N-CSRS 1 d681008dncsrs.htm OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-22400

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Cynthia Lo Bessette

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

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

(Name and address of agent for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

Date of reporting period: 11/30/2018


Item 1.  Reports to Stockholders.


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Semiannual Report 11/30/2018 Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund Important Notice: The Securities and Exchange Commission will permit funds to deliver shareholder reports electronically beginning January 1, 2021. At that time, OppenheimerFunds will send a notice, either by mail or email, each time your fund’s updated report is available on our website (oppenheimerfunds.com). Investors enrolled in electronic delivery will receive the notice by email, with links to the updated report. Investors who are not enrolled in electronic delivery by January 1, 2021 will receive the notice in the mail. All investors who prefer to receive shareholder reports in paper may, at any time, choose that option free of charge by calling 1.800.225.5677.


Important Updates

On October 18, 2018, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, an indirect corporate parent of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and its subsidiaries OFI Global Asset Management, Inc., OFI SteelPath, Inc. and OFI Advisors, LLC, announced that it has entered into an agreement whereby Invesco Ltd., a global investment management company, will acquire OppenheimerFunds, Inc. As of the date of this report, the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019, pending necessary regulatory and other third-party approvals. This is subject to change. See the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

Update to Shareholder Report Document Delivery

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Class A Shares

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 11/30/18

 

    

 

Class A Shares of the Fund

   
       Without Sales Charge           With Sales Charge         JPMorgan Government  

  Bond Index - Emerging  
Markets Global  
Diversified  

6-Month

   -4.14%   -8.69%   -3.87%

1-Year

   -6.27      -10.72        -5.55   

5-Year

   -0.31      -1.27      -1.32   

Since Inception (6/30/10)

   1.24      0.66     1.13  

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

2018 has been a volatile year for markets, including emerging market local debt. Throughout the year, activity from central banks around the world was closely monitored as the liquidity they have been providing has been a key backstop to market sentiment over the past decade.

 

The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) increasingly tapered its re-investment program for both government and mortgage-backed securities. The Fed raised rates four times during 2018. Other central banks around the world also signaled a slow-down of liquidity support. While the European Central Bank (ECB) announcement in June was accepted as ‘dovish,’ it did commit to ending its purchase program by year-end. Later in the year, the Trump administration initiated aggressive U.S policies toward global trade relations, triggering fears of global trade wars.

Particularly in focus was the application of tariffs and counter tariffs on a wide variety of goods traded between the U.S. and China. The concerns of strained trade relations caused by U.S. policy expanded to traditionally friendly trade partners: Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. While there were periods of respite from the negative sentiment of global trade wars, particularly when a reformed NAFTA agreement was signed by the three North American countries, fears of global trade wars weighed on markets during the year.

Against this backdrop, the Fund’s Class A shares (without sales charge) produced a return of -4.14% during the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2018.

The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the JPMorgan Government Bond Index - Emerging Markets Global Diversified (the “Index”), which returned -3.87% during the same period.

FUND REVIEW

In absolute terms, the Fund’s exposures to Brazil, Egypt and Nigeria were the largest positive contributors to returns over the period. We were overweight Brazil interest rates, relative to the Index, into the presidential election expecting a positive outcome, which benefited the Fund this reporting period. Going forward, we expect positive news on pension reform and remain overweight at period end. In Egypt, the Fund’s exposure to rates drove its positive results and offset the negative results of the Egyptian pound. The Fund’s exposure to rates in Nigeria benefited performance. Colombia, Turkey, Mexico and Russia were the largest detractors in absolute terms. The negative results in Colombia stemmed from currency exposure. In Turkey, Mexico, and Russia, the Fund’s exposure to rates drove the negative performance.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

Looking ahead, we believe that from a cyclical standpoint, U.S. rates and trade policy

 

 

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are the key uncertainties. Over the last few weeks, we may have seen increasing clarity on both fronts. Although one might say that the direction of the former is clearer than the latter, as soon as the impact of any monetary or political action becomes concrete, both economic agents and politicians might fall into line, in our opinion. The implications of

 

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Hemant Baijal

Portfolio Manager

both issues for currency markets, in particular emerging market currencies, and real rates in many developing countries, will be positive in our view. While dispersion in returns may continue to be high for emerging market assets in the near-term, we believe the headwinds of 2018 are slowly subsiding.

 

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Wim Vandenhoeck

Portfolio Manager

 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

TOP TEN GEOGRAPHICAL HOLDINGS

 

South Africa      12.1%     
Indonesia      11.0        
Colombia      10.7        
India      8.4        
Mexico      8.0        
Brazil      7.4        
Thailand      5.9        
Hungary      4.6        
Russia      4.5        
Malaysia      4.5        

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of November 30, 2018, and are based on total market value of investments.

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

 

 

Foreign Government Obligations        84.5%      
Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes      10.8         
Short-Term Notes      4.2         
Over-the-Counter Options Purchased      0.5         

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of November 30, 2018, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

 

 

For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

 

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Share Class Performance

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITHOUT SALES CHARGE AS OF 11/30/18

 

   

Inception

        Date

  6-Month            1-Year          5-Year         

Since    

Inception    

Class A (OEMAX)

  6/30/10   -4.14%   -6.27%   -0.31%   1.24%

Class C (OEMCX)

  6/30/10   -4.68      -7.06      -1.10      0.46   

Class I (OEMIX)

  9/28/12   -4.14      -6.01      0.03     -0.89   

Class R (OEMNX)

  6/30/10   -4.30      -6.59      -0.59      0.97   

Class Y (OEMYX)

  6/30/10   -4.18      -6.08      -0.04      1.52   

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITH SALES CHARGE AS OF 11/30/18

 

   

Inception

        Date

  6-Month            1-Year          5-Year         

Since    

Inception    

Class A (OEMAX)

  6/30/10   -8.69%   -10.72%    -1.27%   0.66%

Class C (OEMCX)

  6/30/10   -5.61      -7.95      -1.10      0.46   

Class I (OEMIX)

  9/28/12   -4.14      -6.01      0.03     -0.89   

Class R (OEMNX)

  6/30/10   -4.30      -6.59      -0.59      0.97   

Class Y (OEMYX)

  6/30/10   -4.18      -6.08      -0.04      1.52   

 

STANDARDIZED YIELDS

 

For the 30 Days Ended 11/30/18

 

Class A

  6.95%

 

Class C

  6.45

 

Class I

  7.61

 

Class R

  6.97

 

Class Y

  7.51

 

 

UNSUBSIDIZED STANDARDIZED YIELDS

 

For the 30 Days Ended 11/30/18

 

Class A

  6.84%

 

Class C

  6.44

 

Class I

  7.58

 

Class R

  6.93

 

Class Y

  7.45

 

 

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 November 30, 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 November 30, 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 manager(s) 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 November 30, 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 November 30, 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 November 30, 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

June 1, 2018

          

Ending

Account

Value
November 30, 2018

          

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
November 30, 2018

       

Class A

   $   1,000.00            $    958.60                  $   5.66               

 

Class C

    1,000.00             953.20                   9.84               

 

Class I

    1,000.00             958.60                   4.18               

 

Class R

    1,000.00             957.00                   7.39               

 

Class Y

    1,000.00             958.20                   4.67               

Hypothetical

                

(5% return before expenses)

 

Class A

    1,000.00             1,019.30                   5.84               

 

Class C

    1,000.00             1,015.04                   10.15               

 

Class I

    1,000.00             1,020.81                   4.32               

 

Class R

    1,000.00             1,017.55                   7.61               

 

Class Y

    1,000.00             1,020.31                   4.82               

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended November 30, 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. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS November 30, 2018 Unaudited

 

            Principal Amount      Value    

Foreign Government Obligations—84.0%

                          

Argentina—1.4%

                          
Argentine Republic:         
2.937% Unsec. Nts., 4/30/201      ARS                75,000,000      $ 2,111,931    
15.50% Bonds, 10/17/26      ARS        4,000,000        82,239    
18.20% Unsec. Nts., 10/3/21      ARS        3,195,000        67,246    
48.797% [BADLARPP+325] Unsec. Nts., 3/1/202      ARS        19,280,000        508,945    
        

