0001193125-16-608487.txt : 20160531 0001193125-16-608487.hdr.sgml : 20160531 20160531163846 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-608487 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160531 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160531 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20160531 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Natixis Funds Trust II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000052136 IRS NUMBER: 041990692 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-00242 FILM NUMBER: 161686389 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 BOYLSTON STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-283-1155 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 BOYLSTON STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IXIS Advisor Funds Trust II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050502 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CDC NVEST FUNDS TRUST II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010503 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NVEST FUNDS TRUST II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000202 0000052136 S000008033 Natixis Oakmark Fund C000021802 Class A NEFOX C000021804 Class C NECOX C000021805 Class Y NEOYX 0000052136 S000023548 ASG Global Alternatives Fund C000069269 Class A GAFAX C000069270 Class C GAFCX C000069271 Class Y GAFYX C000128763 Class N GAFNX 0000052136 S000023783 Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund C000069913 Class A VNVAX C000069914 Class C VNVCX C000069915 Class Y VNVYX C000128764 Class N VNVNX 0000052136 S000029564 ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund C000090725 Class A AMFAX C000090726 Class C ASFCX C000090727 Class Y ASFYX 0000052136 S000030600 Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund C000094853 Class A LABAX C000094854 Class C LABCX C000094855 Class Y LASYX 0000052136 S000039535 McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund C000121922 Class A MIMAX C000121923 Class C MIMCX C000121924 Class Y MIMYX 0000052136 S000042166 ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund C000130927 Class A USMAX C000130928 Class C USMCX C000130929 Class Y USMYX 0000052136 S000045882 Seeyond Multi-Asset Allocation Fund C000142977 Class A SAFAX C000142978 Class C SAFCX C000142979 Class Y SAFYX 0000052136 S000047434 ASG Global Macro Fund C000148912 Class A GMFAX C000148913 Class C GMFCX C000148914 Class Y GMFYX 0000052136 S000051707 ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund C000162711 Class A DAAFX C000162712 Class C DACFX C000162713 Class Y DAYFX N-Q 1 d194601dnq.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, 2016

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund

 

Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Exchange-Traded Funds – 18.4%

  

8,247

   iShares® Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF    $ 914,097   

1,018

   SPDR® Barclays International Treasury Bond ETF(b)      56,743   

692

   Vanguard FTSE All World ex-U.S. Small-Cap ETF      64,619   

1,775

   Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF      63,652   

1,313

   Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF      63,733   

1,156

   Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF      63,892   

10,796

   Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF      938,496   

4,508

   Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF      546,505   

931

   Vanguard Total International Bond ETF      50,777   

5,197

   Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF      544,750   

6,549

   Vanguard Value ETF      539,572   
     

 

 

 
   Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Identified Cost $3,792,545)      3,846,836   
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

           

Short-Term Investments – 81.3%

  

  

Certificates of Deposit – 59.9%

  

$    500,000

  

Banco Del Estado de Chile (NY),

0.370%, 4/01/2016

     500,001   

900,000

  

Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),

0.520%, 4/01/2016

     900,006   

800,000

  

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank,

0.320%, 4/05/2016

     799,990   

850,000

  

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (NY),

0.390%, 4/07/2016

     850,002   

800,000

  

Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (CT),

0.640%, 4/26/2016

     800,142   

800,000

  

Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),

0.555%, 4/27/2016

     800,098   

600,000

  

Landesbank Hessen (NY),

0.450%, 5/02/2016

     600,050   

500,000

  

Dexia Credit Local,

0.621%, 5/02/2016 (c)

     500,085   

800,000

  

Swedbank (NY),

0.540%, 5/05/2016

     800,130   

800,000

  

Toronto Dominion Bank,

0.480%, 5/19/2016

     800,044   

800,000

  

Credit Industriel et Commercial (NY),

0.650%, 6/01/2016

     800,282   

900,000

  

Bank of Montreal (IL),

0.741%, 6/07/2016 (c)

     900,395   

800,000

  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),

0.620%, 6/09/2016

     800,144   

900,000

  

Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),

0.833%, 6/27/2016 (c)

     900,628   

500,000

  

National Australia Bank,

0.800%, 8/02/2016

     500,451   

500,000

  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank AB (NY),

0.730%, 8/15/2016

     500,063   


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Certificates of Deposit – continued

  

$    800,000

  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

0.830%, 8/19/2016

   $ 800,169   
     

 

 

 
        12,552,680   
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Paper – 8.3%

  

850,000

  

Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.),

0.400%, 4/14/2016 (d)

     849,858   

900,000

  

JPMorgan Securities LLC,

0.788%, 7/12/2016 (c)

     900,526   
     

 

 

 
        1,750,384   
     

 

 

 
  

Time Deposits – 7.4%

  

650,000

  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,

0.230%, 4/01/2016

     650,000   

900,000

  

National Bank of Kuwait,

0.280%, 4/01/2016 (c)

     900,000   
     

 

 

 
        1,550,000   
     

 

 

 
  

Other Notes – 3.8%

  

800,000

  

Bank of America N.A.,

0.670%, 7/06/2016 (c)

     800,318   
     

 

 

 
  

Treasuries – 1.9%

  

400,000

  

U.S. Treasury Bills,

0.445%, 5/19/2016(d)(e)

     399,930   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Short-Term Investments

(Identified Cost $17,049,970)

     17,053,312   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments – 99.7%

(Identified Cost $20,842,515)(a)

     20,900,148   
   Other assets less liabilities – 0.3%      59,142   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 20,959,290   
     

 

 

 


(†) 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:

 

     Listed equity securities (including shares of 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 as reported by an independent pricing service. 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 most recent 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:

 

     At March 31, 2016, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $20,842,515 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

   $ 69,131   

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

     (11,498
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 57,633   
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015, the Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward of $187,294 with no expiration date and a long-term capital loss carryforward of $59,240 with no expiration date. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2016 is disclosed.
(d) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(e) Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for potential derivative contracts.

 

ETF

  Exchange-Traded Fund
SPDR   Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

 


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, 2016, at value:

 

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

                           

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Exchange-Traded Funds

   $ 3,846,836       $ —         $ —         $ 3,846,836   

Short-Term Investments*

     —           17,053,312         —           17,053,312   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,846,836       $ 17,053,312       $ —         $ 20,900,148   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

Investment Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)     

 

Certificates of Deposit

     59.9

Exchange-Traded Funds

     18.4   

Commercial Paper

     8.3   

Time Deposits

     7.4   

Other Notes

     3.8   

Treasuries

     1.9   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.7   

Other assets less liabilities

     0.3   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

ASG Global Alternatives Fund

 

Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Short-Term Investments – 98.1% of Net Assets

  

  

Certificates of Deposit – 75.7%

  

$    41,000,000

   Banco Del Estado de Chile (NY),
0.370%, 4/01/2016
   $ 41,000,082   

100,000,000

   Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.619%, 4/01/2016(b)
     100,000,000   

60,000,000

   Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (CT),
0.620%, 4/01/2016
     60,000,540   

50,000,000

   Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.400%, 4/04/2016
     50,000,300   

145,000,000

   Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank,
0.320%, 4/05/2016
     144,998,260   

50,000,000

   Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),
0.480%, 4/05/2016
     50,000,750   

140,000,000

   Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (NY),
0.390%, 4/07/2016
     140,000,280   

125,000,000

   Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (NY),
0.480%, 4/07/2016
     125,002,625   

75,000,000

   Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),
0.660%, 4/18/2016
     75,011,775   

40,200,000

   Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (CT),
0.640%, 4/26/2016
     40,207,115   

40,000,000

   DNB Bank ASA,
0.520%, 4/28/2016
     40,005,120   

100,000,000

   Landesbank Hessen (NY),
0.450%, 5/02/2016
     100,008,300   

25,000,000

   Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.465%, 5/02/2016
     25,001,325   

18,700,000

   Dexia Credit Local S.A.,
0.621%, 5/02/2016(b)
     18,703,198   

50,000,000

   Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),
0.600%, 5/04/2016
     50,009,200   

75,000,000

   Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.758%, 5/17/2016(b)(c)
     75,029,325   

125,000,000

   Rabobank Nederland NV,
0.550%, 5/18/2016
     125,017,875   

50,000,000

   Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.480%, 5/19/2016
     50,002,780   

50,000,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
0.630%, 5/23/2016
     50,012,200   

130,000,000

   Credit Industriel et Commercial (NY),
0.650%, 6/01/2016
     130,045,760   

75,000,000

   State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.659%, 6/01/2016(b)(c)
     75,021,225   

43,000,000

   Royal Bank of Canada,
0.618%, 6/06/2016(b)
     43,001,075   

25,000,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
0.620%, 6/09/2016
     25,004,507   

85,000,000

   Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),
0.550%, 6/14/2016
     85,011,475   

75,000,000

   Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.621%, 6/16/2016(b)(c)
     75,014,925   

160,000,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.833%, 6/27/2016(b)
     160,111,680   


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Certificates of Deposit – continued

  

$    75,000,000

   Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.580%, 7/08/2016
   $ 74,998,575   

50,000,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
0.838%, 7/08/2016(b)(c)
     50,036,150   

50,000,000

   National Australia Bank,
0.800%, 8/02/2016(c)
     50,045,100   

40,000,000

   Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.748%, 8/08/2016(b)
     40,015,040   

100,000,000

   Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank AB (NY),
0.730%, 8/15/2016(c)
     100,012,500   

145,000,000

   Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.806%, 8/15/2016(b)
     145,081,055   

40,200,000

   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
0.830%, 8/19/2016
     40,208,482   
     

 

 

 
        2,453,618,599   
     

 

 

 
  

Time Deposits – 6.9%

  

73,450,000

   Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.230%, 4/01/2016
     73,450,000   

152,000,000

   National Bank of Kuwait,
0.280%, 4/01/2016(b)
     152,000,000   
     

 

 

 
        225,450,000   
     

 

 

 
  

Other Notes – 6.2%

  

130,000,000

   Bank of America N.A.,
0.670%, 7/06/2016(b)(c)
     130,051,740   

50,000,000

   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
0.793%, 11/18/2016(b)
     49,975,600   

20,000,000

   JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 1,
0.836%, 12/07/2016(b)
     19,997,300   
     

 

 

 
        200,024,640   
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Paper – 5.4%

  

50,000,000

   JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.635%, 5/03/2016(b)
     49,998,550   

44,000,000

   ING (U.S.) Funding LLC,
0.601%, 7/01/2016(d)
     43,929,600   

30,000,000

   JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.788%, 7/12/2016(b)
     30,017,520   

50,000,000

   JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.854%, 7/21/2016(d)
     49,916,150   
     

 

 

 
        173,861,820   
     

 

 

 
  

Treasuries – 3.9%

  

113,000,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.155%-0.265%, 4/21/2016(d)(e)(f)
     112,993,446   

3,500,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.445%, 5/19/2016(d)(e)
     3,499,387   

6,500,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.465%, 7/07/2016(d)(e)
     6,495,892   

3,500,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.385%, 8/18/2016(d)(e)
     3,495,468   
     

 

 

 
        126,484,193   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $3,178,849,716)
     3,179,439,252   
     

 

 

 


    

Description

   Value (†)  
   Total Investments – 98.1%
(Identified Cost $3,178,849,716)(a)
   $ 3,179,439,252   
   Other assets less liabilities – 1.9%      60,814,912   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 3,240,254,164   
     

 

 

 

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, 2016, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary was $34,518,664, representing 1.1% 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 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 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 most recent 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.

As of March 31, 2016, futures contracts were 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 contracts, as follows:

 

Notional

Value

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation*
     Unrealized as a
Percentage of
Net Assets
 

$381,683,959

   $ 1,834,204         0.06

 

* Amounts are reflected at absolute value.

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, 2016, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $3,178,849,716 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

   $ 633,914   

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

     (44,378
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 589,536   
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015, the Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward of $57,201,426 with no expiration date. At December 31, 2015, late-year ordinary and post-October capital loss deferrals were $1,007,908. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2016 is disclosed.
(c) Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.
(d) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(e) Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.


(f) The Fund’s investment in U.S. Treasury Bills is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

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, 2016, 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)
 

Buy1

   6/15/2016    Australian Dollar      8,300,000       $ 6,341,445       $ (2,809

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Australian Dollar      204,900,000         156,549,660         (4,558,668

Sell1

   6/15/2016    British Pound      23,375,000         33,579,837         15,180   

Sell1

   6/15/2016    British Pound      93,187,500         133,870,421         (1,598,229

Buy1

   6/15/2016    Canadian Dollar      93,500,000         71,996,865         2,065,488   

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Canadian Dollar      7,300,000         5,621,146         15,215   

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Canadian Dollar      12,700,000         9,779,253         (12,434

Buy1

   6/15/2016    Euro      129,625,000         147,823,981         1,439,924   

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Euro      647,875,000         738,834,805         (19,566,436

Buy1

   6/15/2016    Japanese Yen      5,262,500,000         46,854,333         127,766   

Buy1

   6/15/2016    Japanese Yen      6,050,000,000         53,865,789         (325,131

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Japanese Yen      37,300,000,000         332,098,171         399,609   

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Japanese Yen      9,737,500,000         86,697,210         (874,768

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Swedish Krona      2,282,000,000         281,817,712         (11,661,925

Sell1

   6/15/2016    Swiss Franc      132,500,000         138,236,679         (3,848,087
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ (38,385,305
              

 

 

 

 

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, 2016, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/17/2016         833       $ 85,444,975       $ 1,486,375   

Hang Seng Index®

     4/28/2016         597         80,174,810         1,663,269   

TOPIX

     6/09/2016         1,830         219,003,084         (78,128
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 3,071,516   
           

 

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/15/2016         131       $ 4,966,538       $ (160,147

Copper LME

     6/15/2016         403         48,873,825         (466,745

Gold

     6/28/2016         582         71,911,920         744,720   

Nickel LME

     6/15/2016         82         4,173,390         27,109   

Zinc LME

     6/15/2016         112         5,081,300         209,300   
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 354,237   
           

 

 

 

At March 31, 2016, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

DAX

     6/17/2016         267       $ 75,762,016       $ (71,282

Eurodollar

     9/19/2016         15,860         3,934,866,000         (4,533,175

FTSE 100 Index

     6/17/2016         77         6,744,049         21,525   

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2016         320         59,469,375         (575,937

UK Long Gilt

     6/28/2016         4,713         820,543,333         (1,575,393

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2016         2,689         588,218,750         (2,796,141

10 Year Japan Government Bond

     6/13/2016         185         248,704,962         (279,444

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/21/2016         3,259         424,943,047         (2,649,555
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ (12,459,402
           

 

 

 


Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Brent Crude Oil

     4/29/2016         175       $ 7,057,750       $ 381,500   

Copper LME

     6/15/2016         463         56,150,325         703,629   

Low Sulfur Gasoil

     5/12/2016         380         13,623,000         750,500   

Natural Gas

     4/27/2016         126         2,468,340         (54,090

New York Harbor ULSD

     4/29/2016         222         11,053,602         137,436   

WTI Crude Oil

     4/20/2016         1,592         61,037,280         796,000   
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 2,714,975   
           

 

 

 
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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments*

   $ —         $ 3,179,439,252       $ —         $ 3,179,439,252   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —           4,063,182         —           4,063,182   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     5,236,569         1,684,794         —           6,921,363   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,236,569       $ 3,185,187,228       $ —         $ 3,190,423,797   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ —         $ (42,448,487    $ —         $ (42,448,487

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (13,090,627      (149,410      —           (13,240,037
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (13,090,627    $ (42,597,897    $ —         $ (55,688,524
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, 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 an underlying asset, reference rate or index. 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, 2016, the Fund used long and short contracts on U.S. and foreign government bonds, U.S. and foreign equity market indices, foreign currencies, commodities (through investments in the Subsidiary), and short-term interest rates in accordance with these objectives.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2016:

 

Assets

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

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 4,063,182       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

     

Equity contracts

   $ —         $ 3,171,169   

Commodity contracts

     —           3,750,194   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded asset derivatives

   $ —         $ 6,921,363   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

   $ 4,063,182       $ 6,921,363   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

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

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (42,448,487    $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

     

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ (12,409,645

Equity contracts

     —           (149,410

Commodity contracts

     —           (680,982
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded liability derivatives

   $ —         $ (13,240,037
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

   $ (42,448,487    $ (13,240,037
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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 (“OTC”) 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, 2016, 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

   $ (38,385,305    $ 97,261,605   

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 OTC 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 (including OTC derivative counterparties and brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) 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, 2016:

 

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

Over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 4,063,182       $ —     

Collateral pledged to UBS AG

     97,261,605         97,261,605   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     101,324,787         97,261,605   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     

Futures contracts

     6,921,363         6,921,363   

Margin with brokers

     128,434,170         128,434,170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     135,355,533         135,355,533   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total counterparty credit risk

   $ 236,680,320       $ 232,617,138   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

     75.7

Time Deposits

     6.9   

Other Notes

     6.2   

Commercial Paper

     5.4   

Treasuries

     3.9   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     98.1   

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

     1.9   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

ASG Global Macro Fund

 

Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Short-Term Investments – 94.4% of Net Assets

  

  

Certificates of Deposit – 66.0%

  

$  1,000,000

   Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.619%, 4/01/2016(b)
   $ 1,000,000   

1,200,000

   Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank,
0.320%, 4/05/2016
     1,199,986   

1,000,000

   Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),
0.480%, 4/05/2016
     1,000,015   

1,000,000

   Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (NY),
0.390%, 4/07/2016
     1,000,002   

900,000

   Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (NY),
0.480%, 4/07/2016
     900,019   

1,000,000

   Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (CT),
0.640%, 4/26/2016
     1,000,177   

1,000,000

   Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.555%, 4/27/2016
     1,000,122   

1,100,000

   Landesbank Hessen (NY),
0.450%, 5/02/2016
     1,100,091   

800,000

   Dexia Credit Local,
0.621%, 5/02/2016(b)
     800,137   

1,000,000

   Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),
0.600%, 5/04/2016
     1,000,184   

1,100,000

   Swedbank (NY),
0.540%, 5/05/2016
     1,100,178   

500,000

   Rabobank Nederland NV,
0.550%, 5/18/2016(c)
     500,072   

500,000

   Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.480%, 5/19/2016
     500,028   

500,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
0.630%, 5/23/2016
     500,122   

1,100,000

   Credit Industriel et Commercial (NY),
0.650%, 6/01/2016
     1,100,387   

500,000

   State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.659%, 6/01/2016(b)(c)
     500,141   

900,000

   Royal Bank of Canada,
0.790%, 6/15/2016
     900,571   

1,000,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),
0.833%, 6/27/2016(b)(c)
     1,000,698   

500,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
0.838%, 7/08/2016(b)
     500,361   

1,000,000

   National Australia Bank,
0.800%, 8/02/2016(c)
     1,000,902   

1,000,000

   Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank AB (NY),
0.730%, 8/15/2016(c)
     1,000,125   

1,000,000

   Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.806%, 8/15/2016(b)
     1,000,559   

1,000,000

   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
0.830%, 8/19/2016
     1,000,211   
     

 

 

 
        20,605,088   
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Paper – 10.4%

  

1,250,000

   Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.),
0.400%, 4/14/2016(d)
     1,249,792   


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Commercial Paper – continued

  

$  700,000

   JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.635%, 5/03/2016(b)
   $ 699,980   

1,000,000

   ING (U.S.) Funding LLC,
0.601%, 7/01/2016(d)
     998,400   

300,000

   JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.788%, 7/12/2016(b)
     300,175   
     

 

 

 
        3,248,347   
     

 

 

 
  

Treasuries – 8.4%

  

1,700,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.155%, 4/21/2016(d)(e)
     1,699,901   

450,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.265%-0.445%, 5/19/2016(d)(e)(f)
     449,921   

450,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.265%-0.465%, 7/07/2016(d)(e)(f)
     449,716   
     

 

 

 
        2,599,538   
     

 

 

 
  

Time Deposits – 6.7%

  

1,000,000

   Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.230%, 4/01/2016
     1,000,000   

1,100,000

   National Bank of Kuwait,
0.280%, 4/01/2016(b)
     1,100,000   
     

 

 

 
        2,100,000   
     

 

 

 
  

Other Notes – 2.9%

  

900,000

   Bank of America N.A.,
0.670%, 7/06/2016(b)
     900,358   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $29,447,132)
     29,453,331   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments – 94.4%
(Identified Cost $29,447,132)(a)
     29,453,331   
   Other assets less liabilities – 5.6%      1,755,126   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 31,208,457   
     

 

 

 

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, 2016, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary was $1,658,500, representing 5.3% 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 most recent 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.

As of March 31, 2016, futures contracts were 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 contracts, as follows:

 

Notional

Value

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation*
     Unrealized as a
Percentage of
Net Assets
 

$11,478,684

   $ 69,337         0.22

 

* Amounts are reflected at absolute value.

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, 2016, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $29,447,132 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

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

   $  6,519   

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

     (320
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 6,199   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2016 is disclosed.
(c) Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under derivative contracts.
(d) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(e) Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.
(f) The Fund’s investment in U.S. Treasury Bills is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.


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, 2016, 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)
 

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Australian Dollar      3,100,000       $ 2,368,492       $ 47,699   

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Australian Dollar      3,600,000         2,750,506         (1,218

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Australian Dollar      8,000,000         6,112,237         (105,192

Buy1

     6/15/2016       British Pound      2,812,500         4,040,355         48,694   

Buy1

     6/15/2016       British Pound      1,375,000         1,975,285         (3,222

Sell1

     6/15/2016       British Pound      1,062,500         1,526,356         (15,099

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Canadian Dollar      8,000,000         6,160,160         54,779   

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Canadian Dollar      2,400,000         1,848,048         (5,170

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Canadian Dollar      8,000,000         6,160,160         (167,927

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Euro      3,750,000         4,276,489         83,754   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Euro      11,250,000         12,829,468         (272,821

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Japanese Yen      400,000,000         3,561,375         11,806   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Japanese Yen      650,000,000         5,787,234         12,635   

Buy1

     6/15/2016       New Zealand Dollar      9,900,000         6,817,662         164,491   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       New Zealand Dollar      12,200,000         8,401,563         (211,389

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Norwegian Krone      14,000,000         1,691,284         59,135   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Norwegian Krone      56,000,000         6,765,137         (126,009

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Singapore Dollar      1,375,000         1,019,719         20,520   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       South African Rand      1,000,000         66,779         (2,960

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Swedish Krona      36,000,000         4,445,853         88,244   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Swedish Krona      44,000,000         5,433,821         (143,434

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Swiss Franc      10,750,000         11,215,429         148,153   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Swiss Franc      7,000,000         7,303,070         (220,091

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Turkish Lira      2,700,000         938,931         30,491   
              

 

 

 

Total

  

   $ (504,131
              

 

 

 

 

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, 2016, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

AEX-Index®

     4/15/2016         2       $ 199,669       $ (3,503

ASX SPI 200™

     6/16/2016         4         387,815         (2,915

E-mini Dow

     6/17/2016         18         1,583,550         27,225   

E-mini NASDAQ 100

     6/17/2016         9         805,725         14,154   

Euro Schatz

     6/08/2016         74         9,412,809         (16,721

EURO STOXX 50®

     6/17/2016         3         99,800         (2,782

Euro-BTP

     6/08/2016         6         960,069         12,790   

Euro-OAT

     6/08/2016         11         1,980,674         17,683   

FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index

     6/15/2016         85         2,688,505         (9,524

German Euro BOBL

     6/08/2016         29         4,326,181         (7,852

IBEX 35

     4/15/2016         2         197,155         (8,788

Mini-Russell 2000

     6/17/2016         2         221,920         10,395   

MSCI Singapore

     4/28/2016         8         188,723         71   

MSCI Taiwan Index

     4/28/2016         6         193,056         1,116   

OMXS30®

     4/15/2016         13         214,898         (4,919

S&P/TSX 60 Index

     6/16/2016         4         484,774         4,463   

UK Long Gilt

     6/28/2016         59         10,272,026         2,298   

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2016         6         1,312,500         1,641   

3 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2016         12         1,029,906         2,142   

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2016         19         2,302,117         758   

10 Year Canada Government Bond

     6/21/2016         79         8,581,575         (4,173

30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/21/2016         4         657,750         (687
           

 

 

 

Total

  

      $ 32,872   
           

 

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/15/2016         12       $ 454,950       $ (16,215

Cocoa

     5/13/2016         15         442,500         (20,270

Coffee

     5/18/2016         4         191,175         (150

Copper LME

     6/15/2016         4         485,100         (1,808

Gasoline

     4/29/2016         2         121,523         (3,024

Nickel LME

     6/15/2016         2         101,790         (10,866

Soybean

     5/13/2016         7         318,762         (737

Soybean Oil

     5/13/2016         42         862,344         36,588   

Sugar

     4/29/2016         35         601,720         (19,018

Zinc LME

     6/15/2016         2         90,738         2,453   
           

 

 

 

Total

  

   $ (33,047
           

 

 

 


At March 31, 2016, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

DAX

     6/17/2016         6       $ 1,702,517       $ (1,016

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/17/2016         13         1,333,475         (38,978

FTSE 100 Index

     6/17/2016         24         2,102,041         (7,128

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2016         10         1,858,418         (11,607

Hang Seng Index®

     4/28/2016         10         1,342,962         2,859   

S&P CNX Nifty Futures Index

     4/28/2016         85         1,323,826         (15,038

TOPIX

     6/09/2016         7         837,717         9,678   

10 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2016         103         10,339,423         (4,085

10 Year Japan Government Bond

     6/13/2016         18         24,198,321         (27,189

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/21/2016         13         1,695,078         (6,391
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ (98,895
           

 

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/15/2016         31       $ 1,175,288       $ (15,084

Brent Crude Oil

     4/29/2016         8         322,640         13,740   

Copper

     5/26/2016         7         382,025         2,988   

Corn

     5/13/2016         5         87,875         2,062   

Cotton

     5/06/2016         6         175,320         (5,820

Gold

     6/28/2016         3         370,680         (900

Live Cattle

     6/30/2016         6         297,660         3,050   

Low Sulfur Gasoil

     5/12/2016         12         430,200         13,475   

Natural Gas

     4/27/2016         20         391,800         (15,030

New York Harbor ULSD

     4/29/2016         10         497,910         17,300   

Nickel LME

     6/15/2016         9         458,055         1,694   

Soybean Meal

     5/13/2016         19         513,570         (12,110

Wheat

     5/13/2016         2         47,350         (1,950

WTI Crude Oil

     4/20/2016         9         345,060         5,470   

Zinc LME

     6/15/2016         2         90,737         (3,738
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 5,147   
           

 

 

 

 

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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments*

     —           29,453,331         —           29,453,331   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —           770,401         —           770,401   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     192,369         13,724         —           206,093   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 192,369       $ 30,237,456       $ —         $ 30,429,825   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ —         $ (1,274,532    $ —         $ (1,274,532

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (244,403      (55,613      —           (300,016
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (244,403    $ (1,330,145    $ —         $ (1,574,548
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, 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 an underlying asset, reference rate or index. 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, 2016, the Fund used long and short contracts on U.S. and foreign government bonds, U.S. and foreign equity market indices, foreign currencies, commodities through investments in the Subsidiary), and short-term interest rates in accordance with these objectives.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2016:

 

Assets

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

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 770,401       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

     

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ 37,312   

Equity contracts

     —           69,961   

Commodity contracts

     —           98,820   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded asset derivatives

   $ —         $ 206,093   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

   $ 770,401       $ 206,093   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

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

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (1,274,532    $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

     

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ (78,705

Equity contracts

     —           (94,591

Commodity contracts

     —           (126,720
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded liability derivatives

   $ —         $ (300,016
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

   $ (1,274,532    $ (300,016
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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 (“OTC”) 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, 2016, 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

   $ (504,131    $ 1,343,528   

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 OTC 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 (including OTC derivative counterparties and brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) 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, 2016:

 

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

Over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 770,401       $ —     

Collateral pledged to UBS AG

     1,343,528         1,343,528   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     2,113,929         1,343,528   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     

Futures contracts

     206,093         206,093   

Margin with brokers

     3,116,503         3,116,503   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     3,322,596         3,322,596   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total counterparty credit risk

   $ 5,436,525       $ 4,666,124   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

     66.0

Commercial Paper

     10.4   

Treasuries

     8.4   

Time Deposits

     6.7   

Other Notes

     2.9   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     94.4   

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

     5.6   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund

 

Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Short-Term Investments – 95.3% of Net Assets

  

  

Certificates of Deposit – 67.7%

  

$      32,000,000

  

Banco Del Estado de Chile (NY),

0.370%, 4/01/2016

   $ 32,000,064   

30,000,000

  

Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),

0.619%, 4/01/2016(b)

     30,000,000   

40,000,000

  

Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (CT),

0.620%, 4/01/2016

     40,000,360   

50,000,000

  

Toronto Dominion Bank,

0.400%, 4/04/2016

     50,000,300   

145,000,000

  

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank,

0.320%, 4/05/2016

     144,998,260   

100,000,000

  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),

0.480%, 4/05/2016

     100,001,500   

25,000,000

  

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (NY),

0.350%, 4/07/2016

     25,000,000   

100,000,000

  

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (NY),

0.390%, 4/07/2016

     100,000,200   

100,000,000

  

Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (NY),

0.480%, 4/07/2016

     100,002,100   

70,000,000

  

Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),

0.660%, 4/18/2016

     70,010,990   

50,000,000

  

Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (CT),

0.640%, 4/26/2016

     50,008,850   

20,000,000

  

Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),

0.555%, 4/27/2016

     20,002,440   

50,000,000

  

DNB Bank ASA,

0.520%, 4/28/2016

     50,006,400   

100,000,000

  

Landesbank Hessen (NY),

0.450%, 5/02/2016

     100,008,300   

35,000,000

  

Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),

0.465%, 5/02/2016(c)

     35,001,855   

25,000,000

  

Dexia Credit Local,

0.621%, 5/02/2016(b)

     25,004,275   

50,000,000

  

Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),

0.600%, 5/04/2016

     50,009,200   

110,000,000

  

Swedbank (NY),

0.540%, 5/05/2016

     110,017,820   

50,000,000

  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,

0.758%, 5/17/2016(b)(c)

     50,019,550   

75,000,000

  

Rabobank Nederland NV,

0.550%, 5/18/2016

     75,010,725   

50,000,000

  

Toronto Dominion Bank,

0.480%, 5/19/2016

     50,002,780   

50,000,000

  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),

0.630%, 5/23/2016

     50,012,200   

130,000,000

  

Credit Industriel et Commercial (NY),

0.650%, 6/01/2016

     130,045,760   

50,000,000

  

State Street Bank and Trust Company,

0.659%, 6/01/2016(b)

     50,014,150   

50,000,000

  

Royal Bank of Canada,

0.618%, 6/06/2016(b)

     50,001,250   

25,000,000

  

Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (NY),

0.670%, 6/06/2016

     25,009,700   


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Certificates of Deposit – continued

  

$      30,000,000

  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),

0.620%, 6/09/2016

   $ 30,005,408   

15,000,000

  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),

0.550%, 6/14/2016

     15,002,025   

31,850,000

  

Royal Bank of Canada,

0.790%, 6/15/2016

     31,870,193   

50,000,000

  

Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),

0.621%, 6/16/2016(b)(c)

     50,009,950   

105,000,000

  

Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (NY),

0.833%, 6/27/2016(b)(c)

     105,073,290   

65,000,000

  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank AB (NY),

0.800%, 7/06/2016

     65,041,275   

25,000,000

  

Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),

0.580%, 7/08/2016

     24,999,525   

50,000,000

  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),

0.838%, 7/08/2016(b)

     50,036,150   

50,000,000

  

National Australia Bank,

0.800%, 8/02/2016(c)

     50,045,100   

60,000,000

  

Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),

0.748%, 8/08/2016(b)(c)

     60,022,560   

50,000,000

  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank AB (NY),

0.730%, 8/15/2016(c)

     50,006,250   

115,000,000

  

Bank of Montreal (IL),

0.806%, 8/15/2016(b)

     115,064,285   

50,000,000

  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

0.830%, 8/19/2016

     50,010,550   
     

 

 

 
        2,309,375,590   
     

 

 

 
  

Treasuries – 9.8%

  

215,000,000

  

U.S. Treasury Bills,

0.155%, 4/21/2016(d)(e)

     214,987,530   

44,000,000

  

U.S. Treasury Bills,

0.265%-0.445%, 5/19/2016(d)(e)(f)

     43,992,300   

51,000,000

  

U.S. Treasury Bills,

0.265%-0.465%, 7/07/2016(d)(e)(f)

     50,967,768   

25,000,000

  

U.S. Treasury Bills,

0.385%, 8/18/2016(d)(e)

     24,967,625   
     

 

 

 
        334,915,223   
     

 

 

 
  

Time Deposits – 8.2%

  

107,000,000

  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,

0.230%, 4/01/2016

     107,000,000   

13,000,000

  

Credit Agricole,

0.270%, 4/01/2016

     13,000,000   

158,050,000

  

National Bank of Kuwait,

0.280%, 4/01/2016(b)

     158,050,000   
     

 

 

 
        278,050,000   
     

 

 

 
  

Other Notes – 4.8%

  

130,000,000

  

Bank of America N.A.,

0.670%, 7/06/2016(b)

     130,051,740   

30,000,000

  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

0.793%, 11/18/2016(b)

     29,985,360   

5,000,000

  

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 1,

0.836%, 12/07/2016(b)

     4,999,325   
     

 

 

 
        165,036,425   
     

 

 

 


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Commercial Paper – 4.8%

  

$    47,000,000

  

Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.),

0.400%, 4/14/2016(d)

   $ 46,992,159   

46,000,000

  

JPMorgan Securities LLC,

0.635%, 5/03/2016(b)

     45,998,666   

50,000,000

  

JPMorgan Securities LLC,

0.788%, 7/12/2016(b)

     50,029,200   

20,000,000

  

JPMorgan Securities LLC,

0.854%, 7/21/2016(d)

     19,966,460   
     

 

 

 
        162,986,485   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Short-Term Investments

(Identified Cost $3,249,748,991)

     3,250,363,723   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments – 95.3%

(Identified Cost $3,249,748,991)(a)

     3,250,363,723   
   Other assets less liabilities – 4.7%      161,246,774   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 3,411,610,497   
     

 

 

 

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, 2016, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary was $132,680,714, representing 3.9% 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 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 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 most recent 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.

As of March 31, 2016, futures contracts were 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 contracts, as follows:

 

    

Notional

Value

 

Unrealized

Appreciation/

Depreciation*

 

Unrealized as a

Percentage of

Net Assets

$    571,627,841

  $    5,173,086   0.15%

 

* Amounts are reflected at absolute value.

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, 2016, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $3,249,748,991 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

   $ 644,819   

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

     (30,087
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 614,732   
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015, the Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward of $81,485,916 with no expiration date and a long-term capital loss carryforward of $46,508,902 with no expiration date. At December 31, 2015, late-year ordinary and post-October capital loss deferrals were $17,459,626. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2016 is disclosed.
(c) Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.
(d) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(e) Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.
(f) The Fund’s investment in U.S. Treasury Bills is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

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, 2016, 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)
 

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Australian Dollar      386,400,000       $ 295,221,028       $ 7,210,950   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Australian Dollar      147,100,000         112,388,751         (1,181,166

Buy1

     6/15/2016       British Pound      14,687,500         21,099,630         232,703   

Buy1

     6/15/2016       British Pound      13,000,000         18,675,418         (82,696

Sell1

     6/15/2016       British Pound      93,812,500         134,768,277         (1,667,296

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Canadian Dollar      47,800,000         36,806,954         1,111,124   

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Canadian Dollar      66,500,000         51,206,327         (81,233

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Canadian Dollar      106,800,000         82,238,131         (2,074,800

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Euro      519,250,000         592,151,221         15,310,663   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Euro      23,750,000         27,084,432         (173,759

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Japanese Yen      15,350,000,000         136,667,746         862,159   

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Japanese Yen      65,987,500,000         587,515,497         (850,524

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Japanese Yen      2,850,000,000         25,374,793         266,186   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Japanese Yen      3,012,500,000         26,821,602         (11,598

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Mexican Peso      798,500,000         45,921,036         933,188   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Mexican Peso      975,000,000         56,071,397         (2,070,061

Buy1

     6/15/2016       New Zealand Dollar      112,100,000         77,197,972         1,959,301   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       New Zealand Dollar      19,400,000         13,359,863         (345,005

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Norwegian Krone      126,000,000         15,221,559         365,412   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Norwegian Krone      352,000,000         42,523,721         (1,306,198

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Polish Zloty      549,500,000         147,136,030         3,231,313   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Polish Zloty      338,000,000         90,504,055         (4,315,052

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Singapore Dollar      524,375,000         388,883,845         10,475,458   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Singapore Dollar      59,625,000         44,218,735         (206,208


Buy1

     6/15/2016       South African Rand      277,500,000         18,531,250         226,053   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       South African Rand      1,406,500,000         93,925,055         (4,928,095

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Swedish Krona      3,546,000,000         437,916,567         8,611,973   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Swedish Krona      634,000,000         78,296,419         (3,290,844

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Swiss Franc      63,125,000         65,858,041         479,533   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Swiss Franc      66,625,000         69,509,575         (2,059,048

Buy1

     6/15/2016       Turkish Lira      1,329,300,000         462,267,029         15,074,279   

Sell1

     6/15/2016       Turkish Lira      153,900,000         53,519,067         (866,411
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 40,840,301   
              

 

 

 

 

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, 2016, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

AEX-Index®

     4/15/2016         314       $ 31,348,003       $ (132,508

ASX SPI 200™

     6/16/2016         338         32,770,369         (264,112

E-mini Dow

     6/17/2016         4,084         359,289,900         7,328,605   

E-mini NASDAQ 100

     6/17/2016         2,564         229,542,100         6,811,678   

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/17/2016         2,765         283,619,875         2,720,075   

Euribor

     6/13/2016         4,992         1,423,649,199         311,941   

Euro Schatz

     6/08/2016         9,341         1,188,176,407         (2,082,738

Euro-BTP

     6/08/2016         4,440         710,450,927         9,250,056   

Euro-OAT

     6/08/2016         5,158         928,756,002         11,197,287   

Eurodollar

     9/19/2016         20,771         5,153,285,100         1,648,237   

FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index

     6/15/2016         1,194         37,765,586         (481,473

German Euro BOBL

     6/08/2016         4,050         604,173,589         (1,523,124

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2016         5,522         1,026,218,395         3,270,756   

Hang Seng Index®

     4/28/2016         224         30,082,341         592,863   

Mini-Russell 2000

     6/17/2016         648         71,902,080         3,367,720   

MSCI Singapore

     4/28/2016         1,657         39,089,343         24,124   

MSCI Taiwan Index

     4/28/2016         5,541         178,287,509         1,040,782   

S&P CNX Nifty Futures Index

     4/28/2016         1,362         21,212,363         240,968   

S&P/TSX 60 Index

     6/16/2016         866         104,953,532         450,424   

Sterling

     6/15/2016         32,097         5,728,125,000         1,016,452   

UK Long Gilt

     6/28/2016         2,727         474,776,505         623,878   

Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/21/2016         1,442         248,790,063         (189,281

3 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2016         3,631         311,632,439         748,100   

10 Year Australia Government Bond

     6/15/2016         2,652         266,215,043         2,783,682   

10 Year Canada Government Bond

     6/21/2016         5,729         622,327,099         (1,728,493


10 Year Japan Government Bond

     6/13/2016         392         526,985,650         592,119   

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2016         10,443         2,284,406,250         2,613,376   

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/30/2016         9,533         1,155,057,013         622,403   

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     6/21/2016         5,621         732,925,703         (2,787,563

30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/21/2016         2,191         360,282,562         (638,844
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 47,427,390   
           

 

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/15/2016         1,998       $ 75,749,175       $ (3,627,936

Cocoa

     5/13/2016         1,726         50,917,000         (1,266,230

Copper

     5/26/2016         161         8,786,575         (291,200

Copper LME

     6/15/2016         855         103,690,125         452,909   

Gasoline

     4/29/2016         33         2,005,126         (32,432

Gold

     6/28/2016         759         93,782,040         1,107,510   

Nickel LME

     6/15/2016         845         43,006,275         (2,244,168

Soybean

     5/13/2016         3,815         173,725,563         434,413   

Soybean Oil

     5/13/2016         3,588         73,668,816         2,000,130   

Sugar

     4/29/2016         6,079         104,510,168         (5,884,648

Zinc LME

     6/15/2016         920         41,739,250         (506,165
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ (9,857,817
           

 

 

 

At March 31, 2016, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

CAC 40®

     4/15/2016         1,099       $ 54,696,448       $ 593,522   

DAX

     6/17/2016         40         11,350,114         (987

EURO STOXX 50®

     6/17/2016         407         13,539,521         107,664   

FTSE 100 Index

     6/17/2016         507         44,405,624         (264,127

FTSE MIB

     6/17/2016         329         33,075,728         967,873   

IBEX 35

     4/15/2016         81         7,984,773         193,985   

Nikkei 225™

     6/09/2016         105         15,623,284         98,534   

OMXS30®

     4/15/2016         633         10,463,908         3,037   

TOPIX

     6/09/2016         83         9,932,927         166,527   
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 1,866,028   
           

 

 

 

 

Commodity Futures2

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aluminum LME

     6/15/2016         5,472       $ 207,457,200       $ (2,822,374

Brent Crude Oil

     4/29/2016         12         483,960         26,160   

Coffee

     5/18/2016         628         30,014,475         (2,514,450

Copper LME

     6/15/2016         223         27,044,325         (302,493

Corn

     5/13/2016         2,242         39,403,150         541,338   

Cotton

     5/06/2016         1,331         38,891,820         523,330   

Live Cattle

     6/30/2016         1,372         68,064,920         747,200   

Low Sulfur Gasoil

     5/12/2016         7         250,950         13,825   

Natural Gas

     4/27/2016         3,958         77,537,220         (2,981,210

New York Harbor ULSD

     4/29/2016         60         2,987,460         100,044   

Nickel LME

     6/15/2016         958         48,757,410         22,633   

Silver

     5/26/2016         139         10,747,480         (154,055

Soybean Meal

     5/13/2016         252         6,811,560         (39,150

Wheat

     5/13/2016         3,879         91,835,325         (4,039,075

WTI Crude Oil

     4/20/2016         344         13,188,960         242,640   

Zinc LME

     6/15/2016         519         23,546,381         (560,118
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ (11,195,755
           

 

 

 

 

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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments*

   $ —         $ 3,250,363,723       $ —         $ 3,250,363,723   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —           66,350,295         —           66,350,295   

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     61,568,921         4,029,879            65,598,800   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 61,568,921       $ 3,320,743,897       $ —         $ 3,382,312,818   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts(unrealized depreciation)

   $ —        $ (25,509,994   $ —         $ (25,509,994

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (36,215,747     (1,143,207        (37,358,954
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (36,215,747   $ (26,653,201   $ —         $ (62,868,948
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, 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 an underlying asset, reference rate or index. 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, 2016, the Fund used long and short contracts on U.S. and foreign government bonds, U.S. and foreign equity market indices, foreign currencies, commodities (through investments in the Subsidiary) 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, 2016:

 

Assets

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

Over-the-counter asset derivatives Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 66,350,295       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

     

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ 34,678,287   

Equity contracts

     —           24,708,381   

Commodity contracts

     —           6,212,132   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded asset derivatives

   $ —         $ 65,598,800   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

   $ 66,350,295       $ 65,598,800   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

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

Over-the-counter liability derivatives Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (25,509,994    $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

     

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ (8,950,043

Equity contracts

     —           (1,143,207

Commodity contracts

     —           (27,265,704
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded liability derivatives

   $ —         $ (37,358,954
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

   $ (25,509,994    $ (37,358,954
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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 (“OTC”) 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, 2016, the Fund did not hold any derivative positions subject to these provisions that are in a net liability position by counterparty.

