The main investment objective of the sub-fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of small and medium-sized companies in the Asian markets. In so doing, at least 70% of the sub-fund’s assets are invested in shares and other equity securities and uncertificated equity instruments of small and medium-sized companies registered in an Asian jurisdiction, or in companies that conduct their principal business activity in Asia or which, as holding companies, hold primarily interests in companies registered in Asia. The securities issued by these companies may be listed on Chinese (including the Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect) or other foreign securities exchanges or traded on other regulated markets in a member country of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that operate regularly and are recognized and open to the public.