 

 

 
           2,770,361    
        

Brazil—7.4%

                          
Federative Republic of Brazil:         
10.00% Unsec. Nts., 1/1/21      BRL        28,770,000        7,717,671    
10.00% Unsec. Nts., 1/1/23      BRL        14,000,000        3,735,645    
10.00% Unsec. Nts., 1/1/25      BRL        4,000,000        1,057,914    
16.666% Unsec. Nts., 8/15/228      BRL        1,130,000        968,790    
18.447% Unsec. Nts., 5/15/458      BRL        1,280,000        1,180,455    
        

 

 

 
                   14,660,475    
        

Chile—3.4%

                          
Republic of Chile:         
4.50% Bonds, 3/1/21      CLP        4,050,000,000        6,127,268    
4.50% Bonds, 3/1/26      CLP        400,000,000        601,245    
        

 

 

 
           6,728,513    
        

Colombia—10.6%

                          
Republic of Colombia:         
Series B, 6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/26/25      COP        20,400,000,000        6,191,627    
Series B, 7.00% Bonds, 5/4/22      COP        16,330,000,000        5,257,467    
Series B, 7.50% Bonds, 8/26/26      COP        11,010,000,000        3,563,672    
Series B, 10.00% Bonds, 7/24/24      COP        16,721,000,000        6,061,368    
        

 

 

 
           21,074,134    
        

Egypt—1.0%

                          
Arab Republic of Egypt:         
Series 3YR, 15.00% Bonds, 10/3/20      EGP        19,100,000        997,613    
Series 3YR, 16.00% Unsec. Nts., 12/12/20      EGP        20,000,000        1,057,103    
        

 

 

 
           2,054,716    
        

Hungary—4.5%

                          
Hungary:         
Series 20/A, 7.50% Bonds, 11/12/20      HUF        1,010,000,000        4,009,926    
Series 25/B, 5.50% Bonds, 6/24/25      HUF        983,000,000        4,024,303    
Series 27/A, 3.00% Bonds, 10/27/27      HUF        285,000,000        990,108    
        

 

 

 
           9,024,337    
        

India—2.3%

                          
Republic of India, 8.12% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/10/20      INR        130,000,000        1,892,824    
State of Gujarat, 7.52% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/24/27      INR        60,000,000        821,647    
State of Maharastra:                
7.99% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/28/25      INR        30,000,000        425,621    

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

            Principal Amount      Value    

India (Continued)

                          
State of Maharastra: (Continued) 8.06% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/11/25      INR                50,000,000      $ 713,378    
State of Tamilnadu, 8.01% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/11/26      INR        50,000,000        704,484    
        

 

 

 
           4,557,954    
        

Indonesia—10.7%

                          
Republic of Indonesia:         
8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/24      IDR        24,000,000,000        1,716,202    
Series FR53, 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/21      IDR        26,300,000,000        1,875,977    
Series FR64, 6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/28      IDR        65,000,000,000        4,041,339    
Series FR71, 9.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/29      IDR        38,780,000,000        2,908,325    
Series FR72, 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/36      IDR        56,330,000,000        3,957,180    
Series FR73, 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/31      IDR        91,780,000,000        6,768,028    
        

 

 

 
                   21,267,051    
        

Malaysia—4.4%

                          
Federation of Malaysia:         
Series 0115, 3.955% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/25      MYR        9,000,000        2,124,348    
Series 0217, 4.045% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/24      MYR        5,000,000        1,194,032    
Series 0902, 4.378% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/29/19      MYR        22,785,000        5,492,614    
        

 

 

 
           8,810,994    
        

Mexico—4.7%

                          
United Mexican States:         
Series M, 8.00% Bonds, 6/11/20      MXN        18,300,000        893,235    
Series M, 8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/7/23      MXN        123,580,000        5,851,634    
Series M20, 10.00% Bonds, 12/5/24      MXN        51,000,000        2,625,478    
        

 

 

 
           9,370,347    
        

Peru—3.4%

                          
Republic of Peru:         
5.94% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/12/293,4      PEN        3,100,000        934,117    
6.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/283      PEN        9,605,000        2,988,120    
6.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/313      PEN        710,000        227,795    
8.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/263      PEN        7,525,000        2,617,728    
        

 

 

 
           6,767,760    
        

Poland—3.8%

                          
Republic of Poland:         
Series 0123, 2.50% Bonds, 1/25/23      PLN        28,000,000        7,471,960    
        

Russia—4.5%

                          
Russian Federation:         
Series 6209, 7.60% Bonds, 7/20/22      RUB        208,000,000        3,060,208    
Series 6211, 7.00% Bonds, 1/25/23      RUB        410,800,000        5,888,848    
        

 

 

 
           8,949,056    

 

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            Principal Amount      Value    

South Africa—11.6%

                          
Republic of South Africa:         
Series 2023, 7.75% Bonds, 2/28/23      ZAR                37,400,000      $ 2,650,623    
Series 2030, 8.00% Bonds, 1/31/30      ZAR        41,500,000        2,710,326    
Series 2037, 8.50% Bonds, 1/31/37      ZAR        115,700,000        7,451,376    
Series 2048, 8.75% Bonds, 2/28/48      ZAR        15,000,000        968,847    
Series R186, 10.50% Bonds, 12/21/26      ZAR        41,200,000        3,228,594    
Series R208, 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/31/21      ZAR        66,250,000        4,732,446    
Series R214, 6.50% Bonds, 2/28/41      ZAR        27,000,000        1,365,195    
        

 

 

 
                   23,107,407    
        

Thailand—5.9%

                          
Kingdom of Thailand:         
1.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/17/22      THB        194,500,000        5,863,949    
2.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/17/26      THB        198,400,000        5,834,061    
        

 

 

 
           11,698,010    
        

Turkey—3.8%

                          
Republic of Turkey:         
10.60% Bonds, 2/11/26      TRY        10,000,000        1,480,629    
10.70% Bonds, 2/17/21      TRY        17,830,000        2,954,569    
11.00% Bonds, 2/24/27      TRY        13,130,000        1,926,438    
12.20% Bonds, 1/18/23      TRY        7,790,000        1,291,610    
        

 

 

 
           7,653,246    
        

Uruguay—0.6%

                          
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 9.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/20/223      UYU        41,825,000        1,286,553    
        

 

 

 
Total Foreign Government Obligations (Cost $184,554,542)            167,252,874    
        

Corporate Bonds and Notes—10.7%

                          

Energy—2.7%

                          

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—2.7%

                          
Petroleos Mexicanos:                           
7.19% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/12/243      MXN        38,000,000        1,502,869    
7.19% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/12/24      MXN        16,000,000        632,787    
7.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/24/21      MXN        16,000,000        724,166    
Reliance Industries Ltd., 7.17% Unsec. Nts., 11/8/22      INR        170,000,000        2,379,966    
YPF SA, 16.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/9/223      ARS        7,670,200        130,711    
        

 

 

 
           5,370,499    
        

Financials—5.9%

                          

Capital Markets—0.1%

                          
Red de Carreteras de Occidente SAPIB de CV, 9.00% Sr. Sec.                           
Nts., 6/10/283      MXN        2,300,000        103,413    
        

Commercial Banks—1.7%

                          
Inter-American Development Bank, 24.539% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/28/201      TRY        6,600,000        925,474    

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

            Principal Amount      Value    

Commercial Banks (Continued)

                          
National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development, 8.60%                           
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/22      INR                170,000,000      $ 2,466,487    
        

 

 

 
           3,391,961    
        

Diversified Financial Services—2.4%

                          
Power Finance Corp. Ltd., 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/17/20      INR        170,000,000        2,416,090    
REC Ltd., 8.36% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/22/20      INR        170,000,000        2,462,004    
        

 

 

 
           4,878,094    
        

Real Estate Management & Development—0.5%

                          
Agile Group Holdings Ltd., 9.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/21/205         1,000,000        1,015,776    
        

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—1.2%

                          
Housing Development Finance Corp., 7.78%, 3/24/20      INR        170,000,000        2,404,668    
        

Industrials—0.2%

                          

