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HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund
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Investment Objective
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The investment objective of the HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) is to provide shareholders of the Fund with liquidity and as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital.
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Fees and Expenses of the Fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

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)
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates

During the Fund’s prior fiscal year, Class C and Class E Shares were not operational. Therefore, these amounts have been estimated.
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Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption

For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund is a money market fund and seeks to maintain a stable price of $1.00 per share. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets in obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities with maturities of (or deemed maturities of ) 397 days or less and repurchase agreements with respect to such obligations. The Fund will 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 exclusively in issues of the U.S. Treasury, such as bills, notes and bonds, and issues of U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities established under the authority of an Act of Congress. This includes securities of various U.S. government agencies, which while chartered or sponsored by Acts of Congress, are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.

The Fund may invest in, among other things, obligations that are supported by the “full faith and credit’’ of the United States (e.g., obligations guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States); supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury (e.g., obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association); or supported only by the credit of the agency or instrumentality (e.g., obligations of the Federal Farm Credit Bank).

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.
   
•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.
   
•U.S. Government Securities Risk: There are different types of U.S. government securities with different levels of credit risk. U.S. government securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and/or supported by the full faith and credit of the United States have the lowest credit risk. A U.S. government-sponsored entity, although chartered or sponsored by an Act of Congress, may issue securities that are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and are riskier than those that are.
   
•Repurchase Agreements: 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 Adviser or an affiliate to help the Fund maintain a Stable NAV.

 

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.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney

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 an average for a peer group of similar funds. Past performance 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 the Fund’s other share classes will differ from the returns of the Class A Shares 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 an average for a peer group of similar funds.
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture

Past performance 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 Bar chart assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions
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Best Quarter: Q4 2006   1.17%  
Worst Quarter: Q1 2011   0.00%  
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Best Quarter:
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2006
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 1.17%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Worst Quarter:
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2011
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn 0.00%
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Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2013)
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The table below lists the average annual total returns for each class of shares for various time periods and compares the Fund’s performance over time to that of the Lipper U.S. Government Money Market Funds Average (“Lipper U.S. Government Average”). The total return of the Lipper U.S. Government Average does not include the effect of sales charges. As of December 31, 2013, the 7-day yields of the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class D, Class I and Class Y Shares were 0.01%, 0.01%, 0.01%, 0.01% and 0.01%, respectively. For current yield information on the Fund, call 1-800-782-8183.

Past performance is not an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Class A 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 0.40%
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.18%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.58%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.68%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 69
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 218
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 379
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 847
Annual Return 2004 rr_AnnualReturn2004 0.67%
Annual Return 2005 rr_AnnualReturn2005 2.46%
Annual Return 2006 rr_AnnualReturn2006 4.38%
Annual Return 2007 rr_AnnualReturn2007 4.50%
Annual Return 2008 rr_AnnualReturn2008 1.64%
Annual Return 2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 0.04%
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 0.02%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 0.01%
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 0.01%
Annual Return 2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 0.01%
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.01% [1]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.02% [1]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.36% [1]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.91% [1]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 03, 1990
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 0.10%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.75%
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.18%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.43%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.28%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 530
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 606
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 702
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,228
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 130
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 406
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 702
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 1,228
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (3.99%) [1]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.02% [1]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.27% [1]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 1.74% [1]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Sep. 11, 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 0.10% [2]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.75% [2]
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [2]
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.18% [2]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.43% [2]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.28% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 230
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 406
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 702
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,545
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 130
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 406
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 702
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 1,545
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 none [1],[3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 none [1],[3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 none [1],[3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 1.39% [1],[3]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Nov. 20, 2006
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 0.18%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.43%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.53%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 54
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 170
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 296
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 665
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.01% [1]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.02% [1]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.44% [1]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 1.95% [1]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Apr. 01, 1999
Class E 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% [2]
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none [2]
Component1 Other Expenses rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.05% [2]
Component2 Other Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.08% [2]
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.13% [2]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.23% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 24
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 74
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 130
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 293
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 none [1],[4]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 none [1],[4]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 none [1],[4]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception none [1],[4]
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 0.08%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.08%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.18%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 18
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 58
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 101
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 230
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.01% [1],[3]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.08% [1],[3]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 none [1],[3]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 1.35% [1],[3]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 24, 2003
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 0.18%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.18%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.28%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 29
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 90
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 157
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 356
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.01% [1]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.04% [1]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.57% [1]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.58% [1]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jul. 01, 1996
Lipper U.S. Government Money Market Funds Average
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.01% [1]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.03% [1]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.37% [1]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.93% [1],[5]
[1] During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund received a one-time reimbursement from the Adviser related to past marketing arrangements. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund received a one-time payment in respect of a class action settlement. As a result, the Fund's total returns for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2010 were higher than they would have been had the Fund not received these payments.
[2] During the Fund's prior fiscal year, Class C and Class E Shares were not operational. Therefore, these amounts have been estimated.
[3] Class C and Class I Shares were operational only during a portion of the period since inception. The "Since Inception" return performance is for the period of time the Classes had operations. The 1 year, 5 years and 10 years average annual return and 7-day yield information is not provided for Class C Shares because there were no Class C shareholders as of December 31, 2013.
[4] Average annual return and 7-day yield information is not provided because there were no Class E shareholders as of December 31, 2013.
[5] Since May 31, 1990.