0001104659-14-042472.txt : 20140529 0001104659-14-042472.hdr.sgml : 20140529 20140529170835 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-042472 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140529 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140529 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140529 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000919808 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08388 FILM NUMBER: 14876903 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC. STREET 2: 522 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175578742 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC. STREET 2: 522 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MORGAN STANLEY ASIA PACIFIC FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070518 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER ASIA PACIFIC FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000504 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MORGAN STANLEY ASIA PACIFIC FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940505 N-Q 1 a14-10945_1nq.htm N-Q

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-08388

 

Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

 

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

John H. Gernon
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

212-296-0289

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31, 2014

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2014

 

 



 

Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.

 

The Fund’s schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:

 



 

Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

First Quarter Report

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value
(000)

 

Common Stocks (52.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Australia (9.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics

 

 

 

 

 

Toll Holdings Ltd.

 

368,980

 

$

1,780

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

National Australia Bank Ltd.

 

130,946

 

4,316

 

Westpac Banking Corp.

 

113,436

 

3,638

 

 

 

 

 

7,954

 

Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

 

765,035

 

2,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

Brambles Ltd.

 

296,590

 

2,549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

ResMed, Inc.

 

330,547

 

1,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information Technology Services

 

 

 

 

 

Computershare Ltd.

 

174,760

 

1,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

AMP Ltd.

 

609,455

 

2,819

 

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

 

137,671

 

1,638

 

 

 

 

 

4,457

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

Santos Ltd.

 

153,527

 

1,923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Services

 

 

 

 

 

Seek Ltd.

 

149,192

 

2,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

 

 

 

 

Mirvac Group REIT

 

1,434,185

 

2,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

Lend Lease Group REIT

 

179,238

 

1,971

 

 

 

 

 

30,858

 

China (8.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. B Shares

 

246,600

 

410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of China Ltd. H Shares (a)

 

10,213,000

 

4,533

 

China Construction Bank Corp. H Shares (a)

 

2,322,560

 

1,627

 

 

 

 

 

6,160

 

Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd. H Shares (a)

 

116,000

 

851

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

 

 

 

 

TAL Education Group ADR (b)

 

11,888

 

268

 

 



 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

 

 

 

 

China Oilfield Services Ltd. H Shares (a)

 

644,000

 

1,520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd. (a)

 

279,000

 

1,402

 

Uni-President China Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

730,000

 

614

 

 

 

 

 

2,016

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

76,500

 

685

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. H Shares (a)

 

312,000

 

884

 

China Pacific Insurance Group Co., Ltd. H Shares (a)

 

255,200

 

912

 

Ping An Insurance Group Co. H Shares (a)

 

62,500

 

519

 

 

 

 

 

2,315

 

Internet Software & Services

 

 

 

 

 

NetEase, Inc. ADR

 

7,525

 

506

 

Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd. ADR (b)

 

17,503

 

1,743

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

86,700

 

6,037

 

 

 

 

 

8,286

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. (a)

 

984,000

 

1,195

 

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. (a)

 

1,044,000

 

893

 

 

 

 

 

2,088

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

China Overseas Grand Oceans Group Ltd. (a)

 

153,000

 

101

 

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (a)

 

222,000

 

576

 

 

 

 

 

677

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

China Mobile Ltd. (a)

 

248,000

 

2,253

 

 

 

 

 

27,529

 

Hong Kong (3.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

445,000

 

1,271

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

 

38,000

 

577

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

 

 

 

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

 

251,000

 

3,332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

AIA Group Ltd.

 

502,400

 

2,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

113,000

 

1,877

 

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

 

223,805

 

1,433

 

 

 

 

 

3,310

 

 



 

Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

L’Occitane International SA

 

73,000

 

180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

Samsonite International SA

 

224,700

 

695

 

 

 

 

 

11,752

 

India (3.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

HDFC Bank Ltd.

 

200,345

 

2,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information Technology Services

 

 

 

 

 

Infosys Ltd.

 

38,912

 

2,141

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.

 

460,431

 

2,455

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

ITC Ltd.

 

652,284

 

3,853

 

 

 

 

 

11,137

 

Indonesia (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Materials

 

 

 

 

 

Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

 

211,000

 

296

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

Nippon Indosari Corpindo Tbk PT (b)

 

2,102,500

 

205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-line Retail

 

 

 

 

 

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT (b)

 

403,500

 

495

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

Kalbe Farma Tbk PT

 

3,334,000

 

432

 

Tempo Scan Pacific Tbk PT

 

1,201,000

 

337

 

 

 

 

 

769

 

Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk PT

 

3,785,000

 

252

 

Electronic City Indonesia Tbk PT (b)

 

2,084,000

 

421

 

 

 

 

 

673

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

Indosat Tbk PT

 

508,200

 

177

 

 

 

 

 

2,615

 

Korea, Republic of (11.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics

 

 

 

 

 

Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd.

