assets in private placement securities
(including Rule 144A and Regulation S
securities). The Fund may also employ
a strategy of writing call options on
common stocks to seek to enhance the
Fund’s distributions and reduce overall
portfolio risk.
The Fund may invest in synthetic
convertible instruments by combining
debt instruments with a basket of
warrants, or options or other derivatives
that together produce the economic
characteristics similar to a conventional
convertible security. Additionally, the Fund
may invest in structured notes or
equity-linked securities that provide
economic exposure similar to a
convertible security. Convertible preferred
securities, including mandatory and
perpetual preferred securities, may also
be used to gain convertible exposure.
From time to time, the Fund may also
acquire warrants, options, or equity
securities as a result of company
restructurings. The Fund may also invest
in other derivative instruments, including,
but not limited to, foreign currency
exchange contracts, options, and stock
index futures contracts.
The Fund may invest in other investment
companies, including exchange-traded
funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted
under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, and under the
terms of applicable no-action relief or
exemptive orders granted thereunder (the
“1940 Act”).
In evaluating investments for the Fund,
the Sub-Adviser takes into account a wide
variety of factors and considerations to
determine whether any or all of those
factors or considerations might have a
material effect on the value, risks, or
prospects of an investment. Among the
factors considered, the Sub-Adviser
expects typically to take into account
environmental, social, and governance
(“ESG”) factors in considering potential
investments where the Sub-Adviser
believes one or more of those factors
might have such an effect. In considering
ESG factors, the Sub-Adviser intends to
rely primarily on factors identified through
its proprietary empirical research and
on third-party evaluations of an issuer’s
ESG standing. ESG factors will be only
one of many considerations in the
Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of any potential
investment; the extent to which ESG
factors will affect the Sub-Adviser’s
decision to invest in a company, if at all,
will depend on the analysis and judgment
of the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for
a variety of reasons, such as to secure
gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets
into opportunities believed to be more