UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number | 811-01911 |
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Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) |
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875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY | | 10022 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) |
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Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) P.O. Box 8507 Boston, MA 02266 |
(Name and address of agent for service) |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 1-800-464-3108 | |
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Date of fiscal year end: | October 31, 2010 | |
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Date of reporting period: | April 30, 2010 | |
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Schroder Mutual Funds
April 30, 2010 | | Semi-Annual Report |
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| | Schroder International Alpha Fund |
| | Schroder International Diversified Value Fund |
| | Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund |
| | Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund |
| | Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund |
| | Schroder North American Equity Fund |
| | Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund |
| | Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio |
Schroder Mutual Funds
Table of Contents
Letter to Shareholders | 1 |
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Management Discussion and Analysis | 3 |
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Schedules of Investments | |
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International Alpha Fund | 22 |
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International Diversified Value Fund | 25 |
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Emerging Market Equity Fund | 34 |
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U.S. Opportunities Fund | 38 |
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U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | 41 |
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North American Equity Fund | 44 |
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Total Return Fixed Income Fund | 51 |
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Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | 57 |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | 60 |
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Statements of Operations | 64 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 66 |
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Financial Highlights | 70 |
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Notes to Financial Statements | 74 |
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses | 88 |
Proxy Voting (Unaudited)
A description of the Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available upon request, without charge, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov, or by calling 1-800-464-3108 and requesting a copy of the applicable Fund’s Statement of Additional Information or on the Schroder Funds website at http://www.schroderfunds.com, by downloading the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-464-3108 and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Form N-Q (Unaudited)
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Schroder Mutual Funds
June 3, 2010
Dear Shareholder:
As 2009 drew to a close, investors could be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief. After the catastrophe of 2008 and a torrid first quarter of 2009, the markets began to stage a remarkable turnaround to register substantial gains for calendar year 2009. Even though the global recovery continued, 2010 brought new worries causing investors to pause for breath after the gains of the last year. Equity markets made a volatile start in 2010 with the S&P 500 losing ground in January and February before rallying in March and April. Recovery plays and high-beta sectors lost ground and the US dollar (USD) staged a rally after weakening for much of the past year alongside the rally in risk assets. We are now at another crossroads as investors try to determine whether positive fundamentals in some sectors can offset high levels of government debt and the inevitable need to contain spending.
First, investors began to question the sustainability of government support for the recovery. The banking crisis, which began in the US some three years ago, has become a sovereign debt crisis. Governments found that they could cushion the worst effects of the banking crisis by allowing their borrowing to increase, but only up to a point. There are limits to Keynesian economics. As budget deficits rise to the highest levels ever seen during peace time, markets have begun to question the sustainability of government support. Nowhere has the issue been more acute than in the Eurozone, where debt problems in the peripheral countries are raising doubts about the viability of the single currency.
The financial markets could have focused on any of the major economies. Many thought that the US would be the first to experience a funding crisis as it was, and still is, running twin deficits - i.e., current account and budget deficits. There were fears that China would stop funding the US, but instead the USD and Treasury markets have been firm. It is a great advantage being the reserve currency of the world. In addition, as long as China pegs its currency to the USD, it has little choice but to keep buying dollars. Japan was another crisis candidate with a massive debt-to-GDP ratio. However, Japan, with high domestic savings and an economy that offers few alternatives to investors but Japanese government bonds has managed to keep funding its budget deficits.
So instead, the markets have turned on the Eurozone, though not on Germany or France, but on Greece and more recently Portugal and Spain. Unfortunately, the link between wolf packs and markets is that both pick on the weakest. The periphery is vulnerable as the boost to growth from the fall in interest rates that came with Euro membership has come to an end. This end has come in spectacular fashion — as bubbles, generated by easy money in housing, banking and finance — have burst.
The process has been accelerated in Greece, where the government has been forced into an immediate tightening of policy in order to quell investor concerns and secure the offer of support from Eurozone governments. Seemingly, this has succeeded in stabilizing the situation, but it remains to be seen whether Greece can stay the course and deliver a reduction in borrowing given the severe impact the policy will have on growth and employment.
The second concern focuses on China, where there are signs that the economy is overheating. Robust gains in output coupled with a surge in money growth has led to fears of a bubble in real estate and a sharp pick-up in consumer price inflation. Having suffered less during the downturn, China is ahead of the US in the economic cycle and needs to tighten policy to control inflation. More generally, while medium term prospects remain favorable, a period of policy tightening and slower growth may lie ahead for the emerging markets.
Our central forecast for the global economy can be described as a sub-par recovery by historical standards. The private sector in the developed world is going through a period of de-leveraging as households gradually rebuild their balance sheets. Meanwhile, fiscal policy is set to turn from expansion to contraction as governments bring their borrowing back onto a sustainable path as mentioned above. Our global growth forecast is slightly below consensus, largely due to the expected weakness in the OECD (Office of Economic Cooperation and Development) economies. In contrast, our outlook on emerging markets is above consensus because of loose monetary policy, which has been largely imported from the OECD via exchange rate policies.
After the recession of 2008 and the first half of 2009, the recovery has been driven by the industrial sector and stronger government spending. The main impact was felt in the first quarter and should last through mid-year 2010. Then, we would expect growth to slow as the inventory cycle fades while final sales are constrained by ongoing de-leveraging in the household sector, tax increases and higher commodity prices. Thereafter, growth is expected to pick up again as the corporate sector begins to recruit and employment rises following the improvement in profitability.
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After falling sharply in 2009, headline inflation is expected to rise later this year following the recovery in commodity prices. However, outside commodities, deflationary pressures persist and the US and the Eurozone are expected to experience a decline in core inflation (CPI ex food and energy) through the remaining part of 2010 and 2011. The slack created by the downturn should keep downward pressure on inflation, such that the headline rate falls back in 2011. The pattern in the emerging economies is different as there is less spare capacity, and in economies like China, excess money growth is likely to push inflation higher in the latter part of 2010 moving into 2011.
Against an improved macro backdrop where interest rates are likely to stay low for a prolonged period, we remain positive on risk assets. With cash returns negligible, this should continue to encourage investors to take on more risk in a search for yield. Meanwhile, the recovery in corporate profits, which is likely to continue over the coming months, should also be a positive for equities.
As we stated in the Funds’ Annual Report, in this type of environment, we believe that the investor who maintains a diversified portfolio — both across asset classes and geographic borders — should be able to weather the bumpy periods better than those who have high concentrations in one or two sectors or regions. We encourage you to consult with your financial advisor to ascertain whether your current mix of investments is suitable for your long-term objectives.
Again, we thank you for including Schroders in your financial plan and we look forward to our continued relationship.
