• The portfolio invests in all types of U.S. Government securities and fixed-income securities, issued by U.S. corporations and by non-U.S. corporations and by governments other than that of the U.S. or their agencies and instrumentalities issuing securities denominated in USD and a variety of mortgage-backed securities and zero coupon securities.
  • Investment in the portfolio may also involve general investment risk, debt securities risk, concentration risk, currency risk, illiquid assets risk and management risk. Exposure to lower rated and unrated instruments can subject the Portfolio to high volatility and greater risk of loss of principal and interest than higher-rated securities. The value of the portfolio can be volatile and can go down substantially within a short period of time. It is possible that the entire value of your investment in the portfolio can be lost.
  • The Portfolio invests in collateralized and securitized products such as Asset Backed Securities, Mortgage Backed Securities and Asset Back Commercial Papers which may be highly illiquid and prone to substantial price volatility. These instruments may be subject to greater credit, liquidity and interest rate risk compared to other debt securities. They are often exposed to extension and prepayment risks and risks that the payment obligations relating to the underlying assets are not met, which may adversely impact the returns of the securities.
  • The portfolio is entitled to use financial derivative instruments for hedging, risk management, efficient portfolio management purposes and as an alternative to investing directly in the underlying securities which may involve counterparty / credit risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, volatility risk and over-the-counter transaction risk. The leverage element / component of a financial derivative instrument can result in a loss significantly greater than the amount invested in the financial derivative instrument by the Portfolio. Exposure to financial derivative instrument may lead to a high risk of significant loss by the Portfolio.
  • Dividends may be paid from capital or effectively out of the capital of the Portfolio, which may amount to a partial return or withdrawal of an investor’s original investment or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment and result in an immediate decrease of the net asset value per Share. Distributions for hedged share classes may be adversely affected by differences in the interest rates of the reference currency and the Portfolio’s base currency, resulting in a greater amount of distribution being paid out of capital than other non-hedged share classes.
  • Investors should not rely on this document alone to make investment decisions.


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