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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number 811-08572

 

 

Bishop Street Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

101 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-262-9565

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2013

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2013

 

 

 

 


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The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q within sixty days after the end of the period. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, by calling 1-800-262-9565 or by visiting the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, by calling 1-800-262-9565 or by visiting the Funds’ website at http://www.bishopstreetfunds.com or the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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Letter to Shareholders

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Definitions of Comparative Indices

     4   
Strategic Growth Fund   

Management Discussion

     5   

Schedule of Investments

     12   
Dividend Value Fund   

Management Discussion

     15   

Schedule of Investments

     20   
High Grade Income Fund   

Management Discussion

     24   

Schedule of Investments

     27   
Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund   

Management Discussion

     35   

Schedule of Investments

     39   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     49   

Statements of Operations

     51   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     53   

Financial Highlights

     56   

Notes to Financial Statements

     60   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     72   

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     73   

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement

     75   

Notice to the Shareholders

     78   

Shareholder Voting Results

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Board of Trustees and Officers

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Dear Shareholder:

With the fiscal cliff looming and the U.S. Government’s credit rating again in jeopardy, global investors began the year worrying about the safety and soundness of the world’s strongest economy. The threat of another credit rating downgrade caused reputational damage to the world’s reserve currency but even worse, it proved damaging to a number of emerging economies that were already teetering on edge. Weakness in Europe, a slowdown in China and structural reforms all pointed to slower global growth and lower inflation making the future even more uncertain. Perhaps most noteworthy were comments made by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to Congress in May regarding its plans to recalibrate the pace of asset purchases, sparking a flight from government bonds that arguably ended a three-decade long secular bull market of falling bond yields and easy money.

This announcement caused a sharp sell-off in the emerging markets while the developed economies including the U.S., enjoyed impressive gains. The S&P 500 Index gained 32.4% for the year on the heels of a 16.0% gain in 2012. All told, the U.S. stock market was up over 50% over a two-year span with international equity markets in general also enjoying an impressive run. Meanwhile, emerging markets struggled with uneven growth as structural imbalances took hold. The fixed income markets proved choppy with 10-year treasury yields rising 140 basis points to close the year at 3.02%. The rise in yields resulted in the Barclays Aggregate posting a -2.02% return in 2013, the first negative year in many years.

Looking Ahead – Déjà vu all over again?

So what should investors expect in the New Year? We believe more of the same; slow but improving growth, muted inflation, and a higher level of interest rates. We expect the Federal Reserve under the leadership of Chairwoman Janet Yellen to pursue similar monetary policy objectives, anchoring the Fed Funds rate near zero throughout 2014. As a result, we expect ten-year treasury yields to remain within a trading range between 2.5% to 3.1% as global growth continues its modest expansion. Against this backdrop, investors may consider an overweight in equities and maintain a modest allocation to the international equities whose underperformance last year makes them a bit more

 

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attractive. The fixed income markets will be a bit more challenging but should continue to provide stability during a period in which we believe volatility will increase. We favor the credit sector (including high yield) and municipal bonds.

Diversification remains the key

Diversification will again play an important role and we believe that investors should consider a balance of stocks, bonds and cash. With muted economic growth, low inflation and higher volatility in the cards, the Bishop Street Funds offer shareholders choices in core stock and bond strategies that could serve as an important foundation in your investment portfolio.

Thank you for investing with Bishop Street Funds. We value your continued trust and confidence.

Sincerely,

 

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Michael K. Hirai, CFA, CPA

President and Chief Investment Officer

Bishop Street Capital Management

January 27, 2014

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual Fund performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal. Diversification does not protect against market loss.

 

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Definitions of Comparative Indices

 

Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index is a widely-recognized, market value weighted index of U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. government agency obligations, corporate debt backed by the U.S. government and fixed-rate non-convertible corporate debt securities issued or guaranteed by foreign governments and agencies. All securities in the Index are rated investment grade (BBB) or higher, with maturities of at least one year.

Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is a widely-recognized index of municipal bonds with maturities of at least one year.

Lipper Corporate A – Rated Debt Funds Objective – Funds that invest primarily in corporate debt issues rated “A” or better or government issues.

Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Classification – Funds that, by portfolio practice, invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above Lipper’s USDE large-cap floor. Large-cap core funds have more latitude in the companies in which they invest. These funds typically have an average price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year sales-per-share growth value, compared to the S&P 500 Index.

Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds Classification – Funds that, by portfolio practice, invest in a variety of market capitalization ranges without concentrating 75% of their equity assets in any one market capitalization range over an extended period of time. Multi-cap growth funds typically have an above-average price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year salesperson- share growth value, compared to the S&P Super Composite 1500 Index.

Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Objective – Funds that invest in municipal debt issues with dollar-weighted average maturities of five to ten years and are exempt from taxation on a specified city or state basis.

The Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values. The Russell 1000 Value Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap value segment. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are included and that the represented companies continue to reflect value characteristics.

The S&P 500/Citigroup Growth Index is a subset of the S&P 500 Index and consists of those companies with the highest price-to book ratios.

The S&P 500 Composite Index is a widely recognized index of 500 stocks designed to mimic the overall U.S. equity market’s industry weightings.

 

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Strategic Growth Fund

 

The Strategic Growth Fund returned 35.03% for the year ended December 31, 2013, outperforming the S&P500/Citigroup Growth Index increase of 32.75% during the same period. The portfolio continued to benefit from its underweight to the defensive, yield-oriented sectors of consumer staples and telecommunication services. Monthly fund performance is also available online at columbiamanagement.com.

Market overview

The U.S. financial markets rallied throughout 2013, with the S&P 500 Index posting a return in excess of 32% and achieving new highs. The year got off to a fast start, as the last minute deal to avert the fiscal cliff allowed the market to focus on improving fundamentals across the U.S. economy. Investors turned optimistic that the economic expansion remained on solid footing, as a number of metrics turned positive including consumer spending, manufacturing activity and a continued housing recovery along with solid employment gains. Volatility returned to the financial markets in the second quarter, as uncertainty about the global economy, monetary policy and influence of the sequester’s spending cuts weighed on investors.

The market resumed positive traction in the second half of the year, as many companies reported better-than-expected results while the economy plodded along. With continued growth in hand, all attention turned to speculation that the Federal Reserve (the Fed) could begin its taper of Treasury and mortgage securities purchases. Ultimately, the Fed decided to keep the program in place during its September meeting, which fueled stocks higher. In the final months of the year, investors rejoiced with the underlying strength of the economy, which measured by gross domestic product, was 4.1% in the third quarter, with expectations for a solid fourth quarter to come. Job growth averaged close to 200,000 monthly, and holiday spending was solid, especially online sales, which rose 10% year over year, despite a shorter season. Against this backdrop, the Fed’s announcement that it would slowly retreat from its monthly bond purchases, and a bipartisan budget deal in Washington were welcome news for investors, helping the markets finish the year on a strong note.

 

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Contributors and detractors

The strategy realized a strong year on an absolute and relative basis, while the market reached new highs and the Russell 1000 Growth Index posted returns in excess of 33%. The market rewarded our high-growth companies, as they continued to execute well and demonstrated considerably higher growth than the broader market. For the year, the strategy performed well across the majority of the portfolio. Stock selection was particularly strong in the information technology, health care and consumer discretionary sectors. The strategy was held back by lesser results in the industrials sector during the year.

The portfolio had positive overall sector allocation during the period, as overweights to the outperforming areas of the health care and consumer discretionary sectors along with underweight exposures to the defensive, yield-oriented consumer staples and telecommunication services sectors proved beneficial.

In the information technology sector, the bulk of the outperformance occurred in the internet software industry, as positions in social media firms Facebook and LinkedIn along with Chinese internet search provider Baidu were all notable contributors. Shares of Facebook doubled, as the company continued to execute its shift from desktop to mobile advertising, which has led to better monetization of the world’s largest social network. Facebook’s revenue increased 60% year over year, and mobile advertising now accounts for 49% of total ad revenue.

LinkedIn shares increased throughout the year, as the company exceeded expectations by successfully monetizing its professional network and reported strong revenue growth across all key business segments. Given Facebook’s and LinkedIn’s recent performance, we trimmed back our holdings but still maintain positions in these unique growth stories.

Baidu, which had struggled earlier in the year, advanced strongly in the third quarter, as the search provider exceeded expectations after announcing increased revenues from an expansion in its customer base. The company’s recent investments in mobile and innovation are starting to pay off for its dominance in search advertising.

Holdings in global payment processer Visa and information technology outsourcing firm Cognizant Technology were also relative outperformers in the information technology services industry. The portfolio’s lack of exposure to Apple Computer, which significantly lagged the broader market, was also a driver of relative outperformance.

 

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In the health care sector, a number of holdings in the biotechnology industry performed well, which overshadowed weaker selection in the pharmaceutical and health care equipment industries. The portfolio’s positions in Celgene, Gilead Sciences and Biogen Idec led the way and drove relative outperformance in the industry. Celgene shares rallied, as the company reported better-than-expected revenue growth on continued U.S. strength for its multiple myeloma treatment, Revlimid.

Gilead Sciences, a leading provider of HIV therapies, exceeded expectations and noted strong revenues across the board. Late in the year, Gilead Sciences shares received a boost from the European Union and the FDA approvals of its promising Sovaldi treatment for Hepatitis C. The World Health Organization estimates that Hepatitis C impacts approximately 180 million people worldwide, which creates a large potential market for Gilead Science’s growth going forward.

Biogen Idec rallied throughout the year, as the FDA approved its new drug Tecfidera, which helps control hard-to-treat forms of multiple sclerosis. The potential drug launch was already widely speculated for approval, but shares went considerably higher when the company received a favorable product label that indicates little to no warnings, which could increase the success of the launch. Biogen Idec also received a positive recommendation for Tecfidera in November, which should pave the way for approval in the European Union in early 2014.

In the pharmaceutical industry, positions in Allergan, best known for its product Botox, and Novo Nordisk were relative underperformers. Shares of Allergan came under pressure on concerns that potentially earlier-than-expected generic versions of its dry eye Restasis treatment could come to the market. The stock rebounded late in the year when the company filed for patents that should protect the product from competition, but still ended the year as a relative underperformer.

Edwards Lifesciences, which we exited in the third quarter, experienced a sharp decline when the provider of surgical heart valves announced that its new line of minimally invasive transcatheters saw slower adoption rates than had been forecasted.

In the consumer discretionary sector, the strategy had a number of bright spots. Most notable were positions that included online travel booking site Priceline.com, ecommerce leader Amazon.com, and fashion and apparel retailer Michael Kors. Priceline.com continued to take share in the online travel industry, as the company

 

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exceeded growth expectations in its hotel booking business, of which, its international business grew at 41% year over year. Amazon.com delivered a solid year, as revenue growth continued to accelerate at 24% year over year. In the fourth quarter, the company also announced that it had signed up millions of Prime subscriptions, which should benefit the company in the longer run because these customers tend to spend more than non-Prime customers and utilize more services.

Michael Kors was a positive, as the company continues to successfully court fashion-forward, sophisticated shoppers with its lines of affordable luxury handbags and accessories. The company continued to execute well with earnings growth of 46% year over year.

The outperformance of the Michael Kors holding helped offset the pullback of yoga-inspired apparel retailer lululemon athletica. Lululemon athletica shares came under fire after a quality control issue led to an undesirable sheerness of its leading selling yoga pants, which would require a costly recall. Given this news and our increasing belief that strong double-digit growth could potentially decline in the near future, we took the opportunity to exit after owning the company since early 2010 and capturing a threefold increase in price on the investment.

The proceeds of the sale made way for a new position in TJX Companies, which is best known for its TJ Maxx, Marshals and HomeGoods stores that continue to gain share by selling attractive branded merchandise at between 20% and 60% discounts off department store prices. We believe this is an attractive growth candidate with superior inventory management that benefits from value-oriented consumers.

In terms of detractors, our positioning in the industrials sector did not keep pace with the benchmark for the year. Precision Castparts, a manufacturer of metal components for the aerospace industry, posted a strong return for the year but did not rally to the degree of some of the other aerospace companies.

Our position in Fastenal, a distributor of industrial fasteners, accounted for the bulk of the underperformance in the industrials sector for the year. Fastenal declined, as the company reported October sales shy of expectations and preannounced in December that they would miss the quarter’s earnings estimates. Even with these near-term setbacks, we added to the holding, as we believe that growth should reaccelerate in 2014 as the company continues to benefit from a highly fragmented competitive landscape and the general trend of near sourcing.

 

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Outlook

Even with the considerable equity market run over the last few years, we believe the outlook for growth stocks remains favorable overall. As we enter the new year, we contend that there are still a number of positives that could support even higher prices going forward.

The U.S. economy continues to recover while Europe benefits from stimulus programs put in place over the last two years. Japan will also undergo a capital spending program ahead of the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo, which should start to stimulate growth. With the real possibility of the first global synchronized expansion in nearly two decades, the backdrop for equities (and growth stocks in particular) remains compelling. Additionally, with relatively high global unemployment rates and a growth rate moderate enough to avoid overheating, the overall inflation threat should remain low.

In terms of valuations, we still believe that on a historical basis, our high-quality, high-growth portfolio trades at attractive levels when factoring in the quality of the companies and their long-term projected growth rates. With the recent performance of growth stocks, we could potentially see renewed interest in the asset class, given its strong fundamentals. Over the last decade, investors have generally steered clear of this asset class, which has resulted in nearly $160 billion being divested from the large-cap growth space. We believe that when this sentiment shifts, it will be a powerful factor, bringing the premium for growth stocks back to more normalized levels.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please visit www.bishopstreetfunds.com or call 1-800-262-9565.

Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual Fund performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results. This information should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice regarding the funds or any security in particular.

Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal.

 

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Performance Comparison

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Strategic Growth Fund, Class I, versus the S&P 500/Citigroup Growth Index, the S&P 500 Composite Index and the Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds Classification.

 

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# Account value if you reinvested income and capital gains.

(1) See page 4 for definitions of comparative indices.

 

Average Annual Total Returns      
One Year
Return
    Annualized
3 Year
Return
    Annualized
5 Year
Return
    Annualized
10 Year
Return
     
       
  35.03     13.21     17.83     6.99   Class I
  32.75     16.77     19.24     7.47   S&P 500/Citigroup
Growth Index
  32.39     16.18     17.94     7.40   S&P 500
Composite Index
  35.03     15.02     20.03     8.25   Lipper Multi-Cap Growth
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  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Fee waivers are in effect; if they had not been in effect, performance would have been lower.

 

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Top Ten Equity Holdings (Unaudited)

 

             Percentage of
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  1.      priceline.com      4.4%   

 

 
  2.      Michael Kors Holdings      4.2%   

 

 
  3.      Celgene      4.2%   

 

 
  4.      VMware      4.2%   

 

 
  5.      Red Hat      4.1%   

 

 
  6.      Precision Castparts      4.0%   

 

 
  7.      Salesforce.com      3.9%   

 

 
  8.      Tesla Motors      3.9%   

 

 
  9.      Cognizant Technology Solutions      3.8%   

 

 
  10.      Gilead Sciences      3.7%   

 

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  Percentages based on total investments. Top ten holdings do not include short-term investments.

