
Selected Risk Considerations
- The Index is rules-based and cannot be invested into directly. The Index is not guaranteed to succeed at meeting its objectives.
- There is no assurance that the strategy on which the Index is based will be successful in producing positive returns. The Index may not rise in value and may not outperform any alternative portfolio or strategy that tracks the index components.
- The Index relies on a risk control methodology and could underperform indices that do not have a risk control overlay.
- The intraday rebalancing of some of the Index's components can lead to underperformance when markets exhibit non-trending behavior. For example, if equities included in the index experience a sharp decline followed by a sharp recovery within the same day, the intraday drawdown control mechanism may cause the Index to underperform similar indices that do not have such an intraday drawdown control mechanism.
- The Index has exposure to S&P 500 futures, US U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes futures and gold futures, which may be volatile and decline in value.
- By design, multi-asset indices tend to have lower correlations to equity markets. Compared to equity-only strategies, a diversified multi-asset strategy may underperform in highly bullish equity markets.
- Risks of multi-asset investing include but are not limited to market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, and foreign exchange risk. Correlations of returns among different asset classes may deviate from historical patterns. Geopolitical events and policy shocks pose risks that can reduce asset returns. Valuations may be adversely affected during times of high market volatility, thin liquidity, and economic dislocation.
- The Index uses leverage which may amplify market movements in both directions. Investors may be overexposed to negative market conditions and therefore bear amplified losses.
- The Index is an excess return index and is comprised of futures contracts, which include implicit financing costs. The financing cost reflects the cost of funding a hypothetical investment in the asset underlying a futures contract. Any increase in market interest rates is expected to increase this implicit financing cost. Such implicit financing costs will adversely affect the performance of relevant future contract and of the Index consequently.
- The Index has a limited performance history and may perform in unanticipated ways. Past performance is no indication or guarantee of future performance. No actual investment which allowed tracking of the performance of the Index was possible before July 16, 2025. All Index data prior to that date is based on back-tested performance.
- "Back-tested performance" refers to simulated performance data provided as an illustration of how the Index would have performed during the relevant period had the Index administrator calculated the Index using the current Index methodology. Such simulated performance data has inherent limitations, as the simulated data is produced by the retroactive application of a back-tested methodology. Simulated performance data is illustrative only and based on criteria applied retroactively with the benefit of hindsight and knowledge of factors that may have positively affected its performance, and may reflect a bias towards strategies that have performed well in the past. Back-tested performance data cannot account for all financial risk that may affect the actual performance of the Index or any financial product that references the Index. Alternative modeling techniques or assumptions might produce significantly different results and may prove to be more appropriate.
- The actual performance of the Index or any financial products that reference the Index may vary significantly from the back-tested performance data.
- Although the Index employs a mechanism designed to limit its volatility, no assurance can be given that it will achieve its target. the effect of the volatility-limiting mechanism may be to reduce the performance of the Index in rising markets. The actual realized volatility may be greater or less than the Index's volatility target, which may impact negatively the performance of the Index.
- The Index may have greater than 100% exposure (up to 200%) to its components at any time as a result of the volatility control mechanism, which may exacerbate losses and potential deleveraging trigged by the volatility control mechanism may increase the time to recover from a drawdown event.
- UBS is the Index Sponsor. MerQube, Inc, the calculation agent for all indices administered by MerQube UK Limited (collectively "MerQube") calculates the UBS Multi Asset Engle SGD Index for UBS AG. MerQube administers and oversees the rulebook that governs the operations of the Index. UBS would be expected to hedge any financial instruments and obligations linked to the Index. In such roles, the economic interests of UBS and its affiliates are potentially adverse to the interests of a purchaser of any such instrument or obligation linked to the Index.
- Disruption events may impact the calculation of the Index.
- The Index and its components deduct transaction and replication costs, each calculated and deducted on a daily basis based on predefined levels and rules. The costs cover, among other things, rebalancing and replication. The total amount of transaction and replication costs is not predictable and will depend on a number of factors, including the leverage of the Index, which may be as high as 200%, the performance of the underlying components, and other market conditions.
- The Index performance reflects transaction (based on notional positions) and rebalancing (based on turnover) costs at rates that may vary based on the underlying assets at the Index level and also within certain underlying assets. Because certain costs are based on turnover, such costs are not predictable and may increase substantially in the future, especially during periods of market stress. The transaction and rebalancing costs will reduce the potential positive change in the level of the Index and increase the potential negative change in the level of the Index.
- Publicly available information on the Index and its methodology is limited. A copy of the Index methodology will be provided upon request through your advisor, broker or other professional financial representative.
Selected Risk Considerations
Attributions and Disclaimers with Respect to UBS
The UBS Multi Asset Engle SGD Index (the "Index") was developed by UBS AG. The Index applies a volatility control mechanism developed by UBS AG in collaboration with Engle Volatility Consulting LLC ("Engle Consulting"), the research principal of which is Robert F. Engle. UBS AG owns and is the current sponsor of the Index.
The rules of the Index may be amended by MerQube, Inc. (the "Calculation Agent") in consultation with UBS as index sponsor, which may, in turn, consult with Engle Consulting. An amendment to the rules may result from, without limitation, a change to the construction or calculation rules for the Index or from MerQube determining that a change to the rules is required or desirable in order to update them or to address an error, omission or ambiguity. No assurance can be given that any such amendment would not affect parties to this document. While volatility controls may result in less fluctuation in rates of return as compared to indices without volatility controls, they may also reduce the overall rate of return as compared to products not subject to volatility controls.
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