The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve the net total return performance of the S&P 500 Index (the Reference Index), less fees, expenses and transaction costs. The Index is an index of listed equities which focuses on the large cap segment of the US market. It includes 500 US companies with a market capitalisation greater than US$ 5 billion and listed on the NYSE or one of the NASDAQ exchange. Index constituents are selected by the index committee using a series of rules as guideline.The Fund does this through the use of unfunded swaps (Swaps).