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HSBC Opportunity Fund
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Investment Objective
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The investment objective of the HSBC Opportunity Fund (the “Opportunity Fund” or “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital.
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Fees and Expenses of the Fund
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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the HSBC Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, and is explained in “Distribution Arrangements/Sales Charges” on page 45 of this prospectus and in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) in “Right of Accumulation” on page 86.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

March 1, 2015
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Portfolio Turnover
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The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 70% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 70.00%
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the HSBC Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, and is explained in “Distribution Arrangements/Sales Charges” on page 45 of this prospectus and in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) in “Right of Accumulation” on page 86.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount $ 50,000
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Example
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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects the combined fees and expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio. The Example takes the Expense Limitation Agreement into account for the first year only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
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Principal Investment Strategies
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The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in the Portfolio, which has the same investment objective as the Fund. For simplicity purposes, this prospectus may use the term “Fund,” as applicable, to include the Portfolio. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, primarily in equity securities of small and mid-cap companies. Small and mid-cap companies generally are defined as those companies with market capitalizations within the range represented in the Russell 2500® Growth Index (as of January 31, 2014, between approximately $32.9 million and $11.36 billion), the Fund’s broad-based securities market index.

The Fund may also invest in equity securities of larger, more established companies and may invest up to 20% of its assets in securities of foreign companies.

Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P., the Portfolio’s subadviser, selects securities based upon fundamental analysis of the company’s cash flow, industry position, potential for high-profit margins, and strength of management, as well as other factors. The Subadviser uses a bottom-up, as opposed to a top-down, investment style to select investments that it believes offer superior prospects for growth and are either:

  • early in their cycle but which the Subadviser believes have the potential to become major enterprises, or
     
  • are major enterprises whose rates of earnings growth the Subadviser expects to accelerate because of special factors, such as rejuvenated management, new products, changes in consumer demand, or basic changes in the economic environment.

The Subadviser believes these growth companies to have products, technologies, management, markets or opportunities which will potentially facilitate earnings growth over time that may be above the growth rate of the overall economy and the rate of inflation. Investments in growth companies may include securities listed on a securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter markets.

The Fund will invest primarily in common stocks, but may, to a limited extent, seek appreciation in other types of securities when relative values and market conditions make such purchases appear attractive. As such, the Fund may invest in fixed income securities, which may include bonds, debentures, mortgage-backed securities, notes, bills, commercial paper, and U.S. Government securities.
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Principal Investment Risks
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You could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund has the following principal investment risks:

 

·Equity Securities Risk: The prices of equity securities fluctuate from time to time based on changes in a company’s financial condition or overall market and economic conditions. As a result, the value of equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day to day. The risks of investing in equity securities also include:  
   
·Style Risk: The risk that use of a growth or value investing style may fall out of favor in the marketplace for various periods of time. Growth stock prices reflect projections of future earnings or revenues and may decline dramatically if the company fails to meet those projections. A value stock may not increase in price as anticipated if other investors fail to recognize the company’s value.  
·Capitalization Risk: Stocks of large capitalization companies may be volatile in the event of earnings disappointments or other financial developments. Medium and smaller capitalization companies may involve greater risks due to limited product lines and market and financial or managerial resources. Stocks of these companies may also be more volatile, less liquid and subject to the potential for greater declines in stock prices in response to selling pressure. Stocks of smaller capitalization companies generally have more risk than medium capitalization companies.  
·Issuer Risk: An issuer’s earnings prospects and overall financial position may deteriorate, causing a decline in the Fund’s net asset value.  
   
·Debt Instruments Risk: The risks of investing in debt instruments include:  
   
·Interest Rate Risk: Fluctuations in interest rates may affect the yield and value of investments in income producing or debt instruments. Generally, if interest rates rise, the value of such investments may fall. Investors should note that interest rates are at, or near, historic lows, but will ultimately increase, with unpredictable effects on the markets and the Fund’s investments.  
·Credit Risk: The Fund could lose money if an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument fails to make timely payments of interest or principal or enters bankruptcy. This risk is greater for lower-quality bonds than for bonds that are investment grade.  
·Inventory Risk: The market-making capacity in debt markets has declined as a result of reduced broker-dealer inventories relative to fund assets, reduced broker-dealer proprietary trading activity and increased regulatory capital requirements for financial institutions such as banks. Because market makers provide stability to a market through their intermediary services, a significant reduction in dealer market-making capacity has the potential to decrease liquidity and increase volatility in the debt markets.  
·Market Risk: The value of the Fund’s investments may decline due to changing economic, political, regulatory or market conditions. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy or it may affect the economy as a whole. Moreover, the conditions in one country or geographic region could adversely affect the Fund’s investments in a different country or geographic region.
   
·Foreign Securities Risk: Investments in foreign securities are generally considered riskier than investments in U.S. securities, and are subject to additional risks, including international trade, political, economic and regulatory risks; fluctuating currency exchange rates; less liquid, developed or efficient trading markets; the imposition of exchange controls, confiscations and other government restrictions; and different corporate disclosure and governance standards.  
   