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 Shares 

         Value
(000)
 
    
  COMMON STOCK† — 99.7%   

 

Consumer Discretionary — 21.9%

  

  4,957       Amazon.com*   $ 1,977   
  16,230       Discovery Communications*     1,468   
  29,880       Michael Kors Holdings*     2,426   
  2,140       priceline.com*     2,487   
  14,930       Tesla Motors*     2,245   
  29,190       TJX     1,860   
    

 

 

 
       12,463   
    

 

 

 

 

Energy — 6.7%

  

  10,390       EOG Resources     1,744   
  40,280       FMC Technologies*     2,103   
    

 

 

 
       3,847   
    

 

 

 

 

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 Shares 

         Value
(000)
 

 

Financials — 2.0%

  

  20,000       Franklin Resources   $ 1,155   
    

 

 

 

 

Health Care — 20.7%

  

  8,290       Alexion Pharmaceuticals*     1,103   
  16,820       Allergan     1,868   
  5,180       Biogen Idec*     1,449   
  19,820       Bristol-Myers Squibb     1,053   
  14,350       Celgene*     2,425   
  28,500       Gilead Sciences*     2,142   
  23,730       Vertex Pharmaceuticals*     1,763   
    

 

 

 
       11,803   
    

 

 

 

 

Industrials — 7.5%

  

  41,820       Fastenal     1,987   
  8,490       Precision Castparts     2,286   
    

 

 

 
       4,273   
    

 

 

 

 

Information Technology — 37.4%

  

  28,830       ARM Holdings PLC     1,578   
  9,170       Baidu*     1,631   
  21,570       Cognizant Technology Solutions*     2,178   
  30,390       Facebook*     1,661   
  1,800       Google*     2,017   
  6,900       LinkedIn*     1,496   
  16,010       MercadoLibre     1,726   
  41,610       Red Hat*     2,332   
  40,870       Salesforce.com*     2,256   
  9,030       Visa     2,011   
  26,950       VMware*     2,418   
    

 

 

 
       21,304   
    

 

 

 

 

Materials — 3.5%

  

  17,170       Monsanto     2,001   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $49,851)     56,846   
    

 

 

 
   SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (A) — 0.5%  
  283,805       Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.040%
(Cost $284)
    284   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $50,135) — 100.2%   $ 57,130   
    

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $56,998 (000).

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

More narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas broad sectors are utilized for reporting purposes.

 

(A) The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2013.

 

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PLC — Public Limited Company

Cost figures are shown in thousands.

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Dividend Value Fund

 

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Dividend Value Fund, (“the strategy”) returned 28.84%. The strategy underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index (Russell Index), which increased 32.53% for 2013. The portfolio’s results were impacted primarily by the fact that dividend-paying companies proved to be vulnerable to shifting investor preference given anticipation of tighter policy conditions following Federal Reserve (Fed) comments about tapering its quantitative easing program and search for higher growth, non-dividend paying opportunities.

U.S. equity market hit record highs even amidst pronounced volatility

The S&P 500 Index annual gain broke records, but pronounced volatility persisted during the year.

The U.S. equity market set new highs as 2013 began. Although U.S. economic growth remained sluggish, most expectations were for improved conditions as data pointed to a resilient consumer, positive manufacturing activity, continued recovery in the housing sector, and solid employment gains. Volatility heightened during the second calendar quarter as uncertainty about the global economy, monetary policy, and the impact of the sequesters spending cuts weighed on investors. While consumers weathered the domestic drag well, businesses remained cautious, keeping inventories, capital expenditures and staffs lean. U.S. equities delivered positive results during the third quarter despite threats of military action in Syria, rumblings from Iran, and an impending showdown over the debt ceiling here at home. Still, robust economic growth continued to elude the U.S. economy, which merely plodded along. The Federal Reserve (the Fed) unsettled investors with a hint that it was ready to taper its purchases of U.S. Treasury and mortgage securities. However, the Fed’s decision to not take any action at its September meeting rallied stocks to new highs. In the final months of 2013, the U.S. economy embraced a robust recovery. After five years of only modest progress, the pace of economic growth picked up, job gains continued, manufacturing activity accelerated, and a rebound in housing showed staying power. Also, holiday spending was solid, especially online sales, which rose 10% year over year, despite a shorter shopping season.

 

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Against this backdrop, the Fed’s announcement in mid-December that it would slowly retreat from its monthly bond purchases and a bipartisan budget deal in Washington D.C. were welcome news for investors, and U.S. equities climbed to new highs.

Interestingly, the S&P 500 Index posted 45 new all-time closing highs in 2013, including a new closing high on the final day of trading. The last time the Index closed the year with a new high was in 1999.

All ten sectors of the Russell Index posted positive double-digit returns for the year. For the annual period overall, the information technology, consumer discretionary, and industrials sectors performed best on a relative basis. The telecommunication services, utilities, and materials sectors were the weakest performers in the Russell Index during the annual period, though still produced positive returns.

Given this environment our strategy focusing on large-cap, high-quality stocks with growing dividends, did not fully participate in this rally. Overall, the strategy posted a strong absolute return, but did not keep pace with its benchmark as overall stock selection was mixed for the year. Underperformance was mainly attributable to negative stock selection in information technology and consumer staples sectors, which outweighed positive results in industrials, health care and utilities.

The portfolio’s sector allocation did not aid results during the period, as a holding in cash and an overweight to the underperforming area of telecommunications along with an underweight exposure to the financials sector detracted.

Within industrials, the strategy performed well in the aerospace and defense industry, as positions in Boeing and Raytheon were strong performers for the year. Boeing overcame its 787 Dreamliner grounding, which was due to concerns of battery issues earlier in the year, and returned to flight faster than expected. The company delivered a solid year, beating expectations and raising full-year guidance. Boeing’s cash flow generation remains strong and should continue to improve as it ramps up the 787 Dreamliner production.

Raytheon did not see any real impact to the bottom line from sequestration and international demand for its products remains robust, which should continue to boost Raytheon’s results in the coming years.

 

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In the health care sector, positions in the pharmaceutical industry, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, and AbbVie, performed well as these stocks rallied. Bristol-Myers Squibb, for example, was one of the portfolio’s best performers after receiving regulatory approval of its blood thinner drug. Investors also began to recognize the potential of BMY’s best-in-class pipeline.

The strategy was properly positioned in the utilities industry with the electric utilities industry providing a boost to relative results. Avoiding underperforming names in the space aided relative returns.

In terms of detractors, the portfolio’s negative stock selection in the information technology was a headwind for the year and accounted for the bulk of the underperformance. The strategy’s lack of exposure to Hewlett-Packard and a holding in Apple Computer held back relative results. Apple was a detractor early in the year and eventually sold; the stock declined due to concerns about slowing iPhone sales, increased competition, and potentially lower gross margins.

Our position in IBM was also a notable detractor as shares declined as the company posted disappointing quarterly earnings and provided lower guidance. Financial results were hurt by weakness in their emerging markets franchises, particularly in China. These underperforming holdings overshadow a positive position in Microsoft, which increased in excess of 44% on strong results in the enterprise segment and the announcement of a CEO change. It appears the company is gaining real traction in its cloud-related business, which helped to offset concerns about a weak PC market.

In the consumer staples sector, Philip Morris International was the main drag as the company lowered its earnings guidance with the yen devaluation. Philip Morris is also facing slowing demand in Europe, along with regulation and taxation issues in certain countries. Although free cash flows remain strong, we trimmed our position due to the company’s weaker fundamentals. A position in Coca-Cola also did not keep pace and was a relative detractor.

Outlook

The positive momentum for the economy and the stock market in 2013 has fueled a consensus of optimism as we enter 2014. The average gross domestic product (GDP) real growth forecast from the top economists polled by the Blue Chip Economic Indicator is 2.8%, while the Fed has recently increased its projection of change in real

 

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GDP to 3.2%. There is a general sense that we are finally breaking out from the anemic post-crisis growth and can expect smooth sailing ahead. The Fed, more confident that the economy is on sound footing, has taken the first tapering step. Whether this tapering process will lead to market reactions will be interesting to see as the year unfolds.

Wall Street strategists are calling for another up year for the equity markets with some calling for further expansion of the earnings multiple, which provided over a 20% lift in 2013. The outlook is positive, but the expectations are high and equity valuations are elevated. We have little to add regarding an economic or market forecast, but do believe that fundamental execution relative to expectation will become essential. With the likelihood of a normalization of interest rates, dividend growth is important. We will continue to place focus on the business franchise, the ability to generate free cash flow from operations, and the deployment of capital by management. We plan on dedicating our time to stock selection and maintaining a diversified portfolio.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please visit www.bishopstreetfunds.com or call 1-800-262-9565

Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual Fund performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results. This information should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice regarding the funds or any security in particular

Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal. Diversification does not protect against market loss.

 

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Dividend Value Fund    

 

Performance Comparison

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in

the Dividend Value Fund, Class I, versus the Russell 1000 Value Index,

and the Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Classification.

 

LOGO

# Account value if you reinvested income and capital gains.

‡ Performance begins on April 30, 2006.

(1) See page 4 for definitions of comparative indices.

 

Average Annual Total Returns      
One Year
Return
    Annualized
3 Year
Return
    Annualized
5 Year
Return
    Annualized
Inception
to Date
     
       
  28.84     15.09     17.74     5.18   Class I*
  32.53     16.06     16.67     5.79   Russell 1000
Value Index
  31.38     14.78     16.90     6.19   Lipper Large-Cap Core
Funds Classification

 

*   Commenced operations on 05/03/06.
  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Fee waivers are in effect; if they had not been in effect, performance would have been lower.

 

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Dividend Value Fund    

Top Ten Equity Holdings (Unaudited)

 

             Percentage of
Investments
 

 

 
  1.      Pfizer      2.8%   

 

 
  2.      Johnson & Johnson      2.6%   

 

 
  3.      Merck      2.6%   

 

 
  4.      Verizon Communications      2.6%   

 

 
  5.      Philip Morris International      2.6%   

 

 
  6.      Home Depot      2.4%   

 

 
  7.      Exxon Mobil      2.4%   

 

 
  8.      Microsoft      2.3%   

 

 
  9.      JPMorgan Chase      2.3%   

 

 
  10.      Chevron      2.2%   

 

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  Percentages based on total investments. Top ten holdings do not include short-term investments.

Schedule of Investments

 

 Shares 

         Value
(000)
 
    
  COMMON STOCK — 97.1%   

 

Consumer Discretionary — 9.6%

  

  8,400       Comcast   $ 436   
  17,760       Home Depot     1,463   
  11,925       Macy’s     637   
  8,535       Mattel     406   
  10,190       McDonald’s     989   
  14,630       Time Warner     1,020   
  8,650       TJX     551   
  6,340       VF     395   
    

 

 

 
       5,897   
    

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

 Shares 

         Value
(000)
 

 

Consumer Staples — 9.2%

 
  19,550       Altria Group   $ 751   
  13,040       Coca-Cola Co.     539   
  4,675       CVS     335   
  8,500       General Mills     424   
  6,725       Kimberly-Clark     702   
  18,000       Philip Morris International     1,568   
  9,890       Procter & Gamble     805   
  7,120       Wal-Mart Stores     560   
    

 

 

 
       5,684   
    

 

 

 

 

Energy — 9.3%

 
  10,870       Chevron     1,358   
  10,025       ConocoPhillips     708   
  4,860       Ensco PLC     278   
  14,300       Exxon Mobil     1,447   
  3,225       Occidental Petroleum     307   
  6,665       Phillips 66     514   
  8,650       Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR     617   
  5,275       Schlumberger     475   
    

 

 

 
       5,704   
    

 

 

 

 

Financials — 17.8%

 
  4,985       ACE     516   
  11,065       American Express     1,004   
  2,114       AvalonBay Communities ‡     250   
  2,555       BlackRock     808   
  4,885       Chubb     472   
  6,155       CME Group     483   
  23,675       JPMorgan Chase     1,385   
  15,510       Marsh & McLennan     750   
  6,365       MetLife     343   
  8,290       Northern Trust     513   
  19,100       People’s United Financial     289   
  6,960       PNC Financial Services Group     540   
  1,985       Public Storage ‡     299   
  1,825       Simon Property Group ‡     277   
  4,415       T Rowe Price Group     370   
  13,705       Unum Group     481   
  21,660       US Bancorp     875   
  27,935       Wells Fargo     1,268   
    

 

 

 
         10,923   
    

 

 

 

 

Health Care — 15.1%

 
  17,435       Abbott Laboratories     668   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

 Shares 

         Value
(000)
 

 

Health Care — (continued)

 
  24,215       AbbVie   $ 1,279   
  10,580       Amgen     1,208   
  22,700       Bristol-Myers Squibb     1,207   
  17,560       Johnson & Johnson     1,608   
  31,615       Merck     1,582   
  56,610       Pfizer     1,734   
    

 

 

 
         9,286   
    

 

 

 

 

Industrials — 10.9%

 
  8,550       Boeing     1,167   
  7,300       Dover     705   
  6,315       Emerson Electric     443   
  10,760       Honeywell International     983   
  3,955       Illinois Tool Works     332   
  4,750       Parker Hannifin     611   
  10,400       Raytheon     943   
  6,400       United Parcel Service     673   
  3,150       United Technologies     359   
  10,190       Waste Management     457   
    

 

 

 
       6,673   
    

 

 

 

 

Information Technology — 12.5%

 
  11,690       Accenture PLC     961   
  8,535       Automatic Data Processing     690   
  35,800       Cisco Systems     804   
  33,000       EMC     830   
  36,890       Intel     958   
  4,860       International Business Machines     911   
  8,930       Kla-Tencor     576   
  38,000       Microsoft     1,422   
  11,925       Texas Instruments     523   
    

 

 

 
       7,675   
    

 

 

 

 

Materials — 4.3%

 
  11,325       EI du Pont de Nemours     736   
  4,700       LyondellBasell Industries NV     377   
  8,200       RPM International     340   
  4,570       Sherwin-Williams     839   
  8,070       Sonoco Products     337   
    

 

 

 
       2,629   
    

 

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services — 4.5%

 
  16,400       AT&T     577   
  32,200       Verizon Communications     1,582   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(concluded)

 

 Shares 

         Value
(000)
 

 

Telecommunication Services — (continued)

 
  16,250       Vodafone Group PLC   $ 639   
    

 

 

 
       2,798   
    

 

 

 

 

Utilities — 3.9%

 
  7,900       American Electric Power     369   
  10,650       CMS Energy     285   
  4,725       Dominion Resources     306   
  4,065       Duke Energy     281   
  3,410       NextEra Energy     292   
  6,765       Northeast Utilities     287   
  3,410       Sempra Energy     306   
  6,860       Wisconsin Energy     283   
    

 

 

 
       2,409   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $39,858)       59,678   
    

 

 

 
  EXCHANGE TRADED FUND — 1.1%   
  3,590       SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, Ser 1 (Cost $559)     663   
    

 

 

 
  PREFERRED STOCK — 0.7%   

 

Financials — 0.7%

 
  19,906       Fifth Third Bancorp, 8.50%     419   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $347)     419   
    

 

 

 
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (A) — 1.0%   
  648,082       Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.040% (Cost $648)     648   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $41,412) — 99.9%   $ 61,408   
    

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $61,460 (000).

