N-Q 1 d921671dnq.htm NATIXIS FUNDS TRUST II Natixis Funds Trust II

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-00242

 

 

Natixis Funds Trust II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

399 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Coleen Downs Dinneen, Esq.

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: March 31, 2015

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

ASG Global Alternatives Fund

 

Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Short-Term Investments – 94.0% of Net Assets

  
   Certificates of Deposit – 80.3%   
$ 149,150,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.020%, 4/01/2015
   $ 149,150,000   
  85,000,000       BNP Paribas,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
     85,000,000   
  30,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
     30,000,000   
  15,000,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.050%, 4/01/2015
     15,000,000   
  50,000,000       Rabobank Nederland,
0.220%, 4/01/2015
     50,000,150   
  50,000,000       China Construction Bank Corp. (NY),
0.200%, 4/02/2015
     50,000,150   
  46,000,000       Agricultural Bank of China,
0.210%, 4/02/2015
     46,000,092   
  50,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.230%, 4/02/2015
     49,999,950   
  155,000,000       Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (NY),
0.140%, 4/07/2015
     154,999,690   
  15,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.130%, 4/09/2015
     14,999,895   
  17,200,000       Landesbank Hessen Thueringen Girozentrale,
0.130%, 4/10/2015
     17,200,000   
  35,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.240%, 4/16/2015
     34,999,860   
  21,100,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.200%, 4/23/2015
     21,100,000   
  70,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.250%, 4/24/2015
     70,003,290   
  25,000,000       U.S. Bank National Association,
0.160%, 4/27/2015
     25,001,500   
  125,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY),
0.260%, 5/04/2015
     125,017,750   
  50,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY),
0.288%, 5/06/2015(b)(c)
     49,999,150   
  49,900,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.257%, 5/11/2015(b)
     49,898,852   
  75,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.200%, 5/12/2015
     75,012,225   
  15,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.230%, 5/15/2015
     14,999,625   
  40,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.250%, 5/18/2015
     39,998,920   
  130,000,000       Credit Industriel et Commercial,
0.200%, 5/19/2015
     129,998,960   
  4,750,000       DZ Bank AG,
0.400%, 5/19/2015
     4,751,226   
  39,100,000       State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.233%, 5/21/2015(b)
     39,098,553   
  145,000,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.285%, 6/05/2015
     145,019,865   
  50,000,000       State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.255%, 6/15/2015(b)
     49,998,700   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
   Certificates of Deposit – continued   
$ 50,000,000       Rabobank Nederland,
0.321%, 6/15/2015(b)
   $ 49,995,700   
  25,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.255%, 6/16/2015(b)
     24,999,375   
  60,000,000       Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
0.210%, 6/17/2015
     59,994,780   
  10,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.270%, 6/17/2015
     10,000,000   
  25,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.180%, 7/01/2015
     25,005,100   
  120,000,000       Dexia Credit Local,
0.305%, 7/01/2015(b)(d)
     119,994,360   
  60,400,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.303%, 7/06/2015(b)(d)
     60,398,490   
  75,000,000       Norinchukin Bank,
0.320%, 7/08/2015(d)
     75,012,300   
  25,000,000       Norinchukin Bank,
0.270%, 7/13/2015
     25,000,725   
  30,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.255%, 7/16/2015(b)
     29,998,170   
  40,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.247%, 7/17/2015(b)(c)
     39,997,520   
  25,000,000       China Construction Bank Corp. (NY),
0.427%, 7/20/2015(b)(e)
     25,000,000   
  20,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.200%, 7/27/2015
     19,997,700   
  140,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.250%, 8/03/2015
     140,012,040   
  10,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.313%, 8/05/2015(b)
     9,999,670   
  70,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.245%, 8/07/2015(b)(d)
     69,995,240   
  100,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.310%, 8/10/2015
     100,027,300   
  30,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.260%, 8/11/2015
     30,002,760   
  50,000,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.257%, 8/17/2015(b)
     49,996,200   
  50,000,000       Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
0.310%, 8/25/2015
     49,997,950   
  50,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.280%, 9/16/2015(c)
     49,995,300   
  75,000,000       Wells Fargo,
0.275%, 11/06/2015(b)(d)
     74,991,225   
  49,700,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.276%, 1/13/2016(b)
     49,680,717   
  30,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.305%, 2/08/2016(b)
     29,997,480   
  50,000,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.293%, 2/23/2016(b)
     49,995,400   
     

 

 

 
  2,807,333,905   
     

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper – 8.7%   
  74,150,000    Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.220%, 4/28/2015(f)
  74,143,178   
  25,000,000    JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.250%, 4/29/2015(f)
  24,997,000   
  20,000,000    JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.250%, 5/05/2015(f)
  19,996,940   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
   Financial Company Commercial Paper – continued   
$ 50,000,000       Swedbank,
0.190%, 5/19/2015(f)
   $ 49,991,150   
  30,000,000       General Electric Capital Corp.,
0.200%, 5/20/2015(f)
     29,995,410   
  30,000,000       Swedbank,
0.190%, 5/21/2015(f)
     29,994,480   
  75,000,000       Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.170%, 6/24/2015(f)
     74,968,650   
     

 

 

 
  304,086,808   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Paper – 3.0%   
  65,000,000    Shagang South-Asia (Hong Kong) Trading Co. Ltd., (Credit Support: Bank of China),
0.450%, 4/06/2015(f)
  64,995,125   
  40,000,000    Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Bank of China),
0.420%, 4/09/2015(f)
  39,998,520   
     

 

 

 
  104,993,645   
     

 

 

 
Other Notes – 2.0%   
  20,000,000    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 1,
0.424%, 4/06/2016(b)
  20,000,020   
  50,000,000    Wells Fargo,
0.390%, 4/19/2016(b)
  50,000,900   
     

 

 

 
  70,000,920   
     

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $3,286,366,541)
  3,286,415,278   
     

 

 

 
Total Investments – 94.0%
(Identified Cost $3,286,366,541)(a)
  3,286,415,278   
Other assets less liabilities – 6.0%   210,370,737   
     

 

 

 
Net Assets – 100.0% $ 3,496,786,015   
     

 

 

 

Consolidation

The Fund invests in commodity-related derivatives through its investment in the ASG Global Alternatives Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Investments of the Subsidiary have been consolidated with those of the Fund for reporting purposes. As of March 31, 2015, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary was $44,834,733, representing 1.3% of the Fund’s net assets.


(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows: Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated rates determined based on information provided by an independent pricing service.

Futures contracts are valued at the current settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser or subadviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund 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.

 

(a) Federal Tax Information:

At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $3,286,366,541 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

$ 135,832   

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

  (87,095
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$ 48,737   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2015 is disclosed.
(c) All of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.
(d) A portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.
(e) Security payable on demand at par including accrued interest.
(f) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.


Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Fund’s 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. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies the Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency the Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Contracts are traded over-the-counter directly with a counterparty. 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. When the Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract, it is required to pledge cash or high-quality securities equal to a percentage of the notional amount of the contract to the counterparty as an independent amount of collateral. The Fund may pledge additional collateral to the counterparty to the extent of mark-to-market losses on open contracts.

At March 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract
to
Buy/Sell1

   Delivery
Date
    

Currency

   Units
of
Currency
     Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Sell

     6/17/2015       Australian Dollar      65,300,000       $ 49,524,469       $ 509,502   

Buy

     6/17/2015       British Pound      50,937,500         75,521,465         (617,821

Sell

     6/17/2015       Canadian Dollar      167,900,000         132,429,656         118,545   

Sell

     6/17/2015       Euro      381,000,000         410,095,165         (5,170,270

Buy

     6/17/2015       Japanese Yen      20,212,500,000         168,707,714         26,702   

Sell

     6/17/2015       Japanese Yen      38,162,500,000         318,531,014         (2,634,061

Sell

     6/17/2015       Swedish Krona      1,002,000,000         116,486,976         (533,408

Sell

     6/17/2015       Swiss Franc      90,250,000         93,158,886         (2,755,653
              

 

 

 

Total

  

$ (11,056,464
              

 

 

 

 

1  Counterparty is UBS AG


Futures Contracts

The Fund and the Subsidiary may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular commodity, instrument or index for a specified price on a specified future date.

When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker 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 the Fund or the 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. Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s or the Subsidiary’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities, commodities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund and the Subsidiary are reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, the Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.

At March 31, 2015, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

DAX

     6/19/2015         1,208       $ 390,011,677       $ 3,077,622   

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/19/2015         8,128         837,509,120         11,724,638   

Eurodollar

     9/14/2015         49,580         12,335,504,000         14,945,437   

FTSE 100 Index

     6/19/2015         5,748         573,583,257         (2,175,250

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2015         1,432         244,452,052         2,302,885   

Hang Seng Index®

     4/29/2015         33         5,309,907         74,703   

TOPIX

     6/11/2015         2,926         376,560,720         4,441,906   

UK Long Gilt

     6/26/2015         418         74,872,391         1,469,545   

10 Year Japan Government Bond

     6/11/2015         988         1,212,768,249         699,045   

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/19/2015         3,439         443,308,594         5,261,157   
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 41,821,688   
           

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/17/2015         503       $ 22,433,800       $ (182,338

Brent Crude Oil

     4/15/2015         694         38,246,340         (3,518,580

Copper LME

     6/17/2015         544         82,259,600         2,971,600   

Gold

     6/26/2015         1,575         186,354,000         (3,643,000

Low Sulfur Gasoil

     5/12/2015         475         24,890,000         427,500   

Natural Gas

     4/28/2015         963         25,423,200         (2,107,040

New York Harbor ULSD

     4/30/2015         349         25,035,864         201,029   

Nickel LME

     6/17/2015         286         21,250,944         (2,710,422

Zinc LME

     6/17/2015         480         24,990,000         648,000   
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ (7,913,251
           

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, open short futures contracts were as follows:

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

WTI Crude Oil

     4/21/2015         208       $ 9,900,800       $ (305,760
           

 

 

 

 

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


Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments*

   $ —         $ 3,286,415,278       $ —         $ 3,286,415,278   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —           654,749         —           654,749   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     48,245,067         —           —           48,245,067   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 48,245,067    $ 3,287,070,027    $ —      $ 3,335,315,094   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ —         $ (11,711,213    $ —         $ (11,711,213

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (14,642,390      —           —           (14,642,390
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ (14,642,390 $ (11,711,213 $ —      $ (26,353,603
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Derivatives

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

The 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 period ended March 31, 2015 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 in accordance with these objectives.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund as of March 31, 2015:

 

Assets

   Unrealized
appreciation on
forward foreign
currency
contracts
     Unrealized
appreciation on
futures
contracts
     Total  

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

        

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 654,749       $ —         $ 654,749   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

Interest rate contracts

$ —      $ 24,678,069    $ 24,678,069   

Equity contracts

  —        19,318,869      19,318,869   

Commodity contracts

  —        4,248,129      4,248,129   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded asset derivatives

$ —      $ 48,245,067    $ 48,245,067   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

$ 654,749    $ 48,245,067    $ 48,899,816   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


Liabilities

   Unrealized
depreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts
     Unrealized
depreciation on
futures contracts
     Total  

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

        

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (11,711,213    $ —         $ (11,711,213
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

Equity contracts

$ —      $ (2,175,250 $ (2,175,250

Commodity contracts

  —        (12,467,140   (12,467,140
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded liability derivatives

$ —      $ (14,642,390 $ (14,642,390
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

$ (11,711,213 $ (14,642,390 $ (26,353,603
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Fund’s derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of this disclosure.

Over-the-counter derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts, are entered into pursuant to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) agreements negotiated between the Fund and its counterparties. ISDA agreements typically contain, among other things, terms for the posting of collateral and master netting provisions in the event of a default or other termination event. Master netting provisions allow the Fund and the counterparty, in the event of a default or other termination event, to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts, including any posted collateral, to one net amount payable by either the Fund or the counterparty. The Fund’s ISDA agreements typically contain provisions that allow a counterparty to terminate open contracts early if the NAV of the Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. As of March 31, 2015, the fair value of derivative positions subject to these provisions that are in a net liability position by counterparty, and the value of collateral pledged to counterparties for such contracts is as follows:

 

Counterparty

   Derivatives      Collateral
Pledged
 

UBS AG

   $ (11,056,464    $ 41,540,000   

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the Fund’s aggregated unrealized gains and the amount of any collateral pledged to the counterparty, which may be offset by any collateral posted to the Fund by the counterparty. ISDA master agreements can help to manage counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under these ISDA agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure in respect of certain transactions, net of existing collateral already in place, exceeds a specified amount (typically $250,000, depending on the counterparty). With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. The following table shows (i) the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund, and (ii) the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting provisions pursuant to ISDA agreements, as of March 31, 2015:

 

     Maximum Amount
of Loss - Gross
     Maximum Amount
of Loss - Net
 

Over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 654,749       $ —     

Collateral pledged to UBS AG

     41,540,000         41,540,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

  42,194,749      41,540,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

Futures contracts

  48,245,067      48,245,067   

Margin with brokers

  125,377,330      125,377,330   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

  173,622,397      173,622,397   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total counterparty credit risk

$ 215,817,146    $ 215,162,397   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

  80.3

Financial Company Commercial Paper

  8.7   

Commercial Paper

  3.0   

Other Notes

  2.0   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  94.0   

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

  6.0   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

ASG Global Macro Fund

 

Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Short-Term Investments – 91.7% of Net Assets

  
   Certificates of Deposit – 78.3%   
$ 850,000       BNP Paribas,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
   $ 850,000   
  1,200,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
     1,200,000   
  200,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.050%, 4/01/2015
     200,000   
  1,000,000       Agricultural Bank of China,
0.210%, 4/02/2015
     1,000,002   
  600,000       China Construction Bank Corp. (NY),
0.750%, 4/06/2015
     600,060   
  1,200,000       Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (NY),
0.140%, 4/07/2015
     1,199,998   
  250,000       Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.180%, 4/07/2015
     250,000   
  250,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.130%, 4/09/2015
     249,998   
  1,200,000       Landesbank Hessen Thueringen Girozentrale,
0.130%, 4/10/2015
     1,200,000   
  950,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.200%, 4/23/2015(b)
     950,000   
  150,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.250%, 4/24/2015
     150,007   
  1,000,000       U.S. Bank National Association,
0.160%, 4/27/2015(b)
     1,000,060   
  900,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.230%, 5/15/2015(b)
     899,978   
  100,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.250%, 5/18/2015
     99,997   
  1,000,000       Credit Industriel et Commercial,
0.200%, 5/19/2015(b)
     999,992   
  1,000,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.285%, 6/05/2015(b)
     1,000,137   
  500,000       State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.255%, 6/15/2015(c)
     499,987   
  900,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.255%, 6/16/2015(c)(d)
     899,978   
  200,000       Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
0.210%, 6/17/2015
     199,983   
  1,000,000       Norinchukin Bank,
0.270%, 7/13/2015(d)
     1,000,029   
  1,100,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.200%, 7/27/2015
     1,099,873   
  500,000       National Australia Bank,
0.220%, 7/29/2015
     500,050   
  900,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.250%, 8/03/2015(b)
     900,077   
  700,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.313%, 8/05/2015(b)(c)
     699,977   
  100,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.257%, 8/17/2015(c)
     99,992   
  1,000,000       Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
0.310%, 8/25/2015(b)
     999,959   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Certificates of Deposit – continued

  
$ 1,100,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.280%, 9/16/2015(d)
   $ 1,099,897   
  500,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.276%, 1/13/2016(b)(c)
     499,806   
  800,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.305%, 2/08/2016(c)
     799,933   
  500,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.293%, 2/23/2016(b)(c)
     499,954   
     

 

 

 
  21,649,724   
     

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper – 13.4%
  150,000    JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.250%, 4/29/2015(e)
  149,982   
  750,000    JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.250%, 5/05/2015(b)(e)
  749,885   
  700,000    Swedbank, 0.190%,
5/19/2015(b)(e)
  699,876   
  900,000    General Electric Capital Corp.,
0.200%, 5/20/2015(d)(e)
  899,862   
  300,000    Swedbank,
0.190%, 5/21/2015(e)
  299,945   
  900,000    Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.170%, 6/24/2015(e)
  899,624   
     

 

 

 
  3,699,174   
     

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $25,349,009)
  25,348,898   
     

 

 

 
Total Investments – 91.7%
(Identified Cost $25,349,009)(a)
  25,348,898   
Other assets less liabilities – 8.3%   2,304,296   
     

 

 

 
Net Assets – 100.0% $ 27,653,194   
     

 

 

 

Consolidation

The Fund invests in commodity-related derivatives through its investment in the ASG Global Macro Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Investments of the Subsidiary have been consolidated with those of the Fund for reporting purposes. As of March 31, 2015, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary was $1,182,097, representing 4.3% of the Fund’s net assets.


(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated rates determined based on information provided by an independent pricing service.

Futures contracts are valued at the current settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser or subadviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund 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.

 

(a) Federal Tax Information:

At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $25,349,009 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

   $ 640   

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

     (751
  

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation   $(111)   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) All 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 March 31, 2015 is disclosed.
(d) A portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.
(e) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts, to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Fund’s 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. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies the Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency the Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Contracts are traded over-the-counter directly with a counterparty. 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. When the Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract, it is required to pledge cash or high-quality securities equal to a percentage of the notional amount of the contract to the counterparty as an independent amount of collateral. The Fund may pledge additional collateral to the counterparty to the extent of mark-to-market losses on open contracts.

At March 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract
to
Buy/Sell1

   Delivery
Date
    

Currency

   Units
of
Currency
     Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buy

     6/17/2015       Australian Dollar      1,600,000       $ 1,213,463       $ 626   

Buy

     6/17/2015       Australian Dollar      100,000         75,842         (780

Sell

     6/17/2015       Australian Dollar      1,700,000         1,289,305         6,690   

Sell

     6/17/2015       British Pound      1,187,500         1,760,623         14,403   


Sell      6/17/2015       Canadian Dollar      1,500,000         1,183,112         1,059   

Sell

     6/17/2015       Canadian Dollar      1,800,000         1,419,734         (11,328

Buy

     6/17/2015       Euro      750,000         807,274         10,598   

Buy

     6/17/2015       Euro      625,000         672,728         (16,349

Sell

     6/17/2015       Euro      3,375,000         3,632,733         (45,800

Buy

     6/17/2015       Japanese Yen      262,500,000         2,191,009         9,637   

Buy

     6/17/2015       Japanese Yen      200,000,000         1,669,340         (7,742

Buy

     6/17/2015       New Zealand Dollar      1,500,000         1,113,193         10,399   

Buy

     6/17/2015       Norwegian Krone      8,000,000         991,165         (7,801

Sell

     6/17/2015       Norwegian Krone      10,000,000         1,238,956         (5,625

Buy

     6/17/2015       Singapore Dollar      125,000         90,912         (261

Sell

     6/17/2015       Singapore Dollar      250,000         181,823         (1,129

Buy

     6/17/2015       Swedish Krona      12,000,000         1,395,054         4,501   

Sell

     6/17/2015       Swedish Krona      12,000,000         1,395,054         (12,252

Sell

     6/17/2015       Swiss Franc      750,000         774,174         (22,900
              

 

 

 

Total

$ (74,054
              

 

 

 

 

1  Counterparty is UBS AG

Futures Contracts

The Fund and the Subsidiary may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular commodity, instrument or index for a specified price on a specified future date.

When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker 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 the Fund or the 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. Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s or the Subsidiary’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities, commodities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund and the Subsidiary are reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, the Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.

At March 31, 2015, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

AEX-Index®

     4/17/2015         3       $ 315,511       $ (2,697

ASX SPI 200™

     6/18/2015         3         336,230         2,342   

CAC 40®

     4/17/2015         5         270,748         1,183   

E-mini Dow

     6/19/2015         4         354,060         (1,760

E-mini NASDAQ 100

     6/19/2015         3         259,770         (1,599

EURO STOXX 50®

     6/19/2015         8         312,339         602   

FTSE 100 Index

     6/19/2015         6         598,730         (2,181

FTSE MIB

     6/19/2015         2         245,351         3,796   

FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index

     6/18/2015         8         305,984         (3,120

IBEX 35

     4/17/2015         2         247,099         12,942   

Mini-Russell 2000

     6/19/2015         2         249,780         7,740   

MSCI Singapore

     4/29/2015         6         332,364         901   

MSCI Taiwan Index

     4/29/2015         10         353,000         (5,000

Nikkei 225™

     6/11/2015         1         160,170         4,111   


OMXS30®      4/17/2015         20         385,037         3,154   

S&P CNX Nifty Futures Index

     4/30/2015         15         256,170         (2,595

S&P/TSX 60 Index

     6/18/2015         2         273,278         2,495   

TOPIX

     6/11/2015         6         772,168         9,505   

10 Year Japan Government Bond

     6/11/2015         7         8,592,488         (19,844

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/19/2015         51         6,574,219         35,242   
           

 

 

 

Total

$ 45,217   
           

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/17/2015         17       $ 758,200       $ (6,163

Cocoa

     5/13/2015         12         323,880         (23,160

Copper High Grade

     5/27/2015         3         205,500         6,238   

Copper LME

     6/17/2015         2         302,425         10,925   

Live Cattle

     6/30/2015         9         548,370         15,870   

Nickel LME

     6/17/2015         2         148,608         (5,844

Zinc LME

     6/17/2015         6         312,375         8,100   
           

 

 

 

Total

$ 5,966   
           

 

 

 
At March 31, 2015, open short futures contracts were as follows:   

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

DAX

     6/19/2015         1       $ 322,857       $ 94   

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/19/2015         2         206,080         (1,405

Euro Schatz

     6/08/2015         178         21,287,860         (12,441

German Euro BOBL

     6/08/2015         53         7,375,991         (14,247

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2015         67         11,437,352         (144,084

Hang Seng Index®

     4/29/2015         2         321,812         (5,056

UK Long Gilt

     6/26/2015         20         3,582,411         25,218   

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2015         76         16,655,875         (52,422

3 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2015         100         8,579,987         (42,819

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2015         39         4,688,227         (41,734

10 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2015         6         606,311         (3,829

10 Year Canada Government Bond

     6/19/2015         23         2,592,097         (4,477

30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/19/2015         9         1,474,875         (37,875
           

 

 

 

Total

$ (335,077
           

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/17/2015         4       $ 178,400       $ 1,230   

Brent Crude Oil

     4/15/2015         6         330,660         23,220   

Coffee

     5/18/2015         6         299,025         19,163   

Corn

     5/14/2015         24         451,500         20,325   

Cotton

     5/06/2015         13         410,150         (11,405

Low Sulfur Gasoil

     5/12/2015         2         104,800         (1,800

Natural Gas

     4/28/2015         2         52,800         4,300   

New York Harbor ULSD

     4/30/2015         1         71,736         (479

Silver

     5/27/2015         4         331,960         (5,460

Soybean

     5/14/2015         2         97,325         1,075   


Soybean Oil   5/14/2015      14      255,276      15,684   

Sugar

  4/30/2015      46      614,634      105,818   

Wheat

  5/14/2015      5      127,937      (6,688

WTI Crude Oil

  4/21/2015      7      333,200      (8,300

Zinc LME

  6/17/2015      3      156,188      (6,503
           

 

 

 

Total

$ 150,180   
           

 

 

 

 

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments*

   $ —         $ 25,348,898       $ —         $ 25,348,898   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —           57,913         —           57,913   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     341,273         —           —           341,273   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 341,273    $ 25,406,811    $ —      $ 25,748,084   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Valuation Inputs

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ —         $ (131,967    $ —         $ (131,967

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (474,987      —           —           (474,987
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ (474,987 $ (131,967 $ —      $ (606,954
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Derivatives

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

The Fund seeks to generate positive absolute returns over time. The Fund uses a set of proprietary quantitative models 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 asset price trends. 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 global equity and fixed income securities, securities indices, currencies, commodities and other instruments. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund used long and short contracts on U.S. and foreign equity market indices, U.S. and foreign government bonds, foreign currencies and commodities (through investments in the Subsidiary) to capture the exposures suggested by the quantitative investment models.


