Investment involves risks. Please refer to the offering document for details including the risk factors.
1. Investment Risk
The underlying investments of the Sub-Fund may fall in value due to any of the key risk factors below and therefore your investment in the Sub-Fund may suffer losses. You may not get back the full amount of money you invest. In addition, the Sub-Fund primarily invests in equities or equity-related securities. Generally, equities or equityrelated securities are subject to higher volatility and therefore higher risk of loss, compared to other instruments such as bonds, money markets instruments or bank deposits.
2. Gold Mining Sector Risk
The Sub-Fund invests in a small number of sectors (i.e. gold mining) which may subject it to greater volatility than a more broadly diversified portfolio. The sectors may decline even while broader based equity market indices are rising. The Sub-Fund offers exposure to commodities and may include additional risks e.g. political risk, natural events or terrorism. This may influence the production and trading of commodities and the value of financial instruments offering exposure to such commodities.
3. Smaller Company Risk
The Sub-Fund may invest in smaller company shares (for example, those in the gold mining sector) which may be less liquid and more volatile than the shares of larger companies, due to the smaller number of shares in issue and the frequently less diversified and less established nature of the business. These factors can create a greater potential for significant capital losses.
4. Derivatives Usage Risk
The Sub-Fund may use derivatives for the purposes of hedging and/or EPM. Investments in derivatives involve additional risks such as leverage risk, counterparty risks, liquidity risk, valuation risk, volatility risk and over-the-counter transaction risk. In adverse situations, the Sub-Fund's use of derivatives may become ineffective in hedging and/or in EPM and the Sub-Fund may suffer significant losses.
5. Exchange Rate Fluctuation Risk
Currency fluctuations may adversely affect the value of a Sub-Fund's investments and the income thereon. Currency fluctuations may also adversely affect the profitability of an underlying company in which a Sub-Fund invests.