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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-00242

 

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)

 

NGAM Distribution, 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: December 31, 2011

 

 

 


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ANNUAL REPORT

December 31, 2011

 

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CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund

Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund

Natixis Diversified Income Fund

Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund

Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund

Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund

 

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Management Discussion and Performance page 1

Portfolio of Investments page 39

Financial Statements page 87


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CGM ADVISOR TARGETED EQUITY FUND

Management Discussion

 

Manager:

G. Kenneth Heebner, CFA

Capital Growth Management Limited Partnership

 

 

Objective:

Seeks long-term growth of capital through investments in equity securities of companies whose earnings are expected to grow at a faster rate than the overall U.S. economy.

 

 

Strategy:

Generally invests in a focused portfolio of common stocks of large-cap companies

 

 

Fund Inception:

November 27, 1968

 

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   NEFGX
Class B   NEBGX
Class C   NEGCX
Class Y   NEGYX

 

 

Market Conditions

The year 2011 started strong, as investors grew more confident in a U.S. economic expansion. Midway through the period, investor optimism eroded as a host of factors stalled an economic recovery: elevated fuel prices, stubbornly high U.S. unemployment rates, further declines in U.S. home values, natural disasters, a Congressional showdown on the U.S. government debt ceiling, a U.S. debt rating downgrade and the lingering European sovereign debt crisis. Yet, as the period came to a close, positive data began to point towards a pickup in U.S. economic growth in the coming year.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund returned -15.36% at net asset value. The fund underperformed its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which returned 2.11%, and the average fund in Morningstar’s Large Growth category, which returned -2.46%, for the same period.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The fund remained fully invested throughout 2011 in anticipation of significant global growth, particularly in the United States. Global economic trends, however, proved disappointing. U.S. economic growth rose slightly less than expected. Monetary restraint restricted business in India and China, while the European economy entered a recession with the application of fiscal restraint in a number of countries to support the euro. Global economic challenges caused many of the fund’s cyclical stocks (stocks whose profitability, and therefore share price, track the growth of the wider economy) to decline during the period, hurting the fund’s performance.

Detractors included Citigroup, Tata Motors and Halliburton. We believe that Citigroup, a leading global financial services company, has made strong progress in building its capital position and developing future earning power, particularly in emerging markets with significant growth potential. That said, Citigroup’s share price has been under pressure due to fears surrounding

 

 

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the European debt crisis – fears that we believe are unjustified given the company’s limited exposure to European economies. We continue to hold Citigroup. Tata Motors, India’s leading truck manufacturer, recently expanded its product line by acquiring Jaguar-Land Rover, a major producer of premium sedans and SUVs, from Ford Motor Company. Unfortunately, earnings growth at Tata Motors suffered because India tightened its monetary policy. A difficult introduction of a new car in India, the Nano, also hurt Tata’s earnings. Halliburton, a major oil service provider, was hurt by fears of overcapacity in the oil well-stimulation business. We sold both Tata Motors and Halliburton.

Although many of the economically sensitive stocks in the fund lost ground during the period, several holdings posted healthy gains. CBS Broadcasting, Macy’s and Google all climbed, reflecting positive earnings growth and prospects. CBS, a major television network with extensive operations in radio and TV broadcasting, made the largest positive contribution to return. Shares rose as a result of strong increases in advertising pricing throughout its operations. The stock also fared well as the company began selling programming rights to new consumption formats, such as Netflix. Macy’s, a leading U.S. chain of mid- to high-range department stores, witnessed significant market share gains. Macy’s, a new addition to the portfolio, benefited from successful merchandising, particularly from its ability to successfully tailor its product lines to local tastes. Google, the dominant Internet search engine company, continues to benefit from a strong advertising environment. The stock, a new addition to the portfolio as well, has been further supported by the tendency for advertisers to move from more traditional media to Internet advertising.

Outlook

As the year came to a close, the U.S. economy began to show indications of faster growth. We have positioned the fund to benefit from this trend, focusing, as always, on a smaller number of stocks that we believe offer significant price appreciation potential.

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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CGM ADVISOR TARGETED EQUITY FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, the index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares

December 31, 2001 through December 31, 2011

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 2011

 

       
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  
   
Class A (Inception 11/27/68)           
NAV      -15.36      0.56      3.88
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -20.24         -0.62         3.27   
   
Class B (Inception 2/28/97)           
NAV      -15.98         -0.18         3.11   
With CDSC1      -20.18         -0.53         3.11   
   
Class C (Inception 9/1/98)           
NAV      -15.96         -0.16         3.11   
With CDSC1      -16.80         -0.16         3.11   
   
Class Y (Inception 6/30/99)           
NAV      -15.16         0.82         4.23   
   
Comparative Performance           
S&P 500 Index2      2.11         -0.25         2.92   
Morningstar Large Growth Fund Avg.3      -2.46         0.79         2.29   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Common Stocks

    98.5   

Short-Term Investments and Other

    1.5   
Ten Largest Holdings   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

CBS Corp., Class B

    7.8   

Macy’s, Inc.

    6.7   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    6.3   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.

    6.1   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    6.0   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    5.9   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    5.7   

Citigroup, Inc.

    5.7   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    5.5   

Google, Inc., Class A

    5.3   
Five Largest Industries   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Multiline Retail

    11.3   

Diversified Financial Services

    11.2   

Insurance

    9.0   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    8.0   

Media

    7.8   

Portfolio holdings and asset allocations will vary.

 

 

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense Ratio     Net Expense Ratio  
A     1.16     1.16
B     1.91        1.91   
C     1.91        1.91   
Y     0.91        0.91   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class B shares assumes a maximum 5.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares, which declines annually between years 1-6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 0%. Class C share performance assumes a 1.00% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 S&P 500 Index is a widely recognized measure of U.S. stock market performance. It is an unmanaged index of 500 common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation, among other factors.

 

3 Morningstar Large Growth Fund Average is the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

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HARRIS ASSOCIATES LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

Management Discussion

 

 

Managers:

Edward S. Loeb, CFA

Michael J. Mangan, CFA

Diane L. Mustain, CFA

Harris Associates L.P.

 

 

Objective:

Seeks opportunities for long-term capital growth and income

 

 

Strategy:

Invests primarily in common stock of large- and mid-cap companies in any industry.

 

 

Fund Inception:

May 6, 1931

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   NEFOX
Class B   NEGBX
Class C   NECOX
Class Y   NEOYX

 

 

Market Conditions

Global equity markets in 2011 were marked by heightened volatility, driven in large measure by natural disasters and political events in both domestic and international markets, as well as confusing economic signals. While markets have posted solid recoveries from their 2008-2009 lows, investors continue to try to minimize any perceived risk in their portfolios. Evidence of this imperative is seen in the sizable flows from equities to fixed income despite historically low yields and tight bond-market spreads.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund returned -1.56% at net asset value. The fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, which returned 0.39%, and the -1.27% average return of funds in its peer group, Morningstar’s Large Blend category.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The fund started and finished the year with strongly positive quarters, but these periods could not overcome a third quarter dragged down in large part by the volatility created by Europe’s growing sovereign debt crisis, which spread gloom and uncertainty to the U.S. market as well.

On a sector basis, the fund benefited from its significant overweights in information technology (IT) and industrials. Stock selection in the IT sector was also the fund’s leading contributor to return relative to the Russell 1000 Value Index. The fund also benefited relative to the benchmark from its stock selection and underweight position in financials, even though the sector was weak for the period. Energy and consumer discretionary holdings detracted from return relative to the index, both due mostly to stock selection.

 

The leading contributors to fund returns for the year were all in the IT sector: MasterCard, Intel and Visa. MasterCard and Visa, both U.S.-based processors of debit- and credit-card transactions, benefited from a

 

 

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secular shift from paper to electronic payments. Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor maker and the largest holding in the fund at year-end, was the beneficiary of high gross margins and strong demand for its high-end server chips. All three companies remain top picks in the portfolio.

Among the largest detractors from fund returns for the year were Ultra Petroleum, Carnival and Applied Materials. Ultra Petroleum faced weak natural gas prices as more shale formations were developed. Energy prices and geopolitical issues created significant headwinds for Carnival, the world’s largest cruise-ship operator. Applied Materials was hurt by soft demand for semiconductor, LCD and solar equipment. While these companies did not perform well in 2011, each remains in the portfolio based on its longer-term prospects. Ultra Petroleum has high growth in production and cash flow from its world-class natural gas properties. Carnival is taking steps to make its operations more cost-efficient and we believe that Applied Materials is a dominant player in an industry that stands to benefit from economic recovery.

Outlook

Despite the many domestic and international challenges, we, as long-term, value-oriented investors, enter 2012 with a positive outlook for U.S. equities. The market was trading at around 12 times earnings as the new year began (compared to a historical average closer to 15), corporate profit margins are at record levels, and we believe corporate balance sheets are as healthy as they have been in more than four decades. That balance sheet strength has already benefited the fund in tangible ways in a risk-averse environment, as the vast majority of the companies we follow have increased dividends and/or repurchased stock in the past year. In our view, the biggest potential misstep we see for investors is being afraid of taking on reasonable portfolio risk by steering clear of the equity market.

 

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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HARRIS ASSOCIATES LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, the index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares4

December 31, 2001 through December 31, 2011

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20114

 

       
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  
   
Class A (Inception 5/6/31)           
NAV      -1.56      -1.51      2.03
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -7.20         -2.68         1.43   
   
Class B (Inception 9/13/93)           
NAV      -2.34         -2.25         1.26   
With CDSC1      -7.23         -2.64         1.26   
   
Class C (Inception 5/1/95)           
NAV      -2.28         -2.25         1.26   
With CDSC1      -3.25         -2.25         1.26   
   
Class Y (Inception 11/18/98)           
NAV      -1.40         -1.20         2.40   
   
Comparative Performance           
Russell 1000 Value Index2      0.39         -2.64         3.89   
Morningstar Large Blend Fund Avg.3      -1.27         -0.99         2.60   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Common Stocks

    96.3   

Short-Term Investments and Other

    3.7   
Ten Largest Holdings   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Intel Corp.

    6.7   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    4.8   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    3.8   

Carnival Corp.

    3.8   

Visa, Inc., Class A

    3.7   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3.7   

FedEx Corp.

    3.7   

Boeing Co. (The)

    3.7   

Comcast Corp., Special Class A

    3.5   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    3.3   
Five Largest Industries   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    13.9   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    9.9   

Media

    8.0   

IT Services

    7.5   

Diversified Financial Services

    7.0   

Portfolio holdings and asset allocations will vary.

 

 

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio5     Net Expense  Ratio6  
A     1.39     1.30
B     2.13        2.05   
C     2.14        2.05   
Y     1.14        1.05   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class B shares assumes a maximum 5.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares, which declines annually between years 1-6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 0%. Class C share performance assumes a 1.00% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.

 

3 Morningstar Large Blend Fund Average is the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

4 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

5 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

6 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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NATIXIS DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND

Management Discussion

 

Subadvisors:

AEW Capital Management, L.P.

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

 

Objective:

Seeks current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation

 

 

Strategy:

Focuses on fixed-income and equity securities through a diversified portfolio of complementary income-producing investment disciplines from specialized money managers.

 

 

Inception Date:

November 17, 2005

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   IIDPX
Class C   CIDPX

 

 

 

Market Conditions

Positive momentum carried the financial markets higher in the first months of 2011 before natural disasters in Japan, political unrest in the Middle East, Europe’s worsening debt crisis and weak economic data in the United States introduced uncertainty and volatility that turned investors risk averse for most of the year. However, a fourth quarter break to the upside in U.S. economic data, signs that Europe was committed to an orderly resolution of its debt problems and an improvement in growth prospects for emerging markets helped many riskier assets reverse course. Against this backdrop, income-oriented markets outperformed the equity markets for the year. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) and Treasury bonds led with double-digit gains, bolstered by modestly rising inflation and declining long-term interest rates, respectively. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and high-yield bonds delivered solid returns as investors grew more confident about the economy in the year ahead.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Natixis Diversified Income Fund returned 7.21% at net asset value. The portfolio underperformed its primary benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which returned 7.84%. The portfolio’s secondary benchmark returned 10.28% for the period. This benchmark is a blended, unmanaged index composed of 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 25% MSCI US REIT Index, 20% Dow Jones Select Dividend Index and 15% Barclays Capital U.S. TIPS Index. The fund’s Morningstar peer group, the Conservative Allocation category, had an average return of 1.70% for the 12-month period.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Natixis Diversified Income Fund allows investors to participate in four income-oriented market segments, each featuring a different investment discipline. They are:

 

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Active Dividend Equity Segment, an indexed portfolio of dividend-paying common stocks,

 

 

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based on the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index, and tracked by Active Investment Advisors (AIA), a division of NGAM Advisors, L.P.

 

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AEW Diversified REIT Segment, composed of REITs. This segment is managed by AEW Capital Management, L.P. (“AEW”), a specialist in this income-producing equity field.

 

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Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Segment, a portfolio of TIPS. The segment is managed by Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”).

 

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Loomis Sayles Multi-Sector Bond Segment, a portfolio composed of domestic and foreign bonds also managed by Loomis Sayles.

Active Dividend Equity Segment

This segment is designed to replicate the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index by holding substantially all of the securities in the index in the same proportions. The benchmark is composed of 100 of the highest dividend-paying equity securities (other than REITs) in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index – a broad based index designed to represent the total market for U.S. equity securities.

The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index returned 12.42% for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2011. Utilities, consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors contributed positively to the index while financials, industrials and telecommunications dragged it down. As of December 31, 2011, the largest sectors in the index were utilities (33%), industrials (16%) and consumer staples (15%). Although industrials and consumer staples each gained one percentage point in weight over the prior year, the order of the largest sectors remained the same.

During the year, BancorpSouth was deleted because it reduced its dividend payment. It was replaced by CMS Energy. Dayton Power and Light and Nicor were deleted because they were acquired. They were replaced by Lockheed Martin and Olin. Caterpillar and VF Corporation were deleted and replaced by Avista and Cinemark Holdings.

AEW Diversified REIT Segment

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011 the U.S. REIT sector returned 8.69%, as measured by the MSCI REIT Index. Despite a volatile year for the U.S. stock market, REITs benefited from growing confidence among investors surrounding the prospects for global economic stability and the diminished expectations of a possible “double-dip” recession. Performance was also helped by positive flows into the U.S. REIT sector and improving commercial property fundamentals, as well as attractive yields. The fund’s REIT segment benefited from solid security selection, particularly among its holdings in the office, regional mall, storage, healthcare and apartment sectors. These gains were partially offset by weak stock selection in the industrial and hotel sectors. Among the strongest contributors were regional mall REIT Simon Property Group, storage company Public Storage and apartment REIT Equity Residential. Main detractors from performance were Host Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and ProLogis.

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Segment

U.S. government debt was a top-performing sector in 2011, as strong demand helped push yields on U.S. Treasuries decisively lower across the curve. Volatility persisted for much of the year, stemming from concerns over the European sovereign debt crisis and

 

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the pace of U.S. economic growth. This prompted a flight to quality assets. Despite Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt mid way through the year, investors flocked to Treasuries. Longer duration issues within the portfolio fared the best, with some issues generating total return of 20%+ for the calendar year. (Duration is a measure of interest-rate sensitivity.) However, shorter duration issues did not perform as well because the long end of the yield curve shifted more dramatically than the short end during the year. Real yields on the shorter tail of the TIPS curve have been pushed below zero, offering less room for further decline in rates going forward. Breakeven rates have remained attractive. A modest exposure to agency securities weighed slightly on performance, as the sector achieved positive returns, but trailed far behind the government sector. The overall effect was muted, as the allocation away from TIPS remains small.

Loomis Sayles Multi-Sector Bond Segment

The segment’s allocations to high-yield corporate bonds made the greatest contribution to performance in 2011, despite erratic returns during the year. Spreads widened amid increased volatility and decreased liquidity within the sector. Top-performing names came from the consumer cyclical and non-cyclical, communications and basic industry sectors. Investment-grade corporate credit posted positive total returns. The market for investment grade bonds faltered in the second and third quarters due to global growth concerns and the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis. Yet it finished the year on a strong note. A small allocation to municipal bonds also aided returns, as the sector proved to be a haven of relative safety and performance during 2011.

Convertible securities were a drag on returns as headline risks dominated the market, especially consumer cyclical, transportation and technology sectors. Exposure to foreign government debt and non-U.S. dollar bonds tended to weigh on performance as many commodity-linked countries came under pressure when global growth estimates were revised lower. Despite a debt downgrade, U.S. Treasuries were an investment of choice during 2011. The segment had no allocations to U.S. Treasuries and did not participate in the rally.

 

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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NATIXIS DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, an index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares6

November 17, 2005 (inception) through December 31, 2011

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20116

 

       
      1 Year      5 Years      Since Inception5  
   
Class A (Inception 11/17/05)           
NAV      7.21      3.92      5.66
With 4.50% Maximum Sales Charge      2.39         2.96         4.87   
   
Class C (Inception 11/17/05)           
NAV      6.33         3.14         4.86   
With CDSC1      5.33         3.14         4.86   
   
Comparative Performance           
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index2      7.84         6.50         6.21   
Blended Index3      10.28         4.41         5.96   
Morningstar Conservative Allocation Fund Avg.4      1.70         2.73         3.71   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

 

See Notes to Charts on Page 13.

 

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Fund Composition    % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Bonds and Notes

     47.9   

Common Stocks

     45.0   

Preferred Stocks

     1.2   

Short-Term Investments and Other

     5.9   
Largest Holdings    % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 
Equities   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     2.7   

Equity Residential

     1.7   

Public Storage

     1.4   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     1.2   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     1.2   
Fixed-Income   

Canada Housing Trust No. 1, 3.600%, 6/15/2013

     1.7   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 3.375%, 4/15/2032

     1.5   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 1.625%, 1/15/2015

     1.2   

Province of Ontario, Canada, 4.200%, 3/08/2018

     1.1   

UAL Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A, 6.636%, 1/02/2024

     1.1   
Five Largest Industries    % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Treasuries

     15.5   

REITs - Apartments

     4.0   

REITs - Regional Malls

     3.7   

Multi Utilities

     3.3   

REITs - Healthcare

     2.9   

Portfolio holdings and asset allocations will vary.

 

 

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio7     Net Expense  Ratio8  
A     1.19     1.19
C     1.94        1.94   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Class C share performance assumes a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that covers the U.S.-dollar denominated, investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market of SEC-registered securities. The index includes bonds from the Treasury, government-related, corporate, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage-backed securities sectors.

 

3 Blended Index is an unmanaged, blended index composed of the following weights: 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 25% MSCI US REIT Index, 20% Dow Jones Select Dividend Index, and 15% Barclays Capital U.S. TIPS Index. The four indices composing the Blended Index measure, respectively, the performance of investment-grade fixed-income securities, equity REIT securities, dividend-yielding equity securities, and Treasury inflation-protected securities. The weightings of the indices that compose the Blended Index are rebalanced on a monthly basis to maintain the allocations as described above. These rebalancings will not necessarily correspond to the rebalancings of the fund’s investment portfolio, and the relative weightings of the asset classes in the fund will generally differ to some extent from the weightings in the Blended Index.

 

4 Morningstar Conservative Allocation Fund Average is the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar current investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

5 The since-inception comparative performance figures shown were calculated from 11/30/05.

 

6 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

7 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

8 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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NATIXIS U.S. MULTI-CAP EQUITY FUND

Management Discussion

 

Subadvisors:

Harris Associates L.P.

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

 

Objective:

Seeks long-term growth of capital

 

 

Strategy:

Features growth and value investments through a diversified portfolio of complementary equity investment disciplines provided by specialized money managers.

 

 

Inception Date:

July 7, 1994

 

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   NEFSX
Class B   NESBX
Class C   NECCX
Class Y   NESYX

 

 

Effective June 1, 2011, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. replaced BlackRock Investment Management, LLC as the manager of the large-cap segment of the fund.

 

 

 

 

Market Conditions

Positive momentum carried the financial markets higher in the first months of 2011 before natural disasters in Japan, political unrest in the Middle East, Europe’s worsening debt crisis and weak economic data in the United States introduced uncertainty and volatility that turned investors risk averse for most of the year. However, a fourth quarter break to the upside in U.S. economic data, signs that Europe was committed to an orderly resolution of its debt problems and an improvement in growth prospects for emerging markets helped many riskier assets reverse course. Against this backdrop, large, dividend-paying companies were the best performers, pushing the S&P 500 Index into modestly positive territory for the year. Mid- and small-cap stocks lagged large-caps and growth generally outperformed value.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund returned -2.79% at net asset value. For the same period, the S&P 500 Index returned 2.11%, the S&P MidCap 400 Index returned -1.73% and the Wilshire 4500 Index returned -4.10%. The portfolio also underperformed the average fund in its peer group, the Morningstar Large Growth category, which returned -2.46%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Each of the portfolio’s segments uses a distinct investment style, providing shareholders with exposure to a variety of different stocks and strategies:

 

·  

Harris Associates L.P. segment invests primarily in common stocks of large- and mid-cap companies that they believe are trading at a substantial discount to their “true business value.”

 

·  

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. manages three segments. One invests in mid-cap growth stocks, one invests in large-cap growth stocks and one focuses on small/mid-cap core stocks. The large-cap growth segment was managed by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (BlackRock) until May 31, 2011.

 

 

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Harris Associates Segment

The segment started and finished the year with positive quarters, but these periods could not overcome a third quarter dragged down in large part by the global volatility created by Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.

On a sector basis, the segment benefited from its overweights in information technology and industrials. Financials was the largest detractor from returns. Energy and consumer discretionary were also negative contributors.

Top contributors to returns were MasterCard, Intel and Visa. MasterCard and Visa are beneficiaries of a secular shift from paper to electronic payments. Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor maker, has been helped by high gross margins and strong demand for its high-end server chips.

The leading detractors from returns for the year were Ultra Petroleum, Carnival and Applied Materials. Ultra Petroleum faced weak natural gas prices as more shale formations are discovered and developed. Energy prices and geopolitical issues created significant headwinds for cruise-ship operator Carnival, while Applied Materials was hurt by soft demand for semiconductor, LCD and solar equipment. While these companies did not perform well in 2011, each remains in the portfolio based on longer-term prospects.

Loomis Sayles Mid Cap Growth Segment

Stock selection dragged down the Mid Cap Growth segment’s performance for the 12-month period. Materials stocks faced some stiff headwinds, particularly in the second half of the year, from a rising U.S. dollar, falling commodity prices and diminished expectations for global economic growth. This sector’s Rockwood Holdings, a specialty chemicals company, was among the weakest performers due to stagnating growth in its more cyclical end markets and high exposure to the slowing European economy. Rockwood was sold from the segment’s holdings during the period.

Technology stocks also lagged, as deteriorating macroeconomic conditions in the United States and Europe stifled spending by corporations and government entities. The portfolio’s holdings in communication equipment, software and services were notable drags on performance. Stock selection was also weak in financials, a sector that suffered for macroeconomic reasons rather than company-specific reasons. A position in SVB Financial, a bank holding company, detracted from performance due to slowing loan growth and net interest margin compression, a performance metric that measures the success of a company’s investment decisions relative to its debt position. SVB Financial was sold from the segment’s holdings before the period’s end.

The healthcare sector was among the greatest positive contributors to performance, primarily due to strong performance from two biotechnology stocks, Pharmasset and Alexion. Pharmasset agreed to be acquired by Gilead at a significant premium, while Alexion benefited from growing awareness of its blood disorder drug. In addition, several defensive stocks were strong contributors, specifically a holding in Dollar Tree. The discount retailer has consistently delivered strong earnings and revenue growth over the past several years.

The segment owned options (puts and calls) on several individual stocks and exchange-traded funds, primarily for hedging purposes but in some cases to express a directional view. The combined performance impact of these positions was negligible.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Core Segment

After a volatile year driven by macroeconomic trends, the segment posted slightly negative performance. For the asset class, the strongest-performing sectors included those less sensitive to the economy and those positioned to benefit from interest rates remaining low for an extended period of time. These sectors included the utilities, financial services and consumer staples sectors. More economically sensitive sectors, such as producer durables, energy and materials, lagged for the period. Overall, stock selection was the main factor in the segment’s performance.

In terms of individual stock selection, WellCare, a government-sponsored managed-care provider, was among the leading contributors to performance, reporting strong earnings throughout the year on favorable utilization trends and solid cost controls. A position in Sally Beauty, a beauty products distributor and retailer, was a top performer as the company experienced accelerating sales growth and higher margins resulting in a steady increase in earnings expectations throughout the year. American Water Works, a water utility, also was a leading holding, benefitting from solid earnings growth, favorable regulatory developments and an increase in its dividend.

Chief detractors during the year included McDermott, an engineering and construction company, which experienced operational issues resulting in reduced earnings forecasts. Given the weak outlook, the portfolio exited the position. A position in PHH, an outsource provider of mortgages and vehicle fleet services, sold off sharply late in the year on a debt rating downgrade by Standard & Poor’s; we reduced the portfolio’s position accordingly. Last, GeoEye, a provider of high-resolution satellite images to government and commercial clients, was among the weakest holdings. Several factors weighed on the stock, including concerns about government spending levels and a weaker-than-expected earnings forecast.

Loomis Sayles Growth Segment

During the seven months Loomis Sayles managed the segment, Visa, Google and Cisco were strong performers. Visa, a payments technology company, was among the segment’s top performers. Visa shares were up during the period after the government announced less onerous guidelines for future regulation of debit card transactions. Consumers’ continued shift to card-based payments also benefited the stock. Internet search engine provider Google also was a top contributor, advancing on better-than-expected sales and successful results from new products and revenue streams. Networking company Cisco also was a leading contributor to the segment’s performance. The company beat quarterly profit and sales estimates, as it began to reap the benefits of reining in operating expenses and focusing on its more profitable business lines.

On a sector basis, technology was one of the best performers for the period. However, several individual technology investments were significant detractors from segment performance. Specifically, software company Oracle was one of the largest individual detractors as the company reported lower-than-expected sales and profits. Investment manager SEI Investments has been investing heavily in a new global wealth platform, which has hurt margins and ultimately share prices. Shares of FactSet Research Systems, a provider of financial and economic information to the investment industry, were pressured as the company faced a deceleration in revenue due to cyclical weakness in its financial-related markets.

 

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BlackRock Segment

During the five months that BlackRock managed this segment, financials and healthcare stocks delivered solid performance. In the financials sector, bond rating agency Moody’s was a standout, as the company reported better-than-expected results for the last quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011.

Stock selection in the consumer discretionary, industrials and information technology sectors yielded some disappointing results. In the consumer discretionary sector, rising energy costs hurt General Motors, whose mix of products is currently weighted toward less fuel-efficient trucks and sports utility vehicles. Cree, a pioneer in energy efficient LED lighting, fell sharply in January after a disappointing earnings report. General Motors and Cree were sold.

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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NATIXIS U.S. MULTI-CAP EQUITY FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, the index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares6

December 31, 2001 through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20116

 

       
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  
   
Class A (Inception 7/7/94)           
NAV      -2.79      1.95      4.74
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -8.40         0.75         4.12   
Class B (Inception 7/7/94)           
NAV      -3.53         1.19         3.95   
With CDSC1      -8.15         0.81         3.95   
Class C (Inception 7/7/94)           
NAV      -3.53         1.18         3.94   
With CDSC1      -4.45         1.18         3.94   
Class Y (Inception 11/15/94)           
NAV      -2.56         2.22         5.16   
Comparative Performance           
S&P 500 Index2      2.11         -0.25         2.92   
S&P MidCap 400 Index3      -1.73         3.32         7.04   
Wilshire 4500 Index4      -4.10         1.63         6.74   
Morningstar Large Growth Fund Avg.5      -2.46         0.79         2.29   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Common Stocks

    97.3   

Closed End Investment Companies

    0.5   

Short-Term Investments and Other

    2.2   
Ten Largest Holdings   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Visa, Inc., Class A

    2.1   

Intel Corp.

    2.0   

Oracle Corp.

    1.5   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1.4   

Google, Inc., Class A

    1.2   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    1.2   

Carnival Corp.

    1.1   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1.1   

Boeing Co. (The)

    1.1   

FedEx Corp.

    1.1   
Five Largest Industries   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    6.5   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    5.8   

Machinery

    5.5   

IT Services

    5.3   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    4.4   

Portfolio holdings and asset allocations will vary.

 

 

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio7     Net Expense  Ratio8  
A     1.44     1.34
B     2.19        2.09   
C     2.19        2.09   
Y     1.18        1.09   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

  1 Performance for Class B shares assumes a maximum 5.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares, which declines annually between years 1-6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 0%. Class C share performance assumes a 1.00% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

  2 S&P 500 Index is a widely recognized measure of U.S. stock market performance. It is an unmanaged index of 500 common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation, among other factors.

 

  3 S&P MidCap 400 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equities market.

 

  4 Wilshire 4500 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of U.S. small- and mid-cap stocks.

 

  5 Morningstar Large Growth Fund Average is the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

  6 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

  7 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

  8 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

Management Discussion

 

Managers:

Chris D. Wallis, CFA

Scott J. Weber, CFA

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.

 

 

Objective:

Seeks capital appreciation

 

 

Strategy:

Invests in small-cap companies with a focus on absolute return, using a bottom-up value-oriented investment process

 

 

Fund Inception

December 31, 1996

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   NEFJX
Class B   NEJBX

Class C

Class Y

  NEJCX

NEJYX

 

 

Effective July 31, 2009, the Fund was closed to new investors.

 

 

 

Market Conditions

The steep rises and falls that characterized equity markets in 2011 essentially canceled each other out, leaving key indices little changed from year-earlier levels. Over the 12-month period ended December 31, 2011, small-cap stocks trailed midcaps, which in turn were weaker than large-cap issues. After a solid start for equities, Japan’s twin disasters disrupted markets and industrial supply lines. Europe’s sovereign debt crises persisted while ongoing deficit woes in the United States amid slowing economic data triggered a sharp sell-off in the summer. Then, when markets seemed gloomiest, coordinated efforts by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to boost liquidity combined with modestly improved domestic data to ignite a strong year-end rally.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund returned -3.77% at net asset value. The fund held up better than its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index, which returned -5.50% and outperformed the -4.07% average return of the funds in its peer group, the Morningstar Small Blend Category.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Good stock selection in the energy and consumer sectors keyed the period’s results. We booked solid profits in energy early in the year when turmoil in the Mideast drove oil prices higher, lifting the value of shares. In addition, fund holding Brigham Exploration was acquired by Norway’s Statoil at favorable terms.

PVH built on improving retail sales for its Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger lines. Aaron’s, the rent-to-own retailer, continued the good results seen in the first half of the year. Our timely purchase at an attractive price of Choice Hotels, a franchisor whose brands include Econolodge and Comfort Inns, gave results a boost when the shares rebounded. Choice’s revenues are based on franchise fees, which are more stable than hotel revenues. The utilities sector produced strong returns led by good performance from Northwestern,

 

 

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Cleco and El Paso Electric. In technology, the buyout of SRA International by a private equity firm aided results.

The portfolio’s financial stocks delivered unimpressive returns. Roiling financial markets pressured margins at Invesco Mortgage Capital, while Waddell and Reed suffered as uncertain equity markets made individual investors skittish. Both were sold. Results were also unsatisfactory among real estate investment trusts. Apollo Investment, which offers financing alternatives to mid-sized companies, fell due to eroding margins and concerns regarding the potential need to raise additional equity. This stock was sold.

In the tech sector, equipment maker Calix Communications suffered from delays in implementation of the federal broadband stimulus program. Also, a major Calix customer postponed outlays while working on a big acquisition. We retained Calix but sold TriQuint Semiconductor after earnings disappointed on reduced margins.

Outlook

Given our conviction that growth will remain sluggish, we are focusing on companies that can prosper in an uncertain economy. We have been actively seeking opportunities to reposition assets into more economically sensitive holdings and have added opportunistically to these positions. How much we extend that strategy will depend on our expectations for a recovery and its potential strength. In the meantime, volatility can be useful, as it allows us to add to attractive holdings at low prices and to trim those holdings back if prices exceed our expected valuations. We target companies with strong balance sheets, relatively stable earnings and the potential to grow at an above-average pace. As always, we are very sensitive to valuations as we assess investment candidates. In the meantime, we have a close eye on possible impacts that any recession in Europe might have on the United States and other world economies.

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, the index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares5

December 31, 2001 through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20115

 

         
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      Since Inception4  
   
Class A (Inception 12/31/96)              
NAV      -3.77      4.98      6.25        
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -9.28         3.75         5.62           
   
Class B (Inception 12/31/96)              
NAV      -4.51         4.19         5.46           
With CDSC1      -8.28         3.93         5.46           
   
Class C (Inception 12/31/96)              
NAV      -4.51         4.19         5.47           
With CDSC1      -5.26         4.19         5.47           
   
Class Y (Inception 8/31/06)              
NAV      -3.54         5.27                 6.81
   
Comparative Performance              
Russell 2000 Value Index2      -5.50         -1.87         6.40         0.03   
Morningstar Small Blend Fund Avg.3      -4.07         0.16         5.96         1.83   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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Fund Composition    % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Common Stocks

     89.2   

Exchange Traded Funds

     4.5   

Closed End investment Companies

     2.6   

Other Assets less Liabilities

     3.7   
Ten Largest Holdings    % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund

     4.5   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

     2.8   

Ares Capital Corp.

     2.5   

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

     2.2   

Teleflex, Inc.

     2.2   

Towers Watson & Co., Class A

     2.1   

Oil States International, Inc.

     2.1   

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The), Class A

     2.1   

WESCO International, Inc.

     2.1   
Valmont Industries, Inc.      1.8   
Five Largest Industries    % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Commercial Banks

     5.5   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     5.4   

Insurance

     4.9   

Chemicals

     4.7   

Exchange Traded Funds

     4.5   

Portfolio holdings and asset allocations will vary.

 

 

 

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio6     Net Expense  Ratio7  
A     1.43     1.43
B     2.18        2.18   
C     2.18        2.18   
Y     1.18        1.18   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class B shares assumes a maximum 5.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares, which declines annually between years 1-6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 0%. Class C share performance assumes a 1.00% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 Russell 2000 Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

 

3 Morningstar Small Blend Fund Average is the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

4 The since-inception comparative performance figures shown are calculated from 8/31/06.

 

5 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

6 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON VALUE OPPORTUNITY FUND

Management Discussion

 

Managers:

Dennis G. Alff, CFA

Chris D. Wallis, CFA

Scott J. Weber, CFA

Vaughan Nelson Investment

Management, L.P.

 

 

Objective:

Seeks long-term capital appreciation

 

 

Strategy:

Invests in medium capitalization companies with a focus on absolute return, using a bottom-up, value-oriented investment process

 

 

Fund Inception:

October 31, 2008

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   VNVAX

Class C

Class Y

  VNVCX

VNVYX

 

 

Market Conditions

Equity markets were very volatile in 2011, as stocks reacted sharply to events around the world. Still, major indices ended the year close to year-earlier levels. Optimism over the global economy vanished in the wake of Japan’s natural disasters and the resulting disruption of global supply lines. Stocks slowly recovered, only to plunge later in the summer as Europe’s debt crisis worsened and the United States faced a daunting deficit struggle amid discouraging economic data. The steep decline was reversed when the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank began coordinated efforts to avert possible liquidity shortages resulting from the sovereign debt crisis, while U.S. economic news was improving modestly. The resulting rebound carried stocks higher into year end.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunities Fund returned -2.71% at net asset value. The fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell Midcap Value Index, which returned -1.38%, but held up better than the -3.81% average return of the funds in its peer group, Morningstar’s Mid-Cap Blend category.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Best results for the period were found in the consumer and energy sectors, the latter benefiting particularly from the announced buyout of fund holding El Paso by Kinder Morgan. We took profits in Hansen Natural Beverages, a leader in energy drinks, when its valuation reached our target. Good earnings propelled shares of Dollar General, as consumers became more and more price conscious; we sold the stock as it reached our target valuation. Closeout chain Big Lots also performed well, as it announced deployment of cash to repurchase shares. Shares of CBS rose, reflecting the network’s increased top-line growth.

In technology, Nuance Communications, makers of speech recognition software, rose. Nuance supplies

 

 

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speech software for many mobile devices and is expanding in high-growth areas such as healthcare and communications.

Although stock selection overall was a positive influence on performance, poor positioning in the strong utilities sector held results back over the period. Individual utility investments showed strong gains, but the fund was underweight compared to the benchmark, penalizing comparative returns. In the industrials sector, heavy equipment maker Navistar disappointed, but we think the company has the potential to benefit from an equipment replacement cycle that appears overdue. Other holdings in industrials also lagged. WABCO Holdings, a supplier of parts and systems for commercial trucks and buses, fell. We sold Swift Transportation, a transportation logistics company, when we concluded that it was not positioned as well as we had thought. We also sold McDermott International, an engineering and construction company in the energy sector, which is focused on offshore drilling rigs. Execution stumbles led to disappointing earnings. Digital River, a provider of outsourced e-commerce services, detracted from results as disappointing earnings raised concerns regarding long-term profitability. However, strong trends in online sales continue and we are holding the stock.

Outlook

Given our conviction that growth will remain sluggish, we are focusing on companies that can prosper in an uncertain economy. We have been actively seeking opportunities in companies that are more domestically focused, reducing our exposure to the euro zone, and have added companies with strong streams of recurring revenues. Market volatility is expected to continue, giving us the opportunity to add to attractive holdings at low prices and to trim those holdings back if prices exceed our expected valuations. We target companies with strong balance sheets and relatively stable earnings. These companies should also show the ability to grow at an above-average pace. As always, we are very sensitive to valuations as we assess investment candidates. In the meantime, we are keeping a close eye on the possible impact that any recession in Europe might have on the United States and other world economies.

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON VALUE OPPORTUNITY FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, the index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares5

October 31, 2008 (Inception) through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20115

 

     
      1 Year      Since Inception4  
   
Class A (Inception 10/31/08)        
NAV      -2.71      12.87
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -8.30         10.78   
   
Class C (Inception 10/31/08)        
NAV      -3.48         12.04   
With CDSC1      -4.41         12.04   
   
Class Y (Inception 10/31/08)        
NAV      -2.53         13.14   
   
Comparative Performance        
Russell Midcap Value Index2      -1.38         14.99   
Morningstar Mid-Cap Blend Fund Avg.3      -3.81         14.16   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Common Stocks

    96.6   

Closed End Investment Companies

    1.6   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    1.8   
Ten Largest Holdings   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    2.4   

Towers Watson & Co., Class A

    2.4   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A

    2.3   

Willis Group Holdings PLC

    2.0   

NCR Corp.

    1.9   

Packaging Corp. of America

    1.9   

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

    1.9   

SEI Investments Co.

    1.9   

Life Technologies Corp.

    1.9   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1.8   
Five Largest Industries   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Software

    7.1   

Electric Utilities

    6.4   

Insurance

    6.0   

Machinery

    5.4   

Chemicals

    5.1   

Portfolio holdings and asset allocations will vary.

 

 

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio6     Net Expense  Ratio7  
A     1.71     1.42
C     2.48        2.17   
Y     1.45        1.17   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 Russell Midcap Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the mid-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell Midcap Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

 

3 Morningstar Mid-Cap Blend Fund Average is the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

4 The since-inception comparative performance figures shown are calculated from 10/31/08.

 

5 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

6 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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WESTPEAK ACTIVEBETA® EQUITY FUND*

Management Discussion

 

Manager:

Khalid Ghayur, CFA

Stephen C. Platt, CFA

Westpeak Global Advisors LLC

 

 

Objective:

Seeks long-term growth of capital

 

 

Strategy:

Invests primarily in equity securities of large- and mid-cap U.S. companies.

 

 

Fund Inception:

July 30, 2010

 

 

Symbols:

Class A WABAX

Class C WABCX

Class Y WABYX

 

 

* Effective February 13, 2012, NGAM Distribution will no longer accept investments in the Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund from new investors or accept additional investments in the Fund from current shareholders of the Fund.

 

 

Market Conditions

Despite a strong start and a modestly decent finish, the stock market was challenging for equity investors in calendar year 2011. Japan’s natural disasters, Europe’s recurring debt problems and weak spots in the U.S. economy marked the first half of the year, while political gridlock over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, Standard & Poor’s unprecedented downgrade of the credit rating of U.S. Treasury securities and Europe’s inability to settle on a satisfactory course of action weighed heavily on investors. These circumstances combined to send the S&P 500 Index down sharply in the third quarter, before a fourth-quarter rally that lifted the broad market into moderately positive territory for the year. Slightly better news from the domestic economy and an improved employment outlook helped lift investor confidence.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund returned -2.57% at net asset value. The fund underperformed its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which returned 2.11%. The fund also underperformed the -1.27% average return of funds in its peer group, the Morningstar Large Blend category.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The fund is equally divided between a value-based portfolio and a momentum-based portfolio. As a result, performance for any given period depends on the relative contributions of these two market segments. During the first and fourth quarters of the year, when stocks rose, both the value and momentum components outperformed the S&P 500 Index. However, these gains were not enough to offset the downturn that occurred in the second and third quarters, when both the value and the momentum components underperformed the S&P 500 Index. In effect, the investor exodus from risk assets, which was widespread during the middle of the year, was sufficient to hurt actively managed funds whether they managed on a value or momentum basis.

 

 

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For the calendar year, the momentum component of the portfolio lost less than 1.00%, while the value portion lost 3.82%.

Information technology was a particular drag on performance. An overweight in technology hurt performance in the first half of the year and stock selection in the sector was a drag in the second half. Industrials and consumer staples also detracted from performance for the year. The fund benefited from strong stock selection within the consumer discretionary sector and from an overweight position in the energy sector for both the value and momentum portfolios. Financials also made a slight positive contribution to return for the year. However, these gains were not enough to compensate for the third-quarter downdraft, and the fund ended the year in negative territory.

Outlook

We take a positive view of the equity markets as we enter 2012. Specific risks remain, as the European debt situation is far from resolved and the United States enters an election season that has the potential to create even more gridlock and contentiousness than in the year gone by. Yet, corporate earnings are positioned to move higher, and investor sentiment toward equities has clearly improved from the flight-to-quality mindset that dominated during much of 2011.

Independent of the precise trajectory of the economy, the fund’s strategy will be to add incremental returns through a careful balance of value and momentum strategies. Both strategies are capable of providing superior returns over the long term. However, because value and momentum stocks tend to be negatively correlated, we believe that a 50-50 combination has the potential to provide investors with diversification and a cushion of protection should either strategy fall out of favor in the short term.

 

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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WESTPEAK ACTIVEBETA® EQUITY FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provides a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, the index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares5

July 30, 2010 (Inception) through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20115

 

     
      1 Year      Since Inception4  
   
Class A (Inception 7/30/10)        
NAV      -2.57      7.85
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -8.14         3.45   
   
Class C (Inception 7/30/10)        
NAV      -3.26         7.09   
With CDSC1      -4.17         7.09   
   
Class Y (Inception 7/30/10)        
NAV      -2.31         8.13   
   
Comparative Performance        
S&P 500 Index2      2.11         12.14   
Morningstar Large Blend Fund Avg.3      -1.27         9.43   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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Fund Composition  

% of Net

Assets as of
12/31/11

 

Common Stocks

    100.4   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    (0.4
Ten Largest Holdings   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

ExxonMobil Corp.

    3.8   

Apple, Inc.

    3.1   

Chevron Corp.

    2.2   

International Business Machines Corp.

    2.0   

Pfizer, Inc.

    1.8   

General Electric Co.

    1.8   

Microsoft Corp.

    1.6   

AT&T, Inc.

    1.3   

ConocoPhillips

    1.3   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    1.2   
Five Largest Industries   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    13.0   

Health Care Providers & Services

    5.1   

Pharmaceuticals

    5.0   

Computers & Peripherals

    4.9   

IT Services

    4.9   

Portfolio holdings and asset allocations will vary.

 

 

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense Ratio6     Net Expense Ratio7  
A     2.23     1.20
C     2.98        1.95   
Y     1.98        0.95   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 S&P 500 Index is a widely recognized measure of U.S. stock market performance. It is an unmanaged index of 500 common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation, among other factors.

 

3 Morningstar Large Blend Fund Average is the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

4 The since-inception comparative performance figures shown are calculated from 7/30/10.

 

5 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

6 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers as of the dates indicated. The managers’ views are subject to change at any time without notice based on changes in market or other conditions. References to specific securities or industries should not be regarded as investment advice. Because the funds are actively managed, there is no assurance that they will continue to invest in the securities or industries mentioned.

Before investing, consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and other expenses. Visit ngam.natixis.com or call 800-225-5478 for a prospectus and/or a summary prospectus, both of which contain this and other information. Read it carefully.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling Natixis Funds at 800-225-5478; on the funds’ website at ngam.natixis.com; and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2011 is available from the funds’ website and the SEC’s website.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

The funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public

Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330.

 

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UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

As a mutual fund shareholder, you incur different costs: transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. Certain exemptions may apply. These costs are described in more detail in the funds’ prospectus. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs of investing in the funds and help you compare these with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The first line in the table of each class of fund shares shows the actual account values and actual fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the fund from July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown for your class.

The second line in the table for each class of fund shares provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid on your investment 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 with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown reflect ongoing costs only, and do not include any transaction costs, such as sales charges. Therefore, the second line in the table of each fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, total costs would be higher.

 

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CGM ADVISOR TARGETED EQUITY FUND  

BEGINNING

ACCOUNT VALUE

7/1/2011

   

ENDING

ACCOUNT VALUE

12/31/2011

   

EXPENSES PAID

DURING PERIOD*

7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $877.20        $5.39   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.46        $5.80   

Class B

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $874.20        $8.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,015.68        $9.60   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $874.60        $8.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,015.68        $9.60   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $878.40        $4.21   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.72        $4.53   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.14%, 1.89%, 1.89% and 0.89% for Class A, B, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

HARRIS ASSOCIATES LARGE CAP VALUE
FUND
 

BEGINNING

ACCOUNT VALUE

7/1/2011

   

ENDING

ACCOUNT VALUE

12/31/2011

   

EXPENSES PAID

DURING PERIOD*

7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $934.00        $6.34   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,018.65        $6.61   

Class B

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $930.00        $9.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.87        $10.41   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $930.50        $9.98   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.87        $10.41   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $934.80        $5.12   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.91        $5.35   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.30%, 2.05%, 2.05% and 1.05% for Class A, B, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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NATIXIS DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND  

BEGINNING

ACCOUNT VALUE

7/1/2011

   

ENDING

ACCOUNT VALUE
12/31/2011

   

EXPENSES PAID

DURING PERIOD*

7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,000.80        $5.65   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.56        $5.70   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $996.10        $9.41   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,015.78        $9.50   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.12% and 1.87% for Class A and C, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

NATIXIS U.S. MULTI-CAP EQUITY FUND  

BEGINNING

ACCOUNT VALUE

7/1/2011

   

ENDING

ACCOUNT VALUE

12/31/2011

   

EXPENSES PAID

DURING PERIOD*

7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $906.20        $6.29   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,018.60        $6.67   

Class B

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $902.40        $9.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.77        $10.51   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $902.50        $9.88   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.82        $10.46   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $907.20        $5.10   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.86        $5.40   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.31%, 2.07%, 2.06% and 1.06% for Class A, B, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON SMALL CAP VALUE
FUND
 

BEGINNING

ACCOUNT VALUE

7/1/2011

   

ENDING

ACCOUNT VALUE

12/31/2011

   

EXPENSES PAID

DURING PERIOD*

7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $903.90        $6.53   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,018.35        $6.92   

Class B

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $900.20        $10.11   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.57        $10.71   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $900.70        $10.11   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.57        $10.71   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $905.10        $5.33   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.61        $5.65   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.36%, 2.11%, 2.11% and 1.11% for Class A, B, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

VAUGHAN NELSON VALUE OPPORTUNITY
FUND
 

BEGINNING

ACCOUNT VALUE

7/1/2011

   

ENDING

ACCOUNT VALUE

12/31/2011

   

EXPENSES PAID

DURING PERIOD*

7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $874.50        $6.61   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,018.15        $7.12   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $871.10        $10.09   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.42        $10.87   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $875.30        $5.44   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.41        $5.85   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.40%, 2.14% and 1.15% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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WESTPEAK ACTIVEBETA® EQUITY FUND  

BEGINNING

ACCOUNT VALUE

7/1/2011

   

ENDING

ACCOUNT VALUE

12/31/2011

   

EXPENSES PAID

DURING PERIOD*

7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011

 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $919.00        $5.80   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.16        $6.11   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $915.50        $9.41   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,015.38        $9.91   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $919.90        $4.60   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.42        $4.84   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.20%, 1.95% and 0.95% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund

 

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
  Common Stocks — 98.5% of Net Assets   
   Airlines — 6.1%   
  2,000,000       United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)    $ 37,740,000   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Banks — 5.9%   
  630,000       PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.      36,332,100   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Financial Services — 11.2%   
  1,325,000       Citigroup, Inc.      34,860,750   
  1,010,000       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      33,582,500   
     

 

 

 
        68,443,250   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 7.2%   
  360,000       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      24,476,400   
  290,000       Schlumberger Ltd.      19,809,900   
     

 

 

 
        44,286,300   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.1%   
  310,000       McDonald’s Corp.      31,102,300   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 9.0%   
  600,000       MetLife, Inc.      18,708,000   
  730,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.      36,587,600   
     

 

 

 
        55,295,600   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services — 5.3%   
  50,000       Google, Inc., Class A(b)      32,295,000   
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 5.7%   
  94,000       MasterCard, Inc., Class A      35,045,080   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 4.8%   
  385,000       Deere & Co.      29,779,750   
     

 

 

 
   Media — 7.8%   
  1,760,000       CBS Corp., Class B      47,766,400   
     

 

 

 
   Multiline Retail — 11.3%   
  1,280,000       Macy’s, Inc.      41,190,400   
  560,000       Nordstrom, Inc.      27,837,600   
     

 

 

 
        69,028,000   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.8%   
  275,000       Chevron Corp.      29,260,000   
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 8.0%   
  295,000       Coach, Inc.      18,006,800   
  320,000       NIKE, Inc., Class B      30,838,400   
     

 

 

 
        48,845,200   
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 6.3%   
  490,000       Philip Morris International, Inc.      38,455,200   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $589,254,024)
     603,674,180   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
     
     
  Short-Term Investments — 1.9%   
$ 11,400,000       American Express Credit Corp., Commercial Paper, 0.010%, 1/03/2012    $ 11,400,000   
  531,470       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $531,470 on 01/03/2012 collateralized by $515,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.500% due 5/27/2016 valued at $547,188 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      531,470   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $11,931,470)
     11,931,470   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments — 100.4%

(Identified Cost $601,185,494)(a)

     615,605,650   
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.4)%      (2,560,101
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 613,045,549   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $609,322,849 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    $ 38,330,794   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (32,047,993
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 6,282,801   
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)       Non-income producing security.   

