Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund NCSRS Certified semi-annual shareholder report (management investment company)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-CSRS

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number_811-22641

__Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Craig S. Tyle, One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 650 312-2000

Date of fiscal year end: 5/31

Date of reporting period: 11/30/14

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

Franklin Templeton Investments

Gain From Our Perspective®

At Franklin Templeton Investments, we’re dedicated to one goal: delivering exceptional asset management for our clients. By bringing together multiple, world-class investment teams in a single firm, we’re able to offer specialized expertise across styles and asset classes, all supported by the strength and resources of one of the world’s largest asset managers. This has helped us to become a trusted partner to individual and institutional investors across the globe.

Focus on Investment Excellence

At the core of our firm, you’ll find multiple independent investment teams—each with a focused area of expertise—from traditional to alternative strategies and multi-asset solutions. And because our portfolio groups operate autonomously, their strategies can be combined to deliver true style and asset class diversification.

All of our investment teams share a common commitment to excellence grounded in rigorous, fundamental research and robust, disciplined risk management. Decade after decade, our consistent, research-driven processes have helped Franklin Templeton earn an impressive record of strong, long-term results.

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In today’s complex and interconnected world, smart investing demands a global perspective. Franklin Templeton pioneered international investing over 60 years ago, and our expertise in emerging markets spans more than a quarter of a century. Today, our investment professionals are on the ground across the globe, spotting investment ideas and potential risks firsthand. These locally based teams bring in-depth understanding of local companies, economies and cultural nuances, and share their best thinking across our global research network.

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Franklin Templeton is a global leader in asset management serving clients in over 150 countries.¹We run our business with the same prudence we apply to asset management, staying focused on delivering relevant investment solutions, strong long-term results and reliable, personal service. This approach, focused on putting clients first, has helped us to become one of the most trusted names in financial services.

1. As of 12/31/13. Clients are represented by the total number of shareholder accounts.

Not FDIC Insured | May Lose Value | No Bank Guarantee


Contents

Shareholder Letter	1
Semiannual Report
Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund	3
Performance Summary	7
Your Fund’s Expenses	10
Consolidated Financial Highlights and
Consolidated Statement of Investments	12
Consolidated Financial Statements	68
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements	72
Shareholder Information	87




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We are pleased to bring you Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund’s semiannual report for the period ended November 30, 2014.

Your Fund’s Goal and Main Investments

The Fund seeks capital appreciation with lower volatility relative to the broad equity markets. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment goal by allocating its assets across multiple non-traditional or “alternative” strategies, including but not limited to long short equity, relative value, event driven and global macro. The Fund is structured as a multi-manager fund, meaning the Fund’s assets are independently managed by multiple investment managers (subadvisors), while the Fund’s investment manager retains overall responsibility for the Fund’s investments. The Fund may invest in a wide range of securities and other investments including, but not limited to: equity securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, rights and warrants, private and registered investment vehicles and exchange-traded funds (ETFs); and debt securities including bonds, notes, debentures, banker’s acceptances and commercial paper; loans and loan participations; and mortgage-backed or other asset-backed securities, including collateralized debt obligations; as well as derivatives, commodities and currencies.

Performance Overview

For the six months under review, the Fund’s Class A shares delivered a +2.63% cumulative total return. For comparison, the Fund’s primary benchmark, the BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, which tracks the performance of short-term U.S. government securities with a remaining term to final maturity of less than three months, produced a +0.02% total return.¹Also for comparison, the Fund’s secondary benchmark, the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, which is designed to be representative of the overall composition of the hedge fund universe, had a -0.65% total return.²You can find more of the Fund’s performance data in the Performance Summary beginning on page 7.

Performance data represent past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. Current performance may differ from figures shown. Please visit franklintempleton.com or call (800) 342-5236 for most recent month-end performance.

Strategy Allocation

Based on Total Investments as of 11/30/14

Economic and Market Overview

The global economy grew moderately during the six months under review as many developed markets continued to recover and many emerging markets continued to expand. U.S. economic growth trends were generally encouraging during the period. Economic activity improved in the third quarter of 2014, resulting largely from increased consumer spending, business investments, federal defense spending and a narrower trade deficit. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board (Fed) ended its asset purchase program in October, after gradually reducing its purchases during the six-month period, based on its view that underlying economic strength could support ongoing progress in labor market conditions. The Fed reaffirmed it would maintain its near-zero interest rate policy for a “considerable time” and stated its actions to normalize monetary policy remained dependent on economic performance.

Outside the U.S., the U.K. economy grew relatively well, supported by the services and manufacturing sectors. U.K. gross domestic product (GDP) continued to expand in the third

1. Source: Morningstar
2. Source: FactSet. Hedge Fund Research, Inc. – www.hedgefundresearch.com. The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index is being used under license from Hedge Fund
Research, Inc., which does not endorse or approve of any of the contents of this report.

The dollar value, number of shares or principal amount, and names of all portfolio holdings are listed in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Investments (SOI).
The Consolidated SOI begins on page 17.

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quarter. In the eurozone, economic growth remained subdued as concerns persisted about the potential negative effects on growth from fundamental economic and labor market issues, as well as the crisis in Ukraine. In June, the European Central Bank (ECB) reduced its main interest rate and for the first time set a negative deposit rate; the ECB reduced both rates again in September. The ECB broadened its monetary easing stance by implementing an asset purchase program to prevent deflation and stimulate the economy.

In Japan, second- and third-quarter GDP contractions indicated the economy was in a recession. However, private consumption and exports improved in the third quarter. In October, the Bank of Japan expanded its stimulus measures amid weak domestic demand following a sales tax hike and as substantially lower crude oil prices exerted further downward pressure on inflation. In November, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an early parliamentary election and postponed a second sales tax increase scheduled for October 2015, as he sought to expand the mandate for his economic policies.

In several emerging markets, economic growth moderated in the third quarter. However, Brazil exited recession as government spending prior to presidential elections drove third-quarter GDP growth. Emerging market equities, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, ended the six-month period relatively flat, amid headwinds such as soft domestic demand and weak exports in several countries, as well as concerns about the timing of U.S. interest rate increases and geopolitical tensions in certain regions. Many emerging market currencies depreciated against the U.S. dollar, leading central banks in several countries to raise interest rates in an effort to curb inflation and support their currencies. Several other central banks lowered interest rates to promote economic growth. After implementing monetary stimulus measures to support specific sectors, China’s central bank increased its efforts to bolster the economy by cutting its benchmark interest rates for the first time since July 2012.

As measured by the MSCI World Index, stocks in global developed markets advanced overall during the six-month period amid a generally accommodative monetary policy environment, continued strength in corporate earnings and signs of an economic recovery. Global government and corporate bonds performed well in local currency terms as interest rates in many developed market countries remained at historical lows. However, the U.S.

dollar’s appreciation against most currencies led these bonds to post losses in U.S. dollar terms. Commodity prices overall ended lower for the period, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, driven by steep declines in crude oil prices resulting from weak global demand growth and strong world supply.³Gold prices declined amid benign global inflation and a strong U.S. dollar.

Subadvisors

11/30/14

Long Short Equity

Chilton Investment Company, LLC

Impala Asset Management, LLC

Independence Capital Asset Partners, LLC

Jennison Associates, LLC

Wellington Management Company, LLP

Event Driven

P. Schoenfeld Asset Management L.P.

York Registered Holdings, L.P.

Relative Value

Basso Capital Management, L.P.

Chatham Asset Management, LLC

Lazard Asset Management, LLC

Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P.

Global Macro

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

Investment Strategy

We manage the Fund using a multi-manager approach. While we are responsible for the Fund’s overall investments, we allocate assets to multiple subadvisors, each of whom independently manages a separate portion of the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with some or all of the following strategies: long short equity, relative value, event driven and global macro. We allocate the Fund’s assets among these strategies utilizing a top-down approach, generating the Fund’s strategy weightings by taking into account market conditions, risk factors, diversification, liquidity, transparency, and availability of various sub-advisors and other investment options, among other things. The allocations to specific subadvisors may change from time to time based upon our assessment of their correlations to various markets and to each other, their risk profiles and return expectations. Long short equity strategies generally seek to produce returns from investments in the global equity markets by taking

3. Prior to 7/1/14, the index was known as the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index.
The indexes are unmanaged and include reinvestment of any income or distributions. One cannot invest directly in an index, and an index is not representative of the
Fund’s portfolio.
See www.franklintempletondatasources.com for additional data provider information


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long and short positions in stocks and common stock indexes (through the use of derivatives or through a short position in an ETF). Relative value strategies encompass a wide range of investment techniques that are intended to profit from pricing inefficiencies. Event driven strategies generally invest in securities of companies undergoing corporate events. Global macro strategies generally focus on broad-based economic opportunities across numerous markets and investments.

The Fund may take long and/or short positions in a wide range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies, among others. Long positions benefit from an increase in the price of the underlying instrument or asset class, while short positions benefit from a decrease in that price. The Fund may use derivatives for hedging and nonhedging (investment) purposes. Such derivative investments may include futures contracts, swaps, options and currency forward contracts. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading as part of its investment strategies.

What is a futures contract?

A futures contract, or a future, is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty made through a U.S. or foreign futures exchange to buy or sell an asset at a specific price on a future date.

What is a swap agreement?

A swap agreement, such as an equity total return swap, is a contract between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange on a future date the returns, or differentials in rates of return, that would have been earned or realized if a notional amount were invested in specific instruments.

A credit default swap, or CDS, is an agreement between two parties whereby the buyer receives credit protection from the seller. The buyer makes periodic payments over the term of the agreement in return for a payment by the seller in the event of a default or other credit event.

What is an option?

An option is a contract to buy or sell a specific financial product known as the option’s underlying instrument at a specific price. The buyer of an option has the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell the underlying instrument at or until a specified expiration date. Conversely, the seller (writer) of an option who opens a transaction is obligated to buy or sell the underlying instrument should the option holder exercise that right.

What is a currency forward contract?

A currency forward contract, or a currency forward, is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specific exchange rate on a future date.

Manager’s Discussion

Three of the four strategies in which the Fund’s assets were allocated contributed to absolute performance for the period, led by long short equity and global macro. The event driven strategy allocation also showed a gain. In contrast, The Fund’s relative value investments declined modestly.

The Fund’s long short equity strategy managers were Chilton Investment Co., Impala Asset Management, Independence Capital Asset Partners, Jennison Associates and Wellington Management Co. All five subadvisors contributed positive performance for the period, led by the health care specialist and technology-focused managers. Performance drivers for the strategy included exposure to biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemical, commercial and retail stocks. Meaningful detractors from performance included consumer non-cyclical (e.g., food processing and personal products) equities, as well as equity index hedges through positions in ETFs. Net and gross exposures within the long short strategy remained relatively unchanged as managers were optimistic about the longer term performance potential for equity markets despite shorter term macroeconomic and geopolitical concerns.

Our global macro strategy manager was Graham Capital Management. The manager performed positively over the period, as a rally in the U.S. dollar benefited its trend-following strategy. Key contributors included short exposures to the euro and the Japanese yen achieved through currency forwards. Strong trends in currency price moves contributed to aggressive selling in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. In commodities-related trades, the strengthening U.S. dollar and other market factors, such as oversupply, led to declines for many commodities during 2014’s third quarter. Graham Capital implemented trades that sought to exploit these trends, which resulted in strong gains. Losses arose primarily from equity and fixed income exposures.

The Fund’s event driven strategy managers were P. Schoenfeld Asset Management and York Registered Holdings. A variety of event-driven company catalysts benefited performance for both subadvisors during the period, particularly in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors, where consolidation and significant levels of corporate activity continued. Starting in the fall, a rise in broad market volatility, falling energy prices, and increased political scrutiny related to so-called tax inversion strategies contributed to a significant widening of deal spreads and several notable announced mergers and acquisitions deals that failed to reach completion, which served to pare some of the managers’ earlier gains. In a tax inversion, a U.S. company seeks to acquire a non-U.S. company so it can move its

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headquarters abroad to a lower tax nation. Portfolio hedges were also a detractor for the period, given the overall rising equity markets.

Our relative value strategy managers were Basso Capital Management, Chatham Asset Management, Lazard Asset Management and Loomis Sayles & Co. In aggregate, the strategy declined for the period, with three of the four subadvisors posting losses. Overall, hedged bond positions supported performance, given that credit markets were broadly weaker because of increasing concerns about the timing of possible U.S. interest rate hikes. Other key contributors included gains from structured credit, distressed and currency-focused trading strategies. In contrast, the strategy’s investments in investment-grade corporate bonds, government sponsored enterprises and high yield corporate bonds detracted.

Thank you for your participation in Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund. We look forward to continuing to serve your investment needs.

The foregoing information reflects our analysis, opinions and portfolio holdings as of November 30, 2014, the end of the reporting period. The way we implement our main investment strategies and the resulting portfolio holdings may change depending on factors such as market and economic conditions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but the investment manager makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

David C. Saunders has been involved in the investment and trading of financial instruments since 1983. He has worked at Tucker Anthony & R.L. Day as an equity trader; First Boston Corp. as Vice President on the equity block trading desk; WaterStreet Capital, a hedge fund, as Head Trader; Tiger Management, as Head Trader; WorldSec Securities as President and ABN Amro Inc. as a Senior Managing Director. He co-founded K2 Advisors in 1994.

William A. Douglass III began his career at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities, where he worked in equity sales. In 1991, Mr. Douglass joined Tiedemann International Research, Ltd. (“TIR”) (Tokyo) as Director of Sales. He returned to the U.S. in 1992 to become Director of Sales for TIR’s North American operation, where he co-managed the firm’s U.S. business until April 1994. He co-founded K2 Advisors in 1994.

Brooks Ritchey is a senior managing director and head of portfolio construction for K2 Advisors. He is also a senior vice president and director of investment solutions for the Franklin Templeton Solutions division. Since 1987, Mr. Ritchey has successfully managed multi-asset mutual fund and hedge fund portfolios during his employment with organizations including Steinhardt Partners, Citibank, Finch Asset Management, Paribas, AIG and ING. Mr. Ritchey joined K2 Advisors in 2005.

Robert Christian is a senior managing director and head of research for K2 Advisors, which he joined in 2010.

Mr. Christian worked at Graham Capital Management, L.P., from 1998 to 2003 as a portfolio manager and researcher of quantitative-based trading strategies. At Julius Baer Investment Management from 2003 to 2005, he was the head of Macro Strategies. From 2005 to 2010, he worked at FRM Americas LLC where he was the Global Head of Directional Trading Strategies and portfolio advisor to numerous funds.

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Performance Summary as of November 30, 2014

Your dividend income will vary depending on dividends or interest paid by securities in the Fund’s portfolio, adjusted for operating expenses of each class. Capital gain distributions are net profits realized from the sale of portfolio securities. The performance table does not reflect any taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends, capital gain distributions, if any, or any realized gains on the sale of Fund shares. Total return reflects reinvestment of the Fund’s dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, and any unrealized gains or losses.


Net Asset Value¹

Share Class (Symbol)		11/30/14		5/31/14		Change
A (FAAAX)	$	10.92	$	10.64	+$	0.28
C (FASCX)	$	10.85	$	10.60	+$	0.25
R (FSKKX)	$	10.90	$	10.62	+$	0.28
R6 (FASRX)	$	10.96	$	10.66	+$	0.30
Advisor (FABZX)	$	10.95	$	10.65	+$	0.30

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

Performance as of 11/30/14²

Cumulative total return excludes sales charges. Average annual total returns and value of $10,000 investment include maximum sales charges. Class A: 5.75% maximum initial sales charge; Class C: 1% contingent deferred sales charge in first year only;

Class R/R6/Advisor Class: no sales charges.



						Average Annual		Total Annual Operating Expenses⁷
	Cumulative		Average Annual		Value of $10,000	Total Return
Share Class	Total Return³		Total Return⁴		Investment⁵	(12/31/14	)⁶	(with waiver)		(without waiver)
A								2.82	%	3.71	%
6-Month	+2.63	^% 1	-3.28	%	$9,672
1-Year	+7.16	%	+1.04	%	$10,104	+-1.12	%
Since Inception (10/11/13)	+9.63	%	+2.92	%	$10,333	2.46	%
C								3.52	%	4.41	%
6-Month	+2.36	%¹	+1.36	%	$10,136
1-Year	+6.48	%	5.48	%	$10,548	+3.20	%
Since Inception (10/11/13)	+8.93	%	+7.81	%	$10,893	+6.89	%
R								3.02	%	3.91	%
6-Month	+2.64	%¹	+2.64	%	$10,264
1-Year	+6.97	%	+6.97	%	$10,697	+4.63	%
Since Inception (10/11/13)	+9.43	%	+8.25	%	$10,943	+7.33	%
R6								2.45	%	3.34	%
6-Month	+2.81	%¹	+2.81	%	$10,281
1-Year	+7.56	%	+7.56	%	$10,756	+5.25	%
Since Inception (10/11/13)	+10.03	%	+8.77	%	$11,003	+7.86	%
Advisor								2.52	%	3.41	%
6-Month	+2.82	%¹	+2.82	%	$10,282
1-Year	+7.46	%	+7.46	%	$10,746	+5.23	%
Since Inception (10/11/13)	+9.93	%	+8.68	%	$10,993	+7.84	%

Performance data represent past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. Current performance may differ from figures shown. For most recent month-end performance, go to franklintempleton.com or call (800) 342-5236.

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. The market values of securities owned by the Fund will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. The Fund’s performance depends on the manager’s skill in selecting, overseeing and allocating fund assets. The Fund is actively managed and could experience losses if the investment manager’s and subadvisors’ judgments about particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio prove to be incorrect. Some subadvisors may have little or no experience managing the asset of a registered investment company. Foreign investments are subject to greater investment risk such as political, economic, credit and information risks as well as risk of currency fluctuations. Investments in derivatives involve costs and create economic leverage, which may result in significant volatility and cause the Fund to participate in losses (as well as gains) that significantly exceed the Fund’s initial investment. Lower rated or high yield debt securities involve greater credit risk, including the possibility of default or bankruptcy. The Fund may make short sales of securities, which involves the risk that losses may exceed the original amount invested. Merger arbitrage investments risk loss if a proposed reorganization in which the Fund invests is renegotiated or terminated. Liquidity risk exists when securities have become more difficult to sell at the price they have been valued. The Fund may invest in investment funds, which may be more costly than investing in the underlying securities directly. The Fund’s prospectus also includes a description of the main investment risks.


Class C:	These shares have higher annual fees and expenses than Class A shares.
Class R:	Shares are available to certain eligible investors as described in the prospectus. These shares have higher annual fees and expenses than Class A shares.
Class R6:	Shares are available to certain eligible investors as described in the prospectus.
Advisor Class:	Shares are available to certain eligible investors as described in the prospectus.

1. Price and total return information is based on net asset values calculated for shareholder transactions. Certain adjustments were made to the net assets of the Fund at 11/30/14 for financial reporting purposes, and as a result, the net asset values for shareholder transactions and the total returns based on those net asset values differ from the adjusted net asset values and total returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

2. The Fund has an expense reduction contractually guaranteed through at least 9/30/15 and a fee waiver related to the management fee paid by a subsidiary. Fund investment results reflect the expense reduction and fee waiver, to the extent applicable; without these reductions, the results would have been lower.

3. Cumulative total return represents the change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

4. Average annual total return represents the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. Six-month return has not been annualized. 5. These figures represent the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the periods indicated.

6. In accordance with SEC rules, we provide standardized average annual total return information through the latest calendar quarter.

7. Figures are as stated in the Fund’s current prospectus. In periods of market volatility, assets may decline significantly, causing total annual Fund operating expenses to become higher than the figures shown.

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Your Fund’s Expenses

As a Fund shareholder, you can incur two types of costs:

Transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on Fund purchases; and
Ongoing Fund costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. All mutual funds have ongoing costs, sometimes referred to as operating expenses.

The following table shows ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and can help you understand these costs and compare them with those of other mutual funds. The table assumes a $1,000 investment held for the six months indicated.

Actual Fund Expenses

The first line (Actual) for each share class listed in the table provides actual account values and expenses. The “Ending Account Value” is derived from the Fund’s actual return, which includes the effect of Fund expenses.

You can estimate the expenses you paid during the period by following these steps. Of course, your account value and expenses will differ from those in this illustration:

1. Divide your account value by $1,000.

If an account had an $8,600 value, then $8,600 ÷ $1,000 = 8.6.

2. Multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

If Expenses Paid During Period were $7.50, then 8.6 × $7.50 = $64.50.

In this illustration, the estimated expenses paid this period are $64.50.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison with Other Funds

Information in the second line (Hypothetical) for each class in the table can help you compare ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with those of other mutual funds. This information may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid during the period. The hypothetical “Ending Account Value” is based on the actual expense ratio for each class and an assumed 5% annual rate of return before expenses, which does not represent the Fund’s actual return. The figure under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” shows the hypothetical expenses your account would have incurred under this scenario. You can compare this figure with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight ongoing costs and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges. Therefore, the second line for each class is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you compare total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if transaction costs were included, your total costs would have been higher. Please refer to the Fund prospectus for additional information on operating expenses.

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						YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES



		Beginning Account		Ending Account		Expenses Paid During
Share Class		Value 6/1/14		Value 11/30/14		*Period 6/1/14–11/30/14**
A
Actual	$	1,000	$	1,026.40	$	15.95
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,009.33	$	15.82
C
Actual	$	1,000	$	1,023.60	$	18.92
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,006.37	$	18.76
R
Actual	$	1,000	$	1,026.40	$	16.66
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,008.62	$	16.52
R6
Actual	$	1,000	$	1,028.10	$	13.93
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,011.33	$	13.82
Advisor
Actual	$	1,000	$	1,028.20	$	14.13
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,011.13	$	14.02

*Expenses are calculated using the most recent six-month expense ratio, net of expense waivers, annualized for each class (A: 3.14%; C: 3.73%; R: 3.28%; R6: 2.74% and Advisor: 2.78%), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 to reflect the one-half year period.

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Consolidated Financial Highlights
Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund
		Period Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class A
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	10.64		$	10.00
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.06	)		(0.02	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		0.33			0.70
Total from investment operations		0.27			0.68
Less distributions from net investment income		—			(0.04	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	10.91		$	10.64

Total return^d		2.54	%		6.82	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		3.52	%^g,h		3.33	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		3.14	%^g,h		2.83	%
Expenses incurred in connection with securities sold short		0.70	%		0.56	%
Net investment income (loss)		(1.17	)%^g		(0.35	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	96,189		$	96,889
Portfolio turnover rate		154.61	%		181.06	%

^aFor the period October 11, 2013 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dTotal return does not reflect sales commissions or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable, and is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^eRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^fIncludes dividend and interest expense on securities sold short and security borrowing fees, if any. See below for the ratios of such expenses to average net assets for the
periods presented. See Note 1(f).
^gRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^hBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)
		Period Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class C
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	10.60		$	10.00
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.09	)		(0.08	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		0.32			0.72
Total from investment operations		0.23			0.64
Less distributions from net investment income		—			(0.04	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	10.83		$	10.60

Total return^d		2.17	%		6.42	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		4.11	%^g,h		4.03	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		3.73	%^g,h		3.53	%
Expenses incurred in connection with securities sold short		0.70	%		0.56	%
Net investment income (loss)		(1.76	)%^g		(1.05	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	25,351		$	16,618
Portfolio turnover rate		154.61	%		181.06	%


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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)
		Period Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class R
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	10.62		$	10.00
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.07	)		(0.05	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		0.33			0.71
Total from investment operations		0.26			0.66
Less distributions from net investment income		—			(0.04	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	10.88		$	10.62

Total return^d		2.45	%		6.62	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		3.66	%^g,h		3.63	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		3.28	%^g,h		3.13	%
Expenses incurred in connection with securities sold short		0.70	%		0.56	%
Net investment income (loss)		(1.31	)%^g		(0.65	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	12,197		$	11,660
Portfolio turnover rate		154.61	%		181.06	%

^aFor the period October 11, 2013 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dTotal return is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^eRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^fIncludes dividend and interest expense on securities sold short and security borrowing fees, if any. See below for the ratios of such expenses to average net assets for the
periods presented. See Note 1(f).
^gRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^hBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)
		Period Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class R6
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	10.66		$	10.00
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.04	)		(0.01	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		0.32			0.71
Total from investment operations		0.28			0.70
Less distributions from net investment income		—			(0.04	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	10.94		$	10.66

Total return^d		2.63	%		7.02	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		3.12	%^g,h		3.19	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		2.74	%^g,h		2.69	%
Expenses incurred in connection with securities sold short		0.70	%		0.56	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.77	)%^g		(0.21	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	221,474		$	215,526
Portfolio turnover rate		154.61	%		181.06	%

^aFor the period October 11, 2013 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dTotal return is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^eRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^fIncludes dividend and interest expense on securities sold short and security borrowing fees, if any. See below for the ratios of such expenses to average net assets for the
periods presented. See Note 1(f).
^gRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^hBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)
		Period Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Advisor Class
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	10.65		$	10.00
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.04	)		(0.02	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		0.33			0.71
Total from investment operations		0.29			0.69
Less distributions from net investment income		—			(0.04	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	10.94		$	10.65

Total return^d		2.72	%		6.92	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		3.16	%^g,h		3.21	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^f		2.78	%^g,h		2.71	%
Expenses incurred in connection with securities sold short		0.70	%		0.56	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.81	)%^g		(0.23	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	143,434		$	54,593
Portfolio turnover rate		154.61	%		181.06	%

^aFor the period October 11, 2013 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dTotal return is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^eRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^fIncludes dividend and interest expense on securities sold short and security borrowing fees, if any. See below for the ratios of such expenses to average net assets for the
periods presented. See Note 1(f).
^gRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^hBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.

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Consolidated Statement of Investments, November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund
	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests 50.5%
Aerospace & Defense 0.8%
AAR Corp	United States	500	$	12,815
^a,bB/E Aerospace Inc	United States	15,811		1,231,202
^aThe Boeing Co	United States	3,867		519,570
^bFinmeccanica SpA	Italy	20,987		203,723
General Dynamics Corp	United States	6,310		917,222
^aTransDigm Group Inc	United States	5,613		1,110,195
				3,994,727
Air Freight & Logistics 0.5%
^aFedEx Corp	United States	9,799		1,745,986
^aUnited Parcel Service Inc., B	United States	8,992		988,400
				2,734,386
Airlines 1.8%
^bAir Canada, B	Canada	7,986		78,093
^bAir France-KLM	France	13,094		138,121
^aAmerican Airlines Group Inc	United States	63,932		3,102,620
^b,c,dAMR Corp., Contingent Distribution	United States	3,268		—
^aDelta Air Lines Inc	United States	55,754		2,602,039
^bInternational Consolidated Airlines Group SA	United Kingdom	114,836		821,712
^bSpirit Airlines Inc	United States	4,050		334,894
^bUnited Continental Holdings Inc	United States	34,595		2,118,252
				9,195,731
Auto Components 0.3%
^bTRW Automotive Holdings Corp	United States	12,245		1,266,133
Automobiles 0.6%
Ford Motor Co	United States	122,436		1,925,918
General Motors Co	United States	6,838		228,594
^aHarley-Davidson Inc	United States	10,028		698,751
^bTesla Motors Inc	United States	1,295		316,654
				3,169,917
Banks 0.6%
^bBanca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna Societa Cooperativa	Italy	20,849		147,895
^bBanca Popolare di Milano Scarl	Italy	171,178		125,262
^bBanco Popolare Societa Cooperativa	Italy	8,981		123,951
^aCitigroup Inc	United States	2,676		144,424
^b,eCommerzbank AG	Germany	53,164		814,131
HSBC Holdings PLC, ADR	United Kingdom	146		7,264
^aWells Fargo & Co	United States	27,010		1,471,505
				2,834,432
Beverages 1.2%
^aAnheuser-Busch InBev NV, ADR	Belgium	23,723		2,775,354
^aBrown-Forman Corp., B	United States	10,566		1,025,430
^a,bConstellation Brands Inc., A	United States	11,286		1,087,971
Cott Corp	Canada	10,924		71,552
Molson Coors Brewing Co., B	United States	16,074		1,243,324
				6,203,631
Biotechnology 3.1%
^bACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	9,858		294,458
^bAcceleron Pharma Inc	United States	4,208		163,018

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Biotechnology (continued)
^bAcorda Therapeutics Inc	United States	2,895	$	105,523
^a,bAgios Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	1,367		137,807
^bAlder Biopharmaceuticals Inc	United States	8,553		139,585
^a,bAlexion Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	7,221		1,407,373
^a,bAlnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	8,391		843,715
^bAmicus Therapeutics Inc	United States	6,326		50,165
^bApplied Genetic Technologies Corp	United States	7,102		143,389
^bAtara Biotherapeutics Inc	United States	2,576		69,552
^bAuspex Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	2,306		55,874
^bAvalanche Biotechnologies Inc	United States	847		33,448
^a,bBiogen Idec Inc	United States	2,572		791,379
^a,bBioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc	United States	19,415		1,741,914
^bBluebird Bio Inc	United States	4,887		201,491
^bCalithera Biosciences Inc	United States	4,721		50,373
^bCara Therapeutics Inc	United States	2,414		22,305
^a,bCelgene Corp	United States	11,959		1,359,619
^a,bCelldex Therapeutics Inc	United States	16,729		339,264
^bChimerix Inc	United States	4,173		147,057
^bDyax Corp	United States	13,953		195,900
^bEagle Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	5,481		69,115
^bFibrocell Science Inc	United States	18,623		50,282
^bFlexion Therapeutics Inc	United States	908		15,572
^a,bGilead Sciences Inc	United States	6,970		699,230
^a,bIncyte Corp. Ltd	United States	17,378		1,312,908
^bInsmed Inc	United States	5,544		78,226
^a,bIntercept Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	4,179		600,648
^a,bIsis Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	16,004		828,847
^bKindred Biosciences Inc	United States	16,117		155,046
^bKite Pharma Inc	United States	844		35,431
^a,bKYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals Inc	United States	1,961		75,008
^bMacroGenics Inc	United States	976		27,582
^bMedgenics Inc	United States	7,179		29,649
^bOtonomy Inc	United States	9,748		234,049
^a,bOvaScience Inc	United States	10,135		256,010
^bPortola Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	7,034		197,796
^bProQR Therapeutics NV	Netherlands	3,191		48,407
^bProthena Corp. PLC	Ireland	5,141		124,618
^bReceptos Inc	United States	3,045		411,989
^bRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	619		257,572
^bRegulus Therapeutics Inc	United States	4,353		81,575
^bRetrophin Inc	United States	3,467		35,017
^a,bSangamo BioSciences Inc	United States	14,594		176,296
^a,bSynta Pharmaceuticals Corp	United States	28,797		91,287
^bTG Therapeutics Inc	United States	4,487		66,946
^bUltragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc	United States	6,070		264,591
^bVascular Biogenics Ltd	Israel	5,673		35,428
^bVerastem Inc	United States	4,253		39,553
^a,bVertex Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	8,121		957,304
^bZafgen Inc	United States	1,687		39,830
				15,589,021

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Building Products 0.4%
^aFortune Brands Home & Security Inc	United States	34,439	$	1,547,000
Sanitec Corp	Finland	20,961		269,855
				1,816,855
Capital Markets 0.3%
Lazard Ltd., A	United States	14,637		754,098
^aNorthStar Asset Management Group Inc	United States	36,372		761,994
SEI Investments Co	United States	3,000		118,890
				1,634,982
Chemicals 2.5%
^aAir Products & Chemicals Inc	United States	17,189		2,472,294
Akzo Nobel NV	Netherlands	31,303		2,164,427
The Dow Chemical Co	United States	30,032		1,461,657
^aEcolab Inc	United States	11,584		1,262,077
^aFMC Corp	United States	8,897		483,997
Rockwood Holdings Inc	United States	5,118		398,948
^aThe Sherwin-Williams Co	United States	5,887		1,441,491
Tronox Ltd., A	United States	500		11,275
^a,bWR Grace & Co	United States	30,056		2,887,480
				12,583,646
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.6%
^bAtento SA	Luxembourg	13,600		150,008
Edenred	France	21,822		629,782
^bMetalico Inc	United States	114,883		43,943
Mitie Group PLC	United Kingdom	70,328		308,210
Tyco International Ltd	United States	36,831		1,580,050
West Corp	United States	1,670		52,171
				2,764,164
Communications Equipment 0.4%
^bAruba Networks Inc	United States	6,850		128,164
^aCisco Systems Inc	United States	24,259		670,519
^a,bF5 Networks Inc	United States	1,065		137,587
QUALCOMM Inc	United States	4,220		307,638
^bRuckus Wireless Inc	United States	11,500		131,790
^bSonus Networks Inc	United States	152,700		564,990
				1,940,688
Construction & Engineering 0.1%
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV	United States	2,693		134,731
Fluor Corp	United States	9,412		583,450
				718,181
Construction Materials 0.1%
^aVulcan Materials Co	United States	5,131		339,159
Consumer Finance 0.0%^†
^bAlly Financial Inc	United States	1,737		41,306
Containers & Packaging 0.1%
^a,bCrown Holdings Inc	United States	7,345		363,577
^bGraphic Packaging Holding Co	United States	9,095		113,233
				476,810

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Diversified Consumer Services 0.1%
^bCambian Group PLC	United Kingdom	6,702	$	25,157
Sotheby’s	United States	7,231		292,205
				317,362
Diversified Financial Services 0.5%
^aCME Group Inc	United States	6,011		508,771
^aMoody’s Corp	United States	13,283		1,341,716
^aMSCI Inc	United States	9,810		474,411
Voya Financial Inc	United States	4,660		195,161
				2,520,059
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.5%
Koninklijke KPN NV	Netherlands	312,598		1,038,705
^a,bLevel 3 Communications Inc	United States	19,110		955,500
^bTelecom Italia SpA	Italy	147,192		165,962
Telecom Italia SpA	Italy	137,677		122,079
				2,282,246
Electrical Equipment 0.1%
^aRockwell Automation Inc	United States	2,333		269,252
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.1%
^bInvenSense Inc	United States	3,400		49,266
TE Connectivity Ltd	United States	7,400		475,080
^bTTM Technologies Inc	United States	3,368		22,768
				547,114
Energy Equipment & Services 0.4%
Amec Foster Wheeler PLC, ADR	United Kingdom	12,208		176,657
Baker Hughes Inc	United States	5,183		295,431
^a,bDresser-Rand Group Inc	United States	13,652		1,107,314
^bFMSA Holdings Inc	United States	2,528		24,168
Schlumberger Ltd	United States	4,472		384,368
				1,987,938
Food & Staples Retailing 1.0%
^aCostco Wholesale Corp	United States	19,800		2,813,976
CVS Caremark Corp	United States	593		54,176
The Kroger Co	United States	16,187		968,630
^aSafeway Inc	United States	34,665		1,207,729
Wal-Mart Stores Inc	United States	405		35,454
Whole Foods Market Inc	United States	281		13,777
				5,093,742
Food Products 0.6%
Cranswick PLC	United Kingdom	9,128		210,438
^bDiamond Foods Inc	United States	5,845		174,123
Greencore Group PLC	Ireland	28,973		133,227
Lindt & Spruengli AG	Switzerland	23		1,374,641
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., A	United States	9,312		966,958
				2,859,387

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 2.0%
^aBecton Dickinson and Co	United States	13,454	$	1,888,000
^a,bCareFusion Corp	United States	11,966		708,028
The Cooper Cos. Inc	United States	680		114,852
Covidien PLC	United States	48,968		4,945,768
^bDBV Technologies SA, ADR	France	3,229		81,888
^a,bDerma Sciences Inc	United States	10,080		82,757
^bGenMark Diagnostics Inc	United States	19,684		223,610
^bInnocoll AG, ADR	Germany	2,953		22,915
^bInspireMD Inc	United Kingdom	17,279		16,588
^aMedtronic Inc	United States	22,509		1,662,740
^bNevro Corp	United States	471		12,712
^bNovadaq Technologies Inc	Canada	9,870		141,635
^bTandem Diabetes Care Inc	United States	486		6,867
^bTornier NV	United States	2,247		59,972
				9,968,332
Health Care Providers & Services 1.3%
^bAcadia Healthcare Co. Inc	United States	5,892		365,363
Celesio AG	Germany	39,660		1,322,764
^a,bCentene Corp	United States	5,495		542,741
^aCigna Corp	United States	3,653		375,857
^bCommunity Health Systems Inc	United States	27,875		836
^bEnvision Healthcare Holdings Inc	United States	6,854		242,357
^a,bHCA Holdings Inc	United States	21,736		1,514,782
McKesson Corp	United States	3,072		647,455
^bMolina Healthcare Inc	United States	3,610		184,543
Omnicare Inc	United States	9,658		679,151
^a,bPremier Inc., A	United States	2,184		74,300
^aUnitedHealth Group Inc	United States	2,407		237,402
^aUniversal Health Services Inc., B	United States	3,685		385,525
				6,573,076
Health Care Technology 0.1%
^bCastlight Health Inc	United States	2,233		27,756
^bCerner Corp	United States	2,406		154,947
^bIMS Health Holdings Inc	United States	7,220		180,500
				363,203
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.9%
^bBloomin’ Brands Inc	United States	23,406		532,955
Brinker International Inc	United States	10,386		585,043
^a,bBuffalo Wild Wings Inc	United States	5,311		903,985
Carnival Corp	United States	19,261		850,566
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc	United States	4,890		625,969
^aDomino’s Pizza Inc	United States	16,402		1,539,328
Extended Stay America Inc	United States	10,457		194,500
^aInternational Game Technology	United States	50,975		868,104
Jack in the Box Inc	United States	1,833		136,559
^a,bLife Time Fitness Inc	United States	11,115		615,549
Marriott International Inc., A	United States	20,722		1,632,686
^bMultimedia Games Holding Co. Inc	United States	9,953		361,194
Sonic Corp	United States	11,732		318,993

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)
Starbucks Corp	United States	2,372	$	192,630
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc	United States	1,663		131,377
Tim Hortons Inc	United States	2,952		249,739
Vail Resorts Inc	United States	2,851		249,862
^aWyndham Worldwide Corp	United States	33,561		2,797,645
Wynn Macau Ltd	China	65,300		213,038
^aWynn Resorts Ltd	United States	5,937		1,060,408
^aYum! Brands Inc	United States	5,623		434,377
^bZoe’s Kitchen Inc	United States	1,808		57,187
				14,551,694
Household Durables 1.1%
^biRobot Corp	United States	4,400		160,248
Lennar Corp., A	United States	31,194		1,473,605
MDC Holdings Inc	United States	4,892		128,709
^bMeritage Homes Corp	United States	8,170		320,427
^a,bNVR Inc	United States	981		1,234,755
PulteGroup Inc	United States	26,034		563,115
^aThe Ryland Group Inc	United States	29,829		1,167,209
^a,bTempur Sealy International Inc	United States	6,084		347,092
^bWilliam Lyon Homes, A	United States	1,866		38,402
				5,433,562
Household Products 0.2%
Church & Dwight Co. Inc	United States	10,087		773,774
Industrial Conglomerates 0.3%
^aDanaher Corp	United States	18,606		1,554,717
Insurance 0.1%
^aAmerican International Group Inc	United States	7,588		415,822
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.5%
^a,bAmazon.com Inc	United States	1,505		509,653
Expedia Inc	United States	1,900		165,509
^a,bHomeAway Inc	United States	13,025		408,464
^a,bLiberty Ventures, A	United States	12,066		442,098
^b,eNetflix Inc	United States	370		128,239
Travelport Worldwide Ltd	Bermuda	36,100		626,335
^a,bTripAdvisor Inc	United States	4,886		359,854
				2,640,152
Internet Software & Services 2.2%
^a,bAkamai Technologies Inc	United States	7,420		479,406
^bAlibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR	China	24,286		2,711,289
^bBaidu Inc., ADR	China	4,082		1,000,539
^bBankrate Inc	United States	19,415		226,961
^bBenefitfocus Inc	United States	8,500		230,265
^bCoStar Group Inc	United States	2,000		340,520
^a,beBay Inc	United States	9,315		511,207
^aEquifax Inc	United States	10,885		865,902
Equinix Inc	United States	2,686		610,179
^a,bGoogle Inc., A	United States	365		200,414
^a,bGoogle Inc., C	United States	465		251,951

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Internet Software & Services (continued)
^bJust Eat PLC	United Kingdom	18,749	$	102,606
^bMarketo Inc	United States	5,800		185,368
^bQihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., ADR	China	1,000		74,330
^bVeriSign Inc	United States	5,140		308,914
^bWeb.com Group Inc	United States	6,970		118,281
^bXoom Corp	United States	14,900		208,749
^bYahoo! Inc	United States	46,760		2,419,362
^bYelp Inc	United States	5,695		325,128
				11,171,371
IT Services 2.7%
Accenture PLC, A	United States	9,060		782,150
^a,bAlliance Data Systems Corp	United States	1,745		498,843
^aAutomatic Data Processing Inc	United States	10,585		906,499
^a,bCardtronics Inc	United States	14,420		564,687
^a,bCognizant Technology Solutions Corp., A	United States	11,805		637,352
^a,bEPAM Systems Inc	United States	6,010		306,690
^bEuronet Worldwide Inc	United States	600		34,842
EVERTEC Inc	United States	20,865		459,865
^a,bExlService Holdings Inc	United States	32,885		921,767
^bFleetCor Technologies Inc	United States	8,892		1,350,606
^aForrester Research Inc	United States	8,300		329,593
^bGartner Inc	United States	1,225		104,713
^bGenpact Ltd	United States	58,190		1,048,584
^aGlobal Payments Inc	United States	6,400		552,704
^aHeartland Payment Systems Inc	United States	17,235		939,652
^aMasterCard Inc., A	United States	13,894		1,212,807
QIWI PLC, ADR	Russia	7,225		201,144
^a,bVantiv Inc., A	United States	16,025		540,683
^bVeriFone Systems Inc	United States	10,445		372,469
^aVisa Inc., A	United States	2,445		631,275
^a,bWEX Inc	United States	8,267		934,832
				13,331,757
Leisure Equipment & Products 0.3%
Brunswick Corp	United States	11,966		594,471
^aPolaris Industries Inc	United States	4,489		703,471
				1,297,942
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.5%
^bFluidigm Corp	United States	7,411		228,481
^bGenfit	France	3,102		153,838
^a,bIllumina Inc	United States	3,620		691,022
^aThermo Fisher Scientific Inc	United States	7,176		927,785
^a,bWuXi Pharmatech Cayman Inc., ADR	China	7,171		246,037
				2,247,163
Machinery 0.6%
Airtac International Group	Taiwan	19,000		171,290
MAN SE	Germany	470		53,607
^aPall Corp	United States	14,145		1,359,476
^aThe Timken Co	United States	21,585		923,622

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Machinery (continued)
^aThe Toro Co	United States	9,056	$	594,798
				3,102,793
Marine 0.2%
American Shipping ASA	Norway	8,218		49,306
Irish Continental Group PLC	Ireland	219,470		846,704
				896,010
Media 4.1%
^aCBS Corp., B	United States	29,035		1,593,441
^bCharter Communications Inc., A	United States	2,262		383,861
^aComcast Corp., A	United States	25,878		1,476,081
^a,bDIRECTV	United States	28,033		2,458,774
^a,bDISH Network Corp., A	United States	34,929		2,773,712
^bImax Corp	Canada	21,125		662,903
^bLiberty Broadband Corp., A	United States	4,217		231,260
^a,bLiberty Broadband Corp., C	United States	7,123		387,491
^bLiberty Global PLC, A	United Kingdom	33,572		1,745,408
^bLiberty Global PLC, C	United Kingdom	14,480		722,842
^a,bLiberty Media Corp., A	United States	27,102		996,541
^a,bLiberty Media Corp., C	United States	31,055		1,134,439
^bThe Madison Square Garden Co., A	United States	1,704		124,460
^bMarkit Ltd	United States	13,900		353,477
^aTime Warner Cable Inc	United States	17,433		2,602,398
^aTime Warner Inc	United States	9,272		789,233
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., A	United States	8,600		316,480
^aThe Walt Disney Co	United States	21,113		1,953,164
				20,705,965
Metals & Mining 0.4%
^a,bAk Steel Holding Corp	United States	50,411		298,433
^bB2Gold Corp	Canada	55,310		89,049
^bImpala Platinum Holdings Ltd	South Africa	18,953		137,985
Newmont Mining Corp	United States	11,984		220,506
^bStillwater Mining Co	United States	3,378		44,353
^bThompson Creek Metals Co. Inc	United States	68,241		115,327
ThyssenKrupp AG	Germany	36,895		976,859
				1,882,512
Multiline Retail 1.1%
^b,eDollar General Corp	United States	31,776		2,120,730
^aFamily Dollar Stores Inc	United States	26,425		2,088,896
^aMacy’s Inc	United States	19,241		1,248,934
				5,458,560
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.6%
^b,eCheniere Energy Inc	United States	12,198		804,946
Exxon Mobil Corp	United States	318		28,792
^bForest Oil Corp	United States	67,300		38,361
Kinder Morgan Inc	United States	3,622		149,770
Marathon Petroleum Corp	United States	11,064		996,756
^aOccidental Petroleum Corp	United States	3,712		296,106

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
Statoil ASA, ADR	Norway	354	$	6,765
^aThe Williams Cos. Inc	United States	10,962		567,283
				2,888,779
Paper & Forest Products 0.4%
^bCanfor Corp	Canada	35,586		855,334
^bLouisiana-Pacific Corp	United States	76,644		1,168,054
				2,023,388
Pharmaceuticals 4.2%
AbbVie Inc	United States	4,613		319,220
^bActavis PLC	United States	21,670		5,864,119
^bAerie Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	14,432		380,572
^aAllergan Inc	United States	27,062		5,788,291
^a,bAratana Therapeutics Inc	United States	15,549		206,024
^bAssembly Biosciences Inc	United States	4,828		40,072
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR	United Kingdom	8,356		619,765
^bAvanir Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	8,394		125,238
^a,bBioDelivery Sciences International Inc	United States	15,217		233,581
^aBristol-Myers Squibb Co	United States	10,780		636,559
^bDermira Inc	United States	2,584		44,574
Eli Lilly & Co	United States	4,792		326,431
^bEndo International PLC	Ireland	8,024		587,116
^bFlamel Technologies SA, ADR	France	7,729		110,447
^bFoamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd	Israel	5,318		28,292
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, ADR	United Kingdom	1,097		50,956
^bGW Pharmaceuticals PLC, ADR	United Kingdom	1,912		148,046
^bIntersect ENT Inc	United States	296		5,121
^bJazz Pharmaceuticals PLC	United States	1,885		333,815
Johnson & Johnson	United States	443		47,955
^a,bThe Medicines Co	United States	9,657		258,904
^bMediwound Ltd	Israel	1,897		11,211
Novo Nordisk AS, ADR	Denmark	5,304		241,120
^a,bPacira Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	8,956		841,237
Perrigo Co. PLC	United States	3,041		487,138
Pfizer Inc	United States	1,000		31,150
^bRevance Therapeutics Inc	United States	827		13,596
Roche Holding AG	Switzerland	3,103		929,856
^bSalix Pharmaceuticals Ltd	United States	5,417		556,272
Shire PLC, ADR	Ireland	2,964		633,110
^bTetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States	9,882		260,885
^bValeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc	United States	3,245		471,985
^a,bXenoPort Inc	United States	4,799		42,711
Zoetis Inc	United States	11,008		494,589
^bZS Pharma Inc	United States	1,055		45,323
				21,215,281
Professional Services 0.8%
Experian PLC	United Kingdom	31,398		497,465
^a,bHuron Consulting Group Inc	United States	11,535		797,761
^aManpowerGroup Inc	United States	7,920		529,531

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Professional Services (continued)
Nielsen NV	United States	14,883	$	621,663
^aRobert Half International Inc	United States	8,860		503,159
SThree PLC	United Kingdom	80,547		392,111
^bVerisk Analytics Inc., A	United States	2,335		144,723
^bWageWorks Inc	United States	7,550		441,071
				3,927,484
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 0.8%
Columbia Property Trust Inc	United States	6,565		165,438
^bEquity Commonwealth	United States	4,967		126,311
The Macerich Co	United States	1,152		91,100
^aMid-America Apartment Communities Inc	United States	14,464		1,065,418
^aNorthStar Realty Finance Corp	United States	32,846		600,096
^aRyman Hospitality Properties Inc	United States	6,133		319,407
^aSpirit Realty Capital Inc	United States	69,901		818,541
Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc	United States	6,457		103,377
^aTanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc	United States	7,242		264,912
Ventas Inc	United States	1,170		83,714
^aWP Carey Inc	United States	1,788		121,834
				3,760,148
Real Estate Management & Development 0.2%
^bRealogy Holdings Corp	United States	24,343		1,120,265
Road & Rail 1.3%
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd	Canada	1,725		333,201
^aCSX Corp	United States	29,312		1,069,595
^a,bHertz Global Holdings Inc	United States	50,235		1,192,579
Ryder System Inc	United States	6,027		575,699
^aUnion Pacific Corp	United States	27,990		3,268,392
				6,439,466
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.0%
Applied Materials Inc	United States	14,200		341,510
^bApplied Micro Circuits Corp	United States	21,215		125,381
ARM Holdings PLC	United Kingdom	20,078		287,180
^bFreescale Semiconductor Ltd	United States	25,000		542,250
Intel Corp	United States	8,400		312,900
^bMicron Technology Inc	United States	17,966		645,878
^bNXP Semiconductors NV	Netherlands	24,802		1,929,844
^bSK Hynix Inc	South Korea	10,505		453,477
Sumco Corp	Japan	15,900		202,685
Texas Instruments Inc	United States	396		21,550
				4,862,655
Software 0.7%
^aActivision Blizzard Inc	United States	21,855		473,161
^bAdobe Systems Inc	United States	2,830		208,514
^aCDK Global Inc	United States	3,594		136,824
^a,bCitrix Systems Inc	United States	810		53,711
FactSet Research Systems Inc	United States	1,100		150,766
^bFleetMatics Group PLC	United States	7,900		278,001

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Software (continued)
^bGuidewire Software Inc	United States	2,320	$	117,090
^bHubSpot Inc	United States	1,700		60,163
^aIntuit Inc	United States	6,380		598,891
Microsoft Corp	United States	8,940		427,421
^bRed Hat Inc	United States	3,360		208,824
^bSalesforce.com Inc	United States	2,850		170,629
Solera Holdings Inc	United States	1,310		68,998
^a,bVerint Systems Inc	United States	6,020		362,344
^bVMware Inc., A	United States	705		62,012
				3,377,349
Specialty Retail 1.3%
^a,bAutozone Inc	United States	2,076		1,199,326
^a,eBest Buy Co. Inc	United States	54,907		2,163,885
^bThe Container Store Group Inc	United States	7,199		156,794
^aThe Home Depot Inc	United States	13,340		1,325,996
Lowe’s Cos. Inc	United States	1,389		88,660
Signet Jewelers Ltd	United States	6,111		800,296
^aTiffany & Co	United States	7,440		802,925
				6,537,882
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.0%
^aApple Inc	United States	13,714		1,631,006
EMC Corp	United States	44,292		1,344,262
^aHewlett-Packard Co	United States	8,300		324,198
Lenovo Group Ltd	China	152,000		213,254
^bNimble Storage Inc	United States	8,000		210,960
Nokia Corp., ADR	Finland	49,914		411,291
Nokia OYJ, A	Finland	89,084		741,687
Western Digital Corp	United States	3,100		320,137
				5,196,795
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.1%
^bLululemon Athletica Inc	United States	2,297		110,693
^bSkechers U.S.A. Inc., A	United States	9,186		564,112
				674,805
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.1%
^bEssent Group Ltd	United States	14,698		370,390
Tobacco 0.0%^†
Altria Group Inc	United States	538		27,040
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.1%
Air Lease Corp	United States	9,992		379,996

Transportation Infrastructure 0.0%^†
BBA Aviation PLC	United Kingdom	41,551		223,038
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.6%
^a,bSBA Communications Corp., A	United States	15,059		1,832,228
^a,bT-Mobile US Inc	United States	24,643		719,329
TIM Participacoes SA, ADR	Brazil	25,822		628,766

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	Country	Shares		Value
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)
Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)
Vodafone Group PLC, ADR	United Kingdom	576	$	21,053
				3,201,376
Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $223,636,790)				251,775,411

Exchange Traded Funds 0.1%
iShares China Large-Cap ETF	China	3,702		150,301
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	United States	505		72,852
Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $225,070)				223,153

Convertible Preferred Stocks 1.6%
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.0%^†
Iridium Communications Inc., cvt. pfd., Series B, 6.75%	United States	350		124,635
Electric Utilities 0.1%
^aNextEra Energy Inc., cvt. pfd., 5.889%	United States	10,000		658,200
Food Products 0.4%
Bunge Ltd., cvt. pfd., 4.875%	United States	3,755		418,532
Post Holdings Inc., cvt. pfd.,
^f144A, 2.50%	United States	9,847		805,608
^f144A, 3.75%	United States	3,850		364,826
^a5.25%	United States	4,510		390,183
Tyson Foods Inc., cvt. pfd., 4.75%	United States	2,723		142,957
				2,122,106
Health Care Providers & Services 0.1%
Amsurg Corp., cvt. pfd., Series A-1, 5.25%	United States	1,994		216,519
Kindred Healthcare Inc., cvt. pfd., 7.50%	United States	218		221,588
				438,107
Metals & Mining 0.0%^†
Alcoa Inc., cvt. pfd., Series 1, 5.375%	United States	568		30,274
ArcelorMittal, cvt. pfd., 6.00%	Luxembourg	825		16,104
				46,378
Multi-Utilities 0.1%
Dominion Resources Inc., cvt. pfd.,
6.375%	United States	1,155		59,771
Series A, 6.125%	United States	137		7,993
^aSeries B, 6.00%	United States	8,750		511,350
				579,114
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.4%
^fChesapeake Energy Corp., cvt. pfd., 144A, 5.75%	United States	17		18,094
^aPetroQuest Energy Inc., cvt. pfd., Series B, 6.875%	United States	11,430		465,773
^aRex Energy Corp., cvt. pfd., 6.00%	United States	4,060		264,022
^aSanchez Energy Corp., cvt. pfd., Series B, 6.50%	United States	14,667		722,936
^aSandRidge Energy Inc., cvt. pfd., 7.00%	United States	5,200		360,425
				1,831,250

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	Country	Shares		Value

Convertible Preferred Stocks (continued)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 0.2%
Crown Castle International Corp., cvt. pfd., Series A, 4.50%	United States	828	$	87,768
Health Care REIT Inc., cvt. pfd., Series I, 6.50%	United States	330		21,559
iStar Financial Inc., cvt. pfd., Series J, 4.50%	United States	915		56,382
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, cvt. pfd., Series D, 7.25%	United States	7,460		486,168
Weyerhaeuser Co., cvt. pfd., Series A, 6.375%	United States	2,210		129,727
				781,604
Specialty Retail 0.1%
^fBarnes & Noble Inc., cvt. pfd., 144A, Series J, 7.75%	United States	285		416,545
Tobacco 0.2%
^aUniversal Corp., cvt. pfd., 6.75%	United States	705		707,468

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $8,393,849)				7,705,407

Preferred Stocks 0.2%
Banks 0.0%^†
^bNational Bank of Greece SA, pfd., Series A, 9.00%	Greece	1,363		23,021
Consumer Finance 0.0%^†
^fAlly Financial Inc., pfd., 144A, Series G, 7.00%	United States	105		105,922
Machinery 0.1%
MAN SE, pfd., zero cpn	Germany	3,542		401,174
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.1%
^a,bFederal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., pfd., Series Z, 8.375%	United States	27,577		119,960
^a,bFederal National Mortgage Association, pfd., Series S, 8.25%	United States	12,240		52,877
				172,837

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $895,392)				702,954

		Principal
		Amount*

Convertible Bonds 12.8%
Aerospace & Defense 0.1%
^aAAR Corp., senior note, Series B, 2.25%, 3/01/16	United States	565,000		576,300
Airlines 0.2%
^aHawaiian Holdings Inc., senior note, 5.00%, 3/15/16	United States	465,000		1,209,000
Biotechnology 0.7%
Acorda Therapeutics Inc., senior note, 1.75%, 6/15/21	United States	478,000		517,435
AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc., senior note, 2.50%, 2/15/19	United States	390,000		587,681
^fAnacor Pharmaceuticals Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.00%, 10/15/21	United States	140,000		180,338
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., senior sub. note,
0.75%, 10/15/18	United States	8,000		9,510
1.50%, 10/15/20	United States	48,000		59,100
^fEmergent Biosolutions Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.875%, 1/15/21	United States	30,000		32,250
Gilead Sciences Inc., senior note, Series D, 1.625%, 5/01/16	United States	18,000		79,335
^fIsis Pharmaceuticals Inc., senior note, 144A, 1.00%, 11/15/21	United States	280,000		282,800
^fLexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.25%, 12/01/21	United States	150,000		150,585
Sequenom Inc., senior note, 5.00%, 10/01/17	United States	470,000		444,738
^a,fSpectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.75%, 12/15/18	United States	580,000		565,862

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	Country	Amount*		Value

Convertible Bonds (continued)
Biotechnology (continued)
^fSynergy Pharmaceuticals Inc., senior note, 144A, 7.50%, 11/01/19	United States	90,000	$	86,119
Tesaro Inc., senior note, 3.00%, 10/01/21	United States	430,000		517,075
				3,512,828
Building Products 0.1%
^a,fGriffon Corp., sub. note, 144A, 4.00%, 1/15/17	United States	505,000		558,341
Capital Markets 0.6%
^gThe Bank of New York Mellon Luxembourg SA, FRN, junior sub. bond, Series PRX,
0.00%, 12/15/50	Luxembourg	100,000 EUR		78,951
^hsenior bond, Series BMPS, Reg S, 4.332%, 12/30/99	Luxembourg	200,000 EUR		85,870
^a,fCowen Group Inc., senior note, 144A, 3.00%, 3/15/19	United States	585,000		602,550
^aFXCM Inc., senior note, 2.25%, 6/15/18	United States	615,000		641,522
^a,fNew Mountain Finance Corp., senior note, 144A, 5.00%, 6/15/19	United States	625,000		642,969
^fProspect Capital Corp., senior note, 144A, 4.75%, 4/15/20	United States	1,135,000		1,095,275
				3,147,137
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.3%
^aAscent Capital Group Inc., senior note, 4.00%, 7/15/20	United States	685,000		570,690
Cenveo Corp., senior note, 7.00%, 5/15/17	United States	665,000		646,297
				1,216,987
Communications Equipment 0.1%
^fCiena Corp., senior note, 144A, 3.75%, 10/15/18	United States	29,000		33,549
^fFinisar Corp., senior bond, 144A, 0.50%, 12/15/33	United States	25,000		23,125
JDS Uniphase Corp., senior bond, 0.625%, 8/15/33	United States	150,000		155,719
^fPalo Alto Networks Inc., senior note, 144A, zero cpn., 7/01/19	United States	65,000		83,809
^hTelecom Italia Finance SA, sub. note, Series TIT, Reg S, 6.125%, 11/15/16	Italy	100,000 EUR		149,807
				446,009
Construction & Engineering 0.1%
^hFomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA, sub. note, Reg S, 6.50%, 10/30/20	Spain	450,000 EUR		557,961
Construction Materials 0.2%
Cemex SAB de CV, sub. note, 4.875%, 3/15/15	Mexico	960,000		1,100,400
Consumer Finance 0.1%
^fEzcorp Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.125%, 6/15/19	United States	475,000		429,578
Diversified Consumer Services 0.1%
^a,fCarriage Services Inc., sub. note, 144A, 2.75%, 3/15/21	United States	475,000		499,049
Diversified Financial Services 0.2%
^hChina Overseas Finance Investment Cayman IV Ltd., senior note, Series COLI,
Reg S, zero cpn., 2/04/21	Hong Kong	200,000		216,000
^fElement Financial Corp., sub. note, 144A, 5.125%, 6/30/19	Canada	470,000 CAD		462,518
^fEncore Capital Group Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.875%, 3/15/21	United States	410,000		391,294
				1,069,812
Electrical Equipment 0.1%
^aSolarCity Corp., senior note, 2.75%, 11/01/18	United States	405,000		459,422
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.5%
InvenSense Inc., senior note, 1.75%, 11/01/18	United States	340,000		313,863
TTM Technologies Inc., senior note, 1.75%, 12/15/20	United States	515,000		482,491

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Convertible Bonds (continued)
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)
^fVishay Intertechnology Inc., senior bond, 144A,
^a2.25%, 11/15/40	United States	1,235,000	$	1,355,412
2.25%, 5/15/41	United States	380,000		340,337
				2,492,103
Energy Equipment & Services 0.0%^†
SEACOR Holdings Inc., senior bond, 3.00%, 11/15/28	United States	210,000		195,562
Food Products 0.2%
Chiquita Brands International Inc., senior note, 4.25%, 8/15/16	United States	475,000		477,375
^hOlam International Ltd., senior note, Reg S, 6.00%, 10/15/16	Singapore	500,000		533,125
				1,010,500
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.6%
Accuray Inc., senior note, 3.75%, 8/01/16	United States	325,000		333,328
Alere Inc., senior sub. note, 3.00%, 5/15/16	United States	510,000		546,338
Hologic Inc., senior bond, 2.00%, 12/15/37	United States	262,000		330,939
Insulet Corp., senior note, 2.00%, 6/15/19	United States	480,000		576,000
^aIntegra LifeSciences Holdings Corp., senior note, 1.625%, 12/15/16	United States	425,000		448,109
^aNuVasive Inc., senior note, 2.75%, 7/01/17	United States	680,000		835,550
				3,070,264
Health Care Providers & Services 0.8%
^aHealthways Inc., senior note, 1.50%, 7/01/18	United States	430,000		443,169
^aMolina Healthcare Inc., senior note, 1.125%, 1/15/20	United States	1,090,000		1,466,731
Omnicare Inc., senior sub. bond, 3.75%, 4/01/42	United States	630,000		1,102,894
WellPoint Inc., senior bond, 2.75%, 10/15/42	United States	602,000		1,059,896
				4,072,690
Health Care Technology 0.1%
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc., senior note, 1.25%, 7/01/20	United States	340,000		326,612
Home Builders 0.0%^†
^fLGI Homes Inc., sub. note, 144A, 4.25%, 11/15/19	United States	120,000		121,656
Household Durables 0.4%
Jarden Corp.,
^fsenior sub. bond, 144A, 1.125%, 3/15/34	United States	45,000		47,869
senior sub. note, 1.875%, 9/15/18	United States	1,190,000		1,758,225
^fLennar Corp., senior note, 144A, 3.25%, 11/15/21	United States	15,000		30,628
				1,836,722
Insurance 0.0%^†
^fHCI Group Inc., senior note, 144A, 3.875%, 3/15/19	United States	50,000		47,375
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.2%
Priceline Group Inc., senior note,
^a1.00%, 3/15/18	United States	675,000		913,360
0.35%, 6/15/20	United States	25,000		28,078
^f144A, 0.90%, 9/15/21	United States	100,000		95,500
				1,036,938
Internet Software & Services 0.5%
^fAkamai Technologies Inc., senior note, zero cpn., 144A, 2/15/19	United States	340,000		350,627
^aBlucora Inc., senior note, 4.25%, 4/01/19	United States	655,000		638,216

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Convertible Bonds (continued)
Internet Software & Services (continued)
^fLinkedIn Corp., senior note, 144A, 0.50%, 11/01/19	United States	60,000	$	62,663
^a,fMercadoLibre Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.25%, 7/01/19	Argentina	805,000		1,028,387
^fMonster Worldwide Inc., senior note, 144A, 3.50%, 10/15/19	United States	134,000		140,365
^aSINA Corp., senior note, 1.00%, 12/01/18	China	180,000		168,300
^fYahoo! Inc., senior note, zero cpn., 144A, 12/01/18	United States	210,000		241,631
				2,630,189
IT Services 0.1%
^fEuronet Worldwide Inc., senior bond, 144A, 1.50%, 10/01/44	United States	210,000		220,500
Leisure Equipment & Products 0.1%
^fJAKKS Pacific Inc., senior note, 144A, 4.875%, 6/01/20	United States	350,000		314,125
Machinery 0.1%
Altra Industrial Motion Corp., senior bond, 2.75%, 3/01/31	United States	195,000		244,725
^fNavistar International Corp., senior sub. note, 144A, 4.75%, 4/15/19	United States	460,000		461,150
				705,875
Metals & Mining 0.5%
Horsehead Holding Corp., senior note, 3.80%, 7/01/17	United States	701,000		849,962
^hPaladin Energy Ltd., senior note, Reg S, 3.625%, 11/04/15	United States	400,000		395,000
^aStillwater Mining Co., senior bond, 1.75%, 10/15/32	United States	375,000		435,938
^hVedanta Resources Jersey Ltd., senior note, Reg S, 5.50%, 7/13/16	India	1,000,000		995,000
				2,675,900
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.9%
^a,fAlon USA Energy Inc., senior note, 144A, 3.00%, 9/15/18	United States	460,000		535,037
^aAlpha Natural Resources Inc., senior note, 4.875%, 12/15/20	United States	660,000		318,450
^a,fAmyris Inc., senior note, 144A, 6.50%, 5/15/19	United States	470,000		410,369
Cobalt International Energy Inc., senior bond, 3.125%, 5/15/24	United States	255,000		186,947
^aPeabody Energy Corp., junior sub. bond, 4.75%, 12/15/66	United States	700,000		430,063
Renewable Energy Group Inc., senior note, 2.75%, 6/15/19	United States	480,000		463,500
^fScorpio Tankers Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.375%, 7/01/19	United States	1,095,000		1,042,987
^hShip Finance International Ltd., senior note, Reg S, 3.75%, 2/10/16	Norway	500,000		527,000
^aSolazyme Inc., senior sub. note, 5.00%, 10/01/19	United States	1,020,000		504,263
				4,418,616
Pharmaceuticals 0.2%
^aDepomed Inc., senior note, 2.50%, 9/01/21	United States	640,000		686,800
Mylan Inc., senior note, 3.75%, 9/15/15	United States	67,000		295,051
				981,851
Professional Services 0.1%
^f51job Inc., senior note, 144A, 3.25%, 4/15/19	China	505,000		538,456
^fCBIZ Inc., senior sub. note, 144A, 4.875%, 10/01/15	United States	100,000		123,563
				662,019
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 1.6%
^fAmerican Residential Properties Inc., senior note, 144A, 3.25%, 11/15/18	United States	360,000		373,050
^aAnnaly Capital Management Inc., senior note, 5.00%, 5/15/15	United States	835,000		842,306
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., senior note, 5.50%, 3/15/19	United States	435,000		429,837
^a,fCampus Crest Communities Operating Partnership LP, senior note, 144A,
4.75%, 10/15/18	United States	495,000		473,344

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Convertible Bonds (continued)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)
Colony Financial Inc., senior bond, 5.00%, 4/15/23	United States	340,000	$	369,750
^fGPT Property Trust LP, senior note, 144A, 3.75%, 3/15/19	United States	910,000		982,231
^fIAS Operating Partnership LP, 144A, 5.00%, 3/15/18	United States	510,000		487,050
^a,fiStar Financial Inc., senior note, 144A, 1.50%, 11/15/16	United States	625,000		649,609
National Health Investors Inc., senior note, 3.25%, 4/01/21	United States	375,000		382,031
Redwood Trust Inc., senior note, 4.625%, 4/15/18	United States	470,000		473,231
^aResource Capital Corp., senior note, 6.00%, 12/01/18	United States	385,000		378,744
^fRWT Holdings Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.625%, 11/15/19	United States	35,000		35,422
Spirit Realty Capital Inc., senior note,
^a2.875%, 5/15/19	United States	403,000		393,683
3.75%, 5/15/21	United States	330,000		323,195
Starwood Property Trust Inc., senior note, 4.00%, 1/15/19	United States	885,000		997,284
^a,fStarwood Waypoint Residential Trust, senior note, 144A, 3.00%, 7/01/19	United States	545,000		525,247
				8,116,014
Real Estate Management & Development 0.1%
^aForest City Enterprises Inc., senior note, 3.625%, 8/15/20	United States	500,000		536,875
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.1%
^fCanadian Solar Inc., senior note, 144A, 4.25%, 2/15/19	United States	150,000		137,344
Intel Corp., junior sub. bond, 2.95%, 12/15/35	United States	340,000		452,200
^aLam Research Corp., senior note, 1.25%, 5/15/18	United States	675,000		983,812
Novellus Systems Inc., senior bond, 2.625%, 5/15/41	United States	15,000		35,728
^aNVIDIA Corp., senior note, 1.00%, 12/01/18	United States	1,295,000		1,520,816
^fNXP Semiconductors NV, senior note, 144A, 1.00%, 12/01/19	Netherlands	620,000		636,662
Photronics Inc., senior note, 3.25%, 4/01/16	United States	450,000		484,875
^a,fRudolph Technologies Inc., senior note, 144A, 3.75%, 7/15/16	United States	360,000		366,300
^a,fSunEdison Inc., senior note, 144A, 0.25%, 1/15/20	United States	690,000		719,325
				5,337,062
Software 0.8%
Electronic Arts Inc., senior note, 0.75%, 7/15/16	United States	365,000		522,862
^fEnerNOC Inc., senior note, 144A, 2.25%, 8/15/19	United States	144,000		121,950
NetSuite Inc., senior note, 0.25%, 6/01/18	United States	52,000		57,525
Nuance Communications Inc., senior bond, 2.75%, 11/01/31	United States	12,000		11,827
^fRed Hat Inc., senior note, 144A, 0.25%, 10/01/19	United States	340,000		375,700
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., senior note,
1.75%, 12/01/16	United States	866,000		1,309,284
1.00%, 7/01/18	United States	368,000		514,510
^fTiVo Inc., senior note,144A,
4.00%, 3/15/16	United States	270,000		329,569
2.00%, 10/01/21	United States	625,000		599,219
				3,842,446
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.4%
^a,fElectronics For Imaging Inc., senior note, 144A, 0.75%, 9/01/19	United States	830,000		865,275
SanDisk Corp., senior note, 0.50%, 10/15/20	United States	405,000		506,250
^fViolin Memory Inc., senior note, 144A, 4.25%, 10/01/19	United States	440,000		490,875
				1,862,400
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.4%
^aIconix Brand Group Inc., senior sub. note, 1.50%, 3/15/18	United States	1,375,000		1,871,719

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Convertible Bonds (continued)
Tobacco 0.1%
Vector Group Ltd., senior note, 1.75%, 4/15/20	United States	435,000	$	464,091
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.1%
^fKaman Corp., senior note, 144A, 3.25%, 11/15/17	United States	220,000		276,650

Total Convertible Bonds (Cost $63,050,908)				63,909,578

Corporate Bonds and Notes 9.7%
Aerospace & Defense 0.4%
^fHuntington Ingalls Industries Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.00%, 12/15/21	United States	20,000		20,350
^fKLX Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.875%, 12/01/22	United States	1,490,000		1,519,800
^fMeccanica Holdings USA Inc., senior bond, 144A, 6.25%, 1/15/40	Italy	100,000		96,825
^fMoog Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.25%, 12/01/22	United States	170,000		173,400
^gRockwell Collins Inc., senior note, FRN, 0.584%, 12/15/16	United States	40,000		40,077
Textron Inc., senior bond, 3.875%, 3/01/25	United States	23,000		23,262
				1,873,714
Auto Components 0.3%
^fNexteer Automotive Group Ltd., senior note, 144A, 5.875%, 11/15/21	Hong Kong	300,000		306,750
^f,iSchaeffler Holding Finance BV, secured note, PIK, 144A, 6.75%, 11/15/22	Germany	990,000		1,049,400
				1,356,150
Automobiles 0.1%
^f,gDaimler Finance North America LLC, senior note, 144A, FRN, 0.584%, 3/10/17	Germany	150,000		150,220
General Motors Co., senior bond, 5.20%, 4/01/45	United States	120,000		123,648
^f,gNissan Motor Acceptance Corp., senior note, 144A, FRN, 0.785%, 3/03/17	Japan	105,000		105,316
^gToyota Motor Credit Corp., senior note, FRN, 0.618%, 1/17/19	Japan	40,000		40,073
				419,257
Banks 0.2%
Bank of America Corp.,
^gsenior note, FRN, 1.271%, 1/15/19	United States	20,000		20,262
sub. bond, 4.20%, 8/26/24	United States	135,000		138,161
^fDresdner Funding Trust I, junior sub. bond, 144A, 8.151%, 6/30/31	Germany	178,000		212,710
^fIntesa Sanpaolo SpA, sub. bond, 144A, 5.017%, 6/26/24	Italy	200,000		199,982
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, sub. bond, 6.125%, 12/15/22	United Kingdom	215,000		235,784
^fSociete Generale SA, sub. bond, 144A, 5.00%, 1/17/24	France	200,000		207,135
				1,014,034
Beverages 0.1%
^gAnheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., senior note, FRN, 0.424%, 1/27/17	Belgium	45,000		45,015
^gThe Coca-Cola Co., senior note, FRN, 0.332%, 11/01/16	United States	80,000		80,115
^a,fCott Beverages Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.375%, 7/01/22	United States	272,000		259,080
				384,210
Biotechnology 0.0%^†
^gAmgen Inc., senior note, FRN, 0.613%, 5/22/17	United States	125,000		125,198
Building Products 0.1%
Griffon Corp., senior note, 5.25%, 3/01/22	United States	480,000		460,800
Owens Corning, senior bond, 4.20%, 12/01/24	United States	40,000		39,941
				500,741

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Corporate Bonds and Notes (continued)
Capital Markets 0.2%
E*TRADE Financial Corp., senior note, 5.375%, 11/15/22	United States	600,000	$	607,500
Morgan Stanley, sub. bond, Series GMTN, 4.35%, 9/08/26	United States	150,000		152,583
				760,083
Chemicals 0.0%^†
Albemarle Corp., senior bond, 4.15%, 12/01/24	United States	56,000		57,320
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.3%
^a,fAltegrity Inc., secured, first lien note, 144A, 9.50%, 7/01/19	United States	552,000		528,540
RR Donnelley & Sons Co., senior bond, 6.00%, 4/01/24	United States	800,000		806,000
The ServiceMaster Co., senior note, 7.00%, 8/15/20	United States	123,000		130,072
				1,464,612
Communications Equipment 0.2%
^fAvaya Inc., first lien bond, 144A, 9.00%, 4/01/19	United States	640,000		658,400
^gCisco Systems Inc., senior note, FRN, 0.515%, 3/03/17	United States	100,000		100,145
				758,545
Construction Materials 0.1%
^fAtrium Windows & Doors Inc., secured note, 144A, 7.75%, 5/01/19	United States	75,000		72,000
^fBuilding Materials Corp. of America, senior bond, 144A, 5.375%, 11/15/24	United States	320,000		321,600
				393,600
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
^aVisant Corp., senior note, 10.00%, 10/01/17	United States	765,000		688,500
Consumer Finance 0.1%
Springleaf Finance Corp., senior note, 5.25%, 12/15/19	United States	360,000		361,800
Cosmetic and Personal Care 0.0%^†
^gThe Procter & Gamble Co., senior note, FRN, 0.312%, 11/04/16	United States	80,000		80,008
Diversified Financial Services 1.0%
^gCaterpillar Financial Services Corp., senior note, FRN, 0.465%, 3/03/17	United States	110,000		110,209
^fCorp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA,144A,
senior note, 3.25%, 7/15/19	Peru	200,000		201,100
sub. bond, 5.25% to 7/15/24, FRN thereafter, 7/15/29	Peru	200,000		207,100
^fFinanciera de Desarrollo Territorial SA Findeter, senior bond, 144A,
7.875%, 8/12/24	Colombia	795,000,000	COP	368,992
^gFord Motor Credit Co. LLC, senior note, FRN, 1.008%, 1/17/17	United States	40,000		40,215
General Electric Capital Corp.,
^jjunior sub. bond, Series A, 7.125% to 6/15/22, FRN thereafter, Perpetual	United States	100,000		117,125
^gsenior note, FRN, 0.46%, 1/14/16	United States	20,000		20,035
^f,gHyundai Capital Services Inc., senior note, 144A, FRN, 1.034%, 3/18/17	South Korea	200,000		200,384
^fLadder Capital Finance Holdings LLP, senior note, 144A, 5.875%, 8/01/21	United States	245,000		242,550
^fMSCI Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.25%, 11/15/24	United States	1,025,000		1,066,000
^a,fROC Finance LLC/ROC Finance 1 Corp., secured, second lien note, 144A,
12.125%, 9/01/18	United States	2,385,000		2,510,213
				5,083,923
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.5%
Frontier Communications Corp., senior bond, 6.875%, 1/15/25	United States	800,000		806,000
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, senior bond, 5.50%, 8/01/23	Luxembourg	800,000		791,000
^fLevel 3 Communications Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.75%, 12/01/22	United States	65,000		65,650

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Corporate Bonds and Notes (continued)
Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)
Oi SA,
^hsenior bond, Reg S, 5.75%, 2/10/22	Brazil	200,000	$	192,250
^fsenior note, 144A, 9.75%, 9/15/16	Brazil	300,000	BRL	108,444
tw telecom Inc., senior note
5.375%, 10/01/22	United States	56,000		63,629
6.375%, 9/01/23	United States	90,000		102,825
^gVerizon Communications Inc., senior note, FRN, 0.632%, 6/09/17	United States	125,000		125,047
				2,254,845
Electric Utilities 0.1%
^gDuke Energy Corp., senior note, FRN, 0.613%, 4/03/17	United States	100,000		100,313
^gDuke Energy Progress Inc., secured note, FRN, 0.433%, 3/06/17	United States	50,000		49,994
^fEDP Finance BV, senior note, 144A, 4.125%, 1/15/20	Portugal	250,000		253,999
				404,306
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.1%
^fKeysight Technologies Inc., senior bond, 144A, 4.55%, 10/30/24	United States	235,000		235,946
^fSanmina Corp., secured, first lien note, 144A, 4.375%, 6/01/19	United States	110,000		109,175
				345,121
Energy 0.0%^†
^fEnel SpA, sub. bond, 144A, 8.75% to 9/24/23, FRN thereafter, 9/24/73	Italy	200,000		234,104
Energy Equipment & Services 0.0%^†
Oceaneering International Inc., senior note, 4.65%, 11/15/24	United States	210,000		214,319
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%
SUPERVALU Inc., senior note, 7.75%, 11/15/22	United States	620,000		618,450
Food Products 0.0%^†
^fBI-LO LLC/BI-LO Finance Corp.,144A,
ⁱsenior note, PIK, 8.625%, 9/15/18	United States	23,000		16,905
secured, first lien note, 9.25%, 2/15/19	United States	78,000		72,150
				89,055
Health Care Providers & Services 0.3%				��
^fEnvision Healthcare Corp., senior note, 144A, 5.125%, 7/01/22	United States	465,000		470,812
^fFresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance II Inc., senior note, 144A, 4.75%, 10/15/24	Germany	90,000		90,675
HCA Inc., secured, first lien note, 4.25%, 10/15/19	United States	100,000		100,625
Omnicare Inc.,
senior note, 4.75%, 12/01/22	United States	5,000		5,100
senior bond, 5.00%, 12/01/24	United States	10,000		10,250
Tenet Healthcare Corp., secured, first lien note, 4.375%, 10/01/21	United States	800,000		786,000
				1,463,462
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.3%
^a,fCaesars Entertainment Resort Properties, secured, second lien note, 144A,
11.00%, 10/01/21	United States	1,135,000		1,042,781
Choice Hotels International Inc., senior bond, 5.70%, 8/28/20	United States	125,000		135,625
MGM Resorts International, senior note, 6.00%, 3/15/23	United States	150,000		153,000
				1,331,406

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*			Value

Corporate Bonds and Notes (continued)
Household Durables 0.2%
Sharp Corp., senior note, Series 26, 1.604%, 9/13/19	Japan	100,000,000	JPY	$	814,776
Insurance 0.1%
^hAssicurazioni Generali SpA, senior sub. bond, Reg S, 7.75% to 12/12/22, FRN
thereafter, 12/12/42	Italy	300,000	EUR		473,910
Genworth Holdings Inc., senior bond,
4.90%, 8/15/23	United States	10,000			8,849
4.80%, 2/15/24	United States	35,000			30,830
Old Republic International Corp., senior bond, 4.875%, 10/01/24	United States	225,000			235,881
					749,470
Internet Software & Services 0.2%
Equinix Inc., senior note, 5.375%, 1/01/22	United States	925,000			934,250
Leisure Equipment & Products 0.1%
^f24 Hour Holdings III LLC, senior note, 144A, 8.00%, 6/01/22	United States	35,000			31,763
^fNCL Corp. Ltd., senior note, 144A, 5.25%, 11/15/19	United States	480,000			486,000
					517,763
Machinery 0.0%^†
^gJohn Deere Capital Corp., senior note, FRN, 0.354%, 12/10/15	United States	80,000			80,069
Media 1.8%
^fAltice SA, secured note, 144A, 7.25%, 5/15/22	Luxembourg	130,000	EUR		168,863
American Media Inc., secured, first lien note, 11.50%, 12/15/17	United States	1,950,000			1,993,875
CCOH Safari LLC,
senior bond, 5.75%, 12/01/24	United States	1,675,000			1,689,656
senior note, 5.50%, 12/01/22	United States	150,000			152,063
DISH DBS Corp., senior note,
5.125%, 5/01/20	United States	800,000			811,500
^f144A, 5.875%, 11/15/24	United States	445,000			449,450
ⁱiHeartCommunications Inc., senior note, PIK, 14.00%, 2/01/21	United States	94,000			77,433
Knight Ridder Inc., senior bond,
7.15%, 11/01/27	United States	6,000			5,220
6.875%, 3/15/29	United States	588,000			423,360
Postmedia Network Inc., secured, second lien note, 12.50%, 7/15/18	Canada	2,725,000			2,861,250
Time Warner Cable Inc., senior bond, 4.50%, 9/15/42	United States	130,000			131,442
^fUnitymedia KabelBW GmbH, senior bond, 144A, 6.125%, 1/15/25	Germany	235,000			246,456
					9,010,568
Metals & Mining 0.1%
^fEssar Steel Algoma Inc., secured note, 144A, 9.50%, 11/15/19	Canada	270,000			276,750
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 1.1%
^fAntero Resources Corp., senior note, 144A, 5.125%, 12/01/22	United States	5,000			4,856
Atlas Energy Holdings Operating Co. LLC/Atlas Resource Finance Corp.,
senior note, 7.75%, 1/15/21	United States	993,000			868,875
^fBaytex Energy Corp., senior note, 144A,
5.125%, 6/01/21	Canada	10,000			9,250
5.625%, 6/01/24	Canada	5,000			4,494
^gBP Capital Markets PLC, senior note, FRN, 0.652%, 11/07/16	United Kingdom	80,000			80,192
^fCalifornia Resources Corp., senior bond, 144A, 6.00%, 11/15/24	United States	110,000			98,656
^gCanadian Natural Resources Ltd., senior note, FRN, 0.608%, 3/30/16	Canada	100,000			100,105

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Corporate Bonds and Notes (continued)
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
senior bond, 6.625%, 8/15/20	United States	5,000	$	5,538
senior note, 4.875%, 4/15/22	United States	50,000		49,750
^gChevron Corp., senior note, FRN, 0.402%, 11/15/17	United States	145,000		145,190
Cimarex Energy Co., senior bond, 4.375%, 6/01/24	United States	20,000		19,800
Dynagas LNG Partners LP/Dynagas Finance Inc., senior note, 6.25%, 10/30/19	Greece	309,000		298,185
^gExxon Mobil Corp., senior note, FRN, 0.274%, 3/15/17	United States	110,000		110,137
Forest Oil Corp.,
^asenior bond, 7.25%, 6/15/19	United States	716,000		714,210
senior note, 7.50%, 9/15/20	United States	377,000		371,345
^fMEG Energy Corp., senior bond,144A,
6.375%, 1/30/23	Canada	30,000		26,625
7.00%, 3/31/24	Canada	15,000		13,650
Oasis Petroleum Inc., senior note, 6.875%, 3/15/22	United States	25,000		23,625
Petrobras Global Finance BV, senior bond, 5.625%, 5/20/43	Brazil	280,000		243,905
^hPetroleos de Venezuela SA, senior bond, Reg S, 5.50%, 4/12/37	Venezuela	260,000		112,840
QEP Resources Inc., senior bond, 5.25%, 5/01/23	United States	70,000		66,150
^aQR Energy LP/QRE Finance Corp. LLC, senior note, 9.25%, 8/01/20	United States	906,000		1,042,987
Rosetta Resources Inc., senior bond, 5.875%, 6/01/24	United States	5,000		4,725
^fRSP Permian Inc., senior note, 144A, 6.625%, 10/01/22	United States	30,000		29,213
^gShell International Finance BV, senior note, FRN, 0.442%, 11/15/16	Netherlands	80,000		80,242
SM Energy Co., senior note,
5.00%, 1/15/24	United States	15,000		13,838
^f144A, 6.125%, 11/15/22	United States	633,000		637,747
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
senior bond, 6.375%, 8/01/22	United States	25,000		26,625
senior bond, 5.25%, 5/01/23	United States	15,000		15,375
senior bond, 4.25%, 11/15/23	United States	5,000		4,800
^fsenior note, 144A, 4.125%, 11/15/19	United States	125,000		125,625
^fTesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., senior note, 144A,
6.25%, 10/15/22	United States	160,000		164,000
^fUltra Petroleum Corp., senior bond, 144A, 6.125%, 10/01/24	United States	10,000		9,150
Whiting Petroleum Corp., senior note,
5.00%, 3/15/19	United States	10,000		9,775
5.75%, 3/15/21	United States	100,000		101,250
				5,632,730
Packaging & Containers 0.1%
^fOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.,144A,
senior bond, 5.375%, 1/15/25	United States	170,000		172,337
senior note, 5.00%, 1/15/22	United States	170,000		172,338
^fSealed Air Corp., senior bond, 144A, 5.125%, 12/01/24	United States	400,000		402,000
				746,675
Pharmaceuticals 0.2%
^fBioScrip Inc., senior note, 144A, 8.875%, 2/15/21	United States	30,000		27,937
^fEndo Finance LLC & Endo Finco Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.375%, 1/15/23	United States	800,000		783,496
^gJohnson & Johnson, senior note, FRN, 0.306%, 11/28/16	United States	20,000		20,038
^fValeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., senior note, 144A, 6.375%, 10/15/20	United States	70,000		72,888
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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Corporate Bonds and Notes (continued)
Professional Services 0.1%
^fIHS Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.00%, 11/01/22	United States	370,000	$	377,400
Real Estate 0.0%^†
^fRialto Holdings LLC/Rialto Corp., senior note, 144A, 7.00%, 12/01/18	United States	203,000		207,948
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 0.1%
iStar Financial Inc., senior note, 4.00%, 11/01/17	United States	385,000		381,150
Real Estate Management & Development 0.1%
Kennedy-Wilson Inc., senior bond, 5.875%, 4/01/24	United States	600,000		603,000
^fRealogy Group LLC / Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., senior note, 144A, 5.25%,
12/01/21	United States	65,000		64,919
				667,919
Retailing 0.4%
^fGroup 1 Automotive Inc., senior note, 144A, 5.00%, 6/01/22	United States	900,000		893,250
New Albertsons Inc., senior bond,
7.45%, 8/01/29	United States	817,000		743,470
8.00%, 5/01/31	United States	305,000		286,700
				1,923,420
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.0%^†
KLA-Tencor Corp., senior note, 4.65%, 11/01/24	United States	173,000		176,818
Software 0.1%
^gOracle Corp., senior note, FRN, 0.432%, 7/07/17	United States	135,000		135,156
^fRolta Americas LLC, senior note, 144A, 8.875%, 7/24/19	India	260,000		255,450
				390,606
Specialty Retail 0.1%
^fMichaels Stores Inc., senior sub. note, 144A, 5.875%, 12/15/20	United States	480,000		486,000
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.1%
CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp., senior bond, 5.50%, 12/01/24	United States	540,000		540,000
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.1%
^fEmpire Today LLC / Empire Today Finance Corp., secured, first lien note, 144A,
11.375%, 2/01/17	United States	925,000		675,250
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.1%
Air Lease Corp., senior bond, 4.25%, 9/15/24	United States	170,000		170,638
^fHD Supply Inc., secured, first lien note, 144A, 5.25%, 12/15/21	United States	360,000		368,550
				539,188
Transportation 0.0%^†
^gCanadian National Railway Co., senior note, FRN, 0.432%, 11/06/15	Canada	80,000		80,078

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $48,784,061)				48,389,950

Corporate Notes in Reorganization (Cost $1,644,500) 0.3%
Electric Utilities 0.3%
^f,kEnergy Future Intermediate Holding Co./EFIH Finance Inc., senior note, 144A,
11.25%, 12/01/18	United States	1,424,000		1,626,920

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

^g,lSenior Floating Rate Interests 0.8%
Aerospace & Defense 0.1%
Accudyne Industries Borrower SCA, Refinancing Term Loan, senior secured, first lien,
4.00%, 12/13/19	Luxembourg	38,944	$	38,157
Awas Aviation, Term Loan, 3.50%, 7/16/18	United States	18,127		18,029
TransDigm Group Inc.,
Term Loan D, 3.75%, 6/04/21	United States	127,230		126,378
Tranche C Term Loan, senior secured, first lien guaranteed, 3.75%, 2/28/20	United States	45,173		44,878
				227,442
Air Freight & Logistics 0.0%^†
Goodpack Ltd., Term Loan, first lien, 4.75%, 8/04/21	United States	50,043		49,928
Auto Components 0.0%^†
American Tire Inc., Initial Term Loan, 5.75%, 6/01/18	United States	13,679		13,731
^mVisteon Corp., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 4/08/21	United States	29,925		29,700
				43,431
Biotechnology 0.0%^†
Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., Tranche B Term Loan, 3.156%, 3/06/21	United States	54,725		54,278
Building Materials 0.0%^†
Quikrete Holdings Inc., Term Loan, first lien, 4.00%, 9/28/20	United States	74,753		74,333
Building Products 0.0%^†
Continental Building Products Inc., Term Loan, first lien, 4.00%, 8/15/20	United States	59,739		58,993
Capital Markets 0.0%^†
American Beacon Advisors Inc., Initial Term Loan, 4.75%, 11/20/19	United States	14,315		14,315
Chemicals 0.0%^†
Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B B.V. (Axalta Coating Systems U.S. Holdings
Inc.), Refinanced Term Loan B, 3.75%, 2/01/20	United States	10,274		10,163
Emerald Performance Materials LLC, Term Loan, first lien, 4.50%, 7/18/21	United States	32,000		31,847
				42,010
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.1%
Garda World Security Corp.,
Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 4.00%, 11/04/20	United States	4,033		3,986
Term Loan B, 4.00%, 11/06/20	United States	15,767		15,583
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. (Clarke American Corp.), Tranche B-3 Term Loan,
7.00%, 5/22/18	United States	19,497		19,735
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/21/21	United States	21,825		21,955
Onsite Rental Group Ltd., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 7/23/21	United States	118,987		118,243
Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC,
4.75%, 8/18/21	United States	1,924		1,931
Term Loan B, 4.75%, 8/18/21	United States	17,070		17,134
The ServiceMaster Co., Term Loan, 4.25%, 7/01/21	United States	112,291		111,842
				310,409
Communications Equipment 0.0%^†
LTS Buyer LLC, senior secured, Term Loan B, first lien guaranteed, 4.00%,
4/13/20	United States	33,201		32,889
Containers & Packaging 0.0%^†
Ardagh Holdings USA Inc. (Ardagh Packaging Finance S.A), New Term Loan,
4.00%, 12/17/19	United States	79,975		79,875
FPC Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan, senior secured, first lien, 5.25%, 11/27/19	United States	6,901		6,789
				86,664

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

^g,lSenior Floating Rate Interests (continued)
Diversified Financial Services 0.0%^†
Duff & Phelps LLC, Initial Term Loan, senior secured, first lien, 4.50%, 4/23/20	United States	39,599	$	39,525
HarbourVest Partners L.P., New Term Loan, 3.25%, 2/03/21	United States	9,532		9,342
Vat Holdings, Initial Term Loan, 4.75%, 1/28/21	United States	12,381		12,373
				61,240
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.0%^†
Level 3 Financing Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 1/31/22	United States	48,413		48,672
Electrical Equipment 0.0%^†
Generac Power Systems Inc., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 5/31/20	United States	50,464		49,392
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.0%^†
Zebra Technologies Corp., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 9/30/21	United States	72,782		73,492
Food Products 0.1%
ARAMARK Corp., Term Loan F, senior secured, first lien guaranteed, 3.25%,
2/24/21	United States	89,550		88,520
Big Heart Pet Brands (Del Monte Corporation), Initial Term Loan, 3.50%, 2/21/20	United States	99,500		96,278
Reddy Ice Corp., Term Loan B, first lien, 6.75%, 4/01/19	United States	6,267		5,893
				190,691
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.0%^†
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 5/07/21	United States	55,860		55,429
Health Care Providers & Services 0.1%
Amsurg Corp., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 7/16/21	United States	42,799		42,750
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 6/18/21	United States	133,183		132,672
Millennium Labs LLC, Tranche B Term Loan, 5.25%, 4/15/21	United States	114,277		114,704
				290,126
Health Care Technology 0.0%^†
IMS Health Holdings Inc., Dollar B Term Loan, 3.50%, 3/07/21	United States	16,915		16,873
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.1%
Burger King Worldwide Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 9/25/21	United States	157,352		157,956
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, senior secured, first lien guaranteed, 3.50%,
10/26/20	United States	125,437		124,418
Las Vegas Sands Corp., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/25/21	United States	51,691		51,659
				334,033
Household Durables 0.0%^†
Tempur Sealy International Inc., New Term Loan B, senior secured, first lien
guaranteed, 3.50%, 3/18/20	United States	32,145		31,843
Household Products 0.0%^†
Libbey Glass Inc., Initial Term Loan, 3.75%, 4/07/21	United States	7,696		7,667
Wilsonart International Holding LLC, Initial Term Loan, senior secured, first lien,
4.00%, 10/31/19	United States	19,799		19,501
				27,168
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 0.0%^†
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP,
Delayed Term Loan, 4.00%, 10/21/20	United States	6,616		6,593
senior secured, first lien guaranteed, 3.00%, 5/03/20	United States	20,789		20,391
Term Loan B, 4.00%, 10/09/19	United States	71,997		71,783
				98,767

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

^g,lSenior Floating Rate Interests (continued)
Industrial Conglomerates 0.0%^†
Crosby U.S. Acquisition Corp., 3.75%, 11/07/20	United States	19,850	$	19,453
Insurance 0.0%^†
Asurion LLC, senior secured, first lien, Incremental Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
5.00%, 5/24/19	United States	69,295		69,116
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., Initial Term Loan, first lien,
3.75%, 2/10/21	United States	50,447		49,474
				118,590
Internet Software & Services 0.0%^†
Dealertrack Technologies Inc., Term Loan, 3.50%, 2/25/21	United States	15,826		15,684
Zayo Group, LLC (Zayo Capital Inc.), Term Loan, 4.00%, 7/02/19	United States	57,089		57,083
				72,767
Investment Companies 0.0%^†
Grosvenor Capital Management Holdings LLP, Initial Term Loan, 3.75%,
11/25/20	United States	9,925		9,776
IT Services 0.0%^†
Aptean Inc., Term Loan, 5.25%, 2/05/20	United States	49,750		48,879
Leisure Equipment & Products 0.0%^†
Bauer Performance Sports Ltd., Initial Term Loan, 4.00%, 4/02/21	United States	11,580		11,503
SRAM LLC, Term Loan, senior secured, first lien guaranteed, 5.25%, 4/10/20	United States	36,359		35,813
				47,316
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.0%^†
^mQuintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B-3, 3.75%, 6/08/18	United States	111,798		111,424
Machinery 0.0%^†
Dematic, New Incremental Term Loan, 4.25%, 12/18/19	United States	3,391		3,370
North American Lifting Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan, first lien, 5.50%,
11/26/20	United States	15,897		15,897
Signode Industrial Group, Initial Term Loan B, 3.75%, 4/09/21	United States	29,556		29,232
				48,499
Media 0.1%
Charter Communications Inc., Term Loan G, 4.25%, 8/12/21	United States	22,739		22,929
Sinclair Television Group Inc., New Tranche B Term Loan, 3.00%, 4/15/20	United States	20,930		20,551
Springer Science + Business Media GmbH, Term Loan B-3, 4.75%, 8/16/21	United States	19,800		19,782
Time Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 4/17/21	United States	34,913		34,978
Tribune Co., Initial Term Loan, 4.00%, 11/21/20	United States	18,442		18,396
Virgin Media, Term Loan, 3.50%, 6/07/20	United Kingdom	40,000		39,671
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, Term Loan, first lien, 5.25%,
3/12/21	United States	52,868		51,942
				208,249
Metals & Mining 0.0%^†
ABC Supply, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 4/16/20	United States	64,836		63,742
Doncasters Finance U.S. Finance LLC, (Doncasters U.S. LLC), Term Loan B,
4.50%, 4/10/20	United States	11,241		11,175
Metal Services, LLC, New Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/30/17	United States	16,858		16,837
				91,754

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

^g,lSenior Floating Rate Interests (continued)
Miscellaneous Manufacturing 0.0%^†
Gates Global Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/12/21	United States	34,000	$	33,715
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.0%^†
Power Buyer LLC senior secured, first lien,
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 4.25%, 5/06/20	United States	3,417		3,340
Initial Term Loan, 4.25%, 5/06/20	United States	64,157		62,713
				66,053
Pharmaceuticals 0.1%
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Term Loan B, senior secured, first lien guaranteed,
4.75%, 11/01/19	United States	19,800		19,804
JLL/Delta Dutch Newco B.V., Initial Dollar Term Loan, 4.25%, 1/23/21	United States	9,975		9,773
Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., Initial Term Loan, 3.50%, 3/19/21	United States	86,715		86,101
PRA Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan, senior secured, first lien, 4.50%, 9/23/20	United States	32,764		32,703
				148,381
Pipelines 0.0%^†
Energy Transfer Equity L.P., Term Loan, 3.25%, 12/02/19	United States	40,000		39,572
Professional Services 0.0%^†
iQor Inc., Term Loan B, first lien, 6.00%, 4/01/21	United States	69,455		66,156
Real Estate Management & Development 0.0%^†
The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, Initial Term Loan, first lien, 4.00%, 12/11/20	United States	6,948		6,885
Retailing 0.0%^†
The Hillman Group, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 6/30/21	United States	41,641		41,745
Talbots Inc., Term Loan, first lien, 4.75%, 3/14/20	United States	68,358		66,650
				108,395
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.0%^†
Entegris Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 3.50%, 3/25/21	United States	18,863		18,722
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/30/21	United States	32,292		32,292
Microsemi, Term Loan, 3.50%, 2/19/20	United States	6,887		6,835
NXP BV, Tranche D Loan, 3.25%, 1/22/20	Netherlands	9,900		9,850
				67,699
Software 0.1%
BMC Software Finance Inc., senior secured, Term Loan, first lien guaranteed,
5.00%, 9/10/20	United States	94,753		93,439
Infor (US) Inc. (Lawson Software Inc.), Tranche B-5 Term Loan, 3.75%, 6/03/20	United States	64,845		64,116
Micro Focus International PLC, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 10/07/21	United Kingdom	79,895		78,272
Renaissance Learning Inc., Initial Term Loan, first lien, 4.50%, 3/31/21	United States	31,246		30,855
Verint Systems Inc., Tranche B Incremental Term Loan, 3.50%, 9/06/19	United States	4,358		4,358
Vertafore Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 10/03/19	United States	74,425		74,348
				345,388
Specialty Retail 0.0%^†
The Men’s Warehouse Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/15/21	United States	73,923		74,084
Transportation 0.0%^†
OSG Bulk Ships, Term Loan, 5.25%, 6/26/19	United States	10,990		10,990
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.0%^†
SBA Finance, Incremental Term Loan, 3.25%, 2/05/21	United States	49,875		49,236

Total Senior Floating Rate Interests (Cost $4,069,665)				4,065,679

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*			Value

Foreign Government and Agency Securities 0.4%
^hGovernment of Hellenic Republic, senior, Series PSI, Reg S, 2.00%,
2/24/23-2/24/42	Greece	1,436,000		EUR $	1,032,745
Mexico Bonos,
Series M, senior note, 4.75%, 6/14/18	Mexico	40,000	ⁿ	MXN	290,191
Series M 10, senior note, 8.50%, 12/13/18	Mexico	5,000	ⁿ	MXN	41,087
Series M, senior bond, 6.50%, 6/10/21	Mexico	75,100	ⁿ	MXN	574,390
Series M, 7.75%, 11/13/42	Mexico	5,000	ⁿ	MXN	40,651

Total Foreign Government and Agency Securities
(Cost $2,150,232)					1,979,064

Asset-Backed Securities and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.4%
Automobiles 0.1%
BMW Vehicle Owner Trust, 2014-A, 0.97%, 11/26/18	United States	75,000			75,195
Honda Auto Receivables 2013-4 Owner Trust, A3, 0.69%, 9/18/17	United States	40,000			40,046
Honda Auto Receivables 2014 Owner Trust, A3, 0.77%, 3/19/18	United States	90,000			90,010
Honda Auto Receivables 2014-A3 Owner Trust, 0.99%, 9/17/18	United States	55,000			54,990
Honda Auto Receivables 2014-3 Owner Trust,
A3, 0.88%, 6/15/18	United States	45,000			45,053
A4, 1.31%, 10/15/20	United States	30,000			30,056
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, A3, 0.79%, 7/16/18	United States	110,000			110,099
Nissan Auto Lease Trust, 2014-B, 1.12%, 9/15/17	United States	45,000			45,140
Nissan Auto Receivables 2013-C Owner Trust, A3, 0.67%, 8/15/18	United States	30,000			30,018
Toyota Auto Receivables 2014-C Owner Trust, A3, 0.93%, 7/16/18	United States	40,000			40,138
USAA Auto Owner Trust, A4, 0.57%, 8/15/17	United States	20,000			20,005
					580,750
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 0.1%
^f,gBLCP Hotel Trust 2014-CLRN, 2014-E, 144A, FRN, 3.825%, 8/15/29	United States	100,000			100,160
^f,gCOMM 2014-SAVA Mortgage Trust, 2014-C, 144A, FRN, 2.555%, 6/15/34	United States	100,000			100,067
^gGovernment National Mortgage Association, IO, FRN, 1.047%, 6/16/52	United States	237,642			16,068
^f,gGP Portfolio Trust 2014-GGP, A, 144A, FRN, 1.105%, 2/15/27	United States	100,000			100,002
^fHilton USA Trust 2013-HLT, CFX, 144A, 3.714%, 11/05/30	United States	100,000			101,889
^f,gSCG Trust 2013-SRP1 FRN,144A,
A, 1.555%, 11/15/26	United States	100,000			100,226
C, 3.405%, 11/15/26	United States	100,000			100,532
					618,944
Consumer Finance 0.1%
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
2014-B, Series 2014-A3, 0.90%, 10/15/18	United States	120,000			120,229
Series 2014-A3, 1.06%, 5/15/19	United States	55,000			55,069
^f2014-2A, 144A, 2.31%, 4/15/26	United States	100,000			100,909
					276,207
Credit Cards 0.5%
American Express Credit Account Master Trust,
0.98%, 5/15/19	United States	100,000			100,335
^gFRN, 0.425%, 1/15/20	United States	100,000			99,981
Series 2014-A, 1.26%, 1/15/20	United States	100,000			100,349
^gSeries 2014-A, FRN, 0.444%, 5/15/20	United States	100,000			100,050
Series 2014-3, 1.49%, 4/15/20	United States	100,000			100,613

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

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Credit Cards (continued)
^gBA Credit Card Trust, FRN,
A, 0.425%, 9/16/19	United States	120,000	$	120,045
A, 0.535%, 6/15/21	United States	100,000		100,027
A3, 0.445%, 1/15/20	United States	100,000		100,074
Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust,
A2, 1.26%, 1/15/20	United States	40,000		40,178
A3, 0.96%, 9/16/19	United States	100,000		100,214
A5, 1.48% 7/15/20	United States	90,000		90,628
Chase Issuance Trust,
^gA3, FRN, 0.355%, 5/15/18	United States	110,000		109,986
^gA5, FRN, 0.525%, 4/15/21	United States	120,000		120,351
A8, 1.01%, 10/15/18	United States	100,000		100,363
^gSeries 2014-A, FRN, 0.404%, 11/15/18	United States	85,000		85,041
Series 2014-A6, 1.26%, 7/15/19	United States	100,000		100,173
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust,
^g2013-A2, FRN, 0.435%, 5/26/20	United States	125,000		124,796
^g2014-A7, FRN, 0.355%, 8/24/18	United States	100,000		100,013
2014-A8, 1.73%, 4/09/20	United States	100,000		100,708
A2, 1.02%, 2/22/19	United States	100,000		100,040
^gA3, FRN, 0.356%, 5/09/18	United States	100,000		100,031
A4, 1.23%, 4/24/19	United States	100,000		100,310
^gA7, FRN, 0.586%, 9/10/20	United States	200,000		200,579
A10, 0.73%, 2/07/18	United States	100,000		100,185
				2,495,070
Other ABS 0.2%
^gAlly Master Owner Trust, FRN,
1A1, 0.625%, 1/15/19	United States	100,000		100,170
2A, 0.525%, 1/16/18	United States	135,000		135,019
Citicorp Mortgage Securities 2006-4 Trust, 1A2, 6.00%, 8/25/36	United States	40,344		41,439
^fCLI Funding LLC, 2014-2A, 144A, 3.38%, 10/18/29	United States	99,167		100,033
^f,gInvitation Homes Trust, B, 144A, FRN, 1.655%, 6/17/31	United States	100,000		98,709
^fOneMain Financial Issuance Trust, 2014-2, Series 2014-A, 144A, 2.47%, 9/18/24	United States	150,000		150,047
^fSierra Timeshare 2013-3 Receivables Funding LLC, A, 144A, 2.20%, 10/20/30	United States	110,060		110,095
^fTAL Advantage V LLC, A, 144A, 3.55%, 11/20/38	United States	90,000		91,539
				827,051
Whole Loan Collateral CMO 0.4%
^gAdjustable Rate Mortgage 2004-4 Trust, 3A1, FRN, 2.677%, 3/25/35	United States	72,252		70,608
^gAdjustable Rate Mortgage 2004-5 Trust, FRN,
5A1, 2.582%, 4/25/35	United States	19,630		19,255
6A1, 2.547%, 4/25/35	United States	12,962		12,895
Alternative Loan 2003-9T1 Trust, A7, 5.50%, 7/25/33	United States	33,758		34,549
Alternative Loan 2003-20CB Trust, 2A1, 5.75%, 10/25/33	United States	32,671		33,898
Alternative Loan 2004-28CB Trust, 5A1, 5.75%, 1/25/35	United States	13,559		13,907
Alternative Loan 2004-J3 Trust, 1A1, 5.50%, 4/25/34	United States	68,788		73,264
Alternative Loan 2005-J1 Trust, 2A1, 5.50%, 2/25/25	United States	16,964		17,352
Bank of America Alternative Loan 2003-8 Trust, 1CB1, 5.50%, 10/25/33	United States	16,585		17,170
Bank of America Alternative Loan 2004-9 Trust, 2CB1, 6.00%, 10/25/34	United States	17,250		17,922
Bank of America Alternative Loan 2005-6 Trust, CB7, 5.25%, 7/25/35	United States	34,234		31,060
Bank of America Funding 2005-5 Trust, 2005-1A1, 5.50%, 9/25/35	United States	28,558		30,009

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Asset-Backed Securities and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)
Whole Loan Collateral CMO (continued)
^gBank of America Mortgage 2005-A Trust, 2A1, FRN, 2.706%, 2/25/35	United States	18,369	$	18,079
^gBear Stearns ARM 2004-6 Trust, 2A1, FRN, 2.661%, 9/25/34	United States	56,285		53,835
^gBear Stearns ARM 2004-9 Trust, 12A3, FRN, 2.78%, 11/25/34	United States	22,060		21,827
^gBear Stearns ARM 2005-12 Trust, 11A1, FRN, 2.555%, 2/25/36	United States	35,377		27,872
^gChase Mortgage Finance 2007-A1 Trust, 3A1, FRN, 2.541%, 2/25/37	United States	65,011		64,210
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through 2003-57 Trust, A11, 5.50%, 1/25/34	United States	18,039		18,945
^gCHL Mortgage Pass-Through 2004-12 Trust, 8A1, FRN, 2.582%, 8/25/34	United States	26,091		24,526
^gCHL Mortgage Pass-Through 2004-HYB4 Trust, 2A1, FRN, 2.396%, 9/20/34	United States	65,147		64,285
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through 2005-21 Trust, A17, 5.50%, 10/25/35	United States	27,685		26,141
^gCitigroup Mortgage Loan 2005-11 Trust, A2A, FRN, 2.561%, 10/25/35	United States	57,711		57,210
^f,gCitigroup Mortgage Loan 2009-10 Trust, 6A2, 144A, FRN, 2.666%, 9/25/34	United States	120,000		108,872
^gCitigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 1A4, FRN, 2.597%, 5/25/35	United States	33,987		33,572
CitiMortgage Alternative Loan 2007-A6 Trust, 1A11, 6.00%, 6/25/37	United States	21,594		18,011
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.,
^g3A1, FRN, 2.574%, 5/25/34	United States	31,273		30,906
^g4A1, FRN, 2.519%, 12/25/33	United States	8,488		8,259
4A4, 5.75%, 11/25/33	United States	4,707		4,984
^g7A1, FRN, 2.515%, 11/25/33	United States	11,139		10,783
Deutsche Alt-A Securities Inc. Mortgage Loan 2005-3 Trust, 4A4, 5.25%, 6/25/35	United States	11,562		11,745
^gDeutsche Alt-A Securities Inc. Mortgage Loan 2005-5 Trust, 1A4, FRN, 5.50%,
11/25/35	United States	18,334		17,471
^fFDIC 2013-N1 Trust, A, 144A, 4.50%, 10/25/18	United States	10,748		10,870
GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-J7, Series 2003-A7, 5.00%, 11/25/33	United States	68,053		70,597
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-4F, 6A1, 6.50%, 2/25/35	United States	64,471		65,484
^gGSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AR6, 4A5, FRN, 2.686%, 9/25/35	United States	60,029		60,458
^gHarborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 1A, FRN, 0.524%, 10/19/33	United States	27,327		26,360
^gJP Morgan Alternative Loan Trust, 3A1, FRN, 2.547%, 3/25/36	United States	101,459		88,910
^gJP Morgan Mortgage 2003-A2 Trust, 3A1, FRN, 1.99%, 11/25/33	United States	26,683		26,644
^gJP Morgan Mortgage 2006-A1 Trust, 1A2, FRN, 2.408%, 2/25/36	United States	68,996		61,957
^gJP Morgan Mortgage 2006-A7 Trust, 2A4, FRN, 2.775%, 1/25/37	United States	50,492		45,195
^gJP Morgan Mortgage 2007-A1 Trust, 4A2, FRN, 2.489%, 7/25/35	United States	15,211		15,376
JP Morgan Mortgage 2007-S1 Trust, 2A22, 5.75%, 3/25/37	United States	82,603		71,218
^gJP Morgan Mortgage Trust 2005-A3, 4A1, FRN, 2.632%, 6/25/35	United States	21,061		21,358
^gJP Morgan Mortgage Trust 2005-A5, Series 2005-1A2, FRN, 2.654%, 8/25/35	United States	22,234		22,192
^gMASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages 2004-7 Trust, 3A1, FRN, 2.494%, 7/25/34	United States	88,860		89,296
MASTR Alternative Loan Trust 2004-12, 6A2, 5.25%, 12/25/34	United States	25,415		25,547
^gMerrill Lynch Mortgage Investors MLCC 2006-2 Trust, 2A, FRN, 2.12%, 5/25/36	United States	20,312		20,231
^gNew York Mortgage 2006-1 Trust, 2A2, FRN, 2.625%, 5/25/36	United States	49,399		44,989
^gProvident Funding Mortgage Loan 2005-2 Trust, 2A1A, FRN, 2.395%, 10/25/35	United States	15,352		15,021
RALI 2004-QS2 Trust, AI1, 5.50%, 2/25/34	United States	29,383		29,637
^gStructured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, 1A, FRN, 2.358%, 6/25/34	United States	40,412		40,055
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Trust 2005-1, 7A7, 5.50%, 2/25/35	United States	32,653		33,527
^gWaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-AR7 Trust, A3, FRN,
2.362%, 8/25/35	United States	150,000		147,722
^gWells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2003-J Trust, 1A9, FRN, 2.612%,
10/25/33	United States	60,386		60,741
^gWells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2004-A Trust, A1, FRN, 2.637%, 2/25/34	United States	52,831		53,524
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2005-16 Trust, A18, 6.00%, 1/25/36	United States	13,870		13,774

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Asset-Backed Securities and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)
Whole Loan Collateral CMO (continued)
^gWells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2005-AR10 Trust, FRN,
2A2, 2.614%, 6/25/35	United States	70,685	$	72,087
2A4, 2.614%, 6/25/35	United States	31,415		31,601
				2,257,793

Total Asset-Backed Securities and Commercial Mortgage-
Backed Securities (Cost $7,009,142)				7,055,815

		Number of
		Contracts

Options Purchased 0.2%
Calls – Exchange-Traded
Airlines 0.0%^†
Delta Air Lines Inc., January Strike Price, $40.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	43		30,530
Automobiles 0.0%^†
Ford Motor Co., January Strike Price, $15.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	229		22,900
Banks 0.0%^†
Citigroup Inc., January Strike Price, $50.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	139		59,770
Citigroup Inc., January Strike Price, $52.50, Expires 1/17/15	United States	28		6,524
Citigroup Inc., January Strike Price, $55.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	94		8,836
				75,130
Chemicals 0.0%^†
The Dow Chemical Co., January Strike Price, $50.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	38		3,876
Consumer Finance 0.0%^†
Ally Financial Inc., December Strike Price, $26.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	42		630
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.0%^†
Vivendi SA, December Strike Price, 21.00 EUR, Expires 12/19/14	France	247		3,166
Vivendi SA, February Strike Price, 20.00 EUR, Expires 2/20/15	France	196		21,465
				24,631
Electrical Equipment 0.0%^†
Alstom SA, March Strike Price, 27.00 EUR, Expires 3/20/15	France	20		4,854
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 0.0%^†
McDonald’s Corp., January Strike Price, $95.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	92		29,900
Internet Software & Services 0.0%^†
Pandora Media Inc., March Strike Price, $25.00, Expires 3/20/15	United States	79		6,873
Machinery 0.0%^†
Terex Corp., January Strike Price, $32.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	35		1,435
Marine 0.0%^†
DryShips Inc., December Strike Price, $4.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	110		110
Media 0.1%
Grupo Televisa SAB ADR, January Strike Price, $40.00, Expires 1/17/15	Mexico	138		6,210
Time Warner Cable Inc., January Strike Price, $145.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	84		74,760
Time Warner Cable Inc., April Strike Price, $145.00, Expires 4/17/15	United States	92		128,800
Time Warner Cable Inc., January Strike Price, $155.00, Expires 1/15/16	United States	7		9,380

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

			Number of
	Country		Contracts			Value

Options Purchased (continued)
Calls – Exchange-Traded (continued)
Media (continued)
Time Warner Inc., January Strike Price, $90.00,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		13	$		728
						219,878
Multiline Retail 0.0%^†
Dollar General Corp., February Strike Price, $65.00,
Expires 2/20/15	United States		26			15,340
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.0%^†
Alpha Natural Resources Inc., January Strike Price, $4.50,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		230			690
Cheniere Energy Inc., December Strike Price, $70.00,
Expires 12/20/14	United States		67			6,030
Encana Corp., January Strike Price, $20.00, Expires 1/17/15	Canada		201			1,206
Peabody Energy Corp., January Strike Price, $18.00,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		55			193
						8,119
Pharmaceuticals 0.0%^†
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., December Strike
Price, $135.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States		35			39,375
Specialty Retail 0.0%^†
Best Buy Co. Inc., December Strike Price, $31.00,
Expires 12/20/14	United States		19			16,435
PetSmart Inc., December Strike Price, $75.00,
Expires 12/20/14	United States		15			6,555
						22,990
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.0%^†
Hewlett-Packard Co., February Strike Price, $39.00,
Expires 2/20/15	United States		35			5,460
Nokia OYJ, A, March Strike Price, 6.80 EUR, Expires 3/20/15	Finland		98			4,390
Nokia OYJ, A, March Strike Price, 7.00 EUR, Expires 3/20/15	Finland		229			8,265
						18,115
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.0%^†
T-Mobile US Inc., January Strike Price, $31.00,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		129			8,643

			Notional
		Counterparty	Amount*
Receiver Swaptions – Over-the-Counter
Interest Rate 0.0%^†
Receive fixed 1 year 4.26%, pay floating 28 Day TIIE,
Expires 10/24/16	Mexico	BOFA	27,000,000		MXN	8,366

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

		Number of
	Country	Contracts		Value

Options Purchased (continued)
Puts – Exchange-Traded
Biotechnology 0.0%^†
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc., April Strike Price, $2.50, Expires 4/17/15	United States	46	$	1,725
Capital Markets 0.0%^†
Prospect Capital Corp., February Strike Price, $7.50, Expires 2/20/15	United States	105		1,575
Diversified Financial Services 0.1%
Euro STOXX 50 Index, December Strike Price, 2,800.00 EUR, Expires
12/19/14	Germany	10		237
Euro STOXX 50 Index, December Strike Price, 2,850.00 EUR, Expires
12/19/14	Germany	7		209
Euro STOXX 50 Index, December Strike Price, 3,000.00 EUR, Expires
12/19/14	Germany	10		697
Euro STOXX 50 Index, December Strike Price, 3,050.00 EUR, Expires
12/19/14	Germany	10		1,008
Euro STOXX 50 Index, February Strike Price, 3,050.00 EUR, Expires
2/20/15	Germany	71		38,348
S&P 500 Index, December Strike Price, $1,850.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	9		1,170
S&P 500 Index, December Strike Price, $2,025.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	35		35,000
S&P 500 Index, December Strike Price, $1,800.00, Expires 12/31/14	United States	85		14,450
S&P 500 Index, December Strike Price, $1,900.00, Expires 12/31/14	United States	83		31,540
S&P 500 Index, January Strike Price, $1,925.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	19		16,682
S&P 500 Index, February Strike Price, $1,925.00, Expires 2/20/15	United States	15		26,250
S&P 500 Index, February Strike Price, $1,950.00, Expires 2/20/15	United States	16		36,160
				201,751
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.0%^†
AT&T Inc., June Strike Price, $35.00, Expires 6/19/15	United States	224		43,904
Energy Equipment & Services 0.0%^†
McDermott International Inc., January Strike Price, $3.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	55		550
Exchange Traded Funds 0.0%^†
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, December Strike Price, $180.00,
Expires 12/31/14	United States	8		112
SPDR S&P Retail ETF, December Strike Price, $80.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	19		152
SPDR S&P Retail ETF, January Strike Price, $75.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	14		175
SPDR S&P Retail ETF, January Strike Price, $80.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	44		814
SPDR S&P Retail ETF, January Strike Price, $85.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	14		406
SPDR S&P Retail ETF, March Strike Price, $87.00, Expires 3/20/15	United States	27		3,537
				5,196
Food Products 0.0%^†
Post Holdings Inc., December Strike Price, $30.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	13		104
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.0%^†
Covidien PLC, January Strike Price, $85.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	132		15,180
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.0%^†
Burger King Worldwide Inc., January Strike Price, $40.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	13		6,500
Metals & Mining 0.0%^†
Horsehead Holding Corp., December Strike Price, $12.50, Expires 12/20/14	United States	110		1,650
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.0%^†
Forest Oil Corp., January Strike Price, $1.50, Expires 1/17/15	United States	138		11,385

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			Number of
	Country		Contracts			Value

Options Purchased (continued)
Puts – Exchange-Traded (continued)
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
Forest Oil Corp., January Strike Price, $2.00,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		397	$		51,610
Forest Oil Corp., January Strike Price, $2.50,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		138			24,150
Sanchez Energy Corp., December Strike Price, $11.00,
Expires 12/20/14	United States		55			3,850
Scorpio Tankers Inc., January Strike Price, $7.50,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		50			750
						91,745
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 0.0%^†
Gramercy Property Trust Inc., February Strike Price, $5.00,
Expires 2/20/15	United States		45			675
Health Care REIT Inc., December Strike Price, $52.50,
Expires 12/20/14	United States		30			675
Spirit Realty Capital Inc., January Strike Price, $10.00,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		43			430
						1,780
Software 0.0%^†
VMware Inc., A, January Strike Price, $80.00,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		56			3,640
VMware Inc., A, January Strike Price, $85.00,
Expires 1/17/15	United States		9			1,611
						5,251
Specialty Retail 0.0%^†
PetSmart Inc., January Strike Price, $67.50, Expires 1/17/15	United States		20			60
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.0%^†
Nokia OYJ, A, December Strike Price, 6.20 EUR,
Expires 12/19/14	Finland		574			2,143

			Notional
		Counterparty	Amount*
Puts – Over-the-Counter
Currency Options 0.0%^†
CNY/USD, February Strike Price, 6.20 CNY,
Expires 2/03/15	China	DBFX	6,200,000		CNY	4,670
COP/USD, January Strike Price, 2,122.00 COP,
Expires 1/08/15	Colombia	CITI	1,061,000,000		COP	23,743
JPY/USD, January Strike Price, 114.85 JPY,
Expires 1/08/15	Japan	BOFA	172,275,000		JPY	51,813
KRW/USD, January Strike Price, 1,095.00 KRW,
Expires 1/08/15	South Korea	DBFX	876,000,000		KRW	16,673
KRW/USD, January Strike Price, 1,175.00 KRW,
Expires 1/08/15	South Korea	DBFX	940,000,000		KRW	1,054
ZAR/USD, January Strike Price, 11.39 ZAR, Expires 1/08/15	South Africa	DBFX	5,695,000		ZAR	3,663
						101,616

Total Options Purchased (Cost $1,625,515)						1,022,425

Total Investments before Short Term
Investments (Cost $361,485,124)						388,456,356

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

Short Term Investments 0.0%^†
U.S. Government and Agency Securities (Cost $139,980) 0.0%^†
^oU.S. Treasury Bills, 4/09/15	United States	140,000	$	139,979

Total Investments before Money Market Funds and Repurchase
Agreements (Cost $361,625,104)				388,596,335

		Shares

Money Market Funds (Cost $43,868,326) 8.8%
^p,qDreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 0.01%	United States	43,868,326		43,868,326

		Principal
		Amount*

Repurchase Agreement (Cost $19,644,487) 3.9%
^rJoint Repurchase Agreement, 0.069%, 12/01/14
(Maturity Value $19,644,599),	United States	19,644,487		19,644,487
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. (Maturity Value $4,293,916)
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Maturity Value $2,146,958)
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (Maturity Value $9,017,264)
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (Maturity Value $4,186,461)
Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities,
0.102% - 1.50%, 1/20/15 - 6/05/17; U.S. Government Agency Securities, zero
cpn., 10/09/17; U.S. Government Agency Securities, Strips, 6/01/17; U.S.
Treasury Bonds, 3.625%, 2/15/44; U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.50% - 3.625%,
9/30/16 - 11/15/22; and U.S. Treasury Notes, Index Linked, 0.125%, 7/15/22
(valued at $20,046,262).

Total Investments (Cost $425,137,917) 90.7%				452,109,148

Options Written (0.0)%^†				(167,865	)
Securities Sold Short (27.8)%				(138,604,420	)
Other Assets, less Liabilities 37.1%				185,309,936

Net Assets 100.0%			$	498,646,799

		Number of
		Contracts
^sOptions Written (0.0)%^†
Calls – Exchange-Traded
Banks(0.0)%^†
Commerzbank AG, December Strike Price, 13.50 EUR, Expires 12/19/14	Germany	9	$	(79	)
Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.0)%^†
AT&T Inc., June Strike Price, $37.00, Expires 6/19/15	United States	102		(6,834	)
Electrical Equipment (0.0)%^†
Alstom SA, March Strike Price, 30.00 EUR, Expires 3/20/15	France	41		(2,908	)
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.0)%^†
Bally Technologies Inc., January Strike Price, $80.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	35		(11,550	)
Burger King Worldwide Inc., January Strike Price, $40.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	13		(442	)
				(11,992	)

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		Number of
	Country	Contracts		Value
^sOptions Written (continued)
Calls – Exchange-Traded (continued)
Internet & Catalog Retail (0.0)%^†
Netflix Inc., January Strike Price, $350.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	4	$	(6,440	)
Multiline Retail (0.0)%^†
Dollar General Corp., February Strike Price, $70.00, Expires 2/20/15	United States	26		(8,060	)
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.0)%^†
Cheniere Energy Inc., December Strike Price, $85.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	50		(50	)
Specialty Retail (0.0)%^†
Best Buy Co. Inc., February Strike Price, $41.00, Expires 2/20/15	United States	98		(18,130	)
PetSmart Inc., January Strike Price, $77.50, Expires 1/17/15	United States	10		(2,980	)
				(21,110	)
Puts – Exchange-Traded
Diversified Financial Services (0.0)%^†
S&P 500 Index, December Strike Price, $1,750.00, Expires 12/20/14	United States	9		(630	)
S&P 500 Index, December Strike Price, $1,750.00, Expires 12/31/14	United States	10		(1,150	)
S&P 500 Index, December Strike Price, $1,850.00, Expires 12/31/14	United States	170		(41,650	)
				(43,430	)
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.0)%^†
Covidien PLC, January Strike Price, $72.50, Expires 1/17/15	United States	264		(6,600	)
Machinery (0.0)%^†
Terex Corp., January Strike Price, $25.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	35		(1,050	)
Media (0.0)%^†
Time Warner Cable Inc., January Strike Price, $115.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	14		(770	)
Time Warner Cable Inc., January Strike Price, $120.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	74		(7,030	)
Time Warner Cable Inc., April Strike Price, $120.00, Expires 4/17/15	United States	85		(27,625	)
				(35,425	)
Multiline Retail (0.0)%^†
Dollar General Corp., February Strike Price, $55.00, Expires 2/20/15	United States	26		(2,470	)
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.0)%^†
Hewlett-Packard Co., February Strike Price, $34.00, Expires 2/20/15	United States	35		(875	)
Nokia OYJ, A, March Strike Price, 6.00 EUR, Expires 3/20/15	Finland	98		(1,951	)
Nokia OYJ, A, March Strike Price, 6.20 EUR, Expires 3/20/15	Finland	229		(5,985	)
				(8,811	)
Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.0)%^†
T-Mobile US Inc., January Strike Price, $27.00, Expires 1/17/15	United States	129		(7,611	)

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			Notional
	Country	Counterparty	Amount*		Value
^sOptions Written (continued)
Puts – Over-the-Counter
Currency Options (0.0)%^†
KRW/USD, January Strike Price, 1,150.00 KRW,
Expires 1/08/15	South Korea	DBFX	1,840,000,000 KRW	$	(4,995	)

Total Options Written
(Premiums Received $723,720)					(167,865	)

			Shares

^tSecurities Sold Short (27.8)%
Common Stocks (10.8)%
Aerospace & Defense (0.1)%
B/E Aerospace Inc	United States		1,722		(134,092	)
Bombardier Inc., B	Canada		94,133		(358,978	)
Digitalglobe Inc	United States		4,146		(111,984	)
					(605,054	)
Airlines (0.4)%
Copa Holdings SA, A	Panama		1,293		(144,700	)
Delta Air Lines Inc	United States		1,379		(64,358	)
Hawaiian Holdings Inc	United States		58,376		(1,184,449	)
Norwegian Air Shuttle AS	Norway		8,074		(303,854	)
Virgin America Inc	United States		3,067		(115,564	)
					(1,812,925	)
Banks (0.0)%^†
Zions Bancorporation	United States		5,916		(166,003	)
Beverages (0.0)%^†
PepsiCo Inc	United States		975		(97,597	)
Biotechnology (0.3)%
Acorda Therapeutics Inc	United States		7,166		(261,201	)
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States		7,650		(161,186	)
AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States		11,230		(417,756	)
Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States		3,112		(107,302	)
Mannkind Corp	United States		7,183		(44,175	)
Tesaro Inc	United States		7,095		(244,848	)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc	United States		1,106		(130,375	)
					(1,366,843	)
Building Products (0.0)%^†
Griffon Corp	United States		17,693		(220,278	)
Capital Markets (0.1)%
FXCM Inc., A	United States		13,619		(219,266	)
Prospect Capital Corp	United States		11,625		(109,624	)
					(328,890	)
Chemicals (0.1)%
Albemarle Corp	United States		2,459		(145,180	)
Ecolab Inc	United States		2,097		(228,468	)
					(373,648	)

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	Country	Shares		Value

^tSecurities Sold Short (continued)
Common Stocks (continued)
Communications Equipment (0.0)%^†
Alcatel-Lucent	France	10,188	$	(36,300	)
Construction & Engineering (0.1)%
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV	United States	2,611		(130,628	)
Fluor Corp	United States	6,503		(403,121	)
				(533,749	)
Construction Materials (0.1)%
Cemex SAB de CV, ADR	Mexico	20,070		(251,076	)
Consumer Finance (0.0)%^†
Ezcorp Inc., A	United States	11,158		(121,511	)
Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.4)%
AT&T Inc	United States	35,962		(1,272,336	)
Iridium Communications Inc	United States	10,245		(97,840	)
Telecom Italia SpA	Italy	104,114		(117,390	)
Verizon Communications Inc	United States	6,284		(317,907	)
				(1,805,473	)
Electric Utilities (0.2)%
NextEra Energy Inc	United States	7,140		(745,345	)
Pepco Holdings Inc	United States	12,271		(337,452	)
				(1,082,797	)
Electrical Equipment (0.1)%
Ametek Inc	United States	5,238		(266,928	)
Eaton Corp. PLC	United States	2,055		(139,391	)
				(406,319	)
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.2)%
Trimble Navigation Ltd	United States	2,871		(80,747	)
Vishay Intertechnology Inc	United States	84,634		(1,173,873	)
				(1,254,620	)
Energy Equipment & Services (0.2)%
Carbo Ceramics Inc	United States	2,708		(103,012	)
Core Laboratories NV	United States	3,305		(425,783	)
Diamond Offshore Drilling	United States	4,195		(123,207	)
Halliburton Co	United States	5,805		(244,971	)
SEACOR Holdings Inc	United States	660		(46,953	)
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc	United States	1,817		(57,090	)
				(1,001,016	)
Food & Staples Retailing (0.2)%
Sysco Corp	United States	8,905		(358,515	)
Whole Foods Market Inc	United States	8,662		(424,698	)
				(783,213	)
Food Products (0.3)%
Bunge Ltd	United States	1,740		(157,940	)
Mondelez International Inc., A	United States	3,930		(154,056	)

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	Country	Shares		Value

^tSecurities Sold Short (continued)
Common Stocks (continued)
Food Products (continued)
Post Holdings Inc	United States	36,216	$	(1,448,640	)
				(1,760,636	)
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.5)%
Alere Inc	United States	4,981		(198,692	)
Becton Dickinson and Co	United States	930		(130,507	)
Hologic Inc	United States	7,804		(209,147	)
Insulet Corp	United States	3,353		(156,216	)
Medtronic Inc	United States	22,919		(1,693,027	)
NuVasive Inc	United States	7,167		(314,846	)
				(2,702,435	)
Health Care Providers & Services (0.7)%
Air Methods Corp	United States	2,172		(96,393	)
Amsurg Corp	United States	2,993		(154,349	)
Community Health Systems Inc	United States	4,509		(212,284	)
Kindred Healthcare Inc	United States	7,980		(158,722	)
Molina Healthcare Inc	United States	21,366		(1,092,230	)
Omnicare Inc	United States	10,642		(748,345	)
Universal Health Services Inc., B	United States	2,188		(228,909	)
WellPoint Inc	United States	7,228		(924,534	)
				(3,615,766	)
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.4)%
500.com Ltd., A, ADR	China	3,461		(73,027	)
Burger King Worldwide Inc	United States	1,056		(38,375	)
Marriott International Inc., A	United States	4,094		(322,566	)
McDonald’s Corp	United States	1,608		(155,671	)
MGM Resorts International	United States	8,645		(197,193	)
Panera Bread Company, A	United States	1,871		(313,205	)
Penn National Gaming Inc	United States	27,781		(394,490	)
Starbucks Corp	United States	7,206		(585,199	)
				(2,079,726	)
Household Durables (0.4)%
DR Horton Inc	United States	7,650		(194,999	)
Jarden Corp	United States	30,586		(1,350,372	)
PulteGroup Inc	United States	11,969		(258,889	)
				(1,804,260	)
Industrial Conglomerates (0.1)%
General Electric Co	United States	12,581		(333,271	)
Internet & Catalog Retail (0.1)%
Amazon.com Inc	United States	604		(204,539	)
Orbitz Worldwide Inc	United States	1,236		(9,443	)
Priceline Group Inc	United States	163		(189,111	)
				(403,093	)
Internet Software & Services (0.3)%
21vianet Group Inc., ADR	China	677		(12,741	)
58.com Inc., ADR	China	1,020		(49,766	)

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	Country	Shares		Value

^tSecurities Sold Short (continued)
Common Stocks (continued)
Internet Software & Services (continued)
Akamai Technologies Inc	United States	909	$	(58,730	)
ebay Inc	United States	3,984		(218,642	)
Linkedin Corp., A	United States	114		(25,795	)
MercadoLibre Inc	Argentina	4,396		(619,572	)
Monster Worldwide Inc	United States	12,577		(54,710	)
Pandora Media Inc	United States	8,678		(170,609	)
SINA Corp	China	229		(8,691	)
Yahoo! Inc	United States	2,554		(132,144	)
Yelp Inc	United States	5,197		(296,697	)
				(1,648,097	)
IT Services (0.2)%
Euronet Worldwide Inc	United States	1,776		(103,132	)
International Business Machines Corp	United States	6,631		(1,075,349	)
Sabre Corp	United States	3,489		(65,384	)
				(1,243,865	)
Leisure Equipment & Products (0.1)%
Mattel Inc	United States	9,668		(305,025	)
Machinery (0.1)%
Altra Industrial Motion Corp	United States	5,442		(166,689	)
Caterpillar Inc	United States	1,787		(179,772	)
Trinity Industries Inc	United States	6,291		(201,689	)
				(548,150	)
Media (0.9)%
Charter Communications Inc., A	United States	1,651		(280,175	)
Comcast Corp., A	United States	48,966		(2,793,020	)
Sirius XM Holdings Inc	United States	448,697		(1,628,770	)
				(4,701,965	)
Metals & Mining (0.2)%
Alcoa Inc	United States	420		(7,262	)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc	United States	8,383		(225,084	)
Horsehead Holding Corp	United States	35,912		(560,945	)
				(793,291	)
Multi-Utilities (0.1)%
Dominion Resources Inc	United States	4,976		(361,009	)
Multiline Retail (0.1)%
Kohl’s Corp	United States	5,477		(326,539	)
Macy’s Inc	United States	1,287		(83,539	)
				(410,078	)
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.5)%
Alon USA Energy Inc	United States	8,291		(115,742	)
Alpha Natural Resources Inc	United States	4,108		(8,545	)
Amyris Inc	United States	2,305		(6,362	)
Cheniere Energy Inc	United States	1,773		(117,000	)
Chevron Corp	United States	4,194		(456,601	)

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	Country	Shares		Value

^tSecurities Sold Short (continued)
Common Stocks (continued)
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
Cobalt International Energy Inc	United States	7,740	$	(69,660	)
Enterprise Products Partners	United States	5,234		(195,437	)
EOG Resources Inc	United States	1,191		(103,283	)
Green Plains Inc	United States	5,903		(177,149	)
Kinder Morgan Inc	United States	4,165		(172,223	)
Oneok Inc	United States	6,023		(326,206	)
Pioneer Natural Resources Co	United States	886		(126,902	)
Rice Energy Inc	United States	2,097		(52,215	)
Sanchez Energy Corp	United States	29,454		(332,536	)
Scorpio Tankers Inc	United States	24,948		(205,821	)
Ship Finance International Ltd	Norway	9,923		(164,722	)
				(2,630,404	)
Pharmaceuticals (0.3)%
Actavis PLC	United States	4,144		(1,121,408	)
Depomed Inc	United States	18,255		(282,770	)
Nektar Therapeutics	United States	2,974		(49,576	)
				(1,453,754	)
Professional Services (0.1)%
51job Inc., ADR	China	7,592		(279,006	)
CBIZ Inc	United States	15,167		(131,195	)
				(410,201	)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (1.5)%
Boston Properties Inc	United States	417		(54,060	)
Brandywine Realty Trust	United States	7,453		(115,223	)
Digital Realty Trust Inc	United States	3,646		(256,204	)
Duke Realty Corp	United States	9,606		(186,741	)
Equity One Inc	United States	6,301		(152,673	)
Equity Residential	United States	3,893		(275,780	)
Federal Realty Investment Trust	United States	814		(107,985	)
General Growth Properties Inc	United States	2,184		(58,444	)
Government Properties Income Trust	United States	17,808		(404,598	)
Gramercy Property Trust Inc	United States	42,735		(252,137	)
HCP Inc	United States	15,720		(704,256	)
Health Care REIT Inc	United States	11,625		(856,298	)
Highwoods Properties Inc	United States	5,352		(230,992	)
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc	United States	12,886		(299,471	)
Kimco Realty Corp	United States	14,535		(369,916	)
National Health Investors Inc	United States	2,318		(153,637	)
National Retail Properties	United States	7,577		(291,942	)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc., A	United States	10,556		(198,453	)
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust	United States	11,006		(197,007	)
Realty Income Corp	United States	6,843		(317,926	)
Regency Centers Corp	United States	127		(7,808	)
Senior Housing Prop Trust	United States	6,691		(150,748	)
Spirit Realty Capital Inc	United States	24,798		(290,385	)
Starwood Property Trust Inc	United States	27,908		(671,466	)
UDR Inc	United States	9,378		(288,655	)

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	Country	Shares		Value

^tSecurities Sold Short (continued)
Common Stocks (continued)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)
Weingarten Realty Investors	United States	12,096	$	(440,294	)
				(7,333,099	)
Road & Rail (0.2)%
Avis Budget Group Inc	United States	3,052		(183,578	)
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd	Canada	3,145		(607,488	)
				(791,066	)
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (0.3)%
Canadian Solar Inc	United States	1,900		(46,151	)
Intel Corp	United States	2,486		(92,604	)
Lam Research Corp	United States	2,660		(219,822	)
NVIDIA Corp	United States	34,152		(716,167	)
NXP Semiconductors NV	Netherlands	368		(28,634	)
Photronics Inc	United States	12,727		(114,798	)
Rudolph Technologies Inc	United States	8,258		(75,808	)
				(1,293,984	)
Software (0.4)%
Electronic Arts Inc	United States	5,823		(255,804	)
NetSuite Inc	United States	570		(60,278	)
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc	United States	49,956		(1,381,783	)
TiVo Inc	United States	29,706		(361,819	)
				(2,059,684	)
Specialty Retail (0.1)%
Barnes & Noble Inc	United States	11,111		(259,553	)
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc	United States	3,019		(152,792	)
PetSmart Inc	United States	1,500		(118,140	)
				(530,485	)
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.1)%
Electronics For Imaging Inc	United States	8,002		(355,689	)
SanDisk Corp	United States	1,000		(103,460	)
Violin Memory Inc	United States	32,265		(169,068	)
				(628,217	)
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.3)%
Iconix Brand Group Inc	United States	36,141		(1,460,458	)
Tobacco (0.0)%^†
Universal Corp	United States	5,047		(201,830	)
Trading Companies & Distributors (0.0)%^†
Kaman Corp	United States	5,142		(202,286	)
Transportation Infrastructure (0.0)%^†
Atlantia SpA	Italy	2,554		(64,459	)

Total Common Stocks (Proceeds $52,404,813)				(54,017,906	)

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

^tSecurities Sold Short (continued)
Exchange Traded Funds (15.5)%
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund	United States	5,247	$	(376,787	)
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	United States	44,630		(2,200,259	)
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund	United States	6,528		(521,065	)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund	United States	56,194		(3,910,540	)
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	United States	4,155		(508,946	)
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	United States	24,400		(2,715,720	)
iShares Global Utilities ETF	United States	8,445		(422,588	)
iShares MSCI Canada ETF	Canada	17,250		(516,465	)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	United States	11,054		(458,741	)
iShares MSCI India ETF	India	6,844		(218,803	)
iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF	South Korea	10,620		(604,066	)
iShares MSCI Sweden ETF	Sweden	6,950		(233,033	)
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF	Taiwan	36,995		(584,891	)
iShares MSCI Finland Capped ETF	Finland	28,000		(933,800	)
iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF	United States	11,700		(3,555,630	)
iShares North American Tech ETF	United States	4,465		(462,435	)
iShares North American Tech-Software ETF	United States	16,095		(1,495,869	)
iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF	United States	24,195		(2,260,781	)
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	United States	131,704		(15,379,076	)
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	United States	19,845		(2,751,906	)
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF	United States	1,300		(122,005	)
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF	United States	1,700		(202,674	)
iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF	United States	3,900		(417,495	)
iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF	United States	139		(10,706	)
Market Vectors Russia ETF	Russia	11,231		(219,566	)
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio	United States	22,360		(833,505	)
PowerShares Nasdaq Internet Portfolio	United States	8,600		(595,378	)
PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1	United States	13,158		(1,394,879	)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	United States	151,090		(31,305,848	)
SPDR S&P Retail ETF	United States	2,332		(219,931	)
SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	United States	4,400		(469,304	)
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	United States	7,030		(323,380	)
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF	United States	5,610		(719,258	)
Vanguard REIT ETF	United States	1,782		(143,576	)
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF	United States	1,000		(126,260	)

Total Exchange Traded Funds (Proceeds $72,963,985)				(77,215,166	)

Corporate Notes (0.8)%
Apparel (0.0)%^†
The William Carter Co., 5.25%, 8/15/21	United States	150,000		(156,375	)
Diversified Financial Services (0.1)%
^fAmerican Achievement Corp., 144A, 10.875%, 4/15/16	United States	515,000		(505,344	)
Entertainment (0.2)%
^fScientific Games International Inc., 144A, 10.00%, 12/01/22	United States	920,000		(864,800	)
Food & Staples Retailing (0.0)%^†
Safeway Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/31	United States	206,000		(205,637	)
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure (0.5)%
^f1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., 144A, 6.00%, 4/01/22	Canada	2,180,000		(2,245,400	)

Total Corporate Notes (Proceeds $3,848,860)				(3,977,556	)

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		Principal
	Country	Amount*		Value

^tSecurities Sold Short (continued)
U.S. Government and Agency Securities (0.7)%
U.S. Treasury Notes,
1.50%, 10/31/19	United States	2,653,000	$	(2,655,695	)
2.25%, 11/15/24	United States	733,000		(738,097	)

Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities
(Proceeds $3,365,723)				(3,393,792	)

Total Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $132,583,381)			$	(138,604,420	)

^†Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
*The principal/notional amount is stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
^aSecurity or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral for securities sold short, open futures, forward, swap and written options contracts. At November 30, 2014,
the aggregate value of these securities and/or cash pledged as collateral was $238,297,786, representing 47.79% of net assets.
^bNon-income producing.
^cSecurity has been deemed illiquid because it may not be able to be sold within seven days.
^dContingent distributions represent the right to receive additional distributions, if any, during the reorganization of the underlying company.
^eA portion or all of the security is held in connection with written option contracts at period end.
^fSecurity was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers
or in public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have been deemed liquid under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. At
November 30, 2014, the net value of these securities was $44,290,590, representing 8.89% of net assets.
^gThe coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
^hSecurity was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States.
Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption
from registration. These securities have been deemed liquid under guidelines approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. At November 30, 2014, the aggregate value of these
securities was $5,271,508, representing 1.06% of net assets.
ⁱIncome may be received in additional securities and/or cash.
^jPerpetual security with no stated maturity date.
^kSee Note 7 regarding credit risk and defaulted securities.
^lSee Note 1(h) regarding senior floating rate interests.
^mSee Note 8 regarding unfunded loan commitments.
ⁿPrincipal amount is stated in 100 Mexican Peso Units.
^oThe security is traded on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
^pThe rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.
^qA portion or all of the security is owned by K2 Holdings Investment Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund. See Note 1(g).
^rSee Note 1(c) regarding joint repurchase agreement.
^sSee Note 1(d) regarding written options.
^tSee Note 1(f) regarding securities sold short.

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At November 30, 2014, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See Note 1(d).

Futures Contracts
		Number of		Notional	Expiration		Unrealized		Unrealized
Description	Type	Contracts		Value	Date		Appreciation		Depreciation
Commodity Contracts^a
Aluminum	Short	32	$	1,607,600	12/15/14	$	—	$	(8,135	)
Aluminum	Long	32		1,607,600	12/15/14		—		(59,596	)
Brent Crude Oil	Short	55		3,858,250	12/16/14		858,536		—
Cocoa	Long	40		1,186,176	3/16/15		9,365		—
Coffee	Long	11		773,231	3/19/15		—		(22,080	)
Copper	Long	10		1,602,250	12/15/14		—		(146,421	)
Copper	Short	10		1,602,250	12/15/14		116,012		—
Corn	Short	34		660,875	3/13/15		—		(12,730	)
Natural Gas	Long	1		40,880	12/29/14		—		(1,632	)
Silver	Short	32		2,488,960	3/27/15		126,971		—
Soybean Meal	Short	2		70,220	3/13/15		1,035		—
Soybean Oil	Short	16		311,136	3/13/15		10,324		—
Soybeans	Short	19		971,375	3/13/15		—		(7,014	)
Sugar	Short	4		69,843	2/27/15		818		—
Wheat	Short	12		347,100	3/13/15		—		(20,182	)
WTI Crude Oil	Short	10		661,500	12/19/14		112,018		—
				17,859,246			1,235,079		(277,790	)
Equity Contracts
CAC40 10 Euro^a	Long	20		1,090,929	12/19/14		15,797		—
DAX Index	Short	1		310,332	12/19/14		—		(22,844	)
DJIA Mini E-CBOT Index^a	Long	105		9,351,300	12/19/14		403,449		—
Euro STOXX 50 Index^a	Long	87		3,512,327	12/19/14		119,604		—
Euro STOXX 50 Index	Short	2		80,743	12/19/14		—		(8,755	)
Euro STOXX Bank Index	Short	21		188,691	12/19/14		—		(9,015	)
FTSE 100 Index^a	Short	21		2,210,800	12/19/14		—		(32,391	)
Hang Seng Index^a	Long	16		2,473,791	12/30/14		—		(1,168	)
NASDAQ 100 E-Mini Index^a	Long	62		5,379,430	12/19/14		420,082		—
Nikkei 225 Index^a	Long	69		5,069,340	12/11/14		561,162		—
Russell 2000 Mini Index^a	Long	22		2,577,520	12/19/14		91,009		—
S&P 500 E-Mini Index^a	Long	28		2,892,820	12/19/14		156,429		—
S&P 500 E-Mini Index	Short	31		3,202,765	12/19/14		—		(154,487	)
TOPIX Index^a	Long	42		4,991,238	12/11/14		293,822		—
				43,332,026			2,061,354		(228,660	)
Interest Rate Contracts
3 Month Euribor^a	Long	274		85,158,735	3/14/16		44,991		—
90 Day Eurodollar^a	Long	550		136,159,375	3/14/16		320,001		—
90 Day Sterling^a	Long	412		79,735,040	3/16/16		436,480		—
Australian 10 Yr. Bond^a	Long	87		9,277,251	12/15/14		358,577		—
Euro-Bund^a	Long	8		1,521,774	12/08/14		—		(1,203	)
JBG 10 Yr. Mini^a	Long	130		16,094,195	12/10/14		130,996		—
Long Gilt^a	Long	22		4,044,446	3/27/15		39,052		—
U.S. Long Bond^a	Long	114		16,259,250	3/20/15		234,096		—
U.S. Long Bond	Short	2		285,250	3/20/15		—		(3,986	)
U.S. Treasury 5 Yr. Note	Short	10		1,194,922	3/31/15		—		(5,097	)
U.S. Treasury 10 Yr. Note	Short	9		1,143,422	3/20/15		—		(8,243	)
				350,873,660			1,564,193		(18,529	)
Total			$	412,064,932			4,860,626		(524,979	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)						$	4,335,647

^aA portion or all of the contract is owned by K2 Holdings Investment Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund. See Note 1(g).

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At November 30, 2014, the Fund had the following forward exchange contracts outstanding. See Note 1(d).

Forward Exchange Contracts
					Contract	Settlement		Unrealized		Unrealized
Currency	Counterparty^aType		Quantity		Amount	Date		Appreciation		Depreciation
Australian Dollar	BNYM	Sell	41,924	$	35,811	12/01/14	$	120	$	—
Euro	DBFX	Sell	100,000		127,100	12/01/14		2,650		—
Euro	CSFB	Sell	130,000		165,694	12/01/14		3,909		—
Euro	DBFX	Buy	100,000		125,110	12/01/14		—		(660	)
Euro	CSFB	Buy	130,000		162,606	12/01/14		—		(821	)
British Pound	BOFA	Sell	4,858		7,641	12/01/14		43		—
British Pound	BNYM	Buy	86,651		135,462	12/01/14		65		—
Hong Kong Dollar	BNYM	Sell	9,120		1,175	12/01/14		—		(1	)
Japanese Yen	BNYM	Sell	213,300		1,796	12/01/14		—		(1	)
Mexican Peso	CSFB	Sell	13,310,000		990,095	12/01/14		34,003		—
Mexican Peso	CSFB	Buy	13,310,000		971,228	12/01/14		—		(15,136	)
Euro	DBFX	Sell	99,044		123,419	12/02/14		158		—
Euro	BNYM	Buy	110,641		137,726	12/02/14		—		(33	)
Canadian Dollar	MSCO	Sell	91,583		80,090	12/03/14		—		(14	)
Malaysian Ringgit	CSFB	Sell	970,000		290,376	12/05/14		3,742		—
Taiwan Dollar	MLCO	Sell	8,825,000		288,965	12/05/14		4,292		—
Singapore Dollar	CSFB	Sell	375,000		290,387	12/05/14		2,671		—
South Korean Won	BZWS	Sell	628,000,000		579,550	12/05/14		15,505		—
Australian Dollar	CSFB	Buy	647,000		554,016	12/08/14		—		(3,542	)
New Zealand Dollar	CSFB	Sell	715,000		549,181	12/08/14		—		(10,883	)
Euro	CSFB	Sell	70,000		87,051	12/10/14		—		(69	)
Turkish Lira	CSFB	Sell	1,150,000		506,668	12/10/14		—		(10,455	)
Turkish Lira	MLCO	Sell	445,000		195,863	12/10/14		—		(4,241	)
Swiss Franc	CSFB	Sell	35,900		38,484	12/11/14		1,305		—
Swiss Franc	CSFB	Buy	35,900		37,662	12/11/14		—		(483	)
Colombian Peso	MLCO	Sell	780,000,000		369,589	12/15/14		18,306		—
Euro	MLCO	Sell	100,000		124,681	12/15/14		221		—
Euro	MLCO	Buy	100,000		125,392	12/15/14		—		(932	)
Canadian Dollar	BNYM	Sell	1,070,000		966,545	12/17/14		31,044		—
Canadian Dollar	BNYM	Buy	1,070,000		965,965	12/17/14		—		(30,466	)
Danish Krone	BNYM	Sell	5,610,000		975,535	12/17/14		37,496		—
Danish Krone	BNYM	Buy	5,610,000		960,463	12/17/14		—		(22,423	)
Euro	BNYM	Sell	2,982,206		3,859,269	12/17/14		147,573		—
Euro	BNYM	Buy	326,206		410,896	12/17/14		—		(4,894	)
British Pound	BNYM	Sell	699,583		1,130,626	12/17/14		36,555		(11	)
British Pound	BNYM	Buy	547,896		889,089	12/17/14		—		(32,232	)
Japanese Yen	BNYM	Sell	18,740,000		175,439	12/17/14		17,495		—
Swedish Krona	BNYM	Buy	8,135,000		1,111,872	12/17/14		—		(20,874	)
Swedish Krona	BNYM	Sell	8,135,000		1,141,949	12/17/14		50,951		—
Swiss Franc	BNYM	Sell	3,070,147		3,268,947	12/17/14		89,248		(142	)
Swiss Franc	BNYM	Buy	1,732,697		1,826,341	12/17/14		—		(31,736	)
Australian Dollar^b	MSCO	Sell	12,906,723		11,421,348	12/19/14		449,040		(161	)
Australian Dollar^b	MSCO	Buy	11,686,723		10,420,007	12/19/14		—		(484,706	)
Canadian Dollar^b	MSCO	Sell	12,849,847		11,418,155	12/19/14		186,322		(2,217	)
Canadian Dollar^b	MSCO	Buy	4,123,847		3,654,551	12/19/14		—		(49,251	)
Euro^b	MSCO	Sell	16,296,971		20,904,087	12/19/14		621,795		(1,377	)
Euro^b	MSCO	Buy	11,630,971		14,696,062	12/19/14		1,560		(221,389	)
British Pound^b	MSCO	Sell	11,263,088		18,014,032	12/19/14		399,809		—
British Pound^b	MSCO	Buy	7,263,088		11,556,641	12/19/14		936		(198,916	)
Japanese Yen^b	MSCO	Sell	1,250,872,400		11,601,071	12/19/14		1,058,038		—
Japanese Yen^b	MSCO	Buy	1,645,368,400		14,896,020	12/19/14		—		(1,027,951	)
Mexican Peso^b	MSCO	Buy	55,189,920		4,149,400	12/19/14		—		(189,869	)
Mexican Peso^b	MSCO	Sell	59,101,920		4,359,505	12/19/14		119,310		—
New Zealand Dollar^b	MSCO	Buy	3,754,792		2,940,559	12/19/14		9,824		(12,814	)
New Zealand Dollar^b	MSCO	Sell	4,877,792		3,888,555	12/19/14		76,149		(3,753	)

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Forward Exchange Contracts (continued)
					Contract	Settlement		Unrealized		Unrealized
Currency	Counterparty^a	Type	Quantity		Amount	Date		Appreciation		Depreciation
Swiss Franc^b	MSCO	Sell	11,778,639	$	12,531,397	12/19/14	$	331,556	$	—
Swiss Franc^b	MSCO	Buy	5,306,639		5,515,858	12/19/14		6,394		(25,844	)
Euro	CSFB	Sell	385,000		482,807	12/22/14		3,618		—
Mexican Peso	CSFB	Sell	102,600		7,526	12/22/14		166		—
Brazilian Real	MLCO	Sell	280,000		106,797	12/24/14		—		(1,591	)
Euro	CSFB	Sell	690,000		860,323	12/29/14		1,483		—
Canadian Dollar	MSCO	Sell	983,953		873,645	12/30/14		13,649		—
Canadian Dollar	MSCO	Buy	416,470		369,128	12/30/14		3		(5,127	)
Danish Krone	BNYM	Buy	219,585		280,630	12/30/14		7,312		—
Euro	MSCO	Sell	758,885		960,766	12/30/14		16,326		(144	)
Euro	BNYM	Sell	6,641,000		8,305,899	12/30/14		39,833		—
Euro	MSCO	Buy	643,015		816,661	12/30/14		20		(16,319	)
British Pound	MSCO	Sell	525,375		839,194	12/30/14		17,732		(118	)
Japanese Yen	BNYM	Sell	96,759,000		822,221	12/30/14		6,502		—
Norwegian Krone	MSCO	Buy	2,593,828		390,448	12/30/14		—		(22,072	)
Norwegian Krone	BNYM	Sell	355,000		52,032	12/30/14		1,615		—
Norwegian Krone	MSCO	Sell	591,476		89,273	12/30/14		5,271		—
South African Rand	MSCO	Sell	1,533,298		138,164	12/30/14		672		(145	)
Swedish Krona	BNYM	Sell	1,987,000		268,750	12/30/14		2,261		—
Euro	CSFB	Sell	130,000		162,633	1/02/15		818		—
Euro	DBFX	Sell	100,000		125,130	1/02/15		657		—
Euro	DBFX	Buy	100,000		124,631	1/02/15		—		(157	)
Mexican Peso	CSFB	Sell	13,310,000		969,064	1/02/15		15,005		—
Canadian Dollar	BNYM	Sell	193,356		177,047	1/15/15		8,115		—
Euro	BOFA	Sell	466,000		583,613	3/18/15		3,205		—
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)								3,902,348		(2,453,970	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)							$	1,448,378

^aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.
^bA portion or all of the contract is owned by K2 Holdings Investment Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund. See Note 1(g).

At November 30, 2014, the Fund had the following credit default swap contracts outstanding. See Note 1(d).


Credit Default Swap Contracts
								Upfront
				Periodic				Premiums
	Counterparty/		Notional	Payment		Expiration		Paid			Unrealized		Unrealized
Description	Exchange		Amount^a	Rate		Date		(Received)			Appreciation		Depreciation			Value		Rating^b
Centrally Cleared Swaps
Contracts to Buy Protection
Traded Index																		��
CDX 23 HY	ICE	$	1,262,000	5.00	%	12/20/19	$	(83,230	)	$	—	$	(8,890	)	$	(92,120	)
iTraxx Europe Crossover	ICE		1,104,000	5.00	%	12/20/19		(80,860	)		—		(30,356	)		(111,216	)
Contracts to Sell Protection^c
Traded Index
CDX North America	CME		500,000	1.00	%	6/20/19		8,631			1,643		—			10,274		Investment
																		Grade
Centrally Cleared Swaps unrealized appreciation (depreciation)											1,643		(39,246	)

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Credit Default Swap Contracts (continued)
								Upfront
				Periodic				Premiums
Counterparty/			Notional Payment			Expiration		Paid			Unrealized		Unrealized
Description	Exchange		Amount^a	Rate		Date (Received)					Appreciation		Depreciation			Value		Rating^b
OTC Swaps
Contracts to Buy Protection
Single Name
Government of Brazil	BOFA	$	110,000	1.00	%	12/20/19	$	3,704		$	—	$	(1,120	)	$	2,584
Government of Brazil	BOFA		40,000	1.00	%	12/20/19		1,402			—		(462	)		940
Government of Brazil	CITI		80,000	1.00	%	12/20/19		2,329			—		(450	)		1,879
Government of Brazil	BOFA		50,000	1.00	%	12/20/19		1,387			—		(213	)		1,174
Government of Venezuela	BOFA		130,000	5.00	%	9/20/19		28,793			26,197		—			54,990
Southwest Airlines Co	DBFX		500,000	1.00	%	6/20/19		(6,971	)		—		(7,090	)		(14,061	)
Contracts to Sell Protection^c
Single Name
Transocean Ltd	MSCS		150,000	1.00	%	12/20/19		(21,642	)		—		(3,890	)		(25,532	)	BBB-
Transocean Ltd	DBFX		100,000	1.00	%	12/20/19		(13,860	)		—		(3,161	)		(17,021	)	BBB-
Transocean Ltd	BOFA		75,000	1.00	%	12/20/19		(9,446	)		—		(3,320	)		(12,766	)	BBB-
TOYS R US Inc	MSCS		187,000	5.00	%	12/20/16		(17,188	)		—		(1,801	)		(18,989	)	B-
TOYS R US Inc	MSCS		111,000	5.00	%	12/20/16		(10,627	)		—		(645	)		(11,272	)	B-
TOYS R US Inc	MSCS		74,000	5.00	%	12/20/16		(7,603	)		88		—			(7,515	)	B-
OTC Swaps unrealized appreciation (depreciation)											26,285		(22,152	)
Total Credit Default Swaps unrealized appreciation (depreciation)											27,928		(61,398	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)												$	(33,470	)

See Note 9 regarding other derivative information.

^aIn U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. For contracts to sell protection, the notional amount is equal to the maximum potential amount of the future payments and no
recourse provisions have been entered into in association with the contracts.
^bBased on Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Rating for single name swaps and internal ratings for index swaps. Internal ratings based on mapping into equivalent ratings from
external vendors.
^cThe Fund enters contracts to sell protection to create a long credit position. Performance triggers include default, bankruptcy or restructuring for single name swaps and
failure to pay or bankruptcy of the underlying securities for traded index swaps.

At November 30, 2014, the Fund had the following interest rate swap contracts outstanding. See Note 1(d).

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

Counterparty/

Expiration

Notional

Unrealized

Description

Exchange

Date

Amount

Appreciation Depreciation

Centrally Cleared Swaps

Receive Floating rate 3-month LIBOR Pay Fixed rate 0.63%

CME

10/21/16

5,300,000

—

(939

)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(939

)

At November 30, 2014, the Fund had the following total return swap contracts outstanding. See Note 1(d).

