USTB20DL
Author: Bosera Date: 01/02/2024
Important Notice
Investment involves risks. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Investors should not make any investment decision solely based on the information provided in this material. Investors should refer to the Prospectus and the Product Key Facts Statement of the Sub-Fund for further details, including product features and risk factors before making any investment decision.
Bosera 20+ Year US Treasury Bond ETF (the “Sub-Fund”) is a sub-fund of the Bosera Global Exchange Traded Funds Series Open-ended Fund Company (“Company”), which is a public umbrella open-ended fund company established under Hong Kong law with variable capital, limited liability and segregated liability between sub-funds registered and incorporated under Part IVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) (“SFO”). The listed class of shares of the Sub-Fund (“Shares”) are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “SEHK”). These Shares are traded on SEHK like listed stocks. The Sub-Fund is a passively managed index tracking exchange traded fund under Chapter 8.6 of the Code on Unit Trusts and Mutual Funds (the “Code”).
The Sub-Fund offers both (i) accumulating listed class of Shares (the “Accumulating Listed Share Class”) and (ii) distributing listed class of Shares (the “Distributing Listed Share Class") (together, the “Listed Class of Shares”) and (iii) unlisted classes of Shares (the “Unlisted Classes of Shares”). This statement contains information about the offering of the Distributing Listed Share Class, and unless otherwise specified references to “Shares” in this statement shall refer to the “Listed Class of Shares”. Investors should refer to a separate statement for the offering of Accumulating Listed Share Class and the Unlisted Classes of Shares.
In seeking to achieve the Sub-Fund’s investment objective, the Manager will primarily use a representative sampling strategy and invest in a representative sample of the constituent Securities of the Index (“Index Securities”) selected by the Manager that collectively reflects the investment characteristics of the Index. The Sub-Fund may or may not hold all Index Securities, and may hold US Treasury securities which are not included in the Index, provided that these securities collectively feature a high correlation with the Index.
Payment of dividends out of capital or effectively out of capital amounts to a return or withdrawal of part of an investor’s original investment or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment. Any such distributions may result in an immediate reduction in the NAV per Unit of the Sub-Fund.
Investors must pay attention to fixed income securities investment risks, including but not limited to:
Income Risk - The Sub-Fund’s income may decline when interest rates fall. This decline can occur because the debt instruments held by the Sub-Fund will have floating, or variable, interest rates.
Interest rate risk - Investment in the Sub-Fund is subject to interest rate risk. In general, the price of debt securities rise when interest rates fall, whilst their prices fall when interest rates rise. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, result in heightened market volatility and detract from the Sub-Fund’s performance to the extent the Sub-Fund is exposed to such interest rates. As the Sub-Fund invests in US Treasury bonds and US Treasury notes, the Sub-Fund is additionally subject to policy risk as changes in macro-economic policies in the US (including monetary policy and fiscal policy) may have an influence over the US capital markets and affect the pricing of the bonds in the Sub-Fund’s portfolio, which may in turn adversely affect the return of the Sub-Fund. Falling interest rates can lead to a decline in income for the Sub-Fund. Interest rate risk is generally lower for shorter term fixed income investments and higher for longer term fixed income investments.
Valuation Risk - Valuation of the Sub-Fund’s investments may involve uncertainties and judgmental determinations. If such valuation turns out to be incorrect, this may affect the Net Asset Value calculation of the Sub-Fund.
Credit risk and sovereign debt risk - The Sub-Fund is exposed to the credit/default risk of issuers of the debt securities that the Sub-Fund may invest in. The financial condition of an issuer of a debt security or other instrument may cause such issuer to default, become unable to pay interest or principal due or otherwise fail to honour its obligations or cause such issuer to be perceived as being in such situation. Further, the Sub-Fund’s investment in securities issued or guaranteed by governments (e.g. US government) may be exposed to political, social and economic risks. In adverse situations, the sovereign issuers may not be able or willing to repay the principal and/or interest when due or may request the Sub-Fund to participate in restructuring such debts. The Sub-Fund may suffer significant losses when there is a default in sovereign debt issuers.
Credit rating risk - Credit ratings assigned by rating agencies are subject to limitations and do not guarantee the creditworthiness of the security and/or issuer at all times.
Downgrading risk - The credit rating of a debt instrument or its issuer may subsequently be downgraded. In the event of such downgrading, the value of the Sub-Fund may be adversely affected. The Manager may or may not be able to dispose of the debt instruments that are being downgraded.
If there is any limitation on the level of services by brokers and CCASS participants, Shareholders will only be able to trade their Shares in one counter only, which may inhibit or delay an investor dealing. The market price of Shares traded in each counter may deviate significantly. As such, investors may pay more or receive less when buying or selling Shares traded on one counter on the SEHK than in respect of Shares traded in another counter and vice versa.
The trading price of the Shares on the SEHK is driven by market factors such as the demand and supply of the Shares. Therefore, the Shares may trade at a substantial premium or discount to the NAV and may deviate significantly from the NAV per Share.
As investors will pay certain charges (e.g. trading fees and brokerage fees) to buy or sell Shares on the SEHK, investors may pay more than the NAV per Share when buying Shares on the SEHK, and may receive less than the NAV per Share when selling Shares on the SEHK.
The Sub-Fund may be terminated early under certain circumstances, for example, if the size of the Sub-Fund falls below USD 10,000,000 (or equivalent). Investors may not be able to recover their investments and suffer a loss when the Sub-Fund is terminated.
Although the Manager will use its best endeavours to put in place arrangements so that at least one market maker will maintain a market for the Shares traded in each counter and that at least one market maker to each counter gives not less than 3 months’ notice prior to terminating market making under the relevant market maker agreement, liquidity in the market for the Shares may be adversely affected if there is no or only one market maker for the Shares traded in any available counter. There is also no guarantee that any market making activity will be effective.
This material has not been reviewed by the Securities and Futures Commission.
