N-CSRS 1 d320384dncsrs.htm OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

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 811-22400

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Cynthia Lo Bessette

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 768-3200

Date of fiscal year end:  May 31

Date of reporting period:  11/30/2016


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Class A Shares

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 11/30/16

 

     Class A Shares of the Fund    
       Without Sales Charge           With Sales Charge       J.P. Morgan  
Government Bond  
Index - Emerging  
Markets Global  
Diversified  

6-Month

   0.88%   -3.91%   0.22%

1-Year

   7.14      2.05     5.52   

5-Year

   -0.73       -1.69       -1.94    

Since Inception (6/30/10)

   0.41      -0.35       0.18   

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund returns include changes in share price, reinvested distributions, and a 4.75% maximum applicable sales charge except where “without sales charge” is indicated. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit oppenheimerfunds.com or call 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677). See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund’s Class A shares (without sales charge) produced a return of 0.88% during the reporting period. On a relative basis, the Fund outperformed the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets Global Diversified (the “Index”), which returned 0.22%.

MARKET OVERVIEW

It was a volatile reporting period for fixed-income markets. Central Bank policy was a major focus throughout the reporting period, with statements and actions from the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”), Bank of Japan (“BoJ”), European Central Bank (“ECB”), and more, fueling movements in capital markets and government bond yields.

One of the most significant events during the period was the United Kingdom’s (“UK”) vote to leave the European Union (“EU”), a move commonly referred to as “Brexit”. Although the UK still has not initiated the formal process to leave the EU, the vote initially raised the level of uncertainty in global markets. Within days of the result, there were sharp moves across all markets. Perhaps the most significant movers were government bonds, where yields fell sharply, despite already being well below historical levels. Emerging market sovereign credit spreads and local rates rallied strongly with individual idiosyncratic issues having little contagion.

The Turkish coup in mid-July generated significant volatility in both rates and currency in that country. Currency rebounded strongly

in August, only to begin to sharply sell off once again by the end of the third quarter of 2016.

The inauguration of a new president in Peru generated optimism amongst investors. He is seen as reform-minded toward development, and is believed likely to create pro-growth institutions and capital markets. In Brazil, the president was ousted after her post-impeachment trial, which was widely expected but put an end at least temporarily to political angst in Brazil. The Brazilian real gained nearly 2% in the third quarter of 2016, while long-term interest rates came down.

The continued political upheaval over the potential arrest of South Africa’s Finance Minister generated volatility in markets there, however the currency rallied over 9% during the third quarter of 2016.

Chinese growth slowed within expectations. The Chinese government introduced new macro prudential lending rules to attempt to reign in surging housing prices. Industrial production looked to have leveled off during

 

 

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the quarter, while retail sales in China continued to grow at over 10% year-over-year.

To close the reporting period, emerging market debt experienced declines in November, driven by weak currency and rate performance on the back of the U.S. election, with Donald Trump being elected President.

FUND REVIEW

During the reporting period, the Fund’s outperformance was driven largely by Brazil and Russia. The Fund maintained an overweight position in Brazil versus the Index. The Fund’s exposure to both Brazilian credit and rates (government bonds) contributed positively to performance this reporting period. In Russia, the Fund’s foreign exchange (“FX”) positioning was additive to performance. The Fund’s underweight position in Turkey versus the Index also benefited relative performance. In that country, President Recep Erdogan put down an attempted military coup in July, resulting in significant volatility.

Detractors from performance during the reporting period included South Africa and Indonesia. Our underweight exposure to the South African rand detracted from performance. As mentioned earlier, the currency rallied during the reporting period. The Fund’s underperformance in Indonesian rates was the primary detractor from performance in that country, followed by FX.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

From a macroeconomic perspective, we have reassessed the medium-term outlook for emerging market assets in light of the Trump election. Given the multitude of uncertainties, most markets re-priced quickly. Emerging market currency was the most exposed asset class to a Trump win and we saw a swift correction anywhere from 1% to 10%. As more details surface regarding what we can expect in terms of fiscal and trade policies, we will analyze the impact. As could be expected, those countries with high current account deficits, low saving rates, high dollar debt and high trade with the U.S. adjusted the most, while countries with relatively closed economies, high saving rates and U.S. trade surpluses may be in a better position over the medium to long term. It is important to keep in mind that not all is negative. After all, U.S. policy action could potentially be good for commodities and might benefit many commodity-exporting countries. Many countries in Latin America appear to be close to the start of an easing cycle having tamed inflation, while we continue to expect further rate cuts in some Asian countries. Overall, we believe emerging market economies are in much better shape to withstand this current environment than even in 2008, supported by deeper financial markets, better policy frameworks with higher reserves and credit ratings, and a much larger share of the world’s GDP. We believe that this new environment in essence shifts the burden

 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

 

 

TOP TEN GEOGRAPHICAL HOLDINGS

 

  

Brazil      26.1%     
Russia      12.4         
Indonesia      10.8         
South Africa      9.9         
Mexico      9.8         
Colombia      5.5         
Peru      5.5         
Poland      3.8         
Turkey      3.4         
Argentina      3.2         

Portfolio holdings and allocation are subject to change. Percentages are as of November 30, 2016, and are based on total market value of investments.

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

Foreign Government Obligations        72.8%       
Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes      24.2          
Short-Term Notes      2.1          
Investment Company         

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund

     0.9          

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of November 30, 2016, and are based on the total market value of investments.

CREDIT RATING BREAKDOWN

 

    
 
 

 

NRSRO
ONLY
TOTAL

 

  
  
  

 

AAA      2.1%   
AA      0.8      
A      15.2      
BBB      41.7      
BB      30.9      
B      2.8      
Unrated      6.5      
Total      100.0%   

The percentages above are based on the market value of the Fund’s securities as of November 30, 2016, and are subject to change. Except for securities labeled “Unrated,” and except for certain securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign, all securities have been rated by at least one Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”), such as Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”). For securities rated only by an NRSRO other than S&P, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) converts that rating to the equivalent S&P rating. If two or more NRSROs have assigned a rating to a security, the highest S&P equivalent rating is used. Unrated securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign are assigned a credit rating equal to the highest NRSRO rating assigned to that foreign sovereign. For securities not rated by an NRSRO, the Sub-Adviser uses its own credit analysis to assign ratings in categories similar to those of S&P. The use of similar categories is not an indication that the Sub-Adviser’s credit analysis process is consistent or comparable with any NRSRO’s process were that NRSRO to rate the same security. Fund assets invested in Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund are assigned that fund’s S&P rating, which is currently AAA. For the purposes of this table, “investment-grade” securities are securities rated within the NRSROs’ four highest rating categories (AAA, AA, A and BBB). Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality, and may or may not be the equivalent of investment-grade. Please consult the Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for further information.

 

 

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Share Class Performance

AVERAGE TOTAL RETURNS WITHOUT SALES CHARGE AS OF 11/30/16

 

   

Inception

        Date

  6-Month            1-Year          5-Year         

Since    

Inception    

Class A (OEMAX)

  6/30/10   0.88%   7.14%   -0.73%   0.41%

Class C (OEMCX)

  6/30/10   0.65      6.50      -1.46      -0.32   

Class I (OEMIX)

  9/28/12   1.23      7.73      N/A   -3.24   

Class R (OEMNX)

  6/30/10   0.75      6.88      -0.99      0.16   

Class Y (OEMYX)

  6/30/10   1.18      7.62      -0.40      0.73   

AVERAGE TOTAL RETURNS WITH SALES CHARGE AS OF 11/30/16

 

   

Inception

        Date

  6-Month            1-Year          5-Year         

Since    

Inception    

Class A (OEMAX)

  6/30/10   -3.91%   2.05%   -1.69%   -0.35%

Class C (OEMCX)

  6/30/10   -0.31      5.53      -1.46      -0.32   

Class I (OEMIX)

  9/28/12   1.23      7.73      N/A   -3.24   

Class R (OEMNX)

  6/30/10   0.75      6.88      -0.99      0.16   

Class Y (OEMYX)

  6/30/10   1.18      7.62      -0.40      0.73   

STANDARDIZED YIELDS

 

For the 30 Days Ended 11/30/16

 

 

Class A

  5.37%

 

Class C

  4.89   

 

Class I

  6.09   

 

Class R

  5.42   

 

Class Y

  6.03   

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit oppenheimerfunds.com or call 1.800. CALL OPP (225.5677). Fund returns include changes in share price, reinvested distributions, and the applicable sales charge: for Class A shares, the current maximum initial sales charge of 4.75% and for Class C shares, the contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1% for the 1-year period. There is no sales charge for Class I, Class R and Class Y shares. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

Standardized yield is based on net investment income for the 30-day period ended 11/30/16 and the maximum offering price at the end of the period for Class A shares and the net asset value for Class C, Class R, Class I and Class Y shares. Each result is compounded semiannually and then annualized. Falling share prices will tend to artificially raise yields.

 

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The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index - Emerging Markets Global Diversified, a comprehensive, global local Emerging Markets Index, and consists of regularly traded, liquid fixed-rate, domestic currency government bonds to which international investors can gain exposure. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com, or calling 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677). Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and/or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended November 30, 2016.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended November 30, 2016” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class 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 the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold 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 any transactional costs, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges (loads). Therefore, the “hypothetical” section 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.

 

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Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value

June 1, 2016

          

Ending

Account

Value
November 30, 2016

          

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
November 30, 2016

       

Class A

    $   1,000.00             $   1,008.80                   $ 6.31                

 

Class C

     1,000.00              1,006.50                    10.11                

 

Class I

     1,000.00              1,012.30                    4.30                

 

Class R

     1,000.00              1,007.50                    7.58                

 

Class Y

     1,000.00              1,011.80                    4.80                

Hypothetical

                 

(5% return before expenses)

 

Class A

     1,000.00              1,018.80                    6.35                

 

Class C

     1,000.00              1,015.04                    10.15                

 

Class I

     1,000.00              1,020.81                    4.32                

 

Class R

     1,000.00              1,017.55                    7.61                

 

Class Y

     1,000.00              1,020.31                    4.82                

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended November 30, 2016 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios          

Class A

     1.25%         

Class C

     2.00           

Class I

     0.85           

Class R

     1.50           

Class Y

     0.95           

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS November 30, 2016 Unaudited

 

            Principal Amount      Value    

 

 

Foreign Government Obligations—71.3%

        

 

 
Argentina—1.3%                     
Argentine Republic Sr. Unsec. Nts., 16%, 10/17/23      ARS         4,545,660       $         277,937     

 

 
Argentine Republic Unsec. Nts., 2.50%, 7/22/211      ARS         8,400,000         593,533     
        

 

 

 
           871,470     

 

 

Brazil—21.6%

        
Federative Republic of Brazil Nota Do Tesouro Nacional Unsec. Nts.:         
9.762%, 1/1/19      BRL         16,459,000         4,935,194     
9.762%, 1/1/21      BRL         24,470,000         6,861,528     
9.762%, 1/1/23      BRL         6,200,000         1,697,085     
12.90%, 8/15/22      BRL         1,130,000         994,270     
        

 

 

 
          

 

14,488,077  

 

  

 

 

 

Chile—0.8%

        

Republic of Chile Sr. Unsec. Bonds, 5.50%, 8/5/20

 

    

 

CLP

 

  

 

    

 

330,000,000

 

  

 

    

 

510,991  

 

  

 

 

 
Colombia—4.6%         
Republic of Colombia Sr. Unsec. Bonds:         
Series B, 7.00%, 5/4/22      COP         1,880,000,000         619,018     
Series B, 7.50%, 8/26/26      COP         2,510,000,000         832,245     
Series B, 7.75%, 9/18/30      COP         900,000,000         299,212     
Series B, 10.00%, 7/24/24      COP         2,221,000,000         844,485     

 

 
Republic of Colombia Sr. Unsec. Nts., Series B, 7%, 9/11/19      COP         1,500,000,000         494,443     
        

 

 

 
          

 

3,089,403  

 

  

 

 

 

Hungary—2.0%

        
Hungary Unsec. Bonds:         
Series 20/A, 7.50%, 11/12/20      HUF                 110,000,000         455,951     
Series 25/B, 5.50%, 6/24/25      HUF         233,000,000         923,590     
        

 

 

 
          

 

1,379,541  

 

  

 

 

 

Indonesia—10.3%

        
Republic of Indonesia Treasury Bonds:         
Series FR59, 7.00%, 5/15/27      IDR         22,000,000,000         1,510,755     
Series FR61, 7.00%, 5/15/22      IDR         28,800,000,000         2,019,589     
Series FR72, 8.25%, 5/15/36      IDR         27,230,000,000         2,023,133   
Series FR73, 8.75%, 5/15/31      IDR         17,580,000,000         1,354,578   
        

 

 

 
          

 

6,908,055

 

  

 

 

 

Mexico—3.5%

        
United Mexican States Sr. Unsec. Bonds:         
Series M, 8.00%, 12/7/23      MXN         3,580,000         182,225     
Series M20, 8.50%, 5/31/29      MXN         16,030,000         844,508     
Series M20, 10.00%, 12/5/24      MXN         18,800,000         1,068,756     
Series M30, 8.50%, 11/18/38      MXN         5,540,000         293,750     
        

 

 

 
          

 

2,389,239  

 

  

 

 

 

Peru—4.7%

        

Republic of Peru Sr. Unsec. Bonds:

        

6.35%, 8/12/282

     PEN         5,505,000         1,599,010     

6.95%, 8/12/312

     PEN         710,000         214,708     

7.84%, 8/12/202

     PEN         2,050,000         651,095     

 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

            Principal Amount      Value    

 

 

Peru (Continued)

        

Republic of Peru Sr. Unsec. Bonds: (Continued)

        

8.20%, 8/12/262

     PEN                 2,125,000       $             709,667     
        

 

 

 
           3,174,480     

 

 

Poland—3.7%

        

Republic of Poland Unsec. Bonds, Series 0726, 2.50%,

        

7/25/26

     PLN         5,060,000         1,091,959     

 

 

Republic of Poland Unsec. Nts., Series 0721, 1.75%, 7/25/21

     PLN         6,150,000         1,391,690     
        

 

 

 
           2,483,649     

 

 

Romania—1.3%

        

Romania Unsec. Bonds, 5.95%, 6/11/21

     RON         1,370,000         370,690     

 

 

Romania Unsec. Nts., 5.90%, 7/26/17

     RON         2,000,000         487,429     
        

 

 

 
           858,119     

 

 

Russia—8.1%

        

Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending OJSC Via AHML

        

Finance Ltd. Unsec. Nts., 7.75%, 2/13/182

     RUB         6,700,000         101,767     

 

 

Russian Federation Unsec. Bonds, Series 6212, 7.05%, 1/19/28

     RUB         17,000,000         234,951     

 

 

Russian Federation Unsec. Nts.:

        

Series 6210, 6.80%, 12/11/19

     RUB         122,600,000         1,821,879     

Series 6216, 6.70%, 5/15/19

     RUB         219,100,000         3,288,636     
        

 

 

 
           5,447,233     

 

 

South Africa—8.2%

        

Republic of South Africa Sr. Unsec. Bonds, Series R208, 6.75%, 3/31/21

     ZAR         30,250,000         2,016,022     

 

 

Republic of South Africa Unsec. Bonds:

        

Series 2023, 7.75%, 2/28/23

     ZAR         4,400,000         297,428     

Series 2030, 8.00%, 1/31/30

     ZAR         15,000,000         951,031     

Series 2037, 8.50%, 1/31/37

     ZAR         15,600,000         985,604     

Series R186, 10.50%, 12/21/26

     ZAR         16,000,000         1,243,371     
        

 

 

 
           5,493,456     

 

 

Turkey—1.2%

        

Republic of Turkey Unsec. Nts.:

        

10.60%, 2/11/26

     TRY         1,320,000         377,371     

10.70%, 2/17/21

     TRY         1,380,000         405,065     
        

 

 

 
           782,436     
        

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations (Cost $53,017,485)

           47,876,149     
        

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes—23.7%

        

 

 

Consumer Discretionary—1.2%

        

 

 

Media—1.2%

        

 

 

Altice Finco SA, 8.125% Sec. Nts., 1/15/242

      $ 295,000         304,588     

 

 

Columbus Cable Barbados Ltd., 7.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/30/212

        440,000         469,700     
        

 

 

 
           774,288     

 

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          Principal Amount          Value   

 

 

Consumer Staples—2.3%

        

 

 

Beverages—2.0%

        

 

 

AmBev International Finance Co. Ltd., 9.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/24/17

   BRL    $ 4,500,000       $ 1,360,491     

 

 

Food Products—0.3%

        

 

 

Minerva Luxembourg SA, 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/20/262

        230,000         216,200     

 

 

Energy—5.0%

        

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—5.0%

        

 

 

Cia General de Combustibles SA, 9.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/7/212

        370,000         374,163     

 

 

Gazprom Neft OAO Via GPN Capital SA, 6% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/27/232

        545,000         572,348     

 

 

Petrobras Global Finance BV:

        

8.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/23/21

        320,000         344,000     

8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/23/26

        250,000         268,875     

 

 

Petroleos Mexicanos:

        

7.19% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/12/24

   MXN      16,000,000         660,464     

7.19% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/12/242

   MXN      8,000,000         330,232     

7.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/24/21

   MXN                      16,000,000         718,372     

 

 

Zhaikmunai LLP, 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/14/192

        100,000         92,500     
        

 

 

 
                   3,360,954     

 

 

Financials—4.3%

        

 

 

Capital Markets—0.2%

        

 

 

Red de Carreteras de Occidente SAPIB de CV, 9% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/10/282

   MXN      2,300,000         104,256     

 

 

Commercial Banks—3.7%

        

 

 

Akbank TAS, 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/5/182

   TRY      3,595,000         995,550     

 

 

Banco Hipotecario SA, 9.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/30/202

        215,000         231,663     

 

 

Corp Group Banking SA, 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/232

        400,000         377,628     

 

 

Sberbank of Russia Via SB Capital SA, 5.50% Sub. Nts., 2/26/242,3

        450,000         447,131     

 

 

Turkiye Is Bankasi, 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/21/222

        350,000         330,830     

 

 

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO, 6.875% Sub. Nts., 2/3/252,3

        120,000         113,465     
        

 

 

 
           2,496,267     

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development—0.4%

        

 

 

O1 Properties Finance plc, 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/27/212

        305,000         291,674     

 

 

Industrials—1.2%

        

 

 

Building Products—0.7%

        

 

 

Elementia SAB de CV, 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/252

        470,000         438,275     

 

 

Construction & Engineering—0.5%

        

 

 

Ihs Netherlands Holdco BV, 9.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/27/212

        350,000         353,948     

 

 

Materials—3.2%

        

 

 

Construction Materials—0.6%

        

 

 

Union Andina de Cementos SAA, 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/30/212

        410,000         417,585     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

            Principal Amount      Value    

 

 

Metals & Mining—2.2%

        

 

 

ABJA Investment Co. Pte Ltd., 5.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/31/24

      $             225,000       $ 220,338     

 

 

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc, 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/22

        200,000         197,938     

 

 

Metalloinvest Finance DAC, 5.625% Unsec. Nts., 4/17/202

        180,000         187,159     

 

 

Nord Gold SE, 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/7/182

        245,000         254,357     

 

 

Polyus Gold International Ltd., 4.699% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/28/222

        390,000         383,662     

 

 

Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/10/26

        230,000         240,063     
        

 

 

 
           1,483,517     

 

 

Paper & Forest Products—0.4%

        

 

 

Suzano Austria GmbH, 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/14/262

        265,000         254,731     

 

 

Telecommunication Services—4.5%

        

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services—4.5%

        

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV:

        

6.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/5/22

     MXN                 16,000,000         723,173     

7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/9/24

     MXN         24,000,000         1,088,491     

 

 

Digicel Group Ltd., 7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/222

        260,000         193,700     

 

 

Millicom International Cellular SA, 6% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/252

        490,000         478,975     

 

 

VimpelCom Holdings BV, 9% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/13/182

     RUB         35,500,000         546,686     
        

 

 

 
           3,031,025     

 

 

Utilities—2.0%

        

 

 

Electric Utilities—1.3%

        

 

 

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, 8.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/212

     COP         214,000,000         68,745     

 

 

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., 10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/25/23

     ZAR         11,000,000         796,843     
        

 

 

 
           865,588     

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers—0.7%

        

 

 

AES Andres BV/Dominican Power Partners/Empresa

        

Generadora de Electricidad It, 7.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/11/262

        300,000         309,810     

 

 

Listrindo Capital BV, 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/14/262

        175,000         170,495     
        

 

 

 
           480,305     
        

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $18,007,039)

           15,929,104     
        

 

 

Short-Term Notes—2.0%

        

 

 

Letras del Banco Central de la Republica Argentina, 29.109%, 1/18/174

     ARS         10,000,000         610,052     

 

 

United States Treasury Bills, 0.401%, 3/16/174,5

        750,000         748,926     
        

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $1,427,570)

           1,358,978     
        
        Shares      

 

 

Investment Company—0.9%

        

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.29%6,7

        

(Cost $587,479)

        587,479         587,479     

 

 

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $73,039,573)

        97.9%          65,751,710     

 

 

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

        2.1             1,442,618     
     

 

 

 

Net Assets

        100.0%       $         67,194,328     
     

 

 

 

 

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Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Denotes an inflation-indexed security: coupon or principal are indexed to a consumer price index.

2. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $12,586,303 or 18.73% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

3. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.

4. Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the original acquisition date.

5. All or a portion of the security position is held in segregated accounts and pledged to cover margin requirements under certain derivative contracts. The aggregate market value of such securities is $748,926. See Note 6 of the accompanying Notes.

6. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

7. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

     Shares
May 31,
2016
     Gross
Additions
     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
November 30,
2016
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. Ea      955,161         33,324,640         33,692,322         587,479   
           
                   Value      Income  

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. Ea          $              587,479       $             2,777     

a. Prior to September 28, 2016, this fund was named Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund.

Distribution of investments representing geographic holdings, as a percentage of total investments at value, is as follows:

Geographic Holdings    Value          Percent            

 

 
Brazil    $             17,172,437             26.1%            
Russia      8,130,251             12.4               
Indonesia      7,078,550             10.8               
South Africa      6,488,236             9.9               
Mexico      6,452,502             9.8               
Colombia      3,637,123             5.5               
Peru      3,592,065             5.5               
Poland      2,483,650             3.8               
Turkey      2,222,281             3.4               
Argentina      2,087,347             3.2               
Hungary      1,379,541             2.1               
United States      1,336,405             2.0               
Chile      888,619             1.3               
Romania      858,119             1.3               
Barbados      469,700             0.7               
Nigeria      353,948             0.5               
Dominican Republic      309,810             0.5               
Israel      304,588             0.5               
India      220,338             0.3               
Jamaica      193,700             0.3               

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

Geographic Holdings (Continued)    Value      Percent  

 

 

Kazakhstan

   $ 92,500         0.1%           
  

 

 

 

Total

   $             65,751,710                 100.0%           
  

 

 

 

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts as of November 30, 2016

Counter

-party

  

Settlement

Month(s)

         

Currency

Purchased
(000’s)

         

Currency Sold

(000’s)

     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
BAC      12/2016      INR      24,400      USD      356       $ 401         $ —     
BAC      12/2016      MYR      4,635      USD      1,184         —           147,013     
BAC      01/2017      USD      427      BRL      1,470         —           3,004     
BAC      12/2016      USD      355      INR      24,400         —           1,561     
BAC      12/2016      USD      1,010      MYR      4,080         96,484           —     
BOA      12/2016      INR      257,350      USD      3,838         —           78,730     
BOA      12/2016      MYR      5,470      USD      1,341         —           116,213     
BOA      12/2016      THB      170,000      USD      4,786         7,699           29,324     
BOA      12/2016      USD      520      HUF      143,040         34,783           —     
BOA      12/2016      USD      1,579      IDR      20,979,000         34,840           —     
BOA      12/2016      USD      3,756      INR      257,350         —           4,227     
BOA      12/2016      USD      1,530      MYR      6,175         148,054           —     
CITNA-B      12/2016      INR      18,000      USD      263         296           —     
CITNA-B      01/2017      RON      2,660      USD      629         —           2,705     
CITNA-B      02/2017      USD      494      BRL      1,710         —           2,447     
CITNA-B      01/2017      USD      434      CLP      283,000         16,797         —     
CITNA-B      02/2017      USD      261      IDR      3,653,000         —           3,800     
CITNA-B      12/2016      USD      261      INR      18,000         —           1,684     
CITNA-B      03/2017      USD      259      PLN      1,090         107           —     
CITNA-B      01/2017      USD      503      RUB      32,900         —           3,762     
CITNA-B      12/2016      USD      252      THB      9,000         —           152     
CITNA-B      01/2017      USD      1,025      TRY      3,500         17,369           —     
CITNA-B      03/2017      ZAR      24,370      USD      1,662         34,201           —     
DEU      12/2016      HUF      590,000      USD      2,038         —           38,596     
DEU      01/2017      USD      1,199      TRY      3,980         52,673           —     
DEU      03/2017      USD      1,262      ZAR      18,635         —           35,313     
GSCO-OT      01/2017      BRL      5,060      USD      1,462         18,959           —     
GSCO-OT      12/2016      IDR      4,984,000      USD      368         —           951     
GSCO-OT      01/2017      USD      2,954      BRL      10,040         15,268           —     
GSCO-OT      12/2016      USD      800      MYR      3,529         10,135           —     
GSCO-OT      12/2016      USD      800      THB      28,352         5,448           —     
GSCO-OT      03/2017      USD      1,142      ZAR      16,710         —           21,184     
HSBC      03/2017      PLN      12,783      USD      3,296         —           258,293     
HSBC      12/2016      THB      4,000      USD      115         —           2,427     
HSBC      02/2017      USD      487      MXN      10,300         —           9,232     
HSBC      03/2017      USD      1,773      PEN      6,060         20,335           —     
HSBC      03/2017      USD      1,262      ZAR      18,635         —           34,901     
JPM      01/2017      COP      4,440,000      USD      1,478         —           44,083     
JPM      12/2016 - 02/2017      INR      396,500      USD      5,762         8,018           —     
JPM      02/2017      MXN      12,356      USD      586         9,096           —     
JPM      12/2016      MYR      19,135      USD      4,655         —           372,151     
JPM      12/2016      PHP      3,000      USD      62         —           2,045     
JPM      01/2017      RUB      150,400      USD      2,320         15,089           18,594     

 

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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts (Continued)  

Counter

-party

   Settlement
Month(s)
           Currency
Purchased
(000’s)
            

Currency Sold

(000’s)

     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
JPM      12/2016       USD      493         HUF         142,200       $ 11,209         $ —     
JPM      12/2016       USD      3,134         INR         214,950         2,962           8,923     
JPM      02/2017       USD      529         MXN         10,800         9,321           —     
JPM      12/2016       USD      1,224         MYR         5,110         80,279           —     
JPM      03/2017       USD      495         PEN         1,720         —           2,029     
JPM      12/2016       USD      492         PHP         24,400         3,562           —     
JPM      01/2017       USD      361         RON         1,515         3,902           —     
JPM      01/2017       USD      4,265         RUB         282,900         —           92,924     
RBS      12/2016       PHP      17,000         USD         352         —           11,500     
TDB      12/2016       PHP      13,000         USD         272         —           12,271     
TDB      01/2017 - 02/2017       USD      3,414         BRL         12,977         —           364,182     
                 

 

 

 
Total Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation              $       657,287         $     1,724,221     
        

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Options Written at November 30, 2016

  

     Exercise Expiration                    Premiums         
Description    Counterparty      Price      Date      Number of Contracts      Received      Value  

 

 

MYR Currency Put

     JPM  MYR         4.175         12/8/16         MYR         (5,469,250)        $ 16,563       $ (85,441)   

 

 

TRY Currency Put

     CITNA-B  TRY         3.033         12/28/16         TRY         (15,165,000)         101,298         (610,603)   
                 

 

 

 

Total of Over-the-Counter Options Written

                   $         117,861       $         (696,044)   
                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps at November 30, 2016

  

Reference Asset    Counterparty      Buy/Sell
Protection
     Fixed
Rate
    

Maturity

      Date

     Notional
Amount
(000’s)
     Premiums
Received/(Paid)
    Value  

 

 

Republic of Turkey

     BNP         Buy         1.000%         6/20/21 USD         900       $ (65,148   $       60,705   

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps at November 30, 2016

  

     
     Pay/Receive                                            
     Floating      Floating      Fixed      Maturity Notional Amount                
Counterparty    Rate      Rate      Rate      Date            (000’s)             Value  

 

 
        Three-Month PLN                                    

DEU

     Pay         WIBOR WIBO         1.940%         5/13/17 PLN         38,000          $ 100,318   

 

 

t-DEU

     Pay         BZDI         11.720         1/2/19 BRL         10,475            1,994   
                    

 

 

 

Total of Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

  

            $ 102,312   
           

 

 

 
                    

 

 

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps at November 30, 2016

  

     Pay/Receive                                            
     Floating      Floating      Fixed      Maturity Notional Amount                
Counterparty    Rate      Rate      Rate      Date            (000’s)             Value  

 

 
        Three-Month                  
        COP IBR OIS                  

CITNA-B

     Pay         Compound         6.660%         6/9/18 COP         8,000,000          $ 13,220   

 

 
        Three-Month MYR                  

JPM

     Pay         KLIBOR BNM         3.360         8/30/21 MYR         17,500            (78,716)   

 

 

JPM

     Receive         BZDI         11.645         1/4/21 BRL         5,800            (17,690)   

 

 
        Three-Month                  
        COP IBR OIS                  

JPM

     Pay         Compound         7.300         6/1/26 COP         1,037,500            14,364   

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps (Continued)

  

     
Counterparty   

Pay/Receive

Floating

    

Floating

     Fixed     

Maturity Notional Amount

        
   Rate      Rate      Rate      Date        (000’s)      Value  

 

 

JPM

     Pay        

 

Three-Month COP

IBR OIS

 

  

     6.090%         10/29/24 COP         1,030,000       $ (9,524)   

 

 

JPM

    
Pay
  
    

 

Three-Month MYR

KLIBOR BNM

  

  

     3.660         2/2/18 MYR         10,800         1,681   

 

 

MOS

     Pay        

 

 

Three-Month

COP IBR OIS

Compound

  

  

  

     6.090         10/29/24 COP         1,060,000         (9,801)   

 

 

t-DEU

     Pay         BZDI         11.300         1/2/19 BRL         40,000         (111,060)   
                 

 

 

 

Total of Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps

  

         $ (197,526 ) 
        

 

 

 

 

Glossary:

Counterparty Abbreviations

 
BAC    Barclays Bank plc   
BNP    BNP Paribas   
BOA    Bank of America NA   
CITNA-B    Citibank NA   
DEU    Deutsche Bank AG   
GSCO-OT    Goldman Sachs Bank USA   
HSBC    HSBC Bank USA NA   
JPM    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA   
MOS    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.   
RBS    Royal Bank of Scotland plc (The)   
TDB    Toronto Dominion Bank   
t-DEU    Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.   
Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies   
ARS    Argentine Peso   
BRL    Brazilian Real   
CLP    Chilean Peso   
COP    Colombian Peso   
HUF    Hungarian Forint   
IDR    Indonesian Rupiah   
INR    Indian Rupee   
MXN    Mexican Nuevo Peso   
MYR    Malaysian Ringgit   
PEN    Peruvian New Sol   
PHP    Philippine Peso   
PLN    Polish Zloty   
RON    New Romanian Leu   
RUB    Russian Ruble   
THB    Thailand Baht   
TRY    New Turkish Lira   
ZAR    South African Rand   
Definitions   
BNM    Bank Negara Malaysia   
BZDI    Brazil Interbank Deposit Rate   
IBR    Indicador Bancario de Referencia   
KLIBOR    Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate   

 

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Definitions (Continued)
OIS    Overnight Index Swap
WIBOR WIBO    Poland Warsaw Interbank Offer Bid Rate

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES November 30, 2016 Unaudited

 

 

 

Assets

  
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $72,452,094)     $ 65,164,231     
Affiliated companies (cost $587,479)      587,479     
  

 

 

 
    

 

65,751,710  

 

  

 

 

 
Cash      506,927     

 

 
Cash used for collateral on OTC derivatives      1,311,000     

 

 
Cash used for collateral on centrally cleared swaps      175,567     

 

 
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      657,287     

 

 
Swaps, at value (premiums paid $65,148)      89,970     

 

 
Centrally cleared swaps, at value      102,312     

 

 
Receivables and other assets:   
Interest and dividends      1,417,684     
Investments sold      371,125     
Shares of beneficial interest sold      130,313     
Other      14,507     
  

 

 

 
Total assets      70,528,402     
  

 

 

Liabilities

  
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      1,724,221     

 

 
Options written, at value (premiums received $117,861)      696,044     

 

 
Swaps, at value      226,791     

 

 
Payables and other liabilities:   
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      275,630     
Investments purchased      239,128     
Dividends      103,304     
Distribution and service plan fees      13,023     
Trustees’ compensation      7,480     
Other      48,453     
  

 

 

 
Total liabilities      3,334,074     
  

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 67,194,328     
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

Composition of Net Assets

  
Par value of shares of beneficial interest     $ 9,833     

 

 
Additional paid-in capital      90,057,095     

 

 
Accumulated net investment loss      (3,187,565)    

 

 
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions      (10,601,445)    

 

 
Net unrealized depreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      (9,083,590)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $         67,194,328     
  

 

 

 

 

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Net Asset Value Per Share

Class A Shares:

 

     
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $40,921,289 and      
5,988,517 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.83     
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 4.75% of offering price)       $ 7.17     

 

 

Class C Shares:

 

     
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $9,239,396 and 1,351,560 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.84     

 

 

Class I Shares:

 

     
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $5,077,198 and 743,675 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.83     

 

 
Class R Shares:      
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $1,266,460 and 185,374 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.83     

 

 

Class Y Shares:

 

     
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $10,689,985 and 1,563,732 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.84     

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

21        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2016

 

 

 

Investment Income

     
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $51,641)     $             4,695,650        

 

Dividends:      
Unaffiliated companies      6,296        
Affiliated companies      2,777        
  

 

 

Total investment income      4,704,723        

 

Expenses

     
Management fees      280,683        

 

Distribution and service plan fees:      
Class A      55,242        
Class C      46,840        
Class R      3,250        

 

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:      
Class A      59,168        
Class C      10,336        
Class I      526        
Class R      1,509        
Class Y      7,466        

 

Shareholder communications:      
Class A      3,709        
Class C      1,046        
Class I      11        
Class R      217        
Class Y      445        

 

Custodian fees and expenses      36,324        

 

Legal, auditing and other professional fees      29,844        

 

Trustees’ compensation      4,992        

 

Borrowing fees      594        

 

Other      5,567        
  

 

 

Total expenses      547,769        
Less reduction to custodian expenses      (124)       
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses      (59,486)       
  

 

 

Net expenses      488,159        

 

Net Investment Income      4,216,564        

 

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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     
Net realized gain (loss) on:      
Investments from unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $102,481)     $ (967,614)       
Closing and expiration of option contracts written      59,700       
Foreign currency transactions      (2,005,730)       
Swap contracts      (83,315)       
  

 

 

 
Net realized loss      (2,996,959)       

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:      
Investments      (958,595)       
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      (276,866)       
Option contracts written      (551,333)       
Swap contracts      (48,853)       
  

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (1,835,647)       
     

 

 
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     $             (616,042)       
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

23        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended       
     November 30, 2016      Year Ended
     (Unaudited)      May 31, 2016

 

Operations

     
Net investment income     $           4,216,564          $            3,358,008     

 

Net realized loss      (2,996,959)        (3,506,158)    

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (1,835,647)        (1,609,151)    
  

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

    

 

(616,042) 

 

  

 

  

(1,757,301)    

 

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

     
Dividends from net investment income:      
Class A      (3,041,097)        —     
Class C      (497,980)        —     
Class I      (205,377)        —     
Class R      (76,985)        —     
Class Y      (385,848)        —     
  

 

 

    

 

(4,207,287) 

 

  

 

  

—     

 

 

Tax return of capital distribution:      
Class A      —         (2,304,394)    
Class C      —         (537,383)    
Class I      —         (167,666)    
Class R      —         (84,658)    
Class Y      —         (243,033)    
  

 

 

    

 

—  

 

  

 

  

(3,337,134)    

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

     
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:      
Class A      (3,395,083)        18,525,662     
Class C      1,611,946         (1,244,803)    
Class I      3,137,870         176,123     
Class R      (222,045)        305,204     
Class Y      7,875,039         (345,351)    
  

 

 

    

 

9,007,727  

 

  

 

  

17,416,835     

 

 

Net Assets

     
Total increase      4,184,398         12,322,400     

 

Beginning of period      63,009,930         50,687,530     
  

 

 

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $3,187,565 and $3,196,842, respectively)     $         67,194,328          $        63,009,930     
  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Class A   

Six Months

Ended
November 30,
2016 
(Unaudited)

         Year Ended
May 31,
2016 
         Year Ended
May 29,
20151 
         Year Ended
May 30,
20141 
         Year Ended
May 31,
2013 
         Year Ended
May 31,
2012 
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

                 
Net asset value, beginning of period       $7.17            $7.80            $9.27            $10.35            $9.73          $ 10.73      

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:                  
Net investment income2      0.42            0.53            0.39            0.48            0.53            0.56      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.34)          (0.65)           (1.43)           (0.93)           0.62            (0.94)     
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      0.08           (0.12)           (1.04)           (0.45)           1.15            (0.38)     

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:                  
Dividends from net investment income      (0.42)           0.00            (0.42)           (0.13)           (0.53)           (0.41)     
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00            0.00            0.00           (0.15)            0.00            0.00      
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00            (0.51)           (0.01)           (0.35)            0.00            (0.21)     
  

 

 

 
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.42)           (0.51)           (0.43)           (0.63)           (0.53)           (0.62)     

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $6.83           $7.17           $7.80           $9.27           $10.35         $ 9.73     
  

 

 

 
                 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

           0.88%               (1.29)%               (11.49)%               (4.20)%               11.84%               (3.67)%   

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                 
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)       $40,921          $47,515          $32,520          $45,660          $64,789        $ 51,319    

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)       $53,527          $31,493          $38,815          $50,865          $62,849        $ 48,137    

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:4                  
Net investment income      11.35%          7.37%          4.51%          5.08%          4.96%          5.49%    
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.40%          1.51%          1.46%          1.41%          1.30%          1.26%    
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5          0.00%5          0.00%          0.00%          0.00%          0.00%    
  

 

 

 
Total expenses6      1.40%          1.51%          1.46%          1.41%          1.30%          1.26%    
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.25%          1.25%          1.25%          1.25%          1.25%          1.23%    

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      62%          108%          107%          251%          130%          93%    

 

25        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2016      1.40  
Year Ended May 31, 2016      1.51  
Year Ended May 29, 2015      1.47  
Year Ended May 30, 2014      1.41  
Year Ended May 31, 2013      1.30  

Year Ended May 31, 2012

     1.26  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


    

 

Class C   

Six Months

Ended
November 30,
2016
(Unaudited)

    

    Year Ended
May 31,

2016

         Year Ended
May 29,
20151 
         Year Ended
May 30,
20141 
    

    Year Ended
May 31,

2013

    

    Year Ended
May 31,

2012

 

Per Share Operating Data

                 
Net asset value, beginning of period       $7.17            $7.80            $9.27            $10.35            $9.73          $10.73   

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:                  
Net investment income2      0.39            0.46            0.32            0.41            0.44          0.48   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.32)           (0.63)           (1.42)           (0.94)            0.63          (0.94)  
  

 

 

Total from investment operations      0.07           (0.17)           (1.10)           (0.53)           1.07         (0.46)  

