The Emerging Real Estate Securities strategy is designed to benefit from the potential growth in real estate ownership activities in the emerging markets.

The fund will invest in various emerging countries within the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

The goal of the Emerging Real Estate Securities strategy is to outperform its benchmark index by 300 basis points (three percent) annually (assessed on a four year moving average in US$. The benchmark index is the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging Market index.