 

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

(A) The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2013.

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

PLC — Public Limited Company

Ser — Series

S&P — Standard & Poor’s

SPDR — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cost figures are shown in thousands.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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BISHOP STREET

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION

FUNDS

 

High Grade Income Fund

 

In 2013, the financial markets shifted its focus from Europe and Asia to the U.S. as the Fed announced a significant change to its easy money policy of the last several years. Fears of an economic slowdown due to the fiscal cliff and spending cuts gave way to talks of Fed tapering due to a housing recovery, stronger economic growth, rising consumer confidence and a healthier labor market. Market volatility remained relatively low as equity markets in the U.S. and other developed economies rallied over optimism of better times ahead.

In fact, equities soared to their highest levels in 15 years while bonds struggled in the face of rising interest rates. The Barclays Government/Credit Index lost 2.35% for the year as 10-year government yields rose over 140 basis points during the second half of the year. High yield bonds; however, managed to post a 7.44% return for the year driven by an improving economy and investors’ growing appetite for risk. The Bishop Street High Grade Income Fund finished the year modestly lower in value of -2.69%, despite the Fund’s shorter relative duration and overweight to the corporate sector as longer-dated corporate issues outperformed short- and intermediate-maturities.

Looking ahead, we believe that growth will continue to improve as 10-year yields remain contained within a range of 2.5% to 3.1%. Within this context, the Fund is well-positioned to outperform as we continue to identify value within the broad range of sectors in the bond markets.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please visit www.bishopstreetfunds.com or call 1-800-262-9565

Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual Fund performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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LOGO

 

This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results. This information should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice regarding the funds or any security in particular

Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal. Diversification does not protect against market loss.

 

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High Grade Income Fund    

 

Performance Comparison

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the High Grade Income Fund, Class I, versus the Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index, and the Lipper Corporate A-Rated Debt Funds Objective.

 

LOGO

# Account value if you reinvested income and capital gains.

(1) See page 4 for definitions of comparative indices.

 

Average Annual Total Returns      
One Year
Return
    Annualized
3 Year
Return
    Annualized
5 Year
Return
    Annualized
10 Year
Return
     
       
  (2.69 )%      3.01     4.59     4.64   Class I
  (2.35 )%      3.63     4.40     4.52   Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index
  (1.69 )%      4.54     7.17     4.60   Lipper Corporate A-Rated Debt Funds Objective

 

  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Fee waivers are in effect; if they had not been in effect, performance would have been lower.

 

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Top Ten Holdings (Unaudited)

 

             Coupon
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Percentage
of
Investments
 

 

 

 
  1.      Rio Tinto Finance USA      9.000%        05/01/19         1.8%   

 

 

 
  2.      International Business Machines      8.375%        11/01/19         1.8%   

 

 

 
  3.      Aflac      8.500%        05/15/19         1.7%   

 

 

 
  4.      FHLB      5.125%        03/10/17         1.7%   

 

 

 
  5.      MetLife      6.817%        08/15/18         1.6%   

 

 

 
  6.      FHLB      3.750%        12/14/18         1.6%   

 

 

 
  7.      Halliburton      6.150%        09/15/19         1.6%   

 

 

 
  8.      California State, GO      7.950%        03/01/36         1.6%   

 

 

 
  9.     

St. Louis School District, Qualified School

Construction Boards, GO

     6.100%        04/01/25         1.6%   

 

 

 
  10.      AstraZeneca PLC      5.900%        09/15/17         1.6%   

 

LOGO

 

  Percentages based on total investments. Top ten holdings do not include short-term investments.

Schedule of Investments

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    
  CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 64.6%   

 

Banks — 5.4%

 
   Bank of Oklahoma  
$ 500       0.931%, 05/15/17 (A)   $ 491   
   Barclays Bank PLC  
  675       6.750%, 05/22/19     814   
   Citigroup  
  520       6.000%, 08/15/17     593   
   Goldman Sachs Group MTN  
  500       7.500%, 02/15/19     609   
  550       0.641%, 07/22/15 (A)     549   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Banks — (continued)

 
   JPMorgan Chase  
$ 450       3.150%, 07/05/16   $ 472   
   US Bancorp MTN  
  500       3.000%, 03/15/22     483   
    

 

 

 
       4,011   
    

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 5.2%

 
   Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance  
  425       1.250%, 01/17/18     416   
   AutoZone  
  250       4.000%, 11/15/20     256   
   DIRECTV Holdings LLC  
  500       3.500%, 03/01/16     525   
   Dollar General  
  500       1.875%, 04/15/18     484   
   Ford Motor Credit LLC  
  500       2.500%, 01/15/16     513   
   Home Depot  
  700       5.875%, 12/16/36     808   
   Johnson Controls  
  500       4.250%, 03/01/21     520   
   McDonald’s MTN  
  350       1.875%, 05/29/19     341   
    

 

 

 
       3,863   
    

 

 

 

 

Consumer Staples — 5.6%

 
   Bunge Finance  
  500       8.500%, 06/15/19     614   
   Campbell Soup  
  500       4.250%, 04/15/21     509   
   Coca-Cola  
  200       2.450%, 11/01/20     194   
   Colgate-Palmolive MTN  
  900       1.950%, 02/01/23     782   
   ConAgra Foods  
  250       1.900%, 01/25/18     245   
   Genentech  
  1,000       4.750%, 07/15/15     1,064   
   Hershey  
  250       2.625%, 05/01/23     230   
   Teva Pharmaceutical Finance BV  
  500       2.400%, 11/10/16     515   
    

 

 

 
       4,153   
    

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Energy — 6.5%

 
   Cameron International  
$ 375       4.500%, 06/01/21   $ 390   
   Devon Energy  
  400       6.300%, 01/15/19     464   
   Halliburton  
  1,000       6.150%, 09/15/19     1,182   
   Kinder Morgan Energy Partners  
  500       9.000%, 02/01/19     635   
   Murphy Oil  
  625       2.500%, 12/01/17     629   
   Occidental Petroleum  
  375       2.700%, 02/15/23     343   
   ONEOK Partners  
  500       3.200%, 09/15/18     511   
   Schlumberger Investment SA  
  400       3.650%, 12/01/23     397   
   Valero Energy  
  225       6.625%, 06/15/37     257   
    

 

 

 
       4,808   
    

 

 

 

 

Financials — 17.8%

 
   Aflac  
  1,000       8.500%, 05/15/19     1,277   
   Aon  
  500       3.125%, 05/27/16     521   
   Bank of America  
  1,050       3.700%, 09/01/15     1,098   
   Bank of New York Mellon MTN  
  500       4.150%, 02/01/21     531   
   Capital One Financial  
  500       7.375%, 05/23/14     513   
   Diageo Capital PLC  
  330       7.375%, 01/15/14     331   
   General Electric Capital MTN  
  600       1.243%, 03/15/23 (A)     597   
   Lincoln National  
  500       8.750%, 07/01/19     644   
   Marsh & McLennan  
  465       9.250%, 04/15/19     602   
   MetLife  
  1,000       6.817%, 08/15/18     1,197   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Financials — (continued)

 
   Morgan Stanley MTN  
$ 500       5.750%, 10/18/16   $ 558   
  500       0.696%, 10/18/16 (A)     496   
   Principal Financial Group  
  650       8.875%, 05/15/19     831   
   Prudential Financial MTN  
  320       7.375%, 06/15/19     393   
   Royal Bank of Canada MTN  
  500       2.200%, 07/27/18     502   
  875       0.850%, 03/08/16     874   
   Svensk Exportkredit AB  
  1,000       2.125%, 07/13/16     1,031   
   Toyota Motor Credit MTN  
  500       1.375%, 01/10/18     490   
   Ventas Realty  
  415       2.700%, 04/01/20 ‡     397   
   Wells Fargo  
  300       2.150%, 01/15/19     299   
    

 

 

 
       13,182   
    

 

 

 

 

Health Care — 6.7%

 
   Amgen  
  350       5.700%, 02/01/19     403   
   AstraZeneca PLC  
  1,000       5.900%, 09/15/17     1,143   
   Becton Dickinson and  
  500       3.125%, 11/08/21     485   
   Celgene  
  250       3.250%, 08/15/22     237   
   Gilead Sciences  
  875       3.050%, 12/01/16     924   
   Merck Sharp & Dohme  
  1,000       5.000%, 06/30/19     1,133   
   UnitedHealth Group  
  700       2.875%, 03/15/22     666   
    

 

 

 
       4,991   
    

 

 

 

 

Industrials — 3.3%

 
   Caterpillar  
  500       7.900%, 12/15/18     626   
   Emerson Electric  
  500       2.625%, 02/15/23     467   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Industrials — (continued)

 
   Precision Castparts  
$ 900       1.250%, 01/15/18   $ 876   
   Raytheon  
  475       2.500%, 12/15/22     433   
    

 

 

 
       2,402   
    

 

 

 

 

Information Technology — 5.1%

 
   Affiliated Computer Services  
  500       5.200%, 06/01/15     527   
   EMC  
  250       1.875%, 06/01/18     247   
   Intel  
  425       1.350%, 12/15/17     420   
   International Business Machines  
  1,000       8.375%, 11/01/19     1,302   
   Microsoft  
  500       3.625%, 12/15/23     501   
   Symantec  
  250       2.750%, 09/15/15     257   
   Texas Instruments  
  500       1.000%, 05/01/18     480   
    

 

 

 
       3,734   
    

 

 

 

 

Materials — 4.5%

 
   BHP Billiton Finance  
  950       5.250%, 12/15/15     1,034   
   Mosaic  
  500       5.625%, 11/15/43     507   
  10       3.750%, 11/15/21     10   
   Praxair  
  500       2.200%, 08/15/22     445   
   Rio Tinto Finance USA  
  1,000       9.000%, 05/01/19     1,305   
    

 

 

 
       3,301   
    

 

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services — 2.1%

 
   Alltel  
  250       7.000%, 03/15/16     280   
   AT&T  
  305       5.500%, 02/01/18     343   
   Cellco Partnership  
  450       8.500%, 11/15/18     570   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Telecommunication Services — (continued)

 
   Verizon Communications  
$ 350       3.650%, 09/14/18   $ 371   
    

 

 

 
       1,564   
    

 

 

 

 

Transportation — 1.5%

 
   Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC  
  625       4.450%, 03/15/43     567   
   Continental Airlines  
  482       9.000%, 07/08/16     549   
    

 

 

 
       1,116   
    

 

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.9%

 
   CenterPoint Energy  
  350       5.950%, 02/01/17     393   
   Duke Energy  
  250       1.625%, 08/15/17     248   
    

 

 

 
       641   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $46,652)     47,766   
    

 

 

 
  U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 16.3%   
   U.S. Treasury Bond  
  700       7.250%, 05/15/16     810   
  800       6.000%, 02/15/26     1,021   
  500       5.375%, 02/15/31     613   
  500       4.750%, 02/15/37     575   
  1,000       4.500%, 08/15/39     1,108   
  335       3.750%, 08/15/41     327   
  1,000       3.625%, 08/15/43     944   
  1,000       2.875%, 05/15/43     811   
   U.S. Treasury Note  
  275       3.750%, 11/15/18     302   
  350       3.625%, 02/15/21     378   
  625       3.125%, 10/31/16     667   
  500       3.125%, 01/31/17     535   
  600       2.875%, 03/31/18     636   
  405       2.625%, 04/30/16     425   
  1,000       2.375%, 02/28/15     1,025   
  500       2.375%, 07/31/17     522   
  1,000       2.125%, 05/31/15     1,027   
  325       1.375%, 02/28/19     318   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $11,981)     12,044   
    

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    
    
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 7.7%   
   FHLB  
$ 1,100       5.125%, 03/10/17   $ 1,244   
  1,000       4.125%, 03/13/20     1,096   
  1,100       3.750%, 12/14/18     1,193   
   FHLMC  
  875       8.250%, 06/01/16     1,032   
   FNMA  
  1,000       2.000%, 02/07/17 (B)     1,001   
   FNMA, Ser 2003-58, Cl D  
  124       3.500%, 07/25/33     128   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $5,506)     5,694   
    

 

 

 
  MUNICIPAL BONDS — 7.0%   
   California State, Educational Facilities Authority, Build America  
   Bonds, Ser B, RB  
  225       2.250%, 10/01/21     202   
   California State, GO  
  1,000       7.950%, 03/01/36     1,156   
   Hawaii State, Build America Bonds, GO  
  750       5.480%, 02/01/28     846   
  100       5.330%, 02/01/26     112   
   Houston, Independent School District, GO  
  250       6.125%, 02/15/28     277   
   Hudson County, Improvement Authority, AGM Insured  
  575       7.400%, 12/01/25     658   
   Kauai County, Build America Bonds, GO  
  500       5.663%, 08/01/29     530   
   Minneapolis, GO  
  250       4.900%, 03/01/25     262   
   St. Louis School District, Qualified School Construction Boards, GO  
  1,070       6.100%, 04/01/25     1,151   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost $5,306)     5,194   
    

 

 

 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — 2.1%   
   FHLMC  
  237       5.000%, 10/01/18     251   
   FNMA, Ser 2003-33, Cl AB  
  373       3.750%, 03/25/33     385   
   FNMA, Ser 889958  
  109       5.000%, 10/01/23     117   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(concluded)

 

Face
Amount
(000)/Shares

         Value
(000)
 
    
  U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — (continued)   
   GNMA, Ser 2013-109, Cl GA  
$ 805       3.500%, 07/16/43   $ 793   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (Cost $1,537)     1,546   
    

 

 

 
  NON-AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATION (A) — 1.2%   
   GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2004-4, Cl 3A2  
  935       1.910%, 04/25/32 (Cost $840)     910   
    

 

 

 
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (C) — 0.6%   
   Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares,  
  450,051       0.040% (Cost $450)     450   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $72,272) — 99.5%   $ 73,604   
    

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $74,007 (000).

 

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

(A) Floating Rate Security — The rate reflected on the Schedule of Investments is the rate in effect on December 31, 2013. The maturity date shown is the final maturity date.

 

(B) Step Bond — The rate reflected on the Schedule of Investments is the rate in effect on December 31, 2013. The coupon on a step bond changes on a specified date.

