The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation through investment, both direct and indirect, in a diversified portfolio of Asia ex-Japan equity securities. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objective primarily through investment in equity securities of companies domiciled or exercising the predominant part of their economic activities in Asia ex-Japan. The investment process is focussed on identifying and owning Quality, Long-term Sustainable Growth (QLSG) companies; meaning businesses which can sustainably grow over economic and liquidity cycles. The Fund will generally invest in stocks of companies from the consumer, telecoms, infrastructure, internet or brand ownershipsectors. The Fund will at all times invest more than 50% of its total assets in ‘equity securities’, within the meaning of the German Investment Tax Act (2018).