Anlageziel

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long term capital appreciation, measured in U.S. Dollars by investing primarily in equity securities, including depositary receipts (including American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs)) of companies located in the U.S. An issuer is considered a U.S. company if it meets one or more the following criteria: (i) its securities are traded on a recognised stock exchange in the U.S.; (ii) alone or on a consolidated basis it derives 50% or more of its annual revenues or profits from either goods produced, sales made or services performed in the U.S.; (iii) it is organised or has a principal office in the U.S.; (iv) it has at least 50% of its assets, core business operations and/or employees in the U.S., or (v) any other factor which the Investment Adviser, acting reasonably, considers denotes an economic exposure to the U.S.