Total Return Swap Contracts

Expiration

Unrealized

Counterparty

Underlying Instrument

Financing Rate Notional Value^a

Date

Appreciation

Depreciation

Fund Pays Total Return on Underlying Instrument

DBFX

Drillsearch Energy Ltd

LIBOR - 200 BPS

35,392

4/20/15

6,441

—

DBFX

Alcoa Inc

LIBOR - 35 BPS

222,156

6/30/15

—

(6,084

)

DBFX

Amsurg Corp

LIBOR - 35 BPS

190,126

6/30/15

—

(3,267

)

DBFX

Health Care REIT Inc

LIBOR - 35 BPS

623,910

6/30/15

—

(12,916

)

DBFX

NextEra Energy Inc

LIBOR - 35 BPS

945,752

6/30/15

—

(17,154

)

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Total Return Swap Contracts (continued)
					Expiration	Unrealized			Unrealized
Counterparty	Underlying Instrument	Financing Rate	Notional Value^a		Date Appreciation				Depreciation

Fund Pays Total Return on Underlying Instrument (continued)

DBFX	Pegatron Corp	LIBOR - 150 BPS	1,317,694		7/14/15	$	—	$	(102,213	)
DBFX	ISA Internationale Inc	LIBOR - 40 BPS	35,197		7/15/15		—		(2,078	)
DBFX	Richter Gedeon Nyrt	EURIB - 40 BPS	234,555	EUR	7/15/15		—		(2,639	)
DBFX	Vedanta Resources PLC	LIBOR - 200 BPS	1,075,424		7/15/15		3,803		—
DBFX	ASM Pacific Technology Ltd	HKDIB - 52 BPS	1,608,205	HKD	7/17/15		3,599		—
DBFX	China Hongqiao Group Ltd	HKDIB - 150 BPS	1,435,530	HKD	7/17/15		—		(4,878	)
DBFX	Deutsche Wohnen AG	EURIB - 40 BPS	119,801	EUR	7/17/15		—		(7,903	)
DBFX	Drillisch AG	EURIB - 40 BPS	701,245	EUR	7/17/15		—		(81,475	)
DBFX	Evonik Industries AG	EURIB - 40 BPS	13,564	EUR	7/17/15		—		(750	)
DBFX	Fosun International Ltd	HKDIB - 67 BPS	4,464,200	HKD	7/17/15		—		(41,089	)
DBFX	GAGFAH S.A	EURIB - 40 BPS	244,240	EUR	7/17/15		—		(4,810	)
DBFX	Grand City Properties SA	EURIB - 450 BPS	480,465	EUR	7/17/15		—		(42,098	)
DBFX	LOTTE Himart Co. Ltd	LIBOR - 150 BPS	67,021		7/17/15		1,973		—
DBFX	Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd	HKDIB - 50 BPS	1,303,463	HKD	7/17/15		—		(2,313	)
DBFX	Alcatel-Lucent	EURIB - 40 BPS	597,928	EUR	7/20/15		—		(90,049	)
DBFX	BW LPG Ltd	LIBOR - 40 BPS	120,360		7/20/15		32,262		—
DBFX	Hansteen Holdings PLC	EURIB - 40 BPS	754,025	EUR	7/20/15		—		(5,845	)
DBFX	YTL E-Solutions BHD	LIBOR - 350 BPS	86,001		7/22/15		2,688		—
DBFX	Marine Harvest ASA	EURIB - 40 BPS	781,217	EUR	10/05/15		61,722		—
MSCS	AT&T Inc	LIBOR - 35 BPS	614,210		10/14/15		—		(8,762	)
MSCS	Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings	LIBOR - 35 BPS	193,371		10/14/15		—		(8,488	)
MSCS	Reynolds American Inc	LIBOR - 35 BPS	208,675		10/14/15		—		(33,227	)
DBFX	Olam International Ltd	SIBOR - 300 BPS	88,560	SGD	10/20/15		—		(40	)
MSCS	Amadeus IT Holding SA	EONIA - 50 BPS	46,038	EUR	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	iShares FTSE 100 UCITS ETF	SONIA - 62 BPS	35,390	GBP	10/26/15		—		(569	)
MSCS	Lyxor UCITS ETF CAC 40 DR	EURIB - 129 BPS	193,476	EUR	10/26/15		—		(315	)
DBFX	JetBlue Airways Corp	EURIB - 40 BPS	571,311	EUR	11/16/15		—		(131,840	)
DBFX	Resorttrust Inc	LIBOR - 40 BPS	49,982,828	JPY	11/18/15		—		(19,133	)
DBFX	Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc	LIBOR - 40 BPS	108,981		11/18/15		—		(1,334	)
DBFX	IHH Healthcare BHD	SIBOR - 50 BPS	191,414	SGD	11/24/15		—		(3,565	)
MSCS	MSCI Pan Euro Index	EURIB - 45 BPS	749,661	EUR	12/30/15		—		(28,511	)
MSCS	MSCI Pan Euro Index	FEDEF - 35 BPS	118,135		1/27/16		42,618		—
MSCS	MSCI Pan Euro Index	FEDEF - 30 BPS	548,969		2/05/16		—		(89	)
MSCS	MSCI Pan Euro Index	EONIA - 55 BPS	286,709	EUR	8/08/16		136		—
MSCS	Kinder Morgan Inc	FEDEF - 408 BPS	121,445		8/11/16		—		—
MSCS	America Movil SAB de CV	MXNIB - 50 BPS	2,873,116	MXN	11/14/16		—		(897	)

Fund Receives Total Return on Underlying Instrument

DBFX	Accuray Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	106,760		12/26/14		—		(3,006	)
DBFX	American Residential Properties Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	103,585		12/26/14		128		—
DBFX	Ascent Capital Group Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	106,183		12/26/14		—		(21,418	)
DBFX	Bunge Ltd	LIBOR + 70 BPS	73,500		12/26/14		5,334		—
DBFX	CBIZ Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	333,750		12/26/14		—		(22,995	)
DBFX	Colony Financial Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	102,767		12/26/14		6,565		—
DBFX	Green Plains Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	283,695		12/26/14		101,703		—
DBFX	NetSuite Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	56,150		12/26/14		—		(806	)
DBFX	Redwood Trust Inc	LIBOR + 70 BPS	102,561		12/26/14		—		(1,339	)
DBFX	Resource Capital Corp	LIBOR + 70 BPS	100,212		12/26/14		1,108		—
MSCS	American Airlines Group Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	125,785		1/26/15		26,937		—
MSCS	American International Group Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	199,438		1/26/15		6,308		—
MSCS	BioDelivery Sciences International
	Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	262,243		1/26/15		—		(10,764	)
MSCS	Celgene Corp	LIBOR + 50 BPS	191,461		1/26/15		41,978		—
MSCS	Cerner Corp	LIBOR + 50 BPS	333,470		1/26/15		50,472		—

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Total Return Swap Contracts (continued)
					Expiration		Unrealized	Unrealized
Counterparty	Underlying Instrument	Financing Rate	Notional Value^a		Date		Appreciation		Depreciation

Fund Receives Total Return on Underlying Instrument (continued)

MSCS	Charter Communications Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	630,396		1/26/15	$	81,742	$	—
MSCS	Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV	LIBOR + 50 BPS	5,219		1/26/15		—		(185	)
MSCS	CME Group Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	81,994		1/26/15		5,319		—
MSCS	Diamond Foods Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	2,193		1/26/15		70		—
MSCS	DISH Network Corp	LIBOR + 50 BPS	419,688		1/26/15		56,653		—
MSCS	Essent Group Ltd	LIBOR + 50 BPS	64,021		1/26/15		12,207		—
MSCS	FMSA Holdings Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	15,167		1/26/15		—		(4,744	)
MSCS	HCA Holdings Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	16,238		1/26/15		4,871		—
MSCS	Level 3 Communications Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	109,906		1/26/15		17,198		—
MSCS	Liberty Broadband Corp	LIBOR + 50 BPS	60,881		1/26/15		7,375		—
MSCS	Liberty Global PLC	LIBOR + 50 BPS	7,612		1/26/15		1,431		—
MSCS	Liberty Media Corp	LIBOR + 50 BPS	42,932		1/26/15		4,855		—
MSCS	Liberty Ventures	LIBOR + 50 BPS	302,740		1/26/15		41,770		—
MSCS	Life Time Fitness Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	192,916		1/26/15		22,265		—
MSCS	Lululemon Athletica Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	187,078		1/26/15		19,317		—
MSCS	Marathon Petroleum Corp	LIBOR + 50 BPS	407,530		1/26/15		—		(6,640	)
MSCS	Micron Technology Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	182,036		1/26/15		12,132		—
MSCS	NorthStar Asset Management Group
	Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	85,740		1/26/15		5,076		—
MSCS	NorthStar Realty Finance Corp	LIBOR + 50 BPS	19,219		1/26/15		—		(442	)
MSCS	Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd	LIBOR + 50 BPS	665,199		1/26/15		65,977		—
MSCS	Sotheby’s	LIBOR + 50 BPS	339,176		1/26/15		—		(3,606	)
MSCS	Tempur Sealy International Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	11,548		1/26/15		—		(86	)
MSCS	The Container Store Group Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	130,235		1/26/15		—		(1,262	)
MSCS	The Madison Square Garden Co	LIBOR + 50 BPS	469,391		1/26/15		—		(232	)
MSCS	The Williams Cos. Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	44,601		1/26/15		6,199		—
MSCS	Time Warner Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	204,750		1/26/15		22,185		—
MSCS	TripAdvisor Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	302,034		1/26/15		15,064		—
MSCS	Vail Resorts Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	56,808		1/26/15		2,588		—
MSCS	Vulcan Materials Co	LIBOR + 50 BPS	139,635		1/26/15		11,087		—
MSCS	Whole Foods Market Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	407,391		1/26/15		19,303		—
MSCS	Yahoo! Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	573,331		1/26/15		113,237		—
MSCS	Zoetis Inc	LIBOR + 50 BPS	405,420		1/26/15		7,473		—
DBFX	Alcoa Inc	LIBOR + 75 BPS	312,665		6/30/15		7,072		—
DBFX	Amsurg Corp	LIBOR + 75 BPS	257,672		6/30/15		2,906		—
DBFX	Health Care REIT Inc	LIBOR + 75 BPS	996,742		6/30/15		20,899		—
DBFX	NextEra Energy Inc	LIBOR + 75 BPS	1,176,582		6/30/15		19,864		—
DBFX	Pegatron Corp	LIBOR + 100 BPS	1,344,800		7/14/15		89,012		—
DBFX	Drillsearch Financial Ltd	LIBOR + 75 BPS	206,315		7/15/15		—		(6,423	)
DBFX	Eni SpA	EURIB + 75 BPS	100,323	EUR	7/15/15		—		(573	)
DBFX	GAGFAH S.A	EURIB + 75 BPS	449,910	EUR	7/15/15		4,963		—
DBFX	Grand City Properties SA	EURIB + 75 BPS	839,157	EUR	7/15/15		54,981		—
DBFX	Santa Isabel SA	LIBOR + 75 BPS	272,625		7/15/15		3,960		—
DBFX	Solidium OY	EURIB + 75 BPS	301,114	EUR	7/15/15		732		—
DBFX	ASM Pacific Technology Ltd	HKDIB + 100 BPS	4,282,941	HKD	7/17/15		—		(3,900	)
DBFX	China Hongqiao Group Ltd	LIBOR + 100 BPS	470,494		7/17/15		10,568		—
DBFX	Drillisch AG	EURIB + 75 BPS	926,769	EUR	7/17/15		72,149		—
DBFX	Duetsche Wohnen AG	EURIB + 75 BPS	224,211	EUR	7/17/15		7,805		—
DBFX	Helical Bar Jersey Ltd	GBPIB + 75 BPS	199,873	GBP	7/17/15		—		(934	)
DBFX	Logo Star Ltd	HKDIB + 100 BPS	10,811,250	HKD	7/17/15		29,235		—
DBFX	Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd	LIBOR + 90 BPS	367,740		7/17/15		—		(6,599	)
DBFX	Magyar Nemzeti Vagyonkezelo Zrt	EURIB + 75 BPS	1,565,626	EUR	7/17/15		—		(621	)
DBFX	RAG Stiftung	EURIB + 75 BPS	198,409	EUR	7/17/15		67		—
DBFX	Alcatel-Lucent	EURIB + 75 BPS	825,858	EUR	7/20/15		99,891		—
DBFX	BW Group Ltd	LIBOR + 75 BPS	367,138		7/20/15		—		(13,358	)

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

Total Return Swap Contracts (continued)
					Expiration		Unrealized	Unrealized
Counterparty	Underlying Instrument	Financing Rate	Notional Value^a		Date Appreciation				Depreciation

Fund Receives Total Return on Underlying Instrument (continued)

DBFX	PB Issuer No. 3 Ltd	LIBOR + 75 BPS	622,031		7/20/15	$	3,063	$	—
DBFX	YTL Land & Development Bhd	LIBOR + 100 BPS	206,998		7/22/15		—		(4,791	)
DBFX	Hansteen Jersey Securities Ltd	EURIB + 75 BPS	1,227,679	EUR	7/30/15		13,439		—
DBFX	Marine Harvest ASA	EURIB + 75 BPS	1,006,434	EUR	9/17/15		—		(57,963	)
MSCS	MAN SE	EONIA + 65 BPS	777,192	EUR	10/14/15		—		—
MSCS	Advanced Computers Software Group
	PLC	SONIA + 65 BPS	39,808	GBP	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Alstom SA	EONIA + 65 BPS	602,634	EUR	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Amec Foster Wheeler PLC	SONIA + 65 BPS	9,018	GBP	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Bollore SA	EONIA + 65 BPS	15,086	EUR	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas
	SA	EONIA + 65 BPS	35,630	EUR	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Inmarsat PLC	SONIA + 65 BPS	612,377	GBP	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Jazztel PLC	EONIA + 65 BPS	72,166	EUR	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Smith & Nephew PLC	SONIA + 65 BPS	192,874	GBP	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Vivendi SA	EONIA + 65 BPS	1,947,177	EUR	10/26/15		—		—
MSCS	Ryanair Holdings PLC	EURIB + 50 BPS	491,607	EUR	11/02/15		142,664		—
DBFX	Resorttrust Inc	LIBOR + 85 BPS	71,366,760	JPY	11/17/15		15,901		—
DBFX	Deutsche Lufthansa AG	EURIB + 75 BPS	602,309	EUR	11/18/15		144,993		—
DBFX	Indah Capital Ltd	SIBOR + 100 BPS	525,160	SGD	11/23/15		4,543		—
MSCS	CareTrust REIT Inc	FEDEF + 40 BPS	34,943		12/17/15		—		—
MSCS	Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP	FEDEF + 100 BPS	136,618		12/17/15		—		—
MSCS	Lamar Advertising Co	FEDEF + 40 BPS	345,159		12/17/15		—		—
MSCS	Spirit Realty Capital Inc	FEDEF + 40 BPS	303,219		12/17/15		—		—
DBFX	Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc	LIBOR + 85 BPS	212,958		12/18/15		—		(1,506	)
MSCS	Covance Inc	LIBOR + 35 BPS	722,927		7/29/16		13,906		—
MSCS	DIRECTV	LIBOR + 35 BPS	1,376,606		7/29/16		14,087		—
MSCS	Lorillard Inc	LIBOR + 35 BPS	765,467		7/29/16		38,684		—
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)							1,766,553		(838,524	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)						$	928,029

^aIn U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

See Abbreviations on page 86.

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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
November 30, 2014 (unaudited)


Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund

Assets:
Investments in securities:
Cost - Unaffiliated issuers	$	405,493,430
Cost - Repurchase agreements		19,644,487
Total cost of investments	$	425,137,917
Value - Unaffiliated issuers	$	432,464,661
Value - Repurchase agreements		19,644,487
Total value of investments		452,109,148
Cash		62,139,962
Restricted Cash (Note 1e)		22,168
Foreign currency, at value (cost $2,676,914)		2,633,446
Receivables:
Investment securities sold		12,819,198
Capital shares sold		520,530
Dividends and interest		1,987,366
Affiliates		2,176
Due from brokers		115,098,394
Variation margin		936,763
OTC Swaps (premiums paid $39,116)		37,615
Unrealized appreciation on forward exchange contracts		3,902,348
Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap contracts		1,792,838
Unrealized appreciation on unfunded loan commitments (Note 8)		1,419
Total assets		654,003,371
Liabilities:
Payables:
Investment securities purchased		12,140,746
Capital shares redeemed		99,995
Management fees		392,683
Distribution fees		48,250
Trustees’ fees and expenses		25,111
OTC Swaps (premiums received $91,420)		87,337
Options written, at value (premiums received $723,720)		167,865
Securities sold short, at value (proceeds $132,583,381)		138,604,420
Due to brokers		354,255
Unrealized depreciation on forward exchange contracts		2,453,970
Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts		860,676
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		121,264
Total liabilities		155,356,572
Net assets, at value	$	498,646,799
Net assets consist of:
Paid-in capital	$	475,979,707
Undistributed net investment income		786,088
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		28,136,016
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)		(6,255,012	)
Net assets, at value	$	498,646,799

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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)
November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Class A:
Net assets, at value	$	96,189,359
Shares outstanding		8,818,512
Net asset value per share^a	$	10.91
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value per share ÷ 94.25%)	$	11.58
Class C:
Net assets, at value	$	25,351,324
Shares outstanding		2,339,854
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share^a	$	10.83
Class R:
Net assets, at value	$	12,197,373
Shares outstanding		1,120,929
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share	$	10.88
Class R6:
Net assets, at value	$	221,474,313
Shares outstanding		20,237,338
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share	$	10.94
Advisor Class:
Net assets, at value	$	143,434,430
Shares outstanding		13,115,099
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share	$	10.94

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Consolidated Statement of Operations
for the period ended November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund

Investment income:
Dividends	$	1,461,763
Interest		2,939,593
Total investment income		4,401,356
Expenses:
Management fees (Note 3a)		4,577,848
Distribution fees: (Note 3c)
Class A		176,282
Class C		98,713
Class R		29,630
Transfer agent fees: (Note 3e)
Class A		23,567
Class C		5,390
Class R		2,952
Class R6		5,528
Advisor Class		27,367
Custodian fees (Note 4)		91,754
Reports to shareholders		35,839
Registration and filing fees		118,437
Professional fees		172,324
Trustees’ fees and expenses		273,921
Offering costs		88,573
Dividends and interest on securities sold short		1,020,030
Security borrowing fees		548,336
Other		56,484
Total expenses		7,352,975
Expense reductions (Note 4)		(16,004	)
Expenses waived/paid by affiliates (Note 3f)		(859,956	)
Net expenses		6,477,015
Net investment income (loss)		(2,075,659	)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Net realized gain (loss) from:
Investments		(2,357,997	)
Written options		599,959
Foreign currency transactions		1,488,904
Futures contracts		2,787,552
Securities sold short		(3,981,483	)
Swap contracts		(808,683	)
Net realized gain (loss)		(2,271,748	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments		11,437,512
Translation of other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies		1,551,007
Futures contracts		3,230,926
Swap contracts		450,857
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		16,670,302
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)		14,398,554
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations	$	12,322,895

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund

		Period Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Increase (decrease) in net assets:
Operations:
Net investment income (loss)	$	(2,075,659	)	$	(459,321	)
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, written options, foreign currency transactions, futures
contracts, securities sold short and swap contracts		(2,271,748	)		(1,124,386	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, translation of other assets
and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, futures contracts and swap contracts		16,670,302			11,465,714
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		12,322,895			9,882,007
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:
Class A		—			(138,800	)
Class C		—			(45,687	)
Class R		—			(44,557	)
Class R6		—			(44,777	)
Advisor Class		—			(141,968	)
Total distributions to shareholders		—			(415,789	)
Capital share transactions: (Note 2)
Class A		(3,126,141	)		94,320,579
Class C		8,214,423			15,942,860
Class R		250,150			11,001,000
Class R6		154,868			212,200,195
Advisor Class		85,543,949			52,355,803
Total capital share transactions		91,037,249			385,820,437
Net increase (decrease) in net assets		103,360,144			395,286,655
Net assets:
Beginning of period		395,286,655			—
End of period	$	498,646,799		$	395,286,655
Undistributed net investment income included in net assets:
End of period	$	786,088		$	2,861,747

^aFor the period October 11, 2013 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds (Trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company, consisting of two separate funds and applies the specialized accounting and reporting guidance in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP). The Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (Fund) is included in this report. The financial statements of the remaining fund in the Trust is presented separately. The Fund offers five classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class R, Class R6 and Advisor Class. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, voting rights on matters affecting a single class, its exchange privilege and fees primarily due to differing arrangements for distribution and transfer agent fees.

The following summarizes the Fund’s significant accounting policies.

a. Financial Instrument Valuation

The Fund’s investments in financial instruments are carried at fair value daily. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Fund calculates the net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), generally at 4 p.m. Eastern time (NYSE close) on each day the NYSE is open for trading. Under compliance policies and procedures approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund’s administrator has responsibility for oversight of valuation, including leading the cross-functional Valuation and Liquidity Oversight Committee (VLOC). The VLOC provides administration and oversight of the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, which are approved annually by the Board. Among other things, these procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers, and other market sources to determine fair value.

Equity securities, exchange traded funds and derivative financial instruments (derivatives) listed on an exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the last quoted sale price or the official closing price of the day, respectively. Foreign equity securities are valued as of the close of trading on the foreign stock exchange on which the security is primarily traded or as of the NYSE close, whichever is earlier. The value is then converted into its U.S. dollar equivalent at the foreign

exchange rate in effect at the NYSE close on the day that the value of the security is determined. Over-the-counter (OTC) securities are valued within the range of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices. Securities that trade in multiple markets or on multiple exchanges are valued according to the broadest and most representative market. Certain equity securities are valued based upon fundamental characteristics or relationships to similar securities. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at the closing NAV.

Debt securities generally trade in the OTC market rather than on a securities exchange. The Fund’s pricing services use multiple valuation techniques to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity exists, the pricing services may utilize a market-based approach through which quotes from market makers are used to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity may not exist or is limited, the pricing services also utilize proprietary valuation models which may consider market characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, credit spreads, estimated default rates, anticipated market interest rate volatility, coupon rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows, which are then discounted to calculate the fair value. Securities denominated in a foreign currency are converted into their U.S. dollar equivalent at the foreign exchange rate in effect at the NYSE close on the date that the values of the foreign debt securities are determined. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.

Certain derivatives trade in the OTC market. The Fund’s pricing services use various techniques including industry standard option pricing models and proprietary discounted cash flow models to determine the fair value of those instruments. The Fund’s net benefit or obligation under the derivative contract, as measured by the fair value of the contract, is included in net assets.

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investment to determine the fair value of the investment. An income-based valuation approach may also be used in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed. The VLOC employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis, and reviews of any related market activity.

Trading in securities on foreign securities stock exchanges and OTC markets may be completed before the daily NYSE close. In addition, trading in certain foreign markets may not take place on every NYSE business day. Occasionally, events occur between the time at which trading in a foreign security is completed and the close of the NYSE that might call into question the reliability of the value of a portfolio security held by the Fund. As a result, differences may arise between the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities as determined at the foreign market close and the latest indications of value at the close of the NYSE. In order to minimize the potential for these differences, the VLOC monitors price movements following the close of trading in foreign stock markets through a series of country specific market proxies (such as baskets of American Depositary Receipts, futures contracts and exchange traded funds). These price movements are measured against established trigger thresholds for each specific market proxy to assist in determining if an event has occurred that may call into question the reliability of the values of the foreign securities held by the Fund. If such an event occurs, the securities may be valued using fair value procedures, which may include the use of independent pricing services.

Also, when the last day of the reporting period is a non-business day, certain foreign markets may be open on those days that the NYSE is closed, which could result in differences between the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities on the last business day and the last calendar day of the reporting period. Any significant security valuation changes due to an open foreign market are adjusted and reflected by the Fund for financial reporting purposes.

b. Foreign Currency Translation

Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date. Portfolio securities and assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies contain risks that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Occasionally, events may impact the availability or reliability of foreign exchange rates used to convert the U.S. dollar equivalent value. If such an event occurs, the foreign exchange rate will be valued at fair value using procedures established and approved by the Board.

The Fund does not separately report the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices on securities held. Such changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the recorded amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes and the dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in foreign exchange rates on foreign denominated assets and liabilities other than investments in securities held at the end of the reporting period.

c. Joint Repurchase Agreement

The Fund enters into a joint repurchase agreement whereby its uninvested cash balance is deposited into a joint cash account with other funds managed by the investment manager or an affiliate of the investment manager and is used to invest in one or more repurchase agreements. The value and face amount of the joint repurchase agreement are allocated to the funds based on their pro-rata interest. A repurchase agreement is accounted for as a loan by the Fund to the seller, collateralized by securities which are delivered to the Fund’s custodian. The fair value, including accrued interest, of the initial collateralization is required to be at least 102% of the dollar amount invested by

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1. Organization and Significant Accounting

Policies (continued)

c. Joint Repurchase Agreement (continued)

the funds, with the value of the underlying securities marked to market daily to maintain coverage of at least 100%. Repurchase agreements are subject to the terms of Master Repurchase Agreements (MRAs) with approved counterparties (sellers). The MRAs contain various provisions, including but not limited to events of default and maintenance of collateral for repurchase agreements. In the event of default by either the seller or the Fund, certain MRAs may permit the non-defaulting party to net and close-out all transactions, if any, traded under such agreements. The Fund may sell securities it holds as collateral and apply the proceeds towards the repurchase price and any other amounts owed by the seller to the Fund in the event of default by the seller. This could involve costs or delays in addition to a loss on the securities if their value falls below the repurchase price owed by the seller. The joint repurchase agreement held by the Fund at period end, as indicated in the Consolidated Statement of Investments, had been entered into on November 28, 2014.

d. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Fund invested in derivatives in order to manage risk or gain exposure to various other investments or markets. Derivatives are financial contracts based on an underlying or notional amount, require no initial investment or an initial net investment that is smaller than would normally be required to have a similar response to changes in market factors, and require or permit net settlement. Derivatives contain various risks including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill their obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market, and/or the potential for market movements which expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amounts shown on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain and loss and unrealized appreciation and depreciation on these contracts for the period are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

contain various provisions, including but not limited to collateral requirements, events of default, or early termination. Termination events applicable to the counterparty include certain deteriorations in the credit quality of the counterparty. Termination events applicable to the Fund include failure of the Fund to maintain certain net asset levels and/or limit the decline in net assets over various periods of time. In the event of default or early termination, the ISDA master agreement gives the non-defaulting party the right to net and close-out all transactions traded, whether or not arising under the ISDA agreement, to one net amount payable by one counterparty to the other. However, absent an event of default or early termination, OTC derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Early termination by the counterparty may result in an immediate payment by the Fund of any net liability owed to that counterparty under the ISDA agreement.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or initial margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearing house for exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives. Initial margin deposited is held at the exchange and can be in the form of cash and/or securities. For OTC derivatives traded under an ISDA master agreement, posting of collateral is required by either the Fund or the applicable coun-terparty if the total net exposure of all OTC derivatives with the applicable counterparty exceeds the minimum transfer amount, which typically ranges from $100,000 to $250,000, and can vary depending on the counterparty and the type of the agreement. Generally, collateral is determined at the close of fund business each day and any additional collateral required due to changes in derivative values may be delivered by the Fund or the counterparty within a few business days. Collateral pledged and/ or received by the Fund for OTC derivatives, if any, is held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian/counterparty broker and can be in the form of cash and/or securities. Unrestricted cash may be invested according to the Fund’s investment objectives.

The Fund entered into exchange traded futures contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to commodity price, interest rate and equity price risk. A futures contract is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell an asset for a specified price on a future date. Required initial margins are pledged by the Fund, and the daily change in fair value is accounted for as a variation margin payable or receivable on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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The Fund entered into OTC forward exchange contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to certain foreign currencies. A forward exchange contract is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specific exchange rate on a future date.

The Fund entered into credit default swap contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to credit risk. A credit default swap is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty whereby the buyer of the contract receives credit protection and the seller of the contract guarantees the credit worthiness of a referenced debt obligation. These agreements may be privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market (“OTC credit default swaps”) or may be executed in a multilateral trade facility platform, such as a registered exchange (“centrally cleared credit default swaps”). The underlying referenced debt obligation may be a single issuer of corporate or sovereign debt, a credit index, or a tranche of a credit index. In the event of a default of the underlying referenced debt obligation, the buyer is entitled to receive the notional amount of the credit default swap contract from the seller in exchange for the referenced debt obligation, a net settlement amount equal to the notional amount of the credit default swap less the recovery value of the referenced debt obligation, or other agreed upon amount. For centrally cleared credit default swaps, required initial margins are pledged by the Fund, and the daily change in fair value is accounted for as a variation margin payable or receivable on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Over the term of the contract, the buyer pays the seller a periodic stream of payments, provided that no event of default has occurred. Such periodic payments are accrued daily as an unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the payments are made, at which time they are realized. Payments received or paid to initiate a credit default swap contract are reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represent compensating factors between stated terms of the credit default swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads and other relevant factors). These upfront payments are amortized over the term of the contract as a realized gain or loss on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Fund entered into interest rate swap contracts primarily to manage interest rate risk. An interest rate swap is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange cash flows based on the difference between two interest rates, applied to a notional amount. These agreements may be privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market (“OTC interest rate swaps”) or may be executed on a registered exchange (“centrally cleared

interest rate swaps”). For centrally cleared interest rate swaps, required initial margins are pledged by the Fund, and the daily change in fair value is accounted for as a variation margin payable or receivable on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Over the term of the contract, contractually required payments to be paid and to be received are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized depreciation and appreciation until the payments are made, at which time they are realized.

The Fund entered into OTC total return swap contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to equity price and credit risk of an underlying instrument. A total return swap is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange a return linked to an underlying instrument for a floating or fixed rate payment, both based upon a notional amount. The underlying instrument can be a stock or bond, a basket of stocks or bonds, a stock index, or credit index. Over the term of the contract, contractually required payments to be paid or received are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the payments are made, at which time they are recognized as realized gain or loss.

The Fund purchased or wrote exchange traded and/or OTC option contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to equity price and interest rate risk and foreign exchange rate. An option is a contract entitling the holder to purchase or sell a specific amount of shares or units of an asset or notional amount of a swap (swaption), at a specified price. Options purchased are recorded as an asset while options written are recorded as a liability. Upon exercise of an option, the acquisition cost or sales proceeds of the underlying investment is adjusted by any premium received or paid. Upon expiration of an option, any premium received or paid is recorded as a realized gain or loss. Upon closing an option other than through expiration or exercise, the difference between the premium and the cost to close the position is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

See Notes 6 and 9 regarding investment transactions and other derivative information, respectively.

e. Restricted Cash

At November 30, 2014, the Fund received restricted cash in connection with investments in certain derivative securities. Restricted cash is held in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian and is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

1. Organization and Significant Accounting

Policies (continued)

f. Securities Sold Short

The Fund is engaged in selling securities short, which obligates the Fund to replace a borrowed security with the same security at current fair value. The Fund incurs a loss if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund realizes a gain if the price of the security declines between those dates. Gains are limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, while losses are potentially unlimited in size.

The Fund is required to establish a margin account with the broker lending the security sold short. While the short sale is outstanding, the broker retains the proceeds of the short sale to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements until the short position is closed out. A deposit must also be maintained with the Fund’s custodian/counterparty broker consisting of cash and/or securities having a value equal to a specified percentage of the value of the securities sold short. The Fund is obligated to pay fees for borrowing the securities sold short and is required to pay the counterparty any dividends and/or interest due on securities sold short. Such dividends and/ or interest and any security borrowing fees are recorded as an expense to the Fund.

g. Investment in K2 Holdings Investment Corp. (K2 Subsidiary)

The Fund invests in certain financial instruments and commodity-linked derivative investments through its investment in the K2 Subsidiary. The K2 Subsidiary is a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund, and is able to invest in certain financial instruments and commodity-linked derivative investments consistent with the investment objective of the Fund. At November 30, 2014, the K2 Subsidiary’s investments, as well as any other assets and liabilities of the K2 Subsidiary, are reflected in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Investments and Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The financial statements have been consolidated and include the accounts of the Fund and the K2 Subsidiary. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. At November 30, 2014, the net assets of the K2 Subsidiary were $47,581,503, representing 9.54% of the Fund’s consolidated net assets. The Fund’s investment in the K2 Subsidiary is limited to 25% of consolidated assets.

h. Senior Floating Rate Interests

The Fund invests in senior secured corporate loans that pay interest at rates which are periodically reset by reference to a base lending rate plus a spread. These base lending rates are generally the prime rate offered by a designated U.S. bank or the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Senior secured corporate loans often require prepayment of principal from excess cash flows or at the discretion of the borrower. As a result, actual maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity. Senior secured corporate loans in which the Fund invests are generally readily marketable, but may be subject to certain restrictions on resale.

i. Income and Deferred Taxes

It is the Fund’s policy to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code. The Fund intends to distribute to shareholders substantially all of its taxable income and net realized gains to relieve it from federal income and excise taxes. As a result, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes is required.

