MultiAlpha North America Equity (A) Monthly Report - 31 December 2012 Accumulation Shares Investment Aims Fund Details The Sub-Fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing at least two thirds of its total non-cash assets in a well-diversified portfolio of investments in equity and equity equivalent securities of companies which have their registered office in, and with an official listing on a major stock exchange or other Regulated Market in North America as well as those companies which carry out a preponderant part of their business activities in the North America. The Sub-Fund uses a multi-manager approach, relying upon one or more sub-advisers to manage portions of the Sub-Fund's portfolio. The Sub-Fund may invest no more than 10% in total in UCITS and UCIs. Financial derivative instruments may be used for hedging and efficient portfolio management purposes. Selected Managers Allocation Fund Manager Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. WestEnd Advisors 17,4% Randeep Brar ISIN Code LU0358928850 Subscription Currency USD 21,8% Fund Size in Millions Artisan Partners LP (USD) 1 041.34 19,1% Net asset value (subscription currency) 21,2% 20,4% Winslow Capital Management, Inc. Herndon Capital Management (USD) 10.71 Minimum Investment Horizon > 5 years Launch Date 09/06/2009 Benchmark 100% MSCI USA (USD) NR About the Managers Selected by Multimanager Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. : 21.8% Artisan Partners LP : 19.1% LA Capital is an independent investment advisory firm, which was founded in 2002. LA Capital focuses on mathematically driven risk aware investment strategies. There is an experienced and stable research team at the firm, with founders of the research process and excess return models remaining active in all aspects of the management. LA Capital's dynamic stock selection model is based on historical analysis and identification of risk factors/exposures that they expect to drive equity returns whilst excluding elements that typically are not rewarded. The firm conducts ongoing research to continuously enhance the original approach, revalidating the signals employed to and assessing ‘new factors' for inclusion as drivers behind the selection of companies for the portfolio. Artisan Partners LP is an SEC registered investment advisor, which was formed in 1994 and focuses exclusively on managing high value added equity investment strategies for institutional as well as retail clients. The firm is majority owned by employees and the large cap value team is based out of Atlanta and is one of the five investment boutiques comprising the overall firm. The Value team has a 3 PM structure, with support from a senior analyst, a research associate, and a trader. The PM team is seasoned, with a long history of working together and is strongly incentivized via personal stakes in the portfolios, to generate meaningful outperformance in the strategies they manage. The portfolio is a high conviction strategy (30-40 holdings), and is built in a benchmark agnostic manner, with a focus on identifying names with low valuation, sound financial condition, and attractive business economics. Turnover tends to be in the 40%-60% range, and the time horizon for investment is typically long in duration. The competitive advantage of the strategy is driven by the team's more flexible and focused approach to value investing, utilizing a broad opportunity set for idea generation. Thus, there are less scenario dependencies, leading to participation in different types of market environments. Winslow Capital Management, Inc. : 21.2% Winslow is a 100% employee-owned investment management firm based in Minneapolis. The investment business is the core competency of the firm. There is high alignment of interest for key personnel, as the three managers and the Chief Financial Officer own the firm. Winslow seeks to build a portfolio of stocks with an average earnings growth rate of 15-20%, based on internal forward earnings estimates, and that are trading at what they consider to be a reasonable market valuation. The way the team construct the portfolio is a key differentiator for this strategy. Herndon Capital Management : 20.4% Herndon Capital Management, based in Atlanta, was founded in September 2001, and is an affiliate of Atlanta Life Financial Group, a 105 year old financial firm. Herndon employees own 45% of the firm’s equity (3 PMs each own 15%), with the remainder owned by Atlanta Life. The LCV strategy was incepted in 2002. The investment team for this strategy consists of 6 individuals - PM Randell Cain, a Director of Research, and 4 central research analysts that support all Herndon strategies. We believe Cain is a seasoned and highly capable PM, who uses a disciplined and well thought out Large Cap Value investment process. An open minded approach to idea generation, along with a unique blend of screens and qualitative inputs, differentiates the strategy versus peers. WestEnd Advisors : 17.4% WestEnd Advisors is a private, independently-owned investment advisory firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The cornerstone of WestEnd's investment philosophy is their conviction that sector and industry performance is highly correlated with stages of the economic cycle. Therefore, WestEnd focuses on the sectors which they believe will benefit most from current economic tailwinds, and avoids sectors it views as untimely at a particular stage of the cycle. Within the MultiAlpha fund, West End's concentrated portfolio, their low benchmark adherence and in particular their sector rotation strategy will strengthen the structure at the overall fund level, as the existing managers primarily focus on a bottom-up approach to managing equities. WestEnd replaces Rainier. 