N-CSR 1 d671659dncsr.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: 5/31/2018


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


Annual Report      5/31/2018     

 

    

 

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Table of Contents

 

Fund Performance Discussion

     3  

Top Holdings and Allocations

     6  

Fund Expenses

     9  

Statement of Investments

     11  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     23  

Statement of Operations

     25  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     27  

Financial Highlights

     28  

Notes to Financial Statements

     38  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     60  

Federal Income Tax Information

     61  
Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines; Updates to Statement of Investments      62  

Trustees and Officers

     63  

Privacy Notice

     68  

 

 

Class A Shares

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 5/31/18

 

    

 

Class A Shares of the Fund

   
         Without Sales Charge           With Sales Charge      

 JPMorgan Government 

Bond Index - Emerging

Markets Global

Diversified

 

1-Year

    

 

 

 

0.62

 

%

   

 

 

 

-4.16

 

%

   

 

 

 

1.01

 

%

 

5-Year

    

 

 

 

-0.98

 

   

 

 

 

-1.94

 

   

 

 

 

-1.66

 

 

Since Inception (6/30/10)

    

 

 

 

1.86

 

   

 

 

 

1.24

 

   

 

 

 

1.71

 

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. 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. 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 0.62% during the one-year reporting period ended May 31, 2018. The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the JPMorgan Government Bond Index - Emerging Markets Global Diversified (the “Index”), which returned 1.01% during the same period.

MARKET OVERVIEW

While markets continued to rally over the second half of 2017, volatility reemerged in 2018. Calendar year 2018 started off well in January with gains, but reversed course for the remainder of the reporting period. Markets were volatile from February through May 2018, with the Fund and Index producing negative returns in those months and year-to-date in 2018. However, these losses were not enough to offset the gains in 2017, with the Fund and the Index producing muted positive returns this reporting period.

The U.S. dollar (USD) generally weakened for the overall one-year reporting period, despite experiencing a strong uptick in the closing months, supported by the tax cuts and budget deal. Central banks in emerging market (EM) economies responded differently to the late rally in the USD. Some central banks, such as those in Indonesia, India, Philippines and Romania, responded quickly by hiking rates, while others remained on hold as they were either maintaining restrictive policies (Mexico and Russia) or held a transitory view of

 

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

 

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dollar strength (Brazil, Colombia and South Africa). Beyond portfolio positioning adjustments, we expect solid external balances in EM economies to weather U.S. dollar and rate strength. In our view, meaningful adjustments in trade balances, financial conditions as well as prudent economic policy are acting as tailwinds for EM business cycles.

FUND REVIEW

The Fund’s underperformance versus the Index stemmed largely from its exposure to South Africa, Thailand, and Mexico.

The Fund’s underweight position in the South African rand was a top reason for its underperformance versus the Index. Although the Fund has an underweight to the South African rand versus the Index, South Africa remains one of the largest exposures in our portfolio on an absolute basis, mainly through our exposure to government bonds. As we became more constructive on the political and economic situation, we added government bonds with maturities greater than 10 years in anticipation of President Jacob Zuma stepping down and allowing Cyril Ramaphosa to assume the presidency. Although our government bond position contributed to performance, we were less constructive on the South African rand from a valuation perspective. As the currency strongly appreciated, the Fund’s underweight exposure to the rand detracted from performance.

Our exposure to Thailand produced positive absolute results for the Fund. However, the Fund had an underweight position versus the Index during the reporting period, which detracted from performance. We added to our exposure to government bonds in Thailand late in the reporting period.

The Fund’s overweight position in Mexico relative to the Index detracted from performance this reporting period. We also traded tactically in Mexico in May 2018. Mexico has an upcoming presidential election and a populist result in Mexico with potential unorthodox economic policies will necessitate a renewed view of local asset pricing.

During this reporting period, areas of outperformance versus the Index included Turkey, Egypt and Russia.

Although the Fund’s exposure to Turkey resulted in negative absolute returns, its underweight position in the Turkish new lira resulted in outperformance versus the Index. Late in the reporting period, we successfully reduced our exposure to both government bonds and currency in Turkey, before adding currency exposure again after the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) hiked the Late Liquidity Window (LLW) rate in an extraordinary meeting by 300 basis points (bps) to 16.50%. In late May 2018, the CBRT announced a simplified monetary policy framework that would go into effect June 1, 2018. We replaced some of the duration risk

 

 

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by adding to government bonds in Thailand and Poland, where treasury curves are steep.

The Fund’s investment in Egyptian government bonds contributed positively to performance. Egypt executed at or above expectations on the requested reforms as part of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program. With unemployment declining and GDP beating expectations, we appreciated the hawkish policies of the Central Bank of Egypt while enjoying rare political stability in the region. Egypt was not a part of the Index, which helped boost the Fund’s relative performance.

We outperformed in Russia relative to the Index as we were underweight the Index in the Russian ruble before the U.S. announced sanctions on April 6, 2018, and continue to be underweight as of the end of the reporting period. Although the Fund had an underweight position, Russia remained a top holding. Geopolitics remain a factor in Russia. However, we believe improved monetary and

fiscal policies could spur growth. The inflation rate has decreased substantially since 2016 and at the end of May stood at 2.4%.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

The recent sell off in EM currencies and rates has generated a market narrative that the EM business cycle may be over. We believe this view to be taken prematurely, and that the global growth cycle is stable at fairly high levels of growth. Through this period of heightened market volatility, we take the opportunity to remind our investors that our investment process remains consistent. When we believe that economic fundamentals are sound, we run ex-ante volatility close to the benchmark volatility. We continue to think this is a benign economic environment, albeit one with high and plateauing growth. We therefore continue to run risk commensurate with the benchmark volatility. With high real yields and high growth in EM economies, we believe that the current valuation of EM local assets is attractive over the next 2-3 years.

 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

TOP TEN GEOGRAPHICAL HOLDINGS

 

South Africa

     12.1

Russia

     9.9  

Indonesia

     8.9  

Mexico

     7.8  

Colombia

     7.5  

Brazil

     6.8  

Peru

     5.2  

Turkey

     4.9  

Chile

     4.5  

Malaysia

     4.5  

Portfolio holdings and allocation are subject to change. Percentages are as of May 31, 2018, and are based on total market value of investments. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

 

Foreign Government Obligations

     87.9

Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes

     5.0  

Short-Term Notes

     4.3  

Investment Companies

        

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund

     2.4  

Over-the-Counter Options Purchased

     0.4  

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of May 31, 2018, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

 

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Share Class Performance

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITHOUT SALES CHARGE AS OF 5/31/18

 

     Inception
Date
         1-Year     5-Year     Since
Inception
 

Class A (OEMAX)

     6/30/10        0.62     -0.98     1.86

Class C (OEMCX)

     6/30/10        -0.09       -1.71       1.10  

Class I (OEMIX)

     9/28/12        1.05       -0.59       -0.23  

Class R (OEMNX)

     6/30/10        0.27       -1.25       1.60  

Class Y (OEMYX)

     6/30/10        0.96       -0.66       2.17  

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITH SALES CHARGE AS OF 5/31/18

 

     Inception
Date
         1-Year     5-Year     Since
Inception
 

Class A (OEMAX)

     6/30/10        -4.16     -1.94     1.24

Class C (OEMCX)

     6/30/10        -1.04       -1.71       1.10  

Class I (OEMIX)

     9/28/12        1.05       -0.59       -0.23  

Class R (OEMNX)

     6/30/10        0.27       -1.25       1.60  

Class Y (OEMYX)

     6/30/10        0.96       -0.66       2.17  

 

STANDARDIZED YIELDS   

 

For the 30 Days Ended 5/31/18

        

Class A

     5.80 %                     

Class C

     5.21  

Class I

     6.39  

Class R

     5.74  

Class Y

     6.31  
UNSUBSIDIZED STANDARDIZED YIELDS   

 

For the 30 Days Ended 5/31/18

        

Class A

     5.67 %                     

Class C

     5.18  

Class I

     6.29  

Class R

     5.69  

Class Y

     6.20  
 

 

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%; for Class C shares, the contingent deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1-year period. There is no sales charge for Class I, Class R and Class Y shares. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

Standardized yield is based on an SEC-standardized formula designed to approximate the Fund’s annualized hypothetical current income from securities less expenses for the 30-day period ended May 31, 2018 and that date’s maximum offering price (for Class A shares) or net asset value (for all other share classes). Each result is compounded semiannually and then annualized. Falling share prices will tend to artificially raise yields. The unsubsidized

 

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standardized yield is computed under an SEC-standardized formula based on net income earned for the 30-day period ended May 31, 2018. The calculation excludes any expense reimbursements and thus may result in a lower yield.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the JPMorgan 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 views in the Fund Performance Discussion represent the opinions of this Fund’s portfolio managers and are not intended as investment advice or to predict or depict the performance of any investment. These views are as of the close of business on May 31, 2018, and are subject to change based on subsequent developments. The Fund’s portfolio and strategies are subject to change.

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 May 31, 2018.

