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 | 811-21989 | |||||||
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund | ||||||||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) | ||||||||
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1633 Broadway, New York, New York |
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Scott Whisten — 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 | ||||||||
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 212-739-3367 |
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Date of fiscal year end: | January 31 |
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Date of reporting period: | July 31, 2019 |
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ITEM 1. REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website (us.allianzgi.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by enrolling at us.allianzgi.com/edelivery.
If you prefer to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports after January 1, 2021, direct investors may inform a Fund at any time. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you should contact your financial intermediary directly. Paper copies are provided free of charge and your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with a Fund or all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary.
Table of Contents
2–3 |
| Letter from the President |
4–8 |
| Fund Insights |
9–11 |
| Performance & Statistics |
12–50 |
| Schedules of Investments |
51 |
| Statements of Assets and Liabilities |
52 |
| Statements of Operations |
53–54 |
| Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
55 |
| Statement of Cash Flows |
56–58 |
| Financial Highlights |
59–74 |
| Notes to Financial Statements |
75 |
| Annual Shareholder Meeting Results |
76 |
| Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures |
77–84 |
| Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements |
85–88 |
| Privacy Policy |
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 1
Letter from the President
Dear Shareholder:
The US economic expansion continued during the six-month fiscal reporting period ended July 31, 2019, although the pace moderated. Meanwhile, economic growth overseas also weakened. Over this period, global equities generated solid results. Elsewhere, the overall US bond market moved higher during the period.
For the six-month reporting period ended July 31, 2019 ¡ AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund returned 12.72% on net asset value (“NAV”) and returned 15.15% on market price.
¡ AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund returned 9.20% on NAV and returned 12.35% on market price.
¡ AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund returned 7.00% on NAV and returned 9.29% on market price. |
| Thomas J. Fuccillo President & Chief |
During the six-month period ended July 31, 2019, the Russell 3000 Index, a broad measure of US stock market performance, returned 10.95%; the Russell 1000 Value Index, a measure of large-cap value-style stocks, returned 8.74%; and the Russell 1000 Growth Index, a measure of growth style stocks, gained 13.99%. Convertible securities, as reflected by the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch All Convertibles All Qualities Index, gained 8.88%.
Turning to the US economy, gross domestic product (“GDP”), the value of goods and services produced in the country, the broadest measure of economic activity and the principal indicator of economic performance, expanded at a 1.1% annual pace during the fourth quarter of 2018. The US economy then grew at a 3.1% annual pace during the first quarter of 2019. Finally, the Commerce Department’s revised reading showed that the economy expanded at a 2.0% annual pace in the second quarter of the year.
Looking back, the US Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) raised rates four times in 2018, with the last hike pushing the federal funds rate to a range between 2.25% and 2.50%. However, at its January 2019 meeting, the Fed indicated that it expected to pause from tightening monetary policy as it monitored incoming economic data. Then, at its June 2019 meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (the “Committee”) communicated that it “continues to view sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee’s symmetric 2 percent objective as the most likely outcomes, but uncertainties about this outlook have increased.” In his press conference after the meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated, “The case for somewhat more accommodative policy has strengthened.” Finally, at its meeting that concluded on July 31, 2019, the Fed lowered the federal funds rate to a range between 2.00% and 2.25%. This was the Fed’s first rate cut since 2008.
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Outlook In our opinion, the global economy looks increasingly fragmented, and our outlook calls for more unease over trade tensions and politics. |
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The outcome of US-China trade negotiations seems uncertain and we currently see only slightly better-than-even odds of the two countries signing a much-needed agreement. Without a deal, US tariffs could expand into consumer-oriented areas, increasing the prices of imported goods. The Fed will watch inflation closely, especially if more trade tariffs are implemented. In our opinion, the Fed may be less inclined to keep rates low if inflation moves higher, which could undermine support for high stock prices. Still, while the US economy remains late-cycle, we believe it is not yet facing a recession.
The second half of 2019 will be important for the European Union as it appoints new members to its leadership team. Support for mainstream pro-European parties held up in recent European Parliamentary elections, but the legislative body will likely end up more fragmented and decision-making could slow. Meanwhile, in the UK, economic and corporate uncertainty is being prolonged by the extension of the Brexit deadline until October 31, 2019. The election of a new Prime Minister raises additional questions about the future path of Brexit and policymaking overall.
With political uncertainty high, investors might consider pivoting towards income-generating investments – but with low to negative yields on many bonds and cash, we believe that the biggest risk is still to take no risk. In our view, it will be important to take an active approach to investing. This approach could involve watching out for high-priced assets and taking contrarian positions when attractive valuations can be found.
On behalf of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, thank you for investing with us. We encourage you to consult with your financial advisor and to visit our website, us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds, for additional information. We remain dedicated to serving your investment needs.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Fuccillo
President & Chief Executive Officer
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 3
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
For the period of February 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019, as provided by Douglas G. Forsyth, CFA, Portfolio Manager.
For the six-month period ended July 31, 2019, the AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (the “Fund”) returned 12.72% on net asset value (“NAV”) and 15.15% on market price.
During the reporting period, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, a measure of growth style stocks, returned 13.99%; convertible securities, as reflected by the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch All Convertibles All Qualities Index, returned 8.88%; and high yield bonds, as reflected by the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Index, returned 5.86%.
Market Overview
The equity, convertible and high-yield bond markets produced positive returns over the reporting period. Stocks recorded fresh all-time highs and led risk assets. Convertible bonds were positively impacted by underlying equity strength. The high-yield bond market was supported by a strong technical backdrop, continuing to benefit from steady demand as yield-seeking investors faced fewer options with negative-yielding debt globally continuing to grow.
Globally, central banks announced stimulus measures or suggested future accommodation. The US Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) cut interest rates and ended quantitative tightening, citing global developments and muted inflation pressures. Coordinated easing efforts and dovish outlooks pressured global yields.
The first-quarter earnings season was the first period without the tax reform tailwind. Although high yield financials revealed lower year-over-year comparisons for revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization growth, most issuers reported better-than-expected results. Most convertible bond issuers exceeded first-quarter expectations and reported higher year-over-year comparisons for revenue and earnings growth. Correspondingly, three-quarters of the S&P 500 Index’s constituents surpassed first-quarter earnings estimates.
Economic reports indicated that the growth rate of activity was moderate. While the labor market remained strong and consumer spending picked up, business investment was soft and overall inflation was muted.
Trade tensions persisted throughout the period. The US raised tariffs on Chinese imports and China retaliated with tariffs on US imports. Planned tariffs on Mexico were cancelled, and at the G20 summit, the US and
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Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
China temporarily agreed to pause tariff hikes and restart bilateral trade negotiations.
Against this back drop, equity volatility spiked in May 2019 on escalating tensions and then again in late July 2019 heading into the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
Portfolio Specifics
The Fund benefited from exposure to equities, convertibles and high-yield bonds. In addition to providing a positive total return and relative outperformance compared to the S&P 500 Index, the Fund also delivered a high level of income over the reporting period.
In the equity sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, exposure to information technology, consumer discretionary and communication services helped performance. Conversely, the health care, energy and materials sectors hindered performance.
In the convertible sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, sectors that contributed positively to performance included technology, health care and financials. On the other hand, consumer staples and energy sectors pressured performance.
In the high yield sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, industries that aided performance included health care, retail and gaming. Only the telecommunications industry detracted from performance.
For the Fund’s covered call strategy, many option positions expired below strike and the Fund was able to retain the set premiums.
Outlook
In our opinion, synchronized central bank easing and progress on trade could help to support economic and earnings growth in the future.
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
For the period of February 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019, as provided by Douglas G. Forsyth, CFA, Portfolio Manager.
For the six-month period ended July 31, 2019, the AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (the “Fund”) returned 9.20% on net asset value (“NAV”) and 12.35% on market price.
Market Overview
The equity and convertible markets produced positive returns over the reporting period. Stocks recorded fresh all-time highs and led risk assets. Convertible bonds were positively impacted by underlying equity strength.
Globally, central banks announced stimulus measures or suggested future accommodation. The US Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) cut interest rates and ended quantitative tightening, citing global developments and muted inflation pressures.
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 5
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
Coordinated easing efforts and dovish outlooks pressured global yields.
The first-quarter earnings season was the first period without the tax reform tailwind. Most convertible bond issuers exceeded first-quarter expectations and reported higher year-over-year comparisons for revenue and earnings growth. Correspondingly, three-quarters of the S&P 500 Index’s constituents surpassed first-quarter earnings estimates.
Economic reports indicated that the growth rate of activity was moderate. While the labor market remained strong and consumer spending picked up, business investment was soft and overall inflation was muted.
Trade tensions persisted throughout the period. The US raised tariffs on Chinese imports and China retaliated with tariffs on US imports. Planned tariffs on Mexico were cancelled, and at the G20 summit, the US and China temporarily agreed to pause tariff hikes and restart bilateral trade negotiations.
Against this back drop, equity volatility spiked in May on escalating tensions and then again in late July heading into the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
Portfolio Specifics
The Fund benefited from exposure to both convertible bonds and equities. In addition to providing a positive total return and relative outperformance compared to the S&P 500
Index, the Fund also delivered a high level of income over the reporting period.
In the equity sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, exposure to information technology, consumer discretionary and communication services helped performance. Conversely, the health care, energy and materials sectors hindered performance.
In the convertible sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, sectors that contributed positively to performance included technology, health care and financials. On the other hand, consumer staples, energy and transportation pressured performance.
For the Fund’s covered call strategy, many option positions expired below strike and the Fund was able to retain the set premiums.
Outlook
In our opinion, synchronized central bank easing and progress on trade could help to support economic and earnings growth in the future.
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
For the period of February 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019, as provided by the Value Equity, US team.
For the six-month period ended July 31, 2019, the AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium
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Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) returned 7.00% on net asset value (“NAV”) and 9.29% on market price.
During the reporting period, the Russell 1000 Value Index, a measure of large-cap value style stocks, returned 8.74%; convertible securities, as reflected by the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch All Convertibles All Qualities Index, returned 8.88%.
Market Overview
The equity and convertible markets produced positive returns over the reporting period. Stocks recorded fresh all-time highs and convertible bonds were positively impacted by underlying equity strength.
Globally, central banks announced stimulus measures or suggested future accommodation. The US Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) cut interest rates and ended quantitative tightening, citing global developments and muted inflation pressures. Coordinated easing efforts and dovish outlooks pressured global yields.
The first-quarter earnings season was the first period without the tax reform tailwind, and three-quarters of the S&P 500 Index’s constituents surpassed first-quarter earnings estimates. Most convertible bond issuers exceeded first-quarter expectations and reported higher year-over-year comparisons for revenue and earnings growth.
The US economy expanded by 2.0% on an annualized basis in the second quarter, with growth driven by consumer spending. While this was slower than the 3.1% rate of expansion recorded in the first quarter, it reinforced the picture of moderating growth, rather than a notable slowdown. The labor market remained strong and consumer spending picked up, while business investment was soft and overall inflation was muted.
Trade tensions persisted throughout the period. The US raised tariffs on Chinese imports and China retaliated with tariffs on US imports. Planned tariffs on Mexico were cancelled, and at the G20 summit, the US and China temporarily agreed to pause tariff hikes and restart bilateral trade negotiations.
Against this back drop, equity volatility spiked in May 2019 on escalating tensions and then again in late July 2019 heading into the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) meeting, when the Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points, marking the first such reduction since 2008.
Portfolio Specifics
In the equities sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, selection across the information technology and utilities sectors detracted while holdings in the industrials and communications services sectors contributed to performance. From an allocation perspective, an overweight in energy hurt relative results while an
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 7
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
overweight in information technology benefited returns.
In the convertible sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, sectors that contributed positively to performance included technology, financials and media. On the other hand, energy, consumer staples and transportation pressured performance.
In the covered call sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio, many option positions expired below strike and the Fund was able to retain the set premiums.
Outlook
In our opinion, synchronized central bank easing and progress on trade could help to support economic and earnings growth in the future.
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Performance & Statistics
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
Total Return(1) |
| Market Price |
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Six Months |
| 15.15% |
| 12.72% |
1 Year |
| 6.46% |
| 10.70% |
Commencement of Operations (5/27/15) to 7/31/19 |
| 8.34% |
| 9.26% |
Market Price/NAV Performance |
| Market Price/NAV |
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Commencement of Operations (5/27/15) to 7/31/19 |
| Market Price |
| $23.47 |
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| $23.79 |
NAV |
| Discount to NAV |
| -1.35% |
Market Price |
| Market Price Yield(3) |
| 8.54% |
| Leverage Ratio(4) |
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(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV or market price (as applicable) in the specified period. The calculation assumes that all dividends and distributions, if any, have been reinvested. Total return does not reflect broker commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares and includes the effect of any expense reductions, if any. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return. Total return for a period of less than one year is not annualized.
Performance at market price will differ from results at NAV. Although market price returns typically reflect investment results over time, during shorter periods returns at market price can also be influenced by factors such as changing views about the Fund, market conditions, supply and demand for the Fund’s shares, or changes in the Fund’s dividends.
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including the loss of principal. Total return, market price, market price yield and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one-time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are traded in the open market through a stock exchange. NAV is equal to total assets attributable to common shareholders less total liabilities divided by the number of common shares outstanding. Holdings are subject to change daily.
(2) The NAV disclosed in the Fund’s financial statements may differ due to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
(3) Market Price Yield is determined by dividing the annualized current (declared August 1, 2019) monthly dividend per common share (comprised of net investment income and net capital gains, if any) by the market price per common share at July 31, 2019.
(4) Represents Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares, Senior Secured Notes and amounts drawn under the short-term margin loan facility (“Leverage”) outstanding, as a percentage of total managed assets as of July 31, 2019. Total managed assets refer to total assets (including assets attributable to Leverage) minus liabilities (other than liabilities representing Leverage).
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Performance & Statistics
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
Total Return(1) |
| Market Price |
| NAV |
Six Months |
| 12.35% |
| 9.20% |
1 Year |
| 3.60% |
| 5.68% |
5 Year |
| 10.39% |
| 7.94% |
10 Year |
| 11.77% |
| 10.75% |
Commencement of Operations (2/27/07) to 7/31/19 |
| 7.02% |
| 7.23% |
Market Price/NAV Performance |
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Commencement of Operations (2/27/07) to 7/31/19 |
| Market Price |
| $22.26 |
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| $23.80 |
NAV |
| Discount to NAV |
| -6.47% |
Market Price |
| Market Price Yield(3) |
| 6.83% |
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(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV or market price (as applicable) in the specified period. The calculation assumes that all dividends and distributions, if any, have been reinvested. Total return does not reflect broker commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares and includes the effect of any expense reductions, if any. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return. Total return for a period of less than one year is not annualized.
Performance at market price will differ from results at NAV. Although market price returns typically reflect investment results over time, during shorter periods returns at market price can also be influenced by factors such as changing views about the Fund, market conditions, supply and demand for the Fund’s shares, or changes in the Fund’s dividends.
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including the loss of principal. Total return, market price, market price yield and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one-time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are traded in the open market through a stock exchange. NAV is equal to total assets less total liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding. Holdings are subject to change daily.
(2) The NAV disclosed in the Fund’s financial statements may differ due to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
(3) Market Price Yield is determined by dividing the annualized current quarterly dividend per share (comprised of net investment income and net capital gains, if any) by the market price per share at July 31, 2019.
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Performance & Statistics
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
Total Return(1) |
| Market Price |
| NAV |
Six Months |
| 9.29% |
| 7.00% |
1 Year |
| 4.92% |
| 1.68% |
5 Year |
| 1.44% |
| 2.60% |
10 Year |
| 9.23% |
| 7.35% |
Commencement of Operations (2/28/05) to 7/31/19 |
| 4.12% |
| 4.62% |
Market Price/NAV Performance |
| Market Price/NAV |
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Commencement of Operations (2/28/05) to 7/31/19 |
| Market Price |
| $12.54 |
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| $14.00 |
NAV |
| Discount to NAV |
| -10.43% |
Market Price |
| Market Price Yield(3) |
| 5.20% |
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(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV or market price (as applicable) in the specified period. The calculation assumes that all dividends and distributions, if any, have been reinvested. Total return does not reflect broker commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares and includes the effect of any expense reductions, if any. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return. Total return for a period of less than one year is not annualized.
Performance at market price will differ from results at NAV. Although market price returns typically reflect investment results over time, during shorter periods returns at market price can also be influenced by factors such as changing views about the Fund, market conditions, supply and demand for the Fund’s shares, or changes in the Fund’s dividends.
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including the loss of principal. Total return, market price, market price yield and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one-time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are traded in the open market through a stock exchange. NAV is equal to total assets less total liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding. Holdings are subject to change daily.
(2) The NAV disclosed in the Fund’s financial statements may differ due to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
(3) Market Price Yield is determined by dividing the annualized current quarterly dividend per share (comprised of net investment income and net capital gains, if any) by the market price per share at July 31, 2019.
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
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Convertible Bonds & Notes – 66.0% |
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| Aerospace & Defense – 0.8% |
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$755 |
| Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., 2.25%, 12/15/23 (g) |
| $1,301,362 |
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695 |
| Arconic, Inc., 1.625%, 10/15/19 |
| 698,854 |
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| 2,000,216 |
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| Apparel & Textiles – 0.1% |
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595 |
| Iconix Brand Group, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/23 (g) |
| 188,913 |
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| Auto Components – 0.6% |
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1,320 |
| Meritor, Inc., 3.25%, 10/15/37 |
| 1,406,358 |
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| Auto Manufacturers – 0.8% |
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2,000 |
| Tesla, Inc., 2.375%, 3/15/22 (g) |
| 2,034,824 |
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| Biotechnology – 4.4% |
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1,635 |
| BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 0.599%, 8/1/24 (g) |
| 1,666,282 |
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1,710 |
| Exact Sciences Corp., 0.375%, 3/15/27 (g) |
| 2,114,085 |
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| Illumina, Inc., |
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1,170 |
| zero coupon, 8/15/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,265,894 |
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340 |
| 0.50%, 6/15/21 |
| 453,368 |
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1,115 |
| Insmed, Inc., 1.75%, 1/15/25 (g) |
| 1,015,757 |
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690 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.00%, 11/15/21 |
| 831,927 |
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| Medicines Co., |
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1,300 |
| 2.75%, 7/15/23 (g) |
| 1,295,217 |
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450 |
| 3.50%, 1/15/24 (a)(b) |
| 730,687 |
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1,245 |
| PTC Therapeutics, Inc., 3.00%, 8/15/22 (g) |
| 1,417,848 |
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| 10,791,065 |
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| Commercial Services – 3.3% |
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2,530 |
| Chegg, Inc., 0.125%, 3/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,819,769 |
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1,580 |
| Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 0.75%, 3/15/49 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,865,072 |
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1,330 |
| FTI Consulting, Inc., 2.00%, 8/15/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,609,884 |
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1,390 |
| Square, Inc., 0.50%, 5/15/23 |
| 1,773,547 |
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| 8,068,272 |
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| Computers – 0.9% |
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810 |
| Lumentum Holdings, Inc., 0.25%, 3/15/24 (g) |
| 973,960 |
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695 |
| Rapid7, Inc., 1.25%, 8/1/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,106,210 |
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| 2,080,170 |
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| Diversified Financial Services – 1.2% |
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650 |
| LendingTree, Inc., 0.625%, 6/1/22 (g) |
| 1,073,719 |
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675 |
| PRA Group, Inc., 3.00%, 8/1/20 (g) |
| 668,140 |
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980 |
| Qudian, Inc., 1.00%, 7/1/26 (a)(b) |
| 1,128,256 |
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| 2,870,115 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 0.4% |
|
|
|
845 |
| NRG Energy, Inc., 2.75%, 6/1/48 |
| 894,030 |
|
|
| Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.8% |
|
|
|
|
| SunPower Corp. (g), |
|
|
|
1,115 |
| 0.875%, 6/1/21 |
| 1,030,785 |
|
1,035 |
| 4.00%, 1/15/23 |
| 928,965 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,959,750 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Electronics – 1.1% |
|
|
|
$1,600 |
| Fortive Corp., 0.875%, 2/15/22 (a)(b)(g) |
| $1,648,075 |
|
940 |
| OSI Systems, Inc., 1.25%, 9/1/22 (g) |
| 1,124,812 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,772,887 |
|
|
| Energy-Alternate Sources – 0.5% |
|
|
|
790 |
| Enphase Energy, Inc., 1.00%, 6/1/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,236,414 |
|
3,615 |
| SunEdison, Inc., 3.375%, 6/1/25 (a)(b)(c) |
| 81,337 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,317,751 |
|
|
| Engineering & Construction – 0.9% |
|
|
|
1,830 |
| KBR, Inc., 2.50%, 11/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 2,221,002 |
|
|
| Entertainment – 0.7% |
|
|
|
1,425 |
| Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2.50%, 3/15/23 |
| 1,772,274 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.5% |
|
|
|
1,880 |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., 4.375%, 5/5/22 (g) |
| 1,960,036 |
|
790 |
| Extra Space Storage L.P., 3.125%, 10/1/35 (a)(b)(g) |
| 984,070 |
|
460 |
| IIP Operating Partnership L.P., 3.75%, 2/21/24 (a)(b) |
| 743,196 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,687,302 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Products – 2.8% |
|
|
|
1,330 |
| CONMED Corp., 2.625%, 2/1/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,560,896 |
|
1,610 |
| Insulet Corp., 1.375%, 11/15/24 (g) |
| 2,340,675 |
|
1,420 |
| Repligen Corp., 0.375%, 7/15/24 |