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 OTC 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 (including OTC derivative counterparties and brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) 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, 2016:

 

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

Over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ 66,350,295       $ 40,840,301   

Collateral pledged to UBS AG

     69,629,999         69,629,999   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter counterparty credit risk

     135,980,294         110,470,300   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     

Futures contracts

     65,598,800         65,598,800   

Margin with brokers

     308,388,611         308,388,611   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     373,987,411         373,987,411   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total counterparty credit risk

   $ 509,967,706       $ 484,457,712   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Certificates of Deposit

     67.7

Treasuries

     9.8   

Time Deposits

     8.2   

Other Notes

     4.8   

Commercial Paper

     4.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     95.3   

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

     4.7   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund

 

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Common Stocks – 58.4% of Net Assets

  
  

Aerospace & Defense – 1.9%

  

2,196

   Boeing Co. (The)    $ 278,760   

2,010

   General Dynamics Corp.      264,054   

2,675

   Honeywell International, Inc.      299,734   

1,078

   Northrop Grumman Corp.      213,336   

979

   Rockwell Collins, Inc.      90,273   

7,880

   United Technologies Corp.      788,788   
     

 

 

 
        1,934,945   
     

 

 

 
  

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.6%

  

1,556

   FedEx Corp.      253,193   

2,992

   United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      315,566   
     

 

 

 
        568,759   
     

 

 

 
  

Airlines – 0.4%

  

9,845

   American Airlines Group, Inc.      403,743   
     

 

 

 
  

Auto Components – 0.1%

  

3,866

   Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      127,501   
     

 

 

 
  

Automobiles – 0.2%

  

5,595

   General Motors Co.      175,851   
     

 

 

 
  

Banks – 3.1%

  

31,571

   Bank of America Corp.      426,840   

9,327

   Citigroup, Inc.      389,402   

12,707

   Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      121,225   

10,340

   JPMorgan Chase & Co.      612,335   

1,378

   M&T Bank Corp.      152,958   

19,712

   People’s United Financial, Inc.      314,012   

2,254

   PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      190,621   

6,762

   U.S. Bancorp      274,470   

13,182

   Wells Fargo & Co.      637,481   
     

 

 

 
        3,119,344   
     

 

 

 
  

Beverages – 1.9%

  

15,161

   Coca-Cola Co. (The)      703,319   

6,715

   Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.      340,719   

1,790

   Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      160,062   

6,404

   PepsiCo, Inc.      656,282   
     

 

 

 
        1,860,382   
     

 

 

 
  

Biotechnology – 2.2%

  

2,839

   Amgen, Inc.      425,651   

942

   Biogen, Inc.(b)      245,221   

5,903

   Celgene Corp.(b)      590,831   

4,518

   Gilead Sciences, Inc.      415,024   

1,088

   Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      392,159   

1,644

   Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      130,682   
     

 

 

 
        2,199,568   
     

 

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

  
  

Capital Markets – 1.0%

  

5,844

   Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)    $ 215,235   

1,620

   BlackRock, Inc.      551,723   

7,938

   Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      222,423   
     

 

 

 
        989,381   
     

 

 

 
  

Chemicals – 1.4%

  

1,885

   Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      271,534   

2,396

   Dow Chemical Co. (The)      121,861   

2,472

   E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      156,527   

508

   Ecolab, Inc.      56,652   

1,223

   LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      104,664   

3,277

   Monsanto Co.      287,524   

2,536

   PPG Industries, Inc.      282,739   

418

   Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      118,992   
     

 

 

 
        1,400,493   
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.4%

  

3,125

   Cintas Corp.      280,656   

762

   Stericycle, Inc.(b)      96,157   
     

 

 

 
        376,813   
     

 

 

 
  

Communications Equipment – 0.2%

  

6,735

   Cisco Systems, Inc.      191,745   
     

 

 

 
  

Construction & Engineering – 0.3%

  

5,950

   Fluor Corp.      319,515   
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Finance – 0.3%

  

1,054

   American Express Co.      64,716   

3,314

   Capital One Financial Corp.      229,693   
     

 

 

 
        294,409   
     

 

 

 
  

Containers & Packaging – 0.1%

  

1,305

   Sealed Air Corp.      62,653   
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Financial Services – 1.5%

  

5,314

   Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)      753,950   

1,863

   CME Group, Inc.      178,941   

1,764

   McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      174,601   

3,701

   Moody’s Corp.      357,369   
     

 

 

 
        1,464,861   
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.6%

  

20,556

   AT&T, Inc.      805,178   

5,315

   Frontier Communications Corp.      29,711   

13,650

   Verizon Communications, Inc.      738,192   
     

 

 

 
        1,573,081   
     

 

 

 
  

Electric Utilities – 1.2%

  

1,514

   American Electric Power Co., Inc.      100,530   

1,583

   Duke Energy Corp.      127,716   

9,148

   Eversource Energy      533,694   

679

   NextEra Energy, Inc.      80,353   

1,585

   PG&E Corp.      94,656   

3,945

   PPL Corp.      150,186   


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Common Stocks – continued

  

  

Electric Utilities – continued

  

2,361

   Southern Co. (The)    $ 122,135   
     

 

 

 
        1,209,270   
     

 

 

 
  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.1%

  

1,860

   TE Connectivity Ltd.      115,171   
     

 

 

 
  

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.2%

  

2,773

   Halliburton Co.      99,052   

1,234

   Schlumberger Ltd.      91,007   
     

 

 

 
        190,059   
     

 

 

 
  

Food & Staples Retailing – 1.2%

  

1,871

   Costco Wholesale Corp.      294,832   

4,974

   CVS Health Corp.      515,953   

5,168

   Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      435,352   
     

 

 

 
        1,246,137   
     

 

 

 
  

Food Products – 0.6%

  

877

   Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      31,844   

371

   Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      31,524   

14,455

   Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      579,934   
     

 

 

 
        643,302   
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.8%

  

2,135

   CR Bard, Inc.      432,700   

4,890

   Medtronic PLC      366,750   
     

 

 

 
        799,450   
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Providers & Services – 0.9%

  

2,334

   Aetna, Inc.      262,225   

2,740

   DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.(b)      201,061   

1,228

   McKesson Corp.      193,103   

2,265

   UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      291,959   
     

 

 

 
        948,348   
     

 

 

 
  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.1%

  

3,593

   McDonald’s Corp.      451,568   

7,087

   Starbucks Corp.      423,094   

2,325

   Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      193,975   
     

 

 

 
        1,068,637   
     

 

 

 
  

Household Durables – 0.2%

  

3,193

   DR Horton, Inc.      96,525   

3,106

   Lennar Corp., Class A      150,206   
     

 

 

 
        246,731   
     

 

 

 
  

Household Products – 0.8%

  

9,949

   Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      818,902   
     

 

 

 
  

Industrial Conglomerates – 1.5%

  

1,397

   3M Co.      232,782   

2,836

   Danaher Corp.      269,023   

28,054

   General Electric Co.      891,837   


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   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – continued

  

  

Industrial Conglomerates – continued

  

904

   Roper Technologies, Inc.    $ 165,224   
     

 

 

 
        1,558,866   
     

 

 

 
  

Insurance – 1.3%

  

666

   Aon PLC      69,564   

4,091

   Assurant, Inc.      315,621   

2,125

   Chubb Ltd.      253,194   

1,288

   Lincoln National Corp.      50,489   

5,433

   Torchmark Corp.      294,251   

9,094

   XL Group PLC      334,659   
     

 

 

 
        1,317,778   
     

 

 

 
  

Internet & Catalog Retail – 1.5%

  

1,690

   Amazon.com, Inc.(b)      1,003,252   

839

   Expedia, Inc.      90,461   

298

   Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      384,110   

1,188

   TripAdvisor, Inc.(b)      79,002   
     

 

 

 
        1,556,825   
     

 

 

 
  

Internet Software & Services – 3.2%

  

1,376

   Alphabet, Inc., Class A(b)      1,049,750   

1,389

   Alphabet, Inc., Class C(b)      1,034,736   

9,796

   Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      1,117,724   
     

 

 

 
        3,202,210   
     

 

 

 
  

IT Services – 2.0%

  

2,826

   Accenture PLC, Class A      326,120   

5,448

   Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(b)      341,590   

2,613

   International Business Machines Corp.      395,739   

3,853

   Paychex, Inc.      208,100   

10,002

   Visa, Inc., Class A      764,953   
     

 

 

 
        2,036,502   
     

 

 

 
  

Machinery – 0.4%

  

2,367

   Deere & Co.      182,235   

2,190

   Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      224,344   
     

 

 

 
        406,579   
     

 

 

 
  

Media – 1.8%

  

4,561

   CBS Corp., Class B      251,265   

6,471

   Comcast Corp., Class A      395,249   

5,766

   Discovery Communications, Inc., Series C(b)      155,682   

1,374

   Time Warner Cable, Inc.      281,148   

1,536

   Time Warner, Inc.      111,437   

5,956

   Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      166,053   

4,664

   Walt Disney Co. (The)      463,182   
     

 

 

 
        1,824,016   
     

 

 

 
  

Metals & Mining – 0.3%

  

10,064

   Newmont Mining Corp.      267,501   
     

 

 

 
  

Multi-Utilities – 0.8%

  

1,829

   CMS Energy Corp.      77,623   

7,422

   Consolidated Edison, Inc.      568,673   


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Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – continued

  
  

Multi-Utilities – continued

  

1,716

   NiSource, Inc.    $ 40,429   

797

   Sempra Energy      82,928   
     

 

 

 
        769,653   
     

 

 

 
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.7%

  

7,409

   Apache Corp.      361,633   

13,389

   Chevron Corp.      1,277,311   

3,373

   Cimarex Energy Co.      328,092   

713

   Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.      17,896   

12,712

   ConocoPhillips      511,912   

4,413

   Exxon Mobil Corp.      368,883   

1,064

   Marathon Petroleum Corp.      39,559   

6,664

   Phillips 66      577,036   

3,035

   Valero Energy Corp.      194,665   
     

 

 

 
        3,676,987   
     

 

 

 
  

Pharmaceuticals – 4.4%

  

3,419

   Allergan PLC(b)      916,395   

6,357

   Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      406,085   

7,521

   Johnson & Johnson      813,772   

22,883

   Merck & Co., Inc.      1,210,740   

20,093

   Pfizer, Inc.      595,556   

10,200

   Zoetis, Inc.      452,166   
     

 

 

 
        4,394,714   
     

 

 

 
  

Professional Services – 0.3%

  

2,941

   Equifax, Inc.      336,127   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Apartments – 0.5%

  

2,394

   AvalonBay Communities, Inc.      455,339   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Diversified – 0.7%

  

1,960

   American Tower Corp.      200,645   

1,423

   Crown Castle International Corp.      123,090   

4,095

   Vornado Realty Trust      386,691   
     

 

 

 
        710,426   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Regional Malls – 0.7%

  

3,271

   Simon Property Group, Inc.      679,354   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Storage – 0.6%

  

2,158

   Public Storage      595,241   
     

 

 

 
  

Road & Rail – 0.1%

  

974

   Union Pacific Corp.      77,482   
     

 

 

 
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.6%

  

2,616

   Analog Devices, Inc.      154,841   

1,600

   Broadcom Ltd.      247,200   

26,699

   Intel Corp.      863,713   

1,006

   Lam Research Corp.      83,095   

6,112

   Linear Technology Corp.      272,351   
     

 

 

 
        1,621,200   
     

 

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

  
  

Software – 3.7%

  

4,476

   Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 419,849   

38,162

   Microsoft Corp.      2,107,687   

18,653

   Oracle Corp.      763,094   

5,230

   Salesforce.com, Inc.(b)      386,131   
     

 

 

 
        3,676,761   
     

 

 

 
  

Specialty Retail – 1.9%

  

238

   AutoZone, Inc.(b)      189,612   

3,609

   Gap, Inc. (The)      106,105   

5,423

   Home Depot, Inc. (The)      723,591   

5,359

   Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      405,944   

675

   O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      184,720   

4,365

   TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      341,998   
     

 

 

 
        1,951,970   
     

 

 

 
  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.1%

  

10,424

   Apple, Inc.      1,136,112   
     

 

 

 
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.6%

  

7,548

   NIKE, Inc., Class B      463,975   

1,713

   Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)      145,314   
     

 

 

 
        609,289   
     

 

 

 
  

Tobacco – 1.4%

  

10,730

   Philip Morris International, Inc.      1,052,720   

7,522

   Reynolds American, Inc.      378,432   
     

 

 

 
        1,431,152   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $54,224,858)
     58,641,135   
     

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

           

Short-Term Investments – 41.3%

  
  

Certificates of Deposit – 22.6%

  

$      700,000

   Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
0.619%, 4/01/2016 (c)
     700,000   

1,000,000

   Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (CT),
0.620%, 4/01/2016
     1,000,009   

2,000,000

   Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),
0.480%, 4/05/2016
     2,000,030   

1,400,000

   Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (NY),
0.390%, 4/07/2016
     1,400,003   

1,800,000

   Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (NY),
0.480%, 4/07/2016
     1,800,038   

1,000,000

   Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),
0.660%, 4/18/2016
     1,000,157   

1,300,000

   Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
0.465%, 5/02/2016 (d)
     1,300,069   

1,000,000

   Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),
0.600%, 5/04/2016
     1,000,184   

1,000,000

   Swedbank (NY),
0.540%, 5/05/2016 (d)
     1,000,162   

1,000,000

   Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.758%, 5/17/2016 (c)(d)
     1,000,391   


Principal

Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Certificates of Deposit – continued

  

$    2,000,000

   Toronto Dominion Bank,
0.480%, 5/19/2016
   $ 2,000,111   

2,000,000

   Credit Industriel et Commercial (NY),
0.650%, 6/01/2016
     2,000,704   

1,000,000

   State Street Bank and Trust Company,
0.659%, 6/01/2016 (c)(d)
     1,000,283   

1,500,000

   Westpac Banking Corp. (NY),
0.621%, 6/16/2016 (c)(d)
     1,500,298   

2,000,000

   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
0.838%, 7/08/2016 (c)(d)
     2,001,446   

2,000,000

   Bank of Montreal (IL),
0.806%, 8/15/2016 (c)
     2,001,118   
     

 

 

 
        22,705,003   
     

 

 

 
  

Time Deposits – 10.6%

  

2,650,000

   Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
0.230%, 4/01/2016
     2,650,000   

4,000,000

   Credit Agricole,
0.270%, 4/01/2016
     4,000,000   

4,000,000

   National Bank of Kuwait,
0.280%, 4/01/2016 (c)
     4,000,000   
     

 

 

 
        10,650,000   
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Paper – 3.3%

  

3,300,000

   JPMorgan Securities LLC,
0.635%, 5/03/2016 (c)(d)
     3,299,904   
     

 

 

 
  

Other Notes – 3.0%

  

3,000,000

   Bank of America N.A.,
0.670%, 7/06/2016 (c)(d)
     3,001,194   
     

 

 

 
  

Treasuries – 1.8%

  

400,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.265%, 4/21/2016 (e)(g)
     399,977   

400,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.265%, 5/19/2016 (e)(g)
     399,930   

650,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.265%-0.465%, 7/07/2016 (e)(f)(g)
     649,589   

400,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.385%, 8/18/2016 (e)(g)
     399,482   
     

 

 

 
        1,848,978   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $41,498,670)
     41,505,079   
     

 

 

 

 


    

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Total Investments – 99.7%

(Identified Cost $95,723,528)(a)

   $ 100,146,214   
   Other assets less liabilities – 0.3%      327,478   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 100,473,692   
     

 

 

 

 

(†) 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:Listed equity securities (including shares of 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 as reported by an independent pricing service. 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 most recent 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, 2016, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $95,723,528 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

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

   $ 5,959,953   

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

     (1,537,267
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 4,422,686   
  

 

 

 

 

(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2016 is disclosed.
(d) Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.
(e) Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(f) The Fund’s investment in U.S. Treasury Bills is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.
(g) Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.
REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts


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 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, 2016, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/17/2016         81       $ 8,308,575       $ (291,803
           

 

 

 

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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 58,641,135       $ —         $ —         $ 58,641,135   

Short-Term Investments*

     —           41,505,079         —           41,505,079   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 58,641,135       $ 41,505,079       $ —         $ 100,146,214   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ (291,803    $ —         $ —         $ (291,803

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, 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 an underlying asset, reference rate or index. 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, 2016, the Fund used long and short 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, 2016:

 

Liabilities

   Unrealized
depreciation on
futures contracts
 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

  

Equity contracts

   $ (291,803

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

  

Margin with brokers

   $ 2,155,766   
  

 

 

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Pharmaceuticals

     4.4

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.7   

Software

     3.7   

Internet Software & Services

     3.2   

Banks

     3.1   

Biotechnology

     2.2   

IT Services

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     36.1   

Short-Term Investments

     41.3   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.7   

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

     0.3   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

Natixis Oakmark Fund

 

Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – 98.6% of Net Assets

  
  

Air Freight & Logistics – 2.2%

  

32,300

   FedEx Corp.    $ 5,255,856   
     

 

 

 
  

Automobiles – 3.8%

  

387,500

   Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV      3,123,250   

123,500

   General Motors Co.      3,881,605   

45,800

   Harley-Davidson, Inc.      2,350,914   
     

 

 

 
        9,355,769   
     

 

 

 
  

Banks – 10.1%

  

569,500

   Bank of America Corp.      7,699,640   

159,100

   Citigroup, Inc.      6,642,425   

108,100

   JPMorgan Chase & Co.      6,401,682   

83,000

   Wells Fargo & Co.      4,013,880   
     

 

 

 
        24,757,627   
     

 

 

 
  

Beverages – 1.6%

  

36,400

   Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR      3,926,468   
     

 

 

 
  

Capital Markets – 8.2%

  

101,300

   Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      3,730,879   

83,600

   Franklin Resources, Inc.      3,264,580   

27,410

   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      4,302,822   

97,400

   State Street Corp.      5,699,848   

39,700

   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      2,916,362   
     

 

 

 
        19,914,491   
     

 

 

 
  

Chemicals – 1.7%

  

46,900

   Monsanto Co.      4,115,006   
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Finance – 4.1%

  

249,600

   Ally Financial, Inc.(b)      4,672,512   

78,700

   Capital One Financial Corp.      5,454,697   
     

 

 

 
        10,127,209   
     

 

 

 
  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.0%

  

79,000

   TE Connectivity Ltd.      4,891,680   
     

 

 

 
  

Energy Equipment & Services – 2.3%

  

107,000

   Halliburton Co.      3,822,040   

58,400

   National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      1,816,240   
     

 

 

 
        5,638,280   
     

 

 

 
  

Food Products – 1.7%

  

55,700

   Nestle S.A., Sponsored ADR      4,155,777   
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.2%

  

39,100

   Medtronic PLC      2,932,500   
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Providers & Services – 2.1%

  

40,650

   UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      5,239,785   
     

 

 

 

 


Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – continued

  
  

Household Durables – 2.6%

  

34,700

   Whirlpool Corp.    $ 6,257,798   
     

 

 

 
  

Industrial Conglomerates – 3.1%

  

239,700

   General Electric Co.      7,620,063   
     

 

 

 
  

Insurance – 8.4%

  