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:                  
Dividends from net investment income      (0.40)           0.00            (0.36)           (0.11)           (0.45)         (0.36)  
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00            0.00            0.00           (0.15)           0.00          0.00   
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00            (0.46)           (0.01)           (0.29)           0.00          (0.18)  
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.40)           (0.46)           (0.37)           (0.55)           (0.45)         (0.54)  

 

Net asset value, end of period       $6.84            $7.17            $7.80            $9.27            $10.35          $9.73  
  

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3      0.65%           (2.03)%               (12.15)%               (4.92)%               11.00%             (4.40)%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                 
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)       $9,239          $8,183          $10,267          $15,128          $26,066        $12,070 

 

Average net assets (in thousands)       $9,373          $8,468          $12,919          $18,262          $19,486        $9,819 

 

Ratios to average net assets:4                  
Net investment income      10.61%          6.38%          3.74%          4.32%          4.16%        4.73% 
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      2.20%          2.38%          2.31%          2.29%          2.26%        2.36% 
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5         0.00%5         0.00%          0.00%          0.00%        0.00% 
  

 

 

Total expenses6      2.20%          2.38%          2.31%          2.29%          2.26%        2.36% 
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      2.00%          2.00%          2.00%          2.00%          2.00%        2.00% 

 

Portfolio turnover rate      62%          108%          107%          251%          130%        93% 

 

27        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

  Six Months Ended November 30, 2016      2.20  
  Year Ended May 31, 2016      2.38  
  Year Ended May 29, 2015      2.32  
  Year Ended May 30, 2014      2.29  
  Year Ended May 31, 2013      2.26  
 

Year Ended May 31, 2012

     2.36  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


    

 

Class I   

Six Months

Ended
November 30,

2016
(Unaudited)

    Year Ended
May 31,
2016
    Year Ended
May 29,
20151
    Year Ended
May 30,
20141
   

Period

Ended

May 31, 20132

 

Per Share Operating Data

            
Net asset value, beginning of period      $7.16        $7.79        $9.26        $10.34        $10.53     

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:             
Net investment income3      0.42        0.54        0.32        0.52        0.37     
Net realized and unrealized loss      (0.31)        (0.63)        (1.32)        (0.94)        (0.19)     
  

 

 

Total from investment operations      0.11        (0.09)        (1.00)        (0.42)        0.18     

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:             
Dividends from net investment income      (0.44)        0.00        (0.46)        (0.14)        (0.37)     
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00        0.00        0.00        (0.15)        0.00     
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00        (0.54)        (0.01)        (0.37)        0.00     
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.44)        (0.54)        (0.47)        (0.66)        (0.37)     

 

Net asset value, end of period      $6.83        $7.16        $7.79        $9.26        $10.34     
  

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value4

     1.23%        (0.91)%        (11.15)%        (3.83)%        1.69%     

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

            
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $5,077        $2,325        $2,339        $34        $10     

 

Average net assets (in thousands)      $3,540        $2,226        $1,212        $19        $10     

 

Ratios to average net assets:5             
Net investment income      11.58%        7.57%        4.02%        5.63%        5.20%     
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.00%        1.11%        1.08%        1.02%        0.95%     
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%6        0.00%6        0.00%        0.00%        0.00%     
  

 

 

Total expenses7      1.00%        1.11%        1.08%        1.02%        0.95%     
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.85%        0.85%        0.84%        0.85%        0.85%     

 

Portfolio turnover rate      62%        108%        107%        251%        130%     

 

29        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. For the period from September 28, 2012 (inception of offering) to May 31, 2013.

3. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

4. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

5. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

6. Less than 0.005%.

7. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2016      1.00  
Year Ended May 31, 2016      1.11  
Year Ended May 29, 2015      1.09  
Year Ended May 30, 2014      1.02  
Period Ended May 31, 2013      0.95  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

30        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


 

 

 

Class R   

Six Months

Ended
November 30,

2016
(Unaudited)

     Year Ended
May 31,
2016
     Year Ended
May 29,
20151
     Year Ended
May 30,
20141
     Year Ended
May 31,
2013
    

Year Ended
May 31,

2012

 

Per Share Operating Data

                   
Net asset value, beginning of period      $7.17         $7.80         $9.27         $10.35         $9.73         $10.73     

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:                    
Net investment income2      0.42         0.51         0.36         0.46         0.50         0.53     
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.35)         (0.65)         (1.42)         (0.94)         0.62         (0.94)     
  

 

 

Total from investment operations      0.07         (0.14)         (1.06)         (0.48)         1.12         (0.41)     

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:                    
Dividends from net investment income      (0.41)         0.00         (0.40)         (0.12)         (0.50)         (0.39)     
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00         0.00         0.00         (0.15)         0.00         0.00     
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00         (0.49)         (0.01)         (0.33)         0.00         (0.20)     
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.41)         (0.49)         (0.41)         (0.60)         (0.50)         (0.59)     

 

Net asset value, end of period      $6.83         $7.17         $7.80         $9.27         $10.35         $9.73     
  

 

 

                   

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     0.75%         (1.54)%         (11.71)%         (4.45)%         11.57%         (3.90)%     
                   

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                   
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $1,267         $1,550         $1,377         $1,957         $3,014         $1,452     

 

   
Average net assets (in thousands)      $1,366         $1,214         $1,658         $2,189         $2,210         $1,154     

 

   
Ratios to average net assets:4                    
Net investment income      11.25%         7.01%         4.22%         4.82%         4.69%         5.23%     
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.69%         1.87%         1.80%         1.79%         1.72%         1.69%     
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5         0.00%5         0.00%         0.00%         0.00%         0.00%     
  

 

 

Total expenses6      1.69%         1.87%         1.80%         1.79%         1.72%         1.69%     
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.50%         1.50%         1.50%         1.50%         1.50%         1.50%     

 

Portfolio turnover rate      62%         108%         107%         251%         130%         93%     

 

31        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2016      1.69  
Year Ended May 31, 2016      1.87  
Year Ended May 29, 2015      1.81  
Year Ended May 30, 2014      1.79  
Year Ended May 31, 2013      1.72  
Year Ended May 31, 2012      1.69  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class Y    Six Months
Ended
November 30,
2016
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
May 31,
2016
     Year Ended
May 29,
20151
     Year Ended
May 30,
20141
     Year Ended
May 31,
2013
     Year Ended
May 31,
2012
     

 

Per Share Operating Data

                   
Net asset value, beginning of period      $7.17         $7.79         $9.26         $10.34         $9.73         $10.73     

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:                    
Net investment income2      0.42         0.54         0.43         0.51         0.55         0.59     
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.32)         (0.63)         (1.44)         (0.94)         0.62         (0.94)     
  

 

 

Total from investment operations      0.10         (0.09)         (1.01)         (0.43)         1.17         (0.35)     

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:                    
Dividends from net investment income      (0.43)         0.00         (0.45)         (0.13)         (0.56)         (0.43)     
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00         0.00         0.00         (0.15)         0.00         0.00     
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00         (0.53)         (0.01)         (0.37)         0.00         (0.22)     
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.43)         (0.53)         (0.46)         (0.65)         (0.56)         (0.65)     

 

Net asset value, end of period      $6.84         $7.17         $7.79         $9.26         $10.34         $9.73     
  

 

 

                   

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     1.18%         (0.87)%         (11.24)%         (3.91)%         12.07%         (3.37)%     
                   

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                   
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $10,690         $3,437         $4,185         $10,558         $15,518         $7,502     

 

Average net assets (in thousands)      $6,863         $3,265         $7,931         $10,338         $11,863         $5,855     

 

Ratios to average net assets:4                    
Net investment income      11.35%         7.48%         4.93%         5.43%         5.20%         5.74%     
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.19%         1.35%         1.27%         1.22%         1.17%         1.23%     
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5         0.00%5         0.00%         0.00%         0.00%         0.00%     
  

 

 

Total expenses6      1.19%         1.35%         1.27%         1.22%         1.17%         1.23%     
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.95%         0.95%         0.95%         0.95%         0.95%         0.95%     

 

Portfolio turnover rate      62%         108%         107%         251%         130%         93%     

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2016      1.19  
Year Ended May 31, 2016      1.35  
Year Ended May 29, 2015      1.28  
Year Ended May 30, 2014      1.22  
Year Ended May 31, 2013      1.17  
Year Ended May 31, 2012      1.23  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS November 30, 2016 Unaudited

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (the “Fund”), is a non-diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI.

The Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R and Class Y shares. As of July 1, 2014, Class N shares were renamed Class R shares. Class N shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) on July 1, 2014, continue to be subject to a CDSC after the shares were renamed. Purchases of Class R shares occurring on or after July 1, 2014, are not subject to a CDSC upon redemption. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus a front-end sales charge. Class C and Class R shares are sold without a front-end sales charge but may be subject to a CDSC. Class R shares are sold only through retirement plans. Retirement plans that offer Class R shares may impose charges on those accounts. Class I and Class Y shares are sold to certain institutional investors or intermediaries without either a front-end sales charge or a CDSC, however, the intermediaries may impose charges on their accountholders who beneficially own Class I and Class Y shares. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class. Class A, C and R shares have separate distribution and/or service plans under which they pay fees. Class I and Class Y shares do not pay such fees.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies and amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and foreign investment income are translated into U.S. dollars as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading. Foreign exchange rates may be valued primarily using a reliable bank, dealer or service authorized by the Board of Trustees.

Reported net realized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, exchange rate fluctuations between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation on the translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as deemed necessary by the Manager.

The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made to shareholders prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may ultimately be categorized as a tax return of capital.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year. The Fund had post-October foreign currency losses of $3,352,997. Details of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016 capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates. Capital losses with no expiration will be carried forward to future years if not offset by gains.

