The Fund invests in high quality, short-term money market instruments, such as short-term commercial paper, corporate bonds and notes, asset-backed securities, bank instruments, demand and variable rate demand instruments, U.S. government obligations, municipal securities, repurchase agreements, and funding agreements. The Fund may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated instruments issued by foreign governments, corporations and financial institutions. The Fund may invest only in securities which have been determined by the Adviser to present minimal credit risks to the Fund, based on the Adviser’s consideration of a number of factors including, but not limited to, financial condition, sources of liquidity, ability to react to market-wide and issuer- or guarantor-specific events, and positions within the industry and industry strength. The Adviser uses a “bottom-up” approach, which evaluates debt securities of individual companies against the context of broader market factors such as the cyclical trend in interest rates, the shape of the yield curve, and debt security supply factors. The Adviser also integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into its investment process.

In pursuing its investment objective and implementing its investment strategies, the Fund will comply with Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), which requires, among other things, the Fund to meet certain requirements as to portfolio quality, diversification, maturity, and liquidity.