The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests at least 70% of its Net Asset Value in a diversified portfolio of equity securities issued by small-cap and micro-cap US Companies (i.e., US Companies with stock market capitalisations not greater than that of the largest company (based on market capitalisation) in the Russell 2000 Index at the time of its most recent reconstitution) that are listed or traded on Regulated Markets in the United States.