 

(C) The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2013.

AGM — Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

Cl — Class

FHLB — Federal Home Loan Bank

FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Corporation

GNMA — Government National Mortgage Corporation

GO — General Obligation

LLC — Limited Liability Corporation

MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

RB — Revenue Bond

Ser — Series

Cost figures are shown in thousands.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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BISHOP STREET

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION

FUNDS

 

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund

 

The fixed income markets faced a challenging year as equity markets generated impressive returns in the face of rising interest rates. Intermediate and long-term municipal bonds delivered negative total returns for the year while shorter-term maturities outperformed. Despite experiencing its worst year since 1994, the Barclays Municipal Bond Index managed to outperform the Barclays Treasury Index as municipal bond yields remained attractive relative to Treasuries. Most state and local economies strengthened with tax collections increasing; however, pension reforms remain a nagging issue.

Record bond fund outflows occurred during the year over concerns of an end to Fed tapering, the prospect of rising interest rates and credit distress. Although fundamentals continued to improve, the highly-publicized bankruptcy in Detroit weighed heavy on the market. Questions remain regarding fallout from this event; however, no long-lasting disruptions have yet occurred and in the aftermath, federal court rulings will undoubtedly set precedence for future filings and pension reforms. Meanwhile, investors are keeping close watch on Puerto Rico and the impact of austerity measures on an economy already in recession.

Despite a negative absolute return, the Bishop Street Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund, Class I -2.47% outperformed the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index -5.60%, Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Classification, -5.01% and its Hawaii peers in 2013, with the Fund’s shorter relative duration and holdings in stronger performing States serving as positive influences on the portfolio. Looking ahead, we expect that municipal bonds will be challenged by a modest increase in interest rates but will continue to provide investors with excellent relative value versus other sectors in the fixed income markets.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please visit www.bishopstreetfunds.com or call 1-800-262-9565

 

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FUNDS

 

Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual Fund performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results. This information should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice regarding the funds or any security in particular.

Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal. Diversification does not protect against market loss.

 

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Performance Comparison

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund, Class I or Class A, versus the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index, and the Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Objective.

 

LOGO

# Account value if you reinvested income and capital gains.

(1) See page 4 for definitions of comparative indices.

 

Average Annual Total Returns      
One Year
Return
    Annualized
3 Year
Return
    Annualized
5 Year
Return
    Annualized
10 Year
Return
     
       
  (2.47 )%      3.66     4.43     3.37   Class I
       
  (2.72 )%      3.40     4.17     3.12   Class A
  (5.60 )%      2.37     3.54     2.80   Class A,
with load**
  (2.55 )%      4.83     5.89     4.29   Barclays Capital
Municipal Bond Index
  (5.01 )%      3.75     5.57     3.27   Lipper Other States
Municipal Debt Funds
Objective

 

**   Reflects 3.00% sales charge.
  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Fee waivers are in effect; if they had not been in effect, performance would have been lower.

 

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Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund    

Top Ten Holdings (Unaudited)

 

             Coupon
Rate
     Maturity
Date
    

Percentage

of

Investments

 

 

 
  1.      Hawaii State, Airport System Authority, Ser A      5.250%        07/01/27         1.8%   

 

 
  2.      Hawaii State, Department of Budget & Finance, Electric Company Project, Ser B, FGIC Insured, AMT      4.600%        05/01/26         1.6%   

 

 
  3.      Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser A      4.000%        11/01/19         1.5%   

 

 
  4.      Hawaii State, Airport System Authority, AMT      5.000%        07/01/24         1.4%   

 

 
  5.      Hawaii State, Housing Finance & Development, Rental Housing System, Ser B, AGM Insured      6.500%        07/01/33         1.4%   

 

 
  6.      Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Board of Water Supply, Ser A, NATL Insured      5.000%        07/01/26         1.4%   

 

 
  7.      University of Hawaii, Ser A, NATL Insured      4.500%        07/15/23         1.4%   

 

 
  8.      Hawaii State, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kapolei Office Facilities, Ser A, AGM Insured      5.000%        11/01/31         1.4%   

 

 
  9.      Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ad Valorem Property Tax Project, Ser B, NATL Insured      5.000%        07/01/14         1.4%   

 

 
  10.      Hawaii State, Highway Authority, Ser B, AGM Insured      5.250%        07/01/19         1.3%   

 

LOGO

 

  Percentages based on total investments. Top ten holdings do not include short-term investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    
  MUNICIPAL BONDS — 98.4%   

 

Alabama — 0.2%

 
   Huntsville, Electric System Revenue, RB  
$ 225       5.250%, 12/01/29   $ 251   
    

 

 

 

 

Alaska — 0.9%

 
   Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority, Ser 3, RB, Bond Bank Moral Obligation Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 09/01/22     1,143   
   Anchorage, Water Revenue, RB, NATL Insured  
  200       5.000%, 05/01/37     205   
    

 

 

 
       1,348   
    

 

 

 

 

Arkansas — 0.4%

 
   Little Rock, Sewer Revenue, RB  
  500       5.000%, 08/01/20     579   
    

 

 

 

 

California — 3.8%

 
   California State  
  1,100       5.000%, 11/01/20     1,285   
  420       5.000%, 11/01/32     440   
   California State, GO  
  200       5.000%, 02/01/21     232   
  1,300       5.000%, 02/01/22     1,501   
  1,000       5.000%, 04/01/38     1,019   
   California State, Health Facilities Financing Authority, Stanford Hospital, Ser B, RB  
  1,000       5.000%,11/15/25     1,077   
   California State, Public Works Board, Ser G  
  275       5.000%,12/01/22, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     327   
    

 

 

 
       5,881   
    

 

 

 

 

Colorado — 0.4%

 
   Denver City & County, School District No. 1, GO  
  500       5.000%, 12/01/24     563   
    

 

 

 

 

Georgia — 0.7%

  

   Main Street, Natural Gas, Ser B, RB  
  1,000       5.000%, 03/15/18     1,091   
    

 

 

 

 

Hawaii — 82.5%

  

   Hawaii County, Ser A, GO  
  500       5.000%, 09/01/20     581   
  1,000       5.000%, 07/15/22     1,100   
  250       5.000%, 09/01/22     290   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Hawaii — (continued)

 
$ 500       4.000%, 03/01/22   $ 537   
   Hawaii County, Ser A, GO, AMBAC Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 07/15/15     1,072   
   Hawaii County, Ser A, GO, NATL Insured  
  700       5.250%, 07/15/14, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     719   
  500       5.000%, 07/15/14, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     513   
   Hawaii County, Ser B, GO  
  200       5.000%, 09/01/22     232   
   Hawaii State, Airport System Authority, RB, AGM Insured  
  1,000       5.250%, 07/01/27     1,101   
   Hawaii State, Airport System Authority, Ser A, RB  
  375       5.250%, 07/01/21     430   
  2,500       5.250%, 07/01/27     2,738   
  900       5.250%, 07/01/30     957   
  1,250       5.000%, 07/01/22     1,407   
   Hawaii State, Airport System Authority, AMT  
  2,000       5.000%, 07/01/24     2,143   
   Hawaii State, Airport System Authority, RB, AMT  
  1,500       4.125%, 07/01/24     1,523   
  1,000       3.000%, 07/01/17     1,050   
   Hawaii State, Department of Budget & Finance, Electric Company Project, Ser A, RB, AMT, FGIC Insured  
  750       4.800%, 01/01/25     738   
  1,160       4.650%, 03/01/37     1,021   
   Hawaii State, Department of Budget & Finance, Electric Company Project, Ser B, RB, AMT, FGIC Insured  
  2,500       4.600%, 05/01/26     2,384   
   Hawaii State, Department of Budget & Finance, Mid Pacific  
   Institute, RB, Radian Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 01/01/26     999   
   Hawaii State, Department of Budget & Finance, Pacific Health Project, RB  
  225       5.000%, 07/01/18     253   
  335       4.000%, 07/01/16     358   
  55       3.000%, 07/01/19     56   
   Hawaii State, Department of Budget & Finance, Pacific Health Project, Ser A, RB  
  1,000       4.625%, 07/01/21     1,069   
   Hawaii State, Department of Budget & Finance, RB  
  300       3.600%, 11/15/20     290   
  300       3.350%, 11/15/19     293   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Hawaii — (continued)

 
   Hawaii State, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kapolei Office Facilities, Ser A, COP, AGM Insured  
$ 2,000       5.000%, 11/01/31   $ 2,050   
   Hawaii State, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kapolei Office Facilities, Ser A, COP, FSA Insured  
  110       4.250%, 11/01/26     112   
   Hawaii State, Department of Transportation, AMT  
  1,525       5.000%, 08/01/21     1,656   
   Hawaii State, Harbor System Revenue, Ser A, RB  
  100       5.000%, 07/01/25     107   
  1,125       4.250%, 07/01/21     1,200   
   Hawaii State, Harbor System Revenue, Ser B, RB, AMT, AGM Insured  
  500       5.000%, 01/01/23     503   
   Hawaii State, Highway Authority, RB  
  500       5.750%, 01/01/28     552   
  605       5.500%, 07/01/18     714   
  1,000       5.500%, 01/01/25     1,101   
   Hawaii State, Highway Authority, RB, BHAC Insured  
  550       4.750%, 01/01/22     592   
   Hawaii State, Highway Authority, Ser A, RB  
  700       5.000%, 01/01/31     745   
   Hawaii State, Highway Authority, Ser A, RB, AGM Insured  
  500       5.000%, 07/01/19     532   
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/21     1,064   
  1,565       5.000%, 07/01/22     1,664   
   Hawaii State, Highway Authority, Ser B, RB, AGM Insured  
  1,250       5.250%, 07/01/18     1,462   
  1,600       5.250%, 07/01/19     1,897   
  1,500       5.000%, 07/01/16     1,603   
   Hawaii State, Housing Finance & Development, Halelauwila Place Project, Ser A, RB  
  1,000       0.700%, 12/01/15     1,000   
   Hawaii State, Housing Finance & Development, Kuhio Park Terrace Multi-Family Housing, Ser A, RB, FHLMC Insured  
  200       3.900%, 04/01/22     207   
  115       3.750%, 04/01/21     119   
  180       3.500%, 04/01/20     185   
  115       3.000%, 04/01/18     119   
   Hawaii State, Housing Finance & Development, Rental Housing System, Ser B, RB, AGM Insured  
  2,000       6.500%, 07/01/33     2,133   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Hawaii — (continued)

 
   Hawaii State, Housing Finance & Development, Single-Family Housing, Ser B, RB, GNMA/FNMA Insured  
$ 490       3.450%, 01/01/22   $ 493   
   Hawaii State, Housing Finance & Development, Wilikina Apartments Project, Ser A, RB  
  1,000       5.000%, 05/01/34     921   
   Hawaii State, Ser CM, GO, AGM Insures FGIC Insured  
  1,000       6.500%, 12/01/14     1,057   
   Hawaii State, Ser DD, GO, NATL Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 05/01/16 , Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     1,016   
   Hawaii State, Ser DF, GO, AMBAC Insured  
  90       5.000%, 07/01/15, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     96   
  470       5.000%, 07/01/21     493   
   Hawaii State, Ser DG, GO, AMBAC Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/16     1,069   
   Hawaii State, Ser DI, GO, AGM Insured  
  1,935       5.000%, 03/01/16, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     2,126   
  375       5.000%, 03/01/25     398   
   Hawaii State, Ser DK, GO  
  280       5.000%, 05/01/18     325   
  475       5.000%, 05/01/25     526   
  1,000       5.000%, 05/01/27     1,095   
   Hawaii State, Ser DN, GO  
  200       5.250%, 08/01/25     226   
   Hawaii State, Ser DO, GO  
  850       5.000%, 08/01/17     974   
   Hawaii State, Ser DQ, GO  
  100       5.000%, 06/01/21     117   
   Hawaii State, Ser DR, GO  
  1,095       5.000%, 06/01/17     1,248   
  1,000       5.000%, 06/01/19     1,174   
  505       4.250%, 06/01/19     573   
   Hawaii State, Ser DT, GO  
  270       5.000%, 11/01/19     318   
  225       4.500%, 11/01/19     259   
   Hawaii State, Ser DY, GO  
  825       5.000%, 02/01/19     965   
  1,000       5.000%, 02/01/20     1,174   
  125       4.000%, 02/01/20     139   
   Hawaii State, Ser DZ, GO  
  1,025       5.000%, 12/01/17     1,185   
  900       5.000%, 12/01/21     1,057   
  1,000       5.000%, 12/01/22     1,156   

 

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Schedule of Investments

(continued)

 

Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Hawaii — (continued)

 
$ 960       5.000%, 12/01/23   $ 1,098   
  190       5.000%, 12/01/24     216   
  120       5.000%, 12/01/26     134   
  250       5.000%, 12/01/28     275   
  1,000       5.000%, 12/01/31     1,076   
   Hawaii State, Ser EA  
  225       5.000%, 12/01/20     265   
   Hawaii State, Ser EA, GO  
  935       5.000%, 12/01/21     1,098   
  1,300       5.000%, 12/01/22     1,502   
   Hawaii State, Ser EF, GO  
  130       5.000%, 11/01/21     153   
  1,275       5.000%, 11/01/22     1,494   
  300       5.000%, 11/01/23     346   
   Hawaii State, Ser EH  
  1,000       5.000%, 08/01/18     1,166   
  300       5.000%, 08/01/20     353   
  

Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ad Valorem Property Tax

Project, Ser B, GO, NATL Insured

 
  2,000       5.000%, 07/01/14 , Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     2,047   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Board of Water Supply, Ser A, RB  
  1,050       5.000%, 07/01/19     1,234   
  100       4.000%, 07/01/18     111   
  400       3.000%, 07/01/17     431   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Board of Water Supply, Ser A, RB, FGIC Insured  
  1,000       4.750%, 07/01/14 , Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     1,022   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Board of Water Supply, Ser A, RB, NATL Insured  
  2,000       5.000%, 07/01/26     2,114   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Board of Water Supply, Ser B, RB, AMT, NATL Insured  
  1,000       5.250%, 07/01/20     1,063   
  1,000       5.250%, 07/01/21     1,057   
  325       5.000%, 07/01/15     346   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser A, GO  
  100       5.250%, 08/01/31     110   
  1,100       5.250%, 04/01/32     1,198   
  680       5.000%, 11/01/21     797   
  1,100       5.000%, 11/01/22     1,288   
  1,000       5.000%, 04/01/33     1,055   
  1,000       4.250%, 08/01/32     1,004   

 

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Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Hawaii — (continued)

