0001752724-20-249450.txt : 20201125 0001752724-20-249450.hdr.sgml : 20201125 20201125172102 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-249450 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201125 PERIOD START: 20201231 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: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-00242 FILM NUMBER: 201351975 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 888 BOYLSTON STREET STREET 2: 8TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02199 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-283-1155 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 888 BOYLSTON STREET STREET 2: 8TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02199 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 S000042166 AlphaSimplex Tactical U.S. Market Fund C000130927 Class A USMAX C000130928 Class C USMCX C000130929 Class Y USMYX NPORT-P 1 primary_doc.xml NPORT-P false 0000052136 XXXXXXXX S000042166 C000130929 C000130927 C000130928 Natixis Funds Trust II 811-00242 0000052136 R4B5ZXLI2IMIOWT67V76 888 BOYLSTON STREET Suite 800 BOSTON 02199-8197 617-449-2822 AlphaSimplex Tactical U.S. Market Fund S000042166 549300GVIL1EOIRQEV34 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 Y 22467331.84 175069.28 22292262.56 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 1970713.77000000 N SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST NY N/A SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST NY 86564GJT9 1000000.00000000 PA USD 999996.83000000 4.485847173693 Long STIV CORP JP N 2 2020-10-06 Fixed 0.09000000 N N N N N N DNB NOR BK ASA 549300GKFG0RYRRQ1414 DNB NOR BK ASA 23341VW31 1000000.00000000 PA USD 999995.56000000 4.485841476649 Long STIV CORP NO N 2 2020-10-08 Fixed 0.08000000 N N N N N N FIXED INC CLEARING CORP.REPO 549300H47WTHXPU08X20 FIXED INC CLEARING CORP.REPO 000000000 17551501.58000000 PA USD 17551501.58000000 78.73360334223 Long RA CORP US N 2 Repurchase N 0.00000000 2020-10-01 17922500.00000000 USD 17902588.10250000 USD UST N N N Chicago Mercantile Exchange SNZ2OJLFK8MNNCLQOF39 S+P500 EMINI FUT DEC20 XCME 20201218 000000000 134.00000000 NC USD -55312.50000000 -0.24812420834 N/A DE US N 1 Chicago Mercantile Exchange SNZ2OJLFK8MNNCLQOF39 Long E-mini S&P 500 Index ESZ0 Index 2020-12-18 22513712.50000000 USD -55312.50000000 N N N Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY DG3RU1DBUFHT4ZF9WN62 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY 21687AK69 1000000.00000000 PA USD 999983.83000000 4.485788857494 Long STIV CORP US N 2 2020-10-06 None 0.00000000 N N N N N N 2020-10-28 Natixis Funds Trust II John Sgroi John Sgroi Assistant Treasurer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_262646146411947.htm HTML

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

AlphaSimplex Tactical U.S. Market Fund

 

Principal
Amount

    

Description

   Value (†)  
 

Short-Term Investments – 93.5%

 
   Certificates of Deposit – 9.1%

 

  $1,000,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
0.090%, 10/06/2020
   $ 999,997  
  1,000,000      DNB Nor Bank ASA (NY),
0.080%, 10/08/2020
     999,995  
     

 

 

 
        1,999,992  
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Paper – 4.5%

 

  1,000,000      Cooperatieve Rabobank UA,
0.080%, 10/06/2020(a)
     999,984  
     

 

 

 
  

Repurchase Agreements – 79.9%

 

  17,551,502      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2020 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $17,551,502 on 10/01/2020 collateralized by $17,922,500 U.S. Treasury Bill, Zero Coupon due 9/09/2021 valued at $17,902,588 including accrued interest(b)      17,551,502  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $20,551,490)
     20,551,478  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments – 93.5%
(Identified Cost $20,551,490)
     20,551,478  
   Other assets less liabilities – 6.5%      1,425,131  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 21,976,609  
     

 

 

 


(†)

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

Listed equity securities (including 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 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. 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)

Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(b)

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of September 30, 2020, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.


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. 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 September 30, 2020, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-mini S&P 500®

     12/18/2020        127      $  21,336,400      $ 21,285,200      $ (51,200
              

 

 

 


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 September 30, 2020, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments*

   $     —        $ 20,551,478      $ —        $ 20,551,478  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ (51,200    $           —        $ —        $        (51,200) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

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


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 seeks long-term capital appreciation, with emphasis on the protection of capital during unfavorable market conditions. The Fund uses long futures contracts on U.S. equity indices to increase exposure to the U.S. equity market to up to 130% of the Fund’s total assets and short futures on U.S. equity indices to decrease exposure to the U.S. equity market to as low as 0% of the Fund’s total assets (to limit the effects of extreme market drawdowns). During the period ended September 30, 2020, the Fund used long contracts on U.S. equity market indices to decrease exposure to the U.S. equity market.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of September 30, 2020:

 

Liabilities

   Unrealized
depreciation on
futures contracts
 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

  

Equity contracts

   $ (51,200)  

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. 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 clearing house, 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 September 30, 2020:

 

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

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     

Margin with brokers

   $  1,904,735      $  1,904,735  

Subsequent Event

On September 3, 2020 the Board of Trustees approved a plan to liquidate the Fund. The liquidation took place on October 15, 2020.


Investment Summary at September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Repurchase Agreements

     79.9

Certificates of Deposit

     9.1  

Commercial Paper

     4.5  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     93.5  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

     6.5  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0