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| Mark A. Hemenetz, CFA |
| President |
The views expressed in the following report were those of each respective Fund’s portfolio management team as of the date specified, and may not reflect the views of the portfolio managers on the date this Semi-Annual Report is published or any time thereafter. These views are intended to assist shareholders of the Funds in understanding their investment in the Funds and do not constitute investment advice; investors should consult their own investment professionals as to their individual investment programs. Certain securities described in these reports may no longer be held by the Funds and therefore may no longer appear in the Schedules of Investments as of April 30, 2010.
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Schroder International Alpha Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of May 28, 2010)
Performance
In the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Schroder International Alpha Fund (the “Fund”) gained 4.76% (Investor Shares) and 4.68% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of international stocks, which rose 2.48%.
Market Background
Following the extraordinary rebound in financial markets since their March 2009 lows, investors paused for breath over the six-month reporting period ended April 30, 2010, as questions about the true strength of the world economy emerged.
Both corporate and macro news was generally supportive of a recovery, with many companies beating earnings forecasts and all the major economies exiting recession. However, a number of issues weighed on investor sentiment, which led to increased market volatility. In late November/early December, the Dubai government’s announcement of a debt restructuring at its holding company, Dubai World, hurt investor confidence, although concerns about possible contagion quickly subsided.
In the early months of 2010, concerns about fiscal problems in Greece and in some other Eurozone countries had a negative impact. Following a rebound in investor confidence later in the year (against a background of generally favorable economic data and the agreement of a support plan for Greece), risk aversion returned in the closing weeks of the review period. In particular, uncertainties over fiscal difficulties in the Eurozone resurfaced, with rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgrading the sovereign credit ratings of Greece, Portugal and Spain.
Another key concern centered on economic overheating in emerging markets, particularly China. In January, investors were caught off guard by an earlier-than-expected move to rein in credit growth after Chinese authorities raised banks’ reserve requirements. This was followed by another 50 basis point hike in the banks’ reserve requirements in February, as well as measures to curb the property market, leading many investors to concur that this is the start of significant monetary tightening for China.
Portfolio Review
The Fund outperformed the Index by a comfortable margin over the six-month review period. On a regional basis, holdings in emerging markets and North America led performance. However, this was, to an extent, offset by the Fund’s holdings in the Pacific ex Japan region and our underweight in Japan.
In emerging markets, the leading sources of added value came from financials and technology. Within financials, Shriram Transport Finance, Itau Unibanco Holding and Shinhan Financial Group were the strongest outperformers. India-based financial services company Shriram Transport Finance reported a solid set of fiscal fourth-quarter results, driven by topline growth (an increase in a company’s revenue over the period) and cost containment. In the emerging markets technology sector, the Fund’s exposure to China’s leading internet company Baidu, Korean memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics and rapidly growing enterprise software company Totvs in Brazil all had a strong impact on the Fund’s portfolio. Baidu benefited significantly from Google’s recent retreat from China. The company also reported a strong set of first quarter results, re-affirming our positive stance.
In North America, the Fund’s exposure to the energy sector led performance, with holdings in Canadian oil explorer Niko Resources adding the most value on the back of rising oil prices and an improving global economic outlook.
The Fund’s holdings in Asia ex Japan detracted during the period, with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) having a negative impact on portfolio returns as concerns about rights issues in the Chinese banking sector increased. However, ICBC reported a good set of results, with well-balanced loan/deposit growth, stable Net Interest Margin (NIM) and good fee income. Net profit growth was up 18% year-on-year in the first quarter. Swire Pacific also detracted amid concerns about the company’s listing of its property arm. However, the company has since cancelled the IPO of its property arm due to difficult market conditions, which overall was received positively by investors as a prudent decision. We believe that the market will now focus on the operational outlook of its individual businesses — all of which we believe should benefit from the cyclical recovery over the next 12 months.
From a sector perspective for the Fund overall, the leading sources of performance came from energy and financials while industrials detracted from performance the most. Within energy, Cairn Energy and Niko Resources performed strongly. Most of the Fund’s leading financial contributors came from emerging markets (as mentioned above), which continued to benefit from stronger balance sheets and limited exposure to bad debts plaguing western peers.
Among industrials, wind turbine maker Gamesa Tecnologica was the weakest performing stock in the Fund on fears that the Spanish government will reduce existing subsidies in the sector.
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Outlook
The latest bout of heightened market volatility does not come as a surprise to us, particularly given the sovereign debt problems facing the Eurozone. Although the European Union’s additional €750 billion stability package (which comes on top of the €110 billion bailout for Greece) initially helped lift investor sentiment, structural problems within the Eurozone remain and tough measures are needed to restore credibility to Europe’s fiscal framework.
In light of these concerns, we remain cautiously positioned on the banking sector in developed economies given their significant exposure to sovereign debt in the peripheral Eurozone economies. On the other hand, weakness in the Euro is likely to continue as a result of concerns surrounding sovereign debt risk as well as countries starting to withdraw monetary stimulus and normalize their interest rate profiles.
We believe that continued weakness in the Euro should benefit European exporters, particularly those companies that are exposed to strong demand in Asia, notably China. In contrast, we remain wary about those companies exposed to domestic demand, which continues to look sluggish.
In contrast to current negative sentiment in the markets, we believe the global economy may be on a better footing than most expect. We estimate that over half of the world economy is in a stable or growing mode, as is the case with most emerging markets economies. While the global growth equilibrium remains fragile and the risk of a European contagion must be taken seriously, one of the key areas to watch going forward is how financial regulation will unfold globally. More restrictive financial frameworks would be best applied at a time when the global economy is showing definitive signs of strength in order to compensate for the impact those measures might have on loan growth.
In this environment, we continue to believe that market volatility will prevail and that it should create opportunities for bottom-up stock pickers, as investors refocus on company fundamentals, leading to greater differentiation at the sector and stock level. This should benefit our approach to investing where we have consistently focused on high-quality companies, with sustainable medium-term earnings growth, trading at attractive valuations.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2010 (b) | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2010 (b) | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund (a) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 39.88 | % | 5.93 | % | 1.52 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 39.31 | % | 5.68 | %(c) | 1.27 | %(c) |
(a) Effective April 1, 2006, the advisory fee of the Fund increased to 0.975% per annum. If the Fund had paid such higher fees during prior periods, the returns of the Fund would have been lower.
(b) Average annual total return.
(c) The Advisor Shares commenced operations on May 15, 2006. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to May 15, 2006 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund, adjusted to reflect the distribution fees paid by Advisor Shares.
“Total Return” shown above is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Investments | |
Novartis | | 3.4 | % |
Vodafone Group | | 2.8 | |
BG Group | | 2.7 | |
Niko Resources | | 2.5 | |
Jardine Strategic Holdings | | 2.5 | |
Geographic Allocation
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Continental Europe | | 36.8 | % |
United Kingdom | | 18.5 | |
Emerging Markets | | 13.9 | |
Japan | | 13.3 | |
Pacific ex-Japan | | 12.4 | |
North America | | 4.6 | |
Short-Term Investments | | 0.5 | |
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Schroder International Diversified Value Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 11, 2010)
Performance
In the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Schroder International Diversified Value Fund (the “Fund”) gained 7.42% (Investor Shares) and 7.24% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of international stocks, which rose 2.48% during this same period.
Market Background
Global equities continued to make progress in the final months of 2009, albeit at a slower pace than earlier in the year. Notably, we began to see signs of market gains broadening beyond a narrow band of cyclical stocks, which staged the strongest recovery through the earlier risk trading, to also include traditionally defensive areas of the market.
After pausing for breath in late January - when sentiment was adversely affected by concerns over the tightening of monetary policy in China and sovereign default risk in Europe - global equity markets resumed their upward climb. Economic data has been broadly supportive since the start of the year, particularly in the United States where the prospects of a sustainable recovery are thought to have improved in line with the recent turnaround in the employment numbers. This has helped to fuel a revival in many of the risk trades that characterized the earlier stages of the market recovery in 2009. Bond markets have been more nervous about these economic developments and the duration of the dislocation between equity and bond markets will be an interesting feature to observe.
Over the period as a whole, cyclical sectors outperformed, led by information technology and materials stocks in particular, while the more defensive sectors, such as telecoms and utilities, underperformed in the majority of regions. On a regional basis, Japan was one of the best performing markets as weakness in the Yen supported exporters in particular.
Portfolio Review
The Fund is managed using a bottom-up, unconstrained approach. The Fund aims to capture as many different value themes as possible, and expects to benefit from these in the long run as markets recognize this value.
The Fund outperformed the Index during the reporting period, driven by good stock selection that was broadly diversified across nearly all sectors and regions. However, the Fund’s sector allocation was too defensively positioned, particularly with an overweight allocation to the underperforming telecoms sector, which tempered the relative return somewhat, especially towards the end of the period, when cyclicality was far more highly prized by investors.
The current unusually high representation within the Fund of higher quality areas of the market, such as consumer staples, suggests that many of the best value opportunities are at present in the more defensive stocks. An example would be the current significant allocation to food retailers. In addition, the shift in characteristics of value opportunities has reduced the strategy’s sensitivity to market volatility. As such, the current Fund positioning implies that the strategy is perhaps better placed to exploit any setback in investor sentiment.
Outlook
The overall Value strategy positioning going into the new period can be summarized as follows:
· We continue to seek many good opportunities within the telecoms sector, which offers the potential for a high dividend and cashflow yield combined with a relatively stable business model.
· Within the resources sector, we retain a preference for energy over materials. The energy sector has actually underperformed the market in recent months despite rising oil prices, which bodes well for the sector going ahead especially relative to the more expensive materials industries, particularly metals and mining.
· We retain a high exposure to consumer staples and healthcare, particularly pharmaceuticals. Traditionally, these higher quality stocks have been priced at a premium and might not have formed a large part of a value-biased fund.
· Within financials, we retain a preference for insurers and asset managers over banks. We have, however, been slowly reducing the Fund’s underweight position in banks as more attractive opportunities have arisen with improving profitability.
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· We remain underweight the more fashionable consumer discretionary and technology sectors with a preference for industrials within the higher beta parts of the market, particularly construction and engineering companies.
· Finally, regional allocations remain broadly unchanged. This reflects the bottom-up nature of the strategy where the Fund’s allocation to both regions and sectors is determined by where we find the best value opportunities globally.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 49.07 | % | 2.43 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 48.83 | % | 2.20 | % |
(a) From commencement of Fund operations on August 30, 2006.
“Total Return” shown above is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security* | | % of Investments | |
EnCana | | 0.5 | % |
NTT Data | | 0.5 | |
Prudential | | 0.5 | |
Sumitomo | | 0.5 | |
TeliaSonera | | 0.5 | |
* Excludes any Short-Term Investments.
Geographic Allocation
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Continental Europe | | 37.0 | % |
Japan | | 22.0 | |
United Kingdom | | 10.8 | |
Emerging Markets | | 10.5 | |
North America | | 9.7 | |
Pacific ex-Japan | | 9.0 | |
Short-Term Investments | | 1.0 | |
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 11, 2010)
Performance
In the six months ending April 30, 2010, the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund (the “Fund”) rose 10.37% (Investor Shares) and 10.26% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of international stocks, which rose 12.37% during the same period.
Market Background
The MSCI World Index delivered a positive return of 9.40% for the same six-month period ending April 30, 2010, although market conditions were volatile. US economic data was broadly favorable over the period, while indications from the US Federal Reserve that it is set to leave interest rates at current low levels for some time also had a beneficial impact on markets. However, in late November/early December, investor uncertainties sparked by the Dubai government’s announcement of a debt restructuring at its holding company, Dubai World, weighed on markets, although this quickly subsided. In the early months of 2010, concerns about fiscal problems in Greece and in some other Eurozone countries had a negative impact, as did concerns about policy tightening in China and elsewhere in Asia. Following a rebound in investor confidence later in the period (against a background of generally favorable economic data and the agreement of a support plan for Greece), risk aversion returned in the closing weeks of the period. In particular, uncertainties over fiscal difficulties in the Eurozone resurfaced, with rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgrading the sovereign credit ratings of Greece, Portugal and Spain. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index outperformed the MSCI World Index against this background.
Indonesia was the best performing emerging market over the period. Data releases showed the Indonesian economy growing strongly, with Q4 GDP growth coming in at 5.4% year-on-year (which was ahead of consensus expectations), while export data for February showed year-on-year growth of 57.1%. The Turkish market also outperformed, with better-than-expected economic news proving beneficial. Data was released showing Turkey’s GDP growing by 6% year-on-year in Q4 2009 and industrial production increasing by 18.1% year-on-year in February, both ahead of consensus expectations. In other developments, domestic political tensions weighed on the Turkish market in early 2010, although it recovered strongly as risk appetite increased. Mexico, Colombia and South Korea also outperformed. In Mexico, data was released showing the domestic economy recovering, which included industrial production growing by 4.7% year-on-year in February. In Colombia, the central bank reduced interest rates while data was released showing Q4 2009 GDP growing by 2.5% year-on-year. In South Korea, economic news included the release of data showing industrial production increasing by 19.1% year-on-year in February, while exports grew by 47.1% year-on-year in January.
The Czech Republic and China were the weakest performing emerging markets over the period. The underperformance of local index heavyweight CEZ (electricity company) had a negative impact on the Czech market. In other developments, the Czech central bank reduced interest rates, while data was released showing industrial production increasing by 7.0% year-on-year in February. Concerns over policy tightening weighed on the MSCI China Index over the period. Chinese authorities announced a range of measures aimed at controlling growth in the property sector and also increased the reserve requirement ratio for banks. On the positive side, data releases showed the Chinese economy continuing to grow strongly.
Brazil and Peru also underperformed during the period. Weak returns from Index heavyweight Petrobras (energy) had a negative impact on the Brazilian market. Towards the end of the period, the Brazilian central bank raised interest rates by 75 basis points, which was above consensus expectations, while data was also released showing Q4 2009 GDP growing by 4.3% year-on-year. The weak performance of mining stocks Buenaventura and Southern Copper weighed on the Peruvian market. In other developments, data was released showing Peruvian GDP growing by 5.9% year-on-year in February, which was above consensus expectations.
Portfolio Review
Fund performance lagged the Index over the period. Emerging markets rose during the six-month period ending April 30, 2010. Country allocation was a positive contributor to performance, while stock selection was a negative contributor.
Overweights to Turkey, South Korea and Thailand added value as did an overweight to Israel earlier in the period. This was somewhat offset by the underweight to Mexico and overweight to China earlier in the period, which detracted value. Stock selection in South Korea (overweight Megastudy, GS Engineering & Construction and zero weight Hynix Semiconductor), Mexico (overweight Grupo Financiero Banorte and Grupo Mexico later in the period) and Russia (overweight Gazprom) also detracted value. This was somewhat offset by the choice of stocks in Turkey (overweight Turkiye Garanti Bankasi and TAV Havalimanlari Holding) and India (overweight Infosys Technologies and HDFC Bank).
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Outlook
We have been somewhat cautious on the short-term outlook for emerging markets since January, and we continue to hold this view. This is because US data is pointing to stronger than expected growth in the near term and consequently the US dollar is strengthening. Together with a modest tightening of monetary policy, which is underway in some emerging economies, this creates the potential for a degree of short-term profit taking. However, while we remain somewhat cautious in the short term, we maintain our positive view of the medium-term outlook and do not look to modify the beta of the Fund’s portfolio. Global liquidity is likely to remain abundant for most of this year, valuations are reasonable, Global Emerging Markets (“GEM”) P/E is around 11X, which is in line with its long-term average based on the Index and earnings growth is recovering strongly. The consensus forecast for GEM earnings per share growth this year is 28%. If US growth begins to fade later in the year and concerns about GEM monetary tightening dissipate, investors are likely to focus on the stronger fundamentals and growth potential of the emerging markets.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 52.45 | % | 9.43 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 52.58 | % | 9.25 | % |
(a) From commencement of Fund operations on March 31, 2006.
“Total Return” shown above is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Investments | |
Samsung Electronics | | 4.3 | % |
Gazprom ADR | | 2.9 | |
Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 2.4 | |
China Construction Bank Class H | | 2.3 | |
CNOOC | | 2.2 | |
Geographic Allocation
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Asia/Far East | | 57.6 | % |
Latin America | | 20.6 | |
Europe | | 14.1 | |
Africa | | 4.2 | |
Mid-East | | 1.9 | |
Short-Term Investments | | 1.6 | |
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 11, 2010)
Performance
In the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) rose 19.34% (Investor Shares) and 19.27% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Russell 2000 Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of stocks with characteristics similar to the Fund’s portfolio, which rose 28.17%.
Market Background
2010 began in negative territory for US equities. We saw the S&P 500, Russell 2500 and Russell 2000 decline until mid February and then furiously rally to the end of the period. However, it has not been clear as to why there has been a significant pick up in the market. The unemployment rate and housing market are still below average levels, and valuations are not as attractive on a year-over-year basis. In addition, sectors such as autos, consumer (restaurants and smaller retailers), large cap banks and home builders, which lagged in 2009, have been leading the way this year. In general, smaller companies, companies with higher betas and momentum stocks have led in the market this quarter.
Portfolio Review
The Fund underperformed the Index during the six months ending April 30, 2010. The underperformance can be analyzed in two ways: a) market factors and b) sector and stock positions.
From the viewpoint of market factors, several key things hurt the Fund’s portfolio. The smallest stocks led, as did lower quality stocks. For example, according to a research team in Bank of America Merrill Lynch, companies without earnings were market leaders. Related to this was the factor of price momentum. High priced momentum stocks outperformed, with the lowest quintile distinctly lagging the market. Given that as a general rule we underweight the smallest capitalization stocks, plus we are biased towards companies with earnings and we do not use momentum as a factor in stock selection, it is not surprising that the Fund lagged.
From a sector perspective, we were underweight the strongest sectors (consumer discretionary and financial services). Looking at stock positions within consumer discretionary, the Fund’s positions in Ambassadors Group and Scientific Games hurt relative returns. Shares of Ambassadors Group (which organizes international travel programs for students and professionals) declined after announcing below consensus fourth quarter earnings results. The seasonal loss was a result of lower enrollments and the difficult economic backdrop. On the other hand, shares of Scientific Games dipped over the period when the company sold its racing and venue management business. Although this was a $33 million cash upfront deal, investors saw this as a “break-even deal” to possibly a small loss on an earnings basis.
In financial services, the Fund was the most negatively affected by not owning stocks in the diversified bank industry. Also, positions in Lazard and Investment Technology Group (ITG) underperformed over the period. Lazard reported a fourth quarter loss as a result of compensation charges in which the company had to cover the issuance of stock after that company’s CEO died in October. Lastly, shares of ITG continued to fall over the period due to headwinds from lower trading volumes on a year over year basis.
On a different note, we saw significant value from stocks in the technology (Gartner and Websense), materials and processing (STR Holdings) and consumer staples (Sanderson Farms) sectors. However, at the sector level, the Fund’s average cash position and underweight in consumer discretionary and financial services offset gains.
Outlook
We are anticipating another pullback in the market sometime in 2010. We believe that the recent rebound has gotten ahead of underlying fundamentals and valuations are above fair value. Smaller companies do not have any advantages over large caps in our current view. Price momentum factors such as beta and relative strength continue to work to the Fund’s disadvantage, and much like last year, the market is favoring the smallest sized companies.
