The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve the performance of the Bloomberg Euro Government Select 1-3 Year Index (the Index) less fees, expenses and transaction costs. In order to achieve the investment objective, the Fund will employ sampling techniques to closely match the characteristics of the Index. The Index is designed to measure the performance of EUR-denominated, fixed-rate government debt, with one to three years in remaining time to maturity issued by France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.