| 1,533,281 |
|
1,314 |
| Wright Medical Group, Inc., 1.625%, 6/15/23 |
| 1,429,382 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,864,234 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Services – 1.4% |
|
|
|
435 |
| Anthem, Inc., 2.75%, 10/15/42 (g) |
| 1,780,166 |
|
1,015 |
| Teladoc Health, Inc., 1.375%, 5/15/25 |
| 1,527,596 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,307,762 |
|
|
| Internet – 10.3% |
|
|
|
1,015 |
| Boingo Wireless, Inc., 1.00%, 10/1/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 873,675 |
|
|
| Booking Holdings, Inc. (g), |
|
|
|
1,025 |
| 0.35%, 6/15/20 |
| 1,482,808 |
|
1,325 |
| 0.90%, 9/15/21 |
| 1,528,835 |
|
1,560 |
| Ctrip.com International Ltd., 1.99%, 7/1/25 (g) |
| 1,730,066 |
|
655 |
| Etsy, Inc., zero coupon, 3/1/23 (g) |
| 1,276,718 |
|
2,420 |
| IAC Financeco 2, Inc., 0.875%, 6/15/26 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,544,458 |
|
625 |
| MercadoLibre, Inc., 2.00%, 8/15/28 (a)(b) |
| 995,759 |
|
555 |
| Okta, Inc., 0.25%, 2/15/23 |
| 1,520,855 |
|
1,935 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc., 0.75%, 7/1/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,135,224 |
|
1,530 |
| Q2 Holdings, Inc., 0.75%, 6/1/26 (a)(b) |
| 1,696,845 |
|
935 |
| RingCentral, Inc., zero coupon, 3/15/23 (g) |
| 1,665,127 |
|
2,395 |
| Twitter, Inc., 0.25%, 6/15/24 |
| 2,553,319 |
|
805 |
| Wayfair, Inc., 1.125%, 11/1/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,099,386 |
|
1,185 |
| Wix.com Ltd., zero coupon, 7/1/23 |
| 1,503,207 |
|
780 |
| Zendesk, Inc., 0.25%, 3/15/23 (g) |
| 1,146,054 |
|
1,290 |
| Zillow Group, Inc., 2.00%, 12/1/21 (g) |
| 1,510,773 |
|
|
|
|
| 25,263,109 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Iron/Steel – 0.5% |
|
|
|
$890 |
| Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 1.50%, 1/15/25 |
| $1,281,636 |
|
|
| Lodging – 0.6% |
|
|
|
850 |
| Caesars Entertainment Corp., 5.00%, 10/1/24 |
| 1,466,781 |
|
|
| Machinery-Diversified – 0.6% |
|
|
|
1,100 |
| Chart Industries, Inc., 1.00%, 11/15/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,552,938 |
|
|
| Media – 4.1% |
|
|
|
|
| DISH Network Corp. (g), |
|
|
|
1,330 |
| 2.375%, 3/15/24 |
| 1,187,424 |
|
2,760 |
| 3.375%, 8/15/26 |
| 2,535,993 |
|
|
| Liberty Media Corp., |
|
|
|
1,335 |
| 1.00%, 1/30/23 (g) |
| 1,613,522 |
|
855 |
| 1.375%, 10/15/23 |
| 1,024,464 |
|
1,705 |
| 2.125%, 3/31/48 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,751,801 |
|
735 |
| 2.25%, 12/1/48 (a)(b)(g) |
| 886,858 |
|
390 |
| World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., 3.375%, 12/15/23 (g) |
| 1,170,599 |
|
|
|
|
| 10,170,661 |
|
|
| Mining – 0.6% |
|
|
|
1,340 |
| SSR Mining, Inc., 2.50%, 4/1/39 (a)(b) |
| 1,536,813 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.3% |
|
|
|
1,310 |
| Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 9/15/26 (g) |
| 937,670 |
|
1,065 |
| Ensco Jersey Finance Ltd., 3.00%, 1/31/24 (g) |
| 801,412 |
|
820 |
| Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 4.125%, 9/15/23 |
| 1,011,755 |
|
2,620 |
| Nabors Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 1/15/24 (g) |
| 1,851,297 |
|
1,160 |
| Transocean, Inc., 0.50%, 1/30/23 (g) |
| 1,123,992 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,726,126 |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals – 3.2% |
|
|
|
1,725 |
| DexCom, Inc., 0.75%, 12/1/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,075,391 |
|
1,455 |
| Horizon Pharma Investment Ltd., 2.50%, 3/15/22 (g) |
| 1,638,746 |
|
620 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 2.25%, 5/15/24 |
| 893,782 |
|
1,055 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., 1.50%, 11/15/24 (g) |
| 2,303,867 |
|
960 |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, 0.25%, 2/1/26, Ser. C (g) |
| 884,996 |
|
|
|
|
| 7,796,782 |
|
|
| Pipelines – 0.9% |
|
|
|
2,820 |
| Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/45 (g) |
| 2,234,850 |
|
|
| Semiconductors – 7.4% |
|
|
|
520 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2.125%, 9/1/26 (g) |
| 2,021,800 |
|
1,680 |
| Cree, Inc., 0.875%, 9/1/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,073,571 |
|
|
| Inphi Corp. (g), |
|
|
|
870 |
| 0.75%, 9/1/21 |
| 1,081,936 |
|
480 |
| 1.125%, 12/1/20 |
| 744,398 |
|
225 |
| Intel Corp., 3.25%, 8/1/39 (g) |
| 558,616 |
|
3,355 |
| Microchip Technology, Inc., 1.625%, 2/15/27 (g) |
| 4,283,664 |
|
300 |
| Micron Technology, Inc., 3.125%, 5/1/32, Ser. D |
| 1,354,601 |
|
170 |
| Novellus Systems, Inc., 2.625%, 5/15/41 |
| 1,095,270 |
|
14 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Semiconductors (continued) |
|
|
|
$1,040 |
| NXP Semiconductors NV, 1.00%, 12/1/19 |
| $1,112,238 |
|
1,320 |
| ON Semiconductor Corp., 1.625%, 10/15/23 |
| 1,678,779 |
|
930 |
| Silicon Laboratories, Inc., 1.375%, 3/1/22 (g) |
| 1,233,262 |
|
515 |
| Teradyne, Inc., 1.25%, 12/15/23 (g) |
| 944,860 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,182,995 |
|
|
| Software – 10.0% |
|
|
|
2,375 |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc., 0.125%, 5/1/25 (g) |
| 2,681,864 |
|
445 |
| Alteryx, Inc., 0.50%, 6/1/23 (g) |
| 1,198,532 |
|
1,205 |
| Atlassian, Inc., 0.625%, 5/1/23 (g) |
| 2,174,794 |
|
1,950 |
| Coupa Software, Inc., 0.125%, 6/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,193,452 |
|
1,320 |
| Envestnet, Inc., 1.75%, 6/1/23 (g) |
| 1,621,667 |
|
880 |
| Five9, Inc., 0.125%, 5/1/23 (g) |
| 1,201,070 |
|
1,000 |
| j2 Global, Inc., 3.25%, 6/15/29 |
| 1,402,963 |
|
1,720 |
| LivePerson, Inc., 0.75%, 3/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,930,820 |
|
495 |
| MongoDB, Inc., 0.75%, 6/15/24 |
| 1,075,424 |
|
1,710 |
| Pluralsight, Inc., 0.375%, 3/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,863,014 |
|
805 |
| ServiceNow, Inc., zero coupon, 6/1/22 (g) |
| 1,677,516 |
|
1,800 |
| Splunk, Inc., 1.125%, 9/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,087,625 |
|
715 |
| Twilio, Inc., 0.25%, 6/1/23 |
| 1,462,305 |
|
1,350 |
| Workday, Inc., 0.25%, 10/1/22 (g) |
| 1,981,181 |
|
|
|
|
| 24,552,227 |
|
|
| Telecommunications – 2.4% |
|
|
|
1,725 |
| GCI Liberty, Inc., 1.75%, 9/30/46 (a)(b)(g) |
| 2,021,846 |
|
1,680 |
| Viavi Solutions, Inc., 1.00%, 3/1/24 (g) |
| 2,109,569 |
|
1,715 |
| Vonage Holdings Corp., 1.75%, 6/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,829,459 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,960,874 |
|
|
| Transportation – 0.9% |
|
|
|
2,305 |
| Air Transport Services Group, Inc., 1.125%, 10/15/24 (g) |
| 2,301,686 |
|
Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (cost-$155,140,206) |
| 162,264,403 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock – 33.3% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Aerospace & Defense – 0.7% |
|
|
|
3,400 |
| Boeing Co. (g) |
| 1,160,012 |
|
2,600 |
| Raytheon Co. (g) |
| 473,954 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,633,966 |
|
|
| Automobiles – 0.3% |
|
|
|
72,600 |
| Ford Motor Co. (g) |
| 691,878 |
|
|
| Banks – 1.1% |
|
|
|
42,300 |
| Bank of America Corp. (g) |
| 1,297,764 |
|
4,911 |
| CCF Holdings LLC, Class A (cost-$0; purchased 12/18/18) (d)(f)(h)(i) |
| – | † |
5,357 |
| CCF Holdings LLC, Class B (cost-$0; purchased 12/12/18) (d)(f)(h)(i) |
| 1 |
|
12,900 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| 1,496,400 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,794,165 |
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 15
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
| ||||
|
| Beverages – 0.5% |
|
|
|
| |||
9,000 |
| PepsiCo, Inc. |
| $1,150,290 |
|
| |||
|
| Biotechnology – 1.4% |
|
|
|
| |||
13,200 |
| AbbVie, Inc. |
| 879,384 |
|
| |||
1,900 |
| Biogen, Inc. (i) |
| 451,858 |
|
| |||
15,200 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. (g) |
| 995,904 |
|
| |||
7,100 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (i) |
| 1,183,002 |
|
| |||
|
|
|
| 3,510,148 |
|
| |||
|
| Building Products – 0.3% |
|
|
|
| |||
17,452 |
| Johnson Controls International PLC |
| 740,663 |
|
| |||
|
| Capital Markets – 0.3% |
|
|
|
| |||
3,300 |
| S&P Global, Inc. |
| 808,335 |
|
| |||
|
| Chemicals – 0.4% |
|
|
|
| |||
16,600 |
| Chemours Co. |
| 316,562 |
|
| |||
3,800 |
| Corteva, Inc. (i) |
| 112,100 |
|
| |||
3,800 |
| DOW, Inc. (i) |
| 184,072 |
|
| |||
3,800 |
| DuPont de Nemours, Inc. |
| 274,208 |
|
| |||
|
|
|
| 886,942 |
|
| |||
|
| Communications Equipment – 0.6% |
|
|
|
| |||
25,100 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| 1,390,540 |
|
| |||
|
| Construction & Engineering – 0.2% |
|
|
|
| |||
15,300 |
| Fluor Corp. (g) |
| 497,403 |
|
| |||
|
| Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.0% |
|
|
|
| |||
32,499 |
| Frontier Communications Corp. (i) |
| 42,899 |
|
| |||
|
| Energy Equipment & Services – 0.3% |
|
|
|
| |||
9,200 |
| National Oilwell Varco, Inc. |
| 219,144 |
|
| |||
12,800 |
| Schlumberger Ltd. (g) |
| 511,616 |
|
| |||
|
|
|
| 730,760 |
|
| |||
|
| Entertainment – 1.4% |
|
|
|
| |||
4,600 |
| Netflix, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 1,485,754 |
|
| |||
8,900 |
| Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (i) |
| 1,090,428 |
|
| |||
5,900 |
| Walt Disney Co. (g) |
| 843,759 |
|
| |||
|
|
|
| 3,419,941 |
|
| |||
|
| Food & Staples Retailing – 1.4% |
|
|
|
| |||
6,800 |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| 1,874,284 |
|
| |||
32,900 |
| Kroger Co. (g) |
| 696,164 |
|
| |||
16,700 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (g) |
| 909,983 |
|
| |||
|
|
|
| 3,480,431 |
|
| |||
|
| Healthcare Equipment & Supplies – 1.2% |
|
|
|
| |||
4,000 |
| Align Technology, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 836,320 |
|
| |||
22,500 |
| Boston Scientific Corp. (i) |
| 955,350 |
|
| |||
2,400 |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 1,246,824 |
|
| |||
|
|
|
| 3,038,494 |
|
| |||
16 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Healthcare Providers & Services – 1.4% |
|
|
|
3,500 |
| Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (i) |
| $586,320 |
|
9,300 |
| McKesson Corp. (g) |
| 1,292,235 |
|
6,600 |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
| 1,643,466 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,522,021 |
|
|
| Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.2% |
|
|
|
5,900 |
| McDonald’s Corp. (g) |
| 1,243,248 |
|
11,500 |
| Starbucks Corp. (g) |
| 1,088,935 |
|
4,200 |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. |
| 546,294 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,878,477 |
|
|
| Household Durables – 0.1% |
|
|
|
5,900 |
| DR Horton, Inc. |
| 270,987 |
|
|
| Industrial Conglomerates – 0.8% |
|
|
|
3,500 |
| 3M Co. |
| 611,520 |
|
7,300 |
| Honeywell International, Inc. |
| 1,258,958 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,870,478 |
|
|
| Insurance – 0.3% |
|
|
|
9,900 |
| Progressive Corp. |
| 801,702 |
|
|
| Interactive Media & Services – 2.0% |
|
|
|
2,200 |
| Alphabet, Inc., Class A (g)(i) |
| 2,680,040 |
|
11,800 |
| Facebook, Inc., Class A (g)(i) |
| 2,291,914 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,971,954 |
|
|
| Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 1.5% |
|
|
|
6,800 |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR (i) |
| 1,177,148 |
|
1,400 |
| Amazon.com, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 2,613,492 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,790,640 |
|
|
| IT Services – 2.8% |
|
|
|
12,000 |
| Fiserv, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 1,265,160 |
|
6,000 |
| International Business Machines Corp. (g) |
| 889,440 |
|
3,600 |
| Mastercard, Inc., Class A (g) |
| 980,172 |
|
10,700 |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 1,181,280 |
|
14,200 |
| Visa, Inc., Class A (g) |
| 2,527,600 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,843,652 |
|
|
| Machinery – 1.1% |
|
|
|
13,300 |
| Caterpillar, Inc. |
| 1,751,211 |
|
5,000 |
| Deere & Co. (g) |
| 828,250 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,579,461 |
|
|
| Media – 0.4% |
|
|
|
24,200 |
| Comcast Corp., Class A (g) |
| 1,044,714 |
|
13,574 |
| LiveStyle, Inc. (d)(f)(i)(j) |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,044,715 |
|
|
| Multi-Line Retail – 0.3% |
|
|
|
9,000 |
| Target Corp. (g) |
| 777,600 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.7% |
|
|
|
14,900 |
| Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
| 765,264 |
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 17
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) |
|
|
|
60,184 |
| Southwestern Energy Co. (i) |
| $132,405 |
|
9,500 |
| Valero Energy Corp. (g) |
| 809,875 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,707,544 |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals – 1.5% |
|
|
|
10,000 |
| Allergan PLC |
| 1,605,000 |
|
16,200 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
| 719,442 |
|
13,100 |
| Merck & Co., Inc. (g) |
| 1,087,169 | �� |
43,950 |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR (i) |
| 348,523 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,760,134 |
|
|
| Road & Rail – 0.4% |
|
|
|
4,800 |
| Union Pacific Corp. |
| 863,760 |
|
|
| Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.6% |
|
|
|
4,000 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (i) |
| 121,800 |
|
4,100 |
| Broadcom, Inc. |
| 1,188,959 |
|
35,500 |
| Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (g) |
| 932,230 |
|
25,300 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. (i) |
| 1,135,717 |
|
6,400 |
| NVIDIA Corp. |
| 1,079,808 |
|
9,700 |
| QUALCOMM, Inc. (g) |
| 709,652 |
|
9,700 |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. (g) |
| 1,212,597 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,380,763 |
|
|
| Software – 3.7% |
|
|
|
7,200 |
| Adobe, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 2,151,792 |
|
1,100 |
| Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (i) |
| 154,132 |
|
3,200 |
| Intuit, Inc. (g) |
| 887,392 |
|
20,200 |
| Microsoft Corp. |
| 2,752,654 |
|
8,000 |
| Salesforce.com, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 1,236,000 |
|
4,700 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 1,303,733 |
|
3,100 |
| Workday, Inc., Class A (i) |
| 619,938 |
|
|
|
|
| 9,105,641 |
|
|
| Specialty Retail – 0.8% |
|
|
|
9,400 |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
| 2,008,686 |
|
|
| Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.3% |
|
|
|
12,000 |
| Apple, Inc. (g) |
| 2,556,480 |
|
12,700 |
| NetApp, Inc. |
| 742,823 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,299,303 |
|
|
| Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.3% |
|
|
|
7,600 |
| NIKE, Inc., Class B (g) |
| 653,828 |
|
Total Common Stock (cost-$98,436,013) |
| 81,948,201 |
|
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AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes – 26.3% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Aerospace & Defense – 0.6% |
|
|
|
$1,000 |
| TransDigm, Inc., 6.50%, 5/15/25 (g) |
| $1,033,750 |
|
350 |
| Triumph Group, Inc., 7.75%, 8/15/25 (g) |
| 351,750 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,385,500 |
|
|
| Auto Components – 0.7% |
|
|
|
360 |
| Adient U.S. LLC, 7.00%, 5/15/26 (a)(b)(g) |
| 365,400 |
|
1,000 |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 5.00%, 5/31/26 (g) |
| 1,001,400 |
|
475 |
| Panther BF Aggregator 2 L.P., 8.50%, 5/15/27 (a)(b) |
| 483,906 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,850,706 |
|
|
| Auto Manufacturers – 0.4% |
|
|
|
535 |
| Navistar International Corp., 6.625%, 11/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 553,725 |
|
535 |
| Tesla, Inc., 5.30%, 8/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 469,463 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,023,188 |
|
|
| Building Materials – 0.1% |
|
|
|
161 |
| Builders FirstSource, Inc., 5.625%, 9/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 167,239 |
|
|
| Chemicals – 0.5% |
|
|
|
305 |
| Kraton Polymers LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 311,100 |
|
85 |
| Trinseo Materials Operating SCA, 5.375%, 9/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 80,856 |
|
875 |
| Tronox, Inc., 6.50%, 4/15/26 (a)(b)(g) |
| 841,181 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,233,137 |
|
|
| Commercial Services – 1.9% |
|
|
|
190 |
| Cardtronics, Inc., 5.50%, 5/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 188,813 |
|
350 |
| Cenveo Corp., 6.00%, 5/15/24 (cost-$418,546: purchased 12/14/15) (a)(b)(c)(d)(f)(h) |
| 19,250 |
|
300 |
| Gartner, Inc., 5.125%, 4/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 309,375 |
|
475 |
| Herc Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 7/15/27 (a)(b) |
| 476,781 |
|
|
| Hertz Corp. (a)(b), |
|
|
|
355 |
| 7.125%, 8/1/26 |
| 363,227 |
|
295 |
| 7.625%, 6/1/22 |
| 306,172 |
|
475 |
| Laureate Education, Inc., 8.25%, 5/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 518,937 |
|
915 |
| RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 6.00%, 4/1/24 (g) |
| 902,419 |
|
|
| United Rentals North America, Inc. (g), |
|
|
|
505 |
| 5.25%, 1/15/30 |
| 517,842 |
|
1,000 |
| 5.50%, 7/15/25 |
| 1,042,500 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,645,316 |
|
|
| Computers – 0.4% |
|
|
|
520 |
| Dell International LLC, 7.125%, 6/15/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 549,907 |
|
345 |
| Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 9.25%, 3/1/21 (a)(b) |
| 332,925 |
|
|
|
|
| 882,832 |
|
|
| Containers & Packaging – 0.4% |
|
|
|
455 |
| Berry Global, Inc., 5.625%, 7/15/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 478,888 |
|
450 |
| Trivium Packaging Finance BV, 8.50%, 8/15/27 (a)(b) |
| 474,750 |
|
|
|
|
| 953,638 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Distribution/Wholesale – 0.2% |
|
|
|
$495 |
| H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 5.625%, 9/1/25 (g) |
| $510,469 |
|
|
| Diversified Financial Services – 1.8% |
|
|
|
1,688 |
| CCF Holdings LLC, PIK 10.75%, 10.75%, 12/15/23 (a)(b)(c)(d)(f) |
| 688,473 |
|
1,500 |
| Community Choice Financial Issuer LLC, 9.00%, 6/15/23 (cost-$1,500,000; purchased 9/6/18) (a)(b)(g)(h) |
| 1,503,750 |
|
495 |
| Navient Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/26 |
| 516,656 |
|
|
| Springleaf Finance Corp. (g), |
|
|
|
460 |
| 6.625%, 1/15/28 |
| 496,800 |
|
1,000 |
| 8.25%, 10/1/23 |
| 1,160,000 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,365,679 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
| Talen Energy Supply LLC, 6.50%, 6/1/25 (g) |
| 810,000 |
|
|
| Electrical Equipment – 0.3% |
|
|
|
750 |
| Energizer Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 817,500 |
|
|
| Engineering & Construction – 0.4% |
|
|
|
500 |
| AECOM, 5.875%, 10/15/24 (g) |
| 541,875 |
|
435 |
| Tutor Perini Corp., 6.875%, 5/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 427,931 |
|
|
|
|
| 969,806 |
|
|
| Entertainment – 1.1% |
|
|
|
885 |
| AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 6.125%, 5/15/27 (g) |
| 797,053 |
|
250 |
| Cedar Fair L.P., 5.375%, 6/1/24 (g) |
| 258,125 |
|
1,000 |
| Scientific Games International, Inc., 5.00%, 10/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,025,000 |
|
515 |
| Stars Group Holdings BV, 7.00%, 7/15/26 (a)(b) |
| 543,969 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,624,147 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.0% |
|
|
|
60 |
| CyrusOne L.P., 5.375%, 3/15/27 (g) |
| 63,825 |
|
|
| Food & Beverage – 0.3% |
|
|
|
310 |
| Albertsons Cos. LLC, 7.50%, 3/15/26 (a)(b)(g) |
| 343,131 |
|
495 |
| Post Holdings, Inc., 5.75%, 3/1/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 515,419 |
|
|
|
|
| 858,550 |
|
|
| Food Service – 0.2% |
|
|
|
390 |
| Aramark Services, Inc., 5.00%, 2/1/28 (a)(b)(g) |
| 407,550 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Products – 0.4% |
|
|
|
590 |
| Avantor, Inc., 9.00%, 10/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 655,272 |
|
260 |
| Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., 5.00%, 2/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 270,075 |
|
|
|
|
| 925,347 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Services – 1.6% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
| Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/1/22 (g) |
| 690,000 |
|
800 |
| DaVita, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/24 (g) |
| 805,000 |
|
413 |
| Encompass Health Corp., 5.75%, 11/1/24 (g) |
| 419,203 |
|
500 |
| HCA, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/22 |
| 554,850 |
|
475 |
| Select Medical Corp., 6.25%, 8/15/26 (a)(b) |
| 483,313 |
|
1,000 |
| Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/1/22 (g) |
| 1,071,250 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,023,616 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Home Builders – 0.6% |
|
|
|
$365 |
| Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/20 (a)(b)(g) |
| $365,456 |
|
1,000 |
| KB Home, 8.00%, 3/15/20 (g) |
| 1,030,000 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,395,456 |
|
|
| Internet – 0.7% |
|
|
|
460 |
| Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC, 5.25%, 12/1/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 480,700 |
|
505 |
| Netflix, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/29 (a)(b) |
| 532,775 |
|
305 |
| Symantec Corp., 5.00%, 4/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 311,421 |
|
350 |
| Zayo Group LLC, 5.75%, 1/15/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 356,125 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,681,021 |
|
|
| Lodging – 0.6% |
|
|
|
355 |
| MGM Resorts International, 5.50%, 4/15/27 |
| 377,290 |
|
1,000 |
| Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 5.50%, 3/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,051,250 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,428,540 |
|
|
| Machinery-Construction & Mining – 0.1% |
|
|
|
360 |
| Terex Corp., 5.625%, 2/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 361,800 |
|
|
| Media – 2.7% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
| Cablevision Systems Corp., 8.00%, 4/15/20 (g) |
| 1,033,750 |
|
|
| CCO Holdings LLC (a)(b)(g), |
|
|
|
125 |
| 5.125%, 5/1/27 |
| 129,219 |
|
300 |
| 5.50%, 5/1/26 |
| 313,875 |
|
490 |
| Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 9.25%, 2/15/24 (a)(b) |
| 532,875 |
|
|
| CSC Holdings LLC (a)(b)(g), |
|
|
|
460 |
| 7.50%, 4/1/28 |
| 508,875 |
|
1,000 |
| 7.75%, 7/15/25 |
| 1,077,500 |
|
|
| Diamond Sports Group LLC (a)(b), |
|
|
|
170 |
| 5.375%, 8/15/26 |
| 173,188 |
|
455 |
| 6.625%, 8/15/27 |
| 467,512 |
|
220 |
| DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 7/15/22 (g) |
| 223,194 |
|
1,000 |
| Gray Television, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/26 (a)(b)(g) |
| 1,040,000 |
|
440 |
| Meredith Corp., 6.875%, 2/1/26 |
| 467,500 |
|
475 |
| Nexstar Escrow, Inc., 5.625%, 7/15/27 (a)(b) |
| 493,406 |
|
310 |
| Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.50%, 5/15/29 (a)(b)(g) |
| 318,370 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,779,264 |
|
|
| Metal Fabricate/Hardware – 0.2% |
|
|
|
470 |
| Park-Ohio Industries, Inc., 6.625%, 4/15/27 (g) |
| 471,175 |
|
|
| Mining – 0.6% |
|
|
|
480 |
| Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 6.75%, 9/30/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 505,200 |
|
695 |
| Constellium SE, 6.625%, 3/1/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 729,750 |
|
170 |
| Hudbay Minerals, Inc., 7.625%, 1/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 177,016 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,411,966 |
|
|
| Miscellaneous Manufacturing – 0.1% |
|
|
|
285 |
| Koppers, Inc., 6.00%, 2/15/25 (a)(b)(g) |
| 270,750 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.2% |
|
|
|
235 |
| AmeriGas Partners L.P., 5.875%, 8/20/26 (g) |
| 250,275 |
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 21
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) |
|
|
|
$250 |
| Callon Petroleum Co., 6.125%, 10/1/24 (g) |
| $245,630 |
|
1,000 |
| Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 6.25%, 4/15/23 (g) |
| 987,000 |
|
1,040 |
| Chesapeake Energy Corp., 8.00%, 3/15/26 (a)(b)(g) |
| 837,200 |
|
1,000 |
| CVR Refining LLC, 6.50%, 11/1/22 (g) |
| 1,013,750 |
|
|
| Sunoco L.P. (g), |
|
|
|
300 |
| 5.50%, 2/15/26 |
| 311,250 |
|
170 |
| 5.875%, 3/15/28 |
| 176,375 |
|
495 |
| Transocean, Inc., 7.50%, 1/15/26 (a)(b)(g) |
| 467,775 |
|
465 |
| USA Compression Partners L.P., 6.875%, 9/1/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 485,883 |
|
1,000 |
| Valaris PLC, 7.75%, 2/1/26 |
| 735,000 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,510,138 |
|
|
| Paper & Forest Products – 0.1% |
|
|
|
365 |
| Mercer International, Inc., 7.375%, 1/15/25 |
| 378,615 |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals – 0.8% |
|
|
|
295 |
| Bausch Health Americas, Inc., 8.50%, 1/31/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 325,636 |
|
|
| Bausch Health Cos., Inc. (a)(b)(g), |
|
|
|
330 |
| 6.125%, 4/15/25 |
| 338,563 |
|
345 |
| 7.25%, 5/30/29 |
| 359,449 |
|
615 |
| Endo Finance LLC, 5.375%, 1/15/23 (a)(b)(g) |
| 393,600 |
|
465 |
| Horizon Pharma USA, Inc., 5.50%, 8/1/27 (a)(b) |
| 478,229 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,895,477 |
|
|
| Pipelines – 0.6% |
|
|
|
465 |
| DCP Midstream Operating L.P., 5.125%, 5/15/29 (g) |
| 479,531 |
|
325 |
| NGL Energy Partners L.P., 7.50%, 4/15/26 (a)(b) |
| 338,000 |
|
|
| Targa Resources Partners L.P. (a)(b)(g), |
|
|
|
335 |
| 6.50%, 7/15/27 |
| 365,576 |
|
230 |
| 6.875%, 1/15/29 |
| 254,196 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,437,303 |
|
|
| Real Estate – 0.3% |
|
|
|
700 |
| Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., 5.875%, 4/1/24 (g) |
| 718,214 |
|
|
| Retail – 1.0% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
| Conn’s, Inc., 7.25%, 7/15/22 (g) |
| 1,000,000 |
|
300 |
| L Brands, Inc., 6.875%, 11/1/35 (g) |
| 268,500 |
|
1,000 |
| Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC, 8.00%, 10/15/21 (a)(b)(g) |
| 695,000 |
|
480 |
| Party City Holdings, Inc., 6.625%, 8/1/26 (a)(b) |
| 463,200 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,426,700 |
|
|
| Semiconductors – 0.2% |
|
|
|
475 |
| Amkor Technology, Inc., 6.625%, 9/15/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 499,938 |
|
|
| Software – 1.3% |
|
|
|
800 |
| Camelot Finance S.A., 7.875%, 10/15/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 838,000 |
|
480 |
| IQVIA, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 501,543 |
|
1,000 |
| j2 Cloud Services LLC, 6.00%, 7/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 1,059,250 |
|
115 |
| MSCI, Inc., 5.375%, 5/15/27 (a)(b) |
| 122,369 |
|
22 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Software (continued) |
|
|
|
$230 |
| Rackspace Hosting, Inc., 8.625%, 11/15/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| $211,600 |
|
480 |
| SS&C Technologies, Inc., 5.50%, 9/30/27 (a)(b)(g) |
| 500,100 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,232,862 |
|
|
| Telecommunications – 2.5% |
|
|
|
600 |
| CenturyLink, Inc., 7.50%, 4/1/24, Ser. Y (g) |
| 658,314 |
|
800 |
| Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 7.00%, 7/15/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 688,000 |
|
1,000 |
| Consolidated Communications, Inc., 6.50%, 10/1/22 (g) |
| 911,617 |
|
385 |
| GTT Communications, Inc., 7.875%, 12/31/24 (a)(b)(g) |
| 301,263 |
|
1,000 |
| Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 7.625%, 6/15/21 (g) |
| 1,076,120 |
|
500 |
| Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 5.50%, 8/1/23 (g) |
| 463,125 |
|
500 |
| Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/1/25 (g) |
| 516,250 |
|
365 |
| Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/26 (g) |
| 408,811 |
|
1,000 |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.75%, 2/1/28 (g) |
| 1,031,250 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,054,750 |
|
|
| Transportation – 0.1% |
|
|
|
150 |
| XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.50%, 6/15/22 (a)(b)(g) |
| 152,757 |
|
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (cost-$66,330,537) |
| 64,624,771 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock – 12.4% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Banks – 4.0% |
|
|
|
3,690 |
| Bank of America Corp., 7.25%, Ser. L (e)(g) |
| 5,230,354 |
|
3,255 |
| Wells Fargo & Co., 7.50%, Ser. L (e)(g) |
| 4,526,273 |
|
|
|
|
| 9,756,627 |
|
|
| Chemicals – 0.5% |
|
|
|
21,910 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., 6.00%, 9/15/21 (g) |
| 1,178,101 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 2.4% |
|
|
|
24,690 |
| American Electric Power Co., Inc., 6.125%, 3/15/22 (g) |
| 1,345,111 |
|
30,110 |
| NextEra Energy, Inc., 6.123%, 9/1/19 (g) |
| 1,989,368 |
|
22,170 |
| Sempra Energy, 6.00%, 1/15/21, Ser. A |
| 2,464,417 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,798,896 |
|
|
| Electronics – 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,320 |
| Fortive Corp., 5.00%, 7/1/21, Ser. A (g) |
| 1,290,215 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.7% |
|
|
|
1,425 |
| Crown Castle International Corp., 6.875%, 8/1/20, Ser. A (g) |
| 1,717,766 |
|
|
| Hand/Machine Tools – 0.9% |
|
|
|
5,710 |
| Colfax Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/22 (g) |
| 712,437 |
|
14,225 |
| Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 5.375%, 5/15/20 (g) |
| 1,449,954 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,162,391 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Products – 2.5% |
|
|
|
37,575 |
| Avantor, Inc., 6.25%, 5/15/22, Ser. A (g) |
| 2,302,596 |
|
25,585 |
| Becton Dickinson and Co., 6.125%, 5/1/20, Ser. A (g) |
| 1,578,723 |
|
2,090 |
| Danaher Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/22, Ser. A (g) |
| 2,371,941 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,253,260 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Insurance – 0.9% |
|
|
|
19,120 |
| Assurant, Inc., 6.50%, 3/15/21, Ser. D (g) |
| $2,233,598 |
|
Total Convertible Preferred Stock (cost-$28,541,600) |
| 30,390,854 |
| ||
Preferred Stock (a)(d)(f)(i)(j) – 0.5% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Media – 0.5% |
|
|
|
532 |
| LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. A |
| 72,379 |
|
11,500 |
| LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. B |
| 1,150,000 |
|
1,250 |
| LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. B |
| 12 |
|
Total Preferred Stock (cost-$2,429,842) |
| 1,222,391 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units |
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants (a)(d)(f)(i)(j) – 0.0% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Media – 0.0% |
|
|
|
3,000 |
| LiveStyle, Inc., expires 11/30/21, Ser. C (cost-$0) |
| – | † |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Repurchase Agreements – 4.8% |
|
|
| ||
$11,744 |
| State Street Bank and Trust Co., dated 7/31/19, 0.50%, due 8/1/19, proceeds $11,744,163; collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375%, due 5/31/21, valued at $11,981,052 including accrued interest (cost-$11,744,000) |
| 11,744,000 |
|
Total Investments, before options written |
| 352,194,620 |
| ||
Total Options Written – (0.0)% (premiums received-$65,336) (i)(k)(l) |
| (33,575 | ) | ||
Total Investments, net of options written |
| 352,161,045 |
| ||
Other liabilities in excess of other assets – (43.3)% |
| (106,426,611 | ) | ||
Net Assets – 100.0% |
| $245,734,434 |
|
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
† Actual amount rounds to less than $1.