 

Expiring       

 

 

No expiration

   $                     7,482,886   

At period end, it is estimated that the capital loss carryforwards would be $10,479,845, which will not expire. The estimated capital loss carryforward represents the carryforward as of the end of the last fiscal year, increased or decreased by capital losses or gains realized in the first six months of the current fiscal year. During the reporting period, it is estimated that the Fund will not utilize any capital loss carryforward to offset realized capital gains.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax

 

37        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

     $ 73,112,853     

Federal tax cost of other investments

     (52,713)    
  

 

 

 

Total federal tax cost

     $       73,060,140     
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     $ 1,539,097     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (10,695,968)    
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

     $ (9,156,871   
  

 

 

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a “fair valuation” for any security for which market quotations are not “readily available.” The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily by third party pricing services or dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded. If the official closing price or last sales price for a foreign security is not available, the security is valued

 

38        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


    

 

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

at the mean between the bid and asked price per the exchange or, if not available from the exchange, obtained from two dealers. If bid and asked prices are not available from either the exchange or two dealers, the security is valued by using one of the following methodologies (listed in order of priority): (1) a bid from the exchange, (2) the mean between the bid and asked price as provided by a single dealer, or (3) a bid from a single dealer.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, event-linked bonds, loans, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices.

Short-term money market type debt securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

Structured securities, swaps, swaptions, and other over-the-counter derivatives are valued utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward currency rates obtained from third party pricing services. When the settlement date of a contract is an interim date for which a quotation is not available, interpolated values are derived using the nearest dated forward currency rate.

A description of the standard inputs that may generally be considered by the third party pricing vendors in determining their evaluated prices is provided below.

Security Type    Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors

 

Corporate debt, government debt, municipal, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities    Reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, and other appropriate factors.

 

Loans    Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations.

 

Event-linked bonds    Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations.

 

Structured securities    Relevant market information such as the price of underlying financial instruments, stock market indices, foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, commodities, or the occurrence of other specific events.

 

Swaps    Relevant market information, including underlying reference assets such as credit spreads, credit event probabilities, index values, individual security values, forward interest rates, variable interest rates, volatility measures, and forward currency rates.

If a market value or price cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the “good faith” opinion of the Manager, the market value or price obtained does not constitute a “readily available market quotation,” or a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security is fair

 

39         OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined. Those fair valuation standardized methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager, or its third party service provider who is subject to oversight by the Manager, regularly compares prior day prices, prices on comparable securities, and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered are measured using net asset value as a practical expedient, and are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

     Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

 

 

Assets Table

          

Investments, at Value:

          

Foreign Government Obligations

   $       $ 47,876,149      $       $ 47,876,149    

Corporate Bonds and Notes

             15,929,104                15,929,104    

Short-Term Notes

             1,358,978                1,358,978    

Investment Company

     587,479                        587,479    
  

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value

     587,479         65,164,231                65,751,710    

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Swaps, at value

             89,970                89,970    

Centrally cleared swaps, at value

             102,312                102,312    

Forward currency exchange contracts

             657,287                657,287    
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $         587,479       $         66,013,800      $         —       $         66,601,279    
  

 

 

 

Liabilities Table

          

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Swaps, at value

   $       $ (226,791   $       $ (226,791)   

Options written, at value

             (696,044             (696,044)   

Forward currency exchange contracts

             (1,724,221             (1,724,221)   
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $       $ (2,647,056   $       $ (2,647,056)   
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which are subject to special risks. Securities traded in foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than those traded in U.S. markets. Foreign issuers are usually not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. companies are subject to, which may make it difficult for the Fund to evaluate a foreign company’s operations or financial condition. A change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S. dollar value of investments denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those investments. The value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, foreign taxes, higher transaction and other

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

costs, delays in the settlement of transactions, changes in economic or monetary policy in the United States or abroad, expropriation or nationalization of a company’s assets, or other political and economic factors. In addition, due to the inter-relationship of global economies and financial markets, changes in political and economic factors in one country or region could adversely affect conditions in another country or region. Investments in foreign securities may also expose the Fund to time-zone arbitrage risk. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. At times, the Fund may emphasize investments in a particular country or region and may be subject to greater risks from adverse events that occur in that country or region. Foreign securities and foreign currencies held in foreign banks and securities depositories may be subject to limited or no regulatory oversight.

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/ or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), formerly known as Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Credit Risk. The Fund invests in high-yield, non-investment-grade bonds, which may be subject to a greater degree of credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The Fund may acquire securities that have missed an interest payment, and is not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers or underlying obligors subsequently miss an interest payment. There were no securities not accruing interest at period end.

Sovereign Debt Risk. The Fund invests in sovereign debt securities, which are subject to

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

certain special risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse, or otherwise be unable, to pay interest or repay the principal on its sovereign debt. There may also be no legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay or bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of such sovereign debt may be collected. In addition, a restructuring or default of sovereign debt may also cause additional impacts to the financial markets, such as downgrades to credit ratings, reduced liquidity and increased volatility, among others.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

Commodity Risk. Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indexes as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market.

Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.

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

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

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.

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.

Volatility Risk. Volatility risk refers to the magnitude of the movement, but not the direction of the movement, in a financial instrument’s price over a defined time period. Large increases or decreases in a financial instrument’s price over a relative time period typically indicate greater volatility risk, while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives

The Fund’s investment objective not only permits the Fund to purchase investment securities,

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

it also allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, variance swaps and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. These instruments may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors. Such contracts may be entered into through a bilateral over-the-counter (“OTC”) transaction, or through a securities or futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse.

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 due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment.

Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its 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 Fund 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 Fund.

The Fund’s actual exposures to these market risk factors and associated risks during the period are discussed in further detail, by derivative type, below.

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date. Such contracts are traded in the OTC inter-bank currency dealer market.

Forward contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable (or payable) and in the Statement of Operations within the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). At contract close, the difference between the original cost of the contract and the value at the close date is recorded as a realized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations.

The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to purchase specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to take a positive investment perspective on the related currency. These forward contracts seek to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.

 

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The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to purchase specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk associated with foreign currency denominated securities held by the Fund.

The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to sell specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to take a negative investment perspective on the related currency. These forward contracts seek to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.

The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to sell specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk associated with foreign currency denominated securities held by the Fund.

During the reporting period, the Fund had daily average contract amounts on forward contracts to buy and sell of $32,439,475 and $28,454,468, respectively.

Additional associated risk to the Fund includes counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty to a forward contract will default and fail to perform its obligations to the Fund.

Option Activity

The Fund may buy and sell put and call options, or write put and call options. When an option is written, the Fund receives a premium and becomes obligated to sell or purchase the underlying security, currency or other underlying financial instrument at a fixed price, upon exercise of the option.

Options can be traded through an exchange or through a privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction. Options traded through an exchange are generally cleared through a clearinghouse (such as The Options Clearing Corporation). The difference between the premium received or paid, and market value of the option, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation is reported in the Statement of Operations. When an option is exercised, the cost of the security purchased or the proceeds of the security sale are adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations.

Options written, if any, are reported in a schedule following the Statement of Investments and as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities held in collateral accounts to cover potential obligations with respect to outstanding written options are noted in the Statement of Investments.

The risk in writing a call option is that the market price of the security increases and if the option is exercised, the Fund must either purchase the security at a higher price for delivery or, if the Fund owns the underlying security, give up the opportunity for profit. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether

 

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or not the option is exercised. The Fund also has the additional risk that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to close the contract.

The Fund has written put options on currencies to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk. A written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price.

The Fund has written call options on currencies to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk. A written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $5,648 and $195,711 on written call options and written put options, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Written option activity for the reporting period was as follows:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Amount of
Premiums
 

 

 

Options outstanding as of May 31, 2016

     17,320,000        $ 120,323     

Options written

     49,304,250          239,375     

Options closed or expired

     (7,220,000)         (59,700)    

Options exercised

     (38,770,000)         (182,137)    
  

 

 

 

Options outstanding as of November 30, 2016

                     20,634,250        $                 117,861     
  

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

The Fund may enter into swap contract agreements with a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows based on either specified reference rates, the price or volatility of asset or non-asset references, or the occurrence of a credit event, over a specified period. Swaps can be executed in a bi-lateral privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction (“OTC swaps”) or executed on a regulated market. Certain swaps, regardless of the venue of their execution, are required to be cleared through a clearinghouse (“centrally cleared swaps”). Swap contracts may include interest rate, equity, debt, index, total return, credit default, currency, and volatility swaps.

Swap contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The values of centrally cleared swap and OTC swap contracts are aggregated by positive and negative values and disclosed separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the accrued interest due to (owed by) the Fund, if any, at termination or settlement. The net change in this amount during the period is included on the Statement of Operations. The Fund also records any periodic payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, under such contracts as realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations.

Swap contract agreements are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying

 

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reference rate or asset. Swap contracts are typically more attractively priced compared to similar investments in related cash securities because they isolate the risk to one market risk factor and eliminate the other market risk factors. Investments in cash securities (for instance bonds) have exposure to multiple risk factors (credit and interest rate risk). Because swaps have embedded leverage, they can expose the Fund to substantial risk in the isolated market risk factor.

Credit Default Swap Contracts. A credit default swap is a contract that enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a defined-issuer credit event, such as the issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal on a debt security, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps either by buying or selling protection on a corporate issuer, sovereign issuer, or a basket or index of issuers (the “reference asset”).

The buyer of protection pays a periodic fee to the seller of protection based on the notional amount of the swap contract. The seller of protection agrees to compensate the buyer of protection for future potential losses as a result of a credit event on the reference asset. The contract effectively transfers the credit event risk of the reference asset from the buyer of protection to the seller of protection.

The ongoing value of the contract will fluctuate throughout the term of the contract based primarily on the credit risk of the reference asset. If the credit quality of the reference asset improves relative to the credit quality at contract initiation, the buyer of protection may have an unrealized loss greater than the anticipated periodic fee owed. This unrealized loss would be the result of current credit protection being cheaper than the cost of credit protection at contract initiation. If the buyer elects to terminate the contract prior to its maturity, and there has been no credit event, this unrealized loss will become realized. If the contract is held to maturity, and there has been no credit event, the realized loss will be equal to the periodic fee paid over the life of the contract.

If there is a credit event, the buyer of protection can exercise its rights under the contract and receive a payment from the seller of protection equal to the notional amount of the swap less the market value of specified debt securities issued by the reference asset. Upon exercise of the contract the difference between such value and the notional amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) and is included on the Statement of Operations.

The Fund has purchased credit protection through credit default swaps to decrease exposure to the credit risk of individual issuers and/or indexes of issuers.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $1,051,429 on credit default swaps to buy protection.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts. An interest rate swap is an agreement between counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on interest rates. One cash flow stream will typically be a floating rate payment based upon a specified floating interest rate while the other is typically a fixed interest rate.

