Email terms

General

The following terms and conditions outline the basis upon which we communicate by email. By communicating with us by email, you are taken to have accepted these terms and conditions. If you wish to object to any of these terms and conditions, you should not email us, and speak to your usual contact or the relevant office switchboard as noted on our website.

The issuing entity for each email is as noted on the relevant email footer (Issuing Entity). By ‘we and ‘us’ we mean the relevant Issuing Entity. By ‘Schroder Group’ we mean all or any direct and indirect subsidiary of Schroders plc (as the context indicates).

We amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Every time you communicate with us by email, please check this page for the latest version.

Terms and conditions which apply to all countries

1. Confidentiality: the emails between us and you are, except where otherwise clearly indicated, confidential and for the intended addressee only. If sent to you in error, please notify us at postmaster@schroders.com and permanently delete the email forthwith from your system. Without the express prior written permission of the Schroder Group, or if required by law, you must not copy, disclose, or act upon, an email from us.
2. Data protection and privacy: please be aware that messages sent to and from our systems will be stored and processed, and may be monitored, for security purposes, to protect our business, and to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations and our internal policies.
3. Licensing: any information, products or services referred to in any email from us, are not directed at, or offered to, anyone in a country or state where: advertising, offering or selling by us is not allowed by law or regulation, or we would have to register or obtain a licence which we do not currently have (our regulators are noted on this page). Distributing information in certain countries may be restricted by local law. As a result, you must be aware of, and keep to, any such restrictions.  
4. Intellectual property: you acknowledge that we own or license all intellectual property rights in emails sent to you by us, and that we (and any person we have attributed authorship to) are the authors of such emails. Such rights are protected by laws and treaties around the world, and all such rights are reserved. You must not change or separate any sections of attachments or parts of such emails without prior agreement by us.
5. Market data: Where FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”) data is used, “FTSE” is a trade mark of the London Stock Exchange Group of companies and is used by FTSE International Limited under licence. All rights in the FTSE indices vest in FTSE and/or its licensors. Neither FTSE nor its licensors accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the FTSE indices or underlying data. No further distribution of FTSE data is permitted without FTSE’s express written consent.
6. Liability: unless expressly stated, any email: is for information purposes only; is provided on an “AS IS” basis; is current at the date of issue (or as so marked) only; may contain information from third parties which we and the third party cannot be liable to you for; and is supplied without any warranties, guarantees or representations as to accuracy or completeness. Except in the event of our negligence, wilful default or fraud, or where imposed by law or regulation (including under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and FCA Rules), we will not be liable to you for any loss arising from an email sent by us to you. Furthermore, except where expressly indicated or within an agreed mandate, nothing in any email from us constitutes legal, tax, accounting, investment or other advice. Accordingly, you must not rely upon it, and should obtain specific professional advice before acting.
7. Viruses: although we have taken steps to try to ensure that emails we send are secure and free from viruses, emails are not a secure method of communication, can be intercepted and cannot be guaranteed to be error or virus free.
8. Law and jurisdiction:
   1. if you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by Swiss law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction (except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland).
   2. if you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by Swiss law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Switzerland.
   3. Language: English, German or French shall be the official language for all communications between us, although we may also communicate with you in other languages.