The investment objective of the Scheme is to provide investors with medium to long term capital appreciation and to make regular income distributions during the investment period by investing globally in: (i) real estate investment trusts (including business trusts) (“REITs”) listed or traded on a regulated market; and (ii) the quoted securities of companies listed or traded on a regulated market which derive a substantial part of their revenue from the ownership, management and/or development of real estate primarily in the United States, Australia, the European Union and Asia (the "Real Estate Companies").