Objectives and Approach

Objective: capital growth, while closely controlling risk. The Fund also aims to deliver an absolute return (above zero performance, irrespective of market conditions) over rolling 12 month periods. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the fund will aim to deliver a return, net of fees, in excess of the Federal Reserve Funds Target Rate over rolling 3 year periods. For performance measurement purposes, the cash benchmark will differ for non-base currency classes. The Fund also aims to achieve its objective within an annualised volatility limit of 6 per cent.The Fund may invest in company shares and similar investments listed or located anywhere in the world. The Fund uses derivatives (i.e. financial contracts whose value is linked to the expected price movements of an underlying investment), with the aim of generating returns and reducing the overall costs and/or risks of the Fund. The Fund will adopt a structured neutral position (balancing long and short positions aiming to build a portfolio with zero market exposure) at all times. The Fund will hold a long position (benefit from buying an asset with the aim of selling it later at a higher price relative to the market) in an investment expected to outperform the market, and short (benefit from the sale of an asset with the aim of buying it later at a lower price relative to the market) an investment expected to underperform the market. The Fund can take long and short positions through the use of derivatives, which may result in the Fund being leveraged. Leverage magnifies the exposure of the Fund to greater than the underlying investments. In such situations, returns may rise or fall more than they would have done otherwise, reflecting such additional exposure. The Fund is actively managed. Portfolio construction is driven by systematic analysis of companies against several distinct characteristics including stock price valuation, balance sheet quality, growth characteristics, efficient use of capital, analyst sentiment and supportive market trends to identify attractively priced investment opportunities.