| Investment Objective: |
The Fund seeks investment results that closely correspond to the performance of the TOBAM LBRTY All World Equity Index. The Index is designed to provide investors with broad, diversified exposure to global markets while adhering to a specific set of principles aimed at promoting freedom, open markets, and reduced exposure to authoritarian influences. The Index uses a proprietary methodology developed by TOBAM that seeks to minimize concentration risk by diversifying across sectors, countries, and individual stocks. The Index screens out companies and countries that exhibit characteristics associated with high levels of political control, authoritarian governance, or restricted economic freedoms. The equities selected are primarily large and mid capitalization companies. The Index is market-cap weighted with a cap on maximum weight of 4.5% and a minimum weight of 0.01%. The Index Provider looks at inputs from distinct data sets, such as functioning of the government, civil liberty, rule of law and corruption, political participation, inclusiveness, political culture, freedom of expression, pluralism and electoral process in determining whether a country has characteristics associated with high levels of political control, authoritarian governance, or restricted economic freedoms. |
