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HSBC Indian Equity Fund

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India is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies. In 2008, GDP growth was over 7% versus the average world growth of 3%. Our investment experts expect high growth levels to be sustainable over the coming years.

Don’t be left behind! Participate in this exciting growth story with the HSBC Indian Equity Fund, now available in Canada!

Convenient ways to invest:

Online through InvestDirect

Call 1-800-830-8888 to speak to a Mutual Fund Advisor*

Visit a Mutual Fund Advisor* at a branch near you

HSBC knows India

Our success in India, and around the world, is based on local knowledge and a long track record. We trace our roots in India to 1853. HSBC also manages one of the world’s largest and most successful Indian equity funds – the HSBC GIF Indian Equity Fund.1

Why invest in this Fund?

  • Access an emerging market titan – The Fund offers investors access to one of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world through a well-diversified portfolio of Indian equities.
  • Expert fund management – The Fund is managed by a team of Indian equity specialists, who seek to deliver performance through top-down sectoral views, bottom-up stock selection, theme selection and fundamental research. 
  • Long-term presence and credibility in Asia – HSBC has long standing presence in the emerging markets: our roots were formed in China and India in the 19th century.

Who should invest?

  • Investors with a long-term investment horizon. (7 to 10 years+)
  • Investors seeking capital growth through a fund that can complement a diversified portfolio
  • Investors comfortable with high risk and exposures to emerging markets and smaller capitalization companies, which can increase the volatility of returns and may restrict liquidity. 
Why investment in India

View our webcast, "Incredible India -- seductive investment story"


Interesting facts about India

  • Over 2 million students graduate from India’s universities every year, out of which 350,000 are engineers.
  • The Indian middle class is 330 million strong.
  • In India, personal consumption makes up 67% of GDP, much higher than any other Asian country.
  • Against just 80 million mobile phone users as at 2006, India has over 427 million at 2009.

Sources: Indian Business Week - August 2006 and CIA - World Factbook - October 2009



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* Employee of HSBC Investment Funds (Canada) Inc.

1 Morningstar Direct, September 2009. HSBC Global Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd. is the Investment Advisor of the HSBC GIF Indian Equity Fund. This Fund is not available in Canada