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Investment Objective To seek to maximise income and growth of capital (total return). Investment Policy The Fund mainly invests in investment grade (or comparable) government bonds issued in developed markets (according to the Benchmark) and denominated in, or hedged to, USD. These investments may be from anywhere in the world.To a lesser extent, the fund may invest in emerging markets (according to the JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified Index).Derivatives and techniques The Fund may use derivatives for reducing risks (hedging) and costs, and to generate additional income or growth.Strategy The investment manager uses macroeconomic, interest rate and credit analysis to identify securities that appear to offer the best return for their risk level and operates a value approach to global bond markets. The investment manager may take both long and short positions on individual securities and currencies, buying those it appears will increase in price and taking short positions on those it appears will decline in price.SFDR category Article 8 (promotes environmental and/or social characteristics under EU regulations).The Investment Manager applies a proprietary rating methodology using various ESG criteria to assess long-term opportunities and risks. The Fund removes the lowest rated issuers from the investment universe and excludes or restricts investments in certain industries that are harmful to the environment or society, such as thermal coal, weapons and tobacco.Base currency US dollar (USD). Benchmark(s) FTSE World Government Bond Index (USD Hedged). Used for performance comparison. The benchmark plus 1.5% per annum is also used as a performance target (gross of fees) over a complete economic cycle.The Fund is actively managed and may deviate materially from that of the benchmark(s). Share Class Policy Buying and selling shares You may normally buy or sell shares on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Income and gains from the Fund's investme

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