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Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad(Company No. 107655-U)(Incorporated in Malaysia)Notes to the interim financial statements (continued)3. Investments (continued)(e)Fair value hierarchy (continued)Level 3: Significant inputs for the asset or liability that are not based onobservable market data (observable inputs)Level 3 principally includes investment in private equity funds, investments in propertyfunds which are exposed to bespoke properties or risks, investment which are internallyvalued or subject to a significant number of unobservable assumptions and certainderivatives which are bespoke or long dated. It also includes debt securities which arerarely traded or traded in only privately negotiated transactions and where it is difficult toassert that these have been based on observable market data. The inherent nature ofthe vast majority of these assets means that, in normal market conditions, there isunlikely to be significant change in the specific underlying assets classified as level 3.Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TotalRM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’00030 June 2013Malaysian government securities - 674,461 - 674,461Debt securities - 6,835,737 - 6,835,737Equity securities 7,717,752 - 5,296 7,723,048Unit and property trust funds 444,851 - - 444,851Foreign managed fund - 784,518 - 784,518Investment in structured products 3,933 42,424 61,510 107,867________ ________ _______ _________8,166,535 8,337,140 66,806 16,570,482======== ======== ====== =========Level 1 Level2 Level 3 TotalRM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’00031 December 2012Malaysian government securities - 635,068 - 635,068Debt securities - 6,616,489 - 6,616,489Equity securities 6,920,425 - 5,296 6,925,721Unit and property trust funds 330,266 - - 330,266Foreign managed fund - 756,078 - 756,078Investment in structured products 4,312 57,811 60,808 122,931________ ________ ______ _________7,255,003 8,065,446 66,104 15,386,553======== ======== ====== =========Page 10