1 The investment choices are under WealthInvest Insurance Plan only and are closed for subscription including switch-in and premium allocation, however, switch-out is allowed.
2 The investment choices are under WealthInvest Insurance Plan / WealthInvest Life Plan only and are closed for subscription including switch-in and premium allocation, however, switch-out is allowed.
Notes:
- The investment choices invest in their respective designated underlying funds. These investment choices are linked with their underlying funds in terms of the investment objectives, underlying asset risks and performances. The investment choices will be divided into units, the price of which will be determined by the underlying fund's net asset value including its investment returns and net of its charges on that transaction date. The investment return includes interest, dividends and realised or unrealised capital and currency gains and losses. Performance statistics are based on unit prices of the underlying funds in their respective currency, calculated on a unit-price-to-unit-price basis.
Your investments are subject to the credit risk of the Company. You are not investing in the underlying funds and you do not have any rights or ownership over these underlying funds. Early surrender or withdrawal of the plan may result in a significant loss of your principal and bonuses awarded (if any).
- All data on unit prices are supplied by the Company. All data on launch date and cumulative performance of the underlying funds corresponding to the relevant investment choices are supplied by Morningstar Asia Limited ("Morningstar"). The launch date provided by Morningstar refers to the underlying fund class inception date.
- All unit prices of the investment choices quoted are calculated as at the latest valuation date and are for indication only.
- Effective from 29 March 2010, Schroder Alternative Solutions - Commodity Fund is closed for subscription including switch-in and premium allocation, however, switch-out is allowed.
- Effective from 1 August 2010, "Schroder ISF Asian Bond Absolute Return" is renamed from " Schroder ISF Asian Bond ".
- Effective from 27 September 2010, BlackRock Global Funds - Euro-Markets Fund, BlackRock Global Funds - Pacific Equity Fund, BlackRock Global Funds - US Flexible Equity Fund, Templeton Global Balanced Fund, Franklin Mutual European Fund, Franklin US Government Fund, Schroder ISF Asian Bond Absolute Return and Schroder ISF China Opportunities are closed for subscription including switch-in and premium allocation, however, switch-out is allowed.
- Effective from 1 June 2011, the Chinese name of "HSBC Global Investment Funds - BRIC Equity" has been renamed while its English name remains unchanged.
- Effective from 17 July 2012, "Allianz Hong Kong Equity" has been renamed from "Allianz RCM Hong Kong". The English name of "Allianz Oriental Income" has been renamed from "Allianz RCM Oriental Income" and the English name of "Allianz Total Return Asian Equity" has been renamed from "Allianz RCM Total Return Asian Equity", while their Chinese names remain unchanged.
- Effective from 21 March 2013, "BlackRock Global Funds - Local Emerging Markets Short Duration Bond Fund" has been renamed as "BlackRock Global Funds - Emerging Market s Local Currency Bond Fund".
- Effective from 2 December 2013, "HSBC GIF - Climate Change" has been renamed as "HSBC GIF - Global Equity Climate Change".
- Effective from 20 January 2014, Fidelity Funds - Thailand Fund (USD), Fidelity Funds - US Dollar Bond Fund (USD), Fidelity Funds - US Dollar Bond Fund (HKD), Franklin Templeton Global Growth and Value Fund (USD), Invesco Korean Equity Fund (USD), Invesco Korean Equity Fund (HKD), Schroder ISF Emerging Asia (USD), Schroder ISF Emerging Asia (HKD), Schroder ISF Global Emerging Market Opportunities (USD), Schroder ISF Global Emerging Market Opportunities (HKD), Schroder ISF Hong Kong Dollar Bond (HKD), Templeton Global Fund (USD) and Templeton Global Fund (HKD) are closed for subscription including switch-in and premium allocation, however, switch-out is allowed.
- Effective from 14 February 2014, "BlackRock Global Funds - European Growth Fund" has been renamed as "BlackRock Global Funds - European Special Situations Fund".
- Effective from 31 March 2014, "Franklin Templeton Global Growth and Value Fund" has been renamed as "Franklin Global Growth and Value Fund".
