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CONVENIENT LIES, INCONVENIENT TRUTHS, AND “MONETARY METHADONE”. A BUSINESS WITH A SOCIAL PURPOSE GOLDMAN SACHS CONFERENCE NIGEL WILSON, 11 JUNE 2013 EVERY DAY MATTERS

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CONVENIENT LIES, INCONVENIENT TRUTHS, AND “MONETARY METHADONE”.

A BUSINESS WITH A SOCIAL PURPOSE

GOLDMAN SACHS CONFERENCENIGEL WILSON, 11 JUNE 2013

EVERY DAY MATTERS

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Full Year 2012: Growing Earnings, Growing Distribution

• Earnings per share up 12% to 13.90p

• Full year dividend up 20% to 7.65p per share

• IFRS return on equity 15.5%

Q1 2013: Strong Growth in All Areas

• Operational cash up 13%, net cash up 19%

• LGIM AUM up 9% to £441bn LGIM gross inflows up 81% to £13.6bn

• Record Individual Annuity premiums up 51% to £406m Bulk Purchase Annuity premiums £357m

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS.

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MACRO TRENDS POWERING L&G GROWTH.

Homogenous asset markets LGIM International

Ageing populations Retirement Solutions

‘On the Go’ lifestyles Digital Solutions

Welfare Reforms Protection

Retrenching banks Direct investments

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ECONOMIC AUSTERITY LEADS TO POLITICAL UNEMPLOYMENT.

Pre 2010 2012 2014

Sarkozy 55% 35% 34% Exit

Hollande Elected 51% 30% 2014 Euro elections.29% approval rating

Obama 65% 50% Re-electedSenate and House of

Representatives elections. 52% approval rating

Merkel 60% 63% 60% Sept 2013 Fed elections.60% approval rating

Abe 30% Resigns 2007

76%Elected 70% approval rating

Cameron 54% 36% 28%2014 Euro Elections. GE

May 201532% approval rating

Austerity casualties: Zapatero, Berlusconi, Papandreou, Monti, Papademos, Cowen, Sócrates

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UK EMPLOYMENT AT NEW HIGHS.

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1. Employment “surprised” on the upside

2. Labour mobility and flexibility

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L&G: A SIMPLE BUSINESS IN A COMPLEX WORLD…..• “Club A” countries

– Low growth but control of currency/interest rates

– UK, US, Japan, Germany?

• “Club B” countries– Fiscally bankrupt, high unemployment,

lack of solutions– Spain, Greece, Cyprus….

• “Club C” countries– Growth economies: 7% growth for 10

years doubles size of these– China, India, Indonesia….

Concerns about…

2012:• US fiscal cliff• Chinese ‘hard landing’• Euro recession

2013:• Japanese massive monetary

expansion• US taper and/or exit from QE• Social and political unrest in

Europe• German and ECB position post

the September elections

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WELFARE EXPECTATIONS. CROWDING OUT WHEN WE NEED TO LEAN IN

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Welfare 90 115 28

Health 102 121 19

Education 79 92 16

Total 370 455 23

Total Expenditure 583 695 19

Source: Congressional Budget Office, Citi research Source: HM Treasury - Public Expenditure, Statistical Analyses 2012

US government spending v revenue UK public sector expenditure on services

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Source: United Nations Population Division, 2010 projections. Total projected world population in 2050 is 9.3 billion.

WORLD POPULATION GROWTH 1950-2050

LONG TERM DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR L&G.

“The world is becoming grey. Over 60s rising from 600 million to 2 billion by 2050”

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FALLING UK DEPENDENCY RATIOS BOOST NEED FOR RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS.

Dependency Ratio 1950 2030 (Est)Japan 12.2 1.8

Germany 7.1 2.1

Italy 8.0 2.3

France 5.8 2.4

UK 5.9 2.9

US 8.1 3.0

UK 2000 UK 2025

Sources: ONS, United Nations Population Division.

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SOVEREIGN DEBT IS AN ASSET BUBBLE.Negative real yields

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Source: Datastream

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3 SCENARIOS FOR QE.1. Optimists – “Bernanke”

• QE has prevented negative output gap and deflation• It can be slowly withdrawn when private sector deleveraging finishes• Rates then rise gradually, inflation remains steady• Positive supply shocks necessary e.g. shale gas

2. Middle Way – “The Rational Economist”• QE will feed inflation back into the system• Inflation will be tolerated as re-leveraging drives a short recovery• Eventually rates have to rise, triggering second dip

3. Pessimists – “Southern European Politician”• Deleveraging is deflationary, QE just inflates asset prices• Stopping QE is impossible as asset prices and growth fall• Financial repression keeps yields low until public confidence collapses

The captive creditor issueSubstantial increase in inequality

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THE QE GLIDE PATH – A SERIES OF NUDGES.

Actions Progress and Timing

Nudge back and then curtail large scale asset purchases

Recent Fed speakers have suggested tapering of asset purchases in the autumn and end QE early 2014

Stop reinvestments of agency Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) principal and the rollover of Treasury Securities holdings

Late 2014 / early 2015

Nudge up forward interest rate guidance 2015

Drain reserves 2015

Nudge up short term interest rates once housing market “recovers” 2015 at the earliest

Sell trophy assets (real estate, gold) Perhaps never / automatic run-off

Source: LGIM

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L&G BALANCE SHEET MANAGEMENT.