(a) Private Placement–Restricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $87,219,556, representing 35.5% of net assets.
(b) 144A–Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Securities with an aggregate value of $85,997,165, representing 35.0% of net assets.
(c) In default.
(d) Fair-Valued–Securities with an aggregate value of $1,930,116, representing 0.8% of net assets. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(e) Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
(f) Level 3 security. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(g) All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for options written and long-term and short-term loan financing.
(h) Restricted. The aggregate cost of such securities is $1,918,546. The aggregate value is $1,523,001, representing 0.6% of net assets.
(i) Non-income producing.
(j) A member of the Fund’s portfolio management team is a member of the board of directors of LiveStyle, Inc. The Fund’s aggregate value of investments in LiveStyle, Inc. represents 0.5% of net assets.
(k) Exchange traded-Chicago Board Options Exchange.
(l) Exchange traded option contracts outstanding at July 31, 2019:
Options written contracts outstanding at July 31, 2019:
Description |
| Exercise |
| Expiration |
| Number of |
| Notional |
| Market |
| Premiums |
|
| Unrealized |
| |||
Call options: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Adobe, Inc. |
| 327.50 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (25 | ) |
| $(2,500 | ) | $(313 | ) |
| $(2,141 | ) |
| $1,828 |
|
|
Align Technology, Inc. |
| 350.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (10 | ) |
| (1,000 | ) | (50 | ) |
| (610 | ) |
| 560 |
|
|
Alphabet, Inc. |
| 1,320.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (5 | ) |
| (500 | ) | (237 | ) |
| (1,634 | ) |
| 1,397 |
|
|
Amazon.com, Inc. |
| 2,160.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (7 | ) |
| (700 | ) | (319 | ) |
| (4,848 | ) |
| 4,529 |
|
|
Apple, Inc. |
| 225.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (30 | ) |
| (3,000 | ) | (1,530 | ) |
| (1,570 | ) |
| 40 |
|
|
Bank of America Corp. |
| 32.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (215 | ) |
| (21,500 | ) | (2,580 | ) |
| (3,045 | ) |
| 465 |
|
|
Boeing Co. |
| 415.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (12 | ) |
| (1,200 | ) | (66 | ) |
| (660 | ) |
| 594 |
|
|
Comcast Corp. |
| 45.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (60 | ) |
| (6,000 | ) | (720 | ) |
| (1,872 | ) |
| 1,152 |
|
|
Deere & Co. |
| 180.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (35 | ) |
| (3,500 | ) | (2,450 | ) |
| (2,209 | ) |
| (241 | ) |
|
Facebook, Inc. |
| 220.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (50 | ) |
| (5,000 | ) | (450 | ) |
| (9,148 | ) |
| 8,698 |
|
|
Fiserv, Inc. |
| 105.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (60 | ) |
| (6,000 | ) | (13,050 | ) |
| (1,138 | ) |
| (11,912 | ) |
|
Intuit, Inc. |
| 295.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (15 | ) |
| (1,500 | ) | (263 | ) |
| (1,121 | ) |
| 858 |
|
|
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| 580.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (11 | ) |
| (1,100 | ) | (330 | ) |
| (1,556 | ) |
| 1,226 |
|
|
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. |
| 28.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (75 | ) |
| (7,500 | ) | (1,163 | ) |
| (1,396 | ) |
| 233 |
|
|
Mastercard, Inc. |
| 295.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (10 | ) |
| (1,000 | ) | (145 | ) |
| (988 | ) |
| 843 |
|
|
McDonald’s Corp. |
| 225.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (30 | ) |
| (3,000 | ) | (165 | ) |
| (1,731 | ) |
| 1,566 |
|
|
Merck & Co., Inc. |
| 90.00 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (65 | ) |
| (6,500 | ) | (1,560 | ) |
| (1,647 | ) |
| 87 |
|
|
Netflix, Inc. |
| 415.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (25 | ) |
| (2,500 | ) | (250 | ) |
| (6,583 | ) |
| 6,333 |
|
|
NIKE, Inc. |
| 92.50 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (20 | ) |
| (2,000 | ) | (790 | ) |
| (937 | ) |
| 147 |
|
|
PayPal Holdings, Inc. |
| 130.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (55 | ) |
| (5,500 | ) | (192 | ) |
| (2,728 | ) |
| 2,536 |
|
|
Salesforce.com, Inc. |
| 170.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (40 | ) |
| (4,000 | ) | (420 | ) |
| (2,368 | ) |
| 1,948 |
|
|
ServiceNow, Inc. |
| 325.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (30 | ) |
| (3,000 | ) | (225 | ) |
| (5,900 | ) |
| 5,675 |
|
|
Starbucks Corp. |
| 97.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (25 | ) |
| (2,500 | ) | (1,413 | ) |
| (1,097 | ) |
| (316 | ) |
|
Target Corp. |
| 92.50 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (45 | ) |
| (4,500 | ) | (562 | ) |
| (1,313 | ) |
| 751 |
|
|
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
| 140.00 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (55 | ) |
| (5,500 | ) | (1,760 | ) |
| (3,656 | ) |
| 1,896 |
|
|
Visa, Inc. |
| 190.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (35 | ) |
| (3,500 | ) | (262 | ) |
| (1,471 | ) |
| 1,209 |
|
|
Walt Disney Co. |
| 152.50 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (35 | ) |
| (3,500 | ) | (2,310 | ) |
| (1,969 | ) |
| (341 | ) |
|
Total options written contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $(33,575 | ) |
| $(65,336 | ) |
| $31,761 |
|
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 25
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
(m) Fair Value Measurements–See Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
|
| Level 1 – |
| Level 2 – |
| Level 3 – |
| Value at |
|
Investments in Securities – Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes |
| $– |
| $162,264,403 |
| $– |
| $162,264,403 |
|
Common Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banks |
| 2,794,164 |
| – |
| 1 |
| 2,794,165 |
|
Media |
| 1,044,714 |
| – |
| 1 |
| 1,044,715 |
|
All Other |
| 78,109,321 |
| – |
| – |
| 78,109,321 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Services |
| – |
| 4,626,066 |
| 19,250 |
| 4,645,316 |
|
Diversified Financial Services |
| – |
| 3,677,206 |
| 688,473 |
| 4,365,679 |
|
All Other |
| – |
| 55,613,776 |
| – |
| 55,613,776 |
|
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electronics |
| – |
| 1,290,215 |
| – |
| 1,290,215 |
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
| – |
| 1,717,766 |
| – |
| 1,717,766 |
|
Hand/Machine Tools |
| 712,437 |
| 1,449,954 |
| – |
| 2,162,391 |
|
Healthcare-Products |
| 4,674,537 |
| 1,578,723 |
| – |
| 6,253,260 |
|
All Other |
| 18,967,222 |
| – |
| – |
| 18,967,222 |
|
Preferred Stock |
| – |
| – |
| 1,222,391 |
| 1,222,391 |
|
Repurchase Agreements |
| – |
| 11,744,000 |
| – |
| 11,744,000 |
|
|
| 106,302,395 |
| 243,962,109 |
| 1,930,116 |
| 352,194,620 |
|
Investments in Securities – Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Written: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market Price |
| (33,575 | ) | – |
| – |
| (33,575 | ) |
Totals |
| $106,268,820 |
| $243,962,109 |
| $1,930,116 |
| $352,161,045 |
|
A roll forward of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the six months ended July 31, 2019, was as follows:
|
| Beginning |
| Purchases |
| Sales |
| Accrued |
| Net |
| Net |
| Transfers |
| Transfers |
| Ending |
|
Investments in Securities – Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Common Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banks |
| $1 |
| $– |
| $– |
| $– |
| – |
| $– |
| – |
| – |
| $1 |
|
Media |
| 1 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| 1 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Services |
| 19,250 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| 19,250 |
|
Diversified Financial Services |
| 780,069 |
| 87,929 |
| – |
| 13,920 |
| – |
| (193,445 | ) | – |
| – |
| 688,473 |
|
Preferred Stock |
| 1,173,631 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| 48,760 |
| – |
| – |
| 1,222,391 |
|
Totals |
| $1,972,952 |
| $87,929 |
| $– |
| $13,920 |
| – |
| $(144,685 | ) | – |
| – |
| $1,930,116 |
|
The table above includes Level 3 investments that are valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for these investments are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1(b).
26 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
The following table presents additional information about valuation techniques and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 at July 31, 2019:
|
| Ending Balance |
| Valuation |
| Unobservable |
| Input |
|
Investments in Securities – Assets |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Corporate Bonds & Notes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Financial Services |
| $688,473 |
| Market and Company Comparables |
| Implied Price |
| $40.78 |
|
Preferred Stock |
| $1,222,379 |
| Market and Company Comparables |
| EV Multiples Illiquidity Discount |
| 0.78x (0.23x – 1.58x) |
|
The net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of Level 3 investments held at July 31, 2019, was $(144,685). The net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation are reflected on the Statements of Operations.
(n) The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivatives categorized by risk exposure.
The effect of derivatives on the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities at July 31, 2019:
Location |
| Market Price |
|
Liability derivatives: |
|
|
|
Options written, at value |
| $(33,575) |
|
The effect of derivatives on the Fund’s Statements of Operations for the six months ended July 31, 2019:
Location |
| Market Price |
|
Net realized loss on: |
|
|
|
Options written |
| $(4,855) |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: |
|
|
|
Options written |
| $35,793 |
|
The average volume (based on the open positions at each month-end) of derivative activity during the six months ended July 31, 2019 was 1,047 call options written contracts.
Glossary:
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt |
PIK | - | Payment-in-Kind |
REIT | - | Real Estate Investment Trust |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 27
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
Common Stock – 62.7% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Aerospace & Defense – 1.6% |
|
|
|
20,000 |
| Boeing Co. (g) |
| $6,823,600 |
|
22,000 |
| Raytheon Co. |
| 4,010,380 |
|
|
|
|
| 10,833,980 |
|
|
| Automobiles – 0.4% |
|
|
|
245,100 |
| Ford Motor Co. |
| 2,335,803 |
|
|
| Banks – 2.2% |
|
|
|
223,500 |
| Bank of America Corp. (g) |
| 6,856,980 |
|
66,300 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| 7,690,800 |
|
|
|
|
| 14,547,780 |
|
|
| Beverages – 0.9% |
|
|
|
45,800 |
| PepsiCo, Inc. |
| 5,853,698 |
|
|
| Biotechnology – 2.6% |
|
|
|
36,700 |
| AbbVie, Inc. |
| 2,444,954 |
|
9,700 |
| Biogen, Inc. (i) |
| 2,306,854 |
|
91,000 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
| 5,962,320 |
|
36,900 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (i) |
| 6,148,278 |
|
|
|
|
| 16,862,406 |
|
|
| Building Products – 0.4% |
|
|
|
61,244 |
| Johnson Controls International PLC |
| 2,599,195 |
|
|
| Capital Markets – 0.7% |
|
|
|
17,800 |
| S&P Global, Inc. |
| 4,360,110 |
|
|
| Chemicals – 0.5% |
|
|
|
46,400 |
| Chemours Co. |
| 884,848 |
|
14,533 |
| Corteva, Inc. (i) |
| 428,723 |
|
14,533 |
| DOW, Inc. (i) |
| 703,979 |
|
14,533 |
| DuPont de Nemours, Inc. |
| 1,048,701 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,066,251 |
|
|
| Communications Equipment – 1.3% |
|
|
|
149,600 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| 8,287,840 |
|
|
| Construction & Engineering – 0.1% |
|
|
|
13,000 |
| Fluor Corp. |
| 422,630 |
|
|
| Energy Equipment & Services – 0.5% |
|
|
|
53,600 |
| National Oilwell Varco, Inc. |
| 1,276,752 |
|
53,900 |
| Schlumberger Ltd. |
| 2,154,383 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,431,135 |
|
|
| Entertainment – 2.8% |
|
|
|
23,900 |
| Netflix, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 7,719,461 |
|
51,400 |
| Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (i) |
| 6,297,528 |
|
30,400 |
| Walt Disney Co. (g) |
| 4,347,504 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,364,493 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Food & Staples Retailing – 2.4% |
|
|
|
34,500 |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| $9,509,235 |
|
182,400 |
| Kroger Co. |
| 3,859,584 |
|
46,200 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
| 2,517,438 |
|
|
|
|
| 15,886,257 |
|
|
| Healthcare Equipment & Supplies – 2.7% |
|
|
|
21,200 |
| Align Technology, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 4,432,496 |
|
172,400 |
| Boston Scientific Corp. (i) |
| 7,320,104 |
|
12,100 |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 6,286,071 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,038,671 |
|
|
| Healthcare Providers & Services – 2.1% |
|
|
|
12,000 |
| Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (i) |
| 2,010,240 |
|
24,400 |
| McKesson Corp. |
| 3,390,380 |
|
34,300 |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
| 8,541,043 |
|
|
|
|
| 13,941,663 |
|
|
| Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.2% |
|
|
|
30,300 |
| McDonald’s Corp. (g) |
| 6,384,816 |
|
58,900 |
| Starbucks Corp. (g) |
| 5,577,241 |
|
22,000 |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. |
| 2,861,540 |
|
|
|
|
| 14,823,597 |
|
|
| Household Durables – 0.2% |
|
|
|
30,000 |
| DR Horton, Inc. |
| 1,377,900 |
|
|
| Industrial Conglomerates – 1.5% |
|
|
|
17,800 |
| 3M Co. |
| 3,110,016 |
|
37,800 |
| Honeywell International, Inc. |
| 6,518,988 |
|
|
|
|
| 9,629,004 |
|
|
| Insurance – 0.6% |
|
|
|
51,100 |
| Progressive Corp. |
| 4,138,078 |
|
|
| Interactive Media & Services – 3.9% |
|
|
|
11,200 |
| Alphabet, Inc., Class A (g)(i) |
| 13,643,840 |
|
61,100 |
| Facebook, Inc., Class A (g)(i) |
| 11,867,453 |
|
|
|
|
| 25,511,293 |
|
|
| Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 3.3% |
|
|
|
44,800 |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR (i) |
| 7,755,328 |
|
7,400 |
| Amazon.com, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 13,814,172 |
|
|
|
|
| 21,569,500 |
|
|
| IT Services – 5.3% |
|
|
|
62,500 |
| Fiserv, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 6,589,375 |
|
15,700 |
| International Business Machines Corp. |
| 2,327,368 |
|
23,800 |
| Mastercard, Inc., Class A (g) |
| 6,480,026 |
|
55,900 |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 6,171,360 |
|
74,500 |
| Visa, Inc., Class A (g) |
| 13,261,000 |
|
|
|
|
| 34,829,129 |
|
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Machinery – 2.0% |
|
|
|
59,400 |
| Caterpillar, Inc. |
| $7,821,198 |
|
32,800 |
| Deere & Co. (g) |
| 5,433,320 |
|
|
|
|
| 13,254,518 |
|
|
| Media – 0.8% |
|
|
|
126,300 |
| Comcast Corp., Class A (g) |
| 5,452,371 |
|
|
| Multi-Line Retail – 0.6% |
|
|
|
47,600 |
| Target Corp. (g) |
| 4,112,640 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.2% |
|
|
|
77,900 |
| Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
| 4,000,944 |
|
49,700 |
| Valero Energy Corp. |
| 4,236,925 |
|
|
|
|
| 8,237,869 |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals – 1.6% |
|
|
|
99,100 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
| 4,401,031 |
|
68,400 |
| Merck & Co., Inc. (g) |
| 5,676,516 |
|
56,317 |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR (i) |
| 446,594 |
|
|
|
|
| 10,524,141 |
|
|
| Road & Rail – 0.7% |
|
|
|
25,000 |
| Union Pacific Corp. |
| 4,498,750 |
|
|
| Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 5.1% |
|
|
|
20,900 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (i) |
| 636,405 |
|
21,700 |
| Broadcom, Inc. |
| 6,292,783 |
|
183,500 |
| Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (g) |
| 4,818,710 |
|
139,000 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. (i) |
| 6,239,710 |
|
33,800 |
| NVIDIA Corp. |
| 5,702,736 |
|
53,400 |
| QUALCOMM, Inc. (g) |
| 3,906,744 |
|
50,000 |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. (g) |
| 6,250,500 |
|
|
|
|
| 33,847,588 |
|
|
| Software – 7.5% |
|
|
|
37,400 |
| Adobe, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 11,177,364 |
|
6,100 |
| Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (i) |
| 854,732 |
|
16,400 |
| Intuit, Inc. (g) |
| 4,547,884 |
|
107,600 |
| Microsoft Corp. |
| 14,662,652 |
|
51,621 |
| Salesforce.com, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 7,975,445 |
|
24,800 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. (g)(i) |
| 6,879,272 |
|
16,600 |
| Workday, Inc., Class A (i) |
| 3,319,668 |
|
|
|
|
| 49,417,017 |
|
|
| Specialty Retail – 1.4% |
|
|
|
44,700 |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
| 9,551,943 |
|
|
| Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.6% |
|
|
|
64,700 |
| Apple, Inc. (g) |
| 13,783,688 |
|
56,900 |
| NetApp, Inc. |
| 3,328,081 |
|
|
|
|
| 17,111,769 |
|
|
| Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 1.0% |
|
|
|
75,200 |
| NIKE, Inc., Class B (g) |
| 6,469,456 |
|
Total Common Stock (cost-$435,927,965) |
| 413,188,475 |
|
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July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes – 29.1% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Auto Components – 0.3% |
|
|
|
$1,725 |
| Meritor, Inc., 3.25%, 10/15/37 |
| $1,837,854 |
|
|
| Auto Manufacturers – 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
| Tesla, Inc., |
|
|
|
725 |
| 1.25%, 3/1/21 |
| 707,587 |
|
2,210 |
| 2.375%, 3/15/22 |
| 2,248,481 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,956,068 |
|
|
| Biotechnology – 2.1% |
|
|
|
|
| BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., |
|
|
|
2,230 |
| 0.599%, 8/1/24 |
| 2,272,667 |
|
890 |
| 1.50%, 10/15/20 |
| 963,457 |
|
1,915 |
| Exact Sciences Corp., 0.375%, 3/15/27 |
| 2,367,528 |
|
|
| Illumina, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,300 |
| zero coupon, 8/15/23 (a)(b) |
| 1,406,549 |
|
1,015 |
| 0.50%, 6/15/21 |
| 1,353,437 |
|
1,080 |
| Insmed, Inc., 1.75%, 1/15/25 |
| 983,872 |
|
1,565 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3.25%, 7/1/23 |
| 1,345,875 |
|
2,280 |
| Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0.75%, 5/15/23 |
| 1,889,943 |
|
1,535 |
| Medicines Co., 2.75%, 7/15/23 |
| 1,529,352 |
|
|
|
|
| 14,112,680 |
|
|
| Building Materials – 0.0% |
|
|
|
160 |
| Patrick Industries, Inc., 1.00%, 2/1/23 |
| 145,216 |
|
|
| Commercial Services – 0.9% |
|
|
|
1,740 |
| Chegg, Inc., 0.125%, 3/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 1,939,288 |
|
1,105 |
| Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 0.75%, 3/15/49 (a)(b) |
| 1,304,370 |
|
2,305 |
| Square, Inc., 0.50%, 5/15/23 |
| 2,941,025 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,184,683 |
|
|
| Computers – 1.0% |
|
|
|
1,745 |
| Lumentum Holdings, Inc., 0.25%, 3/15/24 |
| 2,098,224 |
|
1,290 |
| Nutanix, Inc., zero coupon, 1/15/23 |
| 1,167,642 |
|
1,535 |
| Pure Storage, Inc., 0.125%, 4/15/23 |
| 1,485,663 |
|
2,245 |
| Western Digital Corp., 1.50%, 2/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 2,092,329 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,843,858 |
|
|
| Diversified Financial Services – 0.8% |
|
|
|
2,000 |
| Encore Capital Group, Inc., 2.875%, 3/15/21 |
| 1,918,729 |
|
610 |
| LendingTree, Inc., 0.625%, 6/1/22 |
| 1,007,644 |
|
2,295 |
| PRA Group, Inc., 3.00%, 8/1/20 |
| 2,271,678 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,198,051 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,245 |
| NRG Energy, Inc., 2.75%, 6/1/48 |
| 1,317,240 |
|
|
| Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,155 |
| SunPower Corp., 4.00%, 1/15/23 |
| 1,036,671 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Electronics – 0.5% |
|
|
|
$1,010 |
| Fortive Corp., 0.875%, 2/15/22 (a)(b) |
| $1,040,347 |
|
1,070 |
| OSI Systems, Inc., 1.25%, 9/1/22 |
| 1,280,371 |
|
910 |
| Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., 2.25%, 6/15/25 |
| 851,912 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,172,630 |
|
|
| Energy-Alternate Sources – 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
| SunEdison, Inc. (a)(b)(c), |
|
|
|
4,000 |
| 2.625%, 6/1/23 |
