Lazard Emerging Markets Debt Blend Fund

The investment seeks to maximise total return from income and capital growth. In pursuit of its investment objective, the Fund will build and maintain a diversified portfolio consisting of: fixed and/or floating rate Investment Grade, Non-Investment Grade and Unrated bonds and other Fixed Income Securities, which are primarily issued by Emerging Market Companies, by governments, government agencies or supranational bodies of Emerging Market Countries, or denominated in emerging market currencies or collateralised by emerging market debt. The Fund has the flexibility to invest in excess of 30% of its Net Asset Value in sub-Investment Grade Securities; FDI. While the reference items for FDI will primarily relate to debt and credit, currencies and equity securities may also constitute the underlying reference items; units or shares of collective investment schemes; and cash.