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HSBC Global Investment Funds Prospectus Dated: 29 January 2014 Valid till: 28 January 2015 Asia ex Japan Equity Russia Equity Asia Pacific ex Japan Equity High Dividend Singapore Equity Asia ex Japan Equity Smaller Companies Thai Equity BRIC Equity Taiwan Equity Brazil Equity Turkey Equity Chinese Equity US Equity Emerging Wealth Euroland Equity European Equity Global Bond Global Emerging Markets Bond Global Emerging Markets Equity Global Equity Global Equity Climate Change Global High Income Bond Global High Yield Bond Indian Equity Japanese Equity Korean Equity Latin American Equity Managed Solutions - Asia Focused Conservative Managed Solutions - Asia Focused Growth Managed Solutions - Asia Focused Income Dated 29 January 2014 Valid till 28 January 2015 HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS SINGAPORE PROSPECTUS (REQUIRED PURSUANT TO DIVISION 2 OF PART XIII OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT (CAP 289)) This Singapore Prospectus incorporates and accompanies the attached Luxembourg prospectus dated August 2013 and its Addendum dated November 2013 relating to HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS, an open-ended investment company with multiple sub-funds established in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and constituted outside Singapore. HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS has appointed HSBC Global Asset Management (Singapore) Limited as its Singapore Representative (whose details appear in paragraph 2.7 of this Singapore Prospectus). PUBLIC HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS DIRECTORY Registered Office 16, boulevard d’Avranches, L-1160 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Board of Directors of the Company Didier Deleage (Chief Operating Officer, Chairman) HSBC Global Asset Management (France) Immeuble Ile de France 4, Place de la Pyramide, La Défense 9, 92800 Puteaux, France Dr. Michael Boehm (Chief Operating Officer) HSBC Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH Königsallee 21/23, 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany Thies Clemenz (Chief Executive Officer) HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC HBAM Main Office, 66 Teyran Street, Yerevan 0009, Republic of Armenia George Efthimiou (Global Chief Operating Officer) HSBC Global Asset Management Limited 78 St James Street, London SW1A 1HL, United Kingdom Dean Lam (Managing Director) HSBC Bank (Mauritius) Limited 6th Floor, HSBC Centre, 18 CyberCity, Ebene, Mauritius Edgar K M Ng (Head of Business Support Asia Pacific) HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited HSBC Main Building, 1 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong David Silvester (Head of Product Management – Global Funds) HSBC Global Asset Management Limited 78 St James Street, London SW1A 1HL, United Kingdom Sylvie Vigneaux (Head of Regulatory and Wealth Engineering) HSBC Global Asset Management (France) Immeuble Ile de France 4, Place de la Pyramide, La Défense 9, 92800 Puteaux, France Management Company HSBC Investment Funds (Luxembourg) S.A. 16, boulevard d’Avranches, L-1160 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg PUBLIC - 2 Board of Directors of the Management Company Alexa Coates (Global Chief Financial Officer) HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Tony Corfield (Chief Operating Officer) HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Didier Deleage (Chief Operating Officer, Chairman) HSBC Global Asset Management (France) Immeuble Ile de France 4, Place de la Pyramide, La Défense 9, 92800 Puteaux, France Richard Long (Head of Global Funds Operations) HSBC Investment Funds (Luxembourg) S.A. 16, boulevard d'Avranches, L-1160 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Sabine Moldenhauer (Director) HSBC Trinkaus Investment Managers S.A. 8, rue Lou Hemmer, L-1748 Luxembourg-Findel, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Edgar K M Ng (Head of Business Support Asia Pacific) HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited HSBC Main Building, 1 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong Investment Advisers HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited Level 22, HSBC Main Building, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) Inc. 452 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom HSBC Bank Brasil S.A. – Banco Múltiplo Travessa Oliviera Belo, 11-B, 80020-030 Curitiba, Brazil HSBC Portfoy Yonetimi A.S. Esentepe Mahallesi, Büyükdere Caddesi, No.128, 34394 Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey HSBC Global Asset Management (France) Immeuble Ile de France, 4, Place de la Pyramide, La Défense 9, 92800 Puteaux, France Depositary Bank HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A. 16, boulevard d’Avranches, L-1160 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg PUBLIC - 3 Administration Agent HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A. 