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HSBC Opportunity Fund Class I  
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Risk/Return, Heading rr_RiskReturnHeading HSBC Opportunity Fund Class I
Investment Objective, Heading rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Investment Objective, Primary rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The investment objective of the HSBC Opportunity Fund (the “Opportunity Fund” or “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital.
Expense, Heading rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund [1]
Expense, Narrative rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The table does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases of Class I Shares of the Fund.
Operating Expenses, Caption rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover, Heading rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The HSBC Opportunity Portfolio (“Opportunity Portfolio” or “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 77% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 77.00%
Expense Example, Heading rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Expense Example, Narrative 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. 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. The Example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases of Class I Shares of the Fund. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Investment Strategy, Heading rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies
Investment Strategy, Narrative rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

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” to include the Portfolio. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, 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 25, 2019, between approximately $8.90 million and $21.92 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 (“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. As research specialists, the Subadviser considers all fundamental factors to be important, and in specific industries, some may be more important than others; however, the Subadviser considers earnings growth to be the most integral to its stock selection process. 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 employs a growth at a reasonable price investment style and favors investing in earnings growth stocks given the Subadviser’s conviction that stock prices follow earnings progress and that they offer the best investment opportunities. The Subadviser believes that growth companies with accelerating or underappreciated earnings potential are best identified through in-depth, fundamental, bottom-up research, which is covered vertically by industry group. The Subadviser follows several industries using a broad information network that includes company managements, suppliers, end-users, competitors and Wall Street sources to identify and evaluate companies capable of providing consistently high or accelerating earnings growth. 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, such as American Depositary Receipts, foreign securities listed on U.S. securities exchanges and real estate investment trusts when relative values and market conditions make such purchases appear attractive.
Strategy Portfolio Concentration rr_StrategyPortfolioConcentration 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” to include the Portfolio. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, 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 25, 2019, between approximately $8.90 million and $21.92 billion), the Fund’s broad-based securities market index.
Risk, Heading rr_RiskHeading Principal Investment Risks
Risk, Narrative rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund has the following principal investment risks:

 

  ● American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) Risk: The Fund’s investments may take the form of ADRs. ADRs are denominated in U.S. dollars and trade in the U.S. securities markets. ADRs involve many of the same risks of investing directly in foreign securities, and may also involve risks not experienced when investing directly in the equity securities of an issuer, including the risk that the ADRs may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary foreign trading market or that unsponsored depositary receipts may not provide as much information about the underlying issuer.

 

  ● 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. The Fund may seek to reduce currency risk by hedging part or all of its exposure to various foreign currencies; however, even if such hedging techniques are employed, there is no assurance that they will be successful.

 

  ● 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. Equity securities that are traded in the over-the-counter markets (rather than on a securities exchange) are generally less liquid and generally subject to less onerous corporate disclosure and governance standards. 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: Investments in 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, more difficult to value accurately, 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 larger and medium capitalization companies. Stocks of large capitalization companies may be volatile in the event of earnings disappointments or other financial developments.

 

  ● Issuer Risk: An issuer’s earnings prospects and overall financial position may deteriorate, causing a decline in the Fund’s net asset value.

 

  ● 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, social, 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 (e.g., sanctions or tariffs) by the United States or other countries; expropriation or confiscatory taxation; imposition of withholding or other taxes on dividend or interest payments (or, in some cases, capital gains); and different corporate disclosure and governance standards.

 

  ● Market Risk: The value of the Fund’s investments may decline due to changing economic, political, social, 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.

 

  ● Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) Risk: The Fund’s investments may take the form of REITs. The securities of REITS may involve greater risks than those associated with larger, more established companies and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements because of interest rate changes, economic conditions, and other factors. The value of interests in a REIT may be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REIT, changes in the prospect for earnings and/or cash flow growth of the REIT itself, defaults by borrowers or tenants, market saturation, decreases in market rates for rents, and other economic, political, or regulatory matters affecting the real estate industry. Securities of such issuers may lack sufficient market liquidity to enable the Fund to effect sales at an advantageous time or without a substantial drop in price.

 

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.
Risk, Lose Money rr_RiskLoseMoney You could lose money by investing in the Fund.
Risk, Not Insured Depository Institution 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.
Bar Chart and Performance Table, Heading rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance Bar Chart and Table
Performance, Narrative rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

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 I Shares and how performance has varied from year to year.
Performance, Information Illustrates Variability of Returns 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 rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Past performance, including before- and after-tax returns, does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Annual Total Returns as of 12/31 for Class I Shares
Bar Chart, Closing rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock
Best Quarter:   Q4 2010   19.20%
Worst Quarter:   Q3 2011   -23.07%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter:
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2010
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 19.20%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter:
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Sep. 30, 2011
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (23.07%)
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2018) [2]
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate 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 Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock

The table below 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. The table further compares the Fund’s performance over time to that of the Russell 2500® Growth Index.
HSBC Opportunity Fund Class I | Russell 2500® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (7.47%)
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 6.19%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 14.76%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 7.84% [3]
HSBC Opportunity Fund Class I | Class I Shares  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a % of amount redeemed) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.80%
Distribution (12b-1) Fee rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Shareholder Servicing Fee rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets none
Other Operating Expenses rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.59%
Total Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.59%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.39%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets 0.29% [4]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.10%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination March 1, 2020
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 112
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 412
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 733
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,643
Annual Return 2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 42.04%
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 30.27%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (0.38%)
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 18.90%
Annual Return 2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 36.91%
Annual Return 2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 7.32%
Annual Return 2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 (4.49%)
Annual Return 2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 2.93%
Annual Return 2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 30.14%
Annual Return 2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 (8.41%)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (8.41%)
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.69%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 14.20%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 10.14%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Sep. 03, 1996
HSBC Opportunity Fund Class I | Class I Shares | After Taxes on Distributions  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (12.78%)
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.15%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.60%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 7.81%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Sep. 03, 1996
HSBC Opportunity Fund Class I | Class I Shares | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (2.56%)
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 3.07%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.56%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 7.99%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Sep. 03, 1996
[1] This table reflects the combined fees and expenses for both the Fund and the HSBC Opportunity Portfolio ("Opportunity Portfolio" or "Portfolio").
[2] 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 also received payments in respect of class action settlements and during the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund also 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.
[3] Since September 3, 1996.
[4] HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) Inc., the Portfolio'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, extraordinary expenses and estimated indirect expenses attributable to the Fund's investments in investment companies) to an annual rate of 1.10% for Class I 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, 2020. The Expense Limitation Agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the 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's Board of Trustees.