Fund aims to provide a return which, before application of fees and expenses, is similar to the return of the Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Index. The Fund employs a passive management investment approach, through physical acquisition of securities, designed to track the performance of the Index. The Index is designed to reflect the universe of US Dollar denominated, fixed rate, nominal debt issued by the US Treasury with maturities of between one and up to, but not including, three years and which have a par amount outstanding greater than or equal to USD300 million.