| 90,000 |
|
1,000 |
| 3.375%, 6/1/25 |
| 22,500 |
|
1,780 |
| Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., 1.625%, 11/1/19 |
| 1,751,836 |
|
|
|
|
| 1,864,336 |
|
|
| Engineering & Construction – 0.6% |
|
|
|
1,545 |
| Dycom Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 9/15/21 |
| 1,505,210 |
|
1,010 |
| KBR, Inc., 2.50%, 11/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 1,225,799 |
|
1,430 |
| Tutor Perini Corp., 2.875%, 6/15/21 |
| 1,358,656 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,089,665 |
|
|
| Entertainment – 0.4% |
|
|
|
1,375 |
| Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2.50%, 3/15/23 |
| 1,710,089 |
|
1,050 |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp., 1.50%, 9/15/22 |
| 1,044,656 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,754,745 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.7% |
|
|
|
1,845 |
| IH Merger Sub LLC, 3.50%, 1/15/22 |
| 2,309,507 |
|
2,000 |
| Two Harbors Investment Corp., 6.25%, 1/15/22 |
| 2,039,938 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,349,445 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Products – 1.4% |
|
|
|
1,010 |
| CONMED Corp., 2.625%, 2/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,185,342 |
|
1,295 |
| Insulet Corp., 1.375%, 11/15/24 |
| 1,882,716 |
|
1,665 |
| NuVasive, Inc., 2.25%, 3/15/21 |
| 2,006,668 |
|
1,120 |
| Repligen Corp., 0.375%, 7/15/24 |
| 1,209,349 |
|
2,925 |
| Wright Medical Group, Inc., 1.625%, 6/15/23 |
| 3,181,844 |
|
|
|
|
| 9,465,919 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Services – 0.2% |
|
|
|
905 |
| Teladoc Health, Inc., 1.375%, 5/15/25 |
| 1,362,044 |
|
|
| Insurance – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,035 |
| AXA S.A., 7.25%, 5/15/21 (a)(b) |
| 1,117,831 |
|
|
| Internet – 4.0% |
|
|
|
925 |
| Boingo Wireless, Inc., 1.00%, 10/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 796,207 |
|
|
| Booking Holdings, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,360 |
| 0.35%, 6/15/20 |
| 1,967,433 |
|
980 |
| 0.90%, 9/15/21 |
| 1,130,761 |
|
375 |
| Etsy, Inc., zero coupon, 3/1/23 |
| 730,945 |
|
|
| FireEye, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,030 |
| 0.875%, 6/1/24 |
| 1,015,321 |
|
1,200 |
| 1.625%, 6/1/35, Ser. B |
| 1,133,129 |
|
2,220 |
| IAC Financeco 2, Inc., 0.875%, 6/15/26 (a)(b) |
| 2,334,172 |
|
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Internet (continued) |
|
|
|
$1,380 |
| Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., 1.00%, 6/30/47 (a)(b) |
| $1,374,054 |
|
770 |
| MercadoLibre, Inc., 2.00%, 8/15/28 (a)(b) |
| 1,226,775 |
|
630 |
| Okta, Inc., 0.25%, 2/15/23 |
| 1,726,376 |
|
2,460 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc., 0.75%, 7/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 2,714,548 |
|
1,660 |
| Q2 Holdings, Inc., 0.75%, 6/1/26 (a)(b) |
| 1,841,021 |
|
|
| Twitter, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,630 |
| 0.25%, 6/15/24 |
| 1,737,750 |
|
1,100 |
| 1.00%, 9/15/21 |
| 1,081,115 |
|
895 |
| Wayfair, Inc., 1.125%, 11/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,222,299 |
|
740 |
| Wix.com Ltd., zero coupon, 7/1/23 |
| 938,712 |
|
1,145 |
| Zendesk, Inc., 0.25%, 3/15/23 |
| 1,682,348 |
|
1,260 |
| Zillow Group, Inc., 2.00%, 12/1/21 |
| 1,475,639 |
|
|
|
|
| 26,128,605 |
|
|
| Investment Companies – 0.4% |
|
|
|
2,450 |
| Prospect Capital Corp., 6.375%, 3/1/25 |
| 2,560,250 |
|
|
| Iron/Steel – 0.1% |
|
|
|
530 |
| Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 1.50%, 1/15/25 |
| 763,221 |
|
|
| Lodging – 0.4% |
|
|
|
1,455 |
| Caesars Entertainment Corp., 5.00%, 10/1/24 |
| 2,510,784 |
|
|
| Machinery-Diversified – 0.2% |
|
|
|
880 |
| Chart Industries, Inc., 1.00%, 11/15/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,242,351 |
|
|
| Media – 1.6% |
|
|
|
|
| DISH Network Corp., |
|
|
|
1,385 |
| 2.375%, 3/15/24 |
| 1,236,528 |
|
3,780 |
| 3.375%, 8/15/26 |
| 3,473,208 |
|
865 |
| Liberty Interactive LLC, 1.75%, 9/30/46 (a)(b) |
| 1,064,878 |
|
|
| Liberty Media Corp., |
|
|
|
1,205 |
| 1.00%, 1/30/23 |
| 1,456,400 |
|
1,025 |
| 1.375%, 10/15/23 |
| 1,228,159 |
|
2,115 |
| 2.125%, 3/31/48 (a)(b) |
| 2,173,055 |
|
|
|
|
| 10,632,228 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.9% |
|
|
|
2,435 |
| Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 9/15/26 |
| 1,742,921 |
|
1,400 |
| Ensco Jersey Finance Ltd., 3.00%, 1/31/24 |
| 1,053,500 |
|
750 |
| Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 4.25%, 5/1/22 |
| 760,791 |
|
2,000 |
| Nabors Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 1/15/24 |
| 1,413,204 |
|
200 |
| Oil States International, Inc., 1.50%, 2/15/23 |
| 174,407 |
|
1,010 |
| Transocean, Inc., 0.50%, 1/30/23 |
| 978,648 |
|
|
|
|
| 6,123,471 |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals – 1.3% |
|
|
|
2,090 |
| DexCom, Inc., 0.75%, 12/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 2,514,531 |
|
1,940 |
| Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., 2.625%, 3/15/24 |
| 1,850,139 |
|
970 |
| Horizon Pharma Investment Ltd., 2.50%, 3/15/22 |
| 1,092,497 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals (continued) |
|
|
|
$1,900 |
| Jazz Investments I Ltd., 1.875%, 8/15/21 |
| $1,944,041 |
|
1,210 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0.625%, 4/1/23 |
| 1,189,045 |
|
|
|
|
| 8,590,253 |
|
|
| Pipelines – 0.5% |
|
|
|
4,200 |
| Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/45 |
| 3,328,500 |
|
|
| Retail – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,245 |
| RH, zero coupon, 6/15/23 |
| 1,218,565 |
|
|
| Semiconductors – 3.6% |
|
|
|
600 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2.125%, 9/1/26 |
| 2,332,847 |
|
1,480 |
| Cree, Inc., 0.875%, 9/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 1,826,717 |
|
1,135 |
| Inphi Corp., 1.125%, 12/1/20 |
| 1,760,190 |
|
435 |
| Intel Corp., 3.25%, 8/1/39 |
| 1,079,992 |
|
5,750 |
| Microchip Technology, Inc., 1.625%, 2/15/27 |
| 7,341,600 |
|
370 |
| Micron Technology, Inc., 3.125%, 5/1/32, Ser. D |
| 1,670,675 |
|
300 |
| Novellus Systems, Inc., 2.625%, 5/15/41 |
| 1,932,829 |
|
1,000 |
| NXP Semiconductors NV, 1.00%, 12/1/19 |
| 1,069,460 |
|
1,690 |
| ON Semiconductor Corp., 1.625%, 10/15/23 |
| 2,149,346 |
|
1,605 |
| Synaptics, Inc., 0.50%, 6/15/22 |
| 1,456,668 |
|
870 |
| Veeco Instruments, Inc., 2.70%, 1/15/23 |
| 777,475 |
|
|
|
|
| 23,397,799 |
|
|
| Software – 4.6% |
|
|
|
2,285 |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc., 0.125%, 5/1/25 |
| 2,580,235 |
|
1,605 |
| Atlassian, Inc., 0.625%, 5/1/23 |
| 2,896,717 |
|
820 |
| Avaya Holdings Corp., 2.25%, 6/15/23 |
| 720,311 |
|
2,220 |
| Coupa Software, Inc., 0.125%, 6/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 2,497,161 |
|
1,500 |
| DocuSign, Inc., 0.50%, 9/15/23 (a)(b) |
| 1,587,953 |
|
965 |
| Envestnet, Inc., 1.75%, 6/1/23 |
| 1,185,537 |
|
|
| Evolent Health, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,250 |
| 1.50%, 10/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 797,872 |
|
1,055 |
| 2.00%, 12/1/21 |
| 922,877 |
|
550 |
| Five9, Inc., 0.125%, 5/1/23 |
| 750,669 |
|
1,110 |
| LivePerson, Inc., 0.75%, 3/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,246,052 |
|
400 |
| MongoDB, Inc., 0.75%, 6/15/24 |
| 869,030 |
|
955 |
| New Relic, Inc., 0.50%, 5/1/23 |
| 1,053,685 |
|
1,110 |
| Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.25%, 4/1/25 |
| 1,117,312 |
|
1,115 |
| Pluralsight, Inc., 0.375%, 3/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,214,772 |
|
1,600 |
| ServiceNow, Inc., zero coupon, 6/1/22 |
| 3,334,193 |
|
|
| Splunk, Inc. (a)(b), |
|
|
|
1,955 |
| 0.50%, 9/15/23 |
| 2,231,131 |
|
700 |
| 1.125%, 9/15/25 |
| 811,854 |
|
950 |
| Twilio, Inc., 0.25%, 6/1/23 |
| 1,942,923 |
|
1,950 |
| Workday, Inc., 0.25%, 10/1/22 |
| 2,861,705 |
|
|
|
|
| 30,621,989 |
|
34 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Telecommunications – 0.7% |
|
|
|
$860 |
| GDS Holdings Ltd., 2.00%, 6/1/25 |
| $906,474 |
|
2,050 |
| Viavi Solutions, Inc., 1.00%, 3/1/24 |
| 2,574,176 |
|
1,145 |
| Vonage Holdings Corp., 1.75%, 6/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 1,221,417 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,702,067 |
|
|
| Transportation – 0.4% |
|
|
|
1,380 |
| Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 2.25%, 6/1/22 |
| 1,377,317 |
|
1,125 |
| Greenbrier Cos., Inc., 2.875%, 2/1/24 |
| 1,071,731 |
|
|
|
|
| 2,449,048 |
|
Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (cost-$184,465,333) |
| 192,078,067 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock – 5.4% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Banks – 1.6% |
|
|
|
3,400 |
| Bank of America Corp., 7.25%, Ser. L (e) |
| 4,819,296 |
|
4,335 |
| Wells Fargo & Co., 7.50%, Ser. L (e) |
| 6,028,077 |
|
|
|
|
| 10,847,373 |
|
|
| Chemicals – 0.3% |
|
|
|
32,330 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., 6.00%, 9/15/21 |
| 1,738,384 |
|
|
| Diversified Financial Services – 0.3% |
|
|
|
36,000 |
| AMG Capital Trust II, 5.15%, 10/15/37 |
| 1,723,985 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 0.8% |
|
|
|
43,110 |
| CenterPoint Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 9/1/21, Ser. B |
| 2,203,352 |
|
19,010 |
| NextEra Energy, Inc., 6.123%, 9/1/19 |
| 1,255,991 |
|
14,605 |
| Sempra Energy, 6.00%, 1/15/21, Ser. A |
| 1,623,492 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,082,835 |
|
|
| Electronics – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,475 |
| Fortive Corp., 5.00%, 7/1/21, Ser. A |
| 1,441,718 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,870 |
| Crown Castle International Corp., 6.875%, 8/1/20, Ser. A |
| 2,254,191 |
|
|
| Hand/Machine Tools – 0.3% |
|
|
|
21,375 |
| Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 5.375%, 5/15/20 |
| 2,178,754 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Products – 1.4% |
|
|
|
37,950 |
| Avantor, Inc., 6.25%, 5/15/22, Ser. A |
| 2,325,576 |
|
57,000 |
| Becton Dickinson and Co., 6.125%, 5/1/20, Ser. A |
| 3,517,185 |
|
2,975 |
| Danaher Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/22, Ser. A |
| 3,376,327 |
|
|
|
|
| 9,219,088 |
|
|
| Insurance – 0.2% |
|
|
|
9,250 |
| Assurant, Inc., 6.50%, 3/15/21, Ser. D |
| 1,080,585 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.0% |
|
|
|
25,000 |
| ATP Oil & Gas Corp., 8.00% (cost-$3,160,750; purchased 4/21/10) (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(h) |
| 2 |
|
8,860 |
| Nabors Industries Ltd., 6.00%, 5/1/21 |
| 204,578 |
|
|
|
|
| 204,580 |
|
Total Convertible Preferred Stock (cost-$36,255,830) |
| 35,771,493 |
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 35
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
| ||||
Corporate Bonds & Notes – 0.0% |
|
|
| ||||||
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.0% |
|
|
| ||||
$2,509 |
| Cobalt International Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 12/1/23 (c) (cost-$1,232,247) |
| $175,630 |
| ||||
Repurchase Agreements – 2.5% |
|
|
| ||||||
16,189 |
| State Street Bank and Trust Co., dated 7/31/19, 0.50%, due 8/1/19, proceeds $16,189,225; collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375%, due 5/31/21, valued at $16,514,288 including accrued interest (cost-$16,189,000) |
| 16,189,000 |
| ||||
Total Investments, before options written |
| 657,402,665 |
| ||||||
Total Options Written – (0.0)% (premiums received-$346,374) (i)(j)(k) |
| (183,800 | ) | ||||||
Total Investments, net of options written |
| 657,218,865 |
| ||||||
Other assets less other liabilities – 0.3% |
| 2,148,641 |
| ||||||
Net Assets – 100.0% |
| $659,367,506 |
| ||||||
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) Private Placement–Restricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $43,363,177, representing 6.6% of net assets.
(b) 144A–Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Securities with an aggregate value of $43,363,177, representing 6.6% of net assets.
(c) In default.
(d) Fair-Valued–Security with a value of $2, representing less than 0.05% of net assets. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(e) Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.
(f) Level 3 security. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(g) All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for options written.
(h) Restricted. The cost of such security is $3,160,750. The value is $2, representing less than 0.05% of net assets.
(i) Non-income producing.
(j) Exchange traded-Chicago Board Options Exchange.
(k) Exchange traded option contracts outstanding at July 31, 2019:
Options written contracts outstanding at July 31, 2019:
Description |
| Exercise |
| Expiration |
| Number of |
| Notional |
| Market |
| Premiums |
| Unrealized |
|
Call options: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adobe, Inc. |
| 327.50 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (130) |
| $(13,000 | ) | $(1,625 | ) | $(11,071 | ) | $9,446 |
|
Align Technology, Inc. |
| 350.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (55) |
| (5,500 | ) | (275 | ) | (3,357 | ) | 3,082 |
|
Alphabet, Inc. |
| 1,320.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (27) |
| (2,700 | ) | (1,282 | ) | (8,827 | ) | 7,545 |
|
Amazon.com, Inc. |
| 2,160.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (30) |
| (3,000 | ) | (1,365 | ) | (20,774 | ) | 19,409 |
|
Apple, Inc. |
| 225.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (160) |
| (16,000 | ) | (8,160 | ) | (8,374 | ) | 214 |
|
Bank of America Corp. |
| 32.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (1,125) |
| (112,500 | ) | (13,500 | ) | (15,931 | ) | 2,431 |
|
Boeing Co. |
| 415.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (70) |
| (7,000 | ) | (385 | ) | (3,851 | ) | 3,466 |
|
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
Description |
| Exercise |
| Expiration |
| Number of |
| Notional |
| Market |
| Premiums |
| Unrealized |
| |
Comcast Corp. |
| 45.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (315) |
| $(31,500 | ) | $(3,780 | ) | $(9,828 | ) | $6,048 |
|
|
Deere & Co. |
| 180.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (230) |
| (23,000 | ) | (16,100 | ) | (14,518 | ) | (1,582 | ) |
|
Facebook, Inc. |
| 220.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (250) |
| (25,000 | ) | (2,250 | ) | (45,764 | ) | 43,514 |
|
|
Fiserv, Inc. |
| 105.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (315) |
| (31,500 | ) | (68,513 | ) | (5,973 | ) | (62,540 | ) |
|
Intuit, Inc. |
| 295.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (80) |
| (8,000 | ) | (1,400 | ) | (5,981 | ) | 4,581 |
|
|
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| 580.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (60) |
| (6,000 | ) | (1,800 | ) | (8,489 | ) | 6,689 |
|
|
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. |
| 28.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (380) |
| (38,000 | ) | (5,890 | ) | (7,068 | ) | 1,178 |
|
|
Mastercard, Inc. |
| 295.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (95) |
| (9,500 | ) | (1,378 | ) | (9,388 | ) | 8,010 |
|
|
McDonald’s Corp. |
| 225.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (170) |
| (17,000 | ) | (935 | ) | (9,809 | ) | 8,874 |
|
|
Merck & Co., Inc. |
| 90.00 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (345) |
| (34,500 | ) | (8,280 | ) | (8,739 | ) | 459 |
|
|
Netflix, Inc. |
| 415.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (120) |
| (12,000 | ) | (1,200 | ) | (31,600 | ) | 30,400 |
|
|
NIKE, Inc. |
| 92.50 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (190) |
| (19,000 | ) | (7,505 | ) | (8,905 | ) | 1,400 |
|
|
PayPal Holdings, Inc. |
| 130.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (280) |
| (28,000 | ) | (980 | ) | (13,891 | ) | 12,911 |
|
|
Salesforce.com, Inc. |
| 170.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (260) |
| (26,000 | ) | (2,730 | ) | (15,389 | ) | 12,659 |
|
|
ServiceNow, Inc. |
| 325.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (145) |
| (14,500 | ) | (1,087 | ) | (28,518 | ) | 27,431 |
|
|
Starbucks Corp. |
| 97.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (130) |
| (13,000 | ) | (7,345 | ) | (5,702 | ) | (1,643 | ) |
|
Target Corp. |
| 92.50 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (230) |
| (23,000 | ) | (2,875 | ) | (6,707 | ) | 3,832 |
|
|
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
| 140.00 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (300) |
| (30,000 | ) | (9,600 | ) | (19,941 | ) | 10,341 |
|
|
Visa, Inc. |
| 190.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (180) |
| (18,000 | ) | (1,350 | ) | (7,569 | ) | 6,219 |
|
|
Walt Disney Co. |
| 152.50 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (185) |
| (18,500 | ) | (12,210 | ) | (10,410 | ) | (1,800 | ) |
|
Total options written contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $(183,800 | ) | $(346,374 | ) | $162,574 |
|
|
(l) Fair Value Measurements – See Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
|
| Level 1 – |
| Level 2 – |
| Level 3 – |
| Value at |
|
Investments in Securities – Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock |
| $413,188,475 |
| $– |
| $– |
| $413,188,475 |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes |
| – |
| 192,078,067 |
| – |
| 192,078,067 |
|
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Financial Services |
| – |
| 1,723,985 |
| – |
| 1,723,985 |
|
Electronics |
| – |
| 1,441,718 |
| – |
| 1,441,718 |
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
| – |
| 2,254,191 |
| – |
| 2,254,191 |
|
Hand/Machine Tools |
| – |
| 2,178,754 |
| – |
| 2,178,754 |
|
Healthcare-Products |
| 5,701,903 |
| 3,517,185 |
| – |
| 9,219,088 |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
| 204,578 |
| – |
| 2 |
| 204,580 |
|
All Other |
| 18,749,177 |
| – |
| – |
| 18,749,177 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
| – |
| 175,630 |
| – |
| 175,630 |
|
Repurchase Agreements |
| – |
| 16,189,000 |
| – |
| 16,189,000 |
|
|
| 437,844,133 |
| 219,558,530 |
| 2 |
| 657,402,665 |
|
Investments in Securities – Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Written: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market Price |
| (183,800 | ) | – |
| – |
| (183,800 | ) |
Totals |
| $437,660,333 |
| $219,558,530 |
| $2 |
| $657,218,865 |
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 37
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
A roll forward of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the six months ended July 31, 2019, was as follows:
|
| Beginning |
| Purchases |
| Sales |
| Accrued |
| Net |
| Net |
| Transfers |
| Transfers |
| Ending |
|
Investments in Securities – Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
| $2 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| $– |
| $2 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
| 175,630 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| (175,630 | ) | – |
|
Totals |
| $175,632 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| $(175,630 | ) | $2 |
|
* Transferred out of Level 3 and into Level 2 because an evaluated mean price was available at July 31, 2019.
The table above includes Level 3 investments that are valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for these investments are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1(b).
There was no change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of Level 3 investments held at July 31, 2019.
(m) The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivatives categorized by risk exposure.
The effect of derivatives on the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities at July 31, 2019:
Location |
| Market Price |
|
Liability derivatives: |
|
|
|
Options written, at value |
| $(183,800 | ) |
The effect of derivatives on the Fund’s Statements of Operations for the six months ended July 31, 2019:
Location |
| Market Price |
|
Net realized loss on: |
|
|
|
Options written |
| $(158,499 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: |
|
|
|
Options written |
| $175,326 |
|
The average volume (based on the open positions at each month-end) of derivative activity during the six months ended July 31, 2019 was 5,791 call options written contracts.
