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You have reached the official web site http://www.sinopia-group.com, edited by SINOPIA ASSET MANAGEMENT S.A., witch have a share capital of 3 387 459.5 euros.

Sinopia Asset Management is authorised and regulated by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). N°GP 97 142.

Sinopia Société de Gestion is authorised and regulated by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). N° GP 04-030.

Sinopia is part of a worldwide group of businesses known as HSBC Global Asset Management which is ultimately owned by HSBC Holdings plc.

Sinopia Asset Management is a Specialist Company dedicated to quantitative asset management.

Sinopia is headquartered in Paris with international subsidiaries in London and Hong-Kong:

This site is intended for professional investors only. The information is not intended for private clients.

Registered office: Immeuble Ile de France 4, place de la Pyramide La Défense 9
Mail: 75419 Paris Cedex 08 France
SIREN Number: 379 837 800 RCS Paris
Publisher: Pierre Séquier
Webmaster: Dominique Lecompte
Web Host: HSBC France

This site is intended for those who access it from within France. Because of this we cannot guarantee that the Site, or the information thereon, complies with the local laws or regulations of, or is appropriate for use in, any other jurisdiction from which you access it. If you choose to access this Site from a jurisdiction other than France you do so at your own risk and Sinopia will not be liable for any breach of local law or regulation that you commit as a result of doing so.

Information for investors in the US

The funds and securities described within this web-site are not available for distribution to, or investment by, US Investors. The shares are not and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "securities Act") and, except in a transaction which does not violate the Securities Act or any other applicable US securities laws (including without limitation any applicable law of any of the States of the USA) may not be directly or indirectly offered or sold in the USA or any of its territories or possessions or areas subject to its jurisdiction or to or for the benefit of US person.

Information for investors in the UK

Information on the products and services on this site is subject to specific restrictions concerning the persons to whom such information may be made available. If you are browsing from the United Kingdom please read the following, and acknowledge that you fall within the categories indicated.
This website is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to any reader of this material to buy or sell investments. It is intended for investment professionals only and not for private clients.
Past performance is not a guide to fut ure performance and the value of your investment can go down as well as up. Data on the past performance of any particular mutual fund in this document is provided for illustrative purposes only and should not be considered as an offer for the sale of any such funds as our funds are only registered for sale in specific territories and accordingly may be unsuitable for your needs or we may be unable to allow you to invest in such funds.
Investors should refer to the fund's information memorandum/prospectus for a detailed explanation of the investment risks associated with this product, which is available upon request from HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited.
Expressions of opinion herein are subject to change without notice. This document may contain third party information obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but have not been independently verified.

No Offer

Neither the information, nor any opinion contained in our Site constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation or an offer to buy any products or services or any advice or recommendation. The information contained in this Site, is not intended to provide professional advice and should not be relied upon in that regard. You are advised to obtain appropriate legal, accounting and tax advice where necessary. We do not represent or warrant that the Site will meet your requirements. We are not responsible for financial or other damages resulting of purchase or sale decision taken on the basis of the information provided on this site.

Legal Information

For information on any specific risks associated with our funds please refer our Prospectus or Memorandum as semi-annual and annual reports available upon request from Sinopia or its subsidiaries.

Performance

Please note that the value of investments and the income derived from them may fluctuate and an investor may not receive back the amount originally invested. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance.

Warnings

Sinopia Asset Management makes every effort to ensure, to the best of its abilities, that the information published on this site is correct and up to date, and it reserves the right to amend the content without warning at any time. However, Sinopia Asset Management cannot guarantee the correctness, accuracy or exhaustiveness of the information made available on this site or via hyper-links or any other computerised link used directly or indirectly from this site. It therefore warns visitors to the site that they are responsible for checking the information by other means, including contacting the company.
In consequence whereof, Sinopia Asset Management declines all responsibility for any inaccuracy, imprecision or omission affecting the information available on the site, for all damages resulting from a fraudulent intrusion by a third party who has altered the information made available on the site, and more generally for all damages, direct or indirect, whatever their cause, origin, nature or consequences, which are the result of anyone accessing the site or being unable to access it, or of using the site or giving credit to any information deriving directly or indirectly from it.

No Warranties

We do not represent or warrant that the Site will be available, that access will be uninterrupted, that there will be no delays, failures, errors or omissions or loss of transmitted information that no viruses or other contaminating or destructive properties will be transmitted or that no damage will occur to your computer system. You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and back up of data and/or equipment and for undertaking reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses or other destructive properties.

Internet E-mail

Messages sent over the internet cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure as they are subject to possible interception or loss or possible alteration. We are not responsible for them and will not be liable to you or anyone else for any damages or otherwise in connection with any messages sent by you to the HSBC Group or any message sent by HSBC Group to you over the internet.

Third party sites

Where we provide hypertext links to other locations on the Internet, we do so for information purposes only. We are not responsible for the content of any other websites or pages linked to this Site.

Copyright

Copyright in the pages, screens, information, and all material in their arrangement included in this Site is owned by or licensed to us unless otherwise noted. You may imprint or temporarily store extracts from our Site for your personal information.You must not alter anything or distribute it to others. Any other use is prohibited unless you first get our written permission. In particular no one may use a part of our Site on any other website, or link any other website to our Site, without our prior written permission.
Sinopia and the logo are trademarks of the HSBC Group. Other than as provided above you may not use or reproduce the Sinopia trademark, logo or brand name.

Data Protection

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