The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2015:

 

Assets

   Unrealized
appreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts
     Unrealized
appreciation on
futures contracts
     Total  

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

        

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 57,913       $ —         $ 57,913   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

Interest rate contracts

$ —      $ 60,460    $ 60,460   

Equity contracts

  —        48,865      48,865   

Commodity contracts

  —        231,948      231,948   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded asset derivatives

$ —      $ 341,273    $ 341,273   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

$ 57,913    $ 341,273    $ 399,186   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

   Unrealized
depreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts
     Unrealized
depreciation on
futures contracts
     Total  

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

        

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (131,967    $ —         $ (131,967
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

Interest rate contracts

$ —      $ (373,772 $ (373,772

Equity contracts

  —        (25,413   (25,413

Commodity contracts

  —        (75,802   (75,802
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded liability derivatives

$ —      $ (474,987 $ (474,987
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

$ (131,967 $ (474,987 $ (606,954
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Fund’s derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of this disclosure.

Over-the-counter derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts, are entered into pursuant to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) agreements negotiated between the Fund and its counterparties. ISDA agreements typically contain, among other things, terms for the posting of collateral and master netting provisions in the event of a default or other termination event. Master netting provisions allow the Fund and the counterparty, in the event of a default or other termination event, to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts, including any posted collateral, to one net amount payable by either the Fund or the counterparty. The Fund’s ISDA agreements typically contain provisions that allow a counterparty to terminate open contracts early if the NAV of the Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. As of March 31, 2015, the fair value of derivative positions subject to these provisions that are in a net liability position by counterparty, and the value of collateral pledged to counterparties for such contracts is as follows:

 

Counterparty

   Derivatives      Collateral Pledged  

UBS AG

   $ (74,054    $ 330,000   

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the Fund’s aggregated unrealized gains and the amount of any collateral pledged to the counterparty, which may be offset by any collateral posted to the Fund by the counterparty. ISDA master agreements can help to manage counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under these ISDA agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure in respect of certain transactions, net of existing collateral already in place, exceeds a specified amount (typically $250,000, depending on the counterparty). With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. The following table shows (i) the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund, and (ii) the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting provisions pursuant to ISDA agreements, as of March 31, 2015:


     Maximum Amount of
Loss - Gross
     Maximum Amount of
Loss - Net
 

Over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 57,913       $ —     

Collateral pledged to UBS AG

     330,000         330,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

  387,913      330,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

Futures contracts

  341,273      341,273   

Margin with brokers

  1,765,986      1,765,986   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

  2.107,259      2,107,259   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total counterparty credit risk

$ 2,495,172    $ 2,437,259   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

  78.3

Financial Company Commercial Paper

  13.4   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  91.7   

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

  8.3   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund

 

Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Short-Term Investments – 84.3% of Net Assets

  
   Certificates of Deposit – 72.8%   
$ 45,350,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.020%, 4/01/2015
   $ 45,350,000   
  60,000,000       BNP Paribas,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
     60,000,000   
  35,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
     35,000,000   
  15,000,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.050%, 4/01/2015
     15,000,000   
  45,000,000       Rabobank Nederland,
0.220%, 4/01/2015
     45,000,135   
  50,000,000       China Construction Bank Corp. (NY),
0.200%, 4/02/2015
     50,000,150   
  20,000,000       Agricultural Bank of China,
0.210%, 4/02/2015
     20,000,040   
  10,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.230%, 4/02/2015
     9,999,990   
  85,000,000       Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (NY),
0.140%, 4/07/2015
     84,999,830   
  15,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.130%, 4/09/2015
     14,999,895   
  80,000,000       Landesbank Hessen Thueringen Girozentrale,
0.130%, 4/10/2015
     80,000,000   
  25,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.240%, 4/16/2015
     24,999,900   
  40,000,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.200%, 4/23/2015
     40,000,000   
  30,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.250%, 4/24/2015
     30,001,410   
  25,000,000       U.S. Bank National Association,
0.160%, 4/27/2015
     25,001,500   
  50,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY),
0.260%, 5/04/2015
     50,007,100   
  45,000,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY),
0.288%, 5/06/2015(b)(c)
     44,999,235   
  40,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.200%, 5/12/2015
     40,006,520   
  10,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.230%, 5/15/2015
     9,999,750   
  25,000,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.250%, 5/18/2015
     24,999,325   
  50,000,000       Credit Industriel et Commercial,
0.200%, 5/19/2015
     49,999,600   
  5,000,000       DZ Bank AG,
0.400%, 5/19/2015
     5,001,290   
  20,000,000       State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.233%, 5/21/2015(b)
     19,999,260   
  75,000,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.285%, 6/05/2015
     75,010,275   
  30,000,000       State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.255%, 6/15/2015(b)
     29,999,220   
  5,000,000       Rabobank Nederland,
0.321%, 6/15/2015(b)
     4,999,570   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Certificates of Deposit – continued

  
$ 15,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.255%, 6/16/2015(b)
   $ 14,999,625   
  40,000,000       Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
0.210%, 6/17/2015
     39,996,520   
  5,500,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.270%, 6/17/2015
     5,500,000   
  20,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.180%, 7/01/2015
     20,004,080   
  35,000,000       Dexia Credit Local,
0.305%, 7/01/2015(b)
     34,998,355   
  30,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.303%, 7/06/2015(b)(c)
     29,999,250   
  50,000,000       Norinchukin Bank,
0.320%, 7/08/2015(c)
     50,008,200   
  25,000,000       Norinchukin Bank,
0.270%, 7/13/2015
     25,000,725   
  20,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.255%, 7/16/2015(b)(c)
     19,998,780   
  10,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.247%, 7/17/2015(b)(c)
     9,999,380   
  15,000,000       China Construction Bank Corp. (NY),
0.427%, 7/20/2015(b)(d)
     15,000,000   
  20,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.200%, 7/27/2015
     19,997,700   
  50,000,000       National Australia Bank,
0.220%, 7/29/2015(c)
     50,005,000   
  65,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.250%, 8/03/2015(c)
     65,005,590   
  10,000,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.313%, 8/05/2015(b)
     9,999,670   
  15,000,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.245%, 8/07/2015(b)
     14,998,980   
  30,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.310%, 8/10/2015(c)
     30,008,190   
  30,000,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.260%, 8/11/2015
     30,002,760   
  30,000,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.257%, 8/17/2015(b)
     29,997,720   
  35,000,000       Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
0.310%, 8/25/2015
     34,998,565   
  25,000,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.280%, 9/16/2015(e)
     24,997,650   
  30,000,000       Wells Fargo,
0.275%, 11/06/2015(b)
     29,996,490   
  15,000,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.265%, 11/10/2015(b)(c)
     14,998,170   
  30,000,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.276%, 1/13/2016(b)(c)
     29,988,360   
  20,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.305%, 2/08/2016(b)
     19,998,320   
  30,000,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.293%, 2/23/2016(b)
     29,997,240   
     

 

 

 
  1,635,869,315   
     

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper – 8.2%   
  20,000,000    JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.250%, 5/05/2015(f)
  19,996,940   
  50,000,000    Swedbank,
0.190%, 5/19/2015(f)
  49,991,150   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Financial Company Commercial Paper – continued

  
$ 20,000,000       General Electric Capital Corp.,
0.200%, 5/20/2015(f)
   $ 19,996,940   
  20,000,000       Swedbank,
0.190%, 5/21/2015(f)
     19,996,320   
  75,000,000       Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.170%, 6/24/2015(f)
     74,968,650   
     

 

 

 
  184,950,000   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Paper – 1.8%   
  40,000,000    Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Bank of China),
0.420%, 4/02/2015(f)
  39,999,720   
     

 

 

 
Other Notes – 1.5%   
  5,000,000    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 1,
0.424%, 4/06/2016(b)
  5,000,005   
  30,000,000    Wells Fargo,
0.390%, 4/19/2016(b)
  30,000,540   
     

 

 

 
  35,000,545   
     

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $1,895,796,416)
  1,895,819,580   
     

 

 

 
Total Investments – 84.3%
(Identified Cost $1,895,796,416)(a)
  1,895,819,580   
Other assets less liabilities – 15.7%   351,761,948   
     

 

 

 
Net Assets – 100.0% $ 2,247,581,528   
     

 

 

 

Consolidation

The Fund invests in commodity-related derivatives through its investment in the ASG Managed Futures Strategy Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Investments of the Subsidiary have been consolidated with those of the Fund for reporting purposes. As of March 31, 2015, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary was $90,815,211, representing 4.0% of the Fund’s net assets.


(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated rates determined based on information provided by an independent pricing service.

Futures contracts are valued at the current settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser or subadviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund 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.

 

(a) Federal Tax Information:

At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $1,895,796,416 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

$ 71,188   

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

  (48,024
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$ 23,164   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2015 is disclosed.
(c) A portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.
(d) Security payable on demand at par including accrued interest.
(e) All of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency and futures contracts.
(f) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts, to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Fund’s 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. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies the Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency the Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Contracts are traded over-the-counter directly with a counterparty. 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. When the Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract, it is required to pledge cash or high-quality securities equal to a percentage of the notional amount of the contract to the counterparty as an independent amount of collateral. The Fund may pledge additional collateral to the counterparty to the extent of mark-to-market losses on open contracts.


At March 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract
to
Buy/Sell1

   Delivery
Date
    

Currency

   Units
of
Currency
     Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Sell

     6/17/2015       Australian Dollar      70,600,000       $ 53,544,066       $ 550,855   

Sell

     6/17/2015       British Pound      23,750,000         35,212,462         288,064   

Sell

     6/17/2015       Canadian Dollar      58,600,000         46,220,237         41,374   

Buy

     6/17/2015       Euro      45,375,000         48,840,074         223,847   

Buy

     6/17/2015       Euro      32,875,000         35,385,508         (673,403

Sell

     6/17/2015       Euro      204,125,000         219,713,059         (3,075,955

Buy

     6/17/2015       Japanese Yen      4,750,000,000         39,646,834         6,258   

Buy

     6/17/2015       Japanese Yen      4,512,500,000         37,664,493         (218,334

Sell

     6/17/2015       Japanese Yen      19,050,000,000         159,004,673         (1,608,024

Sell

     6/17/2015       Mexican Peso      285,000,000         18,594,583         (299,878

Sell

     6/17/2015       New Zealand Dollar      28,200,000         20,928,022         (195,494

Sell

     6/17/2015       Norwegian Krone      614,000,000         76,071,878         (934,518

Sell

     6/17/2015       Singapore Dollar      69,750,000         50,728,748         (315,104

Sell

     6/17/2015       South African Rand      408,500,000         33,259,785         (438,134

Sell

     6/17/2015       Swedish Krona      832,000,000         96,723,717         (312,039

Buy

     6/17/2015       Swiss Franc      13,750,000         14,193,182         (192,492

Sell

     6/17/2015       Swiss Franc      23,875,000         24,644,525         (765,460

Sell

     6/17/2015       Turkish Lira      116,700,000         44,025,763         (213,881
              

 

 

 

Total

$ (8,132,318
              

 

 

 

 

1 Counterparty is UBS AG

Futures Contracts

The Fund and the Subsidiary may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular commodity, instrument or index for a specified price on a specified future date.

When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker 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 the Fund or the 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. Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund or the Subsidiary enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s or the Subsidiary’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities, commodities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund and the Subsidiary are reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, the Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.

At March 31, 2015, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Copper LME

     6/17/2015         202       $ 30,544,925       $ (512,221

Live Cattle

     6/30/2015         719         43,808,670         947,110   

Zinc LME

     6/17/2015         396         20,616,750         (39,383
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 395,506   
           

 

 

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

AEX-Index®

     4/17/2015         1,432       $ 150,603,775       $ (1,502,789

ASX SPI 200™

     6/18/2015         1,108         124,181,093         850,458   

CAC 40®

     4/17/2015         1,942         105,158,535         432,562   

DAX

     6/19/2015         372         120,102,934         1,541,344   

E-mini Dow

     6/19/2015         1,192         105,509,880         (524,485


E-mini NASDAQ 100      6/19/2015         1,765         152,831,350         162,685   

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/19/2015         851         87,687,040         1,227,568   

Euribor

     9/14/2015         7,394         1,987,600,213         434,159   

Euro Schatz

     6/08/2015         4,269         510,549,845         275,415   

EURO STOXX 50®

     6/19/2015         2,988         116,658,509         209,921   

Euro-BTP

     6/08/2015         1,415         213,889,546         (1,548,371

Euro-OAT

     6/08/2015         2,267         380,386,305         4,816,218   

Eurodollar

     9/14/2015         17,036         4,238,556,800         3,675,013   

FTSE 100 Index

     6/19/2015         868         86,616,261         (821,003

FTSE MIB

     6/19/2015         846         103,783,311         2,366,777   

FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index

     6/18/2015         1,998         76,419,505         (799,575

German Euro BOBL

     6/08/2015         3,136         436,436,018         809,287   

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2015         2,914         497,439,442         4,259,303   

Hang Seng Index®

     4/29/2015         596         95,900,137         1,349,190   

IBEX 35

     4/17/2015         857         105,881,911         5,096,956   

Mini-Russell 2000

     6/19/2015         1,203         150,242,670         4,655,605   

MSCI Singapore

     4/29/2015         1,535         85,029,839         229,267   

MSCI Taiwan Index

     4/29/2015         2,671         94,286,300         (1,406,900

Nikkei 225™

     6/11/2015         1,417         226,961,021         2,642,832   

OMXS30®

     4/17/2015         7,504         144,466,039         1,085,323   

S&P CNX Nifty Futures Index

     4/30/2015         6,275         107,164,450         (1,085,575

S&P/TSX 60 Index

     6/18/2015         890         121,608,622         1,107,333   

Sterling

     9/16/2015         13,499         2,488,033,783         1,082,511   

TOPIX

     6/11/2015         1,844         237,313,045         1,364,364   

UK Long Gilt

     6/26/2015         1,834         328,507,091         1,776,149   

Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/19/2015         538         91,392,750         737,867   

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2015         7,522         1,648,493,312         5,619,496   

3 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2015         11,260         966,106,489         3,247,781   

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2015         4,862         584,465,581         3,595,854   

10 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2015         2,350         237,471,928         2,366,233   

10 Year Canada Government Bond

     6/19/2015         2,261         254,814,370         283,337   

10 Year Japan Government Bond

     6/11/2015         683         838,381,290         (1,814,233

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/19/2015         2,735         352,558,594         2,645,577   

30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/19/2015         1,097         179,770,875         1,211,289   
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 51,654,743   
           

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, open short futures contracts were as follows:

  

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/17/2015         1,162       $ 51,825,200       $ (275,749

Brent Crude Oil

     4/15/2015         389         21,437,790         925,290   

Cocoa

     5/13/2015         1,317         35,545,830         679,000   

Coffee

     5/18/2015         321         15,997,837         1,828,781   

Copper High Grade

     5/27/2015         385         26,372,500         (1,269,875

Copper LME

     6/17/2015         289         43,700,412         (1,578,663

Corn

     5/14/2015         2,388         44,924,250         1,870,413   

Cotton

     5/06/2015         1,082         34,137,100         (972,385

Gasoline

     4/30/2015         148         11,002,320         229,370   

Gold

     6/26/2015         342         40,465,440         797,330   

Low Sulfur Gasoil

     5/12/2015         369         19,335,600         (332,100

Natural Gas

     4/28/2015         611         16,130,400         1,333,650   

New York Harbor ULSD

     4/30/2015         221         15,853,656         (305,021

Nickel LME

     6/17/2015         421         31,281,984         3,816,490   


Silver   5/27/2015      161      13,361,390      (807,990

Soybean

  5/14/2015      1,045      50,852,313      940,675   

Soybean Meal

  5/14/2015      503      16,438,040      245,210   

Soybean Oil

  5/14/2015      3,500      63,819,000      1,175,766   

Sugar

  4/30/2015      6,231      83,256,130      8,988,090   

Wheat

  5/14/2015      1,779      45,520,163      (361,487

WTI Crude Oil

  4/21/2015      407      19,373,200      (971,540

Zinc LME

  6/17/2015      343      17,857,437      (594,695
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 15,360,560   
           

 

 

 

 

2  Commodity futures are held by ASG Managed Futures Strategy Cayman Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments*

   $ —         $ 1,895,819,580       $ —         $ 1,895,819,580   

Forward Foreign Currency (unrealized appreciation)

     —           1,110,398         —           1,110,398   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     84,934,849         —           —           84,934,849   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 84,934,849    $ 1,896,929,978    $ —      $ 1,981,864,827   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ —         $ (9,242,716    $ —         $ (9,242,716

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (17,524,040      —           —           (17,524,040
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ (17,524,040 $ (9,242,716 $ —      $ (26,766,756
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Derivatives

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

The Fund seeks to generate positive absolute returns over time. The Fund uses a set of proprietary quantitative models 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 asset price trends. 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 global equity and fixed income securities, securities indices, currencies, commodities and other instruments. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund used long and short contracts on foreign equity market indices, foreign currencies and commodities (through investments in the Subsidiary) and long contracts on U.S. equity market indices, U.S. and foreign government bonds and short-term interest rates, to capture the exposures suggested by the quantitative investment models.


The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2015:

 

Assets

   Unrealized
appreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts
     Unrealized
appreciation on
futures contracts
     Total  

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

        

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 1,110,398       $ —         $ 1,110,398   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

Interest rate contracts

$ —      $ 36,835,489    $ 36,835,489   

Equity contracts

  —        24,322,185      24,322,185   

Commodity contracts

  —        23,777,175      23,777,175   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded asset derivatives

$ —      $ 84,934,849    $ 84,934,849   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

$ 1,110,398    $ 84,934,849    $ 86,045,247   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

   Unrealized
depreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts
     Unrealized
depreciation on
futures contracts
     Total  

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (9,242,716    $ —         $ (9,242,716
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

Interest rate contracts

$ —      $ (3,362,604 $ (3,362,604

Equity contracts

  —        (6,140,327   (6,140,327

Commodity contracts

  —        (8,021,109   (8,021,109
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded liability derivatives

$ —      $ (17,524,040 $ (17,524,040
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

$ (9,242,716 $ (17,524,040 $ (26,766,756
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Fund’s derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of this disclosure.