Glossary:
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
38 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
Common Stock – 69.5% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Aerospace & Defense – 3.6% |
|
|
|
77,162 |
| Curtiss-Wright Corp. |
| $9,792,629 |
|
50,417 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
| 18,259,525 |
|
141,963 |
| United Technologies Corp. |
| 18,966,257 |
|
|
|
|
| 47,018,411 |
|
|
| Automobiles – 0.7% |
|
|
|
237,129 |
| General Motors Co. |
| 9,565,784 |
|
|
| Banks – 9.9% |
|
|
|
615,640 |
| Bank of America Corp. |
| 18,887,835 |
|
254,150 |
| Citigroup, Inc. |
| 18,085,314 |
|
261,260 |
| Citizens Financial Group, Inc. |
| 9,734,548 |
|
128,222 |
| Comerica, Inc. |
| 9,385,850 |
|
321,690 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. (g) |
| 37,316,040 |
|
53,913 |
| M&T Bank Corp. |
| 8,855,210 |
|
65,983 |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. |
| 9,428,971 |
|
331,670 |
| U.S. Bancorp (g) |
| 18,954,941 |
|
|
|
|
| 130,648,709 |
|
|
| Beverages – 0.7% |
|
|
|
56,800 |
| Diageo PLC, ADR |
| 9,478,784 |
|
|
| Capital Markets – 2.0% |
|
|
|
62,600 |
| Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
| 9,108,926 |
|
393,950 |
| Morgan Stanley (g) |
| 17,554,412 |
|
|
|
|
| 26,663,338 |
|
|
| Chemicals – 1.3% |
|
|
|
89,100 |
| Celanese Corp. |
| 9,994,347 |
|
154,783 |
| DOW, Inc. (i) |
| 7,497,689 |
|
|
|
|
| 17,492,036 |
|
|
| Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.1% |
|
|
|
22,304 |
| Stericycle, Inc. (i) |
| 1,025,092 |
|
|
| Communications Equipment – 0.7% |
|
|
|
161,316 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| 8,936,906 |
|
|
| Containers & Packaging – 1.4% |
|
|
|
82,315 |
| Avery Dennison Corp. |
| 9,455,524 |
|
93,999 |
| Packaging Corp. of America |
| 9,491,079 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,946,603 |
|
|
| Diversified Telecommunication Services – 2.6% |
|
|
|
514,261 |
| AT&T, Inc. (g) |
| 17,510,587 |
|
146,729 |
| Frontier Communications Corp. (i) |
| 193,682 |
|
300,230 |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. |
| 16,593,712 |
|
|
|
|
| 34,297,981 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 1.2% |
|
|
|
351,777 |
| Exelon Corp. |
| 15,851,072 |
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 39
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Electrical Equipment – 1.4% |
|
|
|
224,920 |
| Eaton Corp. PLC |
| $18,486,175 |
|
|
| Entertainment – 1.4% |
|
|
|
128,250 |
| Walt Disney Co. |
| 18,341,033 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.4% |
|
|
|
63,155 |
| Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. |
| 9,243,366 |
|
73,252 |
| Crown Castle International Corp. |
| 9,761,561 |
|
|
|
|
| 19,004,927 |
|
|
| Food & Staples Retailing – 0.7% |
|
|
|
128,504 |
| Sysco Corp. |
| 8,811,519 |
|
|
| Food Products – 1.4% |
|
|
|
144,800 |
| Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. |
| 9,718,976 |
|
171,408 |
| Mondelez International, Inc., Class A |
| 9,168,614 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,887,590 |
|
|
| Healthcare Equipment & Supplies – 2.1% |
|
|
|
90,189 |
| Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. |
| 9,617,755 |
|
183,780 |
| Medtronic PLC |
| 18,734,533 |
|
|
|
|
| 28,352,288 |
|
|
| Healthcare Providers & Services – 1.5% |
|
|
|
35,877 |
| Humana, Inc. |
| 10,646,500 |
|
93,898 |
| Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (g) |
| 9,585,108 |
|
|
|
|
| 20,231,608 |
|
|
| Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.8% |
|
|
|
85,041 |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| 9,893,670 |
|
|
| Industrial Conglomerates – 1.4% |
|
|
|
913,300 |
| General Electric Co. |
| 9,543,985 |
|
53,470 |
| Honeywell International, Inc. (g) |
| 9,221,436 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,765,421 |
|
|
| Insurance – 4.8% |
|
|
|
175,540 |
| Allstate Corp. |
| 18,852,996 |
|
358,210 |
| MetLife, Inc. (g) |
| 17,702,738 |
|
110,797 |
| Progressive Corp. |
| 8,972,341 |
|
115,900 |
| Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. |
| 18,071,128 |
|
|
|
|
| 63,599,203 |
|
|
| Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.7% |
|
|
|
133,859 |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. |
| 9,291,153 |
|
|
| Machinery – 0.7% |
|
|
|
127,800 |
| Toro Co. |
| 9,306,396 |
|
|
| Media – 2.0% |
|
|
|
618,143 |
| Comcast Corp., Class A |
| 26,685,233 |
|
|
| Metals & Mining – 0.8% |
|
|
|
102,168 |
| Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. |
| 10,211,692 |
|
|
| Multi-Line Retail – 1.3% |
|
|
|
203,048 |
| Target Corp. |
| 17,543,347 |
|
40 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Multi-Utilities – 1.3% |
|
|
|
294,580 |
| Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (g) |
| $16,835,247 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 8.3% |
|
|
|
226,209 |
| Chevron Corp. |
| 27,848,590 |
|
156,620 |
| ConocoPhillips |
| 9,253,110 |
|
149,040 |
| Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. (g) |
| 9,857,506 |
|
280,360 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR (g) |
| 17,631,840 |
|
193,488 |
| Southwestern Energy Co. (i) |
| 425,674 |
|
360,050 |
| TC Energy Corp. |
| 17,628,048 |
|
178,511 |
| Total S.A., ADR |
| 9,236,159 |
|
218,030 |
| Valero Energy Corp. |
| 18,587,057 |
|
|
|
|
| 110,467,984 |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals – 5.1% |
|
|
|
285,034 |
| Johnson & Johnson |
| 37,117,128 |
|
56,842 |
| Merck & Co., Inc. |
| 4,717,318 |
|
424,004 |
| Pfizer, Inc. (g) |
| 16,468,315 |
|
265,795 |
| Roche Holding AG, ADR |
| 8,917,422 |
|
118,438 |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR (i) |
| 939,213 |
|
|
|
|
| 68,159,396 |
|
|
| Road & Rail – 0.7% |
|
|
|
78,747 |
| Kansas City Southern |
| 9,744,154 |
|
|
| Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.9% |
|
|
|
33,553 |
| Broadcom, Inc. |
| 9,730,034 |
|
350,090 |
| Intel Corp. (g) |
| 17,697,050 |
|
75,500 |
| KLA Corp. |
| 10,292,160 |
|
|
|
|
| 37,719,244 |
|
|
| Software – 1.3% |
|
|
|
304,970 |
| Oracle Corp. |
| 17,169,811 |
|
|
| Specialty Retail – 0.7% |
|
|
|
94,710 |
| Lowe’s Cos., Inc. |
| 9,603,594 |
|
|
| Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.7% |
|
|
|
90,000 |
| Columbia Sportswear Co. |
| 9,538,200 |
|
|
| Tobacco – 1.9% |
|
|
|
178,150 |
| Altria Group, Inc. |
| 8,385,520 |
|
204,400 |
| Philip Morris International, Inc. |
| 17,089,884 |
|
|
|
|
| 25,475,404 |
|
Total Common Stock (cost-$890,080,297) |
| 922,049,005 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes – 24.8% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Auto Components – 0.2% |
|
|
|
$3,000 |
| Meritor, Inc., 3.25%, 10/15/37 |
| $3,196,268 |
|
|
| Auto Manufacturers – 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
| Tesla, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,260 |
| 1.25%, 3/1/21 |
| 1,229,738 |
|
3,770 |
| 2.375%, 3/15/22 |
| 3,835,644 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,065,382 |
|
|
| Biotechnology – 1.8% |
|
|
|
|
| BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., |
|
|
|
3,850 |
| 0.599%, 8/1/24 |
| 3,923,662 |
|
1,610 |
| 1.50%, 10/15/20 |
| 1,742,883 |
|
3,200 |
| Exact Sciences Corp., 0.375%, 3/15/27 |
| 3,956,183 |
|
|
| Illumina, Inc., |
|
|
|
2,250 |
| zero coupon, 8/15/23 (a)(b) |
| 2,434,413 |
|
1,680 |
| 0.50%, 6/15/21 |
| 2,240,171 |
|
1,970 |
| Insmed, Inc., 1.75%, 1/15/25 |
| 1,794,656 |
|
2,665 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3.25%, 7/1/23 |
| 2,291,857 |
|
3,975 |
| Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0.75%, 5/15/23 |
| 3,294,966 |
|
2,650 |
| Medicines Co., 2.75%, 7/15/23 |
| 2,640,249 |
|
|
|
|
| 24,319,040 |
|
|
| Building Materials – 0.0% |
|
|
|
290 |
| Patrick Industries, Inc., 1.00%, 2/1/23 |
| 263,204 |
|
|
| Commercial Services – 0.8% |
|
|
|
2,960 |
| Chegg, Inc., 0.125%, 3/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 3,299,019 |
|
1,860 |
| Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 0.75%, 3/15/49 (a)(b) |
| 2,195,591 |
|
3,965 |
| Square, Inc., 0.50%, 5/15/23 |
| 5,059,073 |
|
|
|
|
| 10,553,683 |
|
|
| Computers – 0.9% |
|
|
|
3,015 |
| Lumentum Holdings, Inc., 0.25%, 3/15/24 |
| 3,625,297 |
|
2,195 |
| Nutanix, Inc., zero coupon, 1/15/23 |
| 1,986,801 |
|
2,750 |
| Pure Storage, Inc., 0.125%, 4/15/23 |
| 2,661,612 |
|
3,875 |
| Western Digital Corp., 1.50%, 2/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 3,611,481 |
|
|
|
|
| 11,885,191 |
|
|
| Diversified Financial Services – 0.7% |
|
|
|
3,465 |
| Encore Capital Group, Inc., 2.875%, 3/15/21 |
| 3,324,199 |
|
1,060 |
| LendingTree, Inc., 0.625%, 6/1/22 |
| 1,750,987 |
|
3,960 |
| PRA Group, Inc., 3.00%, 8/1/20 |
| 3,919,758 |
|
|
|
|
| 8,994,944 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 0.2% |
|
|
|
2,190 |
| NRG Energy, Inc., 2.75%, 6/1/48 |
| 2,317,073 |
|
|
| Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.1% |
|
|
|
2,195 |
| SunPower Corp., 4.00%, 1/15/23 |
| 1,970,123 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Electronics – 0.4% |
|
|
|
$1,745 |
| Fortive Corp., 0.875%, 2/15/22 (a)(b) |
| $1,797,432 |
|
1,815 |
| OSI Systems, Inc., 1.25%, 9/1/22 |
| 2,171,844 |
|
1,590 |
| Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., 2.25%, 6/15/25 |
| 1,488,505 |
|
|
|
|
| 5,457,781 |
|
|
| Energy-Alternate Sources – 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
| SunEdison, Inc. (a)(b)(c), |
|
|
|
2,915 |
| 2.625%, 6/1/23 |
| 65,588 |
|
3,820 |
| 3.375%, 6/1/25 |
| 85,950 |
|
3,080 |
| Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., 1.625%, 11/1/19 |
| 3,031,266 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,182,804 |
|
|
| Engineering & Construction – 0.6% |
|
|
|
2,790 |
| Dycom Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 9/15/21 |
| 2,718,147 |
|
1,745 |
| KBR, Inc., 2.50%, 11/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 2,117,841 |
|
2,570 |
| Tutor Perini Corp., 2.875%, 6/15/21 |
| 2,441,779 |
|
|
|
|
| 7,277,767 |
|
|
| Entertainment – 0.4% |
|
|
|
2,425 |
| Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2.50%, 3/15/23 |
| 3,015,975 |
|
1,900 |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp., 1.50%, 9/15/22 |
| 1,890,331 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,906,306 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.6% |
|
|
|
3,185 |
| IH Merger Sub LLC, 3.50%, 1/15/22 |
| 3,986,872 |
|
3,460 |
| Two Harbors Investment Corp., 6.25%, 1/15/22 |
| 3,529,093 |
|
|
|
|
| 7,515,965 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Products – 1.2% |
|
|
|
1,755 |
| CONMED Corp., 2.625%, 2/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 2,059,679 |
|
2,240 |
| Insulet Corp., 1.375%, 11/15/24 |
| 3,256,591 |
|
2,835 |
| NuVasive, Inc., 2.25%, 3/15/21 |
| 3,416,759 |
|
1,880 |
| Repligen Corp., 0.375%, 7/15/24 |
| 2,029,978 |
|
5,122 |
| Wright Medical Group, Inc., 1.625%, 6/15/23 |
| 5,571,762 |
|
|
|
|
| 16,334,769 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Services – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,565 |
| Teladoc Health, Inc., 1.375%, 5/15/25 |
| 2,355,358 |
|
|
| Insurance – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,865 |
| AXA S.A., 7.25%, 5/15/21 (a)(b) |
| 2,014,256 |
|
|
| Internet – 3.4% |
|
|
|
1,575 |
| Boingo Wireless, Inc., 1.00%, 10/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 1,355,703 |
|
|
| Booking Holdings, Inc., |
|
|
|
2,370 |
| 0.35%, 6/15/20 |
| 3,428,542 |
|
1,800 |
| 0.90%, 9/15/21 |
| 2,076,908 |
|
640 |
| Etsy, Inc., zero coupon, 3/1/23 |
| 1,247,480 |
|
|
| FireEye, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,805 |
| 0.875%, 6/1/24 |
| 1,779,277 |
|
2,150 |
| 1.625%, 6/1/35, Ser. B |
| 2,030,190 |
|
3,830 |
| IAC Financeco 2, Inc., 0.875%, 6/15/26 (a)(b) |
| 4,026,972 |
|
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Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Internet (continued) |
|
|
|
$2,620 |
| Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., 1.00%, 6/30/47 (a)(b) |
| $2,608,710 |
|
1,265 |
| MercadoLibre, Inc., 2.00%, 8/15/28 (a)(b) |
| 2,015,416 |
|
1,085 |
| Okta, Inc., 0.25%, 2/15/23 |
| 2,973,204 |
|
4,195 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc., 0.75%, 7/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 4,629,077 |
|
2,865 |
| Q2 Holdings, Inc., 0.75%, 6/1/26 (a)(b) |
| 3,177,425 |
|
|
| Twitter, Inc., |
|
|
|
2,780 |
| 0.25%, 6/15/24 |
| 2,963,769 |
|
1,865 |
| 1.00%, 9/15/21 |
| 1,832,982 |
|
1,525 |
| Wayfair, Inc., 1.125%, 11/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 2,082,688 |
|
1,260 |
| Wix.com Ltd., zero coupon, 7/1/23 |
| 1,598,347 |
|
1,955 |
| Zendesk, Inc., 0.25%, 3/15/23 |
| 2,872,480 |
|
2,240 |
| Zillow Group, Inc., 2.00%, 12/1/21 |
| 2,623,358 |
|
|
|
|
| 45,322,528 |
|
|
| Investment Companies – 0.3% |
|
|
|
4,155 |
| Prospect Capital Corp., 6.375%, 3/1/25 |
| 4,341,975 |
|
|
| Iron/Steel – 0.1% |
|
|
|
925 |
| Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 1.50%, 1/15/25 |
| 1,332,037 |
|
|
| Lodging – 0.3% |
|
|
|
2,535 |
| Caesars Entertainment Corp., 5.00%, 10/1/24 |
| 4,374,459 |
|
|
| Machinery-Diversified – 0.2% |
|
|
|
1,500 |
| Chart Industries, Inc., 1.00%, 11/15/24 (a)(b) |
| 2,117,643 |
|
|
| Media – 1.4% |
|
|
|
|
| DISH Network Corp., |
|
|
|
2,300 |
| 2.375%, 3/15/24 |
| 2,053,440 |
|
6,545 |
| 3.375%, 8/15/26 |
| 6,013,795 |
|
1,600 |
| Liberty Interactive LLC, 1.75%, 9/30/46 (a)(b) |
| 1,969,717 |
|
|
| Liberty Media Corp., |
|
|
|
2,095 |
| 1.00%, 1/30/23 |
| 2,532,081 |
|
1,775 |
| 1.375%, 10/15/23 |
| 2,126,812 |
|
3,625 |
| 2.125%, 3/31/48 (a)(b) |
| 3,724,503 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,420,348 |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.7% |
|
|
|
4,240 |
| Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 9/15/26 |
| 3,034,901 |
|
2,400 |
| Ensco Jersey Finance Ltd., 3.00%, 1/31/24 |
| 1,806,000 |
|
600 |
| Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 4.25%, 5/1/22 |
| 608,633 |
|
2,000 |
| Nabors Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 1/15/24 |
| 1,413,204 |
|
465 |
| Oil States International, Inc., 1.50%, 2/15/23 |
| 405,496 |
|
1,775 |
| Transocean, Inc., 0.50%, 1/30/23 |
| 1,719,902 |
|
|
|
|
| 8,988,136 |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals – 1.1% |
|
|
|
3,605 |
| DexCom, Inc., 0.75%, 12/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 4,337,265 |
|
3,455 |
| Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., 2.625%, 3/15/24 |
| 3,294,964 |
|
1,700 |
| Horizon Pharma Investment Ltd., 2.50%, 3/15/22 |
| 1,914,686 |
|
44 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals (continued) |
|
|
|
$3,250 |
| Jazz Investments I Ltd., 1.875%, 8/15/21 |
| $3,325,334 |
|
1,790 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0.625%, 4/1/23 |
| 1,759,000 |
|
|
|
|
| 14,631,249 |
|
|
| Pipelines – 0.4% |
|
|
|
7,160 |
| Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/45 |
| 5,674,300 |
|
|
| Retail – 0.2% |
|
|
|
2,260 |
| RH, zero coupon, 6/15/23 |
| 2,212,014 |
|
|
| Semiconductors – 3.0% |
|
|
|
1,010 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2.125%, 9/1/26 |
| 3,926,958 |
|
2,555 |
| Cree, Inc., 0.875%, 9/1/23 (a)(b) |
| 3,153,556 |
|
2,025 |
| Inphi Corp., 1.125%, 12/1/20 |
| 3,140,428 |
|
740 |
| Intel Corp., 3.25%, 8/1/39 |
| 1,837,228 |
|
9,935 |
| Microchip Technology, Inc., 1.625%, 2/15/27 |
| 12,685,008 |
|
630 |
| Micron Technology, Inc., 3.125%, 5/1/32, Ser. D |
| 2,844,662 |
|
510 |
| Novellus Systems, Inc., 2.625%, 5/15/41 |
| 3,285,809 |
|
1,715 |
| NXP Semiconductors NV, 1.00%, 12/1/19 |
| 1,834,123 |
|
2,910 |
| ON Semiconductor Corp., 1.625%, 10/15/23 |
| 3,700,945 |
|
2,785 |
| Synaptics, Inc., 0.50%, 6/15/22 |
| 2,527,614 |
|
1,605 |
| Veeco Instruments, Inc., 2.70%, 1/15/23 |
| 1,434,308 |
|
|
|
|
| 40,370,639 |
|
|
| Software – 3.9% |
|
|
|
3,770 |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc., 0.125%, 5/1/25 |
| 4,257,106 |
|
2,730 |
| Atlassian, Inc., 0.625%, 5/1/23 |
| 4,927,126 |
|
1,465 |
| Avaya Holdings Corp., 2.25%, 6/15/23 |
| 1,286,897 |
|
3,800 |
| Coupa Software, Inc., 0.125%, 6/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 4,274,419 |
|
2,700 |
| DocuSign, Inc., 0.50%, 9/15/23 (a)(b) |
| 2,858,314 |
|
1,660 |
| Envestnet, Inc., 1.75%, 6/1/23 |
| 2,039,369 |
|
|
| Evolent Health, Inc., |
|
|
|
2,220 |
| 1.50%, 10/15/25 (a)(b) |
| 1,417,020 |
|
1,945 |
| 2.00%, 12/1/21 |
| 1,701,418 |
|
950 |
| Five9, Inc., 0.125%, 5/1/23 |
| 1,296,610 |
|
1,940 |
| LivePerson, Inc., 0.75%, 3/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 2,177,785 |
|
650 |
| MongoDB, Inc., 0.75%, 6/15/24 |
| 1,412,174 |
|
1,650 |
| New Relic, Inc., 0.50%, 5/1/23 |
| 1,820,503 |
|
1,950 |
| Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.25%, 4/1/25 |
| 1,962,846 |
|
1,955 |
| Pluralsight, Inc., 0.375%, 3/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 2,129,937 |
|
2,720 |
| ServiceNow, Inc., zero coupon, 6/1/22 |
| 5,668,129 |
|
|
| Splunk, Inc. (a)(b), |
|
|
|
1,720 |
| 0.50%, 9/15/23 |
| 1,962,939 |
|
2,445 |
| 1.125%, 9/15/25 |
| 2,835,691 |
|
1,565 |
| Twilio, Inc., 0.25%, 6/1/23 |
| 3,200,709 |
|
3,365 |
| Workday, Inc., 0.25%, 10/1/22 |
| 4,938,276 |
|
|
|
|
| 52,167,268 |
|
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 45
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Telecommunications – 0.6% |
|
|
|
$1,455 |
| GDS Holdings Ltd., 2.00%, 6/1/25 |
| $1,533,627 |
|
3,385 |
| Viavi Solutions, Inc., 1.00%, 3/1/24 |
| 4,250,529 |
|
1,975 |
| Vonage Holdings Corp., 1.75%, 6/1/24 (a)(b) |
| 2,106,812 |
|
|
|
|
| 7,890,968 |
|
|
| Transportation – 0.3% |
|
|
|
2,420 |
| Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 2.25%, 6/1/22 |
| 2,415,295 |
|
2,065 |
| Greenbrier Cos., Inc., 2.875%, 2/1/24 |
| 1,967,222 |
|
|
|
|
| 4,382,517 |
|
Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (cost-$316,998,679) |
| 329,835,995 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock – 4.6% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Banks – 1.4% |
|
|
|
5,805 |
| Bank of America Corp., 7.25%, Ser. L (e) |
| 8,228,239 |
|
7,505 |
| Wells Fargo & Co., 7.50%, Ser. L (e) |
| 10,436,153 |
|
|
|
|
| 18,664,392 |
|
|
| Chemicals – 0.2% |
|
|
|
55,950 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., 6.00%, 9/15/21 |
| 3,008,432 |
|
|
| Diversified Financial Services – 0.2% |
|
|
|
63,045 |
| AMG Capital Trust II, 5.15%, 10/15/37 |
| 3,019,128 |
|
|
| Electric Utilities – 0.7% |
|
|
|
75,035 |
| CenterPoint Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 9/1/21, Ser. B |
| 3,835,039 |
|
32,390 |
| NextEra Energy, Inc., 6.123%, 9/1/19 |
| 2,140,007 |
|
25,295 |
| Sempra Energy, 6.00%, 1/15/21, Ser. A |
| 2,811,792 |
|
|
|
|
| 8,786,838 |
|
|
| Electronics – 0.2% |
|
|
|
2,540 |
| Fortive Corp., 5.00%, 7/1/21, Ser. A |
| 2,482,687 |
|
|
| Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.3% |
|
|
|
3,180 |
| Crown Castle International Corp., 6.875%, 8/1/20, Ser. A |
| 3,833,331 |
|
|
| Hand/Machine Tools – 0.3% |
|
|
|
37,185 |
| Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 5.375%, 5/15/20 |
| 3,790,267 |
|
|
| Healthcare-Products – 1.2% |
|
|
|
64,620 |
| Avantor, Inc., 6.25%, 5/15/22, Ser. A |
| 3,959,914 |
|
98,555 |
| Becton Dickinson and Co., 6.125%, 5/1/20, Ser. A |
| 6,081,336 |
|
5,070 |
| Danaher Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/22, Ser. A |
| 5,753,943 |
|
|
|
|
| 15,795,193 |
|
|
| Insurance – 0.1% |
|
|
|
15,750 |
| Assurant, Inc., 6.50%, 3/15/21, Ser. D |
| 1,839,915 |
|
46 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
| Value |
|
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.0% |
|
|
|
45,100 |
| ATP Oil & Gas Corp., 8.00% (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(h) |
| $4 |
|
15,975 |
| Nabors Industries Ltd., 6.00%, 5/1/21 |
| 368,863 |
|
213,230 |
| Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.50%, Ser. B (e) |
| 127,938 |
|
|
|
|
| 496,805 |
|
Total Convertible Preferred Stock (cost-$68,861,480) |
| 61,716,988 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes – 0.0% |
|
|
| ||
|
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.0% |
|
|
|
$4,647 |
| Cobalt International Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 12/1/23 (c) (cost-$2,077,040) |
| 325,290 |
|
Repurchase Agreements – 1.4% |
|
|
| ||
18,023 |
| State Street Bank and Trust Co., |
| 18,023,000 |
|
Total Investments, before options written |
| 1,331,950,278 |
| ||
Total Options Written – (0.1)% (premiums received-$1,490,852) (i)(j)(k) |
| (1,850,622 | ) | ||
Total Investments, net of options written |
| 1,330,099,656 |
| ||
Other liabilities in excess of other assets – (0.2)% |
| (2,921,559 | ) | ||
Net Assets – 100.0% |
| $1,327,178,097 |
|
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) Private Placement–Restricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $74,642,846, representing 5.6% of net assets.
(b) 144A–Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Securities with an aggregate value of $74,642,846, representing 5.6% of net assets.
(c) In default.
(d) Fair-Valued–Security with a value of $4, representing less than 0.05% of net assets. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(e) Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.
(f) Level 3 security. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(g) All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for options written.
(h) Restricted. The cost of such security is $4,510,000. The value is $4, representing less than 0.05% of net assets.
(i) Non-income producing.
(j) Exchange traded-Chicago Board Options Exchange.
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 47
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(k) Exchange traded option contracts outstanding at July 31, 2019:
Options written contracts outstanding at July 31, 2019:
Description |
| Exercise |
| Expiration |
| Number of |
| Notional |
| Market |
| Premiums |
|
| Unrealized |
| |||
Call options: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Allstate Corp. |
| 110.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (723 | ) |
| $(72,300 | ) | $(33,258 | ) |
| $(36,149 | ) |
| $2,891 |
|
|
Altria Group, Inc. |
| 51.50 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (713 | ) |
| (71,300 | ) | (4,634 | ) |
| (49,196 | ) |
| 44,562 |
|
|
AT&T, Inc. |
| 35.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (2,185 | ) |
| (218,500 | ) | (27,313 | ) |
| (67,734 | ) |
| 40,421 |
|
|
Celanese Corp. |
| 110.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (356 | ) |
| (35,600 | ) | (122,820 | ) |
| (54,467 | ) |
| (68,353 | ) |
|
Chevron Corp. |
| 131.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (530 | ) |
| (53,000 | ) | (7,155 | ) |
| (24,379 | ) |
| 17,224 |
|
|
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| 60.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (1,285 | ) |
| (128,500 | ) | (26,342 | ) |
| (64,249 | ) |
| 37,907 |
|
|
CityGroup, Inc. |
| 75.50 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (1,069 | ) |
| (106,900 | ) | (14,431 | ) |
| (56,656 | ) |
| 42,225 |
|
|
Comerica, Inc. |
| 75.00 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (512 | ) |
| (51,200 | ) | (84,992 | ) |
| (45,004 | ) |
| (39,988 | ) |
|
ConocoPhillips |
| 64.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (626 | ) |
| (62,600 | ) | (8,764 | ) |
| (39,437 | ) |
| 30,673 |
|
|
DOW, Inc. |
| 51.50 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (619 | ) |
| (61,900 | ) | (15,475 | ) |
| (51,995 | ) |
| 36,520 |
|
|
Eaton Corp. PLC |
| 86.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (900 | ) |
| (90,000 | ) | (15,750 | ) |
| (48,599 | ) |
| 32,849 |
|
|
General Motors Co. |
| 42.50 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (873 | ) |
| (87,300 | ) | (30,119 | ) |
| (41,030 | ) |
| 10,911 |
|
|
Humana, Inc. |
| 275.00 USD |
| 8/9/19 |
| (84 | ) |
| (8,400 | ) | (195,300 | ) |
| (34,271 | ) |
| (161,029 | ) |
|
Intel Corp. |
| 50.00 USD |
| 8/9/19 |
| (1,100 | ) |
| (110,000 | ) | (113,850 | ) |
| (80,298 | ) |
| (33,552 | ) |
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| 120.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (1,000 | ) |
| (100,000 | ) | (26,000 | ) |
| (33,999 | ) |
| 7,999 |
|
|
Kansas City Southern |
| 130.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (606 | ) |
| (60,600 | ) | (16,665 | ) |
| (55,448 | ) |
| 38,783 |
|
|
KLA Corp. |
| 125.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (302 | ) |
| (30,200 | ) | (368,440 | ) |
| (57,293 | ) |
| (311,147 | ) |
|
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
| 387.50 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (217 | ) |
| (21,700 | ) | (5,425 | ) |
| (50,560 | ) |
| 45,135 |
|
|
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. |
| 109.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (379 | ) |
| (37,900 | ) | (33,731 | ) |
| (38,657 | ) |
| 4,926 |
|
|
Medtronic PLC |
| 103.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (756 | ) |
| (75,600 | ) | (141,372 | ) |
| (51,407 | ) |
| (89,965 | ) |
|
MetLife, Inc. |
| 53.50 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (1,515 | ) |
| (151,500 | ) | (7,575 | ) |
| (41,056 | ) |
| 33,481 |
|
|
Mondelez International, Inc. |
| 58.00 USD |
| 8/2/19 |
| (946 | ) |
| (94,600 | ) | (1,419 | ) |
| (41,623 | ) |
| 40,204 |
|
|
Morgan Stanley |
| 46.00 USD |
| 8/2/19 |
| (1,576 | ) |
| (157,600 | ) | (4,728 | ) |
| (37,823 | ) |
| 33,095 |
|
|
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
| 85.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (818 | ) |
| (81,800 | ) | (95,297 | ) |
| (62,985 | ) |
| (32,312 | ) |
|
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. |
| 105.00 USD |
| 9/20/19 |
| (373 | ) |
| (37,300 | ) | (65,275 | ) |
| (36,553 | ) |
| (28,722 | ) |
|
Target Corp. |
| 93.50 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (871 | ) |
| (87,100 | ) | (58,793 | ) |
| (108,873 | ) |
| 50,080 |
|
|
U.S. Bancorp |
| 56.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (1,412 | ) |
| (141,200 | ) | (246,394 | ) |
| (31,208 | ) |
| (215,186 | ) |
|
United Technologies Corp. |
| 138.00 USD |
| 8/23/19 |
| (580 | ) |
| (58,000 | ) | (42,920 | ) |
| (52,779 | ) |
| 9,859 |
|
|
Valero Energy Corp. |
| 87.50 USD |
| 8/9/19 |
| (872 | ) |
| (87,200 | ) | (29,648 | ) |
| (50,575 | ) |
| 20,927 |
|
|
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
| 60.00 USD |
| 8/16/19 |
| (1,225 | ) |
| (122,500 | ) | (6,737 | ) |
| (46,549 | ) |
| 39,812 |
|
|
Total options written contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $(1,850,622 | ) |
| $(1,490,852 | ) |
| $(359,770 | ) |
|
48 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(l) Fair Value Measurements – See Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy:
|
| Level 1 – |
| Level 2 – |
| Level 3 – |
| Value at |
|
Investments in Securities – Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock |
| $922,049,005 |
| $– |
| $– |
| $922,049,005 |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes |
| – |
| 329,835,995 |
| – |
| 329,835,995 |
|
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Financial Services |
| – |
| 3,019,128 |
| – |
| 3,019,128 |
|
Electronics |
| – |
| 2,482,687 |
| – |
| 2,482,687 |
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
| – |
| 3,833,331 |
| – |
| 3,833,331 |
|
Hand/Machine Tools |
| – |
| 3,790,267 |
| – |
| 3,790,267 |
|
Healthcare-Products |
| 9,713,857 |
| 6,081,336 |
| – |
| 15,795,193 |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
| 368,863 |
| 127,938 |
| 4 |
| 496,805 |
|
All Other |
| 32,299,577 |
| – |
| – |
| 32,299,577 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
| – |
| 325,290 |
| – |
| 325,290 |
|
Repurchase Agreements |
| – |
| 18,023,000 |
| – |
| 18,023,000 |
|
|
| 964,431,302 |
| 367,518,972 |
| 4 |
| 1,331,950,278 |
|
Investments in Securities – Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Written: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market Price |
| (1,850,622 | ) | – |
| – |
| (1,850,622 | ) |
Totals |
| $962,580,680 |
| $367,518,972 |
| $4 |
| $1,330,099,656 |
|
A roll forward of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the six months ended July 31, 2019, was as follows:
|
| Beginning |
| Purchases |
| Sales |
| Accrued |
| Net |
| Net |
| Transfers |
| Transfers |
| Ending |
|
Investments in Securities – Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
| $4 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| $– |
| $4 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
| 325,290 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| (325,290 | ) | – |
|
Totals |
| $325,294 |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| – |
| $(325,290 | ) | $4 |
|
* Transferred out of Level 3 and into Level 2 because an evaluated mean price was available at July 31, 2019.
