N-Q 1 dnq.htm NATIXIS FUNDS TRUST II Natixis Funds Trust II

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-00242

 

 

Natixis Funds Trust II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

399 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Coleen Downs Dinneen, Esq.

Natixis Distributors, L.P.

399 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 449-2810

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2009

 

 

 


ITEM 1 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  

Description

   Value (†)
Certificates of Deposit — 42.3% of Net Assets   
$1,000,000   

CALYON North America, Inc.,

0.480%, 10/07/2009(b)

   $ 1,000,049
1,300,000   

Landesbank Hessen Thueringen Girozentrale,

0.515%, 10/15/2009

     1,300,143
700,000   

Bank of Scotland,

0.450%, 10/19/2009

     700,074
1,300,000   

Dexia Credit Local de France,

0.520%, 10/19/2009(b)

     1,300,185
2,000,000   

Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank,

0.580%, 10/19/2009

     2,000,348
1,600,000   

Credit Industreil et Commercial,

0.490%, 10/28/2009

     1,600,299
1,000,000   

CALYON North America, Inc.,

0.240%, 11/02/2009

     1,000,009
300,000   

CALYON North America, Inc.,

0.250%, 11/02/2009

     300,003
500,000   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,

0.280%, 11/04/2009

     500,000
1,500,000   

Deutsche Bank AG,

0.310%, 11/06/2009

     1,500,046
1,250,000   

Deutsche Bank AG,

0.800%, 11/06/2009

     1,250,724
1,300,000   

Banco Bilbao de Vizcaya,

0.305%, 11/10/2009(b)

     1,300,036
1,900,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken NY,

0.500%, 11/13/2009

     1,900,511
1,000,000   

Westpac Bank,

0.550%, 11/13/2009(b)

     1,000,452
2,000,000   

Kredietbank,

0.600%, 11/17/2009

     2,000,852
400,000   

Deutsche Bank AG,

0.310%, 11/23/2009

     400,018
1,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial,

0.390%, 12/03/2009

     1,000,023
500,000   

Kredietbank,

0.340%, 12/08/2009

     500,010
2,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland,

0.240%, 12/11/2009

     2,000,040
600,000   

Landesbank Hessen Thueringen Girozent,

0.630%, 12/11/2009

     600,359
2,900,000   

Bank of Montreal,

0.250%, 12/15/2009

     2,899,510
2,500,000   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,

0.220%, 12/22/2009

     2,499,367
500,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia,

0.480%, 12/23/2009

     500,291
700,000   

Lloyd’s TSB Bank PLC,

0.510%, 12/30/2009

     700,318
700,000   

Royal Bank of Scotland,

0.650%, 12/30/2009

     700,566
400,000   

Rabobank Nederland,

0.490%, 1/15/2010

     400,308
600,000   

Rabobank Nederland,

0.270%, 1/19/2010

     600,019
1,600,000   

Banco Bilbao de Vizcaya,

0.315%, 1/21/2010

     1,599,523
1,900,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken NY,

0.420%, 1/29/2010

     1,900,063
800,000   

CALYON North America, Inc.,

0.650%, 2/01/2010(b)

     800,962
2,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia,

0.330%, 3/02/2010(b)

     1,999,406
300,000   

Banco Bilbao de Vizcaya,

0.905%, 3/19/2010

     300,429
400,000   

Nordea Bank,

0.420%, 3/22/2010

     399,654
         
  

Total Certificates of Deposit

(Identified Cost $38,453,237)

     38,454,597
         
Commercial Paper — 32.9%   
  

Banking — 21.6%

  
2,500,000   

ING (US) Funding LLC,

0.180%, 10/01/2009(c)

     2,500,000
1,300,000   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia,

0.320%, 10/06/2009(c)

     1,299,958
1,300,000   

Societe Generale North America,

0.300%, 10/08/2009(c)

     1,299,949
796,000   

Dexia Delaware,

0.300%, 10/21/2009(c)

     795,867
2,000,000   

Societe Generale North America,

0.195%, 10/29/2009(c)

     1,999,697
500,000   

Societe Generale North America,

0.300%, 11/02/2009(c)

     499,894
1,800,000   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC,

0.470%, 11/02/2009(c)

     1,799,617
500,000   

ING (US) Funding LLC,

0.320%, 11/10/2009(c)

     499,882
1,800,000   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia,

0.250%, 12/15/2009(c)

     1,799,087
2,100,000   

Lloyd’s TSB Bank PLC,

0.230%, 12/29/2009(c)

     2,098,373
400,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia,

0.310%, 3/10/2010(c)

     399,392
500,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia,

0.330%, 3/11/2010(b)(c)

     499,235
3,100,000   

Nordea North America, Inc.,

0.270%, 3/23/2010(c)

     3,093,257
1,000,000   

ICICI Bank Ltd.,

(Credit Support: Bank of America),

0.880%, 4/14/2010(b)(c)

     995,715
         
        19,579,923
         
  