Over-the-counter derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts, are entered into pursuant to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) agreements negotiated between the Fund and its counterparties. ISDA agreements typically contain, among other things, terms for the posting of collateral and master netting provisions in the event of a default or other termination event. Master netting provisions allow the Fund and the counterparty, in the event of a default or other termination event, to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts, including any posted collateral, to one net amount payable by either the Fund or the counterparty. The Fund’s ISDA agreements typically contain provisions that allow a counterparty to terminate open contracts early if the NAV of the Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. As of March 31, 2015, the fair value of derivative positions subject to these provisions that are in a net liability position by counterparty, and the value of collateral pledged to counterparties for such contracts is as follows:

 

Counterparty

   Derivatives      Collateral Pledged  

UBS AG

   $ (8,132,318    $ 33,380,000   

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the Fund’s aggregated unrealized gains and the amount of any collateral pledged to the counterparty, which may be offset by any collateral posted to the Fund by the counterparty. ISDA master agreements can help to manage counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under these ISDA agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure in respect of certain transactions, net of existing collateral already in place, exceeds a specified amount (typically $250,000, depending on the counterparty). With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. The following table shows (i) the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund, and (ii) the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting provisions pursuant to ISDA agreements, as of March 31, 2015:

 

     Maximum Amount of
Loss - Gross
     Maximum Amount of
Loss - Net
 

Over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 1,110,398       $ —     

Collateral pledged to UBS AG

     33,380,000         33,380,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

  34,490,398      33,380,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

Futures contracts

  84,934,849      84,934,849   

Margin with brokers

  201,394,932      201,394,932   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

  286,329,781      286,329,781   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total counterparty credit risk

$ 320,820,179    $ 319,709,781   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


Investment Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

  72.8

Financial Company Commercial Paper

  8.2   

Commercial Paper

  1.8   

Other Notes

  1.5   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  84.3   

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

  15.7   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund

 

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   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – 44.9% of Net Assets

  
   Aerospace & Defense – 1.3%   
  2,196       Boeing Co. (The)    $ 329,576   
  2,675       Honeywell International, Inc.      279,029   
  1,077       Lockheed Martin Corp.      218,588   
  1,078       Northrop Grumman Corp.      173,515   
  1,641       Rockwell Collins, Inc.      158,438   
     

 

 

 
  1,159,146   
     

 

 

 
Air Freight & Logistics – 0.2%
  1,122    FedEx Corp.   185,635   
     

 

 

 
Airlines – 0.2%
  4,380    Southwest Airlines Co.   194,034   
     

 

 

 
Auto Components – 0.3%
  3,866    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)   104,691   
  3,307    Johnson Controls, Inc.   166,805   
     

 

 

 
  271,496   
     

 

 

 
Automobiles – 0.2%
  4,664    General Motors Co.   174,900   
     

 

 

 
Banks – 3.4%
  14,514    Bank of America Corp.   223,371   
  11,072    Citigroup, Inc.   570,429   
  12,672    JPMorgan Chase & Co.   767,670   
  3,025    PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)   282,051   
  8,187    U.S. Bancorp   357,526   
  15,663    Wells Fargo & Co.   852,067   
     

 

 

 
  3,053,114   
     

 

 

 
Beverages – 1.5%
  13,412    Coca-Cola Co. (The)   543,857   
  3,151    Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.   139,274   
  1,790    Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.   140,479   
  5,246    PepsiCo, Inc.   501,622   
     

 

 

 
  1,325,232   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology – 2.2%
  1,186    Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)   205,534   
  2,588    Amgen, Inc.   413,692   
  824    Biogen Idec, Inc.(b)   347,926   
  2,666    Celgene Corp.(b)   307,336   
  4,847    Gilead Sciences, Inc.(b)   475,636   
  492    Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)   222,128   
     

 

 

 
  1,972,252   
     

 

 

 
Capital Markets – 0.3%
  6,770    Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)   272,425   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals – 1.2%
  812    Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   122,839   


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Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  
   Chemicals – continued   
  3,049       Dow Chemical Co. (The)    $ 146,291   
  2,219       E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      158,592   
  508       Ecolab, Inc.      58,105   
  1,292       Monsanto Co.      145,402   
  558       PPG Industries, Inc.      125,851   
  1,074       Praxair, Inc.      129,675   
  418       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      118,921   
  479       Sigma-Aldrich Corp.      66,222   
     

 

 

 
  1,071,898   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.3%
  762    Stericycle, Inc.(b)   107,008   
  3,784    Tyco International PLC   162,939   
     

 

 

 
  269,947   
     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment – 0.5%
  15,740    Cisco Systems, Inc.   433,243   
     

 

 

 
Construction & Engineering – 0.1%
  3,709    Quanta Services, Inc.(b)   105,818   
     

 

 

 
Consumer Finance – 0.1%
  1,013    American Express Co.   79,136   
     

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging – 0.1%
  1,316    MeadWestvaco Corp.   65,629   
  1,305    Sealed Air Corp.   59,456   
     

 

 

 
  125,085   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services – 1.3%
  3,761    Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)   542,787   
  2,369    CME Group, Inc.   224,368   
  1,764    McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.   182,398   
  2,016    Moody’s Corp.   209,261   
     

 

 

 
  1,158,814   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.0%
  2,456    CenturyLink, Inc.   84,855   
  23,490    Frontier Communications Corp.   165,605   
  13,818    Verizon Communications, Inc.   671,969   
     

 

 

 
  922,429   
     

 

 

 
Electric Utilities – 0.7%
  2,933    American Electric Power Co., Inc.   164,981   
  1,583    Duke Energy Corp.   121,543   
  814    Eversource Energy   41,123   
  2,212    NextEra Energy, Inc.   230,159   
  1,329    PPL Corp.   44,734   
  1,688    Southern Co. (The)   74,745   
     

 

 

 
  677,285   
     

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.3%
  6,246    Corning, Inc.   141,659   


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Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – continued   
  2,529       TE Connectivity Ltd.    $ 181,127   
     

 

 

 
  322,786   
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services – 0.7%
  5,094    Halliburton Co.   223,525   
  5,068    Schlumberger Ltd.   422,874   
     

 

 

 
  646,399   
     

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing – 1.0%
  4,238    CVS Health Corp.   437,404   
  2,115    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.   173,959   
  3,769    Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   319,159   
     

 

 

 
  930,522   
     

 

 

 
Food Products – 0.7%
  4,206    Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   199,364   
  1,265    Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.   127,171   
  7,746    Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   279,553   
     

 

 

 
  606,088   
     

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.6%
  820    CR Bard, Inc.   137,227   
  5,034    Medtronic PLC   392,602   
     

 

 

 
  529,829   
     

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services – 0.4%
  467    Cardinal Health, Inc.   42,156   
  1,584    DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.(b)   128,748   
  1,026    McKesson Corp.   232,081   
     

 

 

 
  402,985   
     

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.7%
  159    Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(b)   103,436   
  1,706    McDonald’s Corp.   166,233   
  2,749    Starbucks Corp.   260,330   
  815    Wynn Resorts Ltd.   102,592   
     

 

 

 
  632,591   
     

 

 

 
Household Durables – 0.2%
  1,215    Garmin Ltd.   57,737   
  1,718    Lennar Corp., Class A   89,009   
     

 

 

 
  146,746   
     

 

 

 
Household Products – 0.6%
  3,503    Colgate-Palmolive Co.   242,898   
  3,223    Procter & Gamble Co. (The)   264,093   
     

 

 

 
  506,991   
     

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates – 1.4%
  2,000    3M Co.   329,900   
  2,442    Danaher Corp.   207,326   
  29,610    General Electric Co.   734,624   
     

 

 

 
  1,271,850   
     

 

 

 


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Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  
   Insurance – 1.4%   
  175       Assurant, Inc.    $ 10,747   
  2,088       Chubb Corp. (The)      211,097   
  3,200       Lincoln National Corp.      183,872   
  4,040       Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      226,604   
  2,511       MetLife, Inc.      126,931   
  3,555       Principal Financial Group, Inc.      182,620   
  3,045       Torchmark Corp.      167,231   
  3,644       XL Group PLC      134,099   
     

 

 

 
  1,243,201   
     

 

 

 
Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.7%
  1,152    Amazon.com, Inc.(b)   428,659   
  197    Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)   229,338   
     

 

 

 
  657,997   
     

 

 

 
Internet Software & Services – 1.8%
  4,118    eBay, Inc.(b)   237,526   
  6,283    Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)   516,557   
  858    Google, Inc., Class A(b)   475,933   
  783    Google, Inc., Class C(b)   429,084   
     

 

 

 
  1,659,100   
     

 

 

 
IT Services – 1.1%
  2,847    International Business Machines Corp.   456,943   
  3,174    Paychex, Inc.   157,478   
  5,644    Visa, Inc., Class A   369,174   
     

 

 

 
  983,595   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Products – 0.1%
  4,045    Mattel, Inc.   92,428   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – 0.5%
  2,253    Flowserve Corp.   127,272   
  1,773    Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   172,229   
  1,302    Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   124,159   
     

 

 

 
  423,660   
     

 

 

 
Media – 1.8%
  7,732    Comcast Corp., Class A   436,626   
  1,789    DIRECTV(b)   152,244   
  1,236    Time Warner Cable, Inc.   185,251   
  3,088    Time Warner, Inc.   260,751   
  3,666    Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A   124,057   
  4,621    Walt Disney Co. (The)   484,697   
     

 

 

 
  1,643,626   
     

 

 

 
Metals & Mining – 0.1%
  1,466    Nucor Corp.   69,679   
     

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities – 0.6%
  1,829    CMS Energy Corp.   63,850   
  681    Consolidated Edison, Inc.   41,541   
  1,153    Dominion Resources, Inc.   81,713   
  1,716    NiSource, Inc.   75,778   


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Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  
   Multi-Utilities – continued   
  2,951       PG&E Corp.    $ 156,610   
  1,731       SCANA Corp.      95,188   
     

 

 

 
  514,680   
     

 

 

 
Multiline Retail – 0.2%
  1,508    Kohl’s Corp.   118,001   
  972    Nordstrom, Inc.   78,071   
     

 

 

 
  196,072   
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.1%
  2,649    Apache Corp.   159,814   
  8,526    Chesapeake Energy Corp.   120,728   
  1,103    Cimarex Energy Co.   126,944   
  5,324    ConocoPhillips   331,472   
  2,846    EOG Resources, Inc.   260,950   
  2,422    Exxon Mobil Corp.   205,870   
  2,263    Hess Corp.   153,590   
  7,692    Kinder Morgan, Inc.   323,526   
  6,057    Marathon Oil Corp.   158,148   
  1,919    Marathon Petroleum Corp.   196,486   
  3,060    Phillips 66   240,516   
  1,144    Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   187,056   
  5,165    Spectra Energy Corp.   186,818   
  3,035    Valero Energy Corp.   193,087   
     

 

 

 
  2,845,005   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals – 3.4%
  3,926    AbbVie, Inc.   229,828   
  1,411    Actavis PLC(b)   419,942   
  5,373    Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   346,558   
  7,912    Johnson & Johnson   795,947   
  8,997    Merck & Co., Inc.   517,148   
  2,759    Mylan NV(b)   163,747   
  18,437    Pfizer, Inc.   641,423   
     

 

 

 
  3,114,593   
     

 

 

 
Professional Services – 0.1%
  1,187    Equifax, Inc.   110,391   
     

 

 

 
REITs - Apartments – 0.2%
  1,224    AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   213,282   
     

 

 

 
REITs - Diversified – 0.2%
  1,183    American Tower Corp.   111,379   
  2,692    Weyerhaeuser Co.   89,240   
     

 

 

 
  200,619   
     

 

 

 
REITs - Storage – 0.2%
  1,137    Public Storage   224,148   
     

 

 

 
Road & Rail – 0.5%
  3,505    CSX Corp.   116,085   
  2,773    Union Pacific Corp.   300,344   
     

 

 

 
  416,429   
     

 

 

 


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Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  

   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.0%   
  2,616       Analog Devices, Inc.    $ 164,808   
  14,562       Intel Corp.      455,354   
  1,827       Lam Research Corp.      128,319   
  2,620       Microchip Technology, Inc.      128,118   
     

 

 

 
  876,599   
     

 

 

 
Software – 1.9%   
  2,421    Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)   179,009   
  21,605    Microsoft Corp.   878,351   
  10,153    Oracle Corp.   438,102   
  3,130    Salesforce.com, Inc.(b)   209,115   
     

 

 

 
  1,704,577   
     

 

 

 
Specialty Retail – 1.1%   
  145    AutoZone, Inc.(b)   98,913   
  3,962    Home Depot, Inc. (The)   450,123   
  1,549    L Brands, Inc.   146,055   
  3,530    Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   262,597   
  979    Tractor Supply Co.   83,274   
     

 

 

 
  1,040,962   
     

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.1%   
  14,329    Apple, Inc.   1,782,957   
  5,161    Hewlett-Packard Co.   160,817   
     

 

 

 
  1,943,774   
     

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.5%   
  2,129    NIKE, Inc., Class B   213,603   
  1,106    Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)   89,309   
  1,596    VF Corp.   120,195   
     

 

 

 
  423,107   
     

 

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.2%   
  15,943    Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.   167,083   
     

 

 

 
Tobacco – 0.6%   
  5,626    Philip Morris International, Inc.   423,806   
  1,946    Reynolds American, Inc.   134,099   
     

 

 

 
  557,905   
     

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $37,512,801)
  40,771,188   
     

 

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Funds – 9.6%

  

  42,006    SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
(Identified Cost $8,150,953)
  8,671,299   
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

             

 

Short-Term Investments – 41.8%

  

   Certificates of Deposit – 35.9%   
$ 1,350,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.020%, 4/01/2015
     1,350,000   
  1,800,000       BNP Paribas,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
     1,800,000   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
$ 1,000,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda,
0.030%, 4/01/2015
   $ 1,000,000   
  200,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.050%, 4/01/2015
     200,000   
  300,000       Rabobank Nederland,
0.220%, 4/01/2015
     300,001   
  700,000       Agricultural Bank of China,
0.210%, 4/02/2015
     700,001   
  800,000       China Construction Bank Corp. (NY),
0.750%, 4/06/2015 (c)
     800,080   
  1,700,000       Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (NY),
0.140%, 4/07/2015 (c)
     1,699,997   
  150,000       Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.220%, 4/08/2015 (c)
     150,003   
  250,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.130%, 4/09/2015 (c)
     249,998   
  1,600,000       Landesbank Hessen Thueringen Girozentrale,
0.130%, 4/10/2015 (c)
     1,600,000   
  300,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.240%, 4/16/2015 (c)
     299,999   
  950,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.200%, 4/23/2015 (c)
     950,000   
  650,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.250%, 4/24/2015 (c)
     650,031   
  1,000,000       U.S. Bank National Association,
0.160%, 4/27/2015 (c)
     1,000,060   
  500,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.170%, 4/30/2015 (c)
     500,006   
  800,000       Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY),
0.260%, 5/04/2015 (c)
     800,114   
  200,000       Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.220%, 5/05/2015 (c)
     200,008   
  800,000       Standard Chartered Bank (NY),
0.288%, 5/06/2015 (c)(d)
     799,986   
  100,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.257%, 5/11/2015 (c)(d)
     99,998   
  900,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.200%, 5/12/2015 (c)
     900,147   
  600,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.230%, 5/15/2015 (c)
     599,985   
  400,000       Mizuho Corporate Bank,
0.250%, 5/18/2015 (c)
     399,989   
  1,200,000       Credit Industriel et Commercial,
0.200%, 5/19/2015 (c)
     1,199,990   
  250,000       DZ Bank AG,
0.400%, 5/19/2015 (c)
     250,064   
  900,000       State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.233%, 5/21/2015 (c)(d)
     899,967   
  1,500,000       National Bank of Kuwait,
0.285%, 6/05/2015 (c)
     1,500,205   
  500,000       Rabobank Nederland,
0.321%, 6/15/2015 (c)(d)
     499,957   
  700,000       Dexia Credit Local,
0.305%, 7/01/2015 (c)(d)
     699,967   
  1,000,000       Norinchukin Bank,
0.320%, 7/08/2015 (c)
     1,000,164   
  300,000       Norinchukin Bank,
0.270%, 7/13/2015 (c)
     300,009   
  600,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.200%, 7/27/2015 (c)
     599,931   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
$ 700,000       National Australia Bank,
0.220%, 7/29/2015 (c)
   $ 700,070   
  1,300,000       Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.250%, 8/03/2015 (c)
     1,300,112   
  800,000       Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.313%, 8/05/2015 (c)(d)
     799,974   
  500,000       Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.310%, 8/10/2015 (c)
     500,136   
  250,000       Banco Del Estado de Chile,
0.257%, 8/17/2015 (c)(d)
     249,981   
  1,200,000       Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
0.310%, 8/25/2015 (c)
     1,199,951   
  700,000       Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.280%, 9/16/2015 (c)
     699,934   
  800,000       Wells Fargo,
0.275%, 11/06/2015 (c)(d)
     799,906   
  800,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.276%, 1/13/2016 (c)(d)
     799,690   
  1,000,000       Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.305%, 2/08/2016 (c)(d)
     999,916   
  500,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.293%, 2/23/2016 (c)(d)
     499,954   
     

 

 

 
  32,550,281   
     

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper – 5.9%   
  850,000    Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.220%, 4/28/2015 (c)(e)
  849,922   
  1,100,000    JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.250%, 4/29/2015 (c)(e)
  1,099,868   
  300,000    Swedbank,
0.190%, 5/19/2015 (c)(e)
  299,947   
  1,000,000    General Electric Capital Corp.,
0.200%, 5/20/2015 (c)(e)
  999,847   
  1,100,000    Swedbank,
0.190%, 5/21/2015 (c)(e)
  1,099,797   
  600,000    Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.,
0.170%, 6/24/2015 (c)(e)
  599,749   
  400,000    General Electric Capital Corp.,
0.260%, 8/24/2015 (c)(e)
  399,606   
     

 

 

 
  5,348,736   
     

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $37,898,577)
  37,899,017   
     

 

 

 


    

Description

   Value (†)  
   Total Investments – 96.3%
(Identified Cost $83,562,331)(a)
   $ 87,341,504   
   Other assets less liabilities – 3.7%      3,399,293   
     

 

 

 
Net Assets – 100.0% $ 90,740,797   
     

 

 

 

 

(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and subadvisers and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Listed equity securities (including closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. 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 an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market.

Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. Futures contracts are valued at the current settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser or subadviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

 

(a) Federal Tax Information:

At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $83,562,331 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

$ 4,208,515   

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

  (429,342
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$ 3,779,173   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) All of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open futures contracts.
(d) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2015 is disclosed.
(e) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

 

ETF Exchange-Traded Fund
REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts
SPDR Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

 


Futures Contracts

The Fund 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 the Fund 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 the Fund, depending on the price fluctuations in the fair value of the contract and the value of cash or securities on deposit with the broker. Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures contracts 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 Fund are reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, the Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.

At March 31, 2015, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/19/2015         554       $ 57,084,160       $ 702,803   
           

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 40,771,188       $ —         $ —         $ 40,771,188   

Exchange-Traded Funds

     8,671,299         —           —           8,671,299   

Short-Term Investments*

     —           37,899,017         —           37,899,017   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     702,803         —           —           702,803   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 50,145,290    $ 37,899,017    $ —      $ 88,044,307   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.


Derivatives

Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of another security or financial instrument. Derivative instruments that the Fund used during the period include futures contracts.

The Fund is 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. The Fund may use futures contracts to hedge against a decline in value of an equity security that it owns. The Fund may also use futures contracts to increase its exposure to the U.S. equity market or to manage volatility. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund used long contracts on U.S. equity market indices to gain investment exposure in accordance with its objectives.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2015:

 

Assets

   Unrealized
appreciation on
futures contracts
 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

  

Equity contracts

   $ 702,803   

The Fund’s derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of this disclosure.

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. The following table shows the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund:

 

     Maximum Amount of
Loss - Gross
 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

  

Futures contracts

   $ 702,803   

Margin with brokers

     1,690,478   
  

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

$ 2,393,281   
  

 

 

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Exchange-Traded Funds

  9.6

Pharmaceuticals

  3.4   

Banks

  3.4   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

  3.1   

Biotechnology

  2.2   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

  2.1   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

  30.7   

Short-Term Investments

  41.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  96.3   

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

  3.7   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

Natixis Oakmark Fund

 

Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – 94.5% of Net Assets

  

   Aerospace & Defense – 1.2%   
  16,350       Precision Castparts Corp.    $ 3,433,500   
     

 

 

 
Air Freight & Logistics – 1.9%   
  32,700    FedEx Corp.   5,410,215   
     

 

 

 
Automobiles – 2.0%   
  128,400    General Motors Co.   4,815,000   
  17,800    Harley-Davidson, Inc.   1,081,172   
     

 

 

 
  5,896,172   
     

 

 

 
Banks – 9.2%   
  572,400    Bank of America Corp.   8,809,236   
  134,200    Citigroup, Inc.   6,913,984   
  101,600    JPMorgan Chase & Co.   6,154,928   
  87,000    Wells Fargo & Co.   4,732,800   
     

 

 

 
  26,610,948   
     

 

 

 
Beverages – 1.4%   
  36,400    Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR   4,024,748   
     

 

 

 
Capital Markets – 7.7%   
  104,600    Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)   4,209,104   
  88,000    Franklin Resources, Inc.   4,516,160   
  28,100    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)   5,281,957   
  72,000    State Street Corp.   5,294,160   
  38,000    T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   3,077,240   
     

 

 

 
  22,378,621   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals – 1.6%   
  40,400    Monsanto Co.   4,546,616   
     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment – 1.7%   
  69,500    QUALCOMM, Inc.   4,819,130   
     

 

 

 
Consumer Finance – 1.8%   
  66,500    Capital One Financial Corp.   5,241,530   
     

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.0%   
  82,800    TE Connectivity Ltd.   5,930,136   
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services – 2.5%   
  10,300    Baker Hughes, Inc.   654,874   
  81,000    Halliburton Co.   3,554,280   
  58,400    National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   2,919,416   
     

 

 

 
  7,128,570   
     

 

 

 
Food Products – 4.6%   
  95,600    General Mills, Inc.   5,410,960   
  57,000    Nestle S.A., Sponsored ADR   4,287,574   
  91,300    Unilever PLC, Sponsored ADR   3,808,123   
     

 

 

 
  13,506,657   
     

 

 

 


Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  

   Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 2.1%   
  77,200       Medtronic PLC    $ 6,020,828   
     

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services – 2.0%   
  49,100    UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   5,808,039   
     

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.2%   
  60,900    Las Vegas Sands Corp.   3,351,936   
     

 

 

 
Household Durables – 1.2%   
  17,850    Whirlpool Corp.   3,606,771   
     

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates – 2.0%   
  238,800    General Electric Co.   5,924,628   
     

 

 

 
Insurance – 7.1%   
  84,100    Aflac, Inc.   5,383,241   
  118,700    American International Group, Inc.   6,503,573   
  51,000    Aon PLC   4,902,120   
  76,100    Principal Financial Group, Inc.   3,909,257   
     

 

 

 
  20,698,191   
     

 

 

 
Internet & Catalog Retail – 4.3%   
  20,110    Amazon.com, Inc.(b)   7,482,931   
  176,800    Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A(b)   5,160,792   
     

 

 

 
  12,643,723   
     

 

 

 
Internet Software & Services – 2.4%   
  12,720    Google, Inc., Class A(b)   7,055,784   
     

 

 

 
IT Services – 7.8%   
  33,200    Accenture PLC, Class A   3,110,508   
  69,400    Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   5,943,416   
  83,200    MasterCard, Inc., Class A   7,187,648   
  96,720    Visa, Inc., Class A   6,326,455   
     

 

 

 
  22,568,027   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – 4.2%   
  44,800    Caterpillar, Inc.   3,585,344   
  51,200    Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   4,973,568   
  31,700    Parker Hannifin Corp.   3,765,326   
     

 

 

 
  12,324,238   
     

 

 

 
Media – 4.6%   
  65,200    Comcast Corp., Special Class A   3,655,438   
  313,100    News Corp., Class A(b)   5,012,731   
  59,800    Omnicom Group, Inc.   4,663,204   
     

 

 

 
  13,331,373   
     

 

 

 
Metals & Mining – 1.1%   
  740,200    Glencore PLC   3,124,931   
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.3%   
  110,700    Apache Corp.   6,678,531   
  197,000    Chesapeake Energy Corp.   2,789,520   
     

 

 

 
  9,468,051   
     

 

 

 

 


Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  

   Pharmaceuticals – 1.6%   
  93,100       Sanofi, ADR    $ 4,602,864   
     

 

 

 
Road & Rail – 1.0%   
  27,800    Union Pacific Corp.   3,011,018   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 4.8%   
  120,000    Applied Materials, Inc.   2,707,200   
  191,100    Intel Corp.   5,975,697   
  91,400    Texas Instruments, Inc.   5,226,709   
     

 

 

 
  13,909,606   
     

 

 

 
Software – 3.8%   
  108,600    Microsoft Corp.   4,415,133   
  155,500    Oracle Corp.   6,709,825   
     

 

 

 
  11,124,958   
     

 

 

 
Specialty Retail – 0.4%   
  11,000    Home Depot, Inc. (The)   1,249,710   
     

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.0%   
  46,600    Apple, Inc.   5,798,438   
     

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $240,161,946)
  274,549,957   
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

             

 

Short-Term Investments – 5.4%

  

$ 15,829,527       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2015 at 0.010% to be repurchased at $15,829,531 on 4/01/2015 collateralized by $14,420,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625% due 2/15/2021 valued at $16,150,400 including accrued interest(c) (Identified Cost $15,829,527)      15,829,527   
     

 

 

 

 


    

Description

   Value (†)  
   Total Investments – 99.9%
(Identified Cost $255,991,473)(a)
   $ 290,379,484   
  

Other assets less liabilities – 0.1%

     243,938   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

$ 290,623,422   
     

 

 

 

 

(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Listed equity securities (including closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. 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 an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used.

