Emerging Markets Investment Grade Corporate Debt

Investment objective summary

The Fund aims to provide income and long-term capital growth.

The Fund invests primarily in a range of bonds (contracts to repay borrowed money which typically pay interest at fixed times) issued by emerging market (countries that are in economic terms less developed than the major Western countries) companies and in related derivatives (financial contracts whose value is linked to the price of an underlying asset).

At least 90% of the bonds invested in are of investment grade (high quality) as rated by the credit rating agencies (companies that rate the ability of the issuers of bonds to repay borrowed money).

These bonds are issued in either the currency of the country in which they are issued or in hard currencies (globally traded major currencies).

Derivatives may be used for investment purposes (i.e. in order to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives) or for efficient portfolio management purposes e.g. with the aim of either managing the Fund risks or reducing the costs of managing the Fund.