The Fund has entered into interest rate swaps in which it pays a floating interest rate and receives a fixed interest rate in order to increase exposure to interest rate risk. Typically,

 

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if relative interest rates rise, payments made by the Fund under a swap agreement will be greater than the payments received by the Fund.

The Fund has entered into interest rate swaps in which it pays a fixed interest rate and receives a floating interest rate in order to decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Typically, if relative interest rates rise, payments received by the Fund under the swap agreement will be greater than the payments made by the Fund.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $4,190,325 and $31,135,180 on interest rate swaps which pay a fixed rate and interest rate swaps which receive a fixed rate, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Counterparty Credit Risk. Derivative positions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund intends to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund. For OTC options purchased, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral held by the Fund should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written by the Fund do not typically give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written generally obligate the Fund and not the counterparty to perform.

To reduce counterparty risk with respect to OTC transactions, the Fund has entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) master agreements, which allow the Fund to make (or to have an entitlement to receive) a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting) for outstanding payables and receivables with respect to certain OTC positions in swaps, options, swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty. In addition, the Fund may require that certain counterparties post cash and/or securities in collateral accounts to cover their net payment obligations for those derivative contracts subject to ISDA master agreements. If the counterparty fails to perform under these contracts and agreements, the cash and/or securities will be made available to the Fund.

ISDA master agreements include credit related contingent features which allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event that, for example, the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA master agreements, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on exchange-traded derivatives cleared through a clearinghouse and for centrally cleared swaps is generally considered lower than

 

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as compared to OTC derivatives. However, counterparty credit risk exists with respect to initial and variation margin deposited/paid by the Fund that is held in futures commission merchant, broker and/or clearinghouse accounts for such exchange-traded derivatives and for centrally cleared swaps.

With respect to centrally cleared swaps, such transactions will be submitted for clearing, and if cleared, will be held in accounts at futures commission merchants or brokers that are members of clearinghouses. While brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for all its customers, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the broker’s, futures commission merchant’s or clearinghouse’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

There is the risk that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse will decline to clear a transaction on the Fund’s behalf, and the Fund may be required to pay a termination fee to the executing broker with whom the Fund initially enters into the transaction. Clearinghouses may also be permitted to terminate centrally cleared swaps at any time. The Fund is also subject to the risk that the broker or futures commission merchant will improperly use the Fund’s assets deposited/paid as initial or variation margin to satisfy payment obligations of another customer. In the event of a default by another customer of the broker or futures commission merchant, the Fund might not receive its variation margin payments from the clearinghouse, due to the manner in which variation margin payments are aggregated for all customers of the broker/futures commission merchant.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives, including centrally cleared swaps. Brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses can ask for margin in excess of the regulatory minimum, or increase the margin amount, in certain circumstances.

Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives. For derivatives traded under an ISDA master agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark to market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund or the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Statement of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g. $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

The following table presents by counterparty the Fund’s OTC derivative assets net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at period end:

 

            Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of
Assets & Liabilities
        
Counterparty    Gross Amounts
Not Offset in
the Statement
of Assets &
Liabilities*
     Financial
Instruments
Available for
Offset
    Financial
Instruments
Collateral
Received**
     Cash Collateral
Received**
      Net Amount  

 

 

Bank of America NA

   $ 225,376       $  (225,376)      $  –       $       $   

Barclays Bank plc

     96,885         (96,885                       

BNP Paribas

     60,705                                60,705   

Citibank NA

     81,990         (81,990                       

Deutsche Bank AG

     52,673         (52,673                       

Goldman Sachs Bank

             

USA

     49,810         (22,135                     27,675   

HSBC Bank USA NA

     20,335         (20,335                       

JPMorgan Chase Bank

             

NA

     159,483         (159,483                       
  

 

 

 
   $            747,257       $            (658,877)      $                     –       $                    –       $             88,380   
  

 

 

 

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures, if any, are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from an individual counterparty. The collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund may exceed these amounts.

The following table presents by counterparty the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at period end:

 

              Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of  
Assets & Liabilities
        
Counterparty    Gross Amounts
Not Offset in
the Statement
of Assets &
Liabilities*
     Financial
Instruments
Available for
Offset
     Financial
    Instruments
Collateral
Pledged**
     Cash Collateral
Pledged**
      Net Amount  

 

 

Bank of America NA

   $            (228,494)         $            225,376       $       $               3,118       $ –    

Barclays Bank plc

     (151,578)         96,885                 54,693         –    

Citibank NA

     (625,153)         81,990         486,303         43,000         (13,860)   

Deutsche Bank AG

     (73,909)         52,673                         (21,236)   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

     (111,060)                                 (111,060)   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     (22,135)         22,135                         –    

HSBC Bank USA NA

     (304,853)         20,335                 270,000         (14,518)   

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

     (732,120)         159,483         262,623         310,014         –    

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     (9,801)                         9,801         –    

Royal Bank of Scotland plc (The)

     (11,500)                                 (11,500)   

 

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            Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets & Liabilities (Continued)
        
Counterparty    Gross Amounts
Not Offset in
the Statement
of Assets &
Liabilities*
    

Financial

Instruments

Available for

Offset

    

Financial

Instruments
Collateral

Pledged**

     Cash Collateral
Pledged**
     Net Amount  

 

 

Toronto Dominion Bank

   $ (376,453)       $       $       $ 376,453       $   
  

 

 

 
   $         (2,647,056)       $              658,877       $             748,926       $           1,067,079       $             (172,174)   
  

 

 

 

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures, if any, are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral pledged within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from the Fund. The securities pledged as collateral by the Fund as reported on the Statement of Investments may exceed these amounts.

The following table presents the valuations of derivative instruments by risk exposure as reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

  

Statement of Assets
and Liabilities

Location

   Value        Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
   Value  

 

 

Credit contracts

  

Swaps, at value

    $ 60,705           

Interest rate contracts

  

Swaps, at value

     29,265         Swaps, at value    $ 226,791     

Interest rate contracts

           
  

Centrally cleared swaps, at

     102,312           
  

value Unrealized appreciation

      Unrealized depreciation on   

Forward currency

  

on forward currency

      forward currency exchange   

exchange contracts

  

exchange contracts

     657,287         contracts      1,724,221     
Forward currency exchange contracts            
         Options written, at value      696,044     
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

       $             849,569             $          2,647,056     
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations is as follows:

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

 

 

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

   Investment
from
unaffiliated
companies*
     Closing and
expiration of
option contracts
written
     Foreign
currency
transactions
    

Swap

contracts

     Total  

 

 

Credit contracts

   $       $       $       $ (8,911)       $ (8,911)   

Forward currency exchange contracts

     95,621         59,700         (340,112)                 (184,791)   

Interest rate contracts

                             (74,404)         (74,404)   
  

 

 

 

Total

    $             95,621       $             59,700       $             (340,112)       $             (83,315)       $             (268,106)   
  

 

 

 

 

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*Includes purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, written option contracts exercised and written swaption contracts exercised, if any.

 

Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  

 

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

   Option contracts
written
     Translation
of assets and
liabilities
denominated in
foreign currencies
    Swap contracts     Total  

 

 

Credit contracts

       $       $      $ (4,443   $ (4,443)    

Forward currency exchange contracts

     (551,333)         (657,186            (1,208,519)    

Interest rate contracts

                    (44,410     (44,410)    
  

 

 

 

Total

       $             (551,333)       $             (657,186)      $             (48,853)      $             (1,257,372)   
  

 

 

 

 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended November 30, 2016     Year Ended May 31, 2016     
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     

 

 

Class A

        

Sold

     2,186,943      $ 16,269,045        3,308,183      $ 24,686,032      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     330,446        2,424,240        223,794        1,607,486      

Redeemed

     (3,158,489     (22,088,368     (1,073,133     (7,767,856)     
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (641,100   $ (3,395,083)        2,458,844      $ 18,525,662      
  

 

 

 
        

 

 

Class C

        

Sold

     389,743      $ 2,893,896        263,656      $ 1,927,450      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     63,118        462,755        69,931        502,122      

Redeemed

     (242,584     (1,744,705     (508,478     (3,674,375)     
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     210,277      $ 1,611,946        (174,891   $ (1,244,803)     
  

 

 

 
        

 

 

Class I

        

Sold

     405,650      $ 3,042,302        3,933      $ 27,497      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     28,181        204,961        23,324        167,152      

Redeemed

     (14,836     (109,393     (2,652     (18,526)     
  

 

 

 

Net increase

     418,995      $ 3,137,870        24,605      $ 176,123      
  

 

 

 

 

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     Six Months Ended November 30, 2016     Year Ended May 31, 2016      
     Shares       Amount     Shares       Amount      

 

 

Class R

        

Sold

     27,601      $ 202,174        76,535      $ 568,638      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     9,939        72,884        11,621        83,382      

Redeemed

     (68,425     (497,103     (48,393     (346,816)     
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (30,885   $ (222,045)        39,763      $ 305,204     
  

 

 

 
        

 

 

Class Y

        

Sold

     1,566,363      $ 11,291,087        782,719      $ 5,670,688      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     45,520        331,164        29,961        215,013      

Redeemed

     (527,722     (3,747,212     (870,051     (6,231,052)     
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

                     1,084,161      $         7,875,039                        (57,371)      $         (345,351)     
  

 

 

 

 

 

8. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

   $ 51,178,739                       $ 40,973,754   

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

 Fee Schedule     

 

 Up to $500 million

   0.75%        

 Next $500 million

   0.70

 Next $4 billion

   0.65

 Over $5 billion

   0.60

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.75% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor’s Agreement with the Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”) acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund’s classes of shares.

Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan (the “Plan”) for Class A shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, the Fund reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made periodically at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the daily net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay dealers, brokers, banks and other financial institutions periodically for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent periods. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Distribution and Service Plans for Class C and Class R Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the “Plans”) for Class C and Class R shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act to compensate the Distributor for distributing those share classes,

 

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9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

maintaining accounts and providing shareholder services. Under the Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class C shares’ daily net assets and 0.25% on Class R shares’ daily net assets. The Fund also pays a service fee under the Plans at an annual rate of 0.25% of daily net assets. The Plans continue in effect from year to year only if the Fund’s Board of Trustees votes annually to approve their continuance at an in person meeting called for that purpose. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plans are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Sales Charges. Front-end sales charges and CDSC do not represent expenses of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. The sales charges retained by the Distributor from the sale of shares and the CDSC retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares is shown in the following table for the period indicated.

 

Six Months Ended    Class A
Front-End
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class A
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class C
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class R 
Contingent 
Deferred 
Sales Charges 
Retained by 
Distributor 
 

 

 

November 30, 2016

     $38,850         $—         $361         $—   

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has agreed to voluntarily waive a portion of its management fees and/or reimburse the Fund for certain expenses so that “Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses”, excluding interest and fees from borrowings will not exceed 1.25% of average annual net assets for Class A shares, 2.00% for Class C shares, 0.85% for Class I, 1.50% for Class R shares and 0.95% for Class Y shares. During the reporting period, the Manager reimbursed the Fund $37,428, $9,064, $2,587, $1,221 and $8,330 for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R and Class Y shares, respectively.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $856 for IGMMF management fees.

Waivers and/or reimbursements may be modified or terminated as set forth according to the terms in the prospectus.

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.3 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing (Continued)

Facility during the reporting period.

 

 

11. Pending Litigation

In 2009, several putative class action lawsuits were filed and later consolidated before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in connection with the investment performance of Oppenheimer Rochester California Municipal Fund (the “California Fund”), a fund advised by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”) and distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (“OFDI”). The plaintiffs asserted claims against OFI, OFDI and certain present and former trustees and officers of the California Fund under the federal securities laws, alleging, among other things, that the disclosure documents of the California Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions and the investment policies of the California Fund were not followed. An amended complaint and a motion to dismiss were filed, and in 2011, the court issued an order which granted in part and denied in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss. In October 2015, following a successful appeal by defendants and a subsequent hearing, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and appointed class representatives and class counsel.

OFI and OFDI believe the suit is without merit; that it is premature to render any opinion as to the likelihood of an outcome unfavorable to them in the suit; and that no estimate can yet be made as to the amount or range of any potential loss. Furthermore, OFI believes that the suit should not impair the ability of OFI or OFDI to perform their respective duties to the Fund and that the outcome of the suit should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer funds.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY

AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY

AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of its staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Hemant Baijal and Wim Vandenhoeck, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the renewal of the Fund’s service agreements. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other retail emerging markets bond funds. The Board noted that the Fund underperformed its category median for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board considered that the Fund’s underperformance versus its category median during these periods was mostly due to the fact that, unlike other competitors in its category, the Fund has a blended approach that incorporates emerging market hard currency debt, emerging market local currency debt and emerging market corporate debt. The Board also considered that on April 29, 2016, the independent consultant launched a new category for emerging markets – the emerging markets local currency bond category – which the Adviser believes is a better peer group for the Fund. The Board noted the Adviser’s assertion that the Fund qualifies for the new category and will be measured against this category in the future. The Board also took into consideration the Adviser’s assertion that value has been restored in emerging market local currency debt and that the Adviser continues to see positive underlying fundamentals in emerging market local currency debt, which it believes have potential to drive long-term outperformance of the asset class. The Board further considered recent changes to the Fund, including that Hemant Baijal was appointed as the Fund’s portfolio manager effective March 31, 2015 and that the Fund’s performance has improved since this portfolio management change, including that the Fund outperformed its category for the one-year period ended March 31, 2016.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Managers and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant

 

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provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other retail emerging markets bond funds with comparable asset levels and distribution features. The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual management fee was lower than its peer group median and its category median, and that the Fund’s total expenses, net of waivers, were equal to its peer group median and only four basis points higher than its category median. The Board also considered that the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund so that total expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, will not exceed the following annual rates: 1.25% for Class A shares; 2.00% for Class C shares; 1.50% for Class R shares; 0.95% for Class Y shares; and 0.85% for Class I shares. This waiver and/or reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates.

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission Rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2017. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES;

UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Fund’s voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Householding—Delivery of Shareholder Documents

This is to inform you about OppenheimerFunds’ “householding” policy. If more than one member of your household maintains an account in a particular fund, OppenheimerFunds will mail only one copy of the fund’s prospectus (or, if available, the fund’s summary prospectus), annual and semiannual report and privacy policy. The consolidation of these mailings, called householding, benefits your fund through reduced mailing expense, and benefits you by reducing the volume of mail you receive from OppenheimerFunds. Householding does not affect the delivery of your account statements.

Please note that we will continue to household these mailings for as long as you remain an OppenheimerFunds shareholder, unless you request otherwise. If you prefer to receive multiple copies of these materials, please call us at 1.800.CALL-OPP (225-5677). You may also notify us in writing or via email. We will begin sending you individual copies of the prospectus (or, if available, the summary prospectus), reports and privacy policy within 30 days of receiving your request to stop householding.

 

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OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND

 

Trustees and Officers   

Robert J. Malone, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Trustee

Jon S. Fossel, Trustee

Richard F. Grabish, Trustee

Beverly L. Hamilton, Trustee

Victoria J. Herget, Trustee

F. William Marshall, Jr., Trustee

Karen L. Stuckey, Trustee

James D. Vaughn, Trustee

Arthur P. Steinmetz, Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer

Hemant Baijal, Vice President

Wim Vandenhoeck, Vice President

Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Jennifer Foxson, Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Mary Ann Picciotto, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-Money

Laundering Officer

Brian S. Petersen, Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer

Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and Shareholder Servicing Agent    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent   

Shareholder Services, Inc.

DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm

   KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel    Ropes & Gray LLP
   The financial statements included herein have been taken from the records of the Fund without examination of those records by the independent registered public accounting firm.

© 2017 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

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PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE

As an Oppenheimer fund shareholder, you are entitled to know how we protect your personal information and how we limit its disclosure.

Information Sources

We obtain nonpublic personal information about our shareholders from the following sources:

  Applications or other forms
  When you create a user ID and password for online account access
  When you enroll in eDocs Direct,SM our electronic document delivery service
  Your transactions with us, our affiliates or others
  Technologies on our website, including: “cookies” and web beacons, which are used to collect data on the pages you visit and the features you use.

If you visit oppenheimerfunds.com and do not log on to the secure account information areas, we do not obtain any personal information about you. When you do log on to a secure area, we do obtain your user ID and password to identify you. We also use this information to provide you with products and services you have requested, to inform you about products and services that you may be interested in and assist you in other ways.

We do not collect personal information through our website unless you willingly provide it to us, either directly by email or in those areas of the website that request information. In order to update your personal information (including your mailing address, email address and phone number) you must first log on and visit your user profile.

If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, doing so may limit your access to certain sections of our website.

We use cookies to help us improve and manage our website. For example, cookies help us recognize new versus repeat visitors to the site, track the pages visited, and enable some special features on the website. This data helps us provide a better service for our website visitors.

Protection of Information

We do not disclose any non-public personal information (such as names on a customer list) about current or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.

Disclosure of Information

Copies of confirmations, account statements and other documents reporting activity in your fund accounts are made available to your financial advisor (as designated by you). We may also use details about you and your investments to help us, our financial service affiliates, or firms that jointly market their financial products and services with ours, to better serve your investment needs or suggest educational material that may be of interest to you. If this requires us to provide you with an opportunity to “opt in” or “opt out” of such information sharing with a firm not affiliated with us, you will receive notification on how to do so, before any such sharing takes place.

Right of Refusal

We will not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties (except as permitted by law), unless we first offer you a reasonable opportunity to refuse or “opt out” of such disclosure.

 

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Internet Security and Encryption

In general, the email services provided by our website are encrypted and provide a secure and private means of communication with us. To protect your own privacy, confidential and/or personal information should only be communicated via email when you are advised that you are using a secure website. As a security measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure emails, and we advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure emails. Instead, you may take advantage of the secure features of our website to encrypt your email correspondence. To do this, you will need to use a browser that supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

  All transactions, including redemptions, exchanges and purchases, are secured by SSL and 256-bit encryption. SSL is used to establish a secure connection between your PC and OppenheimerFunds’ server. It transmits information in an encrypted and scrambled format.
  Encryption is achieved through an electronic scrambling technology that uses a “key” to code and then decode the data. Encryption acts like the cable converter box you may have on your television set. It scrambles data with a secret code so that no one can make sense of it while it is being transmitted. When the data reaches its destination, the same software unscrambles the data.
  You can exit the secure area by either closing your browser, or for added security, you can use the Log Out button before you close your browser.

Other Security Measures

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal account information. Our employees and agents have access to that information only so that they may offer you products or provide services, for example, when responding to your account questions.

How You Can Help

You can also do your part to keep your account information private and to prevent unauthorized transactions. If you obtain a user ID and password for your account, safeguard that information. Also, take special precautions when accessing your account on a computer used by others.

Who We Are

This joint notice describes the privacy policies of the Oppenheimer funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., each of its investment adviser subsidiaries, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and OFI Global Trust Co. It applies to all Oppenheimer fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your Social Security number—whether or not you remain a shareholder of our funds. This notice was last updated November 2016. In the event it is updated or changed, we will post an updated notice on our website at oppenheimerfunds.com. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, write to us at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, CO 80217-5270, email us by clicking on the Contact Us section of our website at oppenheimerfunds.com or call us at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

 

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account information and transactions or call us at 800.CALL
OPP (800.225.5677) for 24-hr automated information and
automated transactions. Representatives also available
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Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

225 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10281-1008

© 2017 OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

RS1360.001.1116 January 24, 2017

 


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.


Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in 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.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Fund’s Governance Committee Provisions with Respect to Nominations of Directors/Trustees to the Respective Boards

None

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 11/30/2016, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a) (1) Not applicable to semiannual reports.

(2) Exhibits attached hereto.

(3) Not applicable.

 

(b) Exhibit attached hereto.


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.

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   1/13/2017

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/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   1/13/2017
By:  

/s/ Brian S. Petersen

  Brian S. Petersen
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   1/13/2017