The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve long term capital appreciation. It will be the policy of the Fund to invest primarily in equities and other equity related securities (including preferred shares, convertible bonds, American Depositary Receipts and exchange traded funds) which are issued by companies with principal offices in the United States of America, which exercise their primary economic activity in the United States of America, or which are listed on or dealt in a Recognised Market in the United States of America (US Equities).