 

3,756

 

854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (b)

 

14,660

 

532

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

Hyundai Motor Co.

 

14,465

 

3,419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

 

48,280

 

1,762

 

 



 

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

 

26,056

 

1,147

 

 

 

 

 

2,909

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.

 

5,953

 

380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

 

39,338

 

2,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

GS Retail Co., Ltd.

 

12,730

 

323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

Orion Corp.

 

456

 

351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel Shilla Co., Ltd.

 

10,595

 

859

 

Paradise Co., Ltd.

 

31,970

 

979

 

 

 

 

 

1,838

 

Household Durables

 

 

 

 

 

Coway Co., Ltd.

 

31,042

 

2,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services

 

 

 

 

 

NAVER Corp.

 

1,794

 

1,306

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery

 

 

 

 

 

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

 

4,927

 

982

 

Hyundai Rotem Co., Ltd.

 

730

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

1,002

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

Cheil Worldwide, Inc. (b)

 

11,210

 

252

 

KT Skylife Co., Ltd.

 

9,120

 

205

 

 

 

 

 

457

 

Multi-line Retail

 

 

 

 

 

Shinsegae Co., Ltd.

 

182

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Products

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmax, Inc.

 

7,798

 

440

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

 

6,721

 

8,499

 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference)

 

2,289

 

2,272

 

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

 

22,761

 

972

 

SK Hynix, Inc. (b)

 

37,260

 

1,264

 

 

 

 

 

13,007

 

Software

 

 

 

 

 

NCSoft Corp.

 

3,903

 

801

 

Nexon Co., Ltd.

 

119,300

 

1,004

 

 

 

 

 

1,805

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

 

9,266

 

1,880

 

 



 

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. ADR

 

10,200

 

230

 

 

 

 

 

2,110

 

 

 

 

 

35,025

 

Laos (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

Kolao Holdings

 

94,692

 

2,209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macau (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. ADR (b)

 

16,100

 

622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

 

1,105,668

 

2,421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

UEM Sunrise Bhd

 

2,168,700

 

1,460

 

 

 

 

 

3,881

 

Philippines (3.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

BDO Unibank, Inc.

 

1,943,590

 

3,689

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

LT Group, Inc.

 

2,469,300

 

960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

Ayala Corp.

 

241,446

 

3,117

 

Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

 

3,242,000

 

343

 

STI Education Systems Holdings

 

23,723,000

 

365

 

 

 

 

 

3,825

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

 

 

 

DMCI Holdings, Inc.

 

808,370

 

1,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

 

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

 

678,670

 

1,636

 

 

 

 

 

11,374

 

Singapore (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

 

61,000

 

509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

 

148,000

 

1,905

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

 

647,000

 

1,881

 

 

 

 

 

4,295

 

Taiwan (5.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

Cleanaway Co., Ltd.

 

77,000

 

470

 

 



 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

Chailease Holding Co., Ltd.

 

636,350

 

1,533

 

Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

 

852,000

 

1,159

 

 

 

 

 

2,692

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Electronics, Inc.

 

237,000

 

1,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

 

1,617,262

 

2,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

Ginko International Co., Ltd.

 

26,000

 

450

 

St. Shine Optical Co., Ltd.

 

18,000

 

403

 

 

 

 

 

853

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

Wowprime Corp.

 

19,300

 

281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

 

324,295

 

298

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

Hermes Microvision, Inc. GDR (b)

 

25,584

 

1,029

 

MediaTek, Inc.

 

183,000

 

2,710

 

Siliconware Precision Industries Co.