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Multiline Retail

     11.3

Diversified Financial Services

     11.2   

Insurance

     9.0   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     8.0   

Media

     7.8   

Energy Equipment & Services

     7.2   

Tobacco

     6.3   

Airlines

     6.1   

Commercial Banks

     5.9   

IT Services

     5.7   

Internet Software & Services

     5.3   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     5.1   

Machinery

     4.8   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.8   

Short-Term Investments

     1.9   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.4   

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.4
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 
  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
  Common Stocks — 96.3% of Net Assets   
   Aerospace & Defense — 3.7%   
  62,100       Boeing Co. (The)    $ 4,555,035   
     

 

 

 
   Air Freight & Logistics — 3.7%   
  54,600       FedEx Corp.      4,559,646   
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components — 1.2%   
  45,000       TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(b)      1,467,000   
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles — 2.5%   
  47,500       Toyota Motor Corp., Sponsored ADR      3,141,175   
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 2.6%   
  33,700       Franklin Resources, Inc.      3,237,222   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Banks — 4.8%   
  215,000       Wells Fargo & Co.      5,925,400   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.5%   
  112,700       Republic Services, Inc.      3,104,885   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance — 0.8%   
  41,250       Discover Financial Services      990,000   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Financial Services — 7.0%   
  16,600       CME Group, Inc., Class A      4,044,922   
  139,500       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4,638,375   
     

 

 

 
        8,683,297   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment — 1.8%   
  30,200       Rockwell Automation, Inc.      2,215,774   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 2.3%   
  42,000       National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.      2,855,580   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.3%   
  65,100       Baxter International, Inc.      3,221,148   
  87,000       Medtronic, Inc.      3,327,750   
     

 

 

 
        6,548,898   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 9.9%   
  143,200       Carnival Corp.      4,674,048   
  117,500       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      3,427,475   
  9,770       Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.(b)      167,653   
  27,200       McDonald’s Corp.      2,728,976   
  28,100       Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      1,347,957   
     

 

 

 
        12,346,109   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.8%   
  62,000       Calpine Corp.(b)      1,012,460   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 1.1%   
  32,200       Aflac, Inc.      1,392,972   
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 7.5%   
  12,800       MasterCard, Inc., Class A      4,772,096   
  45,700       Visa, Inc., Class A      4,639,921   
     

 

 

 
        9,412,017   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Machinery — 6.7%   
  23,200       Caterpillar, Inc.    $ 2,101,920   
  13,800       Cummins, Inc.      1,214,676   
  88,800       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      4,147,848   
  12,000       Parker Hannifin Corp.      915,000   
     

 

 

 
        8,379,444   
     

 

 

 
   Media — 8.0%   
  187,100       Comcast Corp., Special Class A      4,408,076   
  58,400       Omnicom Group, Inc.      2,603,472   
  39,900       Time Warner, Inc.      1,441,986   
  38,900       Walt Disney Co. (The)      1,458,750   
     

 

 

 
        9,912,284   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.7%   
  34,400       Apache Corp.      3,115,952   
  25,700       Range Resources Corp.      1,591,858   
  81,200       Ultra Petroleum Corp.(b)      2,405,956   
     

 

 

 
        7,113,766   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 13.9%   
  382,500       Applied Materials, Inc.      4,096,575   
  341,000       Intel Corp.      8,269,250   
  31,000       Lam Research Corp.(b)      1,147,620   
  131,500       Texas Instruments, Inc.      3,827,965   
     

 

 

 
        17,341,410   
     

 

 

 
   Software — 2.2%   
  109,100       Oracle Corp.      2,798,415   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail — 1.3%   
  54,700       CarMax, Inc.(b)      1,667,256   
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%   
  13,400       NIKE, Inc., Class B      1,291,358   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks

(Identified Cost $114,336,216)

     119,951,403   
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
               
  Short-Term Investments — 4.2%   
$ 5,164,116      

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $5,164,116 on 1/03/2012 collateralized by $5,135,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 10/31/2015 valued at $5,272,351 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)

(Identified Cost $5,164,116)

     5,164,116   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 100.5%   
   (Identified Cost $119,500,332)(a)      125,115,519   
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.5)%      (562,286
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 124,553,233   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund – (continued)

 

 

     
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $120,672,718 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    $ 12,445,309   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (8,002,508
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 4,442,801   
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)       Non-income producing security.   
     
  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 may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.     

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     13.9

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     9.9   

Media

     8.0   

IT Services

     7.5   

Diversified Financial Services

     7.0   

Machinery

     6.7   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.7   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     5.3   

Commercial Banks

     4.8   

Air Freight & Logistics

     3.7   

Aerospace & Defense

     3.7   

Capital Markets

     2.6   

Automobiles

     2.5   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     2.5   

Energy Equipment & Services

     2.3   

Software

     2.2   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     8.0   

Short-Term Investments

     4.2   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.5   

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.5
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis Diversified Income Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
     
  Bonds and Notes — 47.9% of Net Assets   
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 45.0%   
   ABS Home Equity — 0.4%   
$ 77,621       Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-5, Class A2, 2.250%, 8/25/2035(b)    $ 66,237   
  25,000       Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-13, Class AF5B, 5.103%, 5/25/2035      19,533   
  28,760       Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-11, Class 4A1, 0.564%, 4/25/2035(b)      15,230   
  16,019       GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-14, Class 3A1, 2.891%, 12/25/2034(b)      10,930   
  15,164       Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-16IP, Class A1,
0.614%, 7/25/2045(b)
     9,240   
  25,000       JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., Series 2005-OPT1, Class M2, 0.764%, 6/25/2035(b)      12,179   
  76,055       JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-A1, Class 5A1, 2.813%, 7/25/2035(b)      64,752   
  77,928       New York Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-1, Class 2A2, 2.800%, 5/25/2036(b)      56,877   
  13,808       WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR17, Class 1A1A, 1.018%, 12/25/2046(b)      8,132   
  29,982       WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA3, Class 2A1A, 0.968%, 4/25/2047(b)      18,874   
     

 

 

 
        281,984   
     

 

 

 
   ABS Other – 0.0%   
  11,069       Sierra Receivables Funding Co., Series 2009-3A, Class A1,
7.620%, 7/20/2026, 144A
     11,088   
     

 

 

 
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%   
  200,000       Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc., 6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A      143,075   
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 1.3%   
  32,852       American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2009-1A, 10.375%, 1/02/2021      34,699   
  41,046       Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2000-1, Class A-1,
8.048%, 5/01/2022
     43,969   
  13,942       Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A,
5.983%, 10/19/2023
     14,516   
  844,770       UAL Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A, 6.636%, 1/02/2024      844,770   
     

 

 

 
        937,954   
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 0.1%   
  40,000       Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 7.000%, 3/15/2028      38,800   
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 2.3%   
  100,000       Bank of America Corp., 6.500%, 9/15/2037      81,895   
  200,000,000       Barclays Bank PLC, EMTN, 3.680%, 8/20/2015, (KRW)      174,785   
  105,000       Citigroup, Inc., 5.875%, 2/22/2033      88,068   
  25,000       Citigroup, Inc., 6.000%, 10/31/2033      21,418   
  20,000       Citigroup, Inc., 6.125%, 8/25/2036      17,300   
  3,339,258,780       JPMorgan Chase & Co., Zero Coupon, 4/12/2012, 144A, (IDR)      359,723   
  300,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.110%, 1/29/2037      231,280   
  100,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.220%, 9/15/2026      82,487   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis Diversified Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Banking — continued   
$ 100,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Series C, MTN, 6.050%, 6/01/2034    $ 76,736   
  210,000       Morgan Stanley, 5.500%, 7/24/2020      190,938   
  100,000       Morgan Stanley, 5.750%, 1/25/2021      93,281   
  100,000       Morgan Stanley, GMTN, 7.625%, 3/03/2016, (AUD)      99,349   
  25,000       National Australia Bank Ltd., 6.500%, 11/05/2015, (AUD)      26,477   
  200,000       Societe Generale S.A., MTN, 5.200%, 4/15/2021, 144A      169,935   
     

 

 

 
        1,713,672   
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.8%   
  170,000       Masco Corp., 5.850%, 3/15/2017      169,697   
  30,000       Masco Corp., 6.500%, 8/15/2032      26,833   
  15,000       Masco Corp., 7.750%, 8/01/2029      14,560   
  525,000       USG Corp., 6.300%, 11/15/2016      409,500   
  10,000       USG Corp., 9.750%, 1/15/2018      8,450   
     

 

 

 
        629,040   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.3%   
  200,000       Hercules, Inc., 6.500%, 6/30/2029      153,500   
  55,000       Methanex Corp., 6.000%, 8/15/2015      56,633   
     

 

 

 
        210,133   
     

 

 

 
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.5%   
  23,264       American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2004-3, Class 3A, 2.566%, 10/25/2034(b)      14,617   
  16,429       Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc., Series 2005-A, Class 2A1, 2.926%, 2/25/2035(b)      13,450   
  11,643       Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-3, Class 2A, 2.575%, 7/25/2034(b)      9,168   
  83,906       Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR1, Class 3A1, 2.566%, 3/25/2035(b)      63,975   
  28,559       Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR3, Class 4A1, 4.249%, 4/25/2035(b)      20,409   
  85,722       MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2004-15, Class 4A1, 2.594%, 12/25/2034(b)      65,019   
  39,678       MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2005-2, Class 5A1, 2.660%, 3/25/2035(b)      32,988   
  60,843       MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2007-1, Class I2A1, 0.454%, 1/25/2047(b)      32,250   
  22,524       Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-6AR, Class 1A1,
0.574%, 11/25/2035(b)
     18,133   
  75,000       Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 7A5,
5.500%, 11/25/2035
     62,208   
  20,000       NCUA Guaranteed Notes, Series 2010-C1, Class A2,
2.900%, 10/29/2020
     21,116   
     

 

 

 
        353,333   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis Diversified Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 1.1%   
$ 40,000       Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2007-C3, Class AM, 5.902%, 6/15/2039(b)    $ 29,777   
  265,000       Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2007-C5, Class A4, 5.695%, 9/15/2040      276,484   
  200,000       DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-LC1A, Class E, 5.728%, 11/10/2046, 144A(b)      164,142   
  25,000       Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2007-GG11, Class AM, 5.867%, 12/10/2049      22,175   
  185,000       GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM, 5.984%, 8/10/2045(b)      150,528   
  100,000       Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust, Series 2009-GG10, Class A4B, 5.984%, 8/12/2045, 144A(b)      98,236   
  125,000       WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class D, 5.647%, 2/15/2044, 144A(b)      99,932   
     

 

 

 
        841,274   
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 0.6%   
  100,000       EDP Finance BV, 4.900%, 10/01/2019, 144A      76,280   
  115,000,000       Emgesa S.A. E.S.P., 8.750%, 1/25/2021, 144A, (COP)      63,667   
  88,000,000       Empresas Publicas de Medellin E.S.P., 8.375%, 2/01/2021, 144A, (COP)      47,634   
  200,000       Enel Finance International NV, 6.000%, 10/07/2039, 144A      160,969   
  20,000       NGC Corp. Capital Trust I, Series B, 8.316%, 6/01/2027(c)(d)      4,600   
  35,000       Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc., 11.500%, 10/01/2020, 144A      29,706   
  135,000       TXU Corp., Series Q, 6.500%, 11/15/2024      60,075   
     

 

 

 
        442,931   
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 0.1%   
  110,000       Aviation Capital Group Corp., 6.750%, 4/06/2021, 144A      103,640   
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 0.1%   
  50,000       Viterra, Inc., 6.406%, 2/16/2021, 144A, (CAD)      51,421   
     

 

 

 
   Gaming — 0.2%   
  150,000       MGM Resorts International, 7.500%, 6/01/2016      143,625   
     

 

 

 
   Government Guaranteed — 2.1%   
  1,245,000       Canada Housing Trust No. 1, 3.600%, 6/15/2013, (CAD)      1,266,301   
  170,000       Citigroup Funding, Inc. (FDIC insured), 1.875%, 10/22/2012      172,339   
  165,000       Queensland Treasury Corp., 7.125%, 9/18/2017, 144A, (NZD)      146,897   
     

 

 

 
        1,585,537   
     

 

 

 
   Government Owned - No Guarantee — 0.4%   
  320,000       DP World Ltd., 6.850%, 7/02/2037, 144A      289,600   
     

 

 

 
   Government Sponsored — 0.1%   
  105,000       Eksportfinans ASA, 2.000%, 9/15/2015      86,980   
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 1.7%   
  25,000       HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/2027      20,969   
  5,000       HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 12/15/2023      4,475   
  460,000       HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/2033      397,900   

 

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Natixis Diversified Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Healthcare — continued   
$ 310,000       HCA, Inc., 7.690%, 6/15/2025    $ 274,350   
  20,000       HCA, Inc., 8.360%, 4/15/2024      18,900   
  135,000       HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.580%, 9/15/2025      119,475   
  30,000       HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.750%, 7/15/2036      26,137   
  345,000       Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 4/15/2016(c)      374,630   
     

 

 

 
        1,236,836   
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 0.8%   
  125,000       KB Home, 6.250%, 6/15/2015      115,000   
  105,000       KB Home, 7.250%, 6/15/2018      94,500   
  80,000       Pulte Group, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2035      53,100   
  470,000       Pulte Group, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2033      325,475   
     

 

 

 
        588,075   
     

 

 

 
   Hybrid ARMs — 0.0%   
  50,721       Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-2AR, Class A, 0.554%, 4/25/2035(b)      34,756   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 0.4%   
  105,000       Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd., 8.500%, 8/01/2019, 144A      95,025   
  142,000       Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 7.200%, 1/15/2028      162,340   
  75,000       SandRidge Energy, Inc., 8.000%, 6/01/2018, 144A      75,750   
     

 

 

 
        333,115   
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 0.4%   
  300,000      

American International Group, Inc., (fixed rate to 5/15/2038, variable rate thereafter),

8.175%, 5/15/2068

     267,000   
     

 

 

 
   Local Authorities — 2.3%   
  170,000       New South Wales Treasury Corp., 6.000%, 5/01/2012, (AUD)      174,935   
  235,000       Province of Ontario, Canada, 2.950%, 2/05/2015      247,480   
  780,000       Province of Ontario, Canada, 4.200%, 3/08/2018, (CAD)      856,748   
  285,000       Province of Ontario, Canada, 4.750%, 1/19/2016      320,732   
  140,000       Province of Quebec, Canada, Series QC, 6.750%, 11/09/2015, (NZD)      120,317   
     

 

 

 
        1,720,212   
     

 

 

 
   Lodging — 0.2%   
  35,000       Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 7.500%, 10/15/2027      34,300   
  25,000       Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 5.750%, 2/01/2018      26,465   
  60,000       Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 6.000%, 12/01/2016      64,704   
  50,000       Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 7.375%, 3/01/2020      57,069   
     

 

 

 
        182,538   
     

 

 

 
   Media Cable — 0.0%   
  20,000       CCO Holdings GS LLC, 7.375%, 6/01/2020      21,100   
     

 

 

 
   Media Non-Cable — 0.1%   
  110,000       R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 7.250%, 5/15/2018      106,700   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 0.6%   
  15,000       ArcelorMittal, 5.500%, 3/01/2021      13,769   
  125,000       ArcelorMittal, 6.125%, 6/01/2018      123,445   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Metals & Mining — continued   
$ 200,000       ArcelorMittal, 6.750%, 3/01/2041    $ 179,846   
  10,000       ArcelorMittal, 7.000%, 10/15/2039      9,293   
  10,000       United States Steel Corp., 6.650%, 6/01/2037      7,800   
  145,000       Xstrata Canada Financial Corp., 4.950%, 11/15/2021, 144A      148,136   
     

 

 

 
        482,289   
     

 

 

 
   Non-Captive Consumer — 1.0%   
  105,000       International Lease Finance Corp., 8.625%, 1/15/2022      106,219   
  55,000       Residential Capital LLC, 9.625%, 5/15/2015      38,500   
  25,000       SLM Corp., Series A, MTN, 5.000%, 6/15/2018      21,673   
  87,000       SLM Corp., Series A, MTN, 5.625%, 8/01/2033      64,895   
  115,000       SLM Corp., Series A, MTN, 8.450%, 6/15/2018      118,450   
  505,000       Springleaf Finance Corp., Series J, MTN, 6.900%, 12/15/2017      363,600   
     

 

 

 
        713,337   
     

 

 

 
   Non-Captive Diversified — 1.1%   
  64,000       Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/2031      61,760   
  800,000       General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, GMTN, 3.485%, 3/08/2012, (SGD)      618,302   
  15,000       General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, GMTN, 7.625%, 12/10/2014, (NZD)      12,747   
  85,000       International Lease Finance Corp., 6.250%, 5/15/2019      78,522   
  35,000       International Lease Finance Corp., 8.250%, 12/15/2020      35,350   
     

 

 

 
        806,681   
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 0.3%   
  205,000       Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.875%, 12/15/2033      201,821   
  5,000       Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.950%, 10/01/2027      4,945   
  30,000       Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.375%, 3/15/2032      31,489   
     

 

 

 
        238,255   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%   
  15,000       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 6.750%, 8/15/2021, 144A      14,475   
  20,000       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 7.250%, 7/15/2022, 144A      19,400   
     

 

 

 
        33,875   
     

 

 

 
   Pipelines — 0.1%   
  100,000       IFM US Colonial Pipeline 2 LLC, 6.450%, 5/01/2021, 144A      106,676   
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.7%   
  520,000       White Mountains Re Group Ltd., 6.375%, 3/20/2017, 144A      545,401   
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Warehouse/Industrials — 0.1%   
  20,000       ProLogis LP, 6.625%, 5/15/2018      21,721   
  30,000       ProLogis LP, 6.875%, 3/15/2020      33,310   
     

 

 

 
        55,031   
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 2.5%   
  221,709       CVS Pass-Through Trust, 7.507%, 1/10/2032, 144A      256,433   
  400,000       Dillard’s, Inc., 6.625%, 1/15/2018      394,000   
  205,000       Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/2028      188,600   
  100,000       Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.790%, 7/15/2027      106,611   
  225,000       Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.900%, 4/01/2029      247,464   
  725,000       Toys R Us, Inc., 7.375%, 10/15/2018      650,687   
     

 

 

 
        1,843,795   
     

 

 

 

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Supermarket — 0.3%   
$ 320,000       New Albertson’s, Inc., Series C, MTN, 6.625%, 6/01/2028    $ 228,000   
     

 

 

 
   Supranational — 1.7%   
  560,000       Asian Development Bank, GMTN, 2.500%, 3/15/2016      594,208   
  400,000       European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, GMTN, 9.000%, 4/28/2014, (BRL)      219,190   
  921,000,000       European Investment Bank, EMTN, Zero Coupon, 4/24/2013, 144A, (IDR)      90,937   
  12,500,000       Inter-American Development Bank, EMTN, 2.500%, 3/11/2013, (INR)      223,755   
  200,000,000       International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, GMTN, 2.300%, 2/26/2013, (KRW)      173,090   
     

 

 

 
        1,301,180   
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.9%   
  470,000       Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., 6.450%, 3/15/2029      337,225   
  390,000       Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., 6.500%, 1/15/2028      279,825   
  30,000       CommScope, Inc., 8.250%, 1/15/2019, 144A      30,000   
  30,000       Nortel Networks Capital Corp., 7.875%, 6/15/2026(e)      31,800   
     

 

 

 
        678,850   
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 15.5%   
  600,000       Canadian Government, 3.000%, 12/01/2015, (CAD)(f)      629,866   
  255,000       Canadian Government, 3.500%, 6/01/2020, (CAD)      282,511   
  5,000       Hellenic Republic Government Bond, 4.500%, 9/20/2037, (EUR)      1,283   
  330,000       Hellenic Republic Government Bond, 4.700%, 3/20/2024, (EUR)      93,531   
  25,000       Ireland Government Bond, 4.500%, 10/18/2018, (EUR)      25,577   
  15,000       Ireland Government Bond, 4.500%, 4/18/2020, (EUR)      14,994   
  165,000       Ireland Government Bond, 5.400%, 3/13/2025, (EUR)      168,123   
  10,000       Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 5.000%, 8/01/2034, (EUR)      10,200   
  15,000       Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 5.250%, 11/01/2029, (EUR)      16,032   
  10,000       Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 5.750%, 2/01/2033, (EUR)      11,074   
  5,300(††)       Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 10.000%, 12/05/2024, (MXN)      48,854   
  120,000       New Zealand Government Bond, 6.000%, 12/15/2017, (NZD)      107,040   
  10,000,000       Philippine Government International Bond, 6.250%, 1/14/2036, (PHP)      231,445   
  80,000       Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT, 3.850%, 4/15/2021, (EUR)      51,739   
  195,000       Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT, 4.950%, 10/25/2023, (EUR)      124,928   
  305,000       U.S. Treasury Bond, 4.375%, 5/15/2041      397,406   
  382,191       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.000%, 1/15/2026(g)      469,797   
  455,723       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.125%, 2/15/2040(g)      611,559   
  564,597       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.375%, 1/15/2025(g)      717,832   
  269,482       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.375%, 1/15/2027(g)      348,031   
  727,149       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 3.375%, 4/15/2032(g)      1,119,980   
  120,560       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.625%, 7/15/2021(g)      128,971   
  175,970       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 1.125%, 1/15/2021(g)      196,248   
  233,615       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 1.250%, 7/15/2020(g)      264,241   
  806,392       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 1.625%, 1/15/2015(g)      869,706   
  281,024       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 1.625%, 1/15/2018(g)      320,016   
  209,590       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 1.875%, 7/15/2013(g)      219,168   
  488,939       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 1.875%, 7/15/2015(g)      539,208   
  514,697       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 2.000%, 1/15/2014(g)      545,056   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis Diversified Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Treasuries — continued   
$ 558,591       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 2.000%, 7/15/2014(g)    $ 601,838   
  302,331       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 2.000%, 1/15/2016(g)      337,925   
  494,050       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 2.375%, 1/15/2017(g)      573,483   
  639,107       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 2.500%, 7/15/2016(g)      739,167   
  491,643       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 2.625%, 7/15/2017(g)      585,247   
  94,454       U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 3.000%, 7/15/2012(g)      96,483   
  230,000       U.S. Treasury STRIPS, Zero Coupon, 5/15/2040      97,233   
     

 

 

 
        11,595,792   
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 1.3%   
  4,000,000       America Movil SAB de CV, 8.460%, 12/18/2036, (MXN)      274,340   
  400,000       Brasil Telecom S.A., 9.750%, 9/15/2016, 144A, (BRL)      210,159   
  420,000       Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      299,775   
  10,000       Sprint Capital Corp., 6.900%, 5/01/2019      8,225   
  70,000       Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 3/15/2032      56,613   
  125,000       Sprint Nextel Corp., 9.000%, 11/15/2018, 144A      131,250   
     

 

 

 
        980,362   
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 2.4%   
  40,000       CenturyLink, Inc., Series G, 6.875%, 1/15/2028      37,288   
  95,000       CenturyLink, Inc., Series P, 7.600%, 9/15/2039      93,220   
  300,000       Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 6/01/2036      310,856   
  225,000       Frontier Communications Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2019      219,375   
  70,000       Level 3 Escrow, Inc., 8.125%, 7/01/2019, 144A      68,950   
  135,000       Level 3 Financing, Inc., 8.750%, 2/15/2017      137,363   
  45,000       Level 3 Financing, Inc., 9.250%, 11/01/2014      46,013   
  15,000       Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.625%, 8/03/2021      15,450   
  315,000       Qwest Corp., 7.250%, 10/15/2035      314,101   
  169,000       Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.000%, 9/30/2034      125,224   
  242,000       Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.375%, 11/15/2033      183,277   
  40,000       Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 7.200%, 7/18/2036      33,038   
  25,000       Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 7.721%, 6/04/2038      21,321   
  75,000       Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.134%, 4/27/2020      70,449   
  75,000       Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.462%, 2/16/2021      71,570   
  75,000       Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 7.045%, 6/20/2036      73,130   
     

 

 

 
        1,820,625   
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $33,394,153)
     33,784,568   
     

 

 

 
  Convertible Bonds — 2.8%   
   Automotive — 0.2%   
  115,000       Ford Motor Co., 4.250%, 11/15/2016      164,881   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 0.2%   
  170,000       Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 3.000%, 6/01/2015, 144A      158,100   
  20,000       Trinity Industries, Inc., 3.875%, 6/01/2036      19,550   
     

 

 

 
        177,650   
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.2%   
  40,000       Hologic, Inc., (accretes to principal after 12/15/2016), 2.000%, 12/15/2037(h)      43,750   
  85,000       Illumina, Inc., 0.250%, 3/15/2016, 144A      68,106   
     

 

 

 
        111,856   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis Diversified Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Home Construction — 0.4%   
$ 10,000       Lennar Corp., 2.000%, 12/01/2020, 144A    $ 10,050   
  5,000       Lennar Corp., 2.750%, 12/15/2020, 144A      5,575   
  240,000       Lennar Corp., 3.250%, 11/15/2021, 144A      262,500   
     

 

 

 
        278,125   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 0.2%   
  155,000       Chesapeake Energy Corp., 2.250%, 12/15/2038      127,875   
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 0.1%   
  90,000       Old Republic International Corp., 3.750%, 3/15/2018      79,088   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%   
  165,000       Human Genome Sciences, Inc., 3.000%, 11/15/2018      147,262   
  25,000       Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3.350%, 10/01/2015      26,219   
     

 

 

 
        173,481   
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 1.3%   
  250,000       Ciena Corp., 0.875%, 6/15/2017      189,375   
  65,000       Ciena Corp., 3.750%, 10/15/2018, 144A      61,100   
  535,000       Intel Corp., 2.950%, 12/15/2035      557,069   
  95,000       Lam Research Corp., 1.250%, 5/15/2018, 144A      89,062   
  55,000       Micron Technology, Inc., Series B, 1.875%, 8/01/2031, 144A      48,400   
     

 

 

 
        945,006   
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $2,095,204)
     2,057,962   
     

 

 

 
  Municipals — 0.1%   
   California — 0.0%   
  30,000       California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Series A, 5.250%, 11/15/2046      30,267   
     

 

 

 
   Michigan — 0.1%   
  50,000       Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority Taxable Turbo, Series A, 7.309%, 6/01/2034(c)      36,631   
     

 

 

 
   Total Municipals
(Identified Cost $75,945)
     66,898   
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $35,565,302)
     35,909,428   
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Common Stocks — 45.0%   
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%   
  2,864       General Dynamics Corp.      190,198   
  2,754       Honeywell International, Inc.      149,680   
  5,110       Lockheed Martin Corp.      413,399   
  3,542       Northrop Grumman Corp.      207,136   
     

 

 

 
        960,413   
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles — 0.1%   
  10,180       Ford Motor Co.(d)      109,537   
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 0.3%   
  2,779       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      194,447   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Building Products — 0.0%   
  3,271       Masco Corp.    $ 34,280   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 1.0%   
  2,690       Eastman Chemical Co.      105,071   
  2,290       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      120,042   
  4,367       Olin Corp.      85,812   
  2,722       PPG Industries, Inc.      227,260   
  3,701       RPM International, Inc.      90,860   
  2,345       Sensient Technologies Corp.      88,875   
     

 

 

 
        717,920   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Banks — 0.9%   
  4,201       Bank of Hawaii Corp.      186,902   
  2,737       BB&T Corp.      68,890   
  4,461       F.N.B. Corp.      50,454   
  3,603       First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.      31,094   
  4,504       FirstMerit Corp.      68,146   
  4,199       Trustmark Corp.      101,994   
  4,416       United Bankshares, Inc.      124,840   
  5,888       Valley National Bancorp      72,835   
     

 

 

 
        705,155   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%   
  3,692       Avery Dennison Corp.      105,886   
  4,649       Deluxe Corp.      105,811   
  7,840       Pitney Bowes, Inc.      145,354   
  7,255       R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.      104,690   
  3,287       Republic Services, Inc.      90,557   
  4,385       Waste Management, Inc.      143,433   
     

 

 

 
        695,731   
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging — 0.2%   
  3,619       Sonoco Products Co.      119,282   
     

 

 

 
   Distributors — 0.3%   
  3,048       Genuine Parts Co.      186,538   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%   
  5,875       AT&T, Inc.      177,660   
  8,019       CenturyLink, Inc.      298,307   
  7,493       Telefonica S.A., Sponsored ADR      128,804   
     

 

 

 
        604,771   
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities — 2.8%   
  4,676       American Electric Power Co., Inc.      193,166   
  3,465       Cleco Corp.      132,016   
  3,273       Edison International      135,502   
  4,640       Entergy Corp.      338,952   
  4,816       Exelon Corp.      208,870   
  4,841       FirstEnergy Corp.      214,456   
  3,833       NextEra Energy, Inc.      233,353   
  3,823       Northeast Utilities      137,896   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Electric Utilities — continued   
  4,554       Pinnacle West Capital Corp.    $ 219,412   
  4,772       PPL Corp.      140,392   
  4,560       Unisource Energy Corp.      168,355   
     

 

 

 
        2,122,370   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment — 0.4%   
  3,095       Emerson Electric Co.      144,196   
  2,355       Hubbell, Inc., Class B      157,455   
     

 

 

 
        301,651   
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%   
  3,577       Sysco Corp.      104,913   
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 0.6%   
  2,986       General Mills, Inc.      120,664   
  3,650       H.J. Heinz Co.      197,246   
  3,161       Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A      118,095   
  2,432       Sara Lee Corp.      46,014   
     

 

 

 
        482,019   
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities — 0.8%   
  4,487       AGL Resources, Inc.      189,620   
  3,084       New Jersey Resources Corp.      151,733   
  2,727       Oneok, Inc.      236,404   
     

 

 

 
        577,757   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0%   
  3,938       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      179,494   
  2,854       McDonald’s Corp.      286,342   
  5,800       Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      278,226   
     

 

 

 
        744,062   
     

 

 

 
   Household Durables — 0.6%   
  4,275       Garmin Ltd.      170,188   
  10,525       KB Home      70,728   
  4,917       Leggett & Platt, Inc.      113,288   
  2,121       Tupperware Brands Corp.      118,712   
     

 

 

 
        472,916   
     

 

 

 
   Household Products — 0.7%   
  3,646       Clorox Co. (The)      242,678   
  3,957       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      291,077   
     

 

 

 
        533,755   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%   
  3,626       General Electric Co.      64,942   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 0.8%   
  3,115       Allstate Corp. (The)      85,382   
  4,029       Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      134,730   
  5,442       Cincinnati Financial Corp.      165,763   
  5,366       Mercury General Corp.      244,797   
     

 

 

 
        630,672   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%   
  3,202       Mattel, Inc.    $ 88,888   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 0.2%   
  2,816       Briggs & Stratton Corp.      43,620   
  3,050       Eaton Corp.      132,766   
     

 

 

 
        176,386   
     

 

 

 
   Media — 0.2%   
  4,189       Cinemark Holdings, Inc.      77,455   
  2,351       McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)      105,724   
     

 

 

 
        183,179   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 0.1%   
  3,356       Commercial Metals Co.      46,414   
     

 

 

 
   Multi Utilities — 3.3%   
  4,029       Alliant Energy Corp.      177,719   
  4,438       Avista Corp.      114,279   
  4,486       Black Hills Corp.      150,640   
  4,007       CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      80,501   
  4,030       CMS Energy Corp.      88,982   
  3,901       Dominion Resources, Inc.      207,065   
  4,505       DTE Energy Co.      245,297   
  5,328       Integrys Energy Group, Inc.      288,671   
  4,148       NiSource, Inc.      98,764   
  2,878       OGE Energy Corp.      163,211   
  4,693       PG&E Corp.      193,446   
  4,302       Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      142,009   
  4,506       SCANA Corp.      203,040   
  3,642       Sempra Energy      200,310   
  4,729       TECO Energy, Inc.      90,513   
     

 

 

 
        2,444,447   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4%   
  3,126       Chevron Corp.      332,606   
     

 

 

 
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%   
  3,460       MeadWestvaco Corp.      103,627   
     

 

 

 
   Personal Products — 0.1%   
  5,480       Avon Products, Inc.      95,736   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%   
  3,873       Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      136,485   
  5,004       Eli Lilly & Co.      207,966   
  4,669       Merck & Co., Inc.      176,021   
  3,905       Pfizer, Inc.      84,504   
     

 

 

 
        604,976   
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%   
  10,300       Brookfield Office Properties, Inc.      161,092   
  10,800       Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A(d)      127,656   
     

 

 

 
        288,748   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   REITs — Apartments — 4.0%   
  5,300       American Campus Communities, Inc.    $ 222,388   
  6,900       AvalonBay Communities, Inc.      901,140   
  6,200       Camden Property Trust      385,888   
  5,500       Campus Crest Communities, Inc.      55,330   
  22,400       Equity Residential      1,277,472   
  1,000       Essex Property Trust, Inc.      140,510   
     

 

 

 
        2,982,728   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Diversified — 2.7%   
  8,222       American Assets Trust, Inc.      168,633   
  3,800       CoreSite Realty Corp.      67,716   
  15,000       DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.      363,300   
  7,600       Entertainment Properties Trust      332,196   
  10,700       Liberty Property Trust      330,416   
  9,600       Vornado Realty Trust      737,856   
     

 

 

 
        2,000,117   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Healthcare — 2.8%   
  19,700       HCP, Inc.      816,171   
  3,300       Health Care REIT, Inc.      179,949   
  15,500       Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.      299,925   
  14,600       Ventas, Inc.      804,898   
     

 

 

 
        2,100,943   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Hotels — 1.2%   
  38,100       Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.      562,737   
  8,000       Pebblebrook Hotel Trust      153,440   
  8,900       RLJ Lodging Trust      149,787   
     

 

 

 
        865,964   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Manufactured Homes — 0.4%   
  4,500       Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.      300,105   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Office Property — 2.9%   
  5,100       Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.      351,747   
  16,700       BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.      301,936   
  9,200       Boston Properties, Inc.      916,320   
  12,300       Kilroy Realty Corp.      468,261   
  6,900       Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A      117,576   
     

 

 

 
        2,155,840   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Regional Malls — 3.7%   
  14,800       Macerich Co. (The)      748,880   
  16,000       Simon Property Group, Inc.      2,063,040   
     

 

 

 
        2,811,920   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Shopping Centers — 2.2%   
  25,200       DDR Corp.      306,684   
  5,500       Federal Realty Investment Trust      499,125   
  28,497       Kite Realty Group Trust      128,521   
  9,800       Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust      96,334   
  10,900       Regency Centers Corp.      410,058   
  14,700       Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.      174,048   
     

 

 

 
        1,614,770   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   REITs — Single Tenant — 0.2%   
  6,200       National Retail Properties, Inc.    $ 163,556   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Storage — 2.1%   
  7,900       CubeSmart      84,056   
  17,000       Extra Space Storage, Inc.      411,910   
  7,800       Public Storage      1,048,788   
     

 

 

 
        1,544,754   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Warehouse/Industrials — 1.4%   
  10,300       DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.      52,736   
  16,100       First Potomac Realty Trust      210,105   
  26,600       ProLogis, Inc.      760,494   
     

 

 

 
        1,023,335   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail — 0.1%   
  2,507       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      105,394   
     

 

 

 
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.4%   
  6,571       Astoria Financial Corp.      55,788   
  5,495       Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.      34,343   
  8,597       New York Community Bancorp, Inc.      106,345   
  5,094       People’s United Financial, Inc.      65,458   
     

 

 

 
        261,934   
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 1.2%   
  5,721       Altria Group, Inc.      169,628   
  4,704       Lorillard, Inc.      536,256   
  4,527       Universal Corp.      208,061   
     

 

 

 
        913,945   
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%   
  3,477       Watsco, Inc.      228,300   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $32,806,302)
     33,801,743   
     

 

 

 
  Preferred Stocks — 1.2%   
  Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.9%   
   Automotive — 0.6%   
  10,600       General Motors Co., Series B, 4.750%      363,050   
  1,250       Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.875%      60,812   
     

 

 

 
        423,862   
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 0.1%   
  275       Sovereign Capital Trust IV, 4.375%      13,063   
  70       Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, Class A, 7.500%      73,780   
     

 

 

 
        86,843   
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.0%   
  145       United Rentals Trust I, 6.500%      6,815   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.1%   
  725       Newell Financial Trust I, 5.250%      30,631   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   REITs - Healthcare — 0.1%   
  1,600       Health Care REIT, Inc., Series I, 6.500%    $ 81,872   
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $816,646)
     630,023   
     

 

 

 
  Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.3%   
   Banking — 0.1%   
  4,125       Countrywide Capital IV, 6.750%      81,923   
     

 

 

 
   Non-Captive Diversified — 0.2%   
  4,375       Ally Financial, Inc., Series A, (fixed rate to 5/15/2016, variable rate thereafter), 8.500%      80,456   
  129       Ally Financial, Inc., Series G, 7.000%, 144A      92,473   
     

 

 

 
        172,929   
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $215,036)
     254,852   
     

 

 

 
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $1,031,682)
     884,875   
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount (‡)
               
  Short-Term Investments — 1.8%   
$ 1,325,401       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $1,325,401 on 1/03/2012 collateralized by $560,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.500% due 5/27/2016 valued at $595,000; $180,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 0.625% due 7/15/2014 valued at $181,783; $570,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 10/31/2015 valued at $585,246 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $1,325,401)
     1,325,401   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 95.9%
(Identified Cost $70,728,687)(a)
     71,921,447   
   Other assets less liabilities — 4.1%      3,103,740   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 75,025,187   
     

 

 

 
  (‡)       Principal amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.   
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (††)       Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $71,148,525 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    $ 5,920,544   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (5,147,622
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 772,922   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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  (b)       Variable rate security. Rate as of December 31, 2011 is disclosed.
  (c)       Illiquid security. At December 31, 2011, the value of these securities amounted to $415,861 or 0.6% of net assets.
  (d)       Non-income producing security.
  (e)       The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.
  (f)       All or a portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency contracts.
  (g)       Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS).
  (h)       Coupon rate is a fixed rate for an initial period then resets at a specified date and rate.
  
  144A       All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2011, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $4,603,903 or 6.1% of net assets.
  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 may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.
  ABS       Asset-Backed Securities   
  ARMs       Adjustable Rate Mortgages   
  EMTN       Euro Medium Term Note   
  FDIC       Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   
  GMTN       Global Medium Term Note   
  MTN       Medium Term Note   
  REITs       Real Estate Investment Trusts   
  REMIC       Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit   
  STRIPS       Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities   
     
  AUD       Australian Dollar   
  BRL       Brazilian Real   
  CAD       Canadian Dollar   
  COP       Colombian Peso   
  EUR       Euro   
  IDR       Indonesian Rupiah   
  INR       Indian Rupee   
  KRW       South Korean Won   
  MXN       Mexican Peso   
  NZD       New Zealand Dollar   
  PHP       Philippine Peso   
  SGD       Singapore Dollar   

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract

     to

Buy/Sell1

   Delivery
Date
     Currency    Units      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Sell      01/31/2012       Euro      410,000       $ 530,730       $ 38,350   
              

 

 

 

1 Counterparty is Barclays.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis Diversified Income Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Treasuries

     15.5

REITs — Apartments

     4.0   

REITs — Regional Malls

     3.7   

Multi Utilities

     3.3   

REITs — Healthcare

     2.9   

REITs — Office Property

     2.9   

Electric Utilities

     2.8   

REITs — Diversified

     2.7   

Banking

     2.5   

Retailers

     2.5   

Wirelines

     2.4   

Local Authorities

     2.3   

Technology

     2.2   

REITs — Shopping Centers

     2.2   

Government Guaranteed

     2.1   

REITs — Storage

     2.1   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     38.0   

Short-Term Investments

     1.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     95.9   

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

     4.1   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
  Common Stocks — 97.3% of Net Assets   
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%   
  49,700       Boeing Co. (The)    $ 3,645,495   
  41,004       GeoEye, Inc.(b)      911,109   
  14,076       TransDigm Group, Inc.(b)      1,346,792   
     

 

 

 
        5,903,396   
     

 

 

 
   Air Freight & Logistics — 2.3%   
  38,017       Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      1,557,176   
  43,600       FedEx Corp.      3,641,036   
  30,309       United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      2,218,316   
     

 

 

 
        7,416,528   
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components — 0.8%   
  38,448       Lear Corp.      1,530,230   
  35,900       TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(b)      1,170,340   
     

 

 

 
        2,700,570   
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles — 0.8%   
  37,900       Toyota Motor Corp., Sponsored ADR      2,506,327   
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 1.5%   
  19,800       Beam, Inc.      1,014,354   
  21,011       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      1,470,140   
  65,966       Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.      1,700,603   
  10,318       Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR      902,000   
     

 

 

 
        5,087,097   
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology — 1.9%   
  27,662       Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,977,833   
  38,893       Amgen, Inc.      2,497,320   
  35,054       ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      429,412   
  11,567       BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      397,673   
  33,478       Inhibitex, Inc.(b)      366,249   
  8,001       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      443,495   
     

 

 

 
        6,111,982   
     

 

 

 
   Building Products — 0.5%   
  36,826       Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(b)      1,615,557   
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 3.5%   
  17,309       Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(b)      1,660,799   
  34,421       Franklin Resources, Inc.      3,306,481   
  25,462       Greenhill & Co., Inc.      926,053   
  36,852       Legg Mason, Inc.      886,291   
  47,039       Raymond James Financial, Inc.      1,456,327   
  127,065       SEI Investments Co.      2,204,578   
  14,050       Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.(b)      1,067,940   
     

 

 

 
        11,508,469   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.5%   
  32,322       Cytec Industries, Inc.      1,443,177   
  8,131       Quaker Chemical Corp.      316,215   
     

 

 

 
        1,759,392   
     

 

 

 

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Commercial Banks — 2.2%   
  172,680       KeyCorp    $ 1,327,909   
  29,257       Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      1,180,520   
  171,700       Wells Fargo & Co.      4,732,052   
     

 

 

 
        7,240,481   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%   
  90,000       Republic Services, Inc.      2,479,500   
  23,803       Rollins, Inc.      528,903   
  16,411       Stericycle, Inc.(b)      1,278,745   
     

 

 

 
        4,287,148   
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 3.1%   
  182,112       Cisco Systems, Inc.      3,292,585   
  117,126       Comverse Technology, Inc.(b)      803,484   
  17,302       F5 Networks, Inc.(b)      1,836,088   
  44,554       NETGEAR, Inc.(b)      1,495,678   
  49,520       QUALCOMM, Inc.      2,708,744   
     

 

 

 
        10,136,579   
     

 

 

 
   Computers & Peripherals — 0.2%   
  55,587       QLogic Corp.(b)      833,805   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance — 1.7%   
  42,018       American Express Co.      1,981,989   
  20,907       Cash America International, Inc.      974,893   
  109,305       Discover Financial Services      2,623,320   
     

 

 

 
        5,580,202   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%   
  8,210       Ascent Media Corp., Class A(b)      416,411   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Financial Services — 2.8%   
  13,200       CME Group, Inc., Class A      3,216,444   
  111,300       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      3,700,725   
  89,971       NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)(b)      2,205,189   
  23,466       PHH Corp.(b)      251,086   
     

 

 

 
        9,373,444   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment — 1.7%   
  54,349       Babcock & Wilcox Co.(b)      1,311,985   
  48,355       Rockwell Automation, Inc.      3,547,806   
  15,489       Thomas & Betts Corp.(b)      845,700   
     

 

 

 
        5,705,491   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%   
  32,885       Amphenol Corp., Class A      1,492,650   
  45,461       Avnet, Inc.(b)      1,413,383   
     

 

 

 
        2,906,033   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.0%   
  11,637       Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)      765,947   
  37,710       Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)      595,818   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Energy Equipment & Services — continued   
  33,500       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.    $ 2,277,665   
  34,237       Noble Corp.(b)      1,034,642   
  71,246       Oceaneering International, Inc.      3,286,578   
  26,911       Schlumberger Ltd.      1,838,291   
     

 

 

 
        9,798,941   
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing — 0.5%   
  22,151       Whole Foods Market, Inc.      1,541,267   
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 2.3%   
  24,960       Corn Products International, Inc.      1,312,646   
  191,637       Danone S.A., Sponsored ADR      2,422,292   
  38,829       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      3,035,263   
  11,678       TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(b)      763,508   
     

 

 

 
        7,533,709   
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities — 0.7%   
  58,620       Questar Corp.      1,164,193   
  44,542       UGI Corp.      1,309,535   
     

 

 

 
        2,473,728   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.6%   
  52,100       Baxter International, Inc.      2,577,908   
  33,916       CareFusion Corp.(b)      861,806   
  30,176       DENTSPLY International, Inc.      1,055,858   
  3,866       Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(b)      1,789,997   
  91,798       Medtronic, Inc.      3,511,273   
  39,168       Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,092,355   
     

 

 

 
        11,889,197   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%   
  20,951       Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,089,452   
  24,565       HealthSouth Corp.(b)      434,064   
  17,662       Humana, Inc.      1,547,368   
  17,792       MEDNAX, Inc.(b)      1,281,202   
  31,916       Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      1,240,256   
  36,165       WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(b)      1,898,662   
     

 

 

 
        7,491,004   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.8%   
  114,300       Carnival Corp.      3,730,752   
  3,806       Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(b)      1,285,438   
  37,033       Interval Leisure Group, Inc.(b)      504,019   
  93,800       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      2,736,146   
  7,820       Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.(b)      134,191   
  21,700       McDonald’s Corp.      2,177,161   
  8,411       Panera Bread Co., Class A(b)      1,189,736   
  24,574       Six Flags Entertainment Corp.      1,013,432   
  49,929       Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      2,395,094   
  71,897       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      2,719,864   
  9,685       Wynn Resorts Ltd.      1,070,096   
     

 

 

 
        18,955,929   
     

 

 

 

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Household Products — 0.7%   
  12,255       Clorox Co. (The)    $ 815,693   
  23,445       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      1,564,016   
     

 

 

 
        2,379,709   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.2%   
  49,500       Calpine Corp.(b)      808,335   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 0.3%   
  25,700       Aflac, Inc.      1,111,782   
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Catalog Retail — 2.0%   
  16,673       Amazon.com, Inc.(b)      2,886,096   
  19,019       Blue Nile, Inc.(b)      777,497   
  24,932       Expedia, Inc.      723,526   
  102,158       Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A(b)      1,656,492   
  16,785       TripAdvisor, Inc.(b)      423,150   
     

 

 

 
        6,466,761   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services — 2.4%   
  6,275       Google, Inc., Class A(b)      4,053,022   
  31,880       IAC/InterActiveCorp      1,358,088   
  8,744       MercadoLibre, Inc.      695,498   
  45,622       Rackspace Hosting, Inc.(b)      1,962,202   
     

 

 

 
        8,068,810   
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 5.3%   
  14,868       Alliance Data Systems Corp.(b)      1,543,893   
  16,679       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      900,833   
  40,154       Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      1,067,695   
  10,300       MasterCard, Inc., Class A      3,840,046   
  27,475       Teradata Corp.(b)      1,332,812   
  67,715       Visa, Inc., Class A      6,875,104   
  33,860       Wright Express Corp.(b)      1,837,921   
     

 

 

 
        17,398,304   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.9%   
  19,801       Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      2,924,806   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 5.5%   
  37,323       Actuant Corp., Class A      846,859   
  18,600       Caterpillar, Inc.      1,685,160   
  11,247       CLARCOR, Inc.      562,237   
  23,815       Cummins, Inc.      2,096,196   
  70,800       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      3,307,068   
  50,946       ITT Corp.      984,786   
  41,120       John Bean Technologies Corp.      632,014   
  19,587       Joy Global, Inc.      1,468,437   
  26,883       Kadant, Inc.(b)      607,825   
  9,294       Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      874,008   
  9,500       Parker Hannifin Corp.      724,375   
  29,667       Timken Co. (The)      1,148,410   
  62,046       TriMas Corp.(b)      1,113,726   
  22,082       WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      958,359   
  43,215       Xylem, Inc.      1,110,193   
     

 

 

 
        18,119,653   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Marine — 0.5%   
  24,677       Kirby Corp.(b)    $ 1,624,734   
     

 

 

 
   Media — 3.2%   
  149,400       Comcast Corp., Special Class A      3,519,864   
  19,890       Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Capital, Class A(b)      1,552,414   
  71,784       Omnicom Group, Inc.      3,200,131   
  31,900       Time Warner, Inc.      1,152,866   
  31,100       Walt Disney Co. (The)      1,166,250   
     

 

 

 
        10,591,525   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 1.4%   
  17,374       Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.      1,083,269   
  40,372       Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.      1,965,713   
  107,541       Steel Dynamics, Inc.      1,414,164   
     

 

 

 
        4,463,146   
     

 

 

 
   Multi Utilities — 0.5%   
  50,765       CMS Energy Corp.      1,120,891   
  24,558       MDU Resources Group, Inc.      527,015   
     

 

 

 
        1,647,906   
     

 

 

 
   Multiline Retail — 1.1%   
  29,296       Dollar General Corp.(b)      1,205,237   
  27,604       Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      2,294,169   
  3,146       Target Corp.      161,138   
     

 

 

 
        3,660,544   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.4%   
  27,400       Apache Corp.      2,481,892   
  14,837       Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      1,126,128   
  12,411       Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.(b)      941,747   
  70,900       Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.(b)      1,369,788   
  19,826       Concho Resources, Inc.(b)      1,858,687   
  44,393       QEP Resources, Inc.      1,300,715   
  20,600       Range Resources Corp.      1,275,964   
  26,357       Rosetta Resources, Inc.(b)      1,146,530   
  15,954       SM Energy Co.      1,166,237   
  64,800       Ultra Petroleum Corp.(b)      1,920,024   
     

 

 

 
        14,587,712   
     

 

 

 
   Personal Products — 0.3%   
  85,609       Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      964,813   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%   
  32,076       Merck & Co., Inc.      1,209,265   
  27,695       Mylan, Inc.(b)      594,335   
  34,370       Novartis AG, ADR      1,964,933   
  17,221       Perrigo Co.      1,675,603   
     

 

 

 
        5,444,136   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Professional Services — 1.1%   
  29,731       Robert Half International, Inc.    $ 846,144   
  69,274       Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A(b)      2,779,966   
     

 

 

 
        3,626,110   
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%   
  99,477       CBRE Group, Inc.(b)      1,514,040   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Apartments — 0.4%   
  9,492       AvalonBay Communities, Inc.      1,239,655   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Diversified — 0.8%   
  22,836       Digital Realty Trust, Inc.      1,522,476   
  35,715       Potlatch Corp.      1,111,094   
     

 

 

 
        2,633,570   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Healthcare — 0.4%   
  100,681       Sabra Healthcare REIT, Inc.      1,217,233   
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail — 1.5%   
  97,492       Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b)      1,045,114   
  47,193       Celadon Group, Inc.      557,350   
  19,431       J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      875,755   
  33,883       Kansas City Southern(b)      2,304,383   
     

 

 

 
        4,782,602   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.5%   
  6,674       Altera Corp.      247,605   
  7,998       Analog Devices, Inc.      286,168   
  305,100       Applied Materials, Inc.      3,267,621   
  58,576       ARM Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR      1,620,798   
  31,287       Ceva, Inc.(b)      946,745   
  92,614       Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      505,672   
  272,000       Intel Corp.      6,596,000   
  90,390       Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.(b)      836,108   
  24,800       Lam Research Corp.(b)      918,096   
  45,864       Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      1,194,299   
  47,786       Microchip Technology, Inc.      1,750,401   
  105,300       Texas Instruments, Inc.      3,065,283   
     

 

 

 
        21,234,796   
     

 

 

 
   Software — 4.3%   
  19,828       FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      1,730,588   
  34,928       Fortinet, Inc.(b)      761,780   
  29,009       MICROS Systems, Inc.(b)      1,351,239   
  53,629       Microsoft Corp.      1,392,209   
  47,615       Nuance Communications, Inc.(b)      1,197,993   
  191,733       Oracle Corp.      4,917,952   
  21,897       QLIK Technologies, Inc.(b)      529,907   
  24,444       Sourcefire, Inc.(b)      791,497   
  58,555       Synopsys, Inc.(b)      1,592,696   
     

 

 

 
        14,265,861   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Specialty Retail — 3.7%   
  43,600       CarMax, Inc.(b)    $ 1,328,928   
  22,124       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      930,093   
  33,930       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      861,143   
  19,002       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      1,519,210   
  33,054       PetSmart, Inc.      1,695,340   
  24,128       Ross Stores, Inc.      1,146,804   
  114,657       Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,422,702   
  17,973       Tiffany & Co.      1,190,891   
  17,697       Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.(b)      1,148,889   
     

 

 

 
        12,244,000   
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%   
  10,914       Fossil, Inc.(b)      866,135   
  10,400       NIKE, Inc., Class B      1,002,248   
  14,670       Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)      1,053,159   
     

 

 

 
        2,921,542   
     

 

 

 
   Water Utilities — 0.8%   
  86,719       American Water Works Co., Inc.      2,762,867   
     

 

 

 
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%   
  29,917       NTELOS Holdings Corp.      609,708   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $287,138,288)
     320,087,347   
     

 

 

 
  Closed End Investment Companies — 0.5%   
  108,420       Ares Capital Corp.
(Identified Cost $1,462,191)
     1,675,089   
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
               
  Short-Term Investments — 2.3%   
$ 7,466,333       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $7,466,333 on 1/03/2011 collateralized by $3,700,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 0.625% due 7/15/2014 valued at $3,736,649; $390,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 10/31/2015 valued at $400,432; $3,480,000 Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.070% due 9/21/2015 valued at $3,488,700 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $7,466,333)
     7,466,333   
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 100.1%
(Identified Cost $296,066,812)(a)
     329,228,769   
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.1)%      (433,130
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 328,795,639   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund – (continued)

 

  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $297,720,663 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    $ 44,703,153   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (13,195,047
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 31,508,106   
     

 

 

 
  (b)       Non-income producing security.   
     