Transportation Infrastructure—0.2%

                          
Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT, 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/11/203      IDR        4,400,000,000        291,225    
        

Telecommunication Services—1.5%

                          

Wireless Telecommunication Services—1.5%

                          
America Movil SAB de CV:         
6.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/5/22      MXN        46,000,000        2,020,463    
7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/9/24      MXN        24,000,000        1,029,263    
        

 

 

 
           3,049,726    
        

Utilities—0.4%

                          

Electric Utilities—0.4%

                          
Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, 8.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/213      COP        214,000,000        66,312    
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., 10.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/25/23      ZAR        11,000,000        810,227    
        

 

 

 
           876,539    
        

 

 

 
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $23,313,244)                    21,381,901    
        

Short-Term Notes—4.2%

                          
Arab Republic of Egypt Treasury Bills:         
18.547%, 3/19/191      EGP        25,000,000        1,325,923    
18.561%, 12/18/181      EGP        32,000,000        1,784,648    
19.102%, 4/2/191      EGP        8,400,000        442,270    
Argentine Republic Treasury Bills:         
0.00%, 4/30/191      ARS        15,500,000        436,466    
0.00%, 12/28/181      ARS        5,500,000        161,726    
0.00%, 1/31/191      ARS        17,900,000        521,837    
Federal Republic of Nigeria Treasury Bills, 12.466%, 1/31/191      NGN        975,000,000        2,625,091    
United States Treasury Bills, 2.118%, 12/20/181,6         1,000,000        998,986    
        

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $8,273,466)            8,296,947    

 

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     Counter-
party
            Exercise
Price
    

Expiration

Date

     Notional
Amount (000’s)
    

Contracts

(000’s)

    Value    

Over-the-Counter Options Purchased—0.5%

 

BRL Currency Call7

     CITNA-B        BRL        3.200        4/25/19        BRL 512,000        BRL 17,900     $         4,618    

BRL Currency Call7

     JPM        BRL        3.354        9/25/19        BRL 5,150        BRL 100       18,759    

CLP Currency Call7

     CITNA-B        CLP        670.500        12/19/18        CLP 3,352,500        CLP 2,326,500       34,898    

COP Currency Call7

     GSCOI        COP        2980.000        12/20/18        COP 11,920,000        COP 8,260,000       —    

IDR Currency Call7

     GSCO-OT        IDR        15050.000        9/6/19        IDR 4,379,550,000        IDR 64,299,840       192,900    

MXN Currency Call7,9

     CITNA-B        MXN        18.000        10/23/19        MXN 5,500        MXN 350       29,556    

MXN Currency Call7

     CITNA-B        MXN        19.500        10/30/19        MXN 682,500        MXN 463,800       383,563    

RUB Currency Call7

     GSCO-OT        RUB        59.500        6/12/19        RUB 8,625,053        RUB 840,428       26,053    

TRY Currency Call7

     JPM        TRY        6.000        10/17/19        TRY 30,000        TRY 20,000       222,580    

ZAR Currency Call7

     JPM        ZAR        12.557        5/27/19        ZAR 100,330        ZAR 70,420       38,308    
                

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Options Purchased (Cost $1,385,412)

 

          951,235    
       

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $217,526,664)

 

                               99.4%       197,882,957    

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

 

                   0.6       1,257,893    
              

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

                   100.0%     $     199,140,850    
                 

 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

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

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

3. 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 $10,148,843 or 5.10% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

4. 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.

5. Represents securities sold under Regulation S, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may not be offered or sold in the United States without and exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities amount to $1,015,776 or 0.51% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

 

15        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments (Continued)

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 $998,986. 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. Knock-out option becomes ineligible for exercise if at any time spot rates are less than or equal to 18 MXN per 1 USD.

The following issuer 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. There were no affiliate securities held by the Fund at period end. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

     Shares
May 31,
2018
     Gross
Additions
     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
November 30,
2018
 

 

 

Investment Company

           
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      5,748,638        76,199,535        81,948,173         
     Value      Income      Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

 

 

Investment Company

           
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      $                    —        43,148         —             

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

 

Geographic Holdings      Value        Percent        

South Africa

     $             23,955,942        12.1%

Indonesia

       21,751,175        11.0    

Colombia

       21,140,447        10.7    

India

       16,687,168        8.4    

Mexico

       15,796,426        8.0    

Brazil

       14,683,852        7.4    

Thailand

       11,698,010        5.9    

Hungary

       9,024,337        4.6    

Russia

       8,975,110        4.5    

Malaysia

       8,810,994        4.5    

Turkey

       7,875,826        4.0    

Poland

       7,471,960        3.8    

Peru

       6,767,760        3.4    

Chile

       6,763,410        3.4    

Egypt

       5,607,557        2.8    

Argentina

       4,021,101        2.0    

Nigeria

       2,625,091        1.3    

Uruguay

       1,286,553        0.7    

China

       1,015,776        0.5    

 

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Geographic Holdings (Continued)      Value        Percent        

United States

     $             998,987        0.5%

Supranational

       925,475        0.5    
    

 

 

Total

     $ 197,882,957        100.0%    
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts as of November 30, 2018  
Counter
-party
   Settlement
Month(s)
    

Currency

Purchased (000’s)

    

Currency Sold
(000’s)

     Unrealized
    Appreciation
     Unrealized
    Depreciation
 
BAC      04/2019      BRL      3,640      USD      854      $ 78,189      $  
BAC      12/2018      CZK      72,910      USD      3,302               120,811  
BAC      12/2018      ILS      7,590      USD      2,095               51,645  
BAC      12/2018      MXN      66,610      USD      3,483               218,037  
BAC      12/2018      PHP      103,500      USD      1,975               4,603  
BAC      12/2018      PLN      36,393      USD      9,819               215,635  
BAC      12/2018      THB      288,248      USD      8,850               81,190  
BAC      12/2018      USD      6,146      COP      19,098,000        245,837         
BAC      12/2018      USD      3,143      HUF      874,700        79,575         
BAC      12/2018      USD      299      MXN      5,900        10,228         
BAC      12/2018      USD      2,122      MYR      8,835        9,721         
BAC      12/2018      USD      19      TRY      120               4,115  
BAC      12/2018      USD      354      ZAR      5,030               8,740  
BOA      02/2019      EUR      2,675      USD      3,086               37,840  
BOA      12/2018      IDR      37,466,000      USD      2,522        88,338         
BOA      12/2018      THB      3,000      USD      92        20        1,163  
BOA      02/2019      USD      2,591      EUR      2,195        89,302         
BOA      12/2018      USD      2,443      IDR      35,528,000               31,633  
BOA      12/2018      USD      18,698      INR      1,370,429               925,516  
BOA      12/2018      USD      1,920      MXN      39,200               1,776  
BOA      12/2018      USD      3,273      PLN      12,420        3,788        8,444  
BOA      12/2018      USD      510      THB      16,700        1,727        195  
BOA      12/2018      ZAR      29,840      USD      2,028        121,117         
CITNA-B      12/2018      BRL      410      USD      107               1,367  
CITNA-B      12/2018      CLP      616,000      USD      898        19,184         
CITNA-B      12/2018      COP      5,457,000      USD      1,727               41,102  
CITNA-B      12/2018      HUF      52,000      USD      189               6,820  
CITNA-B      12/2018      INR      9,000      USD      124        5,248         
CITNA-B      12/2018      MXN      37,300      USD      1,923               95,042  
CITNA-B      12/2018      PEN      4,250      USD      1,257        25        798  
CITNA-B      12/2018      PLN      14,420      USD      3,870               64,775  
CITNA-B      12/2018      RON      13,100      USD      3,201               13,147  
CITNA-B      12/2018      RUB      116,400      USD      1,759               26,434  
CITNA-B      12/2018      TRY      23,960      USD      4,022        532,679         
CITNA-B      04/2019      USD      1,014      BRL      3,640        82,322         
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      3,601      CLP      2,483,260               96,697  
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      3,202      COP      9,613,000        232,375         
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      93      CZK      2,100        1,331         
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      59      HUF      16,700        842         
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      73      ILS      270               46  
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      6      INR      400               144  
CITNA-B      12/2018 - 11/2019      USD      12,606      MXN      261,300        344,344         
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      3,525      PEN      11,845        24,134        630  

