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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22037

Stone Harbor Investment Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, CO 80203

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Adam J. Shapiro, Esq.

c/o Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP

31 West 52nd Street, 16th Floor

New York, NY 10019

(Name and address of agent for service)

With copies To:

John M. Loder, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, MA 02110-2624

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 623-2577

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

Date of reporting period: June 1, 2010 - May 31, 2011


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Item 1. Report to Stockholders.


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LOGO

 


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Shareholder Letter

 

    

 

1

 

  

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

    

 

4

 

  

 

Summaries of Portfolio Holdings

 

    

 

5

 

  

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

  

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

     7   

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

     8   

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

 

    

 

9

 

  

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

    

 

10

 

  

 

Statements of Investments   

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

     11   

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

     24   

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

 

    

 

40

 

  

 

Statements of Assets & Liabilities

 

    

 

46

 

  

 

Statements of Operations

 

    

 

47

 

  

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    

 

48

 

  

 

Financial Highlights

 

  

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

     49   

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

     50   

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

 

     51   

Notes to Financial Statements

 

    

 

52

 

  

 

Additional Information

 

    

 

60

 

  

 

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements

 

    

 

61

 

  

 

Trustees and Officers

 

    

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

Dear Shareholder,

The year ended May 2011 has been another excellent period for credit-focused, fixed income investors. While returns were not as dramatic as in the previous year, where the market recovery helped the Stone Harbor Funds to achieve gains in excess of 20% (see pages 7-9 for complete performance information), all three of our institutional funds achieved impressive mid-teens returns for the period. We continue to believe that against the backdrop of a below-trend economic recovery in developed economies, and their associated accommodative monetary policies, the outlook for credit-based strategies remains very favorable for the near- to intermediate-term. Once again, we thank you for your support and commitment to Stone Harbor Investment Partners.

Market Overview

From a global economic point of view, the last twelve months have been strikingly similar to the previous twelve months, albeit one year deeper into a very sub-par developed market economic recovery, following the sharp 2008 recession. On the positive side of the global economic landscape, strong growth in China and most of the major emerging market economies has been led by inter-regional trade and the development of an emerging middle class consumer market. This shift is propelling global commodity-producing developed economies like Canada and Australia, as well as commodity exporting emerging market economies. Also of positive note has been the surprisingly strong growth of the core of Northern Continental Europe (i.e., Germany, France, and the Nordic region), driven very much by high value added exports to emerging economies. It is quite the opposite case for the European Union as a whole, which has been dragged down by struggling peripheral economies, mostly along the Mediterranean.

On the mixed to negative side, the economic performance of the US could best be described as a “fits and starts” economy. While exports and investment have been healthy, overall growth has been offset by the run-off of government stimulus programs. More importantly, the persistent oversupply in the housing market, coupled with the slow pace of job creation have severely impacted consumer spending. The US, as well as all world economies, has also been encumbered by a series of external shocks over the last year. The tragic earthquake and follow-on events in Japan have not only severely damaged that economy, but have also had knock-on effects through the global industrial supply chain, acutely hampering global auto production, as an example. The political instability in North Africa and the Middle East region has sharply increased energy prices worldwide, putting a drag on global consumer growth, and undermining confidence amidst political uncertainties. Finally, the continuing saga of the still unresolved European sovereign debt crisis heightens volatility and reinforces focus on the perilous state of developed market government finances.

Financial markets have been dominated by instability surrounding the above-mentioned external shocks, as well as by ongoing extraordinarily accommodative interest rate policies of major

developed market central banks. This dynamic has been most highlighted by the US Federal Reserve’s so-called quantitative easing policy of buying mortgage securities, the second round of which is expiring in June of 2011. These policies have been aimed at maintaining low mortgage rates in the US, and perhaps driving liquidity into other financial assets to boost confidence and spur consumer spending. This contrasts with tightening monetary conditions in many emerging markets economies, where many central banks are raising interest rates in an attempt to prevent inflation from accelerating in their rapidly growing economies.

Although certainly affected by some of the global volatility, the high yield corporate bond market, which is dominated by US corporations, continued its strong recovery from the 2008 downturn. The total return of the Fund’s benchmark, the Citigroup High Yield Market Capped Index, was 17.32% for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011. Yields on the broad market fell from 9.23% at the beginning of the period to 7.39% at the end of the reporting period, with risk premiums, or credit spreads, declining from 708 basis points above comparable US Treasury bonds to 524 basis points above at May 31, 2011. The largest gaining sectors in this market were the global cyclical industries, energy producers and the still recovering financial sectors.

Emerging markets fixed income also experienced strong performance for the twelve month period. Driven by rallies in base interest rates, as well as continued improvements in underlying emerging market sovereign credit quality, a direct contrast from most developed market governments, the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified, the benchmark index for the US dollar-denominated Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund, returned 12.52% for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011, as market yields fell from 6.57% at the beginning of the period to 5.86% at May 31, 2011. Risk premiums, or spreads over comparable US Treasury bonds, fell from 338 basis points to 290 basis points. In the Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, which invests in non-US dollar-based emerging market bond and currency markets, the benchmark for the fund returned 20.18% for the twelve month period.

Looking ahead, the world economy continues on a slow-to-moderate expansion, but facing considerable headwinds. We believe growth should remain strong in most emerging markets, driven by the aforementioned factors, while inflationary pressures in many of those regions will start to moderate, giving central banks more breathing room. The developed markets will again remain mixed in terms of economic strength, with natural demand growth facing the headwinds of fiscal reforms in the public sector in most major markets. Deficit reduction and fiscal balance are timely issues in many developed markets, crimping aggregate demand. In many cases, such as in Greece, the adjustments needed in the face of the mounting related-debt issues cause extreme hardship and also extreme market volatility. Current fixes in Greece are at best temporary, and uncertainty surrounding Greece’s solvency and that of other peripheral European nations will continue to be a concern. In the US, the benefit of the dollar’s position as the world’s reserve currency has helped temper market reaction to the federal budget

 

 

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situation, but unless the situation is dealt with, the US potentially faces similar issues.

At Stone Harbor, we will continue to focus on capturing excess return from stable to improving credit situations in corporate and sovereign markets worldwide, while being alert to crises as well as economic softness. We believe credit quality runs in cycles, and corporations globally, as well as governments in emerging markets, are on the expansionary part of these cycles. We remain vigilant to potential changes in that outlook and somewhat cautious that developed market debt stresses will continue to pose major risks for all.

Performance Review

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

The Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund return for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011 was 16.30% (net of expenses) and 17.05% (gross of expenses). This compares to a benchmark return of 12.52% for the JP Morgan Emerging Market Bond Index Global Diversified. During this period, emerging market sovereign credit spreads in most countries within the benchmark tightened. Commodity prices rose, led first by food prices, then later by energy, a move that was exacerbated by the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and subsequent uprisings in the Middle East. Risk assets, in general, performed well. The US dollar, however, continued on a sustained weakening trend, as a combination of low interest rates and worries about rising fiscal uncertainty drove global investors to diversify away from the greenback.

Throughout this period, the portfolio was positioned to favor select high beta credits that had strong valuation support, including Argentina and Venezuela. Argentina’s country benchmark total return for the twelve-month period was 39.69%; Venezuela’s performance was 27.10%. Both countries benefited from strong demand for high yielding assets, as well as idiosyncratic developments. As a major oil exporter, Venezuela benefits from higher crude prices; the country’s improved debt repayment capacity, in our view, was reflected in higher bond prices. Argentina’s strong growth performance amidst a period of relative political calm aided bond market stability, and led to tightening of credit spreads.

The portfolio was also positioned for an improving environment for corporate prosperity in many key emerging markets. Tactical allocations to select corporate bonds increased throughout the period in recognition of attractive corporate debt valuations, and given our opportunistic view on the potential for spread compression in many corporate credits. Corporate investments in the portfolio focused on commodity producers in sub-investment grade countries, on companies focused on domestic consumption in higher growth economies and on other companies, which are deleveraging either organically or via Merger & Acquisition activity.

Excess returns of 466 basis points for the period (gross basis) resulted from country/corporate selection decisions and issue selection decisions in roughly equal proportions. Country selection

decisions, including allocations to sovereign and corporate debt, enhanced performance by 215 basis points. Issue selection decisions boosted returns by 206 basis points.

Key contributors to outperformance in country selection included overweight positions in Venezuela and Iraq, and underweight positions in Lebanon. Allocations to debt of companies domiciled in Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates also drove outperformance. In issue selection, the key contributors to excess returns included allocations to foreign exchange markets in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia and South Africa. In addition, allocations to long duration debt in Argentina enhanced returns.

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

The Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund return for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011 was 17.14% (net of expenses) and 17.69% (gross of expenses). This compares to a benchmark return of 17.32% for the Citigroup High Yield Market Capped Index. Despite a rocky start, the high yield market resumed an upward trajectory and delivered strong gains, dipping below breakeven in only two of the trailing twelve months, as doubts lingered regarding the sustainability of a synchronized global recovery. Firmly anchored by strong corporate earnings, declining default risk and a robust new issue market, high yield bonds showed resilience in the face of large swings in equities.

Exogenous shocks remained key drivers of market volatility throughout the reporting period. The threat of a European debt crisis subsided and resurfaced intermittently, adding to the uneven progression of the global economic recovery. A catalyst to a modest market correction in November, sovereign debt concerns yielded to political instability in the Middle East and North Africa, which gained traction in the first few months of the year. More importantly, contagion to bordering countries, including Libya, nursed fears of potential production disruptions and realized speculation of surging oil prices. A headline-driven sell-off in global equity prices was compounded by news of a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, as well as the ensuing threat of a nuclear crisis. Investors immediately took a more cautious view towards global growth estimates, as the outlook for long-term US debt was downgraded from “stable” to “negative” on uncertainty surrounding the ballooning deficit.

Despite an overall reduction in risk, high yield bonds held within a tight range, supported by upside fundamentals signaling trend-like economic growth and a broadening recovery, although the message was somewhat obscured by a lagging jobs market and depressed home prices. As external headwinds were eclipsed by quarterly earnings, credit spreads tightened notably in the first half of April, but drifted wider heading into May. Both the manufacturing and services sectors experienced some cooling, with global industrial production levels dipping, a decline that was not completely unexpected given the impact of Japan-related supply chain disruptions. Mounting signs of a slowdown in global growth fostered

 

 

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some risk aversion towards the end of May, a bias that was exacerbated by a meaningful downturn in most sectors of the economy.

While we acknowledge that the downside risks to a pickup in growth in the second half of the year have certainly increased relative to where the economy stood six months ago, we believe that the brunt of the pullback can be attributed to the transitory after-shocks of global events. Particularly in light of the extent to which credit spreads have widened, we remain constructive on high yield and believe credit risk assets have room to tighten as the recovery resumes and gains traction. As a result, we are currently favoring the single B sector as the best market subcomponent to benefit from narrowing credit spreads, as well as the least vulnerable to losses from rising underlying Treasury rates. Within industries, we are increasingly tilting our portfolios towards a sustainable recovery in the consumer sector of the economy, as well as a broadening out of the industrial recovery.

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

The Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund return for the period ended May 31, 2011 was 16.82% (net of expenses) and 17.74% (gross of expenses). This compares to a benchmark return of 19.12% for the JP Morgan Global Bond Index-Emerging Markets Global Diversified. During the reporting period, emerging local currency debt markets outperformed all other emerging debt markets, aided significantly by the weakness in the US dollar, continued strong growth and prudent countercyclical monetary policies in most emerging markets. In addition, market performance was also driven by strong, ongoing portfolio and foreign direct investment inflows into emerging markets.

Throughout the reporting period, the portfolio favored faster growing economies in Latin America and Asia, with overweight allocations in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, China, Indonesia and Malaysia. The portfolio’s underweight positions have been concentrated in Central and Eastern Europe, where a mix of more limited growth prospects and short-term policymaking have reduced the attractiveness of local debt markets, in our view. Importantly, this view was not shared by all investors over the trailing twelve months. Hungary’s local debt market total return during the period, for example, was 36.26% despite the country’s tepid growth and heavy public debt load. The strong performance of the Euro versus the US dollar (+16.98%, source: Bloomberg) further reflected optimism over the Eurozone’s prospects that we did not share.

The period was also marked by the imposition of the US Federal Reserve’s second attempt at quantitative easing, which many policymakers in emerging markets decried as a source of destabilizing capital inflows. Appreciation of emerging market currencies led the Brazilian Finance Minister to coin the phrase “currency wars” in September 2010 to describe the US Fed’s efforts to effectively devalue its currency via beggar-thy-neighbor policy. In response, the Brazilians and policymakers in other emerging market countries sought measures to reduce inflows by imposing taxes on capital inflows. In the particular case of Brazil, new financial

transaction taxes were imposed, which had the immediate impact of a steepening Brazil local debt yield curve, as foreign investors reconsidered ways to effectively invest in local Brazilian debt.

As food prices increased from mid-summer 2010 through the start of 2011, many global investors questioned whether emerging market central banks were falling behind the curve in terms of their willingness to normalize monetary policy and fight inflation. This concern also led to a sharp correction in local interest rates at the close of 2010, and prompted many investors, including ourselves, to shorten duration in local debt portfolios. However, our view throughout the period was that central bankers in most emerging markets, particularly in key Latin American and Asian countries, had strong inflation-fighting credentials. We also believed that the acceleration of food prices was unlikely to continue indefinitely. As a result, we began to increase duration positions in select markets where valuations were particularly attractive. Brazil, Mexico and South Africa were three key examples.

Of the country selection decisions that detracted from performance, the most important was our underweight position in Hungary. Conversely, underweight allocations in Thailand and Turkey enhanced performance. In issue selection, the key investment decision was our allocation to long duration Brazil fixed rate debt, which detracted from overall returns.

Sincerely,

LOGO

Thomas W. Brock

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

 

Beta: A measurement of sensitivity of performance relative to changes in benchmark performance. A beta of 1.0 implies up and down movements of roughly the same magnitude as the benchmark. A higher beta means higher risk associated with the benchmark.

The percentage of the Funds’ assets invested in securities in a particular rating category will vary. The following terms pertain to Standard & Poor’s ratings, although the Funds may also make use of Moody’s and Fitch ratings.

Sub-investment grade: Obligations rated ‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CCC’, ‘CC’ and ‘C’ are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. ‘BB’ indicates the least degree of speculation and ‘C’ the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.

Single B Sector: An obligation rated ‘B’ is more vulnerable to non-payment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

 

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Disclosure of Fund Expenses
   May 31, 2011(Unaudited)

 

 

Example. As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and/or redemption fees (if applicable) and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. The below examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested on December 1, 2010 and held until May 31, 2011.

Actual Expenses. The first line of each table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second line of each table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect transactional costs, such as redemption fees, sales charges (loads) or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    

Beginning
Account Value
12/01/2010

  

Ending
Account Value
05/31/2011

  

Expense
Ratio(1)

 

Expenses
Paid During
Period(2)

STONE HARBOR EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND

Institutional Class

          

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,052.70    0.75%   $3.84

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $1,000.00    $1,021.19    0.75%   $3.78

STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

Institutional Class

          

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,078.50    0.55%   $2.85

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $1,000.00    $1,022.19    0.55%   $2.77

STONE HARBOR LOCAL MARKETS FUND

Institutional Class

          

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,084.70    1.00%   $5.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $1,000.00    $1,019.95    1.00%   $5.04

 

(1)          Annualized, based on the Fund’s most recent fiscal half-year expenses.

(2)         Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year (182), divided by 365. Note this expense example is typically based on a six-month period.

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Summaries of Portfolio Holdings
   May 31, 2011

 

Under SEC Rules, all funds are required to include in their annual and semi-annual shareholder reports a presentation of portfolio holdings in a table, chart or graph by reasonably identifiable categories. The following tables, which present holdings as a percent of total net assets (“TNA”), are provided in compliance with such requirements.

 

STONE HARBOR EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND   

Country Breakdown

     % of TNA   

Mexico

     8.23%   

Russia

     8.20%   

Argentina

     7.59%   

Venezuela

     7.19%   

Brazil

     7.18%   

Colombia

     6.33%   

Indonesia

     5.45%   

South Africa

     5.23%   

Malaysia

     5.15%   

Iraq

     3.35%   

Philippines

     3.26%   

Turkey

     3.21%   

Poland

     3.09%   

Panama

     3.04%   

Ukraine

     3.00%   

China

     2.05%   

Kazakhstan

     2.01%   

Uruguay

     1.91%   

Croatia

     1.45%   

Peru

     1.40%   

Qatar

     1.18%   

El Salvador

     0.89%   

United Arab Emirates

     0.74%   

Chile

     0.72%   

India

     0.43%   

South Korea

     0.37%   

Jamaica

     0.24%   

Hong Kong

     0.20%   

Dominican Republic

     0.19%   

Egypt

     0.17%   

Ghana

     0.16%   

Singapore

     0.16%   

Barbados

     0.11%   

Pakistan

     0.08%   

Gabon

     0.01%   

Total

     93.97%   

Money Market Mutual Funds

     6.80%   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     0.77%   

Total Net Assets

     100.00%   
          
STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND   

Industry Breakdown

     % of TNA   

Healthcare

     8.23%   

Electric

     6.23%   

Services Other

     5.04%   

Gaming

     4.78%   

Exploration & Production

     4.65%   

Metals/Mining/Steel

     4.65%   

Media Cable

     4.50%   

Retail Non Food/Drug

     4.46%   

Technology

     4.43%   

Wirelines

     4.05%   

Drillers/Services

     3.51%   

Media Other

     3.34%   

Wireless

     3.32%   

Paper/Forest Products

     3.19%   

Food & Beverage

     3.07%   

Gas Pipelines

     3.04%   

Chemicals

     2.88%   

Containers/Packaging

     2.64%   

Leisure

     2.04%   

Aerospace/Defense

     1.98%   

Automotive

     1.85%   

Publishing/Printing

     1.70%   

Building Products

     1.28%   

Industrial Other

     1.27%   

Construction Machinery

     1.13%   

Gas Distributors

     1.13%   

Banking

     1.01%   

Consumer Products

     0.75%   

Transportation - Non Air/Rail

     0.75%   

Retail Food/Drug

     0.73%   

Textile/Apparel

     0.69%   

Non Captive Finance

     0.68%   

Refining

     0.56%   

Satellite

     0.47%   

REITS

     0.41%   

Restaurants

     0.40%   

Environmental Services

     0.35%   

Property & Casualty Insurance

     0.25%   

Financial Other

     0.24%   

Pharmaceuticals

     0.23%   

Life

     0.05%   

Railroads

     0.03%   

Airlines

     0.02%   

Lodging

     0.01%   

 

 

Total

     96.02%   

 

 

Money Market Mutual Funds

     2.95%   

 

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     1.03%   

 

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00%   

 

 
 

 

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STONE HARBOR LOCAL MARKETS FUND

  

Country Breakdown

     % of TNA   

Brazil

     12.75%   

Mexico

     11.17%   

Indonesia

     9.61%   

Malaysia

     9.47%   

European Union

     6.17%   

Colombia

     6.06%   

Thailand

     4.55%   

Poland

     4.19%   

Turkey

     4.10%   

South Africa

     4.06%   

Venezuela

     1.96%   

Hungary

     1.45%   

Philippines

     0.56%   

Argentina

     0.28%   

Russia

     0.16%   

Total

     76.54%   

Money Market Mutual Funds

     21.19%   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     2.27%   

Total Net Assets

     100.00%   
          
 

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Growth of $10,000 Investment
   May 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

STONE HARBOR EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund and the JP Morgan Emerging Market Bond Global Diversified Index.

LOGO

The JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index limits the weights of those index countries with larger debt stocks by only including specified portions of these countries’ eligible current face amounts outstanding. The countries covered in the EMBI Global Diversified are identical to those covered by the EMBI Global.

