Invest in offshore investment products and funds

Selecting appropriate offshore investments can have a major impact on your wealth. With a few well-taken decisions you could broaden your portfolio of international investments.

Barclays has a wide range of offshore investment products to choose from. Our UK market-leading offshore investment product, Barclays Multi-Manager, offers you:

• An expertly selected managed investment portfolio
• A wide choice of funds
• Portfolios carefully blended with a mix of different assets classes (bonds, equities, cash etc.) to match your risk/reward appetite

Additionally, there's Barclays Global Beta Portfolios*. This is a long-term investment opportunity that invests in exchange traded funds (ETFs), index-tracking investment funds traded on global stock exchanges.

We can also offer you Structured Notes and Foreign Exchange spots and forwards, which give you:

• Opportunities to invest in commodities and other asset classes
• Currency trading facilities

Some investments may not be suitable to everyone as you can lose money as well as make gains, if you are in doubt seek independent financial advice.

Offshore investment funds

Our Multi-Manager portfolios give you such a wide selection of funds, we're convinced we can meet your offshore investment needs precisely.

Barclays Multi-Manager

With a team of expert investment professionals managing your funds, you'll get the latest investment thinking, insight and market modelling in all areas of your portfolio within one investment that's easy to arrange and manage. The managers specialise in particular sectors, and every portfolio features a combination of expertly managed funds.

Barclays Multi-Manager - what it offers you

• World class investment managers' expertise in each sector of the market
• Investment managers chosen and retained on the strength of their performance
• A wide choice of portfolios, designed for income, growth or both
• A wide spread of risk through our broad and diverse investment approach
• The opportunity to benefit from institutional investment strategies
• The expertise of Barclays - one of the top three multi-manager fund providers in Europe.

As with all investments the value of the multi-manager funds can fall as well as rise.

Investment management services

Here are some more specialised offshore investment products available from Barclays.

Structured Notes

Structured Notes offer returns linked to an underlying asset or index performance. Typically available for a three to five year term, Structured Notes are also tradable on a secondary market making them a flexible investment option for more experienced investors, but you may get back less than you invested if you sell the Note before the end of the term.

Structured notes are often linked with the performance of:

• Stocks and shares
• Interest rates
• Investment funds
• Commodities (e.g. metals)
• Foreign currencies

When trading on the secondary market you may have to pay more for the Note than the face value, therefore if you keep this to maturity you will get back less than you invested.

Structured Deposits

A structured deposit is essentially a hybrid between a deposit and an investment product, where the return is dependent on the performance of factors such as market indices, equities, interest rates, foreign exchange or a combination of these.

Foreign Exchange Spots and Forwards

Whether for payments or purchases in different currencies, as a shield against currency movements or for simple trading, we provide exchange facilities in most major currencies. These include:

• Sterling, US dollars and euros
• Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Japanese yen, New Zealand dollars, Singapore dollars and Swiss francs
• Other currencies on confirmed request

Longer-term investment opportunities with Barclays Global Beta

For a 'passive' investment opportunity there's Global Beta Portfolios*. Global Beta Portfolios invest in exchange traded funds (ETFs) - index-tracking investment funds that are traded on stock exchanges worldwide. Our Global Beta portfolios each hold a range of ETFs to provide a balance of risk and return. They represent a passive investment as they simply track an index so are not reliant on the performance of an active fund manager.

The main features include:

• Available in a choice of five portfolios, each designed to match different appetites for risk/reward
• Tracks an index for greater transparency which gives greater certainty of a fair market return
• Available in euro, sterling and US dollar
• Minimum investment of £25,000 (or currency equivalent)

The value of indexes can fall as well as rise and you could get back less than you invested.

Offshore investment strategy

Barclays Multi-Manager offers you a flexible approach to managing your investment strategy; as your investment priorities change the asset allocation within your portfolio can be adjusted. And your management team will help you to make strategic decisions with a level of insight and advice not easily available to private investors.

To put it simply - we aim to give you the right information and advice, so that you can make the investment decisions that are right for you.

But before you invest with us, we'll help you choose the right strategy. We'll look at how you see risk, what you want to achieve, and then help you decide what type of investor you are - cautious, balanced or adventurous. Once we've made that decision, we can help you design a portfolio that delivers growth, income, or a mixture of both. Whatever type of investor you consider yourself to be, we aim to deliver the best possible returns in line with the degree of risk with which you are comfortable.

As with all investments the value of the multi-manager funds can fall as well as rise.

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Offshore investment management

With Multi-Manager, you can look forward to fund management skills that have made us a world leader in one-stop offshore investment products. We offer you:

• Expert fund management - Some of the world's best managers will manage your investment funds, always looking for optimal performance and reduced risk.
• Reassurance - Our specialist team selects and supervises the fund managers' performance, helping to make sure that it stays strong.
• Choice - We'll help you choose the right investment to suit your investment profile with our selection of funds.
• Convenience - We combine a broad selection of funds from diverse managers in one simple-to-manage portfolio.
• Flexibility - As your needs change, we can change your investment strategy.