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Merrill Lynch Investment Solutions - QFS Currency UCITS Fund

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by buying fundamentally undervalued currencies and selling and taking short positions in overvalued currencies through the use of derivatives.  The Fund trades a broad range of currencies including, but not limited to, U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, British pound, Euro, Swiss franc, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso, South African rand, Chinese yuan and Indian rupee.

The Fund’s investment strategy applies fundamental macroeconomic research methods in developing a quantitative statistical trading model which systematically analyses interest rate movements and related economic factors.

The result of this research and analysis is built into proprietary currency trading models that indicate trade signals seeking to take advantage of investment opportunities in the currency markets. Trade recommendations are generated by the models throughout the day, and the Investment Manager dedicates time and capital to maintain the models through its ongoing research.

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Note to all existing and prospective shareholders

Effective from 1st February 2012, the Combined Investment Management and Distribution Fee on the MLIS – AQR Global Relative Value UCITS Fund will be reduced to 1% p.a. across all Class A Shares and 2% p.a. across all Class C Shares.

Effective from 1st February 2012, the MLIS - Graham Capital Systematic Macro UCITS and MLIS - TT Financials UCITS Fund will be switching to a daily dealing schedule, where shares can be subscribed, redeemed or converted with two Banking Days’ prior notice. Please note that if a Dealing Day falls on a day which is observed as a holiday, then any orders will be processed on the next valid Banking Day following such holiday. Please ask your ML Fund Solutions advisor for a schedule of holidays and valid Dealing Days.

The MLIS - CCI Healthcare Long-Short UCITS Fund will be closing to subscriptions from new investors, due to the fact that the Fund is approaching its capacity limit. The final dealing date for new investors to this fund will be 22nd February 2012, with the last subscription orders to be submitted by 12noon Luxembourg time on 20th February 2012. The fund will remain open to investment from existing. investors

 

Recent Launches

Fund name Strategy Region Launch Date
QFS Currency UCITS Fund Currency Global Apr 2012
Westchester Merger Arbitrage UCITS Fund Event-Driven Global Jul 2011
TT Financials UCITS Fund Equity Long-Short - Financials Global Jun 2011
Och-Ziff European Multi-Strategy UCITS Fund Multi-Strategy Europe Mar 2011
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