16, boulevard d’Avranches, L-1160 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Registrar and Transfer Agent Until January 2014, and a further communication will be issued to shareholders once the date has been determined: RBC Investor Services Bank S.A. 14, Porte de France, L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg From January 2014, and a further communication will be issued to shareholders once the date has been determined: HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A. 16, boulevard d’Avranches, L-1160 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Central Paying Agent HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A. 16, boulevard d’Avranches, L-1160 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Singapore Representative and Singapore Distributor HSBC Global Asset Management (Singapore) Limited Company Registration Number: 198602036R (Tel: 65 6658 2900 Fax: 65 6225 4324) Business Address: 21 Collyer Quay, #06-01 HSBC Building, Singapore 049320 Registered Address: 21 Collyer Quay, #10-02 HSBC Building, Singapore 049320 Singapore Share Registrar HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited (Company Registration Number: 194900022R) 20 Pasir Panjang Road (East Lobby) #12-21 Mapletree Business City Singapore 117439 Auditors KPMG Audit S.à.r.L., Réviseurs d'Entreprises Agrée 9, allée Scheffer, L-2520 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Legal Advisers to HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS as to Luxembourg Law Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen 2, Place Winston Churchill, L-1340 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Legal Advisers to HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS as to Singapore Law Chan & Goh LLP 50 Craig Road, #03-01, Singapore 089688 PUBLIC - 4 HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS IMPORTANT INFORMATION The sub-funds of HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS (the “Company”), which are being offered for subscription to investors in Singapore pursuant to this Singapore Prospectus (each a “Sub-Fund” and collectively the “Sub-Funds”), are recognised schemes under the Securities and Futures Act (Cap 289) of Singapore. A copy of this Singapore Prospectus has been lodged and registered with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (the “Authority”) and is issued by the Company for compliance with Singapore laws and regulations relating to offers of collective investment schemes and in particular compliance with the Securities and Futures Act and regulations made under it. The Authority assumes no responsibility for the contents of this Singapore Prospectus. Registration of this Singapore Prospectus by the Authority does not imply that the Securities and Futures Act or any other relevant legal or regulatory requirements have been complied with. The Authority has not, in any way, considered the investment merits of the Sub-Funds. This Singapore Prospectus incorporates and is not valid without the Luxembourg prospectus dated August 2013 and its Addendum dated November 2013 (the “Luxembourg Prospectus”) attached as a Schedule to this Singapore Prospectus. The Luxembourg Prospectus forms part of this Singapore Prospectus and should be read together with this Singapore Prospectus. HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS is an open-ended investment company with an umbrella structure, established in Luxembourg. Only certain Shares of the Sub-Funds are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors” or the “Directors”) has taken all reasonable care to ensure that the facts stated in this Singapore Prospectus are true and accurate in all material respects and that there are no other material facts, the omission of which makes any statement in this Singapore Prospectus misleading, whether of fact or opinion. All the members of the Board of Directors accept responsibility accordingly. This Singapore Prospectus does not constitute an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not lawful or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. The delivery of this Singapore Prospectus or the issue of Shares in the Sub-Funds shall not, under any circumstances, create any implication that the affairs of the Company have not changed since the date of this Singapore Prospectus. This Singapore Prospectus may be updated from time to time to reflect material changes and investors should investigate whether a more recent Singapore Prospectus or a supplementary prospectus is available. The Shares have not been and will not be offered for sale or sold in the United States of America, its territories or possessions and all areas subject to its jurisdiction, or to United States persons, except in a transaction which does not violate the securities laws of the United States of America. The Articles of Incorporation permit certain restrictions on the sale and transfer of Shares to restricted persons and the