 
$ 2,000       4.000%, 11/01/19   $ 2,242   
  325       4.000%, 08/01/22     349   
  500       4.000%, 11/01/37     463   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser A, GO, AGM Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/22     1,094   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser B, GO  
  300       5.000%, 12/01/16     338   
  250       5.000%, 12/01/18     294   
  395       5.000%, 08/01/21     461   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser B, GO, AGM Insured  
  290       5.250%, 07/01/15     311   
  1,015       5.250%, 07/01/16     1,132   
  575       5.250%, 07/01/18     677   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser C, GO  
  200       4.750%, 09/01/18     231   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser D, GO  
  1,000       5.250%, 09/01/22     1,136   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser D, GO, NATL Insured  
  2,000       5.000%, 07/01/15, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     2,140   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Ser F, GO, NATL Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/15 , Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     1,070   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Wastewater System Authority,
Ser A, RB
 
  635       5.000%, 07/01/20     719   
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/25     1,116   
  100       5.000%, 07/01/31     107   
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/38     1,035   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Wastewater System Authority,
Ser Junior A-1, RB, NATL Insured
 
  815       5.000%, 07/01/22     870   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Wastewater System Authority,  
   Ser Senior A, RB, NATL Insured  
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/31     1,045   
   Honolulu Hawaii City & County, Wastewater System Authority, Waipahu Towers Project, Ser A, RB, AMT, GNMA Insured  
  175       6.900%, 06/20/35     175   
   Kauai County, Ser A  
  150       5.000%, 08/01/23     172   
   Kauai County, Ser A, GO  
  250       5.000%, 08/01/21     291   
  250       4.000%, 08/01/24     264   
  250       3.250%, 08/01/23     250   

 

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Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Hawaii — (continued)

 
   Kauai County, Ser A, GO, NATL Insured  
$ 2,000       5.000%, 08/01/15, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)   $ 2,148   
  160       4.250%, 08/01/14     164   
   Kauai County, Ser A, GO, NATL Re-insures FGIC Insured  
  1,195       5.000%, 08/01/15 , Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     1,283   
  415       5.000%, 08/01/21     435   
   Maui County, GO  
  250       5.000%, 06/01/20     292   
   Maui County, GO, NATL Insured  
  910       5.000%, 03/01/15, Pre-Refunded @ 100 (A)     960   
  85       5.000%, 03/01/17     89   
  205       5.000%, 03/01/24     212   
   Maui County, Ser A, GO  
  1,000       5.000%, 07/01/19     1,111   
   Maui County, Ser A, GO, AGM Insured  
  1,000       3.500%, 07/01/16     1,072   
   Maui County, Ser A, GO, NATL Insured  
  1,000       4.750%, 07/01/25     1,053   
   Maui County, Ser B, GO  
  50       4.000%, 06/01/14     51   
  375       4.000%, 06/01/16     406   
  500       4.000%, 06/01/21     541   
   Maui County, Ser B, GO, NATL Insured  
  100       5.250%, 03/01/14     101   
  500       5.000%, 07/01/16     555   
  500       5.000%, 09/01/17     514   
   University of Hawaii, College Improvements Project, Ser A, RB, AGC Insured  
  1,400       5.000%, 10/01/23     1,502   
   University of Hawaii, College Improvements Project, Ser A, RB,   
   NATL Insured  
  200       5.000%, 07/15/19     217   
  150       5.000%, 07/15/22     160   
   University of Hawaii, Ser A, RB  
  100       6.000%, 10/01/38     110   
   University of Hawaii, Ser A, RB, NATL Insured  
  975       5.000%, 07/15/21     1,044   
  2,000       4.500%, 07/15/23     2,098   
   University of Hawaii, Ser A-2, RB  
  1,030       4.000%, 10/01/18     1,140   
    

 

 

 
       124,644   
    

 

 

 

 

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Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Indiana — 0.1%

 
   Indiana State, Housing & Community Development Authority, Ser C, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured  
$ 100       4.100%, 06/01/27   $ 101   
    

 

 

 

 

Kansas — 0.4%

 
   Sedgwick County, Unified School District No. 260 Derby, GO  
  500       5.000%, 10/01/29     540   
    

 

 

 

 

Maine — 0.5%

 
   Maine State, Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Ser A, RB  
  750       5.250%, 07/01/31     781   
    

 

 

 

 

Massachusetts — 0.5%

 
   Massachusetts Bay, Transportation Authority, Ser A, RB  
  600       5.250%, 07/01/29     692   
    

 

 

 

 

Nebraska — 0.1%

 
   Omaha, GO  
  100       5.250%, 10/15/19     116   
    

 

 

 

 

Nevada — 0.2%

 
   Nevada State, Municipal Bond Bank Projects, Ser F, GO, AGM Insured  
  250       5.000%, 12/01/24     264   
    

 

 

 

 

New Mexico — 0.1%

 
   New Mexico State, Finance Authority, Ser Senior Lien A, RB  
  150       5.000%, 06/01/26     163   
    

 

 

 

 

New York — 2.0%

 
   Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Ser A, RB  
  1,000       4.000%, 11/15/20     1,081   
   New York, New York, Ser H, GO  
  500       5.000%, 08/01/20     578   
  500       4.000%, 08/01/18     555   
   New York, New York, Ser H-1, GO  
  600       5.000%, 03/01/18     688   
    

 

 

 
       2,902   
    

 

 

 

 

Ohio — 0.4%

 
   Akron, GO  
  500       5.000%, 12/01/21     545   
    

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma — 1.5%

 
   Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, RB  
  125       5.000%, 07/01/40     131   
   Oklahoma Water Resources Board, RB  
  1,000       3.000%, 10/01/18     1,060   

 

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Face
Amount
(000)

         Value
(000)
 
    

 

Oklahoma — (continued)

 
   Tulsa Industrial Authority  
$ 1,000       5.000%, 10/01/25   $ 1,082   
    

 

 

 
       2,273   
    

 

 

 

 

Oregon — 0.2%

 
   Oregon State, Facilities Authority, Providence Health Services, RB  
  225       5.000%, 10/01/19     257   
    

 

 

 

 

Rhode Island — 0.2%

 
   Rhode Island State, Ser A, GO  
  250       5.500%, 08/01/24     289   
    

 

 

 

 

South Carolina — 0.4%

 
   Sumter South Carolina, Waterworks & Sewer Improvement  
   Systems, RB, XLCA Insured  
  500       5.000%, 12/01/21     548   
    

 

 

 

 

Texas — 2.2%

 
   Dallas, Ser C, RB  
  750       5.000%, 11/01/21     849   
   Harris County, Ser A, GO  
  1,000       5.000%, 10/01/23     1,133   
   North East Independent School District, GO  
  275       5.250%, 02/01/28     324   
   Port of Houston Authority, Ser D-1, GO  
  1,000       5.000%, 10/01/35     1,064   
    

 

 

 
       3,370   
    

 

 

 

 

Utah — 0.2%

 
   Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Ser B, GO  
  200       5.250%, 04/01/23     233   
    

 

 

 

 

Washington — 0.5%

 
   Port of Seattle Washington, Ser A, RB  
  750       5.000%, 08/01/26     820   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost $146,637)     148,251   
    

 

 

 
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (B) — 0.3%   
   Dreyfus Tax-Exempt Cash Management Fund, Institutional  
  482,265       Shares, 0.000% (Cost $482)     482   
    

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $147,119) — 98.7%   $ 148,733   
    

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

(concluded)

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $150,648 (000).

 

(A) Pre-Refunded Security — The maturity date shown is the pre-refunded date.

 

(B) The rate reported is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2013.

AGC — American Guarantee Corporation

AGM — Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC — American Municipal Bond Assurance Company

AMT — Alternative Minimum Tax

BHAC — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation

COP — Certificate of Participation

FGIC — Financial Guarantee Insurance Corporation

FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Corporation

FSA — Financial Security Assurance

GNMA — Government National Mortgage Corporation

GO — General Obligation

NATL — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation

RB — Revenue Bond

Ser — Series

XLCA — XL Capital

Cost figures are shown in thousands.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Bishop Street Funds    

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (000)

December 31, 2013

 

      Strategic
Growth
Fund
     Dividend
Value
Fund
     High
Grade
Income
Fund
 

Assets:

        

Investments, at Cost

   $ 50,135       $ 41,412       $ 72,272   

 

 

Investments, at Value

   $ 57,130       $ 61,408       $ 73,604   

Receivable for Fund Shares Sold

     34                 37   

Dividends and Interest Receivable

     12         125         735   

Reclaim Receivable

     1         5         2   

Prepaid Expenses

     4         3         12   

 

 

Total Assets

     57,181         61,541         74,390   

 

 

Liabilities:

        

Payable for Investment Securities Purchased

     97                 251   

Advisory Fees Payable

     35         34         20   

Administrative Fees Payable

     6         6         8   

Shareholder Servicing Fees Payable

     5         5         6   

Payable for Fund Shares Redeemed

     1                 1   

Chief Compliance Officer Fees Payable

     1         1         2   

Income Distribution Payable

                     50   

Other Accrued Expenses Payable

     38         35         45   

 

 

Total Liabilities

     183         81         383   

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 56,998       $ 61,460       $ 74,007   

 

 

Paid-in Capital

   $ 49,314       $ 57,269       $ 72,659   

Undistributed Net Investment Income

             2         1   

Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     689         (15,807      15   

Net Unrealized Appreciation on Investments

     6,995         19,996         1,332   

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 56,998       $ 61,460       $ 74,007   

 

 

Class I Shares:

        

Net Assets

   $ 56,998       $ 61,460       $ 74,007   

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
(unlimited authorization — no par value)

     3,915         4,945         7,566   

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share — Class I (Net Assets / Shares Outstanding)

   $ 14.56       $ 12.43       $ 9.78   

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (000)

December 31, 2013

 

      Hawaii
Municipal
Bond Fund
 

Assets:

  

Investments, at Cost

   $ 147,119   

 

 

Investments, at Value

   $ 148,733   

Dividends and Interest Receivable

     2,308   

Receivable for Fund Shares Sold

     108   

Prepaid Expenses

     9   

 

 

Total Assets

     151,158   

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Income Distribution Payable

     257   

Payable for Investment Securities Purchased

     111   

Advisory Fees Payable

     19   

Shareholder Servicing Fees Payable

     13   

Administrative Fees Payable

     9   

Chief Compliance Officer Fees Payable

     3   

Other Accrued Expenses Payable

     98   

 

 

Total Liabilities

     510   

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 150,648   

 

 

Paid-in Capital

   $ 149,856   

Undistributed Net Investment Income

     7   

Accumulated Net Realized Loss on Investments

     (829

Net Unrealized Appreciation on Investments

     1,614   

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 150,648   

 

 

Class I Shares:

  

Net Assets

   $ 126,289   

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
(unlimited authorization — no par value)

     12,002   

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share — Class I
(Net Assets / Shares Outstanding)

   $ 10.52   

 

 

Class A Shares:

  

Net Assets

   $ 24,359   

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
(unlimited authorization — no par value)

     2,315   

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share — Class A
(Net Assets / Shares Outstanding)

   $ 10.52   

 

 

Maximum Offering Price Per Shares — Class A ($10.52/ 97.00%)

   $ 10.85   

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (000)

For the year ended December 31, 2013

 

      Strategic
Growth
Fund
     Dividend
Value
Fund
     High
Grade
Income
Fund
 

Investment Income:

        

Dividend Income

   $ 475       $ 1,707       $ 1   

Interest Income

                     2,364   

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

             (6        

 

 

Total Investment Income

     475         1,701         2,365   

 

 

Expenses:

        

Investment Adviser Fees

     386         432         443   

Shareholder Servicing Fees

     130         146         201   

Administrative Fees

     104         117         161   

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     5         6         8   

Transfer Agent Fees

     40         42         47   

Printing Fees

     19         16         21   

Legal Fees

     13         14         20   

Audit Fees

     11         12         19   

Trustees’ Fees

     7         8         12   

Registration Fees

     5         3         17   

Custody Fees

     5         3         5   

Line of Credit

     1                   

Pricing Fees

                     17   

Miscellaneous Expenses

     4         5         6   

 

 

Total Expenses

     730         804         977   

 

 

Less Waivers:

        

Shareholder Servicing Fees

     (78      (88      (121

Administrative Fees

     (42      (47      (64

Investment Adviser Fees

             (57      (180

 

 

Total Waivers

     (120      (192      (365

 

 

Total Net Expenses

     610         612         612   

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     (135      1,089         1,753   

 

 

Net Realized Gain on Investments

     14,858         4,630         1,338   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments

     840         9,171         (5,307

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     15,698         13,801         (3,969

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 15,563       $ 14,890       $ (2,216

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (000)

For the year ended December 31, 2013

 

      Hawaii
Municipal
Bond
Fund
 

Investment Income:

  

Interest Income

   $ 5,155   

 

 

Total Investment Income

     5,155   

 

 

Expenses:

  

Investment Adviser Fees

     552   

Shareholder Servicing Fees

     394   

Administrative Fees

     316   

Distribution Fees, Class A

     63   

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     14   

Transfer Agent Fees

     90   

Legal Fees

     50   

Printing Fees

     43   

Audit Fees

     39   

Pricing Fees

     39   

Trustees’ Fees

     23   

Registration Fees

     12   

Custody Fees

     8   

Miscellaneous Expenses

     11   

 

 

Total Expenses

     1,654   

 

 

Less Waivers:

  

Investment Adviser Fees

     (282

Shareholder Servicing Fees

     (237

Administrative Fees

     (205

 

 

Total Waivers

     (724

 

 

Total Net Expenses

     930   

 

 

Net Investment Income

     4,225   

 

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments

     (830

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments

     (7,489

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments

     (8,319

 

 

Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (4,094

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (000)

For the years ended December 31,

 

      Strategic
Growth Fund
     Dividend
Value Fund
 
      2013      2012      2013      2012  

Investment Activities from Operations:

           

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   $ (135    $ 106       $ 1,089       $ 1,302   

Net Realized Gain on Investments

     14,858         6,930         4,630         2,201   

Net Increase from Payments by Affiliate and Net Gains Realized on Capital Transactions
(See Note 5)

             122                   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments

     840         (1,542      9,171         2,746   

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     15,563         5,616         14,890         6,249   

 

 

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

           

Net Investment Income:

           

Class I Shares

             (107      (1,091      (1,309

Capital Gains:

           

Class I Shares

     (11,683                        

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

     (11,683      (107      (1,091      (1,309

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

           

Proceeds from Shares Issued

     3,189         15,372         925         3,727   

Reinvestments of Cash Distributions

     8,843         79         781         911   

Cost of Shares Redeemed

     (5,558      (24,729      (11,182      (11,127

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     6,474         (9,278      (9,476      (6,489

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     10,354         (3,769      4,323         (1,549

 

 

Net Assets:

           

Beginning of Year

     46,644         50,413         57,137         58,686   

 

 

End of Year

   $ 56,998       $ 46,644       $ 61,460       $ 57,137   

 

 

Undistributed (Distributions in Excess of /) Net Investment Income

   $       $       $ 2       $ (1

 

 

Share Transactions:

           

