Fund strategy

The Funds investment objective is long term total return to be achieved by investing at least two-thirds of the Funds assets in equities and equity-related securities of companies with their registered office in Asia Pacific countries (excluding Japan); and/or, of companies which have the preponderance of their business activities in Asia Pacific countries (excluding Japan); and/or, of holding companies that have the preponderance of their assets in companies with their registered office in Asia Pacific countries (excluding Japan). The Fund is actively managed. The Fund aims to outperform the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (USD) benchmark before charges. The benchmark is also used as a reference point for portfolio construction and as a basis for setting risk constraints. In order to achieve its objective, the Fund will take positions whose weightings diverge from the benchmark or invest in securities which are not included in the benchmark.