The Fund is an open-end type equity investment trust. Its benchmark is the Nikkei-TOCOM Platinum Index*. The Fund aims to track the performance equivalent to the benchmark index by investing in short-term securities including mainly the yen denominated short-term bonds and call loans and etc., and by the trading of Platinum Futures. The Nikkei-TOCOM Platinum Index is an index designed to reflect the settlement price of platinum futures in the core contract-month, as listed on the TOCOM (Tokyo Commodity Exchange). The index is calculated with the base date of May 31, 2002, and a base value of 100.00.