  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 may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.     
  REITs       Real Estate Investment Trusts   

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     6.5

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     5.8   

Machinery

     5.5   

IT Services

     5.3   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.4   

Software

     4.3   

Specialty Retail

     3.7   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.6   

Capital Markets

     3.5   

Media

     3.2   

Communications Equipment

     3.1   

Energy Equipment & Services

     3.0   

Diversified Financial Services

     2.8   

Internet Software & Services

     2.4   

Food Products

     2.3   

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.3   

Air Freight & Logistics

     2.3   

Commercial Banks

     2.2   

Internet & Catalog Retail

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     29.6   

Short-Term Investments

     2.3   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.1   

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.1
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
  Common Stocks — 89.2% of Net Assets   
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%   
  39,675       Alliant Techsystems, Inc.    $ 2,267,823   
     

 

 

 
   Building Products — 2.3%   
  146,612       A.O. Smith Corp.      5,882,073   
  91,400       Lennox International, Inc.      3,084,750   
     

 

 

 
        8,966,823   
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 1.6%   
  202,800       LPL Investment Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,193,512   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 4.7%   
  88,750       Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc.(b)      1,801,625   
  83,100       Olin Corp.      1,632,915   
  174,675       Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The), Class A      8,155,575   
  157,600       Sensient Technologies Corp.      5,973,040   
  37,375       TPC Group, Inc.(b)      871,959   
     

 

 

 
        18,435,114   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Banks — 5.5%   
  430,525       Associated Banc-Corp      4,808,964   
  100,925       Bank of Hawaii Corp.      4,490,153   
  436,155       FirstMerit Corp.      6,599,025   
  143,125       Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      5,775,094   
     

 

 

 
        21,673,236   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 5.4%   
  81,700       Consolidated Graphics, Inc.(b)      3,944,476   
  344,650       Corrections Corp. of America(b)      7,020,520   
  367,150       KAR Auction Services, Inc.(b)      4,956,525   
  147,400       McGrath Rentcorp      4,273,126   
  35,978       Waste Connections, Inc.      1,192,311   
     

 

 

 
        21,386,958   
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 1.3%   
  121,625       ADTRAN, Inc.      3,668,210   
  218,250       Calix, Inc.(b)      1,412,078   
     

 

 

 
        5,080,288   
     

 

 

 
   Computers & Peripherals — 2.0%   
  338,025       QLogic Corp.(b)      5,070,375   
  181,425       Super Micro Computer, Inc.(b)      2,844,744   
     

 

 

 
        7,915,119   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering — 1.7%   
  249,850       MasTec, Inc.(b)      4,339,895   
  117,800       MYR Group, Inc.(b)      2,254,692   
     

 

 

 
        6,594,587   
     

 

 

 
   Construction Materials — 0.8%   
  115,675       Eagle Materials, Inc.      2,968,221   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Consumer Finance — 0.8%   
  89,450       First Cash Financial Services, Inc.(b)    $ 3,138,801   
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging — 3.6%   
  140,075       Packaging Corp. of America      3,535,493   
  280,075       Silgan Holdings, Inc.      10,822,098   
     

 

 

 
        14,357,591   
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities — 3.7%   
  128,600       Cleco Corp.      4,899,660   
  135,075       El Paso Electric Co.      4,678,998   
  233,225       Great Plains Energy, Inc.      5,079,640   
     

 

 

 
        14,658,298   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment — 1.7%   
  124,675       Thomas & Betts Corp.(b)      6,807,255   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%   
  83,625       ScanSource, Inc.(b)      3,010,500   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.4%   
  106,905       Oil States International, Inc.(b)      8,164,335   
  109,400       Unit Corp.(b)      5,076,160   
     

 

 

 
        13,240,495   
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities — 2.4%   
  177,675       Atmos Energy Corp.      5,925,461   
  59,100       South Jersey Industries, Inc.      3,357,471   
     

 

 

 
        9,282,932   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.3%   
  137,825       Teleflex, Inc.      8,447,294   
  119,375       West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      4,530,281   
     

 

 

 
        12,977,575   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services — 1.1%   
  76,125       LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.(b)      2,828,044   
  52,300       Owens & Minor, Inc.      1,453,417   
     

 

 

 
        4,281,461   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.5%   
  156,625       Choice Hotels International, Inc.      5,959,581   
     

 

 

 
   Household Products — 0.7%   
  71,450       WD-40 Co.      2,887,295   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 4.9%   
  841,725       CNO Financial Group, Inc.(b)      5,311,285   
  311,162       HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.      8,556,955   
  278,300       Tower Group, Inc.      5,613,311   
     

 

 

 
        19,481,551   
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 2.6%   
  264,150       Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      5,956,583   
  74,800       CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)      4,182,816   
     

 

 

 
        10,139,399   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Machinery — 3.5%   
  297,425       Actuant Corp., Class A    $ 6,748,573   
  78,075       Valmont Industries, Inc.      7,088,429   
     

 

 

 
        13,837,002   
     

 

 

 
   Media — 1.6%   
  140,075       John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      6,219,330   
     

 

 

 
   Multi Utilities — 1.3%   
  140,750       NorthWestern Corp.      5,037,443   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%   
  179,164       Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(b)      5,211,881   
     

 

 

 
   Professional Services — 2.1%   
  136,850       Towers Watson & Co., Class A      8,201,421   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Healthcare — 1.4%   
  565,350       Medical Properties Trust, Inc.      5,580,005   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Hotels — 0.6%   
  98,425       LaSalle Hotel Properties      2,382,869   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Office Property — 2.6%   
  193,800       Government Properties Income Trust      4,370,190   
  199,450       Highwoods Properties, Inc.      5,917,681   
     

 

 

 
        10,287,871   
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail — 1.0%   
  166,600       Werner Enterprises, Inc.      4,015,060   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.4%   
  49,200       Cymer, Inc.(b)      2,448,192   
  259,825       Microsemi Corp.(b)      4,352,069   
  745,250       RF Micro Devices, Inc.(b)      4,024,350   
  115,100       Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      4,997,642   
  75,825       Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      1,577,160   
     

 

 

 
        17,399,413   
     

 

 

 
   Software — 1.2%   
  168,900       Verint Systems, Inc.(b)      4,651,506   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail — 4.0%   
  241,322       Aaron’s, Inc.      6,438,471   
  80,375       DSW, Inc., Class A      3,553,379   
  21,050       Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      1,090,390   
  246,050       Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      4,736,462   
     

 

 

 
        15,818,702   
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.2%   
  57,425       PVH Corp.      4,047,888   
  128,525       Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      4,580,631   
     

 

 

 
        8,628,519   
     

 

 

 
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.9%   
  526,650       Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.      6,077,541   
  374,475       Washington Federal, Inc.      5,238,905   
     

 

 

 
        11,316,446   
     

 

 

 

 

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Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.7%   
  93,600       United Rentals, Inc.(b)    $ 2,765,880   
  151,825       WESCO International, Inc.(b)      8,048,243   
     

 

 

 
        10,814,123   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $337,551,930)
     351,106,006   
     

 

 

 
  Exchange Traded Funds — 4.5%   
  271,025       iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund
(Identified Cost $17,551,478)
     17,790,081   
     

 

 

 
  Closed End Investment Companies — 2.6%   
  643,550       Ares Capital Corp.
(Identified Cost $9,991,374)
     9,942,847   
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 96.3%
(Identified Cost $365,094,782)(a)
     378,838,934   
   Other assets less liabilities — 3.7%      14,662,836   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 393,501,770   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $369,036,461 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    $ 25,865,668   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (16,063,195
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 9,802,473   
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)       Non-income producing security.   
     
  REITs       Real Estate Investment Trusts   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Commercial Banks

     5.5

Commercial Services & Supplies

     5.4   

Insurance

     4.9   

Chemicals

     4.7   

Exchange Traded Funds

     4.5   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     4.4   

Specialty Retail

     4.0   

Electric Utilities

     3.7   

Containers & Packaging

     3.6   

Machinery

     3.5   

Energy Equipment & Services

     3.4   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.3   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     2.9   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     2.7   

REITs - Office Property

     2.6   

IT Services

     2.6   

Closed End Investment Companies

     2.6   

Gas Utilities

     2.4   

Building Products

     2.3   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     2.2   

Professional Services

     2.1   

Computers & Peripherals

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     21.0   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     96.3   

Other assets less liabilities

     3.7   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
  Common Stocks — 96.6% of Net Assets   
   Auto Components — 1.5%   
  25,100       Autoliv, Inc.    $ 1,342,599   
  22,325       Tenneco, Inc.(b)      664,839   
     

 

 

 
        2,007,438   
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 2.9%   
  216,175       Apollo Investment Corp.      1,392,167   
  142,250       SEI Investments Co.      2,468,038   
     

 

 

 
        3,860,205   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 5.1%   
  27,050       Airgas, Inc.      2,112,064   
  27,900       Celanese Corp., Series A      1,235,133   
  21,750       FMC Corp.      1,871,370   
  28,450       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      1,491,349   
     

 

 

 
        6,709,916   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Banks — 4.3%   
  49,925       Comerica, Inc.      1,288,065   
  234,575       First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.      2,024,382   
  423,975       Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      2,327,623   
     

 

 

 
        5,640,070   
     

 

 

 
   Computers & Peripherals — 1.9%   
  153,700       NCR Corp.(b)      2,529,902   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance — 1.8%   
  90,100       Ezcorp, Inc., Class A(b)      2,375,937   
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging — 4.3%   
  95,400       Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)      3,203,532   
  99,575       Packaging Corp. of America      2,513,273   
     

 

 

 
        5,716,805   
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities — 6.4%   
  52,150       Edison International      2,159,010   
  114,375       Great Plains Energy, Inc.      2,491,087   
  98,175       N.V. Energy, Inc.      1,605,161   
  77,275       PPL Corp.      2,273,431   
     

 

 

 
        8,528,689   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment — 0.5%   
  12,275       Cooper Industries PLC      664,691   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.1%   
  51,325       Superior Energy Services, Inc.(b)      1,459,683   
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 4.0%   
  24,275       Corn Products International, Inc.      1,276,622   
  28,450       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      2,223,937   
  21,750       Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,859,625   
     

 

 

 
        5,360,184   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%   
  16,175       Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 712,347   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services — 3.8%   
  90,650       HCA Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,997,020   
  12,275       Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(b)      1,055,282   
  82,575       PSS World Medical, Inc.(b)      1,997,489   
     

 

 

 
        5,049,791   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology — 1.1%   
  80,600       Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,526,564   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.7%   
  21,750       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      991,365   
     

 

 

 
   Household Durables — 1.5%   
  65,000       Jarden Corp.      1,942,200   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 6.0%   
  58,300       Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A      3,046,175   
  66,950       Willis Group Holdings PLC      2,597,660   
  116,600       XL Group PLC      2,305,182   
     

 

 

 
        7,949,017   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services — 1.0%   
  88,700       Digital River, Inc.(b)      1,332,274   
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 2.9%   
  81,175       Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      1,830,496   
  33,750       Fiserv, Inc.(b)      1,982,475   
     

 

 

 
        3,812,971   
     

 

 

 
   Leisure Equipment & Products — 1.4%   
  56,350       Hasbro, Inc.      1,797,002   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.8%   
  35,975       Agilent Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,256,607   
  63,050       Life Technologies Corp.(b)      2,453,275   
     

 

 

 
        3,709,882   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 5.4%   
  26,500       AGCO Corp.(b)      1,138,705   
  14,225       Flowserve Corp.      1,412,827   
  46,850       Navistar International Corp.(b)      1,774,678   
  25,650       Snap-on, Inc.      1,298,403   
  34,600       WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,501,640   
     

 

 

 
        7,126,253   
     

 

 

 
   Media — 3.3%   
  86,200       CBS Corp., Class B      2,339,468   
  48,525       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      1,988,069   
     

 

 

 
        4,327,537   
     

 

 

 
   Multi Utilities — 1.4%   
  83,950       CMS Energy Corp.      1,853,616   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Multiline Retail — 1.6%   
  56,350       Big Lots, Inc.(b)    $ 2,127,776   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.8%   
  61,650       El Paso Corp.      1,638,040   
  12,825       Noble Energy, Inc.      1,210,552   
  9,475       Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      847,823   
     

 

 

 
        3,696,415   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.6%   
  32,661       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.(b)      1,524,942   
  130,825       Warner Chilcott PLC, Class A(b)      1,979,382   
     

 

 

 
        3,504,324   
     

 

 

 
   Professional Services — 3.4%   
  52,450       Towers Watson & Co., Class A      3,143,328   
  33,750       Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A(b)      1,354,388   
     

 

 

 
        4,497,716   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Apartments — 1.7%   
  96,225       Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A      2,204,515   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Hotels — 1.8%   
  161,198       Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.      2,380,894   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Office Property — 1.4%   
  27,050       SL Green Realty Corp.      1,802,612   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Shopping Centers — 1.2%   
  99,300       Kimco Realty Corp.      1,612,632   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.3%   
  44,625       Altera Corp.      1,655,587   
  47,975       Avago Technologies Ltd.      1,384,559   
     

 

 

 
        3,040,146   
     

 

 

 
   Software — 7.1%   
  47,975       BMC Software, Inc.(b)      1,572,620   
  29,850       Intuit, Inc.      1,569,812   
  52,150       Nuance Communications, Inc.(b)      1,312,094   
  105,725       Parametric Technology Corp.(b)      1,930,538   
  69,175       Rovi Corp.(b)      1,700,321   
  28,725       Solera Holdings, Inc.      1,279,412   
     

 

 

 
        9,364,797   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail — 1.1%   
  33,475       Signet Jewelers Ltd.      1,471,561   
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.1%   
  20,350       PVH Corp.      1,434,472   
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 1.7%   
  19,525       Lorillard, Inc.      2,225,850   
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.2%   
  31,250       WESCO International, Inc.(b)      1,656,563   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $128,977,518)
     128,004,612   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
  Closed End Investment Companies — 1.6%   
  136,125       Ares Capital Corp.
(Identified Cost $2,003,271)
   $ 2,103,131   
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 98.2%
(Identified Cost $130,980,789)(a)
     130,107,743   
   Other assets less liabilities — 1.8%      2,441,396   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 132,549,139   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $131,527,848 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    $ 6,754,636   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (8,174,741
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized depreciation    $ (1,420,105
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)       Non-income producing security.   
     
  REITs       Real Estate Investment Trusts   

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Software

     7.1

Electric Utilities

     6.4   

Insurance

     6.0   

Machinery

     5.4   

Chemicals

     5.1   

Containers & Packaging

     4.3   

Commercial Banks

     4.3   

Food Products

     4.0   

Health Care Providers & Services

     3.8   

Professional Services

     3.4   

Media

     3.3   

Capital Markets

     2.9   

IT Services

     2.9   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     2.8   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.8   

Pharmaceuticals

     2.6   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.3   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     28.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     98.2   

Other assets less liabilities

     1.8   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
  Common Stocks — 100.4% of Net Assets   
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.5%   
  79       Boeing Co. (The)    $ 5,795   
  317       General Dynamics Corp.      21,052   
  157       Honeywell International, Inc.      8,533   
  306       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      20,404   
  75       Lockheed Martin Corp.      6,067   
  333       Northrop Grumman Corp.      19,474   
  74       Precision Castparts Corp.      12,194   
  128       Raytheon Co.      6,193   
  1,051       Textron, Inc.      19,433   
  254       United Technologies Corp.      18,565   
     

 

 

 
        137,710   
     

 

 

 
   Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%   
  98       United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      7,173   
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 0.3%   
  2,054       Southwest Airlines Co.      17,582   
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components — 0.2%   
  721       Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(b)      10,217   
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles — 0.6%   
  2,041       Ford Motor Co.(b)      21,961   
  247       Harley-Davidson, Inc.      9,601   
     

 

 

 
        31,562   
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 2.0%   
  90       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      7,246   
  720       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      50,378   
  466       Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.      12,013   
  831       Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(b)      17,177   
  247       Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      9,752   
  259       PepsiCo, Inc.      17,185   
     

 

 

 
        113,751   
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology — 0.8%   
  198       Amgen, Inc.      12,714   
  289       Biogen Idec, Inc.(b)      31,804   
     

 

 

 
        44,518   
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 1.0%   
  466       Bank of New York Mellon Corp.      9,278   
  219       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      19,804   
  1,590       Morgan Stanley      24,057   
     

 

 

 
        53,139   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 1.1%   
  73       Airgas, Inc.      5,700   
  139       CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      20,152   
  288       Dow Chemical Co. (The)      8,283   
  102       Ecolab, Inc.      5,897   
  335       Monsanto Co.      23,473   
     

 

 

 
        63,505   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Commercial Banks — 1.9%   
  1,056       Huntington Bancshares, Inc.    $ 5,797   
  2,901       KeyCorp      22,309   
  164       PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.      9,458   
  3,060       Regions Financial Corp.      13,158   
  407       SunTrust Banks, Inc.      7,204   
  1,734       Wells Fargo & Co.      47,789   
     

 

 

 
        105,715   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%   
  485       Iron Mountain, Inc.      14,938   
  515       Pitney Bowes, Inc.      9,548   
  302       Republic Services, Inc.      8,320   
  1,255       RR Donnelley & Sons Co.      18,110   
     

 

 

 
        50,916   
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 1.3%   
  1,393       Cisco Systems, Inc.      25,185   
  409       Motorola Solutions, Inc.      18,933   
  487       QUALCOMM, Inc.      26,639   
     

 

 

 
        70,757   
     

 

 

 
   Computers & Peripherals — 4.9%   
  429       Apple, Inc.(b)      173,745   
  1,160       Dell, Inc.(b)      16,971   
  581       EMC Corp.(b)      12,515   
  1,335       Hewlett-Packard Co.      34,389   
  378       Lexmark International, Inc., Class A      12,500   
  171       SanDisk Corp.(b)      8,415   
  528       Western Digital Corp.(b)      16,342   
     

 

 

 
        274,877   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering — 0.2%   
  267       Fluor Corp.      13,417   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance — 1.1%   
  218       American Express Co.      10,283   
  609       Capital One Financial Corp.      25,755   
  1,079       Discover Financial Services      25,896   
     

 

 

 
        61,934   
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging — 0.4%   
  284       Bemis Co., Inc.      8,543   
  889       Sealed Air Corp.      15,299   
     

 

 

 
        23,842   
     

 

 

 
   Distributors — 0.1%   
  108       Genuine Parts Co.      6,610   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%   
  294       Apollo Group, Inc., Class A(b)      15,838   
  318       DeVry, Inc.      12,230   
  656       H&R Block, Inc.      10,712   
     

 

 

 
        38,780   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%   
  2,179       Bank of America Corp.    $ 12,115   
  1,194       Citigroup, Inc.      31,414   
  1,652       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      54,929   
  336       Leucadia National Corp.      7,641   
  506       Moody’s Corp.      17,042   
  405       NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)(b)      9,927   
     

 

 

 
        133,068   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4%   
  2,442       AT&T, Inc.      73,846   
  1,476       Verizon Communications, Inc.      59,217   
     

 

 

 
        133,063   
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities — 1.2%   
  226       American Electric Power Co., Inc.      9,336   
  395       Duke Energy Corp.      8,690   
  129       Exelon Corp.      5,595   
  371       FirstEnergy Corp.      16,435   
  99       NextEra Energy, Inc.      6,027   
  121       Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      5,830   
  208       PPL Corp.      6,120   
  218       Southern Co. (The)      10,091   
     

 

 

 
        68,124   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2%   
  614       Jabil Circuit, Inc.      12,071   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.4%   
  244       FMC Technologies, Inc.(b)      12,744   
  166       Halliburton Co.      5,728   
  114       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      6,653   
  425       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      28,896   
  383       Schlumberger Ltd.      26,163   
     

 

 

 
        80,184   
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing — 2.7%   
  205       Costco Wholesale Corp.      17,081   
  847       CVS Caremark Corp.      34,541   
  243       Kroger Co. (The)      5,885   
  682       Safeway, Inc.      14,349   
  2,092       SUPERVALU, Inc.      16,987   
  533       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      31,852   
  371       Walgreen Co.      12,265   
  288       Whole Foods Market, Inc.      20,039   
     

 

 

 
        152,999   
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 3.0%   
  978       ConAgra Foods, Inc.      25,819   
  2,429       Dean Foods Co.(b)      27,205   
  140       General Mills, Inc.      5,657   
  171       Hershey Co. (The)      10,564   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Food Products — continued   
  498       Hormel Foods Corp.    $ 14,587   
  76       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      5,941   
  780       Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A      29,141   
  180       Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      12,371   
  345       Sara Lee Corp.      6,527   
  1,332       Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      27,493   
     

 

 

 
        165,305   
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities — 0.4%   
  84       AGL Resources, Inc.      3,550   
  245       Oneok, Inc.      21,239   
     

 

 

 
        24,789   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%   
  122       Baxter International, Inc.      6,037   
  1,004       Boston Scientific Corp.(b)      5,361   
  147       Covidien PLC      6,617   
  40       Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(b)      18,520   
     

 

 

 
        36,535   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services — 5.1%   
  733       Aetna, Inc.      30,925   
  428       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      15,917   
  295       Cardinal Health, Inc.      11,980   
  467       CIGNA Corp.      19,614   
  1,070       Coventry Health Care, Inc.(b)      32,496   
  614       Humana, Inc.      53,792   
  301       McKesson Corp.      23,451   
  1,173       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      59,448   
  527       WellPoint, Inc.      34,914   
     

 

 

 
        282,537   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology — 0.3%   
  262       Cerner Corp.(b)      16,047   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%   
  81       Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(b)      27,357   
  312       McDonald’s Corp.      31,303   
  541       Starbucks Corp.      24,891   
  696       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      26,330   
  140       Wynn Resorts Ltd.      15,469   
  98       Yum! Brands, Inc.      5,783   
     

 

 

 
        131,133   
     

 

 

 
   Household Durables — 0.9%   
  527       Harman International Industries, Inc.      20,047   
  538       Leggett & Platt, Inc.      12,396   
  1,207       Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.      19,493   
     

 

 

 
        51,936   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Household Products — 1.6%   
  197       Colgate-Palmolive Co.    $ 18,201   
  88       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      6,473   
  987       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      65,843   
     

 

 

 
        90,517   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.8%   
  1,792       AES Corp. (The)(b)      21,217   
  599       Constellation Energy Group, Inc.      23,763   
     

 

 

 
        44,980   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates — 2.1%   
  5,520       General Electric Co.      98,863   
  356       Tyco International Ltd.      16,629   
     

 

 

 
        115,492   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 2.6%   
  120       ACE Ltd.      8,414   
  796       American International Group, Inc.(b)      18,467   
  219       Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)      16,710   
  1,102       Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      17,908   
  1,112       Lincoln National Corp.      21,595   
  196       Loews Corp.      7,379   
  271       Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      8,569   
  767       MetLife, Inc.      23,915   
  297       Prudential Financial, Inc.      14,886   
  404       Unum Group      8,512   
     

 

 

 
        146,355   
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.5%   
  94       Amazon.com, Inc.(b)      16,271   
  25       Priceline.com, Inc.(b)      11,693   
     

 

 

 
        27,964   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services — 1.1%   
  376       eBay, Inc.(b)      11,404   
  67       Google, Inc., Class A(b)      43,275   
  1,132       Monster Worldwide, Inc.(b)      8,977   
     

 

 

 
        63,656   
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 4.9%   
  321       Accenture PLC, Class A      17,087   
  175       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      9,452   
  645       Computer Sciences Corp.      15,286   
  601       Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      15,981   
  196       Fiserv, Inc.(b)      11,513   
  607       International Business Machines Corp.      111,615   
  71       MasterCard, Inc., Class A      26,470   
  1,379       SAIC, Inc.(b)      16,948   
  375       Teradata Corp.(b)      18,191   
  595       Total System Services, Inc.      11,638   
  175       Visa, Inc., Class A      17,768   
     

 

 

 
        271,949   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%   
  230       Mattel, Inc.    $ 6,385   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.6%   
  281       Life Technologies Corp.(b)      10,934   
  463       Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(b)      20,821   
     

 

 

 
        31,755   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 0.4%   
  107       Caterpillar, Inc.      9,694   
  207       Ingersoll-Rand PLC      6,307   
  99       Parker Hannifin Corp.      7,549   
     

 

 

 
        23,550   
     

 

 

 
   Media — 3.1%   
  1,489       CBS Corp., Class B      40,412   
  2,193       Comcast Corp., Class A      51,996   
  120       DIRECTV, Class A(b)      5,131   
  1,924       Gannett Co., Inc.      25,724   
  168       McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)      7,555   
  830       News Corp., Class A      14,807   
  202       Time Warner Cable, Inc.      12,841   
  163       Time Warner, Inc.      5,891   
  168       Viacom, Inc., Class B      7,629   
     

 

 

 
        171,986   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining —1.0%   
  2,185       Alcoa, Inc.      18,900   
  153       Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.      9,539   
  277       Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.      10,191   
  410       Nucor Corp.      16,224   
     

 

 

 
        54,854   
     

 

 

 
   Multi Utilities — 1.8%   
  624       Ameren Corp.      20,673   
  674       CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      13,541   
  179       Consolidated Edison, Inc.      11,103   
  206       Dominion Resources, Inc.      10,934   
  270       DTE Energy Co.      14,702   
  321       Integrys Energy Group, Inc.      17,392   
  510       NiSource, Inc.      12,143   
     

 

 

 
        100,488   
     

 

 

 
   Multiline Retail — 1.3%   
  234       Big Lots, Inc.(b)      8,836   
  205       J.C. Penney Co., Inc.      7,206   
  177       Kohl’s Corp.      8,735   
  1,187       Macy’s, Inc.      38,197   
  149       Nordstrom, Inc.      7,407   
     

 

 

 
        70,381   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Office Electronics — 0.3%   
  2,096       Xerox Corp.    $ 16,684   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 13.0%   
  464       Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.(b)      9,479   
  238       Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      18,167   
  79       Apache Corp.      7,156   
  343       Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      26,034   
  288       Chesapeake Energy Corp.      6,419   
  1,165       Chevron Corp.      123,956   
  963       ConocoPhillips      70,174   
  1,036       El Paso Corp.      27,526   
  299       EQT Corp.      16,382   
  2,515       ExxonMobil Corp.      213,171   
  100       Hess Corp.      5,680   
  1,128       Marathon Oil Corp.      33,017   
  444       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      14,781   
  138       Murphy Oil Corp.      7,692   
  224       Occidental Petroleum Corp.      20,989   
  284       Range Resources Corp.      17,591   
  390       Spectra Energy Corp.      11,992   
  1,871       Tesoro Corp.(b)      43,707   
  1,476       Valero Energy Corp.      31,070   
  599       Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      19,779   
     

 

 

 
        724,762   
     

 

 

 
   Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%   
  984       International Paper Co.      29,126   
     

 

 

 
   Personal Products — 0.5%   
  231       Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      25,946   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 5.0%   
  398       Abbott Laboratories      22,380   
  88       Allergan, Inc.      7,721   
  650       Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      22,906   
  569       Eli Lilly & Co.      23,648   
  589       Forest Laboratories, Inc.(b)      17,823   
  888       Johnson & Johnson      58,235   
  307       Merck & Co., Inc.      11,574   
  4,739       Pfizer, Inc.      102,552   
  242       Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      14,602   
     

 

 

 
        281,441   
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%   
  480       CBRE Group, Inc.(b)      7,306   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Apartments — 0.1%   
  48       AvalonBay Communities, Inc.      6,269   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Diversified — 0.6%   
  178       Vornado Realty Trust      13,681   
  1,156       Weyerhaeuser Co.      21,583   
     

 

 

 
        35,264   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   REITs — Healthcare — 0.2%   
  290       HCP, Inc.    $ 12,015   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Regional Malls — 0.3%   
  129       Simon Property Group, Inc.      16,633   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Storage — 0.3%   
  114       Public Storage      15,328   
     

 

 

 
   REITs — Warehouse/Industrials — 0.1%   
  228       ProLogis, Inc.      6,518   
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail — 0.5%   
  111       Norfolk Southern Corp.      8,087   
  105       Ryder System, Inc.      5,580   
  119       Union Pacific Corp.      12,607   
     

 

 

 
        26,274   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%   
  1,955       Applied Materials, Inc.      20,938   
  185       Broadcom Corp., Class A(b)      5,432   
  1,983       Intel Corp.      48,088   
  235       KLA-Tencor Corp.      11,339   
  1,305       LSI Corp.(b)      7,765   
  345       Novellus Systems, Inc.(b)      14,245   
  453       NVIDIA Corp.(b)      6,278   
  1,390       Teradyne, Inc.(b)      18,946   
  175       Xilinx, Inc.      5,610   
     

 

 

 
        138,641   
     

 

 

 
   Software — 3.1%   
  487       CA, Inc.      9,845   
  706       Compuware Corp.(b)      5,874   
  613       Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      12,628   
  103       Intuit, Inc.      5,417   
  3,438       Microsoft Corp.      89,250   
  1,439       Oracle Corp.      36,910   
  1,006       Symantec Corp.(b)      15,744   
     

 

 

 
        175,668   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail — 4.2%   
  628       AutoNation, Inc.(b)      23,154   
  39       AutoZone, Inc.(b)      12,674   
  263       Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(b)      15,246   
  711       Best Buy Co., Inc.      16,616   
  1,129       GameStop Corp., Class A(b)      27,243   
  321       Gap, Inc. (The)      5,955   
  636       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      26,737   
  661       Limited Brands, Inc.      26,671   
  570       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      14,467   
  155       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      12,392   
  420       Ross Stores, Inc.      19,963   
  1,046       Staples, Inc.      14,529   
  311       TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      20,075   
     

 

 

 
        235,722   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%   
  148       Coach, Inc.    $ 9,034   
  79       NIKE, Inc., Class B      7,613   
  143       Ralph Lauren Corp.      19,745   
  143       VF Corp.      18,160   
     

 

 

 
        54,552   
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 2.0%   
  728       Altria Group, Inc.      21,585   
  162       Lorillard, Inc.      18,468   
  703       Philip Morris International, Inc.      55,171   
  392       Reynolds American, Inc.      16,237   
     

 

 

 
        111,461   
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%   
  497       Fastenal Co.      21,674   
  95       W.W. Grainger, Inc.      17,783   
     

 

 

 
        39,457   
     

 

 

 
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%   
  7,460       Sprint Nextel Corp.(b)      17,456   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $5,342,387)
     5,610,631   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 100.4%
(Identified Cost $5,342,387)(a)
     5,610,631   
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.4)%      (20,262
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 5,590,369   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $5,363,373 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    $ 580,065   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (332,807
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 247,258   
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)       Non-income producing security.   
     
  REITs       Real Estate Investment Trusts   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     13.0

Health Care Providers & Services

     5.1   

Pharmaceuticals

     5.0   

Computers & Peripherals

     4.9   

IT Services

     4.9   

Specialty Retail

     4.2   

Software

     3.1   

Media

     3.1   

Food Products

     3.0   

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.7   

Insurance

     2.6   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.5   

Aerospace & Defense

     2.5   

Diversified Financial Services

     2.4   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.4   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.4   

Industrial Conglomerates

     2.1   

Beverages

     2.0   

Tobacco

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     30.5   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.4   

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.4
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

December 31, 2011

 

     CGM Advisor
Targeted Equity
Fund
    Harris
Associates Large
Cap Value

Fund
    Natixis
Diversified
Income

Fund
 

ASSETS

      

Investments at cost

   $ 601,185,494      $ 119,500,332      $ 70,728,687   

Net unrealized appreciation

     14,420,156        5,615,187        1,192,760   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments at value

     615,605,650        125,115,519        71,921,447   

Cash

            67,400          

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $0, $0 and $29,921)

                   28,745   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     474,311        11,615        2,668,850   

Receivable for securities sold

     2,860,677               141,560   

Dividends and interest receivable

     1,180,931        162,895        565,701   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

                   38,350   

Tax reclaims receivable

                   462   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     620,121,569        125,357,429        75,365,115   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Payable for securities purchased

     4,484,857        189,981        55,354   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     1,352,119        73,457        102,001   

Payable to custodian bank (Note 9)

                   41,742   

Dividends payable

     37                 

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     370,677        86,847        33,319   

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     663,506        347,645        51,510   

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     24,413        4,928        2,819   

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     180,411        101,338        53,183   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     7,076,020        804,196        339,928   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 613,045,549      $ 124,553,233      $ 75,025,187   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in capital

   $ 627,100,983      $ 130,454,718      $ 93,901,561   

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (663,505     (347,644     (112,482

Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions

     (27,812,085     (11,169,028     (19,988,229

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency translations

     14,420,156        5,615,187        1,224,337   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 613,045,549      $ 124,553,233      $ 75,025,187   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     CGM Advisor
Targeted Equity
Fund
     Harris
Associates Large
Cap Value

Fund
     Natixis
Diversified
Income

Fund
 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

        

Class A shares:

        

Net assets

   $ 503,330,445       $ 107,978,171       $ 45,211,251   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     53,751,150         7,791,787         4,209,234   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 9.36       $ 13.86       $ 10.74   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/[100-maximum sales charge] of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 9.93       $ 14.71       $ 11.25   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class B shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

        

Net assets

   $ 5,295,911       $ 3,341,153       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     629,776         261,791           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 8.41       $ 12.76       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class C shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

        

Net assets

   $ 47,415,928       $ 5,667,126       $ 29,813,936   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     5,666,992         445,594         2,782,529   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 8.37       $ 12.72       $ 10.71   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

        

Net assets

   $ 57,003,265       $ 7,566,783       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     5,943,852         528,284           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.59       $ 14.32       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

December 31, 2011

 

    Natixis U.S.
Multi-Cap
Equity

Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Small Cap

Value
Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Value
Opportunity
Fund
    Westpeak
ActiveBeta®
Equity

Fund
 

ASSETS

       

Investments at cost

  $ 296,066,812      $ 365,094,782      $ 130,980,789      $ 5,342,387   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    33,161,957        13,744,152        (873,046     268,244   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments at value

    329,228,769        378,838,934        130,107,743        5,610,631   

Cash

    68,958                      24,042   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    110,984        277,745        671,672          

Receivable from investment adviser (Note 6)

                         6,308   

Receivable for securities sold

    1,704,934        31,901,958        2,797,612          

Dividends receivable

    293,308        607,464        288,621        6,986   

Tax reclaims receivable

                         64   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

    331,406,953        411,626,101        133,865,648        5,648,031   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Payable for securities purchased

    1,518,470                        

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    305,134        1,681,086        452,345          

Payable to custodian bank (Note 9)

           15,846,616        676,489          

Management fees payable (Note 6)

    191,708        323,695        102,786          

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

    387,492        145,562        27,627        10,642   

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

    13,083        16,739        5,305        218   

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

    195,427        110,633        51,957        46,802   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

    2,611,314        18,124,331        1,316,509        57,662   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 328,795,639      $ 393,501,770      $ 132,549,139      $ 5,590,369   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

       

Paid-in capital

  $ 298,019,995      $ 378,223,086      $ 134,411,294      $ 5,373,499   

Distributions in excess of net investment income/Accumulated net investment (loss)

    (387,492     (145,563     (27,627     (10,642

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

    (1,998,821     1,680,095        (961,482     (40,732

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    33,161,957        13,744,152        (873,046     268,244   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 328,795,639      $ 393,501,770      $ 132,549,139      $ 5,590,369   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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    Natixis U.S.
Multi-Cap
Equity

Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Small Cap
Value

Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Value
Opportunity
Fund
    Westpeak
ActiveBeta®
Equity

Fund
 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

       

Class A shares:

       

Net assets

  $ 281,467,027      $ 228,445,117      $ 21,308,215      $ 1,115   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

    11,947,233        12,878,778        1,540,794        107   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

  $ 23.56      $ 17.74      $ 13.83      $ 10.42   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/[100-maximum sales charge] of net asset value) (Note 1)

  $ 25.00      $ 18.82      $ 14.67      $ 11.06   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class B shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

       

Net assets

  $ 16,819,510      $ 4,656,757      $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

    843,800        313,768                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 19.93      $ 14.84      $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

       

Net assets

  $ 28,461,662      $ 30,284,481      $ 1,822,329      $ 1,106   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

    1,427,215        2,039,770        133,988        106   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 19.94      $ 14.85      $ 13.60      $ 10.43   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

       

Net assets

  $ 2,047,440      $ 130,115,415      $ 109,418,595      $ 5,588,148   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

    80,214        7,233,494        7,875,024        536,235   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

  $ 25.52      $ 17.99      $ 13.89      $ 10.42   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

     CGM Advisor
Targeted Equity
Fund
    Harris
Associates Large
Cap Value
Fund
    Natixis
Diversified
Income
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

      

Dividends

   $ 12,899,668      $ 2,519,321      $ 956,535   

Interest

     6,274               1,954,055   

Less net foreign taxes withheld

     (246,466     (1,970     (2,165
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     12,659,476        2,517,351        2,908,425   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

      

Management fees (Note 6)

     5,606,397        943,175        372,393   

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     2,295,898        397,144        382,142   

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     375,325        62,532        31,422   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     13,911        9,698        15,636   

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 6)

     862,520        227,161        39,086   

Audit and tax services fees

     49,368        44,294        48,565   

Custodian fees and expenses

     69,224        22,614        39,125   

Legal fees

     10,885        1,745        921   

Registration fees

     63,070        61,612        37,734   

Shareholder reporting expenses

     7,781        17,219        1,152   

Miscellaneous expenses

     25,437        10,477        9,688   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     9,379,816        1,797,671        977,864   

Fee/expense recovery (Note 6)

            12,722          
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     9,379,816        1,810,393        977,864   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     3,279,660        706,958        1,930,561   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

      

Net realized gain on:

      

Investments

     100,088,779        2,453,610        1,493,030   

Foreign currency transactions

                   15,970   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

      

Investments

     (243,921,485     (5,021,499     789,044   

Foreign currency translations

                   35,679   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     (143,832,706     (2,567,889     2,333,723   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (140,553,046   $ (1,860,931   $ 4,264,284   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     Natixis U.S.
Multi-Cap
Equity
Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Small Cap

Value
Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Value
Opportunity
Fund
    Westpeak
ActiveBeta®
Equity
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

        

Dividends

   $ 4,338,223      $ 9,247,606      $ 1,284,883      $ 108,200   

Interest

     386        670                 

Less net foreign taxes withheld

     (1,507                   (39
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     4,337,102        9,248,276        1,284,883        108,161   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Management fees (Note 6)

     3,067,347        4,683,409        751,591        34,511   

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     1,302,102        1,113,065        63,403        14   

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     168,613        241,496        43,591        58,959   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     12,952        21,085        16,574        15,521   

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 6)

     590,812        605,056        80,716        131   

Audit and tax services fees

     58,093        42,279        41,083        42,657   

Custodian fees and expenses

     47,129        34,928        28,347        17,704   

Legal fees

     5,150        6,856        1,081        79   

Registration fees

     71,411        67,847        79,111        54,572   

Shareholder reporting expenses

     63,995        21,240        15,926        3,319   

Miscellaneous expenses

     23,119        27,953        10,575        6,639   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     5,410,723        6,865,214        1,131,998        234,106   

Fee/expense recovery (Note 6)

                   11,599          

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 6)

     (130,628                   (179,450
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     5,280,095        6,865,214        1,143,597        54,656   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (942,993     2,383,062        141,286        53,505   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, OPTIONS WRITTEN AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

        

Investments

     50,091,819        70,526,494        4,262,752        205,202   

Options written

     (1,415,833                     

Foreign currency transactions

     4,555                        

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

        

Investments

     (57,781,932     (91,520,839     (8,855,945     (390,800

Foreign currency translations

     (99                     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

     (9,101,490     (20,994,345     (4,593,193     (185,598
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (10,044,483   $ (18,611,283   $ (4,451,907   $ (132,093
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     CGM Advisor Targeted
Equity Fund
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 3,279,660      $ 4,542,096   

Net realized gain on investments

     100,088,779        145,665,093   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (243,921,485     3,002,654   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (140,553,046     153,209,843   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (2,783,146     (3,682,006

Class B

            (375

Class C

            (2,612

Class Y

     (488,284     (963,306
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (3,271,430     (4,648,299
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     (225,503,135     (212,514,662
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets

     (369,327,611     (63,953,118

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the year

     982,373,160        1,046,326,278   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 613,045,549      $ 982,373,160   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ (663,505   $ (680,128
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     Harris Associates Large Cap
Value Fund
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 706,958      $ 401,990   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     2,453,610        (1,313,526

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (5,021,499     17,456,589   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (1,860,931     16,545,053   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (683,171     (471,512

Class B

     (1,388     (7,875

Class C

     (2,052     (8,448

Class Y

     (65,626     (58,296
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (752,237     (546,131
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     (14,370,952     (10,294,109
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     (16,984,120     5,704,813   

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the year

     141,537,353        135,832,540   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 124,553,233      $ 141,537,353   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ (347,644   $ (316,203
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Natixis Diversified
Income Fund
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,930,561      $ 1,898,058   

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

     1,509,000        966,526   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

     824,723        6,183,219   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     4,264,284        9,047,803   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (1,534,282     (1,156,917

Class C

     (889,904     (644,276
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2,424,186     (1,801,193
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     10,043,167        (3,201,800
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     11,883,265        4,044,810   

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the year

     63,141,922        59,097,112   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 75,025,187      $ 63,141,922   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED (DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF) NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ (112,482   $ 95,062   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap
Equity Fund
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (942,993   $ 4,989   

Net realized gain on investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

     48,680,541        40,357,533   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

     (57,782,031     28,130,781   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (10,044,483     68,493,303   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

            (487,074

Class Y

            (4,611

Net realized capital gains

    

Class A

     (10,196,143       

Class B

     (713,254       

Class C

     (1,213,844       

Class Y

     (68,334       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (12,191,575     (491,685
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     (24,368,296     (44,819,314
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase from regulatory settlements

            61,116   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     (46,604,354     23,243,420   

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the year

     375,399,993        352,156,573   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 328,795,639      $ 375,399,993   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME/ACCUMULATED NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

   $ (387,492   $ (396,189
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

     Vaughan Nelson Small Cap
Value Fund
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 2,383,062      $ 91,305   

Net realized gain on investments

     70,526,494        119,759,809   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (91,520,839     (2,048,591
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (18,611,283     117,802,523   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (1,089,250       

Class B

     (280       

Class Y

     (986,874       

Net realized capital gains

    

Class A

     (49,424,710     (49,985,276

Class B

     (1,141,557     (1,639,642

Class C

     (7,191,157     (7,933,438

Class Y

     (29,760,594     (40,435,533
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (89,594,422     (99,993,889
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     (29,639,917     (92,687,439
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase from regulatory settlements

            493,744   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets

     (137,845,622     (74,385,061

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the year

     531,347,392        605,732,453   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 393,501,770      $ 531,347,392   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME/ACCUMULATED NET INVESTMENT (LOSS)

   $ (145,563   $ (142,132
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     Vaughan Nelson Value
Opportunity Fund
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 141,286      $ 293,964   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     4,262,752        (366,346

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (8,855,945     7,380,666   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (4,451,907     7,308,284   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

            (53,709

Class C

            (2,143

Class Y

     (112,793     (226,813

Net realized capital gains

    

Class A

     (786,318     (13,079

Class C

     (66,223     (823

Class Y

     (4,052,804     (51,747

Distributions from paid-in capital

    

Class A

            (44,021

Class C

            (1,747

Class Y

            (186,046
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (5,018,138     (580,128
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     89,212,415        33,438,367   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     79,742,370        40,166,523   

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the year

     52,806,769        12,640,246   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 132,549,139      $ 52,806,769   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ (27,627   $ (21,416
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

     Westpeak ActiveBeta®
Equity Fund
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Period Ended
December 31,
2010 (a)
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 53,505      $ 25,178   

Net realized gain on investments

     205,202        36,238   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (390,800     659,044   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (132,093     720,460   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (9     (5

Class C

     (b)      (1

Class Y

     (59,771     (29,250

Net realized capital gains

    

Class A

     (57       

Class C

     (57       

Class Y

     (285,292       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (345,186     (29,256
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     345,186        5,031,258   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     (132,093     5,722,462   

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the year

     5,722,462          
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 5,590,369      $ 5,722,462   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ (10,642   $ (2,678
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of operations on July 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $1.00.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)(b)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income (b)
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains
    Total
distributions (b)
 

CGM ADVISOR TARGETED EQUITY FUND

  

       

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 11.12      $ 0.05      $ (1.76   $ (1.71   $ (0.05   $      $ (0.05

12/31/2010

    9.54        0.05 (g)      1.58        1.63        (0.05            (0.05

12/31/2009

    7.66        0.05        1.88        1.93        (0.05            (0.05

12/31/2008

    13.01        0.09        (4.94     (4.85     (0.06     (0.44     (0.50

12/31/2007

    10.70        0.05        3.54        3.59        (0.13     (1.15     (1.28

Class B

             

12/31/2011

    10.01        (0.03     (1.57     (1.60                     

12/31/2010

    8.61        (0.02 )(g)      1.42        1.40        (0.00            (0.00

12/31/2009

    6.92        (0.01     1.70        1.69                        

12/31/2008

    11.81        (0.00     (4.45     (4.45     (0.00     (0.44     (0.44

12/31/2007

    9.84        (0.04     3.24        3.20        (0.08     (1.15     (1.23

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    9.96        (0.03     (1.56     (1.59                     

12/31/2010

    8.57        (0.02 )(g)      1.41        1.39        (0.00            (0.00

12/31/2009

    6.89        (0.01     1.69        1.68        (0.00            (0.00

12/31/2008

    11.79        0.02        (4.46     (4.44     (0.02     (0.44     (0.46

12/31/2007

    9.84        (0.03     3.22        3.19        (0.09     (1.15     (1.24

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    11.40        0.07        (1.80     (1.73     (0.08            (0.08

12/31/2010

    9.78        0.07 (g)      1.63        1.70        (0.08            (0.08

12/31/2009

    7.84        0.06        1.96        2.02        (0.08            (0.08

12/31/2008

    13.32        0.13        (5.09     (4.96     (0.08     (0.44     (0.52

12/31/2007

    10.93        0.09        3.61        3.70        (0.16     (1.15     (1.31

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.
(d) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class B and Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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                            Ratios to Average Net Assets:            
Redemption
fees (b)
    Net asset
value,

end of
the period
    Total
return
(%) (c)(d)
        
Net assets,
end of
the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses
(%) (e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
(%) (f)
    Net investment
income (loss)
(%) (f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate (%)
 
             
             
  $  —      $ 9.36        (15.36   $ 503,330        1.13        1.13        0.45        236   
         11.12        17.14        753,518        1.16        1.16        0.52 (g)      146   
         9.54        25.19        693,386        1.19        1.19        0.69        170   
  0.00 (h)      7.66        (38.36     796,146        1.10        1.10        0.83        211   
  0.00        13.01        34.42        826,867        1.17        1.17        0.45        179   
             
         8.41        (15.98     5,296        1.88        1.88        (0.32     236   
         10.01        16.26        9,934        1.91        1.91        (0.28 )(g)      146   
         8.61        24.42        12,401        1.94        1.94        (0.11     170   
  0.00 (h)      6.92        (38.90     13,971        1.85        1.85        (0.03     211   
  0.00        11.81        33.41        32,297        1.92        1.92        (0.34     179   
             
         8.37        (15.96     47,416        1.88        1.88        (0.32     236   
         9.96        16.22        81,291        1.91        1.91        (0.23 )(g)      146   
         8.57        24.42        75,098        1.95        1.95        (0.14     170   
  0.00 (h)      6.89        (38.85     59,544        1.85        1.85        0.17        211   
  0.00        11.79        33.47        19,753        1.93        1.93        (0.24     179   
             
         9.59        (15.16     57,003        0.87        0.87        0.62        236   
         11.40        17.39        137,631        0.91        0.91        0.69 (g)      146   
         9.78        25.75        265,441        0.94        0.94        0.64        170   
  0.00 (h)      7.84        (38.28     44,240        0.85        0.85        1.21        211   
  0.00        13.32        34.75        17,520        0.90        0.90        0.74        179   

 

(e) The investment adviser and/or administrator agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $0.02, $(0.05), $(0.05) and $0.05 for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively, and the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 0.23%, (0.53)%, (0.52)% and 0.48% for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.
(h) Effective June 2, 2008, redemption fees were eliminated.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)  (a)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income (b)
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains
    Total
distributions (b)
 

HARRIS ASSOCIATES LARGE CAP VALUE FUND

  

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 14.17      $ 0.08      $ (0.30   $ (0.22   $ (0.09   $      $ (0.09

12/31/2010

    12.58        0.05        1.60        1.65        (0.06            (0.06

12/31/2009

    8.77        0.05 (h)      3.81        3.86        (0.05            (0.05

12/31/2008

    14.97        0.13        (6.20     (6.07     (0.13            (0.13

12/31/2007

    15.49        0.05        (0.48 )(i)      (0.43     (0.09            (0.09

Class B

             

12/31/2011

    13.07        (0.03     (0.28     (0.31     (0.00            (0.00

12/31/2010

    11.65        (0.05     1.48        1.43        (0.01            (0.01

12/31/2009

    8.16        (0.02 )(h)      3.52        3.50        (0.01            (0.01

12/31/2008

    13.84        0.03        (5.70     (5.67     (0.01            (0.01

12/31/2007

    14.39        (0.06     (0.45 )(i)      (0.51     (0.04            (0.04

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    13.02        (0.03     (0.27     (0.30     (0.00            (0.00

12/31/2010

    11.61        (0.05     1.47        1.42        (0.01            (0.01

12/31/2009

    8.13        (0.02 )(h)      3.51        3.49        (0.01            (0.01

12/31/2008

    13.82        0.03        (5.69     (5.66     (0.03            (0.03

12/31/2007

    14.37        (0.06     (0.45 )(i)      (0.51     (0.04            (0.04

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    14.65        0.12        (0.33     (0.21     (0.12            (0.12

