To seek to achieve positive returns in all market conditions over any 12 month period, after all costs and charges have been taken. Underlying this objective is a fundamental philosophy of capital preservation. To invest both directly and indirectly in the following asset classes: equities (including equity related securities), debt instruments (including government and public securities, corporate bonds, distressed debt and private debt), money market instruments, deposits and cash and indirectly only in alternative investments (such as property and commodities such as precious metals).