Emerging Markets Multi-Asset

Investment objective summary

The Fund aims to provide long-term capital growth.

The Fund invests in a mix of assets including: the shares of companies; bonds (contracts to repay borrowed money which typically pay interest at fixed times); property; commodities; money market instruments (types of tradable securities where cash can be deposited for short periods); cash; and other eligible asset classes.

The issuers of these investments are either in emerging markets (countries that are in economic terms less developed than the major Western countries) or those with material links to these markets. Investment may be directly in the assets themselves (except for property and commodities) or indirectly through other funds (which may be managed by the Investment Manager, other companies in the same group as the Investment Manager or a third party) or derivatives (financial contracts whose value is linked to the price of an underlying asset).

Normally no more than 75% of the Fund is exposed, directly or indirectly, to the shares of companies.

The Fund may currently invest up to 10% of its value in mainland China. The Investment Manager may decide to increase this limit to 20% but will give investors prior written notice before doing so.

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.