89,100

   Aflac, Inc.      5,625,774   

116,800

   American International Group, Inc.      6,313,040   

48,350

   Aon PLC      5,050,157   

90,100

   Principal Financial Group, Inc.      3,554,445   
     

 

 

 
        20,543,416   
     

 

 

 
  

Internet & Catalog Retail – 1.9%

  

186,700

   Liberty Interactive Corp./QVC Group, Class A(b)      4,714,175   
     

 

 

 
  

Internet Software & Services – 3.6%

  

11,540

   Alphabet, Inc., Class A(b)      8,803,866   
     

 

 

 
  

IT Services – 7.5%

  

63,400

   Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      5,687,614   

68,500

   MasterCard, Inc., Class A      6,473,250   

81,220

   Visa, Inc., Class A      6,211,706   
     

 

 

 
        18,372,570   
     

 

 

 
  

Machinery – 6.0%

  

66,100

   Caterpillar, Inc.      5,059,294   

47,000

   Cummins, Inc.      5,167,180   

40,500

   Parker Hannifin Corp.      4,498,740   
     

 

 

 
        14,725,214   
     

 

 

 
  

Media – 2.8%

  

46,300

   Comcast Corp., Class A      2,828,004   

309,500

   News Corp., Class A      3,952,315   
     

 

 

 
        6,780,319   
     

 

 

 
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.2%

  

81,000

   Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      3,772,170   

130,400

   Apache Corp.      6,364,824   
     

 

 

 
        10,136,994   
     

 

 

 
  

Personal Products – 1.4%

  

76,900

   Unilever PLC, Sponsored ADR      3,474,342   
     

 

 

 
  

Pharmaceuticals – 1.5%

  

89,400

   Sanofi, Sponsored ADR      3,590,304   
     

 

 

 
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 7.7%

  

144,200

   Applied Materials, Inc.      3,054,156   

187,400

   Intel Corp.      6,062,390   

77,900

   QUALCOMM, Inc.      3,983,806   

100,100

   Texas Instruments, Inc.      5,747,742   
     

 

 

 
        18,848,094   
     

 

 

 
  

Software – 4.6%

  

99,800

   Microsoft Corp.      5,511,954   


Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – continued

  
  

Software – continued

  

141,400

   Oracle Corp.    $ 5,784,674   
     

 

 

 
        11,296,628   
     

 

 

 
  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.3%

  

51,950

   Apple, Inc.      5,662,030   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $228,333,684)
     241,136,261   
     

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

            

Short-Term Investments – 1.8%

  

$    4,305,419

   Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2016 at 0.030% to be repurchased at $4,305,423 on 4/01/2016 collateralized by $4,270,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.875% due 10/31/2022 valued at $4,392,763 including accrued interest(c)
(Identified Cost $4,305,419)
     4,305,419   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments – 100.4%
(Identified Cost $232,639,103)(a)
     245,441,680   
   Other assets less liabilities – (0.4)%      (999,096
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 244,442,584   
     

 

 

 

 

(†) 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 shares of 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 as reported by an independent pricing service. 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, 2016, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $232,639,103 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

   $ 30,573,412   

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

     (17,770,835
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 12,802,577   
  

 

 

 

 

(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, 2016, 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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 241,136,261       $ —         $ —         $ 241,136,261   

Short-Term Investments

     —           4,305,419         —           4,305,419   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 241,136,261       $ 4,305,419       $ —         $ 245,441,680   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Industry Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Banks

     10.1

Insurance

     8.4   

Capital Markets

     8.2   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     7.7   

IT Services

     7.5   

Machinery

     6.0   

Software

     4.6   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.2   

Consumer Finance

     4.1   

Automobiles

     3.8   

Internet Software & Services

     3.6   

Industrial Conglomerates

     3.1   


Media

     2.8   

Household Durables

     2.6   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.3   

Energy Equipment & Services

     2.3   

Air Freight & Logistics

     2.2   

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.1   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     11.0   

Short-Term Investments

     1.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.4   

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.4
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – 86.4% of Net Assets

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – 84.5%

  

  

ABS Car Loan – 2.8%

  

$    804,000

   AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2013-4, Class D,
3.310%, 10/08/2019
   $ 819,570   

1,455,000

   AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-4, Class D,
3.720%, 12/08/2021
     1,471,027   

600,000

   CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2014-D, Class C,
4.350%, 11/16/2020, 144A
     579,576   

655,000

   DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2014-3A, Class D,
4.470%, 11/15/2021, 144A
     651,323   

4,075,000

   DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class D,
4.660%, 12/15/2022, 144A
     4,028,971   

270,000

   First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class D,
3.280%, 4/15/2021, 144A
     265,346   

440,000

   First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class D,
3.470%, 2/15/2021, 144A
     432,821   

345,000

   First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class D,
3.590%, 1/18/2022, 144A
     335,765   

1,710,000

   First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class D,
4.220%, 12/15/2021, 144A
     1,665,940   

2,450,000

   Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2015-2, Class D,
5.980%, 8/15/2022, 144A
     2,235,973   

2,070,000

   Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2015-3, Class D,
7.120%, 11/15/2022, 144A
     2,043,314   

2,280,000

   Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2014-C, Class A3,
1.060%, 5/15/2019(b)
     2,279,040   

2,810,000

   Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-A, Class A3,
1.280%, 9/15/2019(b)
     2,815,136   

3,350,000

   Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-C, Class A3,
1.410%, 2/15/2020
     3,363,249   

2,455,000

   Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2014-4, Class A3,
0.990%, 9/17/2018(b)
     2,454,296   

3,385,000

   Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2015-3, Class A3,
1.270%, 4/18/2019
     3,393,992   

3,045,000

   Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class D,
5.150%, 11/15/2021, 144A
     3,070,548   

3,215,000

   Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2015-C, Class A3,
1.340%, 6/17/2019
     3,223,458   
     

 

 

 
        35,129,345   
     

 

 

 
  

ABS Credit Card – 4.8%

  

3,145,000

   American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A,
0.856%, 2/16/2021(b)(c)
     3,151,520   

2,695,000

   American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2014-4, Class A,
1.430%, 6/15/2020(b)
     2,708,540   

2,295,000

   American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2014-5, Class A,
0.726%, 5/15/2020(b)(c)
     2,295,000   

2,050,000

   BA Credit Card Trust, Series 2014-A1, Class A,
0.816%, 6/15/2021(b)(c)
     2,048,359   

3,600,000

   Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2004-A7, Class A7,
1.450%, 8/16/2021
     3,608,865   

3,075,000

   Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2013-A3, Class A3,
0.960%, 9/16/2019(b)
     3,076,737   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

ABS Credit Card – continued

  

$  6,600,000

   Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2013-A8, Class A8,
1.010%, 10/15/2018(b)
   $ 6,604,542   

6,640,000

   Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A7, Class A,
1.380%, 11/15/2019(b)
     6,661,631   

3,780,000

   Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A8, Class A,
0.686%, 11/15/2018(b)(c)
     3,780,137   

3,560,000

   Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2015-A1, Class A,
0.756%, 2/18/2020(b)(c)
     3,562,465   

3,500,000

   Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2015-A4, Class A,
1.840%, 4/15/2022(b)
     3,533,270   

3,165,000

   Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2013-A6, Class A6,
1.320%, 9/07/2018(b)
     3,170,839   

5,825,000

   Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2013-A7, Class A7,
0.872%, 9/10/2020(b)(c)
     5,839,623   

3,000,000

   Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A4, Class A4,
1.230%, 4/24/2019(b)
     3,007,795   

3,045,000

   Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A8, Class A8,
1.730%, 4/09/2020(b)
     3,075,036   

3,600,000

   World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2015-C, Class A,
1.260%, 3/15/2021
     3,596,120   
     

 

 

 
        59,720,479   
     

 

 

 
  

ABS Home Equity – 10.9%

  

851,251

   Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-4, Class 3A1,
2.866%, 3/25/2035(b)(c)
     822,914   

984,632

   Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 5A1,
2.725%, 4/25/2035(b)(c)
     940,282   

873,264

   Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-20CB, Class 2A1,
5.750%, 10/25/2033(b)
     895,113   

709,891

   Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-9T1, Class A7,
5.500%, 7/25/2033
     703,510   

529,619

   Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-28CB, Class 5A1,
5.750%, 1/25/2035
     534,533   

1,525,577

   Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-J1, Class 2A1,
5.500%, 2/25/2025
     1,551,812   

1,500,000

   American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR1, Class E,
2.941%, 6/17/2031, 144A(c)
     1,389,063   

300,000

   American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR2, Class D,
5.149%, 10/17/2036, 144A
     292,536   

1,980,000

   American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR2, Class E,
6.231%, 10/17/2036, 144A
     1,957,801   

1,200,000

   American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR3, Class E,
6.418%, 12/17/2036, 144A
     1,188,666   

1,158,983

   Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-10, Class 1A1,
5.500%, 12/25/2033(b)
     1,173,361   

1,643,614

   Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-10, Class 3A1,
5.500%, 12/25/2033
     1,659,656   

1,011,530

   Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-8, Class 1CB1,
5.500%, 10/25/2033
     1,021,135   

1,311,464

   Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-6, Class CB7,
5.250%, 7/25/2035
     1,184,876   

875,228

   Banc of America Funding Corp., Series 2007-4, Class 5A1,
5.500%, 11/25/2034
     811,438   

1,772,557

   Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2004-B, Class 4A2,
2.808%, 11/20/2034(c)
     1,706,813   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

ABS Home Equity – continued

  

$    656,320

   Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2005-5, Class A1,
5.500%, 9/25/2035(b)
   $ 679,222   

1,244,364

   Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 3A1,
5.750%, 11/25/2035
     1,265,378   

2,610,498

   Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-6, Class 2A1,
2.971%, 9/25/2034(c)
     2,382,021   

1,421,842

   Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-12, Class 11A1,
2.733%, 2/25/2036(c)
     1,082,438   

753,883

   Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2005-2, Class 1A4,
2.717%, 5/25/2035(c)
     699,623   

3,017,258

   Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2005-3, Class 2A3,
2.755%, 8/25/2035(c)
     2,775,026   

3,334,769

   Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2014-11, Class 2A1,
0.576%, 8/25/2036, 144A(c)
     2,885,642   

3,052,174

   Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2015-2, Class 1A1,
0.636%, 6/25/2047, 144A(b)(c)
     2,677,267   

2,325,880

   CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-A4, Class 1A1,
6.000%, 9/25/2036
     2,046,317   

2,200,000

   Colony American Finance Ltd., Series 2015-1, Class D,
5.649%, 10/15/2047, 144A
     2,337,016   

400,000

   Colony American Homes, Series 2014-2A, Class E,
3.630%, 7/17/2031, 144A(c)
     377,002   

1,855,000

   Colony American Homes, Series 2014-1A, Class C,
2.291%, 5/17/2031, 144A(b)(c)
     1,780,260   

1,630,000

   Colony American Homes, Series 2015-1A, Class D,
2.591%, 7/17/2032, 144A(b)(c)
     1,514,517   

941,949

   Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-14T2, Class A11,
5.500%, 8/25/2034
     980,651   

936,094

   Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-J3, Class 1A1,
5.500%, 4/25/2034(b)
     951,091   

20,837

   Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-J7, Class 1A5,
5.318%, 8/25/2034(c)(d)
     20,406   

1,068,207

   Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-14, Class 2A1,
0.643%, 5/25/2035(c)
     872,014   

666,389

   Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2007-4, Class 1A7,
5.750%, 4/25/2037
     590,787   

1,060,338

   Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-12, Class 8A1,
2.895%, 8/25/2034(c)
     924,679   

165,003

   Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-HYB4, Class 2A1,
2.650%, 9/20/2034(c)
     157,989   

408,842

   Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-11, Class 4A1,
0.703%, 4/25/2035(c)
     329,043   

1,140,541

   Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-21, Class A17,
5.500%, 10/25/2035
     1,056,120   

842,765

   Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-AR26, Class 7A1,
2.732%, 11/25/2033(b)(c)
     807,789   

539,142

   Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-AR28, Class 4A1,
2.833%, 12/25/2033(c)(d)
     522,063   

2,182,901

   Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2004-AR3, Class 3A1,
2.847%, 5/25/2034(b)(c)
     2,031,646   

963,348

   Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-10, Class 5A4,
5.500%, 11/25/2035
     870,553   

481,746

   Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2006-8, Class 4A1,
6.500%, 10/25/2021
     396,989   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

ABS Home Equity – continued

  

$    158,933

   Deutsche Alternative Mortgage Loan Trust Securities, Inc., Series 2005-3, Class 4A4,
5.250%, 6/25/2035(d)
   $ 156,868   

857,967

   Deutsche Alternative Mortgage Loan Trust Securities, Inc., Series 2005-5, Class 1A4,
5.500%, 11/25/2035(c)
     802,199   

896,910

   DSLA Mortgage Loan, Series 2005-AR5, Class 2A1A,
0.762%, 9/19/2045(c)
     642,479   

500,000

   Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2013-DN2, Class M2,
4.683%, 11/25/2023(c)
     493,937   

2,015,000

   Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2014-DN1, Class M2,
2.633%, 2/25/2024(b)(c)
     2,011,780   

1,785,000

   Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2014-DN2, Class M2,
2.083%, 4/25/2024(b)(c)
     1,765,333   

2,585,000

   Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2015-DNA1, Class M2,
2.283%, 10/25/2027(c)
     2,556,706   

1,648,267

   GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR3, Class 2A1,
2.928%, 6/19/2035(c)
     1,578,306   

609,992

   GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR4, Class 3A1,
3.195%, 7/19/2035(c)
     549,818   

245,159

   GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-14, Class 3A1,
3.144%, 12/25/2034(c)
     228,350   

1,219,741

   GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-14, Class 5A1,
2.875%, 12/25/2034(b)(c)
     1,165,840   

562,006

   GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR4, Class 4A1,
2.652%, 7/25/2035(c)
     528,103   

1,095,662

   IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-AR12, Class A1,
1.213%, 12/25/2034(c)
     909,740   

2,182,361

   IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-16IP, Class A1,
1.073%, 7/25/2045(c)
     1,755,826   

3,035,000

   Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2014-SFR1, Class B,
1.941%, 6/17/2031, 144A(b)(c)
     2,954,952   

860,000

   Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2015-SFR1, Class E,
4.641%, 3/17/2032, 144A(c)
     840,335   

2,598,999

   JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-A1, Class 3A1,
3.187%, 3/25/2036(c)
     2,238,488   

916,029

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2003-A2, Class 3A1,
2.137%, 11/25/2033(b)(c)
     887,006   

2,519,156

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-S1, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 9/25/2034
     2,544,719   

1,893,541

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-A2, Class 3A2,
2.590%, 4/25/2035(c)
     1,812,027   

663,725

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-A3, Class 4A1,
2.810%, 6/25/2035(b)(c)
     665,890   

2,376,674

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-S3, Class 1A9,
6.000%, 1/25/2036
     1,900,857   

1,465,292

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-A1, Class 1A2,
2.669%, 2/25/2036(c)
     1,286,402   

2,883,671

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-A7, Class 2A4,
2.781%, 1/25/2037(c)
     2,521,566   

2,253,774

   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-S1, Class 2A22,
5.750%, 3/25/2037
     1,816,399   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  

ABS Home Equity – continued

  

$    2,196,885

   Lehman XS Trust, Series 2006-4N, Class A2A,
0.653%, 4/25/2046(c)
   $ 1,515,451   

442,745

   MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2004-4, Class 5A1,
2.797%, 5/25/2034(c)(d)
     421,232   

2,085,913

   MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2004-7, Class 3A1,
2.608%, 7/25/2034(c)
     2,006,323   

512,186

   MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2006-2, Class 1A1,
2.810%, 4/25/2036(c)
     488,183   

732,646

   MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-9, Class 4A1,
5.250%, 11/25/2033(b)
     748,372   

738,159

   MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 1A1,
5.500%, 6/25/2034(b)
     756,431   

874,344

   MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 6/25/2034(b)
     892,149   

2,293,791

   MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-8, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 9/25/2034
     2,370,018   

1,583,511

   Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-F1, Class 2A8,
6.000%, 3/25/2037
     1,135,645   

299,486

   MLCC Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2006-2, Class 2A,
2.372%, 5/25/2036(c)
     286,872   

840,677

   Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 4A2,
5.500%, 11/25/2035(d)
     773,735   

1,766,959

   Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 7A5,
5.500%, 11/25/2035
     1,780,124   

2,502,589

   National City Mortgage Capital Trust, Series 2008-1, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 3/25/2038
     2,598,710   

1,662,703

   Oak Hill Advisors Residential Loan Trust, Series 15-NPL2 Class A1,
3.721%, 7/25/2055, 144A(c)
     1,651,973   

3,351,415

   RCO Depositor II LLC, Series 2015-2A, Class A,
4.500%, 11/25/2045, 144A(c)
     3,352,704   

2,700,000

   RCO Depositor II LLC, Series 2015-2A, Class M,
5.000%, 11/25/2045, 144A
     2,567,159   

1,961,391

   Residential Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2005-A8CB, Class A9,
5.375%, 7/25/2035
     1,708,899   

721,291

   Residential Funding Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-S1, Class 1A3,
5.750%, 1/25/2036
     711,299   

838,244

   Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-12, Class 6A,
2.756%, 9/25/2034(b)(c)
     820,944   

4,821,630

   Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-16, Class 2A,
2.625%, 11/25/2034(b)(c)
     4,689,464   

1,338,182

   Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-6, Class 1A,
2.466%, 6/25/2034(b)(c)
     1,295,220   

627,873

   Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-14, Class A1,
0.743%, 7/25/2035(c)
     443,328   

1,053,795

   Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-20, Class 8A7,
5.750%, 11/25/2034(b)
     1,093,376   

529,858

   Structured Asset Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 7A7,
5.500%, 2/25/2035
     537,262   

1,410,271

   VOLT XXXI LLC, Series 2015-NPL2, Class A1,
3.375%, 2/25/2055, 144A(b)(c)
     1,389,662   

521,602

   WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-CB2, Class 2A,
5.500%, 7/25/2034(b)
     535,004   

3,214,456

   WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR10, Class 1A3,
2.497%, 9/25/2035(c)
     3,065,754   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  

ABS Home Equity – continued

  

$    1,157,904

   WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR11, Class 2A,
2.155%, 9/25/2046(c)
   $ 996,565   

3,331,837

   WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR19, Class 2A,
1.905%, 1/25/2047(c)
     2,833,949   

2,214,033

   WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-HY5, Class 2A3,
2.089%, 5/25/2037(c)
     1,921,944   

296,098

   Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2003-J, Class 1A9,
2.735%, 10/25/2033(c)
     295,603   

994,828

   Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2004-A, Class A1,
2.835%, 2/25/2034(b)(c)
     987,664   

500,880

   Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2004-O, Class A1,
2.743%, 8/25/2034(b)(c)
     495,593   

339,653

   Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-11, Class 2A3,
5.500%, 11/25/2035
     350,641   

394,469

   Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-12, Class 1A2,
5.500%, 11/25/2035
     399,285   

1,313,463

   Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-16, Class A18,
6.000%, 1/25/2036
     1,290,568   

687,444

   Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-AR10, Class 2A4,
2.794%, 6/25/2035(b)(c)
     686,884   
     

 

 

 
        135,354,973   
     

 

 

 
  

ABS Other – 3.8%

  

4,497,768

   AIM Aviation Finance Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class B1,
5.072%, 2/15/2040, 144A(b)(c)
     4,457,693   

3,109,259

   Cronos Containers Program I Ltd.,
3.270%, 11/18/2029, 144A(b)
     2,966,181   

737,271

   Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2011-1, Class A,
4.000%, 3/20/2023, 144A(b)
     740,963   

605,000

   Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2015-1, Class C,
3.760%, 6/15/2021, 144A
     577,731   

1,950,000

   GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class C,
6.000%, 1/05/2030, 144A(d)(e)
     1,715,610   

718,452

   GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class D,
7.500%, 1/05/2030, 144A(d)(e)
     588,413   

3,410,000

   GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class E,
Zero Coupon, 1/05/2030, 144A(d)(e)(f)
     704,165   

5,700,000

   GE Accounts Receivable Funding,
6.992%, 8/24/2017, 144A(d)(e)
     5,700,000   

1,407,471

   Global Container Assets Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class B,
4.500%, 2/05/2030, 144A(b)
     1,344,102   

3,120,000

   OneMain Financial Issuance Trust,
4.160%, 11/20/2028, 144A
     2,981,909   

1,495,000

   OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A,
2.430%, 6/18/2024, 144A(b)
     1,491,245   

730,000

   OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A,
2.470%, 9/18/2024, 144A(b)
     727,151   

745,000

   OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class B,
3.020%, 9/18/2024, 144A(b)
     719,977   

6,475,000

   OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class D,
5.310%, 9/18/2024, 144A
     6,075,594   

1,265,000

   OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A,
3.190%, 3/18/2026, 144A(b)
     1,252,452   

2,685,000

   OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2016-2A, Class B,
5.940%, 3/20/2028, 144A
     2,725,887   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  

ABS Other – continued

  

$    4,543,564

   Shenton Aircraft Investment I Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class A,
4.750%, 10/15/2042, 144A
   $ 4,500,855   

213,985

   Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A,
2.840%, 11/20/2028, 144A
     214,816   

841,352

   Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2013-1A, Class A,
1.590%, 11/20/2029, 144A(b)
     828,815   