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts (Continued)  
Counter
-party
   Settlement
Month(s)
    

Currency

Purchased (000’s)

    

Currency Sold
(000’s)

     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      98      PLN      370      $ 294      $  
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      120      RON      490        381         
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      3,157      RUB      213,900               27,475  
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      4,293      THB      140,700        18,694        6,182  
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      5,818      TRY      35,180               869,654  
CITNA-B      12/2018      USD      15,126      ZAR      227,350               1,248,476  
CITNA-B      12/2018      ZAR      32,910      USD      2,260        110,786         
GSCO-OT      01/2019      BRL      90      USD      23               129  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      COP      28,000      USD      9               126  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      HUF      97,000      USD      344               4,336  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      MXN      25,800      USD      1,315        3,014        53,722  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      MYR      15,775      USD      3,779               7,475  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      PLN      13,880      USD      3,633        29,694        194  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      RON      3,560      USD      888               21,443  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      RUB      152,700      USD      2,316               42,367  
GSCO-OT      01/2019      USD      449      BRL      1,680        15,293         
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      3,117      COP      9,609,000        149,490         
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      145      CZK      3,300        715         
GSCO-OT      02/2019      USD      147      EUR      125        4,134         
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      271      HUF      77,000        1,191         
GSCO-OT      09/2019      USD      2,136      IDR      34,478,400               177,882  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      2,320      MXN      46,400        46,124        664  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      119      MYR      495        346         
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      771      PEN      2,600        2,620        67  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      726      PLN      2,750        480         
GSCO-OT      06/2019      USD      7,062      RUB      456,660        416,281         
GSCO-OT      12/2018      USD      247      ZAR      3,440               483  
GSCO-OT      12/2018      ZAR      31,740      USD      2,192        94,323         
HSBC      12/2018      HUF      95,000      USD      336               2,888  
HSBC      12/2018      MXN      43,420      USD      2,275               146,696  
HSBC      12/2018      PHP      39,900      USD      731        28,987         
JPM      12/2018 - 01/2019      BRL      46,960      USD      12,643        149,808        664,864  
JPM      12/2018      CLP      1,549,800      USD      2,309        4,922        6,479  
JPM      12/2018      COP      10,090,000      USD      3,322               204,653  
JPM      12/2018      HUF      599,000      USD      2,158               60,182  
JPM      12/2018      INR      155,400      USD      2,135        90,309         
JPM      12/2018      PEN      7,130      USD      2,134               26,285  
JPM      12/2018      RUB      207,000      USD      3,051        36,045        5,838  
JPM      12/2018 - 08/2019      USD      7,018      BRL      27,590        119,198        173,958  
JPM      12/2018      USD      728      CLP      494,600               8,377  
JPM      12/2018      USD      385      COP      1,244,000        1,100         
JPM      12/2018      USD      150      HUF      42,000        2,597         
JPM      12/2018      USD      1,333      IDR      19,453,000               21,818  
JPM      12/2018      USD      54      INR      4,000               3,412  
JPM      12/2018      USD      164      PHP      8,600               102  
JPM      12/2018      USD      769      PLN      2,920               1,846  
JPM      12/2018      USD      1,543      RUB      102,600        16,033        176  
JPM      12/2018 - 10/2019      USD      5,086      TRY      33,230               1,105,048  

 

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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts (Continued)  
Counter
-party
   Settlement
Month(s)
    

Currency

Purchased (000’s)

    

Currency Sold
(000’s)

     Unrealized
    Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

JPM

     12/2018      USD      2,208      ZAR      31,520      $      $ 61,786  

JPM

     12/2018      ZAR      42,350      USD      3,002        47,885         

Total Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation

      $ 3,361,070      $ 7,013,428  
                    

 

Over-the-Counter Options Written at November 30, 2018
Description    Counter
-party
   Exercise
Price
   Expiration
Date
   Number of
Contracts
(000’s)
   Notional
Amount
(000’s)
   Premiums
    Received
   Value
CLP Currency Put    CITNA-B    CLP 729.000    12/19/18    CLP (5,058,500)    CLP 7,290,000    $             52,448    $               (5,059)
COP Currency Put    GSCOI    COP 3200.000    12/20/18    COP
(13,300,000)
   COP 19,200,000    43,585    (79,800)
IDR Currency Put    GSCO-OT    IDR 17550.000    9/6/19    IDR (74,980,880)    IDR 5,107,050,000    123,473   
MXN Currency Put    CITNA-B    MXN 24.500    10/30/19    MXN (582,800)    MXN 857,500    506,770    (517,526)
RUB Currency Put    GSCO-OT    RUB 70.000    6/12/19    RUB (988,739)    RUB 10,147,121    450,455    (476,572)
TRY Currency Put    JPM    TRY 8.800    10/17/19    TRY (60,000)    TRY 88,000    282,818    (90,780)
ZAR Currency Call    JPM    ZAR 11.413    5/27/19    ZAR (64,010)    ZAR 91,175    55,524    (7,873)
ZAR Currency Put    JPM    ZAR 14.730    5/27/19    ZAR (82,610)    ZAR 117,695    150,863    (188,599)
                 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Options Written

   $      1,665,936    $      (1,366,209)
  

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps at November 30, 2018  
Counter- party    Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
     Floating
Rate
     Fixed
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000’s)
     Premiums
Received /
(Paid)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

BNP

     Pay       


Six-Month
HUF-
BUBOR-
Reuters
 
 

 
     1.210     10/26/20       
HUF
1,959,000
 
 
   $      $         48,029      $ 48,029  
BNP    Receive      Six-Month
HUF- BUBOR-
Reuters
     3.280     10/26/28      HUF 441,900           (97,046)      (97,046)  
BNP    Pay      MXN TIIE
BANXICO
     8.000     8/13/20      MXN 305,950           (107,151)      (107,151)  
BOA    Receive      BZDI      8.240     1/2/20      BRL 73,060           (333,527)      (333,527)  
CITNA-B    Pay      Three-Month ZAR
JIBAR SAFEX
     8.590     1/23/28      ZAR 69,740           (47,523)      (47,523)  
CITNA-B    Receive      JIBA3M      7.250     7/10/20      ZAR 86,325           8,494      8,494  
DEU    Receive      JIBA3M      7.500     8/15/20      ZAR 110,400           (18,729)      (18,729)  
DEU   

Six-Month

PayPLN-WIBOR-WIBO

     2.367     9/23/22      PLN 5,850           14,941      14,941  

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / 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)

 

DEU

     Pay       
MXN TIIE
BANXICO
 
 
     6.915%        8/10/22        MXN 42,000      $  —      $     (129,089   $ (129,089)  
        Six-Month CZK-                   

DEU

     Pay        PRIBOR-PRBO        2.320        10/26/20        CZK 157,500               7,125       7,125  
        MXN TIIE                   

DEU

     Pay        BANXICO        7.600        1/27/23        MXN 90,000               (200,929     (200,929)  
        Six-Month                   

DEU

     Pay        PLN-WIBOR-WIBO        2.380        9/23/22        PLN 10,000               27,227       27,227  
        Six-Month                   

DEU

     Pay        PLN-WIBOR-WIBO        2.415        1/25/23        PLN 7,000               19,874       19,874  

DEU

     Pay        JIBA3M        8.420        8/29/28        ZAR 76,000               46,861       46,861  
        MXN TIIE                   

GSCOI

     Pay        BANXICO        8.015        10/9/20        MXN 270,000               (90,056     (90,056)  
        Three-Month                   
        COP IBR OIS              COP          

GSCOI

     Pay        Compound        6.500        11/9/28        4,900,000               5,531       5,531  
        MXN TIIE                   

GSCOI

     Pay        BANXICO        8.210        1/30/19        MXN 707,900               (10,693     (10,693)  

GSCOI

     Pay        BZDI        9.825        7/1/20        BRL 285,000               384,453       384,453  
        MXN TIIE                   

GSCOI

     Pay        BANXICO        7.760        9/25/20        MXN 291,400               (144,288     (144,288)  

