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- Invesco Greater China Equity Fund (registered under ticker BCS:INVEGCOPE1; formerly Invesco GT Greater China Opportunities Fund) is an open-ended UCITS-compliant investment sub-fund of Invesco Funds SICAV, managed by Invesco Management S.A., a subsidiary of global asset management firm Invesco Ltd. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Luxembourg, the fund primarily engages in collective capital investment and long-term equity asset management, targeting long-term capital appreciation through disciplined bottom-up stock selection in companies with significant assets, revenue, or business operations in the Greater China region. The fund operates across diversified industry segments including information technology, consumer discretionary, communication services, financials, industrials, consumer staples, healthcare, and materials. Its core portfolio products and asset holdings comprise listed ordinary equities, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs); mainland China A-shares accessed via the Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programs; Hong Kong-listed H-shares, Red Chips, and P-Chips; Taiwanese equity securities and semiconductor manufacturing equities; cash equivalents and short-term money market instruments for liquidity management; and financial derivative instruments utilized for efficient portfolio management and risk hedging. The fund serves institutional investors, pension funds, wealth managers, family offices, and retail investors across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific markets, with cross-border trading listings maintained on regional platforms including the Santiago Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago). In recent operational and strategic developments, the fund transitioned its regulatory classification under Article 8 of the European Union Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), incorporating formal environmental, social, and governance (ESG) screening, carbon footprint monitoring, and proprietary sustainability scoring into its fundamental security valuation process. Additionally, the management team strategically recalibrated portfolio weightings toward advanced semiconductor fabrication, artificial intelligence hardware, supply chain reshoring beneficiaries, and renewable energy equipment manufacturers, while adjusting exposures in real estate and traditional e-commerce platforms. Over the past two years, parent manager Invesco Ltd. has further expanded its digital distribution partnerships and cross-border feeder fund registrations across Latin American and European intermediary platforms, streamlined multi-currency share class offerings (including USD, EUR, and hedged local currency share classes), and unified portfolio oversight systems across its global equity research and execution infrastructure to optimize liquidity management and regulatory compliance.