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 May 31, 2018” 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
December 1, 2017

    

Ending

Account

Value
May 31, 2018

   

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
May 31, 2018

        

Class A

   $   1,000.00                    $   977.70                   $         5.69                

Class C

     1,000.00                      975.00                     9.90                

Class I

     1,000.00                      980.50                     4.21                

Class R

     1,000.00                      976.10                     7.42                

Class Y

     1,000.00                      980.10                     4.70          
Hypothetical                          
(5% return before expenses)                              

Class A

     1,000.00                      1,019.20                     5.81                

Class C

     1,000.00                      1,014.96                     10.10                

Class I

     1,000.00                      1,020.69                     4.29                

Class R

     1,000.00                      1,017.45                     7.57                

Class Y

     1,000.00                      1,020.19                     4.80          

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended May 31, 2018 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios  

Class A

     1.15

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 and Transfer Agent. 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 May 31, 2018

 

            Principal Amount       Value  

Foreign Government Obligations—84.3%

                          

Argentina—0.7%

        

Argentine Republic:

        

15.50% Bonds, 10/17/26

     ARS                    4,000,000       $ 144,987  

16.00% Bonds, 10/17/23

     ARS        6,350,660         230,024  

18.20% Unsec. Nts., 10/3/21

     ARS        3,195,000         116,597  

21.20% Bonds, 9/19/18

     ARS        16,350,000         628,582  

31.947% [BADLARPP+325] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/201

     ARS        19,280,000         755,516  
                        

 

1,875,706

 

 

 

Brazil—6.0%

        

Federative Republic of Brazil:

        

10.00% Unsec. Nts., 1/1/21

     BRL        38,770,000         10,675,576  

10.00% Unsec. Nts., 1/1/23

     BRL        4,000,000         1,062,223  

10.00% Unsec. Nts., 1/1/25

     BRL        4,000,000         1,029,570  

16.666% Unsec. Nts., 8/15/228

     BRL        1,130,000         964,488  

18.093% Unsec. Nts., 5/15/458

     BRL        1,280,000         1,103,897  
                        

 

        14,835,754

 

 

 

Chile—4.4%

        

Republic of Chile:

        

4.50% Unsec. Nts., 2/28/21

     CLP        1,860,000,000         3,017,712  

4.50% Bonds, 3/1/21

     CLP        4,450,000,000         7,204,757  

4.50% Bonds, 3/1/26

     CLP        400,000,000         634,484  
                        

 

10,856,953

 

 

 

Colombia—7.2%

        

Republic of Colombia:

        

Series B, 7.00% Bonds, 5/4/22

     COP        23,330,000,000         8,471,720  

Series B, 7.50% Bonds, 8/26/26

     COP        11,010,000,000         4,071,763  

Series B, 10.00% Bonds, 7/24/24

     COP        2,221,000,000         920,129  

Series B, 11.00% Bonds, 7/24/20

     COP        8,400,000,000         3,259,453  

Series B, 11.25% Bonds, 10/24/18

     COP        3,000,000,000         1,071,978  
                        

 

17,795,043

 

 

 

Egypt—0.8%

        

Arab Republic of Egypt:

        

Series 3YR, 15.00% Bonds, 10/3/20

     EGP        19,100,000         1,028,913  

Series 3YR, 16.00% Unsec. Nts., 12/12/20

     EGP        20,000,000         1,101,247  
                        

 

2,130,160

 

 

 

Hungary—3.4%

        

Hungary:

        

Series 20/A, 7.50% Bonds, 11/12/20

     HUF        110,000,000         467,415  

Series 24/B, 3.00% Bonds, 6/26/24

     HUF        286,000,000         1,095,267  

Series 25/B, 5.50% Bonds, 6/24/25

     HUF        1,178,000,000         5,165,947  

Series 27/A, 3.00% Bonds, 10/27/27

     HUF        485,000,000         1,764,359  
          

 

8,492,988

 

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

            Principal Amount       Value  

India—4.1%

                          

Republic of India, 7.72% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/25/25

     INR                        510,000,000       $ 7,441,893  

State of Gujarat, 7.52% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/24/27

     INR        60,000,000         840,033  

State of Maharastra:

        

7.99% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/28/25

     INR        30,000,000         438,496  

8.06% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/11/25

     INR        50,000,000         732,317  

State of Tamilnadu, 8.01% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/11/26

     INR        50,000,000         728,459  
                        

 

10,181,198

 

 

 

Indonesia—8.5%

        

Republic of Indonesia:

        

Series FR53, 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/21

     IDR        26,300,000,000         1,975,273  

Series FR61, 7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/22

     IDR        58,000,000,000         4,211,731  

Series FR70, 8.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/24

     IDR        12,000,000,000         910,754  

Series FR71, 9.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/29

     IDR        38,780,000,000         3,133,854  

Series FR72, 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/36

     IDR        46,330,000,000         3,526,014  

Series FR73, 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/31

     IDR        91,780,000,000         7,273,613  
                        

 

        21,031,239

 

 

 

Malaysia—4.3%

        

Federation of Malaysia:

        

Series 0115, 3.955% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/25

     MYR        9,000,000         2,221,085  

Series 0217, 4.045% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/24

     MYR        5,000,000         1,251,951  

Series 0515, 3.759% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/19

     MYR        6,000,000         1,511,216  

Series 0902, 4.378% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/29/19

     MYR        22,785,000         5,796,704  
                        

 

10,780,956

 

 

 

Mexico—4.3%

        

United Mexican States:

        

Series M, 8.00% Bonds, 6/11/20

     MXN        18,300,000         924,577  

Series M, 8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/7/23

     MXN        58,580,000         2,966,735  

Series M, 8.00% Bonds, 11/7/47

     MXN        20,000,000         1,009,937  

Series M20, 8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/31/29

     MXN        16,030,000         844,184  

Series M20, 10.00% Bonds, 12/5/24

     MXN        64,800,000         3,621,098  

Series M30, 8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/18/38

     MXN        5,540,000         293,974  

Series M30, 10.00% Bonds, 11/20/36

     MXN        18,000,000         1,084,748  
                        

 

10,745,253

 

 

 

Peru—5.0%

        

Republic of Peru:

        

6.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/282

     PEN        11,505,000         3,698,111  

6.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/312

     PEN        710,000         239,019  

7.84% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/202

     PEN        16,800,000         5,696,163  

8.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/262

     PEN        7,525,000         2,771,026  
                        

 

12,404,319

 

 

 

Poland—4.3%

        

Republic of Poland:

        

Series 0123, 2.50% Bonds, 1/25/23

     PLN        2,000,000         542,698  

Series 0726, 2.50% Bonds, 7/25/26

     PLN        14,360,000         3,714,560  

 

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          Principal Amount      Value  

Poland (Continued)

                      

Republic of Poland: (Continued)

        

Series 0727, 2.50% Bonds, 7/25/27

   PLN                      5,760,000      $ 1,472,934  

Series 0922, 5.75% Bonds, 9/23/22

   PLN      15,850,000        4,894,446  
          

 

        10,624,638

 

 

 

Romania—1.3%

                      

Romania, Series 10YR, 5.95% Bonds, 6/11/21

   RON      12,370,000       

 

3,270,651

 

 

 

Russia—9.5%

                      

Russian Federation:

        

Series 6209, 7.60% Bonds, 7/20/22

   RUB      208,000,000        3,426,364  

Series 6210, 6.80% Bonds, 12/11/19

   RUB      82,600,000        1,324,855  

Series 6211, 7.00% Bonds, 1/25/23

   RUB      1,145,800,000        18,513,753  

Series 6212, 7.05% Bonds, 1/19/28

   RUB      17,000,000        269,157  
          

 

23,534,129

 

 

 

South Africa—11.2%

                      

Republic of South Africa:

        

Series 2023, 7.75% Bonds, 2/28/23

   ZAR      22,400,000        1,741,682  

Series 2030, 8.00% Bonds, 1/31/30

   ZAR      41,500,000        3,029,461  

Series 2037, 8.50% Bonds, 1/31/37

   ZAR      160,700,000        11,676,389  

Series 2048, 8.75% Bonds, 2/28/48

   ZAR      15,000,000        1,094,991  

Series R186, 10.50% Bonds, 12/21/26

   ZAR      42,200,000        3,690,819  

Series R208, 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/31/21

   ZAR      66,250,000        5,082,723  

Series R214, 6.50% Bonds, 2/28/41

   ZAR      27,000,000        1,537,454  
          

 

27,853,519

 

 

 

Thailand—4.1%

                      

Kingdom of Thailand:

        

1.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/17/22

   THB      194,500,000        6,058,635  

2.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/17/263

   THB      133,400,000        4,023,109  
          

 

10,081,744

 

 

 

Turkey—4.4%

                      

Republic of Turkey:

        

10.70% Bonds, 2/17/21

   TRY      23,030,000        4,506,859  

11.00% Bonds, 2/24/27

   TRY      26,450,000        4,977,504  

12.20% Bonds, 1/18/23

   TRY      7,790,000        1,582,106  
          

 

11,066,469

 

 

 

Uruguay—0.8%

                      

Oriental Republic of Uruguay:

        

9.126% Unsec. Nts., 6/29/184

   UYU      17,000,000        541,058  

9.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/20/222

   UYU      41,825,000        1,366,787  
           1,907,845  

Total Foreign Government Obligations (Cost $221,080,142)

           209,468,564  

 

13        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

            Principal Amount      Value  

Corporate Bonds and Notes—4.8%

                          

America Movil SAB de CV:

        

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

     MXN                16,000,000      $ 734,007  

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

     MXN        24,000,000                1,111,119  

CSN Resources SA:

        

6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/21/202

      $ 186,000        177,630  

7.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/13/232

        1,070,000        981,725  

Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/30/202

              600,000        457,500  

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

     COP        214,000,000        77,860  

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., 10.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/25/23

     ZAR        11,000,000        893,928  

Fidelity Bank plc, 10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/16/222

              560,000        576,526  

HTA Group Ltd., 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/222

              460,000        470,235  

Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT, 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/11/202

     IDR            4,400,000,000        314,117  

Petroleos Mexicanos:

        

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

     MXN        98,000,000        4,388,571  

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

     MXN        16,000,000        716,501  

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

     MXN        16,000,000        773,834  

Red de Carreteras de Occidente SAPIB de CV, 9.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/10/282

     MXN        2,300,000        112,160  

YPF SA, 16.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/9/222

     ARS        7,670,200        241,874  

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $14,276,540)

          

 

12,027,587

 

 

 

Short-Term Notes—4.1%

                          

Arab Republic of Egypt Treasury Bills:

        

16.166%, 10/9/184

     EGP        8,100,000        426,480  

18.465%, 12/18/184

     EGP        21,000,000        1,071,196  

18.973%, 7/24/184

     EGP        20,000,000        1,096,626  

Argentine Republic Treasury Bills, 34.06%, 6/21/184

     ARS        54,670,000        2,150,245  

Federal Republic of Nigeria Treasury Bills:

        

15.388%, 10/18/184

     NGN        765,000,000        2,024,827  

20.136%, 8/2/185

     NGN        740,000,000        2,014,330  

Oriental Republic of Uruguay Treasury Bills, 9.216%, 6/8/184

     UYU        20,700,000        664,203  

United States Treasury Bills, 1.629%, 6/14/184,6

        750,000        749,576  

Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $10,553,210)

           10,197,483  

 

    

Counter-

party

        Exercise Price    Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
(000’s)
  

            Contracts

(000’s)

    
    

Over-the-Counter Options Purchased—0.4%

                                  
                  BRL   

BRL Currency

                    

Call7

   JPM    BRL    3.300    11/30/18    BRL 1,000    560    96,430  
                  BRL   

BRL Currency

                    

Call7

   GSCO-OT    BRL    3.300    8/16/18    BRL 5,500    280    10,886  
                  BRL   

BRL Currency

                    

Call7

   CITNA-B    BRL    3.200    4/25/19    BRL 512,000    17,900    23,879  

 

14        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


 

 

    

Counter-

party

         

Exercise

Price

    

Expiration

Date

     Notional
Amount
(000’s)
    

                Contracts

(000’s)

     Value  
Over-the-Counter Options Purchased (Continued)                  
                    TRY     

TRY Currency

                    

Call7

   GSCO-OT                  TRY        4.400        11/23/18        TRY 11,372        318      $               211,535  
                    TRY     

TRY Currency

                    

Call7

   CITNA-B      TRY        4.700        11/28/18        TRY 94,000        52,700        345,765  
                    ZAR     

ZAR Currency

                 ZAR        

Call7

   JPM      ZAR        12.557        5/27/19        125,565        70,420        166,332  
                          

Total Over-the-Counter Options Purchased (Cost $762,684)

 

           854,827  

 

     Shares         

Investment Company—2.3%

                 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E,

1.71%9,10 (Cost $5,748,638)

                 5,748,638        5,748,638  

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $252,421,214)

     95.9%             238,297,099  

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     4.1            10,060,654  
        

Net Assets

     100.0%      $ 248,357,753  
        

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security, determined as [Referenced Rate + Basis-point spread].

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 $21,569,304 or 8.68% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

3. All or a portion of the security position is when-issued or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after period end. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

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

5. Current yield as of period end.

6. 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 $658,628. See Note 6 of the accompanying Notes.

7. Non-income producing security.

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

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

10. 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, 2017
     Gross
            Additions
     Gross
            Reductions
     Shares
        May 31, 2018
 

Oppenheimer Institutional

           

Government Money Market Fund,

Cl. E

     5,851,978        174,969,165        175,072,505        5,748,638  

 

15        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments (Continued)

 

      Value      Income     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Oppenheimer Institutional

          

Government Money Market Fund,

Cl. E

   $                 5,748,638      $                 59,640     $                     —      $                     —  

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

 

Geographic Holdings (Unaudited)    Value      Percent            

South Africa

     $ 28,913,779        12.1%          

Russia

     23,534,128        9.9              

Indonesia

     21,345,356        8.9              

Mexico

     18,581,445        7.8              

Colombia

     17,872,903        7.5              

Brazil

     16,126,304        6.8              

Peru

     12,404,319        5.2              

Turkey

     11,623,769        4.9              

Chile

     10,856,953        4.5              

Malaysia

     10,780,956        4.5              

Poland

     10,624,638        4.5              

India

     10,181,198        4.3              

Thailand

     10,081,744        4.2              

Hungary

     8,492,988        3.6              

United States

     6,498,214        2.7              

Egypt

     4,724,462        2.0              

Nigeria

     4,615,683        1.9              

Argentina

     4,267,826        1.8              

Romania

     3,270,651        1.4              

Uruguay

     2,572,048        1.1              

Mauritius

     470,235        0.2              

Jamaica

     457,500        0.2              
  

 

 

 

Total

     $         238,297,099        100.0%          
  

 

 

 

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts as of May 31, 2018                        

Counter

-party

   Settlement
Month(s)
     Currency
Purchased (000’s)
           Currency Sold
(000’s)
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

BAC

     06/2018      COP      814,000      USD      289      $      $ 7,394  

BAC

     06/2018      HUF      1,156,260      USD      4,620               389,262  

BAC

     06/2018      ILS      8,870      USD      2,594               102,567  

BAC

     06/2018      MYR      995      USD      249               238  

BAC

     06/2018      PHP      34,400      USD      656               2,950  

BAC

     06/2018      PLN      800      USD      235               18,766  

BAC

     06/2018      THB      433,748      USD      13,895                               329,224  

BAC

     06/2018      TRY      2,080      USD      501               44,835  

BAC

     06/2018      USD      2,172      COP      6,188,000                        32,891         

BAC

     06/2018      USD      2,515      ILS      8,990               9,970  

BAC

     06/2018      USD      272      MXN      5,200        11,605         

 

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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
 

BAC

     06/2018      USD      5,054      MYR      19,860      $ 79,882      $  

BAC

     06/2018      USD      4,543      ZAR      54,210        293,751         

BAC

     06/2018      ZAR      13,890      USD      1,168               79,183  

BOA

     06/2018      BRL      4,570      USD      1,286               58,731  

BOA

     06/2018      COP      5,384,000      USD      1,870               8,884  

BOA

     06/2018      HUF      677,000      USD      2,702               224,270  

BOA

     06/2018      IDR      38,017,000      USD      2,735        3,654        11,806  

BOA

     06/2018      ILS      8,990      USD      2,585               60,342  

BOA

     06/2018      PHP      136,000      USD      2,622               39,975  

BOA

     06/2018      PLN      33,323      USD      9,814               792,761  

BOA

     06/2018      THB      24,600      USD      781        440        12,168  

BOA

     06/2018      TRY      2,110      USD      493               29,871  

BOA

     06/2018      USD      1,227      BRL      4,570        3,480        3,704  

BOA

     08/2018      USD      4,807      EUR      3,925                    186,760         

BOA

     06/2018      USD      4,621      HUF      1,212,000        185,920         

BOA

     06/2018      USD      734      IDR      10,369,000               10,079  

BOA

     06/2018      USD      10,813      INR      711,000        291,886         

BOA

     06/2018      USD      3,009      MXN      55,750        221,427         

BOA

     06/2018      USD      224      THB      7,100        1,751         

BOA

     06/2018      USD      5,408      TRY      24,020        136,625         

BOA

     06/2018      USD      1,740      ZAR      21,050        89,769         

BOA

     06/2018      ZAR      4,940      USD      391               3,998  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      2,109      RUB      128,700        49,470         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      BRL      37,493      USD      10,782               714,103  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      COP      12,772,000      USD      4,529        182        113,889  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      CZK      6,000      USD      293               21,199  

CITNA-B

     08/2018      GHS      11,710      USD      2,502               95,645  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      HUF      294,800      USD      1,122               43,682  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      MXN      79,250      USD      4,262                           299,894  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      PEN      1,110      USD      339        47        154  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      PLN      8,930      USD      2,604               186,161  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      RON      6,135      USD      1,632               94,136  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      RUB      314,100      USD      5,150        2,099        125,686  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      THB      18,800      USD      600               11,952  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      TRY      19,430      USD      4,534        7,698        277,518  

CITNA-B

     06/2018 - 04/2019      USD      11,047      BRL      41,133        64,312        34,888  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      6,586      CLP      3,964,100        293,676         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      3,687      COP      10,608,000        18,930         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      1,198      HUF      314,000        49,501         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      1,134      IDR      16,045,000               16,434  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      2,598      ILS      8,870        107,208         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      4,789      MXN      93,800        99,247         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      10,093      PEN      32,955        30,428        134  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      561      PLN      2,040        8,962         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      3,257      RUB      190,200        213,783         

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      338      THB      10,800               19  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      USD      6,794      TRY      29,350        380,067        27,253  

CITNA-B

     06/2018      ZAR      4,340      USD      345               4,597  

 

17        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts (Continued)                        

Counter

-party

   Settlement
Month(s)
     Currency
Purchased (000’s)
           Currency Sold
(000’s)
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

DEU

     06/2018      PEN      9,580      USD      2,964      $      $ 38,569  

DEU

     06/2018      USD      670      PEN      2,200               1,938  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      BRL      3,500      USD      946               6,500  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      CLP      1,597,000      USD      2,615               80,609  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      COP      7,277,000      USD      2,660               144,259  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      EUR      4,285      USD      5,111               95,206  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      HUF      137,000      USD      542               40,346  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      IDR      7,513,000      USD      527        11,585         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      INR      6,700      USD      98        712         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      MXN      62,800      USD      3,334               194,339  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      MYR      22,935      USD      5,860               116,101  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      PLN      5,290      USD      1,500        13        67,459  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      RON      960      USD      246               4,837  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      TRY      1,640      USD      393               32,728  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      937      BRL      3,500               3,257  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      3,778      CLP      2,287,400                    147,728         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      483      COP      1,358,000        13,608         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      148      IDR      2,048,000        961         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      5,413      MXN      106,700        90,176        11,647  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      2,330      MYR      9,160        35,523         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      149      PHP      7,800        837         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      2,436      PLN      8,750        67,139        84  

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      467      RON      1,800        15,606         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      USD      1,673      ZAR      21,090        20,071         

GSCO-OT

     06/2018      ZAR      30,730      USD      2,550               140,991  

HSBC

     06/2018      HUF      73,000      USD      290               22,970  

HSBC

     06/2018      MXN      21,800      USD      1,178               88,503  

HSBC

     06/2018      PLN      4,300      USD      1,265               101,207  

HSBC

     06/2018      USD      170      CZK      3,500        11,497         

HSBC

     06/2018      USD      625      HUF      158,000        46,574         

HSBC

     06/2018      USD      6,421      MXN      117,400        551,856         

HSBC

     06/2018      USD      959      PLN      3,280        71,160         

HSBC

     06/2018      USD      819      THB      25,500        21,361         

HSBC

     06/2018      USD      766      ZAR      9,160        47,943         

JPM

     06/2018 - 07/2018      BRL      85,806      USD      23,029        41,849        60,451  

JPM

     06/2018      CLP      59,000      USD      95               1,802  

JPM

     06/2018      COP      1,118,000      USD      389               2,866  

JPM

     06/2018      CZK      99,510      USD      4,862                           352,502  

JPM

     06/2018      HUF      183,100      USD      702               32,192  

JPM

     06/2018      IDR      46,211,000      USD      3,328        6,784        20,883  

JPM

     06/2018      INR      181,100      USD      2,696        55        16,570  

JPM

     06/2018      MXN      125,880      USD      6,727               433,824  

JPM

     08/2018      NGN      365,000      USD      984        70,553         

JPM

     06/2018      PLN      13,340      USD      3,748               136,271  

JPM

     06/2018      RUB      125,900      USD      2,057               42,773  

JPM

     06/2018      TRY      13,700      USD      3,275               268,921  

JPM

     10/2018      UAH      36,000      USD      1,224        60,184         

JPM

     06/2018 - 12/2018      USD      14,069      BRL      52,173        90,383         

 

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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

     06/2018                USD        57        CLP        36,000           $ 55          $ —   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        2,542        COP        7,271,000            28,388            —   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        1,089        CZK        22,700            59,981            —   

JPM

     08/2018        USD        5,742        EUR        4,625            298,251            —   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        1,479        IDR        20,575,000            10,392            6,601   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        2,709        INR        181,900            17,673            —   

JPM

     08/2018        USD        954        NGN        365,000            —            100,132   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        189        PLN        640            15,435            —   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        8,965        RUB        520,700            637,132            4,316   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        1,188        THB        38,000            —            964   

JPM

     06/2018        USD        3,599        ZAR        45,300            47,969            —   

JPM

     06/2018        ZAR        26,470        USD        2,107            —            32,376   

TDB

     08/2018        EUR        1,215        USD        1,516            —            86,197   
                 

 

 

 

Total Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation

 

             $ 5,404,885          $ 7,099,513   
                 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                              
Over-the-Counter Options Written at May 31, 2018                                  
Description   

Counter

-party

     Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Date
                 Number  of
Contracts
(000’s)
     Notional
Amount
(000’s)
     Premiums
Received
     Value  
            MXN             MXN                       

 

MXN Currency Put

     JPM        20.200        8/2/18        (138,370)        MXN 2,020,000       $ 79,234      $ (171,440)  
        TRY           TRY           

 

TRY Currency Call

     CITNA-B        4.400        11/28/18        (74,000)        TRY 132,000        119,554        (179,894)  
        TRY           TRY           

 

TRY Currency Put

     GSCO-OT        4.400        7/24/18        (280)        TRY 10,020        87,052        (174,944)  
        ZAR           ZAR           

 

ZAR Currency Call

     JPM        11.413        5/27/19        (64,010)        ZAR 114,130        55,524        (34,694)  
        ZAR           ZAR           

 

ZAR Currency Put

     JPM        14.730        5/27/19        (82,610)        ZAR 147,300        150,863        (169,185)  
                 

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Options Written

 

             $ 492,227      $ (730,157)  
                 

 

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps at May 31, 2018                                         

Counter-

party

   Pay/Receive
Floating
Rate
    

Floating

Rate

     Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

    

Premiums
Received /

(Paid)

     Value    

Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

 
        Three-Month USD                   

BAC

     Receive        BBA LIBOR        2.102%        10/26/22        USD 6,300      $     —      $         185,506     $         185,506  
        MXN TIIE                   

CITNA-B

     Pay        BANXICO        7.920        9/13/18        MXN 366,650               (4,774     (4,774
        Three-Month ZAR                   

CITNA-B

     Pay        JIBAR SAFEX        8.590        1/23/28        ZAR 69,740               (7,359     (7,359
        MXN TIIE                   

DEU

     Pay        BANXICO        7.600        1/27/23        MXN 90,000               (69,181     (69,181

DEU

     Receive        BZDI        7.980        1/4/21        BRL 19,200               82,855       82,855  

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps (Continued)                                         

Counter-

party

   Pay/Receive
Floating
Rate
    

Floating

Rate

     Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

    

Premiums
Received /

(Paid)

     Value    

Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

 
        MXN TIIE                   

DEU

     Pay        BANXICO        6.915%        8/10/22        MXN 42,000      $      $ (82,113   $ (82,113
        Six-Month PLN                   

GSCOI

     Pay        WIBOR WIBO        2.580        2/6/23        PLN 30,275                       109,851               109,851  

GSCOI

     Pay        BZDI        9.825        7/1/20        BRL 285,000               (73,250     (73,250
        Three-Month ZAR                   

GSCOI

     Pay        JIBAR SAFEX        7.600        2/21/28        ZAR 22,750               (45,128     (45,128
        MXN TIIE                   

JPM

     Pay        BANXICO        7.895        2/21/20        MXN 278,500               (60,780     (60,780
        MXN TIIE                   

JPM

     Receive        BANXICO        8.040        2/11/28        MXN 73,500               22,471       22,471  

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        9.480        7/1/20        BRL 240,800               (146,177     (146,177

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        8.840        1/4/21        BRL 45,675               108,856       108,856  

JPM

     Receive        BZDI        9.395        1/2/23        BRL 16,885               97,673       97,673  

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        10.500        7/1/20        BRL 114,140               48,295       48,295  
        Three-Month ZAR                   

JPM

     Pay        JIBAR SAFEX        7.930        1/9/28        ZAR 29,065               (2,229     (2,229

JPM

     Receive        BZDI        7.535        1/2/19        BRL 49,135               (94,996     (94,996
        MXN TIIE                   

SIB

     Pay        BANXICO        7.250        11/4/22        MXN 45,000               (63,137     (63,137
        MXN TIIE                   

UBS

     Pay        BANXICO        6.860        7/21/22        MXN 50,000               (101,137     (101,137
                       

Total Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

            $      $ (94,754   $ (94,754
                       

 

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps at May 31, 2018                                         

Counter-

party

   Pay/Receive
Floating
Rate
    

Floating

Rate

     Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

     Premiums
Received /
(Paid)
     Value    

Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

 
                 INR          

BOA

     Pay        NSERO        6.700%        3/8/20        1,191,380      $      $         (56,175   $ (56,175
        Three-Month                   
        MYR KLIBOR                   

BOA

     Pay        BNM        4.010        11/10/22        MYR 5,000               2,580       2,580  
        Six-Month INR                   
        FBIL MIBOR OIS                   

BOA

     Pay        Compound        6.350        6/5/22        INR 337,500               (97,175     (97,175
        Six-Month INR                   
        FBIL MIBOR OIS                   

BOA

     Receive        Compound        6.705        3/8/23        INR 272,375               60,710       60,710  
        Six-Month CLP              CLP          

CITNA-B

     Pay        TNA        3.130        5/29/20        8,300,000               (8,546     (8,546
        Three-Month                   
        COP IBR OIS              COP          

CITNA-B

     Pay        Compound        6.660        6/9/18        8,000,000               17,476                 17,476  
        Three-Month                   
        COP IBR OIS              COP          

GSCOI

     Pay        Compound        5.175        4/20/20        12,067,500               45,123       45,123  
        Three-Month                   
        MYR KLIBOR                   

JPM

     Pay        BNM        3.360        8/30/21        MYR 17,500               (68,761     (68,761

 

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Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps (Continued)                                          

Counter-

party

  

Pay/Receive
Floating

Rate

    

Floating

Rate

     Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

     Premiums
Received /
(Paid)
     Value     

Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

 
        Three-Month                    
        COP IBR OIS              COP           

JPM

     Pay        Compound        7.300%        6/1/26        1,037,500      $      $ 36,022      $ 36,022  

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        10.130        7/1/19        BRL 50,370                       127,737                127,737  
        Three-Month                    
        COP IBR OIS              COP           

JPM

     Pay        Compound        5.700        3/8/19        15,685,000               83,593        83,593  
        Three-Month                    
        COP IBR OIS              COP           

SIB

     Pay        Compound        5.900        2/14/19        8,000,000               37,220        37,220  
                       

Total Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps

 

            $      $ 179,804      $ 179,804  
                       

Glossary:

Counterparty Abbreviations

BAC

   Barclays Bank plc

BOA

   Bank of America NA

CITNA-B

   Citibank NA

DEU

   Deutsche Bank AG

GSCOI

   Goldman Sachs International

GSCO-OT

   Goldman Sachs Bank USA

HSBC

   HSBC Bank USA NA

JPM

   JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

SIB

   Banco Santander SA

TDB

   Toronto Dominion Bank

UBS

   UBS AG

 

Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies

ARS

   Argentine Peso

BRL

   Brazilian Real

CLP

   Chilean Peso

COP

   Colombian Peso

CZK

   Czech Koruna

EGP

   Egyptian Pounds

EUR

   Euro

GHS

   Ghanaian Cedi

HUF

   Hungarian Forint

IDR

   Indonesian Rupiah

ILS

   Israeli Shekel

INR

   Indian Rupee

MXN

   Mexican Nuevo Peso

MYR

   Malaysian Ringgit

NGN

   Nigerian Naira

PEN

   Peruvian New Sol

PHP

   Philippine Peso

PLN

   Polish Zloty

RON

   New Romanian Leu

RUB

   Russian Ruble

THB

   Thailand Baht

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 

Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies (Continued)

TRY

   New Turkish Lira

UAH

   Ukraine Hryvnia

UYU

   Uruguay Peso

ZAR

   South African Rand

 

Definitions

BADLARPP

   Argentina Deposit Rates Badlar Private Banks ARS 30 to 35 Days

BANXICO

   Banco de Mexico

BBA LIBOR

   British Bankers’ Association London - Interbank Offered Rate

BNM

   Bank Negara Malaysia

BZDI

   Brazil Interbank Deposit Rate

FBIL

   Financial Benchmarks India Private Ltd.

IBR

   Indicador Bancario de Referencia

JIBAR SAFEX

   South Africa Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate/Futures Exchange

KLIBOR

   Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate

MIBOR

   Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate

NSERO

   India Rupee Floating Rate

OIS

   Overnight Index Swap

TIIE

   Interbank Equilibrium Interest Rate

TNA

   Non-Deliverable CLP Camara

WIBOR WIBO

   Poland Warsaw Interbank Offer Bid Rate

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES May 31, 2018

 

   

Assets

 

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

 

Unaffiliated companies (cost $246,672,576)

  $         232,548,461  

Affiliated companies (cost $5,748,638)

    5,748,638  
       
    238,297,099  
         

Cash

    742,946  
         

Cash—foreign currencies (cost $1,311,034)

    1,306,375  
         

Cash used for collateral on OTC derivatives

    980,000  
         

Cash used for collateral on centrally cleared swaps

    1,439,131  
         

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

    5,404,885  
         

Swaps, at value

    410,461  
         

Centrally cleared swaps, at value

    655,507  
         

Receivables and other assets:

 

Interest and dividends

    5,590,937  

Investments sold

    3,950,645  

Shares of beneficial interest sold

    1,703,884  

Other

    58,263  
       

Total assets

 

   

 

260,540,133

 

 

 

   

Liabilities

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

    7,099,513  
         

Options written, at value (premiums received $492,227)

    730,157  
         

Swaps, at value

    230,657  
         

Centrally cleared swaps, at value

    750,261  
         

Payables and other liabilities:

 
Investments purchased (including $1,513,515 purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)     2,672,876  

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

    519,820  

Dividends

    18,520  

Distribution and service plan fees

    17,069  

Trustees’ compensation

    13,664  

Shareholder communications

    9,535  

Other

    120,308  
       

Total liabilities

    12,182,380  
   

Net Assets

  $ 248,357,753  
       
 
   

Composition of Net Assets

 

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

  $ 35,354  
         

Additional paid-in capital

    270,637,688  
         

Accumulated net investment income

    167,471  
         
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions     (6,262,296
         
Net unrealized depreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies     (16,220,464
       

Net Assets

  $ 248,357,753  
       

 

23        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Continued

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

        

Class A Shares:

  

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $55,014,904 and 7,834,821 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

 

  

 

$

 

 

7.02

 

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 4.75% of offering price)

 

   $

 

7.37

 

 

 

 

Class C Shares:

  

 

Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $19,931,539 and 2,837,414 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

 

  

 

$

 

 

7.02

 

 

 

 

 

Class I Shares:

  

 

Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $7,601,101 and 1,083,512 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

 

  

 

$

 

 

7.02

 

 

 

 

 

Class R Shares:

  

 

Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $2,935,226 and 418,104 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

 

  

 

$

 

 

7.02

 

 

 

 

 

Class Y Shares:

  

 

Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $162,874,983 and 23,179,678 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

  

 

$

 

7.03

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF

OPERATIONS For the Year Ended May 31, 2018

 

Investment Income

       

Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $337,870)

  $         14,017,947      

Dividends — affiliated companies

    59,640  

Total investment income

 

   

 

14,077,587

 

 

 

Expenses

       

Management fees

    1,456,349  

Distribution and service plan fees:

 

Class A

    127,615  

Class C

    182,501  

Class R

    11,966  

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

 

Class A

    104,765  

Class C

    35,994  

Class I

    4,114  

Class R

    4,743  

Class Y

    233,564  

Shareholder communications:

 

Class A

    8,250  

Class C

    3,244  

Class I

    1,296  

Class R

    594  

Class Y

    13,784  

Custodian fees and expenses

    121,790  

Legal, auditing and other professional fees

    101,137  

Trustees’ compensation

    12,886  

Borrowing fees

    5,988  

Other

    46,089  

Total expenses

    2,476,669  

Less reduction to custodian expenses

    (510

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

    (197,468

Net expenses

 

   

 

2,278,691

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    11,798,896  

 

25        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF

OPERATIONS Continued

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

       

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $35,384)

  $ (76,335

Option contracts written

    415,344      

Foreign currency transactions

    (103,070

Forward currency exchange contracts

    1,585,369  

Swap contracts

    374,982  

Swaption contracts written

    111,983  

Net realized gain

    2,308,273  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

    (13,721,191

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    (268,112

Forward currency exchange contracts

    (2,571,601

Option contracts written

    (237,930

Swap contracts

    (99,513

Swaption contracts written

    (15,937

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

   

 

(16,914,284

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

  $         (2,807,115
       

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

      Year Ended
May 31, 2018
     Year Ended
May 31, 2017
 

Operations

     
Net investment income    $ 11,798,896         $ 5,047,744     
Net realized gain (loss)      2,308,273           (3,620,031)    
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (16,914,284)          7,941,763     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

    

 

(2,807,115)  

 

 

 

    

 

9,369,476   

 

 

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders                  
Dividends from net investment income:      
Class A      (2,796,757)          —     
Class C      (819,443)          —     
Class I      (759,729)          —     
Class R      (120,003)          —     
Class Y      (6,552,072)          —     
      

 

(11,048,004)  

 

 

 

    

 

—   

 

 

 

Tax return of capital distribution:      
Class A      (179,358)          (4,714,282)    
Class C      (52,552)          (846,107)    
Class I      (48,722)          (447,665)    
Class R      (7,696)          (135,136)    
Class Y      (420,189)          (1,326,395)    
      

 

(708,517)  

 

 

 

    

 

(7,469,585)  

 

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions      
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:      
Class A      13,691,683           (3,092,314)    
Class C      7,444,313           5,212,511     
Class I      (353,830)          5,665,588     
Class R      1,109,583           411,040     
Class Y      122,059,010           45,863,984     
    

 

143,950,759   

 

 

 

    

 

54,060,809   

 

 

 

Net Assets                  
Total increase      129,387,123           55,960,700     
Beginning of period      118,970,630           63,009,930     
End of period (including accumulated net investment income (loss) of $167,471 and $(2,129,641), respectively)    $     248,357,753         $     118,970,630     
        

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

27    OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Class A    Year Ended
May 31,
2018
    Year Ended
May 31,
2017
    Year Ended
May 31,
2016
    Year Ended
May 29,
20151
    Year Ended
May 30,
20141
 

Per Share Operating Data

          
Net asset value, beginning of period      $7.38       $7.17       $7.80       $9.27       $10.35  
Income (loss) from investment operations:           

Net investment income2

     0.42       0.44       0.53       0.39       0.48  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.36)       0.45       (0.65)       (1.43)       (0.93)  
        

Total from investment operations

     0.06       0.89       (0.12)       (1.04)       (0.45)  
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:           

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.40)       0.00       0.00       (0.42)       (0.13)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.15)  

Tax return of capital distribution

     (0.02)       (0.68)       (0.51)       (0.01)       (0.35)  
        
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.42)       (0.68)       (0.51)       (0.43)       (0.63)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $7.02       $7.38       $7.17       $7.80       $9.27  
        
          

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     0.62%       13.03%       (1.29)%       (11.49)%       (4.20)%  
          

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                        
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $55,015       $44,710       $47,515       $32,520       $45,660  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $53,092       $50,009       $31,493       $38,815       $50,865  

Ratios to average net assets:4

          

Net investment income

     5.60%       6.03%       7.37%       4.51%       5.08%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.29%       1.44%       1.51%       1.46%       1.41%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%  
        

Total expenses6

     1.29%       1.44%       1.51%       1.46%       1.41%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.15%       1.24%       1.25%       1.25%       1.25%  

Portfolio turnover rate

     48%       87%       108%       107%       251%  

 

28        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


 

 

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:

                                                                                                                     

Year Ended May 31, 2018

     1.29

Year Ended May 31, 2017

     1.44

Year Ended May 31, 2016

     1.51

Year Ended May 29, 2015

     1.47

Year Ended May 30, 2014

     1.41

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

29        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

 Class C    Year Ended
May 31,
2018
     Year Ended
May 31,
2017
     Year Ended
May 31,
2016
     Year Ended
May 29,
20151
     Year Ended
May 30,
20141
 

 Per Share Operating Data

              

 Net asset value, beginning of period

     $7.38        $7.17        $7.80        $9.27        $10.35  
   

 Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

 Net investment income2

     0.36        0.38        0.46        0.32        0.41  

 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.36)        0.46        (0.63)        (1.42)        (0.94)  
        

 Total from investment operations

     0.00        0.84        (0.17)        (1.10)        (0.53)  
   

 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

              

 Dividends from net investment income

     (0.34)        0.00        0.00        (0.36)        (0.11)  

 Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        (0.15)  

 Tax return of capital distribution

     (0.02)        (0.63)        (0.46)        (0.01)        (0.29)  
        

 Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.36)        (0.63)        (0.46)        (0.37)        (0.55)  
   

 Net asset value, end of period

     $7.02        $7.38        $7.17        $7.80        $9.27  
        
        
                                              

 Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     (0.09)%        12.18%        (2.03)%        (12.15)%        (4.92)%  
                                              

 Ratios/Supplemental Data

              

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $19,932        $13,633        $8,183        $10,267        $15,128  
   

 Average net assets (in thousands)

     $18,345        $10,161        $8,468        $12,919        $18,262  
   

 Ratios to average net assets:4

              

 Net investment income

     4.75%        5.27%        6.38%        3.74%        4.32%  

 Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     2.05%        2.24%        2.38%        2.31%        2.29%  

 Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%5        0.00%5        0.00%5        0.00%        0.00%  
        

 Total expenses6

     2.05%        2.24%        2.38%        2.31%        2.29%  

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and
reduction to custodian expenses

     2.00%        2.00%        2.00%        2.00%        2.00%  
   

 Portfolio turnover rate

     48%        87%        108%        107%        251%  

 

30        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


 

 

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:

                                                                                                                     

Year Ended May 31, 2018

     2.05

Year Ended May 31, 2017

     2.24

Year Ended May 31, 2016

     2.38

Year Ended May 29, 2015

     2.32

Year Ended May 30, 2014

     2.29

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

31        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

Class I    Year Ended
May 31,
2018
  Year Ended
May 31,
2017
    Year Ended
May 31,
2016
    Year Ended
May 29,
20151
    Year Ended
May 30,
20141
 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $7.37       $7.16       $7.79       $9.26       $10.34  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income2

     0.44       0.46       0.54       0.32       0.52  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.35)       0.46       (0.63)       (1.32)       (0.94)  

Total from investment operations

     0.09       0.92       (0.09)       (1.00)       (0.42)  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.41)       0.00       0.00       (0.46)       (0.14)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.15)  

Tax return of capital distribution

     (0.03)       (0.71)       (0.54)       (0.01)       (0.37)  

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.44)       (0.71)       (0.54)       (0.47)       (0.66)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $7.02       $7.37       $7.16       $7.79       $9.26  
                                        
          
          

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     1.05%       13.47%       (0.91)%       (11.15)%       (3.83)%  
          

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                        

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $7,601       $8,089       $2,325       $2,339       $34  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $13,701       $5,000       $2,226       $1,212       $19  

Ratios to average net assets:4

          

Net investment income

     5.90%       6.42%       7.57%       4.02%       5.63%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     0.87%       1.03%       1.11%       1.08%       1.02%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses6

     0.87%       1.03%       1.11%       1.08%       1.02%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.85%       0.85%       0.85%       0.84%       0.85%  

Portfolio turnover rate

     48%       87%       108%       107%       251%  

 

32        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


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:

 

Year Ended May 31, 2018

     0.87

Year Ended May 31, 2017

     1.03

Year Ended May 31, 2016

     1.11

Year Ended May 29, 2015

     1.09

Year Ended May 30, 2014

     1.02

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

33        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

Class R    Year Ended
May 31,
2018
    Year Ended
May 31,
2017
    Year Ended
May 31,
2016
    Year Ended
May 29,
20151
    Year Ended
May 30,
20141
 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $7.38       $7.17       $7.80       $9.27       $10.35  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income2

     0.39       0.42       0.51       0.36       0.46  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.36)       0.45       (0.65)       (1.42)       (0.94)  

Total from investment operations

     0.03       0.87       (0.14)       (1.06)       (0.48)  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.37)       0.00       0.00       (0.40)       (0.12)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.15)  

Tax return of capital distribution

     (0.02)       (0.66)       (0.49)       (0.01)       (0.33)  

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.39)       (0.66)       (0.49)       (0.41)       (0.60)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $7.02       $7.38       $7.17       $7.80       $9.27  
                                        
          

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     0.27%       12.74%       (1.54)%       (11.71)%       (4.45)%  
          

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                        

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $2,935       $2,023       $1,550       $1,377       $1,957  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $2,436       $1,539       $1,214       $1,658       $2,189  

Ratios to average net assets:4

          

Net investment income

     5.25%       5.77%       7.01%       4.22%       4.82%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.55%       1.73%       1.87%       1.80%       1.79%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses6

     1.55%       1.73%       1.87%       1.80%       1.79%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.50%       1.50%       1.50%       1.50%       1.50%  

Portfolio turnover rate

     48%       87%       108%       107%       251%  

 

34        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


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:

 

Year Ended May 31, 2018

     1.55

Year Ended May 31, 2017

     1.73

Year Ended May 31, 2016

     1.87

Year Ended May 29, 2015

     1.81

Year Ended May 30, 2014

     1.79

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

35        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

Class Y    Year Ended
May 31,
2018
    Year Ended
May 31,
2017
    Year Ended
May 31,
2016
    Year Ended
May 29,
20151
    Year Ended
May 30,
20141
 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $7.38       $7.17       $7.79       $9.26       $10.34  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income2

     0.44       0.46       0.54       0.43       0.51  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.35)       0.45       (0.63)       (1.44)       (0.94)  

Total from investment operations

     0.09       0.91       (0.09)       (1.01)       (0.43)  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.41)       0.00       0.00       (0.45)       (0.13)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.15)  

Tax return of capital distribution

     (0.03)       (0.70)       (0.53)       (0.01)       (0.37)  

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.44)       (0.70)       (0.53)       (0.46)       (0.65)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $7.03       $7.38       $7.17       $7.79       $9.26  
                                        
          

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     0.96%       13.35%       (0.87)%       (11.24)%       (3.91)%  
          

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                        

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $162,875       $50,516       $3,437       $4,185       $10,558  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $121,012       $17,194       $3,265       $7,931       $10,338  

Ratios to average net assets:4

          

Net investment income

     5.80%       6.33%       7.48%       4.93%       5.43%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.04%       1.22%       1.35%       1.27%       1.22%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses6

     1.04%       1.22%       1.35%       1.27%       1.22%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.95%       0.95%       0.95%       0.95%       0.95%  

Portfolio turnover rate

     48%       87%       108%       107%       251%  

 

36        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


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:

 

Year Ended May 31, 2018

     1.04

Year Ended May 31, 2017

     1.22

Year Ended May 31, 2016

     1.35

Year Ended May 29, 2015

     1.28

Year Ended May 30, 2014

     1.22

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS May 31, 2018

 

 

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. 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 contingent deferred sales charge (“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 books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis: (1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at market close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at market close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized and unrealized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

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 determined necessary by the Manager.

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 value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, 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 2.00%. 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.

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.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

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, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, 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, 2018, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2,3,4
     Net Unrealized
Depreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 

$—

     $—        $6,996,699        $15,305,196  

1. At period end, the Fund had $6,167,979 of net capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. Details of the capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryovers with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates.

 

Expiring        

2019

   $ 6,167,979  

Of these losses $6,167,979 are C Corporation capital loss carryforwards, which expire 5/31/19.