Distribution/Wholesale — 4.3%

  
1,300,000   

Louis Dreyfus Corp.,

(Credit Support: Barclays Bank),

0.280%, 10/01/2009(c)

     1,300,000
1,000,000   

Louis Dreyfus Corp.,

(Credit Support: Barclays Bank),

0.620%, 10/02/2009(b)(c)

     999,992
1,600,000   

Louis Dreyfus Corp.,

(Credit Support: Barclays Bank),

0.360%, 10/19/2009(c)

     1,599,712
         
        3,899,704
         

 

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ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  

Description

   Value (†)
   Education — 7.0%   
$2,900,000   

Johns Hopkins University (The), Series C,

0.250%, 11/17/2009

   $ 2,900,000
3,500,000   

Tennessee State School Bond Authority,

0.300%, 1/13/2010

     3,500,000
         
        6,400,000
         
  

Total Commercial Paper

(Identified Cost $29,881,852)

     29,879,627
         
Time Deposits — 12.1%   
3,200,000   

National Bank of Canada,

0.100%, 10/01/2009

     3,200,000
3,900,000   

Citibank,

0.120%, 10/01/2009

     3,900,000
3,900,000   

BNP Paribas,

0.125%, 10/01/2009

     3,900,000
         
  

Total Time Deposits

(Identified Cost $11,000,000)

     11,000,000
         
Medium Term Notes — 1.0%   
900,000   

Procter & Gamble International Funding,

0.478%, 5/07/2010(b)(d)

(Identified Cost $900,000)

     899,135
         
  

Total Investments — 88.3%

(Identified Cost $80,235,089)(a)

     80,233,359
  

Other assets less liabilities —11.7%

     10,595,856
         
  

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 90,829,215
         

Consolidation

The Fund invests in commodity-related derivatives through its investment in the ASG Global Alternatives Cayman Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Investments of the Subsidiary have been consolidated with those of the Fund for reporting purposes. As of September 30, 2009, the value of the Fund’s investment in the subsidiary was $4,000,325, representing 4.4% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

 

(†) Short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Debt securities (other than short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less) are generally valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by a pricing service recommended by the sub-adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees, which service determines valuations for normal, institutional-size trading units of such securities using market information, transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities which are generally recognized by institutional traders.

Broker-dealer bid quotations may also be used to value debt securities where a pricing service does not price a security or where a pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. In instances where broker-dealer bid quotations are not available, certain securities held by the Fund may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a principal market maker. Futures contracts are valued at their most recent settlement price. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated prices determined from information provided by an independent pricing service. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s investment adviser or subadviser using consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.

The Fund may hold securities traded in foreign markets. Foreign securities are valued at the market price in the foreign market. However, if events occurring after the close of the foreign market (but before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange) are believed to materially affect the value of those securities, such securities are fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. When fair valuing securities, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the Fund calculates its net asset value.

 

(a) Federal Tax Information: At September 30, 2009, the net unrealized depreciation on short term investments purchased with over 60 days to maturity based on a cost of $80,235,089 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost

   $ 5,464   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value

     (7,194
        

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (1,730
        

At December 31, 2008, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $783,520 which expires on December 31, 2016. At December 31, 2008, post-October capital loss deferrals were $44,398. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) All or a portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures and forward foreign currency contracts.
(c) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(d) Floating rate note. Rate shown is as of September 30, 2009.

 

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ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to gain exposure to foreign currencies and may also use forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes in order to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates. A contract to buy or sell can offset a previous contract. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies a Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency the Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

At September 30, 2009, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract to Buy/Sell

   Delivery
Date
  

Currency

   Units    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buy1

   12/16/2009    British Pound    3,875,000    $ 6,191,487    $ (199,469

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Canadian Dollar    3,300,000      3,082,584      12,511   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Euro    5,750,000      8,413,586      31,379   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Euro    3,000,000      4,389,697      (9,310

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Japanese Yen    12,500,000      139,321      2,178   

Sell1

   12/16/2009    Japanese Yen    12,500,000      139,321      (1,920

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Swedish Krona    4,000,000      574,073      2,309   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Swedish Krona    6,000,000      861,109      (10,933

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Swiss Franc    1,000,000      965,511      2,587   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Swiss Franc    625,000      603,444      (101
                    

Total

               $ (170,769
                    

 

1

Counterparty is UBS.

Futures Contracts

The Fund and the Subsidiary may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular security or commodity or group or index of securities, commodities, currencies or other assets for a specified price on a specified future date.

When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker as “initial margin” an amount of cash or short-term high-quality securities. This initial cash margin, if any, is reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as part of “Due from brokers”. As the value of the contract changes, the value of the futures contract position increases or declines. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin”, are made or received by the Fund or the Subsidiary, depending on the price fluctuations in the fair value of the contract and the value of the collateral held. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses). Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s or the Subsidiary’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures have standardized contracts and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment guaranteed by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund and the Subsidiary are limited.