UK USA Europe (ex-GIPS) GIPS Other

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INVESTMENT DISCIPLINE.15

FORWARD LOOKING

Extensive LGIM resources

LGIM: 6 economists, 20 person strategic risk team, plus a large pool of investment analysts

External Inputs Industry standard Algorithmics software covering in excess of £350bn assets

Prospective risk analysis

500,000 simulations and theme based scenario analysis

ACTIVELY REVIEWED

Regular review Strategic asset allocation process with monthly reviews and second line challenge

Bespoke mandates Mandates uniquely aligned to business objectives; few ‘market benchmarks’

Broad challenge Inputs from Asset Liability Committee, Chief Risk Officer, Group Treasury and Investments, business units

TIGHTLY MANAGED

Clear hedge objectives

Low risk appetite for interest rate, inflation and currency risk across the Group

Simple liabilities Virtually no un-hedgeable options or minimal reinvestment risk in products

Tight limits Limited IGD sensitivity to interest rates, inflation and currency

“We seek economically attractive global opportunities, where we have management expertise, subject to statutory capital affordability.”

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POLICY GOALS AND APPROACHES.

• Productive use of ‘trapped liquidity’ and unproductive assets– Corporate cash surpluses, illiquid assets (e.g. housing)– Long-term equity culture

• Facilitate investment– Infrastructure (physical, digital)– Grow savings/investments via incentivisation/compulsion (e.g. Australia)– Regulation that reflects reality– SME’s via aggregation/securitisation

• Fiscal consolidation vital to cope with debt and demographics– Risk sharing (pensions, long-term care, protection)– Fairer, better incentives via tax: long term savings for government– Later retirement; a process not a ‘cliff’– Consistent accumulation and decumulation approach, with advice– Tackle “horizontal” and intergenerational fairness

• A more resilient society via insurance– Premium-based, not tax and spend

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DIRECT INVESTMENTS - HOUSING.

Banking austerity has expanded opportunityReady to play a bigger role in funding economic and social development

• £116m accommodation project in Clapham for Imperial College

• Unite Group• £121m, 10-year facility

• National Football Centre, St George’s Park at Burton- on-Trent

• Purchased alongside private equity

• Landbank of 9,900 plots• Hyde Housing Group• £102m, 15-year facility

• University of Hertfordshire student accommodation project

• £145m infrastructure debt and equity investment for a 50 year concession period

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• Sentinel Housing, private placement

• Sentinel is a registered social housing provider in Hampshire

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TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.

• Tesco distribution hub at Reading

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• Gatwick Airport, bond investment

• Gatwick has performed well during the recession

• Severn River Crossing, bond investment

• Like other early PFI transactions the Severn River Crossing was financed by institutions

• Exchequer Partnership, bond investment

• PFI construction and maintenance of offices for HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guard’s Road

• Alpha Schools Project, bond investment

• Construction, operation and maintenance of 11 PFI schools in the Highlands of Scotland

• Solaris direct debt investment

• Financing of 4 operational UK ground mounted solar parks

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GLOBAL BATTLE FOR CONNECTIVITY.

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QUIXOTE PROJECTS v REAL PROJECTS.High Speed Rail, £35bn cost

Wind Farms, £3.2bn cost

Airport in the Estuary, £50bn cost

CALA

Bracknell Redevelopment

UK Shale Gas

Nascot Grange, Watford

LGIM Property

BGS, 2010

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RISK SHARING: TIME FOR A ‘NEW BEVERIDGE’ APPROACH.1942: 5 Giants – “Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, Idleness”

“must be achieved by co-operation between the state and the individual”Compulsion via National Insurance and Contributory benefits, but….“should not stifle incentive, opportunity, responsibility, leaving room and encouragement for voluntary action by each individual to provide more than the national minimum.”

2013: State pension plus auto-enrolment in Defined ContibutionUnemployment benefits plus Income Protection (Individual or viaEmployer)Disability Benefits/Statutory Sick Pay plus Group Protection

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MotorSource: ABI & HM Treasury Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses and Deloitte calculations

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THE ‘TRIANGLE OF AUSTERITY’. CREATES OPPORTUNITIES

FISCAL AUSTERITY

PROTECTION GAP

SAVINGS GAP

FUNDING GAP

REGULATORY AUSTERITY BANKING AUSTERITY

The ‘Triangle of Austerity’ is caused by:• Fiscal austerity: government finances under pressure• Banking austerity: deleveraging reduces lending• Regulatory austerity: policy forces ‘risk off’

We are well positioned because:• Protection steps in where government cuts welfare• Leading auto-enrolment and RDR solutions to gain from policy

incentives for long-term saving• Leading DB pension de-risking solutions for corporates• Funds available to replace bank financing• Strong balance sheet: no need for regulatory deleveraging

As a provider of protection, savings and investment management, with multi-billions of capital resource, we are uniquely positioned to address the three gaps exposed by the ‘triangle of austerity’

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SHARE PRICE AND DIVIDEND PERFORMANCE.

1.33 1.66 1.962.011.11

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Analystconsensus

2014 AnalystconsensusInterim Final

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9.30p SUMMARY

• Macro trends create opportunities for growth

• 5 strategic responses:LGIM International Retirement SolutionsDigital SolutionsProtectionDirect Investments

• Growing organically

• Disciplined Bolt-on acquisitions

• Strong, consistent cash generation

• Growing earnings

Source: Bloomberg as at 7th June 2013.

Source: Datastream as at 7h June 2013.

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ECONOMIC TITANS.

TITANS OF INNOVATION.Keynes Beveridge Bevan

Jobs Gates