The investment objective of the Fund is to secure long-term capital preservation through investments in Asia (ex-Japan) to take advantage of the current environment to invest in high-quality, well-managed companies and to achieve long-term appreciation via a value-oriented bottom-up approach to the selection.

The fund was incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius on 13 May 1998 to benefit from the republic's many double-taxation treaty agreements ratified with various countries.