Average Annual Total Returns

      1 Year   3 Years   Since Inception   Inception Date

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

   16.30%   11.10%   11.57%   8/16/07

JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index

   12.52%   9.38%   10.00%    

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Average annual total returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and include all fee waivers and expense reimbursements. Without the fee waivers and expense reimbursements, total return figures would have been lower. The performance data quoted does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value will vary, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Index returns do not include the effects of sales charges, management fees or transaction costs. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

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STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund and the Citigroup High Yield Market Capped Index.

LOGO

The Citigroup High Yield Market Capped Index represents a modified version of the High Yield Market Index by delaying the entry of “fallen angel” issues (corporate or municipal bonds that were investment-grade when issued but have since been downgraded) and capping the par value of individual issuers at US $5 billion par amount outstanding.

Average Annual Total Returns

      1 Year   3 Years   Since Inception   Inception Date

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

   17.14%   9.20%   8.63%   8/16/07

Citigroup HY Market Capped Index

   17.32%   10.63%   9.75%    

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Average annual total returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and include all fee waivers and expense reimbursements. Without the fee waivers and expense reimbursements, total return figures would have been lower. The performance data quoted does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value will vary, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Index returns do not include the effects of sales charges, management fees or transaction costs. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

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STONE HARBOR LOCAL MARKETS FUND

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund and the JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified Index.

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Total Returns

      1 Month   3 Months   Since Inception   Inception Date

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

   (0.43)%   6.60%   16.82%   6/30/10

JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified Index

   (1.20)%   6.52%   19.12%    

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Average annual total returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and include all fee waivers and expense reimbursements. Without the fee waivers and expense reimbursements, total return figures would have been lower. The performance data quoted does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value will vary, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Index returns do not include the effects of sales charges, management fees or transaction costs. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds   

Report of Independent

Registered Public Accounting Firm

  

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Stone Harbor Investment Funds:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Stone Harbor Investment Funds (the “Funds”), comprising the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund, and Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, including the statements of investments, as of May 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund and the period June 30, 2010 (Inception) to May 31, 2011 for Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund and the period June 30, 2010 (Inception) to May 31, 2011 for Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the funds constituting the Stone Harbor Investment Funds as of May 31, 2011, the results of their operations for the year then ended for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund and the period June 30, 2010 (Inception) to May 31, 2011 for Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund and the period June 30, 2010 (Inception) to May 31, 2011 for Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Denver, Colorado

July 27, 2011

 

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Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund   Statements of Investments
  May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed

in U.S. $)
 

SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS - 61.65%

             

Argentina - 6.41%

             

Republic of Argentina:

             
        7.000     04/17/2017       $ 16,741,851       $ 15,143,934   
        0.000     03/31/2023         184,000         128,800 (1)(2) 
        6.000     03/31/2023         480,000         360,000 (1)(2) 
   EUR      7.820     12/31/2033         674,467         703,217   
   EUR      7.820     12/31/2033         3,630,646         3,748,832 (3) 
        8.280     12/31/2033         5,262,176         4,525,471   
   ARS      5.820     12/31/2033         41,817,229         13,679,889 (2)(3) 
        0.000     12/15/2035         1,738,812         287,339 (3)  
   EUR      0.000     12/15/2035         46,703,000         9,493,436 (3) 
             

 

 

 
                48,070,918   
             

 

 

 

Brazil - 2.24%

             

Nota Do Tesouro Nacional

   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         6,205,000         3,431,351   

Republic of Brazil:

             
        5.875     01/15/2019         3,933,000         4,515,084   
        8.875     10/14/2019         100,000         135,500   
        4.875     01/22/2021         3,035,000         3,190,544   
        8.750     02/04/2025         3,931,000         5,498,486   
        10.125     05/15/2027         32,000         49,840   
             

 

 

 
                16,820,805   
             

 

 

 

Colombia - 5.25%

             

Bogota Distrio Capital

   COP      9.750     07/26/2028         5,065,000,000         3,593,791 (2)(4) 

Republic of Colombia:

             
        7.375     01/27/2017         4,595,000         5,588,669   
        7.375     03/18/2019         2,764,000         3,427,360   
        11.750     02/25/2020         1,113,000         1,719,585   
        8.125     05/21/2024         25,000         32,937   
        8.375     02/15/2027         25,000         31,500   
   COP      9.850     06/28/2027         5,775,000,000         4,348,409   
        7.375     09/18/2037         15,610,000         19,707,625   
        6.125     01/18/2041         790,000         865,050   
             

 

 

 
                39,314,926   
             

 

 

 

Croatia - 1.45%

             

Croatian Government:

             
        6.750     11/05/2019         1,529,000         1,642,146 (4) 
        6.625     07/14/2020         1,906,000         2,021,313 (5) 
        6.375     03/24/2021         7,007,000         7,238,231 (5) 
             

 

 

 
                10,901,690   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund    Statements of Investments
   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

El Salvador - 0.89%

             

Republic of El Salvador:

        7.375     12/01/2019       $ 220,000       $ 243,100 (5)  
        7.375     12/01/2019         2,068,000         2,285,140 (4) 
        7.750     01/24/2023         15,000         17,138 (4)  
        8.250     04/10/2032         1,000,000         1,122,500 (4) 
        7.650     06/15/2035         2,895,000         3,003,562 (4) 
             

 

 

 
                6,671,440   
             

 

 

 

Gabon - 0.01%

             

Republic of Gabon

        8.200     12/12/2017         50,000         58,812 (5)  
             

 

 

 

Ghana - 0.16%

             

Republic of Ghana

        8.500     10/04/2017         1,051,000         1,181,061 (4) 
             

 

 

 

Indonesia - 2.53%

             

Republic of Indonesia:

             
        6.875     01/17/2018         1,278,000         1,481,649 (4) 
        11.625     03/04/2019         2,170,000         3,175,036 (5) 
        11.625     03/04/2019         4,628,000         6,771,458 (4) 
        5.875     03/13/2020         189,000         207,428 (4)  
        6.625     02/17/2037         2,050,000         2,288,312 (4) 
        7.750     01/17/2038         4,045,000         5,038,452 (4) 
             

 

 

 
                18,962,335   
             

 

 

 

Iraq - 2.64%

             

Republic of Iraq

        5.800     01/15/2028         21,394,000         19,762,707 (4) 
             

 

 

 

Malaysia - 1.88%

             

Malaysian Government:

             
        7.500     07/15/2011         495,000         497,486   
   MYR      5.094     04/30/2014         12,240,000         4,263,200   
   MYR      3.741     02/27/2015         8,065,000         2,701,728   
   MYR      3.835     08/12/2015         19,604,000         6,609,553   
             

 

 

 
                14,071,967   
             

 

 

 

Mexico - 6.09%

             

Mexican Bonos:

             
   MXN      7.750     12/14/2017         34,840,000         3,226,215   
   MXN      8.000     06/11/2020         100,440,000         9,403,993   
   MXN      10.000     12/05/2024         27,890,000         3,026,979   
   MXN      7.500     06/03/2027         10,000,000         873,238   
   MXN      8.500     05/31/2029         37,660,000         3,572,359   

United Mexican States:

             
        5.625     01/15/2017         11,494,000         12,927,876   
        5.125     01/15/2020         1,692,000         1,823,976   
        8.000     09/24/2022         2,012,000         2,706,140   
        8.300     08/15/2031         3,645,000         4,988,183   
        7.500     04/08/2033         2,442,000         3,076,920   
             

 

 

 
                45,625,879   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund    Statements of Investments
   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Pakistan - 0.08%

             

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

        7.125     03/31/2016       $ 692,000       $ 619,340 (4)  
             

 

 

 

Panama - 3.04%

             

Republic of Panama:

             
        5.200     01/30/2020         7,602,000         8,229,165   
        9.375     01/16/2023         25,000         34,188   
        7.125     01/29/2026         600,000         729,000   
        8.875     09/30/2027         4,255,000         5,978,275   
        9.375     04/01/2029         5,196,000         7,690,080   
        6.700     01/26/2036         100,000         116,750   
             

 

 

 
                22,777,458   
             

 

 

 

Peru - 1.09%

             

Republic of Peru

        8.750     11/21/2033         5,990,000         8,171,858   
             

 

 

 

Philippines - 3.26%

             

Republic of Philippines:

             
        9.375     01/18/2017         70,000         91,000   
   PHP      4.950     01/15/2021         119,000,000         2,778,317   
        7.500     09/25/2024         4,593,000         5,540,306   
        5.500     03/30/2026         2,002,000         2,019,518   
        9.500     02/02/2030         6,533,000         9,366,689   
        7.750     01/14/2031         3,215,000         3,962,487   
        6.375     01/15/2032         520,000         562,900   
        6.375     10/23/2034         116,000         125,785   
             

 

 

 
                24,447,002   
             

 

 

 

Poland - 3.09%

             

Republic or Poland:

             
        6.375     07/15/2019         17,624,000         20,135,420   
   EUR      4.000     03/23/2021         665,000         888,144   
        5.125     04/21/2021         2,083,000         2,153,301   
             

 

 

 
                23,176,865   
             

 

 

 

Qatar - 0.44%

             

State of Qatar

        5.250     01/20/2020         3,052,000         3,265,640 (4) 
             

 

 

 

Russia - 7.18%

             

Russian Federation:

             
        5.000     04/29/2020         500,000         513,125 (4)  
        5.000     04/29/2020         800,000         821,000 (5)  
        12.750     06/24/2028         3,470,000         6,176,600 (4) 
        7.500     03/31/2030         39,262,913         46,290,975 (4)(6) 
             

 

 

 
                53,801,700   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

South Africa - 5.05%

             

Republic of South Africa:

             
        6.500     06/02/2014       $ 1,028,000       $ 1,158,042   
        8.500     06/23/2017         45,000         56,250 (2)  
   ZAR      8.000     12/21/2018         24,070,000         3,495,212   
        6.875     05/27/2019         2,023,000         2,409,393   
   ZAR      7.250     01/15/2020         8,560,000         1,178,763   
        5.500     03/09/2020         4,923,000         5,370,993   
   ZAR      6.750     03/31/2021         41,360,000         5,438,548   
        5.875     05/30/2022         10,552,000         11,744,376   
   ZAR      10.500     12/21/2026         40,810,000         7,013,213   
             

 

 

 
             37,864,790   
             

 

 

 

Turkey - 2.79%

             

Republic of Turkey:

             
        7.000     09/26/2016         159,000         182,691   
        7.000     03/11/2019         135,000         155,858   
        7.500     11/07/2019         12,634,000         15,072,362   
        7.000     06/05/2020         372,000         429,846   
        7.375     02/05/2025         1,820,000         2,155,790   
        6.875     03/17/2036         1,305,000         1,438,762   
        7.250     03/05/2038         1,285,000         1,480,963   
             

 

 

 
                20,916,272   
             

 

 

 

Ukraine - 1.72%

             

Ukraine Government:

             
        6.385     06/26/2012         5,205,000         5,374,162 (4) 
        7.650     06/11/2013         2,386,000         2,535,125 (4) 
        6.875     09/23/2015         1,723,000         1,787,613 (5) 
        7.750     09/23/2020         3,094,000         3,175,991 (4) 
             

 

 

 
                12,872,891   
             

 

 

 

Uruguay - 1.91%

             

Republic of Uruguay:

             
        9.250     05/17/2017         3,467,000         4,533,102   
        8.000     11/18/2022         1,895,497         2,414,389   
        6.875     09/28/2025         1,313,650         1,566,528   
        7.875     01/15/2033         1,390,800         1,734,328 (7) 
        7.625     03/21/2036         3,280,000         4,059,000   
             

 

 

 
                14,307,347   
             

 

 

 

Venezuela - 2.45%

             

Republic of Venezuela:

             
        5.750     02/26/2016         4,168,000         3,110,370 (4) 
        13.625     08/15/2018         10,000         9,650   
        13.625     08/15/2018         1,669,000         1,610,585 (4) 
        7.000     12/01/2018         120,000         82,500 (4)  
        7.750     10/13/2019         4,611,000         3,166,604 (4) 
        12.750     08/23/2022         10,861,400         9,340,804 (4) 
        9.000     05/07/2023         1,480,000         1,013,800 (4) 
             

 

 

 
                18,334,313   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund    Statements of Investments
   May 31, 2011

 

          Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS

              $ 461,998,016   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $442,406,035)

             

BANK LOANS - 0.75%(8)

             

Brazil - 0.13%

             

Virgolino de Oliveira - GVO Loan

        5.273     03/11/2015       $     1,000,000         1,000,000   
             

 

 

 

Indonesia - 0.62%

             

PT Bumi Resources

        11.250     08/07/2013         1,337,000         1,415,883   

PT Bumi Tranche A

        13.720     03/02/2012         1,777,960         1,777,960 (2) 

PT Bumi Tranche B

        13.720     03/02/2012         1,419,040         1,419,040 (2) 
             

 

 

 
                4,612,883   
             

 

 

 

TOTAL BANK LOANS

                5,612,883   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $5,520,739)

             

CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS - 0.08%

             

Indonesia - 0.08%

             

BLT International Corp.

        12.000     02/10/2015         600,000         611,130   
             

 

 

 

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS

                611,130   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $600,000)

             

CORPORATE BONDS - 24.58%

             

Argentina - 0.51%

             

Capex SA

        10.000     03/10/2018         1,342,000         1,335,021 (5) 

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte

        9.750     10/25/2022         962,000         986,050 (5)  

Inversiones y Representaciones SA:

             
        11.500     07/20/2020         100,000         112,050 (4)  
        11.500     07/20/2020         636,000         721,663 (5)  

Tarjeta Naranja SA

        9.000     01/28/2017         625,000         648,269 (5)  
             

 

 

 
                3,803,053   
             

 

 

 

Barbados - 0.11%

             

Columbus International, Inc.

        11.500     11/20/2014         695,000         803,211 (4)  
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund    Statements of Investments
   May 31, 2011

 

          Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Brazil - 2.26%

             

Banco Cruzeiro do Sul SA:

             
        8.875     09/22/2020       $ 900,000       $ 888,840 (4)  
        8.875     09/22/2020         984,000         971,798 (5)  

BM&FBovespa SA:

             
        5.500     07/16/2020         200,000         206,764 (4)  
        5.500     07/16/2020         842,000         870,352 (5)  

BR Malls International Finance Ltd.:

             
        8.500     01/21/2049         160,000         169,952 (4)  
        8.500     01/21/2049         482,000         511,980 (5)  

BR Properties SA:

             
        9.000     10/07/2015         579,000         595,733 (5)  
        9.000     10/07/2049         300,000         308,670 (4)  

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

        6.250     12/16/2020         580,000         595,950 (5)  

General Shopping Finance Ltd.:

             
        10.000     11/09/2015         1,751,000         1,847,077 (5) 
        10.000     11/09/2049         246,000         259,899 (4)  

Gerdau Trade, Inc.:

             
        5.750     01/30/2021         424,000         427,180 (5)  
        5.750     01/30/2021         700,000         705,250 (4)  

Hypermarcas SA

        6.500     04/20/2021         1,388,000         1,391,470 (5) 

Marfrig Holding Europe BV

        8.375     05/09/2018         876,000         868,554 (5)  

Minerva Overseas II Ltd.:

             
        10.875     11/15/2019         538,000         594,759 (4)  
        10.875     11/15/2019         633,000         699,782 (5)  

Mirabela Nickel Ltd.

        8.750     04/15/2018         392,000         396,900 (5)  

Odebrecht Drilling Norbe VIII/IX Ltd.:

             
        6.350     06/30/2021         350,000         370,125 (4)  
        6.350     06/30/2021         1,265,000         1,337,738 (5) 

OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA

        8.500     06/01/2018         1,732,000         1,781,362 (5) 

Telemar Norte Leste SA:

             
        5.500     10/23/2020         100,000         98,620 (4)  
        5.500     10/23/2020         595,000         586,789 (5)  

Virgolino de Oliveira Finance Ltd.

        10.500     01/28/2018         424,000         452,917 (4)  
             

 

 

 
                16,938,461   
             

 

 

 

Chile - 0.72%

             

Codelco, Inc.:

             
        7.500     01/15/2019         450,000         555,505 (4)  
        6.150     10/24/2036         4,295,000         4,845,933 (4) 
             

 

 

 
                5,401,438   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

          Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

China - 2.05%

             

China Liansu Group Holdings Ltd.

        7.875     05/13/2016       $     1,685,000       $ 1,628,131 (5) 

China Oriental Group Co. Ltd.:

             
        8.000     08/18/2015         300,000         311,625 (4)  
        8.000     08/18/2015         543,000         564,041 (5)  

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd.:

             
        13.000     01/27/2015         106,000         110,643 (5)  
        13.000     01/27/2015         407,000         424,826 (4)  

Hidili Industry International Development Ltd.

        8.625     11/04/2015         1,267,000         1,255,914 (4) 

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.

        13.500     04/28/2015         1,257,000         1,274,284 (4) 

MIE Holdings Corp.

        9.750     05/12/2016         1,586,000         1,576,167 (5) 

Sinochem Overseas Capital Co. Ltd.

        4.500     11/12/2020         4,384,000         4,195,400 (5) 

Sino-Forest Corp.:

             
        6.250     10/21/2017         100,000         93,375 (4)  
        6.250     10/21/2017         470,000         438,863 (5)  

Texhong Textile Group Ltd.:

             
        7.625     01/19/2016         343,000         336,569 (5)  
        7.625     01/19/2016         858,000         841,912 (4)  

West China Cement Ltd.:

             
        7.500     01/25/2016         824,000         809,580 (4)  
        7.500     01/25/2016         1,138,000         1,118,085 (5) 

Yanlord Land Group Ltd.

        9.500     05/04/2017         349,000         357,306 (4)  
             

 

 

 
                15,336,721   
             

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.11%

             

Gruposura Finance

        5.700     05/18/2021         813,000         810,967 (5)  
             

 

 

 

Dominican Republic - 0.19%

             

Cap Cana SA:

             
        10.000     04/30/2016         1,103,320         772,324 (2)(4) 
        10.000     04/30/2016         1,279,402         639,701 (2)(4) 
             

 

 

 
                1,412,025   
             

 

 

 

Egypt - 0.17%

             

Orascom Telecom Finance SCA

        7.875     02/08/2014         1,239,000         1,287,011 (4) 
             

 

 

 

Hong Kong - 0.20%

             

Hutchison Whampoa International 10 Ltd.

        6.000     10/28/2049         698,000         722,460 (3)(4) 

PCCW-HKT Capital No 4 Ltd.

        4.250     02/24/2016         749,000         758,168   
             

 

 

 
                1,480,628   
             

 

 

 

India - 0.43%

             

Axis Bank Ltd.

        7.125     06/28/2022         311,000         310,222 (3)  

Bank of India

        6.994     03/03/2049         344,000         339,253 (3)  

ICICI Bank Ltd.:

             
        5.750     11/16/2020         200,000         199,994 (4)  
        5.750     11/16/2020         608,000         607,982 (5)  

Vedanta Resources PLC

        8.250     06/07/2021         1,715,000         1,732,150 (5) 
             

 

 

 
                3,189,601   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Indonesia - 0.66%

             

Bakrie Telecom Pte Ltd.

        11.500     05/07/2015       $ 1,270,000       $ 1,330,325 (4) 

BLT Finance BV

        7.500     05/15/2014         644,000         555,253 (4)  

BSP Finance BV

        10.750     11/01/2011         300,000         298,110   

Bumi Investment Pte Ltd.:

             
        10.750     10/06/2017         300,000         343,110 (4)  
        10.750     10/06/2017         325,000         371,703 (5)  

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

   IDR      7.200     06/08/2016         15,130,000,000         1,785,891   

Indosat Palapa Co. BV

        7.375     07/29/2020         241,000         269,028 (5)  
             

 

 

 
                4,953,420   
             

 

 

 

Jamaica - 0.24%

             

Digicel Group Ltd.:

             
        9.125     01/15/2015         408,000         423,300 (5)  
        8.250     09/01/2017         1,160,000         1,223,800 (4) 
        10.500     04/15/2018         150,000         170,250 (4)  
             

 

 

 
                1,817,350   
             

 

 

 

Kazakhstan - 2.01%

             

BTA Bank JSC:

             
        10.750     07/01/2018         1,159,562         1,043,606 (5)(6) 
        10.750     07/01/2018         4,666,676         4,200,008 (4)(6) 
        26.180     07/01/2020         500,000         32,500 (4)(17) 
        0.000     07/01/2020         2,515,532         163,510 (3)(5) 

KazMunayGas National Co.:

             
        7.000     05/05/2020         739,000         828,604 (5)  
        7.000     05/05/2020         5,615,000         6,295,819 (4) 
        6.375     04/09/2021         1,071,000         1,144,631 (5) 

Zhaikmunai LLP:

             
        10.500     10/19/2015         200,000         215,500 (4)  
        10.500     10/19/2015         1,037,000         1,117,367 (5) 
             

 

 

 
                15,041,545   
             

 

 

 

Malaysia - 3.27%

             

Penerbangan Malaysia BHD

        5.625     03/15/2016         1,195,000         1,340,850 (4) 

Petroliam Nasional BHD:

             
        7.750     08/15/2015         335,000         406,271 (5)  
        7.625     10/15/2026         840,000         1,109,766 (4) 

Petronas Capital Ltd.:

             
        5.250     08/12/2019         630,000         683,206 (5)  
        5.250     08/12/2019         2,749,000         2,981,167 (4) 
        7.875     05/22/2022         12,024,000         15,649,477 (4) 

Petronas Global Sukuk Ltd.

        4.250     08/12/2014         2,240,000         2,372,496 (5) 
             

 

 

 
                24,543,233   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Currency

  

Rate

    Maturity
Date
          Principal
Amount *
          Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Mexico - 2.14%

                   

Alestra SA

        11.750     08/11/2014       $      587,000       $      676,518   

Axtel SAB de CV:

                   
        7.625     02/01/2017            17,000            16,363 (5)  
        9.000     09/22/2019            271,000            270,322 (4)  

Bank of New York Mellon SA Institucion de Banca Multiple

        9.625     05/02/2021            2,583,000            2,679,862 (2)(5) 

Cemex Espana Luxembourg

   EUR      8.875     05/12/2017            54,000            78,100 (2)(4) 

Cemex Finance Europe BV

   EUR      4.750     03/05/2014            483,000            657,723   

Cemex SAB de CV:

                   
        5.301     09/30/2015            2,251,000            2,225,676 (3)(5) 
        9.000     01/11/2018            100,000            104,750 (4)  
        9.000     01/11/2018            847,000            887,233 (5)  

Desarrolla Homex SAB de CV

        7.500     09/28/2015            215,000            220,375   

Hipotecaria Su Casita SA de CV:

                   
        8.500     10/04/2016            67,000            28,810 (4)  
        8.500     10/04/2016            195,000            87,750 (2)(5) 

Pemex Finance Ltd.

        9.150     11/15/2018            1,250,000            1,442,018   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust:

                   
   EUR      5.500     02/24/2025            2,275,000            3,160,995 (4) 
        6.625     06/15/2035            3,034,000            3,150,051   

Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos SAB de CV

        9.500     01/21/2020            308,000            343,420 (4)  
                   

 

 

 
                      16,029,966   
                   

 

 

 

Peru - 0.31%

                   

Banco Continental SA via Continental Senior Trustees Cayman Ltd.

        5.500     11/18/2020            766,000            714,992 (5)  

Banco de Credito del Peru/Panama

        5.375     09/16/2020            561,000            535,755 (5)  

Inkia Energy Ltd.

        8.375     04/04/2021            785,000            805,803 (5)  

Southern Copper Corp.

        6.750     04/16/2040            267,000            272,577   
                   

 

 

 
                      2,329,127   
                   

 

 

 

Qatar - 0.74%

                   

Qtel International Finance Ltd.:

                   
        7.875     06/10/2019            779,000            935,579 (4)  
        4.750     02/16/2021            567,000            552,825 (5)  
        5.000     10/19/2025            1,738,000            1,607,650 (5) 
        5.000     10/19/2025            2,622,000            2,425,350 (4) 
                   

 

 

 
                      5,521,404   
                   

 

 

 

Russia - 1.02%

                   

Alfa Bank OJSC Via Alfa Bond Issuance PLC:

                   
        7.875     09/25/2017            100,000            104,750 (4)  
        7.875     09/25/2017            658,000            689,255 (5)  

Alliance Oil Co. Ltd.

        9.875     03/11/2015            271,000            300,471 (4)  

ALROSA Finance SA

        7.750     11/03/2020            378,000            414,383 (5)  

Evraz Group SA

        6.750     04/27/2018            1,714,000            1,729,854 (5) 

Novatek Finance Ltd.

        6.604     02/03/2021            1,672,000            1,774,410 (5) 

Severstal OAO Via Steel Capital SA:

                   
        6.700     10/25/2017            613,000            629,091 (5)  
        6.700     10/25/2017            750,000            769,688 (4)  

Vimpel Communications Via VIP Finance Ireland Ltd. OJSC

        7.748     02/02/2021            1,167,000            1,237,020 (5) 
                   

 

 

 
                      7,648,922   
                   

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
         Principal
Amount *
         Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Singapore - 0.16%

                 

STATS ChipPAC Ltd.:

                 
        7.500     08/12/2015      $      234,000      $      254,475 (4)  
        7.500     08/12/2015           389,000           423,037 (5)  
        5.375     03/31/2016           510,000           513,825 (5)  
                 

 

 

 
                    1,191,337   
                 

 

 

 

South Africa - 0.18%

                 

Gold Fields Orogen Holding BVI Ltd.

        4.875     10/07/2020           544,000           529,720 (4)  

Myriad International Holding BV:

                 
        6.375     07/28/2017           100,000           108,625 (4)  
        6.375     07/28/2017           650,000           706,063 (5)  
                 

 

 

 
                    1,344,408   
                 

 

 

 

South Korea - 0.37%

                 

Export Import Bank of Korea

        8.125     01/21/2014           2,447,000           2,813,194   
                 

 

 

 

Turkey - 0.42%

                 

Yuksel Insaat AS

        9.500     11/10/2015           3,237,000           3,123,705 (4) 
                 

 

 

 

Ukraine - 0.83%

                 

Avangardco Investments Public Ltd.

        10.000     10/29/2015           646,000           642,770   

DTEK Finance BV

        9.500     04/28/2015           860,000           929,514 (4)  

Ferrexpo Finance PLC

        7.875     04/07/2016           886,000           914,795 (5)  

Metinvest BV

        8.750     02/14/2018           2,424,000           2,590,650 (5) 

MHP SA

        10.250     04/29/2015           585,000           623,756 (4)  

Mriya Agro Holding PLC

        10.950     03/30/2016           510,000           513,188 (5)  
                 

 

 

 
                    6,214,673   
                 

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.74%

                 

DP World Ltd.

        6.850     07/02/2037           1,770,000           1,718,670 (4) 

Dubai Holding Commercial Operations MTN Ltd.:

                 
  

EUR

     4.750     01/30/2014           150,000           195,897   
  

GBP

     6.000     02/01/2017           1,300,000           1,807,041   

Dubai Sukuk Centre Ltd.

        0.685     06/13/2012           1,993,000           1,865,448 (3) 
                 

 

 

 
                    5,587,056   
                 

 

 

 

Venezuela - 4.74%

                 

Petroleos de Venezuela SA:

                 
        4.900     10/28/2014           37,064,039           27,381,059   
        5.000     10/28/2015           2,669,366           1,755,108   
        5.250     04/12/2017           6,000,000           3,655,500   
        8.500     11/02/2017           3,818,000           2,734,642 (4) 
                 

 

 

 
                    35,526,309   
                 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

                    184,148,765   
                 

 

 

 

(Cost $180,335,164)

                 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
          Principal
Amount *
          Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

CREDIT LINKED NOTES - 6.26%

                   

Argentina - 0.46%

                   

Cablevision SA

        9.375     02/12/2018       $      3,459,000       $      3,467,648 (9) 
                   

 

 

 

Brazil - 2.55%

                   

Nota Do Tesouro Nacional:

                   
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2017            600,000            344,920 (12) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2017            1,000,000            573,602 (13) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2017            1,000,000            573,221 (13) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021            2,000,000            1,102,836 (13) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021            2,000,000            1,102,837 (13) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021            3,000,000            1,801,616 (14) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021            4,000,000            2,211,991 (15) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021            5,000,000            2,764,989 (10) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021            6,000,000            3,317,986 (9) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021            9,600,000            5,308,778 (14) 
                   

 

 

 
                      19,102,776   
                   

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.98%

                   

Colombia CGM:

                   
   COP      11.000     07/24/2020            3,500,000,000            2,308,176 (14) 
   COP      11.000     07/24/2020            5,700,000,000            3,759,030 (14) 
   COP      10.000     07/24/2024            1,952,000,000            1,242,290 (14) 
                   

 

 

 
                      7,309,496   
                   

 

 

 

Indonesia - 1.56%

                   

Republic of Indonesia:

                   
   IDR      11.500     09/18/2019            3,900,000,000            575,142 (15) 
   IDR      11.000     11/16/2020            4,600,000,000            668,537 (12) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021            7,000,000,000            1,127,644 (13) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021            17,000,000,000            2,708,687 (10) 
   IDR      8.250     07/15/2021            7,400,000,000            922,237 (9)  
   IDR      8.250     07/15/2021            7,411,000,000           
 
923,607
 
  
(13) 
   IDR      8.250     07/15/2021            14,200,000,000            1,770,113 (12) 
   IDR      11.000     09/15/2025            9,000,000,000            1,294,300 (12) 
   IDR      10.000     02/15/2028            13,000,000,000            1,703,913 (15) 
                   

 

 

 
                      11,694,180   
                   

 

 

 

Iraq - 0.71%

                   

Republic of Iraq

   JPY      2.286     01/01/2028            600,000,000            5,299,963 (3)(16) 
                   

 

 

 

TOTAL CREDIT LINKED NOTES

                      46,874,063   
                   

 

 

 

(Cost $45,470,562)

                   

PARTICIPATION NOTES - 0.65%

                   

Argentina - 0.21%

                   

Endesa Costanera SA

        11.304     03/30/2012            456,000            456,000 (3)(10) 

Hidroelec el Chocon SA

        8.061     03/01/2015            1,100,00            1,100,000 (11) 
                   

 

 

 
                      1,556,000   
                   

 

 

 

Ukraine - 0.44%

                   

Ukreximbank Biz Finance PLC

        8.375     04/27/2015            3,166,000            3,340,130 (4) 
                   

 

 

 

TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES

                      4,896,130   
                   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,843,718)

                   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

     Shares      Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 6.80%

     

Money Market Mutual Funds - 6.80%

     

Dreyfus Cash Advantage Plus Fund

     

(0.042% 7-Day Yield)

     50,972,750       $ 50,972,750   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

        50,972,750   
     

 

 

 

(Cost $50,972,750)

     

Total Investments - 100.77%

      $ 755,113,737   

(Cost $730,148,968)

     

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.77)%

        (5,766,068
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.00%

      $ 749,347,669   
     

 

 

 

* The principal/contract amount of each security is stated in the currency in which the bond is denominated (U.S. Dollar unless otherwise notated). See below.

 

ARS

 

Argentine Peso

    

IDR

    

Indonesian Rupiah

BRL

 

Brazilian Real

    

JPY

    

Japanese Yen

CNY

 

Chinese Yen

    

MXN

    

Mexican Peso

COP

 

Colombian Peso

    

MYR

    

Malaysian Ringgit

EUR

 

Euro Currency

    

RUB

    

Russian Ruble

GBP

 

Great Britain Pound

    

ZAR

    

South African Rand

 

(1)

Security is currently in default/non-income producing.

(2)

This security has been valued by management at its fair value determined in good faith pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total market value of fair valued securities amounts to $25,273,467 which represents approximately 3.37% of net assets as of May 31, 2011.

(3)

Floating or variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at May 31, 2011.

(4)

Securities were issued pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. These securities have been deemed liquid under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. As of May 31, 2011, the aggregate market value of those securities was $211,367,070, representing 28.21% of net assets.

(5)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the Investment Advisor and may normally be sold to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of Rule 144A securities amounts to $76,110,973, which represents approximately 10.16% of net assets as of May 31, 2011.

(6)

Step bond. Coupon increases periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at May 31, 2011.

(7)

Pay-in-kind securities.

(8)

Bank loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. All loans carry a variable rate of interest. These base lending rates are generally (i) the Prime Rate offered by one or more major United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or (iii) the Certificate of Deposit rate. Rate shown represents the weighted average rate at May 31, 2011. Bank Loans, while exempt from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. Floating rate bank loans often require prepayments from excess cash flow or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown.

(9)

The underlying security is issued by Deutsche Bank AG London.

(10)

The underlying security is issued by Credit Suisse First Boston.

(11)

The underlying security is issued by Bley Investment.

(12)

The underlying security is issued by HSBC Bank.

(13)

The underlying security is issued by JP Morgan Chase.

(14)

The underlying security is issued by Citigroup Global Markets.

(15)

The underlying security is issued by Barclays Bank PLC.

(16)

The underlying security is issued by Merrill Lynch.

(17)

Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on date of purchase.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

Common Abbreviations:

AS - Anonim Sirket is the Turkish term for Incorporation.

BHD - Berhad is the Malaysian term for public limited company.

BV - Besloten Vennootschap a Dutch private limited liability company.

CGM - Citigroup Global Markets.

JSC - Joint Stock Co.

LLP - Limited Liability Partnership.

Ltd. - Limited.

MTN - Medium Term Note.

OJSC - Open Joint Stock Co.

PLC - Public Limited Co.

Pte - Private.

SA - Generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law.

SA de CV - A variable capital company.

SAB de CV - A variable capital company.

SCA - Soceite en Commandite par actions is the French equivalent of a limited partnership.

OUTSTANDING FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS

 

Contract

Description

  Contracted
Amount
    Purchase/Sale
Contract
  Settlement
Date
  Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
BRL     12,465,149      Purchase   06/02/2011   $ 7,897,082      $ 234,180   
BRL     12,465,150      Sale   06/02/2011     7,897,082        9,782   
CNY     28,149,000      Purchase   08/09/2011     4,358,188        101,046   
CNY     37,208,050      Purchase   11/14/2011     5,795,060        37,194   
CNY     46,122,798      Purchase   05/16/2012     7,256,291        13,350   
RUB     199,445,312      Purchase   08/19/2011     7,068,673        28,673   
         

 

 

 
          $ 424,225   
         

 

 

 
CNY     28,149,000      Sale   08/09/2011   $ 4,358,188      $ (27,143
CNY     43,251,798      Sale   11/14/2011     6,736,358        (10,417
CNY     6,043,748      Purchase   11/14/2011     941,298        (3,702
EUR     13,240,955      Sale   07/14/2011     19,034,132        (323,542
GBP     1,122,000      Sale   07/14/2011     1,844,697        (28,123
JPY     436,083,000      Sale   07/14/2011     5,350,953        (17,094
         

 

 

 
          $ (410,021
         

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

          Rate     Maturity Date      Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS - 91.39%

             

Aerospace/Defense - 1.91%

             

CPI International Acquisition, Inc.

        8.000     02/15/2018       $     2,225,000       $ 2,250,031 (1) 

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

        7.125     03/15/2021         2,125,000         2,228,594 (1) 

TransDigm, Inc.

        7.750     12/15/2018         2,900,000         3,095,750 (1) 

Triumph Group, Inc.

        8.625     07/15/2018         1,575,000         1,750,219   
             

 

 

 
                9,324,594   
             

 

 

 

Automotive - 1.68%

             

Allison Transmission, Inc.

        7.125     05/15/2019         1,100,000         1,097,250 (1) 

Chrysler Group LLC:

             
        8.000     06/15/2019         750,000         751,875 (1)  
        8.250     06/15/2021         1,200,000         1,203,000 (1) 

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.

        7.875     04/15/2019         650,000         667,875 (1)  

Ford Motor Co.:

             
        7.450     07/16/2031         910,000         1,037,843   
        8.900     01/15/2032         25,000         30,091   

Pinafore LLC

        9.000     10/01/2018         1,975,000         2,177,438 (1) 

TRW Automotive, Inc.

        8.875     12/01/2017         550,000         620,125 (1)  

Uncle Acquisition 2010 Corp.

        8.625     02/15/2019         575,000         606,625 (1)  
             

 

 

 
                8,192,122   
             

 

 

 

Banking - 0.89%

             

E*Trade Financial Corp.

        12.500     11/30/2017         1,670,000         2,016,525 (2) 

Provident Funding Associates LP:

             
        10.250     04/15/2017         1,025,000         1,137,750 (1) 
        10.125     02/15/2019         1,125,000         1,170,000 (1) 
             

 

 

 
                4,324,275   
             

 

 

 

Building Products - 1.21%

             

American Standard Americas

        10.750     01/15/2016         715,000         752,538 (1)  

Associated Materials LLC

        9.125     11/01/2017         150,000         155,438 (1)  

Griffon Corp.

        7.125     04/01/2018         1,025,000         1,050,625 (1) 

Interface, Inc.

        7.625     12/01/2018         1,225,000         1,316,875   

Interline Brands, Inc.

        7.000     11/15/2018         550,000         565,812   

Norcraft Cos. LP:

             
        10.500     12/15/2015         850,000         894,625 (1)  
        10.500     12/15/2015         1,125,000         1,184,062   
             

 

 

 
                5,919,975   
             

 

 

 

Chemicals - 2.84%

             

Ineos Group Holdings PLC

        8.500     02/15/2016         2,165,000         2,238,069 (1) 

Koppers, Inc.

        7.875     12/01/2019         1,875,000         2,043,750   

Lyondell Chemical Co.

        8.375     08/15/2015         945,000         0 (1)(3)(4)  

MacDermid, Inc.

        9.500     04/15/2017         1,875,000         2,010,938 (1) 

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.:

             
        11.500     12/01/2016         1,100,000         1,190,750   
        9.000     01/15/2021         2,120,000         2,273,700 (1) 

NewMarket Corp.

        7.125     12/15/2016         1,405,000         1,467,354   

Nova Chemicals Corp.

        8.375     11/01/2016         2,375,000         2,665,937   
             

 

 

 
                13,890,498   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date          Principal
Amount *
         Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Construction Machinery - 1.13%

                 

Case New Holland, Inc.

        7.875     12/01/2017      $      950,000      $      1,061,625 (1) 

The Manitowoc Co., Inc.:

                 
        9.500     02/15/2018           1,975,000           2,197,187   
        8.500     11/01/2020           100,000           109,250   

United Rentals North America, Inc.

        8.375     09/15/2020           2,050,000           2,142,250   
                 

 

 

 
                    5,510,312   
                 

 

 

 

Consumer Products - 0.75%

                 

Armored Autogroup, Inc.

        9.250     11/01/2018           1,025,000           1,044,219 (1) 

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

        7.375     03/15/2021           850,000           896,750   

NBTY, Inc.

        9.000     10/01/2018           800,000           862,000 (1)  

Visant Corp.

        10.000     10/01/2017           800,000           850,000   
                 

 

 

 
                    3,652,969   
                 

 

 

 

Containers/Packaging - 2.58%

                 

ARD Finance SA

        11.125     06/01/2018           200,000          
 
207,000
 
  
(1)(2) 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC

        9.125     10/15/2020           2,050,000           2,265,250 (1) 

BWAY Holding Co.

        10.000     06/15/2018           1,275,000           1,428,000   

Graham Packaging Co. LP

        8.250     10/01/2018           975,000           1,067,625   

Owens Illinois, Inc.

        7.800     05/15/2018           325,000           357,500   

Pregis Corp.

        12.375     10/15/2013           750,000           748,125   

Radnor Holdings Corp.

        11.000     03/15/2010           25,000           2 (3)(4) 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

                 
        7.750     10/15/2016           1,850,000           1,988,750 (1) 
        9.000     04/15/2019           2,250,000           2,399,063 (1) 
        8.250     02/15/2021           650,000           664,625 (1)  

Reynolds Group, Inc.

        8.500     05/15/2018           975,000           1,018,875 (1) 

Solo Cup Co.

        8.500     02/15/2014           490,000           452,025   
                 

 

 

 
                    12,596,840   
                 

 

 

 

Drillers/Services - 3.33%

                 

Basic Energy Services, Inc.

        7.125     04/15/2016           1,150,000           1,184,500   

Bristow Group, Inc.

        7.500     09/15/2017           1,205,000           1,271,275   

CHC Helicopter SA

        9.250     10/15/2020           2,175,000           2,120,625 (1) 

Complete Production Services, Inc.

        8.000     12/15/2016           1,975,000           2,088,563   

Exterran Holdings, Inc.

        7.250     12/01/2018           1,125,000           1,161,562 (1) 

Hercules Offshore LLC

        10.500     10/15/2017           2,255,000           2,407,213 (1) 

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.

        8.000     09/01/2017           1,875,000           1,931,250   

Offshore Group Investments Ltd.:

                 
        11.500     08/01/2015           125,000           138,125 (1)  
        11.500     08/01/2015           515,000           570,362   

Parker Drilling Co.

        9.125     04/01/2018           200,000           219,000   

PHI, Inc.

        8.625     10/15/2018           800,000           854,000   

SESI LLC

        6.375     05/01/2019           1,100,000           1,100,000 (1) 

Trinidad Drilling Ltd.

        7.875     01/15/2019           1,150,000           1,219,000 (1) 
                 

 

 

 
                    16,265,475   
                 

 

 

 

Electric - 5.40%

                 

The AES Corp.:

                 
        7.750     10/15/2015           850,000           930,750   
        9.750     04/15/2016           925,000           1,075,313   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date          Principal
Amount *
         Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 
        8.000     10/15/2017      $      2,225,000      $      2,416,906   

Calpine Corp.:

            
        7.875     07/31/2020           2,250,000           2,396,250 (1) 
        7.500     02/15/2021           1,925,000           2,011,625 (1) 

Dynegy Holdings, Inc.:

            
        8.375     05/01/2016           3,070,000           2,555,775   
        7.125     05/15/2018           500,000           352,500   
        7.750     06/01/2019           460,000           338,100   
        7.625     10/15/2026           25,000           17,375   

Edison Mission Energy:

            
        7.750     06/15/2016           1,825,000           1,665,313   
        7.000     05/15/2017           150,000           124,875   
        7.200     05/15/2019           1,540,000           1,255,100   
        7.625     05/15/2027           1,135,000           862,600   

GenOn Energy, Inc.:

            
        9.500     10/15/2018           1,650,000           1,744,875   
        9.875     10/15/2020           1,875,000           1,982,812   

NRG Energy, Inc.:

            
        7.625     05/15/2019           775,000           775,969 (1)  
        8.500     06/15/2019           2,300,000           2,392,000   
        8.250     09/01/2020           1,235,000           1,272,050   
        7.875     05/15/2021           2,200,000           2,208,250 (1) 
                 

 

 

 
               26,378,438   
                 

 

 

 

Environmental Services - 0.35%

            

Clean Harbors, Inc.

        7.625     08/15/2016           1,591,000           1,706,347   
                 

 

 

 

Exploration & Production - 4.55%

            

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP

        8.750     06/15/2018           225,000           244,125   

Concho Resources, Inc.

        7.000     01/15/2021           1,450,000           1,522,500   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

        8.250     02/15/2020           1,346,000           1,494,060   

Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP

        8.375     06/01/2019           1,525,000           1,530,719 (1) 

Encore Acquisition Co.

        9.500     05/01/2016           1,000,000           1,127,500   

Linn Energy LLC:

            
        6.500     05/15/2019           250,000           250,625 (1)  
        7.750     02/01/2021           3,225,000           3,418,500 (1) 

MEG Energy Corp.

        6.500     03/15/2021           1,875,000           1,896,094 (1) 

NFR Energy LLC:

            
        9.750     02/15/2017           225,000           222,188 (1)  
        9.750     02/15/2017           1,075,000           1,061,562 (1) 

Penn Virginia Corp.

        10.375     06/15/2016           1,450,000           1,638,500   

Plains Exploration & Production Co.:

            
        7.625     06/01/2018           800,000           854,000   
        7.625     04/01/2020           1,050,000           1,113,000   

Quicksilver Resources, Inc.:

            
        8.250     08/01/2015           200,000           212,000   
        11.750     01/01/2016           700,000           815,500   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.:

            
        8.000     06/01/2018           575,000           606,625 (1)  
        8.750     01/15/2020           1,000,000           1,092,500   
        7.500     03/15/2021           2,000,000           2,072,500 (1) 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date           Principal
Amount *
          Market Value
(Expressed

in U.S. $)
 

Venoco, Inc.

        8.875     02/15/2019       $      1,050,000       $      1,064,437 (1) 
                   

 

 

 
                      22,236,935   
                   

 

 

 

Financial Other - 0.24%

                   

International Lease Finance Corp.

        8.250     12/15/2020            1,025,000            1,153,125   
                   

 

 

 

Food & Beverage - 2.91%

                   

Cott Beverages, Inc.

        8.375     11/15/2017            900,000            967,500   

Dean Foods Co.:

                   
        7.000     06/01/2016            2,225,000            2,241,688   
        9.750     12/15/2018            2,425,000            2,625,063 (1) 

Del Monte Foods Co.

        7.625     02/15/2019            3,475,000            3,564,047 (1) 

Michael Foods, Inc.

        9.750     07/15/2018            725,000            801,125 (1)  

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC:

                   
        9.250     04/01/2015            1,825,000            1,920,812   
        10.625     04/01/2017            400,000            431,000   
        8.250     09/01/2017            1,550,000            1,652,687   
                   

 

 

 
                      14,203,922   
                   

 

 

 

Gaming - 4.31%

                   

American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC

        11.000     06/15/2014            675,000            723,938   

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

        7.500     04/15/2021            1,475,000            1,537,688 (1) 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

        9.125     12/01/2018            2,025,000            2,108,531 (1) 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc

        12.750     04/15/2018            1,165,000            1,199,950   

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.

        5.375     12/15/2013            1,100,000            1,039,500   

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.:

                   
        7.000     03/01/2014            2,300,000            2,294,250   
        7.750     03/15/2019            1,225,000            1,251,031 (1) 

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc.

        9.750     06/15/2014            205,000            210,125   

MGM Resorts International:

                   
        5.875     02/27/2014            2,025,000            2,014,875   
        6.875     04/01/2016            1,140,000            1,095,825   
        10.000     11/01/2016            1,025,000            1,114,688 (1) 
        11.125     11/15/2017            800,000            932,000   
        9.000     03/15/2020            875,000            977,812   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.:

                   
        7.500     06/15/2015            2,605,000            2,676,637   
        8.625     08/01/2017            775,000            856,375   
        8.750     05/15/2020            950,000            1,028,375   
                   

 

 

 
                      21,061,600   
                   

 

 

 

Gas Distributors - 1.13%

                   

Inergy LP:

                   
        8.750     03/01/2015            556,000            597,700   
        6.875     08/01/2021            2,150,000            2,217,188 (1) 

Niska Gas Storage US LLC

        8.875     03/15/2018            2,200,000            2,376,000   

Regency Energy Partners LP

        6.875     12/01/2018            300,000            317,250   
                   

 

 

 
                      5,508,138   
                   

 

 

 

Gas Pipelines - 2.99%

                   

ANR Pipeline Co.:

                   
        7.375     02/15/2024            60,000            75,049   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date           Principal
Amount *
          Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 
        7.000     06/01/2025       $      10,000       $      11,531   

Copano Energy LLC:

             
        7.750     06/01/2018            675,000            710,438   
        7.125     04/01/2021            1,525,000            1,544,062   

Crosstex Energy, Inc.

        8.875     02/15/2018            1,950,000            2,125,500   

El Paso Corp.:

             
        7.250     06/01/2018            1,500,000            1,772,358   

Series GMTN

        7.800     08/01/2031            1,900,000            2,317,343   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP:

             

Series B

        8.750     04/15/2018            850,000            944,562   
        6.750     11/01/2020            475,000            491,625   
        6.500     08/15/2021            650,000            658,937   

Sabine Pass LNG LP

        7.250     11/30/2013            2,175,000            2,262,000   

Targa Resources Partners LP:

             
        7.875     10/15/2018            775,000            827,312 (1)  
        6.875     02/01/2021            850,000            848,938 (1)  
                   

 

 

 
                14,589,655   
                   

 

 

 

Healthcare - 8.07%

             

Alere, Inc.:

             
        7.875     02/01/2016            1,350,000            1,415,812   
        9.000     05/15/2016            1,625,000            1,730,625   

American Renal Holdings, Inc.

        8.375     05/15/2018            1,875,000            1,968,750   

Biomet, Inc.

        11.625     10/15/2017            1,400,000            1,578,500   

CDRT Merger Sub, Inc.

        8.125     06/01/2019            1,350,000            1,365,187 (1) 

Community Health Systems, Inc.

        8.875     07/15/2015            4,325,000            4,476,375   

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA

        10.500     12/15/2018            2,100,000            2,278,500 (1) 

DaVita, Inc.

        6.625     11/01/2020            850,000            875,500   

HCA Holdings, Inc.

        7.750     05/15/2021            275,000            289,094 (1)  

HCA, Inc.:

             
        6.375     01/15/2015            1,100,000            1,138,500   
        9.250     11/15/2016            2,200,000            2,359,500   
        9.625     11/15/2016            2,013,000            2,158,942 (2) 

HealthSouth Corp.

        8.125     02/15/2020            3,425,000            3,784,625   

IASIS Healthcare LLC

        8.375     05/15/2019            1,500,000            1,513,125 (1) 

Multiplan, Inc.

        9.875     09/01/2018            850,000            922,250 (1)  

Radiation Therapy Services, Inc.

        9.875     04/15/2017            2,275,000            2,317,656   

Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc.:

             
        8.875     07/15/2015            984,000            1,018,440 (1)(2) 
        10.000     07/15/2017            1,275,000            1,326,000 (1) 

United Surgical Partners International, Inc.:

             
        8.875     05/01/2017            125,000            132,969   
        9.250     05/01/2017            1,220,000            1,300,825 (2) 

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC

        8.000     02/01/2018            4,525,000            4,739,938   

Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.

        10.625     02/01/2016            1,150,000            748,938 (1)(5) 
                   

 

 

 
                39,440,051   
                   

 

 

 

Industrial Other - 1.25%

             

Dematic SA

        8.750     05/01/2016            925,000            943,500 (1)  

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc.

        8.125     04/01/2021            1,250,000            1,284,375 (1) 

RBS Global, Inc.

        8.500     05/01/2018            3,550,000            3,869,500   
                   

 

 

 
                6,097,375   
                   

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date      Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed

in U.S. $)
 

Leisure - 2.04%

          

AMC Entertainment, Inc.:

          
        8.000     03/01/2014       $ 550,000       $ 558,250   
        9.750     12/01/2020             3,725,000             3,971,781 (1) 

Cinemark USA, Inc.:

          
        8.625     06/15/2019         1,775,000         1,948,063   
        7.375     06/15/2021         1,175,000         1,175,000 (1) 

Regal Cinemas Corp.

        8.625     07/15/2019         1,700,000         1,827,500   

Regal Entertainment Group

        9.125     08/15/2018         475,000         507,062   
             

 

 

 
             9,987,656   
             

 

 

 

Media Cable - 4.14%

          

Atlantic Broadband Finance LLC

        9.375     01/15/2014         1,710,000         1,744,200   

Cablevision Systems Corp.:

          
        8.625     09/15/2017         925,000         1,047,563   
        7.750     04/15/2018         525,000         572,250   
        8.000     04/15/2020         750,000         826,875   

CCO Holdings LLC

        7.000     01/15/2019         425,000         436,156   

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC

        8.625     11/15/2017         1,175,000         1,254,312 (1) 

CSC Holdings LLC:

          
        8.500     06/15/2015         800,000         872,000   
        7.625     07/15/2018         325,000         356,281   
        8.625     02/15/2019         475,000         549,812   

DISH DBS Corp.:

          
        7.125     02/01/2016         960,000         1,029,600   
        7.875     09/01/2019         2,750,000         3,007,813   
        6.750     06/01/2021         850,000         862,750 (1) 

Insight Communications Co., Inc.

        9.375     07/15/2018         575,000         646,875 (1) 

Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH

        7.500     03/15/2019         1,075,000         1,124,719 (1) 

Mediacom LLC

        9.125     08/15/2019         500,000         545,000   

Ono Finance II PLC

        10.875     07/15/2019         675,000         752,625 (1)  

Unitymedia Hesson GmbH & Co.

        8.125     12/01/2017         125,000         133,438 (1)  

UPC Holding BV

        9.875     04/15/2018         1,900,000         2,137,500 (1) 

Virgin Media Finance PLC:

          
        9.125     08/15/2016         725,000         766,687   

Series 1

        9.500     08/15/2016         1,100,000         1,262,250 (1) 
        8.375     10/15/2019         275,000         310,750   
             

 

 

 
             20,239,456   
             

 

 

 

Media Other - 3.28%

          

Bonten Media Acquisition Co.

        9.000     06/01/2015         514,131         388,169 (1)(2) 

Citadel Broadcasting Corp.

        7.750     12/15/2018         400,000         434,500 (1)  

Entravision Communications Corp.

        8.750     08/01/2017         2,125,000         2,268,437   

Fox Acquisition Sub LLC

        13.375     07/15/2016         1,665,000         1,885,613 (1) 

Interep National Radio Sales, Inc., Series B

        10.000     07/01/2008         4,000         0 (3)(4) 

Lamar Media Corp.:

          
        6.625     08/15/2015         710,000         729,525   

Series B

        6.625     08/15/2015         1,680,000         1,722,000   

Series C

        6.625     08/15/2015         200,000         205,000   

Radio One, Inc.

        12.500     05/11/2016         2,442,833         2,528,332 (1)(2) 

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.:

          
        9.250     11/01/2017         800,000         898,000 (1)  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date          Principal
Amount *
         Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 
        8.375     10/15/2018      $      1,325,000      $      1,421,063   

Univision Communications, Inc.:

                 
        7.875     11/01/2010           1,900,000           2,023,500 (1) 
        6.875     05/15/2019           600,000           603,000 (1)  
        8.500     05/15/2021           900,000           931,500 (1)  
                 

 

 

 
                    16,038,639   
                 

 

 

 

Metals/Mining/Steel - 4.59%

                 

APERAM:

                 
        7.375     04/01/2016           850,000           885,063 (1)  
        7.750     04/01/2018           1,425,000           1,478,438 (1) 

Atkore International, Inc.

        9.875     01/01/2018           2,074,000           2,260,660 (1) 

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC:

                 
        8.250     12/15/2017           400,000           438,000   
        8.500     12/15/2019           1,450,000           1,624,000   

Consol Energy, Inc.:

                 
        8.000     04/01/2017           1,175,000           1,292,500   
        8.250     04/01/2020           800,000           892,000   

Drummond Co., Inc.:

                 
        9.000     10/15/2014           325,000           342,875 (1)  
        7.375     02/15/2016           1,475,000           1,515,562   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd.

        7.000     11/01/2015           1,115,000           1,165,175 (1) 

JMC Steel Group

        8.250     03/15/2018           1,600,000           1,660,000 (1) 

Mirabela Nickel Ltd.

        8.750     04/15/2018           2,325,000           2,354,062 (1) 

Novelis, Inc.

        8.375     12/15/2017           1,800,000           1,971,000   

Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP

        8.250     04/15/2018           2,130,000           2,263,125   

Taseko Mines Ltd.

        7.750     04/15/2019           2,225,000           2,269,500   
                 

 

 

 
                    22,411,960   
                 

 

 

 

Non Captive Finance - 0.27%

                 

Ally Financial, Inc.

        6.250     12/01/2017           790,000           816,787 (1)  

PHH Corp.

        9.250     03/01/2016           450,000           502,875   
                 

 

 

 
                    1,319,662   
                 

 

 

 

Paper/Forest Products - 3.19%

                 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.

        11.000     07/29/2015           1,946,250           1,938,952 (1)(2) 

Boise Paper Holdings LLC

        8.000     04/01/2020           2,000,000           2,170,000   

Cascades, Inc.:

                 
        7.750     12/15/2017           1,750,000           1,863,750   
        7.875     01/15/2020           225,000           238,500   

Catalyst Paper Corp.

        11.000     12/15/2016           1,475,000           1,349,625 (1) 

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.

        9.500     06/15/2017           2,155,000           2,413,600   

Mercer International, Inc.

        9.500     12/01/2017           1,650,000           1,817,062   

NewPage Corp.

        11.375     12/31/2014           1,215,000           1,178,550   

Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Series B

        11.375     08/01/2016           1,075,000           1,118,000   

Xerium Technologies, Inc.

        8.875     06/15/2018           1,500,000           1,507,500 (1) 
                 

 

 

 
                    15,595,539   
                 

 

 

 

Property & Casualty Insurance - 0.24%

                 

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

        9.000     01/15/2018           1,100,000           1,193,500 (1) 
                 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date           Principal
Amount *
          Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Publishing/Printing - 1.59%

                   

Baker & Taylor, Inc.

        11.500     07/01/2013       $      1,295,000       $      1,087,800 (1) 

Cenveo Corp.:

                   
        7.875     12/01/2013            3,400,000            3,374,500   
        8.375     06/15/2014            650,000            606,125   
        10.500     08/15/2016            350,000            354,375 (1) 
        8.875     02/01/2018            500,000            510,000   

Dex One Corp.

        12.000     01/29/2017            15,236            7,009 (2)  

IDEARC, Inc.

        8.000     11/15/2016            1,265,000            0 (3)(4) 

The McClatchy Co.

        11.500     02/15/2017            1,205,000            1,325,500   

Nielsen Finance LLC

        7.750     10/15/2018            450,000           
 
484,875
 
(1) 
  
                   

 

 

 
                      7,750,184   
                   

 

 

 

Refining - 0.56%

                   

Petroplus Finance Ltd.:

                   
        6.750     05/01/2014            1,585,000            1,561,225 (1) 
        7.000     05/01/2017            925,000            883,375 (1) 
        9.375     09/15/2019            300,000            309,000 (1) 
                   

 

 

 
                      2,753,600   
                   

 

 

 

REITS - 0.41%

                   

CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc.

        11.625     06/15/2017            1,675,000            1,984,875   
                   

 

 

 

Restaurants - 0.40%

                   

DineEquity, Inc.

        9.500     10/30/2018            975,000            1,072,500 (1) 

Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.

        9.625     12/01/2018            821,000           
 
832,281
 
  
(1)  

Sbarro, Inc.

        10.375     02/01/2015            225,000            46,125 (3)  
                   

 

 

 
                      1,950,906   
                   

 

 

 

Retail Food/Drug - 0.73%

                   

Albertsons, Inc.:

                   
        8.700     05/01/2030            725,000            676,062   
        8.000     05/01/2031            550,000            484,000   

American Stores Co.:

                   
        7.900     05/01/2017            550,000            548,625   
        8.000     06/01/2026            1,465,000            1,355,125   

Series MTNB

        7.100     03/20/2028            600,000            492,000   
                   

 

 

 
                      3,555,812   
                   

 

 

 

Retail Non Food/Drug - 4.46%

                   

The Bon Ton Department Stores, Inc.

        10.250     03/15/2014            1,380,000            1,411,050   

Claire’s Stores, Inc.:

                   
        9.250     06/01/2015            550,000            548,625   
        9.625     06/01/2015            1,243,762            1,246,871 (2) 
        8.875     03/15/2019            1,150,000            1,109,750 (1) 

Express LLC

        8.750     03/01/2018            1,300,000            1,417,000   

JC Penney Corp., Inc.

        7.400     04/01/2037            1,475,000            1,430,750   

Limited Brands, Inc.:

                   
        7.000     05/01/2020            1,075,000            1,161,000   
        6.625     04/01/2021            625,000            654,688   
        6.950     03/01/2033            1,350,000            1,263,938   
        7.600     07/15/2037            400,000            397,000   

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.

        7.875     08/15/2036            325,000            358,193   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date          Principal
Amount *
         Market Value
(Expressed

in U.S. $)
 

Michaels Stores, Inc.

        7.750     11/01/2018      $      725,000      $      744,937 (1)  

Needle Merger Sub Corp.

        8.125     03/15/2019           1,050,000           1,068,375 (1) 

Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.

        10.375     10/15/2015           1,200,000           1,269,000   

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.

        9.250     12/01/2018           1,200,000           1,293,000 (1) 

QVC, Inc.

        7.500     10/01/2019           1,150,000           1,244,875 (1) 

RadioShack Corp.

        6.750     05/15/2019           2,250,000           2,255,625 (1) 

Toys R Us Delaware, Inc.

        7.375     09/01/2016           375,000           391,875 (1)  

Toys R Us Property Co. I LLC

        10.750     07/15/2017           2,200,000           2,497,000   
                 

 

 

 
               21,763,552   
                 

 

 

 

Satellite - 0.47%

            

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA:

            
        9.500     06/15/2016           900,000           949,500   
        7.250     04/01/2019           375,000           379,688 (1)  
        8.500     11/01/2019           900,000           967,500   
                 

 

 

 
               2,296,688   
                 

 

 

 

Services Other - 5.04%

            

American Residential Services LLC

        12.000     04/15/2015           1,075,000           1,173,094 (1) 

ARAMARK Corp.

        8.500     02/01/2015           3,070,000           3,208,150   

ARAMARK Holdings Corp.

        8.625     05/01/2016           1,475,000           1,515,563 (1)(2) 

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc.

        9.125     11/01/2018           2,250,000           2,345,625 (1) 

Education Management LLC:

            
        8.750     06/01/2014           1,200,000           1,227,000   
        10.250     06/01/2016           215,000           225,212   

The Geo Group, Inc.

        7.750     10/15/2017           2,300,000           2,478,250   

GXS Worldwide, Inc.

        9.750     06/15/2015           2,175,000           2,223,937   

Interactive Data Corp.

        10.250     08/01/2018           1,875,000           2,095,313 (1) 

Iron Mountain, Inc.:

            
        8.750     07/15/2018           1,200,000           1,261,500   
        8.000     06/15/2020           375,000           397,500   
        8.375     08/15/2021           325,000           349,375   

The ServiceMaster Co.:

            
        10.750     07/15/2015           1,800,000           1,912,500 (1)(2) 
        7.450     08/15/2027           325,000           271,375   

Trans Union LLC

        11.375     06/15/2018           1,875,000           2,175,000   

West Corp.:

            
        8.625     10/01/2018           350,000           370,562 (1)  
        7.875     01/15/2019           1,350,000           1,378,688 (1) 
                 

 

 

 
               24,608,644   
                 

 

 

 

Technology - 3.74%

            

Buccaneer Merger Sub, Inc.

        9.125     01/15/2019           1,050,000           1,130,063 (1) 

CommScope, Inc.

        8.250     01/15/2019           1,750,000           1,841,875 (1) 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

        7.875     07/15/2020           575,000           636,813   

First Data Corp.

        12.625     01/15/2021           1,165,000           1,272,762 (1) 

iGate Corp.

        9.000     05/01/2016           1,750,000           1,806,875 (1) 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.

        7.750     04/01/2019           1,725,000           1,776,750 (1) 

NXP BV

        9.750     08/01/2018           2,125,000           2,465,000 (1) 

Seagate HDD Cayman

        7.750     12/15/2018           2,075,000           2,194,312 (1) 

Sensata Technologies BV

        6.500     05/15/2019           1,175,000           1,194,094 (1) 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

          Rate     Maturity Date          Principal
Amount *
         Market Value
(Expressed

in U.S. $)
 

SSI Investments II

        11.125     06/01/2018      $      1,700,000      $      1,904,000   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.:

                 
        7.375     11/15/2018           1,625,000           1,665,625   
        7.625     11/15/2020           375,000           390,937   
                 

 

 

 
                    18,279,106   
                 

 

 

 

Textile/Apparel - 0.69%

                 

Levi Strauss & Co.:

                 
        8.875     04/01/2016           725,000           759,438   
        7.625     05/15/2020           925,000           941,187   

Quiksilver, Inc.

        6.875     04/15/2015           1,700,000           1,670,250   
                 

 

 

 
                    3,370,875   
                 

 

 

 

Transportation - Non Air/Rail - 0.74%

                 

CMA CGM SA

        8.500     04/15/2017           1,000,000           915,000 (1)  

General Maritime Corp.

        12.000     11/15/2017           1,775,000           1,570,875   

Teekay Corp.

        8.500     01/15/2020           1,025,000           1,124,937   
                 

 

 

 
                    3,610,812   
                 

 

 

 

Wireless - 3.32%

                 

Crown Castle International Corp.

        9.000     01/15/2015           3,050,000           3,400,750   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.:

                 
        7.875     09/01/2018           1,300,000           1,405,625   
        6.625     11/15/2020           975,000           975,000   

Nextel Communications, Inc., Series D

        7.375     08/01/2015           2,325,000           2,351,156   

NII Capital Corp.

        7.625     04/01/2021           600,000           639,750   

SBA Telecommunications, Inc.

        8.250     08/15/2019           700,000           774,375   

Sprint Capital Corp.

        8.750     03/15/2032           3,825,000           4,240,969   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA:

                 
        11.750     07/15/2014           975,000           1,138,312 (1) 
        12.250     07/15/2017           1,039,917           1,292,097 (1)(2) 
                 

 

 

 
                    16,218,034   
                 

 

 

 

Wirelines - 3.97%

                 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.:

                 
        8.250     10/15/2017           975,000           998,156   
        8.750     03/15/2018           1,150,000           1,115,500   
        8.375     10/15/2020           50,000           50,750   

Citizens Communications Co.:

                 
        7.875     01/15/2027           125,000           123,750   
        9.000     08/15/2031           4,555,000           4,777,056   

Embarq Corp.

        7.995     06/01/2036           1,575,000           1,722,910   

ITC Deltacom, Inc.

        10.500     04/01/2016           2,025,000           2,197,125   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

                 
        9.250     11/01/2014           576,000           596,160   
        4.215     02/15/2015           225,000           217,125 (6)  
        10.000     02/01/2018           2,100,000           2,283,750   

Qwest Corp.:

                 
        7.500     06/15/2023           425,000           428,719   
        6.875     09/15/2033           2,150,000           2,125,812   

Windstream Corp.:

                 
        7.875     11/01/2017           675,000           741,656   
        7.750     10/15/2020           400,000           432,000   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity Date      Principal
Amount*
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Windstream Corp.:

             
        7.750     10/01/2021       $ 515,000       $ 560,063   
        7.500     04/01/2023         1,000,000         1,035,000   
             

 

 

 
                19,405,532   
             

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

                446,387,678   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $416,578,734)

             

CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS - 1.94%

             

Aerospace/Defense - 0.07%

             

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

        2.750     09/15/2011         331,000         334,310   
             

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.02%

             

AirTran Holdings, Inc.

        5.250     11/01/2016         80,000         118,100   
             

 

 

 

Automotive - 0.17%

             

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Series ML

   EUR      1.197     01/01/2017         166,631         270,540 (4)(5) 

Suzuki Motor Corp., Series 4

   JPY      0.000     03/29/2013         25,000,000         309,080 (1)(5) 

TRW Automotive, Inc.

        3.500     12/01/2015         130,000         266,337 (1) 
             

 

 

 
                845,957   
             

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.03%

             

Cemex SAB de CV:

             
        3.250     03/15/2016         49,000         49,184 (1) 
        3.750     03/15/2018         100,000         100,500 (1) 
             

 

 

 
                149,684   
             

 

 

 

Containers/Packaging - 0.06%

             

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

        3.000     06/01/2015         278,000         289,815 (1) 
             

 

 

 

Drillers/Services - 0.18%

             

Hercules Offshore, Inc.

        3.375     06/01/2038         252,000         238,770 (7) 

Newpark Resources, Inc.

        4.000     10/01/2017         199,000         244,770   

Subsea 7 SA, Series ACY

        2.250     10/11/2013         300,000         373,500   
             

 

 

 
                857,040   
             

 

 

 

Exploration & Production - 0.03%

             

InterOil Corp.

        2.750     11/15/2015         9,000         8,235   

Quicksilver Resources, Inc.

        1.875     11/01/2024         138,000         145,762   
             

 

 

 
                153,997   
             

 

 

 

Financial Other - 0.00%(8)

             

Ares Capital Corp.

        5.125     06/01/2016         18,000         18,495 (1) 
             

 

 

 

Food & Beverage - 0.11%

             

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

        4.000     06/30/2013         163,000         191,118   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

        3.250     10/15/2013         280,000         361,550   
             

 

 

 
                552,668   
             

 

 

 

Healthcare - 0.16%

             

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

        3.000     06/15/2014         192,000         176,160   

Hologic, Inc.

        2.000     12/15/2037         84,000         82,425 (7) 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Currency

   Rate     Maturity Date      Principal
Amount*
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Life Technologies Corp.

        3.250     06/15/2025       $ 498,000       $ 529,125   
             

 

 

 
                787,710   
             

 

 

 

Industrial Other - 0.02%

             

Altra Holdings, Inc.

        2.750     03/01/2031         68,000         78,965 (1)  
             

 

 

 

Lodging - 0.01%

             

Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc.

        2.000     12/15/2015         56,000         58,870 (1)  
             

 

 

 

Metals/Mining/Steel - 0.04%

             

RTI International Metals, Inc.

        3.000     12/01/2015         134,000         173,697   
             

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.23%

             

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

        1.000     05/01/2014         282,000         317,603 (1)  

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

        3.750     05/01/2015         74,000         76,127   

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

        4.750     02/01/2018         74,000         79,550   

Shire PLC, Series SHP

        2.750     05/09/2014         375,000         432,656   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, Series C

        0.250     02/01/2026         175,000         206,719   
             

 

 

 
                1,112,655   
             

 

 

 

Property & Casualty Insurance - 0.01%

             

Radian Group, Inc.

        3.000     11/15/2017         71,000         55,114   
             

 

 

 

Railroads - 0.03%

             

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

        3.500     04/01/2018         152,000         156,560 (1)  
             

 

 

 

Technology - 0.68%

             

Alcatel-Lucent, Series ALU

   EUR      5.000     01/01/2015         2,000,000         72,383 (4) 

Alcatel Lucent USA, Inc.:

             

Series A

        2.875     06/15/2023         330,000         296,175   

Series B

        2.750     06/15/2025         90,000         89,437   

Callidus Software, Inc.

        4.750     06/01/2016         94,000         92,881 (1)  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

        3.000     05/01/2029         284,000         296,780   

Digital River, Inc.

        2.000     11/01/2030         255,000         257,550 (1)  

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

        0.000     10/12/2013         100,000         103,250 (5)  

Intel Corp.

        3.250     08/01/2039         148,000         184,260   

Ixia

        3.000     12/15/2015         271,000         307,585 (1)  

Lam Research Corp.

        0.500     05/15/2016         41,000         42,333 (1)  

Mentor Graphics Corp.

        4.000     04/01/2031         183,000         185,745 (1)  

Micron Technology, Inc.

        1.875     06/01/2027         232,000         265,060   

Novellus Systems, Inc.

        2.625     05/15/2041         44,000         47,630 (1)  

ON Semiconductor Corp.:

             

Series B

        0.221     04/15/2024         280,000         341,250 (5)  
        2.625     12/15/2026         223,000         285,161   

SanDisk Corp.

        1.500     08/15/2017         127,000         145,733   

WebMD Health Corp.:

             
        2.250     03/31/2016         40,000         38,750 (1)  
        2.500     01/31/2018         100,000         99,625 (1)  

Xilinx, Inc.

        3.125     03/15/2037         146,000         182,683   
             

 

 

 
                3,334,271   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

          Rate     Maturity Date      Principal
Amount/Shares*
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Transportation Non Air/Rail - 0.01%

             

Ultrapetrol Bahamas Ltd.

        7.250     01/15/2017       $ 31,000       $ 30,651 (1)  
             

 

 

 

Wirelines - 0.08%

             

Earthlink, Inc.

        3.250     11/15/2026         360,000         380,700 (7)  
             

 

 

 

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS

                9,489,259   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $8,910,065)

             

BANK LOANS - 1.83%(9)

             

Building Products - 0.04%

             

Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc. Loan:

             
        2.810     06/14/2011         146,939         141,612   
        2.809     06/21/2011         18,367         17,702   
        2.807     06/30/2011         7,113         6,855   
             

 

 

 
                166,169   
             

 

 

 

Electric - 0.81%

             

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC - 2017 Term Loan:

             
        4.706     06/09/2011         2,429,552         1,923,750   
        4.768     08/09/2011         2,578,057         2,041,339   
             

 

 

 
                3,965,089   
             

 

 

 

Gaming - 0.47%

             

Caesers Entertainment Operating Co., Inc. - Term - B-2 Loan:

             
        3.194     06/27/2011         766,868         715,679   
        3.274     07/25/2011         1,708,132         1,594,110   
             

 

 

 
                2,309,789   
             

 

 

 

Non Captive Finance - 0.41%

             

iStar Financial, Inc. Tranche A 2 Loan

        7.000     06/10/2011         2,000,000         2,019,822   
             

 

 

 

Publishing/Printing - 0.10%

             

Merrill Communications LLC - Loan (Second Lien):

             
        13.750     06/30/2011         150,000         150,562   
        14.000     07/29/2011         6,152         6,175   

R.H. Donnelley, Inc. - Loan:

             
        9.000     06/30/2011         30,793         23,018   
        9.000     07/29/2011         111,820         83,586   
        9.000     08/31/2011         116,534         87,109   

Tribune Co. - Tranche X Advance

        5.000     12/31/2010         192,000         129,520 (3)  
             

 

 

 
                479,970   
             

 

 

 

TOTAL BANK LOANS

                8,940,839   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $8,622,492)

             

COMMON STOCKS - 0.47%

             

Chemicals - 0.04%

             

LyondellBasell Industries NV

             4,658         204,067   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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          Rate     Maturity Date      Principal
Amount/Shares*
     Market Value
(Expressed

in U.S. $)
 

Gas Pipelines - 0.05%

             

El Paso Corp.

             11,346         238,833   
             

 

 

 

Media Cable - 0.36%

             

Charter Communications, Inc.

             31,035       $ 1,753,167 (10) 
             

 

 

 

Publishing/Printing - 0.01%

             

Dex One Corp.

             12,498         29,245 (10) 

SuperMedia, Inc.

             998         4,332 (10) 
             

 

 

 
                33,577   
             

 

 

 

Technology - 0.01%

             

Veeco Instruments, Inc.

             1,236         71,181 (10) 
             

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

                2,300,825   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $4,351,320)

             

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.33%

             

Banking - 0.12%

             

Wells Fargo & Co.

        7.500     12/31/2049         345         374,325   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

        7.500     12/15/2013         3,450         184,520   
             

 

 

 
                558,845   
             

 

 

 

Electric - 0.02%

             

AES Trust III

        6.750     10/15/2029         600         29,490   

PPL Corp.

        8.750     05/11/2014         1,300         71,175   
             

 

 

 
                100,665   
             

 

 

 

Exploration & Production - 0.07%

             

Apache Corp.

        6.000     08/01/2013         5,210         346,621   

Food & Beverage - 0.05%

             

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

        6.250     06/01/2011         5,700         232,674   

Life - 0.05%

             

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

        7.250     04/01/2013         3,400         89,352   

MetLife, Inc.

        5.000     09/11/2013         1,850         153,014   
             

 

 

 
                242,366   
             

 

 

 

Metals/Mining/Steel - 0.02%

             

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings Finance PLC

        6.000     09/15/2013         950         49,761   

Molycorp, Inc.

        5.500     03/01/2014         550         67,050   
             

 

 

 
                116,811   
             

 

 

 

Technology - 0.00%(8)

             

Unisys Corp.

        6.250     03/01/2014         70         5,771   
             

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

                1,603,753   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $1,450,754)

             

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

     Shares      Market Value
(expressed
in U.S. $)
 

RIGHTS AND WARRANTS - 0.06%

     

Media Other - 0.06%

     

Citadel Broadcasting Corp. expires 06/03/2030

     8,540       $ 288,225 (10) 
     

 

 

 

Publishing/Printing - 0.00%

     

Readers Digest expires 02/19/2014

     1,498         0 (4)(10) 
     

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS AND WARRANTS

        288,225   
     

 

 

 

(Cost $576,017)

     

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.95%

     

Money Market Mutual Funds - 2.95%

     

Dreyfus Cash Advantage Plus Fund

     

(0.042% 7-Day Yield)

     14,383,985         14,383,985   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

        14,383,985   
     

 

 

 

(Cost $14,383,985)

     

Total Investments - 98.97%

      $ 483,394,564   

(Cost $454,873,367)

     

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.03%

        5,030,693   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.00%

      $ 488,425,257   
     

 

 

 

* The principal/contract amount of each security is stated in the currency in which the bond is denominated (U.S. Dollar unless otherwise notated). See below.

EUR         Euro Currency

JPY         Japanese Yen

 

(1) 

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the Investment Advisor and may normally be sold, to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of Rule 144A securities amounts to $179,747,244, which represents approximately 36.80% of net assets as of May 31, 2011.

(2)

Pay-in-kind securities.

(3)

Security is currently in default/non-income producing.

(4)

This security has been valued by management at its fair value determined in good faith pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total market value of fair valued securities amounts to $342,925, which represents approximately 0.07% of net assets as of May 31, 2011.

(5)

Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the date of purchase.

(6)

Floating or variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at May 31, 2011.

(7)

Step bond. Coupon increases periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at May 31, 2011.

(8)

Amount represents less than 0.005% of net assets.

(9)

Bank loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. All loans carry a variable rate of interest. These base lending rates are generally (i) the Prime Rate offered by one or more major United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or (iii) the Certificate of Deposit rate. Rate shown represents the weighted average rate at May 31, 2011. Bank Loans, while exempt from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. Floating rate bank loans often require prepayments from excess cash flow or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown.

(10)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Common Abbreviations:

BV - Besloten Vennootschap a Dutch private limited liability company.

GmbH - Gesellschaft mit bescharankter Haftung is the German term for limited liability company.

LLC - Limited Liability Corp.

LP - Limited Partnership.

Ltd. - Limited.

NV - Naamloze Vennootschap is the Dutch term for a public limited liability corporation.

PLC - Public Limited Co.

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust.

SA - Generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law.

Sab de CV - A variable capital company.

    

 

 

OUTSTANDING FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS

 

Contract
Description

   Contracted
Amount
     Purchase/Sale
Contract
   Settlement
Date
     Current
Value
     Unrealized
(Depreciation)

EUR

     284,000       Sale      07/15/2011         $408,245       $(6,647)

JPY

     25,258,000       Sale      07/15/2011         309,929            (989)
              

 

               $(7,636)
              

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund    Statements of Investments
   May 31, 2011

 

 

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS - 46.37%

             

Argentina - 0.28%

             

Republic of Argentina

   ARS      5.820     12/31/2033         5,245,786       $ 1,716,081  (1)(2) 
             

 

 

 

Brazil - 2.74%

             

Nota Do Tesouro Nacional:

             
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2014         5,160,000         3,100,680   
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         24,342,000         13,461,070   
             

 

 

 
                16,561,750   
             

 

 

 

Colombia - 3.80%

             

Bogota Distrio Capital

   COP      9.750     07/26/2028         16,300,000,000         11,565,410 (2)(3) 

Republic of Colombia:

             
   COP      7.750     04/14/2021         2,559,000,000         1,667,776   
   COP      9.850     06/28/2027         13,003,000,000         9,790,884   
             

 

 

 
                23,024,070   
             

 

 

 

Hungary - 1.45%

             

Hungarian Government:

             
   HUF      7.500     10/24/2013         174,500,000         969,395   
   HUF      8.000     02/12/2015         1,395,780,000         7,834,629   
             

 

 

 
                8,804,024   
             

 

 

 

Malaysia - 9.47%

             

Malaysian Government:

             
   MYR      3.835     08/12/2015         39,625,000         13,359,699   
   MYR      4.262     09/15/2016         102,400,000         35,160,565   
   MYR      4.012     09/15/2017         23,460,000         7,895,979   
   MYR      4.378     11/29/2019         580,000         198,728   
   MYR      4.160     07/15/2021         2,300,000         774,116   
             

 

 

 
                57,389,087   
             

 

 

 

Mexico - 11.17%

             

Mexican Bonos:

             
   MXN      8.000     12/17/2015         1,440,000         133,605   
   MXN      7.750     12/14/2017         131,100,000         12,139,976   
   MXN      8.000     06/11/2020         407,190,000         38,124,370   
   MXN      10.000     12/05/2024         79,400,000         8,617,504   
   MXN      8.500     05/31/2029         65,020,000         6,167,680   

Mexican Udibonos:

             
   MXN      5.000     06/16/2016         45,809         4,421   
   MXN      3.500     12/14/2017         3,481,454         314,294   
   MXN      4.000     06/13/2019         23,408,195         2,185,854   
             

 

 

 
                67,687,704   
             

 

 

 

Philippines - 0.56%

             

Republic of Philippines

   PHP      4.950     01/15/2021         145,000,000         3,385,344   
             

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund    Statements of Investments
   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Poland - 4.19%

             

Republic of Poland:

             
   PLN      5.500     04/25/2015         38,585,000       $ 14,107,939   
   PLN      3.000     08/24/2016         11,562,368         4,329,145   
   PLN      5.250     10/25/2017         16,062,000         5,706,237   
   PLN      5.500     10/25/2019         2,755,000         974,432   
   PLN      5.250     10/25/2020         740,000         254,682   
             

 

 

 
                25,372,435   
             

 

 

 

South Africa - 4.06%

             

Republic of South Africa:

             
   ZAR      8.000     12/21/2018         10,419         1,513   
   ZAR      7.250     01/15/2020         10,690,000         1,472,077   
   ZAR      6.750     03/31/2021         121,700,000         16,002,692   
   ZAR      10.500     12/21/2026         41,530,000         7,136,945   
             

 

 

 
                24,613,227   
             

 

 

 

Thailand - 4.55%

             

Thailand Government:

             
   THB      3.625     05/22/2015         99,050,000         3,288,937   
   THB      3.125     12/11/2015         739,800,000         24,091,262   
   THB      3.875     06/13/2019         4,775,000         160,047   
             

 

 

 
                27,540,246   
             

 

 

 

Turkey - 4.10%

             

Republic of Turkey:

             
   TRY      10.000     02/15/2012         14,733,470         9,808,773   
   TRY      8.060     08/08/2012         1,300,000         736,783 (4)  
   TRY      8.936     11/07/2012         22,900,000         12,680,010 (4) 
   TRY      10.000     06/17/2015         2,520,000         1,620,051   
             

 

 

 
                24,845,617   
             

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS

                280,939,585   
             

 

 

 

(Cost $271,142,668)

             

CORPORATE BONDS - 8.27%

             

Colombia - 0.14%

             

Emgesa SA ESP:

             
   COP      8.750     01/25/2021         59,000,000         34,929 (3)  
   COP      8.750     01/25/2021         636,000,000         376,523 (5)  

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP

   COP      8.375     02/01/2021         802,000,000         463,773 (5)  
             

 

 

 
                875,225   
             

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund    Statements of Investments
   May 31, 2011

 

    

Currency

   Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount *
         Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

European Union - 6.17%

               

Asian Development Bank

   ZAR      6.500     09/15/2015         4,650,000      $      640,663   

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development:

               
   BRL      9.250     09/10/2012         2,500,000           1,596,601   
   MXN      7.300     05/23/2013         8,500,000           763,169   
   IDR      7.200     06/08/2016         27,000,000,000           3,186,984   

European Investment Bank:

               
   ZAR      8.000     10/21/2013         3,810,000           570,960   
   ZAR      7.500     06/01/2016         42,000,000           6,053,462   
   ZAR      9.000     12/21/2018         139,000,000           21,003,045   
   ZAR      9.051     12/31/2018         5,280,000           409,394 (4)  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development:

               
   RUB      10.000     04/05/2012         39,350,000           1,465,284   
   ZAR      6.626     05/14/2012         6,500,000           900,762 (4)  
   RUB      6.000     11/29/2012         21,500,000           775,202   
               

 

 

 
                  37,365,526   
               

 

 

 

Venezuela - 1.96%

               

Petroleos de Venezuela SA

        4.900     10/28/2014         16,090,000           11,886,487   
               

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

                  50,127,238   
               

 

 

 

(Cost $48,289,469)

               

CREDIT LINKED NOTES - 21.90%

               

Brazil - 10.01%

               

Nota Do Tesouro Nacional:

               
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2014         2,670,000           1,601,069 (6) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2014         2,670,000           1,602,085 (6) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2014         4,300,000           2,575,776 (7) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2014         7,000,000           4,206,348 (6) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         1,000,000           600,539 (8)  
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         1,100,000           607,397 (8)  
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         1,200,000           663,597 (7)  
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         2,000,000           1,104,358 (8) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         2,000,000           1,105,995 (7) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         2,600,000           1,435,665 (8) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         3,000,000           1,656,536 (8) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         4,825,000           2,660,593 (6) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         5,000,000           2,748,534 (7) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         6,000,000           3,313,072 (8) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         6,800,000           3,760,384 (9) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         7,825,000           4,314,847 (6) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         8,000,000           4,423,982 (10) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         11,000,000           6,046,775 (7) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         11,280,000           6,237,814 (9) 
   BRL      10.000     01/01/2021         18,000,000           9,953,959 (9) 
               

 

 

 
                  60,619,325   
               

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

     Currency    Rate     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount /Shares*
         Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

Colombia - 2.12%

               

Colombia CGM:

               
   COP      11.000     07/24/2020         1,200,000,000      $      791,375 (8) 
   COP      11.000     07/24/2020         2,000,000,000           1,318,958 (8) 
   COP      11.000     07/24/2020         2,300,000,000           1,510,452 (8) 
   COP      11.000     07/24/2020         12,018,000,000           7,925,618 (8) 
   COP      10.000     07/24/2024         185,000,000           117,738 (8)  
   COP      10.000     07/24/2024         903,000,000           574,686 (8)  
   COP      10.000     07/24/2024         919,000,000           584,869 (8)  
               

 

 

 
                  12,823,696   
               

 

 

 

Indonesia - 9.61%

               

Republic of Indonesia:

               
   IDR      9.500     06/15/2015         7,500,000,000           968,309 (11) 
   IDR      9.500     06/15/2015         8,500,000,000           1,095,425 (6) 
   IDR      9.500     06/15/2015         18,500,000,000           2,384,160 (10) 
   IDR      10.000     07/15/2017         12,000,000,000           1,606,373 (7) 
   IDR      11.500     09/15/2019         13,254,000,000           1,954,598 (6) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         5,800,000,000           934,333 (10) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         5,800,000,000           934,673 (11) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         8,000,000,000           1,289,204 (11) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         8,300,000,000           1,337,549 (11) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         10,000,000,000           1,611,505 (11) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         12,000,000,000           1,933,806 (11) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         16,000,000,000           2,549,353 (7) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         19,800,000,000           3,189,620 (10) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         23,452,000,000           3,777,927 (6) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         24,800,000,000           3,995,079 (9) 
   IDR      12.800     06/15/2021         50,600,000,000           8,151,251 (10) 
   IDR      8.250     07/15/2021         25,000,000,000           3,116,396 (11) 
   IDR      8.250     07/15/2021         32,300,000,000           4,025,438 (10) 
   IDR      8.250     07/15/2021         47,000,000,000           5,857,448 (6) 
   IDR      11.000     09/15/2025         4,072,000,000           587,388 (6)  
   IDR      11.000     09/15/2025         7,800,000,000           1,121,727 (11) 
   IDR      11.000     09/15/2025         16,500,000,000           2,372,884 (11) 
   IDR      11.000     09/15/2025         23,700,000,000           3,408,324 (11) 
               

 

 

 
                  58,202,770   
               

 

 

 

Russia - 0.16%

               

Russian Federation

   RUB      10.550     07/06/2011         27,800,000           1,000,238 (9) 
               

 

 

 

TOTAL CREDIT LINKED NOTES

                  132,646,029   
               

 

 

 

(Cost $128,576,943)

               

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 21.19%

               

Money Market Mutual Funds - 21.19%

               

Dreyfus Cash Advantage Plus Fund

               

(0.042% 7-Day Yield)

             128,349,251           128,349,251   
               

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

     Market Value
(Expressed
in U.S. $)
 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

   $ 128,349,251   
  

 

 

 

(Cost $128,349,251)

  

Total Investments - 97.73%

   $ 592,062,103   

(Cost $576,358,331)

  

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities - 2.27%

     13,731,046   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.00%

   $ 605,793,149   
  

 

 

 

* The principal/contract amount of each security is stated in the currency in which the bond is denominated (U.S. Dollar unless otherwise notated). See below.

 

ARS

 

Argentinian Peso

  

MYR

    

Malaysian Ringgit

BRL

 

Brazilian Real

  

PHP

    

Philippine Peso

CNY

 

Chinese Yen

  

PLN

    

Polish Zloty

COP

 

Colombian Peso

  

RUB

    

Russian Ruble

HUF

 

Hungarian Forint

  

THB

    

Thai Baht

IDR

 

Indonesian Rupiah

  

TRY

    

Turkish Lira

MXN

 

Mexican Peso

  

ZAR

    

South African Rand

 

(1)

Floating or variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at May 31, 2011.

(2)

This security has been valued by management at its fair value determined in good faith pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total market value of fair valued securities amounts to $13,281,491, which represents approximately 2.19% of net assets as of May 31, 2011.

(3)

Securities were issued pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. These securities have been deemed liquid under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. As of May 31, 2011, the aggregate market value of those securities was $11,600,339, representing 1.91% of net assets.

(4)

Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the date of purchase.

(5)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the Investment Advisor and may normally be sold to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of Rule 144A securities amounts to $840,296, which represents approximately 0.14% of net assets as of May 31, 2011.

(6)

The underlying security is issued by JP Morgan Chase.

(7)

The underlying security is issued by Credit Suisse First Boston.

(8)

The underlying security is issued by Citigroup Global Markets.

(9)

The underlying security is issued by Barclays Bank PLC.

(10)

underlying The security is issued by Deutsche Bank AG London.

(11)

underlying The security is issued by HSBC Bank.

Common Abbreviations:

CGM - Citigroup Global Markets.

ESP - Empresa de Servicios Publicos is the Colombian term for Public Service Company.

SA - Generally designates corporations in various countries mostly employing civil law.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

OUTSTANDING FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS

 

Contract

Description

  

Contracted
    Amount    

    

Purchase/Sale
    Contract

  

Settlement
    Date

  

Current

Value

  

Unrealized    
Appreciation  

 

BRL

     9,143,205       Purchase    06/02/2011    $5,792,522      $171,772   

BRL

     9,143,205       Sale    06/02/2011    5,792,521      7,330   

BRL

     10,398,000       Purchase    07/05/2011    6,542,503      142,503   

CNY

     28,595,325       Purchase    08/09/2011    4,427,291      52,801   

CNY

     20,839,061       Purchase    11/14/2011    3,245,632      21,785   

CNY

     37,678,111       Purchase    05/16/2012    5,927,725      13,752   

COP

     3,658,000,000       Purchase    06/28/2011    2,027,716      27,716   

IDR

     34,440,000,000       Purchase    06/27/2011    4,015,016      15,016   

MXN

     51,570,200       Purchase    06/27/2011    4,448,698      48,698   

MYR

     12,200,000       Purchase    06/27/2011    4,044,080      44,080   

MYR

     57,938,900       Purchase    07/05/2011    19,197,435      671,310   

PLN

     53,292,650       Purchase    06/27/2011    19,371,608      321,608   

RUB

     60,543,000       Sale    06/17/2011    2,160,481      9,363   

RUB

     60,543,000       Purchase    06/17/2011    2,160,481      60,481   

RUB

     76,747,500       Purchase    06/27/2011    2,735,933      35,933   

RUB

     80,026,000       Purchase    07/01/2011    2,851,441      51,441   

RUB

     80,026,000       Sale    07/01/2011    2,851,441      10,977   

RUB

     520,256,560       Purchase    07/06/2011    18,527,788      217,787   

RUB

     307,194,750       Purchase    07/27/2011    10,916,082      96,082   

RUB

     77,145,385       Purchase    08/19/2011    2,734,160      4,160   

THB

     159,768,000       Purchase    06/27/2011    5,262,242      12,242   

TRY

     10,113,480       Purchase    06/27/2011    6,306,876      6,876   

ZAR

     77,941,610       Purchase    06/27/2011    11,395,114      295,114   
              

 

 

 
                 $2,338,827   
              

 

 

 

CNY

     28,595,325       Sale    08/09/2011    $4,427,290      $(35,254)   

CNY

     5,430,650       Purchase    11/14/2011    845,810      (4,190)   

CNY

     26,269,711       Sale    11/14/2011    4,091,441      (9,124)   

MYR

     57,938,900       Sale    07/05/2011    19,197,435      (104,043)   

PHP

     58,829,700       Purchase    07/28/2011    1,354,010      (8,179)   

RUB

     368,779,370       Purchase    07/27/2011    13,104,473      (93,853)   

TRY

     6,566,150       Purchase    06/27/2011    4,094,723      (5,277)   
              

 

 

 
                 $(259,920)   
              

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Statements of Assets & Liabilites
   May 31, 2011

 

    

Stone Harbor
Emerging Markets

Debt Fund

    Stone Harbor High
Yield Bond Fund
     Stone Harbor Local
Markets Fund
 

ASSETS:

       

Investments, at value(1)

   $ 755,113,737      $ 483,394,564       $ 592,062,103   

Cash

     3,090,867        11,212         15,037,018   

Foreign currency, at value (Cost $2,174, $-0 and $11,669, respectively)

     2,365                12,096   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     424,225                2,338,827   

Receivable for investments sold

     19,387,195        223,975         4,645,270   

Receivable for fund shares sold

     2,513,407        241,118         37,094,180   

Interest receivable

     12,746,559        9,900,883         14,745,417   

Dividends receivable

            14,362           

Prepaid and other assets

     14,846        22,146         20,109   

Total Assets

     793,293,201        493,808,260         665,955,020   

LIABILITIES:

       

Payable due to broker

     110,000                580,000   

Payable for investments purchased

     42,870,371        3,042,615         58,827,467   

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     13,482        2,014,698           

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     410,021        7,636         259,920   

Payable to advisor

     317,889        167,424         299,873   

Payable to administrator

     35,774        35,134         24,143   

Payable for trustee fees

     6,944        6,944         6,944   

Other payables

     181,051        108,552         163,524   

Total Liabilities

     43,945,532        5,383,003         60,161,871   

Net Assets

   $ 749,347,669      $ 488,425,257       $ 605,793,149   
                           

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

       

Paid-in capital

   $ 722,953,342      $ 448,348,087       $ 588,915,977   

Undistributed/(overdistributed) net investment income

     1,037,266        129,248         (27,562

Accumulated net realized gain/(loss) on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency

     399,120        11,434,428         (655,670

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency

     24,957,941        28,513,494         17,560,404   

Net Assets

   $ 749,347,669      $ 488,425,257       $ 605,793,149   
                           

PRICING OF SHARES:

       

Institutional Class

       

Net Assets

   $ 749,347,669      $ 488,425,257       $ 605,793,149   

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, par value of $0.001 per share authorized)

     66,925,355        48,832,904         54,032,190   

Net assets value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.20      $ 10.00       $ 11.21   
                           

(1) Cost of Investments

   $ 730,148,968      $ 454,873,367       $ 576,358,331   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Statements of Operations
   For the Year Ended May 31, 2011

 

 

     Stone Harbor
Emerging Markets
Debt Fund
     Stone Harbor High
Yield Bond Fund
     Stone Harbor Local
Markets Fund (1)
 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

        

Interest (net of foreign withholding tax of $3,999, $70 and $15,807, respectively)

   $ 26,677,398       $ 36,121,507       $ 11,223,347   

Dividends

             89,778           

Other income

     1,813         922,922           

Total Investment Income

     26,679,211         37,134,207         11,223,347   

EXPENSES:

        

Investment advisory fee

     2,365,512         2,229,441         1,373,164   

Administration fee

     275,912         344,743         123,137   

Custodian fees

     94,433         32,198         96,387   

Audit fees

     73,047         73,047         72,184   

Printing fees

     5,882         5,804         5,661   

Legal fees

     61,619         61,618         46,080   

Trustee fees

     24,153         24,153         25,397   

Transfer agent fees

     36,488         27,156         24,208   

Registration fees

     83,760         33,812         67,889   

Insurance fees

     16,388         39,035         3,597   

Other

     3,675         5,020         3,221   

Total expenses before waiver

     3,040,869         2,876,027         1,840,925   

Less fees waived by investment advisor

     (83,978)         (423,643)         (10,036)   

Total Net Expenses

     2,956,891         2,452,384         1,830,889   

Net Investment Income

     23,722,320         34,681,823         9,392,458   

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN/(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

        

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

        

Investments

     5,039,735         17,338,202         (189,093)   

Foreign currency transactions

     1,880,003         (24,381)         811,215   

Net realized gain

     6,919,738         17,313,821         622,122   

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:

        

Investments

     19,239,463         17,448,082         15,703,772   

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     17,417         (7,703)         1,856,632   

Net change

     19,256,880         17,440,379         17,560,404   

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments

     26,176,618         34,754,200         18,182,526   

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 49,898,938       $ 69,436,023       $ 27,574,984   
                            

 

(1)

For the period June 30, 2010 (Inception) to May 31, 2011.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Statements of Changes in Net Assets
   May 31, 2011

 

     Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund     Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund     Stone Harbor Local
Markets Fund
 
     

For the

Year Ended
May 31, 2011

   

For the

Year Ended

May 31, 2010

   

For the

Year Ended
May 31, 2011

   

For the

Year Ended
May 31, 2010

    For the Period
June 30, 2010
(Inception) to
May 31, 2011
 

OPERATIONS:

          

Net investment income

   $ 23,722,320      $ 7,972,731      $ 34,681,823      $ 28,652,485      $ 9,392,458   

Net realized gain on investments

     6,919,738        11,619,476        17,313,821        5,807,602        622,122   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency translations

     19,256,880        1,889,753        17,440,379        25,039,605        17,560,404   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     49,898,938        21,481,960        69,436,023        59,499,692        27,574,984   

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

  

Institutional Class

          

From net investment income

     (24,375,551     (8,618,487     (34,395,574 )       (28,484,852     (9,743,385

From net realized gains

     (9,643,963     (1,703,347     (6,870,389 )              (954,427

Net decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders

     (34,019,514     (10,321,834     (41,265,963 )       (28,484,852     (10,697,812

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

  

Institutional Class

          

Proceeds from sale of shares

     601,352,890        120,511,062        91,159,822        168,548,608        580,987,585   

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

     32,341,186        9,893,837        39,501,275        26,880,125        10,631,445   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (78,251,861     (55,291,995     (78,370,360 )       (41,688,947     (2,703,053

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

     555,442,215        75,112,904        52,290,737        153,739,786        588,915,977   

Net Increase in Net Assets

     571,321,639        86,273,030        80,460,797        184,754,626        605,793,149   

NET ASSETS:

          

Beginning of period

     178,026,030        91,753,000        407,964,460        223,209,834          

End of period

   $ 749,347,669      $ 178,026,030      $ 488,425,257      $ 407,964,460      $ 605,793,149   
                                          

Includes undistributed/(overdistributed) net investment income of:

   $ 1,037,266      $ 278,613      $ 129,248      $ (95,135   $ (27,562

OTHER INFORMATION:

  

Share Transactions:

          

Institutional Class

          

Beginning shares

     16,992,367        9,952,470        43,581,412        26,613,415          

Shares sold

     53,869,983        11,360,440        9,968,502        18,456,848        53,300,605   

Shares reinvested

     2,923,915        955,219        3,225,739        2,893,977        977,555   

Shares redeemed

     (6,860,910     (5,275,762     (7,942,749 )       (4,382,828     (245,970

Shares outstanding - end of period

     66,925,355        16,992,367        48,832,904        43,581,412        54,032,190   
                                          

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund    Financial Highlights
   For a share outstanding through the periods presented.

