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HSBC U.S. Treasury Obligations Money Market Fund
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Investment Objective 
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The investment objective of the HSBC U.S. Treasury Obligations Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) is to provide shareholders of the Fund with liquidity and stability of principal.
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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.
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
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates

Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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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 takes the Fund’s 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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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 is a money market fund and seeks to maintain a stable price of $1.00 per share. Under normal conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, and typically investing exclusively, in a portfolio comprised of obligations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“U.S. Treasury”), including Treasury bills, bonds and notes and other obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities. The debt securities described above will carry maturities of (or deemed maturities of ) 397 days or less as well as different interest rates and issue dates. The Fund will also maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of 60 days or less and a dollar-weighted average portfolio life of 120 days or less. The Fund invests only in U.S. dollar-denominated securities and will only buy securities that present minimal credit risk.

 

The Adviser seeks to develop an appropriate portfolio by considering the differences in yields among securities of different maturities and issue dates.

 

In purchasing and selling securities for the Fund, portfolio managers consider the credit analysis performed by HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”). Portfolio managers select investments from an approved credit list compiled by the Adviser’s global credit analysts, who have conducted an independent qualitative and quantitative review of each issuer on the list. Safety is prioritized, with additional emphasis placed on liquidity and yield.
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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:

 

  • 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.
  • Repurchase Agreements Risk: If the seller in a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligation to repurchase the underlying securities at a time when the value of these securities has declined, the Fund may incur a loss upon disposition of the securities. There is also a risk that the seller of the agreement may become insolvent and subject to liquidation. 
     
  • Stable NAV Risk: The Fund may not be able to maintain a net asset value (“NAV”) per share of $1.00 (a “Stable NAV”) at all times. The failure of other money market funds to maintain a Stable NAV (or the perceived threat of such a failure) could adversely affect the Fund’s NAV. Shareholders of the Fund should not rely on or expect the Advisor or an affiliate to help the Fund maintain a Stable NAV. 
     
  • Market Risk: The value of the Fund’s investments may decline due to changing economic, political or market conditions. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy or it may effect 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.

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. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
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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 Information 
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No performance information is presented for the Fund because it has not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus.
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No performance information is presented for the Fund because it has not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus.
Class A Shares
  
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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 none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.10%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.40%
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.65%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.75%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.70%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 72
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 235
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 0.10%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.75%
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.50%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.35%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.30%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 232
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 423
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 132
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 423
Class D 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 none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.10%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.50%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.60%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.55%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 56
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 187
Class E Shares
  
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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 none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.10%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.05%
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.15% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.20%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.30%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 26
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 91
Class I 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 none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.10%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets none
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.15% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.15%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.20%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 20
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 75
Class Y 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 none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.10%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets none
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [1]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.35%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [2]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.30%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 31
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 $ 107
[1] Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[2] HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) Inc., the Fund's investment adviser ("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 and extraordinary expenses) to an annual rate of 0.70% for Class A Shares, 1.30% for Class C Shares, 0.55% for Class D Shares, 0.25% for Class E Shares, 0.20% for Class I Shares and 0.30% for Class Y Shares. The expense limitation shall be in effect until March 1, 2015. The Agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the Amended and Restated Master Investment Advisory Contract between HSBC Funds (the "Trust") and the Adviser, or it may be terminated upon written notice to the Adviser by the Trust.