Risk considerations
- Market risk: The value of investments can go up and down and an investor may not get back the amount initially invested.
- China country risk: Changes in China's political, legal, economic or tax policies could cause losses or higher costs for the fund.
- Counterparty risk: The counterparty to a derivative or other contractual agreement or synthetic financial product could become unable to honour its commitments to the fund, potentially creating a partial or total loss for the fund.
- Currency risk: The fund can be exposed to different currencies. Changes in foreign exchange rates could create losses.
- Derivatives risk: A derivative may not perform as expected, and may create losses greater than the cost of the derivative.
- Emerging markets & frontier risk: Emerging markets, and especially frontier markets, generally carry greater political, legal, counterparty and operational risk.
- Equity risk: Equity prices fluctuate daily, based on many factors including general, economic, industry or company news.
- Liquidity risk: In difficult market conditions, the fund may not be able to sell a security for full value or at all. This could affect performance and could cause the fund to defer or suspend redemptions of its shares.
- Operational risk: Failures at service providers could lead to disruptions of fund operations or losses.
- Liquidity risk: In difficult market conditions, the fund may not be able to sell a security for full value or at all. This could affect performance and could cause the fund to defer or suspend redemptions of its shares.
- Operational risk: Operational processes, including those related to the safekeeping of assets, may fail. This
may result in losses to the fund.
- Real Estate and Property Risk: Real estate investments are subject to a variety of risk conditions such as economic conditions, changes in laws (e.g. environmental and zoning) and other influences on the market.
- Currency risk: The fund may lose value as a result of movements in foreign exchange rates.
- Derivatives risk – Efficient Portfolio Management: Derivatives may be used to manage the portfolio efficiently. A derivative may not perform as expected, may create losses greater than
the cost of the derivative and may result in losses to the fund.
- Emerging Markets & Frontier risk: Emerging markets, and especially frontier markets, generally carry greater political, legal, counterparty, operational and liquidity risk than developed markets.
- Counterparty risk:The fund may have contractual agreements with counterparties. If a counterparty is unable to fulfil their obligations, the sum that they owe to the fund may be lost in part or in whole.
- Performance risk: Investment objectives express an intended result but there is no guarantee that such a result will be achieved. Depending on market conditions and the macro economic environment, investment objectives may become more difficult to achieve.
- IBOR: The transition of the financial markets away from the use of interbank offered rates (IBORs) to alternative reference rates may impact the valuation of certain holdings and disrupt liquidity in certain instruments. This may impact the investment performance of the fund.
Important information:
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This information is a marketing communication. This information is not an offer, solicitation or recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or to adopt any investment strategy. Information herein is believed to be reliable but we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy. Schroders has expressed its own views and opinions in this document and these may change. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amounts originally invested. Exchange rate changes may cause the value of any overseas investments to rise or fall. Past Performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. This document does not constitute an offer to anyone, or a solicitation by anyone, to subscribe for shares of Schroder International Selection Fund (the “Company”). Nothing in this document should be construed as advice and is therefore not a recommendation to buy or sell shares.
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