ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-223208
February 5, 2019
HSBC Vantage5 Index
Simulated & Historical Returns
All information in this document prior to March 15, 2017 consists of hypothetical back-tested data. See “Use of simulated returns.”
Source: S&P 500, Bloomberg, and HSBC
Simulated & Historical Performance:
August 2011 to January 31, 2019
| Total Performance | |
| January 2019 | 1.0% |
| YTD Return | 1.0% |
| 1Y Return | -8.0% |
| 3Y Return+ | 13.4% |
| 5Y Return+ | 23.0% |
| Annualized Vol (1Y) | 7.7% |
| Annualized Vol (since backtest inception) *+ | 6.1% |
*Calculated on a per annum percentage basis. See “Use of simulated returns.”
+ All information in this document prior to March 15, 2017 consists of hypothetical back-tested data. See “Use of simulated returns.”
Monthly Allocation
| Dec-18 | Jan-19 | Feb-19 | 12M Avg | ||
|
Developed Equities (Max. 60%) |
SPY | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.8% |
| SPLV | 20.0% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 6.5% | |
| IWM | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.5% | |
| QQQ | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.7% | |
| EFA | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| subtotal | 20.0% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 25.4% | |
|
Developed Bonds (Max. 80%) |
TLT | 0.0% | 40.0% | 38.7% | 8.3% |
| LQD | 0.0% | 5.0% | 16.6% | 3.2% | |
| HYG | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.1% | |
| subtotal | 5.0% | 45.0% | 55.3% | 16.7% | |
|
Emerging Markets (Max. 30%) |
EEM | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.2% | 1.8% |
| EMB | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.5% | 0.9% | |
| subtotal | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.7% | 2.7% | |
|
Real Assets (Max. 30%) |
IYR | 15.0% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 6.8% |
| GLD | 10.0% | 10.0% | 20.0% | 9.3% | |
| subtotal | 25.0% | 10.0% | 25.0% | 16.2% | |
|
Inflation (Max. 5%) |
TIP | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.4% |
|
Cash (Max. 50 %)1 |
50.0% | 45.0% | 0.0% | 36.6% |
Index Information
| Index Owner | HSBC Bank plc |
| Currency | USD |
| Volatility Target | 5% |
| Bloomberg Ticker | HSIEV5UE |
| Index Composition | Up to 13 ETFs plus Cash |
| Calculation Agent/ Index Administrator | S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC |
| Website | vantage5.hsbcnet.com |
 |
HSBC Structured Investments | 212 525 8010 | uswealth.hsbcnet.com |
Detailed Monthly Performance - Simulated & Historical
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual* | |
| 2019 | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 5.0% | -2.9% | -1.0% | -0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.2% | -1.6% | -4.6% | 1.0% | -2.2% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.5% | -0.6% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 11.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 0.5% | -0.9% | 4.4% | 1.5% | -0.3% | 0.1% | -1.8% | -1.5% | 0.7% | 5.7% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | -2.1% | -0.1% | -1.3% | 0.0% | -1.3% | 0.4% | -2.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% | -0.9% | -0.4% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | -1.2% | 2.4% | -0.8% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 0.8% | -0.8% | 4.0% | -3.1% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 10.1% |
| 2013 | -0.4% | 0.4% | 2.0% | 2.8% | -4.4% | -2.0% | 2.6% | -1.6% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 2.5% | -0.5% | 0.2% | -0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5.8% |
| 2011 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 3.9% | -0.4% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
*YTD return for current year
Yearly Average Monthly Allocation – Simulated & Historical
Quarterly Average Monthly Allocation - Simulated & Historical
| Developed Equities | Fixed Income | Emerging Markets | Real Assets | Inflation | Cash | |||||||||
| SPY | SPLV | IWM | QQQ | EFA | TLT | LQD | HYG | EEM | EMB | IYR | GLD | TIP | ||
| Q4 2018 |
11.3% | 18.6% | 1.2% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 5.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.5% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 38.3% |
|
Q3 2018 |
1.0% | 4.3% | 11.3% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 5.4% | 2.4% | 11.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.0% | 0.2% | 5.0% | 38.3% |
|
Q2 2018 |
0.0% | 0.0% | 9.6% | 11.2% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 4.7% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 14.9% | 4.0% | 50.0% |
|
Q1 2018 |
30.3% | 4.7% | 2.1% | 13.6% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 11.5% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1.3% | 23.6% |
|
Q4 2017 |
30.9% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 13.3% | 5.9% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 18.1% | 0.7% | 2.2% | 6.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% |
|
Q3 2017 |
7.6% | 13.2% | 0.0% | 12.0% | 16.4% | 18.3% | 14.0% | 0.0% | 16.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
|
Q2 2017 |
12.2% | 10.9% | 1.0% | 20.0% | 11.7% | 2.2% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 7.8% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 7.3% | 0.0% | 18.2% |
|
Q1 2017 |
24.3% | 0.0% | 8.1% | 13.3% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 42.5% |
|
Q4 2016 |
0.7% | 0.0% | 10.4% | 12.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 12.7% | 15.0% | 2.4% | 6.6% | 0.0% | 4.1% | 3.3% | 32.2% |
|
Q3 2016 |
0.0% | 4.3% | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 19.8% | 27.6% | 13.3% | 1.3% | 8.8% | 3.4% | 8.7% | 0.0% | 5.2% |
|
Q2 2016 |
3.9% | 10.3% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 21.1% | 31.1% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 3.8% | 11.4% | 0.2% | 4.6% |
|
Q1 2016 |
0.0% | 10.9% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 33.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 5.8% | 0.8% | 44.7% |
|
Q4 2015 |
0.0% | 12.5% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 10.3% | 18.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 0.8% | 41.8% |
|
Q3 2015 |