First quarter earnings in the next two months are eagerly anticipated and we hope to see more revenue growth as opposed to earnings being down by cost reductions. We believe that investors will continue to reward companies with strong fundamentals and US-focused earnings this year.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2010 (c) | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2010 (c) | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (a) (b) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 40.56 | % | 8.72 | % | 9.26 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 40.21 | % | 8.47 | %(d) | 9.00 | %(d) |
(a) The portfolio manager primarily responsible for making investment decisions for the Fund assumed this responsibility effective January 2, 2003. The performance results for periods prior to January 2, 2003 were achieved by the Fund under a different portfolio manager.
(b) Effective May 1, 2006, the combined advisory and administrative fees of the Fund increased to 1.00% per annum. If the Fund had paid such higher fees during prior periods, the returns of the Fund would have been lower.
(c) Average annual total return.
(d) The Advisor Shares commenced operations on May 15, 2006. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to May 15, 2006 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund, adjusted to reflect the distribution fees paid by Advisor Shares.
“Total Return” is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security* | | % of Investments | |
Arbitron | | 2.1 | % |
Waste Connections | | 2.0 | |
St. Mary Land & Exploration | | 1.9 | |
Sanderson Farms | | 1.8 | |
NBTY | | 1.6 | |
* Excludes any Short-Term Investments.
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 17.5 | % |
Health Care | | 14.9 | |
Technology | | 13.3 | |
Financial Services | | 12.9 | |
Producer Durables | | 6.5 | |
Other Energy | | 5.7 | |
Consumer Staples | | 5.6 | |
Materials & Processing | | 5.2 | |
Utilities | | 4.5 | |
Auto & Transportation | | 2.7 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 11.2 | |
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 11, 2010)
Performance
In the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) rose 16.86% (Investor Shares) and 16.79% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Russell 2500 Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of stocks with characteristics similar to the Fund’s portfolio, which rose 27.58%.
Market Background
Overall, 2010 began in negative territory for US equities. We saw the S&P 500, Russell 2500 and Russell 2000 decline until mid February and then furiously rally at the end of period as investors grew increasingly convinced of a recovery following better-than-expected macro data. The economy recorded a healthy 3.2% growth rate in the first quarter; the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing indicator rose to its highest level for this cycle, while payrolls turned positive. Generally solid corporate results, particularly from financials, also lent support to equity markets. However, the gains were tempered by two significant events. The first related to news that the SEC was charging Goldman Sachs with fraud, leading to renewed concerns about tougher regulations for the sector. The second surrounded concerns over Greece’s public finances and uncertainty over the rescue package continued throughout the end of the period. The country also saw its credit rating cut to ‘junk’ status, which re-ignited fears about contagion.
Portfolio Review
As symptomatic of the performance pattern of its strategy, the Fund lagged the benchmark on a net-of-fees basis during the period. The underperformance can be analyzed in two ways: a) market factors and b) sector and stock positions.
From the viewpoint of market factors, several key things hurt the Fund. Smallest stocks led, as did lower quality. For example, according to a research team in Bank of America Merrill Lynch, companies without earnings were market leaders, with a return of 14.3% during the reporting period. Related to this was the factor of price momentum. High price momentum stocks outperformed, with the lowest quintile distinctly lagging the market. Given that as a general rule we underweight the smallest capitalization stocks have a bias towards companies with earnings and do not use momentum as a factor in stock selection, it is not surprising that the Fund lagged.
From a sector perspective, we were underweight the strongest sectors (consumer discretionary and financial services) during the period and overweight technology, which was one of the weakest sectors during the period.
The financial services sector provided the second highest level of returns in the Russell 2500 and the Fund’s strategy was negatively affected by not owning stocks from diversified banks, asset managers, custodial banks and insurance companies, all multi-line industries which were up over the quarter.
On a more positive note, stock selection in the energy and materials and processing sectors contributed to relative returns. Within energy, the Fund benefited by not owning underperforming stocks within oil, and owning positions which generated value. One position from the materials and processing sectors provided high return over the quarter.
At the sector level, the Fund’s average position in cash hurt overall performance due to the strong performance of the equity market.
Outlook
The market has already begun to pull back from its recent highs, a development that we anticipated. We believe that the recent rebound has gotten ahead of underlying fundamentals and valuations are above fair value. Smaller companies do not have any advantages over large caps in our current view. Price momentum factors such as beta and relative strength continue to work to our disadvantage, and much like last year, the market is favoring the smallest sized companies.
First quarter earnings in the next two months are eagerly anticipated and we hope to see more revenue growth as opposed to earnings being down by cost reductions. We believe that investors will continue to reward companies with strong fundamentals and US-focused earnings this year.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 36.70 | % | 3.92 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 36.48 | % | 3.68 | % |
(a) From commencement of Fund operations on March 31, 2006.
“Total Return” shown above is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security* | | % of Investments | |
Republic Services | | 2.8 | % |
Amdocs | | 2.8 | |
DeVry | | 2.6 | |
WR Berkley | | 2.4 | |
Burger King Holdings | | 2.3 | |
* Excludes any Short-Term Investments.
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 18.7 | % |
Financial Services | | 16.0 | |
Health Care | | 13.2 | |
Technology | | 11.1 | |
Producer Durables | | 7.1 | |
Materials & Processing | | 6.5 | |
Utilities | | 5.5 | |
Other Energy | | 3.1 | |
Consumer Staples | | 1.9 | |
Auto & Transportation | | 1.4 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 1.0 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 14.5 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 11, 2010)
Performance
In the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Schroder North American Equity Fund (the “Fund”) rose 14.67% (Investor Shares) and 14.51% (Advisor Shares). For the same six-month period, the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”) rose by 15.66%.
Market Background
The US equity market continued to rise in the final months of 2009, continuing the strong rebound from the lows of early March that were fuelled by highly accommodative fiscal and monetary policy. Cyclical sectors led the market higher — materials and consumer discretionary were two of the best performing sectors. However, there was a notable change in the behaviour of financials, underperforming the wider market after leading in the initial stages of the recovery. We also began to see returns broaden to include more defensive sectors, such as telecoms.
After pausing for breath in late January — when sentiment was adversely affected by concerns over the tightening of monetary policy in China and sovereign default risk in Europe — the US equity market resumed its upward climb during the latter part of the period. Economic data has been broadly supportive since the start of the year, particularly in the US where the prospects of a sustainable recovery are thought to have improved in line with the recent turnaround in the employment numbers. This has helped to fuel a revival in many of the risk trades that characterized the earlier stages of the market recovery in 2009. Bond markets have been more nervous about these economic developments and the duration of the dislocation between equity and bond markets will be an interesting feature to observe.
For the period as a whole, cyclical sectors outperformed, led by industrial and consumer discretionary stocks in particular, while the more defensive sectors such as utilities and telecoms underperformed.