- Effective from 1 June 2015, the Chinese name of "Allianz Hong Kong Equity", "Allianz Oriental Income" and "Allianz Total Return Asian Equity" has been renamed while its English name remains unchanged.
- Effective from 7 August 2015, the Chinese name of "Invesco Global High Income Fund" has been renamed while its English name remains unchanged.
- AllianceBernstein - American Income Portfolio and AllianceBernstein - Global High Yield Portfolio are portfolios of ACMBernstein. AllianceBernstein is the trading name of this mutual investment fund (fonds commun de placement) organized under the laws of Luxembourg, while its legal name is ACMBernstein.
- Effective 09/01/2004, Schroder Asian Emerging Markets Fund (launched on 12/10/1995) was merged into Schroder ISF Emerging Asia. The management fee has been changed from 1.75% p.a. to 1.5% p.a. Performance before 09/01/2004 refers to that of Schroder Asian Emerging Markets Fund. Performance of the benchmark: since launch to 31/10/2007 - MSCI EM Asia Gross (TR); 01/11/2007 to 31/08/2008 - MSCI AC Asia ex Japan with China capped at 10%; 01/09/08 to present - MSCI EM Asia USD.
- Performance of HSBC Global Investment Funds - BRIC Equity quoted prior to 1 December 2009 refers to the Class M1C of but not to the existing class.
- "HSBC GIF" is the abbreviated name of "HSBC Global Investment Funds".
- Effective from 5 February 2016, "AllianceBernstein - American Income Portfolio (USD)", "AllianceBernstein - American Income Portfolio (HKD)", "AllianceBernstein - Global Bond Portfolio (USD)", "AllianceBernstein - Global Bond Portfolio (HKD)", "AllianceBernstein - Global High Yield Portfolio (USD)" and "AllianceBernstein - Global High Yield Portfolio (HKD)" have been renamed as "AB FCP I - American Income Portfolio (USD)", "AB FCP I - American Income Portfolio (HKD)", "AB FCP I - Global Bond Portfolio (USD)", "AB FCP I - Global Bond Portfolio (HKD)", "AB FCP I - Global High Yield Portfolio (USD)" and "AB FCP I - Global High Yield Portfolio (HKD)" respectively.
- Effective from 23 March 2016, "Fidelity Funds - South East Asia Fund (USD)" has been renamed as "Fidelity Funds - Asia Focus Fund (USD)&qu ot;.
- Effective from 23 April 2016, "Fidelity Funds - Emerging Markets Fund (HKD)" is terminated and removed from Investment Choices.
- Effective from 28 April 2016, "Fidelity Funds - Asian Special Situations Fund (HKD)" and "Fidelity Funds - US Dollar Bond Fund (HKD)" are terminated and removed from Investment Choices.
- Effective from 31 May 2016, "JPMorgan Funds - Asia Pacific Income Fund (HKD)" and "JPMorgan Funds - Asia Pacific Income Fund (USD)" have been renamed as "JPM Funds - Asia Pacific Income Fund (HKD)" and "JPM Funds - Asia Pacific Income Fund (USD)" respectively.
- Effective from 13 April 2017, "BlackRock Global Funds - World Agriculture Fund (USD)", "BlackRock Global Funds - World Agriculture Fund (HKD)", "Templeton Asian Growth Fund (USD)", "Templeton Asian Growth Fund (HKD)", "Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (USD)" and "Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (HKD)" are closed for switch-in, however, switch-out is allowed.
- Effective from 9 June 2017, "Franklin Global Growth and Value Fund (USD)" is terminated and removed from Investment Choices.
- Effective from 1 March 2018, the English name of "Schroder ISF Asian Bond Absolute Return" has been renamed as "Schroder ISF Asian Bond Total Return" while its Chinese name remains unchanged.
- Effective from 1 August 2018, "Franklin U.S. Equity Fund (HKD)" and "Franklin U.S. Equity Fund (USD)" have been renamed as "Franklin Select U.S. Equity Fund (HKD)" and "Franklin Select U.S. Equity Fund (USD)" respectively.
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