July 17, 2013
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Re: | HSBC Funds (the Trust) (File Nos. 033-07647 and 811-04782); | |
Emerging Markets Debt Fund | ||
Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund | ||
Frontier Markets Fund |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The interactive data file included as an exhibit to this filing relates to the prospectus supplement for the HSBC Emerging Markets Debt Fund, HSBC Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund and HSBC Frontier Markets Fund that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on June 26, 2013 (Accession No. 0001206774-13-002244), which is incorporated herein by reference.
Please feel free to contact me with questions regarding this filing at 617-824-1361.
Sincerely,
/s/ Danio Mastropieri
Danio Mastropieri
Assistant Secretary to the Trust
cc: David Harris, Esq.-Dechert LLP
HSBC Frontier Markets Fund | ||||||||
HSBC FUNDS HSBC
Frontier Markets Fund Supplement
dated June 26, 2013 to the Prospectus The purpose of this supplement is to clarify that sales charges are not reflected in each Funds performance bar chart. Under the Performance Bar Chart and Table section relating to the HSBC Frontier Markets Fund on page 22 of the Prospectus, the first two paragraphs and performance bar chart are deleted and replaced with the following: The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing the Funds performance during its first full calendar year of operations and by showing how the Funds average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Past performance, including before- and after-tax returns, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. The bar chart below shows the Funds annual returns for Class A Shares. The returns for Class I Shares will differ from the Class A Shares returns shown in the bar chart because the expenses of the classes differ. |
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Annual Total Returns as of
12/31 for Class A Shares |
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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |
Label | Element | Value | ||||||||
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||||
Document Type | dei_DocumentType | 497 | ||||||||
Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | Oct. 31, 2012 | ||||||||
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | HSBC FUNDS | ||||||||
Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0000798290 | ||||||||
Amendment Flag | dei_AmendmentFlag | false | ||||||||
Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | hsbcf | ||||||||
Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Jun. 26, 2013 | ||||||||
Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Jun. 26, 2013 | ||||||||
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Feb. 28, 2013 | ||||||||
HSBC Emerging Markets Debt Fund | Class A Shares
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||||
Annual Return 2012 | rr_AnnualReturn2012 | 19.23% | ||||||||
HSBC Emerging Markets Debt Fund
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||||
Supplement [Text Block] | hsbcf_SupplementTextBlock | HSBC FUNDS HSBC
Emerging Markets Debt Fund Supplement
dated June 26, 2013 to the Prospectus The purpose of this supplement is to clarify that sales charges are not reflected in each Funds performance bar chart. Under the Performance Bar Chart and Table section relating to the HSBC Emerging Markets Debt Fund on page seven of the Prospectus, the first two paragraphs and performance bar chart are deleted and replaced with the following: The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing the Funds performance during its first full calendar year of operations and by showing how the Funds average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Past performance, including before- and after-tax returns, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. The bar chart below shows the Funds annual returns for Class A Shares. The returns for Class I Shares and Class S Shares will differ from the Class A Shares returns shown in the bar chart because the expenses of the classes differ. |
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Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Annual
Total Returns as of 12/31 for Class A Shares |
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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock |
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Highest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Best Quarter: |
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Highest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Sep. 30, 2012 | ||||||||
Highest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 7.24% | ||||||||
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Worst Quarter: |
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Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Jun. 30, 2012 | ||||||||
Lowest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | 2.14% | ||||||||
Supplement Closing [Text Block] | hsbcf_SupplementClosingTextBlock | PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |
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HSBC Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund | Class A Shares
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||||
Annual Return 2012 | rr_AnnualReturn2012 | 11.86% | ||||||||
HSBC Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||||
Supplement [Text Block] | hsbcf_SupplementTextBlock | HSBC FUNDS HSBC
Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund Supplement
dated June 26, 2013 to the Prospectus The purpose of this supplement is to clarify that sales charges are not reflected in each Funds performance bar chart. Under the Performance Bar Chart and Table section relating to the HSBC Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund on page 14 of the Prospectus, the first two paragraphs and performance bar chart are deleted and replaced with the following: The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing the Funds performance during its first full calendar year of operations and by showing how the Funds average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Past performance, including before- and after-tax returns, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. The bar chart below shows the Funds annual returns for Class A Shares. The returns for Class I Shares and Class S Shares will differ from the Class A Shares returns shown in the bar chart because the expenses of the classes differ. |
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Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Annual
Total Returns as of 12/31 for Class A Shares |
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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock |
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Highest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Best Quarter: |
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Highest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Mar. 31, 2012 | ||||||||
Highest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 7.29% | ||||||||
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Worst Quarter: |
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Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Jun. 30, 2012 | ||||||||
Lowest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | (1.52%) | ||||||||
Supplement Closing [Text Block] | hsbcf_SupplementClosingTextBlock | PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |
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HSBC Frontier Markets Fund | Class A Shares
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||||
Annual Return 2012 | rr_AnnualReturn2012 | 23.93% | ||||||||
HSBC Frontier Markets Fund
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||||
Supplement [Text Block] | hsbcf_SupplementTextBlock | HSBC FUNDS HSBC
Frontier Markets Fund Supplement
dated June 26, 2013 to the Prospectus The purpose of this supplement is to clarify that sales charges are not reflected in each Funds performance bar chart. Under the Performance Bar Chart and Table section relating to the HSBC Frontier Markets Fund on page 22 of the Prospectus, the first two paragraphs and performance bar chart are deleted and replaced with the following: The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing the Funds performance during its first full calendar year of operations and by showing how the Funds average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Past performance, including before- and after-tax returns, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. The bar chart below shows the Funds annual returns for Class A Shares. The returns for Class I Shares will differ from the Class A Shares returns shown in the bar chart because the expenses of the classes differ. |
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Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Annual Total Returns as of
12/31 for Class A Shares |
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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock |
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Highest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Best Quarter: |
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Highest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Mar. 31, 2012 | ||||||||
Highest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 12.93% | ||||||||
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Worst Quarter: |
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Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Jun. 30, 2012 | ||||||||
Lowest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | (4.91%) | ||||||||
Supplement Closing [Text Block] | hsbcf_SupplementClosingTextBlock | PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |