Terms of Use


1. Introduction and Acceptance of Terms of Use.

Funds Global Asia is published by Funds Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Definite Article Media Limited.
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Funds Europe offers you a wide range of content, communication tools, and information about its products and services (“Materials”) via this website. By using this website, you are agreeing to accept and comply with the terms and conditions of use as stated below (“Terms of Use”) and with our Privacy Policy, which Funds Europe may update at any time without notice. You should visit this page periodically to review the then-current Terms of Use. Please note that Funds Europe may, at its sole discretion, terminate your access to this website at any time without notice.

2. Limited Right to Use.

This website is owned and operated by Funds Europe. Unless otherwise specified, all Materials on this website are the property of Funds Europe, including the design, text, graphics and arrangement of items, and are protected by the copyright laws of the UK and, throughout the world by the applicable copyright laws. All such rights are reserved. You may, view, print and/or download a reasonable number of copies of the Materials from this website on any single computer solely for your personal, informational, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices and comply with any identified attribution requirements. No Materials published by Funds Europe on this website, in whole or in part, may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any form or by any means without prior written permission from Funds Europe. The use of any such Materials on any other website or networked computer environment or for any other purpose is strictly prohibited and such unauthorised use may violate copyright, trademark and other similar laws. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site to Users.

3. Communications.

Except for any disclosure by you for technical support purposes, or as specified in our Privacy Policy, all communications from you to this website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that any and all comments, information, feedback and ideas regarding our company, products or services that you communicate to Funds Europe (“Feedback”) will be deemed, at the time of communication to Funds Europe, the property of Funds Europe, and Funds Europe shall be entitled to full rights of ownership, including without limitation, unrestricted right to use or disclose such Feedback in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, and for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you. You are solely responsible for the content of your communications and their legality under all laws and regulations. You agree not to use this website to distribute, link to or solicit content that is defamatory, harassing, unlawful, libelous, harmful to minors, threatening, obscene, false, misleading, or infringing a third party’s intellectual or privacy rights.

4. Access to Password Protected or Secured Areas.

Access to and use of password protected or secured areas of this website is restricted to authorised users only. You will be asked to provide accurate and current information on all registration forms on this website. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any username and password that you choose or is chosen by your web administrator on your behalf, to access this website as well as any activity that occurs under your username/password. You will not misuse or share your username or password, misrepresent your identity or your affiliation with an entity, impersonate any person or entity, or misstate the origin of any Materials you are exposed to through this website. If you violate your obligations under this section, you may be liable to prosecution under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 or other applicable legislation.

5. Monitoring.

Although Funds Europe is not obligated to do so, it will have the right to review your communications on this website to determine whether you comply with our Terms of Use. Funds Europe will not have any liability or responsibility for the content of any communications you post to this website, or for any errors or violations of any laws or regulations by you. Funds Europe will comply with any court order or legal obligation in disclosing the identity of any person posting communications on this website. It is advisable that you review our Privacy Policy before posting any such communications. Please note that when you conduct transactions with other companies providing content via this website, you will also be subject to their privacy policies.

6. Links to Other Sites.

The linked sites are not under the control of Funds Europe and Funds Europe is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Funds Europe reserves the right to terminate any link at any time. Funds Europe may provide links from this website to other sites as a convenience to you and in no way should this be interpreted as an endorsement of any company, content or products to which it links. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this website, you do this entirely at your own risk. Funds Europe disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, to any such linked sites, including but not limited to any terms as to the accuracy, ownership, validity or legality of any content of a linked site.

7. Trademarks.

The trademarks, service marks and logos of Funds Europe and others used in this website (“Trademarks”) are the property of Funds Europe and their respective owners. You have no right to use any such Trademarks, and nothing contained in this website or the Terms of Use grants any right to use (by implication, waiver, estoppel or otherwise) any Trademarks without the prior written permission of Funds Europe or the respective owner.

8. Uploading Material to Our Site.

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with these Terms of Use. You warrant that any such contribution does comply, and you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.

Any material you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our site.

We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with these Terms of Use.

9. Viruses, Hacking and Other Offences.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

10. Linking to Our Site.

You may link to our pages, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.

Our site must not be framed on any other site. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please contact us at [email protected].

11. Indemnity.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Funds Europe harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses (including reasonable lawyer fees and costs) arising out of, based on or in connection with your access and/or use of this website.

12. Limitation of Liability.

In no event shall Funds Europe or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages including, without limitation, loss of profits or revenues, costs of replacement goods, loss or damage to data arising out of the use or inability to use this website or any linked site, damages resulting from use of or reliance upon the information or materials presented on this website, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or otherwise even if foreseeable.

13. Disclaimer.

Funds Europe assumes no responsibility for accuracy, correctness, timeliness, or content of the Materials provided on this website. You should not assume that the Materials on this website are continuously updated or otherwise contain current information. Funds Europe is not responsible for supplying content or materials from the website that have expired or have been removed.

The materials provided at this website are provided “as is” and any warranty (express or implied), condition or other term of any kind, including without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for particular purpose, non-infringement or title is thereby excluded.

Commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

14. Applicable Laws.

The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site. We retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These Terms of Use are governed by English Law.

15. General.

If you have any questions regarding the Terms of Use, please contact Funds Europe at [email protected]. For other general questions, please refer to our Contact Us page.

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