Shares Issued

     197         1,116         83         384   

Shares Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

     641         6         68         94   

Shares Redeemed

     (363      (1,802      (1,021      (1,150

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

     475         (680      (870      (672

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0, or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (000)

For the years ended December 31,

 

     High Grade
Income Fund
    Hawaii Municipal
Bond Fund
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Investment Activities from Operations:

       

Net Investment Income

  $ 1,753      $ 2,246      $ 4,225      $ 4,498   

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    1,338        1,681        (830     1,747   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments

    (5,307     592        (7,489     1,618   

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    (2,216     4,519        (4,094     7,863   

 

 

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Net Investment Income:

       

Class I Shares

    (1,729     (2,229     (3,598     (3,849

Class A Shares

                  (623     (649

Capital Gains:

       

Class I Shares

    (1,742     (1,585     (531     (493

Class A Shares

                  (100     (92

 

 

Total Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

    (3,471     (3,814     (4,852     (5,083

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

       

Class I Shares:

       

Proceeds from Shares Issued

    5,470        10,770        19,570        18,071   

Reinvestments of Cash Distributions

    2,240        2,396        704        702   

Cost of Shares Redeemed

    (13,787     (21,206     (20,664     (17,300

 

 

Total Class I Capital Share Transactions

    (6,077     (8,040     (390     1,473   

 

 

Class A Shares:

       

Proceeds from Shares Issued

                  2,503        5,092   

Reinvestments of Cash Distributions

                  603        514   

Cost of Shares Redeemed

                  (2,961     (3,746

 

 

Total Class A Capital Share Transactions

                  145        1,860   

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

    (6,077     (8,040     (245     3,333   

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (11,764     (7,335     (9,191     6,113   

 

 

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of Year

    85,771        93,106        159,839        153,726   

 

 

End of Year

  $ 74,007      $ 85,771      $ 150,648      $ 159,839   

 

 

Undistributed Net Investment Income

  $ 1      $ 1      $ 7      $ 7   

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Class I Shares:

       

Shares Issued

    534        1,019        1,806        1,628   

Shares Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

    224        227        66        58   

Shares Redeemed

    (1,357     (2,002     (1,921     (1,552

 

 

Total Class I Transactions

    (599     (756     (49     134   

 

 

Class A Shares:

       

Shares Issued

                  228        459   

Shares Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

                  56        46   

Shares Redeemed

                  (274     (338

 

 

Total Class A Transactions

                  10        167   

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

    (599     (756     (39     301   

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or zero shares, or have been rounded to $0 or zero shares.

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For a share outstanding throughout years ended December 31,

 

        Investment Activities   Total
Investment
Activities
from
Operations
  Dividends and
Distributions from
  Total
Dividends
and
Distributions
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Year
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(1)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
    Net
Investment
Income
  Capital
Gains
 

STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND

               

Class I Shares:

                           

2013

    $ 13.56       $ (0.04 )     $ 4.59       $ 4.55       $       $ (3.55 )     $ (3.55 )

2012

      12.24         0.03         1.32 ††       1.35         (0.03 )               (0.03 )

2011

      12.65         (0.01 )       (0.40 )       (0.41 )                        

2010

      10.64         (0.01 )       2.02         2.01                          

2009

      8.08         **       2.56         2.56                          

DIVIDEND VALUE FUND

               

Class I Shares:

                           

2013

    $ 9.83       $ 0.21       $ 2.61       $ 2.82       $ (0.22 )     $       $ (0.22 )

2012

      9.05         0.21         0.79         1.00         (0.22 )               (0.22 )

2011

      8.68         0.19         0.37         0.56         (0.19 )‡               (0.19 )

2010

      7.83         0.16         0.85         1.01         (0.16 )‡               (0.16 )

2009

      6.02         0.06         1.81         1.87         (0.06 )               (0.06 )

HIGH GRADE INCOME FUND

               

Class I Shares:

                           

2013

    $ 10.51       $ 0.22       $ (0.50 )     $ (0.28 )     $ (0.22 )     $ (0.23 )     $ (0.45 )

2012

      10.44         0.26         0.26         0.52         (0.26 )       (0.19 )       (0.45 )

2011

      10.42         0.35         0.36         0.71         (0.34 )       (0.35 )       (0.69 )

2010

      10.65         0.41         0.18         0.59         (0.40 )       (0.42 )       (0.82 )

2009

      10.56         0.43         0.44         0.87         (0.43 )       (0.35 )       (0.78 )

 

(1) Per share net investment income calculated using average shares.
** Amount represents less than $0.01.
 † Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Fee waivers are in effect; if they had not been in effect, performance would have been lower.
†† Includes payment by affiliate of $0.03 per share. If payments by affiliates were not made, total return would have been decreased by 0.27%. (See Note 5)
 ‡ Includes return of capital of less than $0.01.

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

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Net Asset
Value,
End of
Year
  Total
Return†
  Net Assets
End of

Year
(000)
  Ratio of
Expenses to
Average
Net

Assets
  Ratio of Expenses
to Average

Net Assets
(Excluding
Waivers)
  Ratio of Net
Investments
Income (Loss)
to Average

Net Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
                         
                         
  $ 14.56         35.03 %     $ 56,998         1.17 %       1.40 %       (0.26 )%       130 %
    13.56         11.05 ††       46,644         1.17         1.40         0.21         68  
    12.24         (3.24 )       50,413         1.16         1.39         (0.12 )       53  
    12.65         18.89         50,054         1.14         1.37         (0.12 )       53  
    10.64         31.68         60,929         1.11         1.34         0.00         54  
                         
                         
  $ 12.43         28.84 %     $ 61,460         1.05 %       1.38 %       1.87 %       13 %
    9.83         11.07         57,137         1.05         1.38         2.19         17  
    9.05         6.53         58,686         1.05         1.38         2.16         11  
    8.68         13.07         53,864         1.05         1.47         1.98         84  
    7.83         31.28         50,259         1.05         1.36         0.89         82  
                         
                         
  $ 9.78         (2.69 )%     $ 74,007         0.76 %       1.21 %       2.18 %       35 %
    10.51         5.05         85,771         0.76         1.20         2.47         39  
    10.44         6.94         93,106         0.76         1.17         3.31         52  
    10.42         5.63         103,885         0.76         1.16         3.79         39  
    10.65         8.41         126,334         0.76         1.13         4.08         82  

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For a share outstanding throughout years ended December 31,

 

        Investment Activities   Total
Investment
Activities
from
Operations
  Dividends and
Distributions from
   
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Year
  Net
Investment
Income(1)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain(Loss) on
Investments
    Net
Investment
Income
  Capital
Gains
  Total
Dividends
and
Distributions

HAWAII MUNICIPAL BOND FUND

Class I Shares:

                           

2013

    $ 11.13       $ 0.29       $ (0.57 )     $ (0.28 )     $ (0.29 )     $ (0.04 )     $ (0.33 )

2012

      10 .94         0 .32         0 .23         0 .55         (0.32 )       (0.04 )       (0.36 )

2011

      10 .41         0 .36         0 .53         0 .89         (0.36 )               (0.36 )

2010

      10 .62         0 .38         (0.20 )       0 .18         (0.38 )       (0.01 )       (0.39 )

2009

      10 .05         0 .38         0 .57         0 .95         (0.38 )               (0.38 )

Class A Shares:

                           

2013

    $ 11.13       $ 0.27       $ (0.57 )     $ (0.30 )     $ (0.27 )     $ (0.04 )     $ (0.31 )

2012

      10 .94         0 .29         0 .23         0 .52         (0.29 )       (0.04 )       (0.33 )

2011

      10 .41         0 .33         0 .53         0 .86         (0.33 )               (0.33 )

2010

      10 .62         0 .35         (0.20 )       0 .15         (0.35 )       (0.01 )       (0.36 )

2009

      10 .05         0 .36         0 .57         0 .93         (0.36 )               (0.36 )

 

 

(1) Per share net investment income calculated using average shares.
Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Fee waivers are in effect; if they had not been in effect, performance would have been lower.

 

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Net Asset
Value,
End of
Year
  Total
Return†
  Net Assets
End of
Year
(000)
  Ratio of
Expenses to
Average
Net
Assets
  Ratio of Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(Excluding
Waivers)
  Ratio of Net
Investments
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
                         
                         
  $ 10.52         (2.47 )%     $ 126,289         0.55 %       1.01 %       2.72 %       29 %
    11 .13         5 .06         134,179         0.55         0.99         2.86         23  
    10 .94         8 .72         130,345         0.55         0.97         3.41         32  
    10 .41         1 .70         132,392         0.55         0.97         3.54         35  
    10 .62         9 .63         139,872         0.55         0.95         3.68         27  
                         
  $ 10.52         (2.72 )%     $ 24,359         0.80 %       1.26 %       2.47 %       29 %
    11 .13         4 .80         25,660         0.80         1.24         2.61         23  
    10 .94         8 .45         23,381         0.80         1.22         3.16         32  
    10 .41         1 .44         28,160         0.80         1.22         3.29         35  
    10 .62         9 .35         26,105         0.80         1.20         3.43         27  

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2013

The amounts included in the Notes to Financial Statements are in thousands unless otherwise noted.

 

1. ORGANIZATION

The Bishop Street Funds (the “Trust”) are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end, management investment company. The Bishop Street Funds consist of a series of four funds (each a Fund, collectively the “Funds”) which includes the Strategic Growth Fund, Dividend Value Fund, High Grade Income Fund, and the Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund. Each Fund is diversified, with the exception of Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund, which is non-diversified. Class A Shares of the Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund are subject to a sales load as disclosed in the prospectus. The assets of each Fund are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the Fund in which shares are held. The Funds’ prospectus provides a description of each Fund’s investment objectives, policies and strategies.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of assets, the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material.

Security Valuation

The Funds’ investments in equity securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ) including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded, or, if there is no such reported sale, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. Debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by independent, third-party pricing agents, if available. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price in the most advantageous market, if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the fair value for such securities. Such methodologies typically include matrix systems which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty

 

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days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value. Prices for most securities held in the Funds are provided daily by recognized independent pricing agents.

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

If a security price cannot be obtained from an independent, third-party pricing agent, the Funds seek to obtain a bid price from at least one independent broker.

Securities for which market prices are not obtained via the above methods are valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures established by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The Funds’ Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Pricing Committee (the “Committee”) designated by the Funds’ Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using Fair Value Procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been delisted from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; or the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price. When a security is valued in accordance with the Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Funds disclose fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date;

   

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, etc.); and

 

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Level 3 — Prices, inputs or exotic modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement.

As of December 31, 2013, all investments in the Strategic Growth Fund and Dividend Value Fund were considered Level 1. There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities. For details of the investments classifications, refer to the Schedule of Investments. For the year ended December 31, 2013 there were no Level 3 investments.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2013 in valuing the following Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

High Grade Income Fund  
Investments in Securities   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Corporate Obligations

  $      $ 47,766      $      $ 47,766   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

           12,044               12,044   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

           5,694               5,694   

Municipal Bonds

           5,194               5,194   

U.S. Government

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

           1,546               1,546   

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligation

           910               910   

Short-Term Investment

    450                      450   
 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 450      $ 73,154      $      $ 73,604   
 

 

 

 
Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund  
Investments in Securities   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Municipal Bonds

  $      $ 148,251      $      $ 148,251   

Short-Term Investment

    482                      482   
 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 482      $ 148,251      $      $ 148,733   
 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2013, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2013, there have been no significant changes to the Funds’ fair value methodologies. For the year ended December 31, 2013 there were no Level 3 investments.

 

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Federal Income Taxes

It is each Fund’s intention to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and net capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than- not” (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provision in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last 3 open tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

Security Transactions and Investment Income

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Costs used in determining net realized capital gains and losses on the sale of securities are on the basis of specific identification. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date and dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date.

Discounts and premiums are accreted or amortized over the life of each security and are recorded as interest income. The High Grade Income and Hawaii Municipal Bond Funds use the effective interest method.

Classes

Class-specific expenses are borne by the applicable class of shares. Income, realized and unrealized gains/losses and non class-specific expenses are allocated to the respective class on the basis of relative daily net assets. Distribution fees are the only class-specific expense.

Expenses

Expenses that are directly related to one of the Funds are charged directly to that Fund. Other operating expenses of the Trust are prorated to each of the Funds on the basis of relative net assets.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

The Strategic Growth and Dividend Value Funds declare and pay dividends from net investment income, if available, on a quarterly basis. Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and paid on a monthly basis for the High Grade Income and

 

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Hawaii Municipal Bond. Any net realized capital gains will be distributed at least annually for all Funds. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Front-End Sales Commission

Front-end sales commissions (the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund. Sales charges are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares.

Cash Overdraft Charges

Per the terms of the agreement with Union Bank, N.A., the custodian of the Funds, if a Fund has a cash overdraft on a given day, it will be assessed an overdraft charge of the Prime Rate plus 4.00%. Cash overdraft charges are included in miscellaneous expenses on the Statements of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2013, there were no cash overdraft charges.

 

3. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by Bishop Street Capital Management (the “Adviser”), a registered adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of First Hawaiian Bank. First Hawaiian Bank is a subsidiary of BancWest Corporation, itself a subsidiary of BNP Paribas. The Adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee of 0.74% of the average daily net assets of the Strategic Growth and the Dividend Value Funds, 0.55% of the average daily net assets of the High Grade Income Fund, and 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee to the extent necessary to keep operating expenses at or below certain percentages of the respective average daily net assets. The contractual expense limitations are as follows:

 

Strategic Growth Fund, Class I Shares

     1.25%   

Dividend Value Fund, Class I Shares

     1.05%   

High Grade Income Fund, Class I Shares

     0.76%   

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund, Class I Shares

     0.55%   

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund, Class A Shares

     0.80%   

These fees and waivers are labeled on the Statement of Operations as “Investment Adviser Fees/Waivers.”

If at any point it becomes unnecessary for the Adviser to reduce fees and make expense reimbursements, the Board may permit the Adviser to retain the difference between the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and contractual expense limitations to recapture all or a portion of its prior expense reductions or reimbursements made during the preceding three year period during which this agreement was in place. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Adviser did not recapture any previously waived fees.

 

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As of December 31, 2013, fees which were previously waived by the Investment Manager which may be subject to possible future reimbursement to the Adviser were as follows:

 

Dividend
Value
Fund

    High
Grade Income
Fund
    Hawaii
Municipal
Bond Fund
    Total     Expires  
$ 55      $ 181      $ 222      $ 458        12/31/2014   
  62        193        250        505        12/31/2015   
  57        180        282        519        12/31/2016   

Prior to October 14, 2013, BNP Paribas Asset Management served as the investment sub-adviser for the Strategic Growth Fund. As of October 14, 2013 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (“Columbia”) serves as the investment sub-adviser for the Strategic Growth Fund and the Dividend Value Fund, pursuant to a sub-adviser agreement. Columbia is entitled to receive from the Adviser a fee, computed daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate based on the average daily net assets of the Strategic Growth Fund and the Dividend Value Fund, under the following fee schedule: 0.360% on the first $75 million; 0.350% on the next $75 million; 0.325% on the next $100 million; 0.300% on the next $250 million; and 0.250% on assets over $500 million.

