The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors with a total return, taking into account both capital and income returns, which reflects the return of the Bloomberg Euro Corporate ex-Financials Bond Index. In order to achieve this investment objective, the investment policy of this Fund is to invest in a portfolio of fixed income debt securities that as far as possible and practicable consists of the component securities of the Bloomberg Euro Corporate ex-Financials Bond Index, this Fund’s Benchmark Index.