The investment objective of the fund is to seek to achieve growth in capital (net of fees), ahead inflation (UK Retail Price Index), over the longer term (5 to 7 years). The Sub-fund has flexibility to invest globally in the following asset classes: government and public securities (such as sovereign debt and treasury bills), corporate bonds, equities and equity-related securities (being instruments whose return is determined by the performance of a single underlying equity or a basket of equities), private equity, precious metals, money-market instruments, cash, cash equivalents and deposits.