At September 30, 2009, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
   Contracts    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Dax

   12/18/2009    13    $ 2,698,726    $ 13,079   

Euro Dollar

   12/14/2009    179      44,584,425      44,338   

FTSE 100

   12/18/2009    45      3,661,285      16,453   

S&P 500 E Mini

   12/18/2009    54      2,842,830      44,427   

TOPIX

   12/11/2009    39      3,953,657      (173,854

UK Long Gilt

   12/29/2009    34      6,442,212      17,883   

10 Year Japan Government Bond

   12/10/2009    6      9,313,652      31,304   

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

   12/21/2009    78      9,229,594      73,484   
                 

Total

            $ 67,114   
                 

 

Commodity Futures(1)

   Expiration
Date
   Contracts    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum

   12/16/2009    17    $ 801,231    $ (16,044

Brent Crude Oil

   10/15/2009    43      2,970,010      (64,330

Copper

   12/16/2009    15      2,309,813      (90,438

Gas Oil

   11/12/2009    15      839,250      21,750   

Gold

   12/29/2009    19      1,917,670      82,610   

Heating Oil

   10/30/2009    9      692,647      475   

Light Sweet Crude Oil

   10/20/2009    15      1,059,150      (33,300

Natural Gas

   10/28/2009    37      1,791,170      145,980   

Nickel

   12/16/2009    5      536,520      (3,480

Zinc

   12/16/2009    19      933,969      (6,531
                 

Total

            $ 36,692   
                 

At September 30, 2009, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
   Contracts    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 

German Euro Bund

   12/08/2009    19    $ 3,388,706    $ (15,570

 

(1)

Commodity futures are held by ASG Global Alternatives Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

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ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 - prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.);

 

   

Level 3 - prices determined using significant unobservable inputs for situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2009, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Investments in Securities*

   $ —      $ 80,233,359    $ —      $ 80,233,359

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —        50,964      —        50,964

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     491,783      —        —        491,783
                           

Total

   $ 491,783    $ 80,284,323    $ —      $ 80,776,106
                           

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3    Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ —        $ (221,733   $ —      $ (221,733

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (403,547     —          —        (403,547
                               

Total

   $ (403,547   $ (221,733   $ —      $ (625,280
                               

 

* Major categories of the Fund’s investments are included above.

Derivatives

Effective January 1, 2009, the Fund adopted accounting standards related to derivative instruments and hedging activities which require enhanced disclosures. Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of another security or financial instrument. Derivative instruments that the Fund currently uses include forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts.

The Fund seeks to generate positive absolute returns over time rather than track the performance of any particular index. The Fund uses multiple quantitative investment models and strategies, each of which has an absolute return objective and may involve a broad range of market exposures. These market exposures, which are expected to change over time, may include exposures to the returns of equity and fixed income securities, currencies and commodities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will make extensive use of a variety of derivative instruments, in particular futures and forward contracts, to capture the exposures suggested by its absolute return strategies while also adding value through volatility management and correlation management.

The following is a summary of derivative investments for the Fund, as of September 30, 2009:

 

Asset Derivatives

   Forwards    Futures

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 50,964    $ —  

Equity contracts

     —        73,959

Interest rate contracts

     —        167,009

Commodity contracts

     —        250,815

 

Liability Derivatives

   Forwards     Futures  

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (221,733   $ —     

Equity contracts

     —          (173,854

Interest rate contracts

     —          (15,570

Commodity contracts

     —          (214,123

Industry Summary at September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Banking (including Certificates of Deposit and Time Deposits)

   76.0

Education

   7.0   

Distribution/Wholesale

   4.3   

Medium Term Notes

   1.0   
      

Total Investments

   88.3   

Other assets less liabilities (including open forward foreign currency and futures contracts)

   11.7   
      

Net Assets

   100.0
      

 

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ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  

Description

   Value (†)
Certificates of Deposit — 38.8% of Net Assets   
$400,000   

Bank of Scotland,

0.450%, 10/19/2009

   $ 400,042
450,000   

Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank,

0.580%, 10/19/2009

     450,078
400,000   

Banco Bilbao de Vizcaya,

0.305%, 10/23/2009(b)

     400,014
450,000   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,

0.280%, 11/04/2009(b)

     450,000
450,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken NY,

0.500%, 11/13/2009

     450,121
450,000   

Kredietbank,

0.600%, 11/17/2009

     450,192
450,000   

Deutsche Bank AG,

0.310%, 11/23/2009

     450,020
400,000   

Bank of America Corp.,

0.800%, 11/23/2009

     400,372
450,000   

Landesbank Hessen Thueringen Girozentrale,

0.630%, 12/11/2009

     450,270
450,000   

Bank of Montreal,

0.250%, 12/15/2009

     449,924
450,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken NY,

0.420%, 1/29/2010

     450,015
400,000   

CALYON North America, Inc.,

0.650%, 2/01/2010(b)

     400,481
50,000   

Banco Bilbao de Vizcaya,

0.905%, 3/19/2010

     50,071
         
  

Total Certificates of Deposit

(Identified Cost $5,250,499)

     5,251,600
         
Commercial Paper — 33.2%   
  

Banking — 26.2%

  
450,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia,

0.250%, 10/14/2009(c)

