HSBC Global Investment Funds - Global Short Duration Bond AC

The sub-fund aims to provide long term total return by investing in a portfolio of bonds with an average duration expected to be between 6 months and 3 years, while promoting ESG characteristics within the meaning of Article 8 of SFDR. The sub-fund aims to do this with a higher ESG rating than the Bloomberg Global Aggregate 1-3 Years Hedged USD (the “Reference Benchmark”), calculated as a weighted average of the ESG ratings of the issuers of the sub-fund’s investments, versus the weighted average of the ESG ratings of the Reference Benchmark constituents. The weighted averages of the ESG ratings for both the sub-fund and Reference Benchmark will be calculated at sub-fund and asset class level, which enables the sub-fund’s ESG performance to be evaluated at sub-fund or asset class level.