AL Sustainable Index European Equity

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE Developed Europe ex UK Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in equities and equity related securities of companies across developed markets in Europe that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

AL Sustainable Index Japan Equity

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE Japan Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in Japanese equities and equity related securities of companies that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

AL Sustainable Index UK Equity

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE 350 ex IT Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in large or midcap equities and equity related securities of companies in the UK market that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

HSBC Sustainable Ind Developed Asia (ExJap) Eq

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific ex Japan Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in equities and equity related securities of companies across the Developed Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

HSBC Sustainable Index North American Equity

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE North America Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in US and Canadian equities and equity related securities of companies that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

HSBC Sustainable Ind Emerging Market Eq

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE Emerging Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in equities and equity related securities of companies across Emerging Markets that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

HSBC Sustainable Index European Equity

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE Developed Europe ex UK Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in equities and equity related securities of companies across developed markets in Europe that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

HSBC Sustainable Index Japan Equity

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE Japan Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in Japanese equities and equity related securities of companies that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

HSBC Sustainable Index UK Equity

New Investment Objective:
The Fund aims to provide a total return (a combination of capital growth and income), delivering an overall return in line with the FTSE 350 ex IT Phoenix Climate Aligned Index (the “Index”), before management fees and expenses. The Fund aims to achieve its investment objectives, including the sustainability objective, by investing at least 90% of the portfolio in large or midcap equities and equity related securities of companies in the UK market that are constituents of the Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the Index. The holdings in the Fund therefore aim to replicate the constituents of the Index.

OMR abrdn Global Sustainable and Responsible Investment Equity Fund

New Fund Name: OMR abrdn Global Sustainable Equity Fund
New Investment Objective:
To generate growth over the long term (5 years or more) by investing in global equities (company shares) that manage adverse environmental impacts and promote societal welfare in one or more of the four thematic areas of – climate change, the environment, labour management, and human rights & stakeholders, through their business operations OR their products and services. The Fund aims to achieve a return in excess of the MSCI AC World Index over rolling five-year periods (after charges). The fund will invest at least 70% in equities and equity related securities of companies listed on global stock exchanges that align with the sustainability objective. The fund may invest up to 20% in companies that do not align with the sustainability objective provided they do not conflict with the sustainability objective, meaning (i) they pass the exclusionary screening criteria, and (ii) their business operations, as assessed by the abrdn Operational Sustainability Score meet the minimum threshold of 40 out of 100. These companies are held with the aim of supporting portfolio diversification and financial return.
This fund invests in the underlying retail fund in order to track its performance, this means that fund performance may differ to the underlying fund.