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after the launch date of the SFC-authorized scheme is not allowed;
d. where the fees and charges of the Other Scheme were lower than the SFC-authorized
scheme during the period presented, the past performance information of the Other
Scheme presented must be adjusted downward to reflect the differences in all relevant
fees and charges between the two schemes. However, upward adjustments of the
past performance information of the Other Scheme is not allowed;
e. the performance information of the SFC-authorized scheme must be presented in a
more prominent manner and on a stand-alone format (e.g. the performance
information of the Other Scheme shall not be presented in the same graph or table
with that of the SFC-authorized scheme);
f. once the Other Scheme has been selected for presentation in the Advertisements, it
should be consistently applied in the advertisements for the SFC-authorized scheme
where the investment experience of the fund management group is presented;
g. the name of the Other Scheme should not be disclosed in the Advertisements; and
h. the Advertisements should contain warning statements / notes (if applicable) to the
following effect in addition to the applicable warning statements as stated in the
Advertising Guidelines:
the Other Scheme is not authorized by the Commission and is not available to
the public in Hong Kong;
(i)
(ii)
the Other Scheme has the same investment strategy, restrictions and risk
profile as those of the SFC-authorized scheme;
(iii)
(iv)
downward adjustments to the past performance information of the Other
Scheme (if any) have been made to reflect the differences in all relevant fees
and charges between the two schemes;
the past performance information of the Other Scheme presented are not
those of the SFC-authorized scheme;
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