 

4. ADMINISTRATIVE, CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

Pursuant to an administration agreement (the “Agreement”), SEI Investments Global Funds Services (“GFS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, acts as the Trust’s Administrator. Under the terms of the Agreement, GFS is entitled to receive an annual fee of 0.20% of the average daily net assets of the Funds, and has voluntarily agreed to waive its administrative fee to 0.12% of each of the Funds’ average daily net assets excluding the Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund which is waived to 0.07% of its average daily net assets. These fees and waivers are labeled as “Administrative Fees/Waivers” on the Statement of Operations.

Union Bank, N.A. acts as custodian (the “Custodian”) for the Funds. The Custodian plays no role in determining the investment policies of the Funds or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Funds. These fees are labeled on the Statement of Operations as “Custody Fees.”

DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) acts as the Transfer Agent of the Trust. As such, DST provides transfer agency, dividend disbursing and shareholder services to the Trust. These fees are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Transfer Agent Fees.”

SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SIDCO”), the “Distributer” a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, acts as the Trust’s Distributor pursuant to the distribution agreement. The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) on

 

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behalf of Class A Shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Plan provides that Class A Shares will bear the cost of their distribution expenses. SIDCO, as compensation for its services under the Plan, receives a distribution fee, computed daily and payable monthly, of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to each Fund’s Class A Shares. This fee is disclosed as “Distribution Fees, Class A” on the Statement of Operations.

The Trust has adopted and entered into a shareholder service plan and agreement with SIDCO. Each Fund pays to SIDCO a shareholder servicing fee not to exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of all shares of each fund, which is computed daily and paid monthly. Under the shareholder service plan, SIDCO may perform, or may compensate other service providers for performing various shareholder and administrative services. SIDCO may also retain as profit any difference between the fee it receives and amount it pays to third parties. For the period, SIDCO paid the entire amount of fees received under the shareholder service plan to First Hawaiian Bank, the Parent Company of Bishop Street Capital Management, for shareholder services performed for the Funds. SIDCO has voluntarily agreed to waive 0.15% of its shareholder servicing fee to the extent necessary to keep operating expenses at or below certain percentages of the respective average daily net assets. These fees and waivers are represented as “Shareholder Servicing Fees/Waivers” on the Statement of Operations.

 

5. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, and/or SIDCO. Such officers are paid no fees by the Trust other than the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) as described below, for serving as officers of the Trust.

A portion of the services provided by the CCO and his staff, who are employees of the Administrator, are paid for by the Trust as incurred. The services include regulatory oversight of the Trust’s Advisers and service providers as required by SEC regulations. The CCO’s services and expenses have been approved by and are reviewed by the Board. These fees are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Chief Compliance Officer Fees.”

On March 14, 2012, the Strategic Growth Fund, (the “Fund”) received $115,398 from an affiliate of the Fund for gains recognized by the affiliate from a capital transaction that was improperly recorded. Additionally on April 25, 2012, the Fund received $7,161 from the affiliate to reimburse the Fund for losses and commissions incurred as a result of the above capital transaction. These amounts were labeled as “Net Increase from Payments by Affiliate and Net Gains Realized on Capital Transactions” on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

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6. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

The cost of security purchases and the proceeds from the sale and maturities of securities, other than short-term investments, for the year ended December 31, 2013 are presented below for the Funds.

 

    Strategic
Growth
Fund
    Dividend
Value
Fund
    High Grade
Income
Fund
    Hawaii
Municipal
Bond Fund
 

Purchases

       

U.S. Government Securities

  $      $      $ 3,210      $   

Other

    67,106        7,704        23,085        45,990   

Sales and Maturities

       

U.S. Government Securities

  $      $      $ 11,521      $   

Other

    72,779        17,316        22,273        43,764   

7. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with Federal tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for the reporting period may differ from distributions during such period. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent, they are charged or credited to undistributed net investment income/(loss), paid-in capital or accumulated net realized gain/(loss), as appropriate, in the period that the differences arise.

Accordingly, the following permanent differences, primarily attributable to investments in paydown gains and losses, market discount, REIT adjustments, and distributions have been reclassified:

 

    Undistributed Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)
    Accumulated
Net Realized
Gain/(Loss)
 

Strategic Growth Fund

    135        (135

Dividend Value Fund

    5        (5

High Grade Income Fund

    (24     24   

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund

    (4     4   

 

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The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

 

    Ordinary
Income
    Tax Exempt
Income
    Long Term
Capital Gain
    Total  

Strategic Growth Fund

       

2013

  $ 745      $      $ 10,938      $ 11,683   

2012

    107                      107   

Dividend Value Fund

       

2013

  $ 1,091      $      $      $ 1,091   

2012

    1,309                      1,309   

High Grade Income Fund

       

2013

  $ 1,746      $      $ 1,725      $ 3,471   

2012

    2,388               1,426        3,814   

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund

       

2013

  $ 4      $ 4,217      $ 631      $ 4,852   

2012

           4,498        585        5,083   

As of December 31, 2013, the components of Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    Strategic
Growth
Fund
    Dividend
Value
Fund
    High Grade
Income
Fund
    Hawaii
Municipal
Bond Fund
 

Undistributed Tax Exempt Income

                         3   

Undistributed Ordinary Income

    347        3                 

Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain Income

    491               22          

Capital Loss Carryforwards

           (15,798            (260

Post October Losses

                  (6     (564

Unrealized Appreciation

    6,846        19,986        1,332        1,613   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributable Earnings

  $ 7,684      $ 4,191      $ 1,348      $ 792   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Post-October losses represent losses realized on investment transactions from November 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 that, in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, the Funds have elected to defer and treat as having arisen in the following fiscal year.

 

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For Federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards represent realized losses of the Funds that may be carried forward for a maximum period of eight years and applied against future capital gains as follows:

 

     Dividend
Value
Fund
 

Dec. 2017

   $ 13,960   

Dec. 2018

     1,838   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 15,798   
  

 

 

 

During the period ended December 31, 2013, the Strategic Growth Fund and the Dividend Value Fund utilized capital loss carryforwards of $2,062 and $4,466, respectively, to offset realized capital gains.

For Federal income tax purposes, capital losses incurred may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Additionally, postenactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law. Capital loss carryforwards, all of which are not subject to expiration are as follows:

 

    Short-Term
Loss
    Long-Term
Loss
    Total  

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund

    (242     (18     (260

For Federal income tax purposes, the cost of securities owned at December 31, 2013, and the net realized gains or losses on securities sold for the period were not materially different from amounts reported for financial reporting purposes. These differences are primarily due to wash sales which cannot be used for Federal income tax purposes in the current year and have been deferred for use in future years. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Strategic Growth, Dividend Value, High Grade Income, and Hawaii Municipal Bond Funds for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

    Strategic
Growth

Fund
    Dividend
Value
Fund
    High Grade
Income

Fund
    Hawaii
Municipal
Bond Fund
 

Federal Tax Cost

  $ 50,284      $ 41,422      $ 72,272      $ 147,120   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

    7,827        20,112        2,427        3,511   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

    (981     (126     (1,095     (1,898
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation

  $ 6,846      $ 19,986      $ 1,332      $ 1,613   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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8. RISKS

The Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund invests primarily in debt instruments in the state of Hawaii. The issuers’ ability to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in that state. In addition, each Fund’s investments in debt securities are subject to “credit risk,” which is the risk that an issuer will be unable, or will be perceived to be unable, to repay its obligations at maturity. Funds that invest primarily in high quality debt securities generally are subject to less credit risk than funds that invest in lower quality debt securities.

Certain debt securities are backed by credit enhancements from various financial institutions and financial guarantee assurance agencies. These credit enhancements reinforce the credit quality of the individual securities; however, if any of the financial institutions or financial guarantee assurance agencies’ credit quality should deteriorate, it could cause the individual security’s credit quality to change. Additionally, if any of the Funds concentrate their credit enhancements in any one financial institution, the risk of credit quality deterioration increases. The following table provides detail on the approximate percentage of each fund’s investments in securities with these types of enhancements, as well as the name of the entity providing the largest proportion of enhancements in the Fund.

 

    

Hawaii

Municipal
Bond Fund

% of investments in securities with credit enhancements or liquidity enhancements

  40.90%

Largest % of investments in securities with credit enhancements or liquidity enhancements from a single institution

  16.97% (National Public Finance
Guarentee Corporation)

The value of asset-backed securities may be affected by the credit risk of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the financial institution(s) providing the credit support. In addition to credit risk, asset-backed securities and other securities with early redemption features are subject to pre-payment risk. During periods of declining interest rates, prepayment of loans underlying asset-backed securities can be expected to accelerate or an issuer may retire an outstanding bond early to reduce interest costs. A Fund’s ability to maintain positions in such securities will be affected by reductions in the principal amount of such securities resulting from prepayments, and its ability to reinvest the returns of principal at comparable yields is subject to the general prevailing interest rates at that time.

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dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

 

9. LINE OF CREDIT

The Funds, which are not jointly liable, entered into an agreement which enables them to participate in a $5 million unsecured committed revolving line of credit on a first come, first served basis, with Union Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) which expires June 05, 2014. The proceeds from the borrowings shall be used to finance the Funds’ short term general working capital requirements, including the funding of shareholder redemptions. Interest is charged to the Funds based on their borrowings during the period at the Bank current reference rate. As of December 31, 2013 the Funds had borrowings of $2,945 outstanding.

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Funds had the following borrowings under the line of credit:

 

     Average
Borrowings
(000)
    Borrowing
Costs (000)
    Number
of Days
Outstanding
    Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
 

Strategic Growth Fund

  $ 22      $ 1        47        2.31

 

10. OTHER

At December 31, 2013, the percentage of total shares outstanding held by shareholders for each Fund, which comprised omnibus accounts that were held on behalf of several individual shareholders, was as follows:

 

    Number of
Shareholders
    % of Outstanding
Shares
 

Strategic Growth Fund, Class I Shares

    2       97.02

Dividend Value Fund, Class I Shares

    1        98.69  

High Grade Income Fund, Class I Shares

    2        92.54  

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund, Class I Shares

    1        69.14  

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund, Class A Shares

    1        7.65  

 

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Funds have evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures or adjustments were required to the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Bishop Street Funds:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Strategic Growth Fund, Dividend Value Fund, High Grade Income Fund, and Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund (constituting the Bishop Street Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at December 31, 2013, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 26, 2014

 

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including applicable sales charges (loads); and (2) ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for portfolio management, administrative services, distribution and service (12b-1), shareholder service fees, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.

Operating expenses such as these are deducted from a mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce its final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of the mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as the mutual fund’s expense ratio.

The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

The table on the next page illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:

 

 

Actual Fund Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that your Fund incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return.

You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your actual account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Fund under “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

 

Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other funds.

Note: Because the return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT your Fund’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.

 

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Beginning
Account
Value

7/1/13

    Ending
Account
Value
12/31/13
    Annualized
Expense
Ratios
    Expenses
Paid During
Period*
 

Strategic Growth Fund — Class I

       

 

 

Actual Fund Return

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,218.30        1.17   $ 6.56   

Hypothetical 5% Return

    1,000.00        1,019.29        1.17        5.97   

 

 

Dividend Value Fund — Class I

       

 

 

Actual Fund Return

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,117.90        1.05   $ 5.61   

Hypothetical 5% Return

    1,000.00        1,019.91        1.05        5.35   

 

 

High Grade Income Fund — Class I

       

 

 

Actual Fund Return

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.70        0.76   $ 3.83   

Hypothetical 5% Return

    1,000.00        1,021.37        0.76        3.87   

 

 

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund — Class I

       

 

 

Actual Fund Return

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.60        0.55   $ 2.78   

Hypothetical 5% Return

    1,000.00        1,022.43        0.55        2.80   

 

 

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund — Class A

       

 

 

Actual Fund Return

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.40        0.80   $ 4.04   

Hypothetical 5% Return

    1,000.00        1,021.17        0.80        4.08   

 

 
*   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

Pursuant to Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Fund’s sub-advisory agreement must be approved: (i) by a vote of a majority of the shareholders of the Fund; and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of Bishop Street Funds (the “Trust”) who are not parties to the agreement or “interested persons” of any party thereto, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

A Board meeting was held on August 12, 2013 to decide whether to approve the following agreement (the “Agreement”) for an initial two-year term:

 

   

the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) on behalf of the Bishop Street Strategic Growth Fund.

In preparation for the meeting, the Trustees requested that the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser furnish information necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreement. The Trustees used this information, as well as other information that the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and other service providers of the Fund presented or submitted to the Board at the meeting, to help them decide whether to approve the Agreement for an initial two-year term.

Specifically, the Board requested and received written materials from the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and other service providers of the Fund regarding: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser; (ii) the Sub-Adviser’s investment management personnel; (iii) the Sub-Adviser’s operations; (iv) the Sub-Adviser’s brokerage practices (including any soft dollar arrangements) and investment strategies; (v) the Fund’s proposed advisory fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser; (vi) the Sub-Adviser’s compliance systems; (vii) the Sub-Adviser’s policies on and compliance procedures for personal securities transactions; (viii) the Sub-Adviser’s investment experience; (ix) the Adviser’s rationale for recommending the Sub-Adviser; and (x) the Sub-Adviser’s performance in managing similar accounts.

Representatives from the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, along with other Fund service providers, presented additional information and participated in question and answer sessions at the meeting to help the Trustees evaluate the Sub-Adviser’s services, fee and other aspects of the Agreement. The Independent Trustees received advice from independent counsel and met in executive session outside the presence of Fund management and the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser.

At the Board meeting, the Trustees, including all of the Independent Trustees, based on their evaluation of the information provided by the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and other service providers of the Fund, approved the Agreement. In considering the approval of the

 

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Agreement, the Board considered various factors that they determined were relevant, including: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser; and (ii) the fees to be paid to the Sub-Adviser, as discussed in further detail below.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Sub-Adviser

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser, the Board reviewed the portfolio management services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser to the Fund, including the quality and continuity of the Sub-Adviser’s portfolio management personnel and the resources of the Sub-Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the terms of the proposed Agreement. The Trustees considered that the Adviser would supervise and monitor the performance of the Sub-Adviser. The most recent investment adviser registration form (“Form ADV”) for the Sub-Adviser was provided to the Board, as was the response of the Sub-Adviser to a detailed series of questions which included, among other things, information about the background and experience of the portfolio managers proposed to be primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

The Trustees also considered other services to be provided to the Fund by the Sub-Adviser such as selecting broker-dealers for executing portfolio transactions, monitoring adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions, and monitoring compliance with various Fund policies and procedures and with applicable securities laws and regulations. Based on the factors above, as well as those discussed below, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided to the Fund by the Sub-Adviser would be satisfactory.