Portfolio Review
The Fund slightly underperformed the Index as results for such a strong market that primarily favored lower quality and more volatile companies (i.e., loss makers performed well) went against the grain of our Value style. Leading positive contributions came from our holdings in the energy sector, and our low relative exposure to underperforming oil and gas stocks within the energy sector also added value. Leading detractors included technology stocks and tobacco companies.
Outlook
As a matter of course, the Fund is structured in an attempt to outperform across a broad range of market environments. Multiple investment strategies are spread across a large number of small stock positions to capture broad themes and limit stock-specific risk, while top down risks (such as those arising from sector positions) are carefully managed.
The key features of the Fund’s investment themes at the start of the new period include:
· We have been increasing the Fund’s underweight position to the increasingly glamorous and lower quality consumer discretionary stocks, such as autos.
· The Fund is underweight utilities. Within defensives, we prefer areas such as health equipment and telecom stocks.
· The greater abundance of opportunities in the more defensive areas of the market has been “hedged” by an increased allocation to financials. The Fund is focused upon quality within financials, favoring life insurers, where we can find higher quality stocks on what we believe to be favorable valuations, over banks.
· We remain underweight the technology sector with a slight preference for technology services and tech hardware over perceived lower quality technology industries such as semiconductors.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2010 (c) | | Annualized Since Inception | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 38.25 | % | 3.26 | % | 5.03 | %(a) |
Advisor Shares | | 37.72 | % | 2.90 | %(b) | 4.69 | %(b) |
(a) The Investor Shares commenced operations on September 17, 2003.
(b) The Advisor Shares commenced operations on March 31, 2006. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to March 31, 2006 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund, adjusted to reflect the distribution fees paid by Advisor Shares.
(c) Average annual total return.
“Total Return” shown above is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Investments | |
Exxon Mobil | | 2.8 | % |
Microsoft | | 2.3 | |
Apple | | 2.1 | |
General Electric | | 2.1 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | 1.8 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
Information Technology | | 18.7 | % |
Financials | | 16.5 | |
Energy | | 11.9 | |
Industrials | | 11.3 | |
Health Care | | 11.4 | |
Consumer Staples | | 10.7 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 9.6 | |
Materials | | 3.5 | |
Utilities | | 3.1 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 3.0 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 0.3 | |
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Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 11, 2010)
Performance
During the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) returned 4.01% (Investor Shares) and 3.88% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of US debt securities, which rose 2.54%.
Market Background
US debt markets moved towards normalization during the last six months, despite escalating sovereign risk that will likely continue to influence global markets and the risk appetites of investors throughout the year. Greece, and to a lesser extent Spain and Portugal, offered proof that prices on some sovereign debt issuers simply do not reflect their underlying risk and deteriorating fundamentals. As Greece’s solvency was questioned and its creditworthiness declined, the market’s reaction was larger than it was to the Dubai World problems in the fourth quarter of last year, due to pressure on the Euro and possible contagion to other markets.
In the US, debates around financial regulatory reform in the US escalated sharply, compounded by the SEC filing a civil fraud suit against Goldman Sachs in April. In response to public outrage over the financial sector, legislators pushed forward debates on financial reform, including the possible re-introduction of Glass-Steagall type laws that would raise capital requirements and restrict risk-taking. While these actions have already increased market volatility and may inflict potentially serious effects on the financial industry, the market will need to see the final form to determine effect.
On a positive note, economic conditions modestly improved in the US and provided strong support to the spread sectors. The best economic gains were concentrated in manufacturing; however, improvement is starting to spread to other sectors of the economy. Jobless claims have been steadily declining and employment grew for the first time during this cycle with a gain of 162,000 jobs in (including temporary census workers) reported in April. Construction spending and housing by comparison, remain areas of low activity and overall loan demand remains quite weak. Inflation has so far been a non-issue and the Fed has maintained its very patient mantra of low rates for an extended period of time.
The Treasury yield curve steepened slightly over the period, with the spread between two- and ten-year maturities widening 15 basis points. The ten-year Treasury yield hit its lowest point of 3.20% at the end of November (from 3.41% at the start of the month), when the technical default of state-controlled Dubai World and Nakheel prompted a short-lived flight-to-quality. Investors quickly realized the Dubai situation was an isolated occurrence and, within a few days, yields returned to their previous levels and remained in the 3.4% to 4.0% range for the remainder of the period, ending at 3.66% on April 30.
All sectors of the US fixed income market performed well as investors sought higher yields from risk assets. Treasuries returned 0.89% over the period. Despite a challenging property market, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) were the best performing sector within the benchmark, returning 11.58% over the last six months. Investment grade corporate spreads declined 64 basis points over the period (resulting in a 3.93% excess return over Treasuries), led by the financial sector which tightened 92 basis points, returning 4.26% over Treasuries. Lower-rated credits significantly outperformed higher-rated credits as BBB-rated bonds returned 6.13% over Treasuries. AA-rated bonds also outperformed and produced a 3.17% excess return while AAA-rated bonds returned only 0.64% above Treasuries.
Portfolio Review
Over the last six months, the Fund outperformed the Index. The largest contributor to returns was the Fund’s corporate bond overweight versus a similar underweight in Treasuries. The overweight was reduced in mid-January as the Greek debt crisis began to push risk premia higher, but then increased again in February through participation in attractively priced new corporate bond issues. Throughout the period, the Fund’s investment grade corporate security selection was biased toward lower-rated companies. We believed that highly-rated issuers had little room left for spread improvement and would be more likely to initiate unfriendly bondholder activity, such as share buybacks or levering acquisitions. With uncertainties escalating in April due to European sovereign distress and looming financial industry reform, further spread widening is likely, and as a result we significantly decreased the Fund’s corporate exposure
Similar to investment grade corporate strategy, the Fund’s high yield exposure was increased in late 2009 and early 2010 to reflect our view that these companies would benefit most from improving credit trends. Exposure to high yield ranged between 12-15% for most of the period, and was a positive contributor to excess returns. We trimmed the Fund’s high yield exposure in April, and by the end of the period, high yield bonds comprised approximately 9% of the Fund’s portfolio.
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During the six-month period, we continued the focus on adding well-structured agency CMOs, as an alternative to agency pass-through securities, in order to reduce sensitivity to mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) prepayments and spread widening. This proved beneficial when interest rates rose and as a result, agency pass-throughs underperformed comparable duration Treasuries and the Fund’s CMO holdings outperformed. Securitized exposure was reduced at the end of the first quarter and the Fund had only a small overweight by the end of the period. The Fund maintained its small overweight CMBS position throughout the period, comprised of shorter-maturity bonds comprised of loans originated in 2000-2004 that have strong underwriting characteristics relative to more recent issues.
