Dual Currency Investments - Overview

Details

Designed for investors who understand how the foreign exchange markets work, our Dual Currency Investment, (DCI) gives you the potential to receive an enhanced yield, based on your view of the future exchange rates.

With a choice of investment terms and currency pairs, you can select parameters that match your personal objectives. Your return is linked to the parameters you select and you could receive your proceeds in either currency.

HSBC's Dual Currency Investment allows:

  • More than 70 currency pairs - choose a pair of investment currencies to suit you
  • Choice of investment terms - from one week up to 12 months
  • Minimum investment of USD 50,000 - you can invest up to USD 2,500,000 or currency equivalent

Suitability

A Dual Currency Investment is not suitable for everyone, a Dual Currency Investment may be suitable for you if you:

  • understand how Dual Currency Investments work
  • understand how foreign exchange markets work
  • understand that a Dual Currency Investment has a foreign exchange risk
  • are aware and accept the risks associated with a Dual Currency Investment, accepting you could get back significantly less than the amount you originally invested

A Dual Currency Investment is provided without advice. If you have any questions about the suitability of this product for you or you have any tax concerns, we strongly recommend you seek financial and tax advice from your professional advisers.

When you invest in a Dual Currency Investment, there is no cooling off period and you can't withdraw your money until the end of the investment term.

Risks

A Dual Currency Investment is a risky investment and by investing in a Dual Currency Investment you are investing in a product that is linked to the exchange rate movement of a currency pair that you select. An enhanced yield is offered in return for you accepting foreign exchange risk. Your investment and return may be paid in the weaker currency within your currency pair at maturity, at an exchange rate selected by you at the time the investment is made, and that this could result in you getting back significantly less than the amount you invested.

Availability

As with all HSBC Expat products, Dual Currency Investments are not available in every country.

Dual Currency Investments are not available to residents of Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand or the United States of America. To find out if Dual Currency Investments are available in your country of residence call us

HSBC Expat is a trading name of HSBC Bank International Limited. HSBC Bank International Limited reserves the right to make a final determination on whether or not you are eligible for any particular product or service.

A choice of currencies

Our savings accounts are available in up to 16 different currencies, from Australian, Canadian and Hong Kong Dollars to Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen

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