State Street Gl.Tr. Bond Index I Cap $ Hdg

Objectives Investment objective The objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the global government bond market. The Fund is an index tracking fund (also known as a passively managed fund). Investment policies The investment policy of the Fund is to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays Global Treasury Bond Index (or any other index determined by the Directors from time to time to track substantially the same market as the Index) as closely as possible while seeking to minimize as far as possible the tracking difference between the Fund's performance and that of the Index. The Index measures the performance of the global government bond market. Securities must be fixed rate and rated investment grade as defined by the Index methodology. The Investment Manager, on behalf of the Fund, will invest using the Stratified Sampling Strategy as further described in the "Investment Techniques" section of the Prospectus, primarily in the securities of the Index, at all times in accordance with the investment restrictions set forth in the Prospectus. The Investment Manager also may, in exceptional circumstances, invest in securities not included in the Index but that it believes closely reflect the risk and distribution characteristics of securities of the Index. In order to achieve its investment objective, this Fund will only invest in: Government and government-related bonds; The Fund may invest in China bonds acquired on the CIBM through the CIBM Direct Access Programme; Other funds; Liquid assets; and Derivatives for efficient portfolio management, limited to forward foreign exchange contracts, futures, options and swaps. The Fund may purchase securities that are not denominated in U.S. Dollar. If it does so, the Class I USD Portfolio Hedged Shares could have losses due to changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. Dollar and other currencies the Fund's investments are denominated in. The Fund may use financial derivative instruments (that is, finan

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