The Fund’s duration was slightly shorter than the benchmark until the first week of April, when ten-year Treasuries reached a yield of 4.0%. At this point, the Fund’s duration was increased, bringing duration to a slight long of +0.25 years relative to the benchmark. This contributed a small amount to returns and the position was closed out when the ten-year yield fell to 3.68%. Yield curve and non-USD strategies added slightly to returns, but were less significant contributors.
Outlook
Our outlook for moderate growth, stable monetary policy, and good corporate earnings is still very much in place, producing an economic backdrop nearly ideal for corporate bonds. However, it will be difficult for the corporate sector to rally in the near term, as the contagion risk from Greece and peripheral Europe and the threat of financial regulation raise the level of uncertainty. It is likely that we could see a partial reversal of some of the very strong inflows into riskier asset classes which could provoke further spread widening in the near term. As a result, we will continue to exercise discretion and tactically trade the Fund’s investment grade and high yield corporate strategies as perceived opportunities arise.
Treasury yields benefited significantly from the flight to quality in April and we may use this opportunity to implement a short duration position. We’re reluctant to be too aggressive in cutting the Fund’s exposure, though, as neither sovereign solvency issues nor financial reforms are likely to be resolved quickly or efficiently. Moreover, core inflation data continues to soften and Treasury funding needs have now peaked after higher-than-expected tax revenue, reducing some of the fundamental pressure for higher yields, and there are still interest rate bears that could yet capitulate.
In summary, the Fund’s long term investment themes remain in place, however, we expect the shorter term investment landscape to be one of increased volatility. As a result, we have taken a more cautious stance on the Fund’s allocation to the spread sectors and current risk positioning.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2010 (a) | | Annualized Since Inception (b) | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 10.29 | % | 6.06 | % | 5.93 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 10.01 | % | 5.78 | % | 5.65 | % |
(a) Average annual total return.
(b) From commencement of Fund operations on December 31, 2004.
“Total Return” is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Investments | |
FNMA TBA 5.000%, 6/25/40 | | 5.1 | % |
FHLMC 0.411%, 7/16/10 | | 2.9 | |
FNMA 5.500%, 10/01/35 | | 2.7 | |
FNMA 5.000%, 11/01/35 | | 2.5 | |
FNMA 5.500%, 7/01/38 | | 2.2 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligation | | 41.2 | % |
Corporate Obligation | | 41.1 | |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Obligation | | 6.7 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligation | | 6.5 | |
U.S. Government Agency Obligation | | 3.0 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation | | 0.0 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 1.5 | |
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Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 11, 2010)
Performance
In the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio (the “Fund”) rose 7.34% (Investor Shares), 7.16% (A Shares), 7.13% (Advisor Shares) and 7.04% (R Shares), compared to the Consumer Price Index (“CPI” or the “Index”, specifically, the CPI for All Urban Consumers) which rose 0.85%. For the same period, the MSCI World Index, a market-weighted index designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, rose by 9.40%.
Market Background
After negative returns in 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, markets staged a remarkable turnaround to register substantial gains over the year. By March 2009 many markets were priced to reflect the worse possible outcome, but a huge and coordinated global response by governments and central banks eventually calmed fears and led to a rapid turnaround in markets.
As the year progressed and the outlook for global economic growth improved, markets maintained their upward momentum. While all risk assets delivered strong double digit returns for the year, emerging market equities and high yield were the star performers as investors embraced the recovery.
As we moved into 2010, Markets made a volatile start, correcting sharply in January and the first half of February before rallying strongly and then faltering in April. Although the global recovery in economies continued, the new year brought new worries causing investors to pause for breath after the record gains of the last year.
First, investors began to question the sustainability of government support for the recovery and consequently, markets were looking to governments to spell out their exit strategy from loose fiscal policy. The process was accelerated in Greece where the government was forced into an immediate tightening of fiscal policy to quell concerns and secure the offer of support from Eurozone governments.
The banking crisis, which began in the US some three years ago, has become a sovereign debt crisis. Governments tried to cushion the worst effects of the banking crisis by allowing their borrowing to increase. However, as budget deficits rise to the highest levels ever seen during peacetime, markets have begun to question the sustainability of government support. Nowhere has the issue been more acute than in the Euro area where debt problems in the peripheral countries are raising doubts about the viability of the single currency.
Second, concern focuses on China, with signs that the economy is overheating. Having suffered less during the downturn, China is ahead of the US in the economic cycle and needs to tighten policy to control inflation.
Third, there were concerns over the laws proposed to curtail banking activities and the extent to which these would cut off any initial signs that bank lending was resuming.
Portfolio Review
Although the Fund’s equity exposure at the end of April was similar to its level at the end of October, this had been reduced to 41% in January on concerns over the impact of China’s actions to stem inflationary pressures and sovereign risk controls. However, with equity market valuations looking more attractive after a correction, the Fund’s equity allocation was increased again. There were changes to the underlying regional allocation and we increased the Fund’s weighting to the US. We also added to the Fund’s global equity allocation, by the end of the period, while reducing allocations to Asian and European equities.
We reduced the Fund’s commodities and emerging markets debt exposure. We believe that the difficulties facing China (and other emerging markets) are cyclical whereas most of problems in the west are structural, as such we have retained the Fund’s exposure to emerging markets although this decreased over the period.
We continue to anticipate value within the high yield sector and increased the Fund’s holding over the period. High yield bonds have performed well in an environment of positive economic and corporate news from the US, although the sector lost some momentum in February. This was in part due to concerns over sovereign debt and Chinese monetary tightening. While spreads for high yield bonds have narrowed, we believe that they continue to look attractive relative to more highly rated bonds.
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Outlook
The MSCI World Index finished the period in positive territory due to generally improving macroeconomic data and mostly positive corporate earnings results. Many companies are now beginning to see revenue growth, and a substantial number of countries released positive growth data, showing that they exited periods of recession in the final quarter of 2009. However, investors have begun to question the sustainability of government support for the recovery. Budget deficits have soared and while much of this can be attributed to the natural effects of the automatic stabilizers, there is a significant structural element to the increase in government borrowing. Consequently, markets are looking to governments to spell out their exit strategy from loose fiscal policy with a credible plan of consolidation. The uncertainty over this and the strength of the recovery combined with the greater risk from heavily indebted governments is likely to lead to increased market volatility.
Based on our cyclical model we recently moved into the recovery phase which is typically positive for growth assets due to a combination of improving economic fundamentals and stable interest rates. With cash returns negligible, this should continue to encourage investors to take on more risk in a search for yield. Relative to last year, however, there is likely to be a greater differentiation between asset classes requiring a more tactical approach to investment.