July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 49
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The table above includes Level 3 investments that are valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for these investments are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1(b).
There was no change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of Level 3 investments held at July 31, 2019.
(m) The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivatives categorized by risk exposure.
The effect of derivatives on the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities at July 31, 2019:
Location |
| Market Price |
|
Liability derivatives: |
|
|
|
Options written, at value |
| $(1,850,622 | ) |
The effect of derivatives on the Fund’s Statements of Operations for the six months ended July 31, 2019:
Location |
| Market Price |
|
Net realized loss on: |
|
|
|
Options written |
| $(5,873,664 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: |
|
|
|
Options written |
| $(305,588 | ) |
The average volume (based on the open positions at each month-end) of derivative activity during the six months ended July 31, 2019 was 24,005 call options written contracts.
Glossary:
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
50 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
|
| Diversified |
|
| Equity & |
|
| Dividend, |
|
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments, at value (cost-$362,622,198, $674,070,375 and $1,296,040,496, respectively) |
| $352,194,620 |
|
| $657,402,665 |
|
| $1,331,950,278 |
|
Cash |
| – |
|
| – |
|
| 9,448 |
|
Receivable for investments sold |
| 4,649,433 |
|
| 3,937,530 |
|
| 17,448,019 |
|
Interest and dividends receivable |
| 1,805,215 |
|
| 1,237,989 |
|
| 2,825,995 |
|
Investments in Affiliated Funds-Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan (see Note 4) |
| 39,157 |
|
| 97,834 |
|
| 215,337 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| 21,900 |
|
| 32,234 |
|
| 76,910 |
|
Total Assets |
| 358,710,325 |
|
| 662,708,252 |
|
| 1,352,525,987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan payable (See Note 7 and Note 8) |
| 75,000,000 |
|
| – |
|
| – |
|
Payable for investments purchased |
| 4,508,423 |
|
| 2,371,319 |
|
| 22,047,258 |
|
Dividends payable to common shareholders |
| 1,724,997 |
|
| – |
|
| – |
|
Loan interest payable |
| 900,740 |
|
| – |
|
| – |
|
Investment management fees payable |
| 298,706 |
|
| 563,272 |
|
| 1,017,989 |
|
Payable to custodian for cash overdraft |
| 235,324 |
|
| 1,639 |
|
| – |
|
Interest payable on dividends to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders |
| 92,496 |
|
| – |
|
| – |
|
Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan payable (see Note 4) |
| 39,157 |
|
| 97,834 |
|
| 215,337 |
|
Call options written, at value (premiums received-$65,336, $346,374 and $1,490,852, respectively) |
| 33,575 |
|
| 183,800 |
|
| 1,850,622 |
|
Accrued expenses |
| 142,473 |
|
| 122,882 |
|
| 216,684 |
|
Mandatory redeemable preferred shares (see Note 7) |
| 30,000,000 |
|
| – |
|
| – |
|
Total Liabilities |
| 112,975,891 |
|
| 3,340,746 |
|
| 25,347,890 |
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders |
| $245,734,434 |
|
| $659,367,506 |
|
| $1,327,178,097 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Composition of Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Par value ($0.00001 per share) |
| $103 |
|
| $277 |
|
| $948 |
|
Paid-in-capital in excess of par |
| 251,745,925 |
|
| 671,079,307 |
|
| 1,309,832,336 |
|
Total distributable earnings (loss) |
| (6,011,594 | ) |
| (11,712,078 | ) |
| 17,344,813 |
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders |
| $245,734,434 |
|
| $659,367,506 |
|
| $1,327,178,097 |
|
Common Shares Issued and Outstanding |
| 10,329,326 |
|
| 27,708,965 |
|
| 94,801,581 |
|
Net Asset Value Per Common Share |
| $23.79 |
|
| $23.80 |
|
| $14.00 |
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 51
Statements of Operations
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Six Months ended July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
|
| Diversified |
|
| Equity & |
|
| Dividend, |
|
Investment Income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
| $3,288,787 |
|
| $1,732,333 |
|
| $2,947,773 |
|
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $0, $0 and $353,048, respectively) |
| 1,436,326 |
|
| 4,371,655 |
|
| 15,654,226 |
|
Total Investment Income |
| 4,725,113 |
|
| 6,103,988 |
|
| 18,601,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment management |
| 1,696,608 |
|
| 3,206,321 |
|
| 5,871,405 |
|
Loan Interest |
| 1,443,004 |
|
| – |
|
| – |
|
Interest on dividends to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders |
| 643,886 |
|
| – |
|
| – |
|
Custodian and accounting agent |
| 45,274 |
|
| 56,636 |
|
| 93,021 |
|
Audit and tax services |
| 44,106 |
|
| 41,807 |
|
| 50,224 |
|
Shareholder communications |
| 27,367 |
|
| 41,325 |
|
| 76,624 |
|
Legal |
| 25,029 |
|
| 20,304 |
|
| 31,404 |
|
Transfer agent |
| 15,470 |
|
| 12,416 |
|
| 12,417 |
|
Trustees |
| 7,507 |
|
| 21,438 |
|
| 44,026 |
|
Insurance |
| 5,484 |
|
| 10,549 |
|
| 19,106 |
|
New York Stock Exchange listing |
| 2,642 |
|
| 3,001 |
|
| 10,268 |
|
Miscellaneous |
| 12,838 |
|
| 2,608 |
|
| 7,289 |
|
Total Expenses |
| 3,969,215 |
|
| 3,416,405 |
|
| 6,215,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income |
| 755,898 |
|
| 2,687,583 |
|
| 12,386,215 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) on: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
| 15,534,248 |
|
| 16,277,916 |
|
| 31,276,742 |
|
Call options written |
| (4,855 | ) |
| (158,449 | ) |
| (5,873,664 | ) |
Foreign currency transactions |
| – |
|
| – |
|
| (528 | ) |
Payments from Affiliates (See Note 10) |
| 178 |
|
| 1,434 |
|
| – |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: Investments |
| 12,013,817 |
|
| 37,127,912 |
|
| 50,643,893 |
|
Call options written |
| 35,793 |
|
| 175,326 |
|
| (305,588 | ) |
Net realized and change in unrealized gain |
| 27,579,181 |
|
| 53,424,139 |
|
| 75,740,855 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations |
| $28,335,079 |
|
| $56,111,722 |
|
| $88,127,070 |
|
52 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
|
| Six Months |
|
| Year ended |
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
| $755,898 |
|
| $1,686,486 |
|
Net realized gain |
| 15,529,571 |
|
| 14,167,238 |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
| 12,049,610 |
|
| (14,148,903 | ) |
Net increase in net assets resulting from investment operations |
| 28,335,079 |
|
| 1,704,821 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to Common Shareholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total distributions paid |
| (10,340,031 | ) |
| (20,618,674 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Share Transactions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions |
| 419,326 |
|
| 851,890 |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
| 18,414,374 |
|
| (18,061,963 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
| 227,320,060 |
|
| 245,382,023 |
|
End of period |
| $245,734,434 |
|
| $227,320,060 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares Activity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, beginning of period |
| 10,311,385 |
|
| 10,274,970 |
|
Shares reinvested |
| 17,941 |
|
| 36,415 |
|
Shares outstanding, end of period |
| 10,329,326 |
|
| 10,311,385 |
|
– May reflect actual amounts rounding to less than $1.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 53
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Equity & Convertible Income:
|
| Six Months |
|
| Year ended |
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
| $2,687,583 |
|
| $5,359,270 |
|
Net realized gain |
| 16,120,901 |
|
| 50,258,560 |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
| 37,303,238 |
|
| (68,427,079 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations |
| 56,111,722 |
|
| (12,809,249 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total distributions paid |
| (21,058,813 | ) |
| (42,117,627 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
| 35,052,909 |
|
| (54,926,876 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
| 624,314,597 |
|
| 679,241,473 |
|
End of period |
| $659,367,506 |
|
| $624,314,597 |
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy:
|
| Six Months |
|
| Year ended |
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
| $12,386,215 |
|
| $25,393,187 |
|
Net realized gain |
| 25,402,550 |
|
| 55,208,889 |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
| 50,338,305 |
|
| (166,154,293 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations |
| 88,127,070 |
|
| (85,552,217 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return of capital |
| – |
|
| (17,583,924 | ) |
Total distributions paid |
| (42,660,711 | ) |
| (67,737,499 | ) |
Total distributions to shareholders |
| (42,660,711 | ) |
| (85,321,423 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
| 45,466,359 |
|
| (170,873,640 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
| 1,281,711,738 |
|
| 1,452,585,378 |
|
End of period |
| $1,327,178,097 |
|
| $1,281,711,738 |
|
– May reflect actual amounts rounding to less than $1.
54 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows*
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
For the Six Months ended July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
Increase (Decrease) in Cash from:
Cash Flows provided by Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
Net increase in net assets resulting from investment operations |
| $28,335,079 |
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations to Net Cash provided by Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
Purchases of long-term investments |
| (215,818,167 | ) |
Proceeds from sales of long-term investments |
| 227,144,584 |
|
Purchases of short-term portfolio investments, net |
| (5,237,645 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
| (12,049,610 | ) |
Net amortization/accretion on investments |
| 12,306 |
|
Net realized gain |
| (15,529,393 | ) |
Increase in payable for investments purchased |
| 931,239 |
|
Proceeds from sale of written options |
| 429,825 |
|
Payments to cover written options |
| (428,330 | ) |
Increase in investments in Affiliated Funds – Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan |
| (1,776 | ) |
Increase in Trustees Compensation Plan payable |
| 1,776 |
|
Increase in receivable for investments sold |
| (246,466 | ) |
Decrease in interest and dividends receivable |
| 114,576 |
|
Increase in prepaid expenses |
| (4,963 | ) |
Increase in investment management fees payable |
| 33,816 |
|
Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities |
| (163,977 | ) |
Increase in loan interest payable |
| 92,525 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
| 7,615,399 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows used for Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
Increase in payable to custodian for cash overdraft |
| 235,324 |
|
Cash dividends paid |
| (9,924,823 | ) |
Net cash used for financing activities |
| (9,689,499 | ) |
Net decrease in cash |
| (2,074,100 | ) |
|
|
|
|
Cash: |
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
| 2,074,100 |
|
End of period |
| $– |
|
|
|
|
|
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
Noncash investing transactions – Conversions of convertible preferred stock |
| $138,960 |
|
Cash Paid for Interest |
| $1,350,479 |
|
Cash Paid for Interest on Dividends to Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares |
| $651,000 |
|
* A Statement of Cash Flows is not required for Equity & Convertible Income and Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 55
Financial Highlights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
For a common share outstanding throughout each period^:
|
| Six Months |
| Year ended January 31, |
| For the period | ||||||||||||||
|
| (unaudited) |
| 2019 |
| 2018 |
| 2017 |
| January 31, 2016 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
| $22.05 |
|
|
| $23.88 |
|
|
| $21.59 |
|
|
| $18.91 |
|
|
| $23.88 |
|
|
Investment Operations: |
| 0.07 |
|
|
| 0.16 |
|
|
| 0.29 |
|
|
| 0.39 |
|
|
| 0.18 |
|
|
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) |
| 2.67 |
|
|
| 0.01 |
|
|
| 4.00 |
|
|
| 4.21 |
|
|
| (4.09 | ) |
|
Total from investment operations |
| 2.74 |
|
|
| 0.17 |
|
|
| 4.29 |
|
|
| 4.60 |
|
|
| (3.91 | ) |
|
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from: Net investment income |
| (0.58 | ) |
|
| (0.95 | ) |
|
| (0.44 | ) |
|
| (0.51 | ) |
|
| (0.62 | ) |
|
Net realized gains |
| (0.42 | ) |
|
| (1.05 | ) |
|
| (1.56 | ) |
|
| (1.49 | ) |
|
| (0.55 | ) |
|
Total dividends and distributions to common shareholders |
| (1.00 | ) |
|
| (2.00 | ) |
|
| (2.00 | ) |
|
| (2.00 | ) |
|
| (1.17 | ) |
|
Common Share Transactions: |
| – |
|
|
| – |
|
|
| – |
|
|
| – |
|
|
| (0.05 | ) |
|
Accretion to net asset value resulting from share repurchases |
| – |
|
|
| – |
|
|
| – |
|
|
| 0.08 |
|
|
| 0.16 |
|
|
Net asset value, end of period |
| $23.79 | (2) |
|
| $22.05 |
|
|
| $23.88 |
|
|
| $21.59 |
|
|
| $18.91 |
|
|
Market price, end of period |
| $23.47 |
|
|
| $21.29 |
|
|
| $22.40 |
|
|
| $19.49 |
|
|
| $16.40 |
|
|
Total Investment Return (3) |
| 15.15 | % |
|
| 3.89 | % |
|
| 26.13 | % |
|
| 32.56 | % |
|
| (30.12 | )% |
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: |
| $245,734 |
|
|
| $227,320 |
|
|
| $245,382 |
|
|
| $221,849 |
|
|
| $201,644 |
|
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets, including interest expense (5)(6) |
| 3.38 | %(4) |
|
| 3.40 | %(7) |
|
| 3.36 | %(7) |
|
| 3.48 | %(7) |
|
| 3.26 | %(4) |
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets, excluding interest expense (5)(6) |
| 2.15 | %(4) |
|
| 2.20 | %(7) |
|
| 2.26 | %(7) |
|
| 2.34 | %(7) |
|
| 2.56 | %(4) |
|
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (6) |
| 0.64 | %(4) |
|
| 0.72 | %(7) |
|
| 1.30 | %(7) |
|
| 1.90 | %(7) |
|
| 1.24 | %(4) |
|
Mandatory redeemable preferred shares asset coverage per share |
| $229 |
|
|
| $214 |
|
|
| $229 |
|
|
| $209 |
|
|
| $193 |
|
|
Portfolio turnover rate |
| 65 | % |
|
| 105 | % |
|
| 154 | % |
|
| 196 | % |
|
| 149 | % |
|
^ | A “–” may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than $0.01 or 0.01%. |
* | Commencement of operations. |
(1) | Calculated on average common shares outstanding during the period. |
(2) | Payment from affiliate increased the net asset value by less than $0.01. |
(3) | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a common share at the market price on the first day and a sale of a common share at the market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares. Total investment return for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(4) | Annualized. |
(5) | Interest expense relates to participation in Senior Secured Notes and Margin Loan Financing (See Note 7 and Note 8). |
(6) | Calculated on the basis of income and expenses applicable to both common and mandatory redeemable preferred shares relative to average net assets of common shareholders. |
(7) | Inclusive of excise tax expense of 0.06%, 0.07% and 0.01% for the years ended January 31, 2019, January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017, respectively. |
56 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
For a share outstanding throughout each period^:
|
| Six Months |
| Year ended January 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
| (unaudited) |
| 2019 |
| 2018 |
| 2017 |
| 2016 |
| 2015 |
| |||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
| $22.53 |
|
|
| $24.51 |
|
|
| $21.54 |
|
|
| $19.90 |
|
|
| $22.13 |
|
|
| $21.79 |
|
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (1) |
| 0.10 |
|
|
| 0.19 |
|
|
| 0.40 |
|
|
| 0.41 |
|
|
| 0.47 |
|
|
| 0.53 |
|
|
Net realized and change in unrealized |
| 1.93 |
|
|
| (0.65 | ) |
|
| 4.09 |
|
|
| 2.75 |
|
|
| (1.18 | ) |
|
| 1.13 |
|
|
Total from investment operations |
| 2.03 |
|
|
| (0.46 | ) |
|
| 4.49 |
|
|
| 3.16 |
|
|
| (0.71 | ) |
|
| 1.66 |
|
|
Dividends and Distributions to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
| – |
|
|
| (0.93 | ) |
|
| (0.43 | ) |
|
| (0.54 | ) |
|
| (0.41 | ) |
|
| (0.63 | ) |
|
Net realized gains |
| (0.76 | ) |
|
| (0.59 | ) |
|
| (1.09 | ) |
|
| (0.98 | ) |
|
| (1.11 | ) |
|
| (0.69 | ) |
|
Total dividends and distributions to |
| (0.76 | ) |
|
| (1.52 | ) |
|
| (1.52 | ) |
|
| (1.52 | ) |
|
| (1.52 | ) |
|
| (1.32 | ) |
|
Net asset value, end of period |
| $23.80 | (2) |
|
| $22.53 |
|
|
| $24.51 |
|
|
| $21.54 |
|
|
| $19.90 |
|
|
| $22.13 | (2) |
|
Market price, end of period |
| $22.26 |
|
|
| $20.52 |
|
|
| $22.08 |
|
|
| $19.03 |
|
|
| $16.97 |
|
|
| $20.01 |
|
|
Total Investment Return (3) |
| 12.35 | % |
|
| (0.25 | )% |
|
| 24.96 | % |
|
| 21.69 | % |
|
| (8.01 | )% |
|
| 14.07 | % |
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000s) |
| $659,368 |
|
|
| $624,315 |
|
|
| $679,241 |
|
|
| $596,911 |
|
|
| $551,378 |
|
|
| $613,133 |
|
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets |
| 1.07 | %(4) |
|
| 1.13 | %(5) |
|
| 1.07 | % |
|
| 1.08 | % |
|
| 1.10 | %(5) |
|
| 1.13 | %(5) |
|
Ratio of net investment income to average |
| 0.84 | %(4) |
|
| 0.83 | %(5) |
|
| 1.80 | % |
|
| 1.94 | % |
|
| 2.15 | %(5) |
|
| 2.34 | %(5) |
|
Portfolio turnover rate |
| 22 | % |
|
| 81 | % |
|
| 99 | % |
|
| 90 | % |
|
| 110 | % |
|
| 63 | % |
|
^ | A “–” may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than $0.01 or 0.01%. |
(1) | Calculated on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(2) | Payment from affiliate increased the net asset value by less than $0.01. |
(3) | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the market price on the first day and a sale of a share at the market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares. Total investment return for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(4) | Annualized. |
(5) | Inclusive of excise tax expense of 0.07%, 0.02% and 0.05% for the years ended January 31, 2019, January 31, 2016 and January 31, 2015, respectively. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | July 31, 2019 | Semi-Annual Report 57
Financial Highlights
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
For a share outstanding throughout each period^:
|
| Six Months |
| Year ended January 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
| (unaudited) |
| 2019 |
| 2018 |
| 2017 |
| 2016 |
| 2015 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
| $13.52 |
|
|
| $15.32 |
|
|
| $14.72 |
|
|
| $13.59 |
|
|
| $16.95 |
|
|
| $18.19 |
|
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (1) |
| 0.13 |
|
|
| 0.27 |
|
|
| 0.30 |
|
|
| 0.35 |
|
|
| 0.38 |
|
|
| 0.41 |
|
|
Net realized and change in unrealized |
| 0.80 |
|
|
| (1.17 | ) |
|
| 1.43 |
|
|
| 1.98 |
|
|
| (2.09 | ) |
|
| 0.15 |
|
|
Total from investment operations |
| 0.93 |
|
|
| (0.90 | ) |
|
| 1.73 |
|
|
| 2.33 |
|
|
| (1.71 | ) |
|
| 0.56 |
|
|
Dividends and Distributions to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
| (0.45 | ) |
|
| (0.71 | ) |
|
| (0.30 | ) |
|
| (0.37 | ) |
|
| (0.39 | ) |
|
| (0.65 | ) |
|
Return of capital |
| – |
|
|
| (0.19 | ) |
|
| (0.83 | ) |
|
| (0.83 | ) |
|
| (1.26 | ) |
|
| (1.15 | ) |
|
Total dividends and distributions |
| (0.45 | ) |
|
| (0.90 | ) |
|
| (1.13 | ) |
|
| (1.20 | ) |
|
| (1.65 | ) |
|
| (1.80 | ) |
|
Net asset value, end of period |
| $14.00 |
|
|
| $13.52 |
|
|
| $15.32 |
|
|
| $14.72 |
|
|
| $13.59 |
|
|
| $16.95 | (2) |
|
Market price, end of period |
| $12.54 |
|
|
| $11.90 |
|
|
| $13.52 |
|
|
| $13.03 |
|
|
| $11.50 |
|
|
| $15.88 |
|
|
Total Investment Return (3) |
| 9.29 | % |
|
| (5.42 | )% |
|
| 12.92 | % |
|
| 24.60 | % |
|
| (18.68 | )% |
|
| (1.75 | )% |
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000s) |
| $1,327,178 |
|
|
| $1,281,712 |
|
|
| $1,452,585 |
|
|
| $1,395,116 |
|
|
| $1,288,319 |
|
|
| $1,606,718 |
|
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets |
| 0.95 | %(4) |
|
| 0.95 | % |
|
| 0.97 | % |
|
| 1.01 | % |
|
| 0.97 | % |
|
| 0.96 | % |
|
Ratio of net investment income to |
| 1.90 | %(4) |
|
| 1.87 | % |
|
| 2.03 | % |
|
| 2.42 | % |
|
| 2.41 | % |
|
| 2.20 | % |
|
Portfolio turnover rate |
| 37 | % |
|
| 50 | % |
|
| 85 | % |
|
| 39 | % |
|
| 54 | % |
|
| 47 | % |
|
^ | A “–” may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than $0.01 or 0.01%. |
(1) | Calculated on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(2) | Payment from Affiliates increased the net asset value by $0.02. |
(3) | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the market price on the first day and a sale of a share at the market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares. Total investment return for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(4) | Annualized. |
58 Semi-Annual Report | July 31, 2019 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (“Diversified Income & Convertible”), AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (“Equity & Convertible Income”) and AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (“Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy”) (each, a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) were organized as Massachusetts business trusts on March 10, 2015, December 12, 2006 and August 20, 2003, respectively. The Funds follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies. Prior to commencing operations on May 27, 2015, February 27, 2007, and February 28, 2005, respectively, the Funds had no operations other than matters relating to their organization and registration as diversified, closed-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder. Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (“AllianzGI U.S.” or the “Investment Manager”) serves as the Funds’ investment manager. The Investment Manager is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. (“AAM”). AAM is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE, a publicly traded European insurance and financial services company. Each Fund has authorized an unlimited amount of common shares with $0.00001 par value.
Diversified Income & Convertible’s investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation, while seeking to provide downside protection against capital loss. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of convertible securities, debt and other income-producing instruments and common stocks and other equity securities. The Fund employs a strategy of writing (selling) covered call options on the stocks held in the equity portion of the portfolio.
Equity & Convertible Income’s investment objective is to seek total return comprised of capital appreciation, current income and gains. Under normal market conditions the Fund pursues its objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities and income-producing convertible securities. The Fund also employs a strategy of writing (selling) call options on the equity securities held by the Fund as well as on equity indexes.
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy’s primary investment objective is to seek current income and gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions the Fund pursues its investment objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying common stocks and income-producing convertible securities. The Fund also employs a strategy of writing (selling) call options on the equity securities held by the Fund in an
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
attempt to generate gains from option premiums.
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy can invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities issued by master limited partnerships (“MLPs”), including, without limitation, common units, preferred units, convertible subordinated units or other equity or debt securities.
There can be no assurance that the Funds will meet their stated objectives.
The preparation of the Funds’ financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires the Funds’ management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in each Fund’s financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Like many other companies, the Funds’ organizational documents provide that its officers (“Officers”) and the Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, both in some of its principal service contracts and in the normal course of its business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide indemnification to other parties for certain types of losses or liabilities. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims against the Funds.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds:
(a) Valuation of Investments
Portfolio securities and other financial instruments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. Market values for various types of securities and other instruments are determined on the basis of closing prices or last sales prices on an exchange or other market, or based on quotes or other market information obtained from quotation reporting systems, established market makers or pricing services. Investments in mutual funds are valued at the net asset value per share (“NAV”) as reported on each business day. The Funds’ investments are valued daily using prices supplied by an independent pricing service or broker/dealer quotations, or by using the last sale or settlement price on the exchange that is the primary market for such securities, or the mean between the last bid and ask quotations. Independent pricing services use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics.
The Board has adopted procedures for valuing portfolio securities and other financial instruments in circumstances where market quotes are not readily available (including in cases where available market quotations are deemed to be unreliable), and has delegated primary responsibility for applying the valuation methods to the Investment
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Manager. The Funds’ Valuation Committee was established by the Board to oversee the implementation of the Funds’ valuation methods and to make fair value determinations on behalf of the Board, as instructed. The Investment Manager monitors the continued appropriateness of methods applied and identifies circumstances and events that may require fair valuation. The Investment Manager determines if adjustments should be made in light of market changes, events affecting the issuer, or other factors. If the Investment Manager determines that a valuation method may no longer be appropriate, another valuation method previously approved by the Valuation Committee may be selected, or the Funds’ Valuation Committee will be convened to consider the matter and take any appropriate action in accordance with procedures set forth by the Board. The Board shall review and ratify the appropriateness of the valuation methods and these methods may be amended or supplemented from time to time by the Valuation Committee.
