Fund updates

Notification of changes to the underlying fund of J36 Ninety One GS European Equity

Notification of Closure of Fidelity Global Property Funds

Notification of merger of the underlying fund of J27 - Barings Developed and Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund

Notification of changes affecting the underlying fund of J76 Principal European Equity

Friends Provident International Limited have taken the decision to restrict the unit-linked fund choices available to Hong Kong resident and /or product specific policyholders to those funds that are authorised by the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission.

We have received notification from the Board of Directors of Ninety One Global Strategy Fund of the following upcoming changes to the underlying funds of the Affected Mirror Funds. These changes will take effect from 13 June 2022

FPIL inform clients about changes to the Canaccord Genuity Investment Fund Plc, due to take effect on 1 April 2022.

We have been notified by JP Morgan Funds ("JP Morgan") of the following changes to the underlying fund into which the FPIL mirror fund L95 - JPM Socially Responsible (USD) invests. These changes will take effect as of 25 February 2022 (the “Effective Date”), and the mirror fund will also be amended accordingly.

We have received notification from Schroder Investment Management (Europe) S.A. (the “Company”) of its decision to merge the Schroder International Selection Fund – Middle East (“the Merging Fund”) which is the underlying fund of the above named mirror fund, into the Schroder International Selection Fund – Frontier Markets Equity (the “Receiving Fund”) with effect from 21 February 2022 (the “Merger Date”).

We have been notified by DWS Invest, SICAV (the “Company”) of the following various changes regarding the underlying fund into which R12 -DWS Invest Global Agribusiness invests.

We have been notified by Emirates NBD SICAV and Emirates NBD Fund Managers (Jersey) Limited (the “Company”) of the upcoming suspension non-dealing days of the underlying funds of various Emirates funds.

Friends Provident International Limited have taken the decision to restrict the fund choices available to Hong Kong policyholders to those funds that are authorised by the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission.

Update on the suspension of FPIL Strategic Growth Mirror Funds

Notification of closure of the underlying fund of J58 Invesco US Equity

We have been informed by Pictet Asset Management (Europe) S.A. Luxembourg (the “Company”) of their decision to soft close the underlying fund of L21 Pictet Global Environmental Opportunities as it believes that the fund size is at the maximum for efficient execution of the strategy. As a result, FPIL has taken the decision to also soft close L21 Pictet Global Environmental Opportunities, taking effect from 17 September 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

We have been notified by Value Partners Hong Kong Ltd (the “Company”) of the following upcoming changes to the underlying fund of L51 Value Partners Greater China High Yield Income. These changes will take effect from 1 November 2021 (the “Effective Date”). Please see the below for the details of these changes.

We have been notified by Schroder International Selection Fund (the “Company”) of the following upcoming changes to the underlying funds of above named funds. These changes will take effect from 29 October 2021 (the “Effective Date”). Please see the below for the details of these changes.

We have been notified by Barings International Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited (the “Company”) of the following changes to the underlying funds of above named mirror funds. These changes will take effect from 1 November 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

We have been notified by Momentum Global Funds (the “Company”) of the upcoming name and objective change of the underlying fund of S262 Harmony Portfolios Europe Diversified. This change will take effect from 1st October 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

We have been notified by Schroder International Selection Fund (the “Company”) of the following change to the investment objective and policy in relation to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) of the underlying fund of R34 Schroder Global Climate Change Equity. This change has taken effect immediately.

We have received notification from Ninety One Global Strategy Fund (the “Company”) of their decision to merge the underlying fund of P47 Ninety One GS Global Energy into the Ninety One Global Strategy Fund – Global Environment Fund (the “Receiving Fund”) with effect from 8 October 2021 as the Company believe this to be in the best interests of investors due to a steady decline in assets of the underlying fund of P47 Ninety One GS Global Energy. Dealings in the underlying fund of P47 Ninety One GS Global Energy will cease to be accepted after 5 October 2021 (the “Closure Date”).