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        8.245        1/4/21        BRL 29,200               49,091       49,091  

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        9.480        7/1/20        BRL 240,800               239,880       239,880  

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        10.500        7/1/20        BRL 114,140               232,208       232,208  
        MXN TIIE                   

SIB

     Pay        BANXICO        7.250        11/4/22        MXN 45,000               (121,134     (121,134)  
        MXN TIIE                   

UBS

     Pay        BANXICO        6.860        7/21/22        MXN 50,000               (155,146     (155,146)  
                 

 

 

 

Total Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

            $  —      $ (371,597   $ (371,597)  
                 

 

 

 
                      
Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps at November 30, 2018         

Counter-

party

   Pay/Receive
Floating
Rate
    

Floating

Rate

     Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

     Premiums
Received /
(Paid)
     Value    

Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

 

BOA

     Pay       
Three-Month MYR
KLIBOR BNM
 
 
     4.010%        11/10/22        MYR 5,000      $  —      $ 9,323     $ 9,323  
        One-Time INR-                   
        FBIL-MIBOR-OIS-              INR          

BOA

     Pay        COMPOUND        6.700        3/8/20        1,191,380               (28,242     (28,242)  

BOA

     Receive       

Six-Month INR
FBIL MIBOR OIS
Compound
 
 
 
     6.705        3/8/23        INR 272,375               (97,806     (97,806)  

BOA

     Receive       

Six-Month INR-
FBIL-MIBOR-OIS-
COMPOUND
 
 
 
     7.363        12/19/21        INR 194,500               (41,130     (41,130)  

BOA

     Pay       

One-Year INR-
FBIL-MIBOR-OIS-
COMPOUND
 
 
 
     7.300        12/19/19        INR 568,500               35,422       35,422  

 

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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)
 

CITNA-B

     Pay       
Six-Month
CLP-TNA
 
 
     3.130     5/29/20      CLP 8,300,000    $  —      $  (42,938)     $  (42,938)  

JPM

     Pay       

Three-Month
COP IBR OIS
Compound
 
 
 
     7.300       6/1/26      COP 1,037,500             25,740       25,740   

JPM

     Pay       

Three-Month
MYR KLIBOR
BNM
 
 
 
     3.360       8/30/21      MYR 17,500             (41,045     (41,045)  

JPM

     Pay       

Three-Month
COP IBR OIS
Compound
 
 
 
     5.700       3/8/19      COP 15,685,000             37,789       37,789   

JPM

     Pay        BZDI        10.130       7/1/19      BRL 50,370             198,258       198,258   
                

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps

 

           $          —      $          55,371     $          55,371   
                

 

 

 

 

Glossary:

  

Counterparty Abbreviations

BAC

   Barclays Bank plc

BNP

   BNP Paribas

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

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

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

 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies (Continued)

THB

   Thailand Baht

TRY

   New Turkish Lira

UYU

   Uruguay Peso

ZAR

   South African Rand

 

Definitions

  

BADLARPP

   Argentina Deposit Rates Badlar Private Banks ARS 30 to 35 Days

BANXICO

   Banco de Mexico

BUBOR-Reuters

   Budapest Interbank Offering Rate

BNM

   Bank Negara Malaysia

BZDI

   Brazil Interbank Deposit Rate

FBIL

   Financial Benchmarks India Private Ltd.

IBR

   Indicador Bancario de Referencia

JIBA3M

   South Africa Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate 3 Month

JIBAR SAFEX

   South Africa Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate/Futures Exchange

KLIBOR

   Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate

MIBOR

   Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate

OIS

   Overnight Index Swap

PRIBOR-PRBO

   Prague Interbank Offering Rate

TIIE

   Interbank Equilibrium Interest Rate

TNA

   Non-Deliverable CLP Camara

WIBOR WIBO

   Poland Warsaw Interbank Offer Bid Rate

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES November 30, 2018 Unaudited

 

Assets

        
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments—unaffiliated companies   
(cost $217,526,664)    $ 197,882,957     
Cash—foreign currencies (cost $105,494)      111,084     
Cash used for collateral on OTC derivatives      2,121,000     
Cash used for collateral on centrally cleared swaps      2,232,070     
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      3,361,070     
Swaps, at value      306,532     
Centrally cleared swaps, at value      1,083,714     
Receivables and other assets:         
Interest and dividends      4,335,388     
Investments sold      1,283,030     
Shares of beneficial interest sold      145,414     
Other      41,410     
  

 

 

 
Total assets          212,903,669     
  

Liabilities

        
Bank overdraft      1,003,329     
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      7,013,428     
Options written, at value (premiums received $1,665,936)      1,366,209     
Swaps, at value      251,161     
Centrally cleared swaps, at value      1,455,311     
Payables and other liabilities:         
Investments purchased (including $910,211 purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)      1,844,077     
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      705,171     
Dividends      17,260     
Trustees’ compensation      15,020     
Distribution and service plan fees      12,692     
Shareholder communications      8,214     
Other      70,947     
  

 

 

 
Total liabilities      13,762,819     
  

Net Assets

   $ 199,140,850     
  

 

 

 
  

Composition of Net Assets

        
Par value of shares of beneficial interest    $ 30,441     
Additional paid-in capital      239,109,044     
Total accumulated loss      (39,998,635)     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 199,140,850     
  

 

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Unaudited / Continued

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

 

Class A Shares:

     
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $44,346,253 and 6,781,640 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.54    

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

      $ 6.87    

 

 
Class C Shares:      
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $15,579,995 and 2,381,694 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.54    

 

 
Class I Shares:      
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $7,035,346 and 1,076,907 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.53    

 

 
Class R Shares:      
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $2,390,516 and 365,679 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.54    

 

 
Class Y Shares:      
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $129,788,740 and 19,835,060 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $ 6.54    

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2018 Unaudited

 

Investment Income

        
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $284,071)    $       7,656,828     

 

 
Dividends:   
Affiliated companies      43,148     
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

 

    

 

7,699,976   

 

 

 

Expenses

        
Management fees      795,760     

 

 
Distribution and service plan fees:   
Class A      57,616     
Class C      85,973     
Class R      5,702     

 

 
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:   
Class A      40,613     
Class C      14,651     
Class I      1,089     
Class R      1,959     
Class Y      129,864     

 

 
Shareholder communications:   
Class A      3,472     
Class C      1,672     
Class I      849     
Class R      322     
Class Y      8,093     

 

 
Custodian fees and expenses      76,041     

 

 
Legal, auditing and other professional fees      41,808     

 

 
Trustees’ compensation      5,601     

 

 
Borrowing fees      3,158     

 

 
Other      11,364     
  

 

 

 
Total expenses      1,285,607     
Less reduction to custodian expenses      (407)    
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses      (61,119)    
  

 

 

 
Net expenses     

 

1,224,081   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income      6,475,895     

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Unaudited / Continued

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $8,608)

   $ (12,339,110)    

Option contracts written

     460,817     

Foreign currency transactions

     (653,761)    

Forward currency exchange contracts

     1,647,943     

Swap contracts

     313,184     
  

 

 

 

Net realized loss

     (10,570,927)    

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:

  

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

     (5,519,590)    

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     262,076     

Forward currency exchange contracts

     (1,957,730)    

Option contracts written

     537,657     

Swap contracts

     (401,276)    
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

 

     (7,078,863)    

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $      (11,173,895)    
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

     Six Months Ended         
     November 30, 2018      Year Ended  
     (Unaudited)      May 31, 20181  

 

Operations

 

                 
Net investment income    $ 6,475,895         $      11,798,896     
Net realized gain (loss)      (10,570,927)         2,308,273     
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)      (7,078,863)         (16,914,284)    
  

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

 

     (11,173,895)         (2,807,115)    

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

                 
Dividends and distributions declared:      
Class A      (1,353,364)         (2,796,757)    
Class C      (414,623)         (819,443)    
Class I      (217,465)         (759,729)    
Class R      (61,528)         (120,003)    
Class Y      (4,462,471)         (6,552,072)    
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions declared

 

