To seek long-term investment growth, through growth of capital. The Fund mainly invests in equities of companies of any market capitalisation that are located in, or derive significant business from, emerging markets (excluding Mainland China).

The Fund promotes environmental and social characteristics in accordance with Article 8 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (the “SFDR”).

In its implementation of the Fund’s environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) process, the Investment Manager promotes environmental and social characteristics by investing primarily in companies located or having their principal business activities in developing or emerging nations excluding China with an appropriate or better ESG profile, as captured by its proprietary ESG methodology. In addition, the Investment Manager applies specific ESG exclusions and commits to have an ESG score at Fund level higher than the average ESG score of the Fund’s benchmark.

The Fund’s environmental or social characteristics are assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively, by means of its proprietary ESG rating, relevant sustainability indicators and its engagement process where relevant further described in the Website disclosure’s dedicated sections. As part of its investment decision making process, the Fund’s ESG process uses binding criteria for the selection of underlying assets.

Finally, the Fund has a minimum allocation of 20% of its portfolio to sustainable investments, with a minimum of 5% allocated towards investments with an environmentally sustainable objective and a minimum of 5% allocated towards investments with a socially sustainable objective. The Fund ensures that its sustainable investments do not cause significant harm to any environmental or social sustainable investment objective.

Please click here for more information.

The Fund does not offer any capital guarantee or protection and you may not get back the amount invested. The Fund is subject to the following risks which are materially relevant:

• Concentration risk: the risk that arises when a fund invests in relatively few holdings, few sectors or a restricted geographic area. Performance may be more volatile than a fund with a greater number of securities.
• Emerging markets risk: the risk related to investing in countries that have less developed political, economic, legal and regulatory systems, and that may be impacted by political/economic instability, lack of liquidity or transparency, or safekeeping issues.
• Foreign Currency risk: the risk of loss arising from exchange-rate fluctuations or due to exchange control regulations.
• Liquidity risk: the risk that arises when adverse market conditions affect the ability to sell assets when necessary. Such risk may be triggered by (but not limited to) unexpected events such as environmental disasters or pandemics. Reduced liquidity may have a negative impact on the price of the assets.

Complete information on the risks of investing in the Fund are set out in the Fund's prospectus.