HSBC GIF Multi-A.Style Factors XC EUR/  LU1460782573  /

The Fund aims to provide long term capital growth and income by investing mostly in financial derivative instruments to gain exposure to a range of assets, including bonds, shares and currencies globally, including emerging markets. fluctuations and targets an average volatility (fluctuations in the price of a security) of 7%. The Fund takes 'long' positions (if there is an expectation for assets to rise in value) or 'short' positions (if there is an expectation for assets to fall in value), and uses a range of investment styles. The styles factors employed by the Fund include a carry strategy (which aims to take long positions in higher yielding assets and short positions in lower yielding assets), value strategy (which aims to take long positions in undervalued assets and short positions in overvalued assets) and momentum strategy (which aims to take long positions in assets with higher recent performance and short positions in assets with lower recent performance). The styles are expected to have low correlation to each other. The Fund may invest in short-term bonds (or similar securities), money-market instruments, bank deposits and cash for treasury purposes. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in other funds, including HSBC funds.

The Fund aims to provide long term capital growth and income by investing mostly in financial derivative instruments to gain exposure to a range of assets, including bonds, shares and currencies globally, including emerging markets.