IMPORTANT: Investment involves risk, including the loss of principal. Investors should refer to the Prospectus and Key Facts Statement of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (HK) (the “ETF”) for details, including the risk factors. If you are in any doubt, you should consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other financial adviser for independent financial advice. Investors should not base investment decisions on this marketing material alone. Investors should note:
• The ETF is a feeder fund and seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially into iShares MSCI EM UCITS ETF USD (Dist) (the “Master ETF”). The Master ETF is not authorised by the SFC and is not available for direct investment by retail investors in Hong Kong on the SEHK.
• The ETF invests substantially in the Master ETF.  The management company of the Master ETF is an affiliate of the Manager and so potential conflicts of interest may arise.
• There can be no assurance that the Master ETF’s investment objectives and strategies will be successfully achieved or that the liquidity of the Master ETF will always be sufficient to meet realisation requests. In addition, there could be trading suspension of the Master ETF in the secondary market.
• The Manager also has no ability to control the manner in which the management company and investment manager of the Master ETF will make investments in accordance with the Master ETF’s investment objective and strategy (which may change from time to time). Any tracking error of the Master ETF and difference of the underlying constituents will contribute to the tracking error of the ETF.
• The ETF aims to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, closely correspond to the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The exposure of the ETF is concentrated in the emerging markets, which may involve increased risks and special considerations not typically associated with investments in more develop markets. The Master ETF is in particular concentrated in the Chinese markets, and may be more susceptible to any economic, political, policy, foreign exchange, liquidity, tax, legal or regulatory occurrence affecting emerging markets including the Chinese markets.  The ETF may therefore be more susceptible to greater price volatility when compared to a more diverse fund.
• The Master ETF and the ETF may potentially be subject to tracking error risk, which is the risk that their returns may not track exactly those of the underlying index.
• The Master ETF invests in stocks of large to mid-capitalisation companies. Securities of mid-capitalisation companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of larger capitalisation companies.
• The ETF’s Base Currency is in USD but has units traded in HKD (in addition to USD). Investors may be subject to additional costs or losses associated with foreign currency fluctuations between the Base Currency and the HKD trading currency when trading units in the secondary market.
• If there is a suspension of the inter-counter transfer of units between the counters and/or any limitation on the level of services provided by brokers and CCASS participants, Unitholders will only be able to trade their units in one counter. The market price of units traded in each counter may deviate significantly.
• The trading price of the ETF’s Units on the SEHK is driven by market factors such as the demand and supply of the Units. Therefore, the Units may trade at a substantial premium or discount to the ETF’s NAV.
• The Manager may at its discretion pay dividends out of the capital of the ETF. Payment of dividends out of capital amounts to a return or withdrawal of part of an investor's original investment or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment. Any distributions involving payment of dividends out of the ETF’s capital may result in an immediate reduction of the NAV per Unit.
• The ETF may use derivatives for hedging and for investment purposes. However, usage for investment purposes will not be extensive. The ETF may suffer losses from its derivatives usage.
• The ETF is subject to securities lending transactions risks. In particular, the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner and the value of the collateral may fall below the value of the securities lent out.