Costs of Advisory Services

In considering the advisory fee payable by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser, the Trustees reviewed, among other things, a report of the proposed advisory fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the management fees charged by the Sub-Adviser to institutional and other clients with comparable mandates. The Trustees also considered that the Adviser, not the Fund, would pay the Sub-Adviser pursuant to the sub-advisory agreement. The Trustees evaluated both the fee that would be payable under the sub-advisory agreement and the portion of the fee under the advisory agreement that would be retained by the Adviser. The Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the advisory fee was reasonable in light of the nature and quality of the services expected to be rendered by the Sub-Adviser. The Board also considered the Sub-Adviser’s commitment to managing the Fund.

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the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Sub-Adviser as the assets of the Fund grow. Accordingly, the Trustees did not make any conclusions regarding the Sub-Adviser’s investment performance with respect to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser’s profitability, or the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Sub-Adviser as the assets of the Fund grow, but will do so during future considerations of the Agreement.

Based on the Board’s deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above and other factors and information it believed relevant, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, unanimously concluded that the terms of the Agreement, including the fees to be paid thereunder, were fair and reasonable and agreed to approve the Agreement for an initial term of two years and recommend the approval of the Agreement to the Fund’s shareholders. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any particular factor (or conclusion with respect thereto) or single piece of information that was all-important, controlling or determinative of its decision and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors (and conclusions with respect thereto) and information.

 

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Notice to Shareholders of Bishop Street Funds

 

For shareholders that do not have a December 31, 2013 taxable year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with a December 31, 2013 tax year end, please consult your tax adviser as to the pertinence of this notice.

 

Fund

  (A)*
Long Term
Capital Gains
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
    (B)*
Ordinary
Income
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
    (C)*
Tax
Exempt
Interest
    (A+B+C)
(D)

Total
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
 

Strategic Growth Fund

    93.62     6.38     0.00     100.00

Dividend Value Fund

    0.00     100.00     0.00     100.00

High Grade Income Fund

    49.71     50.29     0.00     100.00

Hawaii Municipal Bond Fund

    13.01     0.08     86.91     100.00

 

* Items (A), (B) and (C) are based on the percentage of each fund’s total distribution.
(1) Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions).
(2) The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Dividend Income” as created by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of “Ordinary Income Distributions” (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). It is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted by the law.
(3) “U.S. Government Interest” represents the amount of interest that was derived from direct U.S. Government Obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. This amount is reflected as a percentage of total ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government Obligations is exempt from state income tax. However, for residents of California, Connecticut and New York, the statutory threshold requirements were not satisfied to permit exemption of these amounts from state income.

 

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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, each fund has designated the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.

 

(E)
Dividends
Qualifying
for
Corporate
Dividends
Receivable
Deduction(1)

    (F)
Qualifying
Dividend
Income(2)
    (G)
U.S.
Government
Interest(3)
    (H)
Interest
Related
Dividends(4)
    (I)
Short-Term
Capital
Gain
Dividends (5)
 
  37.91     37.24     0.00     0.00     100.00
  100.00     100.00     0.00     0.00     0.00
  0.00     0.00     20.96     99.05     100.00
  0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

 

(4) The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Interest Related Dividends” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of net investment income distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.
(5) The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

 

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Shareholder Voting Results

 

A Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Bishop Street Strategic Growth Fund (the “Fund”) was held on October 14, 2013 for the purpose of considering a new Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Bishop Street Capital Management and Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC with respect to the Fund. The motion was approved with the following voting results

 

    Number of
Shares
    % of
Outstanding
Shares
    % of
Shares
Present
 

Affirmative

    2,963,992        89.73     99.95

Against

    1,404        0.04     0.05

Abstain

           0.00     0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    2,965,396        89.77     100.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Board of Trustees and Officers

 

Set forth below are the names, age, position with the Trust, length of term of office, and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Trustees who are deemed not to be ‘‘interested persons’’ of the Trust are referred to as ‘‘Independent Board Members.’’ Messrs. Nesher and Doran are Trustees who may be

 

Name, Address,

Age1

 

Position(s) Held

with the Trust

and Length of

Time Served2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

INTERESTED

BOARD MEMBERS3,4

   

ROBERT NESHER

67 yrs. old

  Chairman of the Board of Trustees (Since 1991)   SEI employee 1974 to present; currently performs various services on behalf of SEI Investments for which Mr. Nesher is compensated. President and Director of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP. President and Chief Executive Officer of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP, June 2007 to present. President and Director of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. to 2010.

WILLIAM M. DORAN

1701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

73 yrs. old

 

Trustee

(Since 1991)

  Self-Employed Consultant since 2003. Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (law firm) from 1976 to 2003, counsel to the Trust, SEI Investments, SIMC, the Administrator and the Distributor.

INDEPENDENT

BOARD MEMBERS4

   

JOHN K. DARR

69 yrs. old

 

Trustee

(Since 2008)

  Retired. CEO, Office of Finance, Federal Home Loan Bank, from 1992 to 2007.

JOSEPH T. GRAUSE, JR.

61 yrs. old

 

Trustee

(Since 2011)

  Director of Endowments and Foundations, Morningstar Investment Management, Morningstar, Inc., February 2010 to May 2011; Director of International Consulting and Chief Executive Officer of Morningstar Associates Europe Limited, Morningstar, Inc., May 2007 to February 2010; Country Manager Morningstar UK Limited, Morningstar, Inc., June 2005 to May 2007.
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust
3   Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be “interested” persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates.
4   Board Members oversee 4 funds in the Bishop Street Funds.

 

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deemed to be ‘‘interested’’ persons of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by vir
tue of their affiliation with the Trust’s Distributor. The Trust’s Statement of Additional
Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The
SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 1-800-262-9565. The following chart lists
Trustees and Officers as of December 31, 2013.

 

Other Directorships
Held by Board Member5

Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund , Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust and SEI Tax Exempt Trust. Director of SEI Global Master Fund plc, SEI Global Assets Fund plc, SEI Global Investments Fund plc, SEI Investments — Global Funds Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Europe) Ltd., SEI Investments — Unit Trust Management (UK) Limited, SEI Multi-Strategy Funds PLC, SEI Global Nominee Ltd. and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP.

 

Former Directorships: Director of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. to 2010.

Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund , Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust and SEI Tax Exempt Trust. Director of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP since June 2007. Director of SEI Investments (Europe), Limited, SEI Investments — Global Funds Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Asia), Limited and SEI Asset Korea Co., Ltd. Director of the Distributor since 2003.
Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund , Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II,. Director, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh. Director, Manna, Inc. (non-profit developer of affordable housing for ownership). Director, MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. (December 2005 – January 2007).
Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund , Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, The Korea Fund, Inc.
5   Directorships of Companies required to report to the securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 act.

 

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Name, Address,

Age1

 

Position(s) Held
with the Trust

and Length of

Time Served2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

INDEPENDENT

BOARD MEMBERS3 (continued)

 

MITCHELL A. JOHNSON

71 yrs. old

 

Trustee

(Since 2005)

  Retired.Private investor and self-employed consultant (strategic investments).

BETTY L. KRIKORIAN

70 yrs. old

 

Trustee

(Since 2005)

  Vice President, Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. since 2008. Self-Employed Legal and Financial Services Consultant since 2003. Counsel (in-house) for State Street Bank from 1995 to 2003.

BRUCE R. SPECA

57 yrs. old

 

Trustee

(Since 2011)

  Global Head of Asset Allocation, Manulife Asset Management (subsidiary of Manulife Financial), June 2010 to May 2011; Executive Vice President — Investment Management Services, John Hancock Financial Services (subsidiary of Manulife Financial), June 2003 to June 2010.

GEORGE J.

SULLIVAN, JR.

70 yrs. old

 

Trustee Lead

Independent Trustee

(Since 1999)

  Retired since January 2012. Self-employed Consultant, Newfound Consultants Inc. since April 1997.
OFFICERS    

MICHAEL BEATTIE

48 yrs. old

 

President

(Since 2011)

  Director of Client Service at SEI from 2004 to 2011. Vice President at SEI from 2009 to November 2011.

MICHAEL LAWSON

53 yrs. old

 

Treasurer, Controller and Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2005)

  Director, SEI Investments, Fund Accounting since July 2005.
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.
3   Board Members oversee 4 funds in the Bishop Street Funds.

 

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Other Directorships
Held by Board Member/Trustee4
Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP. Director, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) since 1997. Trustee, Citizens Funds (1998 – 2006). Director, The FBR Rushmore Funds (2002 – 2005). Trustee, Diversified Investors Portfolios (2006 – 2008).
Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II.
Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II.

Current Directorships: Trustee/Director of State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust, Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P., SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP; member of the independent review committee for SEI’s Canadian-registered mutual funds.

 

Former Directorships: Director of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. to 2010.

None.
None.
4   Directorships of Companies required to report to the securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 act.

 

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Name, Address,

Age1

  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
and Length of
Time Served2
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

OFFICERS(continued)    

RUSSELL EMERY

50 yrs. old

 

Chief Compliance Officer

(Since 2006)

  Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP since June 2007. Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P., SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust and SEI Tax Exempt Trust since March 2006. Director of Investment Product Management and Development, SEI Investments, since February 2003; Senior Investment Analyst – Equity Team, SEI Investments, from March 2000 to February 2003.

DIANNE M. SULZBACH

36 yrs. old

 

Vice President

and Secretary

(Since 2011)

  Counsel at SEI Investments since 2010. Associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP from 2003 to 2006. Associate at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP from 2002 to 2003.

LISA WHITTAKER

35yrs. old

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

(Since 2013)

  Attorney, SEI Investments Company (2012-present). Associate Counsel, The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. (2011-2012). Associate, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (2006-2011).

EDWARD McCUSKER

29 yrs. old

 

Privacy Officer
(Since 2013)

AML Officer
(Since 2013)

  SEI’s Private Trust Company 2006-2008. SEI’s Private Banking 2008-2010. AML SEI Private Trust Company 2010-2011. AML Manager of SEI Investments 2011-2013. AML and Privacy Officer 2013.

JOHN MUNCH

42 yrs. old

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

(Since 2012)

  Attorney at SEI Investments Company since 2001.
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust

 

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Other Directorships

Held by Officers

None.
None.
None.
None.
None.

 

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INVESTMENT ADVISER

BISHOP STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

HONOLULU, HI 96813

ADMINISTRATOR

SEI INVESTMENTS GLOBAL FUNDS SERVICES

OAKS, PA 19456

DISTRIBUTOR

SEI INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTION CO.

OAKS, PA 19456

TRANSFER AGENT

DST SYSTEMS, INC.

KANSAS CITY, MO 64121

CUSTODIAN

UNION BANK, N.A.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94101

LEGAL COUNSEL

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103

 

LOGO

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BISHOP STREET FUNDS, CALL 1-800-262-9565 OR YOUR INVESTMENT SPECIALIST VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW.BISHOPSTREETFUNDS.COM


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LOGO  

BISHOP STREET FUNDS

P.O. BOX 219721

KANSAS CITY, MO 64121-9721

THIS REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE SUBMITTED FOR THE GENERAL INFORMATION OF BISHOP STREET FUNDSSHAREHOLDERS. THIS REPORT IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS UNLESS PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY AN EFFECTIVE PROSPECTUS.

SHARES OF BISHOP STREET FUNDS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED BY FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. SUCH SHARES ARE ALSO NOT FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, OR ANY OTHER AGENCY. INVESTMENT IN SHARES OF MUTUAL FUNDS INVOLVES RISK, INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL. THE BISHOP STREET FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED BY SEI INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTION CO., WHICH IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK, BANK OF THE WEST OR BANCWEST CORPORATION. BANCWEST CORPORATION IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BNP PARIBAS.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.

(a) (2) The audit committee financial experts are George Sullivan and John Darr, and are independent as defined in Form N-CSR Item 3 (a) (2).

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC LLP) Related to the Trust

PwC LLP billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

          2013      2012  
          All fees and
services to the
Trust that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were pre-
approved
     All other fees
and services to
service
affiliates that
did not  require
pre-approval
     All fees and
services to the
Trust that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were pre-
approved
     All other fees
and services to
service
affiliates that
did not  require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 92,700         N/A         N/A       $ 90,000         N/A         N/A   

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

(c)

   Tax Fees      N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

(d)

   All Other Fees      N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   


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Notes:

  (1) Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

(e)(1)

All requests or applications for services to be provided by the independent auditor shall be submitted to the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Registrant and must include a detailed description of the services proposed to be rendered. The Registrant ‘s CFO will determine whether such services (1) require specific pre-approval, (2) are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the audit committee or (3) have been previously pre-approved in connection with the independent auditor’s annual engagement letter for the applicable year or otherwise.

Requests or applications to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the audit committee will be submitted to the audit committee by the CFO. The audit committee will be informed by the CFO on a quarterly basis of all services rendered by the independent auditor. The audit committee has delegated specific pre-approval authority to either the audit committee chair or financial experts, provided that the estimated fee for any such proposed pre-approved service does not exceed $100,000 and any pre-approval decisions are reported to the audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

All services to be provided by the independent auditor shall be provided pursuant to a signed written engagement letter with the Registrant, the investment advisor or applicable control affiliate (except that matters as to which an engagement letter would be impractical because of timing issues or because the matter is small may not be the subject of an engagement letter) that sets forth both the services to be provided by the independent auditor and the total fees to be paid to the independent auditor for those services.

In addition, the audit committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet its responsibility to oversee the work of the independent auditor and to assure the auditor’s independence from the Registrant, such as reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditor delineating all relationships between the independent auditor and the Registrant, and discussing with the independent auditor its methods and procedures for ensuring independence.

(e)(2)        Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:

 

     2013      2012  

Audit-Related Fees

     N/A         N/A   

Tax Fees

     N/A         N/A   


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All Other Fees

     N/A         N/A   

(f)        Not applicable.

(g)        The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by PwC LLP for the last two fiscal years were $2,782,883 and $2,547,182 for 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(h)        During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by Registrant’s principal accountant to either Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to Registrant were pre-approved by the audit committee of Registrant’s Board of Trustees. Included in the audit committee’s pre-approval was the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable. Effective for closed-end management investment companies for fiscal years ending on or after December 31, 2005

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

((a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 270.30a-15(b)) or 240.15d-15(b)).

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17CFR 270.3a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period


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covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Items 12. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.

(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), is filed herewith.

(b) Officer certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) also accompany this filing as an exhibit.

 

 


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)   Bishop Street Funds
By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/ Michael Beattie

  Michael Beattie, President
March 7, 2014  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/ Michael Beattie

  Michael Beattie, President
March 7, 2014  
By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/ Michael Lawson

  Michael Lawson
  Treasurer, Controller & CFO
March 7, 2014  

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.