We have been notified by BNP Paribas Funds (the “Company”) of the upcoming appointment of an additional investment manager of the underlying fund of P89 BNP Paribas Brazil Equity. This change will take effect from 30 September 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

We have been notified by Invesco Funds (the “Company”) of the following upcoming changes to the underlying funds of above named mirror funds.

We have been notified by Ninety One Fund Managers UK Limited (the “Company”) of the upcoming change to the name, investment policy and clarification of the investment objective of the underlying fund of P41 Ninety One Cautious Managed. These changes will take effect from 4 October 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

We have been notified by Fidelity International Limited (the “Company”) of the upcoming repurposing of the underlying fund of R149 Fidelity Euro Blue Chip. The changes will take effect from 28 October 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

We have been notified by Emirates NBD SICAV (the “Company”) of the upcoming suspension non-dealing days of the underlying funds of the above Emirates funds.

We have been notified by Aberdeen Standard Investments (the “Company”) of upcoming suspension non-dealing days of the underlying fund of P33 Aberdeen Standard SICAV I All China Equity.

We have been notified by Schroder International Selection Fund (the “Company”) of the following changes to the benchmark, investment objective and investment policy of the underlying fund of L38 Schroder Frontier Markets Equity

We have been notified by Emergent India Investments Ltd (the “Company”) of their recent decision to close the underlying fund of L32 Emergent India Fund to further subscriptions, which took effect from 20 May 2021.

We have been notified by Alquity SICAV (the “Company”) of the following various changes regarding the underlying fund into which L26 Alquity Africa invests. These changes will take effect from 1 July 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

We have been notified by Schroder International Selection Fund (the “Company”) of the following upcoming name change of the underlying fund into which the above named mirror funds invest. This change will take effect from 21 June 2021.

We have been notified by Emirates NBD SICAV (the “Company”) of the upcoming suspension non-dealing days of the underlying funds of the above Emirates funds.

We have been notified by Aberdeen Standard Investments (the “Company”) of upcoming suspension non-dealing days of the underlying fund of P33 Aberdeen Standard SICAV I All China Equity.

We have been notified by DWS Noor Islamic Funds PLC (the “Company”) of the following merger of the underlying fund of R69 DWS Noor Precious Metals Securities.

We published a notice to our website in March 2021 advising of suspension non-dealing days of the underlying fund of P61 Janus Henderson Horizon Asia-Pacific Property Income.

We have been notified by Janus Henderson Investors (the “Company”) of upcoming suspension non-dealing days of the underlying fund of the above named mirror funds.

We have been notified by Value Partners Hong Kong Limited, the Manager of the Trust (the “Manager”) of the following upcoming changes to the swing pricing policy of the underlying fund of P40 Value Partners High-Dividend Stocks.

We have been notified by DWS Noor Islamic Funds PLC (the “Company”) of the following merger of the underlying fund of R69 DWS Noor Precious Metals Securities.

We have been notified by Barings International Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited (the “Manager”) of the following upcoming change to the distribution policy of the underlying funds of the above named mirror funds.

We have been notified by JPMorgan Asset Management (Europe) S.a.r.l (the “Company”) of the following upcoming changes to the underlying fund of L18 JPM Global Unconstrained Equity.

We have been notified by BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited, as Hong Kong Representative of BlackRock Global Funds (the "Company") of the upcoming changes to the investment objective and policy of the underlying fund of P69 BlackRock Sustainable Energy.

We have been notified by BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. (the “Company”) of the upcoming suspension non-dealing days of the underlying fund of P56 BlackRock Japan Opportunities.

We have been notified by Schroder Investment Management (Europe) S.A. (the “Company”) of the following suspension non-dealing days of the underlying funds of the above named mirror funds.

We have been notified by Schroder Investment Management (Europe) S.A. (the “Company”) of the following suspension non-dealing days of the underlying funds of the above named mirror funds.

We have been notified by DWS Noor Islamic Funds PLC (the “Company”) of the following merger of the underlying fund of R69 DWS Noor Precious Metals Securities.