12/31/2010

    12.99        0.08        1.67        1.75        (0.09            (0.09

12/31/2009

    9.05        0.08 (h)      3.93        4.01        (0.07            (0.07

12/31/2008

    15.47        0.19        (6.42     (6.23     (0.19            (0.19

12/31/2007

    16.01        0.12        (0.51 )(i)      (0.39     (0.15            (0.15

NATIXIS DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND

  

         

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 10.41      $ 0.34      $ 0.40      $ 0.74      $ (0.41   $      $ (0.41

12/31/2010

    9.22        0.34        1.18        1.52        (0.33            (0.33

12/31/2009

    7.18        0.36        1.97        2.33        (0.29            (0.29

12/31/2008

    10.26        0.47        (2.96     (2.49     (0.49     (0.10     (0.59

12/31/2007

    11.15        0.41        (0.71     (0.30     (0.45     (0.14     (0.59

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    10.39        0.26        0.39        0.65        (0.33            (0.33

12/31/2010

    9.20        0.27        1.17        1.44        (0.25            (0.25

12/31/2009

    7.17        0.30        1.97        2.27        (0.24            (0.24

12/31/2008

    10.24        0.40        (2.95     (2.55     (0.42     (0.10     (0.52

12/31/2007

    11.12        0.33        (0.70     (0.37     (0.37     (0.14     (0.51

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class B and Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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                        Ratios to Average Net Assets:        
Increase from
regulatory
settlements (b)
        
Net asset
value,
end of
the period
    Total
return
(%) (c)(d)
    Net assets,
end of
the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses
(%) (e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
(%) (f)
    Net investment
income (loss)
(%) (f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate (%)
 
       
             
$      $ 13.86        (1.56   $ 107,978        1.30 (g)      1.30 (g)      0.57        36   
         14.17        13.08        118,938        1.30        1.39        0.36        32   
  0.00        12.58        44.03        113,309        1.30        1.50        0.53        131   
         8.77        (40.45     85,761        1.28        1.28        1.04        38   
         14.97        (2.94     172,468        1.28 (j)(k)      1.28 (j)      0.35        30   
             
         12.76        (2.34     3,341        2.05 (g)      2.05 (g)      (0.21     36   
         13.07        12.31        5,614        2.05        2.13        (0.40     32   
  0.00        11.65        42.88        7,864        2.05        2.25        (0.22     131   
         8.16        (40.87     8,191        2.03        2.04        0.25        38   
         13.84        (3.68     23,916        2.04 (j)(k)      2.04 (j)      (0.44     30   
             
         12.72        (2.28     5,667        2.05 (g)      2.05 (g)      (0.19     36   
         13.02        12.26        7,399        2.05        2.14        (0.39     32   
  0.00        11.61        42.91        7,208        2.05        2.25        (0.22     131   
         8.13        (40.90     6,222        2.03        2.03        0.26        38   
         13.82        (3.69     15,616        2.04 (j)(k)      2.04 (j)      (0.41     30   
             
         14.32        (1.40     7,567        1.05 (g)      1.05 (g)      0.80        36   
         14.65        13.47        9,586        1.05        1.14        0.61        32   
  0.00        12.99        44.39        7,450        1.05        1.12        0.77        131   
         9.05        (40.18     5,842        0.84        0.84        1.47        38   
         15.47        (2.59     11,840        0.91 (k)      0.91        0.72        30   
             
             
$      $ 10.74        7.21      $ 45,211        1.13        1.13        3.17        20   
         10.41        16.73        35,787        1.19        1.19        3.51        28   
         9.22        33.32        33,796        1.21        1.21        4.67        22   
         7.18        (25.26     31,709        1.09        1.10        5.10        23   
         10.26        (2.80     54,733        1.08 (g)      1.09 (g)      3.76        50   
             
         10.71        6.33        29,814        1.88        1.88        2.42        20   
         10.39        15.90        27,355        1.94        1.94        2.76        28   
         9.20        32.24        25,301        1.96        1.96        3.90        22   
         7.17        (25.78     30,336        1.84        1.84        4.30        23   
         10.24        (3.52     70,179        1.83 (g)      1.84 (g)      3.00        50   

 

(e) The investment adviser and/or administrator agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.01%.
(h) Includes a non-recurring dividend of $0.01 per share.
(i) Includes a litigation payment of $0.02 per share.
(j) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%, 0.02% and 0.01% for Class A, B and C, respectively.
(k) Effect of voluntary waiver of expenses by adviser was less than 0.005%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains
    Total
distributions
 

NATIXIS U.S. MULTI-CAP EQUITY FUND

  

       

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 25.17      $ (0.04   $ (0.69   $ (0.73   $      $ (0.88   $ (0.88

12/31/2010

    20.68        0.03 (h)      4.50        4.53        (0.04            (0.04

12/31/2009

    15.16        (0.01     5.53        5.52                        

12/31/2008

    25.76        0.02 (i)      (10.20     (10.18            (0.42     (0.42

12/31/2007

    22.94        (0.06     3.19        3.13               (0.31     (0.31

Class B

             

12/31/2011

    21.60        (0.21     (0.58     (0.79            (0.88     (0.88

12/31/2010

    17.85        (0.12 )(h)      3.87        3.75                        

12/31/2009

    13.19        (0.12     4.78        4.66                        

12/31/2008

    22.63        (0.13 )(i)      (8.89     (9.02            (0.42     (0.42

12/31/2007

    20.33        (0.22     2.83        2.61               (0.31     (0.31

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    21.61        (0.20     (0.59     (0.79            (0.88     (0.88

12/31/2010

    17.86        (0.12 )(h)      3.87        3.75                        

12/31/2009

    13.19        (0.12     4.79        4.67                        

12/31/2008

    22.65        (0.13 )(i)      (8.91     (9.04            (0.42     (0.42

12/31/2007

    20.36        (0.22     2.82        2.60               (0.31     (0.31

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    27.12        0.04        (0.76     (0.72            (0.88     (0.88

12/31/2010

    22.27        0.05 (h)      4.90        4.95        (0.10            (0.10

12/31/2009

    16.29        0.04        5.94        5.98                        

12/31/2008

    27.58        0.07 (i)      (10.94     (10.87            (0.42     (0.42

12/31/2007

    24.45        0.03        3.41        3.44               (0.31     (0.31

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.
(d) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class B and Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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                      Ratios to Average Net Assets:        
Increase from
regulatory
settlements (b)
   

Net asset
value,
end of
the period

  Total
return
(%) (c)(d)
        
Net assets,
end of
the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses
(%) (e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
(%) (f)
    Net investment
income (loss)
(%) (f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate (%)
 
             
             
$      $23.56     (2.79   $ 281,467        1.34 (g)      1.38        (0.15     97   
  0.00        25.17     21.90        314,384        1.40        1.50        0.14 (h)      79   
         20.68     36.41        280,846        1.40        1.56        (0.05     115   
         15.16     (40.05     228,549        1.43        1.43        0.08        110   
         25.76     13.69        407,228        1.47        1.47        (0.24     82   
             
         19.93     (3.53     16,820        2.10 (g)      2.13        (0.94     97   
  0.00        21.60     21.01        28,787        2.15        2.25        (0.66 )(h)      79   
         17.85     35.33        37,406        2.15        2.31        (0.80     115   
         13.19     (40.47     40,868        2.18        2.19        (0.70     110   
         22.63     12.83        119,028        2.21        2.21        (1.00     82   
             
         19.94     (3.53     28,462        2.09 (g)      2.13        (0.90     97   
  0.00        21.61     21.00        30,912        2.15        2.25        (0.62 )(h)      79   
         17.86     35.41        28,580        2.15        2.31        (0.80     115   
         13.19     (40.53     24,079        2.18        2.18        (0.68     110   
         22.65     12.82        47,239        2.22        2.22        (0.99     82   
             
         25.52     (2.56     2,047        1.09 (g)      1.14        0.16        97   
  0.00        27.12     22.21        1,317        1.15        1.24        0.22 (h)      79   
         22.27     36.71        5,325        1.15        1.22        0.20        115   
         16.29     (39.89     5,611        1.17        1.23        0.31        110   
         27.58     14.02        16,649        1.12        1.12        0.10        82   

 

(e) The investment adviser and/or administrator agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) Effective June 1, 2011, the expense limit decreased to 1.30%, 2.05%, 2.05% and 1.05% for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.
(h) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without this dividend, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.04), $(0.18), $(0.18) and $(0.02) for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively, and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.19)%, (0.98)%, (0.94)% and (0.08)% for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.
(i) Includes a non-recurring dividend of $0.02 per share.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income (b)
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains
    Total
distributions
 

VAUGHAN NELSON SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

  

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 22.69      $ 0.10      $ (0.83   $ (0.73   $ (0.09   $ (4.13   $ (4.22

12/31/2010

    22.31        (0.01     5.27        5.26               (4.90     (4.90

12/31/2009

    17.42        0.05 (g)      4.88        4.93        (0.04            (0.04

12/31/2008

    22.11        0.03        (4.69     (4.66            (0.03     (0.03

12/31/2007

    20.90        (0.02     1.23        1.21                        

Class B

             

12/31/2011

    19.73        (0.07     (0.69     (0.76     (0.00     (4.13     (4.13

12/31/2010

    20.06        (0.17     4.72        4.55               (4.90     (4.90

12/31/2009

    15.76        (0.09 )(g)      4.39        4.30                        

12/31/2008

    20.15        (0.14     (4.22     (4.36            (0.03     (0.03

12/31/2007

    19.19        (0.17     1.13        0.96                        

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    19.74        (0.06     (0.70     (0.76            (4.13     (4.13

12/31/2010

    20.07        (0.16     4.71        4.55               (4.90     (4.90

12/31/2009

    15.76        (0.08 )(g)      4.39        4.31                        

12/31/2008

    20.16        (0.13     (4.24     (4.37            (0.03     (0.03

12/31/2007

    19.19        (0.17     1.14        0.97                        

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    22.96        0.15        (0.84     (0.69     (0.15     (4.13     (4.28

12/31/2010

    22.47        0.06        5.31        5.37               (4.90     (4.90

12/31/2009

    17.55        0.12 (g)      4.90        5.02        (0.10            (0.10

12/31/2008

    22.20        0.12        (4.74     (4.62            (0.03     (0.03

12/31/2007

    20.91        0.04        1.25        1.29                        

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class B and Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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                                Ratios to Average Net Assets:          
    
Increase
from
regulatory
settlements
    Redemption
fees (b)
    Net asset
value,
end of
the period
    Total
return
(%) (c)(d)
    Net assets,
end of
the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses
(%) (e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
(%) (f)
    Net investment
income (loss)
(%) (f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate (%)
 
               
               
$      $      $ 17.74        (3.77   $ 228,445        1.36        1.36        0.44        88   
  0.02               22.69        23.67        267,192        1.41        1.41        (0.03     80   
                22.31        28.30        322,961        1.45        1.49        0.27        102   
         0.00 (h)      17.42        (21.11     171,875        1.45        1.51        0.13        124   
         0.00        22.11        5.84        103,719        1.49        1.57        (0.11     78   
               
                14.84        (4.51     4,657        2.11        2.11        (0.38     88   
  0.02               19.73        22.78        7,996        2.16        2.16        (0.78     80   
                20.06        27.28        10,630        2.20        2.24        (0.56     102   
         0.00 (h)      15.76        (21.67     11,788        2.20        2.26        (0.78     124   
         0.00        20.15        5.06        25,076        2.24        2.31        (0.84     78   
               
                14.85        (4.51     30,284        2.11        2.11        (0.33     88   
  0.02               19.74        22.78        38,855        2.16        2.16        (0.76     80   
                20.07        27.35        39,238        2.20        2.24        (0.48     102   
         0.00 (h)      15.76        (21.71     21,861        2.20        2.26        (0.68     124   
         0.00        20.16        5.05        21,765        2.24        2.32        (0.85     78   
               
                17.99        (3.54     130,115        1.10        1.10        0.65        88   
  0.02               22.96        24.00        217,305        1.16        1.16        0.24        80   
                22.47        28.61        232,903        1.18 (i)      1.18 (i)      0.60        102   
         0.00 (h)      17.55        (20.81     71,568        1.20        1.21        0.65        124   
         0.00        22.20        6.12        1,241        1.19 (j)      1.19 (j)      0.17        78   

 

(e) The investment adviser and/or administrator agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) Includes a non-recurring dividend of $0.03 per share.
(h) Effective June 2, 2008, redemption fees were eliminated.
(i) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%.
(j) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.04%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income (b)
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains
    Distributions
from paid-in
capital
 

VAUGHAN NELSON VALUE OPPORTUNITY FUND

  

       

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 14.75      $ (0.01   $ (0.39   $ (0.40   $      $ (0.52   $   

12/31/2010

    12.46        0.08 (h)      2.36        2.44        (0.07     (0.02     (0.06

12/31/2009

    9.60        0.09        2.88        2.97        (0.04     (0.07       

12/31/2008(i)

    10.00        0.03        (0.41     (0.38     (0.02              

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    14.63        (0.12     (0.39     (0.51            (0.52       

12/31/2010

    12.39        (0.03 )(h)      2.36        2.33        (0.04     (0.02     (0.03

12/31/2009

    9.59        (0.02     2.89        2.87        (0.00     (0.07       

12/31/2008(i)

    10.00        0.02        (0.41     (0.39     (0.02              

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    14.80        0.03        (0.41     (0.38     (0.01     (0.52       

12/31/2010

    12.49        0.12 (h)      2.37        2.49        (0.09     (0.02     (0.07

12/31/2009

    9.60        0.10        2.90        3.00        (0.04     (0.07       

12/31/2008(i)

    10.00        0.03        (0.40     (0.37     (0.03              

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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  Ratios to Average Net Assets:  
       
Total
distributions
    Net asset
value, end
of the period
    Total
return
(%) (c)(d)
        
Net assets,
end of

the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses
(%) (e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
(%) (f)
    Net investment
income (loss)
(%) (f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate (%)
 
             
             
$ (0.52   $ 13.83        (2.71   $ 21,308        1.40 (g)      1.40 (g)      (0.07     75   
  (0.15     14.75        19.64        11,268        1.40        1.69        0.62 (h)      143   
  (0.11     12.46        30.98        3,645        1.40        5.24        0.79        45   
  (0.02     9.60        (3.75     16        1.40        39.61        1.92        12   
             
  (0.52     13.60        (3.48     1,822        2.15 (g)      2.15 (g)      (0.83     75   
  (0.09     14.63        18.85        824        2.15        2.46        (0.23 )(h)      143   
  (0.07     12.39        30.01        370        2.15        8.54        (0.14     45   
  (0.02     9.59        (3.90     41        2.15        40.36        1.62        12   
             
  (0.53     13.89        (2.53     109,419        1.15 (g)      1.15 (g)      0.23        75   
  (0.18     14.80        19.96        40,715        1.15        1.43        0.92 (h)      143   
  (0.11     12.49        31.37        8,626        1.15        7.22        0.90        45   
  (0.03     9.60        (3.74     960        1.15        38.91        1.41        12   

 

(e) The investment adviser and/or administrator agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.01%.
(h) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without this dividend, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $0.01, $(0.09) and $0.04 for Class A, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively, and the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 0.07%, (0.74)% and 0.34% for Class A, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.
(i) From commencement of operations on October 31, 2008 through December 31, 2008.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income (b)
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains
    Total
distributions
 

WESTPEAK ACTIVEBETA® EQUITY FUND

  

         

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 11.38      $ 0.08      $ (0.39   $ (0.31   $ (0.09   $ (0.56   $ (0.65

12/31/2010(g)

    10.00        0.04        1.39        1.43        (0.05            (0.05

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    11.38        (0.01     (0.38     (0.39     (0.00     (0.56     (0.56

12/31/2010(g)

    10.00        0.01        1.38        1.39        (0.01            (0.01

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    11.38        0.11        (0.39     (0.28     (0.12     (0.56     (0.68

12/31/2010(g)

    10.00        0.05        1.39        1.44        (0.06            (0.06

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.
(d) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Ratios to Average Net Assets:
       
Net asset
value,
end of
the period
    Total
return
(%) (c)(d)
        
Net assets,
end of

the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses
(%) (e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
(%) (f)
    Net investment
income (loss)
(%) (f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate (%)
 
           
           
$ 10.42        (2.57   $ 1        1.20        4.14        0.68        72   
  11.38        14.28        1        1.20        5.55        0.90        34   
           
  10.43        (3.26     1        1.95        4.91        (0.07     72   
  11.38        13.94        1        1.95        6.31        0.14        34   
           
  10.42        (2.31     5,588        0.95        4.07        0.93        72   
  11.38        14.39        5,720        0.95        5.34        1.13        34   

 

(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) From commencement of operations on July 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2011

 

1.  Organization.  Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II (the “Trusts” and each a “Trust”) are each organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Each Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. Each Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees to authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of the Trust in multiple series. The financial statements for certain funds of the Trusts are presented in separate reports. The following funds (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are included in this report:

Natixis Funds Trust I:

CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund (the “Targeted Equity Fund”)

Natixis Diversified Income Fund (formerly Natixis Income Diversified Portfolio) (the “Diversified Income Fund”)

Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund (formerly Natixis U.S. Diversified Portfolio) (the “U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund”)

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund (the “Small Cap Value Fund”)

Natixis Funds Trust II:

Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund (the “Large Cap Value Fund”)

Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund (the “Value Opportunity Fund”)

Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund (the “ActiveBeta Equity Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

Each Fund offers Class A and Class C shares. Targeted Equity Fund, U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Value Opportunity Fund and ActiveBeta Equity Fund also offer Class Y shares. Effective October 12, 2007, Class B shares are no longer offered. Existing Class B shareholders may continue to reinvest dividends into Class B shares and exchange their Class B shares for Class B shares of other Natixis Funds subject to existing exchange privileges as described in the prospectus.

Effective July 31, 2009, the Small Cap Value Fund was closed to new investors.

Effective February 13, 2012, the ActiveBeta Equity Fund was closed to new investors and for additional investments from current shareholders of the Fund.

Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75%, with the exception of Diversified Income Fund which is sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50%. Class B shares do not pay a front-end sales charge; however, they are charged higher Rule 12b-1 fees, and are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) if such shares are redeemed within six years of purchase. After eight years of ownership, Class B shares convert to Class A shares. Class C shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, do not convert to any other class of shares, pay higher Rule 12b-1 fees than Class A shares and may be subject to a CDSC of 1.00% if those shares are redeemed within one year of acquisition, except for reinvested distributions.

 

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December 31, 2011

 

Class Y shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, a CDSC or Rule 12b-1 fees. Class Y shares are generally intended for institutional investors with a minimum initial investment of $100,000, though some categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amount as outlined in the Funds’ prospectus.

Most expenses of the Trusts can be directly attributed to a Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are generally apportioned based on the relative net assets of each of the funds in the Trusts. Expenses of a Fund are borne pro rata by the holders of each class of shares, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (including the Rule 12b-1 service and distribution fees). In addition, each class votes as a class only with respect to its own Rule 12b-1 Plan. Shares of each class would receive their pro rata share of the net assets of a Fund if the Fund were liquidated. The Trustees approve separate distributions from net investment income on each class of shares.

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.   The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to year-end through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

a.  Valuation.  Equity securities, including shares of 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 subadvisers 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) and unlisted equity securities are generally valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Funds by a pricing service recommended by the investment adviser and subadvisers 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. Forward foreign

 

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December 31, 2011

 

currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated prices determined from information provided by an independent pricing service. Domestic exchange-traded single equity option contracts are valued at the mean of the National Best Bid and Offer quotations. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value each day. 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 Funds’ investment adviser or subadvisers using consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.

Certain Funds 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 Funds 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 Funds calculate their net asset values.

b.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income.  Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date, or in the case of certain foreign securities, as soon as a Fund is notified, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium. Periodic principal adjustments for inflation-protected securities are recorded to interest income. Negative principal adjustments (in the event of deflation) are recorded as reductions of interest income to the extent of interest income earned, not to exceed the amount of positive principal adjustments on a cumulative basis. Distributions received from investments in securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments or as a realized gain, respectively. The calendar year-end amounts of ordinary income, capital gains, and return of capital included in distributions received from the Funds’ investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) are reported to the Funds after the end of the fiscal year; accordingly, the Funds estimate these amounts for accounting purposes until the characterization of REIT distributions is reported to the Funds after the end of the fiscal year. Estimates are based on the most recent REIT distribution information available. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld when applicable. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment income, non-class specific expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

 

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c.  Foreign Currency Translation.  The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values 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. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions.

Since the values of investment securities are presented at the foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period, it is not practical to isolate that portion of the results of operations arising from changes in exchange rates from fluctuations which arise due to changes in market prices of investment securities. Such changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currency, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ 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 investment securities, at the end of the fiscal period, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

Each Fund may use foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated investments. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts’ terms.

d.  Forward Foreign Currency Contracts.  Certain Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts, to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Funds’ investments against currency fluctuation. A contract can also be used to offset a previous contract. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Funds’ Statements 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 a 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. Certain contracts may require the movement of cash and/or securities as collateral for the Funds’ or counterparty’s net obligations under the contracts.

e.  Option Contracts.  Certain Funds may enter into option contracts. When a Fund purchases an option, it pays a premium and the option is subsequently marked to market to reflect current value. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying

 

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instrument or closing sale transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium paid.

When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the net premium received (the premium less commission) is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value. Net premiums received for written options which expire are treated as realized gains. Net premiums received for written options which are exercised or closed are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying instrument or closing purchase transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. The Fund, as writer of a written option, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the equity underlying the written option.

Exchange-traded options are standardized contracts and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Funds are reduced. Over-the-counter options are subject to the risk that the counterparty is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the option. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Funds were not party to any over-the-counter options.

f.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes.  Each Trust treats each Fund as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of each Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of December 31, 2011 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years, where applicable, remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next twelve months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

A Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income and gains on investments that are accrued based upon the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and regulations that exist in the countries in which the Fund invests. Foreign governments may also impose taxes or other payments on investments with respect to foreign securities. Such taxes are accrued as applicable.

g.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date. The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gain distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the

 

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United States of America. Permanent differences are primarily due to differing treatments for book and tax purposes of items such as paydown gains and losses, net operating losses, distribution redesignations, return of capital and capital gain distributions from REITs, foreign currency transactions, distributions in excess of current earnings, trust preferred securities, contingent payment debt instruments, premium amortization, defaulted bonds, non-deductible expenses and expiring capital loss carryforwards. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions, net investment income, and net realized gains will result in reclassifications to capital accounts. Temporary differences between book and tax distributable earnings are primarily due to deferred Trustees’ fees, wash sales, defaulted bond adjustments, REIT basis adjustments, contingent payment debt instruments, premium amortization, forward foreign currency contract mark to market and trust preferred securities. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are considered to be distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was as follows:

 

     2011 Distributions Paid From:     2010 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

 

Ordinary

Income

   

Long-Term
Capital Gains

   

Total

   

Ordinary

Income

   

Long-Term
Capital Gains

   

Return
of
Capital

   

Total

 

Target Equity Fund

  $ 3,271,430      $      $ 3,271,430      $ 4,648,299      $      $      $ 4,648,299   

Large Cap Value Fund

    752,237               752,237        546,131                      546,131   

Diversified Income Fund

    2,424,186               2,424,186        1,801,193                      1,801,193   

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

           12,191,575        12,191,575        491,685                      491,685   

Small Cap Value Fund

    9,887,166        79,707,256        89,594,422        40,800,424        59,193,465               99,993,889   

Value Opportunity Fund

    2,390,222        2,627,916        5,018,138        332,097        16,217        231,814        580,128   

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

    291,494        53,692        345,186        29,256                      29,256   

Differences between these amounts and those reported in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets are primarily attributable to different book and tax treatment for short-term capital gains.

 

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

 

    

Targeted
Equity Fund

   

Large Cap
Value Fund

   

Diversified
Income
Fund

   

U.S.

Multi-Cap
Equity Fund

   

Small Cap
Value

Fund

   

Value

Opportunity

Fund

   

ActiveBeta

Equity Fund

 

Undistributed ordinary income

  $      $      $ 35,997      $      $ 713,621      $      $   

Undistributed long-term capital gains

                                4,908,152        370,813          
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total undistributed earnings

                  35,997               5,621,773        370,813          
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward:

             

Short-term:

             

Expires December 31, 2016

                  (5,390,183                            

Expires December 31, 2017

    (15,907,430     (9,206,549     (14,198,082                            

Expires December 31, 2018

           (790,094                                   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total capital loss carryforward

    (15,907,430     (9,996,643     (19,588,265                            

Post-October loss deferrals

    (3,767,300            (36,756     (344,971            (785,235     (19,746

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    6,282,801        4,442,801        766,149        31,508,106        9,802,473        (1,420,105     247,258   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings (losses)

  $ (13,391,929   $ (5,553,842   $ (18,822,875   $ 31,163,135      $ 15,424,246      $ (1,834,527   $ 227,512   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward utilized in the current year

  $ 111,493,486      $ 1,822,951      $ 1,333,648      $ 35,513,808      $      $ 279,086      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Large Cap Value Fund had $8,142,515 of capital loss carryforwards expire in the current year.

On December 22, 2010, the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted. The Act modernizes several of the federal income and excise tax provisions related to RICs, and, with certain exceptions, is effective for taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010. Among the changes made are changes to the capital loss carryforward rules allowing for capital losses to be carried forward indefinitely. Rules in effect previously limited the carryforward period to eight years.

 

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Capital loss carryforwards generated in taxable years beginning after the effective date of the Act must be fully used before capital loss carryforwards generated in taxable years prior to effective date of the Act; therefore, under certain circumstances, capital loss carryforwards available as of the report date, if any, may expire unused. Additionally, capital losses realized in taxable years beginning after effective date of the Act are carried over in the character (short-term or long-term) realized. Rules in effect previously treated all capital loss carryforwards as short-term.

h.  Repurchase Agreements.  It is each 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.

i.  Delayed Delivery Commitments.  The Funds may purchase securities, including those designated as TBAs in the Portfolio of Investments, for which delivery or payment will occur at a later date, beyond the normal settlement period. The price of the security and the date when the security will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The security and the obligation to pay for it are recorded by the Funds at the time the commitment is entered into. The actual security that will be delivered to fulfill a TBA trade is not designated at the time of the trade. The security is “to be announced” 48 hours prior to the established trade settlement date. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations during the time before the Funds take delivery of the security. When the Funds enter into such a transaction, collateral consisting of liquid securities or cash and cash equivalents is required to be segregated or earmarked at the custodian in an amount at least equal to the amount of the Funds’ commitment.

Purchases of delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on the Funds’ net asset value as if the Funds had created a degree of leverage in the portfolio. Risks may arise upon entering into such transactions from the potential inability of counterparties to meet their obligations under the transactions. Additionally, losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities.

There were no delayed delivery securities held by the Funds as of December 31, 2011.

j.  Securities Lending.  The Funds have entered into an agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”), as agent of the Funds, to lend securities to certain designated borrowers. The loans are collateralized with cash or securities in an amount equal to at least 105% or 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of the loaned international or domestic securities, respectively, when the loan is initiated. Thereafter, the value of the collateral must remain at least 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. equities and

 

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U.S. corporate debt; at least 105% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for non-U.S. equities; and at least 100% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. Government securities, sovereign debt issued by non-U.S. Governments and non-U.S. corporate debt. In the event that the market value of the collateral falls below the required percentages described above, the borrower will deliver additional collateral on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the collateral. The Funds invest cash collateral in short-term investments, a portion of the income from which is remitted to the borrowers and the remainder allocated between the Funds and State Street Bank as lending agent.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, none of the Funds had loaned securities under this agreement.

k.  Indemnifications.  Under the Trusts’ organizational documents, their officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

3.  Fair Value Measurements.  In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Funds have categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of each 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 when 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 each 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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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of December 31, 2011, at value:

Targeted Equity Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 603,674,180       $       $   —       $ 603,674,180   

Short-Term Investments

             11,931,470                 11,931,470   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 603,674,180       $ 11,931,470       $       $ 615,605,650   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

Large Cap Value Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 119,951,403       $       $   —       $ 119,951,403   

Short-Term Investments

             5,164,116                 5,164,116   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 119,951,403       $ 5,164,116       $       $ 125,115,519   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

 

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Diversified Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

       

Non-Convertible Bonds

       

Treasuries

  $      $ 11,500,978      $ 94,814      $ 11,595,792   

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

           22,188,776               22,188,776   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

           33,689,754        94,814        33,784,568   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

           2,057,962               2,057,962   

Municipals(a)

           66,898               66,898   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

           35,814,614        94,814        35,909,428   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stocks(a)

    33,801,743                      33,801,743   

Preferred Stocks

       

Convertible Preferred Stocks

       

Banking

    73,780        13,063               86,843   

Construction Machinery

           6,815               6,815   

Consumer Products

           30,631               30,631   

All Other Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

    505,734                      505,734   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

    579,514        50,509               630,023   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

    162,379        92,473               254,852   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

    741,893        142,982               884,875   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

           1,325,401               1,325,401   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    34,543,636        37,282,997        94,814        71,921,447   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

           38,350               38,350   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 34,543,636      $ 37,321,347      $ 94,814      $ 71,959,797   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

 

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U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 320,087,347       $       $   —       $ 320,087,347   

Closed End Investment Companies

     1,675,089                         1,675,089   

Short-Term Investments

             7,466,333                 7,466,333   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 321,762,436       $ 7,466,333       $   —       $ 329,228,769   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

Small Cap Value Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 351,106,006       $   —       $   —       $ 351,106,006   

Exchange Traded Funds

     17,790,081                         17,790,081   

Closed End Investment Companies

     9,942,847                         9,942,847   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 378,838,934       $       $       $ 378,838,934   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

Value Opportunity Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 128,004,612       $   —       $   —       $ 128,004,612   

Closed End Investment Companies

     2,103,131                         2,103,131   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 130,107,743       $       $       $ 130,107,743   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 5,610,631       $   —       $   —       $ 5,610,631   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

 

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The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of December 31, 2011:

Diversified Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
December 31,
2010

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds Treasuries

  $   —      $ 4,941      $   —      $ (169,573   $ 259,446   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
December 31,
2011

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
December 31,
2011

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds Treasuries

  $   —      $   —      $   —      $ 94,814      $ (169,573
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

In May, 2011, Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements” was issued and is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The ASU requires reporting entities to disclose i) the amounts of any transfers between Level 1 and Level 2, and the reasons for the transfers; and ii) for Level 3 fair value measurements, a) quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used, b) a description of the valuation processes used by the reporting entity, and c) a narrative description of the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs if a change in those inputs might result in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement. Notwithstanding the projected regulatory implementation date of March 31, 2012 for the Funds, Management has already implemented disclosure of all transfers between Level 1 and Level 2, and the reasons for the transfers. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the Level 3 disclosures may have on the Funds’ financial statements.

4.  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 certain Funds used during the period include forward foreign currency contracts and option contracts.

 

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The Funds are subject to the risk that changes in foreign currency exchange rates will have an unfavorable effect on the value of Fund assets denominated in foreign currencies. Certain Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes to protect the value of the Funds’ holdings of foreign securities. Certain Funds may also use forward foreign currency contracts to gain exposure to foreign currencies, regardless of whether securities denominated in such currencies are held in the Funds. During the year ended December 31, 2011, Diversified Income Fund engaged in forward foreign currency transactions for hedging purposes.

The Funds are subject to the risk of unpredictable declines in the value of individual equity securities and periods of below-average performance in individual securities or in the equity market as a whole. U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund may use purchased put options and written call options to hedge against a decline in value of an equity security that it owns and may use written put options to offset the cost of option contracts used for hedging purposes. The Fund may also use purchased call options to gain exposure to an equity security without committing the capital required to buy it, while also limiting the downside risk associated with owning it. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Fund engaged in purchased put and written call options for hedging purposes, in written put options to offset the cost of options used for hedging purposes, and in purchased call options to gain exposure to equity securities.

Certain Funds are party to agreements with counterparties that govern transactions in forward foreign currency contracts and over-the-counter options. These agreements contain credit-risk-related contingent features that allow the counterparties to terminate open contracts early if the net asset value of a Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. If such features were to be triggered, the counterparties could request immediate settlement of open contracts at current fair value. As of December 31, 2011, none of the Funds held derivative positions (including open trades) subject to credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position by counterparty.

Forward foreign currency contracts and over-the-counter option contracts are subject to the risk that the counterparty will be unwilling or unable to meet its obligations under the contracts. Certain Funds have mitigated this risk by entering into master netting agreements with counterparties that allow the Fund and the counterparty to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts to one net amount payable by either the Fund or the counterparty. As of December 31, 2011, the maximum amount of loss that Diversified Income Fund would incur if counterparties failed to meet their obligations and the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting arrangements is $38,350.

Counterparty risk is managed through the posting of collateral and, as a result, the risk of loss to a Fund from counterparty default should be limited to the extent a Fund is undercollateralized. In addition to collateral requirements, the Funds also require counterparties to meet minimum credit quality requirements.

 

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The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Diversified Income Fund as of December 31, 2011:

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Caption

  

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

 

Assets

  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 38,350   

Transactions in derivative instruments for Diversified Income Fund during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Statements of Operations Caption

  

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Foreign currency transactions*

   $ 20,342   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Foreign currency translations*

   $ 40,409   

 

* Represents realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for forward foreign currency contracts during the period.

Transactions in derivative instruments for U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Statements of Operations Caption

  

Equity
Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Investments*

   $ 701,993   

Options written

     (1,415,833

 

* Represents realized gain for purchased options during the period.

As the Funds value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Statements of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of these disclosures.

The volume of forwards activity, as a percentage of net assets, for Diversified Income Fund, based on gross month-end notional amounts outstanding during the period, including long and short positions at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

Diversified Income Fund

  

Forwards

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

   0.60%

 

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Diversified Income Fund

  

Forwards

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

   1.02%

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

   0.30%

Notional Amount Outstanding as of December 31, 2011

   0.71%

The volume of options activity, as a percentage of net assets, for U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund, based on the month-end market values of equity securities underlying purchased and written options, at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund*

  

Put Options

Purchased

   

Call Options

Written

 

Average Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.06     0.05

Highest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.44     0.36

Lowest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.00     0.00

Market Value of Underlying Securities as of December 31, 2011

     0.00     0.00

The volume of options activity, as a percentage of net assets, for U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund, based on daily market values of equity securities underlying purchased and written options, at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund*

  

Call Options
Purchased

   

Put Options

Written

 

Average Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.00 %(+)      0.01

Highest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.42     0.60

Lowest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.00     0.00

Market Value of Underlying Securities as of December 31, 2011

     0.00     0.00

 

(+) Amount is less than 0.01%.

 

* Market value of underlying securities is determined by multiplying option shares by the price of the option’s underlying security, as determined by the Fund’s Pricing Policies and Procedures.

Market value of underlying securities and notional amounts outstanding at the end of the prior period are included in the averages above.

The following is a summary of U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund’s written option activity:

 

     

Number of
Contracts

   

Premiums

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

          $   

Options written

     37,967        2,504,133   

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (37,967     (2,504,133

 

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Number of
Contracts

    

Premiums

 

Options exercised

               

Options expired

               
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

           $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the year ended December 31, 2011, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government/Agency securities and including paydowns) were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Purchases

    

Sales

 

Targeted Equity Fund

   $ 1,895,563,891       $ 2,113,397,514   

Large Cap Value Fund

     46,634,967         57,281,336   

Diversified Income Fund

     21,431,312         12,846,261   

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     344,456,018         378,763,366   

Small Cap Value Fund

     445,401,129         564,966,616   

Value Opportunity Fund

     152,785,504         68,100,330   

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

     4,255,216         4,201,038   

For the year ended December 31, 2011, purchases and sales of U.S. Government/Agency securities by the Diversified Income Fund were $1,218,855 and $409,957, respectively.

6.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

a.  Management Fees.  NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”) (formerly Natixis Asset Management Advisors, L.P.), serves as investment adviser to each Fund except the Targeted Equity Fund. Capital Growth Management Limited Partnership (“CGM”) is the investment adviser to the Targeted Equity Fund. Under the terms of the management agreements, each Fund pays a management fee at the following annual rates, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on each Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

     Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets  

Fund

 

First

$200 million

   

Next

$300 million

   

Next

$500 million

   

Next

$1 billion

   

Over

$2 billion

 

Targeted Equity Fund

    0.75     0.70     0.65     0.65     0.60

Large Cap Value Fund

    0.70     0.65     0.60     0.60     0.60

Diversified Income Fund

    0.55     0.55     0.55     0.50     0.50

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

    0.80     0.80     0.80     0.80     0.80

Small Cap Value Fund

    0.90     0.90     0.90     0.90     0.90

Value Opportunity Fund

    0.80     0.80     0.80     0.80     0.80

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

    0.60     0.60     0.60     0.60     0.60

Prior to June 1, 2011, U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund paid a management fee at an annual rate of 0.90% for the first billion and 0.80% thereafter, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

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NGAM Advisors has entered into subadvisory agreements for each Fund as listed below.

 

Large Cap Value Fund

  

Harris Associates L.P. (“Harris”)

Diversified Income Fund

  

AEW Capital Management, L.P. (“AEW”)

  

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”)

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

  

Harris

  

Loomis Sayles

Small Cap Value Fund

  

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P. (“Vaughan Nelson”)

Value Opportunity Fund

  

Vaughan Nelson

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

  

Westpeak Global Advisors, L.P. (“Westpeak”)

Prior to June 1, 2011, a segment of U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund was subadvised by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC. This segment is now subadvised by Loomis Sayles.

Payments to NGAM Advisors are reduced by the amount of payments to the subadvisers.

NGAM Advisors has given binding undertakings to certain Funds to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit the Funds’ operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes and extraordinary expenses. These undertakings are in effect until April 30, 2012 and are reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to these undertakings. Waivers/reimbursements that exceed management fees payable are reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from investment adviser.

For the period from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 (June 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 for U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund), the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements were as follows:

 

      Expense limit as a Percentage of Average
Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class B

   

Class C

   

Class Y

 

Large Cap Value Fund

     1.30     2.05     2.05     1.05

Diversified Income Fund

     1.25            2.00       

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     1.30     2.05     2.05     1.05

Small Cap Value Fund

     1.45     2.20     2.20     1.20

Value Opportunity Fund

     1.40            2.15     1.15

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

     1.20            1.95     0.95

 

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Prior to June 1, 2011 the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreement for U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund were as follows:

 

      Expense limit as a Percentage of Average
Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class B

   

Class C

   

Class Y

 

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     1.40     2.15     2.15     1.15

NGAM Advisors shall be permitted to recover expenses it has borne under the expense limitation agreements (whether through waiver of its management fees or otherwise) on a class by class basis in later periods to the extent the expenses of a class fall below a class’ expense limits, provided, however, that a class is not obligated to pay such waived/reimbursed fees or expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the management fees and waivers of management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Gross
Management
Fees

   

Waivers of
Management
Fees
1

   

Net
Management
Fees

   

Percentage of
Average
Daily Net Assets

 
       

Gross

   

Net

 

Targeted Equity Fund

  $ 5,606,397      $      $ 5,606,397        0.69     0.69

Large Cap Value Fund

    943,175               943,175        0.70     0.70

Diversified Income Fund

    372,393               372,393        0.55     0.55

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

    3,067,347        130,628        2,936,719        0.84     0.81

Small Cap Value Fund

    4,683,409               4,683,409        0.90     0.90

Value Opportunity Fund

    751,591               751,591        0.80     0.80

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

    34,511        34,511               0.60       

 

1 

Management fee waivers are subject to possible recovery until December 31, 2012.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, expenses have been reimbursed as follows:

 

Fund

  

Reimbursement2

 

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

   $  144,939   

 

2 

Expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until December 31, 2012.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2011, management fee waivers related to the prior fiscal year were recovered as follows:

 

      Recovered Expenses  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class B

    

Class C

    

Class Y

    

Total

 

Large Cap Value Fund

   $ 10,877       $ 416       $ 618       $ 811       $ 12,722   

Value Opportunity Fund

     2,358                 223         9,018         11,599   

Certain officers and directors of NGAM Advisors and its affiliates are also officers or Trustees of the Funds. NGAM Advisors, AEW, CGM, Harris, Loomis Sayles and Vaughan Nelson are subsidiaries of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P. (“Natixis US”), which is part of Natixis Global Asset Management, an international asset management group based in Paris, France.

b.  Service and Distribution Fees.  NGAM Distribution, L.P. (“NGAM Distribution”) (formerly Natixis Distributors, L.P.), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis US, has entered into a distribution agreement with the Trusts. Pursuant to this agreement, NGAM Distribution serves as principal underwriter of the Funds of the Trusts.

Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Trusts have adopted a Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class A shares (the “Class A Plans”) and a Distribution and Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class B (if applicable) and Class C shares (the “Class B and Class C Plans”).

Under the Class A Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Funds’ Class A shares, as reimbursement for expenses incurred by NGAM Distribution in providing personal services to investors in Class A shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Under the Class B (if applicable) and Class C Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Funds’ Class B (if applicable) and Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in providing personal services to investors in Class B (if applicable) and Class C shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Also under the Class B (if applicable) and Class C Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly distribution fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Funds’ Class B (if applicable) and Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Class B (if applicable) and Class C shares.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Funds paid the following service and distribution fees:

 

      Service Fees      Distribution Fees  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class B

    

Class C

    

Class B

    

Class C

 

Targeted Equity Fund

   $ 1,568,124       $ 18,384       $ 163,559       $ 55,153       $ 490,678   

Large Cap Value Fund

     288,182         10,927         16,313         32,782         48,940   

Diversified Income Fund

     98,311                 70,958                 212,873   

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     771,121         56,185         76,560         168,556         229,680   

Small Cap Value Fund

     696,003         15,626         88,640         46,876         265,920   

Value Opportunity Fund

     46,394                 4,252                 12,757   

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

     3                 3                 8   

c.  Administrative Fees.  NGAM Advisors provides certain administrative services for the Funds and contracts with State Street Bank to serve as sub-administrator. NGAM Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis US. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust (“Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II (“Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”), Hansberger International Series and NGAM Advisors, each Fund pays NGAM Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0575% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion and 0.0350% of such assets in excess of $60 billion, subject to an annual aggregate minimum fee for the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis. Funds that commenced operations prior to July 1, 2011 are subject to a new fund fee for the first twelve months of operations of $75,000 plus $12,500 per additional class and an additional $75,000 if managed by multiple subadvisers. ActiveBeta Equity Fund was subject to the new fund fee during the period.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, each Fund paid the following administrative fees to NGAM Advisors:

 

Fund

  

Administrative
Fees

 

Targeted Equity Fund

   $ 375,325   

Large Cap Value Fund

     62,532   

Diversified Income Fund

     31,422   

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     168,613   

Small Cap Value Fund

     241,496   

Value Opportunity Fund

     43,591   

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

     58,959   

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communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries and has agreed to compensate the intermediaries for providing those services. Certain services would be provided by the Funds if the shares of those customers were registered directly with the Funds’ transfer agent. Accordingly, the Funds agreed to pay a portion of the intermediary fees attributable to shares of the Funds held by the intermediaries (which generally are a percentage of the value of shares held) not to exceed what the Funds would have paid their transfer agent had each customer’s shares been registered directly with the transfer agent instead of held through the intermediaries. NGAM Distribution pays the remainder of the fees.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Funds paid the following sub-transfer agent fees, which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations:

 

Fund

  

Sub-Transfer
Agent Fees

 

Targeted Equity Fund

   $ 431,088   

Large Cap Value Fund

     36,681   

Diversified Income Fund

     33,928   

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     108,998   

Small Cap Value Fund

     424,404   

Value Opportunity Fund

     69,849   

e.  Commissions.  Commissions (including CDSCs) on Fund shares retained by NGAM Distribution during the year ended December 31, 2011, were as follows:

 

Fund

   Commissions  

Targeted Equity Fund

   $ 228,335   

Large Cap Value Fund

     33,145   

Diversified Income Fund

     45,319   

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     237,721   

Small Cap Value Fund

     39,405   

Value Opportunity Fund

     20,056   

f.  Trustees Fees and Expenses.  The Trusts do not pay any compensation directly to their officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of NGAM Advisors, NGAM Distribution, Natixis US or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $250,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that she attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $80,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, each committee chairman receives an additional retainer fee at an annual rate of $15,000. Each Contract Review and

 

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Governance Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $7,500 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,750 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

Effective January 1, 2012, the Chairperson of the Board receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $265,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for the Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that she attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $95,000. All other Trustee fees remain unchanged.

A deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) is available to the Trustees on a voluntary basis. Deferred amounts remain in the Funds until distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The value of a participating Trustee’s deferral account is based on theoretical investments of deferred amounts, on the normal payment dates, in certain funds of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series as designated by the participating Trustees. Changes in the value of participants’ deferral accounts are allocated pro rata among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and Hansberger International Series, and are normally reflected as Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations. The portions of the accrued obligations allocated to the Funds under the Plan are reflected as Deferred Trustees’ fees in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

7.  Line of Credit.  Each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series, participates in a $200,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank, with an individual limit of $125,000,000 for each fund that participates in the line of credit. Interest is charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds rate or overnight LIBOR, plus 1.25%. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.125% per annum, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, is accrued and apportioned among the participating funds based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit. Prior to April 21, 2011, the commitment fee was 0.15% per annum.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, none of the Funds had borrowings under these agreements.

8.  Brokerage Commission Recapture.  Certain Funds have entered into agreements with certain brokers whereby the brokers will rebate a portion of brokerage commissions. All amounts rebated by the brokers are returned to the Funds under such

 

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agreements and are included in realized gains on investments in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2011, amounts rebated under these agreements were as follows:

 

Fund

   Rebates  

Targeted Equity Fund

   $ 551,289   

Diversified Income Fund

     546   

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     35,162   

Small Cap Value Fund

     54,772   

9.  Payable to Custodian Bank.  The Funds’ custodian bank, State Street Bank, provides overdraft protection to the Funds in the event of a cash shortfall. Cash overdrafts bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds rate plus 2.00%. At December 31, 2011, certain Funds had payables to the custodian bank for overdrafts and incurred interest in connection with these overdrafts as follows:

Fund

  

Payable to Custodian Bank

    

Interest Incurred
on Overdrafts

 

Diversified Income Fund

   $ 41,742       $ 14   

Small Cap Value Fund

     15,846,616         3,674   

Value Opportunity Fund

     676,489         244   

10.  Concentration of Risk.  Each Fund’s investments in foreign securities are subject to foreign currency fluctuations, higher volatility than U.S. securities, varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity. Greater political, economic, credit and information risks are also associated with foreign securities.

11.  Concentration of Ownership.  From time to time, the Funds may have a concentration of one or more shareholders holding a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities of these shareholders could have material impacts on the Funds. As of December 31, 2011, certain Funds had shareholders that owned more than 5% of the Funds’ total outstanding shares. The number of shareholders owning more than 5% of total outstanding shares of a fund, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings was as follows:

 

Fund

  

Number of 5% Shareholders

    

Percentage of
Ownership

 

Large Cap Value Fund

     1         5.52

Small Cap Value Fund

     2         21.78

Value Opportunity Fund

     1         20.59

Shares held in omnibus accounts may be beneficially held by one or more individuals or entities other than the owner of record. As of December 31, 2011, a Fund had omnibus accounts representing ownership of more than 25% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares. The number of omnibus accounts representing ownership of more than 25% of

 

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total outstanding shares of the fund, based on accounts that represent more than 25% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings was as follows:

 

Fund

  

Number of 25% Omnibus
Accounts

    

Percentage of
Ownership

 

Diversified Income Fund

     2         60.81

As of December 31, 2011, Natixis US and its affiliates owned shares equating to 99.99% of ActiveBeta Equity Fund’s net assets.

12.  Capital Shares.  Each Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

    

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2011

  

  

   

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2010

  

  

Targeted Equity Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     3,184,509      $ 33,232,138        7,738,827      $ 76,552,424   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     282,978        2,637,355        311,600        3,451,189   

Redeemed

     (17,448,381     (176,294,304     (12,966,098     (127,132,727
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (13,980,894   $ (140,424,811     (4,915,671   $ (47,129,114
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class B         

Issued from the sale of shares

     22,290      $ 209,108        30,077      $ 270,580   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

                   38        356   

Redeemed

     (384,942     (3,528,090     (478,236     (4,192,463
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (362,652   $ (3,318,982     (448,121   $ (3,921,527
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     896,423      $ 8,494,213        2,115,687      $ 18,787,778   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

                   170        1,588   

Redeemed

     (3,391,034     (30,547,401     (2,720,024     (23,660,824
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (2,494,611   $ (22,053,188     (604,167   $ (4,871,458
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     3,063,998      $ 33,665,698        5,946,373      $ 59,945,503   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     24,987        238,628        22,586        256,277   

Redeemed

     (9,218,830     (93,610,480     (21,046,408     (216,794,343
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (6,129,845   $ (59,706,154     (15,077,449   $ (156,592,563
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (22,968,002   $ (225,503,135     (21,045,408   $ (212,514,662
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2011

 

12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2011

  

  

   

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2010

  

  

Large Cap Value Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     362,434      $ 5,194,882        584,698      $ 7,591,609   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     42,241        582,465        28,036        394,129   

Redeemed

     (1,006,523     (14,401,573     (1,229,322     (15,876,577
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (601,848   $ (8,624,226     (616,588   $ (7,890,839
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class B         

Issued from the sale of shares

     4,821      $ 64,740        13,200      $ 158,473   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     95        1,299        582        7,425   

Redeemed

     (172,664     (2,279,597     (259,196     (3,105,680
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (167,748   $ (2,213,558     (245,414   $ (2,939,782
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     14,556      $ 192,169        81,762      $ 989,577   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     74        1,019        322        4,092   

Redeemed

     (137,075     (1,793,043     (134,778     (1,585,523
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (122,445   $ (1,599,855     (52,694   $ (591,854
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     52,358      $ 787,377        195,195      $ 2,647,773   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     4,200        59,792        3,104        45,227   

Redeemed

     (182,830     (2,780,482     (117,144     (1,564,634
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (126,272   $ (1,933,313     81,155      $ 1,128,366   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (1,018,313   $ (14,370,952     (833,541   $ (10,294,109
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified Income Fund

        
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,529,920      $ 16,499,405        676,041      $ 6,828,409   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     119,006        1,274,902        100,890        990,220   

Redeemed

     (876,123     (9,358,069     (1,007,048     (10,074,179
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     772,803      $ 8,416,238        (230,117   $ (2,255,550
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     777,802      $ 8,318,664        612,602      $ 6,157,456   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     38,746        414,491        29,035        284,425   

Redeemed

     (666,925     (7,106,226     (759,919     (7,388,131
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     149,623      $ 1,626,929        (118,282   $ (946,250
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     922,426      $ 10,043,167        (348,399   $ (3,201,800
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2011

 

12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2011

  

  

   

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2010

  

  

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,001,650      $ 25,954,270        911,448      $ 20,451,387   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     436,000        9,962,606        18,717        466,442   

Redeemed

     (1,980,283     (50,206,150     (2,022,798     (44,172,568
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (542,633   $ (14,289,274     (1,092,633   $ (23,254,739
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class B         

Issued from the sale of shares

     23,243      $ 504,601        28,907      $ 535,647   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     36,272        701,492                 

Redeemed

     (548,210     (12,060,361     (791,810     (14,786,760
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (488,695   $ (10,854,268     (762,903   $ (14,251,113
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     207,100      $ 4,562,054        85,590      $ 1,613,257   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     54,243        1,049,602                 

Redeemed

     (264,427     (5,782,658     (255,548     (4,769,722
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (3,084   $ (171,002     (169,958   $ (3,156,465
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     116,639      $ 3,317,946        10,018      $ 239,190   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     2,297        56,868        134        3,603   

Redeemed

     (87,289     (2,428,566     (200,693     (4,399,790
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     31,647      $ 946,248        (190,541   $ (4,156,997
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (1,002,765   $ (24,368,296     (2,216,035   $ (44,819,314
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2011

 

12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2011
 
  
   
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2010
 
  

Small Cap Value Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     3,643,470      $ 82,393,516        1,568,273      $ 37,116,627   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,590,219        30,259,390        1,686,885        38,516,551   

Redeemed

     (4,129,370     (90,649,356     (5,956,654     (142,473,851
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     1,104,319      $ 22,003,550        (2,701,496   $ (66,840,673
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class B         

Issued from the sale of shares

     19,113      $ 365,516        18,984      $ 406,070   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     70,308        1,130,787        79,966        1,589,861   

Redeemed

     (180,896     (3,487,616     (223,637     (4,732,199
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (91,475   $ (1,991,313     (124,687   $ (2,736,268
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     183,324      $ 3,193,176        186,557      $ 3,849,819   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     325,308        5,194,638        282,744        5,618,352   

Redeemed

     (437,680     (8,311,014     (455,474     (9,570,079
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     70,952      $ 76,800        13,827      $ (101,908
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,970,543      $ 45,319,180        1,291,230      $ 30,400,662   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,227,435        23,963,566        1,369,166        31,615,425   

Redeemed

     (5,430,354     (119,011,700     (3,559,389     (85,024,677
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (2,232,376   $ (49,728,954     (898,993   $ (23,008,590
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (1,148,580   $ (29,639,917     (3,711,349   $ (92,687,439
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2011

 

12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2011
 
  
   
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2010
 
  

Value Opportunity Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,293,700      $ 20,064,791        845,322      $ 10,950,063   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     55,637        775,015        7,026        102,623   

Redeemed

     (572,243     (8,442,798     (381,175     (4,994,591
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     777,094      $ 12,397,008        471,173      $ 6,058,095   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     121,179      $ 1,857,011        33,713      $ 447,990   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     4,804        65,821        313        4,512   

Redeemed

     (48,298     (678,464     (7,556     (94,316
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     77,685      $ 1,244,368        26,470      $ 358,186   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     6,640,679      $ 97,980,918        2,494,934      $ 32,571,037   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     196,859        2,756,032        21,928        321,089   

Redeemed

     (1,713,518     (25,165,911     (456,608     (5,870,040
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     5,124,020      $ 75,571,039        2,060,254      $ 27,022,086   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     5,978,799      $ 89,212,415        2,557,897      $ 33,438,367   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2011

 

12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    

 

Year Ended

  December 31, 2011  

  

  

    
 
Period Ended
December 31, 2010*
 
  

ActiveBeta Equity Fund

     Shares         Amount         Shares        Amount   
Class A           

Issued from the sale of shares

           $         100      $ 1,001   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     7         66         (a)      5   

Redeemed

                              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     7       $ 66         100      $ 1,006   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C           

Issued from the sale of shares

           $         100      $ 1,001   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     6         57         (a)      1   

Redeemed

                              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     6       $ 57         100      $ 1,002   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y           

Issued from the sale of shares

           $         500,000      $ 5,000,000   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     33,634         345,063         2,601        29,250   

Redeemed

                              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     33,634       $ 345,063         502,601      $ 5,029,250   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     33,647       $ 345,186         502,801      $ 5,031,258   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* From commencement of operations on July 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

 

(a) Amount rounds to less than one share.

