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For professional clients only. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Any historical performance included on this document may be based on back testing. Back testing is the process of evaluating an investment strategy by applying it to historical data to simulate what the performance of such strategy would have been. Back tested performance is purely hypothetical and is provided on this document solely for informational purposes. Back tested data does not represent actual performance and should not be interpreted as an indication of actual or future performance. The value of any investment may be affected by exchange rate movements. Any decision to invest should be based on the information contained in the appropriate prospectus and after seeking independent investment, tax and legal advice. These products may not be available in your market or suitable for you. The content of this document does not constitute investment advice nor an offer for sale nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any product or make any investment.
The products discussed in this document are issued by one of ETFS Commodity Securities Limited, ETFS Hedged Commodity Securities Limited, ETFS Hedged Metal Securities Limited, ETFS Foreign Exchange Limited, ETFS Metal Securities Limited, ETFS Oil Securities Limited, ETFS Equity Securities Limited, Gold Bullion Securities Limited (each, a “Jersey Issuer”), WisdomTree Issuer PLC (“WT Issuer”) and Boost Issuer PLC (“Boost Issuer”) (collectively, the “Issuers”).
An investment in ETPs is dependent on the performance of the underlying index, less costs, but it is not expected to match that performance precisely. ETPs involve numerous risks including among others, general market risks relating to the relevant underlying index, credit risks on the provider of index swaps utilised in the ETP, exchange rate risks, interest rate risks, inflationary risks, liquidity risks and legal and regulatory risks.
The information contained on this document is not, and under no circumstances is to be construed as, an advertisement or any other step in furtherance of a public offering of shares in the United States or any province or territory thereof, where none of the Issuers or their products are authorised or registered for distribution and where no prospectus of any of the Issuers has been filed with any securities commission or regulatory authority. No document or information on this document should be taken, transmitted or distributed (directly or indirectly) into the United States. None of the Issuers, nor any securities issued by them, have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or qualified under any applicable state securities statutes.
Securities issued by the Issuers may be structured products involving a significant degree of risk and may not be suitable for all types of investor. Any decision to invest should be based on the information contained in the prospectus (and any supplements thereto) of the relevant Issuer which includes, inter alia, information on certain risks associated with an investment. The price of any securities may go up or down and an investor may not get back the amount invested. Securities may be priced in US Dollars, Euros, or Sterling, and the value of the investment in other currencies will be affected by exchange rate movements. Investments in the securities of the Issuers which provide a short and/or leveraged exposure are only suitable for sophisticated, professional and institutional investors who understand leveraged and compounded daily returns and are willing to magnify potential losses by comparison to investments which do not incorporate these strategies. Over periods of greater than one day, investments with a short and/or leveraged exposure do not necessarily provide investors with a return equivalent to a return from the unleveraged long or unleveraged short investments multiplied by the relevant leverage factor.
This document may contain forward looking statements including statements regarding our belief or current expectations with regards to the performance of certain assets classes and/or sectors. Forward looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. There can be no assurance that such statements will be accurate and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Therefore, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Jersey Issuers
Each Jersey Issuer is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. The Prospectuses of the Jersey Issuers have been passported to various European jurisdictions including the UK, Italy and Germany and are available on request. The FCA has delivered to the regulators listed below certificates of approval attesting that the prospectuses of the Jersey Issuers indicated have been drawn up in accordance with Directive 2003/71/EC.
WisdomTree Issuer PLC
WT Issuer is an umbrella investment company with variable capital having segregated liability between its funds organised under the laws of Ireland as a public limited company and authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”). WT Issuer is organised as an Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (“UCITS”) under the laws of Ireland and shall issue a separate class of shares ("Shares”) representing each fund. Investors should read the prospectus of WT Issuer (“WT Prospectus”) before investing and should refer to the section of the WT Prospectus entitled ‘Risk Factors’ for further details of risks associated with an investment in the Shares.
Boost Issuer PLC
Boost Issuer on the other hand issues products under a Prospectus (“Boost Prospectus”) approved by the Central Bank of Ireland, drawn up in accordance with the Directive 2003/71/EC. The Boost Prospectus has been passported to various European jurisdictions including the UK, Italy and Germany and is available on this document.
Boost Exchange Traded Products (“Boost ETPs”) are suitable for financially sophisticated investors who wish to take a short term view on the underlying indices and can understand the risks of investing in products offering daily leveraged or daily short exposures.
Boost ETPs offering daily leveraged or daily short exposures (“Leveraged ETPs”) are products which feature specific risks that prospective investors should understand before investing in them. Higher volatility of the underlying indices and holding periods longer than a day may have an adverse impact on the performance of Leveraged ETPs. As such, Leveraged ETPs are intended for financially sophisticated investors who wish to take a short term view on the underlying indices and understand such risks. As a consequence, WisdomTree UK Ltd is not promoting or marketing Boost ETPs to retail clients. Investors should refer to the section entitled "Risk Factors" and “Economic Overview of the ETP Securities” in the Boost Prospectus for further details of these and other risks associated with an investment in Leveraged ETPs and consult their financial advisors as needed. Neither WTUK, nor the Issuer has assessed the suitability of any Leveraged ETPs for investors other than the relevant Authorised Participants.
Index Parties
None of the index providers of the products referred to herein nor their licensors make any warranty or representation whatsoever either as to the results obtained from use of the relevant indices and/or the figures at which such indices stand at any particular day or otherwise. None of the index providers shall be liable to any person for any errors or significant delays in the relevant indices nor shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error or significant delay therein.