The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of companies located around the world. The Fund seeks to identify and invest in companies in the early stages of acceleration in their growth. The Fund considers diverse sources of growth for the companies under consideration. Sources of growth could include an innovation in technology, product, or service which disrupts the existing competitive landscape of an industry; a new product cycle or market expansion; acceleration in industry growth; an increase in the market for a company’s product or service; leadership in a market niche; or benefits of a company’s organizational restructuring.