13.  Subsequent Events.  Effective January 1, 2012, the name of the adviser to the Funds, except the Targeted Equity Fund, changed from Natixis Asset Management Advisors, L.P. to NGAM Advisors, L.P. and the name of the Funds’ distributor changed from Natixis Distributors, L.P. to NGAM Distribution, L.P.

Effective February 13, 2012, NGAM Distribution will no longer accept investments in the ActiveBeta Equity Fund from new investors or accept additional investments in the Fund from current shareholders of the Fund.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Trustees of Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II and Shareholders of CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund, Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund, Natixis Diversified Income Fund (formerly Natixis Income Diversified Portfolio) , Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund (formerly Natixis U.S. Diversified Portfolio) , Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund, Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund and Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund, Natixis Diversified Income Fund (formerly Natixis Income Diversified Portfolio) , Natixis U.S. Multi-Cap Equity Fund (formerly Natixis U.S. Diversified Portfolio) and Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund, each a series of Natixis Funds Trust I; and the Harris Associates Large Cap Value Fund, Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund and Westpeak ActiveBeta® Equity Fund, each a series of Natixis Funds Trust II (collectively, the “Funds”), at December 31, 2011, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2011 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, MA

February 23, 2012

 

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2011 U.S. Tax Distribution Information to Shareholders (Unaudited)

 

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction.  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, a percentage of dividends distributed by the Funds listed below qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. These percentages are as follows:

 

Fund

  

Qualifying
Percentage

 

Targeted Equity

     100.00

Large Cap Value

     100.00

Diversified Income

     24.60

Small Cap Value

     52.22

Value Opportunity

     43.36

ActiveBeta Equity

     43.55

Capital Gains Distributions.  Pursuant to Internal Revenue Section 852(b), the following Funds paid distributions, which have been designated as capital gains distributions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

 

Fund

   Amount  

U.S. Multi-Cap Equity

   $ 12,191,575   

Small Cap Value

     79,707,256   

Value Opportunity

     2,627,916   

ActiveBeta Equity

     53,692   

Qualified Dividend Income.  A percentage of dividends distributed by the Funds during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 are considered qualified dividend income, and are eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 0% to 15% depending on an individual’s tax bracket. These percentages are noted below:

 

Fund

  

Qualifying
Percentage

 

Targeted Equity

     100.00

Large Cap Value

     100.00

Diversified Income

     23.70

Small Cap Value

     72.25

Value Opportunity

     44.64

ActiveBeta Equity

     34.77

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The tables below provide certain information regarding the trustees and officers of Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II (the “Trusts”). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all persons below is 399 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the trustees of the Trusts and is available by calling Natixis Funds at 800-225-5478.

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trusts,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2

and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES      
Graham T. Allison, Jr.
(1940)
 

Trustee from 1984 to 1993 and since 1995 for Natixis Funds Trust I (including its predecessors) and since 1995 for Natixis Funds Trust II

Contract Review and Governance Committee Member

  Douglas Dillon Professor and Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University  

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Director, Taubman Centers, Inc. (real estate investment trust)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including a real estate investment trust); government experience (including as Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Clinton); academic experience
Charles D. Baker (1956)  

Trustee from 2005 to 2009 and since 2011 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

Contract Review and Governance Committee Member

  Executive in Residence at General Catalyst Partners (venture capital and growth equity firm); formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (health care organization)  

44

None

  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience (including president and chief executive officer of a health care organization and executive officer of a venture capital and growth equity firm)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trusts,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2

and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

continued

     

Daniel M. Cain

(1945)

 

Trustee since 1996 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

Chairman of the Contract Review and Governance Committee

  Chairman (formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer) of Cain Brothers & Company, Incorporated (investment banking)  

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Director, Sheridan Healthcare Inc. (physician practice management)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at a health care organization); experience in the financial industry (including roles as chairman and former chief executive officer of an investment banking firm)

Kenneth A. Drucker

(1945)

 

Trustee since 2008 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

Chairman of the Audit Committee

  Retired  

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Formerly, Director, M Fund, Inc. (investment company); Director, Gateway Trust (investment company)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at investment companies); executive experience (including as treasurer of an aerospace, automotive, and metal manufacturing corporation)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trusts,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2

and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

continued

     

Wendell J. Knox

(1948)

 

Trustee since 2009 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

Audit Committee

Member

  Director (formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer) of Abt Associates Inc. (research and consulting)  

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Director, Eastern Bank (commercial bank); Director, The Hanover Insurance Group (property and casualty insurance)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at a commercial bank and at a property and casualty insurance firm); executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer of a consulting company)

Sandra O. Moose

(1942)

 

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees since November 2005

Trustee since 1982 for Natixis Funds Trust I (including its predecessors) and since 1993 for Natixis Funds Trust II

Ex officio member of the Audit Committee and Contract Review and Governance Committee

  President, Strategic Advisory Services (management consulting)  

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Director, Verizon Communications;

Director, AES Corporation (international power company); formerly, Director, Rohm and Haas Company (specialty chemicals)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at an international power company and a specialty chemicals corporation); executive experience (including at a management consulting company)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trusts,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2

and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

continued

     

Erik R. Sirri

(1958)

 

Trustee since 2009 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

Contract Review and Governance Committee

Member

  Professor of Finance at Babson College; formerly, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission  

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None

  Experience on the Board; experience as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission; academic experience; training as an economist

Peter J. Smail

(1952)

 

Trustee since 2009 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

Contract Review and Governance Committee

Member

  Retired; formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pyramis Global Advisors (investment management)  

44

None

  Experience on the Board; mutual fund industry and executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer for an investment adviser)

Cynthia L. Walker

(1956)

 

Trustee since 2005 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

Audit Committee Member

  Deputy Dean for Finance and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine; formerly, Executive Dean for Administration, Harvard Medical School  

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None

  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience in a variety of academic organizations (including roles as dean for finance and administration)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trusts,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2

and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INTERESTED TRUSTEES      

Robert J. Blanding3

(1947)

555 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94104

  Trustee since 2003 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II   President, Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

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None

  Significant experience on the Board; continuing service as president, chairman, and chief executive officer of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
David L. Giunta4 (1965)  

Trustee since 2011 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II

President and Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II since 2003

  President and Chief Executive Officer, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.; formerly President, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund; and formerly, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Brokerage Company.  

44

None

  Experience on the Board; continuing experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of NGAM Advisors, L.P.

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trusts,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2

and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INTERESTED TRUSTEES

continued

     

John T. Hailer5

(1960)

  Trustee since 2000 for Natixis Funds Trust I and Natixis Funds Trust II   President and Chief Executive Officer-U.S. and Asia, Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.; formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.  

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None

  Significant experience on the Board; continuing experience as Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.

 

1 

Each trustee serves until retirement, resignation or removal from the Board. The current retirement age is 72. The position of Chairperson of the Board is appointed for a two-year term. Ms. Moose was appointed to serve an additional two year term as the Chairperson of the Board on November 18, 2011.

 

2 

The trustees of the Trusts serve as trustees of a fund complex that includes all series of the Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV and Gateway Trust (collectively, the “Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (collectively, the “Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”), and Hansberger International Series (collectively, the “Fund Complex”).

 

3 

Mr. Blanding is deemed an “interested person” of the Trusts because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trusts: President, Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

4 

Mr. Giunta is deemed an “interested person” of the Trusts because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trusts: President and Chief Executive Officer of NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P

 

5

Mr. Hailer is deemed an “interested person” of the Trusts because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trusts: President and Chief Executive Officer – U.S. and Asia, Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with the
Trusts

 

Term of Office1 and
Length of Time Served

 

Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years2

OFFICERS OF THE TRUSTS    

Coleen Downs Dinneen

(1960)

  Secretary, Clerk and Chief Legal Officer   Since September 2004   Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Clerk (formerly, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk), NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

Russell L. Kane

(1969)

 

Chief Compliance Officer,

Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  Chief Compliance Officer, since May 2006; Assistant Secretary since June 2004; and Anti-Money Laundering Officer since April 2007   Chief Compliance Officer for Mutual Funds, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

Michael C. Kardok

(1959)

  Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer   Since October 2004   Senior Vice President, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

 

1 

Each officer of the Trusts serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Trusts’ current by-laws until the date his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, retires, is removed or becomes disqualified.

 

2 

Each person listed above, except as noted, holds the same position(s) with the Fund Complex. Previous positions during the past five years with NGAM Distribution, L.P., NGAM Advisors, L.P. or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P are omitted, if not materially different from a trustee’s or officer’s current position with such entity.

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

 

ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund

ASG Global Alternatives Fund

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

 

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Management Discussion and Investment Results page 1

Consolidated Portfolio of Investments page 26

Consolidated Financial Statements page 65


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ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND

Management Discussion

 

 

 

Managers:

Andrew W. Lo

Jeremiah H. Chafkin

Philippe P. Lüdi

AlphaSimplex Group, LLC

(Adviser)

Robert S. Rickard

Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC

(Subadviser)

 

 

Objective:

Pursues an absolute return strategy that seeks to provide capital appreciation while maintaining a low or negative correlation over time with the returns of major equity indices.

 

 

Strategy:

Seeks to generate positive absolute returns over time rather than track the performance of any particular index by using multiple quantitative investment models and strategies.

 

 

Inception Date:

August 3, 2009

 

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   DSFAX
Class C   DSFCX
Class Y   DSFYX

 

 

 

Market Conditions

Financial markets started 2011 on a positive note, with equities posting strong gains despite Japan’s natural disasters. By the end of April, the MSCI World Stock Index had gained 9.4%. Optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s (the Fed’s) second round of quantitative easing would strengthen prospects for stronger U.S. economic growth and hope that the European debt crisis would be contained drove positive momentum. However, the early-year rally in risky assets began to falter as Europe’s debt crisis worsened, the U.S. Congress wrangled over the debt ceiling and long-term U.S. debt was downgraded. The MSCI Europe Index declined sharply and a flight to safety pushed global bond yields lower. As 2011 drew to a close, the Fed initiated a new program to help push long-term interest rates lower and U.S. economic data improved. Investors expressed hope that emerging market countries would be able to offset slower growth by relaxing monetary policy, and the financial markets stabilized in the final weeks of the year.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund returned -2.75% at net asset value. The fund underperformed its benchmark, the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which returned 0.27%. The fund follows an absolute return strategy and does not seek to track any index. Consequently, we believe its most appropriate benchmark is 3-month LIBOR.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The fund uses multiple quantitative investment models and strategies, which may involve a broad range of market exposures, including exposure to the returns of equity and fixed-income securities, currencies and commodities. The fund typically makes extensive use of derivative instruments, such as futures and forward contracts, to capture these exposures, while also managing volatility and correlation.

 

 

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For the year, the fund’s investments based on mean-reversion models, which benefited from increasing bond prices, made the largest positive contribution to fund performance. The fundamental belief behind our mean-reversion models is that short-term deviations in asset prices will revert to their long-term averages. These gains were offset by negative performance from investments based on models focused on relative valuation of foreign currencies and commodities. In order to help investors achieve diversification benefits across their overall portfolios, the fund seeks to maintain a consistently low-to-negative correlation with global equity markets. When the trailing 12-month equity correlation of its holdings would otherwise be too high, as it was during the first eight months of the year, the fund takes short positions in futures on global stock indexes to lower the correlation. (Such short positions decline in value when stock indexes rise.) In this case the correlation control mechanism had a positive impact on performance overall, as losses during the first two months were more than offset by gains in May and August, when equity markets declined sharply. The correlation with the S&P 500 Index, for example, was 10% in 2011 and 17% since inception, which is in line with the fund’s objectives.

The biggest positive contributors during 2011 were Canadian 10-year government bonds, gold, and the euro. Conversely, the biggest detractors to performance were the Indian stock index, the British pound, and the Norwegian krona.

We continued to scale the size of the fund’s positions to keep total portfolio risk at or below its target. As market volatility increased, positions were reduced, and as market volatility decreased, positions were increased. The fund’s realized annualized volatility in 2011 was 8%, just over one third that of the S&P 500’s volatility of approximately 23%. Given low interest rates, the fund’s money market allocation made only a marginal contribution to overall 2011 performance.

Outlook

In 2012, investors will face the difficult task of assessing Europe’s progress toward resolving its debt crisis and considering its ramifications in the context of the wider global economy. Europe teeters on the brink of recession as government spending contracts in response to the debt crisis. Meanwhile, the U.S. enters a critical election year on a mildly positive economic note. And emerging Asia may be in a position to relax monetary policy to offset any slower growth. Against this discordant backdrop, the markets may remain range-bound until the trajectory of the global economy becomes clearer. If European austerity measures succeed in allaying fears about the creditworthiness of its debt, risk assets could see a substantial rally. However, political dysfunction in the United States or Europe, interruption of the supply of oil from the Middle East or social instability stemming from a possible economic slowdown in China could spark renewed market turbulence and dim the prospects for global economic growth.

 

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, an index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares5

August 3, 2009 (inception) through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns—December 31, 20115

 

     
      1 Year      Since Inception  
   
Class A (Inception 8/3/09)        
NAV      -2.75      5.25
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -8.36         2.70   
   
Class C (Inception 8/3/09)        
NAV      -3.43         4.44   
With CDSC1      -4.37         4.44   
   
Class Y (Inception 8/3/09)        
NAV      -2.48         5.46   
   
Comparative Performance        
3-Month LIBOR2      0.27         0.33   
HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index3      -5.51         1.73   
Morningstar Multialternative Fund Avg.4      -2.79         3.32   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

 

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PORTFOLIO FACTS

 

 

Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Certificates of Deposit

    66.8   

Financial Company Commercial Paper

    15.6   

Commercial Paper

    10.0   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    0.2   

Futures Contracts

    0.7   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    6.7   

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio6     Net Expense  Ratio7  
A     1.99     1.74

C

    2.66        2.49   
Y     1.83        1.49   

 

 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 3-Month LIBOR, or the London Interbank Offered Rate, represents the average rate a leading bank, for a given currency (in this case U.S. dollars), can obtain unsecured funding, and is representative of short-term interest rates.

 

3 HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index is an unmanaged, equally-weighted hedge fund index including over 800 domestic and offshore funds of funds. Funds included within the index have either at least $50 million in assets under management or have been actively trading for at least twelve (12) months. Performance information is submitted by the funds of funds to the index provider, which does not audit the information submitted. The index is rebalanced monthly. Performance data is net of all fees charged by the hedge funds. Index returns are calculated three times each month and are subject to periodic recalculation by Hedge Fund Research, Inc. The funds do not expect to update the index returns provided if subsequent recalculations cause such returns to change. In addition, because of these recalculations, the HFRI Index returns reported by the funds may differ from the index returns for the same period published by others.

 

4 Morningstar Fund Averages are the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

5 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

6 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND

Management Discussion

 

Managers:

Andrew W. Lo

Jeremiah H. Chafkin

Peter A. Lee

AlphaSimplex Group, LLC

(Adviser)

Robert S. Rickard

Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC

(Subadviser)

 

 

Objective:

Seeks capital appreciation consistent with the return and risk characteristics of a diversified portfolio of hedge funds while maintaining less volatility than major equity indices.

 

 

Strategy:

Seeks to achieve long and short exposure to global equity, bond, currency, and commodity markets through a wide range of derivative instruments and direct investments.

 

 

Inception Date:

September 30, 2008

 

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   GAFAX
Class C   GAFCX
Class Y   GAFYX

 

 

 

Market Conditions

Financial markets started 2011 on a positive note, with equities posting strong gains despite Japan’s natural disasters. By the end of April, the MSCI World Stock Index had gained 9.4%. Optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s (the Fed’s) second round of quantitative easing would strengthen prospects for stronger U.S. economic growth and hope that the European debt crisis would be contained drove positive momentum. However, the early-year rally in risky assets began to falter as Europe’s debt crisis worsened, the U.S. Congress wrangled over the debt ceiling and long-term U.S. debt was downgraded. The MSCI Europe Index declined sharply and a flight to safety pushed global bond yields lower. As 2011 drew to a close, the Fed initiated a new program to help push long-term interest rates lower and U.S. economic data improved. Investors expressed hope that emerging market countries would be able to offset slower growth by relaxing monetary policy, and the financial markets stabilized in the final weeks of the year.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of ASG Global Alternatives Fund returned -3.29% at net asset value. Although the fund follows an absolute return strategy and does not seek to track an index, its benchmark is the HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index, which returned -5.51% for the same period. Like its benchmark, the fund saw its largest gains in April and its largest losses in August and September. There are important differences between the fund and the benchmark.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The fund’s strategy is to take on the exposures that best reflect the liquid, broad market exposures of the hedge fund industry as estimated by a proprietary, statistical process. When the fund takes on a “long” exposure to a market, it profits as prices rise; when it takes on a “short” exposure, it profits as prices fall. In taking on these exposures, the fund typically makes extensive use of futures and forward contracts on global stock indices,

 

 

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fixed-income securities, currencies and commodities. As market events unfold, these various market exposures result in a profit or loss for the fund.

In 2011, the fund’s largest gains came from bonds, foreign currencies and precious metals. Meanwhile, performance was hurt by losses that resulted from exposure to stocks and base metals. At a finer level of detail, the strongest contributors to performance were U.K. bonds, the Japanese yen, the Swiss franc, German bonds, U.S. Treasury bonds, and gold. The largest single-asset detractors from performance were U.S. stocks, aluminum, German stocks, Hong Kong stocks and Japanese stocks. At times during this period the fund held short positions in Japanese government bonds, the euro, aluminum, copper, heating oil and natural gas; overall, these short positions contributed positively to the fund’s returns. Short-term interest rates remained low, so the contribution from the fund’s money market allocation was small.

During the fourth quarter we enhanced the strategy by applying our beta replication algorithms to daily Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) index data and including the resulting betas in the portfolio. CTAs constitute a category of managers who are likely to change their betas faster than other managers. This change is designed to better capture the short-term tactical insights of these managers.

The fund’s portfolio is adjusted on a monthly basis to incorporate new information about hedge fund exposures and, on a daily basis, as necessary to control risk. Over the course of 2011, the fund generally reduced its positions to compensate for increased market volatility. The risk control mechanism is designed to target an average annual volatility of 8%, greater than the typical volatility of bonds but less than the typical volatility of stocks. On any given day the fund may target up to 9% annualized volatility, but if the fund has recently experienced losses it may target a lower volatility. The fund’s realized volatility was 7.8%, which is in line with our risk management expectations.

Outlook

In 2012, investors will face the difficult task of assessing Europe’s progress toward resolving its debt crisis and considering its ramifications in the context of the wider global economy. Europe teeters on the brink of recession as government spending contracts in response to the debt crisis. Meanwhile, the U.S. enters a critical election year on a mildly positive economic note. And emerging Asia may be in a position to relax monetary policy to offset any slower growth. Against this discordant backdrop, the markets may remain range-bound until the trajectory of the global economy becomes clearer. If European austerity measures succeed in allaying fears about the creditworthiness of its debt, risk assets could see a substantial rally. However, political dysfunction in the United States or Europe, interruption of the supply of oil from the Middle East or social instability stemming from a possible economic slowdown in China could spark renewed market turbulence and dim the prospects for global economic growth.

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, an index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares4

September 30, 2008 (inception) through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20114

 

     
      1 Year      Since Inception  
   
Class A (Inception 9/30/08)        
NAV    - 3.29      2.86
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge    - 8.85         1.00   
   
Class C (Inception 9/30/08)        
NAV    - 4.00         2.11   
With CDSC1    - 4.96         2.11   
   
Class Y (Inception 9/30/08)        
NAV    - 3.00         3.12   
   
Comparative Performance        
HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index2    - 5.51         0.04   
Morningstar Multialternative Fund Avg.3    - 2.79         1.38   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

 

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PORTFOLIO FACTS

 

 

Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Certificates of Deposit

    71.7   

Financial Company Commercial Paper

    15.3   

Commercial Paper

    7.0   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    0.2   

Futures Contracts

    0.2   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    5.6   

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio5     Net Expense  Ratio6  
A     1.67     1.61
C     2.42        2.36   
Y     1.42        1.36   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index is an unmanaged, equally-weighted hedge fund index including over 800 domestic and offshore funds of funds. Funds included within the index have either at least $50 million in assets under management or have been actively trading for at least twelve (12) months. Performance information is submitted by the funds of funds to the index provider, which does not audit the information submitted. The index is rebalanced monthly. Performance data is net of all fees charged by the hedge funds. Index returns are calculated three times each month and are subject to periodic recalculation by Hedge Fund Research, Inc. The funds do not expect to update the index returns provided if subsequent recalculations cause such returns to change. In addition, because of these recalculations, the HFRI Index returns reported by the funds may differ from the index returns for the same period published by others.

 

3 Morningstar Fund Averages are the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

4 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

5 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

6 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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ASG MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

Management Discussion

 

Managers:

Andrew W. Lo

Jeremiah H. Chafkin

AlphaSimplex Group, LLC

(Adviser)

Robert S. Rickard

Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC

(Subadviser)

 

 

Objective:

Pursues an absolute return strategy that seeks to provide capital appreciation.

 

 

Strategy:

Seeks to generate positive absolute returns over time by using a variety of derivative instruments, including futures and forward contracts, to capture the exposures suggested by its absolute return strategy while also seeking to add value through volatility management.

 

 

Inception Date:

July 30, 2010

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   AMFAX
Class C   ASFCX
Class Y   ASFYX

 

 

Market Conditions

Financial markets started 2011 on a positive note, with equities posting strong gains despite Japan’s natural disasters. By the end of April, the MSCI World Stock Index had gained 9.4%. Optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s (the Fed’s) second round of quantitative easing would strengthen prospects for stronger U.S. economic growth and hope that the European debt crisis would be contained drove positive momentum. However, the early-year rally in risky assets began to falter as Europe’s debt crisis worsened, the U.S. Congress wrangled over the debt ceiling and long-term U.S. debt was downgraded. The MSCI Europe Index declined sharply and a flight to safety pushed global bond yields lower. As 2011 drew to a close, the Fed initiated a new program to help push long-term interest rates lower and U.S. economic data improved. Investors expressed hope that emerging market countries would be able to offset slower growth by relaxing monetary policy, and the financial markets stabilized in the final weeks of the year.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund returned 0.25% at net asset value. Although the fund follows an absolute return strategy and does not seek to track an index, its returns are expected be similar to those of the FTSE StableRisk Trend Composite Index, which returned 2.12% in 2011. It is important to note that there are material differences between the fund and the benchmark in terms of risk management. Specifically, the ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund will gradually scale down positions after experiencing losses and scale them back up after experiencing gains, whereas the benchmark index does not.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The difference in performance between the fund and the benchmark was principally due to the fund’s risk management mechanism, which reduces target portfolio risk in the event of a drawdown. In general, the lower volatility helps mitigate the impact of continued losses, but at the cost of muting potential gains. The fund reduced its exposures following the

 

 

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high volatility around the Japanese earthquake and around the end of the second quarter in response to losses experienced by trend-following strategies, and remained lower for most of the remainder of the year.

The fund uses a set of proprietary quantitative models to identify trends in global stock, fixed-income, currency and commodity markets. When the fund takes on a “long” exposure to a market, it profits as prices rise; when it takes on a “short” exposure, it profits as prices fall. In taking on these exposures, the fund typically uses derivative instruments such as futures and forward contracts.

During 2011, all of our trend strategies that trade fixed-income assets profited from the continued decline in bond yields across all maturities. However, commodity returns from trend-following were negative for the year. Investments based on currency trends were very profitable in the first half of the year. However, market gyrations during the second half offset these gains. Investments based on equity trends were negative throughout the year. The biggest positive contributors during 2011 were the German 5-year government bond, the Canadian 10-year government bond, and the German Bund futures. The largest losses were realized in the Canadian dollar, the NASDAQ equity index, and the New Zealand dollar. Across our trend strategies, we found that two general patterns emerged. The high volatility and multiple shorter-term trend reversals this year led to underperformance of our shorter-term trend strategies and to outperformance of our longer-term trend strategies. Consistent with our research, the set of trend strategies designed to adapt to changing environments navigated the volatile market conditions and outperformed even in the challenging 2011 market climate.

We continued to scale portfolio positions to keep total portfolio risk at or below its target in 2011. As market volatility increased, positions were reduced, and as market volatility decreased, positions were increased. The fund’s realized annualized volatility in 2011 was 11%. The correlation of daily returns was 4% with the S&P 500 Index and 16% with the JP Morgan Global Bond Index, underlining the possible diversification benefits of the fund. Given low interest rates, the fund’s money market position contributed only marginally to performance during the year.

Outlook

In 2012, investors will face the difficult task of assessing Europe’s progress toward resolving its debt crisis and considering its ramifications in the context of the wider global economy. Europe teeters on the brink of recession as government spending contracts in response to the debt crisis. Meanwhile, the U.S. enters a critical election year on a mildly positive economic note. And emerging Asia may be in a position to relax monetary policy to offset any slower growth. Against this discordant backdrop, the markets may remain range-bound until the trajectory of the global economy becomes clearer. If European austerity measures succeed in allaying fears about the creditworthiness of its debt, risk assets could see a substantial rally. However, political dysfunction in the United States or Europe, interruption of the supply of oil from the Middle East or social instability stemming from a possible economic slowdown in China could spark renewed market turbulence and dim the prospects for global economic growth.

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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ASG MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, an index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares4

July 30, 2010 (inception) through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20114

 

     
      1 Year      Since Inception  
   
Class A (Inception 7/30/10)        
NAV      0.25      9.47
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      -5.53         5.00   
   
Class C (Inception 7/30/10)        
NAV      -0.51         8.61   
With CDSC1      -1.48         8.61   
   
Class Y (Inception 7/30/10)        
NAV      0.57         9.68   
   
Comparative Performance        
FTSE StableRisk Trend Composite Index2      2.12         16.01   
Morningstar Managed Futures Fund Avg.3      -6.92         0.87   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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PORTFOLIO FACTS

 

Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Certificates of Deposit

    62.0   

Financial Company Commercial Paper

    17.1   

Commercial Paper

    8.6   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    (0.0

Futures Contracts

    1.7   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    10.6   

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio5     Net Expense  Ratio6  

A

    1.88     1.72

C

    2.63        2.47   

Y

    1.63        1.47   
 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 FTSE StableRisk Trend Composite Index is an unmanaged index based on a transparent trend-following strategy designed to provide long and/or short exposure to various asset classes at a targeted level of volatility.

 

3 Morningstar Fund Averages are the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

4 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

5 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

6 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES ABSOLUTE STRATEGIES FUND

Management Discussion

 

Managers:

Matthew J. Eagan, CFA

Kevin Kearns

Todd P. Vandam, CFA

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

 

Objective:

Seeks to provide an attractive absolute total return, complemented by prudent management designed to manage risks and protect investor capital while maintaining relatively low volatility.

 

 

Strategy:

Seeks to generate positive total returns by utilizing a flexible investment approach that allocates investments across a global range of investment opportunities related to credit, currencies and interest rates while employing risk management strategies to mitigate downside risk.

 

 

Inception Date:

December 15, 2010

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A   LABAX
Class C   LABCX
Class Y   LASYX

 

 

Market Conditions

Europe remained a focal point during the year, as weaker euro zone economies and the region’s banking sector dragged down the entire European Union. This descent had a negative effect on global markets, as European leaders struggled to push countries in fragile fiscal and political situations to accept austerity measures. A lack of confidence developed, as investors wondered whether assets on bank balance sheets were toxic or unfairly valued, causing a lack of liquidity in the financial sector not seen since 2008. In the United States, the nation reached its impending debt ceiling in late July, and the resulting political showdown added volatility and uncertainty to the markets. Despite acrimonious debt ceiling negotiations and a debt downgrade in the U.S., Treasuries represented a relative safe haven for investors and became an investment of choice. A second round of quantitative easing (QE2) – a U.S. Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) program aimed at injecting liquidity into the financial system and at stimulating economic growth – concluded midway through the year, and the Fed did not immediately issue a QE3. Instead, the Fed left the option on the table if further stimulus is needed in the future. Given the uncertain environment, the Fed pledged to keep interest rates artificially low at least through mid-2013.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund returned -3.90% at net asset value. The fund underperformed its benchmark, the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which returned 0.27% for the period. The fund follows an absolute return strategy and is not managed to an index.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The use of interest-rate derivatives and positioning within U.S. Treasuries detracted from performance, as the sharp swings in the markets were difficult to anticipate. We used U.S. Treasury futures to hedge interest-rate risk by managing the fund’s exposure to the yield curve (a curve that shows the relationship

 

 

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among bond yields across the maturity spectrum) and by reducing duration, a measure of interest rate sensitivity. These derivatives detracted from performance due to the sharp volatility that characterized the period. Treasury positioning was particularly weak in September, when the fund’s net short position lagged as the Treasury market rallied. Additionally, the fund’s securitized positions performed well, but a small number of credits lagged significantly, which brought down the entire sector.

Investment-grade corporate credits performed well during the period, as domestic corporate balance sheets continued to improve despite global growth concerns. In addition, default rates fell and remained below historical averages, which supported solid performance among the fund’s high-yield corporates. The Fed’s choice to keep rates artificially low, coupled with its “Operation Twist” stimulus program, designed to lower long-term rates while keeping short-term rates at current levels or higher, led investors to higher-yielding sectors of the market.

In addition to the U.S. Treasury futures described above, we used a broad range of derivatives for hedging and investment purposes during the period. Derivatives can be useful tools for expressing macroeconomic views, reducing overall market exposure and keeping fund volatility in check. When contemplating the use of derivatives, we considered the expected relative risks and returns of such investments and their related costs. We used credit default swaps (CDS) to help manage global and industry-specific credit risks. On a net basis, the CDS mitigated volatility but slightly detracted from performance, particularly in the banking and consumer sectors. Forward foreign currency contracts were used to manage various currency exposures and detracted from performance for the period. Specifically, we typically held forwards to gain long exposure to Asian countries and to hedge exposure to developed countries. We also used these instruments to tactically manage our commodity-country exposure due to the slowing growth of China.

Outlook

As unemployment remains high, the election season ramps up and new fiscal-year budget talks approach, we expect a continued slow domestic recovery with periods of persistent volatility. We believe the corporate sector remains a bright spot, and we plan to take advantage of opportunities in the sector. Europe likely will continue to fuel uncertainty until the member states get their fiscal houses in order. Finally, we believe emerging markets will continue to outperform their developed counterparts, but growth expectations may lessen.

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES ABSOLUTE STRATEGIES FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, an index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares6

December 15, 2010 (inception) through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20116

 

     
      1 Year      Since  Inception5  
   
Class A (Inception 12/15/10)        
NAV      -3.90      -3.36
With 4.50% Maximum Sales Charge      -8.20         -7.52   
   
Class C (Inception 12/15/10)        
NAV      -4.69         -4.22   
With CDSC1      -5.62         -4.22   
   
Class Y (Inception 12/15/10)        
NAV      -3.78         -3.24   
   
Comparative Performance        
3-Month LIBOR2      0.27         0.27   
3-Month LIBOR + 300 basis points3      3.32         3.32   
Morningstar Nontraditional Bond Fund Avg.4      -1.29         -1.29   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

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PORTFOLIO FACTS

 

 

Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Bonds and Notes

    71.6   

Senior Loans

    5.5   

Preferred Stocks

    3.6   

Common Stocks

    2.9   

Purchased Options

    0.3   

Written Options

    (0.1

Credit Default Swap Agreements

    (0.8

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    0.1   

Futures Contracts

    (0.0

Short-Term Investments and Other

    16.9   

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio7     Net Expense  Ratio8  
A     1.28     1.28
C     2.03     2.03
Y     1.03     1.03

 

 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 3-Month LIBOR, or the London Interbank Offered Rate, represents the average rate a leading bank, for a given currency (in this case U.S. dollars), can obtain unsecured funding, and is representative of short-term interest rates.

 

3 3-Month LIBOR +300 basis points is created by adding 3.00% to the annual percentage change of the 3-Month LIBOR.

 

4 Morningstar Fund Averages are the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

5 The since-inception comparative performance figures shown are calculated from 12/31/10.

 

6 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

7 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

8 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES MULTI-ASSET REAL RETURN FUND

Management Discussion

 

Kevin Kearns

Maura Murphy, CFA

Laura Sarlo, CFA

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

 

Objective:

Seeks to maximize real returns consistent with prudent investment management.

 

 

Strategy:

Seeks to pursue its investment goal primarily through exposure to investments in fixed-income securities, equity securities, currencies and commodity-linked instruments.

 

 

Inception Date:

September 30, 2010

 

 

Symbols:

 

Class A:   MARAX
Class C:   MARCX
Class Y:   MARYX

 

 

Market Conditions

Securities offering higher risk and higher reward potential rallied in the early months of the year, as the U.S. government suppressed yields and kept volatility in check via its quantitative easing program. A series of events, including the U.S. sovereign-debt downgrade in early August and the ongoing European sovereign-debt crisis, rattled investors and created volatility for the rest of the period. U.S. Treasuries benefited as fears over slowing global growth mounted and investors became more risk averse. Yields fell across the U.S. Treasury yield curve (a curve that shows the relationship among bond yields across the maturity spectrum), with intermediate- and long-term bonds experiencing the largest declines.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2011, Class A shares of Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund returned -5.76% at net asset value. The fund underperformed its benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) Index, which returned 13.56% for the period. The fund follows an absolute strategy and is not managed to an index.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Allocations to commodities detracted from performance, as global growth concerns caused prices to tumble in the second half of the period. Falling commodity prices also hurt the performance of government debt issued by commodity-rich countries. Futures used to gain exposure to various commodities produced mixed results. Energy and agricultural commodities detracted from performance, while base metal commodities aided performance. Markets continued to move in response to macroeconomic data and perceived market risks; as such, equity markets, which struggled overall, had a strong finish to the year. Within the fund’s equity allocation, the energy, basic industry and technology sectors lagged, while the communications and consumer non-cyclical sectors added to performance.

 

 

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Convertibles faced headwinds stemming from the equity-market volatility. The fund’s allocations to names within the consumer cyclical, basic industry and technology sectors were the main detractors.

Allocations to high-yield corporate bonds made the greatest contributions to performance, despite their erratic returns. Top-performing names came from the energy, basic industry and electric utilities sectors. The fund’s investment-grade corporate credit positions also posted positive total returns throughout the year, despite some mid-year challenges due to global growth and European debt concerns. In addition, small allocations to bank loans and securitized assets made modest positive contributions to performance.

In addition to the commodity futures described above, we used a broad range of derivatives for hedging and investment purposes during the period. Derivatives can be useful tools for expressing macroeconomic views, reducing overall market exposure and keeping fund volatility in check. When contemplating the use of derivatives, we considered the expected relative risks and returns of such investments and their related costs. U.S. Treasury futures were used to manage interest rate risk. During the period, we sold these futures to reduce duration (price sensitivity to interest rate changes), which detracted from performance. We employed forward foreign currency contracts to help manage the fund’s overall exposure to various currencies; these positions generally detracted from performance. We also used futures to short the equity market, which contributed positively to performance. In aggregate, options modestly contributed to performance. Credit default swaps (CDS) helped manage credit risk and reduce global and industry-specific credit exposure. These positions had mixed results during the year and little impact overall.

Outlook

We believe the overall economic slowdown has mitigated the inflationary conditions in the developing nations. We see signs of recession/disinflation in Europe, while recent economic data suggest potential for moderate growth in the United States. China seems focused on stimulating its economy and appears willing to keep monetary policy accommodative; this is generally a good sign for riskier assets in the near term. We believe the fund is well positioned for slow global growth. Asset classes such as higher-quality high-yield securities and dividend-paying equities should benefit in this environment. Although we view emerging countries as long-term outperformers, the current geopolitical situation in Europe and the Middle East could trigger a further selloff and flight to quality.

 

What You Should Know

Investments in the fund are subject to a number of risks. Please see the “Principal Risks” section of the fund’s prospectus. The purchase of fund shares should be seen as a long-term investment.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES MULTI-ASSET REAL RETURN FUND

Investment Results through December 31, 2011

The charts comparing the fund’s performance to an index provide a general sense of how it performed. The fund’s total return for the period shown below appears with and without sales charges and includes fund expenses and fees. An index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio. Unlike a fund, an index is unmanaged and does not have expenses that affect the results. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Investors would incur transaction costs and other expenses if they purchased the securities necessary to match the index.

Growth of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares5

September 30, 2010 (inception) through December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns — December 31, 20115

 

     
      1 Year      Since Inception  
   
Class A (Inception 9/30/10)        
NAV      -5.76      -3.04
With 4.50% Maximum Sales Charge      -10.02         -6.53   
   
Class C (Inception 9/30/10)        
NAV      -6.44         -3.76   
With CDSC1      -7.36         -3.76   
   
Class Y (Inception 9/30/10)        
NAV      -5.52         -2.82   
   
Comparative Performance        
Barclays Capital U.S. TIPS Index2      13.56         10.14   
CPI + 300 basis points3      6.09         5.75   
Morningstar Conservative Allocation Fund Avg.4      1.70         4.09   

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Total return and value will vary and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Class Y shares are not available for purchase by all investors.

The table and graph do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

 

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Fund Composition   % of Net
Assets as of
12/31/11
 

Bonds and Notes

    38.6   

Common Stocks

    13.0   

Exchange Traded Funds

    3.6   

Senior Loans

    2.9   

Preferred Stocks

    2.0   

Purchased Options

    1.3   

Written Options

    (0.5

Credit Default Swap Agreements

    (0.7

Total Return Swap Agreements

    0.0   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    0.2   

Futures Contracts

    (0.2

Short-Term Investments and Other

    39.8   

Expense Ratios

as stated in the most recent prospectus

 

Share Class   Gross Expense  Ratio6     Net Expense  Ratio7  
A     1.93     1.40
C     2.68        2.15   
Y     1.68        1.15   
 

 

NOTES TO CHARTS

 

1 Performance for Class C shares performance assumes a 1% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index is an unmanaged index that tracks inflation protected securities issued by the U.S. Treasury.

 

3 CPI +300 basis points is created by adding 3.00% to the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The Consumer Price Index is an unmanaged index that represents the rate of inflation of U.S. consumer prices as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

4 Morningstar Fund Averages are the average performance without sales charges of funds with similar investment objectives, as calculated by Morningstar, Inc.

 

5 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

6 Before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Waivers/reimbursements are contractual and are set to expire on 4/30/12. Contracts are reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers as of the dates indicated. The managers’ views are subject to change at any time without notice based on changes in market or other conditions. References to specific securities or industries should not be regarded as investment advice. Because the funds are actively managed, there is no assurance that they will continue to invest in the securities or industries mentioned.

Before investing, consider each fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Visit ngam.natixis.com or call 800-225-5478 for a prospectus and/or a summary prospectus, both of which contain this and other information. Read it carefully.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling Natixis Funds at 800-225-5478; on the funds’ website at ngam.natixis.com; and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the funds voted proxies during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2011 is available on the funds’ website and the SEC’s website.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

The funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330.

 

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UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

As a mutual fund shareholder, you incur different types of costs: transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. Certain exemptions may apply. These costs are described in more detail in the funds’ prospectus. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs of investing in the funds and help you compare these with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The first line in the table for each class shows the actual account values and actual fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the fund from July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown for your Class.

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

Please note that the expenses shown reflect ongoing costs only, and do not include any transaction costs, such as sales charges. Therefore, the second line in the table of each fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, total costs would be higher.

 

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ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
7/1/2011
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/31/2011
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
7/1/2011  – 12/31/2011
 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,000.10        $8.67   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,016.53        $8.74   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $996.30        $12.38   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,012.80        $12.48   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,001.90        $7.37   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,017.85        $7.43   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement), including expenses of the Subsidiary (see Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements) and interest expense: 1.72%, 2.46% and 1.46% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
7/1/2011
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/31/2011
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
7/1/2011  – 12/31/2011
 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $934.40        $7.85   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,017.09        $8.19   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $931.40        $11.49   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,013.31        $11.98   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $935.70        $6.64   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,018.35        $6.92   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement), including expenses of the Subsidiary (see Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements) and interest expense: 1.61%, 2.36% and 1.36% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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ASG MANAGED FUTURES
STRATEGY FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
7/1/2011
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/31/2011
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
7/1/2011  – 12/31/2011
 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,000.60        $8.62   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,016.59        $8.69   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $996.70        $12.38   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,012.80        $12.48   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,001.90        $7.37   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,017.85        $7.43   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement), including expenses of the Subsidiary (see Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements) and interest expense: 1.71%, 2.46% and 1.46% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

LOOMIS SAYLES ABSOLUTE
STRATEGIES FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
7/1/2011
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/31/2011
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
7/1/2011  – 12/31/2011
 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $959.40        $5.38   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.71        $5.55   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $955.70        $9.07   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,015.93        $9.35   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $959.80        $4.15   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.97        $4.28   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.09%, 1.84% and 0.84% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES MULTI-ASSET REAL
RETURN FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
7/1/2011
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/31/2011
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
7/1/2011 – 12/31/2011
 

Class A

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $962.80        $6.68   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,018.40        $6.87   

Class C

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $958.80        $10.37   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,014.62        $10.66   

Class Y

                       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $964.20        $5.45   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.66        $5.60   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement), including expenses of the Subsidiary (see Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements): 1.35%, 2.10% and 1.10% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
     
  Short-Term Investments — 92.4% of Net Assets   
   Certificates of Deposit — 66.8%   
$ 8,100,000       BNP Paribas, 0.120%, 1/03/2012    $ 8,100,000   
  17,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL), 0.200%, 1/11/2012      17,000,391   
  17,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY), 0.350%, 1/12/2012      17,000,544   
  2,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.290%, 1/17/2012      2,000,220   
  12,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY), 0.350%, 1/17/2012      12,000,720   
  2,000,000       Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (NY), 0.210%, 1/18/2012      2,000,000   
  12,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.180%, 1/19/2012      12,000,600   
  13,000,000       Barclays Bank PLC, 0.280%, 1/23/2012      13,000,520   
  8,000,000       Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 0.150%, 1/30/2012      8,000,000   
  16,000,000       Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (NY), 0.220%, 1/30/2012      16,000,000   
  4,000,000       Rabobank Nederland NV (NY), 0.380%, 1/30/2012      4,000,172   
  1,000,000       Nordea Bank Finland ( NY), 0.340%, 1/31/2012      1,000,033   
  17,000,000       National Australia Bank, 0.270%, 2/02/2012      17,000,323   
  1,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY), 0.300%, 2/03/2012      1,000,000   
  10,000,000       Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 0.440%, 2/03/2012(b)      10,000,480   
  5,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.160%, 2/06/2012      5,000,265   
  12,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.310%, 2/06/2012(b)(c)      11,999,976   
  2,000,000       Rabobank Nederland NV (NY), 0.370%, 2/07/2012      1,999,956   
  6,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY), 0.415%, 2/09/2012      6,000,240   
  5,000,000       Barclays Bank PLC, 0.601%, 2/09/2012(b)(c)      4,998,000   
  17,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY), 0.510%, 2/13/2012      17,002,329   
  1,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.210%, 2/15/2012      1,000,131   
  3,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.270%, 2/16/2012      3,000,558   
  3,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.450%, 2/16/2012      3,000,198   
  2,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.230%, 2/21/2012(b)      1,999,940   
  6,000,000       Nordea Bank Finland (NY), 0.250%, 2/28/2012      5,999,802   
  15,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.485%, 3/07/2012(b)      14,998,725   
  1,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.250%, 3/12/2012      999,959   
  13,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.370%, 3/21/2012      13,004,134   
  18,000,000       ANZ Banking, 0.210%, 4/10/2012      17,991,342   
  5,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.411%, 5/02/2012(b)(c)      5,000,170   
  10,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.384%, 7/25/2012(b)(c)      9,999,740   
  6,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.439%, 8/24/2012(c)      5,999,730   
     

 

 

 
        270,099,198   
     

 

 

 
   Financial Company Commercial Paper — 15.6%   
  17,000,000       ING (US) Funding LLC, 0.350%, 1/03/2012(d)      16,999,660   
  11,000,000       Axis Bank Ltd., (Credit Support: Bank of America), 0.480%, 1/17/2012(d)      10,997,653   
  17,000,000       General Electric Capital Corp., 0.170%, 1/18/2012(d)      16,999,813   
  11,000,000       Nordea North America, Inc., 0.250%, 1/23/2012(d)      10,998,383   
  7,000,000       ICICI Bank Ltd., (Credit Support: Bank of America), 0.500%, 1/30/2012(d)      6,997,181   
     

 

 

 
        62,992,690   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Commercial Paper — 10.0%   
$ 18,000,000       Louis Dreyfus Corp., (Credit Support: Credit Agricole CIB), 0.620%, 1/03/2012(d)    $ 17,999,380   
  12,000,000       Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Rabobank), 0.350%, 1/05/2012(d)      11,999,534   
  6,500,000       Grainger (WW), Inc., 0.060%, 1/13/2012(d)      6,499,870   
  4,000,000       Grainger (WW), Inc., 0.060%, 1/17/2012(d)      3,999,893   
     

 

 

 
        40,498,677   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $373,591,588)
     373,590,565   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 92.4%
(Identified Cost $373,591,588)(a)
     373,590,565   
   Other assets less liabilities — 7.6%      30,894,018   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 404,484,583   
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized depreciation on short-term investments based on a cost of $373,591,588 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    $ 12,453   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (13,476
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized depreciation    $ (1,023
     

 

 

 
     
   Only short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of more than 60 days are valued at other than amortized cost.   
     
