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- The portfolio typically invests in debt securities from issuers anywhere in the world, including Emerging Markets.
- Invest in emerging markets is subject to higher volatility and higher risks (e.g. liquidity risk, currency risk, political risk, regulatory risk, economic risk, legal and taxation risk, settlement risk and custody risk).
- Investment in the portfolio may also involve general investment risk, debt securities risk, concentration risk and currency risk. Exposure to debt securities that are below investment grade and unrated can subject the Portfolio to higher 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 is entitled to use financial derivative instruments for hedging, efficient portfolio management and other investment purposes 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.
- Investors should not rely on this document alone to make investment decisions.