The fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth through its investments in common shares of international companies. It may also invest in: (i) preferred shares, (ii) convertible securities such as rights and warrants, (iii) income trusts, and (iv) ADRs/GDRs. As an actively-managed fund, selection and weighting is done through the fund advisers proprietary methodology which relies on a bottom-up, fundamental-driven investment approach.