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

As of March 31, 2015, approximately 1% of the market value of investments was fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees as events occurring after the close of the foreign market were believed to materially affect the value of one security.

The books and records of the Fund 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.

 

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

At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $255,991,473 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

$ 42,599,513   

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

  (8,211,502
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$ 34,388,011   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2015, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

 

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.


Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks

           

Metals and Mining

   $ —         $ 3,124,931       $ —         $ 3,124,931   

All Other Common Stocks*

     271,425,026         —           —           271,425,026   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

  271,425,026      3,124,931      —        274,549,957   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

  —        15,829,527      —        15,829,527   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 271,425,026    $ 18,954,458    $ —      $ 290,379,484   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

A common stock valued at $3,447,185 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2015. At December 31, 2014, this security was valued at the market price in the foreign market in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies. At March 31, 2015, this security was fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees as events occurring after the close of the foreign market were believed to materially affect the value of the security.

All transfers are recognized as of the beginning of the reporting period.

Industry Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Banks

  9.2

IT Services

  7.8   

Capital Markets

  7.7   

Insurance

  7.1   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

  4.8   

Food Products

  4.6   

Media

  4.6   

Internet & Catalog Retail

  4.3   

Machinery

  4.2   

Software

  3.8   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

  3.3   

Energy Equipment & Services

  2.5   

Internet Software & Services

  2.4   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

  2.1   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

  2.0   

Industrial Conglomerates

  2.0   

Automobiles

  2.0   

Health Care Providers & Services

  2.0   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

  2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

  16.1   

Short-Term Investments

  5.4   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  99.9   

Other assets less liabilities

  0.1   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – 65.6% of Net Assets

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – 61.6%

  
   ABS Car Loan – 0.7%   
$ 2,259,000       AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2013-4, Class D,
3.310%, 10/08/2019(b)
   $ 2,319,600   
  2,280,000       Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2014-C, Class A3,
1.060%, 5/15/2019(b)
     2,284,277   
  2,810,000       Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-A, Class A3,
1.280%, 9/15/2019(b)
     2,818,467   
  2,455,000       Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2014-4, Class A3,
0.990%, 9/17/2018(b)
     2,458,589   
     

 

 

 
  9,880,933   
     

 

 

 
ABS Credit Card – 4.0%   
  3,145,000    American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A,
0.595%, 2/16/2021(b)(c)
  3,152,290   
  1,860,000    American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2013-3, Class A,
0.980%, 5/15/2019(b)
  1,863,277   
  1,015,000    American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2014-3, Class A,
1.490%, 4/15/2020(b)
  1,023,109   
  2,695,000    American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2014-4, Class A,
1.430%, 6/15/2020(b)
  2,708,219   
  2,295,000    American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2014-5, Class A,
0.465%, 5/15/2020(b)(c)
  2,293,068   
  2,050,000    BA Credit Card Trust, Series 2014-A1, Class A,
0.555%, 6/15/2021(b)(c)
  2,048,938   
  3,075,000    Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2013-A3, Class A3,
0.960%, 9/16/2019(b)
  3,080,252   
  6,600,000    Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2013-A8, Class A8,
1.010%, 10/15/2018(b)
  6,612,963   
  6,640,000    Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A7, Class A,
1.380%, 11/15/2019(b)
  6,665,172   
  3,780,000    Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A8, Class A,
0.425%, 11/15/2018(b)(c)
  3,780,945   
  3,560,000    Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2015-A1, Class A,
0.496%, 2/18/2020(b)(c)
  3,560,025   
  4,230,000    Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2015-A2, Class A,
1.590%, 2/18/2020(b)
  4,259,889   
  3,165,000    Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2013-A6, Class A6,
1.320%, 9/07/2018(b)
  3,188,405   
  5,825,000    Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2013-A7, Class A7,
0.605%, 9/10/2020(b)(c)
  5,841,951   
  3,000,000    Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A4, Class A4,
1.230%, 4/24/2019(b)
  3,010,359   
  3,045,000    Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A8, Class A8,
1.730%, 4/09/2020(b)
  3,078,285   
     

 

 

 
  56,167,147   
     

 

 

 
ABS Home Equity – 12.3%   
  1,005,757    Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-4, Class 3A1,
2.677%, 3/25/2035(b)(c)
  981,363   
  1,216,088    Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 5A1,
2.583%, 4/25/2035(b)(c)
  1,186,707   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   ABS Home Equity – continued   
$ 2,104,434       Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 6A1,
2.563%, 4/25/2035(b)(c)
   $ 2,084,467   
  1,047,858       Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-20CB, Class 2A1,
5.750%, 10/25/2033(b)
     1,101,192   
  851,518       Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-9T1, Class A7,
5.500%, 7/25/2033(b)
     856,801   
  633,283       Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-28CB, Class 5A1,
5.750%, 1/25/2035(b)
     644,200   
  2,089,717       Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-J1, Class 2A1,
5.500%, 2/25/2025(b)
     2,127,988   
  300,000       American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR2, Class D,
5.149%, 10/17/2036, 144A
     324,449   
  1,980,000       American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR2, Class E,
6.231%, 10/17/2036, 144A(b)
     2,131,476   
  1,200,000       American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR3, Class E,
6.418%, 12/17/2036, 144A(b)
     1,307,208   
  1,386,124       Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-10, Class 1A1,
5.500%, 12/25/2033(b)
     1,425,412   
  2,083,939       Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-10, Class 3A1,
5.500%, 12/25/2033(b)
     2,132,003   
  1,252,165       Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-8, Class 1CB1,
5.500%, 10/25/2033(b)
     1,325,507   
  1,697,400       Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-6, Class CB7,
5.250%, 7/25/2035(b)
     1,526,699   
  1,187,756       Banc of America Funding Corp., Series 2007-4, Class 5A1,
5.500%, 11/25/2034(b)
     1,177,205   
  791,817       Banc of America Funding Corp., Series 2008-R4, Class 1A4,
0.620%, 7/25/2037, 144A(b)(c)
     559,932   
  2,080,348       Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2004-B, Class 4A2,
2.501%, 11/20/2034(b)(c)
     2,019,302   
  792,218       Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2005-5, Class A1,
5.500%, 9/25/2035(b)
     826,534   
  1,540,711       Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 3A1,
5.750%, 11/25/2035(b)
     1,579,206   
  3,000,857       Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-6, Class 2A1,
2.699%, 9/25/2034(b)(c)
     2,872,510   
  1,678,634       Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-12, Class 11A1,
2.579%, 2/25/2036(b)(c)
     1,303,667   
  2,000,000       CAM Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-2, Class M,
4.450%, 5/15/2048, 144A(b)(c)
     2,006,980   
  1,528,616       Citicorp Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2006-4, Class 1A2,
6.000%, 8/25/2036(b)
     1,552,464   
  3,439,321       Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2015-2, Class 1A1,
0.371%, 6/25/2047, 144A(b)(c)
     3,167,305   
  953,587       Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2005-2, Class 1A4,
2.568%, 5/25/2035(b)(c)
     917,593   
  557,162       CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-A3, Class 1A7,
6.000%, 7/25/2036(b)
     487,518   
  2,724,295       CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-A4, Class 1A1,
6.000%, 9/25/2036(b)
     2,443,159   
  1,926,361       CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2007-A6, Class 1A11,
6.000%, 6/25/2037(b)
     1,703,726   
  400,000       Colony American Homes, Series 2014-2A, Class E,
3.375%, 7/17/2031, 144A(c)
     402,243   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   ABS Home Equity – continued   
$ 1,855,000       Colony American Homes, Series 2014-1A, Class C,
2.027%, 5/17/2031, 144A(b)(c)
   $ 1,849,389   
  1,633,073       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-4CB, Class 1A1,
5.750%, 4/25/2033(b)
     1,648,958   
  1,080,318       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-14T2, Class A11,
5.500%, 8/25/2034(b)
     1,142,064   
  3,955,268       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-27CB, Class A1,
6.000%, 12/25/2034(b)
     3,973,177   
  1,038,189       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-J3, Class 1A1,
5.500%, 4/25/2034(b)
     1,070,887   
  84,984       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-J7, Class 1A5,
5.527%, 8/25/2034(c)(d)
     87,148   
  1,152,787       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-14, Class 2A1,
0.384%, 5/25/2035(b)(c)
     947,797   
  896,979       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-4CB, Class 2A2,
5.500%, 4/25/2036(b)
     871,562   
  725,479       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-J4, Class 1A3,
6.250%, 7/25/2036
     490,423   
  788,243       Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2007-4, Class 1A7,
5.750%, 4/25/2037(b)
     710,710   
  1,278,843       Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-12, Class 8A1,
2.593%, 8/25/2034(b)(c)
     1,189,873   
  209,208       Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-HYB4, Class 2A1,
2.420%, 9/20/2034(c)
     199,246   
  483,981       Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-11, Class 4A1,
0.444%, 4/25/2035(c)
     418,711   
  1,554,153       Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-21, Class A17,
5.500%, 10/25/2035(b)
     1,454,252   
  878,439       Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-AR26, Class 7A1,
2.516%, 11/25/2033(b)(c)
     843,907   
  638,598       Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-AR28, Class 4A1,
2.544%, 12/25/2033(b)(c)
     633,455   
  2,378,183       Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2004-AR3, Class 3A1,
2.624%, 5/25/2034(b)(c)
     2,352,931   
  167,780       Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-1, Class 3A4,
5.250%, 5/25/2028(d)
     168,315   
  1,170,597       Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-10, Class 5A4,
5.500%, 11/25/2035(b)
     1,057,009   
  567,595       Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2006-8, Class 4A1,
6.500%, 10/25/2021
     490,628   
  1,037,339       Deutsche Alternative Mortgage Loan Trust Securities, Inc., Series 2005-3, Class 4A4,
5.250%, 6/25/2035(b)
     1,048,964   
  1,093,550       Deutsche Alternative Mortgage Loan Trust Securities, Inc., Series 2005-5, Class 1A4,
5.500%, 11/25/2035(b)(c)
     1,032,555   
  1,037,756       FDIC Trust, Series 2013-N1, Class A,
4.500%, 10/25/2018, 144A(b)
     1,044,714   
  2,015,000       Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 2014-DN1, Class M2,
2.374%, 2/25/2024(b)(c)
     2,039,533   
  1,785,000       Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 2014-DN2, Class M2,
1.824%, 4/25/2024(b)(c)
     1,774,097   
  196,462       GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 2003-J7, Class A7,
5.000%, 11/25/2033
     197,365   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   ABS Home Equity – continued   
$ 2,029,231       GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR3, Class 2A1,
2.730%, 6/19/2035(b)(c)
   $ 1,963,313   
  820,314       GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR4, Class 3A1,
2.979%, 7/19/2035(b)(c)
     778,102   
  274,663       GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-14, Class 3A1,
2.815%, 12/25/2034(c)
     264,621   
  1,646,060       GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-14, Class 5A1,
2.735%, 12/25/2034(b)(c)
     1,633,446   
  725,154       GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR4, Class 4A1,
2.468%, 7/25/2035(b)(c)
     682,985   
  2,581,235       GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR6, Class 4A5,
2.690%, 9/25/2035(b)(c)
     2,594,466   
  1,536,466       GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-8F, Class 4A17,
6.000%, 9/25/2036(b)
     1,294,134   
  1,187,165       IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-AR12, Class A1,
0.954%, 12/25/2034(c)
     996,733   
  2,495,532       IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-16IP, Class A1,
0.814%, 7/25/2045(b)(c)
     2,191,709   
  3,035,000       Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2014-SFR1, Class B,
1.677%, 6/17/2031, 144A(b)(c)
     3,022,881   
  2,923,644       JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-A1, Class 3A1,
2.939%, 3/25/2036(b)(c)
     2,499,063   
  1,124,994       JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2003-A2, Class 3A1,
1.990%, 11/25/2033(b)(c)
     1,108,976   
  2,613,088       JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-A2, Class 3A2,
2.395%, 4/25/2035(b)(c)
     2,529,817   
  889,474       JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-A3, Class 4A1,
2.659%, 6/25/2035(b)(c)
     898,682   
  2,748,113       JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-S3, Class 1A9,
6.000%, 1/25/2036(b)
     2,465,140   
  1,783,316       JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-A1, Class 1A2,
2.404%, 2/25/2036(b)(c)
     1,581,917   
  3,288,566       JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-A7, Class 2A4,
2.539%, 1/25/2037(b)(c)
     2,988,050   
  2,709,343       JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-S1, Class 2A22,
5.750%, 3/25/2037(b)
     2,279,842   
  557       Lehman XS Trust, Series 2006-12N, Class A2A1,
0.324%, 8/25/2046(c)(d)
     539   
  2,480,534       Lehman XS Trust, Series 2006-4N, Class A2A,
0.394%, 4/25/2046(b)(c)
     1,811,088   
  447,377       MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2004-4, Class 5A1,
2.543%, 5/25/2034(c)(d)
     433,617   
  2,868,469       MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2004-7, Class 3A1,
2.500%, 7/25/2034(b)(c)
     2,866,897   
  645,456       MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2006-2, Class 1A1,
2.587%, 4/25/2036(b)(c)
     619,613   
  889,090       MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-9, Class 4A1,
5.250%, 11/25/2033(b)
     921,191   
  254,761       MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-12, Class 6A2,
5.250%, 12/25/2034(d)
     254,391   
  932,921       MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 1A1,
5.500%, 6/25/2034(b)
     973,220   
  1,091,994       MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 6/25/2034(b)
     1,134,516   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   ABS Home Equity – continued   
$ 2,389,860       MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-8, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 9/25/2034(b)
   $ 2,446,414   
  1,922,005       Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-F1, Class 2A7,
6.000%, 3/25/2037(b)
     1,525,811   
  1,773,462       Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-F1, Class 2A8,
6.000%, 3/25/2037(b)
     1,407,888   
  366,670       MLCC Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2006-2, Class 2A,
2.117%, 5/25/2036(c)
     363,606   
  1,098,813       Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 4A2,
5.500%, 11/25/2035(b)
     1,035,562   
  2,351,602       Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 7A5,
5.500%, 11/25/2035(b)
     2,389,712   
  3,315,930       National City Mortgage Capital Trust, Series 2008-1, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 3/25/2038(b)
     3,468,413   
  755,023       Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-2, Class 2A1A,
2.396%, 10/25/2035(b)(c)
     750,484   
  2,344,282       Residential Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2005-A8CB, Class A9,
5.375%, 7/25/2035(b)
     2,052,783   
  879,794       Residential Funding Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-S1, Class 1A3,
5.750%, 1/25/2036(b)
     902,862   
  1,055,013       Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-12, Class 6A,
2.618%, 9/25/2034(b)(c)
     1,043,783   
  6,277,236       Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-16, Class 2A,
2.453%, 11/25/2034(b)(c)
     6,213,830   
  1,730,972       Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-6, Class 1A,
2.354%, 6/25/2034(b)(c)
     1,702,532   
  693,374       Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-14, Class A1,
0.484%, 7/25/2035(b)(c)
     511,131   
  1,334,274       Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-20, Class 8A7,
5.750%, 11/25/2034(b)
     1,390,878   
  684,373       Structured Asset Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 7A7,
5.500%, 2/25/2035(b)
     698,373   
  2,680,377       U.S. Residential Opportunity Fund Trust, Series 2015-1IV, Class A,
3.721%, 2/27/2035, 144A(b)
     2,680,750   
  3,512,512       U.S. Residential Opportunity Fund Trust, Series 2015-1III,
3.721%, 1/27/2035, 144A(b)
     3,524,230   
  8,468,359       Vericrest Opportunity Loan Transferee, Series 2015-NPL4, Class A1,
3.500%, 2/25/2055, 144A(b)(c)
     8,463,735   
  2,142,611       Vericrest Opportunity Loan Transferee, Series 2015-NPL1, Class A1,
3.625%, 10/25/2057, 144A(b)(c)
     2,146,491   
  1,691,928       Vericrest Opportunity Loan Transferee, Series 2015-NPL2, Class A1,
3.375%, 2/25/2055, 144A(b)(c)
     1,691,947   
  679,117       WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-CB2, Class 2A,
5.500%, 7/25/2034(b)
     706,010   
  6,150,000       WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR7, Class A3,
2.358%, 8/25/2035(b)(c)
     6,131,452   
  1,303,627       WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR11, Class 2A,
2.192%, 9/25/2046(b)(c)
     1,189,038   
  2,839,859       WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR19, Class 2A,
1.942%, 1/25/2047(b)(c)
     2,554,416   
  352,579       Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2003-J, Class 1A9,
2.612%, 10/25/2033(c)
     353,802   
  1,228,706       Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2004-A, Class A1,
2.638%, 2/25/2034(b)(c)
     1,229,649   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   ABS Home Equity – continued   
$ 655,067       Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2004-O, Class A1,
2.615%, 8/25/2034(b)(c)
   $ 650,996   
  460,872       Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-11, Class 2A3,
5.500%, 11/25/2035
     478,309   
  626,527       Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-12, Class 1A2,
5.500%, 11/25/2035(b)
     639,136   
  2,131,579       Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-16, Class A18,
6.000%, 1/25/2036(b)
     2,105,538   
  883,367       Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-AR10, Class 2A4,
2.618%, 6/25/2035(b)(c)
     889,168   
     

 

 

 
  175,040,164   
     

 

 

 
ABS Other – 2.6%   
  4,845,982    AIM Aviation Finance Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class B1,
5.072%, 2/15/2040, 144A(b)(c)
  4,891,050   
  3,514,815    Cronos Containers Program I Ltd.,
3.270%, 11/18/2029, 144A(b)
  3,564,848   
  1,042,948    Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2011-1, Class A,
4.000%, 3/20/2023, 144A(b)
  1,056,272   
  3,410,000    GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class E,
Zero Coupon, 1/05/2030, 144A(d)(e)(p)
  2,877,017   
  2,284,286    GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class C,
6.000%, 1/05/2030, 144A(d)(e)
  2,284,286   
  829,762    GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class D,
7.500%, 1/05/2030, 144A(d)(e)
  829,762   
  1,518,832    Global Container Assets Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class B,
4.500%, 2/05/2030, 144A(b)
  1,511,238   
  1,495,000    OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A,
2.430%, 6/18/2024, 144A(b)
  1,497,257   
  730,000    OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A,
2.470%, 9/18/2024, 144A(b)
  728,124   
  745,000    OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class B,
3.020%, 9/18/2024, 144A(b)
  738,816   
  6,475,000    OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class D,
5.310%, 9/18/2024, 144A(b)
  6,426,437   
  1,265,000    OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A,
3.190%, 3/18/2026, 144A(b)
  1,276,461   
  331,347    Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A,
2.840%, 11/20/2028, 144A
  336,534   
  1,299,147    Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2013-1A, Class A,
1.590%, 11/20/2029, 144A(b)
  1,297,563   
  2,786,331    Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2013-3A, Class A,
2.200%, 10/20/2030, 144A(b)
  2,809,812   
  1,895,000    Springleaf Funding Trust, Series 2014-AA, Class A,
2.410%, 12/15/2022, 144A(b)
  1,895,777   
  3,215,333    TAL Advantage V LLC, Series 2013-2A, Class A,
3.550%, 11/20/2038, 144A(b)
  3,287,968   
     

 

 

 
  37,309,222   
     

 

 

 
ABS Student Loan – 0.2%   
  495,503    SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2014-B, Class A1,
1.421%, 8/25/2032, 144A(b)(c)
  495,790   
  2,765,519    SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2015-A, Class A1,
1.419%, 3/25/2033, 144A(b)(c)
  2,765,928   
     

 

 

 
  3,261,718   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   Aerospace & Defense – 1.1%   
$ 2,340,000       KLX, Inc.,
5.875%, 12/01/2022, 144A(b)
   $ 2,334,150   
  6,003,000       Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A(b)
     6,108,052   
  825,000       Rockwell Collins, Inc.,
0.621%, 12/15/2016(b)(c)
     825,778   
  5,905,000       Textron Financial Corp., (fixed rate to 2/15/2017, variable rate thereafter),
6.000%, 2/15/2067, 144A(b)
     5,284,975   
  1,035,000       Textron, Inc.,
3.875%, 3/01/2025(b)
     1,069,206   
     

 

 

 
  15,622,161   
     

 

 

 
Automotive – 3.6%   
  6,590,000    Daimler Finance North America LLC,
0.935%, 8/01/2016, 144A(b)(c)
  6,628,953   
  5,250,000    Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC,
1.506%, 5/09/2016(b)(c)
  5,287,060   
  5,455,000    General Motors Co.,
5.200%, 4/01/2045(b)
  5,920,508   
  6,100,000    Hyundai Capital Services, Inc.,
1.070%, 3/18/2017, 144A(b)(c)
  6,107,698   
  1,000,000    Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd.,
5.875%, 11/15/2021, 144A(b)
  1,025,000   
  5,960,000    Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.,
0.812%, 3/03/2017, 144A(b)(c)
  5,976,849   
  6,640,000    Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.,
0.969%, 9/26/2016, 144A(b)(c)
  6,678,260   
  10,650,000    Toyota Motor Credit Corp.,
0.547%, 5/17/2016(b)(c)
  10,677,083   
  3,210,000    Volkswagen International Finance NV,
0.696%, 11/18/2016, 144A(b)(c)
  3,216,057   
     

 

 

 
  51,517,468   
     

 

 

 
Banking – 5.1%   
  7,140,000    Ally Financial, Inc.,
4.125%, 3/30/2020(b)
  7,095,375   
  2,215,000    Ally Financial, Inc.,
8.000%, 3/15/2020(b)
  2,641,387   
  3,310,000    Bank of America Corp.,
1.293%, 1/15/2019(b)(c)
  3,355,314   
  6,825,000    Bank of America Corp., MTN,
4.200%, 8/26/2024(b)
  7,060,913   
  12,955,000    Intesa Sanpaolo SpA,
5.017%, 6/26/2024, 144A(b)
  13,259,313   
  9,280,000    JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
4.250%, 11/02/2018, (NZD)(b)
  6,959,553   
  5,000,000    Lloyds Banking Group PLC,
4.500%, 11/04/2024(b)
  5,193,435   
  7,200,000    Morgan Stanley,
4.350%, 9/08/2026(b)
  7,547,501   
  11,135,000    Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,
6.125%, 12/15/2022(b)
  12,539,079   
  6,935,000    Societe Generale S.A., (fixed rate to 12/18/2023, variable rate thereafter),
7.875%(b)(g)
  7,160,387   
     

 

 

 
  72,812,257   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   Building Materials – 0.9%   
$ 3,660,000       Atrium Windows & Doors, Inc.,
7.750%, 5/01/2019, 144A(b)
   $ 3,074,400   
  6,320,000       Cemex SAB de CV,
6.125%, 5/05/2025, 144A(b)
     6,381,304   
  890,000       NCI Building Systems, Inc.,
8.250%, 1/15/2023, 144A(b)
     941,175   
  3,900,000       Odebrecht Finance Ltd.,
8.250%, 4/25/2018, 144A, (BRL)(b)
     904,263   
  1,790,000       Owens Corning,
4.200%, 12/01/2024(b)
     1,845,961   
     

 

 

 
  13,147,103   
     

 

 

 
Cable Satellite – 1.1%   
  3,255,000    CCOH Safari LLC,
5.500%, 12/01/2022(b)
  3,328,238   
  3,175,000    CCOH Safari LLC,
5.750%, 12/01/2024(b)
  3,270,250   
  3,440,000    DISH DBS Corp.,
5.875%, 7/15/2022(b)
  3,495,900   
  5,650,000    DISH DBS Corp.,
5.875%, 11/15/2024(b)
  5,657,062   
     

 

 

 
  15,751,450   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals – 0.4%   
  2,596,000    Albemarle Corp.,
4.150%, 12/01/2024(b)
  2,692,377   
  3,170,000    Hercules, Inc.,
6.500%, 6/30/2029(b)
  2,920,362   
     

 

 

 
  5,612,739   
     

 

 

 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 0.7%   
  1,136,708    Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2007-A1, Class 11M1,
2.464%, 3/25/2037(b)(c)
  1,045,763   
  67,415,999    Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-135, Class IO,
0.957%, 1/16/2053(b)(c)(f)
  4,501,366   
  4,499,478    Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-1, Class 1A,
2.476%, 2/25/2036(b)(c)
  4,371,247   
     

 

 

 
  9,918,376   
     

 

 

 
Construction Machinery – 1.3%   
  17,660,000    Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN,
0.501%, 2/26/2016(b)(c)
  17,691,753   
     

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical Services – 0.9%   
  1,180,000    IHS, Inc.,
5.000%, 11/01/2022, 144A(b)
  1,185,192   
  2,960,000    Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp.,
5.250%, 12/01/2021, 144A(b)
  3,004,400   
  8,550,000    ServiceMaster Co. LLC (The),
7.000%, 8/15/2020(b)
  9,084,375   
     

 

 

 
  13,273,967   
     

 

 

 
Electric – 1.6%   
  4,205,000    Cia de Eletricidade do Estado da Bahia,
11.750%, 4/27/2016, 144A, (BRL)(b)
  1,241,783   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   Electric – continued   
$ 5,600,000       EDP Finance BV,
4.125%, 1/15/2020, 144A(b)
   $ 5,796,000   
  11,740,000       Enel SpA, (fixed rate to 9/24/2023, variable rate thereafter),
8.750%, 9/24/2073, 144A(b)
     14,128,785   
  2,065,000       TerraForm Power Operating LLC,
5.875%, 2/01/2023, 144A(b)
     2,142,437   
     

 

 

 
  23,309,005   
     

 

 

 
Finance Companies – 2.8%   
  2,300,000    Air Lease Corp.,
3.750%, 2/01/2022(b)
  2,337,292   
  8,365,000    Air Lease Corp.,
4.250%, 9/15/2024(b)
  8,615,950   
  470,000    Aircastle Ltd.,
5.500%, 2/15/2022
  499,963   
  4,700,000    General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, (fixed rate to 6/15/2022, variable rate thereafter),
7.125%(b)(g)
  5,516,625   
  12,535,000    iStar Financial, Inc.,
4.000%, 11/01/2017(b)
  12,378,312   
  11,630,000    Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp.,
5.875%, 8/01/2021, 144A(b)
  10,990,350   
     

 

 

 
  40,338,492   
     

 

 

 
Financial Other – 0.8%   
  630,000    Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A.,
3.250%, 7/15/2019, 144A(b)
  639,450   
  1,240,000    Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A., (fixed rate to 7/15/2024, variable rate thereafter),
5.250%, 7/15/2029, 144A(b)
  1,289,414   
  8,700,000    Rialto Holdings LLC/Rialto Corp.,
7.000%, 12/01/2018, 144A(b)
  9,048,000   
     

 

 

 
  10,976,864   
     

 

 

 
Food & Beverage – 0.5%   
  10,800,000    BRF S.A.,
7.750%, 5/22/2018, 144A, (BRL)(b)
  2,766,367   
  2,300,000    Cosan Luxembourg S.A.,
9.500%, 3/14/2018, 144A, (BRL)(b)
  598,142   
  3,500,000    General Mills, Inc.,
0.553%, 1/29/2016(b)(c)
  3,499,780   
     

 

 

 
  6,864,289   
     

 

 

 
Gaming – 0.7%   
  10,215,000    MGM Resorts International,
6.000%, 3/15/2023(b)
  10,495,912   
     

 

 

 
Government Owned - No Guarantee – 1.7%   
  18,670,000,000    Financiera de Desarrollo Territorial S.A. Findeter,
7.875%, 8/12/2024, 144A, (COP)(b)
  7,224,572   
  12,700,000    Petrobras Global Finance BV,
5.625%, 5/20/2043(b)
  10,285,730   
  6,000,000    Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.,
5.500%, 4/12/2037(b)
  1,845,000   


Principal
Amount (‡)

   

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  Government Owned - No Guarantee – continued   
  700,000 (††)    Petroleos Mexicanos,
7.650%, 11/24/2021, 144A, (MXN)(b)
   $ 4,715,444   
    

 

 

 
  24,070,746   
    

 

 

 
Home Construction – 0.4%   
  4,765,000    Masco Corp.,
4.450%, 4/01/2025(b)
  4,919,863   
    

 

 

 
Independent Energy – 2.0%   
  635,000    Antero Resources Corp.,
5.125%, 12/01/2022
  609,600   
  150,000    Baytex Energy Corp.,
5.125%, 6/01/2021, 144A
  137,625   
  155,000    Baytex Energy Corp.,
5.625%, 6/01/2024, 144A
  141,825   
  905,000    Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.,
5.750%, 2/01/2023(b)
  832,600   
  240,000    Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.,
6.750%, 4/15/2021
  233,400   
  45,000    California Resources Corp.,
5.500%, 9/15/2021, 144A
  39,924   
  2,905,000    California Resources Corp.,
6.000%, 11/15/2024, 144A(b)
  2,549,137   
  2,880,000    Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
4.875%, 4/15/2022(b)
  2,700,000   
  140,000    Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
6.625%, 8/15/2020
  144,550   
  2,575,000    Cimarex Energy Co.,
4.375%, 6/01/2024(b)
  2,555,687   
  365,000    Concho Resources, Inc.,
5.500%, 10/01/2022
  367,738   
  825,000    Concho Resources, Inc.,
5.500%, 4/01/2023(b)
  831,105   
  295,000    Continental Resources, Inc.,
3.800%, 6/01/2024
  271,913   
  210,000    Continental Resources, Inc.,
4.500%, 4/15/2023
  203,812   
  925,000    MEG Energy Corp.,
6.375%, 1/30/2023, 144A(b)
  851,000   
  180,000    MEG Energy Corp.,
6.500%, 3/15/2021, 144A
  166,500   
  645,000    MEG Energy Corp.,
7.000%, 3/31/2024, 144A(b)
  607,913   
  1,260,000    Oasis Petroleum, Inc.,
6.875%, 3/15/2022(b)
  1,228,500   
  7,460,000    OGX Austria GmbH,
8.375%, 4/01/2022, 144A(h)
  2,245   
  4,420,000    OGX Austria GmbH,
8.500%, 6/01/2018, 144A(h)
  2,210   
  3,325,000    QEP Resources, Inc.,
5.250%, 5/01/2023(b)
  3,258,500   
  145,000    Rosetta Resources, Inc.,
5.625%, 5/01/2021
  136,300   
  90,000    Rosetta Resources, Inc.,
5.875%, 6/01/2022
  84,825   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   Independent Energy – continued   
$ 310,000       Rosetta Resources, Inc.,
5.875%, 6/01/2024
   $ 288,300   
  1,238,000       SM Energy Co.,
5.000%, 1/15/2024(b)
     1,165,577   
  1,662,000       SM Energy Co.,
6.125%, 11/15/2022, 144A(b)
     1,653,690   
  35,000       SM Energy Co.,
6.625%, 2/15/2019
     35,438   
  575,000       Ultra Petroleum Corp.,
6.125%, 10/01/2024, 144A
     493,063   
  400,000       Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
5.000%, 3/15/2019
     393,000   
  2,835,000       Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
5.750%, 3/15/2021(b)
     2,813,737   
  3,255,000       Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
6.500%, 10/01/2018(b)
     3,255,000   
     

 

 

 
  28,054,714   
     

 

 

 
Industrial Other – 0.2%   
  2,200,000    Alfa SAB de CV,
6.875%, 3/25/2044, 144A(b)
  2,421,100   
     

 

 

 
Integrated Energy – 1.0%   
  2,935,000    BP Capital Markets PLC,
0.676%, 11/07/2016(b)(c)
  2,940,929   
  6,595,000    Chevron Corp.,
0.427%, 11/15/2017(b)(c)
  6,598,080   
  950,000    Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.,
5.125%, 3/28/2023, 144A
  553,375   
  3,310,000    Shell International Finance BV,
0.467%, 11/15/2016(b)(c)
  3,316,246   
     

 

 

 
  13,408,630   
     

 

 

 
Life Insurance – 0.9%   
  8,600,000    Assicurazioni Generali SpA, EMTN, (fixed rate to 12/12/2022, variable rate thereafter),
7.750%, 12/12/2042, (EUR)(b)
  11,998,181   
     

 

 

 
Lodging – 0.2%   
  2,105,000    Host Hotels & Resorts LP,
5.250%, 3/15/2022(b)
  2,341,756   
     

 

 

 
Media Entertainment – 0.1%   
  27,290,000    Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN,
7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)(b)
  1,559,587   
     

 

 

 
Metals & Mining – 0.1%   
  1,928,000    ArcelorMittal,
7.750%, 10/15/2039(b)
  2,024,400   
     

 

 

 
Midstream – 1.9%   
  5,065,000    MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp.,
4.875%, 12/01/2024(b)
  5,178,456   
  3,225,000    Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.,
5.750%, 9/01/2020(b)
  3,483,000   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   Midstream – continued   
$ 5,055,000       Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC,
5.625%, 3/01/2025, 144A(b)
   $ 4,998,131   
  180,000       Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
4.250%, 11/15/2023
     173,250   
  3,430,000       Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
5.000%, 1/15/2018, 144A(b)
     3,532,900   
  690,000       Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
5.250%, 5/01/2023(b)
     693,450   
  1,120,000       Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
6.375%, 8/01/2022(b)
     1,173,200   
  1,310,000       Western Refining Logistics LP/WNRL Finance Corp.,
7.500%, 2/15/2023, 144A(b)
     1,336,200   
  7,100,000       Williams Partners LP,
4.000%, 9/15/2025(b)
     6,963,439   
     

 

 

 
  27,532,026   
     

 

 

 
Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – 4.8%   
  950,000    Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2003-PWR2, Class E,
6.872%, 5/11/2039, 144A(b)(c)
  967,541   
  1,600,000    BLCP Hotel Trust, Series 2014-CLRN, Class D,
2.675%, 8/15/2029, 144A(b)(c)
  1,603,080   
  1,600,000    BLCP Hotel Trust, Series 2014-CLRN, Class E,
3.845%, 8/15/2029, 144A(b)(c)
  1,597,890   
  4,565,000    CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C1, Class D,
5.537%, 4/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
  5,150,822   
  2,135,000    Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-FL5, Class SV4,
4.322%, 10/15/2031, 144A(c)(e)
  2,140,807   
  850,000    Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-SAVA, Class A,
1.325%, 6/15/2034, 144A(b)(c)
  848,462   
  855,000    Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-SAVA, Class B,
1.925%, 6/15/2034, 144A(b)(c)
  853,004   
  1,605,000    Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-SAVA, Class C,
2.575%, 6/15/2034, 144A(b)(c)
  1,604,921   
  3,700,000    Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2015-TOWN, Class A,
1.425%, 3/15/2017, 144A(b)(c)
  3,698,846   
  2,552,340    DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-LC1A, Class E,
5.558%, 11/10/2046, 144A(b)(c)
  2,805,402   
  1,300,000    Del Coronado Trust, Series 2013-HDMZ, Class M,
5.175%, 3/15/2018, 144A(b)(c)
  1,303,250   
  7,430,000    Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2013-ESH7, Class D7,
5.053%, 12/05/2031, 144A(b)(c)
  7,719,495   
  6,295,000    GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM,
5.796%, 8/10/2045(b)(c)
  6,454,459   
  1,915,000    Hilton USA Trust, Series 2013-HLT, Class CFX,
3.714%, 11/05/2030, 144A(b)
  1,955,362   
  1,460,000    Hilton USA Trust, Series 2013-HLT, Class DFX,
4.407%, 11/05/2030, 144A(b)
  1,502,673   
  1,580,000    Hilton USA Trust, Series 2013-HLT, Class EFX,
5.222%, 11/05/2030, 144A(b)(c)
  1,622,908   
  1,520,000    JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-LDPX, Class AM,
5.464%, 1/15/2049(b)(c)
  1,586,872   
  938,102    JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-JWMZ, Class M,
6.175%, 4/15/2018, 144A(b)(c)
  938,195   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued   
$ 1,325,000       Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2007-HQ12, Class AM,
5.671%, 4/12/2049(b)(c)
   $ 1,411,929   
  1,570,000       Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class D,
5.304%, 6/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
     1,719,842   
  2,125,000       Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class E,
5.304%, 6/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
     2,285,603   
  9,885,000       Motel 6 Trust, Series 2015-M6MZ, Class M,
8.230%, 2/05/2020, 144A(e)
     9,954,195   
  2,280,000       SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class B,
2.672%, 11/15/2026, 144A(b)(c)
     2,277,458   
  2,200,000       SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class C,
3.422%, 11/15/2026, 144A(b)(c)
     2,207,696   
  700,000       SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class D,
3.516%, 11/15/2026, 144A(c)
     699,231   
  2,587,500       WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class D,
5.467%, 2/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
     2,825,097   
     

 

 

 
  67,735,040   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals – 1.4%   
  3,070,000    Johnson & Johnson,
0.332%, 11/28/2016(b)(c)
  3,073,353   
  5,570,000    Merck & Co., Inc.,
0.381%, 2/10/2017(b)(c)
  5,572,406   
  3,160,000    Valeant Pharmaceuticals International,
6.375%, 10/15/2020, 144A(b)
  3,282,450   
  2,230,000    Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.,
5.500%, 3/01/2023, 144A(b)
  2,246,725   
  5,610,000    VRX Escrow Corp.,
4.500%, 5/15/2023, 144A, (EUR)(i)
  6,062,315   
     

 

 

 
  20,237,249   
     

 

 

 
Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.4%   
  5,435,000    Old Republic International Corp.,
4.875%, 10/01/2024(b)
  5,770,068   
     

 

 

 
Railroads – 0.3%   
  4,700,000    Canadian National Railway Co.,
0.455%, 11/06/2015(b)(c)
  4,701,231   
     

 

 

 
Retailers – 0.1%   
  1,080,000    Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.,
7.750%, 11/15/2023(b)
  1,336,735   
     

 

 

 
Technology – 2.2%   
  4,900,000    Jabil Circuit, Inc.,
4.700%, 9/15/2022(b)
  5,071,500   
  10,955,000    Keysight Technologies, Inc.,
4.550%, 10/30/2024, 144A(b)
  11,038,543   
  7,847,000    KLA-Tencor Corp.,
4.650%, 11/01/2024(b)
  8,241,162   
  3,890,000    Open Text Corp.,
5.625%, 1/15/2023, 144A(b)
  4,035,875   
  3,030,000    Rolta Americas LLC,
8.875%, 7/24/2019, 144A(b)
  2,901,225   
     

 

 

 
  31,288,305   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

   

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  Treasuries – 2.4%   
  46,802 (†††)    Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F,
10.000%, 1/01/2025, (BRL)(i)
   $ 12,368,114   
  1,475,000      Brazilian Government International Bond,
12.500%, 1/05/2016, (BRL)(b)
     463,082   
  3,200,000 (††)    Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M,
4.750%, 6/14/2018, (MXN)(i)
     20,989,722   
    

 

 

 
  33,820,918   
    

 

 

 
Wirelines – 0.2%   
  10,085,000    Oi S.A.,
9.750%, 9/15/2016, 144A, (BRL)(b)
  2,828,116   
    

 

 

 
Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $886,109,662)
  875,039,685   
    

 

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds – 4.0%

Automotive – 0.2%   
  755,000    TRW Automotive, Inc.,
3.500%, 12/01/2015
  2,670,813   
    

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical Services – 0.4%   
  2,875,000    Jarden Corp.,
1.125%, 3/15/2034(b)
  3,414,063   
  930,000    Lennar Corp.,
3.250%, 11/15/2021, 144A(b)
  2,074,481   
    

 

 

 
  5,488,544   
    

 

 

 
Energy – 0.1%   
  425,000    Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
2.750%, 11/15/2035
  426,063   
  1,430,000    Peabody Energy Corp.,
4.750%, 12/15/2066(b)
  481,266   
    

 

 

 
  907,329   
    

 

 

 
Independent Energy – 0.5%   
  7,100,000    Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
1.250%, 4/01/2020, 144A(b)
  7,494,937   
    

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals – 1.2%   
  449,000    BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
0.750%, 10/15/2018(b)
  668,168   
  1,168,000    BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
1.500%, 10/15/2020(b)
  1,768,790   
  1,600,000    Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.,
2.875%, 1/15/2021(b)
  1,849,000   
  1,125,000    Gilead Sciences, Inc., Series D,
1.625%, 5/01/2016(b)
  4,846,641   
  1,670,000    Mylan, Inc.,
3.750%, 9/15/2015(b)
  7,424,194   
    

 

 

 
  16,556,793   
    

 

 

 
Retailers – 0.2%   
  3,305,000    Priceline Group, Inc. (The),
0.350%, 6/15/2020(b)
  3,771,831   
    

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Convertible Bonds – continued

  
   Technology – 1.4%   
$ 715,000       Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.,
1.375%, 1/01/2020, 144A(b)
   $ 752,091   
  1,810,000       Ciena Corp.,
3.750%, 10/15/2018, 144A(b)
     2,218,381   
  2,045,000       MercadoLibre, Inc.,
2.250%, 7/01/2019, 144A(b)
     2,379,869   
  915,000       Novellus Systems, Inc.,
2.625%, 5/15/2041(b)
     1,868,316   
  2,840,000       Nuance Communications, Inc.,
2.750%, 11/01/2031(b)
     2,818,700   
  3,145,000       Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Zero Coupon,
7/01/2019, 144A(b)
     4,511,109   
  4,325,000       Rovi Corp.,
0.500%, 3/01/2020, 144A(i)
     4,122,265   
  1,020,000       SunEdison, Inc.,
2.375%, 4/15/2022, 144A(b)
     1,195,950   
     

 

 

 
  19,866,681   
     

 

 

 
Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $47,237,024)
  56,756,928   
     

 

 

 
Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $933,346,686)
  931,796,613   
     

 

 

 

 

Senior Loans – 13.9%

Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%   
  1,844,345    Transdigm, Inc., Term Loan C,
3.750%, 2/28/2020(c)
  1,839,974   
  2,990,358    Transdigm, Inc., Term Loan D,
3.750%, 6/04/2021(c)
  2,981,537   
     

 

 

 
  4,821,511   
     

 

 

 
Automotive – 0.8%   
  773,088    American Tire Distributors Holdings, Inc., 2015 Term Loan,
8/23/2021(j)
  775,987   
  771,141    American Tire Distributors Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B,
7.000%, 6/01/2018(c)
  771,141   
  901,778    Dealertrack Technologies, Inc., Term Loan B,
3.250%, 2/28/2021(c)
  897,647   
  1,639,760    Gates Global, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.250%, 7/05/2021(c)
  1,632,594   
  2,369,767    IBC Capital Ltd., 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.750%, 9/09/2021(c)
  2,363,843   
  92,291    Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC, Delayed Draw Term Loan,
4.750%, 8/18/2021(c)
  92,753   
  819,080    Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC, Term Loan B,
4.750%, 8/18/2021(c)
  823,175   
  3,358,650    Visteon Corp., Delayed Draw Term Loan B,
3.500%, 4/09/2021(c)
  3,351,664   
     

 

 

 
  10,708,804   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials – 1.0%   
  3,146,045    ABC Supply Co., Inc., Term Loan,
3.500%, 4/16/2020(c)
  3,137,394   
  2,340,207    Continental Building Products LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.000%, 8/28/2020(c)
  2,325,580   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Senior Loans – continued

  
  

Building Materials – continued

  
$ 3,196,697       HD Supply, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.000%, 6/28/2018(c)
   $ 3,200,022   
  3,278,963       Quikrete Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.000%, 9/28/2020(c)
     3,291,259   
  2,783,061       Wilsonart LLC, Term Loan B,
4.000%, 10/31/2019(c)
     2,774,377   
     

 

 

 
  14,728,632   
     

 

 

 
Cable Satellite – 0.3%   
  1,057,390    Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan G,
4.250%, 9/12/2021(c)
  1,065,616   
  2,816,597    Virgin Media Bristol LLC, USD Term Loan B,
3.500%, 6/07/2020(c)
  2,811,330   
     

 

 

 
  3,876,946   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals – 0.2%   
  1,548,064    Axalta Coating Systems U.S. Holdings, Inc., USD Term Loan,
3.750%, 2/01/2020(c)
  1,538,033   
  440,785    Emerald Performance Materials LLC, New 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.500%, 8/01/2021(c)
  440,785   
  1,179,000    MacDermid, Inc., USD 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.500%, 6/07/2020(c)
  1,182,690   
     

 

 

 
  3,161,508   
     

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical Services – 0.8%   
  2,510,494    Creative Artists Agency LLC, Term Loan B,
5.500%, 12/17/2021(c)
  2,535,599   
  3,318,348    Realogy Corp., New Term Loan B,
3.750%, 3/05/2020(c)
  3,313,172   
  5,147,821    ServiceMaster Co., 2014 Term Loan B,
4.250%, 7/01/2021(c)
  5,122,081   
  613,690    Spin Holdco, Inc., New Term Loan B,
4.250%, 11/14/2019(c)
  611,131   
     

 

 

 
  11,581,983   
     

 

 

 
Consumer Products – 0.4%   
  637,621    Bauer Performance Sports Ltd., Term Loan B,
4.000%, 4/15/2021(c)
  632,444   
  422,037    Libbey Glass, Inc., Term Loan B,
3.750%, 4/09/2021(c)
  419,399   
  2,029,724    SRAM LLC, New Term Loan B,
4.013%, 4/10/2020(k)
  2,024,650   
  2,222,812    Tempur-Pedic International, Inc., Refi Term Loan B,
3.500%, 3/18/2020(c)
  2,223,368   
     

 

 

 
  5,299,861   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Manufacturing – 0.1%   
  601,937    Doncasters Finance U.S. LLC, USD Term Loan,
4.500%, 4/09/2020(c)
  602,436   
  1,034,726    Entegris, Inc., Term Loan B,
3.500%, 4/30/2021(c)
  1,030,846   
  92,368    WESCO Distribution, Inc., Term Loan B,
3.750%, 12/12/2019(c)
  92,444   
     

 

 

 
  1,725,726   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Senior Loans – continued

  
  

Electric – 0.3%

  
$ 1,818,608       Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, Original Term Loan B1,
3.000%, 5/03/2020(c)
   $ 1,794,165   
  2,234,710       Calpine Corp., Term Loan B3,
4.000%, 10/09/2019(c)
     2,237,794   
     

 

 

 
  4,031,959   
     

 

 

 
Finance Companies – 0.1%   
  991,282    AWAS Finance Luxembourg 2012 S.A., New Term Loan,
3.500%, 7/16/2018(c)
  990,648   
     

 

 

 
Financial Other – 0.4%   
  1,729,844    American Beacon Advisors, Inc., Term Loan,
3/03/2022(j)
  1,734,895   
  1,723,785    American Beacon Advisors, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.750%, 11/22/2019(c)
  1,732,404   
  1,207,967    Grosvenor Capital Management Holdings LLP, New Term Loan B,
3.750%, 1/04/2021(c)
  1,194,378   
  551,716    Harbourvest Partners LLC, New Term Loan,
3.250%, 2/04/2021(c)
  544,820   
     

 

 

 
  5,206,497   
     

 

 

 
Food & Beverage – 0.2%   
  2,673,000    Aramark Services, Inc., USD Term Loan F,
3.250%, 2/24/2021(c)
  2,666,318   
  819,813    Reddy Ice Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan,
6.751%, 5/01/2019(k)
  717,336   
     

 

 

 
  3,383,654   
     

 

 

 
Health Insurance – 0.2%   
  2,993,455    Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
3.750%, 3/01/2021(c)
  2,955,288   
     

 

 

 
Healthcare – 0.4%   
  3,036,839    Millennium Laboratories, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.250%, 4/16/2021(c)
  3,054,877   
  1,488,750    Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.750%, 6/30/2021(c)
  1,473,163   
  1,711,771    Renaissance Learning, Inc., New 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.500%, 4/09/2021(c)
  1,674,677   
     

 

 

 
  6,202,717   
     

 

 

 
Industrial Other – 1.1%   
  499,851    Allison Transmission, Inc., New Term Loan B3,
8/23/2019(j)
  499,666   
  1,086,271    Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.000%, 12/18/2020(c)
  1,080,535   
  2,309,763    Crosby U.S. Acquisition Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan,
3.750%, 11/23/2020(c)
  2,127,869   
  5,798,469    Generac Power Systems, Inc., Term Loan B,
3.250%, 5/31/2020(c)
  5,781,537   
  514,088    Mirror Bidco Corp., New Term Loan,
4.250%, 12/28/2019(c)
  512,376   
  1,925,573    Pinnacle Operating Corp., Term Loan,
4.750%, 11/15/2018(c)
  1,923,166   
  747,653    Virtuoso U.S. LLC, USD Term Loan,
4.750%, 2/11/2021(c)
  744,535   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Senior Loans – continued

  
  

Industrial Other – continued

  
$ 3,242,524       Zebra Technologies Corp., Term Loan B,
4.750%, 10/27/2021(c)
   $ 3,277,382   
     

 

 

 
  15,947,066   
     

 

 

 
Leisure – 0.1%   
  1,799,403    Time, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.250%, 4/26/2021(c)
  1,794,904   
     

 

 

 
Lodging – 0.4%   
  5,645,592    Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, USD Term Loan B2,
3.500%, 10/26/2020(c)
  5,650,729   
     

 

 

 
Media Entertainment – 0.4%   
  3,137,404    Springer Science+Business Media Deutschland GmbH, USD Term Loan B3,
4.750%, 8/14/2020(c)
  3,138,722   
  649,335    Townsquare Media, Inc., 2015 Term Loan B,
4/01/2022(j)
  649,744   
  2,609,582    Tribune Co., 2013 Term Loan,
4.000%, 12/27/2020(c)
  2,610,234   
     

 

 

 
  6,398,700   
     

 

 

 
Midstream – 0.3%   
  1,078,980    Energy Transfer Equity LP, 2015 Term Loan,
4.000%, 12/02/2019(c)
  1,075,473   
  1,930,000    Energy Transfer Equity LP, New Term Loan,
3.250%, 12/02/2019(c)
  1,897,441   
  1,316,149    Targa Resources Corp., Term Loan B,
5.750%, 2/25/2022(c)
  1,321,085   
     

 

 

 
  4,293,999   
     

 

 

 
Natural Gas – 0.1%   
  972,550    Southcross Energy Partners LP, 1st Lien Term Loan,
5.250%, 8/04/2021(c)
  947,021   
     

 

 

 
Other Utility – 0.2%   
  3,022,686    PowerTeam Services LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.250%, 5/06/2020(c)
  2,992,459   
  160,706    PowerTeam Services LLC, Delayed Draw Term Loan,
4.250%, 5/06/2020(c)
  159,099   
     

 

 

 
  3,151,558   
     

 

 

 
Packaging – 0.5%   
  3,731,887    Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., Incremental Term Loan,
4.000%, 12/17/2019(c)
  3,741,217   
  1,032,556    Signode Industrial Group U.S., Inc., USD Term Loan B,
5/01/2021(j)
  1,025,132   
  1,768,819    Signode Industrial Group U.S., Inc., USD Term Loan B,
3.750%, 5/01/2021(c)
  1,756,101   
     

 

 

 
  6,522,450   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals – 1.4%   
  2,242,189    Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, New Term Loan,
5.001%, 11/01/2019(k)
  2,252,010   
  1,550,285    DPx Holdings B.V., USD Term Loan,
4.250%, 3/11/2021(c)
  1,542,053   
  3,210,570    Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc., USD Term Loan B,
3.178%, 2/27/2021(c)
  3,205,497   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Senior Loans – continued

  
  

Pharmaceuticals – continued

  
$ 984,060       IMS Health, Inc., New USD Term Loan,
3.500%, 3/17/2021(c)
   $ 979,691   
  3,005,640       Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., Term Loan B,
3.250%, 3/19/2021(c)
     2,996,263   
  4,539,373       Quintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B3,
3.750%, 6/08/2018(c)
     4,547,907   
  1,875,546       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Delayed Draw Term Loan B F2,
3/10/2022(j)
     1,883,423   
  2,448,629       Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Term Loan B F1,
3/13/2022(j)
     2,458,913   
     

 

 

 
  19,865,757   
     

 

 

 
Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.5%   
  3,062,070    Hub International Ltd., Term Loan B,
4.000%, 10/02/2020(c)
  3,034,726   
  1,490,000    Hyperion Insurance Group Ltd., 2015 Term Loan B,
3/26/2022(j)
  1,497,450   
  3,319,468    Vertafore, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.250%, 10/03/2019(c)
  3,318,074   
     

 

 

 
  7,850,250   
     

 

 

 
Refining – 0.2%   
  2,375,000    Western Refining, Inc., Term Loan B,
11/12/2020(j)
  2,354,219   
     

 

 

 
Restaurants – 0.0%   
  246,429    Brasa Holdings, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan,
11.000%, 1/20/2020(c)
  246,429   
     

 

 

 
Retailers – 0.2%   
  321,796    Hillman Group, Inc. (The), Term Loan B,
4.500%, 6/30/2021(c)
  324,074   
  1,901,359    The Talbots, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.750%, 3/19/2020(c)
  1,858,579   
     

 

 

 
  2,182,653   
     

 

 

 
Supermarkets – 0.1%   
  793,502    Sprouts Farmers Markets Holdings LLC, New Term Loan,
4.000%, 4/23/2020(c)
  794,494   
     

 

 

 
Technology – 1.5%   
  2,861,100    Aptean, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
5.250%, 2/26/2020(c)
  2,796,725   
  1,515,478    BMC Foreign Holding Co., USD Term Loan,
5.000%, 9/10/2020(c)
  1,479,137   
  2,929,271    BMC Software Finance, Inc., USD Term Loan,
5.000%, 9/10/2020(c)
  2,863,363   
  3,053,660    Infor (U.S.), Inc., USD Term Loan B5,
3.750%, 6/03/2020(c)
  3,023,612   
  3,276,157    IQOR U.S., Inc., Term Loan B,
6.000%, 4/01/2021(c)
  3,104,159   
  3,194,068    MA FinanceCo. LLC, Term Loan B,
5.250%, 11/19/2021(c)
  3,198,859   
  760,990    Microsemi Corp., Incremental Term Loan B2,
3.500%, 2/19/2020(c)
  758,327   
  955,414    Nuance Communications, Inc., Term Loan C,
2.930%, 8/07/2019(c)
  943,948   


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Senior Loans – continued

  
  

Technology – continued

  
$ 1,443,025       NXP BV, Term Loan D,
3.250%, 1/11/2020(c)
   $ 1,435,810   
  1,059,588       Oberthur Technologies of America Corp., USD Term Loan B2,
4.500%, 10/18/2019(c)
     1,054,819   
     

 

 

 
  20,658,759   
     

 

 

 
Transportation Services – 0.1%   
  781,132    FPC Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
5.250%, 11/19/2019(c)
  774,297   
  519,228    OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., Exit Term Loan,
5.250%, 8/05/2019(c)
  515,334   
     

 

 

 
  1,289,631   
     

 

 

 
Wireless – 0.5%   
  2,203,467    Altice Financing S.A., USD Term Loan,
5.250%, 2/04/2022(c)
  2,219,993   
  3,019,710    Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B1,
5.000%, 5/24/2019(c)
  3,026,414   
  918,638    Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B2,
4.250%, 7/08/2020(c)
  915,542   
  1,359,725    SBA Senior Finance II LLC, Term Loan B1,
3.250%, 3/24/2021(c)
  1,351,063   
     

 

 

 
  7,513,012   
     

 

 

 
Wirelines – 0.8%   
  3,688,043    CWC Cayman Finance Ltd., Secured Term Loan,
5.500%, 4/28/2017(c)
  3,688,043   
  2,114,040    Level 3 Financing, Inc., Incremental Term Loan B5,
4.500%, 1/31/2022(c)
  2,123,955   
  2,001,848    LTS Buyer LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.000%, 4/13/2020(c)
  1,993,100   
  3,033,493    Zayo Group LLC, Term Loan B,
4.000%, 7/02/2019(c)
  3,035,920   
     

 

 

 
  10,841,018   
     

 

 

 
Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $196,662,579)
  196,978,383   
     

 

 

 

 

Loan Participations – 0.2%

ABS Other – 0.2%   
  2,608,121   

Rise Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class A,
4.750%, 1/31/2021(c)(e)(l)

(Identified Cost $2,627,682)

  2,627,682   
     

 

 

 

Shares

        

 

Preferred Stocks – 4.7%

  

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks – 3.9%

  
   Electric – 0.0%   
  9,050       NextEra Energy, Inc.,
5.889%(b)
     592,141   
     

 

 

 
Energy – 0.1%   
  1,977    Chesapeake Energy Corp., Series A,
5.750%, 144A(b)
  1,707,634   
     

 

 

 

 


Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Preferred Stocks – continued

  

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks – continued

  
   Food Products – 0.7%   
  204,344       Tyson Foods, Inc.,
4.750%(i)
   $ 9,906,597   
     

 

 

 
Metals & Mining – 0.6%   
  144,708    Alcoa, Inc., Series 1,
5.375%(i)
  6,343,999   
  131,000    ArcelorMittal,
6.000%(b)
  1,967,620   
     

 

 

 
  8,311,619   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals – 0.9%   
  12,844    Actavis PLC, Series A,
5.500%(b)
  12,998,128   
     

 

 

 
REITs - Diversified – 1.2%   
  44,170    Crown Castle International Corp., Series A,
4.500%(b)
  4,630,341   
  223,896    Weyerhaeuser Co., Series A,
6.375%(b)
  12,251,589   
     

 

 

 
  16,881,930   
     

 

 

 
REITs - Mortgage – 0.3%   
  67,436    iStar Financial, Inc., Series J,
4.500%(b)
  3,789,229   
     

 

 

 
Utility Other – 0.1%   
  17,432    Dominion Resources, Inc.,
6.375%(b)
  843,709   
  11,055    Dominion Resources, Inc., Series A,
6.125%(b)
  620,849   
  9,938    Dominion Resources, Inc., Series B,
6.000%(b)
  560,503   
     

 

 

 
  2,025,061   
     

 

 

 
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $56,572,093)
  56,212,339   
     

 

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks – 0.8%

Banking – 0.3%   
  3,802    Ally Financial, Inc., Series G,
7.000%, 144A(b)
  3,883,387   
     

 

 

 
Cable Satellite – 0.3%   
  4,040,000    NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.,
5.250%, 144A(b)
  4,283,208   
     

 

 

 
Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.2%   
  102,000    Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.,
8.875%(b)
  2,703,000   
     

 

 

 
Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $10,304,788)
  10,869,595   
     

 

 

 
Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $66,876,881)
  67,081,934   
     

 

 

 

 


Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – 1.8%

  
   Communications Equipment – 0.3%   
  125,943       Cisco Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 3,466,581   
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services – 0.1%   
  35,206    Halliburton Co.(b)   1,544,839   
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.9%   
  17,629    Anadarko Petroleum Corp.(b)   1,459,858   
  48,169    Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.(b)   1,479,270   
  173,661    Kinder Morgan, Inc.(b)   7,304,182   
  8,736    Pioneer Natural Resources Co.(b)   1,428,423   
  51,624    Suncor Energy, Inc.(b)   1,510,002   
     

 

 

 
  13,181,735   
     

 

 

 
Specialty Retail – 0.5%   
  30,674    Home Depot, Inc. (The)(b)   3,484,873   
  47,543    Lowe’s Cos., Inc.(b)   3,536,724   
     

 

 

 
  7,021,597   
     

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $22,667,244)
  25,214,752   
     

 

 

 

 

Exchange Traded Funds – 0.3%

  23,665    iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF(b)
(Identified Cost $3,438,100)
  3,596,607   
     

 

 

 

Shares/
Units of
Currency(††††)

        

 

Purchased Options – 0.2%

  
   Index Options – 0.0%   
  1,500       EURO STOXX 50®, Call expiring September 18, 2015 at 3850(m)      150,320   
     

 

 

 
Options on Securities – 0.2%   
  300,000    Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Call expiring June 19, 2015 at 77(m)   412,500   
  500,000    iShares® China Large-Cap ETF, Put expiring May 15, 2015 at 41(m)   120,000   
  300,000    iShares® Russell 2000 ETF, Put expiring June 30, 2015 at 113(m)   472,500   
  140,000    Schlumberger Ltd., Put expiring May 15, 2015 at 85(m)   483,000   
  250,000    SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust, Put expiring June 19, 2015 at 195(m)   723,750   
     

 

 

 
  2,211,750   
     

 

 

 
Over-the-Counter Options on Currency – 0.0%   
  26,720,000    INR Put, expiring July 24, 2015 at 61.5000(m)(n)   114,255   
  43,875,000    INR Put, expiring August 31, 2015 at 61.5000(m)(o)   215,733   
     

 

 

 
  329,988   
     

 

 

 
Total Purchased Options
(Identified Cost $5,419,677)
  2,692,058   
     

 

 

 

 


Notional
Amount(††††)

    

Description

   Value(†)  

 

Purchased Swaptions – 0.1%

  
   Interest Rate Swaptions – 0.1%   
$ 1,375,000,000       1-year Interest Rate Swap Put, expiring 10/16/2015, Pay 28-day TIIE, Receive MXN 4.400% (n)(p)    $ 320,640   
  100,200,000       10-year Interest Rate Swap Call, expiring 07/22/2015, Pay 2.39%, Receive 3-month LIBOR (p)(q)      757,211   
  65,000,000       10-year Interest Rate Swap Call, expiring 5/26/2015, Pay 2.1825%, Receive 3-month LIBOR (p)(q)      489,580   
     

 

 

 
Total Purchased Swaptions
(Identified Cost $2,629,633)
  1,567,431   
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount (‡)

             

 

Short-Term Investments – 11.2%

  
  514,369       Repurchase Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company, dated 3/31/2015 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $514,369 on 4/01/2015 collateralized by $516,100 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.500% due 8/31/2018 valued at $524,695 including accrued interest(r)      514,369   
  149,885,609       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2015 at 0.010% to be repurchased at $149,885,651 on 4/01/2015 collateralized by $1,615,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 3.500% due 2/15/2018 valued at $1,741,734; $30,875,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.625% due 11/15/2020 valued at $32,997,656; $23,200,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.000% due 11/30/2020 valued at $23,925,000; $4,075,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.375% due 12/31/2020 valued at $4,278,750; $80,310,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625% due 2/15/2021 valued at $89,947,200 including accrued interest(i)(r)      149,885,609   
  9,400,000       U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.067%, 8/20/2015(s)(t)      9,397,697   
     

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $159,797,511)
  159,797,675   
     

 

 

 
Total Investments – 98.0%
(Identified Cost $1,393,465,993)(a)
  1,391,353,135   
Other assets less liabilities – 2.0%   28,685,609   
     

 

 

 
Net Assets – 100.0% $ 1,420,038,744   
     

 

 

 

Shares(††††)

             

 

Written Options – (0.0%)

  
   Options on Securities – (0.0%)   
  500,000       iShares® China Large-Cap ETF, Put expiring May 15, 2015 at 37.5000(m)    $ (25,000
  300,000       iShares® Russell 2000 ETF, Put expiring June 30, 2015 at 102(m)      (151,500
  250,000       SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust, Put expiring June 19, 2015 at 180(m)      (265,000
     

 

 

 
Total Written Options
(Premiums Received $1,546,920)
$ (441,500
     

 

 

 

 


(‡) Principal Amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

 

  Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

 

  Senior loans are valued at bid prices supplied by an independent pricing service, if available.

 

  Listed equity securities (including closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. 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 an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. If there is no sale price or closing bid quotation available unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

 

  In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used.

 

  Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities and senior loans where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated rates determined based on information provided by an independent pricing service.

 

  Futures contracts are valued at the current settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively.

 

  Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued at settlement prices of the clearinghouse on which the contracts were traded or prices obtained from broker-dealers.

 

  Bilateral credit default swaps are valued based on mid prices (between the bid price and the ask price) supplied by an independent pricing service.

 

  International index options traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the most recent settlement price.

 

  Domestic exchange-traded single equity option contracts are valued at the mean of the National Best Bid and Offer quotations. Options on futures contracts are valued using the current settlement price on the exchange on which, over time, they are traded most extensively.

 

  Other exchange-traded options are valued at the average of the closing bid and ask quotations on the exchange on which, over time, they are traded most extensively.

 

  Over-the-counter (“OTC”) currency options and swaptions are valued at mid prices (between the bid and the ask price) supplied by an independent pricing service, if available.

 

  Other OTC option contracts (including currency options and swaptions not priced through an independent pricing service) are valued based on prices obtained from broker-dealers.

 

  Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

 

  The books and records of the Fund 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.

 

(††) Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.
(†††) Security held in units. One unit represents a principal amount of 1,000. Amount shown represents principal amount including inflation adjustments.
(††††) Interest rate swaptions are expressed as notional amount. Options on securities and index options are expressed as shares. Options on currency are expressed as units of currency.


(a) Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales. Amortization of premium on debt securities is excluded for tax purposes.):

 

  At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $1,393,974,506 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

$ 37,042,213   

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

  (39,663,584
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

$ (2,621,371
  

 

 

 

 

  At December 31, 2014, the Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward of $36,722,563 with no expiration date and a long-term capital loss carryforward of $17,622,766 with no expiration date. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) All of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, swap agreements, options or swaptions.
(c) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2015 is disclosed.
(d) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At March 31, 2015, the value of these securities amounted to $6,935,075 or 0.5% of net assets.
(e) Illiquid security. At March 31, 2015, the value of these securities amounted to $20,713,749 or 1.5% of net assets. Illiquid securities are deemed to be fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures.
(f) Security represents right to receive monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Principal shown is the outstanding par amount of the pool held as of the end of the period.
(g) Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.
(h) The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.
(i) A portion of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, swap agreements, options or swaptions.
(j) Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at March 31, 2015 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.
(k) Variable rate security. Rate shown represents the weighted average rate of underlying contracts at March 31, 2015.
(l) The Fund may invest in loans to corporate, governmental or other borrowers. A Fund’s investments in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. When investing in a loan participation, (i) a Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the party from whom the Fund has purchased the participation and only upon receipt by that party of payments from the borrower and (ii) a Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement or to vote on matters arising under the loan agreement. Thus, a Fund may be subject to credit risk both of the party from whom it purchased the loan participation and the borrower and that Fund may have minimal control over the terms of any loan modification. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders, it acquires direct rights against the borrower on the loan.
(m) The Fund 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 are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, the difference between the premium paid and the proceeds of the closing sale transaction is treated as a realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium paid. When the 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 are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the difference between the net premium received and any amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including commissions, is treated as a realized gain or, if the net premium received is less than the amount paid, as a realized loss. The Fund, as writer of a written option, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the instrument or index underlying the written option. Exchange-traded options contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund 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.
(n) Counterparty is Bank of America, N.A.
(o) Counterparty is Citibank, N.A.
(p) Non-income producing security.


(p) The Fund may enter into interest rate swaptions. An interest rate swaption gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to enter into or cancel an interest rate swap agreement at a future date. Interest rate swaptions may be either purchased or written. The buyer of an interest rate swaption may purchase either the right to receive a fixed rate in the underlying swap (known as a “receiver swaption”) or to pay a fixed rate (known as a “payer swaption”), based on the notional amount of the swap agreement, in exchange for a floating rate.

 

  When the Fund purchases an interest rate swaption, it pays a premium and the swaption is subsequently marked to market to reflect current value. Premiums paid for purchasing interest rate swaptions which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing interest rate swaptions which are exercised are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying swap to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, the difference between the premium paid and the proceeds of the closing sale transaction is treated as a realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing interest rate swaptions is limited to the premium paid.