     449,967
450,000   

Dexia CLF Finance Co.,

0.290%, 10/19/2009(c)

     449,935
450,000   

ING (US) Funding LLC,

0.280%, 10/27/2009(b)(c)

     449,936
450,000   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia,

0.280%, 10/30/2009(b)(c)

     449,929
450,000   

Societe Generale North America,

0.300%, 11/02/2009(c)

     449,904
450,000   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC,

0.470%, 11/02/2009(b)(c)

     449,904
400,000   

Rabobank USA Financial Corp.,

0.370%, 1/14/2010(c)

     399,686
450,000   

Nordea North America, Inc.,

0.270%, 3/23/2010(c)

     449,021
         
        3,548,282
         
  

Distribution/Wholesale — 3.7%

  
500,000   

Louis Dreyfus Corp.,

(Credit Support: Barclays Bank),

0.280%, 10/01/2009(c)

     500,000
         
  

Education — 3.3%

  
450,000   

Tennessee State School Bond Authority,

0.300%, 1/13/2010

     450,000
         
  

Total Commercial Paper

(Identified Cost $4,498,378)

     4,498,282
         
Time Deposits — 6.6%   
400,000   

Citibank,

0.120%, 10/01/2009

     400,000
500,000   

BNP Paribas,

0.125%, 10/01/2009

     500,000
         
  

Total Time Deposits

(Identified Cost $900,000)

     900,000
         
  

Total Investments — 78.6%

(Identified Cost $10,648,877)(a)

     10,649,882
  

Other assets less liabilities — 21.4%

     2,906,139
         
  

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 13,556,021
         

Consolidation

The Fund invests in commodity-related derivatives through its investment in the ASG Diversifying Strategies Cayman Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Investments of the Subsidiary have been consolidated with those of the Fund for reporting purposes. As of September 30, 2009, the value of the Fund’s investment in the subsidiary was $1,476,363, representing 10.9% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

 

(†) Short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Debt securities (other than short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less) are generally valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by a pricing service recommended by the sub-adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees, which service determines valuations for normal, institutional-size trading units of such securities using market information, transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities which are generally recognized by institutional traders. Broker-dealer bid quotations may also be used to value debt securities where a pricing service does not price a security or where a pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. In instances where broker-dealer bid quotations are not available, certain securities held by the Fund may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a principal market maker. Futures contracts are valued at their most recent settlement price. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated prices determined from information provided by an independent pricing service. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s investment adviser or subadviser using consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.

 

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ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

The Fund may hold securities traded in foreign markets. Foreign securities are valued at the market price in the foreign market. However, if events occurring after the close of the foreign market (but before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange) are believed to materially affect the value of those securities, such securities are fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. When fair valuing securities, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the Fund calculates its net asset value.

 

(a) Federal Tax Information: At September 30, 2009, the net unrealized appreciation on short term investments purchased with over 60 days to maturity based on a cost of $10,648,877 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost

   $ 1,521   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value

     (516
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,005   
        

 

(b) All or a portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures and forward foreign currency contracts.
(c) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to gain exposure to foreign currencies and may also use forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes in order to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates. A contract to buy or sell can offset a previous contract. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies a Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency the Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

At September 30, 2009, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract to Buy/Sell

   Delivery
Date
   Currency    Units    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Australian Dollar    400,000    $ 350,683    $ 7,107   

Sell1

   12/16/2009    Australian Dollar    200,000      175,341      (4,103

Buy1

   12/16/2009    British Pound    750,000      1,198,352      (44,066

Sell1

   12/16/2009    British Pound    125,000      199,725      7,767   

Sell1

   12/16/2009    British Pound    125,000      199,725      (1,336

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Canadian Dollar    1,000,000      934,116      4,360   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Euro    2,875,000      4,206,793      15,690   

Sell1

   12/16/2009    Euro    375,000      548,712      2,417   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Japanese Yen    100,000,000      1,114,570      24,854   

Sell1

   12/16/2009    Japanese Yen    25,000,000      278,643      (188

Buy1

   12/16/2009    New Zealand
Dollar
   400,000      287,415      9,559   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Swedish Krona    6,000,000      861,109      5,174   

Sell1

   12/16/2009    Swedish Krona    2,000,000      287,036      462   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Swiss Franc    625,000      603,444      1,617   

Buy1

   12/16/2009    Swiss Franc    125,000      120,689      (618

Sell1

   12/16/2009    Swiss Franc    125,000      120,689      (885
                    

Total

               $ 27,811   
                    

 

1

Counterparty is UBS.

Futures Contracts

The Fund and the Subsidiary may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular security or commodity or group or index of securities, commodities, currencies or other assets for a specified price on a specified future date.

When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker as “initial margin” an amount of cash or short-term high-quality securities. This initial cash margin, if any, is reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as part of “Due from brokers”. As the value of the contract changes, the value of the futures contract position increases or declines. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin”, are made or received by the Fund or the Subsidiary, depending on the price fluctuations in the fair value of the contract and the value of the collateral held. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses). Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s or the Subsidiary’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities or interest rates.