Short-term debt instruments having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost unless the Board or its Valuation Committee determines that particular circumstances dictate otherwise.
The prices used by the Funds to value investments may differ from the value that would be realized if the investments were sold, and these differences could be material to the Funds’ financial statements. Each Fund’s NAV is normally determined as of the close of regular trading (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on each day the NYSE is open for business. In unusual circumstances, the Board or the Valuation Committee may in good faith determine its NAV as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, notwithstanding an earlier, unscheduled close or halt of trading on the NYSE.
(b) Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
n Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments that the Funds have the ability to access
n Level 2 – valuations based on other significant observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates or other market corroborated inputs
n Level 3 – valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Investment Manager’s or Valuation Committee’s own assumptions and securities whose price was determined by using a single broker’s quote)
The valuation techniques used by the Funds to measure fair value during the six months ended July 31, 2019 were intended to
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
maximize the use of observable inputs and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs. An investment asset’s or liability’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level input, individually or in aggregate, that is significant to the fair value measurement. The objective of fair value measurement remains the same even when there is a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability and regardless of the valuation techniques used.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following are certain inputs and techniques that the Funds generally use to evaluate how to classify each major category of assets and liabilities within Level 2 and Level 3, in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
An asset or liability for which market values cannot be measured using the methodologies described above is valued by methods deemed reasonable in good faith by the Valuation Committee, following the procedures established by the Board, to represent fair value. Under these procedures, the Funds generally use a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values and other relevant information. Fair value determinations involve the consideration of a number of subjective factors, an analysis of applicable facts and circumstances and the exercise of judgment. As a result, it is possible that the fair value for a security determined in good faith in accordance with the Funds’ valuation procedures may differ from valuations for the same security determined by other funds using their own valuation procedures. Although the Funds’ valuation procedures are designed to value a security at the price the Funds may reasonably expect to receive upon the security’s sale in an orderly transaction, there can be no assurance that any fair value determination thereunder would, in fact, approximate the amount that the Funds would actually realize upon the sale of the security or the price at which the security would trade if a reliable market price were readily available.
Equity Securities (Common and Preferred Stock and Warrants) – Equity securities traded in inactive markets are valued using inputs which include broker-dealer quotes, recently executed transactions adjusted for changes in the benchmark index, or evaluated price quotes received from independent pricing services that take into account the integrity of the market sector and issuer, the individual characteristics of the security, and information received from broker-dealers and other market sources pertaining to the issuer or security. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of equity securities are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.
Convertible Bonds & Notes – Convertible bonds & notes are valued by independent pricing services based on various inputs and
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
techniques, which include broker-dealer quotations from relevant market makers and recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. The broker-dealer quotations received are supported by credit analysis of the issuer that takes into consideration credit quality assessments, daily trading activity, and the activity of the underlying equities, listed bonds and sector-specific trends. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of convertible bonds & notes are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.
Corporate Bonds & Notes – Corporate bonds & notes are generally comprised of two main categories: investment grade bonds and high yield bonds. Investment grade bonds are valued by independent pricing services using various inputs and techniques, which include broker-dealer quotations, live trading levels, recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, and option adjusted spread models that include base curve and spread curve inputs. Adjustments to individual bonds can be applied to recognize trading differences compared to other bonds issued by the same issuer. High yield bonds are valued by independent pricing services based primarily on broker-dealer quotations from relevant market makers and recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. The broker-dealer quotations received are supported by credit analysis of the issuer that takes into consideration credit quality assessments, daily trading activity, and the activity of the underlying equities, listed bonds and sector-specific trends. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of corporate bonds & notes are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.
Option Contracts – Option contracts traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) and FLexible EXchange (“FLEX”) options are valued by independent pricing services based on pricing models that incorporate various inputs such as interest rates, credit spreads, currency exchange rates and volatility measurements for in-the-money, at-the-money, and out-of-the-money contracts based on a given strike price. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of OTC and FLEX option contracts are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.
(c) Investment Transactions and Investment Income
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on an identified cost basis. Interest income adjusted for the accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts or premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted or amortized, respectively, to interest income. Conversion premium is not amortized. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, and then are recorded as soon after the ex-dividend date as the Funds, using reasonable diligence, become aware of such dividends. Consent fees relating to corporate actions and facility fees and other fees received after settlement date relating to senior loans and commitment fees received relating to unfunded purchase commitments are recorded as miscellaneous income upon receipt. Payments received from certain investments may be comprised of dividends, realized gains and return of capital. These payments may initially be recorded as dividend income and may subsequently be reclassified as realized gains and/or return of capital upon receipt of information from the issuer. Payments considered return of capital reduce the cost basis of the respective security. Distributions, if any, in excess of the cost basis of a security are recognized as capital gains. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis.
(d) Federal Income Taxes
The Funds intend to distribute all of their taxable income and to comply with the other requirements of Subchapter M of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes is required. The Funds may be subject to excise tax based on distributions to shareholders.
Accounting for uncertainty in income taxes establishes for all entities, including pass-through entities such as the Funds, a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of positions taken in filing tax returns (including whether an entity is taxable in a particular jurisdiction), and requires certain expanded tax disclosures. In accordance with provisions set forth under U.S. GAAP, the Investment Manager has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years. As of July 31, 2019, the Funds have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions they have taken. The Funds’ U.S. federal income tax returns for the prior three years, as applicable, remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
(e) Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders
Diversified Income & Convertible declares dividends and distributions on a monthly basis. Equity & Convertible Income and Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy declare dividends and distributions on a quarterly basis. These dividends and distributions may be comprised in varying proportions of net investment income, gains from option premiums and the sale of portfolio securities and return of capital. The Funds record dividends and distributions on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains or return of capital is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book-tax”
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
differences are considered either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their U.S. federal income tax treatment. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and/or distributions exceed current and accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax purposes, they are reported as dividends and/or distributions to shareholders from return of capital.
(f) Convertible Securities
The Funds may invest a portion of their assets in convertible securities. Although convertible securities derive part of their value from that of the securities into which they are convertible, they are not considered derivative financial instruments. However, certain of the Funds’ investments in convertible securities include features which render them sensitive to price changes in their underlying securities. The value of structured/synthetic convertible securities can be affected by interest rate changes and credit risks of the issuer. Such securities may be structured in ways that limit their potential for capital appreciation and the entire value of the security may be at risk of loss depending on the performance of the underlying equity security. Consequently, the Funds are exposed to greater downside risk than traditional convertible securities, but typically still less than that of the underlying stock.
(g) Payment In-Kind Securities
The Funds may invest in payment in-kind securities, which are debt or preferred stock securities that require or permit payment of interest in the form of additional securities. Payment in-kind securities allow the issuer to avoid or delay the need to generate cash to meet current interest payments and, as a result, may involve greater risk than securities that pay interest currently or in cash.
(h) Warrants
The Funds may receive warrants. Warrants are securities that are usually issued together with a debt security or preferred stock and that give the holder the right to buy a proportionate amount of common stock at a specified price. Warrants may be freely transferable and are often traded on major exchanges. Warrants normally have a life that is measured in years and entitle the holder to buy common stock of a company at a price that is usually higher than the market price at the time the warrant is issued. Warrants may entail greater risks than certain other types of investments. Generally, warrants do not carry the right to receive dividends or exercise voting rights with respect to the underlying securities, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuer. In addition, their value does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities, and they cease to have value if they are not exercised on or before their expiration date. If the market price of the underlying stock does not exceed the exercise price during the life of the warrant, the warrant will expire worthless. Warrants may
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
increase the potential profit or loss to be realized from the investment as compared with investing the same amount in the underlying securities. Similarly, the percentage increase or decrease in the value of an equity security warrant may be greater than the percentage increase or decrease in the value of the underlying common stock. Warrants may relate to the purchase of equity or debt securities. Debt obligations with warrants attached to purchase equity securities have many characteristics of convertible securities and their prices may, to some degree, reflect the performance of the underlying stock. Debt obligations also may be issued with warrants attached to purchase additional debt securities at the same coupon rate. A decline in interest rates would permit a Fund to sell such warrants at a profit. If interest rates rise, these warrants would generally expire with no value.
(i) Statement of Cash Flows
U.S. GAAP requires entities providing financial statements that report both financial position and results of operations to also provide a statement of cash flows for each period for which results of operations are provided, but exempts investment companies meeting certain conditions. One of the conditions is that the fund had little or no debt, based on the average debt outstanding during the period, in relation to average total assets. Diversified Income & Convertible’s indebtedness has been determined to be at a level requiring a statement of cash flows. The Statement of Cash Flows has been prepared using the indirect method which required net change in net assets resulting from operations to be adjusted to reconcile to net cash flows from operating activities. Equity & Convertible Income and Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy do not require a Statement of Cash Flows.
(j) Loan Interest Expense
Loan interest expense relates to the Diversified Income & Convertible’s participation in debt financing transactions (See Note 7 and Note 8). Interest expense is recorded as it is incurred.
(k) Repurchase Agreements
The Funds are parties to Master Repurchase Agreements (“Master Repo Agreements”) with select counterparties. The Master Repo Agreements include provisions for the initiation of repurchase transactions, income payments, events of default, and maintenance of collateral.
The Funds enter into transactions, under the Master Repo Agreements, with their custodian bank or securities brokerage firms whereby they purchase securities under agreements (i.e., repurchase agreements) to resell such securities at an agreed upon price and date. The Funds, through their custodian, take possession of securities collateralizing the repurchase agreement. Such agreements are carried at the contract amount in the financial statements, which is considered to represent fair value. The collateral that is pledged (i.e. the securities received by the Funds), which consists primarily of U.S. government obligations and asset-backed securities, is held by the custodian bank for
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
the benefit of the Funds until the maturity of the repurchase agreement. Provisions of the repurchase agreements and the procedures adopted by the Funds require that the market value of the collateral, including accrued interest thereon, be sufficient in the event of default by the counterparty. If the counterparty defaults under the Master Repo Agreements and the value of the collateral declines or if the counterparty enters an insolvency proceeding, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited. The gross values are included in the Funds’ Schedules of Investments. As of July 31, 2019, the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreements for each Fund.
(l) Restricted Securities
The Funds are permitted to invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expenses, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult.
2. Principal Risks
In the normal course of business, the Funds trade financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to, among other things, changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (counterparty risk). The Funds are also exposed to other risks such as, but not limited to, interest rate, credit and leverage risks.
Interest rate risk is the risk that fixed income securities’ valuations will change because of changes in interest rates. During periods of rising nominal interest rates, the values of fixed income instruments are generally expected to decline. Conversely, during periods of declining nominal interest rates, the values of fixed income instruments are generally expected to rise. To the extent that a Fund effectively has short positions with respect to fixed income instruments, the values of such short positions would generally be expected to rise when nominal interest rates rise and to decline when nominal interest rates decline. A nominal interest rate can be described as the sum of a real interest rate and an expected inflation rate. Fixed income securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities with shorter durations. Duration is used primarily as a measure of the sensitivity of a fixed income security’s market price to interest rate (i.e., yield) movements. Interest rate changes can be sudden and unpredictable, and the Funds may lose money as a result of movements in interest rates. The Funds may not be able to hedge against changes in interest rates or may choose not to do so for cost or other reasons. In addition, any hedges may not work as intended. The values of equity and other non-fixed income securities may also decline due to fluctuations in interest rates.
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
2. Principal Risks (continued)
The Funds are exposed to credit risk, which is the risk of losing money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.
The market values of securities may decline due to general market conditions (market risk) which are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, adverse changes to credit markets or adverse investor sentiment. They may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. Equity securities and equity-related investments generally have greater market price volatility than fixed income securities, although under certain market conditions fixed income securities may have comparable or greater price volatility. Credit ratings downgrades may also negatively affect securities held by the Funds. Even when markets perform well, there is no assurance that the investments held by the Funds will increase in value along with the broader market. In addition, market risk includes the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt the economy on a national or global level.
The Funds are exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss to the Funds could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the Funds’ financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to counterparty risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The Investment Manager seeks to minimize the Funds’ counterparty risk by performing reviews of each counterparty and by minimizing concentration of counterparty risk by undertaking transactions with multiple customers and counterparties on recognized and reputable exchanges. Delivery of securities sold is only made once the Funds have received payment. Payment is made on a purchase once the securities have been delivered by the counterparty. The trade will fail if either party fails to meet its obligation.
The Funds are exposed to risks associated with leverage. Leverage may cause the value of the Funds’ shares to be more volatile than if the Funds did not use leverage. This is because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Funds’ portfolio securities. The Funds may engage in transactions or purchase instruments that give rise to forms of leverage. In addition, to the extent the Funds employ leverage, dividend and interest costs on such leverage may not be recovered by any appreciation of the securities purchased with the leverage proceeds and could exceed the Funds’ investment returns, resulting in greater losses. As discussed further in Note 7
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
2. Principal Risks (continued)
and Note 8, Diversified Income & Convertible has mandatory redeemable preferred shares and senior secured notes outstanding and entered into margin loan financing.
The Funds may hold defaulted securities that may involve special considerations including bankruptcy proceedings, other regulatory and legal restrictions affecting the Funds’ ability to trade, and the availability of prices from independent pricing services or dealer quotations. Defaulted securities are often illiquid and may not be actively traded. Sale of securities in bankrupt companies at an acceptable price may be difficult and differences compared to the value of the securities used by the Funds could be material. A Fund may incur additional expenses to the extent it is required to seek recovery upon a portfolio security’s default in the payment of principal or interest. In any bankruptcy proceeding relating to a defaulted investment, a Fund may lose its entire investment or may be required to accept cash or securities with a value substantially less than its original investment.
Diversified Income & Convertible will terminate on the first business day following the fifteenth anniversary of the effective date of its registration statement, May 22, 2030, unless such term is extended by the Trustees and absent Trustee and shareholder approval to amend the limited term. Leading up to the Fund’s dissolution date, the Fund may begin liquidating all or a portion of the Fund’s portfolio, and the Fund may deviate from its investment strategy. As a result, during the wind-down period, the Fund’s distributions may decrease, and such distributions may include a return of capital. The Fund does not seek to return $25.00 per common share (its initial offering price) upon termination. As the assets of the Fund will liquidate in connection with its termination, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities when it otherwise would not, including at times when market conditions are not favorable, which may cause the fund to lose money.
3. Financial Derivative Instruments
Disclosure about derivatives and hedging activities requires qualitative disclosure regarding objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosure about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivatives, and disclosure about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The disclosure requirements distinguish between derivatives which are accounted for as “hedges”, and those that do not qualify for such accounting. Although the Funds at times use derivatives for hedging purposes, the Funds reflects derivatives at fair value and recognizes changes in fair value through the Funds’ Statements of Operations, and such derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment.
Option Transactions
The Funds may write (sell) put and call options on securities and indices to earn premiums, for hedging purposes, risk management purposes or otherwise as part of their investment strategies. When an option is written, the premium received is recorded as an asset with an equal liability
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
3. Financial Derivative Instruments (continued)
that is subsequently marked to market to reflect the market value of the option written. These liabilities, if any, are reflected as options written in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Premiums received from writing options which expire unexercised are recorded on the expiration date as a realized gain. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option written is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether there has been a realized gain or loss. If a put option written is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security. In writing an option, the Funds bear the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. Exercise of a written option could result in the Funds purchasing a security at a price different from its current market value.
There are several risks associated with option transactions on securities. For example, there are significant differences between the securities and options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve its objective. The Funds’ ability to use options successfully will depend on the Investment Manager’s ability to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. As the writer of a covered call option, a Fund foregoes, during the option’s life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the strike price of the call, but has retained the risk of loss should the price of the underlying security decline.
4. Investment Manager & Deferred Compensation
Investment Manager. Each Fund has an Investment Management Agreement (for the purpose of this section, each an “Agreement”) with the Investment Manager. Subject to the supervision of the Funds’ Board, the Investment Manager is responsible for managing, either directly or through others selected by it, the Funds’ investment activities, business affairs and administrative matters. Pursuant to their Agreements, Diversified Income & Convertible and Equity & Convertible Income pay the Investment Manager an annual fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of 1.00% of their average daily total managed assets. Pursuant to its Agreement, Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy pays the Investment Manager an annual fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.90% of its average daily total managed assets. Diversified Income & Convertible’s Agreement defines total managed assets as the total assets of the Fund (including assets attributable to any Preferred Shares, borrowings, issued debt securities or other forms of leverage that may be outstanding) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing leverage). The Agreements of each of Equity &
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
4. Investment Manager & Deferred Compensation (continued)
Convertible Income and Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy define total managed assets as the total assets of each Fund (including assets attributable to any borrowing that may be outstanding) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing borrowings).
Deferred Compensation. The Trustees do not currently receive any pension or retirement benefits from the Trust. In calendar year 2018 and certain prior periods, the Funds maintained a deferred compensation plan pursuant to which each Independent Trustee had the opportunity to elect not to receive all or a portion of his or her fees from the Fund on a current basis, but instead to receive in a subsequent period chosen by the Trustee an amount equal to the value of such compensation if such compensation had been invested in one or more series of Allianz Funds or Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust selected by the Trustees from and after the normal payment dates for such compensation. The deferred compensation program was closed to new deferrals effective January 1, 2019, and all Trustee fees earned with respect to service in calendar year 2019 and beyond have been or will be paid in cash, on a current basis, unless the Board of Trustees of the Allianz-Sponsored Funds reopens the program to new deferrals. Allianz Funds and Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust still have obligations with respect to Trustee fees deferred in 2018 and in prior periods, and will continue to have such obligations until all deferred Trustee fees are paid out pursuant to the terms of the deferred compensation plan.
5. Investments in Securities
For the six months ended July 31, 2019, purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term securities were:
|
| Purchases |
| Sales |
Diversified Income & Convertible |
| $215,147,487 |
| $227,144,584 |
Equity & Convertible Income |
| 138,448,640 |
| 151,360,886 |
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
| 473,240,694 |
| 518,213,177 |
6. Income Tax Information
At July 31, 2019, the aggregate cost basis and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and other financial instruments for federal income tax purposes were:
|
| Federal Tax Cost |
| Unrealized |
| Unrealized |
| Net Unrealized |
|
Diversified Income & Convertible |
| $363,554,083 |
| $18,795,078 |
| $30,188,116 |
| $(11,393,038 | ) |
Equity & Convertible Income |
| 673,733,336 |
| 53,264,406 |
| 69,778,877 |
| (16,514,471 | ) |
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
| 1,295,671,871 |
| 112,013,269 |
| 77,585,484 |
| 34,427,785 |
|
(1) Differences between book and tax cost basis are primarily attributable to wash sale loss deferrals and differing treatment of bond premium amortization.
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
7. Long-Term Financing Arrangements
On October 2, 2015, Diversified Income & Convertible completed a private placement with a single institutional investor, consisting of $30,000,000 in Series A Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (“MRPS”) with a mandatory redemption date of October 2, 2025, and $50,000,000 in Senior Secured Notes (“Notes” and together with MRPS, “Long-Term Financing Arrangements”) due November 22, 2029. Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) assigned a rating of “AA” to the MRPS and “AAA” to the Notes. The Long-Term Financing Arrangements refinanced a portion of the Diversified Income & Convertible’s short-term borrowings under the Margin Loan Financing described in Note 8. For a portion of its borrowings, Diversified Income & Convertible continues to maintain short-term borrowings under the Margin Loan Financing described in Note 8 at variable interest rates.
Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares
At July 31, 2019, Diversified Income & Convertible had 1,200,000 shares of MRPS outstanding with an aggregate liquidation preference of $30,000,000 ($25.00 per share). The following table summarizes the key terms of the MRPS at July 31, 2019:
Mandatory |
| Annual |
| Aggregate |
| Estimated Fair |
|
October 2, 2025 |
| 4.34% |
| $30,000,000 |
| $30,000,000 |
|
Holders of MRPS are entitled to receive a quarterly dividend at an annual fixed dividend rate of 4.34%, subject to upward adjustment (by as much as 4.00%) during any period when the MRPS have a rating of below “A” from Fitch, or the equivalent from another rating agency (with the rate increasing at lower rating levels). The MRPS will have a “default” interest rate of 5.00% whenever a past due amount is outstanding with respect to the MRPS. Dividends are accrued daily and paid quarterly and are presented in Diversified Income & Convertible’s Statement of Assets & Liabilities as interest payable on dividends to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders. For the six months ended July 31, 2019, Diversified Income & Convertible paid $651,000 in interest on dividends to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders. The MRPS are senior, with priority in all respects, to Diversified Income & Convertible’s outstanding common shares as to payments of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Fund. The MRPS rank pari passu with any and all other preferred shares of the Fund, and rank junior to the Fund’s indebtedness, including the Notes, the Margin Loan Financing and any other senior secured indebtedness. Diversified Income & Convertible may redeem all or any part of the MRPS at any time, subject to certain redemption premiums. With respect to the MRPS, the Fund is subject to periodic asset coverage testing, including a monthly 225%
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
7. Long-Term Financing Arrangements (continued)
asset coverage test and a weekly asset coverage test that is tied to rating agency criteria, in each case subject to various terms and conditions. If the Fund’s asset coverage is insufficient under either of these tests, it may be required to redeem some or all of the MRPS. No such mandatory redemption had been triggered as of the end of the most recent fiscal period.
Senior Secured Notes
At July 31, 2019, Diversified Income & Convertible had $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding. The Notes rank pari passu with all other senior debt of Diversified Income & Convertible, including the Margin Loan Financing, and are secured by a lien on all assets of the Fund of every kind, including all securities and all other investment property, equal and ratable with the liens securing the Margin Loan Financing. The Notes are senior, with priority in all respects, to the MRPS and the outstanding common shares as to payments of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Fund. Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive cash interest payments semi-annually until maturity. The Notes accrue interest at an annual fixed rate of 3.94%. The Notes will be subject to a penalty interest rate of an additional 2.00% while overdue payments are outstanding, and an additional 1.00% during any interest rate period when the Notes, at any time, have a rating of less than “A-” from Fitch or the equivalent from another agency. The Notes are prepayable in whole or in part at any time, subject to a prepayment premium, which may be adjusted under some circumstances based on asset coverage levels. Interest expense of $976,904 is included in the Diversified Income & Convertible’s Statement of Operations.
The following table shows the maturity date, interest rate, notional/carrying amount and estimated fair value of the Notes outstanding at July 31, 2019:
Maturity Date |
| Interest Rate |
| Notional/Carrying |
| Estimated Fair |
|
November 22, 2029 |
| 3.94% |
| $50,000,000 |
| $50,000,000 |
|
With respect to the Notes, the Fund is subject to monthly asset coverage tests that mirror those applicable to closed-end funds set forth in Section 18 of the 1940 Act, as well as a weekly asset coverage test that is tied to rating agency criteria, in each case subject to various terms and conditions. A breach of any of these tests, after the passage of a cure period, would constitute an event of default under the Notes. As of the end of the most recent fiscal period, no such breach had occurred. The agreements governing the MRPS and Notes impose certain additional customary covenants and restrictions on the Fund, including, among others, restrictions on distributions and a requirement that the Fund adhere to its stated investment policies.
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Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
July 31, 2019 (unaudited)
8. Margin Loan Financing
Diversified Income & Convertible has entered into a margin loan financing agreement with BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International, Ltd. (“BNP”). The margin loan is offered at a daily rate equal to the U.S. 3-month LIBOR rate plus 0.90%. At July 31, 2019, the Fund had a borrowing outstanding under the margin agreement totaling $25,000,000. The interest rate charged at July 31, 2019, was 3.166%. During the period ended July 31, 2019, the weighted average daily balance outstanding was $25,000,000 at the weighted average interest rate of 3.414%. With respect to the margin loan financing, loan interest expense of $466,100 is included in the Diversified Income & Convertible’s Statement of Operations. The Fund is required to fully collateralize its outstanding loan balance as determined by BNP. Pledged assets are held in a segregated account and are denoted in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
9. Payments from Affiliates
During the period ended July 31, 2019, AllianzGI U.S. reimbursed Diversified Income & Convertible and Equity & Convertible Income $178 and $1,434, respectively, for realized losses resulting from trading errors.
10. Subsequent Events
In preparing these financial statements, the Funds’ management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.
On August 1, 2019, a monthly distribution of $0.167 per share was declared to Diversified
Income & Convertible common shareholders, payable September 3, 2019 to common shareholders of record on August 12, 2019.
On September 3, 2019, a monthly distribution of $0.167 per share was declared to Diversified Income & Convertible common shareholders, payable October 1, 2019 to common shareholders of record on September 13, 2019.
On September 6, 2019, the following quarterly distributions were declared to shareholders, payable September 27, 2019 to shareholders of record on September 16, 2019:
Equity & Convertible Income |
| $0.380 per share |
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
| $0.225 per share |
|
There were no other subsequent events identified that require recognition or disclosure.
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Annual Shareholder Meeting Results (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
The Funds held their annual meeting of shareholders on July 11, 2019. Shareholders voted as indicated below:
Diversified Income & Convertible:
|
| Affirmative |
| Withheld Authority |
|
Election of Hans W. Kertess |
| 10,532,507 |
| 232,839 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of William B. Ogden, IV |
| 10,505,465 |
| 259,881 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Davey S. Scoon |
| 10,550,486 |
| 214,860 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Sarah E. Cogan |
| 10,572,172 |
| 193,176 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Thomas J. Fuccillo† |
| 10,573,515 |
| 191,832 |
|
The other members of the Board of Trustees at the time of the meeting, namely, Ms. Deborah A. DeCotis and Messrs. F. Ford Drummond, James A. Jacobson, Bradford K. Gallagher, Erick R. Holt†, James S. MacLeod and Alan Rappaport continued to serve as Trustees of the Fund.
