In addition to our investment in corporates, we also invest in a number of sovereign issuers for our fixed income strategies. In order to do this well, we need to have a comprehensive understanding of factors that could drive or hinder long-term growth prospects for those countries.
Factors that we may raise include education, social reform, health issues, environmental degradation or depletion of natural resources, and inequality. As one can imagine, when we raise some of the more sensitive topics, we wish that it will increase their awareness of such issues and eventually implement policies to address them.