The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund’s adviser seeks to achieve the fund’s investment objective by investing primarily in growth-oriented equity securities in emerging markets, which include frontier emerging markets. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in equity securities of companies operating in emerging market countries,which include frontier emerging market countries. The investment process integrates information about environmental, social and governance issues (also referred to as ESG) when making investment decisions.