This section describes activities and views of certain HSBC companies.

At HSBC Private Bank we believe that to achieve a successful track record in investment markets, one should avoid investment preconceptions. Equity markets, like bond markets, go through bullish and bearish cycles. Certain regions, sectors or investment styles outperform others over certain periods of time.

While traditional investment groups try to match benchmark indices, our aim is to increase returns and lower volatility by designing absolute return strategies that are less subject to the vagaries of the market because they do not follow the herd. Using our expertise in alternative investment, we aim to identify the right opportunities to structure investment vehicles that can produce superior risk-adjusted performance compared to traditional investments.

HSBC Private Bank has long recognised the potential of alternative investment strategies. That’s why, since 1989, some of our members have developed an in-depth expertise in researching, structuring and managing alternative funds and funds of funds, and in some cases the credit capabilities to support such funds. In short, we believe that the expertise to invest without preconceptions is superior to traditional investment approaches over the long term.