The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve capital growth over the long term principally through investment in the securities of companies in the Americas. The Fund aims to achieve a return, over the long term, above the return of the Russell 1000 Net 30% Total Return Index. The Russell 1000 Net 30% Total Return Index has been chosen as the comparator benchmark because it includes a broad universe of US equities which is representative of the US equity market.