     (6,509,451)         (11,048,004)    
Tax return of capital distribution:      
Class A      —         (179,358)    
Class C      —         (52,552)    
Class I      —         (48,722)    
Class R      —         (7,696)    
Class Y      —         (420,189)    
  

 

 

 
Total return of capital distribution      —         (708,517)    

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

 

                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:      
Class A      (6,967,020)         13,691,683     
Class C      (3,010,552)         7,444,313     
Class I      (44,731)         (353,830)    
Class R      (371,249)         1,109,583     
Class Y      (21,140,005)         122,059,010     
  

 

 

 

Total beneficial interest transactions

 

     (31,533,557)         143,950,759     

Net Assets

                 
Total increase (decrease)      (49,216,903)         129,387,123     
Beginning of period      248,357,753         118,970,630     
  

 

 

 
End of period    $ 199,140,850         $      248,357,753     
  

 

 

 

1. Prior period amounts have been conformed to current year presentation. See Notes to Financial Statements,

Note 2– New Accounting Pronouncements for further details.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

27        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

    

Six Months

Ended

November 30,

2018

(Unaudited)

    

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

 
 
 
 
Class A

 

Per Share Operating Data

             
Net asset value, beginning of period      $7.02        $7.38       $7.17       $7.80       $9.27       $10.35  
Income (loss) from investment operations:              
Net investment income2      0.19        0.42       0.44       0.53       0.39       0.48  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.48)        (0.36)       0.45       (0.65)       (1.43)       (0.93)  
Total from investment operations      (0.29)        0.06       0.89       (0.12)       (1.04)       (0.45)  
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:              
Dividends from net investment income      (0.19)        (0.40)       0.00       0.00       (0.42)       (0.13)  
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00        0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.15)  
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00        (0.02)       (0.68)       (0.51)       (0.01)       (0.35)  
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.19)        (0.42)       (0.68)       (0.51)       (0.43)       (0.63)  
Net asset value, end of period      $6.54        $7.02       $7.38       $7.17       $7.80       $9.27  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset

                                                 

Value3

     (4.14)%        0.62%       13.03%       (1.29)%       (11.49)%       (4.20)%  
             

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                                 
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $44,346        $55,015       $44,710       $47,515       $32,520       $45,660  
Average net assets (in thousands)      $47,577        $53,092       $50,009       $31,493       $38,815       $50,865  
Ratios to average net assets:4              
Net investment income      5.63%        5.60%       6.03%       7.37%       4.51%       5.08%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.25%        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%5       0.00%       0.00%  
Total expenses6      1.25%        1.29%       1.44%       1.51%       1.46%       1.41%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.15%        1.15%       1.24%       1.25%       1.25%       1.25%  
Portfolio turnover rate      31%        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:

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2018

   1.25%

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    Six Months
Ended
November 30,
2018
(Unaudited)
     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      $7.02        $7.38        $7.17        $7.80        $9.27      $10.35

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:                  
Net investment income2      0.16        0.36        0.38        0.46        0.32      0.41
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.48)        (0.36)        0.46        (0.63)        (1.42)      (0.94)
  

 

 

Total from investment operations      (0.32)        0.00        0.84        (0.17)        (1.10)      (0.53)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:                  
Dividends from net investment income      (0.16)        (0.34)        0.00        0.00        (0.36)      (0.11)
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00      (0.15)
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00        (0.02)        (0.63)        (0.46)        (0.01)      (0.29)
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.16)        (0.36)        (0.63)        (0.46)        (0.37)      (0.55)

 

Net asset value, end of period      $6.54        $7.02        $7.38        $7.17        $7.80      $9.27
  

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     (4.68)%        (0.09)%        12.18%        (2.03)%        (12.15)%      (4.92)%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                 
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $15,580        $19,932        $13,633        $8,183        $10,267      $15,128

 

Average net assets (in thousands)      $17,161        $18,345        $10,161        $8,468        $12,919      $18,262

 

Ratios to average net assets:4                  
Net investment income      4.78%        4.75%        5.27%        6.38%        3.74%      4.32%
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      2.01%        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%5        0.00%      0.00%
  

 

 

Total expenses6      2.01%        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%      2.00%

 

Portfolio turnover rate      31%        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:

 

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2018      2.01  
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    Six Months
Ended
November 30,
2018
(Unaudited)
    

    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      $7.02        $7.37        $7.16        $7.79        $9.26      $10.34

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:                  
Net investment income2      0.20        0.44        0.46        0.54        0.32      0.52
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.49)        (0.35)        0.46        (0.63)        (1.32)      (0.94)
  

 

 

Total from investment operations      (0.29)        0.09        0.92        (0.09)        (1.00)      (0.42)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:                  
Dividends from net investment income      (0.20)        (0.41)        0.00        0.00        (0.46)      (0.14)
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00      (0.15)
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00        (0.03)        (0.71)        (0.54)        (0.01)      (0.37)
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.20)        (0.44)        (0.71)        (0.54)        (0.47)      (0.66)

 

Net asset value, end of period      $6.53        $7.02        $7.37        $7.16        $7.79      $9.26
  

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     (4.14)%        1.05%        13.47%        (0.91)%        (11.15)%      (3.83)%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                 
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $7,035        $7,601        $8,089        $2,325        $2,339      $34

 

Average net assets (in thousands)      $7,234        $13,701        $5,000        $2,226        $1,212      $19

 

Ratios to average net assets:4                  
Net investment income      5.93%        5.90%        6.42%        7.57%        4.02%      5.63%
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      0.88%        0.87%        1.03%        1.11%        1.08%      1.02%
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5        0.00%5        0.00%5        0.00%5        0.00%      0.00%
  

 

 

Total expenses6      0.88%        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%        0.85%        0.84%      0.85%

 

Portfolio turnover rate      31%        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:

 

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2018      0.88  
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    Six Months
Ended
November 30,
2018
(Unaudited)
   

    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      $7.02       $7.38       $7.17       $7.80       $9.27     $10.35

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:             
Net investment income2      0.18       0.39       0.42       0.51       0.36     0.46
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.48)       (0.36)       0.45       (0.65)       (1.42)     (0.94)
  

 

 

Total from investment operations      (0.30)       0.03       0.87       (0.14)       (1.06)     (0.48)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:             
Dividends from net investment income      (0.18)       (0.37)       0.00       0.00       (0.40)     (0.12)
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00     (0.15)
Tax return of capital distribution      0.00       (0.02)       (0.66)       (0.49)       (0.01)     (0.33)
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.18)       (0.39)       (0.66)       (0.49)       (0.41)     (0.60)

 

Net asset value, end of period      $6.54       $7.02       $7.38       $7.17       $7.80     $9.27
  

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     (4.30)%       0.27%       12.74%       (1.54)%       (11.71)%     (4.45)%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

            
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $2,391       $2,935       $2,023       $1,550       $1,377     $1,957

 

Average net assets (in thousands)      $2,300       $2,436       $1,539       $1,214       $1,658     $2,189

 

Ratios to average net assets:4             
Net investment income      5.28%       5.25%       5.77%       7.01%       4.22%     4.82%
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.52%       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%5       0.00%     0.00%
  

 

 

Total expenses6      1.52%       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%     1.50%

 

Portfolio turnover rate      31%       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:

 

 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2018      1.52  
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   

Six Months

Ended
November 30,
2018
(Unaudited)

     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

     $7.03             $7.38             $7.17             $7.79             $9.26             $10.34       

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income2

     0.19             0.44             0.46             0.54             0.43             0.51       

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.48)            (0.35)            0.45             (0.63)            (1.44)            (0.94)      
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (0.29)            0.09             0.91             (0.09)            (1.01)            (0.43)      

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

                 

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.20)            (0.41)            0.00             0.00             (0.45)            (0.13)      

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00             0.00             0.00             0.00             0.00             (0.15)      

Tax return of capital distribution

     0.00             (0.03)            (0.70)            (0.53)            (0.01)            (0.37)      
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.20)            (0.44)            (0.70)            (0.53)            (0.46)            (0.65)      

Net asset value, end of period

     $6.54             $7.03             $7.38             $7.17             $7.79             $9.26       
  

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     (4.18)%             0.96%             13.35%             (0.87)%             (11.24)%             (3.91)%       

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                                     

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $129,789             $162,875             $50,516             $3,437             $4,185             $10,558       

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $152,203             $121,012             $17,194             $3,265             $7,931             $10,338       

Ratios to average net assets:4

                 

Net investment income

     5.83%             5.80%             6.33%             7.48%             4.93%             5.43%       

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.00%             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%5            0.00%            0.00%      
  

 

 

 

Total expenses6

     1.00%             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%             0.95%       

Portfolio turnover rate

     31%             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:

 

              
 

Six Months Ended November 30, 2018

   1.00%
 

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.

