The investment seeks investment results that track (before fees and expenses) the price and yield performance of its underlying index, the IQ Candriam ESG International Equity Index. The Advisor employs a passive management?-?or indexing?-?investment approach designed to track the performance of the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of companies meeting environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria developed by Candriam and weighted using a market-capitalization weighting methodology.