The fund's investment team employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of securities that offers exposure to developing world economies. In pursuit of this goal, the team generally invests substantially in equity securities of issuers domiciled in or economically tied to countries the team considers to have characteristics typical of the developing world. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests substantially in equity securities of issuers domiciled in or economically tied to one or more markets in the developing world.