  (b)       All or a portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.   
  (c)       Variable rate security. Rate as of December 31, 2011 is disclosed.   
  (d)       Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract

to

Buy/Sell1

   Delivery
Date
     Currency    Units     

Notional

Value

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Sell      03/21/2012       Australian Dollar      22,600,000       $ 22,918,506       $ (200,376
Buy      03/21/2012       British Pound      7,312,500         11,347,893         (72,082
Buy      03/21/2012       Canadian Dollar      70,600,000         69,181,937         710,143   
Sell      03/21/2012       Canadian Dollar      40,200,000         39,392,548         (227,904
Sell      03/21/2012       Euro      99,000,000         128,218,436         1,155,436   
Buy      03/21/2012       Japanese Yen      6,087,500,000         79,199,026         761,442   
Sell      03/21/2012       Japanese Yen      2,662,500,000         34,639,410         (411,454
Sell      03/21/2012       New Zealand Dollar      50,700,000         39,261,695         (708,401
Buy      03/21/2012       Norwegian Krone      60,000,000         10,004,317         (32,615
Sell      03/21/2012       Norwegian Krone      4,000,000         666,954         13,680   
Buy      03/21/2012       Singapore Dollar      6,000,000         4,625,841         (21,755
Sell      03/21/2012       Singapore Dollar      11,250,000         8,673,453         (21,750
Sell      03/21/2012       Swedish Krona      164,000,000         23,746,689         136,608   
Buy      03/21/2012       Swiss Franc      24,875,000         26,525,694         (95,667
Buy      03/21/2012       Turkish Lira      5,400,000         2,801,428         (26,982
Sell      03/21/2012       Turkish Lira      5,700,000         2,957,062         4,338   
              

 

 

 
Total                $ 962,661   
              

 

 

 

1 Counterparty is UBS AG.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
AEX      01/20/2012         10       $ 810,848       $ 14,366   
ASX SPI 200      03/15/2012         112         11,509,776         (123,810
DAX      03/16/2012         3         572,706         194   
E-mini Dow      03/16/2012         24         1,458,000         (720
E-mini NASDAQ 100      03/16/2012         70         3,184,300         (66,670
Euribor      06/18/2012         1,221         391,356,284         355,725   
Euro Schatz      03/08/2012         1,521         217,210,347         607,644   
Eurodollar      06/18/2012         133         33,015,587         (13,338
FTSE JSE Top 40      03/15/2012         8         283,331         (297
German Euro BOBL      03/08/2012         409         66,226,781         865,193   
German Euro Bund      03/08/2012         161         28,972,365         357,317   
Hang Seng      01/30/2012         2         237,633         2,910   
Mini-Russell 2000      03/16/2012         47         3,472,360         93,295   
MSCI Singapore      01/30/2012         148         6,853,151         (70,745
Nikkei 225      03/09/2012         19         2,085,878         2,468   
S&P/TSX 60      03/15/2012         20         2,665,620         35,318   
SGX CNX Nifty      01/25/2012         1,987         18,383,724         (646,194
Sterling      06/20/2012         425         81,603,841         (24,751
2 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/30/2012         1,602         353,316,095         123,454   
3 Year Australia Government Bond      03/15/2012         629         69,697,313         (48,064
5 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/30/2012         692         85,294,407         302,656   
10 Year Australia Government Bond      03/15/2012         133         16,173,570         229,630   
10 Year Canada Government Bond      03/21/2012         659         86,577,237         215,578   
10 Year Japan Government Bond      03/09/2012         144         266,428,998         1,047,681   
10 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/21/2012         384         50,352,000         434,109   
30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond      03/21/2012         105         15,205,312         125,508   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ 3,818,457   
           

 

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Aluminum HG      03/21/2012         4       $ 201,850       $ 1,415   
Brent Crude Oil      01/16/2012         49         5,261,620         (153,860
Cocoa      03/15/2012         9         189,810         (52,200
Coffee      03/20/2012         78         6,635,363         (465,075
Corn      03/14/2012         93         3,006,225         111,600   
Cotton      03/08/2012         17         780,300         (73,780
Gas Oil      02/10/2012         92         8,445,600         144,900   
Gasoline      01/31/2012         34         3,794,767         69,905   
Gold      02/27/2012         63         9,870,840         (723,870
Heating Oil      01/31/2012         58         7,098,991         200,239   
Light Sweet Crude Oil      01/20/2012         52         5,139,160         (77,480
Live Cattle      02/29/2012         5         242,900         700   
Nickel      03/21/2012         5         561,450         12,135   
Silver      03/28/2012         20         2,791,500         (328,000
Soybean      03/14/2012         32         1,932,400         139,200   
Soybean Meal      03/14/2012         11         344,410         18,520   
Soybean Oil      03/14/2012         49         1,541,148         90,288   
Zinc      03/21/2012         7         322,656         (12,731
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (1,098,094
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
E-mini S&P 500      03/16/2012         206       $ 12,901,780       $ (230,720
FTSE 100      03/16/2012         50         4,298,704         (20,966
MSCI Taiwan      01/30/2012         110         2,788,500         17,600   
OMXS30      01/20/2012         9         129,336         (5,427
TOPIX      03/09/2012         157         14,849,422         275,367   
UK Long Gilt      03/28/2012         84         15,256,362         (77,712
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (41,858
           

 

 

 
Commodity Futures2    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Aluminum HG      03/21/2012         6       $ 302,775       $ (4,881
Copper High Grade      03/28/2012         13         1,116,700         (11,538
Copper LME      03/21/2012         2         380,050         43   
Natural Gas      01/27/2012         11         328,790         20,680   
Sugar      02/29/2012         5         130,480         9,520   
Wheat      03/14/2012         1         32,637         (2,175
Zinc      03/21/2012         12         553,125         (10,620
           

 

 

 
Total             $ 1,029   
           

 

 

 

2 Commodity futures are held by ASG Diversifying Strategies Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Investment Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

     66.8

Financial Company Commercial Paper

     15.6   

Commercial Paper

     10.0   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     92.4   

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

     7.6   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Global Alternatives Fund

 

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
     
  Short-Term Investments — 94.0% of Net Assets   
   Certificates of Deposit — 71.7%   
$ 2,300,000       BNP Paribas, 0.120%, 1/03/2012    $ 2,300,000   
  13,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.260%, 1/09/2012      13,000,611   
  7,000,000       Rabobank Nederland NV (NY), 0.360%, 1/09/2012      7,000,056   
  65,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL), 0.200%, 1/11/2012      65,001,150   
  67,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY), 0.350%, 1/12/2012      67,002,144   
  20,800,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.290%, 1/17/2012      20,802,288   
  50,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY), 0.350%, 1/17/2012      50,003,000   
  21,000,000       Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (NY), 0.210%, 1/18/2012      21,000,000   
  24,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.180%, 1/19/2012      24,001,200   
  58,000,000       Barclays Bank PLC, 0.280%, 1/23/2012      58,002,320   
  20,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.385%, 1/23/2012(b)      20,001,400   
  20,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.290%, 1/25/2012(b)      20,003,180   
  43,000,000       Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 0.150%, 1/30/2012      43,000,000   
  46,000,000       Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (NY), 0.220%, 1/30/2012      46,000,000   
  6,000,000       Rabobank Nederland NV (NY), 0.380%, 1/30/2012      6,000,258   
  13,000,000       Nordea Bank Finland (NY), 0.340%, 1/31/2012      13,002,197   
  65,000,000       National Australia Bank, 0.270%, 2/02/2012      65,001,235   
  43,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY), 0.300%, 2/03/2012      43,000,000   
  24,000,000       Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 0.440%, 2/03/2012      24,001,152   
  30,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.160%, 2/06/2012(b)      30,001,590   
  28,500,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.310%, 2/06/2012(c)      28,499,943   
  32,000,000       Rabobank Nederland NV (NY), 0.370%, 2/07/2012      31,999,296   
  35,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank, 0.420%, 2/08/2012      35,002,310   
  17,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY), 0.415%, 2/09/2012      17,000,680   
  10,000,000       Barclays Bank PLC, 0.601%, 2/09/2012(b)(c)      9,996,000   
  24,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY), 0.510%, 2/13/2012(b)      24,003,288   
  1,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.210%, 2/15/2012      1,000,131   
  15,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.270%, 2/16/2012      15,002,790   
  25,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.450%, 2/16/2012      25,001,650   
  20,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.230%, 2/21/2012(b)      19,999,400   
  22,000,000       Nordea Bank Finland (NY), 0.250%, 2/28/2012      21,999,274   
  20,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.485%, 3/07/2012      19,998,300   
  22,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.250%, 3/12/2012      21,999,098   
  12,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.370%, 3/21/2012      12,003,816   
  50,000,000       ANZ Banking, 0.210%, 4/10/2012      49,975,950   
  17,750,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.411%, 5/02/2012(c)      17,750,603   
  30,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.384%, 7/25/2012(b)(c)      29,999,220   
  17,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.439%, 8/24/2012(b)(c)      16,999,235   
     

 

 

 
        1,036,354,765   
     

 

 

 
   Financial Company Commercial Paper — 15.3%   
  65,000,000       ING (US) Funding LLC, 0.350%, 1/03/2012(d)      64,998,700   
  9,500,000       Axis Bank Ltd., (Credit Support: Bank of America), 0.480%, 1/17/2012(d)      9,497,973   
  67,000,000       General Electric Capital Corp., 0.170%, 1/18/2012(d)      66,999,263   
  30,000,000       Nordea North America, Inc., 0.250%, 1/23/2012(d)      29,995,590   
  48,730,000       ICICI Bank Ltd., (Credit Support: Bank of America), 0.500%, 1/30/2012(d)      48,710,373   
     

 

 

 
        220,201,899   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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ASG Global Alternatives Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Commercial Paper — 7.0%   
$ 67,000,000       Louis Dreyfus Corp., (Credit Support: Credit Agricole CIB), 0.620%, 1/03/2012(d)    $ 66,997,692   
  22,720,000       Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Rabobank), 0.350%, 1/05/2012(d)      22,719,117   
  11,730,000       Grainger (WW), Inc., 0.060%, 1/17/2012(d)      11,729,687   
     

 

 

 
        101,446,496   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $1,358,000,253)
     1,358,003,160   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 94.0%
(Identified Cost $1,358,000,253)(a)
     1,358,003,160   
   Other assets less liabilities — 6.0%      86,801,980   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 1,444,805,140   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on short-term investments based on a cost of $1,358,000,253 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    $ 39,330   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (36,423
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 2,907   
     

 

 

 
     
   Only short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of more than 60 days are valued at other than amortized cost.    
     
  (b)       All or a portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.    
  (c)       Variable rate security. Rate as of December 31, 2011 is disclosed.   
  (d)       Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.   
     

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Global Alternatives Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract
to
Buy/Sell1
   Delivery
Date
     Currency    Units      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Buy      03/21/2012       Australian Dollar      25,800,000       $ 26,163,604       $ 228,747   
Buy      03/21/2012       British Pound      3,625,000         5,625,451         7,401   
Buy      03/21/2012       British Pound      26,875,000         41,705,932         (125,790
Buy      03/21/2012       Canadian Dollar      21,100,000         20,676,188         119,621   
Buy      03/21/2012       Euro      8,000,000         10,361,086         36,022   
Buy      03/21/2012       Euro      12,125,000         15,703,521         (147,031
Sell      03/21/2012       Euro      85,875,000         111,219,780         1,330,345   
Buy      03/21/2012       Japanese Yen      15,075,000,000         196,127,361         2,356,722   
Sell      03/21/2012       Japanese Yen      3,650,000,000         47,486,890         (524,336
Buy      03/21/2012       Swedish Krona      100,000,000         14,479,688         (6,900
Buy      03/21/2012       Swiss Franc      1,125,000         1,199,655         (4,327
              

 

 

 
Total                $ 3,270,474   
              

 

 

 

1 Counterparty is UBS AG.

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
DAX      03/16/2012         225       $ 42,952,936       $ 1,177,703   
E-mini S&P 500      03/16/2012         464         29,060,320         721,845   
Eurodollar      06/18/2012         1,417         351,752,538         (83,775
FTSE 100      03/16/2012         474         40,751,714         1,106,256   
German Euro Bund      03/08/2012         272         48,947,101         1,334,437   
Hang Seng      01/30/2012         619         73,547,395         698,652   
TOPIX      03/09/2012         293         27,712,615         (441,601
UK Long Gilt      03/28/2012         289         52,489,149         811,645   
10 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/21/2012         625         81,953,125         577,469   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ 5,902,631   
           

 

 

 
Commodity Futures2    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Aluminum HG      03/21/2012         2,704       $ 136,450,600       $ (4,530
Brent Crude Oil      01/16/2012         293         31,462,340         (763,140
Copper LME      03/21/2012         39         7,410,975         (41,584
Gas Oil      02/10/2012         119         10,924,200         126,850   
Gold      02/27/2012         353         55,308,040         (3,302,670
Light Sweet Crude Oil      01/20/2012         269         26,585,270         (400,810
Nickel      03/21/2012         185         20,773,650         578,250   
Zinc      03/21/2012         157         7,236,719         (225,090
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (4,032,724
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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ASG Global Alternatives Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

 

Commodity Futures2    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Aluminum HG      03/21/2012         283       $ 14,280,888       $ (216,836
Copper LME      03/21/2012         100         19,002,500         (507,951
Heating Oil      01/31/2012         6         734,378         (20,715
Natural Gas      01/27/2012         631         18,860,590         1,072,270   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ 326,768   
           

 

 

 

2 Commodity futures are held by ASG Global Alternatives Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Investment Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

     71.7

Financial Company Commercial Paper

     15.3   

Commercial Paper

     7.0   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     94.0   

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

     6.0   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund

 

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
     
  Short-Term Investments — 87.7% of Net Assets   
   Certificates of Deposit — 62.0%   
$ 10,900,000       BNP Paribas, 0.120%, 1/03/2012    $ 10,900,000   
  5,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.260%, 1/09/2012(b)      5,000,235   
  23,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL), 0.200%, 1/11/2012      23,000,529   
  25,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY), 0.350%, 1/12/2012      25,000,800   
  5,000,000       Rabobank Nederland NV (NY), 0.360%, 1/13/2012      5,000,267   
  13,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.290%, 1/17/2012      13,001,430   
  22,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY), 0.350%, 1/17/2012      22,001,320   
  9,000,000       Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (NY), 0.210%, 1/18/2012      9,000,000   
  9,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.180%, 1/19/2012      9,000,450   
  25,000,000       Barclays Bank PLC, 0.280%, 1/23/2012      25,001,000   
  15,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.385%, 1/23/2012      15,001,050   
  10,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.290%, 1/25/2012(b)      10,001,590   
  13,000,000       Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 0.150%, 1/30/2012      13,000,000   
  22,000,000       Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (NY), 0.220%, 1/30/2012      22,000,000   
  5,000,000       Nordea Bank Finland ( NY), 0.340%, 1/31/2012      5,000,845   
  22,000,000       National Australia Bank, 0.270%, 2/02/2012(b)      22,000,418   
  13,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY), 0.300%, 2/03/2012      13,000,000   
  19,000,000       Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 0.440%, 2/03/2012      19,000,912   
  11,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.160%, 2/06/2012(b)      11,000,583   
  5,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.310%, 2/06/2012(b)(c)      4,999,990   
  21,000,000       Rabobank Nederland NV (NY), 0.370%, 2/07/2012      20,999,538   
  8,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY), 0.415%, 2/09/2012      8,000,320   
  5,000,000       Barclays Bank PLC, 0.601%, 2/09/2012(b)(c)      4,998,000   
  19,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY), 0.510%, 2/13/2012      19,002,603   
  5,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank, 0.210%, 2/15/2012      5,000,655   
  8,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX), 0.270%, 2/16/2012      8,001,488   
  7,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.450%, 2/16/2012      7,000,462   
  12,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.230%, 2/21/2012(b)      11,999,640   
  10,000,000       Nordea Bank Finland (NY), 0.250%, 2/28/2012      9,999,670   
  10,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY), 0.485%, 3/07/2012      9,999,150   
  16,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.250%, 3/12/2012      15,999,344   
  31,000,000       ANZ Banking, 0.210%, 4/10/2012      30,985,089   
  10,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY), 0.411%, 5/02/2012(b)(c)      10,000,340   
  11,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.384%, 7/25/2012(c)      10,999,714   
  8,000,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NY), 0.439%, 8/24/2012(b)(c)      7,999,640   
     

 

 

 
        462,897,072   
     

 

 

 
   Financial Company Commercial Paper — 17.1%   
  32,000,000       Societe Generale North America, 0.240%, 1/03/2012(d)      31,999,573   
  23,000,000       ING (US) Funding LLC, 0.350%, 1/03/2012(d)      22,999,540   
  19,000,000       Axis Bank Ltd., (Credit Support: Bank of America), 0.480%, 1/17/2012(d)      18,995,946   
  25,000,000       General Electric Capital Corp., 0.170%, 1/18/2012(d)      24,999,725   
  17,000,000       Nordea North America, Inc., 0.250%, 1/23/2012(d)      16,997,403   
  12,000,000       ICICI Bank Ltd., (Credit Support: Bank of America), 0.500%, 1/30/2012(d)      11,995,167   
     

 

 

 
        127,987,354   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Commercial Paper — 8.6%   
$ 32,000,000       Louis Dreyfus Corp., (Credit Support: Credit Agricole CIB), 0.620%, 1/03/2012(d)    $ 31,998,898   
  5,000,000       Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Rabobank), 0.350%, 1/05/2012(d)      4,999,805   
  17,000,000       Grainger (WW), Inc., 0.060%, 1/17/2012(d)      16,999,547   
  3,240,000       Tennessee State School Bond Authority, 0.200%, 3/12/2012      3,240,000   
  7,000,000       General Electric Co., 0.130%, 3/30/2012(d)      6,997,823   
     

 

 

 
        64,236,073   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $655,125,200)
     655,120,499   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 87.7%
(Identified Cost $655,125,200)(a)
     655,120,499   
   Other assets less liabilities — 12.3%      91,982,288   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 747,102,787   
     

 

 

 
  (†)       See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)       Federal Tax Information:   
   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized depreciation on short-term investments based on a cost of $655,125,200 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    $ 16,761   
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (21,462
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized depreciation    $ (4,701
     

 

 

 
   Only short-term obligations purchased with an original or remaining maturity of more than 60 days are valued at other than amortized cost.    
     
  (b)       All or a portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.    
  (c)       Variable rate security. Rate as of December 31, 2011 is disclosed.   
  (d)       Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract

to

Buy/Sell1

  

Delivery

Date

     Currency    Units     

Notional

Value

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Sell      03/21/2012       Australian Dollar      46,800,000       $ 47,459,561       $ (414,937
Sell      03/21/2012       British Pound      44,062,500         68,378,330         166,793   
Sell      03/21/2012       Canadian Dollar      73,400,000         71,925,697         (416,124
Sell      03/21/2012       Euro      52,250,000         67,670,841         1,254,067   
Buy      03/21/2012       Japanese Yen      775,000,000         10,082,833         139,992   
Sell      03/21/2012       Japanese Yen      2,200,000,000         28,622,235         (291,763
Sell      03/21/2012       New Zealand Dollar      32,000,000         24,780,557         (447,117
Sell      03/21/2012       Norwegian Krone      320,000,000         53,356,360         296,693   
Buy      03/21/2012       Singapore Dollar      32,500,000         25,056,641         19,758   
Sell      03/21/2012       Singapore Dollar      33,375,000         25,731,243         (206,317
Sell      03/21/2012       Swedish Krona      18,000,000         2,606,344         1,446   
Sell      03/21/2012       Swedish Krona      200,000,000         28,959,377         (205,802
Buy      03/21/2012       Swiss Franc      23,500,000         25,059,450         (73,085
Sell      03/21/2012       Swiss Franc      34,125,000         36,389,520         131,242   
Sell      03/21/2012       Turkish Lira      2,400,000         1,245,079         11,992   
Sell      03/21/2012       Turkish Lira      18,000,000         9,338,092         (40,067
              

 

 

 
Total                $ (73,229
              

 

 

 

1 Counterparty is UBS AG.

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

 

Financial Futures   

Expiration

Date

     Contracts     

Notional

Value

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
AEX      01/20/2012         31       $ 2,513,628       $ 125,180   
E-mini Dow      03/16/2012         328         19,926,000         336,200   
E-mini NASDAQ 100      03/16/2012         443         20,152,070         (23,609
E-mini S&P 500      03/16/2012         265         16,596,950         95,350   
Euribor      06/18/2012         3,716         1,191,056,471         1,382,777   
Euro Schatz      03/08/2012         4,123         588,795,700         1,493,966   
FTSE 100      03/16/2012         13         1,117,663         36,037   
FTSE JSE Top 40      03/15/2012         645         22,843,525         (220,284
German Euro BOBL      03/08/2012         1,096         177,468,343         2,233,436   
German Euro Bund      03/08/2012         474         85,297,522         1,512,409   
Mini-Russell 2000      03/16/2012         226         16,696,880         146,610   
OMXS30      01/20/2012         118         1,695,745         66,448   
Sterling      06/20/2012         3,908         750,371,322         (308,523
UK Long Gilt      03/28/2012         384         69,743,367         1,079,801   
2 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/30/2012         3,143         693,178,831         337,453   
3 Year Australia Government Bond      03/15/2012         1,806         200,116,610         (143,231
5 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/30/2012         1,642         202,389,329         786,734   
10 Year Australia Government Bond      03/15/2012         609         74,057,924         901,854   
10 Year Canada Government Bond      03/21/2012         728         95,642,228         895,352   
10 Year Japan Government Bond      03/09/2012         269         497,704,171         1,679,486   
10 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/21/2012         800         104,900,000         879,877   
30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond      03/21/2012         264         38,230,500         208,061   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ 13,501,384   
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund – (continued)

 

 

Commodity Futures2    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Brent Crude Oil      01/16/2012         157       $ 16,858,660       $ (375,790
Gas Oil      02/10/2012         242         22,215,600         384,500   
Gold      02/27/2012         20         3,133,600         (229,800
Light Sweet Crude Oil      01/20/2012         202         19,963,660         (317,750
Live Cattle      02/29/2012         502         24,387,160         (313,420
Nickel      03/21/2012         54         6,063,660         (84,564
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (936,824
           

 

 

 

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
ASX SPI 200      03/15/2012         20       $ 2,055,317       $ 26,107   
Eurodollar      06/18/2012         1,554         385,761,075         89,100   
Hang Seng      01/30/2012         10         1,188,165         (13,391
MSCI Singapore      01/30/2012         246         11,391,049         181,489   
MSCI Taiwan      01/30/2012         408         10,342,800         65,280   
Nikkei 225      03/09/2012         70         7,684,812         145,511   
S&P/TSX 60      03/15/2012         5         666,405         (6,488
SGX CNX Nifty      01/25/2012         12         111,024         3,980   
TOPIX      03/09/2012         166         15,700,662         42,549   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ 534,137   
           

 

 

 
Commodity Futures2    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Aluminum HG      03/21/2012         248       $ 12,514,700       $ 24,800   
Cocoa      03/15/2012         232         4,892,880         61,960   
Coffee      03/20/2012         84         7,145,775         203,400   
Copper High Grade      03/28/2012         1         85,900         113   
Copper LME      03/21/2012         45         8,551,125         (377
Corn      03/14/2012         265         8,566,125         (604,763
Cotton      03/08/2012         78         3,580,200         275,730   
Gasoline      01/31/2012         4         446,443         1,344   
Heating Oil      01/31/2012         24         2,937,514         (66,562
KC Wheat      03/14/2012         84         3,011,400         (247,512
Natural Gas      01/27/2012         370         11,059,300         695,600   
Nickel      03/21/2012         81         9,095,490         (201,690
Silver      03/28/2012         30         4,187,250         656,650   
Soybean      03/14/2012         81         4,891,387         (352,350
Soybean Meal      03/14/2012         169         5,291,390         (458,350
Soybean Oil      03/14/2012         293         9,215,436         (541,464
Sugar      02/29/2012         410         10,699,360         404,096   
Wheat      03/14/2012         246         8,028,825         (605,963
Zinc      03/21/2012         97         4,471,094         176,419   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (578,919
           

 

 

 

2 Commodity futures are held by ASG Managed Futures Strategy Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund – (continued)

 

Investment Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

     62.0

Financial Company Commercial Paper

     17.1   

Commercial Paper

     8.6   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     87.7   

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

     12.3   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
          Description    Value (†)  
       
  Bonds and Notes — 71.6% of Net Assets   
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 67.9%   
     ABS Car Loan — 0.2%   
$ 730,000         DSC Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2011-1, Class A,
3.910%, 3/15/2016, 144A
   $ 739,345   
  425,000         DSC Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2011-1, Class B,
8.110%, 3/15/2016, 144A
     430,952   
       

 

 

 
          1,170,297   
       

 

 

 
     ABS Home Equity — 2.4%   
  1,390,767         American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2005-4, Class 1A1, 0.584%, 11/25/2045(b)      792,818   
  4,276,632         Argent Securities, Inc., Series 2006-M2, Class A2C, 0.444%, 9/25/2036(b)      1,211,767   
  2,500,000         Asset Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity, Series 2006-HE7, Class A4, 0.434%, 11/25/2036(b)      829,670   
  637,519         Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-11,
Class 4A1, 0.564%, 4/25/2035(b)
     337,597   
  2,609,346         Fremont Home Loan Trust, Series 2006-D, Class 2A3, 0.444%, 11/25/2036(b)      837,242   
  3,005,377         GSAA Home Equity Trust, Series 2006-20, Class 1A1, 0.364%, 12/25/2046(b)      1,165,642   
  424,449         GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-14, Class 3A1, 2.891%, 12/25/2034(b)      289,609   
  1,317,558         GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR4, Class 4A1, 5.416%, 7/25/2035(b)      1,025,258   
  385,763         Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-16IP, Class A1, 0.614%, 7/25/2045(b)      235,054   
  2,673,279         MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2007-1, Class 1A4, 6.500%, 11/25/2037      2,290,677   
  3,000,000         Novastar Home Equity Loan, Series 2007-1, Class A2C, 0.474%, 3/25/2037(b)      801,714   
  341,882         WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR17, Class 1A1A, 1.018%, 12/25/2046(b)      201,360   
  659,615         WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA3, Class 2A1A, 0.968%, 4/25/2047(b)      415,226   
  945,009         Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-11, Class 2A3, 5.500%, 11/25/2035      943,939   
       

 

 

 
          11,377,573   
       

 

 

 
     ABS Other — 0.7%   
  3,468,310         Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2011-1, Class A,
4.000%, 3/20/2023, 144A
     3,488,931   
       

 

 

 
     Aerospace & Defense – 0.5%   
  2,250,000         Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc., 6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A      1,609,594   
  800,000         Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc., 7.375%, 7/15/2039, 144A      600,739   
       

 

 

 
          2,210,333   
       

 

 

 
     Airlines — 0.4%   
  207,257         Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 1999-1, Class B, 6.795%, 2/02/2020      198,179   
  1,980,000         US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2011-1A, Class A, 7.125%, 4/22/2025      1,881,000   
       

 

 

 
          2,079,179   
       

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
          Description    Value (†)  
       
     Automotive — 3.4%   
$ 2,470,000         American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 7.875%, 3/01/2017    $ 2,445,300   
  3,000,000         Ford Credit Canada Ltd., 4.875%, 3/17/2014, (CAD)      2,959,833   
  800,000         Hyundai Capital America, 4.000%, 6/08/2017, 144A      791,597   
  4,050,000         Lear Corp., 8.125%, 3/15/2020      4,455,000   
  5,500,000         Volkswagen Financial Services NV, 6.250%, 7/15/2015, (AUD)(c)      5,826,566   
       

 

 

 
          16,478,296   
       

 

 

 
     Banking — 1.2%   
  2,484,353         Banco Votorantim S.A., 6.250%, 5/16/2016, 144A, (BRL)      1,306,233   
  700,000         Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., EMTN, 4.875%, 5/30/2014, (EUR)      863,032   
  2,400,000         Morgan Stanley, 2.875%, 1/24/2014      2,298,701   
  1,000,000         Morgan Stanley, GMTN, 4.500%, 2/23/2016, (EUR)      1,192,341   
       

 

 

 
          5,660,307   
       

 

 

 
     Building Materials — 0.2%   
  1,000,000         Odebrecht Finance Ltd., 6.000%, 4/05/2023, 144A      1,002,500   
       

 

 

 
     Chemicals — 1.3%   
  2,245,000         Braskem America Finance Co., 7.125%, 7/22/2041, 144A      2,158,006   
  1,600,000         Braskem Finance Ltd., 5.750%, 4/15/2021, 144A      1,588,000   
  2,980,000         Hercules, Inc., 6.500%, 6/30/2029      2,287,150   
       

 

 

 
          6,033,156   
       

 

 

 
     Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 5.6%   
  2,032,517         American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2005-2, Class 4A1, 2.301%, 9/25/2045(b)      1,457,335   
  690,710         Banc of America Funding Corp., Series 2004-B, Class 4A2, 2.700%, 11/20/2034(b)      511,838   
  767,934         Banc of America Funding Corp., Series 2005-B, Class 3A1, 0.515%, 4/20/2035(b)      523,270   
  1,666,810         Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-1, Class A1, 2.520%, 2/25/2036(b)      1,387,708   
  748,817         Bella Vista Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 2A, 0.561%, 2/22/2035(b)      395,751   
  1,143,498         Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-14, Class 2A1, 0.504%, 5/25/2035(b)      602,724   
  532,847         Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-17, Class 2A1, 0.534%, 7/25/2035(b)      285,938   
  472,530         Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-9,
Class 1A1, 0.594%, 5/25/2035(b)
     271,810   
  238,690         Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-11, Class 3A1A, 0.635%, 1/19/2035(b)      126,019   
  190,844         Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-14, Class 2A1A, 2.773%, 12/19/2035(b)      129,766   
  2,261,232         Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-14, Class 3A1A, 2.774%, 12/19/2035(b)      1,394,586   
  2,849,842         Impac Secured Assets CMN Owner Trust, Series 2007-2, Class 1A1A, 0.404%, 5/25/2037(b)      1,179,946   
  796,827         Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-AR7, Class A2, 1.154%, 9/25/2034(b)      478,753   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
          Description    Value (†)  
       
     Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued   
$ 3,749,956         Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR1, Class 3A1, 2.566%, 3/25/2035(b)    $ 2,859,180   
  3,567,881         Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR14, Class 2A1A, 0.594%, 7/25/2035(b)      1,997,806   
  1,928,187         Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR35, Class 1A1, 5.320%, 2/25/2036(b)      1,148,473   
  1,172,501         JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-A7, Class 1A1, 0.454%, 12/25/2036(b)      470,614   
  2,649,624         Lehman XS Trust, Series 2007-10H, Class 1A11, 0.414%, 7/25/2037(b)(d)      1,019,527   
  1,093,036         Luminent Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2006-6, Class A1, 0.494%, 10/25/2046(b)      611,642   
  1,408,282         MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2004-15, Class 4A1, 2.594%, 12/25/2034(b)      1,068,166   
  790,960         MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2007-1, Class I2A1, 0.454%, 1/25/2047(b)      419,250   
  1,226,090         MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2007-HF1, Class A1, 0.534%, 5/25/2037(b)      493,212   
  1,895,081         Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 4A2, 5.500%, 11/25/2035      1,667,923   
  2,800,000         Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 7A5, 5.500%, 11/25/2035      2,322,438   
  412,033         Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-2, Class 2A1A, 2.640%, 10/25/2035(b)      376,359   
  2,398,327         Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Series 2005-QA12, Class NB4, 4.052%, 12/25/2035(b)      1,283,031   
  1,424,279         Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-6, Class A1, 2.038%, 7/20/2034(b)      1,109,329   
  965,616         Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-4, Class 3A2, 2.496%, 4/25/2034(b)      786,786   
  602,959         WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR11, Class 2A, 2.718%, 9/25/2046(b)      407,101   
       

 

 

 
          26,786,281   
       

 

 

 
     Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 10.3%   
  1,412,112         American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2005-2, Class 4A2, 2.301%, 9/25/2045(b)      1,029,351   
  4,565,000         CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C1, Class D, 5.736%, 4/15/2044, 144A(b)      3,898,149   
  475,000         Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2007-C3, Class A4, 5.902%, 6/15/2039(b)      498,664   
  1,400,000         CW Capital Cobalt Ltd., Series 2007-C2, Class A3, 5.484%, 4/15/2047      1,504,521   
  7,409,000         DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-LC1A, Class E,
5.728%, 11/10/2046, 144A(b)
     6,080,626   
  2,805,000         Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2010-ESHA, Class D,
5.498%, 11/05/2027, 144A
     2,815,283   
  2,841,230         GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR3, Class 2A1, 2.866%, 6/19/2035(b)      2,406,749   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued   
$ 1,400,000       Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2007-GG11, Class A4, 5.736%, 12/10/2049    $ 1,510,291   
  675,000       Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2007-GG11, Class AM, 5.867%, 12/10/2049      598,732   
  250,000       GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2007-GG10, Class A4, 5.984%, 8/10/2045(b)      271,496   
  4,340,000       GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM, 5.984%, 8/10/2045(b)      3,531,306   
  4,060,000       JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2010-C1, Class D, 6.524%, 6/15/2043, 144A(b)      3,573,433   
  2,500,000       Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-5, Class A4, 5.378%, 8/12/2048      2,586,140   
  2,430,000       Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-6, Class A4, 5.485%, 3/12/2051      2,555,884   
  1,300,000      

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2011-C1, Class D,

5.422%, 9/15/2047, 144A(b)

     1,087,061   
  1,300,000      

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2011-C1, Class E,

5.422%, 9/15/2047, 144A(b)

     1,022,865   
  2,125,000      

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2011-C2, Class E,

5.496%, 6/15/2044, 144A(b)

     1,664,825   
  4,800,000      

Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust, Series 2009-GG10, Class A4B,

5.984%, 8/12/2045, 144A(b)(c)

     4,715,328   
  1,000,000      

Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust, Series 2010-GG10, Class A4B,

5.984%, 8/15/2045, 144A(b)

     986,790   
  9,325,000      

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class D,

5.647%, 2/15/2044, 144A(b)

     7,454,946   
     

 

 

 
        49,792,440   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 1.2%   
  5,900,000       Votorantim Cimentos S.A., 7.250%, 4/05/2041, 144A      5,708,250   
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 3.8%   
  1,200,000       Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras, S.A., 5.750%, 10/27/2021, 144A      1,246,800   
  4,205,000       Cia de Eletricidade do Estado da Bahia, 11.750%, 4/27/2016, 144A, (BRL)      2,355,837   
  7,655,000       EDP Finance BV, 6.000%, 2/02/2018, 144A      6,439,256   
  4,700,000,000       Empresas Publicas de Medellin E.S.P., 8.375%, 2/01/2021, 144A, (COP)      2,544,086   
  1,700,000       Enel Finance International NV, 6.000%, 10/07/2039, 144A      1,368,238   
  800,000       Enel Finance International NV, 6.800%, 9/15/2037, 144A      694,773   
  3,250,000       IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., 7.250%, 4/01/2016, 144A      3,510,000   
     

 

 

 
        18,158,990   
     

 

 

 
   Gaming — 1.0%   
  2,400,000       Mandalay Resort Group, 7.625%, 7/15/2013      2,400,000   
  500,000       MGM Resorts International, 6.875%, 4/01/2016      462,500   
  250,000       MGM Resorts International, 7.500%, 6/01/2016      239,375   
  2,000,000       MGM Resorts International, 7.625%, 1/15/2017      1,905,000   
     

 

 

 
        5,006,875   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Government Owned - No Guarantee — 1.1%   
$ 400,000       Petrobras International Finance Co., 6.750%, 1/27/2041    $ 459,653   
  70,000,000       Petroleos Mexicanos, 7.650%, 11/24/2021, 144A, (MXN)      4,966,069   
     

 

 

 
        5,425,722   
     

 

 

 
   Government Sponsored — 0.3%   
  1,510,000       Eksportfinans ASA, 2.000%, 9/15/2015      1,250,854   
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 1.8%   
  3,660,000       Biomet, Inc., 11.625%, 10/15/2017      3,971,100   
  3,870,000       HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 2/15/2022      3,957,075   
  450,000       Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 4/15/2016(e)      488,648   
     

 

 

 
        8,416,823   
     

 

 

 
   Hybrid ARMs — 0.6%   
  2,216,573       Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-11, Class 3A3, 2.968%, 4/25/2035(b)      951,173   
  1,438,586      

Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-AR12, Class A1,

0.684%, 12/25/2034(b)

     739,958   
  1,149,217       Lehman XS Trust, Series 2006-4N, Class A2A, 0.514%, 4/25/2046(b)      532,787   
  1,169,964      

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-2AR, Class A,

0.554%, 4/25/2035(b)

     801,701   
     

 

 

 
        3,025,619   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 0.8%   
  3,850,000       WPX Energy, Inc., 6.000%, 1/15/2022, 144A      3,941,437   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 0.2%   
  750,000       Steelcase, Inc., 6.375%, 2/15/2021      797,007   
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 2.6%   
  500,000       American International Group, Inc., Series MPLE, 4.900%, 6/02/2014, (CAD)      485,889   
  6,200,000       American International Group, Inc., (fixed rate to 5/15/2038, variable rate thereafter), 8.175%, 5/15/2068      5,518,000   
  700,000       AXA, S.A., (fixed rate to 12/14/2036, variable rate thereafter),
6.379%, 12/29/2049, 144A
     455,000   
  5,600,000       Metlife Capital Trust IV, 7.875%, 12/15/2067, 144A      5,810,000   
     

 

 

 
        12,268,889   
     

 

 

 
   Media Cable — 0.8%   
  1,500,000       Shaw Communications, Inc., 6.750%, 11/09/2039, (CAD)      1,522,130   
  2,300,000       Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 6.500%, 1/15/2018      2,443,750   
     

 

 

 
        3,965,880   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 2.5%   
  6,100,000       ArcelorMittal, 5.500%, 3/01/2021      5,599,245   
  3,700,000       Peabody Energy Corp., 6.000%, 11/15/2018, 144A      3,774,000   
  3,360,000       Vedanta Resources PLC, 8.250%, 6/07/2021, 144A      2,604,000   
     

 

 

 
        11,977,245   
     

 

 

 

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Non-Captive Consumer — 3.2%   
$ 4,070,000       International Lease Finance Corp., 8.625%, 1/15/2022    $ 4,117,240   
  1,945,000       Residential Capital LLC, 9.625%, 5/15/2015      1,361,500   
  4,250,000       SLM Corp., MTN, 8.000%, 3/25/2020      4,292,500   
  3,100,000       Springleaf Finance Corp., 4.125%, 11/29/2013, (EUR)      3,168,857   
  1,435,000       Springleaf Finance Corp., Series I, MTN, 5.400%, 12/01/2015      1,043,963   
  2,200,000       Springleaf Finance Corp., MTN, 5.750%, 9/15/2016      1,551,000   
     

 

 

 
        15,535,060   
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.8%   
  4,040,000       OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S.A., 8.500%, 6/01/2018, 144A      3,959,200   
     

 

 

 
   Packaging — 0.4%   
  1,000,000       Beverage Packaging Holdings S.A., 8.000%, 12/15/2016, 144A, (EUR)      1,100,113   
  750,000       Packaging Dynamics Corp., 8.750%, 2/01/2016, 144A      750,000   
  145,000       Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) S.A., 8.250%, 2/15/2021, 144A      128,325   
     

 

 

 
        1,978,438   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%   
  2,620,000       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 6.500%, 7/15/2016, 144A      2,616,725   
  500,000       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 6.750%, 10/01/2017, 144A      499,375   
  1,400,000       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 6.750%, 8/15/2021, 144A      1,351,000   
  200,000       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 7.000%, 10/01/2020, 144A      197,500   
  300,000       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 7.250%, 7/15/2022, 144A      291,000   
     

 

 

 
        4,955,600   
     

 

 

 
   Refining — 0.4%   
  1,900,000      

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp.,

9.375%, 5/01/2019, 144A

     1,843,000   
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Warehouse/Industrials — 0.8%   
  3,740,000       ProLogis LP, 6.625%, 5/15/2018      4,061,778   
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 12.4%   
  25,200,000       Canadian Government, 1.750%, 3/01/2013, (CAD)(c)      24,955,606   
  20,000       Hellenic Republic Government Bond, 4.500%, 9/20/2037, (EUR)      5,133   
  3,715,000       Hellenic Republic Government Bond, 4.700%, 3/20/2024, (EUR)      1,052,935   
  240,000       Ireland Government Bond, 4.500%, 4/18/2020, (EUR)      239,908   
  30,000       Ireland Government Bond, 5.000%, 10/18/2020, (EUR)      31,440   
  610,000       Ireland Government Bond, 5.400%, 3/13/2025, (EUR)      621,544   
  11,525,000,000       Korea Treasury Bond, 3.750%, 6/10/2013, (KRW)(c)      10,044,041   
  1,260,000(††)       Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 6.000%, 6/18/2015, (MXN)      9,246,314   
  725,000(††)       Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 7.500%, 6/21/2012, (MXN)(c)      5,264,668   
  200,000(††)       Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series MI-10, 8.000%, 12/19/2013, (MXN)      1,515,280   
  325,500(††)       Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-10, 8.500%, 12/13/2018, (MXN)      2,673,895   
  102,000,000       Philippine Government International Bond, 6.250%, 1/14/2036, (PHP)      2,360,734   
  1,015,000       Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT, 3.850%, 4/15/2021, (EUR)      656,438   
  1,225,000       Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT, 4.950%, 10/25/2023, (EUR)      784,801   
     

 

 

 
        59,452,737   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Wireless — 2.6%   
  12,200,000       Brasil Telecom S.A., 9.750%, 9/15/2016, 144A, (BRL)    $ 6,409,865   
  3,025,000       Clearwire Communications LLC/Clearwire Finance, Inc., 12.000%, 12/01/2015, 144A      2,896,437   
  2,725,000       Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.875%, 10/31/2013      2,711,375   
  1,005,000       Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      717,319   
     

 

 

 
        12,734,996   
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 3.4%   
  544,000       Portugal Telecom International Finance BV, EMTN, 4.500%, 6/16/2025, (EUR)      419,627   
  1,560,000       Portugal Telecom International Finance BV, EMTN,
5.000%, 11/04/2019, (EUR)
     1,397,573   
  3,500,000       Qwest Corp., 7.125%, 11/15/2043      3,392,298   
  7,534,000       Qwest Corp., 7.200%, 11/10/2026      7,516,687   
  1,100,000       Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.000%, 9/30/2034      815,070   
  850,000       Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 7.200%, 7/18/2036      702,056   
  1,250,000       Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 7.721%, 6/04/2038      1,066,057   
  250,000       Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.134%, 4/27/2020      234,830   
  450,000       Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.462%, 2/16/2021      429,420   
  355,000       Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 7.045%, 6/20/2036      346,150   
     

 

 

 
        16,319,768   
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $355,361,191)
     326,863,461   
     

 

 

 
  Convertible Bonds — 3.5%   
   Automotive — 0.7%   
  1,610,000       Ford Motor Co., 4.250%, 11/15/2016      2,308,337   
  755,000       TRW Automotive, Inc., 3.500%, 12/01/2015      1,017,363   
     

 

 

 
        3,325,700   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 0.3%   
  900,000       EMC Corp., Series B, 1.750%, 12/01/2013      1,291,500   
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.3%   
  1,210,000       Hologic, Inc., (accretes to principal after 12/15/2016), 2.000%, 12/15/2037(f)      1,323,438   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%   
  2,250,000       Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., 2.375%, 4/15/2015      2,092,500   
  2,515,000       Peabody Energy Corp., 4.750%, 12/15/2066      2,565,300   
     

 

 

 
        4,657,800   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%   
  2,010,000       Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3.350%, 10/01/2015      2,107,987   
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.8%   
  1,715,000       Ciena Corp., 0.875%, 6/15/2017      1,299,113   
  1,045,000       Intel Corp., 3.250%, 8/01/2039      1,308,862   
  1,650,000       Micron Technology, Inc., Series B, 1.875%, 8/01/2031, 144A      1,452,000   
     

 

 

 
        4,059,975   
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $19,789,039)
     16,766,400   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
  Municipals — 0.2%   
   California — 0.2%   
$ 975,000       California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Series A, 5.250%, 11/15/2046 (Identified Cost $845,752)    $ 983,668   
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $375,995,982)
     344,613,529   
     

 

 

 
  Senior Loans — 5.5%   
   Airlines — 0.2%   
  893,250       Allegiant Travel Company, Term Loan B, 5.750%, 3/10/2017(b)      878,360   
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 0.4%   
  1,562,362       Chrysler Group LLC, Term Loan B, 6.000%, 5/24/2017(b)      1,475,260   
  518,700       Stackpole Powertrain International USA LLC, Term Loan B, 7.500%, 8/02/2017(b)      508,326   
     

 

 

 
        1,983,586   
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.6%   
  930,600       CPG International, Inc., New Term Loan B, 6.000%, 2/18/2017(b)      865,458   
  2,148,763       Nortek, Inc., Term Loan, 5.251%, 4/26/2017(g)      2,093,260   
     

 

 

 
        2,958,718   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.7%   
  765,000       AZ Chem US Inc., Recap Term Loan, 12/22/2017(h)      759,982   
  3,010,000       PQ Corporation, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.800%, 7/30/2015(b)      2,651,930   
     

 

 

 
        3,411,912   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.3%   
  335,000       Allied Security Holdings LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.500%, 2/05/2018(b)      323,275   
  93,954       Instant Web, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3.671%, 8/07/2014(b)      88,082   
  895,713       Instant Web, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.671%, 8/07/2014(b)      839,730   
     

 

 

 
        1,251,087   
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.2%   
  950,000       Datatel, Inc., Term Loan B, 7/19/2018(h)      949,411   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 0.6%   
  1,959,750       Milacron LLC, Term Loan B, 7.500%, 5/15/2017(b)      1,930,354   
  748,125       Potters Industries, 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.000%, 5/05/2017(b)      736,922   
     

 

 

 
        2,667,276   
     

 

 

 
   Media Cable — 0.4%   
  2,382,000       RBS International Direct Marketing LLC, Term Loan B, 6.500%, 3/23/2017(b)      1,857,960   
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.3%   
  160,000       Frac Tech International LLC, Term Loan B, 5/06/2016(h)      157,509   
  1,390,000       Frac Tech International LLC, Term Loan B, 6.250%, 5/06/2016(b)      1,368,357   
     

 

 

 
        1,525,866   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%   
  967,045       Quintiles Transnational Corp., New Term Loan B, 5.000%, 6/08/2018(b)      946,254   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
   Retailers — 0.5%   
$ 2,636,750       Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 4.750%, 3/16/2018(b)    $ 2,506,574   
     

 

 

 
   Supermarket — 0.2%   
  992,500       Sprouts Farmers Markets Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 6.000%, 4/18/2018(b)      961,901   
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.2%   
  642,508       Inmar Inc., New Term Loan B, 6.500%, 8/04/2017(b)      639,566   
  445,000       Kronos, Inc., Incremental Term Loan, 12/28/2017(h)      436,100   
     

 

 

 
        1,075,666   
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 0.7%   
  2,460,000       Asurion LLC, New 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.000%, 5/24/2019(b)      2,417,983   
  1,000,000       Level 3 Financing Inc., Term Loan B3, 8/31/2018(h)      984,250   
     

 

 

 
        3,402,233   
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $27,505,571)
     26,376,804   
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Preferred Stocks — 3.6%   
  Convertible Preferred Stocks — 2.5%   
   Automotive — 0.5%   
  72,200       General Motors Co., Series B, 4.750%      2,472,850   
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 1.0%   
  4,370       Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, Class A, 7.500%      4,605,980   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 0.9%   
  81,250       Apache Corp., Series D, 6.000%      4,410,250   
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Healthcare — 0.1%   
  8,000       Health Care REIT, Inc., Series I, 6.500%      409,360   
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $13,943,930)
     11,898,440   
     

 

 

 
  Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks — 1.1%   
   Non-Captive Diversified — 1.1%   
  3,775       Ally Financial, Inc., Series G, 7.000%, 144A      2,706,085   
  102,000       Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., 8.875%      2,779,500   
     

 

 

 
        5,485,585   
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $5,272,562)
     5,485,585   
     

 

 

 
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $19,216,492)
     17,384,025   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Shares                Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 2.9%   
       Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%   
  106,745           AT&T, Inc.    $ 3,227,969   
  157,778           Telefonica S.A., Sponsored ADR      2,712,204   
  47,543           Verizon Communications, Inc.      1,907,425   
         

 

 

 
            7,847,598   
         

 

 

 
       Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%   
  21,700           Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ADR      1,586,053   
  24,900           Total S.A., Sponsored ADR      1,272,639   
         

 

 

 
            2,858,692   
         

 

 

 
       Tobacco — 0.5%   
  57,114           Altria Group, Inc.      1,693,430   
  7,500           Philip Morris International, Inc.      588,600   
         

 

 

 
            2,282,030   
         

 

 

 
       Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%   
  37,300           Vodafone Group PLC, Sponsored ADR      1,045,519   
         

 

 

 
       Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $13,508,103)
     14,033,839   
         

 

 

 
         
Par Value(‡)                          
  Purchased Options — 0.3%   
       Over-the-Counter Options on Currency — 0.3%   
$ 26,000,000           AUD Put, expiring August 16, 2012 at 0.9902(i)
(Identified Cost $1,649,310)
     1,262,976   
         

 

 

 
         
Principal
Amount (‡)
                         
         
  Short-Term Investments — 16.8%   
  221,075           Repurchase Agreement with Street Bank and Trust Company, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $221,075 on 1/03/2012 collateralized by $230,000 U.S. Treasury Bill, due 3/08/2012 valued at $229,992 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      221,075   
  34,737,432           Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $34,737,432 on 1/03/2012 collateralized by $34,385,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.375% due 11/30/2015 valued at 35,433,811 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      34,737,432   
  46,000,000           U.S. Treasury Bills 0.017%-0.020%, 3/22/2012 (c)(j)(k)(l)      45,998,252   
         

 

 

 
       Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $80,956,534)
     80,956,759   
         

 

 

 
       Total Investments — 100.7%
(Identified Cost $518,831,992)(a)
     484,627,932   
       Other assets less liabilities — (0.7)%      (3,232,660
         

 

 

 
       Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 481,395,272   
         

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Par Value(‡)                Description    Value (†)  
         
  Written Options — (0.1%)   
       Over-the-Counter Options on Currency – (0.1)%   
$ 26,000,000           AUD Put, expiring August 16, 2012 at 0.8500(i)
(Premiums Received $748,930)
   $ (456,482
         

 

 

 
         
  (‡)           Principal Amount/Par Value stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.   
  (†)           See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (††)           Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.   
  (a)           Federal Tax Information:   
       At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $520,084,308 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    $ 3,057,625   
       Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (38,514,001
         

 

 

 
       Net unrealized depreciation    $ (35,456,376
         

 

 

 
  (b)           Variable rate security. Rate as of December 31, 2011 is disclosed.   
  (c)           All or a portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts or swap agreements.    
  (d)           The issuer has made partial payment with respect to interest and/or principal. Income is not being accrued.    
  (e)           Illiquid security. At December 31, 2011, the value of this security amounted to $488,648 or 0.1% of net assets.    
  (f)           Coupon rate is a fixed rate for an initial period then resets at a specified date and rate.   
  (g)           Variable rate security. Rate shown represents the weighted average rate of underlying contracts at December 31, 2011.    
  (h)           Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at December 31, 2011 and does not take effect until settlement date.    
  (i)           Counterparty is Credit Suisse.   
  (j)           Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.   
  (k)           All or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral for open forward foreign currency contracts or swap agreements and as initial margin for open futures contracts.    
  (l)           The Fund’s investment in U.S. Treasury Bills is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.     
         