1,702,754

   Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2013-3A, Class A,
2.200%, 10/20/2030, 144A(b)
     1,696,464   

1,804,358

   Springleaf Funding Trust, Series 2014-AA, Class A,
2.410%, 12/15/2022, 144A(b)
     1,799,493   

2,844,333

   TAL Advantage V LLC, Series 2013-2A, Class A,
3.550%, 11/20/2038, 144A(b)
     2,725,630   
     

 

 

 
     46,535,146   
     

 

 

 
  

ABS Student Loan – 0.4%

  

401,934

   SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2014-B, Class A1,
1.683%, 8/25/2032, 144A(b)(c)
     395,618   

2,038,509

   SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2015-A, Class A1,
1.633%, 3/25/2033, 144A(b)(c)
     1,993,537   

3,110,000

   SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2016-A, Class B,
3.570%, 1/26/2038, 144A
     3,001,953   
     

 

 

 
     5,391,108   
     

 

 

 
  

Aerospace & Defense – 1.1%

  

2,340,000

   KLX, Inc.,
5.875%, 12/01/2022, 144A
     2,328,300   

6,003,000

   Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A
     5,702,850   

825,000

   Rockwell Collins, Inc.,
0.984%, 12/15/2016(b)(c)
     825,307   

5,905,000

   Textron Financial Corp., (fixed rate to 2/15/2017, variable rate thereafter),
6.000%, 2/15/2067, 144A
     4,251,600   
     

 

 

 
     13,108,057   
     

 

 

 
  

Airlines – 2.6%

  

8,490,000

   Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-2, Class B,
5.000%, 6/15/2025, 144A(b)
     7,947,319   

28,340,000

   Latam Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-1, Class B,
4.500%, 8/15/2025, 144A(b)
     24,224,182   
     

 

 

 
     32,171,501   
     

 

 

 
  

Automotive – 3.6%

  

3,700,000

   American Honda Finance Corp., Series MTN,
1.073%, 9/20/2017(c)
     3,706,900   

6,590,000

   Daimler Finance North America LLC,
1.296%, 8/01/2016, 144A(b)(c)
     6,594,811   

6,805,000

   Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, GMTN,
4.389%, 1/08/2026(b)
     7,207,373   

425,000

   General Motors Co.,
6.750%, 4/01/2046
     483,126   

4,020,000

   General Motors Financial Co., Inc.,
5.250%, 3/01/2026
     4,204,623   

6,100,000

   Hyundai Capital Services, Inc.,
1.439%, 3/18/2017, 144A(b)(c)
     6,099,756   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

Automotive – continued

  

$  5,960,000

   Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.,
1.182%, 3/03/2017, 144A(b)(c)
   $ 5,962,247   

6,640,000

   Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.,
1.330%, 9/26/2016, 144A(b)(c)
     6,646,859   

3,210,000

   Volkswagen International Finance NV,
1.058%, 11/18/2016, 144A(b)(c)
     3,194,383   
     

 

 

 
     44,100,078   
     

 

 

 
  

Banking – 8.1%

  

6,825,000

   Bank of America Corp., MTN,
4.200%, 8/26/2024(b)
     6,949,829   

3,080,000

   Bank of America Corp., Series L, MTN,
3.950%, 4/21/2025(b)
     3,064,464   

6,780,000

   Barclays PLC,
4.375%, 1/12/2026(b)
     6,653,350   

5,800,000

   Credit Agricole S.A., (fixed rate to 1/23/2024, variable rate thereafter),
7.875%, 144A(g)
     5,481,000   

3,800,000

   Deutsche Bank AG,
4.500%, 4/01/2025
     3,302,774   

4,665,000

   HSBC Holdings PLC,
4.300%, 3/08/2026
     4,822,742   

12,955,000

   Intesa Sanpaolo SpA,
5.017%, 6/26/2024, 144A(b)
     12,131,619   

6,360,000

   Intesa Sanpaolo SpA,
5.710%, 1/15/2026, 144A
     6,172,374   

7,200,000

   Morgan Stanley,
4.350%, 9/08/2026(b)
     7,409,383   

3,075,000

   Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,
6.125%, 12/15/2022
     3,261,855   

11,195,000

   Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, (fixed rate to 8/10/2025, variable rate thereafter),
8.000%(g)
     10,691,225   

12,840,000

   Santander Holdings USA, Inc.,
4.500%, 7/17/2025(b)
     13,200,008   

3,000,000

   Santander UK Group Holdings PLC,
4.750%, 9/15/2025, 144A
     2,837,535   

6,935,000

   Societe Generale S.A., (fixed rate to 12/18/2023, variable rate thereafter),
7.875%(g)
     6,466,673   

8,400,000

   Societe Generale S.A., (fixed rate to 12/18/2023, variable rate thereafter),
7.875%, 144A(g)
     7,832,740   
     

 

 

 
     100,277,571   
     

 

 

 
  

Building Materials – 1.1%

  

725,000

   Atrium Windows & Doors, Inc.,
7.750%, 5/01/2019, 144A
     536,500   

7,285,000

   Cemex SAB de CV,
6.125%, 5/05/2025, 144A
     6,811,475   

3,920,000

   Cemex SAB de CV,
7.750%, 4/16/2026, 144A
     4,017,608   

890,000

   NCI Building Systems, Inc.,
8.250%, 1/15/2023, 144A
     936,725   

1,790,000

   Owens Corning,
4.200%, 12/01/2024(b)
     1,787,687   
     

 

 

 
     14,089,995   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

Cable Satellite – 2.5%

  

$  3,600,000

   Cablevision Systems Corp.,
7.750%, 4/15/2018
   $ 3,746,232   

2,885,000

   Cablevision Systems Corp.,
8.625%, 9/15/2017
     3,050,888   

4,045,000

   CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.,
5.125%, 5/01/2023, 144A
     4,115,787   

4,035,000

   CCO Safari II LLC,
6.484%, 10/23/2045, 144A
     4,489,849   

2,865,000

   Cox Communications, Inc.,
4.500%, 6/30/2043, 144A
     2,337,688   

1,575,000

   Cox Communications, Inc.,
4.700%, 12/15/2042, 144A
     1,300,361   

1,230,000

   CSC Holdings LLC,
5.250%, 6/01/2024
     1,096,238   

3,440,000

   DISH DBS Corp.,
5.875%, 7/15/2022
     3,259,400   

5,650,000

   DISH DBS Corp.,
5.875%, 11/15/2024
     5,183,875   

830,000

   DISH DBS Corp.,
6.750%, 6/01/2021
     856,975   

2,065,000

   Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
4.500%, 9/15/2042(b)
     1,833,115   
     

 

 

 
        31,270,408   
     

 

 

 
  

Chemicals – 0.6%

  

2,596,000

   Albemarle Corp.,
4.150%, 12/01/2024(b)
     2,570,032   

3,170,000

   Hercules, Inc.,
6.500%, 6/30/2029
     2,472,600   

2,300,000

   Solvay Finance (America) LLC,
4.450%, 12/03/2025, 144A
     2,349,365   
     

 

 

 
        7,391,997   
     

 

 

 
  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 0.6%

  

988,653

   Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2007-A1, Class 11M1,
2.624%, 3/25/2037(c)
     917,382   

60,648,215

   Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-135, Class IO,
0.684%, 1/16/2053(b)(c)(h)
     3,035,667   

3,927,464

   Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-1, Class 1A,
2.667%, 2/25/2036(c)
     3,602,696   
     

 

 

 
        7,555,745   
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Cyclical Services – 0.3%

  

3,185,000

   Interval Acquisition Corp.,
5.625%, 4/15/2023, 144A
     3,192,963   
     

 

 

 
  

Electric – 1.4%

  

4,205,000

   Cia de Eletricidade do Estado da Bahia,
11.750%, 4/27/2016, 144A, (BRL)
     1,131,461   

3,190,000

   EDP Finance BV,
4.125%, 1/15/2020, 144A
     3,194,466   

12,170,000

   Enel SpA, (fixed rate to 9/24/2023, variable rate thereafter),
8.750%, 9/24/2073, 144A(b)
     13,539,125   
     

 

 

 
        17,865,052   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

   

Description

   Value (†)  

 

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

 

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

 

Finance Companies – 2.8%

  
  $          2,300,000      Air Lease Corp.,
3.750%, 2/01/2022(b)
   $ 2,289,903   
  8,365,000      Air Lease Corp.,
4.250%, 9/15/2024(b)
     8,260,438   
  2,510,000      Aircastle Ltd.,
5.500%, 2/15/2022
     2,618,231   
  10,810,000      Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp.,
5.875%, 8/01/2021, 144A
     9,458,750   
  11,963,000      Quicken Loans, Inc.,
5.750%, 5/01/2025, 144A
     11,604,110   
    

 

 

 
       34,231,432   
    

 

 

 
 

Financial Other – 0.5%

  
  6,780,000      Rialto Holdings LLC/Rialto Corp.,
7.000%, 12/01/2018, 144A
     6,661,350   
    

 

 

 
 

Food & Beverage – 0.2%

  
  10,800,000      BRF S.A.,
7.750%, 5/22/2018, 144A, (BRL)(b)
     2,493,012   
  2,300,000      Cosan Luxembourg S.A.,
9.500%, 3/14/2018, 144A, (BRL)
     524,523   
    

 

 

 
       3,017,535   
    

 

 

 
 

Gaming – 0.4%

  
  1,425,000      Boyd Gaming Corp.,
6.375%, 4/01/2026, 144A
     1,478,438   
  3,105,000      MGM Resorts International,
6.000%, 3/15/2023
     3,213,675   
    

 

 

 
       4,692,113   
    

 

 

 
 

Government Owned - No Guarantee – 2.0%

  
  630,000      Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A.,
3.250%, 7/15/2019, 144A(b)
     641,025   
  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)
     1,249,300   
  18,670,000,000      Financiera de Desarrollo Territorial S.A. Findeter,
7.875%, 8/12/2024, 144A, (COP)(i)
     5,305,840   
  6,635,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV,
4.875%, 3/17/2020
     5,521,647   
  9,960,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV,
5.375%, 1/27/2021
     8,233,235   
  250,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV,
6.750%, 1/27/2041
     179,750   
  700,000 (††)    Petroleos Mexicanos,
7.650%, 11/24/2021, 144A, (MXN)(b)
     3,918,499   
    

 

 

 
       25,049,296   
    

 

 

 
 

Healthcare – 1.0%

  
  5,075,000      Express Scripts Holding Co.,
4.500%, 2/25/2026(b)
     5,254,488   
  5,965,000      Greatbatch Ltd.,
9.125%, 11/01/2023, 144A
     5,912,806   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  

Healthcare – continued

  

$    560,000

   MEDNAX, Inc.,
5.250%, 12/01/2023, 144A
   $ 582,400   
     

 

 

 
        11,749,694   
     

 

 

 
  

Independent Energy – 4.5%

  

135,000

   Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,
4.500%, 7/15/2044
     105,899   

1,915,000

   Antero Resources Corp.,
5.125%, 12/01/2022
     1,737,862   

275,000

   Antero Resources Corp.,
5.375%, 11/01/2021
     254,375   

150,000

   Baytex Energy Corp.,
5.125%, 6/01/2021, 144A
     105,750   

665,000

   Baytex Energy Corp.,
5.625%, 6/01/2024, 144A
     447,213   

905,000

   Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.,
5.750%, 2/01/2023
     239,825   

240,000

   Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.,
6.750%, 4/15/2021
     67,200   

700,000

   California Resources Corp.,
5.500%, 9/15/2021
     154,000   

4,235,000

   California Resources Corp.,
6.000%, 11/15/2024
     952,875   

1,095,000

   California Resources Corp.,
8.000%, 12/15/2022, 144A
     417,469   

2,905,000

   Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
4.875%, 4/15/2022
     1,016,750   

110,000

   Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
6.125%, 2/15/2021
     42,350   

140,000

   Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
6.625%, 8/15/2020
     54,600   

800,000

   Concho Resources, Inc.,
5.500%, 10/01/2022
     786,000   

4,455,000

   Concho Resources, Inc.,
5.500%, 4/01/2023
     4,365,900   

1,270,000

   ConocoPhillips,
6.500%, 2/01/2039
     1,388,690   

4,085,000

   ConocoPhillips Co.,
4.950%, 3/15/2026
     4,264,503   

3,635,000

   Continental Resources, Inc.,
3.800%, 6/01/2024
     2,871,650   

560,000

   Continental Resources, Inc.,
4.500%, 4/15/2023
     468,300   

11,465,000

   Continental Resources, Inc.,
5.000%, 9/15/2022
     9,881,397   

1,342,000

   Devon Energy Corp.,
5.000%, 6/15/2045
     1,001,625   

3,415,000

   Diamondback Energy, Inc.,
7.625%, 10/01/2021
     3,517,450   

1,195,000

   Halcon Resources Corp.,
8.625%, 2/01/2020, 144A
     848,450   

4,519,000

   Matador Resources Co.,
6.875%, 4/15/2023
     4,326,942   

1,265,000

   MEG Energy Corp.,
6.375%, 1/30/2023, 144A
     746,350   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  

Independent Energy – continued

  

$    180,000

   MEG Energy Corp.,
6.500%, 3/15/2021, 144A
   $ 108,675   

2,055,000

   MEG Energy Corp.,
7.000%, 3/31/2024, 144A
     1,212,450   

865,000

   Noble Energy, Inc.,
5.050%, 11/15/2044
     736,725   

1,216,000

   Noble Energy, Inc.,
5.625%, 5/01/2021
     1,222,080   

1,260,000

   Oasis Petroleum, Inc.,
6.875%, 3/15/2022
     932,400   

7,460,000

   OGX Austria GmbH,
8.375%, 4/01/2022, 144A(d)(e)(j)
     —     

4,420,000

   OGX Austria GmbH,
8.500%, 6/01/2018, 144A(d)(e)(j)
     —     

7,565,000

   RSP Permian, Inc.,
6.625%, 10/01/2022
     7,451,525   

1,055,000

   SM Energy Co.,
5.000%, 1/15/2024
     730,260   

1,750,000

   SM Energy Co.,
6.125%, 11/15/2022
     1,275,750   

575,000

   Ultra Petroleum Corp.,
6.125%, 10/01/2024, 144A
     44,563   

400,000

   Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
5.000%, 3/15/2019
     277,000   

3,255,000

   Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
6.500%, 10/01/2018
     2,213,400   
     

 

 

 
        56,268,253   
     

 

 

 
  

Industrial Other – 0.2%

  

2,200,000

   Alfa SAB de CV,
6.875%, 3/25/2044, 144A(b)
     2,200,000   
     

 

 

 
  

Integrated Energy – 1.2%

  

2,935,000

   BP Capital Markets PLC,
1.040%, 11/07/2016(b)(c)
     2,932,661   

6,595,000

   Chevron Corp.,
0.788%, 11/15/2017(b)(c)
     6,563,905   

7,020,000

   Pacific Exploration and Production Corp.,
5.125%, 3/28/2023, 144A(i)(j)
     1,193,400   

2,090,000

   Pacific Exploration and Production Corp.,
5.375%, 1/26/2019, 144A(i)(j)
     355,300   

3,310,000

   Shell International Finance BV,
0.828%, 11/15/2016(b)(c)
     3,309,556   
     

 

 

 
        14,354,822   
     

 

 

 
  

Life Insurance – 0.8%

  

6,115,000

   American International Group, Inc.,
3.900%, 4/01/2026
     6,134,067   

2,300,000

   Assicurazioni Generali SpA, EMTN, (fixed rate to 12/12/2022, variable rate thereafter),
7.750%, 12/12/2042, (EUR)
     3,143,875   
     

 

 

 
        9,277,942   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  
  

Local Authorities – 0.4%

  

$    5,175,000

   Provincia de Buenos Aires,
9.125%, 3/16/2024, 144A
   $ 5,301,684   
     

 

 

 
  

Lodging – 0.4%

  

4,900,000

   Wyndham Worldwide Corp.,
5.100%, 10/01/2025
     5,148,391   
     

 

 

 
  

Media Entertainment – 0.1%

  

27,290,000

   Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN,
7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)(b)
     1,300,739   
     

 

 

 
  

Midstream – 3.2%

  

410,000

   Energy Transfer Partners LP,
5.150%, 3/15/2045
     318,717   

5,595,000

   Energy Transfer Partners LP,
6.125%, 12/15/2045
     5,021,871   

765,000

   EnLink Midstream Partners LP,
5.600%, 4/01/2044
     530,103   

630,000

   Enterprise Products Operating LLC,
3.700%, 2/15/2026
     617,925   

595,000

   Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP,
3.450%, 2/15/2023
     552,037   

835,000

   Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP,
3.500%, 9/01/2023
     756,498   

1,195,000

   Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP,
4.700%, 11/01/2042
     938,755   

255,000

   Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP,
5.000%, 3/01/2043
     210,381   

1,750,000

   Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP,
5.625%, 9/01/2041
     1,518,900   

450,000

   MPLX LP,
4.000%, 2/15/2025
     387,990   

765,000

   MPLX LP,
4.500%, 7/15/2023, 144A
     705,464   

5,395,000

   MPLX LP,
4.875%, 12/01/2024, 144A
     4,980,864   

785,000

   NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp.,
5.125%, 7/15/2019
     474,925   

1,480,000

   Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.,
4.700%, 6/15/2044
     1,105,427   

1,710,000

   Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.,
5.750%, 9/01/2020(b)
     1,708,900   

5,055,000

   Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC,
5.625%, 3/01/2025
     4,821,206   

180,000

   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
4.250%, 11/15/2023
     157,950   

690,000

   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
5.250%, 5/01/2023
     636,525   

1,120,000

   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
6.375%, 8/01/2022
     1,080,800   

6,015,000

   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
6.750%, 3/15/2024, 144A
     5,909,737   

1,310,000

   Western Refining Logistics LP/WNRL Finance Corp.,
7.500%, 2/15/2023
     1,165,900   

2,005,000

   Williams Cos., Inc. (The),
5.750%, 6/24/2044
     1,333,325   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

Midstream – continued

  

$  4,195,000

   Williams Partners LP,
4.000%, 9/15/2025
   $ 3,375,704   

965,000

   Williams Partners LP,
5.100%, 9/15/2045
     694,361   
     

 

 

 
        39,004,265   
     

 

 

 
  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – 5.6%

  

1,600,000

   BLCP Hotel Trust, Series 2014-CLRN, Class D,
2.936%, 8/15/2029, 144A(b)(c)
     1,493,551   

1,600,000

   BLCP Hotel Trust, Series 2014-CLRN, Class E,
4.106%, 8/15/2029, 144A(c)
     1,523,746   

3,442,048

   BXHTL Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-DRMZ, Class M,
8.638%, 5/15/2018, 144A(i)
     3,442,048   

4,565,000

   CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C1, Class D,
6.096%, 4/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
     4,776,697   

2,135,000

   Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-FL5, Class SV4,
4.586%, 10/15/2031, 144A(c)(i)
     2,127,754   

462,434

   Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-SAVA, Class A,
1.587%, 6/15/2034, 144A(b)(c)
     454,277   

855,000

   Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-SAVA, Class B,
2.187%, 6/15/2034, 144A(b)(c)
     836,921   

1,605,000

   Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-SAVA, Class C,
2.837%, 6/15/2034, 144A(b)(c)
     1,564,633   

3,700,000

   Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2015-TOWN, Class A,
1.686%, 3/15/2017, 144A(b)(c)
     3,672,554   

2,552,340

   DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-LC1A, Class E,
5.699%, 11/10/2046, 144A(b)(c)
     2,650,778   

7,430,000

   Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2013-ESH7, Class D7,
4.036%, 12/05/2031, 144A(b)(c)
     7,519,586   

6,295,000

   GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM,
5.794%, 8/10/2045(c)
     5,997,447   

1,915,000

   Hilton USA Trust, Series 2013-HLT, Class CFX,
3.714%, 11/05/2030, 144A(b)
     1,917,463   

1,460,000

   Hilton USA Trust, Series 2013-HLT, Class DFX,
4.407%, 11/05/2030, 144A(b)
     1,461,853   

1,580,000

   Hilton USA Trust, Series 2013-HLT, Class EFX,
5.222%, 11/05/2030, 144A(c)
     1,589,297   

1,520,000

   JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-LDPX, Class AM,
5.464%, 1/15/2049(b)(c)
     1,507,593   

3,090,000

   JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-SGP, Class D,
4.936%, 7/15/2036, 144A(c)
     3,008,007   

1,325,000

   Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2007-HQ12, Class AM,
5.715%, 4/12/2049(b)(c)
     1,334,805   

1,570,000

   Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class D,
5.318%, 6/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
     1,674,174   

2,125,000

   Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class E,
5.318%, 6/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
     2,187,495   

9,846,533

   Motel 6 Trust, Series 2015-M6MZ, Class M,
8.230%, 2/05/2020, 144A(i)
     9,228,170   

2,280,000

   SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class B,
2.936%, 11/15/2026, 144A(b)(c)
     2,222,860   

2,200,000

   SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class C,
3.686%, 11/15/2026, 144A(b)(c)
     2,139,664   


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

  

$  3,165,000

   SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class D,
3.780%, 11/15/2026, 144A(b)(c)
   $ 2,940,340   

2,587,500

   WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class D,
5.602%, 2/15/2044, 144A(b)(c)
     2,671,298   
     

 

 

 
        69,943,011   
     

 

 

 
  

Oil Field Services – 0.2%

  

1,255,000

   Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.,
4.875%, 11/01/2043
     826,274   

3,490,000

   Noble Holding International Ltd.,
5.250%, 3/15/2042
     1,736,816   
     

 

 

 
        2,563,090   
     

 

 

 
  

Packaging – 0.1%

  

870,000

   Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II S.A./Beverage Packaging Holdings II Issuer, Inc.,
6.000%, 6/15/2017, 144A
     862,931   
     

 

 

 
  

Pharmaceuticals – 3.1%

  

7,500,000

   AbbVie, Inc.,
3.600%, 5/14/2025(b)
     7,872,878   

3,070,000

   Johnson & Johnson,
0.706%, 11/28/2016(b)(c)
     3,070,172   

5,570,000

   Merck & Co., Inc.,
0.746%, 2/10/2017(b)(c)
     5,574,049   

3,175,000

   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.,
5.500%, 3/01/2023, 144A
     2,496,344   

1,038,000

   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.,
5.625%, 12/01/2021, 144A
     817,425   

13,686,000

   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.,
5.875%, 5/15/2023, 144A
     10,726,402   

9,025,000

   VRX Escrow Corp.,
4.500%, 5/15/2023, 144A, (EUR)
     7,548,116   
     

 

 

 
        38,105,386   
     

 

 

 
  

Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.5%

  

5,435,000

   Old Republic International Corp.,
4.875%, 10/01/2024(b)
     5,653,514   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Health Care – 0.2%

  

2,510,000

   Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.,
3.875%, 5/01/2025(b)
     2,438,360   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Hotels – 0.2%

  

2,105,000

   Host Hotels & Resorts LP,
5.250%, 3/15/2022(b)
     2,274,436   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Shopping Centers – 0.2%

  

3,225,000

   Brixmor Operating Partnership LP,
3.850%, 2/01/2025(b)
     2,955,038   
     

 

 

 
  

Retailers – 0.1%

  

1,080,000

   Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.,
7.750%, 11/15/2023(b)
     1,247,400   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Non-Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

Sovereigns – 0.2%

  

$  2,210,000

   Republic of Poland,
3.250%, 4/06/2026
   $ 2,206,773   
     

 

 

 
  

Technology – 5.1%

  

4,770,000

   Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.,
6.450%, 3/15/2029
     5,068,125   

1,542,000

   Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.,
6.500%, 1/15/2028
     1,588,260   

1,275,000

   Avnet, Inc.,
4.625%, 4/15/2026
     1,288,915   

2,415,000

   Flextronics International Ltd.,
4.750%, 6/15/2025
     2,360,663   

11,225,000

   Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.,
4.900%, 10/15/2025, 144A(b)
     11,552,388   

10,955,000

   Keysight Technologies, Inc.,
4.550%, 10/30/2024(b)
     10,674,738   

7,847,000

   KLA-Tencor Corp.,
4.650%, 11/01/2024(b)
     7,909,517   

3,565,000

   Micron Technology, Inc.,
5.250%, 1/15/2024, 144A
     2,869,825   

4,165,000

   Micron Technology, Inc.,
5.625%, 1/15/2026, 144A
     3,290,350   

3,890,000

   Open Text Corp.,
5.625%, 1/15/2023, 144A
     3,967,800   

6,125,000

   Verisk Analytics, Inc.,
5.500%, 6/15/2045(b)
     5,985,663   

6,200,000

   Western Digital Corp.,
10.500%, 4/01/2024, 144A
     6,215,500   
     

 

 

 
        62,771,744   
     

 

 

 
  

Treasuries – 6.6%

  

80,596,562

   U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.125%, 4/15/2020(b)(k)(l)
     82,286,188   
     

 

 

 
  

Wirelines – 0.1%

  

10,085,000

   Oi S.A.,
9.750%, 9/15/2016, 144A, (BRL)
     929,083   
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $1,104,870,165)
     1,045,648,888   
     

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds – 1.9%

  

  

Building Materials – 0.2%

  

2,405,000

   CalAtlantic Group, Inc.,
0.250%, 6/01/2019
     2,128,425   

665,000

   KB Home,
1.375%, 2/01/2019
     613,462   
     

 

 

 
        2,741,887   
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Products – 0.1%

  

2,020,000

   Iconix Brand Group, Inc.,
1.500%, 3/15/2018
     1,373,600   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – continued

  

Convertible Bonds – continued

  

  

Diversified Operations – 0.1%

  

$    775,000

   RWT Holdings, Inc.,
5.625%, 11/15/2019
   $ 700,891   
     

 

 

 
  

Healthcare – 0.0%

  

570,000

   Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.,
2.750%, 6/15/2018
     543,637   
     

 

 

 
  

Metals & Mining – 0.3%

  

3,140,000

   RTI International Metals, Inc.,
1.625%, 10/15/2019
     3,285,225   
     

 

 

 
  

Midstream – 0.8%

  

4,385,000

   Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
2.500%, 5/15/2037
     2,773,513   

11,350,000

   Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
1.250%, 4/01/2020, 144A
     6,604,281   
     

 

 

 
        9,377,794   
     

 

 

 
  

Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%

  

1,265,000

   BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
1.500%, 10/15/2020
     1,499,816   
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Mortgage – 0.1%

  

1,245,000

   Redwood Trust, Inc.,
4.625%, 4/15/2018
     1,165,631   
     

 

 

 
  

Technology – 0.2%

  

500,000

   Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.,
1.375%, 1/01/2020
     495,313   

440,000

   LinkedIn Corp.,
0.500%, 11/01/2019
     398,475   

1,205,000

   Micron Technology, Inc., Series G,
3.000%, 11/15/2043
     820,906   

565,000

   Novellus Systems, Inc.,
2.625%, 5/15/2041
     1,376,481   
     

 

 

 
        3,091,175   
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $30,260,832)
     23,779,656   
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $1,135,130,997)
     1,069,428,544   
     

 

 

 

Senior Loans – 3.2%

  

  

Automotive – 0.1%

  

1,599,897

   Gates Global, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.250%, 7/06/2021(c)
     1,506,911   
     

 

 

 
  

Building Materials – 0.3%

  

1,963,844

   Continental Building Products LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.000%, 8/28/2020(c)
     1,917,811   

1,312,873

   Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Term Loan,
4.000%, 2/01/2021(c)
     1,282,244   
     

 

 

 
        3,200,055   
     

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Senior Loans – continued

  

  

Chemicals – 0.0%

  

$    428,300

   Emerald Performance Materials LLC, New 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.500%, 8/01/2021(c)
   $ 419,734   
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Products – 0.1%

  

1,996,151

   SRAM LLC, New Term Loan B,
4.012%, 4/10/2020(m)
     1,651,815   
     

 

 

 
  

Financial Other – 0.1%

  

1,182,025

   Grosvenor Capital Management Holdings LLP, New Term Loan B,
3.750%, 1/04/2021(c)
     1,155,430   

530,872

   Harbourvest Partners LLC, New Term Loan,
3.250%, 2/04/2021(c)
     522,909   
     

 

 

 
        1,678,339   
     

 

 

 
  

Healthcare – 0.2%

  

2,155,000

   Vizient, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
6.250%, 2/13/2023(c)
     2,167,564   
     

 

 

 
  

Industrial Other – 0.4%

  

1,905,924

   Pinnacle Operating Corp., Term Loan,
4.750%, 11/15/2018(c)
     1,639,095   

2,970,000

   USAGM HoldCo LLC, 2015 Term Loan,
4.750%, 7/28/2022(c)
     2,873,475   
     

 

 

 
        4,512,570   
     

 

 

 
  

Midstream – 0.2%

  

1,002,817

   Energy Transfer Equity LP, 2015 Term Loan,
4.000%, 12/02/2019(c)
     898,915   

1,598,385

   Energy Transfer Equity LP, New Term Loan,
3.250%, 12/02/2019(c)
     1,419,701   
     

 

 

 
        2,318,616   
     

 

 

 
  

Natural Gas – 0.1%

  

962,751

   Southcross Energy Partners LP, 1st Lien Term Loan,
5.250%, 8/04/2021(c)
     673,926   
     

 

 

 
  

Other Utility – 0.3%

  

3,152,635

   PowerTeam Services LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.250%, 5/06/2020(c)
     3,089,582   
     

 

 

 
  

Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.4%

  

3,031,140

   HUB International Ltd., Term Loan B,
4.000%, 10/02/2020(c)
     2,947,784   

1,475,100

   Hyperion Insurance Group Ltd., 2015 Term Loan B,
5.500%, 4/29/2022(c)
     1,403,189   
     

 

 

 
        4,350,973   
     

 

 

 
  

Retailers – 0.1%

  

1,882,154

   Talbots, Inc. (The), 1st Lien Term Loan,
5.500%, 3/19/2020(c)
     1,753,546   
     

 

 

 
  

Technology – 0.4%

  

2,832,200

   Aptean, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
5.250%, 2/26/2020(c)
     2,751,964   

2,670,000

   Western Digital Corp., USD Term Loan B,
3/16/2023(n)
     2,635,797   
     

 

 

 
        5,387,761   
     

 

 

 


Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Senior Loans – continued

  

  

Transportation Services – 0.0%

  

$    467,436

   OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., OBS Term Loan,
5.250%, 8/05/2019(c)
   $ 420,693   
     

 

 

 
  

Wirelines – 0.5%

  

3,504,600

   Integra Telecom, Inc., 2015 1st Lien Term Loan,
5.250%, 8/14/2020(c)
     3,296,076   

1,600,500

   Sable International Finance Ltd., Term Loan B1,
11/23/2022(n)
     1,594,210   

1,309,500

   Sable International Finance Ltd., Term Loan B2,
11/23/2022(n)
     1,304,354   
     

 

 

 
        6,194,640   
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $41,165,901)
     39,326,725   
     

 

 

 

Loan Participations – 0.2%

  

  

ABS Other – 0.2%

  

2,429,718

   Rise Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class A,
4.750%, 2/15/2039 (c)(i)(o)
(Identified Cost $2,447,941)
     2,405,421   
     

 

 

 

Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Preferred Stocks – 0.3%

  

  

Cable Satellite – 0.3%

  

4,040,000

   NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.,
5.250%, 144A(b)
(Identified Cost $4,040,000)
     4,161,200   
     

 

 

 

Common Stocks – 0.1%

  

  

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.1%

  

35,206

   Halliburton Co.      1,257,558   
     

 

 

 
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.0%

  

188,463

   OGX Petroleo e Gas S.A., Sponsored ADR(f)      141,347   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $1,500,770)
     1,398,905   
     

 

 

 

Other Investments – 0.7%

  

  

Aircraft ABS – 0.7%

  

900

   ECAF I Blocker Ltd.(d)(e)
(Identified Cost $9,000,000)
     8,820,000   
     

 

 

 

Units of
Currency(†††)

           

Purchased Options – 0.2%

  

  

Over-the-Counter Options on Currency – 0.2%

  

15,000,000

   CAD Put, expiring July 08, 2016 at 1.4148(p)(q)      37,965   

11,100,000

   NOK Call, expiring July 08, 2016 at 8.8990(p)(q)      895,881   

11,100,000

   NOK Call, expiring July 08, 2016 at 9.7615(p)(r)      555,637   

114,000,000

   SEK Put, expiring July 08, 2016 at 0.9515(p)(r)      496,190   
     

 

 

 
        1,985,673   
     

 

 

 


Shares (†††)

  

Description

   Value(†)  

Purchased Options – continued

  

  

Options on Securities – 0.0%

  

733,600

   iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Put expiring April 15, 2016 at 79.0000(p) (Identified Cost $640,363)    $ 91,700   
     

 

 

 
   Total Purchased Options
(Identified Cost $2,266,456)
     2,077,373   
     

 

 

 

Notional
Amount (†††)

           

Purchased Swaptions – 0.1%

  

  

Interest Rate Swaptions – 0.1%

  

$  336,950,000

   1-year Interest Rate Swap Put, expiring 08/16/2016, Pay 28-day TIIE, Receive MXN 4.900%
(s)(t)
     75,372   

1,225,000,000

   1-year Interest Rate Swap Put, expiring 08/17/2016, Pay 28-day TIIE, Receive MXN 4.890%
(s)(u)
     268,743   

665,100,000

   1-year Interest Rate Swap Put, expiring 1/9/2017, Pay 3-Month SAFEX-JIBAR, Receive ZAR 8.480% (s)(t)      330,155   

1,174,600,000

   1-year Interest Rate Swap Put, expiring 1/9/2017, Pay 3-Month SAFEX-JIBAR, Receive ZAR 8.480% (s)(u)      583,069   

130,200,000

   10-year Interest Rate Swap Call, expiring 9/19/2016, Pay 2.570%, Receive 3-month LIBOR (r)(s)      174,155   
     

 

 

 
   Total Purchased Swaptions
(Identified Cost $5,244,176)
     1,431,494   
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount (‡)

           

Short-Term Investments – 6.8%

  

284,326

   Repurchase Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company, dated 3/31/2016 at 0.000% to be repurchased at 284,326 on 4/01/2016 collateralized by $284,900 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.500% due 8/31/2018 valued at $290,079 including accrued interest(v)      284,326   

78,931,085

   Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2016 at 0.030% to be repurchased at $78,931,151 on 4/01/2016 collateralized by $78,730,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750% due 9/30/2022 valued at $79,812,538; $515,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 7.250% due 8/15/2022 valued at $701,044 including accrued interest(v)      78,931,085   

5,400,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.455%, 7/14/2016(l)(w)      5,396,944   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $84,608,313)
     84,612,355   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments – 98.0%
(Identified Cost $1,285,404,554)(a)
     1,213,662,017   
   Other assets less liabilities – 2.0%      24,848,657   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 1,238,510,674   
     

 

 

 

Shares(†††)

      

Written Options – (0.0%)

  

  

Options on Securities – (0.0%)

  

733,600

   iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Put expiring April 15, 2016 at 75.0000(p) (Premiums Received $122,579)    $ (55,020
     

 

 

 

Notional
Amount (†††)

      

Written Swaptions – (0.0%)

  

  

Interest Rate Swaptions – (0.0%)

  

$  130,200,000

   10-year Interest Rate Swap Call, expiring 9/19/2016, Pay 3-month LIBOR, Receive 3.070% (r)(s) (Premiums Received $1,783,740)    $ (32,719
     

 

 

 

 


(‡) 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 shares of 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 as reported by an independent pricing service. 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 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 most recent 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.

Bilateral interest rate swaps are valued based on prices supplied by an independent pricing service.

Domestic exchange-traded single equity option contracts are valued at the mean of the National Best Bid and Offer quotations.

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 quotations 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.

As of March 31, 2016, securities of the Fund were fair valued, as follows:

 

Illiquid securities1

 

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

Other fair valued

securities2

 

Percentage of

Net Assets

$    24,057,933

  1.9%   $    19,422,492   1.6%

 

1  Illiquid securities are deemed to be fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures.
2  Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.

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.
(†††) Interest rate swaptions are expressed as notional amount. Options on currency are expressed as units of currency. Options on securities are expressed as shares.
(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, 2016, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $1,285,352,230 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

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

   $ 16,044,432   

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

     (87,734,645
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (71,690,213
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015, the Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward of $44,704,672 with no expiration date and a long-term capital loss carryforward of $5,507,048 with no expiration date. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.
(c) Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2016 is disclosed.
(d) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At March 31, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $19,422,492 or 1.6% of net assets.
(e) Illiquid security. At March 31, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $17,528,188 or 1.4% of net assets.
(f) Non-income producing security.
(g) Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.
(h) 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.
(i) Illiquid security. At March 31, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $24,057,933 or 1.9% of net assets. Illiquid securities are deemed to be fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures.
(j) The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.
(k) Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS).
(l) Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.
(m) Variable rate security. Rate shown represents the weighted average rate of underlying contracts at March 31, 2016.
(n) Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at March 31, 2016 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.
(o) 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.
(p) 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.
(q) Counterparty is Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc.
(r) Counterparty is Bank of America, N.A.


(s)   

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.

(t)    Counterparty is JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
(u)    Counterparty is Deutsche Bank AG.
(v)    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, 2016, the Fund had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.
(w)    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, 2016, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $449,305,567 or 36.3% of net assets.
ABS    Asset-Backed Securities
ADR    An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.

EMTN

   Euro Medium Term Note

ETF

   Exchange-Traded Fund

GMTN

   Global Medium Term Note

JIBAR

   Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate

LIBOR

   London Interbank Offered Rate

MTN

   Medium Term Note

REITs

   Real Estate Investment Trusts

SAFEX

   South African Futures Exchange

TIIE

   Tasa de Interes de Equilibrio - Equilibrium Interbank Interest Rate

BRL

   Brazilian Real

COP

   Colombian Peso

EUR

   Euro

MXN

   Mexican Peso

NOK

   Norwegian Krone

USD

   U.S. Dollar

ZAR

   South African Rand


Swap Agreements

The Fund may enter into credit default and interest rate 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 a Fund as the protection seller could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement.

An interest rate swap is an agreement with another party to receive or pay interest (e.g., an exchange of fixed rate payments for floating rate payments) to protect themselves from interest rate fluctuations. This type of swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to a specified interest rate(s) for a specified notional amount. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference being paid by one party to the other.

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, 2016, 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)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   Republic of Turkey    (1.00%)     6/20/2021       $ 7,300,000       $ 522,894       $ 534,321       $ 11,427   

Barclays Bank PLC

   Republic of Mexico    (1.00%)     6/20/2021         6,200,000         176,026         176,494         468   

Citibank, N.A.

   Republic of Mexico    (1.00%)     6/20/2021         7,080,000         201,011         201,545         534   
                

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

                 $ 912,360       $ 12,429   
                

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(‡) Notional value stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.


At March 31, 2016, the Fund had the following open bilateral interest rate swap agreements:

 

Counterparty

   Notional
Value
     Currency      Expiration
Date
     Fund Pays     Fund Receives      Market Value1  

Bank of America, N.A.

     36,000,000         ZAR         5/8/2025         7.950     3-month SAFEX-JIBAR       $ 106,934   

Barclays Bank PLC

     291,000,000         ZAR         5/5/2025         7.950     3-month SAFEX-JIBAR         863,926   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

     57,120,000         ZAR         4/17/2025         7.720     3-month SAFEX-JIBAR         224,196   
                

 

 

 

Total

  

   $ 1,195,056   
                

 

 

 

 

1  There are no up front payments on interest rate swap agreements; therefore unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is equal to market value.

