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Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) are some of the fastest growing economies in the world. The HSBC 100+ Series BRIC Investment is a unique opportunity for investors to access to these BRIC economies with the peace of mind of 100% capital protection at maturity.
The HSBC 100+ Series BRIC Investment is a dynamically managed portfolio which notionally invests in the HSBC BRIC Markets Fund to give you exposure to BRIC market returns. (Since inception in June 2005, the HSBC BRIC Markets Fund has returned 45.05% pa#, after fees and before taxes).
Limits will be placed on the concentration of investment in countries to maintain diversification across the four BRIC markets to ensure that this is a true BRIC investment.
Key features
- 100% capital protection at maturity
- Rising capital protection locks in part of positive returns on your investment
- 6 year investment term
HSBC is one of the largest managers of BRIC equity funds in the world with over US$3.5 billion in BRIC funds under management*; their expertise include:
- world's largest offshore actively managed Brazil equity fund
- world's largest India equity mutual fund
- world's 2nd largest China equity fund
- strong record managing Russian equities^
This is the first time HSBC has given Australian investors the limited opportunity to take advantage of HSBC's world leading expertise in BRIC markets.
# Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
* As at December 2007
^ Source: FERI, December 2007
| Fee Disclosure | | 2020 DIRECTINVEST will rebate 100% of the entry fee excluding any GST in the form of a cheque (the 2% entry fee charged is inclusive of GST so a GST exclusive rebate of 1.8% will be paid). 2020 DIRECTINVEST may receive a trailing commission of 0.50% pa (incl GST). This trailing commission is paid by all investors in the HSBC 100+ Series BRIC Investment. |
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