Fund strategy

To achieve long-term total return by investing at least two-thirds of the Funds assets in Debt and Debt-Related Securities issued by governments, supranational institutions or government-related bodies that are domiciled in Asian countries and/or Debt and Debt-Related Securities issued by companies that have their registered office in an Asian country and/or issued by companies which have the preponderance of their business activities in an Asian country and/or issued by holding companies that have the preponderance of their assets in companies with their registered office in an Asian country. The Fund is actively managed. The Fund aims to outperform the Markit iBoxx Asian Local Bond 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.