eQ Japan Stock Index Fund is a passively managed special investment fund that invests in the Japanese equity markets.

The fund’s assets are invested in the Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund managed by Vanguard Investments Europe SA, registered and supervised in Ireland. The target fund is an index fund according to the UCITS Directive, based on an equity portfolio in line with the MSCI Japan Net Return Index.

The fund’s MSCI Japan Net Return benchmark index does not take sustainability risks or sustainability factors into account. Since the fund’s investment strategy is to follow the index, sustainability factors are not taken into account in the fund’s investment decisions. However, the fund monitors good governance at the companies invested in and influences it as necessary.

Further information about the fund’s investment process and the methods and criteria used for monitoring the realisation of the goal of the investment activities, is described in eQ Japan Stock Index Fund’s fund prospectus.