 

37                OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS November 30, 2018 Unaudited

 

 

1. Organization

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

    The Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R and Class Y shares. 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.

 

38        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


 

 

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.

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

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair 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.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

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

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

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the Fund utilized $783,091 of capital loss carryforwards to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year. The Fund had post-October losses of $828,720, which were deferred. Details of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018 capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates. Capital losses will be carried forward to future years if not offset by gains.

Expiring     

2019

  $            6,167,979

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

At period end, it is estimated that the capital loss carryforwards would be $6,167,979 expiring by 2019 and $10,570,927, which will not expire. The estimated capital loss carryforward represents the carryforward as of the end of the last fiscal year, increased or decreased by capital losses or gains realized in the first six months of the current fiscal year. During the reporting period, it is estimated that the Fund will not utilize any capital loss carryforward to offset realized capital gains.

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

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

    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

    $         218,278,478  

Federal tax cost of other investments

     (1,560,442
  

 

 

 

Total federal tax cost

    $ 216,718,036  
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

    $ 6,845,222  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (30,896,363
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

    $ (24,051,141 ) 
  

 

 

 

Certain foreign countries impose a tax on capital gains which is accrued by the Fund based on unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. The tax is paid when the gain is realized.

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.

New Accounting Pronouncements. In March 2017, Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”), ASU 2017-08. This provides guidance related to the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Manager is evaluating the impacts of these changes on the financial statements.

During August 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued Final Rule Release No. 33-10532 (the “Rule”), Disclosure Update and Simplification. The rule amends certain financial statement disclosure requirements to conform to U.S. GAAP. The amendments to Rule 6-04.17 of Regulation S-X (balance sheet) remove the requirement to separately state the book basis components of net assets: undistributed (over-distribution of) net investment income (“UNII”), accumulated undistributed net realized gains (losses), and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at the balance sheet date. Instead, consistent with U.S. GAAP, funds will be required to disclose total distributable earnings. The amendments to Rule 6-09 of Regulation S-X (statement of changes in net assets) remove the requirement to separately state the sources of distributions paid. Instead, consistent with U.S. GAAP, funds will be required to disclose the total amount of distributions paid, except that any tax return of capital must be separately disclosed. The amendments also remove the requirement to parenthetically state the book basis amount of UNII on the statement of changes in net assets.

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The requirements of the Rule are effective November 5, 2018, and the Funds’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the current reporting period have been modified accordingly. In addition, certain amounts within each Fund’s Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the prior fiscal period have been modified to conform to the Rule.

 

 

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” or “NYSE”) 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:

    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.

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

    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 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 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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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

   $                       —      $ 167,252,874     $      $ 167,252,874  

Corporate Bonds and Notes

            21,381,901              21,381,901  

Short-Term Notes

            8,296,947              8,296,947  

Over-the-Counter Options Purchased

            951,235              951,235  

Total Investments, at Value

            197,882,957              197,882,957  

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Swaps, at value

            306,532              306,532  

Centrally cleared swaps, at value

            1,083,714              1,083,714  

Forward currency exchange contracts

            3,361,070              3,361,070  

Total Assets

   $      $         202,634,273     $      $         202,634,273  

Liabilities Table

          

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Swaps, at value

   $      $ (251,161   $      $ (251,161

Centrally cleared swaps, at value

            (1,455,311            (1,455,311

Options written, at value

            (1,366,209            (1,366,209

Forward currency exchange contracts

            (7,013,428            (7,013,428

Total Liabilities

   $      $ (10,086,109   $         —      $ (10,086,109

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 adversely affect conditions in another country or region. Investments in foreign securities may

 

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

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 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. At period end, the Fund had no holdings in IGMMF.

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 so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

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 and sold securities issued on a delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

      When-Issued or
Delayed Delivery
Basis Transactions
 

Purchased securities

     $910,211  

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 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,

 

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5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

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.

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

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

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 $124,625,376 and $129,702,997, 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 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.

 

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    During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $650,184 and $70,088 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 $96,344 and $1,110,937 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 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.

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

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 $37,043,921 and $322,354,402 on interest rate swaps which pay a fixed rate and interest rate swaps which receive a fixed rate, respectively.

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

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

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

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

At period end, the Fund has required certain counterparties to post collateral of $156,652.

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

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 mark to market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

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  

Bank of America NA

     $        349,037       $ (349,037 )       $                    –         $                        –         $                    –   

Barclays Bank plc

     423,550         (423,550 )       –         –         –   

Citibank NA

     1,825,274         (1,825,274 )       –         –         –   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     982,658         (785,460 )       –         –         197,198   

HSBC Bank USA NA

     28,987         (28,987 )       –         –         –   

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

     1,009,331         (1,009,331 )       –         –         –   
  

 

 

 
     $        4,618,837       $     (4,421,639)     $                    –       $                        –       $         197,198   
  

 

 

 

*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

   $         (1,173,745)       $ 349,037       $ –       $ 270,000       $ (554,708)   

Barclays Bank plc

     (704,776)         423,550         70,226         211,000         –    

Citibank NA

     (3,064,312)         1,825,274         –         960,000         (279,038)   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     (785,460)         785,460         –         –         –    

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

                  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  

 

 

Goldman Sachs

                            

International

   $          (79,800)     $               $                 $             $          (79,800)  

HSBC Bank USA NA

        (149,584)          28,987                               (120,597)  

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

                         

NA

        (2,673,121)          1,009,331           869,118           680,000           (114,672)  
  

 

 

 
     $      (8,630,798)     $      4,421,639      $      939,344      $      2,121,000      $      (1,148,815)  
  

 

 

 

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

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

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

 

       Asset Derivatives             Liability Derivatives  

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

    

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

     Value              

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

     Value  

Interest rate contracts

     Swaps, at value    $ 306,532          Swaps, at value    $ 251,161  

Interest rate contracts

     Centrally cleared swaps, at value      1,083,714          Centrally cleared swaps, at value      1,455,311  
    

Unrealized appreciation on

        

Unrealized depreciation on

  

Forward currency

    

foreign currency exchange

        

foreign currency exchange

  

exchange contracts

    

contracts

     3,361,070         

contracts

     7,013,428  

Currency contracts

             

Options written, at value

     1,366,209  

Currency contracts

    

Investments, at value

     951,235          
       

 

 

          

 

 

 

Total

        $ 5,702,551             $     10,086,109  
       

 

 

          

 

 

 

*Amounts relate to purchased options.

