)? $500 million – $2+ billon Can be tailored to meet specific client objectives

CREDIT QUALITY AAA - BBB+ based on proprietary credit risk rating system

LOAN STRUCTURES •­ LTV: 40% - 70% ­•­ Size: $20 million - $100 million ­­• Terms: 3 - 30 years ­­• Interest rates: fixed and variable

PROPERTIES Office, retail, industrial, multifamily, hotels and self-storage

• Strong relative value • Low credit loss experience • Diversification • High current income stream • Limited return correlation with other asset classes • Call protection • Ability to tailor investments to meet specific needs of investor (e.g. asset-liability matching, credit risk tolerance, etc.)

Strong Relative Value: CML Spread Premiums Observed Since 2000 CML Market-Clearing Spread Estimates Less Corporate Bond Composite Index 5 & 10-Year Terms, All Investment Grade Classes and Times Weighted Equally, Annual Effective Yield Basis 10% 9%

Frequency of Observations

ACCOUNT SIZE

8% 7% 6%

Current market position Primarily late 2008, early 2009

Primarily mid to late 2009

5% 4% 3% 2% 1%

Emphasis on properties with durable

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-0s

Basis Points of “Excess” Value in Commercial Mortgage Loans (Gross)

>=200

TENANCY

-10s

<=20

0%

Data Sources: Principal Real Estate Investors & Barclays Point (measured weekly)

tenant income streams / minimal volatility

CURRENT MARKET OPPORTUNITY (as of Q2, 2016)

MARKETS

• Limited new supply, healthy demand driven by still strong job growth, low vacancies and low interest rates all continue to benefit the commercial real estate sector.

45+ major U.S. metropolitan areas

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Loan origination, closing and reporting managed by our seasoned team

All data as of 30 June 2016

• Compelling space market fundamentals with stable vacancy rates and increasing rents most all metropolitan areas and property types.

• Portfolio lenders’ credit metrics remain strong, with insurance companies maintaining average loan-to-value and debt service coverage ratios near their most lender-favorable levels in 50 years.

• For 2016, CMLs appear likely to generate excess value averaging 60 to 70 basis points over comparably-rated corporate bonds despite the large supply of capital currently targeting CML investments.

CORE CMLs: RELATIVE RETURNS AND INCOME AND CORRELATION BENEFITS Correlation of Quarterly Total Returns: Gilberto-Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index vs. Other Indices 1978 Q4 through 2015 Q4

Average Annual Returns: Total Return vs.

Income Return 1978 Q4 through 2015 Q4 1.00

14% 12%

11.7%

0.80

10%

9.2%

8.9%

9.1% 8.3% 8.0%

7.4%

8%

0.80

0.60

0.40 6% 0.20

4%

0.00

2% 0%

0.11

2.8%

-0.02 S&P 500 Index

NCREIF National Property Index Total Return

-0.20 Gilberto-Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index

Barclay’s Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index

Barclay’s Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index

S&P 500 Index

NCREIF National Property Index

Income Return

Data Sources: S&P, NCREIF, Gilberto-Levy, Barclays and Principal Real Estate Investors

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Data Sources: Gilberto-Levy, Barclays, S&P, NCREIF, and Principal Real Estate Investors

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