The Fund aims to increase in value through investment growth over periods of five years or more after all fees and costs are deducted. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the shares and preference shares of smaller companies (i.e. those with market capitalisations not greater than that of the largest company in the Russell 2000 Index (the “Index”) at the time of its most recent reconstitution) headquartered in the U.S. Preference shares are shares where dividends are paid out in advance of dividends due to other shares in the company. The Fund typically invests in shares of fewer than 100 companies.