 

  When the Fund writes an interest rate swaption, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value. Premiums received for written interest rate swaptions which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received for written interest rate swaptions which are exercised are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying swap to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the difference between the premium received and any amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including commission, is treated as a realized gain or, if the premium received is less than the amount paid, as a realized loss. The Fund, as writer of a written interest rate swaption, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the swap underlying the written interest rate swaption.

 

(q) Counterparty is Deutsche Bank AG.
(r) The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2015, the Fund had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.
(s) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(t) All of this security has been pledged as initial margin for open futures contracts.

 

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 March 31, 2015, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $352,372,634 or 24.8% of net assets.
ABS Asset-Backed Securities
EMTN Euro Medium Term Note
ETF Exchange Traded Fund
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
MTN Medium Term Note
REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts
TIIE Tasa de Interes de Equilibrio - Equilibrium Interbank Interest Rate
BRL Brazilian Real
COP Colombian Peso
EUR Euro
MXN Mexican Peso
NZD New Zealand Dollar
USD U.S. Dollar


Swap Agreements

The Fund may enter into credit default 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 Fund may be either the protection buyer or the protection seller. As a protection buyer, the Fund has the ability to hedge the downside risk of an issuer or group of issuers. As a protection seller, the Fund has 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 Fund 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 the 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.

Swap agreements are valued daily and fluctuations in the value are recorded as change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. Fees are accrued in accordance with the terms of the agreement and are recorded as receivable or payable. When received or paid, fees are recorded as realized gain or loss. Upfront premiums paid or received by the Fund are recorded 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 Fund as a result of a credit event or termination of the agreement are recorded as realized gain or loss.

Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). Bilateral swap agreements are 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. In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the Fund faces the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund based on the daily change in the value of the centrally cleared swap agreement. For centrally cleared swaps, the Fund’s counterparty credit risk is reduced as the CCP stands between the Fund and the counterparty. The Fund covers its net obligations under outstanding swap agreements by segregating or earmarking cash or securities.

At March 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open bilateral credit default swap agreements:

Buy Protection

 

Counterparty

 

Reference
Obligation

  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Value(‡)
    Unamortized
Up Front
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Fees
Receivable/
(Payable)
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  Republic of Brazil     (1.00 %)      12/20/2019      $ 5,200,000      $ 163,983      $ 378,580      $ 214,597      $ (1,444

Bank of America, N.A.

  Republic of Brazil     (1.00 %)      12/20/2019        1,725,000        56,609        125,587        68,978        (479

Bank of America, N.A.

  Republic of Brazil     (1.00 %)      12/20/2019        2,325,000        60,427        169,269        108,842        (646

Citibank, N.A.

  Republic of Brazil     (1.00 %)      12/20/2019        3,450,000        94,012        251,173        157,161        (958
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 924,609    $ 549,578    $ (3,527
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 


Sell Protection

 

Counterparty

 

Reference
Obligation

  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
    Expiration
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread^
    Notional
Value(‡)
    Unamortized
Up Front
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Fees
Receivable/
(Payable)
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74   $ 1,775,000      $ (209,339   $ (440,068   $ (230,729   $ 486   

Citibank, N.A.

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74     3,150,000        (371,502     (780,966     (409,464     863   

Citibank, N.A.

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74     600,000        (97,172     (148,755     (51,583     167   

Deutsche Bank AG

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74     2,660,000        (345,425     (659,482     (314,057     739   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74     2,025,000        (320,216     (502,049     (181,833     563   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74     1,215,000        (203,428     (301,230     (97,802     338   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74     4,075,000        (618,502     (1,010,298     (391,796     1,132   

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

  Transocean, Inc.     1.00     12/20/2019        7.74     810,000        (136,866     (200,820     (63,954     225   
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  

$ (4,043,668 $ (1,741,218 $ 4,513   
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open centrally cleared credit default swap agreements:

Buy Protection

 

Reference Obligation

   (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed Rate
    Expiration
Date
     Notional
Value(‡)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Fees
Receivable/
(Payable)
 

CDX.NA.HY* Series 24, 5-Year

     (5.00 %)      6/20/2020       $ 72,100,000       $ (5,120,470   $ (198,131   $ (10,014
          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(‡) 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.
* CDX.NA.HY is an index composed of North American high yield credit default swaps.


Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts, to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Fund’s 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. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies the Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency the Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Contracts are traded over-the-counter directly with a counterparty. 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 Fund’s or counterparty’s net obligations under the contracts.

At March 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Contract
to
Buy/Sell

   Delivery
Date
    

Currency

   Units
of
Currency
     Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Sell1

     4/23/2015       Brazilian Real      69,080,000       $ 21,532,364       $ (604,104

Buy1

     4/13/2015       Chilean Peso      13,700,000,000         21,918,247         275,277   

Sell1

     4/13/2015       Chilean Peso      13,700,000,000         21,918,247         (461,708

Sell2

     4/17/2015       Colombian Peso      18,400,000,000         7,066,282         (45,525

Buy1

     4/07/2015       Euro      52,760,000         56,733,975         (355,405

Sell1

     4/07/2015       Euro      52,760,000         56,733,975         2,194,864   

Sell3

     4/17/2015       Euro      686,000         737,767         8,493   

Sell3

     4/17/2015       Euro      4,985,000         5,361,180         (109,986

Sell1

     4/23/2015       Euro      9,845,000         10,588,753         (75,868

Sell2

     4/27/2015       Euro      26,000,000         27,965,660         552,258   

Buy2

     4/27/2015       Hungarian Forint      7,777,600,000         27,817,697         (749,534

Buy2

     4/20/2015       Japanese Yen      3,080,000,000         25,686,975         261,952   

Sell1

     4/09/2015       Malaysian Ringgit      44,000,000         11,872,799         96,733   

Sell1

     4/09/2015       Malaysian Ringgit      9,000,000         2,428,527         (16,305

Buy1

     4/06/2015       Mexican Peso      87,652,000         5,746,353         20,963   

Buy1

     4/07/2015       Mexican Peso      673,360,000         44,141,646         (498,948

Sell1

     4/06/2015       Mexican Peso      87,652,000         5,746,353         98,477   

Sell1

     4/07/2015       Mexican Peso      782,648,000         51,305,945         879,286   

Sell1

     4/23/2015       Mexican Peso      5,362,500         351,153         (1,575

Sell1

     5/06/2015       Mexican Peso      87,652,000         5,734,623         (21,399

Sell2

     4/09/2015       New Taiwan Dollar      451,600,000         14,432,957         (93,713

Buy1

     4/10/2015       New Zealand Dollar      29,200,000         21,812,904         (551,668

Sell1

     4/10/2015       New Zealand Dollar      29,200,000         21,812,904         (334,844

Sell4

     4/20/2015       New Zealand Dollar      8,860,000         6,612,150         (127,959

Buy3

     4/09/2015       South African Rand      345,400,000         28,444,371         (163,737

Sell3

     4/09/2015       South African Rand      345,400,000         28,444,371         474,226   

Buy2

     4/13/2015       Turkish Lira      17,000,000         6,520,004         (49,537

Buy1

     4/13/2015       Turkish Lira      27,000,000         10,355,300         (74,645

Sell2

     4/13/2015       Turkish Lira      17,000,000         6,520,004         (112,888

Sell1

     4/13/2015       Turkish Lira      27,000,000         10,355,300         (163,544
              

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 249,637   
              

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open forward cross currency contracts:

 

Settlement Date

   Deliver/Units of Currency      Receive/Units of Currency      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

4/17/2015

   South Korean Won      24,269,000,000       Japanese Yen1     2,578,681,173       $ (358,928

4/27/2015

   Australian Dollar      26,100,000       Canadian Dollar1     25,619,656         371,177   
             

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 12,249   
             

 

 

 

 

1  Counterparty is Credit Suisse International
2  Counterparty is Bank of America, N.A.
3  Counterparty is Deutsche Bank AG
4  Counterparty is Citibank, N.A.


Futures Contracts

The Fund may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular instrument or index for a specified price on a specified future date.

When the Fund 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 the Fund 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. Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund is reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, the Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.

At March 31, 2015, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

EURO STOXX 50®

     6/19/2015         468       $ 18,271,815       $ 209,290   

Eurodollar

     12/14/2015         819         203,408,887         (12,293
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 196,997   
           

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/19/2015         626       $ 64,503,040       $ 230,105   

Eurodollar

     12/19/2016         819         201,873,262         37,987   

Sterling

     12/21/2016         1,096         200,949,673         79,421   
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 347,513   
           

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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


The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Bonds and Notes

       

Non-Convertible Bonds

       

ABS Home Equity

  $ —        $ 174,096,154      $ 944,010 (a)    $ 175,040,164   

ABS Other

    —          11,296,725        26,012,497 (b)      37,309,222   

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    —          49,699,747        18,035,293 (c)      67,735,040   

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds*

    —          594,955,259        —          594,955,259   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

  —        830,047,885      44,991,800      875,039,685   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds*

  —        56,756,928      —        56,756,928   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

  —        886,804,813      44,991,800      931,796,613   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior Loans*

  —        196,978,383      —        196,978,383   

Loan Participations*

  —        —        2,627,682 (c)    2,627,682   

Preferred Stocks

Convertible Preferred Stocks

Energy

  —        1,707,634      —        1,707,634   

REITs - Mortgage

  —        3,789,229      —        3,789,229   

All Other Convertible Preferred Stocks*

  50,715,476      —        —        50,715,476   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

  50,715,476      5,496,863      —        56,212,339   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks

Cable Satellite

  —        4,283,208      —        4,283,208   

All Other Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks*

  6,586,387      —        —        6,586,387   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks

  6,586,387      4,283,208      —        10,869,595   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

  57,301,863      9,780,071      —        67,081,934   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stocks*

  25,214,752      —        —        25,214,752   

Exchange Traded Funds

  3,596,607      —        —        3,596,607   

Purchased Options*

  2,362,070      329,988      —        2,692,058   

Purchased Swaptions*

  —        1,567,431      —        1,567,431   

Short-Term Investments

  —        159,797,675      —        159,797,675   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  88,475,292      1,255,258,361      47,619,482      1,391,353,135   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bilateral Credit Default Swap Agreements (unrealized appreciation)

  —        549,578      —        549,578   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

  —        5,233,706      —        5,233,706   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

  556,803      —        —        556,803   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 89,032,095    $ 1,261,041,645    $ 47,619,482    $ 1,397,693,222   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Liability Valuation Inputs

Description

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Written Options*

  $ (441,500   $ —        $ —        $ (441,500

Bilateral Credit Default Swap Agreements (unrealized depreciation)

    —          (1,741,218     —          (1,741,218

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreements (unrealized depreciation)

    (198,131     —          —          (198,131

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

    —          (4,971,820     —          (4,971,820

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

    (12,293     —          —          (12,293
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ (651,924 $ (6,713,038 $ —      $ (7,364,962
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(a) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.
(b) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices ($20,021,432) or fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($5,991,065).
(c) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices.

The Fund’s pricing policies and procedures are recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Debt securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service. Broker-dealer bid prices may be used if an independent pricing service either is unable to price a security or does not provide a reliable price for a security. Broker-dealer bid prices for which the Fund does not have knowledge of the inputs used by the broker-dealer are categorized in Level 3. All security prices, including those obtained from an independent pricing service and broker-dealer bid prices, are reviewed on a daily basis by the adviser, subject to oversight by Fund management and the Board of Trustees. If the adviser, in good faith, believes that the price provided by an independent pricing service is unreliable, broker-dealer bid prices may be used until the price provided by the independent pricing service is considered to be reliable. Reliability of all security prices, including those obtained from an independent pricing service and broker-dealer bid prices, is tested in a variety of ways, including comparison to recent transaction prices and daily fluctuations, amongst other validation procedures in place. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Funds’ adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fair valued securities may be categorized in Level 3.


The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of December 31, 2014 and/or March 31, 2015:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
December 31,
2014
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     Sales     Transfers
into
Level 3
    Transfers
out of
Level 3
    Balance as
of
March 31,
2015
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
March 31,
2015
 

Bonds and Notes

                   

Non-Convertible Bonds

                   

ABS Home Equity

  $ 811,274      $ —        $ (2,002   $ (131   $ —        $ (121,652   $ 256,521      $ —        $ 944,010      $ (728

ABS Other

    20,098,815        —          (386     (280,218     7,673,273        (1,478,987     —          —          26,012,497        (272,782

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    4,387,394        —          (90     73,619        13,581,532        (7,162     —          —          18,035,293        73,531   

Loan Participations

    2,657,911        —          (275     6,612        —          (36,566     —          —          2,627,682        6,521   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 27,955,394      $ —        $ (2,753   $ (200,118   $ 21,254,805      $ (1,644,367   $ 256,521      $ —        $ 47,619,482      $ (193,458
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

A debt security valued at $256,521 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended March 31, 2015. At December 31, 2014, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies. At March 31, 2015, this security was valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security.

All transfers are recognized as of the beginning of the reporting period.

Derivatives

Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of another security or financial instrument. Derivative instruments that the Fund used during the period include forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, option contracts, swaptions and swap agreements.

The 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 and option contracts, interest rate swaptions and swap agreements. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund used forward foreign currency and options contracts, swaptions and credit default swap agreements (as a protection seller) to gain investment exposures in accordance with its objective.

The Fund is subject to the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities. The 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. The Fund may use futures contracts and interest rate swaptions to hedge against changes in interest rates and to manage duration without having to buy or sell portfolio securities. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund engaged in futures contracts to manage duration and for hedging purposes.

The Fund is 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 Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts and option contracts for hedging purposes to protect the value of the Fund’s holdings of foreign securities. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund engaged in forward foreign currency and option transactions for hedging purposes.

The Fund is subject to the risk that companies in which the Fund invests will fail financially or otherwise be unwilling or unable to meet their obligations to the Fund. The Fund may use credit default swaps, as a protection buyer, to hedge its credit exposure to issuers of bonds it holds without having to sell the bonds. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund engaged in credit default swap transactions as a protection buyer to hedge its credit exposure.

The Fund is 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. The Fund may use futures contracts, purchased put options and written call options to hedge against a decline in value of an equity security that it owns. The Fund may also write put options to offset the cost of options used for hedging purposes. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund engaged in futures and option transactions for hedging purposes.


The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2015:

 

Assets

   Investments
at value1
    Unrealized
appreciation
on forward
foreign
currency
contracts
    Unrealized
appreciation
on
futures
contracts
    Swap
agreements at
value
    Total  

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

          

Interest rate contracts

   $ 1,567,431      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 1,567,431   

Foreign exchange contracts

     329,988        5,233,706        —          —          5,563,694   

Credit contracts

     —          —          —          924,609        924,609   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter asset derivatives

$ 1,897,419    $ 5,233,706    $ —      $ 924,609    $ 8,055,734   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exchange traded/cleared asset derivatives

Equity contracts

$ 2,362,070    $ —      $ 439,395    $ —      $ 2,801,465   

Interest rate contracts

  —        —        117,408      —        117,408   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total exchange traded/cleared asset derivatives

$ 2,362,070    $ —      $ 556,803    $ —      $ 2,918,873   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

$ 4,259,489    $ 5,233,706    $ 556,803    $ 924,609    $ 10,974,607   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

   Options
written at
value
    Unrealized
depreciation
on forward
foreign
currency
contracts
    Unrealized
depreciation
on
futures
contracts
    Swap
agreements at
value
    Total  

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

          

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ —        $ (4,971,820   $ —        $ —        $ (4,971,820

Credit contracts

     —          —          —          (4,043,668     (4,043,668
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter liability derivatives

$ —      $ (4,971,820 $ —      $ (4,043,668 $ (9,015,488
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exchange traded/cleared liability derivatives

Equity contracts

$ (441,500 $ —      $ —      $ —      $ (441,500

Interest rate contracts

  —        —        (12,293   —        (12,293

Credit contracts

  —        —        —        (5,120,470   (5,120,470
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total exchange traded/cleared liability derivatives

$ (441,500 $ —      $ (12,293 $ (5,120,470 $ (5,574,263
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

$ (441,500 $ (4,971,820 $ (12,293 $ (9,164,138 $ (14,589,751
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1  Represents purchased options/swaptions, at value.

The Fund’s derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of this disclosure.

Over-the-counter derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts, options, interest rate swaptions and swap agreements, are entered into pursuant to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) agreements negotiated between the Fund and its counterparties. ISDA agreements typically contain, among other things, terms for the posting of collateral and master netting provisions in the event of a default or other termination event. Collateral is posted by the Fund or the counterparty to the extent of the net mark-to-market exposure to the other party of all open contracts under the agreement, subject to minimum transfer requirements. Master netting provisions allow the Fund and the counterparty, in the event of a default or other termination event, to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts, including any posted collateral, to one net amount payable by either the Fund or the counterparty. The Fund’s ISDA agreements typically contain provisions that allow a counterparty to terminate open contracts early if the net asset value of the Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. As of March 31, 2015, the fair value of derivative positions subject to these provisions that are in a net liability position by counterparty, and the value of collateral pledged to counterparties for such contracts is as follows:

 

Counterparty

   Derivatives      Collateral
Pledged
 

Citibank, N.A.

   $ (590,774    $ 610,000   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

     (1,813,577      1,760,000   

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

     (200,820      —     

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the Fund’s aggregated unrealized gains and the amount of any collateral pledged to the counterparty, which may be offset by any collateral posted to the Fund by the counterparty. ISDA master agreements can help to manage counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under these ISDA agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure in respect of certain transactions, net of existing collateral already in place, exceeds a specified amount (typically $250,000, depending on the counterparty). With exchange traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially


resulting in losses to the Fund. The following table shows (i) the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund, and (ii) the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting provisions pursuant to ISDA agreements, as of March 31, 2015:

 

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Gross

    Maximum Amount
of Loss - Net
 
$ 26,505,090      $ 16,234,887   

These amounts include cash received as collateral of $2,010,000.

Industry Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

ABS Home Equity

     12.3

Banking

     5.4   

Technology

     5.1   

Pharmaceuticals

     4.9   

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     4.8   

Automotive

     4.6   

ABS Credit Card

     4.0   

Finance Companies

     2.9   

ABS Other

     2.8   

Independent Energy

     2.5   

Treasuries

     2.4   

Midstream

     2.2   

Consumer Cyclical Services

     2.1   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     30.8   

Short-Term Investments

     11.2   

Total Investments

     98.0   
  

 

 

 

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options, swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts)

  2.0   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – 90.7% of Net Assets   

 

Municipals – 90.7%

  
   Alaska – 2.1%   
$ 600,000       Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority Revenue, Refunding, 2011 Series Three,
5.000%, 9/01/2020
   $ 706,014   
     

 

 

 
California – 4.7%   
  250,000    Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority Revenue, Senior Lien, Refunding, Series A,
5.000%, 10/01/2024
  303,535   
  380,000    Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency Revenue, Series A,
5.000%, 10/01/2024
  463,524   
  700,000    Garden Grove Unified School District, 2010 Election, GO, Series C,
5.000%, 8/01/2035
  800,709   
     

 

 

 
  1,567,768   
     

 

 

 
Colorado – 7.2%   
  260,000    Colorado Springs Utilities System Revenue, Series B-2,
5.000%, 11/15/2033
  302,650   
  400,000    Colorado State Health Facilities Authority Revenue, Craig Hospital Project,
5.000%, 12/01/2028
  458,504   
  400,000    Denver City & County School District No. 1, GO, Series B, (State Aid Withholding),
5.000%, 12/01/2026
  480,660   
  500,000    Regional Transportation District Sales Tax Revenue, Fastracks Project, Refunding, Series A,
5.000%, 11/01/2028
  621,600   
  450,000    University of Colorado Revenue, Refunding, Series B,
5.000%, 6/01/2019
  519,854   
     

 

 

 
  2,383,268   
     

 

 

 
Connecticut – 1.2%   
  375,000    State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, Second Lien, Transportation Infrastructure, Refunding, Series 1,
5.000%, 2/01/2016
  389,632   
     

 

 

 
Florida – 15.4%   
  500,000    Fernandina Beach Utility System Revenue, Refunding, Series A,
5.000%, 9/01/2027
  588,060   
  250,000    Florida State Board of Education, GO, Capital Outlay 2011, Refunding, Series B,
5.000%, 6/01/2015
  252,050   
  400,000    Florida State Board of Governors, University System Improvement Revenue, Refunding, Series A,
5.000%, 7/01/2018
  452,044   
  500,000    JEA Water & Sewer System Revenue, Series A,
5.000%, 10/01/2016
  533,815   
  250,000    Miami Beach Health Facilities Authority Revenue, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Refunding,
5.000%, 11/15/2025
  293,090   
  750,000    Miami-Dade County Aviation Revenue, Refunding, Series A, AMT,
5.000%, 10/01/2017
  826,072   
  400,000    Orlando & Orange County Expressway Authority Revenue, Refunding,
5.000%, 7/01/2023
  480,544   
  600,000    Sarasota County Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue, Refunding,
5.000%, 10/01/2022
  731,694   


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Municipals – continued

  
  

Florida – continued

  
$ 400,000       Sarasota County Utility System Revenue,
5.000%, 10/01/2023
   $ 492,964   
  400,000       Volusia County Educational Facility Authority Revenue, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc., Series B,
5.000%, 10/15/2025
     474,584   
     

 

 

 
  5,124,917   
     

 

 

 
Georgia – 2.7%   
  500,000    Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue, Series B,
5.000%, 1/01/2021
  589,325   
  250,000    Savannah Hospital Authority Revenue, St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System Obligated Group, Series A,
5.500%, 7/01/2027
  297,955   
     

 

 

 
  887,280   
     

 

 

 
Hawaii – 1.3%   
  400,000    Honolulu City and County, GO, Series B,
5.000%, 8/01/2016
  424,352   
     

 

 

 
Illinois – 4.3%   
  370,000    Illinois Finance Authority Revenue, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Series B,
5.500%, 8/15/2028
  417,493   
  500,000    Illinois Finance Authority Revenue, Loyola University Chicago, Series B,
5.000%, 7/01/2020
  575,120   
  100,000    Illinois Finance Authority Revenue, Loyola University Chicago, Series B,
5.000%, 7/01/2021
  116,504   
  320,000    Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Revenue, Senior Priority, Series A, (AGM insured),
5.000%, 1/01/2017
  323,815   
     

 

 

 
  1,432,932   
     

 

 

 
Kentucky – 1.0%   
  275,000    Louisville & Jefferson County, Metropolitan Government Revenue, Jewish Hospital St. Mary’s Healthcare, Prerefunded 02/01/2018@100,
6.125%, 2/01/2037
  315,276   
     