  144A           All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2011, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $118,633,574 or 24.6% of net assets.      
  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 may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.     
  ARMs           Adjustable Rate Mortgages   
  EMTN           Euro Medium Term Note   
  GMTN           Global Medium Term Note   
  MTN           Medium Term Note   
  REITs           Real Estate Investment Trusts   
  REMIC           Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

         
  AUD           Australian Dollar   
  BRL           Brazilian Real   
  CAD           Canadian Dollar   
  COP           Colombian Peso   
  EUR           Euro   
  KRW           South Korean Won   
  MXN           Mexican Peso   
  PHP           Philippine Peso   

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open credit default swap agreements:

 

Counterparty    Reference Obligation    (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed Rate
  Expiration
Date
     Notional
Value
 
Buy Protection           
          
Bank of America    CDX 16 EM 500    (5.00%)     12/20/2016       $ 10,700,000   
Bank of America    CDX 16 EM 500    (5.00%)     12/20/2016         15,000,000   
Bank of America    Eastman Chemical Co.    (1.00%)     12/20/2016         10,200,000   
Bank of America    Westvaco Corp.    (1.00%)     09/20/2016         6,300,000   
Morgan Stanley    CDX 16 EM 500    (5.00%)     12/20/2016         25,000,000   
          
          
          

 

Counterparty    Unamortized
Up Front
Premium
Paid/(Received)
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Fees
Receivable/
(Payable)
 
Buy Protection — continued         
        
Bank of America    $ (930,299   $ (917,864   $ 12,435      $ (17,833
Bank of America      (1,380,835     (1,286,726)        94,109        (25,000
Bank of America      58,627        10,256        (48,371     (3,400
Bank of America      221,369        93,057        (128,312     (2,100
Morgan Stanley      (2,046,453     (2,144,543     (98,090     (41,667
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total      $ (4,245,820   $ (168,229   $ (90,000
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

 

Counterparty    Reference Obligation    (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed Rate
  Expiration
Date
     Implied
Credit
Spread^
 
Sell Protection           
          
Bank of America    CDX 17 IG100    1.00%     12/20/2016         1.20
Bank of America    Dow Chemical Co. (The)    1.00%     12/20/2016         2.01
Bank of America    NRG Energy, Inc.    5.00%     09/20/2016         5.96
Citigroup Global Markets    MGM Resorts International    5.00%     09/20/2016         8.13
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.    Alcatel-Lucent    5.00%     09/20/2016         17.16
Morgan Stanley    Alcatel-Lucent    5.00%     09/20/2016         17.16
UBS Securities    Alcatel-Lucent    5.00%     06/20/2016         17.17
          
          
          

 

Counterparty    Notional
Value(‡)
    Unamortized
Up Front
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Fees
Receivable/
(Payable)
 
Sell Protection — continued           
          
Bank of America    $ 5,100,000      $ (61,321   $ (47,857   $ 13,464      $ 1,700   
Bank of America      5,100,000        (264,676     (238,275     26,401        1,700   
Bank of America      1,500,000        (64,452     (56,288     8,164        2,500   
Citigroup Global Markets      3,200,000        (488,380     (368,977     119,403        5,333   
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.      4,400,000     (516,296     (1,816,489     (1,300,193     9,550   
Morgan Stanley      3,800,000     (1,375     (1,568,787     (1,567,412     8,248   
UBS Securities      2,700,000     76,966        (1,090,112     (1,167,078     5,860   
      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total        $ (5,186,785   $ (3,867,251   $ 34,891   
      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(‡) Notional value stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

^ Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular reference entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

* Notional value denominated in euros.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract
to
Buy/Sell
   Delivery
Date
     Currency    Units      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Sell1      01/05/2012       Australian Dollar      5,700,000       $ 5,829,299       $ (19,289
Sell2      01/19/2012       Brazilian Real      18,940,000         10,118,381         (122,603
Sell2      01/17/2012       Canadian Dollar      25,250,000         24,777,478         (213,736
Buy3      01/30/2012       Chinese Renminbi      28,440,000         4,515,763         89,935   
Sell3      01/30/2012       Chinese Renminbi      28,440,000         4,515,763         (137,347
Sell2      01/17/2012       Columbian Peso      5,300,000,000         2,739,361         (1,758
Buy2      01/04/2012       Euro      6,085,000         7,875,514         (19,774
Sell2      01/04/2012       Euro      6,085,000         7,875,514         326,439   
Sell2      01/09/2012       Euro      2,915,000         3,772,855         151,213   
Sell2      01/23/2012       Euro      1,425,000         1,844,520         10,117   
Sell2      01/31/2012       Euro      2,602,000         3,368,193         160,240   
Sell2      02/03/2012       Euro      680,000         880,251         7,027   
Sell2      02/08/2012       Euro      6,085,000         7,877,261         19,609   
Buy2      01/17/2012       Mexican Peso      44,000,000         3,149,780         7,619   
Sell1      01/05/2012       Mexican Peso      70,000,000         5,015,829         111,061   
Sell2      01/17/2012       Mexican Peso      202,500,000         14,496,147         5,948   
Sell1      01/24/2012       Philippine Peso      105,000,000         2,392,270         1,711   
Sell2      01/27/2012       South Korean Won      11,575,000,000         10,031,660         (31,660
              

 

 

 
Total                $ 344,752   
              

 

 

 

1 Counterparty is Bank of America.

2 Counterparty is Credit Suisse.

3 Counterparty is Morgan Stanley.

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
E-mini S&P 500      03/16/2012         168       $ 10,521,840       $ (6,165
German Euro BOBL      03/08/2012         9         1,457,313         (22,148
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (28,313
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Treasuries

     12.4

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     10.3   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     5.6   

Automotive

     5.0   

Electric

     3.8   

Metals & Mining

     3.5   

Wirelines

     3.4   

Wireless

     3.3   

Non-Captive Consumer

     3.2   

Life Insurance

     2.6   

ABS Home Equity

     2.4   

Healthcare

     2.3   

Banking

     2.2   

Chemicals

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     21.9   

Short-Term Investments

     16.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.7   

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options, credit default swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts)

     (0.7
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

Currency Exposure December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

United States Dollar

     80.8

Canadian Dollar

     6.2   

Mexican Peso

     4.9   

Euro

     2.4   

Brazilian Real

     2.1   

South Korean Won

     2.1   

Other, less than 2% each

     2.2   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.7   

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options, credit default swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts)

     (0.7
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

 

 
 
Principal
Amount (‡)
  
  
   Description      Value (†)   
     
  Bonds and Notes — 38.6% of Net Assets   
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 36.1%   
   Airlines — 1.0%   
$ 300,000       United Air Lines, Inc., 9.875%, 8/01/2013, 144A    $ 306,750   
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 1.1%   
  50,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., EMTN, 4.875%, 5/30/2014, (EUR)      61,645   
  300,000       Morgan Stanley, 2.875%, 1/24/2014      287,338   
     

 

 

 
        348,983   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 1.4%   
  420,000       PolyOne Corp., 7.375%, 9/15/2020      433,650   
     

 

 

 
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.6%   
  445,963       Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR6, Class 2A, 1.168%, 8/25/2046(b)      181,662   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 1.9%   
  700,000       GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM, 5.984%, 8/10/2045(b)      569,565   
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.8%   
  125,000       RSC Equipment Rental, Inc./RSC Holdings III LLC, 8.250%, 2/01/2021      126,563   
  100,000       RSC Equipment Rental, Inc./RSC Holdings III LLC, 10.250%, 11/15/2019      109,000   
     

 

 

 
        235,563   
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 1.8%   
  500,000       AES Corp. (The), 8.000%, 10/15/2017      550,000   
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 1.0%   
  400,000       Marfrig Holding Europe BV, 8.375%, 5/09/2018, 144A      294,000   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 6.8%   
  1,000,000       Concho Resources, Inc., 6.500%, 1/15/2022      1,045,000   
  625,000       QEP Resources, Inc., 6.875%, 3/01/2021      673,437   
  335,000       SM Energy Co., 6.500%, 11/15/2021, 144A      345,050   
     

 

 

 
        2,063,487   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 0.6%   
  180,000       Arch Western Finance LLC, 6.750%, 7/01/2013      180,900   
     

 

 

 
   Non-Captive Consumer — 1.1%   
  270,000       International Lease Finance Corp., 8.625%, 1/15/2022      273,134   
  100,000       Residential Capital LLC, 9.625%, 5/15/2015      70,000   
     

 

 

 
        343,134   
     

 

 

 
   Non-Captive Diversified — 2.7%   
  120,000       Aircastle Ltd., 9.750%, 8/01/2018      125,700   
  700,000       International Lease Finance Corp., Series R, MTN, 6.625%, 11/15/2013      696,500   
     

 

 

 
        822,200   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund – (continued)

 

 
 
Principal
Amount (‡)
  
  
   Description      Value (†)   
     
   Oil Field Services — 5.2%   
$ 675,000       Basic Energy Services, Inc., 7.125%, 4/15/2016    $ 676,687   
  190,000       Frac Tech Services LLC/Frac Tech Finance, Inc., 7.625%, 11/15/2018, 144A      199,025   
  510,000       OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S.A., 8.500%, 6/01/2018, 144A      499,800   
  200,000       Pioneer Drilling Co., 9.875%, 3/15/2018, 144A      209,000   
     

 

 

 
        1,584,512   
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 0.6%   
  200,000       Sappi Papier Holding GmbH, 6.625%, 4/15/2021, 144A      171,500   
     

 

 

 
   Refining — 0.9%   
  295,000       Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., 9.375%, 5/01/2019, 144A      283,200   
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 1.6%   
  310,000       Edcon Proprietary Ltd., 4.676%, 6/15/2014, (EUR)(b)      295,898   
  250,000       Edcon Proprietary Ltd., 9.500%, 3/01/2018, 144A      195,000   
     

 

 

 
        490,898   
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 2.5%   
  765,000       Audatex North America, Inc., 6.750%, 6/15/2018, 144A      772,650   
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 0.7%   
  225,000       NII Capital Corp., 7.625%, 4/01/2021      223,313   
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 3.8%   
  550,000       CenturyLink, Inc., Series P, 7.600%, 9/15/2039      539,696   
  400,000       Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 6/01/2036      414,475   
  235,000       Frontier Communications Corp., 9.000%, 8/15/2031      214,437   
     

 

 

 
        1,168,608   
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $11,423,100)
     11,024,575   
     

 

 

 
  Convertible Bonds — 2.5%   
   Independent Energy — 1.0%   
  330,000       Chesapeake Energy Corp., 2.500%, 5/15/2037      294,112   
     

 

 

 
   Media Non-Cable — 1.0%   
  300,000       Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The), 4.250%, 3/15/2023      303,375   
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.5%   
  150,000       Nuance Communications, Inc., 2.750%, 11/01/2031, 144A      161,063   
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds (Identified Cost $768,301)      758,550   
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes (Identified Cost $12,191,401)      11,783,125   
     

 

 

 
  Senior Loans — 2.9%   
   Automotive — 0.8%   
  246,250       Chrysler Group LLC, Term Loan, 6.000%, 5/24/2017(b)      232,521   
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 1.7%   
  538,928       AES Corporation, New Term Loan, 4.250%, 6/01/2018(b)      536,438   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund – (continued)

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount (‡)
  
  
   Description      Value (†)   
     
   Wireless — 0.4%   
$ 124,063       TowerCo Finance LLC, Term Loan B, 5.250%, 2/02/2017(b)    $ 123,545   
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $901,514)
     892,504   
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Common Stocks — 13.0%   
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%   
  1,000       Precision Castparts Corp.      164,790   
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 0.6%   
  2,500       PepsiCo, Inc.      165,875   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 1.5%   
  2,400       Agrium, Inc.      161,064   
  4,000       Eastman Chemical Co.      156,240   
  3,700       Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.      152,736   
     

 

 

 
        470,040   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%   
  8,700       Pitney Bowes, Inc.      161,298   
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 1.1%   
  14,000       Ciena Corp.(c)      169,400   
  16,100       JDS Uniphase Corp.(c)      168,084   
     

 

 

 
        337,484   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%   
  4,200       CenturyLink, Inc.      156,240   
  4,200       Verizon Communications, Inc.      168,504   
     

 

 

 
        324,744   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.1%   
  4,900       Halliburton Co.      169,099   
  2,300       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      156,377   
     

 

 

 
        325,476   
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 0.5%   
  5,600       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      160,160   
     

 

 

 
   Household Durables — 0.5%   
  13,100       D.R. Horton, Inc.      165,191   
     

 

 

 
   Household Products — 1.1%   
  2,200       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      161,832   
  2,450       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      163,440   
     

 

 

 
        325,272   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%   
  10,400       General Electric Co.      186,264   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares      Description    Value (†)  
     
   Machinery — 1.1%   
  3,800       Eaton Corp.    $ 165,414   
  2,400       Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      162,240   
     

 

 

 
        327,654   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.6%   
  2,000       Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      151,800   
  1,600       EOG Resources, Inc.      157,616   
  2,100       ExxonMobil Corp.      177,996   
     

 

 

 
        487,412   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%   
  8,500       Pfizer, Inc.      183,940   
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 0.6%   
  2,400       Philip Morris International, Inc.      188,352   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $3,759,711)
     3,973,952   
     

 

 

 
  Preferred Stocks — 2.0%   
  Non-Convertible Preferred Stock — 1.5%   
   Non-Captive Diversified — 1.5%   
  16,500       Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., 8.875% (Identified Cost $412,500)      449,625   
     

 

 

 
  Convertible Preferred Stock — 0.5%   
   Automotive — 0.5%   
  4,500       General Motors Co., Series B, 4.750% (Identified Cost $150,283)      154,125   
     

 

 

 
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $562,783)
     603,750   
     

 

 

 
  Exchange Traded Funds — 3.6%   
  13,200       Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF      622,380   
  2,800       Oil Services Holders Trust ETF      320,600   
  9,000       SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF      153,900   
     

 

 

 
   Total Exchange Traded Funds
(Identified Cost $1,107,288)
     1,096,880   
     

 

 

 
     
Par Value(‡)                
     
     
  Purchased Options — 1.3%   
   Over-the-Counter Options on Currency — 1.3%   
$ 3,100,000       AUD Put, expiring August 16, 2012 at 0.9902(d)      150,586   
  1,000,000       EUR Put, expiring August 14, 2012 at 1.3650(d)      72,743   
  700,000       JPY Call, expiring August 14, 2012 at 104.4700(EUR)(d)      68,344   
  700,000       NOK Call, expiring August 14, 2012 at 7.8780(EUR)(d)      29,107   
  1,300,000       SGD Call, expiring June 04, 2012 at 1.7000(EUR)(e)      52,983   
  1,000,000       PEN Put, expiring September 25, 2012 at 2.7350(f)      29,702   
     

 

 

 
   Total Purchased Options
(Identified Cost $439,868)
     403,465   
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund – (continued)

 

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
     
     
  Short-Term Investments — 33.1%   
$ 346,895       Repurchase Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $346,895 on 1/03/2012 collateralized by $5,000 U.S. Treasury Bill, due 3/08/2012 valued at $5,000; $355,000 Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.000% due 12/05/2014 valued at $355,444 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)(g)    $ 346,895   
  733,308       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/30/2011 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $733,308 on 1/03/2012 collateralized by $750,000 Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Note, due 6/06/2012 valued at $749,625 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      733,308   
  9,000,000       U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.007%-0.029%, 3/22/2012(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)      8,999,658   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Short-Term Investments

(Identified Cost $10,079,792)

     10,079,861   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments — 94.5%

(Identified Cost $29,042,357)(a)

     28,833,537   
   Other assets less liabilities — 5.5%      1,686,345   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 30,519,882   
     

 

 

 

 

Par Value(‡)                
     
     
  Written Options — (0.5%)   
   Over-the-Counter Options on Currency — (0.5)%   
  3,100,000       AUD Put, expiring August 16, 2012 at 0.8500(d)      (54,427
  1,000,000       EUR Put, expiring August 14, 2012 at 1.2000(d)      (24,150
  700,000       JPY Call, expiring August 14, 2012 at 95.0000(EUR)(d)      (29,232
  700,000       NOK Call, expiring August 14, 2012 at 7.4000(EUR)(d)      (7,918
  1,300,000       SGD Call, expiring June 04, 2012 at 1.6000(EUR)(e)      (16,139
  1,000,000       PEN Put, expiring September 25, 2012 at 3.2000(f)      (6,044
     

 

 

 
  

Total Written Options

(Premiums Received $191,546)

   $ (137,910
     

 

 

 

 

(‡) Principal amount/Par Value stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
(†) See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
(a) Federal Tax Information:

 

   At December 31, 2011, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $29,071,808 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

 

   $ 438,763   

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

 

     (677,034
  

 

 

 

           Net unrealized depreciation

 

   $ (238,271
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Variable rate security. Rate as of December 31, 2011 is disclosed.
(c) Non-income producing security.
(d) Counterparty is Credit Suisse.
(e) Counterparty is UBS AG.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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(f) Counterparty is Bank of America.
(g) A portion of this security is held by Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Cayman Fund, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.
(h) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(i) A portion of this security has been pledged as collateral for open forward foreign currency contracts or swap agreements and as initial margin for open futures contracts.
(j) A portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts or swap agreements.
(k) The Fund’s investment in U.S. Treasury Bills is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.
144A All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2011, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $3,437,038 or 11.3% of net assets.
EMTN Euro Medium Term Note
ETF Exchange Traded Fund
MTN Medium Term Note
SPDR Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt
AUD Australian Dollar
EUR Euro
JPY Japanese Yen
NOK Norwegian Krone
PEN Peruvian Nuevo Sol
SGD Singapore Dollar

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open credit default swap agreements:

 

Counterparty   Reference Obligation   (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed Rate
  Expiration
Date
    Notional
Value
 
Buy Protection        
       
Bank of America   ITRX SOVXCE Series 6 100   (1.00%)     12/20/2016      $ 1,000,000   
Morgan Stanley   CDX 16 EM 500   (5.00%)     12/20/2016        2,000,000   
Morgan Stanley   State Bank of India   (1.00%)     12/20/2016        250,000   

 

Counterparty    Unamortized
Up Front
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Fees
Receivable/
(Payable)
 
Buy Protectioncontinued          
         
Bank of America    $ 109,189      $ 109,968      $ 779       $ (2,861
Morgan Stanley      (182,889     (171,564     11,325         (3,333
Morgan Stanley      26,149        29,615        3,466         (83
    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total      $ (31,981   $ 15,570       $ (6,277
    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund – (continued)

 

 

Counterparty   Reference Obligation    (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed Rate
    Expiration
Date
     Implied
Credit
Spread^
    Notional
Value
 

Sell Protection

           
           

UBS Securities

  CDX 17 HY 500      5.00     12/20/2016         6.80   $ 1,000,000   

UBS Securities

  ITRX SOVXWE Series 6 100      1.00     12/20/2016         3.54     1,000,000   
           
           
           

 

     Counterparty    Unamortized
Up Front
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Fees
Receivable/
(Payable)
 
  Sell Protection — continued          
           
  UBS Securities    $ (74,219   $ (70,159   $ 4,060       $ 1,667   
  UBS Securities      (108,213     (108,180     33         2,861   
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     $ (178,339   $ 4,093       $ 4,528   
      

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

^ Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular reference entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open total return swap agreements1:

 

Counterparty    Fund Pays    Fund Receives    Expiration
Date
     Notional
Value
     Market
Value2
 

Citibank

   0.30%   

Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index

3 month Forward

     01/30/2012       $ 2,500,000       $   

Citibank

   Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index    0.00%      01/30/2012         2,400,000           
              

 

 

 
Total                $   
              

 

 

 

1 Total return swap agreements are held by Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.

2 There are no upfront payments on total return swap agreements therefore; unrealized gain (loss) is equal to market value.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract

to

Buy/Sell

   Delivery
Date
     Currency    Units      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Buy3      07/25/2012       Chinese Renminbi      24,300,000       $ 3,850,394       $ 43,839   
Sell3      07/25/2012       Chinese Renminbi      12,150,000         1,925,197         9,054   
Sell3      07/25/2012       Chinese Renminbi      12,150,000         1,925,197         (21,107
Buy4      01/17/2012       Euro      470,000         608,346         (1,977
Sell4      01/17/2012       Euro      470,000         608,346         14,085   
Sell4      01/23/2012       Euro      250,000         323,600         855   
Sell4      02/03/2012       Euro      50,000         64,724         517   
Buy5      01/23/2012       Mexican Peso      8,450,000         604,611         (7,588
Sell5      01/23/2012       Mexican Peso      8,450,000         604,611         4,069   
Buy5      01/27/2012       New Russian Ruble      19,400,000         601,129         (11,825
Sell5      01/27/2012       New Russian Ruble      19,400,000         601,129         7,403   
              

 

 

 
Total                $ 37,325   
              

 

 

 

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward cross currency contracts:

 

Settlement Date    Deliver/Units of Currency    Receive/Units of Currency      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
01/17/2012    British Pound    394,811    Euro4      470,000       $ (4,727
01/17/2012    Euro    470,000    British Pound4      398,913         11,096   
01/30/2012    Euro    470,000    Canadian Dollar6      628,061         7,734   
01/10/2012    Euro    465,000    Japanese Yen5      48,263,280         25,238   
01/10/2012    Japanese Yen    48,227,057    Euro5      465,000         (24,767
              

 

 

 
Total                $ 14,574   
              

 

 

 

3 Counterparty is UBS AG.

4 Counterparty is Credit Suisse.

5 Counterparty is Bank of America.

6 Counterparty is Morgan Stanley.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund – (continued)

 

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

 

Commodity Futures7    Expiration
Date
     Contracts    Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Aluminum HG      03/21/2012       7    $ 353,238       $ (2,231
Brent Crude Oil      11/15/2012       10      1,038,900         (10,872
Heating Oil      02/29/2012       3      366,143         12,072   
Light Sweet Crude Oil      11/20/2013       10      947,600         28,896   
Light Sweet Crude Oil      11/20/2015       10      906,200         3,161   
Soybean      03/14/2012       18      1,086,975         69,128   
Tin      03/21/2012       3      287,925         (33,094
Wheat      07/13/2012       20      686,250         37,183   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ 104,243   
           

 

 

 

At December 31, 2011, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts    Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
E-mini S&P 500      03/16/2012       56    $ 3,507,280       $ (62,015
10 Year U.S. Treasury Note      03/21/2012       1      131,125         (1,689
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (63,704
           

 

 

 

 

Commodity Futures7    Expiration
Date
     Contracts    Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Brent Crude Oil      11/14/2013       10    $ 993,000       $ 3,008   
Corn      03/14/2012       29      937,425         (75,134
Corn      07/13/2012       20      661,250         (33,317
Light Sweet Crude Oil      11/16/2012       10      981,100         1,561   
Light Sweet Crude Oil      02/21/2012       8      792,000         8,789   
           

 

 

 
Total             $ (95,093
           

 

 

 

7 Commodity futures are held by Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Portfolio of Investments – as of December 31, 2011

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

Independent Energy

     7.8

Oil Field Services

     5.2   

Non-Captive Diversified

     4.2   

Wirelines

     3.8   

Exchange Traded Funds

     3.6   

Electric

     3.5   

Technology

     3.0   

Chemicals

     2.9   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     27.4   

Short-Term Investments

     33.1   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     94.5   

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options, swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts)

     5.5   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated* Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

December 31, 2011

 

     ASG
Diversifying
Strategies Fund
    ASG Global
Alternatives
Fund
    ASG Managed
Futures Strategy
Fund
 

ASSETS

      

Investments at cost

   $ 373,591,588      $ 1,358,000,253      $ 655,125,200   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (1,023     2,907        (4,701
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments at value

     373,590,565        1,358,003,160        655,120,499   

Cash

     7,373,801        12,599,976        12,332,675   

Due from brokers (including variation margin on futures contracts) (Note 2)

     27,154,558        68,219,752        61,484,067   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     4,414,757        7,396,672        16,324,416   

Interest receivable

     112,048        429,962        185,276   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     2,781,647        4,078,858        2,021,983   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (Note 2)

     5,925,158        8,205,377        17,635,659   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     421,352,534        1,458,933,757        765,104,575   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     6,688,644        5,603,337        3,529,617   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     1,818,986        808,384        2,095,212   

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (Note 2)

     3,245,624        6,008,702        5,115,881   

Distributions payable

     4,524,160               6,389,677   

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     420,825        1,324,813        582,589   

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     23,239        36,399        12,864   

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     26,416        66,428        39,129   

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     120,057        280,554        236,819   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     16,867,951        14,128,617        18,001,788   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 404,484,583      $ 1,444,805,140      $ 747,102,787   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in capital

   $ 449,778,972      $ 1,488,898,276      $ 777,204,555   

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income/Accumulated net investment (loss)

     (264,580     (36,398     4,468,427   

Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

     (48,671,789     (49,527,021     (47,010,707

Net unrealized appreciation on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency translations

     3,641,980        5,470,283        12,440,512   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 404,484,583      $ 1,444,805,140      $ 747,102,787   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Consolidated, where applicable. See Notes 1 and 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Diversifying
Strategies Fund
     ASG Global
Alternatives
Fund
     ASG Managed
Futures Strategy
Fund
 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND
OFFERING PRICE:

   

     

Class A shares:

        

Net assets

   $ 134,758,180       $ 280,352,602       $ 312,098,434   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     13,822,354         27,313,404         30,176,191   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 9.75       $ 10.26       $ 10.34   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/94.25 of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 10.34       $ 10.89       $ 10.97   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class C shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

        

Net assets

   $ 26,031,637       $ 92,540,043       $ 24,838,002   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     2,697,521         9,206,894         2,423,461   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 9.65       $ 10.05       $ 10.25   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

        

Net assets

   $ 243,694,766       $ 1,071,912,495       $ 410,166,351   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     24,940,337         103,674,177         39,670,926   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.77       $ 10.34       $ 10.34   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated* Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

December 31, 2011

 

     Loomis Sayles
Absolute
Strategies Fund
    Loomis Sayles
Multi-Asset Real
Return Fund
 

ASSETS

    

Investments at cost

   $ 518,831,992      $ 29,042,357   

Net unrealized depreciation

     (34,204,060     (208,820
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments at value

     484,627,932        28,833,537   

Cash

     32,593        250,364   

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $4,753,201 and $845,948)

     4,668,969        847,181   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     2,322,374        7   

Receivable from investment adviser (Note 6)

            6,523   

Receivable for securities sold

     1,996,327        789,464   

Collateral received for open forward foreign currency and option contracts (Notes 2 and 4)

     1,480,153        263,026   

Dividends and interest receivable

     4,219,020        231,794   

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements (Note 2)

     273,976        19,663   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     890,919        123,890   

Tax reclaims receivable

     2,011        3,998   

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2)

     38,196          

Receivable for closed swap agreements

            1,976   

Upfront premiums paid on swap agreements (Note 2)

     356,962        135,338   

Fees receivable on swap agreements (Note 2)

     34,891        4,528   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     500,944,323        31,511,289   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Options written, at value (premiums received $748,930 and $191,546) (Note 2)

     456,482        137,910   

Payable for securities purchased

     3,263,350          

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements (Note 2)

     4,309,456          

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     3,186,084        4,265   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     546,167        71,991   

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2)

            31,366   

Upfront premiums received on swap agreements (Note 2)

     5,754,087        365,321   

Due to brokers (Note 2)

     1,480,153        263,026   

Distributions payable

            4,827   

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     295,284          

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     8,924        8,745   

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     14,046        11,827   

Fees payable on swap agreements (Note 2)

     90,000        6,277   

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     145,018        85,852   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     19,549,051        991,407   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 481,395,272      $ 30,519,882   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

    

Paid-in capital

   $ 531,850,798      $ 35,885,497   

Undistributed net investment income (Distributions in excess of net investment income)

     835,620        (277,032

Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts, options written, swap agreements and foreign currency transactions

     (13,469,493     (4,948,914

Net unrealized depreciation on investments, futures contracts, options written, swap agreements and foreign currency translations

     (37,821,653     (139,669
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 481,395,272      $ 30,519,882   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Consolidated, where applicable. See Notes 1 and 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Absolute
Strategies Fund
     Loomis Sayles
Multi-Asset Real
Return Fund
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:      

Class A shares:

     

Net assets

   $ 130,662,177       $ 1,870,962   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     13,988,975         200,223   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 9.34       $ 9.34   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/95.50 of net asset
value) (Note 1)

   $ 9.78       $ 9.78   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class C shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset
value less any applicable contingent
deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

     

Net assets

   $ 77,397,934       $ 99,368   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     8,312,761         10,670   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 9.31       $ 9.31   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

     

Net assets

   $ 273,335,161       $ 28,549,552   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     29,284,990         3,059,543   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share

   $ 9.33       $ 9.33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated* Statements of Operations

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

     ASG
Diversifying
Strategies Fund
    ASG Global
Alternatives
Fund
    ASG Managed
Futures Strategy
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

      

Interest

   $ 874,066      $ 2,872,440      $ 1,052,801   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

      

Management fees (Note 6)

     4,288,281        12,111,408        5,434,646   

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     492,653        1,533,736        797,273   

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     227,801        550,658        289,322   

Trustees’ and directors’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     34,043        45,510        35,251   

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 6)

     351,358        1,040,420        507,970   

Audit and tax services fees

     69,405        69,402        63,484   

Custodian fees and expenses

     70,668        53,276        61,250   

Interest expense (Note 9)

     67,036        102,082        54,730   

Legal fees

     6,784        17,343        7,560   

Registration fees

     133,538        255,473        172,760   

Shareholder reporting expenses

     46,471        115,851        58,229   

Miscellaneous expenses

     18,867        43,489        19,833   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     5,806,905        15,938,648        7,502,308   

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 6)

     (272,811     (85,091     (346,116
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     5,534,094        15,853,557        7,156,192   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment loss

     (4,660,028     (12,981,117     (6,103,391
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

      

Net realized gain (loss) on:

      

Investments

     3,132        13,159        7,411   

Futures contracts

     2,419,341        (47,646,242     7,103,437   

Foreign currency transactions

     (13,941,960     14,908,061        (21,449,535

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

      

Investments

     (8,525     (17,831     (6,450

Futures contracts

     883,961        (4,645,755     11,807,744   

Foreign currency translations

     1,299,046        946,450        226,753   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

     (9,345,005     (36,442,158     (2,310,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (14,005,033   $ (49,423,275   $ (8,414,031
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Consolidated, where applicable. See Notes 1 and 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Absolute
Strategies Fund
    Loomis Sayles
Multi-Asset Real
Return Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

    

Interest

   $ 20,652,854      $ 1,406,887   

Dividends

     1,081,566        284,593   

Less net foreign taxes withheld

     (121,454     (1,599
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     21,612,966        1,689,881   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fees (Note 6)

     3,228,585        373,581   

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     1,121,285        7,671   

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     105,630        153,010   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     23,618        29,388   

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 6)

     290,162        9,297   

Audit and tax services fees

     54,919        76,972   

Custodian fees and expenses

     156,331        125,895   

Legal fees

     6,777        4,685   

Registration fees

     211,449        68,949   

Shareholder reporting expenses

     39,040        4,877   

Miscellaneous expenses

     19,653        13,175   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     5,257,449        867,500   

Fee/expense recovery (Note 6)

     1,565          

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 6)

            (311,912
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     5,259,014        555,588   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     16,353,952        1,134,293   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS, OPTIONS WRITTEN, SWAP AGREEMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

    

Net realized gain (loss) on:

    

Investments

     (9,572,113     (4,223,358

Futures contracts

     (6,508,725     (1,123,922

Options written

     (950,975     (148,343

Swap agreements

     3,359,524        15,023   

Foreign currency transactions

     1,608,619        (168,581

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

    

Investments

     (34,349,512     (278,798

Futures contracts

     (24,963     (174,563

Options written

     292,448        (37,864

Swap agreements

     (4,090,735     44,846   

Foreign currency translations

     228,150        87,825   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments, futures contracts, options written, swap agreements and foreign currency transactions

     (50,008,282     (6,007,735
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (33,654,330   $ (4,873,442
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Consolidated* Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    ASG Diversifying
Strategies Fund
    ASG Global
Alternatives Fund
 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
    Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (4,660,028   $ (1,154,824   $ (12,981,117   $ (4,956,445

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, options written, swap agreements and foreign currency transactions

    (11,519,487     (1,557,542     (32,725,022     28,594,085   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts, options written, swap agreements and foreign currency translations

    2,174,482        1,521,452        (3,717,136     9,310,778   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (14,005,033     (1,190,914     (49,423,275     32,948,418   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

       

Net investment income

       

Class A

    (5,486,684     (835,421            (1,247

Class C

    (873,499     (260,881            (405

Class Y

    (10,578,441     (2,409,388            (1,590

Net realized capital gains

       

Class A

           (2,259,801     (1,381,664     (8,146,057

Class C

           (764,976     (473,432     (2,692,430

Class Y

           (6,309,043     (2,791,215     (13,799,395
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (16,938,624     (12,839,510     (4,646,311     (24,641,124
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 11)

    180,241,158        246,650,678        884,494,560        388,954,360   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

    149,297,501        232,620,254        830,424,974        397,261,654   

NET ASSETS

       

Beginning of the year

    255,187,082        22,566,828        614,380,166        217,118,512   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

  $ 404,484,583      $ 255,187,082      $ 1,444,805,140      $ 614,380,166   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED (DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF) NET INVESTMENT INCOME/ACCUMULATED NET INVESTMENT (LOSS)

  $ (264,580   $ 40,524      $ (36,398   $ (25,524
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Consolidated, where applicable. See Notes 1 and 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
(a) From commencement of operations on July 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
(b) From commencement of operations on December 15, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
(c) From commencement of operations on September 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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ASG Managed Futures
Strategy Fund
    Loomis Sayles Absolute
Strategies Fund
    Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real
Return Fund
 
Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Period Ended
December 31,
2010(a)
    Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Period Ended
December 31,
2010(b)
    Year Ended
December 31,
2011
    Period Ended
December 31,
2010(c)
 
         
$ (6,103,391   $ (209,592   $ 16,353,952      $ 891      $ 1,134,293      $ 148,815   

 

(14,338,687

    3,577,234        (12,063,670     33,232        (5,649,181     181,393   

 

12,028,047

  

    412,465        (37,944,612     122,959        (358,554     218,885   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (8,414,031)        3,780,107        (33,654,330     157,082        (4,873,442     549,093   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
         
  (8,685,193     (197,385     (5,468,723     (172     (35,796     (8,526
  (653,347     (70,810     (2,160,343     (16     (1,313     (94
  (12,265,887     (1,531,141     (9,427,065     (3,127     (645,390     (219,897
         
         (230,244     (3,236            (7,538       
         (85,058     (1,305            (358       
         (1,758,520     (3,755            (108,932       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (21,604,427     (3,873,158     (17,064,427     (3,315     (799,327     (228,517

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

718,450,937

  

    58,763,359        502,327,855        29,632,407        7,513,031        28,359,044   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  688,432,479        58,670,308        451,609,098        29,786,174        1,840,262        28,679,620   
         
  58,670,308               29,786,174               28,679,620          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 747,102,787      $ 58,670,308      $ 481,395,272      $ 29,786,174      $ 30,519,882      $ 28,679,620   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

$

4,468,427

  

  $ (9,477   $ 835,620      $ 19,810      $ (277,032   $ 38,161   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(a)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income(b)
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains
    Total
distributions
 

ASG DIVERSIFYING STRATEGIES FUND

  

       

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 10.45      $ (0.15   $ (0.14   $ (0.29   $ (0.41   $      $ (0.41

12/31/2010

    10.19        (0.16     1.02 (h)      0.86        (0.15     (0.45     (0.60

12/31/2009(i)

    10.00        (0.07     0.80        0.73        (0.10     (0.44     (0.54

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    10.34        (0.23     (0.12     (0.35     (0.34            (0.34

12/31/2010

    10.16        (0.24     1.01 (h)      0.77        (0.14     (0.45     (0.59

12/31/2009(i)

    10.00        (0.10     0.79        0.69        (0.09     (0.44     (0.53

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    10.46        (0.13     (0.13     (0.26     (0.43            (0.43

12/31/2010

    10.19        (0.13     1.01 (h)      0.88        (0.16     (0.45     (0.61

12/31/2009(i)

    10.00        (0.05     0.78        0.73        (0.10     (0.44     (0.54

ASG GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FUND

  

     

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 10.67      $ (0.14   $ (0.21   $ (0.35   $      $ (0.06   $ (0.06

12/31/2010

    10.39        (0.14     0.86        0.72        (0.00     (0.44     (0.44

12/31/2009

    9.69        (0.14     1.01        0.87        (0.12     (0.05     (0.17

12/31/2008(j)

    10.00        0.03        (0.30     (0.27     (0.04            (0.04

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    10.53        (0.22     (0.20     (0.42            (0.06     (0.06

12/31/2010

    10.33        (0.21     0.85        0.64        (0.00     (0.44     (0.44

12/31/2009

    9.70        (0.22     1.01        0.79        (0.11     (0.05     (0.16

12/31/2008(j)

    10.00        0.02        (0.31     (0.29     (0.01            (0.01

Class Y*

             

12/31/2011

    10.72        (0.12     (0.20     (0.32            (0.06     (0.06

12/31/2010

    10.41        (0.11     0.86        0.75        (0.00     (0.44     (0.44

12/31/2009

    9.70        (0.09     0.98        0.89        (0.13     (0.05     (0.18

12/31/2008(j)

    10.00        0.04        (0.30     (0.26     (0.04            (0.04

 

* Prior to December 1, 2008, the Fund offered Institutional Class shares. On December 1, 2008, Institutional Class shares were redesignated as Class Y shares.
(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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                  Ratios to Average Net Assets:  
Net asset
value,
end of
the period
    Total
return
(%)(c)(d)
    Net assets,
end of
the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses,
excluding
interest
expense
(%)(e)(f)
    Gross
expenses,
excluding
interest
expense
(%)(f)
    Net
expenses
including
interest
expense
(%)(e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
including
interest
expense
(%)(f)
    Net
investment
income
(loss)
(%)(f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate(%)(g)
 
               
               
$ 9.75        (2.75   $ 134,758        1.70        1.78        1.72        1.80        (1.46       
  10.45        8.46        61,411        1.70        2.02        1.74        2.05        (1.45       
  10.19        7.26        2,887        1.70        4.87        1.71        4.88        (1.48       
               
  9.65        (3.43     26,032        2.45        2.53        2.47        2.55        (2.21       
  10.34        7.58        20,742        2.45        2.68        2.49        2.72        (2.20       
  10.16        6.90        131        2.45        5.75        2.47        5.76        (2.23       
               
  9.77        (2.48     243,695        1.45        1.53        1.47        1.55        (1.21       
  10.46        8.63        173,034        1.45        1.91        1.49        1.94        (1.21       
  10.19        7.29        19,549        1.45        5.09        1.47        5.11        (1.22       
               
               
$ 10.26        (3.29   $ 280,353        1.60        1.60        1.61        1.61        (1.34       
  10.67        6.94        204,313        1.60        1.66        1.61        1.67        (1.28       
  10.39        8.95        82,160        1.60        1.92        1.61        1.92        (1.33       
  9.69        (2.73     6        1.60        61.52        1.62        61.54        1.36          
               
  10.05        (4.00     92,540        2.35        2.35        2.36        2.36        (2.09       
  10.53        6.21        66,832        2.35        2.42        2.36        2.42        (2.03       
  10.33        8.09        22,367        2.35        2.64        2.36        2.65        (2.08       
  9.70        (2.88     1        2.35        62.35        2.39        62.38        0.62          
               
  10.34        (3.00     1,071,912        1.35        1.36        1.36        1.37        (1.09       
  10.72        7.22        343,236        1.35        1.41        1.36        1.42        (1.03       
  10.41        9.10        112,591        1.35        1.98        1.36        2.00        (0.90       
  9.70        (2.60     24,523        1.35        4.43        1.39        4.46        1.59          

 

(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) Due to the short-term nature of the portfolio of investments there is no portfolio turnover calculation.
(h) The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and redemptions of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of investments of the Fund.
(i) From commencement of operations on August 3, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
(j) From commencement of operations on September 30, 2008 through December 31, 2008.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

          Income (Loss) from
Investment Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
loss(a)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital gains
    Total
distributions
 

ASG MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

  

       

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 10.61      $ (0.16   $ 0.19 (g)    $ 0.03      $ (0.30   $      $ (0.30

12/31/2010(h)

    10.00        (0.07     1.41        1.34        (0.33     (0.40     (0.73

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    10.58        (0.24     0.19 (g)      (0.05     (0.28            (0.28

12/31/2010(h)

    10.00        (0.10     1.40        1.30        (0.32     (0.40     (0.72

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    10.60        (0.13     0.19 (g)      0.06        (0.32            (0.32

12/31/2010(h)

    10.00        (0.06     1.40        1.34        (0.34     (0.40     (0.74

 

(a) Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.
(d) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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                  Ratio to Average Net Assets:  
Net asset
value,
end of
the period
    Total
return
(%)(b)(c)
    Net assets,
end of

the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses,
excluding
interest
expense
(%)(d)(e)
    Gross
expenses,
excluding
interest
expense
(%)(e)
    Net
expenses
including
interest
expense
(%)(d)(e)
    Gross
expenses
including
interest
expense
(%)(e)
    Net investment
loss

(%)(e)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate(%)(f)
 
               
               
$ 10.34        0.25      $ 312,098        1.70        1.76        1.71        1.78        (1.47       
  10.61        13.44        6,511        1.70        2.75        1.73        2.78        (1.43       
               
  10.25        (0.51     24,838        2.45        2.54        2.46        2.56        (2.22       
  10.58        13.04        2,357        2.45        3.29        2.47        3.31        (2.17       
               
  10.34        0.57        410,166        1.45        1.56        1.46        1.57        (1.22       
  10.60        13.39        49,803        1.45        2.65        1.48        2.68        (1.20       

 

(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(f) Due to the short-term nature of the portfolio of investments there is no portfolio turnover calculation.
(g) The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and redemptions of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of investments of the Fund.
(h) From commencement of operations on July 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

          Income (Loss) from Investment
Operations:
    Less Distributions:  
    Net asset
value,
beginning
of the
period
    Net
investment
income(a)(b)
    Net realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income(b)
    Distributions
from net
realized
capital
gains(b)
    Total
distributions(b)
 

LOOMIS SAYLES ABSOLUTE STRATEGIES FUND

  

       

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 10.06      $ 0.34      $ (0.75   $ (0.41   $ (0.31   $ (0.00   $ (0.31

12/31/2010(h)

    10.00        0.00        0.06        0.06        (0.00            (0.00

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    10.05        0.28        (0.77     (0.49     (0.25     (0.00     (0.25

12/31/2010(h)

    10.00        0.00        0.05        0.05        (0.00            (0.00

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    10.05        0.37        (0.75     (0.38     (0.34     (0.00     (0.34

12/31/2010(h)

    10.00        0.00        0.05        0.05        (0.00            (0.00

LOOMIS SAYLES MULTI-ASSET REAL RETURN FUND

  

     

Class A

             

12/31/2011

  $ 10.13      $ 0.20      $ (0.78   $ (0.58   $ (0.18   $ (0.03   $ (0.21

12/31/2010(i)

    10.00        0.07        0.14        0.21        (0.08            (0.08

Class C

             

12/31/2011

    10.11        0.13        (0.78     (0.65     (0.12     (0.03     (0.15

12/31/2010(i)

    10.00        0.05        0.14        0.19        (0.08            (0.08

Class Y

             

12/31/2011

    10.13        0.23        (0.78     (0.55     (0.22     (0.03     (0.25

12/31/2010(i)

    10.00        0.06        0.15        0.21        (0.08            (0.08

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share, if applicable.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares and a contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares are not reflected in total return calculations. Periods less than one year, if applicable, are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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                Ratios to Average Net Assets:  
Net asset
value,
end of
the period
  Total
return
(%)(c)(d)
    Net assets,
end of
the period
(000’s)
    Net
expenses
(%)(e)(f)
    Gross
expenses
(%)(f)
    Net investment
income

(%)(f)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate(%)
 
           
           
$9.34     (3.90   $ 130,662        1.15 (g)      1.15 (g)      3.50        141   
10.06     0.41        2,465        1.30        6.98        0.86        39   
           
9.31     (4.69     77,398        1.89 (g)      1.89 (g)      2.82        141   
10.05     0.31        563        2.05        8.68        0.24        39   
           
9.33     (3.78     273,335        0.90 (g)      0.90 (g)      3.81        141   
10.05     0.41        26,758        1.05        5.37        0.06        39   
           
           
$9.34     (5.76   $ 1,871        1.35        2.04        2.02        732   
10.13     2.10        1,139        1.35        2.91        2.82        139   
           
9.31     (6.44     99        2.10        2.65        1.30        732   
10.11     1.88        12        2.10        3.90        1.86        139   
           
9.33     (5.52     28,550        1.10        1.72        2.29        732   
10.13     2.12        27,528        1.10        2.98        2.25        139   

 

(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, if applicable, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(g) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%.
(h) From commencement of operations on December 15, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
(i) From commencement of operations on September 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

 

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1.  Organization.  Natixis Funds Trust II (the “Trust”) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees to authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of the Trust in multiple series. The financial statements for certain funds of the Trust are presented in separate reports. The following funds (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are included in this report:

ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund (the “Diversifying Strategies Fund”)

ASG Global Alternatives Fund (the “Global Alternatives Fund”)

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund (the “Managed Futures Strategy Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund (the “Multi-Asset Real Return Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company, except for Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, which are non-diversified investment companies.

Each Fund offers Class A, Class C and Class Y shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75%, with the exception of Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund which are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50%. Class C shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, do not convert to any other class of shares, pay higher Rule 12b-1 fees than Class A shares and may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% if those shares are redeemed within one year of acquisition, except for reinvested distributions. Class Y shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, a CDSC or Rule 12b-1 fees. Class Y shares are generally intended for institutional investors with a minimum initial investment of $100,000, though some categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amount as outlined in the Funds’ prospectus.

Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are generally apportioned based on the relative net assets of each of the funds in the Trust. Expenses of a Fund are borne pro rata by the holders of each class of shares, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (including the Rule 12b-1 service and distribution fees). In addition, each class votes as a class only with respect to its own Rule 12b-1 Plan. Shares of each class would receive their pro rata share of the net assets of a Fund if the Fund were liquidated. The Trustees approve separate distributions from net investment income on each class of shares.

Each Fund, except Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund, invests in commodity-related instruments through investments in wholly-owned subsidiaries organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. ASG Diversifying Strategies Cayman Fund Ltd., ASG Global Alternatives Cayman Fund Ltd., ASG Managed Futures Strategy Cayman Fund Ltd. and Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Cayman Fund Ltd. are wholly-owned

 

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subsidiaries (individually, a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) of Diversifying Strategies Fund, Global Alternatives Fund, Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, respectively. Subscription agreements were entered into between the Funds and their respective Subsidiaries with the intent that each Fund will remain the sole shareholder and primary beneficiary of its respective Subsidiary. The Subsidiaries are governed by a separate Board of Directors that is independent of the Funds’ Board of Trustees.

As of December 31, 2011, the value of each Fund’s investment in its respective Subsidiary was as follows:

 

Fund

  

Commencement

Date of Subsidiary

    

Investment in

Subsidiary

    

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

     August 3, 2009       $ 13,174,177         3.3

Global Alternatives Fund

     January 29, 2009         52,578,544         3.6

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     July 30, 2010         30,003,070         4.0

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     October 1, 2010         5,731,715         18.8

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to year-end through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

a.  Consolidation.  The accompanying financial statements of each Fund, except Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund, present the consolidated accounts of the Funds and their respective Subsidiaries. All interfund accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

b.  Valuation.  Equity securities, including shares of 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 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) and unlisted equity securities are generally valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Funds by a pricing

 

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service recommended by the investment adviser or 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. Senior loans are priced at bid prices supplied by a pricing service, if available. Broker-dealer bid quotations may also be used to value debt and equity securities and senior loans where a pricing service does not price a security or where a pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated prices determined from information provided by an independent pricing service. Futures contracts are valued at their most recent settlement price. Credit default swap agreements are valued based on mid prices supplied by a pricing service, if available, or quotations obtained from broker-dealers. Commodity index total return swaps are priced based on the closing price of the reference asset that is supplied by a pricing service, if available, or quotations from a broker-dealer. Domestic exchange-traded single equity option contracts are valued at the mean of the National Best Bid and Offer quotations. Other exchange-traded options are valued at the average of the closing bid and ask quotations. Options on futures contracts are valued using the current settlement price. Currency options are priced at the mid price (between the ask price and the bid price) supplied by a pricing service, if available. Over-the-counter options contracts (including currency options not priced through a pricing service) are valued based on quotations obtained from broker-dealers. These quotations will be either the bid for a long transaction or the ask for a short transaction. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value each day. 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 Funds’ investment adviser or subadviser using consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.

The Funds 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 Funds 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 Funds calculate their net asset values.

c.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income.  Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on

 

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trade date. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date, or in the case of certain foreign securities, as soon as a Fund is notified, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium. Periodic principal adjustments for inflation-protected securities are recorded to interest income. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld when applicable. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment income, non-class specific expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

d.  Foreign Currency Translation.  The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values 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. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions.

Since the values of investment securities are presented at the foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period, it is not practical to isolate that portion of the results of operations arising from changes in exchange rates from fluctuations which arise due to changes in market prices of investment securities. Such changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currency, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ 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 investment securities, at the end of the fiscal period, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

Each Fund may use foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated investments. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts’ terms.

e.  Forward Foreign Currency Contracts.  The Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts, to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Funds’ investments against currency fluctuation. A contract can also be used to offset a previous contract. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Funds’ Consolidated Statements 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 a Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as

 

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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. Certain contracts may require the movement of cash and/or securities as collateral for the Funds’ or counterparty’s net obligations under the contracts.

f.  Futures Contracts.  The Funds and the Subsidiaries may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular commodity, instrument or index for a specified price on a specified future date.

When a Fund or a Subsidiary enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker an amount of cash or short-term high-quality securities as “initial margin”. 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 a Fund or a Subsidiary, depending on the price fluctuations in the fair value of the contract and the value of cash or securities on deposit with the broker. 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 Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Consolidated Statements 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 a Fund or a Subsidiary enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit a Fund’s or a Subsidiary’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities, commodities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures are standardized contracts and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Funds and the Subsidiaries are reduced.

g.  Option Contracts.  The Funds may enter into option contracts. When a Fund purchases an option, it pays a premium and the option is subsequently marked to market to reflect current value. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium paid.

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current value. Net premiums received for written options which expire are treated as realized gains. Net premiums received for written options which are exercised or closed are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying instrument or closing purchase transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. The Fund, as writer of a written option, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the instrument underlying the written option.

Exchange-traded options are standardized contracts and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Funds are reduced. Over-the-counter options are subject to the risk that the counterparty is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the option.

h.  Swap Agreements.  The Funds may enter into credit default and total return swaps. A credit default swap is an agreement between two parties (the “protection buyer” and “protection seller”) to exchange the credit risk of an issuer (“reference obligation”) for a specified time period. The reference obligation may be one or more debt securities or an index of such securities. The Funds may be either the protection buyer or the protection seller. As a protection buyer, the Funds have the ability to hedge the downside risk of an issuer or group of issuers. As a protection seller, the Funds have the ability to gain exposure to an issuer or group of issuers whose bonds are unavailable or in short supply in the cash bond market, as well as realize additional income in the form of fees paid by the protection buyer. The protection buyer is obligated to pay the protection seller a stream of payments (“fees”) over the term of the contract, provided that no credit event, such as a default or a downgrade in credit rating, occurs on the reference obligation. The Funds may also pay or receive upfront premiums. If a credit event occurs, the protection seller must pay the protection buyer the difference between the agreed upon notional value and market value of the reference obligation. Market value in this case is determined by a facilitated auction whereby a minimum number of allowable broker bids, together with a specified valuation method, are used to calculate the value. The maximum potential amount of undiscounted future payments that a Fund as the protection seller could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement.

Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, are disclosed in the Portfolio of Investments for those agreements for which the Fund is the protection seller. Implied credit spreads serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular reference entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

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A total return swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange, for a specified period and based on the notional amount, the total return of an underlying asset for, typically, fixed or floating interest payments. When a fund pays interest in exchange for the total return of an underlying asset and the value of the underlying asset decreases, the fund may be required to pay the change in value to the counterparty in addition to the interest payment; conversely, when a fund receives interest in exchange for the total return of an underlying asset and the value of the underlying asset decreases, the fund may receive the change in value in addition to the interest payment. Total return swaps can also be structured without an interest payment, so that one party pays the other party if the value of the underlying asset increases and receives payments from the other party if the value of the underlying asset decreases.

The notional amounts of swap agreements are not recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Swap agreements are marked to market daily, and fluctuations in value are recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. Fees are accrued in accordance with the terms of the agreement and are recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as realized gain or loss when received or paid. Upfront premiums paid or received by the Funds are recorded on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an asset or liability, respectively, and are amortized or accreted over the term of the agreement and recorded as realized gain or loss. Payments made or received by the Funds as a result of a credit event or termination of the agreement are recorded as realized gain or loss.

Swap agreements are privately negotiated and traded between counterparties and, as such, are subject to the risk that a party to the agreement will not be able to meet its obligations. The Funds cover their net obligations under outstanding swap agreements by segregating or earmarking liquid assets or cash.

i.  Due to/from Brokers.  Transactions and positions in certain options, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and swap agreements are maintained and cleared by registered U.S. broker/dealers pursuant to customer agreements between the Funds or the Subsidiaries and the various broker/dealers. Due from brokers’ balances in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Diversifying Strategies Fund, Global Alternatives Fund and Managed Futures Fund represent cash, foreign currency and any initial and/or variation margin applicable to open futures contracts and cash pledged as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts. Due to brokers’ balances in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund represent securities received as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts and option contracts. In certain circumstances the Funds’ or the Subsidiaries’ use of cash, securities and/or foreign currency held at brokers is restricted by regulation or broker mandated limits.

