The Portfolio aims to achieve a target average return of 1-1.5% over the Benchmark before fees over a market cycle (typically 3 years) by primarily investing in Hard Currency-denominated debt issued in Asian countries. The Portfolio will invest primarily in debt securities and money market instruments which are issued by governments of, government agencies or corporate issuers which have their head office or exercise an overriding part of their economic activity in Asian countries and which are denominated in Hard Currency. For the purposes of the Portfolio, Hard Currency is defined as US Dollar, Euro, Sterling, Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc. Investors should note that public issuers include corporate issuers that are, either directly or indirectly, 100% government-owned.