 

345,000

 

457

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

1,075,592

 

4,203

 

 

 

 

 

8,399

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

 

128,400

 

1,484

 

 

 

 

 

18,762

 

Thailand (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Bangkok Bank PCL NVDR

 

333,100

 

1,836

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

Thai Union Frozen Products PCL (Foreign)

 

452,900

 

961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

VGI Global Media PCL (Foreign)

 

1,748,940

 

614

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

Land and Houses PCL NVDR

 

3,424,100

 

1,016

 

Supalai PCL (Foreign)

 

778,400

 

427

 

 

 

 

 

1,443

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Info Service PCL (Foreign)

 

148,600

 

1,038

 

Total Access Communication PCL (Foreign)

 

169,400

 

614

 

Total Access Communication PCL NVDR

 

71,000

 

255

 

 

 

 

 

1,907

 

 

 

 

 

6,761

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $135,861)

 

 

 

166,820

 

 



 

Preferred Stocks (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

India (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Media (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Cost $161)

 

14,654,850

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Thailand (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (Foreign) (Units) (c) (Cost $520)

 

1,396,700

 

412

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment (6.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (6.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - Institutional Class (d) (Cost $19,528)

 

19,528,257

 

19,528

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments (58.5%) (Cost $156,070) (e)(f)+

 

 

 

186,932

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities (41.5%)

 

 

 

132,375

 

Net Assets (100.0%)

 

 

 

$

319,307

 

 


(a)

 

Security trades on the Hong Kong exchange.

(b)

 

Non-income producing security.

(c)

 

Consists of one or more classes of securities traded together as a unit; stocks with attached warrants.

(d)

 

The Fund invests in the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - Institutional Class (the “Liquidity Funds”), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser. Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to the advisory and administrative service fees paid by the Liquidity Funds with respect to assets invested by the Fund in the Liquidity Funds.

(e)

 

Securities are available for collateral in connection with open foreign currency forward exchange contracts and a futures contract.

(f)

 

The approximate fair value and percentage of net assets, $162,397,000 and 50.9%, respectively, represent the securities that have been fair valued under the fair valuation policy for international investments as described in the Notes to the Portfolio of Investments.

+

 

At March 31, 2014, the U.S. Federal income tax cost basis of investments was approximately $156,070,000 and, accordingly, net unrealized appreciation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes was approximately $30,862,000 of which approximately $36,201,000 related to appreciated securities and approximately $5,339,000 related to depreciated securities.

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipt.

GDR

 

Global Depositary Receipt.

NVDR

 

Non-Voting Depositary Receipt.

REIT

 

Real Estate Investment Trust.

 



 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts:

 

The Fund had the following foreign currency forward exchange contracts open at March 31, 2014:

 

Counterparty

 

Currency
to
Deliver
(000)

 

Value
(000)

 

Settlement
Date

 

In
Exchange
For
(000)

 

Value
(000)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(000)

 

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

 

JPY

 

41,437

 

$

402

 

4/3/14

 

USD

 

405

 

$

405

 

$

3

 

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

 

JPY

 

51,179

 

496

 

4/3/14

 

USD

 

504

 

504

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

898

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

909

 

$

11

 

 

Futures Contracts:

 

The Fund had the following futures contracts open at March 31, 2014:

 

 

 

Number
of
Contracts

 

Value
(000)

 

Expiration
Date

 

Unrealized
Depreciation
(000)

 

Long:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOPIX Index (Japan)

 

1,150

 

$

134,036

 

Jun-14

 

$

(496

)

 

JPY — Japanese Yen

USD — United States Dollar

 



 

Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.

 

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments · March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Security Valuation: (1) An equity portfolio security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its latest reported sales price (or at the exchange official closing price if such exchange reports an official closing price), if there were no sales on a given day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices; (2) all other equity portfolio securities for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available are valued at its latest reported sales price. In cases where a security is traded on more than one exchange, the security is valued on the exchange designated as the primary market; (3) futures are valued at the latest price published by the commodities exchange on which they trade; (4) when market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) determines that the closing price, last sale price or the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices are not reflective of a security’s market value, portfolio securities are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Directors”). Occasionally, developments affecting the closing prices of securities and other assets may occur between the times at which valuations of such securities are determined (that is, close of the foreign market on which the securities trade) and the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). If developments occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, such valuations may be adjusted to reflect the estimated fair value of such securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the Directors or by the Adviser using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Directors; (5) quotations of foreign portfolio securities, other assets and liabilities and forward contracts stated in foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollar equivalents at the prevailing market rates prior to the close of the NYSE; (6) investments in mutual funds, including the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day; and (7) short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase may be valued at amortized cost, unless the Adviser determines such valuation does not reflect the securities’ market value, in which case these securities will be valued at their fair market value determined by the Adviser.

 

Under procedures approved by the Directors, the Fund’s Adviser has formed a Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee provides administration and oversight of the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, which are reviewed at least annually by the Directors. These procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers, and other market sources to determine fair value.