† Interested Trustee
Equity & Convertible Income:
|
| Affirmative |
| Withheld Authority |
|
Election of Deborah A. DeCotis |
| 24,390,624 |
| 1,729,649 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Bradford K. Gallagher |
| 24,385,359 |
| 1,734,913 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Erick R. Holt† |
| 24,934,192 |
| 1,186,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Sarah E. Cogan |
| 24,973,372 |
| 1,146,899 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Thomas J. Fuccillo† |
| 24,943,707 |
| 1,176,567 |
|
The other members of the Board of Trustees at the time of the meeting, namely, Messrs. Davey S. Scoon, F. Ford Drummond, Hans W. Kertess, James A. Jacobson, James S. MacLeod, William B. Ogden, IV and Alan Rappaport continued to serve as Trustees of the Fund.
† Interested Trustee
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy:
|
| Affirmative |
| Withheld Authority |
|
Election of Deborah A. DeCotis |
| 75,974,662 |
| 12,770,088 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Bradford K. Gallagher |
| 75,890,303 |
| 12,854,445 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of James A. Jacobson |
| 75,830,215 |
| 12,914,533 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Erick R. Holt† |
| 85,920,912 |
| 2,823,836 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Sarah E. Cogan |
| 86,105,480 |
| 2,639,268 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Election of Thomas J. Fuccillo† |
| 85,967,272 |
| 2,777,462 |
|
The other members of the Board of Trustees at the time of the meeting, namely, Messrs. Davey S. Scoon, F. Ford Drummond, Hans W. Kertess, James S. MacLeod, William B. Ogden, IV and Alan Rappaport continued to serve as Trustees of the Fund.
† Interested Trustee
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Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds have adopted to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30 is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds’ shareholder servicing agent at (800) 254-5197; (ii) on the Funds’ website at us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds; and (iii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that both the full Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) and a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (“ACV”), AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (“NIE”), or AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (“NFJ”)(each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) (the “Independent Trustees”), voting separately, annually approve the continuation of each Fund’s Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreements” and, with respect to each Fund, the “Agreement”) with Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (the “Investment Manager”). Throughout the process, the Independent Trustees received separate legal advice from independent legal counsel that is experienced in Investment Company Act of 1940 matters and that is independent of the Investment Manager (“Independent Counsel”), and with whom they met separately from the Investment Manager during the contract review meetings.
The Trustees met in person on June 19, 2019 for the specific purpose of considering whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements for an additional year. The Contracts Committee of the Board of Trustees, which is comprised of all of the Independent Trustees, held a conference call on June 5, 2019 and met in-person on June 19, 2019 (the “contract review meetings”) with Independent Counsel to discuss the materials provided by the Investment Manager in response to the Independent Trustees’ written request for information regarding the annual renewal. Representatives from fund management attended portions of those meetings to, among other topics, review the comparative fee and expense information and comparative performance information prepared and provided by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent third party, for each Fund using its respective Broadridge peer groups for performance and expense comparisons.
At their meeting held on June 19, 2019, the Board and the Independent Trustees unanimously approved the continuation of each Agreement for an additional one-year period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis of this approval for each Fund are discussed below.
In connection with their deliberations regarding the approval of each Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered such information and factors as they believed, in light of the legal advice furnished to them and their own business judgment, to be relevant. As described below, the Trustees considered the nature, quality and extent of the various investment management, administrative, and other services to be performed by the Investment Manager under the Agreements.
In evaluating the Agreement with respect to each Fund, the Trustees reviewed extensive materials provided by the Investment Manager in response to questions submitted by the Independent Trustees and Independent Counsel, and met with senior
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
representatives of the Investment Manager regarding its personnel, operations, and financial condition as they relate to the Funds. The Board also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance based on net asset value and common share market price and distribution yield, use of leverage (if applicable), information regarding share price premiums and/or discounts, portfolio risk, and other portfolio information for each Fund, including the use of derivatives if used as part of the Fund’s strategy, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation; quality and cost of portfolio trade execution; compliance; and shareholder and other services provided by the Investment Manager and its affiliates. To assist with their review, the Board reviewed fact cards for each Fund including, among other information, performance based on net asset value and market value (both absolute and comparisons between the Funds and their Broadridge Performance Universe (as defined below)), investment objective, total net assets, outstanding leverage (as applicable), share price premium and/or discount information, annual fund operating expenses, portfolio managers, total expense ratio and management fee comparisons between each Fund and its Broadridge Expense Group (as defined below), and trends in the Investment Manager’s profitability from its advisory relationship with each Fund. They also considered summaries assigning a quadrant placement to each Fund based on an average of certain measures of performance (including in relation to risk) and fees/expenses versus peer group medians. The Board also considered the risk profiles of the Funds.
The Trustees’ conclusions as to the approval of each Agreement were based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees and were not the result of any single factor. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, attributing different weights to various factors. The Trustees recognized that the fee arrangements for the Funds are the result of review and discussion in the prior years between the Trustees and the Investment Manager, that certain aspects of such arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than in others, and that the Trustees’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of these same arrangements during the course of the year and in prior years. The Trustees evaluated information available to them on a Fund-by-Fund basis, and their determinations were made separately in respect of each Fund.
Performance Information
With respect to investment performance, the Trustees considered information regarding each Fund’s short-, intermediate-, and long-term performance based on net asset value and market value, as applicable, net of the Fund’s fees and expenses, both on an absolute basis and relative to an appropriate benchmark index that does not deduct the
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
fees or expenses of investing, and compared to the performance of the Broadridge Performance Universe (as defined below). The Trustees considered information provided by Broadridge for the Funds regarding the investment performance of a group of funds with investment classifications and/or objectives comparable to those of the Funds identified by Broadridge (the “Broadridge Performance Universe”). The Trustees also reviewed performance in relation to certain measures of the degree of investment risk undertaken by the portfolio managers, related share price premium and/or discount information, and each Fund’s relative distribution yield as of March 31, 2019.
For Funds that underperformed, the Board considered the magnitude of that underperformance relative to the Broadridge Performance Universe and/or the benchmark (e.g., the amount by which a Fund underperformed, including, for example, whether the Fund slightly underperformed or significantly underperformed). In the case of those Funds that the Trustees identified as having underperformed their benchmark indices and/or Broadridge Performance Universes to an extent, or over a period of time, that the Trustees felt warranted additional inquiry, the Trustees discussed with the Investment Manager each such Fund’s performance, potential reasons for the underperformance, and, if necessary, steps that the Investment Manager had taken, or intended to take, to improve performance. The Trustees also met with the portfolio managers of certain Funds during the 12 months prior to voting on the contract renewal and had the opportunity to discuss the Funds’ performance, distribution levels, and use of leverage with the portfolio managers. The Trustees considered the Investment Manager’s responsiveness with respect to the Funds that experienced lagging performance. The Trustees noted that performance, especially short-term performance is only one of the factors that they deem relevant to their consideration of each Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it may be appropriate to approve the continuation of the Agreement notwithstanding a Fund’s underperformance.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services
As part of their review, the Trustees received and considered descriptions of various functions performed by the Investment Manager for the Funds, such as portfolio management, compliance monitoring, portfolio trading practices and oversight of third party service providers. They also considered information regarding the overall organization and business functions of the Investment Manager, including, without limitation, information regarding senior management, portfolio managers and other personnel providing or proposed to provide investment management, administrative and other services, and corporate ownership and business operations unrelated to the Funds. The Trustees examined the ability of the Investment Manager to provide high-quality investment management and other services to the Funds. Among other information, the Trustees considered the investment philosophy and research and decision-making processes of the Investment
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Manager, as well as the Investment Manager’s broker selection process and trading operations; the experience of key advisory personnel of the Investment Manager and its affiliates, as applicable, responsible for portfolio management of the Funds; information regarding the Funds’ use of leverage, as applicable; the ability of the Investment Manager to attract and retain capable personnel; employee compensation; and the operational infrastructure, including technology and systems, of the Investment Manager. In addition, the Board noted that the Investment Manager actively monitors any discount from net asset value per share at which each Fund’s common stock trades and evaluates potential ways to reduce the discount and potential impacts on the discount, including the level of distributions that a Fund pays.
In addition, the Trustees noted the extensive range of services that the Investment Manager provides to the Funds beyond the investment management services. In this regard, the Trustees reviewed the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s services with respect to regulatory compliance and ability to comply with the investment policies of the Funds; the compliance programs and risk controls of the Investment Manager; the specific contractual obligations of the Investment Manager pursuant to the Agreements; the nature, extent and quality of certain administrative services the Investment Manager is responsible for providing to the Funds; the Investment Manager’s risk management function; and conditions that might affect the ability of the Investment Manager to provide high quality services to the Funds in the future under the Agreements, including, but not limited to, the organization’s financial condition and operational stability. The Trustees also considered that the Investment Manager assumes significant ongoing risks with respect to all Funds, including entrepreneurial and business risks the Investment Manager has undertaken in serving as investment Manager and sponsor of the Funds, for which it is entitled to reasonable compensation. Specifically, its responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Funds. The Trustees also noted the Investment Manager’s activities under its contractual obligation to oversee the Funds’ various outside service providers, including its negotiation of certain service providers’ fees and its evaluation of service providers’ infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. It also considered the Investment Manager’s ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology to support the Funds through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management.
In addition, the Trustees considered that the Investment Manager has developed a leverage structure for ACV tailored to its investment strategy and needs, has monitored the Fund’s ongoing compliance with legal and other restrictions associated with leverage, and has recommended
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
changes in and/or amendments to the amount or structure of its leverage over time.
The Trustees considered that the Investment Manager provides the Funds with office space, administrative services and personnel to serve as Fund officers, and that the Investment Manager and its affiliates pay all of the compensation of the Funds’ interested Trustees and officers (in their capacities as employees of the Investment Manager or such affiliates). Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the Investment Manager’s investment processes, research capabilities and philosophy were well-suited to each Fund given its investment objective and policies, that the Investment Manager would be able to continue to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Agreement, and that the Investment Manager would otherwise be able to provide services to the Funds of sufficient extent and quality.
Fee and Expense Information and Comparisons
In assessing the reasonableness of the Funds’ fees and expenses under the Agreement, the Trustees considered, among other information, each Fund’s management fee and the Fund’s total expense ratio as a percentage of average daily net assets attributable to common shares and as a percentage of average managed assets (including assets attributable to common shares and leverage outstanding combined, as applicable) and information regarding the management fees and other expenses of comparable funds identified by Broadridge (the “Broadridge Expense Group”). Where a Fund’s management fees or total expense ratios were higher than the Broadridge Expense Group median, the Trustees considered whether specific portfolio management, administration, or oversight needs contributed to the Fund’s management fees or total expense ratios. The Trustees also considered, among other items, current Fund asset levels as compared to prior years.
The Trustees noted that while the Funds are not charged a separate administration fee (recognizing that their management fee includes a component for administrative services), it was not clear in all cases whether the peer funds in the Broadridge categories were separately charged such a fee by their investment managers, so that the total expense ratio (rather than any individual expense component) represented the most relevant comparison. For ACV, the Board also considered that only leveraged closed-end funds were considered for inclusion in the Fund’s peer group for comparison. The Board considered the Fund’s contractual management fee on net assets attributable to common shares and on managed assets (generally consisting of net assets plus leverage proceeds), as well as the actual management fee on managed assets as a percentage of assets attributable to common shareholders as compared to the Fund’s peer group. The Board was aware of the additional expenses borne by common shareholders as a result of the Fund’s leveraged structure. The Board took into account that the Investment Manager has a financial incentive for the
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Fund to continue to use leverage, which may create a conflict of interest. It also considered the Investment Manager’s representation that the use of leverage continues to be appropriate and in the best interests of the Fund under current market conditions. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s representation that it will use leverage for the Fund solely as it determines to be in the best interests of the Fund from an investment perspective and without regard to the level of compensation the Investment Manager receives.
To the extent applicable, the Trustees considered information regarding the investment performance and fees for other funds and/or separately managed accounts, including institutional accounts, managed by the Investment Manager or its affiliates with similar investment objective(s) and policies to those of the Funds, if any (“similar accounts”). Specifically, the Trustees reviewed information showing the contractual management fees charged by the Investment Manager to the similar accounts. In comparing these fees, the Trustees considered information provided by the Investment Manager as to the generally broader and more extensive services provided to the Funds in comparison to institutional or separate accounts; the greater entrepreneurial risk in managing closed-end funds; and the impact on the Investment Manager and expenses associated with the more extensive regulatory regime to which the Funds are subject in comparison to institutional or separate accounts. The Board considered that, in comparison to certain other products managed by the Investment Manager, including open-end funds, there are additional portfolio management challenges in managing closed-end funds such as the Funds, including those associated with less liquid holdings and/or the use of leverage.
Economies of Scale and “Fall-Out” Benefits
The Trustees considered the extent to which the Investment Manager may realize economies of scale or other efficiencies in managing and supporting the Funds and noted that there is little expectation that closed-end funds will show significant economies of scale. The Trustees considered that, as closed-end investment companies, the Funds do not continually offer new shares to raise additional assets (as does a typical open-end investment company), but may experience asset growth through investment performance and/or the increased use of leverage. Accordingly, the Trustees did not consider potential economies of scale as a principal factor in assessing the fee rates payable under the Agreements. Additionally, the Trustees considered so-called “fall-out benefits” to the Investment Manager and its affiliates, such as reputational value derived from serving as Investment Manager to the Funds and research.
Profitability
The Trustees considered the overall estimated profitability to the Investment Manager on a Fund-by-Fund basis for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018. They also reviewed the Investment Manager’s aggregate profitability with respect to the
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Fund complex and the Investment Manager’s overall profitability with respect to all products globally. As part of its considerations, the Board considered the cost allocation methodology that the Investment Manager used in developing its estimated profitability figures. In this connection, the Trustees considered that for certain Funds profitability had increased as a result of higher revenues from increased assets, although certain Funds’ assets had declined over the last year. The Trustees recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of profitability from mutual fund advisory and administration contracts because comparative information is not generally available and is affected by numerous factors, including the structure of the particular adviser, the types of funds it manages, its business mix, numerous assumptions about allocations and the adviser’s capital structure and cost of capital. The Trustees recognized that the Investment Manager and its affiliates should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits for services they provide to each Fund and, based on their review, concluded that pre-tax profitability for advisory services was not unreasonable, nor did it appear to be excessive.
Fund-by-Fund Analysis
With regard to the investment performance of each Fund and the fees charged to each Fund, the Trustees considered the following information. The comparative performance, fee, and expense information was prepared and provided by Broadridge and was not independently verified by the Trustees.
With respect to all Funds, the Trustees reviewed, among other information, comparative information showing the Funds’ performance against their respective Broadridge Performance Universes for the one-year, three-year, five-year and ten-year periods (to the extent each such Fund had been in existence), each ended March 31, 2019. Fund performance relative to the median for each Fund’s Broadridge Performance Universe is described below, and for those Funds with performance that ranked below the median for their respective Broadridge Performance Universes, the specific quintile rankings are also noted below with respect to the relevant periods of underperformance. With respect to performance quintile rankings for a Fund compared to its Broadridge Performance Universe, the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance.
The Trustees reviewed, among other information, information provided by Broadridge comparing each Fund’s management fee and ratios of total expenses to net assets to the Funds’ respective Broadridge Expense Groups for the most recently reported fiscal year. The Trustees noted that the Broadridge data takes into account any fee reductions or expense limitations that were in effect during a Fund’s last fiscal year. The information provided to the Trustees by Broadridge compared each Fund’s fees and expenses to the Fund’s respective Broadridge Expense Group median; such comparison is noted below. For the purposes of Broadridge Expense Group
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Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
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quintile rankings, higher fees and expenses result in a lower quintile ranking, with the first quintile corresponding to low fees and expenses the fifth quintile corresponding to high fees and expenses.
n AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (NFJ): As compared to its Broadridge Performance Universe (based on net asset value), the Fund’s performance was below the median for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods (in the fourth quintile for the one-, three- and ten-year periods and in the fifth quintile for the five-year period). As compared to its Broadridge Expense Group, the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratios were both below the median (on a net basis).
n AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NIE): As compared to its Broadridge Performance Universe (based on net asset value), the Fund’s performance was above the median for the five- and ten-year periods (in the first quintile) and below the median for the one- and three- year periods (in the fourth quintile). As compared to its Broadridge Expense Group, the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratios were both at the median (on a net basis).
n AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (ACV): As compared to its Broadridge Performance Universe (based on net asset value), the Fund’s performance was above the median for the one- and three- year periods (in the first quintile). The Fund’s inception date was May 27, 2015, and accordingly does not have performance information for the trailing five- and ten-year periods. As compared to its Broadridge Expense Group, the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratios were both above the median (on a net basis).
Conclusions
After reviewing these and other factors described herein, the Trustees concluded, with respect to each Fund, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the Agreement and in their business judgment, that they were satisfied with the Investment Manager’s responses and on-going efforts relating to the investment performance of the Funds, including efforts to improve performance for underperforming Funds. The Trustees also concluded that the fees payable under the Agreement represent reasonable compensation in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and should be continued. Based on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including, but not limited to, those factors described above, the Trustees unanimously concluded that the continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Funds was in the interests of the applicable Funds and their shareholders, and determined to approve the continuance of the Agreement.
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Privacy Policy (unaudited)
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Please read this Policy carefully. It gives you important information about how Allianz Global Investors U.S. and its U.S. affiliates (“AllianzGI US,” “we” or “us”) handle non-public personal information (“Personal Information”) that we may receive about you. It applies to all of the past, present and future clients and shareholders of AllianzGI US and the funds and accounts it manages, advises, administers or distributes, and will continue to apply when you are no longer a client or shareholder. As used throughout this Policy, “AllianzGI US” means Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC, and the family of registered and unregistered funds managed by one or more of these firms. AllianzGI US is part of a global investment management group, and the privacy policies of other Allianz Global Investors entities outside of the United States may have provisions in their policies that differ from this Privacy Policy. Please refer to the website of the specific non-US Allianz Global Investors entity for its policy on privacy.
We Care about Your Privacy
We consider your privacy to be a fundamental aspect of our relationship with you, and we strive to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and security of your Personal Information. To ensure your privacy, we have developed policies that are designed to protect your Personal Information while allowing your needs to be served.
Information We May Collect
In the course of providing you with products and services, we may obtain Personal Information about you, which may come from sources such as account application and other forms, from other written, electronic, or verbal communications, from account transactions, from a brokerage or financial advisory firm, financial advisor or consultant, and/or from information you provide on our website.
You are not required to supply any of the Personal Information that we may request. However, failure to do so may result in us being unable to open and maintain your account, or to provide services to you.
How Your Information Is Shared
We do not disclose your Personal Information to anyone for marketing purposes. We disclose your Personal Information only to those service providers, affiliated and non-affiliated, who need the information for everyday business purposes, such as to respond to your inquiries, to perform services, and/or to service and maintain your account. This applies to all of the categories of Personal Information we collect about you. The affiliated and non-affiliated service providers who receive your Personal Information also may use it to process your transactions, provide you with materials (including preparing and mailing prospectuses and shareholder reports and gathering shareholder proxies), and provide you with account statements and other materials relating to your account. These service providers provide services at our direction, and under their agreements with us, are required to keep your Personal Information confidential and to use it only for providing the contractually required services. Our service providers may not use your Personal Information to market products and services
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Privacy Policy (unaudited) (continued)
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to you except in conformance with applicable laws and regulations. We also may provide your Personal Information to your respective brokerage or financial advisory firm, custodian, and/or to your financial advisor or consultant.
In addition, we reserve the right to disclose or report Personal Information to non-affiliated third parties, in limited circumstances, where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required under law, to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities or pursuant to other legal process, or to protect our rights or property, including to enforce our Privacy Policy or other agreements with you. Personal Information collected by us may also be transferred as part of a corporate sale, restructuring, bankruptcy, or other transfer of assets.
Security of Your Information
We maintain your Personal Information for as long as necessary for legitimate business purposes or otherwise as required by law. In maintaining this information, we have implemented appropriate procedures that are designed to restrict access to your Personal Information only to those who need to know that information in order to provide products and/or services to you. In addition, we have implemented physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to help protect your Personal Information.
Privacy and the Internet
The Personal Information that you provide through our website, as applicable, is handled in the same way as the Personal Information that you provide by any other means, as described above. This section of the Policy gives you additional information about the way in which Personal Information that is obtained online is handled.
· Online Enrollment, Account Access and Transactions: When you visit our website, you can visit pages that are open to the general public, or, where available, log into protected pages to enroll online, access information about your account, or conduct certain transactions. Access to these secure pages is permitted only after you have created a User ID and Password. The User ID and Password must be supplied each time you want to access your account information online. This information serves to verify your identity. When you enter Personal Information into our website to enroll or access your account online, you will log into secure pages. By using our website, you consent to this Privacy Policy and to the use of your Personal Information in accordance with the practices described in this Policy. If you provide Personal Information to effect transactions, a record of the transactions you have performed while on the site is retained by us. For additional terms and conditions governing your use of our website, please refer to the Investor Mutual Fund Access – Disclaimer which is incorporated herein by reference and is available on our website.
· Cookies and Similar Technologies: Cookies are small text files stored in your computer’s hard drive when you visit certain web pages. Clear GIFs (also known as Web Beacons) are typically transparent very small graphic images (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that
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Privacy Policy (unaudited) (continued)
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
are placed on a website that may be included on our services provided via our website and typically work in conjunction with cookies to identify our users and user behavior. We may use cookies and automatically collected information to: (i) personalize our website and the services provided via our website, such as remembering your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your use of, or the next time you use, our website and the services provided via our website; (ii) provide customized advertisements, content, and information; (iii) monitor and analyze the effectiveness of our website and the services provided via our website and third-party marketing activities; (iv) monitor aggregate site usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed; and (v) track your entries, submissions, and status in any promotions or other activities offered through our website and the services provided via our website. Tracking technology also helps us manage and improve the usability of our website, (i) detecting whether there has been any contact between your computer and us in the past and (ii) to identify the most popular sections of our website. Because an industry-standard Do-Not-Track protocol is not yet established, our website will continue to operate as described in this Privacy Policy and will not be affected by any Do-Not-Track signals from any browser.
· Use of Social Media Plugins Our website uses the following Social Media Plugins (“Plugins”):
· Facebook Share Button operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
· Tweet Button operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
· LinkedIn Share Button operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
All Plugins are marked with the brand of the respective operators Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (“Operators”). When you visit our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the Operator. The Operator directly transfers the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into our website, enabling the Operator to receive information about you having accessed the respective page of our website. Thus, AllianzGI US has no influence on the data gathered by the plugin and we inform you according to our state of knowledge: The embedded plugins provide the Operator with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you do not wish to have such data transferred to the Operators, you need to log out of your respective account before visiting our website. Please see the Operators’ data privacy statements in order to get further information about purpose and scope of the data collection and the processing and use:
· Facebook: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy
· Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy
· Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
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Privacy Policy (unaudited) (continued)
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AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy from time-to-time to reflect changes in related practices and procedures, or applicable laws and regulations. If we make changes, we will notify you on our website and the revised Policy will become effective immediately upon posting to our website. We also will provide account owners with a copy of our Privacy Policy, annually if required. We encourage you to visit our website periodically to remain up to date on our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that by using our website after we have posted changes to this Privacy Policy, you are agreeing to the terms of the Privacy Policy as modified.
Obtaining Additional Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy related practices in the United States, you may contact us via our dedicated email at PrivacyUS@allianzgi.com.
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Trustees | Investment Manager |
Alan Rappaport | Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC |
Chairman of the Board of Trustees | 1633 Broadway |
Sarah E. Cogan | New York, NY 10019 |
Deborah A. DeCotis |
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F. Ford Drummond | Custodian & Accounting Agent |
Thomas J. Fuccillo | State Street Bank and Trust Co. |
Bradford K. Gallagher | 801 Pennsylvania Avenue |
Erick R. Holt | Kansas City, MO 64105 |
James A. Jacobson |
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Hans W. Kertess | Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar |
James S. MacLeod | American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC |
William B. Ogden, IV | 6201 15th Avenue |
Davey S. Scoon | Brooklyn, NY 11219 |
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Fund Officers | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Thomas J. Fuccillo | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
President and Chief Executive Officer | 300 Madison Avenue |
Scott Whisten | New York, NY 10017 |
Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer |
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Angela Borreggine | Legal Counsel |
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary | Ropes & Gray LLP |
Thomas L. Harter | Prudential Tower |
Chief Compliance Officer | 800 Boylston Street |
Richard J. Cochran | Boston, MA 02199 |
Assistant Treasurer |
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Orhan Dzemaili |
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Assistant Treasurer |
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Debra Rubano |
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Assistant Secretary |
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Craig A. Ruckman |
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This report, including the financial information herein, is transmitted to the shareholders of AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund, AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund and AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund, for their information. It is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase of shares of the Fund’s or any securities mentioned in this report.
The financial information included herein is taken from the records of the Funds without examination by an independent registered public accounting firm, who did not express an opinion herein.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that from time to time the Funds may purchase shares of their stock in the open market.
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of their fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Each Fund’s Form N-PORT is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The information on Form N-PORT is also available on the Funds’ website at us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds.
Information on the Funds is available at us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds or by calling the Funds’ shareholder servicing agent at (800) 254-5197.
Receive this report electronically and eliminate paper mailings.
To enroll, go to us.allianzgi.com/edelivery.
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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS
Not required in this filing.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Not required in this filing.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Not required in this filing
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS
Not required in this filing
ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
(b) Not applicable.
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Not required in this filing
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Not required in this filing
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
None
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fund’s Board of Trustees since the Fund last provided disclosure in response to this item.
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) The registrant’s President and Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer 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))), are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.
(b) There were no significant changes in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the most recent semi-annual period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(a) The Fund did not engage in any securities lending activity during the fiscal period ended July 31, 2019.
(b) The Fund did not engage in any securities lending activity and did not engage a securities lending agent during the fiscal period ended July 31, 2019.
ITEM 13. EXHIBITS
(a) (1) Not required in this filing.
(a) (2) Exhibit 99.302 Cert. — Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(a) (3) Not Applicable
(a) (4) Not Applicable
(b) Exhibit 99.906 Cert. — Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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.
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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.
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