Investment Approach

The Fund seeks to achieve a positive absolute return on your investment through a combination of capital growth and income with a limited correlation to market movements. The Fund has a flexible approach to asset allocation and will seek to gain exposure across a variety of asset classes. In order to achieve its objective the Fund will invest globally in equity securities (e.g. shares), equity-related (ER) securities, fixed income (FI) securities (e.g. bonds), FI-related securities, money market instruments (MMIs) (e.g. debt instruments with short-term maturities), asset backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) (i.e. financial securities backed by cash flows from debt), deposits, cash and other funds (including exchange traded funds). The ER 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) globally and may include investments with a relatively low credit rating or which are unrated. The Investment Manager (IM) will use a combination of systematic (i.e. rule based) models and discretionary investment techniques applied across the above asset classes. The IM seeks to identify investment opportunities across a global investment universe according to the following macroeconomic categories: 'growth' (focusing on assets with attractive exposure to economic growth), ‘inflation’ (focusing on FI securities with attractive real rates of return), ‘policy’ (focusing on countries with monetary policy regimes with a tendency to take steps to stimulate economic growth) and ‘pricing’ (focusing on attractively priced assets globally). The IM will, also take into account certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) related characteristics when selecting the Fund's investments. The IM will seek to limit and/or exclude direct investment in companies which, in the opinion of the IM, have certain levels of exposure to, or ties with, certain sectors, as set out in the Fund’s prospectus. The IM also intends to exclude companies which have failed to comply with the UN Global Compact Principles (which covers human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption) and such other activities which the IM has determined (in its absolute discretion) conflicts with the IM’s consideration of ESG related issues or characteristics. The Fund’s asset allocation will not solely be driven by this ESG analysis, rather such considerations will be utilised by the IM in determining whether an investment may be appropriate for the Fund. The Fund may also have indirect exposure (through, including but not limited to, FDIs and other funds) to issuers with exposures that are inconsistent with the IM’s ESG analysis.