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recessionary concerns for 2023. Housing markets locally and globally capitulated, with data worsening, whilst consumption and labour markets
remained way too strong for any sort of central bank pivot, Investors can only hope.

President Xi of China was re-appointed, now as their “leader for life”, delivering a speech that the West interpreted as being hostile to non-China
interests. Not long after that event, China swiftly moved meaningfully to a COVID reopening plan with restrictions easing over the quarter, finally giving
investors comfort that this reopening would be sustained. This put a rocket under Chinese assets, and Asian and emerging market assets more
broadly, which had been under significant pressure for the better part two years as China lockdowns persisted.

There was no major new or positive news out of Russia / Ukraine with fighting continuing. Further agreements were made to let more agricultural
products out through the Black Sea thus assisting global supply constraints whilst the European proposed price caps on Russian oil were adopted by
the G7 countries.

Lastly, new leaders came to power in the UK and Brazil, with the UK debacle one for the history books whilst Brazil moved back to the Left. In the US,
the Republicans won the balance of power in the House, largely as expected, giving President Biden a much harder path from which to lead.

Portfolio update
Portfolio returns for the December quarter were positive and would have been stronger had it not been for the month of December where negative
investor sentiment returned. The Portfolio underperformed the benchmark as Australian equities significantly outperformed global equities, Australian
equity investment selection detracted, and the Australian dollar pushed higher.

On the asset allocation side, our weighting to global equities hurt relative returns as Australian equities performed very strongly whilst the rising
Australian dollar also didn’t help unhedged global equities. The allocation to Australian small companies performed well but still underperformed
larger companies. Bonds outperformed cash, assisting portfolio returns, as did the overweight to infrastructure versus property.

On the investment selection side, relative returns were hurt by investment selection within Australian equities as utilities and materials sectors rallied
strongly, whilst investment selection within global equities, infrastructure, and bonds assisted returns, particularly within the latter.

On an absolute basis, the best and worst performing investments were as follows:
Top 3:
Domino’s Pizza
Seven Group Holdings
Mineral Resources
Bottom 3:
Downer EDI
James Hardie Industries
Lendlease Group
Portfolio Changes
There were no changes to the portfolio during the quarter.

Market Outlook
Given the above, we expect economic data to continue to worsen in Q1 2023 as central banks remain committed to bringing inflation under control.
Corporate earnings season will be watched as closely as ever for any signs that earnings may need to be revised lower yet again. We think inflationary
pressures will continue to abate but not at a fast enough pace to stop central banks from tightening policy again. We, like others, will be watching
consumption and labour market data very closely for any signs of weakness given both remain unusually strong. This all makes for a likely continuation
in heightened market volatility during a period where we should start getting answers, or a clearer picture, on what lies ahead.

We remain comfortable with portfolio settings given the strong quality streak running through them which should provide a buffer in the short-term
(i.e. recession risks) and a position of strength over the medium term (i.e. recovery) as higher quality companies take advantage in periods of adversity.
We also remain ready to adjust portfolios as data and policy change.

3 A significant percentage of assets comprising this portfolio are only available through the managed portfolios and therefore can’t be transferred out of the MyNorth
Managed Portfolio Scheme. For more information relating to restrictions that may apply to asset transfers, refer to the ‘Transferring assets in and out of your Portfolio’ in
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