 

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ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures have standardized contracts and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment guaranteed by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund and the Subsidiary are limited.

At September 30, 2009, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
   Contracts    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

AEX

   10/16/2009    5    $ 456,565    $ 2,107   

ASX SPI 200

   12/17/2009    4      418,780      8,381   

CAC 40

   10/16/2009    7      388,944      3,329   

Dax

   12/18/2009    2      415,189      2,012   

EURIBOR

   12/14/2009    33      11,982,688      28,517   

Euro Dollar

   12/14/2009    202      50,313,150      88,187   

FTSE 100

   12/18/2009    7      569,533      6,033   

FTSE MIB

   12/18/2009    2      342,746      4,931   

German Euro BOBL

   12/08/2009    1      169,090      527   

S&P TSE 60

   12/17/2009    2      253,341      2,541   

Sterling

   3/17/2010    40      7,922,835      42,511   

TOPIX

   12/11/2009    4      405,503      (18,359

UK Long Gilt

   12/29/2009    23      4,357,967      45,963   

10 Year Canada Government Bond

   12/18/2009    9      1,020,165      10,368   
                 

Total

            $ 227,048   
                 

Commodity Futures(1)

   Expiration
Date
   Contracts    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum

   12/16/2009    11    $ 518,444    $ (10,381

Brent Crude Oil

   10/15/2009    6      414,420      (9,060

Copper

   12/16/2009    3      461,963      (26,381

Gas Oil

   11/12/2009    2      111,900      2,900   

Gasoline

   10/30/2009    3      220,702      (12,562

Gold

   12/29/2009    1      100,930      7,480   

Heating Oil

   10/30/2009    4      307,843      764   

Light Sweet Crude Oil

   10/20/2009    14      988,540      (31,080

Natural Gas

   10/28/2009    4      193,640      15,840   

Zinc

   12/16/2009    1      49,156      (344
                 

Total

            $ (62,824
                 

At September 30, 2009, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
   Contracts    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 E Mini

   12/18/2009    46    $ 2,421,670    $ (57,040

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

   12/31/2009    2      232,188      (2,859

10 Year Australia Government Bond

   12/15/2009    31      2,853,894      25,881   

10 Year Japan Government Bond

   12/10/2009    3      4,656,826      (21,055

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

   12/21/2009    34      4,023,156      (25,063
                 

Total

            $ (80,136
                 

Commodity Futures(1)

   Expiration
Date
   Contracts    Notional
Value
   Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 

Soybean Oil

   12/14/2009    1    $ 20,598    $ (408
                 

 

(1)

Commodity futures are held by ASG Diversifying Strategies Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 - prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.);

 

   

Level 3 - prices determined using significant unobservable inputs for situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2009, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Investments in Securities*

   $ —      $ 10,649,882    $ —      $ 10,649,882

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —        79,007      —        79,007

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     298,272      —        —        298,272
                           

Total

   $ 298,272    $ 10,728,889    $ —      $ 11,027,161
                           

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3    Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ —        $ (51,196   $ —      $ (51,196

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (214,592     —          —        (214,592
                               

Total

   $ (214,592   $ (51,196   $ —      $ (265,788
                               

 

* Major categories of the Fund’s investments are included above.

 

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ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND — CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

Derivatives

Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of another security or financial instrument. Derivative instruments that the Fund currently uses include forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts.

The Fund seeks to generate positive absolute returns over time rather than track the performance of any particular index. The Fund uses multiple quantitative investment models and strategies, each of which has an absolute return objective and may involve a broad range of market exposures. These market exposures, which are expected to change over time, may include exposures to the returns of equity and fixed income securities, currencies and commodities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will make extensive use of a variety of derivative instruments, in particular futures and forward contracts, to capture the exposures suggested by its absolute return strategies while also adding value through volatility management and correlation management.

The following is a summary of derivative investments for the Fund, as of September 30, 2009:

 

Asset Derivatives

   Forwards     Futures  

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 79,007      $ —     

Equity contracts

     —          29,334   

Interest rate contracts

     —          241,954   

Commodity contracts

     —          26,984   

Liability Derivatives

   Forwards     Futures  

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (51,196   $ —     

Equity contracts

     —          (75,399

Interest rate contracts

     —          (48,977

Commodity contracts

     —          (90,216

Industry Summary at September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Banking (including Certificates of Deposit and Time Deposits)

   71.6

Distribution/Wholesale

   3.7   

Education

   3.3   
      

Total Investments

   78.6   

Other assets less liabilities (including open forward foreign currency and futures contracts)

   21.4   
      

Net Assets

   100.0
      

 

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HARRIS ASSOCIATES LARGE CAP VALUE FUND — PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Shares   

Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks — 91.8% of Net Assets

  
  

Aerospace & Defense — 4.0%

  
75,700   

Boeing Co. (The)

   $ 4,099,155   
18,500   

General Dynamics Corp.

     1,195,100   
           
        5,294,255   
           
  

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%

  
15,000   

FedEx Corp.