3 MultiAlpha North America Equity (A) Monthly Report - 31 December 2012 Accumulation Shares Net Cumulated performance (USD) & Risk Ratio About the Multimanager team The Multimanager team within HSBC is a specialist multimanager function, providing multimanager solutions to clients globally. HSBC has one of the largest multimanager teams in the world, comprising more than 45 investment professionals (including a dedicated property multi-manager team) based in 11 locations around the world. The global reach of the team locations adds value through highly localised and expert manager insight and allows the Multimanager team to leverage their local market knowledge when building truly global solutions for clients. 1 month 3 months 2 012 1 year 3 years Inception 30/11/2012 28/09/2012 30/12/2011 30/12/2011 31/12/2009 09/06/2009 31/12/2012 31/12/2012 31/12/2012 31/12/2012 31/12/2012 31/12/2012 0.64% -0.68% 12.10% 12.10% 23.66% 44.93% Portfolio 0.87% -0.44% 15.33% 15.33% 34.17% 60.09% Benchmark -0.23% -0.24% -3.23% -3.23% -10.51% -15.16% Excess Return Fund's volatility 11.44% 17.53% 17.77% Benchmark's volatility 11.52% 17.25% 17.24% Tracking error 1.67% 1.73% 1.90% Information ratio -1.67 -1.56 -1.46 The above performance figures refers to the past and are not a reliable indicator of future returns. Top 10 holdings Industry Sectors Weight 1 Holdings APPLE INC USD Information Technology 3.14% 2 IBM CORP USD Information Technology 2.18% 3 ORACLE CORP / USD USD Information Technology 1.68% 4 QUALCOMM INC USD Information Technology 1.58% 5 COACH INC USD Consumer Staples 1.47% 6 GOOGLE INC USD Information Technology 1.35% 7 CELGENE CORP USD Health Care 1.33% 8 MICROSOFT CORP USD Information Technology 1.30% 9 EXXON MOBIL CORP USD Energy 1.19% USD Energy 10 APACHE CORP Currency 1.18% Total Top 10 Holdings Source : MSCI & HSBC Global Asset Management (France) as at end of December 2012 16.41% Industry Sector Allocation Industry Sector Portfolio Benchmark* Spread Information Technology 23.25% 18.97% 4.28% Consumer Staples 15.05% 13.56% 1.49% Financials 13.53% 15.15% -1.62% Health Care 11.57% 11.88% -0.31% Energy 10.56% 10.91% -0.35% Consumer Discretionary 10.14% 9.10% 1.04% Industrials 7.98% 10.22% -2.24% Materials 4.62% 3.60% 1.02% Telecommunication Services 2.94% 3.24% -0.30% Utilities 0.36% 3.37% Source : MSCI & HSBC Global Asset Management (France) as at end of December 2012 -3.00% Country Allocation Portfolio Benchmark* Spread 96.14% 98.11% -1.97% United Kingdom 1.15% 0.13% 1.02% South Korea 0.96% 0.00% 0.96% Switzerland 0.55% 0.43% 0.12% Ireland 0.46% 0.75% -0.29% Cayman Islands 0.38% 0.12% 0.26% Hong-Kong 0.18% 0.00% 0.18% Canada 0.17% 0.08% 0.09% The Bermuda Islands 0.00% 0.18% -0.18% Sweden 0.00% 0.05% -0.05% Other 0.00% 0.15% -0.15% Country United-States About MultiAlpha The MultiAlpha Fund range is the global flagship product range offered by the specialist multimanager team within HSBC. Our global teams seek to identify and combine specialist managers within each asset class. We search for managers who can demonstrate an edge in either the information they possess about the asset class and/or the more powerful and insightful analytical process they utilise in the management of their strategies. This is done using a global process which relies on well organised research and decision making, informed by the sensible application of a range of mathematical tools. The managers selected will be those who are considered to have a clearly identifiable skill or skills which gives them an advantage over other managers in their chosen specialist field of expertise. Those chosen and their weights in a MultiAlpha portfolio will be a reflection of our teams assessment of the performance attributable to their skill and how the portfolio they manage is best combined with the other managers who we have selected in an effort to smooth out 'peaks and troughs' in performance that typically occur in individual approaches. Source : MSCI & HSBC Global Asset Management (France) as at end of December 2012 * 100% MSCI USA (USD) NR 3 MultiAlpha North America Equity (A) Monthly Report - 31 December 2012 Accumulation Shares Contact Us Fund Manager Biography For further information on HSBC Global Asset Management, HSBC Multimanager or any of our funds performance and prices, please visit www.assetmanagement.hsbc.com Randeep Brar HISF helpdesk + 971 566 032 085 or email us at adviser.services@hsbc.com Randeep Brar (New York) is responsible for managing the Multimanager team in New York and joined HSBC Global Asset Management in 2007, and has been in the industry since 1994. Randeep's current role includes both research and portfolio management responsibilities, across broad US equity and fixed income asset classes covered by the Multimanager team. Please note: To help improve our service and in the interest of security we may monitor on a random basis and/or record your telephone calls with us. 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