The Fund may be subject to foreign taxation related to income received, capital gains on the sale of securities and certain foreign currency transactions in the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests. When a capital gain tax is determined to apply the Fund records an estimated deferred tax liability in an amount that would be payable if the securities were disposed of on the valuation date.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities based on the technical merits of the tax position. As of November 30, 2014, and for all open tax years, the Fund has determined that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits is required in the Fund’s consolidated financial statements related to uncertain tax positions taken on a tax return (or expected to be taken on future tax returns). Open tax years are those that remain subject to examination and are based on each tax jurisdiction statute of limitation.

j. Security Transactions, Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions

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accretion of discount on debt securities are included in interest income. Dividend income and dividends declared on securities sold short are recorded on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities are recognized as soon as the Fund is notified of the ex-dividend date. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined according to income tax regulations (tax basis). Distributable earnings determined on a tax basis may differ from earnings recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary differences are not reclassified, as they may reverse in subsequent periods.

Common expenses incurred by the Trust are allocated among the funds based on the ratio of net assets of each fund to the combined net assets of the Trust. Fund specific expenses are charged directly to the fund that incurred the expense.

Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income, not including class specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets of each class. Differences in per share distributions, by class, are generally due to differences in class specific expenses.

k. Offering Costs

Offering costs are amortized on a straight line basis over twelve months.

l. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

m. Guarantees and Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified by the Trust against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. Currently, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

2. Shares of Beneficial Interest

At November 30, 2014, there were an unlimited number of shares authorized (without par value). Transactions in the Fund’s shares were as follows:


	Six Months Ended						Year Ended
	November 30, 2014						May 31, 2014^a
	Shares			Amount			Shares			Amount

Class A Shares:
Shares sold	4,625,449		$	49,433,943			9,202,567		$	95,380,808
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions	—				—		304			3,150
Shares redeemed	(4,909,322	)		(52,560,084		)	(100,486	)		(1,063,379	)
Net increase (decrease)	(283,873	)	$	(3,126,141		)	9,102,385		$	94,320,579
Class C Shares:
Shares sold	828,828			$	8,816,763		1,574,229		$	16,010,580
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions	—				—		109			1,130
Shares redeemed	(56,803	)			(602,340	)	(6,509	)		(68,850	)
Net increase (decrease)	772,025			$	8,214,423		1,567,829		$	15,942,860

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2. Shares of Beneficial Interest (continued)
	Six Months Ended						Year Ended
	November 30, 2014						May 31, 2014^a
	Shares			Amount			Shares			Amount
Class R Shares:
Shares sold	23,368			$	250,150		1,097,561		$	11,001,000
Class R6 Shares:
Shares sold	259,003			$	2,780,869		20,233,382		$	212,310,195
Shares redeemed	(244,571	)		(2,626,001		)	(10,476	)		(110,000	)
Net increase (decrease)	14,432			$	154,868		20,222,906		$	212,200,195
Advisor Class Shares:
Shares sold	10,774,883		$	115,377,072			5,176,524		$	52,893,512
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions	—				—		610			6,315
Shares redeemed	(2,785,500	)		(29,833,123		)	(51,418	)		(544,024	)
Net increase (decrease)	7,989,383		$	85,543,949			5,125,716		$	52,355,803
^aFor the period October 11, 2013 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.

3. Transactions with Affiliates

Franklin Resources, Inc. is the holding company for various subsidiaries that together are referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also officers and/or directors of the following subsidiaries:


Subsidiary		Affiliation
K2/D&S Management Co., L.L.C. (K2 Advisors)		Investment manager
Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (FT Services)		Administrative manager
Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. (Distributors)		Principal underwriter
Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC (Investor Services)		Transfer agent

a. Management Fees

The Fund and K2 Subsidiary pay an investment management fee to K2 Advisors of 2.05% per year of the average daily net assets of the Fund and K2 Subsidiary. Management fees paid by the Fund are reduced on assets invested in the K2 Subsidiary, in an amount not to exceed the management fees paid by the K2 Subsidiary.

Under each subadvisory agreement, the below entities provide subadvisory services to the Fund or K2 Subsidiary. The subadvisory fees are paid by K2 Advisors based on the Fund and K2 Subsidiary average daily net assets, and is not an additional expense of the Fund or K2 Subsidiary.

Subadvisors

Basso Capital Management, L.P.

Chatham Asset Management, LLC

Chilton Investment Company, LLC

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

Impala Asset Management, LLC

Independence Capital Asset Partners, LLC

Jennison Associates, LLC

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Subadvisors (continued)

Lazard Asset Management, LLC

Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P.

P. Schoenfeld Asset Management L.P.

Wellington Management Company, LLP

York Registered Holdings, L.P.

b. Administrative Fees

Under an agreement with K2 Advisors, FT Services provides administrative services to the Fund and K2 Subsidiary. The fee is paid by K2 Advisors based on the Fund and K2 Subsidiary average daily net assets, and is not an additional expense of the Fund or K2 Subsidiary.

Under a sub-administrative agreement between FT Services and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (BNY Mellon), BNY Mellon provides sub-administrative services to the Fund and K2 Subsidiary. The sub-administrative fee is paid by FT Services based on the average daily net assets of the Fund and K2 Subsidiary, and is not an additional expense of the Fund or K2 Subsidiary.

c. Distribution Fees

The Board has adopted distribution plans for each share class, with the exception of Class R6 and Advisor Class shares, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Distribution fees are not charged on shares held by affiliates. Under the Fund’s Class A reimbursement distribution plan, the Fund reimburses Distributors for costs incurred in connection with the servicing, sale and distribution of the Fund’s shares up to the maximum annual plan rate. Under the Class A reimbursement distribution plan, costs exceeding the maximum for the current plan year cannot be reimbursed in subsequent periods. In addition, under the Fund’s Class C and R compensation distribution plans, the Fund pays Distributors for costs incurred in connection with the servicing, sale and distribution of the Fund’s shares up to the maximum annual plan rate for each class. The plan year, for purposes of monitoring compliance with the maximum annual plan rates, is February 1 through January 31 for each fund.

The maximum annual plan rates, based on the average daily net assets, for each class, are as follows:


Class A	0.30	%
Class C	1.00	%
Class R	0.50	%

d. Sales Charges/Underwriting Agreements

Front-end sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) do not represent expenses of the Fund. These charges are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. Distributors has advised the Fund of the following commission transactions related to the sales and redemptions of the Fund’s shares for the period:


Sales charges retained net of commissions paid to unaffiliated broker/dealers	$	54,238
CDSC retained	$	1,540

e. Transfer Agent Fees

Each class of shares, except for Class R6, pays transfer agent fees to Investor Services for its performance of shareholder servicing obligations and reimburses Investor Services for out of pocket expenses incurred, including shareholding servicing fees paid to third parties. These fees are allocated daily based upon their relative proportion of such classes’ aggregate net assets. Class R6 pays Investor Services transfer agent fees specific to that class.

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3. Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

e. Transfer Agent Fees (continued)

For the period ended November 30, 2014, the Fund paid transfer agent fees of $64,804, of which $23,856 was retained by Investor Services.

f. Waiver and Expense Reimbursements

K2 Advisors has contractually agreed in advance to waive or limit its fees and to assume as its own expense certain expenses otherwise payable by the Fund so that the expenses (excluding distribution fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and expenses on securities sold short) for each class of the Fund do not exceed 1.95%, and Class R6 does not exceed 1.88% based on the average net assets of each class (other than certain non-routine expenses or costs, including those relating to litigation, indemnification, reorganizations, and liquidations) until September 30, 2015. Prior to October 1, 2014, expenses were limited to 2.15%.


g. Other Affiliated Transactions
At November 30, 2014, the shares of the Fund were owned by the following entities:
		Percentage of
		Consolidated
		Outstanding
	Shares	Shares
Franklin Resources, Inc.	5,307,251	11.63	%
Franklin Moderate Allocation Fund	8,367,007	18.34	%
Franklin Conservative Allocation Fund	5,157,034	11.30	%
Franklin Growth Allocation Fund	4,335,456	9.50	%
Franklin Multi-Asset Real Return Fund	320,606	0.70	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2025 Retirement Target Fund	264,968	0.58	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2035 Retirement Target Fund	227,281	0.50	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2015 Retirement Target Fund	175,215	0.38	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2045 Retirement Target Fund	127,994	0.28	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2030 Retirement Target Fund	54,476	0.12	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2020 Retirement Target Fund	46,964	0.10	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2040 Retirement Target Fund	35,306	0.08	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2050 Retirement Target Fund	27,093	0.06	%

4. Expense Offset Arrangement

The Fund has entered into an arrangement with its custodian whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances are used to reduce a portion of the Fund’s custodian expenses. During the period ended November 30, 2014, the custodian fees were reduced as noted in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

5. Income Taxes

For tax purposes, capital losses may be carried over to offset future capital gains, if any. At May 31, 2014, the capital loss carryforwards were as follows:


Capital loss carryforwards:
Short term	$	161,663
Long term		859,461
Total capital loss carryforwards	$	1,021,124

At November 30, 2014, the cost of investments and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:


Cost of investments	$	431,683,026
Unrealized appreciation	$	29,101,912
Unrealized depreciation		(8,675,790	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)	$	20,426,122

Differences between income and/or capital gains as determined on a book basis and a tax basis are primarily due to differing treatments of foreign currency transactions, bond discounts and premiums, certain dividends on securities sold short, swaps, commodity-based derivatives, non-deductible expenses, offering costs and futures.

6. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments and securities sold short (excluding short term securities) for the period ended November 30, 2014, aggregated $662,616,909 and $627,924,000, respectively.

Transactions in options written during the period ended November 30, 2014, were as follows:


	Number of		Notional
	Contracts		Amount			Premiums
Options outstanding at May 31, 2014	1,802		—		$	303,652
Options written	6,590		1,840,000,000	KRW		1,935,160
Options expired	(1,310	)	—			(169,615	)
Options exercised	(108	)	—			(10,946	)
Options closed	(5,408	)	—			(1,334,531	)
Options outstanding at November 30, 2014	1,566		1,840,000,000	KRW	$	723,720

See Notes 1(d) and 9 regarding derivative financial instruments and other derivative information, respectively.

7. Credit Risk and Defaulted Securities

The Fund may purchase the pre-default or defaulted debt of distressed companies. Distressed companies are financially troubled and are about to be or are already involved in financial restructuring or bankruptcy. Risks associated with purchasing these securities include the possibility that the bankruptcy or other restructuring process takes longer than expected, or that distributions in restructuring are less than anticipated, either or both of which may result in unfavorable consequences to the Fund. If it becomes probable that the income on debt securities, including those of distressed companies, will not be collected, the Fund discontinues accruing income and recognizes an adjustment for uncollectible interest.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

7. Credit Risk and Defaulted Securities (continued)

At November 30, 2014, the aggregate long value of distressed company securities for which interest recognition has been discontinued was $1,626,920, representing 0.33% of the Fund’s net assets. For information as to specific securities, see the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Investments.

8. Unfunded Loan Commitments

The Fund enters into certain credit agreements, all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these loan commitments at the borrowers’ discretion. Funded portions of credit agreements are presented on the Consolidated Statement of Investments.


At November 30, 2014, unfunded commitments were as follows:

		Unfunded
Borrower		Commitment
B/E Aerospace Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 11/21/21	$	60,000
Cable & Wireless Communications PLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 11/6/16		95,000
Quintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B-3, 3.75%, 6/08/18		29,523
Visteon Corp., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 4/08/21		45,169
	$	229,692

Unfunded loan commitments and funded portions of credit agreements are marked to market daily and any unrealized appreciation or depreciation is included in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

9. Other Derivative Information

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s investments in derivative contracts are reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:


	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives

Derivative Contracts	Consolidated Statement			Consolidated Statement
Not Accounted for as	of Assets and			of Assets and
Hedging Instruments	Liabilities Location		Fair Value^a	Liabilities Location		Fair Value^a
Commodity contracts	Net assets consist of – net	$	1,235,079	Net assets consist of – net	$	277,790
	unrealized appreciation			unrealized appreciation
	(depreciation)			(depreciation)
Credit contracts	Unrealized appreciation on swap		27,928	Unrealized depreciation on swap		61,398
	contracts / Net assets consist of			contracts / Net assets consist
	– net unrealized appreciation			of – net unrealized
	(depreciation)			appreciation (depreciation)
Equity contracts	Investments, at value / Unrealized		4,740,350	Options written, at value /		1,230,054
	appreciation on swap contracts /			Unrealized depreciation on
	Net assets consist of – net			swap contracts / Net assets
	unrealized appreciation			consist of – net unrealized
	(depreciation)			appreciation (depreciation)
Foreign exchange contracts	Investments, at value / Unrealized		4,003,964	Options written, at value /		2,458,965
	appreciation on forward			Unrealized depreciation on
	exchange contracts			forward exchange contracts
Interest rate contracts	Investments, at value / Net assets		1,572,559	Net assets consist of – net		19,468
	consist of – net unrealized			unrealized appreciation
	appreciation (depreciation)			(depreciation)

^aIncludes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is separately reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

For the period ended November 30, 2014, the effect of derivative contracts on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Operations was as follows:


						Change in
						Unrealized
Derivative Contracts			Realized			Appreciation
Not Accounted for as			Gain (Loss)			(Depreciation)
Hedging Instruments	Consolidated Statement of Operations Locations		for the Period			for the Period
Commodity contracts	Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts / Net change	$	825,477		$	987,912
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures
	contracts
Credit contracts	Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts / Net change in		(285,452	)		117,087
	unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts
Equity contracts	Net realized gain (loss) from investments, written options,		(837,093	)		1,933,086
	futures and swap contracts / Net change in unrealized
	appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures and
	swap contracts
Foreign exchange contracts	Net realized gain (loss) from investments, written options		2,354,158			1,641,282
and foreign currency transactions / Net change in
	unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
	and translation of other assets and liabilities denominated
	in foreign currencies

Interest rate contracts	Net realized gain (loss) from investments and futures		1,491,237			892,512
contracts / Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on investments and futures contracts

For the period ended November 30, 2014, the average month end fair value of derivatives represented 2.16% of average month end net assets. The average month end number of open derivative contracts for the period was 636.

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities are as follows:


		Gross and Net Amounts
		of Assets and Liabilities
		Presented in the
		Consolidated Statement of
		Assets and Liabilities
		Assets^a		Liabilities^a
Derivatives
Forward Exchange Contracts	$	3,902,348	$	2,453,970
Options Purchased		109,982		—
Options Written		—		4,995
Swap Contracts		1,830,453		948,013
Total	$	5,842,783	$	3,406,978

^aAbsent an event of default or early termination, OTC derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

9. Other Derivative Information (continued)

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s OTC derivative assets which may be offset against the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities, and collateral received from the counterparty, is as follows:


				Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated
				Statement of Assets and Liabilities

		Gross and Net
		Amounts of Assets					Financial
		Presented in the		Financial			Instruments				Cash
		Consolidated Statement of		Instruments			Collateral				Collateral		Net Amount (Not
		Assets and Liabilities		Available for Offset			Received^a				Received		less than zero)
Counterparty
BNYM	$	476,185	$	—			$	—		$	—	$	476,185
BOFA		124,910		(14,561	)			(105,117	)		—		5,232
BZWS		15,505		—				—			—		15,505
CITI		26,072		(450	)			—			—		25,622
CSFB		66,720		—				—			—		66,720
DBFX		862,894		(766,599	)			—			—		96,295
MLCO		22,819		—				—			—		22,819
MSCS		933,272		(172,215	)			—			—		761,057
MSCO		53,673		(43,940	)			—			—		9,733
MSCO^c		3,260,733		(2,218,247	)			—			—		1,042,486
Total	$	5,842,783	$	(3,216,012	)	$	(105,117		)	$	—	$	2,521,654

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities which may be offset against the Fund’s OTC derivative assets, and collateral pledged to the counterparty, is as follows:


				Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated
				Statement of Assets and Liabilities

		Gross and Net
		Amounts of Liabilities					Financial
		Presented in the		Financial			Instruments		Cash
		Consolidated Statement of		Instruments			Collateral		Collateral		Net Amount (Not
		Assets and Liabilities		Available for Offset			Pledged^a,b		Pledged^a		less than zero)
Counterparty
BNYM	$	142,813	$	—		$	—	$	—	$	142,813
BOFA		14,561		(14,561	)		—		—		—
BZWS		—		—			—		—		—
CITI		450		(450	)		—		—		—
CSFB		41,389		—			—		—		41,389
DBFX		766,599		(766,599	)		—		—		—
MLCO		6,764		—			—		—		6,764
MSCS		172,215		(172,215	)		—		—		—
MSCO		43,940		(43,940	)		—		—		—
MSCO^c		2,218,247		(2,218,247	)		—		—		—
Total	$	3,406,978	$	(3,216,012	)	$	—	$	—	$	190,966

^aIn some instances, the collateral amounts disclosed in the table above were adjusted due to the requirement to limit collateral amounts to avoid the effect of over-
collateralization. Actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amounts disclosed herein.
^bSee the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Investments for securities pledged as collateral for derivatives.
^cRepresents derivatives owned by the K2 Holdings Investment Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund. See Note 1(g).

See abbreviations on page 86.

See Notes 1(d) and 6 regarding derivative financial instruments and investment transactions, respectively.

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

10. Fair Value Measurements

The Fund follows a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Fund’s own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s financial instruments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical financial instruments
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar financial instruments, interest rates, prepay- ment speed, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of financial instruments)

The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with financial instruments at that level.

For movements between the levels within the fair value hierarchy, the Fund has adopted a policy of recognizing the transfers as of the date of the underlying event which caused the movement.

A summary of inputs used as of November 30, 2014, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value, is as follows:


		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total

Assets:
Investments in Securities:
Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests^a	$	251,775,411	$	—	$	—^b	$	251,775,411
Exchange Traded Funds		223,153		—		—		223,153
Convertible Preferred Stocks		3,920,848		3,784,559		—		7,705,407
Preferred Stocks		597,032		105,922		—		702,954
Convertible Bonds		—		63,909,578		—		63,909,578
Corporate Bonds and Notes		—		48,389,950		—		48,389,950
Corporate Notes in Reorganization		—		1,626,920		—		1,626,920
Senior Floating Rate Interests		—		4,065,679		—		4,065,679
Foreign Government and Agency Securities		—		1,979,064		—		1,979,064
Asset-Backed Securities and Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities		—		7,055,815		—		7,055,815
Options Purchased		912,443		109,982		—		1,022,425
Short Term Investments		44,008,305		19,644,487		—		63,652,792
Total Investments in Securities	$	301,437,192	$	150,671,956	$	—	$	452,109,148
Other Financial Instruments
Futures Contracts	$	4,860,626	$	—	$	—	$	4,860,626
Forward Exchange Contracts		—		3,902,348		—		3,902,348
Swap Contracts		—		1,794,481		—		1,794,481
Unfunded Loan Commitments		—		1,419		—		1,419
Total Other Financial Instruments	$	4,860,626	$	5,698,248	$	—	$	10,558,874

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Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (continued)

10. Fair Value Measurements (continued)

		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total

Liabilities:
Other Financial Instruments
Options Written	$	162,870	$	4,995	$	—	$	167,865
Securities Sold Short^a		131,233,072		7,371,348		—		138,604,420
Futures Contracts		524,979		—		—		524,979
Forward Exchange Contracts		—		2,453,970		—		2,453,970
Swap Contracts		—		900,861		—		900,861
Total Other Financial Instruments	$	131,920,921	$	10,731,174	$	—	$	142,652,095

^aFor detailed categories, see the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Investments.
^bIncludes securities determined to have no value at November 30, 2014.

A reconciliation of assets in which Level 3 inputs are used in determining fair value is presented when there are significant Level 3
financial investments at the end of the period.

11. New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-11, Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860), Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures. The ASU changes the accounting for certain repurchase agreements and expands disclosure requirements related to repurchase agreements, securities lending, repurchase-to-maturity and similar transactions. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

12. Subsequent Events

The Fund has evaluated subsequent events through the issuance of the consolidated financial statements and determined that no events have occurred that require disclosure.


Abbreviations
Counterparty/Exchange		Currency		Selected Portfolio
BNYM	The Bank of New York Mellon	BRL	Brazilian Real	ABS	Asset Backed Security
BOFA	Bank of America Corp	CAD	Canadian Dollar	ADR	American Depositary Receipt
BZWS	Barclays Bank PLC	CNY	Chinese Yuan	ARM	Adjustable Rate Mortgage
CITI	Cititgroup, Inc.	COP	Colombian Peso	CMO	Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
CME	Chicago Mercantile Exchange	EUR	Euro	ETF	Exchange Traded Fund
CSFB	Credit Suisse First Boston	GBP	British Pound	FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DBFX	Deutsche Bank AG	HKD	Hong Kong Dollar	FRN	Floating Rate Note
FTSE	Financial Times Stock Exchange	JPY	Japanese Yen	PIK	Payment In-Kind
HSBC	HSBC Bank USA, N.A.	KRW	Korean Won	REIT	Real Estate Investment Trust
ICE	Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.	MXN	Mexican Peso	SPDR	Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
JPHQ	JP Morgan Chase & Co.	SGD	Singapore Dollar
MLCO	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.	USD	United States Dollar
MSCO	Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.	ZAR	South African Rand
MSCS	Morgan Stanley Capital Services

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Shareholder Information

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

The Fund’s investment manager has established Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (Policies) that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities. Shareholders may view the Fund’s complete Policies online at franklintempleton.com. Alternatively, shareholders may request copies of the Policies free of charge by calling the Proxy Group collect at (954) 527-7678 or by sending a written request to: Franklin Templeton Companies, LLC, 300 S.E. 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, Attention: Proxy Group. Copies of the Fund’s proxy voting records are also made available online at franklintempleton.com and posted on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov and reflect the most recent 12-month period ended June 30.

Quarterly Statement of Investments

The Fund files a complete statement of investments with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters for each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Shareholders may view the filed Form N-Q by visiting the Commission’s website at sec.gov. The filed form may also be viewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operations of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund

This semiannual report for Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund covers the period ended November 30, 2014.

Your Fund’s Goal and Main Investments

The Fund seeks long-term total return. It invests mainly in commodity-linked derivative instruments and securities of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities and other fixed income securities.

Performance Overview

The Fund’s Class A shares had a -15.15% cumulative total return for the six months under review. In comparison, its benchmark, the Bloomberg Commodity Index, which measures performance of exchange-traded futures contracts on physical commodities, posted a -15.60% total return for the same period.^1,2You can find more of the Fund’s performance data in the Performance Summary beginning on page 7.

Economic and Market Overview

U.S. economic growth trends were generally encouraging during the period. Economic activity improved in the third quarter of 2014, resulting largely from increased consumer spending, business investments, federal defense spending and a narrower trade deficit. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board (Fed) ended its asset purchase program in October, after gradually reducing its purchases during the six-month period, based on its view that underlying economic strength could support ongoing progress in

labor market conditions. The Fed reaffirmed it would maintain its near-zero interest rate policy for a “considerable time” and stated its actions to normalize monetary policy remained dependent on economic performance.

U.S. stocks generated strong returns for the six months under review as measured by the Standard & Poor’s^®500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Commodity prices overall ended lower for the period, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, largely due to steep declines in crude oil prices resulting from weak global demand growth and strong world supply. Gold prices declined amid benign global inflation and a strong U.S. dollar.

Investment Strategy

We utilize an actively managed fundamental and quantitative investment process to provide exposure to the commodities markets by investing in commodity-linked derivative instruments including commodity-linked total return swaps, commodity futures, commodity index futures and options on commodities and commodity index futures, which may provide exposure to foreign and emerging markets. By investing in these derivative instruments, we seek to gain exposure to the returns of real assets that trade in the commodities markets without direct investment in physical commodities. Real assets include such things as industrial and precious metals, gas, oil, livestock, agricultural or meat products and other items.

What is a swap agreement?

A swap agreement, such as a commodity-linked total return swap, is a contract between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange on a future date the returns, or differentials in rates of return, that would have been earned or realized if a notional amount were invested in specific instruments.

1. Source: Morningstar.

2. Prior to 7/1/14, the index was known as the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index.

The index is unmanaged and includes reinvested dividends. One cannot invest directly in an index, and an index is not representative of the Fund’s portfolio. See www.franklintempletondatasources.com for additional data provider information.

The dollar value, number of shares or principal amount, and names of all portfolio holdings are listed in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Investments (SOI).

The Consolidated SOI begins on page 17.

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What is a futures contract?

A futures contract, or a future, is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty made through a U.S. or foreign futures exchange to buy or sell an asset at a specific price on a future date.

What is an option?

An option is a contract to buy or sell a specific financial product known as the option’s underlying instrument at a specific price. The buyer of an option has the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell the underlying instrument at or until a specified expiration date. Conversely, the seller (“writer”) of an option who opens a transaction is obligated to buy or sell the underlying instrument should the option holder exercise that right.

Portfolio Breakdown*
11/30/14

% of Consolidated
Net Assets


U.S. Treasury Bills	54.3	%
Federal Farm Credit Bank	29.5	%
U.S. Treasury Notes	18.0	%
Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio	1.6	%
Federal Home Loan Bank	1.5	%
Other Assets, less Liabilities**	-4.9	%

*Portfolio breakdown figures are stated as a percentage of total and may not equal
100% or may be negative due to rounding, use of any derivatives, unsettled trades
or other factors.
**Includes unrealized appreciation/depreciation on open futures and swap
contracts, as well as other assets and liabilities. See supplementary commodity
exposure tables on page 5 for additional information related to the Fund’s economic
exposure to commodities.

Manager’s Discussion

During its semiannual period, the Fund obtained its commodities exposure through swaps on commodity indexes and through commodities futures. These exposures were supported with U.S. Treasury bills and other fixed income securities.

During the period under review, overall energy positioning detracted significantly from absolute returns. Other sectors that detracted from absolute performance were agriculture, precious

metals and industrial metals. Conversely, the livestock sector contributed to returns. The Fund’s relative performance also benefited from its positioning in agriculture, particularly corn and soybeans; industrial metals, notably zinc; and livestock over the period. In energy, positioning in refined petroleum products benefited relative performance.

Within the energy sector, crude oil was the largest detractor from returns. U.S. production growth of crude oil and the return of some Libyan production weighed on the global crude oil supply and demand balance. The resulting U.S. commercial stockpiles of crude oil trended above seasonal averages in spite of high refinery utilization rates and low stockpile levels at the oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma. Although natural gas detracted from absolute returns, a slight underweighting contributed to relative results. Over the period, U.S. natural gas inventories built up strongly through the storage season, as summer cooling demand was below average in peak months.

In the agriculture sector, wheat was a notable detractor from returns as estimates for world production rose to a record high, lessening the demand for U.S. exports. Although concerns arose about European wheat quality due to rain, and exports from former Soviet Union areas, overall wheat prices declined resulting partly from the northern hemisphere’s large harvest. Positive contributions from our corn and soybean positioning helped lessen the negative effects of wheat positioning. Sugar detracted as drought in Brazil, the world’s top producer, was not enough to offset the global surplus, and India, the world’s second-largest producer, experienced ample rainfall and plantings. In the precious metals sector, gold and silver detracted from returns. In the industrial metals sector, aluminum and nickel also weighed on returns. Zinc and copper also hurt returns, but positioning aided relative results. A rising U.S. dollar provided a headwind to metal prices over the period.

In the livestock sector, live cattle and lean hogs contributed to absolute performance. A shrinking U.S. domestic cattle herd and feedlot dynamics supported cattle prices. However, an underweighting hurt relative results. The outbreak of disease in pigs started to be controlled over the period, which pressured lean hog prices, and an underweighting supported relative performance.

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Fund Exposure to Commodities

The following table summarizes the Fund’s economic exposure to commodities derived through its investment in commodity-linked total return swap contracts. At 11/30/14, the Fund’s exposure based on notional value represented 78.1% of consolidated net assets.


Commodity-Linked Total Return Swap Exposure*
	% of Consolidated Net Assets
Brent Crude Oil	17.4	%
Soybeans	14.4	%
Silver	9.5	%
Aluminum	8.8	%
Zinc	8.8	%
Coffee	7.6	%
Natural Gas	5.1	%
Live Cattle	3.3	%
Lean Hogs	1.7	%
Kansas Wheat	1.5	%

*Figures are stated as a percentage of total and may not equal 100% or may be negative due to rounding, use of any derivatives, unsettled trades or other factors. The
Fund’s exposure was calculated using the commodity sector weightings of the FP Custom Commodity Index multiplied by the Fund’s percentage notional exposure.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s economic exposure to commodities derived through its investment in futures contracts.

At 11/30/14, the Fund’s exposure based on notional value represented 20.4% of consolidated net assets.


Commodity Futures Exposure*
	% of Consolidated Net Assets
	Long
Natural Gas	4.6	%
Soybeans	3.9	%
Brent Crude Oil	3.2	%
Aluminum	2.4	%
Zinc	2.3	%
Coffee	2.1	%
Live Cattle	0.9	%
Lean Hogs	0.5	%
Kansas Wheat	0.5	%

*Figures are stated as a percentage of total and may not equal 100% or may be negative due to rounding, use of any derivatives, unsettled trades or other factors.

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As fellow shareholders, we were disappointed with the Fund’s absolute performance in the recent challenging environment for commodities. However, we remain committed to our active investment process and long-term perspective, keeping in mind that volatility is not uncommon for commodities markets. Thank you for your participation in Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund. We look forward to continuing to serve your financial needs.

CFA^®is a trademark owned by CFA Institute.

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Performance Summary as of November 30, 2014


Net Asset Value
Share Class (Symbol)		11/30/14		5/31/14		Change
A (N/A)	$	8.01	$	9.44	-$	1.43
C (N/A)	$	7.95	$	9.41	-$	1.46
R (N/A)	$	8.00	$	9.44	-$	1.44
R6 (FPELX)	$	8.04	$	9.46	-$	1.42
Advisor (N/A)	$	8.14	$	9.58	-$	1.44

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

Performance as of 11/30/14¹

Cumulative total return excludes sales charges. Average annual total return and value of $10,000 investment include maximum sales charges. Class A: 5.75% maximum initial sales charge; Class C: 1% contingent deferred sales charge in first year only;

Class R/R6/Advisor Class: no sales charges.



						Value of	Average Annual		Total Annual Operating Expenses⁶
	Cumulative		Average Annual		$	10,000	Total Return
Share Class	Total Return²		Total Return³			Investment⁴	(12/31/14	)⁵	(with waiver)		(without waiver)
A									1.25	%	3.58	%
6-Month	-15.15	%	-20.06	%	$	7,997
Since Inception (1/10/14)	-9.80	%	-14.97	%	$	8,503	-21.34	%
C									1.95	%	4.28	%
6-Month	-15.52	%	-16.36	%	$	8,364
Since Inception (1/10/14)	-10.47	%	-11.37	%	$	8,863	-18.06	%
R									1.45	%	3.78	%
6-Month	-15.25	%	-15.27	%	$	8,475
Since Inception (1/10/14)	-9.91	%	- 9.91	%	$	9,009	-16.78	%
R6									0.86	%	1.78	%
6-Month	-15.01	%	-15.01	%	$	8,499
Since Inception (1/10/14)	-9.46	%	-9.46	%	$	9,054	-16.33	%
Advisor									0.95	%	3.28	%
6-Month	-15.03	%	-15.03	%	$	8,497
1-Year	-9.05	%	-9.05	%	$	9,095	-16.98	%
Since Inception (12/7/11)	-18.60	%	-6.67	%	$	8,140	-8.84	%

Performance data represent past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. Current performance may differ from figures shown. For most recent month-end performance, go to franklintempleton.com or call (800) 342-5236.

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. Investing in physical commodities, either directly or through complex instruments such as commodity-linked total return swaps, commodity futures, commodity index futures and options on commodities and commodities index futures, presents unique risks, is speculative and can be extremely volatile. Market prices of commodities may fluctuate rapidly based on numerous factors, including: changes in supply and demand relationships; weather; agriculture; trade; domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies; diseases; pestilence; technological developments; and monetary and other governmental policies, action and inaction. Derivatives involve costs and can create leverage in the Fund’s portfolio, which may result in significant volatility and cause the Fund to participate in losses (as well as gains) in an amount that exceeds the Fund’s initial investment. The Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits and may realize losses when a counterparty fails to perform as promised. Bond prices generally move in the opposite direction of interest rates. Thus, as prices of bonds in the Fund adjust to a rise in interest rates, the Fund’s share price may decline. Foreign investing carries additional risks such as currency and market volatility and political or social instability, risks that are heightened in developing countries. The Fund is actively managed but there is no guarantee that the manager’s investment decisions will produce the desired results. The Fund’s prospectus also includes a description of the main investment risks.

Class C:

Class R: Class

R6:

Advisor Class:

These shares have higher annual fees and expenses than Class A shares.