     1,128,300   
           
  

Automotive — 0.1%

  
7,500   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     172,500   
           
  

Capital Markets — 10.2%

  
158,900   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     4,606,511   
55,300   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     5,563,180   
102,500   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     3,180,575   
           
        13,350,266   
           
  

Computers & Peripherals — 5.5%

  
153,500   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     7,246,735   
           
  

Consumer Finance — 5.4%

  
113,800   

American Express Co.

     3,857,820   
201,750   

Discover Financial Services

     3,274,403   
           
        7,132,223   
           
  

Diversified Financial Services — 6.6%

  
117,800   

Bank of America Corp.

     1,993,176   
4,700   

CME Group, Inc.

     1,448,493   
119,300   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     5,227,726   
           
        8,669,395   
           
  

Electrical Equipment — 1.4%

  
44,300   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     1,887,180   
           
  

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.3%

  
38,900   

National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.(b)

     1,677,757   
           
  

Food & Staples Retailing — 4.1%

  
57,000   

Kroger Co. (The)

     1,176,480   
143,800   

Safeway, Inc.

     2,835,736   
35,400   

Walgreen Co.

     1,326,438   
           
        5,338,654   
           
  

Food Products — 1.0%

  
21,300   

General Mills, Inc.

     1,371,294   
           
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%

  
34,200   

Medtronic, Inc.

     1,258,560   
           
  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 10.8%

  
216,900   

Carnival Corp.

     7,218,432   
149,243   

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     4,117,614   
7,900   

McDonald’s Corp.

     450,853   
71,400   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     2,358,342   
           
        14,145,241   
           
  

Household Products — 1.0%

  
17,700   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     1,350,156   
           
  

Machinery — 7.4%

  
113,500   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     5,825,955   
90,600   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     3,869,526   
           
        9,695,481   
           
  

Media — 7.5%

  
168,900   

Comcast Corp., Special Class A

     2,715,912   
113,500   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     4,192,690   
104,900   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     2,880,554   
           
        9,789,156   
           
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.4%

  
32,100   

Apache Corp.

     2,947,743   
232,000   

Williams Cos., Inc.

     4,145,840   
           
        7,093,583   
           
  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%

  
16,700   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     612,055   
           
  

Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%

  
26,000   

Abbott Laboratories

     1,286,220   
           
  

Road & Rail — 2.4%

  
54,400   

Union Pacific Corp.

     3,174,240   
           
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 9.6%

  
246,100   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     3,297,740   
409,000   

Intel Corp.

     8,004,130   
55,200   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     1,307,688   
           
        12,609,558   
           
  

Software — 1.5%

  
76,000   

Microsoft Corp.

     1,967,640   
           
  

Specialty Retail — 2.4%

  
83,300   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     3,125,416   
           
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%

  
15,600   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     1,009,320   
           
  

Total Common Stocks

(Identified Cost $111,873,555)

     120,385,185   
           
Principal
Amount
           

Short-Term Investments — 9.2%

  
$12,135,254   

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation,

dated 9/30/2009 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $12,135,254 on 10/01/2009,

collateralized by $12,320,000 Federal National Mortgage Association,

3.000% due 1/13/2014 valued at $12,381,600, including accrued interest(c)

(Identified Cost $12,135,254)

     12,135,254   
           
  

Total Investments — 101.0%

(Identified Cost $124,008,809)(a)

     132,520,439   
  

Other assets less liabilities — (1.0)%

     (1,350,295
           
  

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 131,170,144   
           

 

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HARRIS ASSOCIATES LARGE CAP VALUE FUND — PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

 

(†) Equity securities, including closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds, for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value, as reported by pricing services recommended by the investment adviser and subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Such pricing services generally use the security’s last sale price on the exchange or market where the security is primarily traded or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid price. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Markets are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking a NOCP, at the most recent bid quotation on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Debt securities (other than short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less) are generally valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by a pricing service recommended by the investment adviser and subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees, which service determines valuations for normal, institutional-size trading units of such securities using market information, transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities which are generally recognized by institutional traders. Broker-dealer bid quotations may also be used to value debt and equity securities where a pricing service does not price a security or where a pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. In instances where broker-dealer bid quotations are not available, certain securities held by the Fund may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a principal market maker. Short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s subadviser using consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value each day.

The Fund may hold securities traded in foreign markets. Foreign securities are valued at the market price in the foreign market. However, if events occurring after the close of the foreign market (but before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange) are believed to materially affect the value of those securities, such securities are fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. When fair valuing securities, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the Fund calculates its net asset value.

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period.

 

(a) Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.) :

At September 30, 2009, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $124,008,809 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost

   $ 18,909,599   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value

     (10,397,969
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 8,511,630   
        

At December 31, 2008, the Fund had a capital loss carry forward of approximately $60,007,143 of which $25,407,834 expires on December 31, 2009, $24,633,843 expires on December 31, 2010 and $9,965,466 expires on December 31, 2011. At December 31, 2008 post-October capital loss deferrals were $5,652,406. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. The repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities.

Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 - prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.);

 

   

Level 3 - prices determined using significant unobservable inputs for situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

 

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HARRIS ASSOCIATES LARGE CAP VALUE FUND — PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2009, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Common Stocks*

   $ 120,385,185    $ —      $ —      $ 120,385,185

Short-Term Investment

     12,135,254      —        —        12,135,254
                           

Total

   $ 132,520,439    $ —      $ —      $ 132,520,439
                           

 

* Major categories of the Fund’s investments are included above.

Industry Summary at September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

   10.8

Capital Markets

   10.2   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

   9.6   

Media

   7.5   

Machinery

   7.4   

Diversified Financial Services

   6.6   

Computers & Peripherals

   5.5   

Consumer Finance

   5.4   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   5.4   

Food & Staples Retailing

   4.1   

Aerospace & Defense

   4.0   

Road & Rail

   2.4   

Specialty Retail

   2.4   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

   10.5   

Short-Term Investments

   9.2   
      

Total Investments

   101.0   

Other assets less liabilities

   (1.0
      

Net Assets

   100.0
      

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON VALUE OPPORTUNITY FUND — PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Shares   

Description

   Value (†)
Common Stocks — 97.9% of Net Assets   
  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

  
850   

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.(b)

   $ 66,173
         
  

Capital Markets — 4.5%

  
13,275   

Apollo Investment Corp.

     126,776
7,100   

MF Global Ltd.(b)

     51,617
5,525   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.(b)

     108,401
         
        286,794
         
  

Chemicals — 7.1%

  
2,525   

Albemarle Corp.

     87,365
4,400   

Cabot Corp.

     101,684
4,825   

Celanese Corp., Series A

     120,625
2,475   

FMC Corp.

     139,219
         
        448,893
         
  

Commercial Banks — 3.4%

  
13,750   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     139,288
2,175   

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

     75,668
         
        214,956
         
  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 5.0%

  
3,525   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     126,935
5,275   

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

     112,147
2,750   

Waste Connections, Inc.(b)

     79,365
         
        318,447
         
  

Communications Equipment — 1.1%

  
2,375   

CommScope, Inc.(b)

     71,084
         
  

Computers & Peripherals — 2.3%

  
2,025   

QLogic Corp.(b)

     34,830
7,250   

Seagate Technology

     110,272
         
        145,102
         
  

Consumer Finance — 2.3%

  
9,050   

Discover Financial Services

     146,881
         
  

Containers & Packaging — 4.6%

  
6,200   

Owens-Illinois, Inc.(b)

     228,780
2,477   

Pactiv Corp.(b)

     64,526
         
        293,306
         
  

Electrical Equipment — 0.8%

  
1,325   

General Cable Corp.(b)

     51,874
         
  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3%

  
11,250   

Flextronics International Ltd.(b)

     83,925
         
  

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.3%

  
2,075   

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.(b)

     64,470
3,675   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.(b)

     82,761
         
        147,231
         
  

Food Products — 5.1%

  
3,125   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     91,312
2,800   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     60,704
1,075   

J.M. Smucker Co. (The)

     56,986
1,925   

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.(b)

     112,555
         
        321,557
         
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.8%

  
625   

Becton, Dickinson and Co.

     43,594
450   

C.R. Bard, Inc.

     35,374
550   

Teleflex, Inc.

     26,571
2,525   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(b)

     134,961
         
        240,500
         
  

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%

  
2,825   

DaVita, Inc.(b)

     160,008
         
  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.9%

  
1,900   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     64,847
12,311   

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc., Class A

     58,231
         
        123,078
         
  

Household Durables — 1.5%

  
3,425   

Jarden Corp.

     96,140
         
  

Household Products — 1.5%

  
1,450   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.(b)

     96,193
         
  

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.4%

  
7,625   

Calpine Corp.(b)

     87,840
         
  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%

  
1,600   

McDermott International, Inc.(b)

     40,432
         
  

Insurance — 9.2%

  
3,000   

ACE Ltd.

     160,380
1,550   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     69,130
2,731   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     70,467
3,800   

Willis Group Holdings Ltd.

     107,236
10,025   

XL Capital Ltd., Class A

     175,036
         
        582,249
         
  

IT Services — 2.9%

  
4,650   

Amdocs Ltd.(b)

     124,992
1,200   

Fiserv, Inc.(b)

     57,840
         
        182,832
         
  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.9%

  
3,250   

Mattel, Inc.

     59,995
         
  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.6%

  
450   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)

     40,766
2,775   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(b)

     121,184
         
        161,950
         
  

Machinery — 2.2%

  
4,200   

Actuant Corp., Class A

     67,452
800   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     37,960
550   

SPX Corp.

     33,698
         
        139,110
         
  

Media — 1.7%

  
2,925   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     108,049
         
  

Metals & Mining — 0.4%

  
2,275   

Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc.(b)

     27,459
         
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.9%

  
4,300   

Petrohawk Energy Corp.(b)

     104,103
2,050   

Range Resources Corp.

