This Baring Asset Management Internet site is aimed at institutional investors and their intermediaries who are NOT domiciled in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Japan or Taiwan.
If you are domiciled in any of the above countries please go to the relevant section on this website.
This site is not aimed at persons who are residents of any country, including South Africa, where the Funds referred to herein are not registered or approved for marketing and/or sale or in which the dissemination of information on the Funds or services is not permitted.
No investment advice is offered or given by any Baring Asset Management group company to persons accessing information relating to any Funds on this site; consequently, prospective investors should take advice from their own professional advisers before making any investment decision.
It is your responsibility to understand and comply with all relevant laws and regulations of any country in relation to the investment products shown on this website.
It should be noted that none of the Funds referred to on this site is registered under the Securities Act 1933 of the US, the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the US and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (“FIEL”) of Japan. Consequently, the Funds cannot be offered for sale or be sold in the US, Japan, their territories, possessions or protectorates under its jurisdiction, nor to nationals, citizens or residents in any of those areas. The US site is aimed at professional investors who are residents of the US and that site may be accessed by returning to the home page and selecting US.
The information on this site is issued by the relevant UK regulated Baring Asset Management group company or companies. The Baring Asset Management group companies based in the UK include the following companies which are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority: Baring Asset Management Limited; Baring International Investment Limited and Baring Fund Managers Limited.
The information published on this site does not constitute an offer by any Baring Asset Management group company to enter into any contract/agreement nor a solicitation to buy or sell any investment or to provide any services referred to therein.
The contents of this site are based upon sources of information believed to be reliable, however, save to the extent required by applicable law or regulations, no guarantee, warranty or representation (express or implied) is given as to its accuracy or completeness and, Baring Asset Management companies, their directors officers and employees do not accept any liability or responsibility in respect of the information expressed herein which, moreover, are subject to change without notice.
Baring Asset Management group companies, their affiliates and/or their officers, directors and employees may own or have positions in any shares, units and other investments mentioned herein or any investment related thereto and may from time to time add to or dispose of any such investment.
This site may include forward-looking statements which are based on Baring Asset Management's current opinions, expectations and projections. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
The normal protections provided under the UK regulatory system may not apply and compensation under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme may not be available. Details of the regulatory protections afforded by other jurisdictions and details of compensation arrangement are available on request.
If you have accessed this site using a link from another site, Baring Asset Management does not accept any liability or responsibility for the accuracy of information contained within the sites of other providers who have links to any pages of this site.
General Risk Factors
Investment involves risks. The value of investments and any income generated may go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Where yields have been quoted they are not guaranteed. Changes in rates of exchange may have an adverse effect on the value, price or income of investments. Investors should be aware of the additional risks associated with investments in emerging or developing markets. Investors should be aware that investments in higher yielding bonds issued by borrowers with lower credit ratings may result in a greater risk of default and have a negative impact on income and capital value. Income payments may constitute a return of capital in whole or in part. Income may be achieved by foregoing future capital growth. Investors should be aware of their local laws governing investment products shown on this site and should read all the relevant documents including Report and Accounts, Key Features/Simplified Prospectus, Prospectus and Scheme Particulars as appropriate.
Investment in a Fund is not intended to be a complete investment program for any investor. An investment should be viewed as a medium to long-term investment. As part of your long term investment planning you should consider diversifying your portfolio by investing in a range of investments and asset classes.
Privacy Policy & Data protection
Any personal information you provide to Baring Asset Management through any of the contact facilities on this web site or by any other means whatsoever will be held in accordance with our Data Protection Policy set out below. Whilst we take reasonable steps to ensure the security of personal data transmitted through this web site, by accepting these terms and conditions you accept that the Internet is not a totally secure medium of communication of information and that such transmission will be at your own risk.
Data Protection Policy: the relevant companies within the Baring Asset Management Group process and store personal data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 or equivalent local legislation in the jurisdiction of their incorporation ("data protection laws"). Any personal information you supply will be used primarily to answer your inquiry or to fulfil any of our contractual obligations to you. Personal data will not be held longer than is reasonably necessary. Consequent upon the way we organise our business, personal data may also be used for: operational and administrative purposes; and may be shared with companies within the Baring Asset Management Group.
Personal information supplied by you may on occasion be used for research and analysis purposes but it will not be released to non associated third parties unless there is a legal or regulatory reason to do so or unless the third party fulfils a service on our behalf.
On occasion our legal contractual or organisational obligations may require us to release personal information to countries outside the European Union, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as within the EU. Where this is necessary, we will take steps to ensure that whenever personal data is within the control of Baring Asset Management, its associates, or agents it will be afforded reasonable protection.
Whenever you supply personal data to Baring Asset Management concerning a third party you must ensure that the supply is in accordance with data protection laws, that where necessary, you have that “person’s” consent to supply the information, and that this Policy has been brought to their attention.
By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you agree that any personal data you may supply to Baring Asset Management may be processed in accordance with our data protection policy.
Bribery and Corruption
Barings prohibits fraud, bribery and corruption in any form whether direct or indirect.
Barings has committed to implementing a programme to counter fraud, corruption and bribery based on a firm-wide commitment to integrity, transparency and accountability. Barings aims to create and maintain a trust-based and inclusive internal culture in which fraud, corruption and bribery are not tolerated.
Barings will cease to trade with any third parties it has reasonable grounds to suspect are involved in fraud, corruption or bribery. It will not hesitate to take legal and/or disciplinary action against employees and third parties who do act in breach of its’ anti fraud, bribery and corruption programmes.
Cookies
This site may use cookies or other information software to retrieve information about a visitor to the site. Baring Asset Management does not however collect information sufficient to identify any individual nor will it use cookies or other information software to process personal data as defined by data protection laws. Retrieved information will be limited to such information as is sufficient to identify the number of individual visitors to the site.
Online advertising
Barings uses pixels, or transparent GIF files, to help manage online advertising. These GIF files are provided by our ad management partner, Flashtalking. These files enable Flashtalking to recognise a unique cookie on your Web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which advertisements bring users to our website. The cookie is placed by us, or by another advertiser who works with Point Roll. With both cookies and post click technology, the information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or email address. For more information about Flashtalking, including information about how to opt out of these technologies, go to http://www.flashtalking.com.
The rights of the information in the content of this web site belongs to the Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited. No person is allowed to copy, replicate or distribute the complete set or part of the information without direct consent or authorisation from the Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited.