1.6% | 3.3% | 7.0% | 10.8% | 5.8% | 9.9% | 3.4% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 50.0% |
|
Q2 2015 |
0.0% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 5.5% | 12.7% | 18.0% | 2.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 3.3% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.7% | 39.6% |
|
Q1 2015 |
0.3% | 16.7% | 4.3% | 11.9% | 0.0% | 39.4% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 19.1% |
|
Q4 2014 |
8.3% | 11.1% | 0.0% | 18.6% | 0.0% | 38.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.8% |
|
Q3 2014 |
8.1% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 11.4% | 0.3% | 35.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.4% | 3.3% | 16.6% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
|
Q2 2014 |
13.0% | 6.1% | 0.0% | 7.9% | 0.0% | 24.4% | 16.9% | 5.0% | 2.6% | 5.0% | 11.7% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 5.1% |
|
Q1 2014 |
16.5% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 20.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 22.8% | 12.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 24.3% |
|
Q4 2013 |
9.6% | 0.0% | 3.8% | 18.2% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 4.4% | 9.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 50.0% |
|
Q3 2013 |
17.1% | 8.8% | 7.9% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 49.8% |
|
Q2 2013 |
19.9% | 20.0% | 7.9% | 0.0% | 6.2% | 26.3% | 0.0% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 3.4% |
|
Q1 2013 |
0.0% | 6.7% | 11.2% | 0.0% | 16.8% | 13.8% | 20.0% | 7.7% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 6.4% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 7.0% |
|
Q4 2012 |
2.3% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 11.3% | 38.8% | 6.3% | 2.0% | 10.0% | 1.4% | 10.0% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
|
Q3 2012 |
0.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 11.2% | 0.9% | 34.4% | 9.9% | 3.7% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 11.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3.7% |
|
Q2 2012 |
5.8% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 14.6% | 0.0% | 28.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.8% | 8.4% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 20.3% |
|
Q1 2012 |
10.0% | 12.5% | 1.7% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 28.6% | 4.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 3.3% | 30.0% |
|
Q4 2011 |
0.0% | 15.8% | 0.0% | 9.3% | 0.0% | 33.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 3.9% | 34.0% |
|
Q3 2011 |
0.0% | 15.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 22.0% | 6.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 3.7% | 20.0% | 5.0% | 15.7% |
Risks related to the index
Please review carefully these risk factors, and any risk factors` in an offering document for any security or financial instrument referencing the Index, before making any investment.
| • | S&P, the Index Calculation Agent, may adjust the Index in a way that affects its level, and S&P has no obligation to consider your interests. |
| • | The Index may not be successful and may not outperform any alternative strategy that might be employed in respect of the ETFs or achieve its target volatility. |
| • | The Index has a limited operating history and may perform in unanticipated ways. |
| • | The ETFs composing the Index may be replaced by a substitute ETF in certain extraordinary events. | |
| • | The Index may perform poorly during periods characterized by short-term volatility. |
| • | An investment linked to the Index carries the risks associated with the Index's momentum investment strategy. |
| • | The Index may be partially uninvested. |
| • | Correlation of performances among the ETFs may reduce the performance of the Index. |
| • | The Index is subject to market risks |
| • | Changes in the value of the ETFs may offset each other. |
| • | The level of the Index will include the deduction of a change in the ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month interest rate and a fee. |
| • | The Index comprises notional assets. |
Important Information
Any information relating to performance contained in these materials prior to March 15, 2017 is illustrative only. No assurance is given that any indicative returns, performance or results, whether historical or hypothetical, will be achieved. Any specific terms or methodology remains subject to change, and HSBC undertakes no duty to update this information. This document may be amended, superseded or replaced in its entirety by a subsequent term sheet, disclosure or prospectus supplement, and/or offering circular or similar document and the documents referred to therein. In the event of any inconsistency between the information presented herein and any such term sheet, disclosure or prospectus supplement, and/or offering circular or similar document, such term sheet, disclosure or prospectus supplement, and/or offering circular or similar document shall govern.
Use of simulated returns
Any historical performance information included in this document prior to March 15, 2017 represents only hypothetical historical results. You should note that the index constituents have not traded together in the manner shown in the composite hypothetical historical results. No representation is being made that the indices will achieve a performance record similar to that shown. In fact, there may often be sharp differences between hypothetical performance and actual performance.
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The hypothetical back-tested annualized performance and annualized volatility of the Index have inherent limitations. These performance and volatility results were achieved by means of a retroactive application of a back-tested volatility model designed with the benefit of hindsight. All hypothetical levels shown have inherent limitations. Alternative modelling techniques or assumptions may produce different hypothetical information that might prove to be more appropriate and that might differ significantly from the hypothetical information set forth above. Actual annualized performance and volatilities may vary materially from the information shown.
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