The investment seeks to provide long-term capital growth. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of small companies located throughout the world, excluding the United States. The equity securities in which the fund may invest include common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, American Depositary Receipts, European Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts, participation notes, warrants and rights.