 

Institutional Class    For the
Year Ended
May 31, 2011
     For the
Year Ended
May 31, 2010
     For the
Year Ended
May 31, 2009
     For the Period
August 16, 2007
(Inception) to
May 31, 2008
 

Net asset value - beginning of period

   $ 10.48       $ 9.22       $ 10.34       $ 10.00   

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

           

Net investment income

     0.67 (1)         0.75         0.59         0.46   

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

     1.00         1.44         (1.18)         0.58   

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

     1.67         2.19         (0.59)         1.04   

Less distributions to common shareholders:

           

From net investment income

     (0.63)         (0.79)         (0.53)         (0.54)   

From net realized gains

     (0.32)         (0.14)                 (0.16)   

From tax return of capital

                             (0.00) (2)   

Total distributions

     (0.95)         (0.93)         (0.53)         (0.70)   

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Asset Value

     0.72         1.26         (1.12)         0.34   

Net asset value - end of period

   $ 11.20       $ 10.48       $ 9.22       $ 10.34   
                                     

Total Return(3)(4)

     16.30%         24.25%         (5.10)%         10.46%   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

           

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 749,348       $ 178,026       $ 91,753       $ 19,587   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets with fee waivers/reimbursements

     0.75%         0.75%         0.75%         0.75%(5)   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without fee waivers/reimbursements

     0.77%         0.91%         1.33%         2.27%(5)   

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets with fee waivers/reimbursements

     6.02%         6.80%         9.32%         5.91%(5)   

Portfolio turnover rate

     82%         125%         84%         143%   

 

(1) 

Calculated using average shares throughout the period.

(2) 

Less than $(0.005) per share.

(3) 

Total returns would have been lower had various fees and expenses not been waived and reimbursed during the period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions).

(4) 

Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

(5) 

Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund    Financial Highlights
  

For a share outstanding through the periods presented.

 

Institutional Class    For the
Year Ended
May 31, 2011
     For the
Year Ended
May 31, 2010
     For the
Year Ended
May 31, 2009
     For the Period
August 16, 2007
(Inception) to
May 31, 2008
 

Net asset value - beginning of period

   $ 9.36       $ 8.39       $ 9.92       $ 10.00   

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

           

Net investment income

     0.77 (1)         0.73         0.70         0.58   

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

     0.78         0.96         (1.53)         (0.08)   

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

     1.55         1.69         (0.83)         0.50   

Less distributions to common shareholders:

           

From net investment income

     (0.76)         (0.72)         (0.70)         (0.57)   

From net realized gains

     (0.15)                         (0.01)   

From tax return of capital

                             (0.00) (2)   

Total distributions

     (0.91)         (0.72)         (0.70)         (0.58)   

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Asset Value

     0.64         0.97         (1.53)         (0.08)   

Net asset value - end of period

   $ 10.00       $ 9.36       $ 8.39       $ 9.92   
                                     

Total Return(3)(4)

     17.14%         20.53%         (7.77)%         5.09%   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

           

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 488,425       $ 407,964       $ 223,210       $ 106,912   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets with fee waivers/reimbursements

     0.55%         0.55%         0.55%         0.55%(5)   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without fee waivers/reimbursements

     0.65%         0.67%         0.88%         1.21%(5)   

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets with fee waivers/reimbursements

     7.78%         8.13%         9.07%         7.81%(5)   

Portfolio turnover rate

     60%         36%         16%         11%   

 

(1) 

Calculated using average shares throughout the period.

(2) 

Less than $(0.005) per share.

(3) 

Total returns would have been lower had various fees and expenses not been waived and reimbursed during the period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions).

(4) 

Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

(5) 

Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund    Financial Highlights
   For a share outstanding through the period presented.

 

Institutional Class    For the Period
June 30, 2010
(Inception) to
May 31, 2011
 

Net asset value - beginning of period

   $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

  

Net investment income

     0.51 (1)   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.14   

Total income from investment operations

     1.65   

Less distributions to common shareholders:

  

From net investment income

     (0.39)   

From net realized gains

     (0.05)   

Total distributions

     (0.44)   

Net Increase in Net Asset Value

     1.21   

Net asset value - end of period

   $ 11.21   
          

Total Return(2)(3)

     16.82%   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

  

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 605,793   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets with fee waivers/reimbursements

     1.00%(4)   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without fee waivers/reimbursements

     1.01%(4)   

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets with fee waivers/reimbursements

     5.13%(4)   

Portfolio turnover rate

     102%   

 

(1) 

Calculated using average shares throughout the period.

(2) 

Total returns would have been lower had various fees and expenses not been waived and reimbursed during the period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions).

(3) 

Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

(4) 

Annualized.

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Notes to Financial Statements
   May 31, 2011

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Stone Harbor Investment Funds, which consists of Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund, Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund and Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) is a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), organized on February 20, 2007 and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. Each Fund is a non-diversified portfolio with an investment objective to maximize total return. Shares of each Fund are currently divided into two classes, designated Institutional Class Shares and Distributor Class Shares. As of the date of this report, the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund had not launched and there were no outstanding shares for the Distributor Class of each Fund. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to create additional funds and share classes.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

(a) Investment Valuation: Debt securities, including bank loans and linked notes, are generally valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices provided by independent pricing services or brokers that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are generally valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Publicly traded foreign

government debt securities are typically traded internationally in the over-the-counter market, and are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices as of the close of business of that market. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Funds calculate their net asset value, the Funds may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Money market mutual funds are valued at their net asset value.

A three tier hierarchy has been established to measure fair value based on the extent of use of “observable inputs” as compared to “unobservable inputs” for disclosure purposes and requires additional disclosures about these valuations measurements. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that the market participants would use in pricing a security. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the security developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the security developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

The three-tier hierarchy is summarized as follows:

Level 1 –

 

Quoted and Unadjusted Prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 –

 

Other Significant Observable Inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 –

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following is a summary of each Fund’s investments and financial instruments based on the three tier hierarchy as of May 31, 2011:

 

 

Investments in Securities at Value*    Level 1 - Quoted
and Unadjusted
Prices
    Level 2 - Other
Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Total  

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

        

Sovereign Debt Obligations

   $      $ 444,179,286      $ 17,818,730       $ 461,998,016    

Bank Loans

            2,415,883        3,197,000        5,612,883    

Convertible Corporate Bonds

            611,130               611,130    

Corporate Bonds

            179,891,028        4,257,737        184,148,765    

Credit Linked Notes

            46,874,063               46,874,063    

Participation Notes

            4,896,130               4,896,130    

Short Term Investments

     50,972,750                      50,972,750   

Total

   $ 50,972,750      $ 678,867,520      $ 25,273,467      $ 755,113,737   
                                  

Other Financial Instruments**

                                

Assets

        

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

   $      $ 424,225       $       $ 424,225    

Liabilities

        

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

            (410,021 )              (410,021 )  

Total

   $      $ 14,204      $      $ 14,204   
                                  

 

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   Notes to Financial Statements
   May 31, 2011

 

Investments in Securities at Value*   Level 1 - Quoted
and Unadjusted
Prices
    Level 2 - Other
Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Total  

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

       

Corporate Bonds

  $      $ 446,387,676       $ 2       $ 446,387,678   

Convertible Corporate Bonds

           9,146,336        342,923        9,489,259    

Bank Loans

           8,940,839               8,940,839    

Common Stocks

    2,300,825                      2,300,825    

Preferred Stocks

           1,603,753               1,603,753    

Rights and Warrants

    288,225                      288,225    

Short Term Investments

    14,383,985                      14,383,985   

Total

  $ 16,973,035      $ 466,078,604      $ 342,925      $ 483,394,564   
                                 

Other Financial Instruments**

                               

Liabilities

       

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ (7,636)      $      $ (7,636)   

Total

  $      $ (7,636)      $      $ (7,636)   
                                 
Investments in Securities at Value*   Level 1 - Quoted
and Unadjusted
Prices
    Level 2 - Other
Significant
Observable Inputs
   

Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable

Inputs

    Total  

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

       

Sovereign Debt Obligations

  $       $ 267,658,094       $ 13,281,491       $ 280,939,585    

Corporate Bonds

           50,127,238               50,127,238    

Credit Linked Notes

           132,646,029               132,646,029    

Short Term Investments

    128,349,251                      128,349,251   

Total

  $ 128,349,251      $ 450,431,361      $ 13,281,491      $ 592,062,103   
                                 

Other Financial Instruments**

                               

Assets

       

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $       $ 2,338,827       $       $ 2,338,827    

Liabilities

       

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

           (259,920)               (259,920)   

Total

  $      $ 2,078,907      $      $ 2,078,907   
                                 

 

*

For detailed Industry/Country descriptions, see accompanying Statement of Investments.

**

Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Statement of Investments.

There were no significant transfers into or out of Levels 1 and 2 during the period.

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

Investments in
Securities at Value
 

Balance

as of

May 31,
2010

    Accrued
Discount/
Premium
    Realized
Gain/(Loss)*
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)*
    Net Purchases/
Sales
    Transfers
in and/or
out of
Level 3
    Balance as
of May 31,
2011
   

Net Change in
Unrealized Appreciation/
(Depreciation) Included
in the Statement of
Operations Attributable
to Level 3 Investments
Still Held at

May 31, 2011

 

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

  

Sovereign Debt Obligations

  $ 414,800      $ (8,868   $ 96,677      $ 734,451      $ 12,965,816      $ 3,615,854      $ 17,818,730      $ 1,330,921   

Bank Loans

           219,386                      2,977,614               3,197,000          

Corporate Bonds

    812,778        (13,733     57,596        48,352        3,352,744               4,257,737        48,982   

Credit Linked Notes

    10,408,722        27,057        975,181        317,105        (9,011,823     (2,716,242              

Total

  $ 11,636,300      $ 223,842      $ 1,129,454      $ 1,099,908      $ 10,284,351      $ 899,612      $ 25,273,467      $ 1,379,903   
                                                                 

 

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Investments in
Securities at Value
 

Balance

as of
May 31, 2010

    Accrued
Discount/
Premium
    Realized
Gain/(Loss)*
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)*
    Net Purchases/
Sales
    Transfers
in and/or
out of
Level 3
    Balance as
of May 31,
2011
   

Net Change in
Unrealized Appreciation/
(Depreciation) Included
in the Statement of
Operations Attributable
to Level 3 Investments
Still Held at

May 31, 2011

 

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

  

Corporate Bonds

  $ 2,230,500      $ 487      $ 124,569      $ 97,315      $ (436,344   $ (2,016,525   $ 2      $ (28,140

Convertible Corporate Bonds

           (836            22,916        320,843               342,923        22,916   

Bank Loans

    399,936               14,384        (48,782     (42,305     (323,233              

 

 

Total

  $ 2,630,436      $ (349   $ 138,953      $ 71,449      $ (157,806   $ (2,339,758   $ 342,925      $ (5,224

 

 

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

  

Sovereign Debt Obligations

  $      $ (23,214   $      $ 291,975      $ 13,012,730      $      $ 13,281,491      $ 291,975   

 

 

Total

  $      $ (23,214   $      $ 291,975      $ 13,012,730      $      $ 13,281,491      $ 291,975   

 

 

 

*

Realized gain and change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are included in the related amounts on the investment in the Statement of Operations.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

(b) Security Transactions and Investment Income: Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practical after the Funds determine the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults on an expected interest payment, the Funds’ policy is to generally halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default.

(c) Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment valuations and other assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted each business day into U.S. dollars based upon current exchange rates. Prevailing foreign exchange rates may generally be obtained at the close of the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The portion of realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed and is included in realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments, when applicable.

(d) Foreign Securities: The Funds may directly purchase securities of foreign issuers. Investing in securities of foreign issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers. The risks include possible revaluation of currencies, the ability to repatriate funds, less complete financial information about companies and possible future adverse political and economic

developments. Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of securities of comparable U.S. issuers.

(e) Risk Exposure and the Use of Derivative Instruments: The Funds’ investment objectives not only permit the Funds to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Funds to enter in various types of derivatives contracts. In doing so, the Funds employ strategies in differing combinations to permit them to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market factors. Central to those strategies are features inherent to derivatives that may make them more attractive for this purpose than equity or debt securities; they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This may allow the Funds to pursue their objectives more quickly and efficiently than if they were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors.

Risk Factors. In pursuit of their investment objectives, the Funds may seek to use derivatives to increase or decrease their exposure to the following risk factors, among others:

Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.

 

 

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Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower grade, higher yield bonds are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower yield, higher quality bonds.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

The Funds’ use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in these risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Funds are using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Funds, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to it net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Funds’ performance.

Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Funds. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Funds are attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per their investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives.

Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Funds will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Funds. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type below in the notes that follow.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. The Funds may engage in currency transactions with counterparties to hedge the value of portfolio securities denominated in particular currencies against fluctuations in relative value, to gain or reduce exposure to certain currencies, or to generate income or gains. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is extinguished, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it was extinguished.

Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds bear the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

Credit Linked Notes: The Funds may invest in Credit Linked Notes to obtain economic exposure to high yield, emerging markets or other securities. Investments in a Credit Linked Note typically provide the holder with a return based on the return of an underlying reference instrument, such as an emerging market bond. Like an investment in a bond, investments in credit linked securities represent the right to receive periodic income payments (in the form of distributions) and payment of principal at the end of the term of the security. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying reference instrument, an investment in a Credit Linked Note is also subject to the risk that the counterparty will be unwilling or unable to meet its obligations under the note. Because Credit Linked Notes are derivatives, an investment in these instruments is generally subject to the risks associated with derivatives.

 

 

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The following is a summary of the fair valuations of derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure:

Fair values of derivative instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of May 31, 2011:

 

                      Foreign  Exchange Contracts  

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

  

Assets:

        

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 424,225               
          

Liabilities:

        

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ (410,021)               
          

 

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

  

Assets:

        

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ –               
          

Liabilities:

        

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ (7,636)               
          

 

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

  

Assets:

        

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 2,338,827               
          

Liabilities:

        

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ (259,920)               
          

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended May 31, 2011:

 

                      Foreign  Exchange Contracts  

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

  

Net Realized Loss on:

        

Foreign currency transactions

   $ (1,119,119)               
          

Change in Unrealized Appreciation on:

        

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

   $ 28,905               
          

 

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

  

Net Realized Loss on:

        

Foreign currency transactions

   $ (25,768)               
          

Change in Unrealized Depreciation on:

        

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

   $ (7,636)               
          

 

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

  

Net Realized Gain on:

        

Foreign currency transactions

   $ 351,378               
          

Change in Unrealized Appreciation on:

        

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

   $ 2,078,907               
          

 

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(f) Loan Participations and Assignments: The Funds may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Funds’ investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Funds generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set off against the borrower and the Funds may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which they have purchased the participation.

The Funds assume the credit risk of the borrower, the lender that is selling the participation and any other persons interpositioned between the Funds and the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Funds may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any set off between the lender and the borrower.

(g) Credit and Market Risk: The Funds invest in high yield and emerging market instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high yield and emerging market debt obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Funds’ investment in securities rated below investment grade typically involves risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Funds. The Funds’ investment in non-dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations. Investments in derivatives are also subject to credit and market risks.

(h) Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-date. Income distributions, if any are generally declared and paid on a quarterly basis. Capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid at least annually.

(i) Classifications of Distributions: Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from its ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to the timing of dividend distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or realized gain was recorded by a Fund.

The tax character of the distributions paid by the Funds during the years ended May 31, 2011, and May 31, 2010, was as follows:

 

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

  

   

For the Year

Ended
May 31, 2011

   

For the Year

Ended
May 31, 2010

 
 

 

 

 

Ordinary Income

  $ 30,268,192      $ 10,321,834   

Long-Term Capital Gain

    3,751,322          

Tax Return of Capital

             

Total

  $ 34,019,514      $ 10,321,834   
                 

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

  

   

For the Year

Ended

May 31, 2011

   

For the Year

Ended

May 31, 2010

 
 

 

 

 

Ordinary Income

  $ 37,432,474      $ 28,484,852   

Long-Term Capital Gain

    3,833,489          

Tax Return of Capital

             

Total

  $ 41,265,963      $ 28,484,852   
                 

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

  

          For the
Period
Ended

May 31, 2011
 

Ordinary Income

    $ 10,697,812   

Long-Term Capital Gain

        

Tax Return of Capital

              

Total

          $ 10,697,812   
                 

As of May 31, 2011, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

  

Undistributed Ordinary Income

   $ 1,827,502   

Accumulated Capital Gains/(Loss)

     899,020   

Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

     23,682,009   

Cumulative Effect of Other Timing Difference*

     (14,204

Total

   $ 26,394,327   
          

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

  

Undistributed Ordinary Income

   $ 2,353,392   

Accumulated Capital Gains/(Loss)

     9,217,158   

Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

     28,506,438   

Cumulative Effect of Other Timing Difference*

     182   

Total

   $ 40,077,170   
          

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

  

Undistributed Ordinary Income

   $ 1,530,108   

Accumulated Capital Gains/(Loss)

        

Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

     16,767,828   

Cumulative Effect of Other Timing Difference*

     (1,420,764

Total

   $ 16,877,172   
          

*Other temporary differences due to timing, consist primarily of mark-to-market on forward foreign currency contracts.

 

 

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   May 31, 2011

 

The tax components of distributable earnings are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from the composition of net assets reported under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Accordingly, for the period ended May 31, 2011, certain differences were reclassified. These differences were primarily due to the differing tax treatment of certain investments and the amounts reclassified did not affect net assets.

The reclassifications were as follows:

 

     

Stone Harbor

Emerging

Markets Debt

Fund

   

Stone Harbor

High Yield

Bond Fund

   

Stone Harbor

Local Markets

Fund

 

Paid-in Capital

   $      $ 550,704      $   

(Over)/

Undistributed

Income

   $ 1,411,884      $ (61,866   $ 323,365   

Accumulated

Net Realized

Losses

   $ (1,411,884   $ (488,838   $ (323,365

(j) Expenses: Direct expenses are charged to the Funds; general expenses of the Trust are allocated to the Funds based on each Fund’s relative net assets.

(k) Federal and Other Taxes: No provision for income taxes is included in the accompanying financial statements, as the Funds intend to distribute to shareholders all taxable investment income and realized gains and otherwise comply with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies.

The Funds evaluate tax positions taken (or expected to be taken) in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether these positions meet a “more-likely-than-not” standard that, based on the technical merits, have a more than fifty percent likelihood of being sustained by a taxing authority upon examination. A tax position that meets the “more-likely-than-not” recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements.

Management of the Funds analyzes all open tax years, as defined by the Statute of Limitations, for all major jurisdictions, including federal tax authorities and certain state tax authorities. As of and during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds’ federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for all tax years since inception are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), net capital losses recognized in tax years beginning after December 22, 2010 may be carried forward indefinitely, and the character of the losses is retained as short-term and/or long-term. Under the law in effect prior to the Act, net capital losses were carried forward for eight years and treated as short-term. As a

transition rule, the Act requires that post enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses.