 

JIBAR    Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate
SAFEX    South African Futures Exchange

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, 2016, 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

     4/11/2016       Brazilian Real      27,700,000       $ 7,687,718       $ (379,589

Sell1

     5/03/2016       Brazilian Real      85,675,000         23,637,871         (2,557,461

Buy2

     5/02/2016       Chilean Peso      15,300,000,000         22,782,007         1,707,627   

Sell2

     5/02/2016       Chilean Peso      15,300,000,000         22,782,007         (405,877

Buy3

     4/29/2016       Colombian Peso      46,000,000,000         15,320,363         1,728,991   

Sell3

     4/22/2016       Colombian Peso      18,400,000,000         6,129,475         (629,550

Buy1

     4/01/2016       Euro      26,000,000         29,585,395         88,395   

Buy3

     4/29/2016       Euro      4,190,000         4,771,372         26,047   

Buy3

     4/29/2016       Euro      2,815,000         3,205,588         (2,733

Sell1

     4/01/2016       Euro      26,000,000         29,585,395         (1,022,055

Sell2

     4/29/2016       Euro      8,389,000         9,552,993         (161,508

Sell3

     4/29/2016       Euro      9,845,000         11,211,017         (202,485

Sell1

     5/03/2016       Euro      26,000,000         29,611,044         (87,264

Buy1

     4/01/2016       Hungarian Forint      7,777,600,000         28,196,352         787,274   

Buy1

     5/03/2016       Hungarian Forint      7,777,600,000         28,177,531         145,092   

Sell1

     4/01/2016       Hungarian Forint      7,777,600,000         28,196,352         (148,750

Sell3

     4/21/2016       Indonesian Rupiah      196,800,000,000         14,803,175         (17,299

Sell1

     4/11/2016       Mexican Peso      92,400,000         5,343,990         (203,947

Sell4

     4/29/2016       Mexican Peso      11,230,986         648,540         (8,299

Sell1

     4/21/2016       New Taiwan Dollar      1,192,000,000         37,042,354         (717,502

Sell5

     5/09/2016       New Zealand Dollar      28,200,000         19,455,881         (634,086

Sell4

     4/29/2016       South African Rand      192,300,000         12,961,351         (613,690

Sell1

     5/11/2016       South Korean Won      25,000,000,000         21,839,671         (829,502

Sell1

     9/19/2016       Yuan Renminbi      235,000,000         36,135,787         (508,134
              

 

 

 

Total

  

   $ (4,646,305
              

 

 

 


At March 31, 2016, the Fund had the following open forward cross currency contracts:

 

Settlement Date

  

Deliver/Units of Currency

    

Receive/Units of Currency

   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

6/07/2016

   New Zealand Dollar      37,702,400       Australian Dollar5    34,400,000    $ 318,550   
                 

 

 

 

 

1  Counterparty is Bank of America, N.A.
2  Counterparty is Deutsche Bank AG
3  Counterparty is Credit Suisse International
4  Counterparty is Morgan Stanley & Co.
5  Counterparty is Commonwealth Bank of Australia Sydney

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, 2016, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Eurodollar

     12/19/2016         1,398       $ 346,616,625       $ (1,751,763

Eurodollar

     12/18/2017         1,420         351,325,750         (3,014,727

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2016         386         71,734,933         (884,779
              

 

 

 

Total

            $ (5,651,269
              

 

 

 

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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Bonds and Notes

        

Non-Convertible Bonds

      

ABS Home Equity

   $ —        $ 132,658,470      $ 2,696,503 (a)    $ 135,354,973   

ABS Other

     —          34,845,049        11,690,097 (b)      46,535,146   

Independent Energy

     —          56,268,253        —   (c)      56,268,253   

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     —          55,145,039        14,797,972 (d)      69,943,011   

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds*

     —          737,547,505        —          737,547,505   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

     —          1,016,464,316        29,184,572        1,045,648,888   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds*

     —          23,779,656        —          23,779,656   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

     —          1,040,243,972        29,184,572        1,069,428,544   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior Loans*

     —          39,326,725        —          39,326,725   

Loan Participations*

     —          —          2,405,421 (d)      2,405,421   

Preferred Stocks*

     —          4,161,200        —          4,161,200   

Common Stocks*

     1,398,905        —          —          1,398,905   

Other Investments*

     —          —          8,820,000 (e)      8,820,000   

Purchased Options

        

Over-the-Counter Options on Currency

     —          1,985,673        —          1,985,673   

Options on Securities

     91,700        —          —          91,700   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Purchased Options

     91,700        1,985,673        —          2,077,373   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchased Swaptions*

     —          1,431,494        —          1,431,494   

Short-Term Investments

     —          84,612,355        —          84,612,355   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

     1,490,605        1,171,761,419        40,409,993        1,213,662,017   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bilateral Credit Default Swap Agreements (unrealized appreciation)

     —          12,429        —          12,429   

Bilateral Interest Rate Swap Agreements (unrealized appreciation)

     —          1,195,056        —          1,195,056   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     —          4,801,976        —          4,801,976   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,490,605      $ 1,177,770,880      $ 40,409,993      $ 1,219,671,478   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Liability Valuation Inputs         

Description

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Written Options*

   $ (55,020   $ —        $ —        $ (55,020

Written Swaptions*

     —          (32,719     —          (32,719

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     —          (9,129,731     —          (9,129,731

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (5,651,269     —          —          (5,651,269
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (5,706,289   $ (9,162,450   $ —        $ (14,868,739
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(a) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices ($802,199) or fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($1,894,304).
(b) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices ($2,981,909) or fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($5,700,000) or Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund ($3,008,188).
(c) Fair valued at zero using level 3 inputs.
(d) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices.
(e) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund.

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 Fund’s 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, 2015 and/or March 31, 2016:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
December 31,
2015
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     Sales     Transfers
in to
Level 3
    Transfers
out of
Level 3
    Balance as
of
March 31,
2016
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
March 31,
2016
 

Bonds and Notes

                   

Non-Convertible Bonds

                   

ABS Home Equity

  $ 1,961,377      $ —        $ (2,131   $ (42,167   $ —        $ (465,625   $ 1,245,049      $ —        $ 2,696,503      $ (43,842

ABS Other

    13,438,737        —          —          (1,585,134     —          (163,506     —          —          11,690,097        (1,645,438

Independent Energy

    —          72,478        —          (72,478     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    16,593,700        —          (3,250     (492,001     —          (1,300,477     —          —          14,797,972        (497,598

Common Stocks

                   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Loan Participations

    2,445,609        —          (304     711        —          (40,594     —          —          2,405,421        1   

Other Investments

                   

Aircraft ABS

    8,820,000        —          —          —          —          —          —          —          8,820,000        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 43,259,423      $ 72,478      $ (5,685   $ (2,191,069   $ —        $ (1,970,202   $ 1,245,049      $ —        $ 40,409,993      $ (2,186,877
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

A debt security valued at $378,177 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended March 31, 2016. At September 30, 2015, 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, 2016, 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.

A debt security valued at $866,872 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended March 31, 2016. At September 30, 2015, 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, 2016, this security was valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service was unable to price 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 an underlying asset, reference rate or index. 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, 2016, the Fund used futures, forward foreign currency and option contracts, swaptions, interest rate swap agreements 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 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, 2016, the Fund engaged in forward foreign currency and option contracts 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, 2016, 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, 2016, the Fund engaged in futures and option contracts for hedging purposes.

 


The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of March 31, 2016:

 

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

   $ 1,431,494       $ —         $ —         $ 1,195,056       $ 2,626,550   

Foreign exchange contracts

     1,985,673         4,801,976         —           —           6,787,649   

Credit contracts

     —           —           —           912,360         912,360   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter asset derivatives

   $ 3,417,167       $ 4,801,976       $ —         $ 2,107,416       $ 10,326,559   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded/cleared asset derivatives

              

Equity contracts

     91,700         —           —           —           91,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

   $ 3,508,867       $ 4,801,976       $ —         $ 2,107,416       $ 10,418,259   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

   Options/swaptions
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

           

Interest rate contracts

   $ (32,719   $ —        $ —        $ —         $ (32,719

Foreign exchange contracts

     —          (9,129,731     —          —           (9,129,731
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total over-the-counter liability derivatives

   $ (32,719   $ (9,129,731   $ —        $ —         $ (9,162,450
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded/cleared liability derivatives

           

Interest rate contracts

   $ —        $ —        $ (5,651,269   $ —         $ (5,651,269

Equity contracts

     (55,020     —          —          —           (55,020
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Exchange-traded/cleared liability derivatives

   $ (55,020   $ —        $ (5,651,269   $ —         $ (5,706,289
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

   $ (87,739   $ (9,129,731   $ (5,651,269   $ —         $ (14,868,739
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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, 2016, 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  

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ (4,133,246    $ 2,168,255   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Sydney

     (315,536      —     

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 (including OTC derivative counterparties and brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) 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, 2016:

 

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Gross

 

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Net

$21,202,324   $9,286,300

These amounts include cash and securities received as collateral of $5,364,393.


Industry Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

ABS Home Equity

     10.9

Banking

     8.1   

Treasuries

     6.6   

Technology

     5.7   

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     5.6   

ABS Credit Card

     4.8   

Independent Energy

     4.5   

Midstream

     4.2   

ABS Other

     4.0   

Automotive

     3.7   

Pharmaceuticals

     3.2   

Cable Satellite

     2.8   

ABS Car Loan

     2.8   

Finance Companies

     2.8   

Airlines

     2.6   

Government Owned - No Guarantee

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     16.9   

Short-Term Investments

     6.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     98.0   

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options/swaptions, swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts)

     2.0   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – 90.1% of Net Assets

  

Municipals – 90.1%

  

  

Arizona – 2.0%

  

$  750,000

  

Arizona Board of Regents, State University System Revenue, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 7/01/2024

   $ 938,198   

800,000

  

Scottsdale Municipal Property Corp. Excise Tax Revenue, Water & Sewer Development Project, Prerefunded 07/01/2018@100, Series A,

5.000%, 7/01/2019

     875,528   
     

 

 

 
        1,813,726   
     

 

 

 
  

California – 4.2%

  

250,000

  

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority Revenue, Senior Lien, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 10/01/2024

     304,055   

380,000

  

Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency Revenue, Series A,

5.000%, 10/01/2024

     467,366   

485,000

  

California School Finance Authority Revenue, Aspire Public Schools Obligated Group, Refunding,

5.000%, 8/01/2027

     568,085   

700,000

  

Garden Grove Unified School District, 2010 Election, GO, Series C,

5.000%, 8/01/2035(b)

     828,226   

690,000

  

San Gorgonio Memorial Health Care District, GO, Refunding,

4.000%, 8/01/2016

     697,176   

760,000

  

San Gorgonio Memorial Health Care District, GO, Refunding,

5.000%, 8/01/2024

     914,592   
     

 

 

 
        3,779,500   
     

 

 

 
  

Colorado – 4.1%

  

1,000,000

  

Adams & Weld Counties School District No. 27J Brighton, GO, (State Aid Withholding),

5.000%, 12/01/2028

     1,258,200   

260,000

  

Colorado Springs Utilities System Revenue, Series B-2,

5.000%, 11/15/2033(b)

     310,154   

400,000

  

Colorado State Health Facilities Authority Revenue, Craig Hospital Project,

5.000%, 12/01/2028(b)

     460,952   

400,000

  

Denver City & County School District No. 1, GO, Series B, (State Aid Withholding),

5.000%, 12/01/2026

     487,788   

500,000

  

Regional Transportation District Sales Tax Revenue, Fastracks Project, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 11/01/2028

     644,125   

450,000

  

University of Colorado Revenue, Refunding, Series B,

5.000%, 6/01/2019

     506,817   
     

 

 

 
        3,668,036   
     

 

 

 
  

Connecticut – 2.4%

  

2,000,000

  

State of Connecticut, GO, Refunding, Series B, (AMBAC insured),

5.250%, 6/01/2017

     2,104,060   
     

 

 

 
  

District of Columbia – 1.0%

  

800,000

  

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority Public Utility Revenue, Prerefunded

10/01/2018@100, Series A,

5.000%, 10/01/2024

     883,056   
     

 

 

 


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Municipals – continued

  

  

Florida – 12.7%

  

$  500,000

  

Fernandina Beach Utility System Revenue, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 9/01/2027

   $ 593,680   

1,000,000

  

Florida Municipal Power Agency, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 10/01/2028(c)

     1,230,440   

400,000

  

Florida State Board of Governors, University System Improvement Revenue,

Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 7/01/2018

     436,264   

1,000,000

  

Lee County Transportation Facilities Revenue, Refunding, (AGM insured),

5.000%, 10/01/2022

     1,203,290   

750,000

  

Miami-Dade County Aviation Revenue, Refunding, Series A, AMT,

5.000%, 10/01/2017

     794,452   

1,000,000

  

Miami-Dade County Water & Sewer System Revenue, Refunding,

5.000%, 10/01/2023

     1,234,290   

1,000,000

  

Orange County School Board, COP, Refunding, Series B,

5.000%, 8/01/2027(c)

     1,249,870   

400,000

  

Orlando & Orange County Expressway Authority Revenue, Refunding,

5.000%, 7/01/2023

     481,752   

1,000,000

  

Orlando & Orange County Expressway Authority, Refunding, (AGM insured),

5.000%, 7/01/2024

     1,199,120   

1,000,000

  

Osceola County Sales Tax Revenue, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 10/01/2033(c)

     1,177,820   

600,000

  

Sarasota County Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue, Refunding,

5.000%, 10/01/2022

     727,314   

400,000

  

Sarasota County Utility System Revenue,

5.000%, 10/01/2023

     493,084   

400,000

  

Volusia County Educational Facility Authority Revenue, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical

University, Inc., Series B,

5.000%, 10/15/2025(b)

     487,952   
     

 

 

 
        11,309,328   
     

 

 

 
  

Georgia – 3.0%

  

500,000

  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue, Series B,

5.000%, 1/01/2021

     583,245   

1,500,000

  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue, Project One Subordinated Bonds,

Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 1/01/2032

     1,778,460   

250,000

  

Savannah Hospital Authority Revenue, St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System

Obligated Group, Series A,

5.500%, 7/01/2027

     299,920   
     

 

 

 
        2,661,625   
     

 

 

 
  

Hawaii – 3.8%

  

1,500,000

  

Hawaii, Refunding, Series EZ,

5.000%, 10/01/2025

     1,907,970   

1,335,000

  

Honolulu City & County, Prerefunded 4/01/2019@100, Series A,

5.000%, 4/01/2026

     1,496,054   
     

 

 

 
        3,404,024   
     

 

 

 
  

Illinois – 4.9%

  

1,000,000

  

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Revenue, Series D,

5.000%, 1/01/2026

     1,216,150   

370,000

  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Series B,

5.500%, 8/15/2028(b)

     405,923   

100,000

  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue, Loyola University Chicago, Series B,

5.000%, 7/01/2021

     115,927   

500,000

  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue, Loyola University Chicago, Series B,

5.000%, 7/01/2020

     569,170   


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Municipals – continued

  

  

Illinois – continued

  

$  2,000,000

  

Illinois Municipal Electric Agency Power Supply, Prerefunded 2/01/2017@100,

Series A,

5.125%, 2/01/2029

   $ 2,074,100   
     

 

 

 
        4,381,270   
     

 

 

 
  

Iowa – 0.3%

  

250,000

  

City of Carter Lake Local Option Sales Tax Revenue, Prerefunded 06/01/2018@100,

5.500%, 6/01/2038

     275,173   
     

 

 

 
  

Kansas – 0.9%

  

720,000

  

Sedgwick County Unified School District No. 265 Goddard, GO, Refunding, Series B,

4.000%, 10/01/2022(c)

     819,014   
     

 

 

 
  

Kentucky – 0.3%

  

275,000

  

Louisville & Jefferson County, Metropolitan Government Revenue, Jewish Hospital

St. Mary’s Healthcare, Prerefunded 02/01/2018@100,

6.125%, 2/01/2037

     301,752   
     

 

 

 
  

Massachusetts – 0.6%

  

310,000

  

Massachusetts State Development Finance Agency Revenue, Charles Stark Draper

Laboratory, Prerefunded 09/01/2018@100,

5.500%, 9/01/2020

     344,091   

150,000

  

Massachusetts State Development Finance Agency Revenue, Massachusetts College

of Pharmacy Allied Health Science, Series F,

4.000%, 7/01/2018

     160,039   
     

 

 

 
        504,130   
     

 

 

 
  

Minnesota – 0.9%

  

250,000

  

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission Revenue, Refunding,

5.000%, 1/01/2017

     258,475   

300,000

  

Minnesota State Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue, University of

St. Thomas, Series 7-U,

5.000%, 4/01/2017

     312,477   

200,000

  

Northern Municipal Power Agency, Electric System Revenue, Series A,

5.000%, 1/01/2023

     240,018   
     

 

 

 
        810,970   
     

 

 

 
  

Missouri – 2.6%

  

700,000

  

Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission Power Project Revenue,

Refunding,

5.000%, 1/01/2024

     846,503   

1,250,000

  

Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission Power Project Revenue,

Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 12/01/2034

     1,486,713   
     

 

 

 
        2,333,216   
     

 

 

 
  

Nebraska – 3.2%

  

1,000,000

  

Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha Revenue, System Improvements,

Refunding,

5.000%, 12/01/2022

     1,210,310   

1,000,000

  

Nebraska Public Power District Revenue, Prerefunded 1/01/2018@100, Series C,

5.000%, 1/01/2024

     1,074,540   

500,000

  

Nebraska Public Power District, General Revenue, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 1/01/2028(b)

     589,245   
     

 

 

 
        2,874,095   
     

 

 

 


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Municipals – continued

  

  

Nevada – 0.7%

  

$  500,000

  

City of Henderson, GO, Various Purpose, Refunding,

5.000%, 6/01/2026

   $ 611,085   
     

 

 

 
  

New Jersey – 4.3%

  

500,000

  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities, Prerefunded 09/01/2017@100, Series U, (AGM insured),

5.000%, 9/01/2022

     530,235   

265,000

  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority Revenue, Refunding, Virtual Health, Inc.,

5.000%, 7/01/2023

     323,512   

1,500,000

  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue, Series E,

5.000%, 1/01/2032

     1,775,880   

500,000

  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue, Series A,

5.000%, 1/01/2032(b)

     588,865   

500,000

  

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Refunding, Series J,

5.000%, 5/01/2024

     613,990   
     

 

 

 
        3,832,482   
     

 

 

 
  

New Mexico – 3.8%

  

2,500,000

  

New Mexico Hospital Equipment Loan Council Revenue, Presbyterian Healthcare Services Obligated Group, Prerefunded 08/01/2018@100, Series A,

6.000%, 8/01/2023

     2,791,700   

500,000

  

New Mexico Hospital Equipment Loan Council Revenue, Presbyterian Healthcare Services Obligated Group, Refunding,

5.000%, 8/01/2031(b)

     597,840   
     

 

 

 
        3,389,540   
     

 

 

 
  

New York – 4.5%

  

2,000,000

  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, Sub-Fiscal 2016, Series A-1,

5.000%, 8/01/2032

     2,411,580   

1,025,000

  

New York City, Fiscal 2015, GO, Refunding, Series A,

5.000%, 8/01/2021

     1,216,490   

350,000

  

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue, Mental Health Services Facility Improvements, (State Appropriation),

5.000%, 2/15/2017

     363,174   
     

 

 

 
        3,991,244   
     

 

 

 
  

Ohio – 3.9%

  

400,000

  

American Municipal Power Revenue, Hydroelectric Projects, Refunding, Series CA, (AGM insured),

5.000%, 2/15/2021(b)

     453,288   

500,000

  

Columbus, GO, Various Purpose, Series A,

5.000%, 8/15/2023(b)

     623,890   

500,000

  

Hamilton County Hospital Facilities Revenue, UC Health Obligated Group,

5.000%, 2/01/2024(b)

     590,630   

500,000

  

Ohio State Higher Educational Facility Commission Revenue, University of Dayton,

5.000%, 12/01/2030

     588,935   

1,000,000

  

Ohio State Hospital Revenue, University Hospitals Health System, Inc. Obligated Group, Refunding,

Series A,

5.000%, 1/15/2027

     1,225,360   
     

 

 

 
        3,482,103   
     

 

 

 
  

Pennsylvania – 1.3%

  

335,000

  

Delaware County Authority Revenue, Villanova University,

5.000%, 8/01/2019

     376,215   

285,000

  

Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Revenue, Refunding, Series A,

4.000%, 7/01/2027

     313,523   


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Municipals – continued

  
  

Pennsylvania – continued

  

$      450,000

   Philadelphia Airport Revenue, Refunding, Series D, AMT,
5.000%, 6/15/2016
   $ 453,753   
     

 

 

 
        1,143,491   
     

 

 

 
  

Rhode Island – 2.0%

  

500,000

   Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency Pollution Control Agency Revolving Fund-Pooled Loan, Series A,
5.000%, 10/01/2024
     625,130   

1,000,000

   Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority Motor Fuel Tax Revenue, Refunding, Series A,
5.000%, 10/01/2033
     1,184,800   
     

 

 

 
        1,809,930   
     

 

 

 
  

South Dakota – 0.6%

  

465,000

   Sioux Falls Sales Tax Revenue, Series A-1,
4.750%, 11/15/2036(b)
     489,798   
     

 

 

 
  

Tennessee – 1.5%

  

500,000

   Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facilities Board Revenue, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Obligated Group, Series A,
5.000%, 7/01/2030(c)
     601,675   

615,000

   Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (The) Revenue, Series B, AMT,
5.000%, 7/01/2023
     738,744   
     

 

 

 
        1,340,419   
     

 

 

 
  

Texas – 9.5%

  

500,000

   City of Dallas, GO, Prerefunded 2/15/2018@100,
5.000%, 2/15/2024
     538,810   

700,000

   City of Denton, GO, Refunding,
5.000%, 2/15/2024(b)
     870,457   

250,000

   Corpus Christi Utility System Revenue, Junior Lien Improvement,
5.000%, 7/15/2021
     294,095   

250,000

   Denton Independent School District, GO, Prerefunded 08/15/2017@100, (PSF-GTD),
5.000%, 8/15/2030
     264,148   

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
     581,340   

1,000,000

   Houston Higher Education Finance Corp. Revenue, Harmony Public School, Refunding, Series A, (PSF-GTD),
5.000%, 2/15/2024
     1,221,270   

1,000,000

   Lancaster Independent School District, GO, Refunding, (BAM insured),
5.000%, 2/15/2026
     1,245,230   

940,000

   New Caney Independent School District, Refunding, Series A, (PSF-GTD),
5.000%, 2/15/2023
     1,150,983   

350,000

   State of Texas Water Financial Assistance, GO, Series B,
5.000%, 8/01/2022
     417,172   

1,275,000

   State of Texas, Transportation Commission Mobility Fund, GO, Prerefunded 4/01/2018@100,
5.000%, 4/01/2026
     1,380,187   

400,000

   Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue, Methodist Hospitals of Dallas,
5.000%, 10/01/2024(b)
     486,488   
     

 

 

 
        8,450,180   
     

 

 

 

 


Principal
Amount

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Municipals – continued

  
  

Utah – 1.7%

  

$      1,250,000

   Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy Water Revenue, Refunding, Series A,
4.000%, 7/01/2016
   $ 1,260,275   

250,000

   Utah State Transit Authority Sales Tax Revenue, Refunding,
5.000%, 6/15/2024
     298,468   
     

 

 

 
        1,558,743   
     

 

 

 
  

Washington – 7.8%

  

1,430,000

   Energy Northwest Washington Electric Revenue, Columbia Station, Prerefunded 7/01/2016@100, Series A, (AMBAC insured),
5.000%, 7/01/2024
     1,445,330   

1,140,000

   Grant County Public Utility District No. 2, Refunding, Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project,
Series B, AMT,
5.000%, 1/01/2025
     1,387,414   

500,000

   King County Public Hospital District No. 2, GO, Evergreen Healthcare, Series B,
5.000%, 12/01/2032(b)
     583,180   

1,500,000

   Pierce County School District No. 10 Tacoma, Refunding,
5.000%, 12/01/2026
     1,902,345   

500,000

   Port of Seattle Revenue, AMT,
5.000%, 7/01/2029
     574,785   

400,000

   Port of Seattle Special Facility Revenue, Refunding, AMT, SEATAC Fuel Facility LLC,
5.000%, 6/01/2020
     454,460   

500,000

   Snohomish County School District No. 15 Edmonds, GO,
5.000%, 12/01/2031(b)
     597,800   
     

 

 

 
        6,945,314   
     

 

 

 
  

Wisconsin – 1.6%

  

1,000,000

   Public Finance Authority Lease Development Revenue, Kansas University Development Corporation,
5.000%, 3/01/2030
     1,201,600   

225,000

   Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue, Aspirus, Inc. Obligated Group, Refunding, Series A,
5.000%, 8/15/2031
     255,839   
     

 

 

 
        1,457,439   
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $78,245,303)
     80,424,743   
     

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments – 12.8%

  

11,458,189

   Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2016 at 0.030% to be repurchased at $11,458,199 on 4/01/2016 collateralized by $11,320,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00% due 7/31/2022 valued at $11,687,900 including accrued interest(d) (Identified Cost $11,458,189)      11,458,189   
     

 

 

 


Total Investments – 102.9% (Identified Cost $89,703,492)(a)

     91,882,932   

Other assets less liabilities – (2.9)%

     (2,625,336
  

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

   $ 89,257,596   
  

 

 

 

 

(†) 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, 2016, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $89,703,492 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

   $ 2,194,181   

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

     (14,741
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 2,179,440   
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015, the Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward of $332,683 with no expiration date and a long-term capital loss carryforward of $44,227 with no expiration date. These amounts may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover collateral requirements on open when-issued/delayed delivery securities.

