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ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund ("PAIF") is an exchange traded bond fund which seeks to provide investment returns that corresponds closely to the total return of the Markit iBoxx ABF Pan-Asia Index ("Index"), before fees and expenses, and its return may deviate from that of the Index.
PAIF primarily invests in local currency government and quasi-government bonds in eight Asian markets, comprising of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Investment involves risks, including risks of exposure to bonds in both developed and emerging Asia markets. Investors may lose part or all of their investments.
PAIF is not "actively managed" and will not try to "beat" the market it tracks.
The Executives' Meeting of East Asia and Pacific Central Banks group (the "EMEAP") member central banks and monetary authorities are like any other investors in PAIF and each of them may dispose of their respective interest in the Units they hold. There are no guarantees that the EMEAP member central banks and monetary authorities will continue to be investors in PAIF.
The trading price of PAIF may differ from the underlying net asset value per share.
PAIF may not be suitable for all investors. Investors should not invest based on this marketing material only. Investors should read the PAIF's prospectus, including the risk factors, take into consideration of the product features, their own investment objectives, risk tolerance level etc and seek independent financial and professional advices as appropriate prior to making any investment.
IHS Markit, the index provider, announced that as part of the 2016 Annual Index Review, the methodology to calculate the annual weights for the 8 ABF markets in the iBoxx ABF Pan-Asia index has been amended. Under the new rules, the methodology allocates a smaller baseline weight to those markets that are significantly smaller relative to the others. The new weights have been effective from 31 October 2016 and would be implemented in six equal monthly steps. For further information, please visit IHS Markit’s website www.markit.com.
State Street Global Advisors, the manager of the ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund, would like to remind our Electronic Trading clients that The Hong Kong Stock Exchange ("HKEx") will be introducing their Closing Auction Session (CAS) on Monday, 25 July 2016.
The CAS will allow up to 10 extra minutes to enable orders to be executed at closing price. For more information on CAS, please click here.
