Privacy Policy

In the course of doing business with Schroders, you share nonpublic personal and financial information (“nonpublic personal information”) with us. Schroders respects your right to privacy. We understand that you have entrusted us with this private information and we recognize the importance of protecting unnecessary or unauthorized access to it.

I. Information that we collect

We may collect nonpublic personal information about you when you communicate or transact business with us or with our service providers in writing, electronically or by telephone. For example, we collect nonpublic personal information (such as name, address, account and other investment information) about you from the following sources: 

  • Applications or forms completed by you
  • Information you provide during telephone conversations, email, or contact forms that you send us; and
  • Your transactions and account positions with us, our affiliates or others (including, for example, your own broker or custodian).

II. Information that we disclose

We do not sell or rent your nonpublic personal information to any third parties.

We may disclose your nonpublic personal information to third parties in the following limited circumstances:

  • We may disclose some or all of your nonpublic personal information to companies that help us maintain, process or service your transactions or account(s) or financial products or services effected by or through us, including companies that perform administrative, accounting, transfer agency, custodial, brokerage or proxy solicitation services for us.
  • We may disclose some or all of your nonpublic personal information, such as account and transaction data, to companies that assist us in marketing or client servicing. These companies will use this information only for the services for which we hired them, are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose and are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information.
  • We may disclose or report some or all of your nonpublic personal information if you request or authorize us to do so, for institutional risk control, or in other circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted under law.

III. Our security procedures

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to protect your nonpublic personal information. Within Schroders, access to such information is limited to those employees who need it to perform their jobs, such as servicing your accounts, resolving problems or informing you of new products or services. Finally, our Code of Ethics, which applies to all employees, restricts the use of customer information and requires that it be held in strict confidence.

We observe these policies with respect to current and former Schroders customers and shareholders.

If you identify any inaccuracy in your personal information or you need to make a change to that information, please contact us in writing so that we may promptly update our records.

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The Fund is a closed-end investment product. Common shares of the Fund are only available for purchase/sale on the NYSE at the current market price. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
All Investments, domestic and foreign, involve risks including the risk of possible loss of principal. The market value of a fund's portfolio may decline as a result of a number of factors, including adverse economic and market conditions, prospects of stocks in the portfolio, changing interest rates, and real or perceived adverse competitive industry conditions. In addition, the Fund invests in restricted securities and other investments that may be illiquid, which hold the risk that the securities will not be able to be sold at the time desired by the Fund. The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the 1940 Act. A non-diversified fund has the ability to invest more of its assets in securities of a single issuer than if it were classified as a "diversified" fund, which may increase volatility.
Trading in Swiss equities involves certain risks and special considerations not usually associated with investing in securities of established U.S. companies, including risks related to the nature of the market for Swiss equities, including the risk that the Swiss equities markets may be affected by market developments in different ways than U.S. securities markets and may be more volatile than U.S. securities markets; political and economic risks with respect to Switzerland, including the possible imposition of, or changes in, currency exchange laws or other Swiss laws or restrictions applicable to investments in Swiss equities; and fluctuations in the rate of exchange between currencies and costs associated with currency conversion. The Swiss securities markets have substantially less trading volume than the U.S. securities markets. Additionally, the capitalization of the Swiss securities markets is highly concentrated. Securities of some companies located in Switzerland will be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. This combination of lower volume and greater concentration in the Swiss securities markets may create a risk of greater price volatility than in the U.S. securities markets.
The market price of common shares of the Fund will be based on factors such as the supply and demand for common shares in the market and general market, economic, political or regulatory conditions. Whether shareholders will realize gains or losses upon the sale of common shares of the Fund will depend on the market price of common shares at the time of the sale, not on the Fund’s net asset value. The market price may be lower or higher than the Fund’s net asset value. Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount or premium to their net asset value.
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. ("SIMNA Inc.") is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. SEC.

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