 

The Fund has procedures to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available. Under these procedures, the Valuation Committee convenes on a regular and ad hoc basis to review such securities and considers a number of factors, including valuation methodologies and significant unobservable valuation inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Valuation Committee may employ a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. An income-based valuation approach may also be used in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis, and reviews of any related market activity.

 

Fair Value Measurement: Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards CodificationTM (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”), defines fair value

 



 

as the value that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. ASC 820 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in valuing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in valuing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

· Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

· Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

· Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.  Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to each security.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2014.

 

Investment Type

 

Level 1
Unadjusted
quoted
prices
(000)

 

Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
(000)

 

Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(000)

 

Total
(000)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics

 

$

 

$

2,634

 

$

 

$

2,634

 

Airlines

 

 

1,041

 

 

1,041

 

Automobiles

 

 

3,829

 

 

3,829

 

Banks

 

 

30,833

 

 

30,833

 

Beverages

 

 

1,811

 

 

1,811

 

Chemicals

 

 

2,102

 

 

2,102

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

3,399

 

 

3,399

 

Construction & Engineering

 

 

2,075

 

 

2,075

 

Construction Materials

 

 

296

 

 

296

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

268

 

 

 

268

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

7,094

 

 

7,094

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

1,881

 

 

1,881

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

 

1,469

 

 

1,469

 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

 

1,520

 

 

1,520

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

323

 

 

323

 

Food Products

 

 

6,349

 

 

6,349

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

 

2,318

 

 

2,318

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

622

 

2,119

 

 

2,741

 

Household Durables

 

 

2,178

 

 

2,178

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

5,281

 

 

5,281

 

Information Technology Services

 

 

4,103

 

 

4,103

 

Insurance

 

 

9,457

 

 

9,457

 

Internet Software & Services

 

2,249

 

7,343

 

 

9,592

 

Machinery

 

 

1,002

 

 

1,002

 

Media

 

 

1,071

 

 

1,071

 

Multi-line Retail

 

 

534

 

 

534

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

4,378

 

 

4,378

 

Personal Products

 

440

 

 

 

440

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

2,857

 

 

2,857

 

Professional Services

 

 

2,433

 

 

2,433

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

 

2,262

 

 

2,262

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

8,861

 

 

8,861

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

 

21,406

 

 

21,406

 

Software

 

 

1,805

 

 

1,805

 

Specialty Retail

 

 

3,062

 

 

3,062

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

2,179

 

 

2,179

 

Tobacco

 

 

3,853

 

 

3,853

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

 

1,636

 

 

1,636

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

844

 

5,603

 

 

6,447

 

Total Common Stocks

 

4,423

 

162,397

 

 

166,820

 

Preferred Stocks

 

172

 

 

 

172

 

Investment Company

 

 

412

 

 

412

 

Short-Term Investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company

 

19,528

 

 

 

19,528

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts

 

 

11

 

 

11

 

Total Assets

 

24,123

 

162,820

 

 

186,943

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

(496

)

 

 

(496

)

Total

 

$

23,627

 

$

162,820

 

$

 

$

186,447

 

 

Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund recognizes transfers between the levels as of the end of the period. As of March 31, 2014, securities with a total value of approximately $144,369,000 transferred from Level 1 to Level 2. At March 31, 2014, the fair value of certain securities were adjusted due to developments which occurred between the time of the close of the foreign markets on which they trade and the close of business on the NYSE which resulted in their Level 2 classification. As of March 31, 2014, a security with a total value of approximately $614,000 transferred from Level 2 to Level 1. A security that was valued using other significant observable inputs at December 31, 2013 was valued using unadjusted quoted prices at March 31, 2014.

 



 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund 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.

 

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

 

Item 3.  Exhibits.

 

(a) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto.

 



 

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.

 

Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.

 

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

May 20, 2014

 

 

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.

 

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

May 20, 2014

 

 

 

/s/ Francis Smith

 

Francis Smith

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

May 20, 2014

 

 


EX-99.CERT 2 a14-10945_1ex99dcert.htm EX-99.CERT

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

I, John H. Gernon, certify that:

 

1.                                      I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.;

 

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(s) 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) 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)                                 Omitted;

 

(c)                                  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date 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(s) 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 20, 2014

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 



 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

 

I, Francis Smith, certify that:

 

1.                                      I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.;

 

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(s) 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) 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)                                 Omitted;

 

(c)                                  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date 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(s) 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 20, 2014

/s/ Francis Smith

 

Francis Smith

 

Principal Financial Officer