Shares are available to certain eligible investors as described in the prospectus. These shares have higher annual fees and expenses than Class A shares.

Shares are available to certain eligible investors as described in the prospectus.

1. The Fund has an expense reduction contractually guaranteed through at least 9/30/15, a fee waiver related to the management fee paid by a subsidiary, and a fee waiver
associated with its investments in a Franklin Templeton money fund, contractually guaranteed through at least its current fiscal year-end. Fund investment results reflect the
expense reduction and fee waivers, to the extent applicable; without these reductions, the results would have been lower.
2. Cumulative total return represents the change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.
3. Average annual total return represents the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. Six-month return has not been annualized.
4. These figures represent the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the periods indicated.
5. In accordance with SEC rules, we provide standardized average annual total return information through the latest calendar quarter.
6. Figures are as stated in the Fund’s current prospectus. In periods of market volatility, assets may decline significantly, causing total annual Fund operating expenses to
become higher than the figures shown.

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Your Fund’s Expenses

As a Fund shareholder, you can incur two types of costs:

Transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on Fund purchases; and
Ongoing Fund costs, including management fees, distribu- tion and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. All mutual funds have ongoing costs, sometimes referred to as operating expenses.

Actual Fund Expenses

You can estimate the expenses you paid during the period by following these steps. Of course, your account value and expenses will differ from those in this illustration:

1.	Divide your account value by $1,000.
	If an account had an $8,600 value, then $8,600 ÷ $1,000 = 8.6.
2.	Multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”
	If Expenses Paid During Period were $7.50, then 8.6 x $7.50 = $64.50.

In this illustration, the estimated expenses paid this period are $64.50.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison with Other Funds

Please note that expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight ongoing costs and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges. Therefore, the second line for each class is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you compare total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if transaction costs were included, your total costs would have been higher. Please refer to the Fund prospectus for additional information on operating expenses.

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YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES


		Beginning Account		Ending Account		Expenses Paid During
Share Class		Value 6/1/14		Value 11/30/14		*Period 6/1/14–11/30/14**
A
Actual	$	1,000	$	848.50	$	5.79
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,018.80	$	6.33
C
Actual	$	1,000	$	844.80	$	9.02
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,015.29	$	9.85
R
Actual	$	1,000	$	847.50	$	6.72
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,017.80	$	7.33
R6
Actual	$	1,000	$	849.90	$	3.99
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,020.76	$	4.36
Advisor
Actual	$	1,000	$	849.70	$	4.41
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)	$	1,000	$	1,020.31	$	4.81

*Expenses are calculated using the most recent six-month expense ratio, net of expense waivers, annualized for each class (A: 1.25%; C: 1.95%; R: 1.45%; R6: 0.86%; and Advisor: 0.95%), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 to reflect the one-half year period.

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Consolidated Financial Highlights
Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund
		Six Months Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class A
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	9.44		$	8.88
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.05	)		(0.08	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		(1.38	)		0.64
Total from investment operations		(1.43	)		0.56
Net asset value, end of period	$	8.01		$	9.44

Total return^d		(15.15	)%		6.31	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction		1.92	%^f		3.38	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^g		1.25	%^f		1.25	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.96	)%^f		(0.94	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	1,164		$	601
Portfolio turnover rate		—%^h			34.28	%

^aFor the period January 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of the Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dTotal return does not reflect sales commissions or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable, and is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^eRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^fRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^gBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.
^hFor the period there were no purchases or sales of investments (other than short term securities).

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		CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS



Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)
		Six Months Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class C
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	9.41		$	8.88
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.07	)		(0.09	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		(1.39	)		0.62
Total from investment operations		(1.46	)		0.53
Net asset value, end of period	$	7.95		$	9.41

Total return^d		(15.52	)%		5.97	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction		2.62	%^f		4.08	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^g		1.95	%^f		1.95	%
Net investment income (loss)		(1.66)	%^f		(1.64	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	141		$	60
Portfolio turnover rate		—%^h			34.28	%

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)
		Six Months Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class R
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	9.44		$	8.88
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.05	)		(0.06	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		(1.39	)		0.62
Total from investment operations		(1.44	)		0.56
Net asset value, end of period	$	8.00		$	9.44

Total return^d		(15.25	)%		6.31	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction		2.12	%^f		3.58	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^g		1.45	%^f		1.45	%
Net investment income (loss)		(1.16)	%^f		(1.14	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	5		$	5
Portfolio turnover rate		—%^h			34.28	%

^aFor the period January 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of the Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dTotal return is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^eRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^fRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^gBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.
^hFor the period there were no purchases or sales of investments (other than short term securities).

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)
		Six Months Ended
		November 30, 2014			Period Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014^a
Class R6
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	9.46		$	8.88
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.03	)		(0.03	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		(1.39	)		0.61
Total from investment operations		(1.42	)		0.58
Net asset value, end of period	$	8.04		$	9.46

Total return^d		(15.01	)%		6.53	%

Ratios to average net assets^e
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction		1.53	%^f		1.58	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction^g		0.86	%^f		0.86	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.57)	%^f		(0.55	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	59,695		$	67,732
Portfolio turnover rate		—%^h			34.28	%

^aFor the period January 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of the Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dTotal return is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^eRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^fRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^gBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.
^hFor the period there were no purchases or sales of investments (other than short term securities).

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)
		Six Months Ended
		November 30, 2014						Year Ended May 31,
		(unaudited)			2014			2013			2012	^a
Advisor Class
Per share operating performance
(for a share outstanding throughout the period)
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	9.58		$	9.43		$	9.15		$	10.00
Income from investment operations^b:
Net investment income (loss)^c		(0.03	)		(0.05	)		(0.08	)		(0.05	)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)		(1.41	)		0.20			0.36			(0.80	)
Total from investment operations		(1.44	)		0.15			0.28			(0.85	)
Less distributions from net investment income		—			—			(—)^d			—
Net asset value, end of period	$	8.14		$	9.58		$	9.43		$	9.15

Total return^e		(15.03	)%		1.59	%		3.06	%		(8.50	)%

Ratios to average net assets^f
Expenses before waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction		1.62	%^g		1.88	%		1.14	%		5.08	%
Expenses net of waiver, payments by affiliates and expense reduction		0.95	%^g,h		1.04	%^h		1.10	%		1.10	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.66	)%^g		(0.70	)%		(0.76	)%		(1.07	)%

Supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	122		$	126		$	107,853		$	14,374
Portfolio turnover rate		—%ⁱ			34.28	%		21.47	%		—%ⁱ

^aFor the period December 7, 2011 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2012.
^bThe amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the period due to the timing of sales
and repurchases of the Fund shares in relation to income earned and/or fluctuating fair value of the investments of the Fund.
^cBased on average daily shares outstanding.
^dAmount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
^eTotal return is not annualized for periods less than one year.
^fRatios are annualized for periods less than one year.
^gRatios are adjusted to exclude the effects of annualization for non-recurring expenses.
^hBenefit of expense reduction rounds to less than 0.01%.
ⁱFor the period there were no purchases or sales of investments (other than short term securities).

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Consolidated Statement of Investments, November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund
		Principal
		Amount		Value
U.S. Government and Agency Securities 47.5%
FFCB, 0.68%, 9/26/16	$	18,000,000	$	18,004,158
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.25%, 2/29/16		11,000,000		11,020,437
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities (Cost $28,989,871)				29,024,595
Short Term Investments 57.4%
U.S. Government and Agency Securities 55.8%
^a,bFHLB, 12/01/14		925,000		925,000
^bU.S. Treasury Bills,
^a,c6/25/15		13,900,000		13,893,634
7/23/15		19,300,000		19,289,018
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities (Cost $34,106,597)				34,107,652


		Shares
Money Market Funds (Cost $979,339) 1.6%
^d,eInstitutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio		979,339		979,339
Total Investments (Cost $64,075,807) 104.9%				64,111,586
^fOther Assets, less Liabilities (4.9)%				(2,983,972	)
Net Assets 100.0%			$	61,127,614

^aA portion or all of the security is owned by FPC Holdings Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund. See Note 1(c).
^bThe security is traded on a discount basis with no stated coupon rate.
^cSecurity or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral for open futures and swap contracts. At November 30, 2014, the value of this security and/or cash
pledged as collateral was $2,111,058, representing 3.45% of net assets.
^dNon-income producing.
^eSee Note 3(f) regarding investments in Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio.
^fIncludes unrealized appreciation/depreciation on open commodity futures and swap contracts, as well as other assets and liabilities.

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

At November 30, 2014, the Fund had the following futures contracts outstanding. See Note 1(b).

Futures Contracts^a
		Number of		Notional	Expiration		Unrealized		Unrealized
Description	Type	Contracts		Value	Date		Appreciation		Depreciation
Commodity Contracts
Aluminum	Long	29	$	1,456,888	12/15/14	$	—	$	(43,080	)
Brent Crude Oil	Long	28		1,991,920	2/12/15		—		(326,350	)
Coffee	Long	18		1,265,288	3/19/15		—		(52,046	)
Kansas Wheat	Long	9		288,000	3/13/15		10,768		—
Lean Hogs	Long	8		289,040	12/12/14		7,418		—
Live Cattle	Long	8		540,400	12/31/14		9,178		—
Natural Gas	Long	69		2,820,720	12/29/14		—		(27,971	)
Soybeans	Long	47		2,387,600	1/14/15		—		(55,265	)
Zinc	Long	26		1,437,312	12/15/14		—		(67,110	)
Total			$	12,477,168			27,364		(571,822	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)								$	(544,458	)

At November 30, 2014, the Fund had the following commodity-linked total return swap contracts outstanding. See Note 1(b).


Commodity-Linked Total Return Swap Contracts^a
			Fund		Notional	Expiration		Unrealized		Unrealized
Counterparty	Fund Receives		Pays		Value		Date	Appreciation		Depreciation
MSCS	Return of the FP Custom Commodity Index^b0.22%			$	47,761,736	12/05/14		$ —	$	(2,938,264	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)									$	(2,938,264	)


^aA portion or all of the contract is owned by FPC Holdings Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund. See Note 1(c).
^bThe following table provides additional detail for each custom swap:
Description			Notional Value		Unrealized Appreciation			Unrealized Depreciation
Bloomberg Commodity Aluminum Subindex		$	5,349,314			$	—		$	(110,567	)
Bloomberg Commodity Brent Crude Oil Subindex			10,650,867				—			(2,134,654	)
Bloomberg Commodity Coffee Subindex			4,632,889				—			(127,564	)
Bloomberg Commodity Kansas Wheat Subindex			955,235				75,009			—
Bloomberg Commodity Lean Hogs Subindex			1,050,758				4,361			—
Bloomberg Commodity Live Cattle Subindex			2,053,755				22,064			—
Bloomberg Commodity Natural Gas Subindex			3,104,513				106,937			—
Bloomberg Commodity Silver Subindex			5,826,932				—			(231,778	)
Bloomberg Commodity Soybeans Subindex			8,788,159				—			(297,262	)
Bloomberg Commodity Zinc Subindex			5,349,314				—			(244,810	)
Total		$	47,761,736				208,371			(3,146,635	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)									$	(2,938,264	)

See Abbreviations on page 32.

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Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
November 30, 2014 (unaudited)


Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund

Assets:
Investments in securities:
Cost - Unaffiliated issuers	$	63,096,468
Cost - Sweep Money Fund (Note 3f)		979,339
Total cost of investments	$	64,075,807
Value - Unaffiliated issuers	$	63,132,247
Value - Sweep Money Fund (Note 3f)		979,339
Total value of investments		64,111,586
Cash		331,263
Receivables:
Capital shares sold		447
Interest		28,673
Affiliates		101,674
Offering costs		31,026
Other assets		10
Total assets		64,604,679
Liabilities:
Payables:
Distribution fees		396
Transfer agent fees		1,292
Variation margin		474,813
Trustees’ fees and expenses		39,873
Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts		2,938,264
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		22,427
Total liabilities		3,477,065
Net assets, at value	$	61,127,614
Net assets consist of:
Paid-in capital	$	73,027,348
Accumulated net investment loss		(864,545	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(3,446,943	)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)		(7,588,246	)
Net assets, at value	$	61,127,614

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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)
November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund

Class A:
Net assets, at value	$		1,164,109
Shares outstanding			145,326
Net asset value per share^a		$	8.01
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value per share ÷ 94.25%)		$	8.50
Class C:
Net assets, at value	$		141,230
Shares outstanding			17,761
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share^a		$	7.95
Class R:
Net assets, at value	$		4,503
Shares outstanding			563
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share		$	8.00
Class R6:
Net assets, at value	$		59,695,405
Shares outstanding			7,428,453
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share		$	8.04
Advisor Class:
Net assets, at value	$		122,367
Shares outstanding			15,039
Net asset value and maximum offering price per share		$	8.14

^aRedemption price is equal to net asset value less contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Consolidated Statement of Operations
for the six months ended November 30, 2014 (unaudited)


Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund

Investment income:
Interest	$	95,250
Expenses:
Management fees (Note 3a)		280,132
Distribution fees: (Note 3c)
Class A		1,269
Class C		584
Class R		13
Transfer agent fees: (Note 3e)
Class A		340
Class C		47
Class R		2
Class R6		2,081
Advisor Class		58
Custodian fees (Note 4)		452
Reports to shareholders		5,296
Registration and filing fees		29,410
Professional fees		36,552
Trustees’ fees and expenses		82,096
Amortization of offering costs		137,389
Other		3,646
Total expenses		579,367
Expense reductions (Note 4)		(73	)
Expenses waived/paid by affiliates (Notes 3f and 3g)		(289,397	)
Net expenses		289,897
Net investment income (loss)		(194,647	)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Net realized gain (loss) from:
Investments		1,018
Futures contracts		(1,392,432	)
Swap contracts		(6,001,884	)
Net realized gain (loss)		(7,393,298	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments		42,173
Futures contracts		(469,154	)
Swap contracts		(2,566,296	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(2,993,277	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)		(10,386,575	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations	$	(10,581,222	)

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund



		Six Months Ended
		November 30, 2014			Year Ended
		(unaudited)			May 31, 2014
Increase (decrease) in net assets:
Operations:
Net investment income (loss)	$	(194,647	)	$	(607,541	)
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, written options, futures and swap contracts		(7,393,298	)		(1,896,955	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures and swap
contracts		(2,993,277	)		812,201
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		(10,581,222	)		(1,692,295	)
Capital share transactions: (Note 2)
Class A		715,451			603,708
Class C		102,642			60,381
Class R		—			5,000
Class R6		2,343,800			63,196,459
Advisor Class		22,503			(101,501,673	)
Total capital share transactions		3,184,396			(37,636,125	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets		(7,396,826	)		(39,328,420	)
Net assets:
Beginning of period		68,524,440			107,852,860
End of period	$	61,127,614		$	68,524,440
Accumulated net investment loss included in net assets:
End of period	$	(864,545	)	$	(669,898	)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds (Trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (1940 Act) as an open-end management investment company, consisting of two separate funds and applies the specialized accounting and reporting guidance in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP). The Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (Fund) is included in this report. The financial statements of the remaining fund in the Trust is presented separately. The Fund offers five classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class R, Class R6 and Advisor Class. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, voting rights on matters affecting a single class, its exchange privilege and fees primarily due to differing arrangements for distribution and transfer agent fees.

The following summarizes the Fund’s significant accounting policies.

a. Financial Instrument Valuation

Debt securities generally trade in the over-the-counter (OTC) market rather than on a securities exchange. The Fund’s pricing services use multiple valuation techniques to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity exists, the pricing services may utilize a market-based approach through which quotes from market makers are used to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity may not

exist or is limited, the pricing services also utilize proprietary valuation models which may consider market characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, credit spreads, estimated default rates, anticipated market interest rate volatility, coupon rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows, which are then discounted to calculate the fair value. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at the closing NAV.

Derivative financial instruments (derivatives) listed on an exchange are valued at the official closing price of the day. Certain derivatives trade in the OTC market. The Fund’s pricing services use various techniques including industry standard option pricing models and proprietary discounted cash flow models to determine the fair value of those instruments. The Fund’s net benefit or obligation under the derivative contract, as measured by the fair value of the contract, is included in net assets.

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

b. Derivative Financial Instruments

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

1. Organization and Significant Accounting

Policies (continued)

b. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued)

have a similar response to changes in market factors, and require or permit net settlement. Derivatives contain various risks including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill their obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market, and/or the potential for market movements which expose the Fund to gains or losses in excess of the amounts shown on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain and loss and unrealized appreciation and depreciation on these contracts for the period are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Derivative counterparty credit risk is managed through a formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of all potential counterparties. The Fund attempts to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives, whenever possible, by entering into International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreements with certain counterpar-ties. These agreements contain various provisions, including but not limited to collateral requirements, events of default, or early termination. Termination events applicable to the counter-party include certain deteriorations in the credit quality of the counterparty. Termination events applicable to the Fund include failure of the Fund to maintain certain net asset levels and/or limit the decline in net assets over various periods of time. In the event of default or early termination, the ISDA master agreement gives the non-defaulting party the right to net and close-out all transactions traded, whether or not arising under the ISDA agreement, to one net amount payable by one coun-terparty to the other. However, absent an event of default or early termination, OTC derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Early termination by the counterparty may result in an immediate payment by the Fund of any net liability owed to that counterparty under the ISDA agreement.

required by either the Fund or the applicable counterparty if the total net exposure of all OTC derivatives with the applicable counterparty exceeds the minimum transfer amount, which typically ranges from $100,000 to $250,000, and can vary depending on the counterparty and the type of the agreement. Generally, collateral is determined at the close of fund business each day and any additional collateral required due to changes in derivative values may be delivered by the Fund or the coun-terparty within a few business days. Collateral pledged and/or received by the Fund for OTC derivatives, if any, is held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian/counterparty broker and can be in the form of cash and/or securities. Unrestricted cash may be invested according to the Fund’s investment objectives.

The Fund entered into exchange traded futures contracts primarily to gain exposure to commodity price risk. A futures contract is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell an asset for a specified price on a future date. Required initial margins are pledged by the Fund, and the daily change in fair value is accounted for as a variation margin payable or receivable on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Fund entered into OTC commodity-linked total return swap contracts primarily to gain exposure to commodity price risk of an underlying instrument or index. A commodity-linked total return swap is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange a market linked return for a floating or fixed rate payment, both based upon a notional amount. Over the term of the contract, contractually required payments to be paid or received are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the payments are made, at which time they are recognized as realized gain or loss.

The Fund purchased or wrote exchange traded option contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to commodity price risk. An option is a contract entitling the holder to purchase or sell a specific amount of shares or units of an asset or notional amount of a swap (swaption), at a specified price. Options purchased are recorded as an asset while options written are recorded as a liability. Upon exercise of an option, the acquisition cost or sales proceeds of the underlying investment is adjusted by any premium received or paid. Upon expiration of an option, any premium received or paid is recorded as a realized gain or loss. Upon closing an option other than

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

through expiration or exercise, the difference between the premium and the cost to close the position is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

See Note 7 regarding other derivative information.

c. Investments in FPC Holdings Corp. (FP Subsidiary)

The Fund invests in certain financial instruments and commodity-linked derivative investments through its investment in the FP Subsidiary. The FP Subsidiary is a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund, and is able to invest in certain financial instruments and commodity-linked derivative investments consistent with the investment objective of the Fund. At November 30, 2014, the FP Subsidiary’s investments, as well as any other assets and liabilities of the FP Subsidiary are reflected in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Investments and Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The financial statements have been consolidated and include the accounts of the Fund and the FP Subsidiary. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. At November 30, 2014, the net assets of the FP Subsidiary were $11,728,712, representing 19.19% of the Fund’s consolidated net assets. The Fund’s investment in the FP subsidiary is limited to 25% of consolidated assets.

d. Income Taxes

examination and are based on each tax jurisdiction statute of limitation.

e. Security Transactions, Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on security transactions are determined on a specific identification basis. Interest income and estimated expenses are accrued daily. Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities are included in interest income. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined according to income tax regulations (tax basis). Distributable earnings determined on a tax basis may differ from earnings recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts to reflect their tax character. These reclassifications have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary differences are not reclassified, as they may reverse in subsequent periods.

f. Offering Costs

Offering costs are amortized on a straight line basis over twelve months.

g. Accounting Estimates

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

1. Organization and Significant Accounting

Policies (continued)

h. Guarantees and Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified by the Trust against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust.

Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. Currently, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

2. Shares of Beneficial Interest

At November 30, 2014, there were an unlimited number of shares authorized (without par value). Transactions in the Fund’s shares were as follows:


	Six Months Ended						Year Ended
	November 30, 2014						May 31, 2014
	Shares			Amount			Shares				Amount
Class A Shares^a:
Shares sold	123,982		$	1,096,815			75,514			$	718,445
Shares redeemed	(42,256	)			(381,364	)	(11,914	)			(114,737	)
Net increase (decrease)	81,726			$	715,451		63,600			$	603,708
Class C Shares^a:
Shares sold	12,386			$	112,004		8,075			$	76,224
Shares redeemed	(1,046	)			(9,362	)	(1,654	)			(15,843	)
Net increase (decrease)	11,340			$	102,642		6,421			$	60,381
Class R Shares^a:
Shares sold							564			$	5,009
Shares redeemed							(1	)			(9	)
Net increase (decrease)							563			$	5,000
Class R6 Shares^a:
Shares sold^b	289,493		$	2,543,800			11,748,644		$	104,424,968
Shares redeemed	(23,725	)			(200,000	)	(4,585,959	)			(41,228,509	)
Net increase (decrease)	265,768		$	2,343,800			7,162,685			$	63,196,459
Advisor Class Shares:
Shares sold	12,204			$	112,264		2,392,658			$	21,918,861
Shares redeemed^b	(10,328	)			(89,761	)	(13,817,865	)			(123,420,534	)
Net increase (decrease)	1,876			$	22,503		(11,425,207	)	$	(101,501,673		)


^aFor the period January 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2014.
^bEffective January 10, 2014 a portion of Advisor Class shares were exchanged into Class R6.

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

3. Transactions with Affiliates


Subsidiary	Affiliation
Franklin Alternative Strategies Advisers, LLC (FASA)
(formerly Pelagos Capital Management, LLC)	Investment manager
Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (FT Services)	Administrative manager
Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. (Distributors)	Principal underwriter
Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC (Investor Services)	Transfer agent

a. Management Fees

The Fund and FP Subsidiary pay an investment management fee to FASA of 0.85% per year of the average daily net assets of the Fund and FP Subsidiary. Management fees paid by the Fund are reduced on assets invested in the FP Subsidiary, in an amount not to exceed the management fees paid by the FP Subsidiary.

b. Administrative Fees

Under an agreement with FASA, FT Services provides administrative services to the Fund and FP Subsidiary. The fee is paid by FASA based on the Fund and FP Subsidiary average daily net assets, and is not an additional expense of the Fund or FP Subsidiary.

c. Distribution Fees

The maximum annual plan rates, based on the average daily net assets, for each class, are as follows:


Class A	0.30	%
Class C	1.00	%
Class R	0.50	%

d. Sales Charges/Underwriting Agreements


Sales charges retained net of commissions paid to unaffiliated broker/dealers	$	1,670
CDSC retained	$	—

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

3. Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

e. Transfer Agent Fees

For the period ended November 30, 2014, the Fund paid transfer agent fees of $2,528, of which $1,745 was retained by Investor Services.

f. Investments in Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio

The Fund invests in Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio (Sweep Money Fund), an affiliated open-end management investment company. Management fees paid by the Fund are waived on assets invested in the Sweep Money Fund, as noted on the Consolidated Statement of Operations, in an amount not to exceed the management and administrative fees paid directly or indirectly by the Sweep Money Fund. Prior to June 1, 2013, the waiver was accounted for as a reduction to management fees.

g. Waiver and Expense Reimbursements

FASA has contractually agreed in advance to waive or limit its fees and to assume as its own expense certain expenses otherwise payable by the Fund so that the expenses (excluding distribution fees, acquired fund fees and expenses) for each class of the Fund do not exceed 0.95%, and Class R6 does not exceed 0.86% based on the average net assets of each class (other than certain non-routine expenses or costs, including those relating to litigation, indemnification, reorganizations, and liquidations) until September 30, 2015.

h. Other Affiliated Transactions

At November 30, 2014, the shares of the Fund were owned by the following entities:


		Percentage of Consolidated
	Shares	Outstanding Shares
Franklin Moderate Allocation Fund	3,091,053	40.63	%
Franklin Conservative Allocation Fund	1,849,064	24.31	%
Franklin Growth Allocation Fund	1,700,201	22.35	%
Franklin Multi-Asset Real Return Fund	336,711	4.43	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2025 Retirement Target Fund	126,611	1.66	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2035 Retirement Target Fund	102,696	1.35	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2015 Retirement Target Fund	89,402	1.18	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2045 Retirement Target Fund	68,634	0.90	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2030 Retirement Target Fund	21,427	0.28	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2020 Retirement Target Fund	18,693	0.25	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2040 Retirement Target Fund	13,310	0.17	%
Franklin LifeSmart 2050 Retirement Target Fund	10,088	0.13	%
Franklin Resources, Inc.	1,689	0.02	%

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

4. Expense Offset Arrangement

5. Income Taxes

For tax purposes, capital losses may be carried over to offset future capital gains, if any. At May 31, 2014, the Fund had long-term capital loss carryforwards of $194,949 not subject to expiration.

For tax purposes, the Fund may elect to defer any portion of a late-year ordinary loss to the first day of the following fiscal year. At May 31, 2014, the Fund deferred late-year ordinary losses of $598,418.

At November 30, 2014, the cost of investments and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:


Cost of investments	$	64,068,280

Unrealized appreciation	$	44,183
Unrealized depreciation		(877	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)	$	43,306

Differences between income and/or capital gains as determined on a book basis and a tax basis are primarily due to differing treatments of bond discounts and premiums and non-deductible expenses.

6. Investment Transactions

There were no purchases or sales of investments (other than short term securities) for the period ended November 30, 2014.

7. Other Derivative Information

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s investments in derivative contracts are reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:


	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
Derivative Contracts
Not Accounted for as	Consolidated Statement of Assets			Consolidated Statement of Assets
Hedging Instruments	and Liabilities Location		Fair Value^a	and Liabilities Location		Fair Value
Commodity contracts	Net assets consist of - net	$	27,364	Unrealized depreciation on	$	3,510,086
	unrealized appreciation			swap contracts / Net assets
	(depreciation)			consist of - net unrealized
				appreciation (depreciation)

^aIncludes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is separately reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

7. Other Derivative Information (continued)

For the period ended November 30, 2014, the effect of derivative contracts on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Operations was as follows:


						Change in
						Unrealized
Derivative Contracts			Realized Gain			Appreciation
Not Accounted for as	Consolidated		(Loss) for			(Depreciation)
Hedging Instruments	Statement of Operations Locations		the Period			for the Period
Commodity contracts	Net realized gain (loss) from futures and swap contracts /	$	(7,394,316	)	$	(3,035,450	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
	futures and swap contracts

For the period ended November 30, 2014, the average month end fair value of derivatives represented 6.08% of average month end net assets. The average month end number of open derivative contracts for the period was 10.

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities, are as follows:


	Gross and Net Amounts of Assets and Liabilities Presented
	in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
	Assets^a	Liabilities^a
Derivatives
Swap Contracts	$ —	$2,938,264

^aAbsent an event of default or early termination, OTC derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s OTC derivative assets which may be offset against the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities and collateral received from the counterparty, is as follows:


		Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated
		Statement of Assets and Liabilities
	Gross and
	Net Amounts of	Financial	Financial
	Assets Presented in the	Instruments	Instruments	Cash	Net Amount
	Consolidated Statement of	Available for	Collateral	Collateral	(Not less
	Assets and Liabilities	Offset	Received	Received	than zero)
Counterparty
MSCS	$ —	$ —	$ —	$ —	$ —

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Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

At November 30, 2014, the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities which may be offset against the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and collateral pledged to the counterparty, is as follows:


			Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated
			Statement of Assets and Liabilities
		Gross and
		Net Amounts of	Financial		Financial
		Liabilities Presented in the	Instruments		Instruments		Cash		Net Amount
		Consolidated Statement of	Available for		Collateral		Collateral		(Not less
		Assets and Liabilities	Offset		Pledged^a		Pledged		than zero)
Counterparty
MSCS	$	2,938,264	$ —	$	(446,821	)	$ —	$	2,491,443

^aSee the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Investments for securities pledged as collateral for derivatives.

See Note 1(b) regarding derivative financial instruments.

See Abbreviations on page 32.

8. Credit Facility

The Fund, together with other U.S. registered and foreign investment funds (collectively, Borrowers), managed by Franklin Templeton Investments, are borrowers in a joint syndicated senior unsecured credit facility totaling $1.5 billion (Global Credit Facility) which, after an extension of the original terms, matures on February 13, 2015. This Global Credit Facility provides a source of funds to the Borrowers for temporary and emergency purposes, including the ability to meet future unanticipated or unusually large redemption requests.

Under the terms of the Global Credit Facility, the Fund shall, in addition to interest charged on any borrowings made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund, pay its share of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation and maintenance of the Global Credit Facility, based upon its relative share of the aggregate net assets of all of the Borrowers, including an annual commitment fee of 0.07% based upon the unused portion of the Global Credit Facility. These fees are reflected in other expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. During the period ended November 30, 2014, the Fund did not use the Global Credit Facility.

9. Fair Value Measurements

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical financial instruments
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar financial instruments, interest rates, prepayment speed, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of financial instruments)

The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with financial instruments at that level.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund (continued)

9. Fair Value Measurements (continued)

For movements between the levels within the fair value hierarchy, the Fund has adopted a policy of recognizing the transfers as of the date of the underlying event which caused the movement.

A summary of inputs used as of November 30, 2014, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value, is as follows:


		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Investments in Securities:
U.S. Government and Agency Securities	$	—	$	29,024,595	$	—	$	29,024,595
Short Term Investments		34,161,991		925,000		—		35,086,991
Total Investments in Securities	$	34,161,991	$	29,949,595	$	—	$	64,111,586
Other Financial Instruments
Futures Contracts	$	27,364	$	—	$	—	$	27,364
Liabilities:
Other Financial Instruments
Futures Contracts	$	571,822	$	—	$	—	$	571,822
Swap Contracts		—		2,938,264		—		2,938,264
Total Other Financial Instruments	$	571,822	$	2,938,264	$	—	$	3,510,086

A reconciliation of assets in which Level 3 inputs are used in determining fair value is presented when there are significant Level 3 financial instruments at the end of the period.

10. New Accounting Pronouncements

11. Subsequent Events

The Fund has evaluated subsequent events through the issuance of the consolidated financial statements and determined that no events have occurred that require disclosure.


Abbreviations
Counterparty	Selected Portfolio
MSCS Morgan Stanley Capital Services, LLC	FFCB	Federal Farm Credit Bank
	FHLB	Federal Home Loan Bank

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Shareholder Information

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

The Fund’s investment manager has established Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (Policies) that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities. Alternatively, shareholders may request copies of the Policies free of charge by calling the Proxy Group collect at (954) 527-7678 or by sending a written request to: Franklin Templeton Companies, LLC, 300 S.E. 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, Attention: Proxy Group. Copies of the Fund’s proxy voting records are posted on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s web-site at sec.gov and reflect the most recent 12-month period ended June 30.

Quarterly Statement of Investments

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer.

(d) N/A

(f) Pursuant to Item 12(a)(1), the Registrant is attaching as an exhibit a copy of its code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The Registrant has an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.

(2) The audit committee financial expert is Ann Torre Bates and she is “independent” as defined under the relevant Securities and Exchange Commission Rules and Releases.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. N/A

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. N/A

Item 6. Schedule of Investments. N/A

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

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

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

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

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant's Board of Trustees that would require disclosure herein.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Registrant’s filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such information is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, the Registrant had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Registrant’s management, including the Registrant’s principal executive officer and the Registrant’s principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(b) Changes in Internal Controls. There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could materially affect the internal controls over financial reporting subsequent to the date of their evaluation in connection with the preparation of this Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR.

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a) (1) Code of Ethics

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Laura F. Fergerson, Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration, and Gary P. Watson, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Laura F. Fergerson, Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration, and Gary P. Watson, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

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.

FRANKLIN ALTERATIVE STRATEGIES FUNDS

By /s/ Laura F. Fergerson

Laura F. Fergerson

Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration

Date January 27, 2015

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

By /s/ Laura F. Fergerson

Laura F. Fergerson

Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration

Date January 27, 2015

By /s/ Gary P. Watson

Gary P. Watson

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

Date January 27, 2015

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