Financial and non-financial markets performance

3D Printers created a

living lab-

grown ear from collagen

and animal ear cell

cultures.

Chemical weapons were

used in Syrian war on

14th September.

€10 billion Cyprus

Bailout was announced

on 25th March in return

for Cyprus agreeing to

close its second largest

bank, the Cyprus

Popular Bank.

Egyptian coup d’état

on 3rd July removed the

country's president

Mohamed Morsi from

power.

Iphone 5

was released on10th

September. 2 million

units were sold within

the first 24 hours.

Merkel was re-elected

on 22th September

federal election,with

41.5% of the votes.

US Shutdown

From 1st to 16th

October, there was a

temporary halt on

government services in

the US.

-5% 5% 15% 25%

DEVELOPED …

EMERGING MARKETS

FRONTIER MARKETS

SMALL CAP

-8% -3% 2% 7%

EMERGING …

DEVELOPED …

GLOBAL …

GLOBAL …

-21% -11% -1%

EURUSD

EMERGING CURRENCIES VS USD

USDJPY

-40% -30% -20% -10% 0%

GLOBAL COMMODITIES

PRECIOUS METALS

-3% 2% 7% 12%

US HOUSE PRICES

EUROZONE HOUSE PRICES

JAPAN HOUSE PRICES

-2% 3% 8% 13%

OPPORTUNITY STRATEGIES

EVENT DRIVEN STRATEGIES

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All assets performances are based on broad/representative indexes. Performance is computed on December 31st at 9:00am GMT+1

Twitter IPO

with shares at $26

each, being one of the

largest technology initial

public offerings ever.

Scotland’s Independence

Referendum

On March, the Scottish

government announced

an independence

referendum to be held on

September 2014.

Turkish Sping

On May, a protest

against the urban

development of Taksim

park in Istambul turned

into massive protests and

strikes.

North Korea’s Nuclear

Tests

On February, North

Korea announced it had

conducted a nuclear test.

South Korea military

security level was raised

to its readiness level.

Pope Francis was elected

as Pope Benedict XVI

successor on 13 March.

2013 at a glance

Iran deals on nuclear

power

On November, world’s

major powers and Iran

reached an agreement to

freeze Iran’s nuclear

plan in exchange of

easing the sanctions

Nelson Mandela dies

Former president of

South Africa and

anti- apartheid

revolutionary activist

died on December after a

long illness.

Fed starts tapering

On its last meeting this

year, the central bank

started easing its massive

bond buying program in

signal of bank’s

confidence in economy.

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