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 Barclays EUR Corporate Interest Rate Hedged Index. In order to achieve this investment objective, the investment policy of the Fund is to invest in a portfolio of corporate bonds, that, as far as possible and practicable, consist of the component securities of the Bloomberg Barclays Euro Corporate Bond Index and German government bond futures contracts that, as far as possible and practicable, track the hedging methodology of the Bloomberg Barclays EUR Corporate Interest Rate Hedged Index (see “The Benchmark Index and Investment Techniques” below). The hedging methodology consists of selling German government futures contracts in order to hedge the underlying German government bond yield risk.