Investment Approach

The Fund aims to achieve positive absolute returns through a combination of capital growth and income on your investment regardless of market movements. The Fund invests globally in the full range of assets in which a UCITS fund may invest. These include: equity securities (e.g. shares) and equity-related (E-R) securities, fixed income (FI) securities (e.g. bonds) and FI-related securities, money market instruments (MMIs) (i.e. debt securities with short term maturities), other funds, deposits and cash. E-R securities and FI-related securities include financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments the prices of which are based on one or more underlying assets). The FI securities and MMIs may be issued by governments, government agencies, companies and supranationals (e.g. the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and may have a low credit rating or be unrated. The Fund may invest up to 50% of its net asset value in asset backed and mortgage backed securities (i.e. financial securities backed by cash flows from debt). The Fund may invest up to 50% of its net asset value in emerging markets. The asset classes and the extent to which the Fund is invested in these may vary without limit depending on market conditions and other factors at the IA’s discretion and exposures to certain markets, sectors or asset classes may be concentrated from time to time. The Fund will use fundamental research and analysis of global macroeconomic trends (including global economic growth projections, fiscal and monetary policy and market risks) to assess opportunities and evaluate pricing across markets, in order to invest in a diverse portfolio of directional and relative value positions in markets.