2. The Fund had $828,720 of post-October foreign currency losses which were deferred.

3. During the reporting period, the Fund utilized $783,091 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

4. During the previous reporting period, the Fund utilized $650,179 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

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.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

Reduction

to Paid-in Capital

  

Reduction

to Accumulated
Net Investment
Loss

    Increase
to Accumulated Net
Realized Loss
on Investments
 
$708,517      $2,254,737       $1,546,220  

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

     Year Ended
May 31, 2018
    Year Ended
May 31, 2017
 

Distributions paid from:

   

Ordinary income

  $ 11,048,004     $  

Return of capital

    708,517       7,469,785  

Total

  $             11,756,521     $             7,469,785  
               

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 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

  $ 252,565,633  

Federal tax cost of other investments

    (240,880

Total federal tax cost

  $     252,324,753  
       

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 5,545,871  

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (20,851,067

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (15,305,196 ) 
       

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.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

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 least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

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

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

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, short-term notes, 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. Pricing services generally price debt securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional “round lot” size, but some trades may occur in smaller, “odd lot” sizes, sometimes at lower prices than institutional round lot trades. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, as well as other appropriate factors.

Structured securities, swaps, swaptions, and other over-the-counter derivatives are valued utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include market information relevant to the underlying reference asset such as the price of financial instruments, stock market indices, foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, commodities, credit spreads, credit event probabilities, index values, individual security values, forward interest rates, variable interest rates, volatility measures, and forward currency rates, or the occurrence of other specific events.

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.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair 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. Those standardized fair valuation 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.

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 may be 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 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, if any, are classified as Level 2 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:

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

     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

   $      $ 209,468,564     $      $ 209,468,564    

Corporate Bonds and Notes

            12,027,587              12,027,587    

Short-Term Notes

            10,197,483              10,197,483    

Over-the-Counter Options Purchased

            854,827              854,827    

Investment Company

             5,748,638                     5,748,638    
  

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value

     5,748,638        232,548,461              238,297,099    

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Swaps, at value

            410,461              410,461    

Centrally cleared swaps, at value

            655,507              655,507    

Forward currency exchange contracts

            5,404,885              5,404,885    
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 5,748,638      $         239,019,314     $                   —      $     244,767,952    
  

 

 

 

Liabilities Table

          

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Swaps, at value

   $      $ (230,657   $      $ (230,657)   

Centrally cleared swaps, at value

            (750,261            (750,261)   

Options written, at value

            (730,157            (730,157)   

Forward currency exchange contracts

            (7,099,513            (7,099,513)   
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $      $ (8,810,588   $      $ (8,810,588)   
  

 

 

 

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.

For the reporting period, there were no transfers between levels.

 

 

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 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

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

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”), 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.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

At period end, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

      When-Issued or
Delayed Delivery
Basis Transactions
 

Purchased securities

     $1,513,515  

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

 

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5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

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, 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 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.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

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 may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts in order to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk associated with either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.

During the reporting period, the Fund had daily average contract amounts on forward contracts to buy and sell of $89,109,623 and $70,085,134, 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.

Foreign Currency Options. The Fund may purchase or write call and put options on currencies to increase or decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk. A purchased call, or written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price. A purchased put, or written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

Index/Security Options. The Fund may purchase or write call and put options on individual equity securities and/or equity indexes to increase or decrease exposure to equity risk. A purchased call or written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price. A purchased put or 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 $104,271 and $46,973 on purchased call options and purchased put options, respectively.

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 the market price of the underlying security increasing above the strike price and the option being exercised. The Fund must then purchase the underlying security at the higher market price and deliver it for the strike price or, if it owns the underlying security, deliver it at the strike price and forego any benefit from the increase in the price of the underlying security above the strike price. The risk in writing a put option is the market price of the underlying security decreasing below the strike price and the option being exercised. The Fund must then purchase the underlying security at the strike price when the market price of the underlying security is below the strike price. Alternatively, the Fund could also close out a written option position, in which case the risk is that the closing transaction will require a premium to be paid by the Fund that is greater than the premium the Fund received. When writing options, the Fund has the additional risk that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to close the contract. The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium for the option, and the option may be worth less than the premium paid or expire worthless.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $47,920 and $103,692 on written call options and written put options, respectively.

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

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

 

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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 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.

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 may enter into interest rate swaps in which it pays the fixed or floating interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Typically, if relative interest rates rise, floating payments under a swap agreement will be greater than the fixed payments.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $45,036,884 and $164,371,022 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.

Swaption Transactions

The Fund may enter into a swaption contract which grants the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap transaction at preset terms detailed in the underlying agreement within a specified period of time. The purchaser pays a premium to the swaption writer who bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the preset terms on the underlying swap.

Purchased swaptions are reported as a component of investments in the Statement of Investments and the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Written swaptions are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments and their value is reported as a separate asset or liability line item in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on written swaptions is separately reported in the Statement of Operations. When a swaption is exercised, the cost of the swap is adjusted by the amount of premium paid or received. Upon the expiration or closing of an unexercised swaption contract, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations for the amount of the premium paid or received.

The Fund generally will incur a greater risk when it writes a swaption than when it purchases a swaption. When the Fund writes a swaption it will become obligated, upon exercise of the swaption, according to the terms of the underlying agreement. Swaption contracts written by the Fund do not give rise to counterparty credit risk prior to exercise as they obligate the Fund, not its counterparty, to perform. When the Fund purchases a swaption

 

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it only risks losing the amount of the premium it paid if the swaption expires unexercised. However, when the Fund exercises a purchased swaption there is a risk that the counterparty will fail to perform or otherwise default on its obligations under the swaption contract.

The Fund may purchase swaptions which give it the option to enter into an interest rate swap in which it pays a floating or fixed interest rate and receives a fixed or floating interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Purchasing the fixed portion of this swaption becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate decreases relative to the preset interest rate. Purchasing the floating portion of this swaption becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate increases relative to the preset interest rate.

At period end, the Fund had no purchased swaption contracts outstanding.

The Fund may write swaptions which give it the obligation, if exercised by the purchaser, to enter into an interest rate swap in which it pays a fixed or floating interest rate and receives a floating or fixed interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. A written swaption paying a fixed rate becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate increases relative to the preset interest rate. A written swaption paying a floating rate becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate decreases relative to the preset interest rate.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $10,764 and $22,472 on purchased and written swaptions, respectively.

At period end, the Fund had no written swaption contracts outstanding.

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.

 

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At period end, the Fund has required certain counterparties to post collateral of $560,000.

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 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

 

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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.

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  

Banco Santander SA

   $ 37,220       $                         –     $                     –       $                     –     $             37,220   

Bank of America NA

     1,185,002         (1,185,002     –               –   

Barclays Bank plc

     418,129         (418,129     –               –   

Citibank NA

     1,712,730         (1,712,730     –               –   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     626,380         (626,380     –                 –   

Goldman Sachs International

     45,123               –                 45,123   

HSBC Bank USA NA

     750,391         (212,680     –         (537,711     –   

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

     1,895,198         (1,895,198     –                 –   
  

 

 

 
   $             6,670,173       $ (6,050,119   $ –       $ (537,711   $ 82,343   
  

 

 

 

*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

   $           (1,409,939)      $           1,185,002      $          224,937      $                     –      $                       –  

 

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           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  

Barclays Bank plc

   $ (984,389   $ 418,129      $ 236,260      $ 330,000      $  

Citibank NA

     (2,255,784     1,712,730               360,000        (183,054

Deutsche Bank AG

     (40,507                          (40,507

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     (1,113,307     626,380               290,000        (196,927

HSBC Bank USA NA

     (212,680     212,680                       

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

     (1,957,524     1,895,198        62,326                

Toronto Dominion Bank

     (86,197                          (86,197
        
   $ (8,060,327   $ 6,050,119      $ 523,523      $ 980,000      $ (506,685
        

*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 Statements 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  

Interest rate contracts

   Swaps, at value     $ 410,461       Swaps, at value     $ 230,657  

Interest rate contracts

  

Centrally cleared swaps,

at value

     655,507      

Centrally cleared swaps,

at value

     750,261  

 

Forward currency

exchange contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on

foreign currency exchange

contracts

     5,404,885      

Unrealized depreciation on

foreign currency exchange

contracts

     7,099,513  

Foreign exchange

contracts

         Options written, at value      730,157  

Forward currency

exchange contracts

   Investments, at value      854,827*        
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

       $           7,325,680           $         8,810,588  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

*Amounts relate to purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.

