The investment objective of the Fund is to track the LOIM Fundamental Global Government Index (the Index) by investing primarily in an optimised portfolio of fixed-rate government bonds denominated in the currencies of the relevant governments? country that, as far as possible and practicable, consists of the component securities of the Index. The Index provides long-only exposure to the debt of global developed countries*, whose weights are determined according to Lombard Odier Investment Management (LOIM) proprietary fundamental weighting methodology, which uses fundamental factors to assess issuers? creditworthiness and identify those believed to be best placed to repay their debt. The approach is an alternative to traditional market-cap investing which over-weights those issuers with the greatest level of outstanding debt.