 

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j.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes.  The Trust treats each Fund as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of each Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of December 31, 2011 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years, where applicable, remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next twelve months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

Each Subsidiary is classified as a controlled foreign corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. As a U.S. shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation, each Fund will include in its taxable income its share of its Subsidiary’s current earnings and profits (including net realized gains). Any deficit generated by a Subsidiary will be disregarded for purposes of computing the Funds’ taxable income in the current period and also disregarded for all future periods.

A Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income and gains on investments that are accrued based upon the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and regulations that exist in the countries in which the Fund invests. Foreign governments may also impose taxes or other payments on investments with respect to foreign securities. Such taxes are accrued as applicable.

k.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date. The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gain distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent differences are primarily due to differing treatments for book and tax purposes of items such as paydown gains and losses, net operating losses, partnership basis adjustments, non-deductible expenses, dividend redesignations, contingent payment debt instruments, foreign currency transactions, Subsidiary income, distributions in excess of current earnings and premium amortization. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions, net investment income, and net realized gains will result in reclassifications to capital accounts. Temporary differences between book and tax distributable earnings are primarily due to deferred Trustees’ fees, commissions on open futures contracts, wash sales, contingent payment debt instruments, unrealized

 

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gain/loss on open swap agreements, futures and forward contracts mark to market, partnership passive losses, premium amortization and Subsidiary and partnership basis adjustments. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are considered to be distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 was as follows:

 

      2011 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

  

Ordinary

Income

    

Long-Term

Capital Gains

    

Total

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 16,938,624       $       $ 16,938,624   

Global Alternatives Fund

     1,778,959         2,867,352         4,646,311   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     21,604,427                 21,604,427   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     17,061,729         2,698         17,064,427   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     770,217         29,110         799,327   

 

      2010 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

  

Ordinary

Income

    

Long-Term

Capital Gains

    

Total

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 9,242,065       $ 3,597,445       $ 12,839,510   

Global Alternatives Fund

     13,304,573         11,336,551         24,641,124   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     3,020,960         852,198         3,873,158   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     3,315                 3,315   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     228,517                 228,517   

Differences between these amounts and those reported in the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets are primarily attributable to different book and tax treatment for short-term capital gains.

 

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

 

     Diversifying
Strategies
Fund
    Global
Alternatives

Fund
    Managed
Futures
Strategy
Fund
    Loomis
Sayles
Absolute
Strategies
Fund
    Multi-Asset
Real Return
Fund
 

Undistributed ordinary income

  $      $      $ 4,481,291      $ 1,300,423      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total undistributed earnings

                  4,481,291        1,300,423          
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward:

         

Short-term:

         

No expiration date

    (28,581,031     (27,842,043     (20,422,668     (8,718,642     (4,196,341

Long-term:

         

No expiration date

    (2,127,278            (2,784,731     (3,652,873       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total capital loss carryforward

    (30,708,309     (27,842,043     (23,207,399     (12,371,515     (4,196,341

Late year ordinary loss deferral

    (241,342                          (215,468

Unrealized depreciation

    (14,321,500     (16,214,695     (11,362,796     (39,375,510     (945,061
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total accumulated losses

  $ (45,271,151   $ (44,056,738   $ (30,088,904   $ (50,446,602   $ (5,356,870
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

On December 22, 2010, the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted. The Act modernizes several of the federal income and excise tax provisions related to RICs, and, with certain exceptions, is effective for taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010. Among the changes made are changes to the capital loss carryforward rules allowing for capital losses to be carried forward indefinitely. Rules in effect previously limited the carryforward period to eight years. Additionally, capital losses realized in taxable years beginning after the effective date of the Act are carried over in the character (short-term or long-term) realized. Rules in effect previously treated all capital loss carryforwards as short-term.

l.  Repurchase Agreements.  It is each 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.

 

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m.  Securities Lending.  Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund have entered into an agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”), as agent of the Funds, to lend securities to certain designated borrowers. The loans are collateralized with cash or securities in an amount equal to at least 105% or 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of the loaned international or domestic securities, respectively, when the loan is initiated. Thereafter, the value of the collateral must remain at least 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. equities and U.S. corporate debt; at least 105% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for non-U.S. equities; and at least 100% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. Government securities, sovereign debt issued by non-U.S. Governments and non-U.S. corporate debt. In the event that the market value of the collateral falls below the required percentages described above, the borrower will deliver additional collateral on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the collateral. The Funds invest cash collateral in short-term investments, a portion of the income from which is remitted to the borrowers and the remainder allocated between the Funds and State Street Bank as lending agent.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, neither of the Funds had loaned securities under this agreement.

n.  Indemnifications.  Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

3.  Fair Value Measurements.  In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Funds have categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of each 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.);

 

   

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market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect each 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 Funds’ investments as of December 31, 2011, at value:

Diversifying Strategies Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Short-Term Investments(a)

   $       $ 373,590,565       $       $ 373,590,565   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

             2,781,647                 2,781,647   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     5,925,158                         5,925,158   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,925,158       $ 376,372,212       $       $ 382,297,370   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $      $ (1,818,986   $       $ (1,818,986

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (3,245,624                    (3,245,624
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (3,245,624   $ (1,818,986   $       $ (5,064,610
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments.

 

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Global Alternatives Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Short-Term Investments(a)

   $      $ 1,358,003,160      $       $ 1,358,003,160   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

            4,078,858                4,078,858   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     8,205,377                       8,205,377   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 8,205,377      $ 1,362,082,018      $       $ 1,370,287,395   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Valuation Inputs          

Description

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $      $ (808,384   $       $ (808,384

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (6,008,702                    (6,008,702
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (6,008,702   $ (808,384   $       $ (6,817,086
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments.

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Short-Term Investments(a)

   $       $ 655,120,499       $       $ 655,120,499   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

             2,021,983                 2,021,983   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     17,635,659               17,635,659   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,635,659       $ 657,142,482       $       $ 674,778,141   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $      $ (2,095,212   $       $ (2,095,212

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (5,115,881          (5,115,881
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (5,115,881   $ (2,095,212   $       $ (7,211,093
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments.

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

       

Non-Convertible Bonds

       

Treasuries

  $      $ 48,350,628      $ 11,102,109      $ 59,452,737   

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

           267,410,724               267,410,724   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

           315,761,352        11,102,109        326,863,461   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

           16,766,400               16,766,400   

Municipals(a)

           983,668               983,668   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

           333,511,420        11,102,109        344,613,529   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior Loans(a)

           26,376,804               26,376,804   

Preferred Stocks

       

Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

    11,898,440                      11,898,440   

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

    2,779,500        2,706,085               5,485,585   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

    14,677,940        2,706,085               17,384,025   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stocks(a)

    14,033,839                      14,033,839   

Purchased Options(a)

      1,262,976          1,262,976   

Short-Term Investments

           80,956,759               80,956,759   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    28,711,779        444,814,044        11,102,109        484,627,932   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Credit Default Swap Agreements (unrealized appreciation)

           273,976               273,976   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

           890,919               890,919   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 28,711,779      $ 445,978,939      $ 11,102,109      $ 485,792,827   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Written Options(a)

   $      $ (456,482   $       $ (456,482

Credit Default Swap Agreements (unrealized depreciation)

            (4,309,456             (4,309,456

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

            (546,167             (546,167

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (28,313                    (28,313
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (28,313   $ (5,312,105   $       $ (5,340,418
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Bonds and Notes(a)

   $       $ 11,783,125       $       $ 11,783,125   

Senior Loans(a)

             892,504                 892,504   

Common Stocks(a)

     3,973,952                         3,973,952   

Preferred Stocks(a)

     603,750                         603,750   

Exchange Traded Funds

     1,096,880                         1,096,880   

Purchased Options(a)

             373,763         29,702         403,465   

Short-Term Investments

             10,079,861                 10,079,861   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     5,674,582         23,129,253         29,702         28,833,537   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Credit Default Swap Agreements (unrealized appreciation)

             19,663                 19,663   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

             123,890                 123,890   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     163,798                         163,798   

Total Return Swap Agreements

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,838,380       $ 23,272,806       $ 29,702       $ 29,140,888   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Written Options(a)

   $      $ (131,866   $ (6,044   $ (137,910

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

            (71,991            (71,991

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (218,352                   (218,352
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (218,352   $ (203,857   $ (6,044   $ (428,253
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments.

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of December 31, 2011:

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
December 31,
2010

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

Treasuries

  $   —      $ 49,292      $   —      $ (2,641,209   $ 13,694,026   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
December 31,
2011

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
December 31,
2011

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

Treasuries

  $   —      $   —      $   —      $ 11,102,109      $ (2,641,209
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
December 31,
2010

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Purchased Options

  $ 9,180      $   —      $ (32,819   $ 23,419      $ 33,765   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
December 31,
2011

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
December 31,
2011

 

Purchased Options

  $ (3,843   $   —      $   —      $ 29,702      $ (4,063
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
December 31,
2010

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Options
Closed

 

Written Options

  $   —      $   —      $   —      $ 121      $   —   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Options
Written

   

Transfers
into

Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
December 31,
2011

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
December 31,
2011

 

Written Options

  $ (6,165   $   —      $   —      $ (6,044   $ 121   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

In May, 2011, Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements” was issued and is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The ASU requires reporting entities to disclose i) the amounts of any transfers between Level 1 and Level 2, and the reasons for the transfers; and ii) for Level 3 fair value measurements, a) quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used,

 

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b) a description of the valuation processes used by the reporting entity, and c) a narrative description of the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs if a change in those inputs might result in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement. Notwithstanding the projected regulatory implementation date of March 31, 2012 for the Funds, Management has already implemented disclosure of all transfers between Level 1 and Level 2, and the reasons for the transfers. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the Level 3 disclosures may have on the Funds’ financial statements.

4.  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 certain Funds used during the period include forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, option contracts and swap agreements (including credit default and total return swaps).

Diversifying Strategies 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. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Fund used long and short contracts on U.S. and foreign equity market indices, U.S. and foreign government bonds, foreign currencies, commodities (through investments in the Subsidiary), and short-term interest rates to capture the exposures suggested by the quantitative investment models. The Fund also used short contracts on U.S. and foreign equity market indices to hedge correlation to the global equity markets.

Global Alternatives Fund seeks to achieve long and short exposure to global equity, bond, currency and commodity markets through a wide range of derivative instruments and direct investments. These investments are intended to provide the Fund with risk and return characteristics similar to those of a diversified portfolio of hedge funds. The Fund uses quantitative models to estimate the market exposures that drive the aggregate returns of a diverse set of hedge funds, and seeks to use a variety of derivative instruments to capture such exposures in the aggregate. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will make extensive use of derivative instruments, in particular futures and forward contracts on global equity and fixed income securities, securities indices, currencies, commodities and other instruments. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Fund used long contracts on U.S. and foreign equity market indices, U.S. government bonds, and short-term interest rates, and long and short contracts on foreign government bonds, commodities (through investments in the Subsidiary), and foreign currencies.

 

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Managed Futures Strategy Fund seeks to generate positive absolute returns over time. The Fund uses a proprietary quantitative model to identify price trends in equity, fixed income, currency and commodity instruments, and may have both short and long exposures within an asset class based on an analysis of trends in a particular asset class. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will make extensive use of derivative instruments, in particular futures and forward contracts, to capture the exposures suggested by its absolute return strategy while also adding value through volatility management. These market exposures, which are expected to change over time, may include exposures to the returns of U.S. and non-U.S. equity and fixed income securities indices, currencies and commodities. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Fund used long and short contracts on U.S. and foreign equity market indices, U.S. and foreign government bonds, foreign currencies, commodities (through investments in the Subsidiary), and short-term interest rates in accordance with these objectives.

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund seeks to achieve positive total returns over a full market cycle. The Fund pursues its objective by utilizing a flexible investment approach that allocates investments across a global range of investment opportunities related to credit, currencies and interest rates, while employing risk management techniques to mitigate downside risk. At times, the Fund expects to gain its investment exposure substantially through the use of derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, option contracts and swap agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Fund used forward foreign currency, futures and option contracts and credit default swap agreements (as a protection seller) to gain investment exposures in accordance with its objective.

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund seeks to maximize real returns through exposure to investments in fixed-income securities, equity securities, currencies, and commodity linked instruments (through investments in the Subsidiary). The Fund expects that its exposure to these asset classes will often be obtained substantially through the use of derivative instruments, including forward foreign currency, futures and option contracts and swap agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Fund used forward foreign currency, futures and options contracts, credit default swap agreements (as a protection seller) and total return swaps to gain investment exposures in accordance with its objective.

The Funds are subject to the risk that changes in foreign currency exchange rates will have an unfavorable effect on the value of Fund assets denominated in foreign currencies. The Funds may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for hedging purposes to protect the value of the Funds’ holdings of foreign securities. During the year ended December 31, 2011, Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund engaged in forward foreign currency transactions for hedging purposes.

The Funds are subject to the risk that companies in which the Funds invest will fail financially or otherwise be unwilling or unable to meet their obligations to the Funds. Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund may use credit

 

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default swaps, as a protection buyer, to hedge their credit exposure to issuers of bonds they hold without having to sell the bonds. During the year ended December 31, 2011, Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund engaged in credit default swap transactions as a protection buyer to hedge their credit exposure.

Certain Funds are subject to the risk of unpredictable declines in the value of individual equity securities and periods of below-average performance in individual securities or in the equity market as a whole. Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund may use purchased put options and written call options to hedge against a decline in value of an equity security that it owns. The Funds may also write put options to offset the cost of options used for hedging purposes. During the year ended December 31, 2011, Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund engaged in option transactions for hedging purposes.

Certain Funds are subject to the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Funds’ investments in fixed income securities. A Fund will be subject to increased interest rate risk to the extent that it invests in fixed-income securities with longer maturities or durations, as compared to investing in fixed-income securities with shorter maturities or durations. Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates and to manage their duration without having to buy or sell portfolio securities. During the year ended December 31, 2011, Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund engaged in futures contracts for hedging purposes and to manage duration.

Each Fund is party to agreements with counterparties that govern transactions in forward foreign currency contracts, over-the-counter options and swap agreements. These agreements contain credit-risk-related contingent features that allow the counterparties to terminate open contracts early if the net asset value of a Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. If such features were to be triggered, the counterparties could request immediate settlement of open contracts at current fair value. As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of derivative positions (including open trades) subject to credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position by counterparty, and the value of collateral pledged to counterparties for such contracts is as follows:

 

Fund

   Counterparty    Derivatives     Collateral
Pledged
 

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

   UBS AG    $ (73,229   $ 13,836,993   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

   Bank of America      (2,350,214     2,383,909   
   Citigroup      (368,977     270,990   
   Deutsche Bank      (1,816,489     1,836,930   
   Morgan Stanley      (3,760,742     3,974,849   
   UBS AG      (1,090,112     1,133,957   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

   Morgan Stanley      (134,215     59,998   
   UBS AG      (109,709       

 

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Forward foreign currency contracts, over-the-counter options and swap agreements are subject to the risk that the counterparty will be unwilling or unable to meet its obligations under the contracts. The Funds have mitigated this risk by entering into master netting agreements with counterparties that allow the Fund and the counterparty to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts to one net amount payable by either the Fund or the counterparty. The maximum amount of loss that the Funds would incur if counterparties failed to meet their obligations, and the amount of loss that the Funds would incur after taking into account master netting arrangements are as follows as of December 31, 2011:

 

Fund

   Maximum Amount
of Loss – Gross
     Maximum Amount
of Loss – Net
 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 2,781,647       $ 962,661   

Global Alternatives Fund

     4,078,858         3,270,474   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     2,021,983           

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     2,257,208         1,105,175   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     666,938         351,058   

These amounts do not take into account the value of collateral received by the Funds which is as follows:

 

Fund

   Collateral
Received
 

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

   $ 1,480,153   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     263,026   

Counterparty risk is managed through the posting of collateral and, as a result, the risk of loss to a Fund from counterparty default should be limited to the extent a Fund is undercollateralized. In lieu of receiving cash collateral, Diversifying Strategies Fund and Global Alternatives Fund used net unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts to meet counterparty margin requirements for open positions. In addition to collateral requirements, the Funds also require counterparties to meet minimum credit quality requirements.

 

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The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Diversifying Strategies Fund as of December 31, 2011:

 

Consolidated Statements of

Assets and Liabilities

Caption

  

Foreign

Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity

Contracts

   

Interest Rate
Contracts

   

Commodity
Contracts

 

Assets

        

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 2,781,647      $      $      $   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

            441,518        4,664,495        819,145   

Liabilities

        

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     (1,818,986                     

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

            (1,165,549     (163,865     (1,916,210

Transactions in derivative instruments for Diversifying Strategies Fund during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Consolidated Statements of
Operations Caption

  

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity

Contracts

   

Interest Rate
Contracts

    

Commodity
Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

         

Foreign currency transactions*

   $ (13,952,429   $      $       $   

Futures contracts

            (17,446,143     34,198,695         (14,333,211

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

         

Foreign currency translations*

     1,302,997                         

Futures contracts

            (94,475     4,531,986         (3,553,550

 

* Represents realized loss and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for forward foreign currency contracts during the period.

 

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The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Global Alternatives Fund as of December 31, 2011:

 

Consolidated Statements of
Assets and Liabilities

Caption

  

Foreign

Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity
Contracts

   

Interest Rate
Contracts

   

Commodity
Contracts

 

Assets

        

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 4,078,858      $      $      $   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

            3,704,456        2,723,551        1,777,370   

Liabilities

        

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     (808,384                     

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

            (441,601     (83,775     (5,483,326

Transactions in derivative instruments for Global Alternatives Fund during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Consolidated Statements of
Operations Caption

  

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

   

Interest Rate
Contracts

    

Commodity
Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

          

Foreign currency transactions*

   $ 15,105,052       $      $       $   

Futures contracts

             (60,911,466     23,343,979         (10,078,755

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

          

Foreign currency translations*

     946,201                          

Futures contracts

             1,125,579        3,227,524         (8,998,858

 

* Represents realized gain and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for forward foreign currency contracts during the period.

 

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December 31, 2011

 

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Managed Futures Strategy Fund as of December 31, 2011:

 

Consolidated Statements of
Assets and Liabilities

Caption

  

Foreign

Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity
Contracts

   

Interest Rate
Contracts

   

Commodity
Contracts

 

Assets

        

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 2,021,983      $      $      $   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

            1,270,741        13,480,306        2,884,612   

Liabilities

        

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     (2,095,212                     

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

            (263,772     (451,754     (4,400,355

Transactions in derivative instruments for Managed Futures Strategy Fund during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Consolidated Statements of
Operations Caption

  

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity

Contracts

   

Interest Rate
Contracts

    

Commodity
Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

         

Foreign currency transactions*

   $ (21,299,339   $      $       $   

Futures contracts

            (28,709,500     54,463,567         (18,650,630

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

         

Foreign currency translations*

     231,757                         

Futures contracts

            907,330        12,929,754         (2,029,340

 

* Represents realized loss and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for forward foreign currency contracts during the period.

 

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The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund as of December 31, 2011:

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Caption

  

Foreign

Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity
Contracts

   

Credit

Contracts

   

Interest
Rate
Contracts

 

Assets

        

Investments at value*

   $ 1,262,976      $      $      $   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     890,919                        

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

                   273,976          

Liabilities

        

Options written, at value

     (456,482                     

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     (546,167                     

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts**

            (6,165            (22,148

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

                   (4,309,456       

 

* Represents purchased options, at value.

 

** Represents cumulative unrealized depreciation on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

 

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Transactions in derivative instruments for Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Statements of Operations Caption

  

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity

Contracts

   

Credit

Contracts

   

Interest
Rate
Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

        

Investments*

   $ (194,218   $ 1,060,668      $      $ (9,785

Foreign currency transactions**

     1,970,661                        

Futures contracts

            (1,188,852            (5,319,873

Swap agreements

                   3,359,524          

Options written

            (950,975              

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

        

Investments*

     (386,334                     

Foreign currency translations**

     364,711                        

Futures contracts

            (9,462            (15,501

Swap agreements

                   (4,090,735       

Options written

     292,448                        

 

* Represents realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for purchased options during the period.

 

** Represents realized gain and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for forward foreign currency contracts during the period.

 

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The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Multi-Asset Real Return Fund as of December 31, 2011:

 

Consolidated Statements of
Assets and Liabilities

Caption

 

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity
Contracts

   

Credit
Contracts

   

Interest
Rate
Contracts

   

Commodity
Contracts

 

Assets

         

Investments at value*

  $ 403,465      $      $      $      $   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    123,890                               

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts**

                                163,798   

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

                  19,663                 

Liabilities

         

Options written, at value

    (137,910                            

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    (71,991                            

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts**

           (62,015            (1,689     (154,648

 

* Represents purchased options, at value.

 

** Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

 

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Transactions in derivative instruments for Multi-Asset Real Return Fund during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Consolidated
Statements of
Operations Caption

  

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

   

Equity
Contracts

   

Credit
Contracts

    

Interest
Rate
Contracts

   

Commodity
Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

           

Investments*

   $ (268,846   $ 966,014      $       $      $ (84,083

Foreign currency transactions**

     (95,994                             

Futures contracts

            608,410                (1,247,099     (485,233

Options written

     47,415        (238,127                    42,369   

Swap agreements

            1,988        13,035                  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

           

Investments*

     (8,920     114,440                         

Foreign currency translations**

     90,080                                

Futures contracts

            (62,015             (40,958     (71,590

Options written

     53,636        (91,500                      

Swap agreements

                   44,846                  

 

* Represents realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for purchased options during the period.

 

** Represents realized loss and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for forward foreign currency contracts during the period.

As the Funds value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Consolidated Statements of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of these disclosures.

 

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The volume of forwards, futures and swaps activity, as a percentage of net assets, based on gross month-end notional amounts outstanding during the period, including long and short positions at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

  

Forwards

   

Futures

   

  

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     243.72     419.88  

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     671.73     610.80  

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     94.20     302.08  

Notional Amount Outstanding as of December 31, 2011

     124.64     475.71  

 

Global Alternatives Fund

  

Forwards

   

Futures

   

  

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     34.59     117.01  

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     73.59     194.45  

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     10.65     58.43  

Notional Amount Outstanding as of December 31, 2011

     33.97     76.01  

 

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

  

Forwards

   

Futures

   

  

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     318.87     683.41  

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     719.10     992.90  

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     70.49     387.94  

Notional Amount Outstanding as of December 31, 2011

     70.49     738.41  

 

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

  

Forwards

   

Futures

   

Swaps

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     32.38     75.20     8.59

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     92.02     182.13     23.13

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     9.24     1.31     0.46

Notional Amount Outstanding as of December 31, 2011

     25.15     2.49     19.32

 

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

  

Forwards

   

Futures

   

Swaps

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     93.45     74.65     15.26

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     155.91     108.13     33.26

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     58.48     40.18     0.00

Notional Amount Outstanding as of December 31, 2011

     58.48     44.81     33.26

Notional amounts outstanding at the end of the prior period are included in the average notional amount outstanding.

Unrealized gain and/or loss on open forwards, futures and swaps is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The aggregate notional values of forward, futures and swap contracts are not recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and therefore are not included in the Funds’ net assets.

 

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The volume of options activity, as a percentage of net assets, based on the month-end market values of instruments underlying purchased and written options, at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

Loomis Sayles Absolute
Strategies Fund*

  

Call Options
Purchased

   

Put Options

Purchased

   

Call Options

Written

   

Put Options

Written

 

Average Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     2.37     0.69     0.78     0.21

Highest Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     5.68     3.23     4.70     1.96

Lowest Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Market Value of Underlying Instruments as of December 31, 2011

     5.47     0.00     4.70     0.00

 

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund*

  

Call Options
Purchased

   

Put Options

Purchased

   

Call Options

Written

   

Put Options

Written

 

Average Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     11.03     9.01     3.84     4.92

Highest Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     23.91     20.73     17.81     11.00

Lowest Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     3.38     0.00     0.00     0.00

Market Value of Underlying Instruments as of December 31, 2011

     19.40     11.72     17.81     10.92

 

* Market value of underlying instruments is determined for securities by multiplying option shares by the price of the option’s underlying security, for currencies by multiplying par value by the strike price and dividing by the foreign currency exchange rate and for futures by multiplying the number of contracts by the contract multiplier by the price of the underlying futures contract.

 

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The following is a summary of Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund’s written option activity (excluding foreign currency options):

 

     

Number of
Contracts

   

Premiums

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

          $   

Options written

     962        214,914   

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (962     (214,914

Options exercised

              

Options expired

              
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

          $   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following is a summary of Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund’s foreign currency written option activity:

 

     

Premiums

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

   $   

Options written

     748,930   

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

       

Options exercised

       

Options expired

       
  

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

   $ 748,930   
  

 

 

 

The following is a summary of Multi-Asset Real Return Fund’s written option activity (excluding foreign currency options):

 

     

Number of
Contracts

   

Premiums

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

     400      $ 150,100   

Options written

              

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (5     (55,355

Options exercised

              

Options expired

     (395     (94,745
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

          $   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following is a summary of Multi-Asset Real Return Fund’s foreign currency written option activity:

 

     

Premiums

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

   $   

Options written

     956,669   

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (765,123

Options exercised

       

Options expired

       
  

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

   $ 191,546   
  

 

 

 

 

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5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the year ended December 31, 2011, purchases and proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term obligations were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Purchases

    

Sales/Maturities

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 7,099,125,697       $ 6,940,214,673   

Global Alternatives Fund

     20,918,507,365         20,129,414,758   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     12,038,438,416         11,436,485,518   

For the year ended December 31, 2011, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments and including paydowns) were as follows:

 

     

U.S. Government/
Agency Securities

    

Other Securities

 

Fund

  

Purchases

    

Sales

    

Purchases

    

Sales

 

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

   $       $       $ 922,291,448       $ 489,672,739   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     10,650,194         10,743,534         215,458,129         210,161,037   

6.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

a.  Management Fees.  AlphaSimplex Group, LLC (“AlphaSimplex”), which is a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P. (“Natixis US”) serves as investment adviser to Diversifying Strategies Fund, Global Alternatives Fund and Managed Futures Strategy Fund. Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”) is the investment adviser to Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund. Loomis Sayles’ general partner is indirectly owned by Natixis US, which is part of Natixis Global Asset Management, an international asset management group based in Paris, France. Under the terms of the management agreements, each Fund pays a management fee at the following annual rates, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on each Fund’s average daily net assets, less the net asset value of each Subsidiary, where applicable:

 

Fund

  

Percentage of Average Daily
Net Assets

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

     1.25

Global Alternatives Fund

     1.15

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     1.25

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     0.70

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     0.75

 

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AlphaSimplex also serves as investment adviser to ASG Diversifying Strategies Cayman Fund Ltd., ASG Global Alternatives Cayman Fund Ltd. and ASG Managed Futures Strategy Cayman Fund Ltd., which pay AlphaSimplex a management fee at the annual rate of 1.25%, 1.15% and 1.25%, respectively, of its average daily net assets.

Loomis Sayles also serves as investment adviser to the Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Cayman Fund Ltd., which pays Loomis Sayles a management fee at the annual rate of 0.75% of its average daily net assets.

AlphaSimplex has entered into a subadvisory agreement with Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC (“Reich & Tang”) on behalf of Diversifying Strategies Fund, Global Alternatives Fund and Managed Futures Strategy Fund. Payments to AlphaSimplex are reduced by the amount of payments to Reich & Tang.

AlphaSimplex and Loomis Sayles have given binding undertakings to the Funds to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses, including expenses of each Subsidiary, if applicable, to limit the Funds’ operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes and extraordinary expenses. These undertakings are in effect until April 30, 2012 and are reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to these undertakings. Waivers/reimbursements that exceed management fees payable are reflected on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from investment adviser.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements were as follows:

 

      Expense Limit as a Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class Y

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

     1.70     2.45     1.45

Global Alternatives Fund

     1.60     2.35     1.35

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     1.70     2.45     1.45

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     1.30     2.05     1.05

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     1.35     2.10     1.10

AlphaSimplex and Loomis Sayles shall be permitted to recover expenses they have borne under the expense limitation agreements (whether through waiver of its management fees or otherwise) on a class by class basis in later periods to the extent the expenses of a class fall below a class’ expense limits, provided, however, that a class is not obligated to pay such waived/reimbursed fees or expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2011, the management fees and waivers of management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Gross
Management
Fees

    

Waivers of
Management
Fees
1

    

Net
Management
Fees

    

Percentage of
Average
Daily Net Assets

 
           

Gross

   

Net

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 4,288,281       $ 272,811       $ 4,015,470         1.25     1.17

Global Alternatives Fund

     12,111,408         85,091         12,026,317         1.15     1.14

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     5,434,646         346,116         5,088,530         1.25     1.17

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     3,228,585                 3,228,585         0.70     0.70

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     373,581         311,912         61,669         0.75     0.12

 

1 

Management fee waivers are subject to possible recovery until December 31, 2012.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, expense reimbursements related to the prior fiscal year were recovered as follows:

 

      Recovered Expenses  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class Y

    

Total

 

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

   $ 612       $ 233       $ 720       $ 1,565   

b.  Service and Distribution Fees.  NGAM Distribution, L.P. (“NGAM Distribution”) (formerly Natixis Distributors, L.P.), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis US, has entered into a distribution agreement with the Trust. Pursuant to this agreement, NGAM Distribution serves as principal underwriter of the Funds of the Trust.

Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Trust has adopted a Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class A shares (the “Class A Plans”) and a Distribution and Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class C shares (the “Class C Plans”).

Under the Class A Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Funds’ Class A shares, as reimbursement for expenses incurred by NGAM Distribution in providing personal services to investors in Class A shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Under the Class C Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the

 

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Funds’ Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in providing personal services to investors in Class C shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Also under the Class C Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly distribution fee at the annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Funds’ Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Class C shares.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Funds paid the following service and distribution fees:

 

      Service Fees      Distribution Fees  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class C

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 243,187       $ 62,366       $ 187,100   

Global Alternatives Fund

     661,901         217,959         653,876   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     690,707         26,641         79,925   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     411,309         177,494         532,482   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     6,704         242         725   

c.  Administrative Fees.  NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”) (formerly Natixis Asset Management Advisors, L.P.) provides certain administrative services for the Funds and contracts with State Street Bank to serve as sub-administrator. NGAM Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis US. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust (“Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II (“Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”), Hansberger International Series and NGAM Advisors, each Fund pays NGAM Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0575% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion and 0.0350% of such assets in excess of $60 billion, subject to an annual aggregate minimum fee for the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis. Funds that commenced operations prior to July 1, 2011 are subject to a new fund fee for the first twelve months of operations of $75,000 plus $12,500 per additional class and an additional $75,000 if managed by multiple subadvisers. Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund were subject to the new fund fee during the period.

NGAM Advisors also provides certain administrative services to each Subsidiary for which each Subsidiary pays NGAM Advisors fees equal to an annual rate of 0.05% of the average daily net assets of each Subsidiary. Payments by the Funds are reduced by the amount of payments to NGAM Advisors by the Subsidiary. In addition, NGAM Advisors and each Subsidiary contract with State Street Bank to serve as sub-administrator.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2011, each Fund paid the following administrative fees to NGAM Advisors (exclusive of sub-administrative fees paid to State Street Bank by the Subsidiaries):

 

Fund

  

Administrative
Fees

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 158,861   

Global Alternatives Fund

     488,405   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     218,076   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     105,630   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     78,877   

d.  Sub-Transfer Agent Fees.  NGAM Distribution has entered into agreements with financial intermediaries to provide certain recordkeeping, processing, shareholder communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries and has agreed to compensate the intermediaries for providing those services. Certain services would be provided by the Funds if the shares of those customers were registered directly with the Funds’ transfer agent. Accordingly, the Funds agreed to pay a portion of the intermediary fees attributable to shares of the Funds held by the intermediaries (which generally is a percentage of the value of shares held) not to exceed what the Funds would have paid their transfer agent had each customer’s shares been registered directly with the transfer agent instead of held through the intermediaries. NGAM Distribution pays the remainder of the fees.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Funds paid the following sub-transfer agent fees, which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations:

 

Fund

  

Sub-Transfer Agent
Fees

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 274,300   

Global Alternatives Fund

     923,501   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     438,979   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     272,857   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     5,639   

e.  Commissions.  Commissions (including CDSCs) on Fund shares retained by NGAM Distribution during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Commissions

 

Diversifying Strategies Fund

   $ 145,518   

Global Alternatives Fund

     314,884   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

     350,933   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     535,193   

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     734   

 

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f.  Trustees Fees and Expenses.  The Trust does not pay any compensation directly to its officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of NGAM Advisors, NGAM Distribution, Natixis US or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $250,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that she attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $80,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, each committee chairman receives an additional retainer fee at an annual rate of $15,000. Each Contract Review and Governance Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $7,500 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,750 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

Effective January 1, 2012, the Chairperson of the Board receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $265,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for the Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that she attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $95,000. All other Trustee fees remain unchanged.

A deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) is available to the Trustees on a voluntary basis. Deferred amounts remain in the Funds until distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The value of a participating Trustee’s deferral account is based on theoretical investments of deferred amounts, on the normal payment dates, in certain funds of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series as designated by the participating Trustees. Changes in the value of participants’ deferral accounts are allocated pro rata among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and Hansberger International Series, and are normally reflected as Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The portions of the accrued obligations allocated to the Funds under the Plan are reflected as Deferred Trustees’ fees in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

g.  Payments by Affiliates.  For the year ended December 31, 2011, AlphaSimplex voluntarily reimbursed Diversifying Strategies Fund $2,241 relating to a trade adjustment made by a broker executing a portfolio transaction.

 

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7.  Line of Credit.  Each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Hansberger International Series, participates in a $200,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank, with an individual limit of $125,000,000 for each fund that participates in the line of credit. Interest is charged to each participating fund based on its borrowings at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds rate or overnight LIBOR, plus 1.25%. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.125% per annum, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, is accrued and apportioned among the participating funds based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit. Prior to April 21, 2011, the commitment fee was 0.15% per annum.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, none of the Funds had borrowings under these agreements.

8.  Concentration of Risk.  Each Fund’s investments in foreign securities are subject to foreign currency fluctuations, higher volatility than U.S. securities, varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity. Greater political, economic, credit and information risks are also associated with foreign securities.

The Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Multi-Asset Real Return Fund are non-diversified, which means that they are not limited under the 1940 Act to a percentage of assets that they may invest in any one issuer. Because the Funds may invest in the securities of a limited number of issuers, an investment in the Funds may involve a higher degree of risk than would be present in a diversified portfolio.

The Funds’ (excluding Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund) investments in commodity-related instruments may subject the Funds to greater volatility than investments in other securities. The value of these investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity.

9.  Interest Expense.  Diversifying Strategies Fund, Global Alternatives Fund and Managed Futures Strategy Fund incur interest expense on net cash and foreign currency debit balances, if any, for accounts held at brokers. Interest expense incurred for the year ended December 31, 2011 is reflected on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

10.  Concentration of Ownership.  From time to time, the Funds may have a concentration of one or more shareholders holding a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities of these shareholders could have material impacts on the Funds. As of December 31, 2011, Natixis US (and its affiliates) and Loomis Sayles each owned shares equating to 38.63% of Multi-Asset Real Return Fund’s net assets. Additionally, as of December 31, 2011, one shareholder owned more than 5% of Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund’s total outstanding shares, representing

 

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14.91% of the Fund’s net assets, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares.

11.  Capital Shares.  Each Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

    

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2011

  

  

   
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2010
  
  

Diversifying Strategies Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     12,268,438      $ 128,467,458        6,868,047      $ 76,325,925   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     490,004        4,778,350        269,796        2,819,124   

Redeemed

     (4,814,646     (50,046,266     (1,542,636     (16,842,718
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     7,943,796      $ 83,199,542        5,595,207      $ 62,302,331   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,482,681      $ 15,364,159        1,966,693      $ 21,804,276   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     53,185        513,125        60,248        622,968   

Redeemed

     (843,625     (8,626,269     (34,556     (372,226
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     692,241      $ 7,251,015        1,992,385      $ 22,055,018   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     24,283,289      $ 256,558,955        18,919,749      $ 210,401,836   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     726,635        7,100,828        594,595        6,218,402   

Redeemed

     (16,608,106     (173,869,182     (4,894,148     (54,326,909
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     8,401,818      $ 89,790,601        14,620,196      $ 162,293,329   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     17,037,855      $ 180,241,158        22,207,788      $ 246,650,678   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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11.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

   
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2011
 
  
   
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2010
 
  

Global Alternatives Fund

    Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A        

Issued from the sale of shares

    18,930,522      $ 202,480,734        16,474,144      $ 173,739,848   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    113,753        1,233,164        684,600        7,304,687   

Redeemed

    (10,876,025     (114,726,957     (5,921,122     (62,165,090
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    8,168,250      $ 88,986,941        11,237,622      $ 118,879,445   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C        

Issued from the sale of shares

    4,655,200      $ 49,166,732        4,616,546      $ 48,071,695   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    23,940        255,455        137,136        1,444,059   

Redeemed

    (1,819,331     (18,798,077     (570,902     (5,944,306
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    2,859,809      $ 30,624,110        4,182,780      $ 43,571,448   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y        

Issued from the sale of shares

    94,621,473      $ 1,007,278,821        30,671,718      $ 324,891,330   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    172,490        1,880,156        796,278        8,536,092   

Redeemed

    (23,131,849     (244,275,468     (10,269,317     (106,923,955
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    71,662,114      $ 764,883,509        21,198,679      $ 226,503,467   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    82,690,173      $ 884,494,560        36,619,081      $ 388,954,360   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2011
 
  
   
 
Period Ended
December 31, 2010*
 
  

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

    Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A        

Issued from the sale of shares

    51,347,993      $ 551,929,224        684,094      $ 7,510,763   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    775,375        8,017,306        23,882        253,386   

Redeemed

    (22,561,002     (242,938,414     (94,151     (1,065,967
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    29,562,366      $ 317,008,116        613,825      $ 6,698,182   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C        

Issued from the sale of shares

    2,371,607      $ 25,453,453        220,422      $ 2,495,747   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    23,560        241,481        4,729        50,030   

Redeemed

    (194,536     (2,061,142     (2,321     (25,634
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    2,200,631      $ 23,633,792        222,830      $ 2,520,143   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y        

Issued from the sale of shares

    42,110,388      $ 454,569,292        4,571,067      $ 48,282,728   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    672,465        6,953,289        236,842        2,510,528   

Redeemed

    (7,808,584     (83,713,552     (111,252     (1,248,222
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    34,974,269      $ 377,809,029        4,696,657      $ 49,545,034   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    66,737,266      $ 718,450,937        5,533,312      $ 58,763,359   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* From commencement of operations on July 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

 

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11.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2011
 
  
   
 
Period Ended
December 31, 2010*
 
  

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     30,602,206      $ 309,644,774        245,018      $ 2,456,047   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     518,886        5,000,664        15        151   

Redeemed

     (17,377,149     (168,594,903     (1     (10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     13,743,943      $ 146,050,535        245,032      $ 2,456,188   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     10,712,134      $ 108,281,778        56,025      $ 561,320   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     152,413        1,454,718        1        14   

Redeemed

     (2,607,812     (24,979,006              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     8,256,735      $ 84,757,490        56,026      $ 561,334   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     42,674,035      $ 427,908,877        2,660,897      $ 26,611,782   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     592,079        5,679,301        309        3,103   

Redeemed

     (16,642,330     (162,068,348              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     26,623,784      $ 271,519,830        2,661,206      $ 26,614,885   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     48,624,462      $ 502,327,855        2,962,264      $ 29,632,407   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* From commencement of operations on December 15, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

 

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11.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2011
 
  
   
 
Period Ended
December 31, 2010*
 
  

Multi-Asset Real Return Fund

     Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount   
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     299,653      $ 3,033,094        144,843      $ 1,463,375   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     4,381        41,489        778        7,886   

Redeemed

     (216,274     (2,117,308     (33,158     (335,249
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     87,760      $ 957,275        112,463      $ 1,136,012   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     12,897      $ 131,319        1,211      $ 12,251   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     130        1,229        9        94   

Redeemed

     (3,577     (34,371              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     9,450      $ 98,177        1,220      $ 12,345   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     4,900,179      $ 49,608,192        2,699,768      $ 27,018,115   

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     79,507        750,530        21,488        217,677   

Redeemed

     (4,638,918     (43,901,143     (2,481     (25,105
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     340,768      $ 6,457,579        2,718,775      $ 27,210,687   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     437,978      $ 7,513,031        2,832,458      $ 28,359,044   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* From commencement of operations on September 30, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

12.  Subsequent Event.  Effective January 1, 2012, the name of the Funds’ administrator changed from Natixis Asset Management Advisors, L.P. to NGAM Advisors, L.P. and the name of the Funds’ distributor changed from Natixis Distributors, L.P. to NGAM Distribution, L.P.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of Natixis Funds Trust II and Shareholders of ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund, ASG Global Alternatives Fund, ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund (consolidated), ASG Global Alternatives Fund (consolidated), ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated), Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund and Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Real Return Fund (consolidated), each a series of Natixis Funds Trust II (collectively, the “Funds”), at December 31, 2011, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2011 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 23, 2012

 

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2011 U.S. Tax Distribution Information to Shareholders (Unaudited)

 

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction.  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, a percentage of dividends distributed by the Funds listed below qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. These percentages are as follows:

 

Fund

  

Qualifying
Percentage

 

Absolute Strategies

     3.64

Multi-Asset Real Return

     9.96

Capital Gains Distributions.  Pursuant to Internal Revenue Section 852(b), the following Funds paid distributions, which have been designated as capital gains distributions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

 

Fund

  

Amount

 

Global Alternatives

     2,867,352   

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies

     2,698   

Multi-Asset Real Return

     29,110   

Qualified Dividend Income.  A percentage of dividends distributed by the Funds during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 are considered qualified dividend income, and are eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 0% to 15% depending on an individual’s tax bracket. These percentages are noted below:

 

Fund

  

Qualifying
Percentage

 

Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies

     5.68

Multi-Asset Real Return

     10.91

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The tables below provide certain information regarding the trustees and officers of Natixis Funds Trust II (the “Trust”). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all persons below is 399 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the trustees of the Trust and is available by calling Natixis Funds at 800-225-5478.

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2
and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES      

Graham T. Allison, Jr.

(1940)

 

Trustee

since 1995

Contract Review and Governance Committee Member

  Douglas Dillon Professor and Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University  

44

Director, Taubman Centers, Inc. (real estate investment trust)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including a real estate investment trust); government experience (including as Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Clinton); academic experience

Charles D. Baker

(1956)

 

Trustee

from 2005 to 2009 and since 2011

Contract Review and Governance Committee Member

  Executive in Residence at General Catalyst Partners (venture capital and growth equity firm); formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (health care organization)  

44

None

  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience (including president and chief executive officer of a health care organization and executive officer of a venture capital and growth equity firm)

 

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Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2
and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

continued

     

Daniel M. Cain

(1945)

 

Trustee

since 1996

Chairman of the Contract Review and Governance Committee

  Chairman (formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer) of Cain Brothers & Company, Incorporated (investment banking)  

44

Director, Sheridan Healthcare Inc. (physician practice management)

 

Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at a health care organization); experience in the financial industry (including roles as chairman and former

chief executive officer of an investment banking firm)

Kenneth A. Drucker

(1945)

 

Trustee

since 2008

Chairman of the Audit Committee

  Retired  

44

Formerly, Director, M Fund, Inc. (investment company); Director, Gateway Trust (investment company)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at investment companies); executive experience (including as treasurer of an aerospace, automotive, and metal manufacturing corporation)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2
and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

continued

     

Wendell J. Knox

(1948)

 

Trustee

since 2009

Audit Committee

Member

  Director (formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer) of Abt Associates Inc. (research and consulting)  

44

Director, Eastern Bank (commercial bank); Director, The Hanover Insurance Group (property and casualty insurance)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at a commercial bank and at a property and casualty insurance firm); executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer of a consulting company)

Sandra O. Moose

(1942)

 

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees since November 2005

Trustee since 1993

Ex officio member of the Audit Committee and Contract Review and Governance Committee

  President, Strategic Advisory Services (management consulting)  

44

Director, Verizon Communications;

Director, AES Corporation (international power company); formerly, Director, Rohm and Haas Company (specialty chemicals)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the board of other business organizations (including at an international power company and a specialty chemicals corporation); executive experience (including at a management consulting company)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2
and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

continued

     

Erik R. Sirri

(1958)

 

Trustee

since 2009

Contract Review and Governance Committee

Member

  Professor of Finance at Babson College; formerly, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission  

44

None

  Experience on the Board; experience as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission; academic experience; training as an economist

Peter J. Smail

(1952)

 

Trustee

since 2009

Contract Review and Governance Committee

Member

  Retired; formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pyramis Global Advisors (investment management)  

44

None

  Experience on the Board; mutual fund industry and executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer for an investment adviser)

Cynthia L. Walker

(1956)

 

Trustee

since 2005

Audit Committee Member

  Deputy Dean for Finance and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine; formerly, Executive Dean for Administration, Harvard Medical School  

44

None

  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience in a variety of academic organizations (including roles as dean for finance and administration)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of
Birth

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Length of Time
Served and Term
of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

 

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen2
and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5
Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

INTERESTED TRUSTEES      

Robert J. Blanding3

(1947)

555 California Street

San Francisco, CA

94104

 

Trustee

since 2003

  President, Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

44

None

  Significant experience on the Board; continuing service as president, chairman, and chief executive officer of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

David L. Giunta4

(1965)

 

Trustee

since 2011

President and Chief Executive Officer since 2008

  President and Chief Executive Officer, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.; formerly President, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund; and formerly, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Brokerage Company.  

44

None

  Experience on the Board; continuing experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of NGAM Advisors, L.P.

John T. Hailer5

(1960)

 

Trustee

since 2000

  President and Chief Executive Officer-U.S. and Asia, Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.; formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.  

44

None

  Significant experience on the Board; continuing experience as Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

1 

Each trustee serves until retirement, resignation or removal from the Board. The current retirement age is 72. The position of Chairperson of the Board is appointed for a two-year term. Ms. Moose was appointed to serve an additional two year term as the Chairperson of the Board on November 18, 2011.

 

2 

The trustees of the Trust serve as trustees of a fund complex that includes all series of the Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV and Gateway Trust (collectively, the “Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (collectively, the “Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”), and Hansberger International Series (collectively, the “Fund Complex”).

 

3 

Mr. Blanding is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trust: President, Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

4 

Mr. Giunta is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trust: President and Chief Executive Officer of NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P

 

5

Mr. Hailer is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trust: President and Chief Executive Officer – U.S. and Asia, Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

 

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with the
Trust

 

Term of Office1 and
Length of Time Served

 

Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years2

OFFICERS OF THE TRUST    

Coleen Downs Dinneen

(1960)

  Secretary, Clerk and Chief Legal Officer   Since September 2004   Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Clerk (formerly, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk), NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

Russell L. Kane

(1969)

 

Chief Compliance Officer,

Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  Chief Compliance Officer, since May 2006; Assistant Secretary since June 2004; and Anti-Money Laundering Officer since April 2007   Chief Compliance Officer for Mutual Funds, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk, NGAM Distribution Corporation, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

Michael C. Kardok

(1959)

  Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer   Since October 2004   Senior Vice President, NGAM Advisors, L.P. and NGAM Distribution, L.P.

 

1 

Each officer of the Trust serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Trust’s current by-laws until the date his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, retires, is removed or becomes disqualified.

 

2 

Each person listed above, except as noted, holds the same position(s) with the Fund Complex. Previous positions during the past five years with NGAM Distribution, L.P., NGAM Advisors, L.P. or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P are omitted, if not materially different from a trustee’s or officer’s current position with such entity.

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and persons performing similar functions. There have been no amendments or waivers of the Registrant’s code of ethics during the period.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Board of Trustees of the Registrant has established an audit committee. Ms. Cynthia L. Walker, Mr. Wendell J. Knox and Mr. Kenneth A.Drucker are members of the audit committee and have been designated as “audit committee financial experts” by the Board of Trustees. Each of these individuals is also an Independent Trustee of the Registrant.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Fees billed by the Principal Accountant for services rendered to the Registrant.

The table below sets forth fees billed by the principal accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, for the past two fiscal years for professional services rendered in connection with a) the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with regulatory filings; b) audit-related services (including services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements but not reported under “Audit Fees”); c) tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning and d) all other fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the Registrant, other than the services provided as reported as a part of (a) through (c) of this Item.

 

      Audit fees      Audit-related
fees1
     Tax fees2      All other fees  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
 
  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
 
  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
 
  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
  
  

Natixis Funds Trust II

   $ 331,700       $ 356,700       $ 333       $ 222       $ 91,143       $ 87,630       $ —         $ —     

 

  1. Audit-related fees consist of:

2010 – performance of agreed-upon procedures related to the Registrant’s deferred compensation plan and consulting services with respect to regulatory matters.

2011 – performance of agreed-upon procedures related to the Registrant’s deferred compensation plan.

 

  2. Tax fees consist of:

2010 – review of the Registrant’s tax returns, tax analysis of ownership changes, tax treatment of the ASG Global Alternatives and ASG Diversifying Strategies Funds’ wholly-owned subsidiary and consulting services related to new Massachusetts filing requirements.

2011 – review of the Registrant’s tax returns.

Aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for non-audit services during 2010 and 2011 were $91,476 and $87,852, respectively.

Fees billed by the Principal Accountant for services rendered to the Adviser and Control Affiliates.

The following table sets forth fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to NGAM Advisors, L.P. and entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“Control Affiliates”) that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, for engagements that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant for the last two fiscal years.

 

     Audit-related fees      Tax fees      All other fees  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
 
  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
 
  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
 
  

Control Affiliates

   $ 12,000       $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     


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The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to NGAM Advisors, L.P. and Control Affiliates that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, for the last two fiscal years, including the fees disclosed in the table above.

 

     Aggregate Non-Audit Fees  
    
 
1/1/10 –
12/31/10
  
  
    
 
1/1/11-
12/31/11
 
  

Control Affiliates

   $ 253,873       $ 145,070   

None of the services described above were approved pursuant to (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

Audit Committee Pre Approval Policies.

Annually, the Registrant’s Audit Committee reviews the audit, audit-related, tax and other non-audit services together with the projected fees, for services proposed to be rendered to the Trust and/or other entities for which pre-approval is required during the upcoming year. Any subsequent revisions to already pre-approved services or fees (including fee increases) and requests for pre-approval of new services would be presented for consideration quarterly as needed.

If, in the opinion of management, a proposed engagement by the Registrant’s independent accountants needs to commence before the next regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting, any member of the Audit Committee who is an independent Board member is authorized to pre-approve the engagement, but only for engagements to provide audit, audit related and tax services. This approval is subject to review of the full Audit Committee at its next quarterly meeting. All other engagements require the approval of all the members of the Audit Committee.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

Included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed as Item 1 herewith.

 

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 Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

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

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11. 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-CSR 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 of the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)   (1)   Code of Ethics required by Item 2 hereof, filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(1).
(a)   (2)   Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)], filed herewith as Exhibits (a)(2)(1)and (a)(2)(2), respectively.
(a)   (3)   Not applicable.
(b)     Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith as Exhibit (b).


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Natixis Funds Trust II

By:

 

/s/ David L. Giunta

Name:

  David L. Giunta

Title:

  President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:

  February 23, 2012

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:

  February 23, 2012

By:

 

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

Name:

  Michael C. Kardok

Title:

  Treasurer

Date:

  February 23, 2012