To increase the value of your investment over time and to achieve a total return that is in line with that of the US government bond market (as measured by the benchmark). In actively managing the fund, the investment manager invests similarly to the benchmark while seeking to enhance returns through a combination of quantitative and discretionary approaches. Using analysis of market valuations and sector trends as well as statistical models of macroeconomic and microeconomic variables, the investment manager over- or underweights certain securities, while aiming to keep performance within a defined range of the index (limited tracking error approach) and risk exposure within pre-defined limits. The fund’s exposure to securities, and thus its performance, are likely to closely resemble those of the benchmark.