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

 

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Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

   Investments
transactions
in unaffiliated
companies*
     Swaption
contracts
written
    Option contracts
written
 

Equity contracts

    $ (58,000)      $     $ —    

Forward currency exchange contracts

     (163,390)              415,344    

Interest rate contracts

     (51,894)        111,983       —    
        

Total

    $             (273,284)      $         111,983     $             415,344    
        

 

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

   Forward
currency
exchange
contracts
     Swap
contracts
    Total  

Equity contracts

    $      $     $ (58,000)   

Forward currency exchange contracts

     1,585,369              1,837,323    

Interest rate contracts

            374,982       435,071    
        

Total

    $ 1,585,369      $ 374,982     $ 2,214,394    
        

 

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

       

 

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

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

   Investment
transactions
in unaffiliated
companies*
     Option
contracts
written
    Swaption
contracts
written
 

Forward currency exchange contracts

    $ 92,143      $ (237,930   $ —   

Interest rate contracts

                  (15,937
        

Total

    $ 92,143      $ (237,930   $ (15,937
        

 

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

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

   Forward
currency
exchange
contracts
     Swap
contracts
    Total  

Forward currency exchange contracts

    $ (2,571,601)       $     $ (2,717,388)   

Interest rate contracts

     —          (99,513     (115,450)   
        

Total

    $ (2,571,601)       $ (99,513   $ (2,832,838)   
        

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

 

 

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:

 

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     Year Ended May 31, 2018     Year Ended May 31, 2017     
      Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     

Class A

        

Sold

     5,762,810     $ 43,318,445                       4,512,948     $ 32,921,817     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     370,610       2,771,775       509,698       3,710,370     

Redeemed

     (4,358,316     (32,398,537     (5,592,546     (39,724,501)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     1,775,104     $ 13,691,683       (569,900   $ (3,092,314)    
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class C

        

Sold

     1,716,729     $ 12,870,446       1,044,106     $ 7,622,988     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     113,131       846,592       108,222       786,433     

Redeemed

     (839,358     (6,272,725     (446,699     (3,196,910)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase

     990,502     $ 7,444,313       705,629     $ 5,212,511     
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class I

        

Sold

     1,771,836     $ 13,319,343       731,974     $ 5,374,032     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     103,975       780,106       61,924       446,990     

Redeemed

     (1,889,686     (14,453,279     (21,191     (155,434)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (13,875   $ (353,830     772,707     $ 5,665,588     
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class R

        

Sold

     325,225     $ 2,463,467       133,488     $ 956,361     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     16,951       126,639       17,928       130,259     

Redeemed

     (198,289     (1,480,523     (93,458     (675,581)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase

     143,887     $ 1,109,583       57,958     $ 411,039     
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class Y

        

Sold

             26,087,049     $ 195,579,129       7,540,177     $ 54,246,262     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     927,066       6,937,468       173,587       1,259,012     

Redeemed

     (10,677,026     (80,457,587     (1,350,746     (9,641,289)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase

             16,337,089     $         122,059,010       6,363,018     $         45,863,985     
  

 

 

 

 

 

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

   $ 219,514,554                            $90,137,084  

 

 

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:

 

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 Fee Schedule      

 Up to $500 million

   0.70%

 Next $500 million

   0.65            

 Next $4 billion

   0.60

 Over $5 billion

   0.58

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.70% 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 annual net assets, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. 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.

 

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9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

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, 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.

 

Year 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
 

May 31, 2018

     $72,455        $2,437        $7,876        $—  

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 1.15% for Class A

 

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9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

shares, 2.00% for Class C shares, 0.85% for Class I shares, 1.50% for Class R shares and 0.95% for Class Y shares, as calculated on the daily net assets of the Fund.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

 

Class A

     $69,533  

Class C

     7,029  

Class I

     2,518  

Class R

     999  

Class Y

     97,954  

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

Effective for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, the Transfer Agent voluntarily waived and/or reimbursed Fund expenses in an amount equal to 0.015% of average annual net assets for Classes A, C, R and Y.

During the reporting period, the Transfer Agent waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund for transfer agent and shareholder servicing agent fees as follows:

 

Class A

     $4,375  

Class C

     1,458  

Class R

     183  

Class Y

     8,591  

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 $4,828 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 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 Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of May 31, 2018, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of May 31, 2018, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2018, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

July 25, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

None of the dividends paid by the Fund during the reporting period are eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions, may be eligible for lower individual income tax rates to the extent that the Fund has received qualified dividend income as stipulated by recent tax legislation. In early 2018, shareholders of record received information regarding the percentage of distributions that are eligible for lower individual income tax rates. The amount will be the maximum amount allowed.

Recent tax legislation allows a regulated investment company to designate distributions not designated as capital gain distributions, as either interest related dividends or short-term capital gain dividends, both of which are exempt from the U.S. withholding tax applicable to non U.S. taxpayers. For the reporting period, the maximum amount allowable but not less than $453,446 of the ordinary distributions to be paid by the Fund qualifies as an interest related dividend.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES;

UPDATES TO STATEMENT 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Funds, Length of Service, Year

of Birth

   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Funds Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each Trustee in the chart below is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016) and Trustee (since 2010)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); Former Chairman of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank) (July 1996-April 1999); Director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990- 1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 56 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Malone has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board’s deliberations.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Director, Mutual Fund Directors Forum (since February 2018); Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 56 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board’s deliberations.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2010)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 56 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

Richard F. Grabish,

Continued

   Oppenheimer funds since 2001, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board’s deliberations.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2010)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director of the Board (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006-2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) of American Funds’ Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (April 2002-April 2008); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; President of ARCO Investment Management Company (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the investment committees of The Rockefeller Foundation (2001-2006) and The University of Michigan (since 2000); Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston’s Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the investment committee of Hartford Hospital (2000-2003); and Advisor to Unilever (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). Oversees 56 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Hamilton has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board’s deliberations.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present) of United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (2010-2017) of Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999- 2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 56 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board’s deliberations.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992-2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) (since inception) and Trustee of Jennies School for Little Children (non-profit) (2011-2014). Oversees 56 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board’s deliberations.

 

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James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1945

  

Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions in Denver and New York offices from 1969-1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 56 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board’s deliberations.

 

   
INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

  

Chairman of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (since July 2014), President of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (since May 2013), a Director of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2013), Director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (OppenheimerFunds, Inc.‘s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed-Income, of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 107 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

   
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Baijal, Vandenhoeck, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Officer serves for an indefinite term or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

Hemant Baijal,

Vice President (since 2015)

Year of Birth: 1962

   Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2016); Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2011); Co-Head of the Global Debt Team (since January 2015); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (July 2011-January 2016). Co-founder, Partner and Portfolio Manager of Six Seasons Global Asset Management (January 2009-December 2010); Partner and Portfolio Manager of Aravali Partners, LLC (September 2006-December 2008); Partner and Portfolio Manager at Havell Capital Management, LLC (November 1996-August 2006). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

Wim Vandenhoeck,

Vice President (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2018); Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (February 2015 - January 2018). Partner at APQ Partners LLP, London (2013-2015); Asset manager at GLG Partners LP, London, (2010-2013); Partner at Six Seasons Global Asset Management LLC, New York (2009-2010) Aravali Partners LLC, New York (2006-2008) and Havell Capital Management LLC, New York (1997-2006); Earlier in his career, he has held positions at Bank Brussels Lambert (1994-1997) and Paribas Bank (1992-1993). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 107 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 107 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 107 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2017); Vice President of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 2002-2007). An officer of 89 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge upon request, by calling 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

 

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OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND

 

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   KPMG LLP
Public Accounting Firm    
Legal Counsel   Ropes & Gray LLP

© 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

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PRIVACY 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 non-public 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.

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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 conducted via our websites, including redemptions, exchanges and purchases, are secured by the highest encryption standards available. 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 closing your browser or, for added security, you can use the Log Out button before you close your browser.

Other Security Measures

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RA1360.001.0518 July 25, 2018


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Board of Trustees of the registrant has determined that Karen L. Stuckey, the Chairwoman of the Board’s Audit Committee, is the audit committee financial expert and that Ms. Stuckey is “independent” for purposes of this Item 3.


Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a)

Audit Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $47,900 in fiscal 2018 and $46,300 in fiscal 2017.

 

(b)

Audit-Related Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $3,500 in fiscal 2018 and $7,000 in fiscal 2017.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $343,361 in fiscal 2018 and $320,775 in fiscal 2017 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: Internal control reviews, GIPS attestation procedures, custody audits, CP Conduit fees, incremental, and additional, audit services.

 

(c)

Tax Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $540 in fiscal 2018 and $1,290 in fiscal 2017.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $709,285 in fiscal 2018 and $710,577 in fiscal 2017 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. Tax compliance generally involves preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for a refund and tax payment-planning services. Tax planning and tax advice includes assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

 

(d)

All Other Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2018 and no such fees in fiscal 2017.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2018 and no such fees in fiscal 2017 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.


Such fees would include the cost to the principal accountant of attending audit committee meetings and consultations regarding the registrant’s retirement plan with respect to its Trustees.

 

(e)

(1) During its regularly scheduled periodic meetings, the registrant’s audit committee will pre-approve all audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by the principal accountants of the registrant.

The audit committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman for any subsequent new engagements that arise between regularly scheduled meeting dates provided that any fees such pre-approved are presented to the audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Under applicable laws, pre-approval of non-audit services may be waived provided that: 1) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of fees paid by the registrant to its principal accountant during the fiscal year in which services are provided 2) such services were not recognized by the registrant at the time of engagement as non-audit services and 3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the audit committee of the registrant and approved prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) 0%

 

(f)

Not applicable as less than 50%.

 

(g)

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $1,056,686 in fiscal 2018 and $1,039,642 in fiscal 2017 to the registrant and the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant related to non-audit fees. Those billings did not include any prohibited non-audit services as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(h)

The registrant’s audit committee of the board of Trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. No such services were rendered.

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 5/31/2018, 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. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)

(1) Exhibit attached hereto.

(2) Exhibits 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:   7/20/2018

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:   7/20/2018

 

By:  

/s/ Brian S. Petersen

    Brian S. Petersen
    Principal Financial Officer
Date:   7/20/2018