2. APPLICATION OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures: Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements” (ASU No. 2010-06). ASU No. 2010-06 provides for disclosure of significant transfers in and out of the fair value hierarchy Levels 1 and 2, and the reasons for these transfers. In addition, ASU No. 2010-06 provides for separate disclosure about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the Level 3 hierarchy roll forward activity. ASU No. 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 31, 2009 except for the provisions relating to purchases, sales, issuances and settlements of Level 3 investments, which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund adopted the disclosure provisions of ASU 2010-06 for their fiscal year beginning June 1, 2010 and Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund adopted the disclosure provisions of ASU 2010-06 for the period beginning June 30, 2010 (Inception), and all Funds will adopt the Level 3 purchase, sales, issuances and settlement provisions for their fiscal year beginning June 1, 2011. To date, the adoption of ASU No. 2010-06 has not had an impact on the Funds’ financial position, the results of its operations, or disclosures.

3. ADVISORY FEES

 

Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP is the Trust’s investment adviser. Under the investment advisory agreement the Trust pays an investment advisory fee calculated daily and paid monthly of 0.60%, 0.50% and 0.75% of the average daily net assets for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund, and Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, respectively.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses with respect to each of the Funds so that the Net Annual Operating Expenses (exclusive of acquired Fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes and extraordinary expenses) of the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund Institutional Class, Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund Institutional Class and Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund Institutional Class will not exceed 0.75%, 0.55% and 1.00%, respectively. This undertaking is in effect through September 30, 2011 and is reevaluated on an annual basis.

The Adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class by class basis, expenses it has borne through the undertakings described above to the extent that a Fund’s expenses in later periods fall below the annual rates set forth in the relevant undertaking. A Fund will not be obligated to pay any such deferred fees and expenses more than three years after the end of the fiscal year in which the fee and expense was deferred. As of May 31, 2011, deferred fees and expenses that were eligible to be recovered amounted to $501,296, $1,259,770 and $10,036 for the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets

 

 

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Debt Fund, Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund and Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund, respectively.

4. INVESTMENTS

 

During the year ended May 31, 2011 the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:

 

   

Stone

Harbor

Emerging

Markets

Debt

Fund

   

Stone

Harbor

High

Yield

Bond

Fund

   

Stone

Harbor

Local

Markets

Fund

 

Purchases of investments

  $ 790,753,756      $ 302,869,195      $ 640,836,323   

Sales of investments

  $ 303,598,619      $ 256,029,652      $ 193,483,592   

At May 31, 2011 the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

  

Gross appreciation on investments (excess of value over tax cost)

   $ 27,198,213   

Gross depreciation on investments (excess of tax cost over value)

     (3,509,376

Net appreciation/(depreciation) on foreign currency and derivatives

     (6,828

Net unrealized appreciation

     23,682,009   
          

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

   $ 731,424,900   
          

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

  

Gross appreciation on investments (excess of value over tax cost)

   $ 34,214,423   

Gross depreciation on investments (excess of tax cost over value)

     (5,700,282

Net appreciation/(depreciation) on foreign currency and derivatives

     (7,703

Net unrealized appreciation

     28,506,438   
          

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

   $ 454,880,423   
          

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

  

Gross appreciation on investments (excess of value over tax cost)

   $ 16,630,515   

Gross depreciation on investments (excess of tax cost over value)

     (1,719,319

Net appreciation/(depreciation) on foreign currency and derivatives

     1,856,632   

Net unrealized appreciation

     16,767,828   
          

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

   $ 577,150,907   
          

The Funds elect to defer to the period ending May 31, 2012 the following losses recognized during the period November 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011:

 

      Capital      Currency  

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund

               

Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund

             9,401   

Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund

               

5. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

 

At May 31, 2011, the Trust had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share. The Funds have the ability to issue multiple classes of shares. Each share of a class represents an identical interest and has the same rights, except that each class bears certain direct expenses, including those specifically related to the distribution of its shares. Transactions in shares of the Institutional Class can be found on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

6. OTHER

 

Board of Trustees Compensation: No officer, trustee or employee of the Adviser or any of its affiliates receives any compensation from the Funds for serving as an officer or trustee of the Funds. The Trust pays each Trustee who is not an interested person, as defined by the 1940 Act, of the Adviser or any of its affiliates a fee of $24,000 per year. Interested Trustees of the Trust are not compensated by the Trust. All Trustees are reimbursed for reasonable travel and out-of pocket expenses incurred to attend such meetings.

 

 

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FUND PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

The SEC has adopted the requirement that all registered investment companies file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for their first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. For the Funds, this would be for the fiscal quarters ending August 31 and February 28. The Form N-Q filing must be made within 60 days of the end of the quarter. The Funds’ Forms N-Q will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov., or they may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room).

PROXY VOTING

 

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the period ending June 30, 2010 will be available without a charge, upon request, by contacting Stone Harbor Investment Funds at 1-866-699 8158 or on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

SHAREHOLDER TAX INFORMATION

 

Certain tax information regarding the Trust is required to be provided to shareholders based upon each Fund’s income and distributions for the year ended May 31, 2011.

 

   

Stone

Harbor

Emerging

Markets

Debt

Fund

   

Stone

Harbor

High

Yield

Bond

Fund

   

Stone

Harbor

Local

Markets

Fund

 

Dividends Received Deduction Percentage

    0.00     0.18     0.00

Qualified Dividend Income Percentage

    0.00     0.18     0.00

Pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Debt Fund and the Stone Harbor High Yield Bond Fund designate $3,751,322 and $3,833,489, respectively, as long term capital gain dividends.

 

 

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Approval of

Investment Advisory Agreements

   May 31, 2011

 

 

Each Fund’s investment advisory agreement (each an “Agreement” and, together, the “Agreements”) is subject to annual approval by (i) the vote of a majority of the entire Board of Trustees, or of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”)), of the applicable Fund, and (ii) the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Funds (the “Independent Trustees”). Each Agreement is terminable with respect to a Fund by the Adviser, a majority of the Trustees, or a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the applicable Fund, without penalty, by not less than 60 days’ prior written notice. Each Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined for purposes of the 1940 Act).

The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, meets over the course of the year with representatives of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP, each Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), including the Funds’ respective portfolio managers, and regularly reviews detailed information regarding the investment program and performance of each Fund. The Board of Trustees also receives periodic updates between meetings. The Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, met on April 20, 2011 to review the Agreements for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Fund, Stone Harbor High Yield Fund and Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund and to determine whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements for an additional one year period. The Agreement for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund was not required to be re approved at this time. The Trustees considered all information they deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms thereof. In connection with this meeting, the Trustees received materials to assist them with their review. These materials included, among other things, (i) information on each Fund’s investment performance and the performance of a group of similar mutual funds (some of which was prepared by a third party); (ii) information on each Fund’s advisory fees and other expenses, including information comparing each Fund’s expenses to the fees charged to institutional accounts managed by the Adviser and to a group of similar funds prepared by a third party and information about any applicable expense caps; and (iii) information about the profitability of each Agreement to the Adviser. In considering whether to approve the continuation of each Agreement, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. Matters considered by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with their approval of the Agreements included, but were not limited to, the following:

The nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements.

The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to the Funds. In this regard, the Trustees took into account the experience of each Fund’s portfolio management team and of the Adviser’s senior management, and the time and attention they devote to the Funds.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each Agreement, that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser supported the renewal of the Agreements.

Investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser.

The Trustees reviewed performance information for Stone Harbor Emerging Market Debt Fund and Stone Harbor High Yield Fund for the one year period ended February 28, 2011 and since each Fund’s inception and for Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund for the period ended February 28, 2011 since that Fund’s inception on July 1, 2010. The Trustees also reviewed more recent performance information provided at the meeting. The review included a comparison of each Fund’s performance to the performance of a group of comparable funds selected by a third party and each Fund’s respective benchmark. The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s performance and reputation generally and its investment techniques, risk management controls and decision making processes.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each Agreement, that these factors supported the renewal of the Agreements.

The costs of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds.

The Trustees considered the fees charged to each Fund for advisory services as well as the total expense level of each Fund. The Adviser furnished information to the Trustees compiled by a third party showing a comparison of each Fund’s advisory fees and total expense levels compared to a group of similar mutual funds selected by the third party. The Trustees considered that the Funds, because they were smaller than most of the funds to which they were being compared, could not take advantage of economies of scale (which can reduce fund expenses) to the same extent as those larger funds. The Trustees noted that each Fund is subject to expense caps, and each Fund’s advisory fee and net expense ratio (after application of the expense caps) is below the medians for comparable groups of mutual funds. The Adviser also provided information about the costs to it of providing services to the Funds and information about its profitability with respect to its management of the Funds, as well as information about the advisory fees it charges to institutional separate accounts with similar strategies and information about differences in such fees. In this regard, the Trustees noted that the effective management fee rate received by the Adviser (after application of expense caps and waivers) is lower for the Funds than it is for similarly managed institutional accounts. The Trustees also considered the demands and complexity of the investment management of the Funds as compared to the complexity of managing separate accounts.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each Agreement, that the advisory fees for each of the Funds were fair

 

 

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Approval of

Investment Advisory Agreements

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and reasonable, and that the costs of these services generally and the related profitability of the Adviser in respect of its relationship with the Funds supported the renewal of the Agreements.

Economies of Scale.

The Trustees considered to what extent economies of scale would likely be realized as the Funds grow and whether those economies would be shared with the Funds through breakpoints in their investment advisory fees or other means, such as expense caps. The Trustees noted that because the Funds are relatively new and relatively small in size, the Funds in the near term were not expected to generate any significant economies of scale. The Trustees also noted that the Adviser proposed to maintain the Funds’ fee waiver/expense reimbursement arrangement at current levels until September 30, 2012.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each Agreement, that the extent to which economies of scale would be shared with the Funds supported the approval of the Agreements.

The Trustees also considered other factors, which included but were not limited to the following:

 

   

Whether each Fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective and each Fund’s record of compliance with its investment restrictions, and the compliance programs of the Funds and the Adviser. They also considered the compliance related resources the Adviser provided to the Funds, including resources designed to ensure compliance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of each Fund.

 

   

So called “fallout benefits” to the Adviser, such as the benefits from offering its institutional clients the ability to invest in a registered investment company.

Based on their evaluation of all factors they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the existing investment advisory agreements for Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Fund, Stone Harbor High Yield Fund, and Stone Harbor Local Markets Fund should be continued through June 20, 2012.

 

 

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Stone Harbor Investment Funds    Trustees & Officers
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The business and affairs of each Fund are managed under the direction of its Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees approves all significant agreements between a Fund and the persons or companies that furnish services to the Fund, including agreements with its distributor, investment adviser, administrator, custodian and transfer agent. The day to day operations of the Fund are delegated to the Fund’s Adviser and administrator.

The name, age and principal occupations for the past five years of the Trustees and officers of the Funds are listed below, along with the number of portfolios in the Fund complex overseen by and the other directorships held by each Trustee. Except as otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP, 31 W. 52nd Street, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10019. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available without a charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-699-8158.

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

         
Name & Age    Position with the Trust    Term of Office and
Length of Time Served(1)
  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

   Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee(2)
  

Other Directorships by

Trustee

Alan Brott

Age: 68

  

Chairman

of Audit Committee; Trustee

  

Since

June 21, 2007

   Columbia University Graduate School of Business – Associate Professor, 2000-Present; Consultant, 1991-Present; Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, 1978-1991; Various Postions, Ernst & Young LLP, 1966-1978.    5    Bank of America – two closed end registered hedge funds. Governor Capital Management – one closed end registered hedge fund.
Heath B. McLendon Age: 78    Trustee   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Citigroup – Chairman of Equity Research Oversight Committee (retired December 31, 2006).    5    None
Patrick Sheehan Age: 63    Trustee   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Retired; formerly, Citigroup Asset Management – Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, 1991-2002.    5    None
INTERESTED TRUSTEE               
Name & Age    Position with the Trust    Term of Office and
Length of Time Served(1)
  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

   Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustee(2)
  

Other Directorships by

Trustee

Thomas W. Brock* Age: 64    Chairman; Trustee   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Stone harbor Investment Partners LP – Chief Executive Officer, 2006-Present; Columbia University Graduate School of Business – Associate Professor, 1998-2006.    5    Bank of America – two closed end registered hedge funds; Liberty All Star Funds – two closed end funds.

 

(1)

Trustees serve for an indefinite term, unless a trustee early retires, resigns or is removed from office.

(2)

For purposes of this table, the Stone Harbor Fund Complex includes each series of the Stone Harbor Investment Funds (the “Funds”) and the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund, which shares an investment adviser with the Funds.

*

Mr. Brock is an interested Trustee because of his position with Stone Harbor.

 

 

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OFFICERS          
Name & Age    Position with the Trust    Term of Office and
Length of Time Served(1)
       Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Other Directorships

by Trustee

Peter J. Wilby

Age: 52

   President   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Co portfolio manager of the Funds; since April 3, 2006, Chief Investment Officer of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; prior to April 3, 2006, Chief Investment Officer – North American Fixed Income; joined Citigroup or its predecessor firms in 1989.    N/A

Pablo Cisilino

Age: 43

   Executive Vice President   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Co portfolio manager of Emerging Markets Debt Fund; since July 1, 2006, Senior Portfolio Manager of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; from June 1, 2004 to July 1, 2006, Executive Director for Sales and Trading in Emerging Markets at Morgan Stanley Inc; prior to June 1, 2004, Vice President for local markets and FX sales and trading, Goldman Sachs; joined Goldman Sachs in 1994.    N/A
James E. Craige Age: 43    Executive Vice President   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Co portfolio manager of Emerging Markets Debt Fund; since April 3, 2006, Senior Portfolio Manager of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; prior to April 3, 2006, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc.; joined Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. in 1992.    N/A

Thomas K. Flanagan

Age: 58

   Executive Vice President   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Co portfolio manager of Emerging Markets Debt Fund; since April 3, 2006, Senior Portfolio Managerof Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; prior to April 3, 2006, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc.; joined Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. in 1991.    N/A

David Oliver

Age: 51

   Executive Vice President    Since September 29, 2008    Co portfolio manager of Emerging Markets Debt Fund; since June 1, 2008 Senior Portfolio Manager of Stone Harbor, from 1986 to June 1, 2008 Managing Director in Emerging Market sales and trading Citigroup.    N/A
Beth A. Semmel Age: 50    Executive Vice President   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Co portfolio manager of High Yield Bond Fund; since April 3, 2006, Senior Portfolio Manager of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; Prior to April 3, 2006, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Trader for all high yield securities portfolios at Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc.; joined Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. in 1993.    N/A

 

(1)

Officers are typically elected every year, unless an officer early retires, resigns or is removed from office.

 

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OFFICERS (continued)

Name & Age

  

Position with the Trust

  

Term of Office and
Length of Time  Served(1)

       Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Other Directorships
by Trustee

Jeffrey S. Scott

Age: 51

   Chief Compliance Officer   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Since April 3, 2006, Chief Compliance Officer of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; from October 2006 to March 2007, Director of Compliance, New York Life Investment Management LLC; from July 1998 to September 2006, Chief Compliance Officer, Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc.    N/A

James J. Dooley

Age: 55

   Treasurer   

Since

June 21, 2007

   Since April 3, 2006, Head of Operations, Technology and Finance of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; from August 2004 to March 2006, Senior Operations Manager of Institutional Asset Management, Citigroup Asset Management; from October 2002 to August 2004, Managing Director, Global Operations & Application Development, AIG Global Investment Group; from May 2001 to September 2002, President and Chief Operating Officer, Financial Technologies International.    N/A

Adam J. Shapiro

Age: 47

  

Secretary;

Anti Money Laundering Officer

  

Since

June 21, 2007

   Since April 3, 2006, General Counsel of Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP; from April 2004 to March 2006, General Counsel, North American Fixed Income, Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc.; from August 1999 to March 2004, Director of Product and Business Development, Citigroup Asset Management.    N/A

Patrick D. Buchanan

Age: 39

   Assistant Treasurer   

Since

April 23, 2008

   Since October 15, 2007, Senior Fund Controller for ALPS Fund Services, Inc.; from February 2005 to October 2007, Director of Accounting for Madison Capital Management LLC; from August 2003 to February, 2005, Manager of Fund Accounting for Janus Capital Group    N/A

 

(1)

Officers are typically elected every year, unless an officer early retires, resigns or is removed from office.

 

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LOGO

 

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

Alan Brott, Trustee

Heath B. McLendon, Trustee

Patrick Sheehan, Trustee

Thomas W. Brock, Chairman

Peter J. Wilby, President

Pablo Cisilino, Exec. Vice President

James E. Craige, Exec. Vice President

Thomas K. Flanagan, Exec. Vice President

David Oliver, Exec. Vice President

Beth A. Semmel, Exec. Vice President

Jeffrey S. Scott, Chief Compliance Officer

Adam Shapiro, Secretary/Anti-Money Laundering Officer

James J. Dooley, Treasurer

Patrick Buchanan, Assistant Treasurer

INVESTMENT ADVISER

Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP

31 W. 52nd Street 16th Floor

New York, New York 10019

ADMINISTRATOR & FUND ACCOUNTANT

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, Colorado 80203

DISTRIBUTOR

ALPS Distributors, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, Colorado 80203

TRANSFER AGENT

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, Colorado 80203

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street New York,

New York 10286

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Deloitte & Touche LLP

555 17th Street, Suite 3600

Denver, Colorado 80202

This report and its financial statements are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Funds. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Funds unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

  (a)

The Registrant, as of the end of the period covered by this report, has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or any persons performing similar functions on behalf of the Registrant.

 

  (b)

Not applicable.

 

  (c)

During the period covered by this report, no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above were made.

 

  (d)

During the period covered by this report, no implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above were granted.

 

  (e)

Not applicable.

 

  (f)

The Registrant’s Code of Ethics is attached as an Exhibit hereto.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Board of Trustees of the Registrant has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee. The Board of Trustees has designated Alan J. Brott as the Registrant’s “Audit Committee Financial Expert.” Mr. Brott is “independent” as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

  (a)

Audit Fees: For the Registrant’s fiscal years ended May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2011, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements were $125,000 and $187,500 respectively.

 

  (b)

Audit-Related Fees: For the Registrant’s fiscal years ended May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2011, there were no fees billed for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and were not reported in paragraph (a) of this Item 4.


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  (c)

Tax Fees: For the Registrant’s fiscal years ended May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2011, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning were $9,860 and $13,515, respectively. The fiscal year 2010 and 2011 tax fees were for services pertaining to federal and state income tax return review, review of year-end dividend distributions and excise tax preparation.

 

  (d)

All Other Fees: For the Registrant’s fiscal years ended May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2011, aggregate fees billed to the Registrant by the principal accountant for services provided by the principal accountant other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item 4 were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

  (e)(1)

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures: All services to be performed by the Registrant’s principal accountant must be pre-approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee.

 

  (e)(2)

No services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item 4 were approved by the Registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

  (f)

Not applicable.

 

  (g)

Not applicable.

 

  (h)

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

  (a)

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

  (b)

Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.


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Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to Registrant.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees, where those changes were implemented after the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2) of Regulation S-K, or this Item.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

  (b)

There was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

   (a)(1)

Registrant’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, which is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 of Form N-CSR, was filed as Exhibit 12(a)(1) to the Registrant’s Certified Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, File No. 811-22037, on August 7, 2009.

 

   (a)(2)

The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.Cert.

 

   (a)(3)

Not applicable.

 

  (b)

The certifications by the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906Cert.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Stone Harbor Investment Funds

By:

 

/s/ Peter J. Wilby

 

Peter J. Wilby

 

President/Principal Executive

 

Officer

Date:

 

August 5, 2011

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:

 

/s/ Peter J. Wilby

 

Peter J. Wilby

 

President/Principal Executive

 

Officer

Date:

 

August 5, 2011

By:

 

/s/ James J. Dooley

 

James J. Dooley

 

Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer/

 

Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

August 5, 2011