     101,188
8,000   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.(b)

     103,680
         
        308,971
         
  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%

  
1,150   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     42,148
         

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON VALUE OPPORTUNITY FUND — PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Shares   

Description

   Value (†)  
   Professional Services — 1.1%   
2,325   

Equifax, Inc.

   $ 67,750   
           
  

REITs — 3.5%

  
9,775   

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

     177,318   
2,150   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     25,306   
1,150   

LaSalle Hotel Properties

     22,609   
           
        225,233   
           
  

Road & Rail — 0.5%

  
775   

CSX Corp.

     32,442   
           
  

Software — 4.1%

  
3,175   

Nice Systems Ltd., Sponsored ADR(b)

     96,647   
11,075   

Nuance Communications, Inc.(b)

     165,682   
           
        262,329   
           
  

Specialty Retail — 3.1%

  
1,875   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     70,350   
4,875   

GameStop Corp., Class A(b)

     129,041   
           
        199,391   
           
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.6%

  
1,875   

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.

     80,231   
1,150   

VF Corp.

     83,295   
           
        163,526   
           
  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.7%

  
5,400   

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

     61,668   
2,975   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     46,291   
           
        107,959   
           
  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.8%

  
6,375   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.(b)

     111,562   
           
  

Total Common Stocks

(Identified Cost $5,813,675)

     6,223,369   
           
Principal
Amount
           
Short-Term Investments — 11.1%   
$704,934   

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation,

dated 9/30/2009 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $704,934 on 10/01/2009,

collateralized by $695,000 Federal Home Loan Bank,

4.375% due 9/17/2010 valued at $721,827 including accrued interest (c)

(Identified Cost $704,934)

     704,934   
           
  

Total Investments — 109.0%

(Identified Cost $6,518,609)(a)

     6,928,303   
  

Other assets less liabilities — (9.0)%

     (572,167
           
  

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 6,356,136   
           

 

(†) Equity securities, including closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds, for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value, as reported by pricing services recommended by the investment adviser and the subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Such pricing services generally use the security’s last sale price on the exchange or market where the security is primarily traded or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid price. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking a NOCP, at the most recent bid quotation on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Debt securities (other than short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less) are generally valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by a pricing service recommended by the investment adviser and the subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees, which service determines valuations for normal, institutional-size trading units of such securities using market information, transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities which are generally recognized by institutional traders. Broker-dealer bid quotations may also be used to value debt and equity securities where a pricing service does not price a security or where a pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. In instances where broker-dealer bid quotations are not available, certain securities held by the Fund may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a principal market maker. Short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s subadviser using consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued at the net asset value each day.

The Fund may hold securities traded in foreign markets. Foreign securities are valued at the market price in the foreign market. However, if events occurring after the close of the foreign market (but before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange) are believed to materially affect the value of those securities, such securities are fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. When fair valuing securities, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the Fund calculates its net asset value.

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period.

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON VALUE OPPORTUNITY FUND — PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Investments as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

(a) Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.):

 

  At September 30, 2009, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $6,518,609 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost

   $ 429,881   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value

     (20,187
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 409,694   
        

 

  At December 31, 2008 post-October capital loss deferrals were $4,369. This amount may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Non-income producing security.

 

(c) It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities.

 

ADR An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs are significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.

 

REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts

Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 - prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.);

 

   

Level 3 - prices determined using significant unobservable inputs for situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2009, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Investments in Securities*

   $ 6,223,369    $ —      $ —      $ 6,223,369

Short-Term Investment

     704,934      —        —        704,934
                           

Total

   $ 6,928,303    $      $      $ 6,928,303
                           

 

* Major categories of the Fund’s investments are included above.

Industry Summary at September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Insurance

   9.2

Chemicals

   7.1   

Food Products

   5.1   

Commercial Services & Supplies

   5.0   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   4.9   

Containers & Packaging

   4.6   

Capital Markets

   4.5   

Software

   4.1   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

   3.8   

REITs

   3.5   

Commercial Banks

   3.4   

Specialty Retail

   3.1   

IT Services

   2.9   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

   2.6   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

   2.6   

Health Care Providers & Services

   2.5   

Energy Equipment & Services

   2.3   

Consumer Finance

   2.3   

Computers & Peripherals

   2.3   

Machinery

   2.2   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

   19.9   

Short-Term Investments

   11.1   
      

Total Investments

   109.0   

Other assets less liabilities

   (9.0
      

Net Assets

   100.0
      

 

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS

 

(a)(1) Certification for the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), filed herewith.

 

(a)(2) Certification for the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), filed herewith.


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.

 

Natixis Funds Trust II
By:  

/s/    DAVID L. GIUNTA        

Name:   David L. Giunta
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   November 23, 2009

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

 

By:  

/s/    DAVID L. GIUNTA        

Name:   David L. Giunta
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   November 23, 2009
By:  

/s/    MICHAEL C. KARDOK        

Name:   Michael C. Kardok
Title:   Treasurer
Date:   November 23, 2009