 

(c) When-issued/delayed delivery. The Fund may enter into when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. When-issued refers to transactions made conditionally because a security, although authorized, has not been issued. Delayed delivery refers to transactions for which delivery or payment will occur at a later date, beyond the normal settlement period. The price of when-issued and delayed delivery securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The security and the obligation to pay for it are recorded by the Fund at the time the commitment is entered into. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations during the time before the Fund take delivery of the security. No interest accrues to the Fund until the transaction settles. The Fund covers its net obligations under outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery commitments by segregating or earmarking cash or securities at the custodian.

Purchases of when-issued or delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on the Fund’s NAV as if the Fund’s had created a degree of leverage in the portfolio. Risks may arise upon entering into such transactions from the potential inability of counterparties to meet their obligations under the transactions. Additionally, losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities.

 

(d) 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, 2016, 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
AMBAC    American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.
AMT    Alternative Minimum Tax
BAM    Build America Mutual
COP    Certificate of Participation
GO    General Obligation
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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Bonds and Notes*

   $ —         $ 80,424,743       $ —         $ 80,424,743   

Short-Term Investments

     —           11,458,189         —           11,458,189   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ —         $ 91,882,932       $ —         $ 91,882,932   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.


Holdings Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

General Obligation

     15.1

Power

     13.0   

Medical

     10.9   

School District

     9.5   

Transportation

     8.4   

General

     8.3   

Higher Education

     8.2   

Water

     7.6   

Airport

     3.9   

Education

     2.6   

Utilities

     2.6   

Short-Term Investments

     12.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     102.9   

Other assets less liabilities

     (2.9
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

SeeyondSM Multi-Asset Allocation Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Bonds and Notes – 19.9% of Net Assets

  
  

France – 2.5%

  

900,000

   France Government Bond OAT,
3.500%, 4/25/2020, (EUR)(b)
   $ 1,181,272   
     

 

 

 
  

Germany – 2.7%

  

390,000

  

Bundesrepublik Deutschland,

1.500%, 2/15/2023, (EUR)(b)

     496,049   

600,000

  

Bundesrepublik Deutschland,

3.250%, 1/04/2020, (EUR)(b)

     778,364   
     

 

 

 
        1,274,413   
     

 

 

 
  

Japan – 5.5%

  

280,000,000

  

Japan Government Ten Year Bond,

1.000%, 3/20/2022, (JPY)(b)

     2,667,296   
     

 

 

 
  

Spain – 5.4%

  

1,850,000

  

Spain Government Bond,

4.400%, 10/31/2023, 144A, (EUR)(b)

     2,619,497   
     

 

 

 
  

United Kingdom – 0.6%

  

200,000

  

United Kingdom Gilt,

2.250%, 9/07/2023, (GBP)(b)

     308,979   
     

 

 

 
  

United States – 3.2%

  

1,495,530

  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,

0.625%, 1/15/2026

     1,563,472   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Bonds and Notes

(Identified Cost $9,720,019)

     9,614,929   
     

 

 

 

 

Shares

            

Exchange-Traded Funds – 9.7%

  
  

United States – 9.7%

  

2,910

   iShares® MSCI China ETF(c)      123,704   

92,610

   iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(b)(c)      3,171,892   

2,500

   iShares® MSCI India ETF(c)      67,800   

4,025

   iShares® MSCI South Korea Capped ETF(b)(c)      212,601   

29,600

   iShares® MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF(b)(c)      880,008   

13,030

   iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF(b)(c)      180,596   

700

   iShares® MSCI Thailand Capped ETF(b)(c)      47,173   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Exchange-Traded Funds

(Identified Cost $5,051,097)

     4,683,774   
     

 

 

 

 

Contracts

  

Description

   Value  

Purchased Options – 6.1%

  
  

Index Options – 5.7%

  

128

   EURO STOXX 50®, Call expiring April 15, 2016 at 3050(d)      34,327   

332

   EURO STOXX 50®, Call expiring December 16, 2016 at 3100(d)      458,884   

168

   EURO STOXX 50®, Call expiring June 17, 2016 at 3200(d)      35,968   

505

   EURO STOXX 50®, Put expiring December 16, 2016 at 3100(d)      1,846,428   


Contracts

  

Description

   Value  

Purchased Options – continued

  
  

Index Options – continued

  

50

   S&P 500® Index, Put expiring June 17, 2016 at 2100(d)      374,000   
     

 

 

 
        2,749,607   
     

 

 

 
  

Options on Futures Contracts – 0.4%

  

89

   E-mini S&P 500® , Call expiring June 17, 2016 at 2075(d)      173,550   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Purchased Options

(Identified Cost $2,884,219)

     2,923,157   
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount (‡)

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Short-Term Investments – 50.8%

  

$    5,518,131

   Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2016 at 0.030% to be repurchased at $5,518,136 on 4/01/2016 collateralized by $5,540,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750% due 3/31/2022 valued at $5,630,025 including accrued interest(e)      5,518,131   

6,170,000

   Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2016 at 0.030% to be repurchased at $6,170,005 on 4/01/2016 collateralized by $6,120,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.875% due 10/31/2022 valued at $6,295,950 including accrued interest(b)(e)      6,170,000   

1,800,000

   United Kingdom Treasury Bills, 0.440%, 5/16/2016, (GBP)(b)(f)      2,583,822   

10,200,000

   U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.285%, 5/19/2016(f)(g)      10,198,215   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Short-Term Investments

(Identified Cost $24,455,509)

     24,470,168   
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments – 86.5%

(Identified Cost $42,110,844)(a)

     41,692,028   
   Other assets less liabilities – 13.5%      6,503,608   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 48,195,636   
     

 

 

 

Contracts

  

Description

   Value  

Written Options – (1.2%)

  
  

Index Options – (1.2%)

  

257

   EURO STOXX 50®, Put expiring December 16, 2016 at 2700(d)    $ (421,250

83

   S&P 500® Index, Put expiring June 17, 2016 at 1900(d)      (148,985
     

 

 

 
   (Premiums Received $629,802)    $ (570,235
     

 

 

 


(‡) 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 shares of 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 as reported by an independent pricing service. 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 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.

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

Option contracts on domestic indices are valued at the average of the closing bid and ask quotations as of the close of trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (“CBOE”).

Option contracts on foreign indices are priced at the most recent settlement price.

Options on futures contracts are valued using the current settlement price on the exchange on which, 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.

As of March 31, 2016, option and futures contracts of the Fund were fair valued, as follows:

 

Option contracts*

  

Percentage of

Net Assets

  

Futures contracts*

  

Percentage of

Net Assets

$2,796,857    5.8%    $46,553    0.1%

 

* Certain foreign options contracts and futures contracts were 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 those contracts.

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, 2016, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $42,270,323 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

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

   $ 429,667   

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

     (1,007,962
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (578,295
  

 

 

 


At December 31, 2015, late- year ordinary and post-October capital loss deferrals were $1,081,274. This amount may be available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations.

 

(b) Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover collateral requirements on open derivative contracts.
(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 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.

 

(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, 2016, 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.
(g) Security has been pledged as collateral for open derivative 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, 2016, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $2,619,497 or 5.4% 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 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 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, 2016, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

ASX SPI 200™

     6/16/2016         11       $ 1,066,491       $ (9,860

Australian Dollar

     6/13/2016         41         3,136,500         94,095   

Canadian Dollar

     6/14/2016         19         1,464,330         40,280   

E-mini NASDAQ 100

     6/17/2016         10         895,250         24,050   

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/17/2016         135         13,847,625         280,660   

EURO STOXX 50®

     6/17/2016         182         6,054,528         (35,020

Euro-BTP

     6/08/2016         17         2,720,195         47,587   

Euro-Buxl® 30 Year Bond

     6/08/2016         3         575,345         13,791   

FTSE 100 Index

     6/17/2016         14         1,226,191         (1,673

German Euro Bund

     6/08/2016         13         2,415,943         7,396   

German Euro Bund, Put options at 160.50*

     5/27/2016         15         6,657         (12,460

Japanese Yen

     6/13/2016         41         4,563,300         (12,106

Nikkei 225™

     6/09/2016         7         588,700         6,300   

S&P/TSX 60 Index

     6/16/2016         4         484,774         2,107   

Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

     6/21/2016         9         1,552,781         (4,594
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 440,553   
           

 

 

 

At March 31, 2016, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Euro

     6/13/2016         31       $ 4,422,150       $ (60,950

Swiss Franc

     6/13/2016         21         2,741,550         (58,800
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ (119,750
           

 

 

 

 

* Futures on German Euro Bund options are categorized as futures for valuation purposes but carry the risks associated with investments in options.

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, 2016, at value:


Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Bonds and Notes*

   $ —         $ 9,614,929       $ —         $ 9,614,929   

Exchange-Traded Funds*

     4,683,774         —           —           4,683,774   

Purchased Options

           

Index Options

     374,000         2,375,607         —           2,749,607   

Options on Futures Contracts

     173,550         —           —           173,550   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Purchased Options

     547,550         2,375,607         —           2,923,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

     —           24,470,168         —           24,470,168   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     5,231,324         36,460,704         —           41,692,028   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     516,266         —           —           516,266   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,747,590       $ 36,460,704       $ —         $ 42,208,294   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Written Options*

   $ (148,985    $ (421,250    $ —         $ (570,235

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (148,910      (46,553      —           (195,463
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (297,895    $ (467,803    $ —         $ (765,698
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, 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 an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivative instruments that the Fund used during the period include futures contracts and option 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 and futures 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, 2016, the Fund used futures, equity index options 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, 2016:

 

Assets

   Investments
at value1
     Unrealized
appreciation on
futures
contracts
     Total  

Exchange traded/cleared asset derivatives

        

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ 68,774       $ 68,774   

Foreign exchange contracts

     —           134,375         134,375   

Equity contracts

     2,923,157         313,117         3,236,274   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

   $ 2,923,157       $ 516,266       $ 3,439,423   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

   Options written
at value
     Unrealized
depreciation on
futures
contracts
     Total  

Exchange traded/cleared liability derivatives

        

Interest rate contracts

   $ —         $ (17,054    $ (17,054

Foreign exchange contracts

     —           (131,856      (131,856

Equity contracts

     (570, 235      (46,553      (616,788
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

   $ (570,235    $ (195,463    $ (765,698
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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 (including brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) 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, 2016:

 

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Gross

$516,266

Industry Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Treasuries

     19.9

Exchange-Traded Funds

     9.7   

Purchased Options

     6.1   

Short-Term Investments

     50.8   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     86.5   

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options and futures contracts)

     13.5   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

Currency Exposure Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

United States Dollar

     59.5

Euro

     15.5   

British Pound

     6.0   

Japanese Yen

     5.5   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     86.5   

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options and futures contracts)

     13.5   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund

 

Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – 93.5% of Net Assets

  
  

Auto Components – 1.5%

  

425,150

   Tenneco, Inc.(b)    $ 21,899,477   
     

 

 

 
  

Banks – 5.9%

  

643,100

   Chemical Financial Corp.      22,952,239   

2,924,225

   Investors Bancorp, Inc.      34,037,979   

804,975

   PacWest Bancorp      29,904,821   
     

 

 

 
        86,895,039   
     

 

 

 
  

Capital Markets – 1.1%

  

362,550

   SEI Investments Co.      15,607,778   
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.3%

  

487,725

   KAR Auction Services, Inc.      18,601,832   
     

 

 

 
  

Communications Equipment – 1.2%

  

647,425

   CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)      18,076,106   
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Finance – 2.0%

  

1,040,200

   Synchrony Financial(b)      29,812,132   
     

 

 

 
  

Containers & Packaging – 6.0%

  

293,500

   Avery Dennison Corp.      21,164,285   

692,750

   Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)      34,353,472   

334,500

   Packaging Corp. of America      20,203,800   

304,300

   WestRock Co.      11,876,829   
     

 

 

 
        87,598,386   
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Consumer Services – 5.3%

  

949,550

   Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(b)      40,583,767   

895,600

   H&R Block, Inc.      23,661,752   

366,875

   ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      13,823,850   
     

 

 

 
        78,069,369   
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Financial Services – 2.0%

  

435,575

   Nasdaq, Inc.      28,913,469   
     

 

 

 
  

Food & Staples Retailing – 2.5%

  

4,488,850

   Rite Aid Corp.(b)      36,584,127   
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Providers & Services – 5.3%

  

375,500

   Amsurg Corp.(b)      28,012,300   

520,100

   Community Health Systems, Inc.(b)      9,627,051   

502,825

   HCA Holdings, Inc.(b)      39,245,491   
     

 

 

 
        76,884,842   
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Technology – 1.5%

  

842,575

   IMS Health Holdings, Inc.(b)      22,370,366   
     

 

 

 
  

Household Durables – 5.6%

  

118,950

   Harman International Industries, Inc.      10,591,308   

804,962

   Jarden Corp.(b)      47,452,510   


Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – continued

  

  

Household Durables – continued

  

494,200

   Lennar Corp., Class A    $ 23,899,512   
     

 

 

 
        81,943,330   
     

 

 

 
   Household Products – 1.7%   

230,925

   Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      25,235,484   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance – 8.2%   

841,650

   Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      37,436,592   

796,325

   First American Financial Corp.      30,347,946   

403,575

   Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      18,596,736   

349,600

   Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A      33,649,000   
     

 

 

 
        120,030,274   
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Catalog Retail – 1.1%   

308,600

   HSN, Inc.      16,142,866   
     

 

 

 
   IT Services – 12.2%   

470,475

   Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      27,903,872   

226,600

   CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)      24,178,220   

569,725

   Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      36,069,290   

2,263,850

   First Data Corp., Class A(b)      29,294,219   

198,550

   Fiserv, Inc.(b)      20,367,259   

330,200

   Global Payments, Inc.      21,562,060   

673,325

   Sabre Corp.      19,472,559   
     

 

 

 
        178,847,479   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services – 2.4%   

1,312,125

   VWR Corp.(b)      35,506,102   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery – 4.4%   

1,543,050

   Milacron Holdings Corp.(b)      25,444,894   

127,325

   Snap-on, Inc.      19,988,752   

172,650

   WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      18,459,738   
     

 

 

 
        63,893,384   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining – 2.8%   

217,975

   Carpenter Technology Corp.      7,461,284   

2,768,600

   Constellium NV, Class A(b)      14,369,034   

271,925

   Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.      18,814,491   
     

 

 

 
        40,644,809   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.6%   

308,600

   Gulfport Energy Corp.(b)      8,745,724   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals – 2.8%   

1,275,425

   Catalent, Inc.(b)      34,015,585   

248,175

   Endo International PLC(b)      6,986,126   
     

 

 

 
        41,001,711   
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Diversified – 2.4%   

3,036,450

   New Residential Investment Corp.      35,313,914   
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail – 0.9%   

1,303,500

   Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      13,725,855   
     

 

 

 


Shares

  

Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – continued

  
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.6%

  

1,150,275

   Micron Technology, Inc.(b)    $ 12,043,379   

334,500

   Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      26,057,550   
     

 

 

 
        38,100,929   
     

 

 

 
  

Software – 2.0%

  

230,925

   Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(b)      20,199,010   

606,425

   RingCentral, Inc., Class A(b)      9,551,194   
     

 

 

 
        29,750,204   
     

 

 

 
  

Specialty Retail – 1.4%

  

99,275

   Signet Jewelers Ltd.      12,313,078   

438,100

   Tailored Brands, Inc.      7,841,990   
     

 

 

 
        20,155,068   
     

 

 

 
  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.7%

  

841,650

   NCR Corp.(b)      25,190,585   
     

 

 

 
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.9%

  

543,850

   Gildan Activewear, Inc.      16,592,863   

263,300

   PVH Corp.      26,082,498   
     

 

 

 
        42,675,361   
     

 

 

 
  

Trading Companies & Distributors – 2.2%

  

755,325

   HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)      24,978,598   

123,950

   United Rentals, Inc.(b)      7,708,450   
     

 

 

 
        32,687,048   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $1,368,652,312)
     1,370,903,050   
     

 

 

 

Closed-End Investment Companies – 2.4%

  

2,397,300

   Ares Capital Corp.
(Identified Cost $38,614,936)
     35,575,932   
     

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

            

Short-Term Investments – 4.0%

  

$    58,408,886

   Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2016 at 0.030% to be repurchased at $58,408,935 on 4/01/2016 collateralized by $58,770,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750% due 9/30/2022 valued at $59,578,088 including accrued interest(c) (Identified Cost $58,408,886)      58,408,886   
     

 

 

 

 


  

Total Investments – 99.9%

(Identified Cost $1,465,676,134)(a)

     1,464,887,868   
  

Other assets less liabilities – 0.1%

     2,143,499   
     

 

 

 
  

Net Assets – 100.0%

   $ 1,467,031,367   
     

 

 

 

 

(†) 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 shares of 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 as reported by an independent pricing service. 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, 2016, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $1,465,676,134 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

   $ 110,129,510   

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

     (110,917,776
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (788,266
  

 

 

 

 

(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, 2016, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

 

REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts


Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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

 

  Level 2 - prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.); 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, 2016, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 1,370,903,050       $ —         $ —         $ 1,370,903,050   

Closed-End Investment Companies

     35,575,932         —           —           35,575,932   

Short-Term Investments

     —           58,408,886         —           58,408,886   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,406,478,982       $ 58,408,886       $ —         $ 1,464,887,868   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2016, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Industry Summary at March 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

IT Services

     12.2

Insurance

     8.2   

Containers & Packaging

     6.0   

Banks

     5.9   

Household Durables

     5.6   

Diversified Consumer Services

     5.3   

Health Care Providers & Services

     5.3   

Machinery

     4.4   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     2.9   

Pharmaceuticals

     2.8   

Metals & Mining

     2.8   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.6   

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.5   

Closed-End Investment Companies

     2.4   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     2.4   

REITs - Diversified

     2.4   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     2.2   

Consumer Finance

     2.0   

Software

     2.0   

Diversified Financial Services

     2.0   

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     14.0   

Short-Term Investments

     4.0   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.9   

Other assets less liabilities

     0.1   
  

 

 

 

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 23, 2016

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 23, 2016
By:  

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

Name:   Michael C. Kardok
Title:   Treasurer
Date:   May 23, 2016
EX-99.CERT 2 d194601dex99cert.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS Section 302 Certifications

Exhibit (a)(1)

Natixis Funds Trust II

Exhibit to SEC Form N-Q

Section 302 Certification

I, David L. Giunta, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Natixis Funds Trust II;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of such disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and


  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 23, 2016

 

/s/ David L. Giunta

David L. Giunta
President and Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit (a)(2)

Natixis Funds Trust II

Exhibit to SEC Form N-Q

Section 302 Certification

I, Michael C. Kardok, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Natixis Funds Trust II;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of such disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and


  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 23, 2016

 

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

Michael C. Kardok
Treasurer