Investment Approach

The Fund aims to achieve a total return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income, which reflects the return of the Bloomberg World Government Inflation-Linked Bond Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (Index).

The Fund invests in the fixed income (FI) securities (such as bonds) that predominantly make up the Index (which comprises global inflation linked bonds). The Fund may also invest in other FI securities such as bonds issued by companies, governments, government agencies and supranationals (e.g. the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) domiciled in countries both in and outside the European Union and will be investment grade (i.e. meet a specified level of credit worthiness) or are deemed by the investment manager (IM) to be of equivalent rating at the time of purchase. If the credit rating of a FI security is downgraded, the Fund may continue to hold this, until it is practicable to sell the position.

The Index measures the performance of the global universe of inflation-linked FI securities issued by sovereign governments of the major investment grade rated economies.