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

 

       Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

           Investment
transactions
in unaffiliated
companies*
            Option
contracts
written
    Forward
currency
exchange
contracts
     Swap contracts      Total  

Currency contracts

     $          (134,662   $          509,868     $      $      $ 375,206  

Equity contracts

        108,335          (49,051                   59,284  

Forward currency exchange contracts

                       1,647,943               1,647,943  

Interest rate contracts

                              313,184        313,184  
  

 

 

 

Total

     $          (26,327   $          460,817     $     1,647,943      $     313,184      $     2,395,617  
  

 

 

 

 

 

53        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

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
             Forward
currency
exchange
contracts
             Swap contracts             Total  

Currency contracts

   $          (526,320   $          537,657      $               $              $          11,337  

Forward currency exchange contracts

                           (1,957,730)                    (1,957,730)  

Interest rate contracts

                                     (401,276        (401,276)  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $          (526,320   $          537,657      $          (1,957,730)      $          (401,276   $          (2,347,669)  
  

 

 

 

*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:

 

     Six Months Ended November 30, 2018      Year Ended May 31, 2018  
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Class A

           

Sold

     1,153,726       $ 7,692,974         5,762,810       $ 43,318,445   

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     191,781         1,264,169         370,610         2,771,775   

Redeemed

     (2,398,688)        (15,924,163)        (4,358,316)        (32,398,537)  
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,053,181)      $ (6,967,020)        1,775,104       $ 13,691,683   
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class C

           

Sold

     209,412       $ 1,386,746         1,716,729       $ 12,870,446   

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     61,272         404,040         113,131         846,592   

Redeemed

     (726,404)        (4,801,338)        (839,358)        (6,272,725)  
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (455,720)      $ (3,010,552)        990,502       $ 7,444,313   
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class I

           

Sold

     215,898       $ 1,429,398         1,771,836       $ 13,319,343   

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     33,046         217,369         103,975         780,106   

Redeemed

     (255,549)        (1,691,498)        (1,889,686)        (14,453,279)  
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (6,605)      $ (44,731)        (13,875)      $ (353,830)  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class R

           

Sold

     112,182       $               735,789                     325,225       $         2,463,467   

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

                     9,143         60,271         16,951         126,639   

Redeemed

     (173,750)        (1,167,309)        (198,289)        (1,480,523)  
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (52,425)      $ (371,249)        143,887       $ 1,109,583   
  

 

 

 

 

 

54        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest (Continued)

 

     Six Months Ended November 30, 2018     Year Ended May 31, 2018  
      Shares              Amount     Shares              Amount  

Class Y

                

Sold

     8,000,858      $          53,487,796       26,087,049      $          195,579,129   

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     676,123           4,460,206       927,066           6,937,468   

Redeemed

     (12,021,599)           (79,088,007             (10,677,026)           (80,457,587)  
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (3,344,618)      $          (21,140,005     16,337,089      $          122,059,010   
  

 

 

 

 

 

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

   $ 71,991,539        $ 86,756,150  

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

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

   

Fee Schedule

        
 

Up to $500 million

     0.70
 

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

 

 

55        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

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

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

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

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

 

56        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

in the Statement of Operations.

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

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

 

 

November 30, 2018

     $24,655        $—        $3,034        $—  

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund for certain expenses in order to limit “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement” (excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses) to annual rates of 1.15% for Class A 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

   $ 21,955  

Class C

     256  

Class I

     773  

Class R

     126  

Class Y

     35,638  

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.

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 $2,371 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 $1.95 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity.

 

57        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing (Continued)

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.

 

 

11. Pending Acquisition

On October 18, 2018, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, an indirect corporate parent of the Sub-Adviser and the Manager, announced that it has entered into an agreement whereby Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), a global investment management company, will acquire the Sub-Adviser (the “Transaction”). In connection with the Transaction, on January 11, 2019, the Fund’s Board unanimously approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”), which provides for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Fund to a corresponding, newly formed fund (the “Acquiring Fund”) in the Invesco family of funds (the “Reorganization”) in exchange for shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund of equal value to the value of the shares of the Fund as of the close of business on the closing date. Although the Acquiring Fund will be managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Acquiring Fund will, as of the closing date, have the same investment objective and substantially similar principal investment strategies and risks as the Fund. After the Reorganization, Invesco Advisers, Inc. will be the investment adviser to the Acquiring Fund, and the Fund will be liquidated and dissolved under applicable law and terminate its registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Reorganization is expected to be a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The Reorganization is subject to the approval of shareholders of the Fund. Shareholders of record of the Fund on January 14, 2019 will be entitled to vote on the Reorganization and will receive a combined prospectus and proxy statement describing the Reorganization, the shareholder meeting, and a discussion of the factors the Fund’s Board considered in approving the Agreement. The combined prospectus and proxy statement is expected to be distributed to shareholders of record on or about February 28, 2019. The anticipated date of the shareholder meeting is on or about April 12, 2019.

If shareholders approve the Agreement and certain other closing conditions are satisfied or waived, the Reorganization is expected to close during the second quarter of 2019, or as soon as practicable thereafter. This is subject to change.

 

58        OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND


BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY

AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

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

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

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

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

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY

AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

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

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other retail emerging-markets local-currency bond funds. The Board noted that the Fund outperformed its category median for the three- and five-year periods, though it underperformed for the one-year period. The Board further noted that the Fund’s performance ranked in the 12th and 15th percentile of the category for the three- and five-year periods, respectively.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The Board also considered the comparability of the fees charged and the services provided to the Fund to the fees and services for other clients or accounts advised by the Adviser with similar investment mandates. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other retail front-end load emerging-markets local-currency bond funds with comparable asset levels and distribution features. The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual management fees and total expenses were lower than their respective peer group medians and category medians. The Board considered that the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse certain Fund expenses so that total expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, will not exceed the following annual rates: 1.15% for Class A shares; 2.00% for Class C shares; 1.50% for Class R shares; 0.95% for Class Y shares; and 0.85% for Class I shares. This waiver and/or reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless

 

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approved by the Board. The Board also considered that the Adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investments in funds managed by the Adviser or its affiliates. Finally, the Board considered that the Adviser, in its capacity as the Fund’s transfer agent, voluntarily waived and/or reimbursed the Fund for transfer agent fees in an amount equal to 0.015% of average annual net assets, and that effective January 1, 2018, after discussions with the Board, the Fund’s transfer agent fee rate was decreased.

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

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

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

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2019. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES;

UPDATES TO 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.

Householding—Delivery of Shareholder Documents

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

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

 

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OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL DEBT FUND

 

Trustees and Officers    Robert J. Malone, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Trustee
   Andrew J. Donohue, Trustee
   Richard F. Grabish, Trustee
   Beverly L. Hamilton, Trustee
   Victoria J. Herget, Trustee
   Karen L. Stuckey, Trustee
   James D. Vaughn, Trustee
   Arthur P. Steinmetz, Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
   Hemant Baijal, Vice President
   Wim Vandenhoeck, Vice President
   Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
   Jennifer Foxson, Vice President and Chief Business Officer
   Mary Ann Picciotto, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-Money
   Laundering Officer
   Brian S. Petersen, Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer
Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and Shareholder    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Servicing Agent   
Sub-Transfer Agent    Shareholder Services, Inc.
   DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent Registered    KPMG LLP
Public Accounting Firm   
Legal Counsel    Ropes & Gray LLP
   The financial statements included herein have been taken from the
   records of the Fund without examination of those records by the
   independent registered public accounting firm.

© 2019 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.

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

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

Protection of Information

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

Disclosure of Information

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

Right of Refusal

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

 

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Internet Security and Encryption

In general, the email services provided by our website are encrypted and provide a secure and private means of communication with us. To protect your own privacy, confidential and/ or personal information should only be communicated via email when you are advised that you are using a secure website.

As a security measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure emails, and we advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure emails. Instead, you may take advantage of the secure features of our website to encrypt your email correspondence. To do this, you will need to use a browser that supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

 

All transactions 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

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

How You Can Help

You can also do your part to keep your account information private and to prevent unauthorized transactions. If you obtain a user ID and password for your account, safeguard that information. Strengthening your online credentials–your online security profile–typically your user name, password, and security questions and answers, can be one of your most important lines of defense on the Internet. For additional information on how you can help prevent identity theft, visit https://www. oppenheimerfunds.com/security.

Who We Are

This joint notice describes the privacy policies of the Oppenheimer funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., each of its investment adviser subsidiaries, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and OFI Global Trust Co. It applies to all Oppenheimer fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your Social Security number—whether or not you remain a shareholder of our funds. This notice was last updated as of November 2017. In the event it is updated or changed, we will post an updated notice on our website at oppenheimerfunds.com. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, email us by clicking on the Contact Us section of our website at oppenheimerfunds.com, write to us at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, CO 80217-5270, or call us at 800 CALL OPP (225 5677).

 

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RS1360. 001. 1118 January 22, 2019


Item 2.  Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 3.  Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 4.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.


Item 5.  Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6.  Schedule of Investments.

a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

b) Not applicable.

Item 7.  Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8.  Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

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

None

Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.

Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 11/30/2018, 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:   1/18/2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   1/18/2019
By:  

/s/ Brian S. Petersen

  Brian S. Petersen
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   1/18/2019