 

 

 
Massachusetts – 0.5%   
  150,000    Massachusetts State Development Finance Agency Revenue, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Allied Health Science, Series F,
4.000%, 7/01/2018
  163,826   
     

 

 

 
Michigan – 1.7%   
  545,000    State of Michigan, GO, Prerefunded 11/01/2015@100, Series A, (NATL-RE insured),
5.000%, 11/01/2018
  560,195   
     

 

 

 
Minnesota – 2.5%   
  250,000    Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission Revenue, Refunding,
5.000%, 1/01/2017
  268,830   
  300,000    Minnesota State Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue, University of St. Thomas, Series 7-U,
5.000%, 4/01/2017
  324,819   
  200,000    Northern Municipal Power Agency, Electric System Revenue, Series A,
5.000%, 1/01/2023
  236,078   
     

 

 

 
  829,727   
     

 

 

 


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Municipals – continued

  
   Missouri – 4.1%   
$ 700,000       Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission Power Project Revenue, Refunding,
5.000%, 1/01/2024
   $ 847,679   
  500,000       Southeast Missouri State University Revenue, Series A,
5.000%, 4/01/2016
     522,560   
     

 

 

 
  1,370,239   
     

 

 

 
Nebraska – 1.7%   
  500,000    Nebraska Public Power District, General Revenue, Refunding, Series A,
5.000%, 1/01/2028
  577,120   
     

 

 

 
Nevada – 1.8%   
  500,000    City of Henderson, GO, Various Purpose, Refunding,
5.000%, 6/01/2026
  600,775   
     

 

 

 
New Jersey – 6.3%   
  265,000    New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority Revenue, Refunding, Virtual Health, Inc.,
5.000%, 7/01/2023
  316,688   
  580,000    New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue, Prerefunded 06/15/2015@100, Series D, (AGM insured),
5.000%, 6/15/2019
  585,597   
  500,000    New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue, Series A,
5.000%, 1/01/2032
  576,265   
  500,000    Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Refunding, Series J,
5.000%, 5/01/2024
  608,865   
     

 

 

 
  2,087,415   
     

 

 

 
New York – 1.1%   
  350,000    New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue, Mental Health Services Facility Improvements, (State Appropriation),
5.000%, 2/15/2017
  378,280   
     

 

 

 
Ohio – 8.3%   
  400,000    American Municipal Power Revenue, Hydroelectric Projects, Refunding, Series CA, (AGM insured),
5.000%, 2/15/2021
  454,380   
  500,000    Columbus, GO, Various Purpose, Series A,
5.000%, 8/15/2023
  619,695   
  500,000    Hamilton County Hospital Facilities Revenue, UC Health Obligated Group,
5.000%, 2/01/2024
  589,345   
  500,000    Little Miami School District, GO, Prerefunded 12/01/2016@ 100, (AGM insured),
5.000%, 12/01/2026
  537,430   
  500,000    Ohio State Higher Educational Facility Commission Revenue, University of Dayton,
5.000%, 12/01/2030
  569,740   
     

 

 

 
  2,770,590   
     

 

 

 
Pennsylvania – 3.5%   
  335,000    Delaware County Authority Revenue, Villanova University,
5.000%, 8/01/2019
  385,464   
  285,000    Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Revenue, Refunding, Series A,
4.000%, 7/01/2027
  305,341   
  450,000    Philadelphia Airport Revenue, Refunding, Series D, AMT,
5.000%, 6/15/2016
  473,472   
     

 

 

 
  1,164,277   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Municipals – continued

  
   Rhode Island – 1.8%   
$ 500,000       Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency Pollution Control Agency Revolving Fund-Pooled Loan, Series A,
5.000%, 10/01/2024
   $ 614,015   
     

 

 

 
South Dakota – 1.5%   
  465,000    Sioux Falls Sales Tax Revenue, Series A-1,
4.750%, 11/15/2036
  503,256   
     

 

 

 
Texas – 10.2%   
  250,000    Corpus Christi Utility System Revenue, Junior Lien Improvement,
5.000%, 7/15/2021
  296,015   
  400,000    Garland, GO, Refunding, (AGM insured),
5.000%, 2/15/2016
  415,820   
  500,000    Harris County Health Facilities Development Authority Revenue, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Prerefunded 12/01/2018@100, Series B,
7.125%, 12/01/2031
  608,805   
  500,000    Keller Independent School District, GO, Refunding, Series A, (PSF-GTD),
5.000%, 8/15/2022
  609,795   
  350,000    State of Texas Water Financial Assistance, GO, Series B,
5.000%, 8/01/2022
  423,118   
  400,000    Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue, Methodist Hospitals of Dallas,
5.000%, 10/01/2024
  482,216   
  500,000    West Harris County Regional Water Authority, Water System Revenue, Refunding, (AGM insured),
4.000%, 12/15/2019
  556,275   
     

 

 

 
  3,392,044   
     

 

 

 
Utah – 0.9%   
  250,000    Utah State Transit Authority Sales Tax Revenue, Refunding,
5.000%, 6/15/2024
  296,003   
     

 

 

 
Washington – 4.9%   
  500,000    Port of Seattle Revenue, AMT,
5.000%, 7/01/2029
  562,430   
  400,000    Port of Seattle Special Facility Revenue, Refunding, AMT, SEATAC Fuel Facility LLC,
5.000%, 6/01/2020
  460,888   
  500,000    Snohomish County School District No. 15 Edmonds, GO,
5.000%, 12/01/2031
  593,585   
     

 

 

 
  1,616,903   
     

 

 

 
Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $29,269,047)
  30,156,104   
     

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments – 10.7%

  3,562,550    Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2015 at 0.010% to be repurchased at $3,562,551 on 4/01/2015 collateralized by $3,245,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625% due 2/15/2021 valued at $3,634,400 including accrued interest(b) (Identified Cost $3,562,550)   3,562,550   
     

 

 

 

 


    

Description

   Value (†)  
   Total Investments – 101.4%
(Identified Cost $32,831,597)(a)
   $ 33,718,654   
  

Other assets less liabilities – (1.4)%

     (453,441
     

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

$ 33,265,213   
     

 

 

 

 

(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

 

     Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

 

     Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

 

     Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

 

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

 

     At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $32,831,597 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

$ 893,396   

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

  (6,339
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$ 887,057   
  

 

 

 

 

     At December 31, 2014, the Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward of $342,604 with no expiration date and a long-term capital loss carryforward of $58,812 with no expiration date. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2015, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

 

AGM Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AMT Alternative Minimum Tax
GO General Obligation
NATL-RE National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
PSF-GTD Permanent School Fund Guarantee Program


Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Bonds and Notes*

   $ —         $ 30,156,104       $ —         $ 30,156,104   

Short-Term Investments

     —           3,562,550         —           3,562,550   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ —      $ 33,718,654    $ —      $ 33,718,654   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Holdings Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Higher Education

  14.2

Medical

  12.6   

General

  11.2   

General Obligation

  9.9   

Water

  9.8   

School District

  9.0   

Power

  7.4   

Transportation

  7.3   

Airport

  4.7   

Utilities

  2.5   

Bond Bank

  2.1   

Short-Term Investments

  10.7   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  101.4   

Other assets less liabilities

  (1.4
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

SeeyondSM Multi-Asset Allocation Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – 12.5% of Net Assets

  

   France – 2.3%   
  900,000       France Government Bond OAT,
3.500%, 4/25/2020, (EUR)(b)
   $ 1,137,159   
     

 

 

 
Germany – 2.4%   
  390,000    Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
1.500%, 2/15/2023, (EUR)(b)
  467,799   
  600,000    Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
3.250%, 1/04/2020, (EUR)(b)
  749,768   
     

 

 

 
  1,217,567   
     

 

 

 
Japan – 4.9%   
  280,000,000    Japan Government Ten Year Bond,
1.000%, 3/20/2022, (JPY)(b)
  2,467,072   
     

 

 

 
Spain – 2.3%   
  850,000    Spain Government Bond,
4.400%, 10/31/2023, 144A, (EUR)(b)
  1,161,332   
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 0.6%   
  200,000    United Kingdom Gilt,
2.250%, 9/07/2023, (GBP)
  314,122   
     

 

 

 
Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $6,970,792)
  6,297,252   
     

 

 

 

Shares

             

 

Exchange-Traded Funds – 9.2%

  

   United States – 9.2%   
  13,740       iShares® MSCI China ETF(b)(c)      748,830   
  38,610       iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(b)(c)      1,549,419   
  5,900       iShares® MSCI India ETF(b)(c)      189,331   
  2,425       iShares® MSCI Indonesia ETF(b)(c)      67,294   
  6,350       iShares® MSCI Malaysia ETF(b)(c)      84,392   
  800       iShares® MSCI Philippines ETF(b)(c)      33,280   
  6,025       iShares® MSCI South Korea Capped ETF(b)(c)      344,871   
  37,600       iShares® MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF(b)(c)      1,248,696   
  19,530       iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF(b)(c)      307,402   
  700       iShares® MSCI Thailand Capped ETF(b)(c)      55,559   
     

 

 

 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(Identified Cost $4,822,927)
  4,629,074   
     

 

 

 

Contracts

             

 

Purchased Options – 0.1%

  

   Options on Futures Contracts – 0.1%   
  87      

E-mini S&P 500®, Call expiring June 19, 2015 at 2150(d)

(Identified Cost $131,715)

     63,075   
     

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Short-Term Investments – 63.0%

  

$ 14,935,256       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2015 at 0.010% to be repurchased at $14,935,260 on 4/01/2015 collateralized by $13,605,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625% due 2/15/2021 valued at $15,237,600 including accrued interest(e)    $ 14,935,256   
  8,000,000       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2015 at 0.010% to be repurchased at $8,000,002 on 4/01/2015 collateralized by $7,775,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.375% due 12/31/2020 valued at $8,163,750 including accrued interest(b)(e)      8,000,000   
  1,100,000       Spain Letras del Tesoro Bills, 0.015%, 6/19/2015, (EUR)(f)      1,182,858   
  3,000,000       U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.012%, 6/04/2015(f)      2,999,919   
  2,000,000       U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.012%, 6/11/2015(f)      1,999,930   
  1,800,000       United Kingdom Treasury Bills, 0.412%, 6/22/2015, (GBP)(f)      2,667,268   
     

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $31,770,457)
  31,785,231   
     

 

 

 
Total Investments – 84.8%
(Identified Cost $43,695,891)(a)
  42,774,632   
Other assets less liabilities – 15.2%   7,637,596   
     

 

 

 
Net Assets – 100.0% $ 50,412,228   
     

 

 

 

 

(‡) Principal Amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Listed equity securities (including closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. 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 an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued at the current settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund 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.


(a) Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales. Amortization of premium on debt securities is excluded for tax purposes.):

At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $43,741,883 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

$ 82,753   

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

  (1,050,004
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

$ (967,251
  

 

 

 

 

(b) All of this security has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open futures contracts or options.
(c) iShares® is a registered trademark of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. Neither BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. nor the iShares® Funds make any representations regarding the advisability of investing in the SeeyondSM Multi-Asset Allocation Fund.
(d) The Fund may enter into option contracts. When the 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 are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, the difference between the premium paid and the proceeds of the closing sale transaction is treated as a realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium paid.

When the 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 are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the difference between the net premium received and any amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including commissions, is treated as a realized gain or, if the net premium received is less than the amount paid, as a realized 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 contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund are reduced.

 

(e) The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2015, the Fund had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.
(f) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon 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 March 31, 2015, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $1,161,332 or 2.3% of net assets.

 

ETF Exchange-Traded Fund
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound
JPY Japanese Yen

Futures Contracts

The Fund 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 the Fund 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 the Fund 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. Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’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 contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund is reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, the Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.


At March 31, 2015, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

ASX SPI 200™

     6/18/2015         8       $ 896,614       $ 10,663   

E-mini NASDAQ 100

     6/19/2015         19         1,645,210         (15,704

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/19/2015         108         11,128,320         (29,972

EURO STOXX 50®

     6/19/2015         125         4,880,292         71,028   

Euro-BTP

     6/08/2015         15         2,267,380         29,171   

Euro-Buxl® 30 Year Bond

     6/08/2015         3         568,248         37,285   

FTSE 100 Index

     6/19/2015         21         2,095,555         (26,053

FTSE MIB

     6/19/2015         13         1,594,779         50,850   

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2015         2         341,414         4,685   

IBEX 35

     4/17/2015         7         864,847         43,170   

Nikkei 225™

     6/11/2015         37         3,564,025         76,638   

S&P/TSX 60 Index

     6/18/2015         4         546,556         206   

UK Long Gilt

     6/26/2015         2         358,241         4,150   

Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/19/2015         14         2,378,250         35,800   

10 Year Japan Government Bond

     6/11/2015         3         3,682,495         (500

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/19/2015         41         5,285,156         46,684   
           

 

 

 

Total

  

$ 338,101   
           

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Swiss Franc

     6/15/2015         1       $ 128,938       $ (4,803
           

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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


The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Bonds and Notes*

   $ —         $ 6,297,252       $ —         $ 6,297,252   

Exchange-Traded Funds*

     4,629,074         —           —           4,629,074   

Purchased Options*

     63,075         —           —           63,075   

Short-Term Investments

     —           31,785,231         —           31,785,231   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

  4,692,149      38,082,483      —        42,774,632   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

  410,330      —        —        410,330   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 5,102,479    $ 38,082,483    $ —      $ 43,184,962   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ (77,032    $ —         $ —         $ (77,032
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Derivatives

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

The Fund seeks to gain exposure to a combination of four asset classes: equity, fixed income, currency and volatility. The Fund pursues its objective by utilizing a variety of listed and other liquid derivative instruments. The Fund’s equity exposure typically will be obtained through investments in broad, equity index listed futures, equity index options, options on futures and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). The Fund’s fixed income exposure may consist of, but is not limited to, U.S. and non-U.S. government bonds, listed bond futures, options on futures and fixed income ETFs. The Fund’s currency exposure typically will be obtained through investments in non-dollar denominated investments, futures and forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund’s exposure to volatility assets will result from both “long” and “short” positions in futures and options, such as futures contracts based on the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (the “VIX”), listed equity index options, options on futures and equity index futures. During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund used futures contracts and options on futures contracts to gain investment exposure in accordance with its objective.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2015:

 

Assets

   Investments
at value1
     Unrealized
appreciation on
futures
contracts
     Total  

Exchange-traded/cleared asset derivatives

        

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ 157,775       $ 157,775   

Equity contracts

     63,075         252,555         315,630   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

$ 63,075    $ 410,330    $ 473,405   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

   Unrealized
depreciation on
futures
contracts
 

Exchange-traded/cleared liability derivatives

  

Interest rate contracts

   $ (500

Foreign exchange contracts

     (4,803

Equity contracts

     (71,729
  

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

$ (77,032
  

 

 

 

 

1  Represents purchased options, at value.

The Fund’s derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of this disclosure.

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as


counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. The following table shows the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund as of March 31, 2015:

 

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Gross

 
$ 1,764,188   

Industry Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

Treasuries

     12.5

Exchange-Traded Funds

     9.2   

Purchased Options

     0.1   

Short-Term Investments

     63.0   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  84.8   

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

  15.2   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund

 

Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – 95.1% of Net Assets

  
   Auto Components – 3.0%   
  188,425       Delphi Automotive PLC    $ 15,025,009   
  213,700       Tenneco, Inc.(b)      12,270,654   
     

 

 

 
  27,295,663   
     

 

 

 
Banks – 5.8%
  384,875    CIT Group, Inc.   17,365,560   
  1,348,825    Investors Bancorp, Inc.   15,808,229   
  415,900    PacWest Bancorp   19,501,551   
     

 

 

 
  52,675,340   
     

 

 

 
Capital Markets – 3.0%
  290,675    LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   12,749,006   
  327,450    SEI Investments Co.   14,437,270   
     

 

 

 
  27,186,276   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.1%
  268,850    KAR Auction Services, Inc.   10,197,481   
     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment – 1.7%
  543,425    CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)   15,509,350   
     

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging – 5.4%
  271,150    Avery Dennison Corp.   14,346,546   
  382,600    Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)   20,668,052   
  183,825    Packaging Corp. of America   14,373,277   
     

 

 

 
  49,387,875   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services – 2.0%
  550,325    ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.(b)   18,573,469   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services – 2.0%
  350,425    NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)   17,850,649   
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services – 0.3%
  139,025    Superior Energy Services, Inc.   3,105,819   
     

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing – 2.7%
  2,855,050    Rite Aid Corp.(b)   24,810,384   
     

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.5%
  278,050    Alere, Inc.(b)   13,596,645   
     

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services – 6.4%
  325,150    Amsurg Corp.(b)   20,003,228   
  311,350    Community Health Systems, Inc.(b)   16,277,378   
  290,675    HCA Holdings, Inc.(b)   21,867,480   
     

 

 

 
  58,148,086   
     

 

 

 
Household Durables – 4.7%
  70,075    Harman International Industries, Inc.   9,364,122   
  402,112    Jarden Corp.(b)   21,271,725   


Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  
   Household Durables – continued   
  238,975       Lennar Corp., Class A    $ 12,381,295   
     

 

 

 
  43,017,142   
     

 

 

 
Household Products – 1.2%
  127,525    Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   11,421,139   
     

 

 

 
Insurance – 5.3%
  315,950    Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.   14,770,662   
  457,275    First American Financial Corp.   16,315,572   
  181,525    Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A   16,916,315   
     

 

 

 
  48,002,549   
     

 

 

 
Internet & Catalog Retail – 1.6%
  213,700    HSN, Inc.   14,580,751   
     

 

 

 
IT Services – 10.5%
  236,675    Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   13,019,492   
  190,725    CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)   17,149,992   
  213,700    Fiserv, Inc.(b)   16,967,780   
  162,000    Global Payments, Inc.   14,852,160   
  752,550    Sabre Corp.   18,286,965   
  413,600    Total System Services, Inc.   15,778,840   
     

 

 

 
  96,055,229   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – 3.1%
  74,675    Snap-on, Inc.   10,981,705   
  141,325    WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)   17,366,016   
     

 

 

 
  28,347,721   
     

 

 

 
Metals & Mining – 3.9%
  282,625    Carpenter Technology Corp.   10,988,460   
  591,700    Constellium NV, Class A(b)   12,023,344   
  199,900    Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   12,209,892   
     

 

 

 
  35,221,696   
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.8%
  171,200    Gulfport Energy Corp.(b)   7,859,792   
  95,350    Noble Energy, Inc.   4,662,615   
  122,925    Whiting Petroleum Corp.(b)   3,798,383   
     

 

 

 
  16,320,790   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals – 4.2%
  629,600    Catalent, Inc.(b)   19,612,040   
  109,150    Mallinckrodt PLC(b)   13,823,847   
  23,061    Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.(b)   4,580,376   
     

 

 

 
  38,016,263   
     

 

 

 
Professional Services – 1.5%
  387,175    TriNet Group, Inc.(b)   13,640,175   
     

 

 

 
Road & Rail – 2.1%
  234,375    Con-way, Inc.   10,342,969   
  418,200    Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(b)   9,066,576   
     

 

 

 
  19,409,545   
     

 

 

 


Shares

    

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Common Stocks – continued

  
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 5.3%   
  129,825       Avago Technologies Ltd.    $ 16,485,178   
  525,050       Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      14,244,607   
  176,925       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      17,389,958   
     

 

 

 
  48,119,743   
     

 

 

 
Software – 1.3%   
  150,500    Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(b)   12,336,485   
     

 

 

 
Specialty Retail – 5.7%   
  206,800    Cabela’s, Inc.(b)   11,576,664   
  190,725    GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A   9,358,876   
  336,625    Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)   17,571,825   
  95,350    Signet Jewelers Ltd.   13,233,626   
     

 

 

 
  51,740,991   
     

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.8%   
  564,125    NCR Corp.(b)   16,647,329   
     

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 3.6%   
  556,100    Gildan Activewear, Inc.   16,416,072   
  150,500    PVH Corp.   16,037,280   
     

 

 

 
  32,453,352   
     

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors – 2.6%   
  512,425    HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)   15,964,601   
  88,475    United Rentals, Inc.(b)   8,065,381   
     

 

 

 
  24,029,982   
     

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $717,515,042)
  867,697,919   
     

 

 

 

 

Closed-End Investment Companies – 2.2%

  1,185,675    Ares Capital Corp.
(Identified Cost $19,797,455)
  20,358,040   
     

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

             

 

Short-Term Investments – 2.2%

  
$ 20,450,535       Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2015 at 0.010% to be repurchased at $20,450,540 on 4/01/2015 collateralized by $20,130,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.250% due 3/31/2021 valued at $20,859,713 including accrued interest(c)
(Identified Cost $20,450,535)
     20,450,535   
     

 

 

 


Total Investments – 99.5%
(Identified Cost $757,763,032)(a)
  908,506,494   
Other assets less liabilities – 0.5%   4,406,103   
     

 

 

 
Net Assets – 100.0% $ 912,912,597   
     

 

 

 

 

(†) Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Listed equity securities (including closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. 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 an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used.

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund 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.

 

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

At March 31, 2015, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $757,763,032 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

$ 171,914,167   

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

  (21,170,705
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$ 150,743,462   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2015, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.


Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

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

 

  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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 867,697,919       $ —         $ —         $ 867,697,919   

Closed-End Investment Companies

     20,358,040         —           —           20,358,040   

Short-Term Investments

     —           20,450,535         —           20,450,535   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 888,055,959    $ 20,450,535    $ —      $ 908,506,494   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Industry Summary at March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

IT Services

  10.5

Health Care Providers & Services

  6.4   

Banks

  5.8   

Specialty Retail

  5.7   

Containers & Packaging

  5.4   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

  5.3   

Insurance

  5.3   

Household Durables

  4.7   

Pharmaceuticals

  4.2   

Metals & Mining

  3.9   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

  3.6   

Machinery

  3.1   

Auto Components

  3.0   

Capital Markets

  3.0   

Food & Staples Retailing

  2.7   

Trading Companies & Distributors

  2.6   

Closed-End Investment Companies

  2.2   

Road & Rail

  2.1   

Diversified Consumer Services

  2.0   

Diversified Financial Services

  2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

  13.8   

Short-Term Investments

  2.2   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

  99.5   

Other assets less liabilities

  0.5   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

  100.0
  

 

 

 


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

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

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

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS

 

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

 

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


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Natixis Funds Trust II
By:

/s/ David L. Giunta

Name: David L. Giunta
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 20, 2015

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: May 20, 2015
By:

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

Name: Michael C. Kardok
Title: Treasurer
Date: May 20, 2015