·Currency Risk: Fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies, or between various foreign currencies, may negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

 

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
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You could lose money by investing in the Fund.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
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Performance Bar Chart and Table
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The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance and an average for a peer group of similar funds. 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 Fund’s annual returns for Class A Shares and how performance has varied from year to year. The returns for Class B Shares and Class C Shares will differ from the Class A Shares’ returns shown in the bar chart because the expenses of the classes differ.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns

The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s year-to-year performance and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance and an average for a peer group of similar funds.
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture

Past performance, including before- and after-tax returns, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
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Annual Total Returns as of 12/31 for Class A Shares (Excluding sales charges, which if included, would cause returns to be lower.)
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Best Quarter:   Q4 2010   19.05%  
Worst Quarter:   Q4 2008   -25.98%  
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Best Quarter:
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2010
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 19.05%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Worst Quarter:
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (25.98%)
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Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2013)
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes

reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
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The table that follows shows returns on a before-tax and after-tax basis. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred

After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown

After-tax returns shown in the table below are for Class A Shares of the Fund and after-tax returns for Class B and Class C Shares may vary.
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The table that follows shows returns on a before-tax and after-tax basis. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns shown in the table below are for Class A Shares of the Fund and after-tax returns for Class B and Class C Shares may vary. The table further compares the Fund’s performance over time to that of the Russell 2500® Growth Index and the Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds Average.
Class A Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.00%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.80% [1]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none [1]
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.96% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.21% [1]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.01% [1]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.36%) [1],[2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.65% [1]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 659
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,066
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,497
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,693
Annual Return 2004 rr_AnnualReturn2004 11.42%
Annual Return 2005 rr_AnnualReturn2005 12.35%
Annual Return 2006 rr_AnnualReturn2006 14.16%
Annual Return 2007 rr_AnnualReturn2007 24.20%
Annual Return 2008 rr_AnnualReturn2008 (41.27%)
Annual Return 2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 41.29%
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 29.60%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (0.93%)
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 18.41%
Annual Return 2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 36.23%
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 29.38% [3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 22.69% [3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.22% [3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 10.39% [3]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Sep. 23, 1996
Class A Shares | After Taxes on Distributions
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 26.29% [3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 21.26% [3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.53% [3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 8.39% [3]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Sep. 23, 1996
Class A Shares | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 19.12% [3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 18.78% [3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.18% [3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 8.17% [3]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Sep. 23, 1996
Class B Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice 4.00%
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.80% [1]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.75% [1]
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.96% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.21% [1]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.76% [1]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.36%) [1],[2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.40% [1]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 643
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,022
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,428
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,719
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 243
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 822
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,428
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 2,719
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 31.32% [3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 23.06% [3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.28% [3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 10.01% [3]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jan. 06, 1998
Class C Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice 1.00%
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.80% [1]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.75% [1]
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.96% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.21% [1]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.76% [1]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.36%) [1],[2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.40% [1]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 343
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 822
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,428
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 3,064
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 243
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 822
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,428
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 3,064
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 34.26% [3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 23.05% [3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.98% [3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 10.15% [3]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Nov. 04, 1998
Russell 2500® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 40.65% [3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 24.03% [3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.11% [3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 8.12% [3],[4]
Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds Average
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 35.48% [3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 21.41% [3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 8.95% [3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 8.73% [3],[5]
[1] This table reflects the combined fees and expenses for both the Fund and the HSBC Opportunity Portfolio ("Opportunity Portfolio" or "Portfolio").
[2] HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) Inc., the Portfolio's investment adviser (the "Adviser"), has entered into a contractual expense limitation agreement with the Fund ("Expense Limitation Agreement") under which it will limit total expenses of the Fund (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses and estimated indirect expenses attributable to the Fund's investments in investment companies other than the Portfolio) to an annual rate of 1.65% for Class A Shares, 2.40% for Class B Shares and 2.40% for Class C Shares. Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Adviser will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Adviser within three years to the extent that the repayment will not cause the Fund's operating expenses to exceed the contractual expense limit that was in effect at the time of such waiver or reimbursement. The expense limitation shall be in effect until March 1, 2015. The Expense Limitation Agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the Amended and Restated Master Investment Advisory Contract between HSBC Portfolios and the Adviser, or it may be terminated upon written notice to the Adviser by the Trust.
[3] During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Portfolio received a one-time reimbursement from the Adviser related to past marketing arrangements. During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 the Portfolio received one-time payments in respect of class action settlements and during the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund received a one-time payment in respect of a class action settlement, which had the result of increasing the Portfolio's and the Fund's total return. As a result, the Fund's total return for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 were higher than they would have been had the Fund and the Portfolio not received the payments.
[4] Since September 23, 1996.
[5] Since September 30, 1996.