The investment objective of the Fund is to deliver the net total return performance of the Reference Index (being the MSCI Pacific ex Japan), less the fees and expenses and transaction costs of the Fund. The Reference Index is a broad-based equity index of securities generally incorporated in the Pacific Region excluding Japan. Securities listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, the New Zealand Stock Exchange, the New Zealand Alternative Exchange, and the Singapore Exchange are eligible for inclusion. The Reference Index represents companies that are available to investors world wide and provides a representation of 10 sectors with 149 constituents as of 30 September 2011.