First, we have diverging trends in the corporate sector relative to the government sector. Government debt levels have increased while companies have clamped down on costs, boosting cashflow and earnings. This reinforces our positive view on equities and high yield debt while we have sought to reflect our concerns about sovereign risk through the Fund’s currency strategy.
Second, there has been a discrepancy in the pace of economic recovery between the faster growing emerging economies (particularly in Asia) and the major Western economies although the US is more advanced in its recovery than most other Western markets.
To reflect these views within the Fund’s equity holdings, we have favored the US since strong cash balances accumulated by companies could be a positive catalyst for the market particularly if this translates into M&A (mergers and acquisition) activity and capital investment spending. Expectations of stronger US profitability driven by sales growth in the coming quarters should also benefit equity performance. Performance in the emerging equity markets, on the other hand, is vulnerable to monetary tightening in China which could undermine sentiment and liquidity both for the region and for the sector.
We continue to favor emerging market currencies, where growth is strong and economies are based on much sounder structural fundamentals. For the developed economies, the preferred currencies are those supported by macro fundamentals and firm fiscal conditions, such as the Norwegian krone. We are positive on the US dollar, which should benefit from signs of a sustained improvement in the US employment picture. In comparison, we are negative on the Japanese currency given the increased willingness of the authorities to prevent a stronger yen.
Although we recognize that credit spreads have narrowed, we still expect further gains given the low returns available on cash. High yield, in particular, should benefit from companies repairing their balance sheets.
We have maintained a low weighting to absolute return over the past two years and expect to look to increase this since the present environment appears to be more favorable to these strategies.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2010 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 29.99 | % | (4.40 | )% |
A Shares | | 29.57 | % | (4.65 | )% |
A Shares with load (b) | | 23.72 | % | (6.48 | )% |
Advisor Shares | | 29.58 | % | (4.66 | )% |
R Shares | | 29.30 | % | (4.88 | )% |
(a) From commencement of Fund operations on December 20, 2007.
(b) Reflects 4.50% maximum sales charge.
“Total Return” shown above is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings |
| | | |
Security | | % of Investments | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Investor Shares | | 20.7 | % |
Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund | | 9.8 | |
iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund | | 9.1 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund, Investor Shares | | 8.4 | |
PIMCO Commodity RealReturn Strategy Fund | | 7.8 | |
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Schroder International Alpha Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 97.3% | | | |
| | Australia — 2.1% | | | |
50,685 | | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (2) | | 1,122,397 | |
| | | | | |
| | Brazil — 7.5% | | | |
94,590 | | Amil Participacoes | | 775,774 | |
39,255 | | Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes (1) | | 600,517 | |
47,463 | | Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 1,028,998 | |
12,631 | | Totvs | | 868,722 | |
23,386 | | Vale ADR | | 716,313 | |
| | | | 3,990,324 | |
| | Canada — 4.6% | | | |
12,143 | | Niko Resources | | 1,330,961 | |
32,429 | | Suncor Energy | | 1,109,270 | |
| | | | 2,440,231 | |
| | China — 6.0% | | | |
118,000 | | China Merchants Holdings International (2) | | 409,928 | |
13,809 | | Ctrip.com International ADR (1) | | 504,305 | |
990,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H (2) | | 721,592 | |
97,500 | | Ping An Insurance Group of China Class H (2) | | 834,720 | |
908,000 | | Want Want China Holdings (2) | | 681,710 | |
| | | | 3,152,255 | |
| | France — 7.1% | | | |
11,025 | | BNP Paribas (2) | | 757,296 | |
25,565 | | GDF Suez (2) | | 909,217 | |
21,773 | | Groupe Danone (2) | | 1,282,925 | |
7,007 | | Schneider Electric (2) | | 795,527 | |
| | | | 3,744,965 | |
| | Germany — 8.4% | | | |
19,448 | | Daimler (1) (2) | | 1,000,710 | |
9,578 | | Linde (2) | | 1,146,497 | |
10,651 | | Siemens (2) | | 1,050,511 | |
39,320 | | ThyssenKrupp (2) | | 1,278,628 | |
| | | | 4,476,346 | |
| | Hong Kong — 4.2% | | | |
62,784 | | Jardine Strategic Holdings (2) | | 1,322,242 | |
81,000 | | Swire Pacific Class A (2) | | 905,219 | |
| | | | 2,227,461 | |
| | Japan — 13.2% | | | |
77,200 | | Bridgestone (2) | | 1,286,822 | |
22,100 | | Canon (2) | | 1,011,088 | |
36,300 | | Honda Motor (2) | | 1,228,500 | |
52,900 | | Mitsubishi Corp. (2) | | 1,253,290 | |
178,000 | | Sekisui Chemical (2) | | 1,215,818 | |
10,200 | | Unicharm (2) | | 991,606 | |
| | | | 6,987,124 | |
| | Netherlands — 7.6% | | | |
117,486 | | ING Groep (2) | | 1,037,012 | |
61,191 | | Koninklijke KPN (2) | | 918,085 | |
40,573 | | SBM Offshore (2) | | 798,449 | |
42,029 | | Unilever (2) | | 1,278,692 | |
| | | | 4,032,238 | |
| | Norway — 1.9% | | | |
85,593 | | DnB NOR (2) | | 1,013,347 | |
| | | | | |
| | South Korea — 3.4% | | | |
1,198 | | Samsung Electronics (2) | | 911,174 | |
20,470 | | Shinhan Financial Group (2) | | 871,020 | |
| | | | 1,782,194 | |
| | Spain — 1.3% | | | |
58,004 | | Gamesa Tecnologica (2) | | 712,776 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 10.1% | | | |
23,542 | | Credit Suisse Group (2) | | 1,080,877 | |
35,366 | | Novartis (2) | | 1,803,714 | |
4,783 | | Roche Holding (2) | | 755,430 | |
749 | | SGS (2) | | 973,228 | |
3,009 | | Syngenta (2) | | 762,637 | |
| | | | 5,375,886 | |
| | Thailand — 1.5% | | | |
92,800 | | Kasikornbank (2) | | 268,223 | |
198,800 | | Kasikornbank NVDR (2) | | 549,680 | |
| | | | 817,903 | |
| | United Kingdom — 18.4% | | | |
206,339 | | BAE Systems (2) | | 1,081,224 | |
83,737 | | BG Group (2) | | 1,415,056 | |
171,565 | | Cairn Energy (1) (2) | | 1,046,791 | |
112,181 | | HSBC Holdings (2) | | 1,142,016 | |
169,672 | | Kingfisher (2) | | 646,490 | |
19,103 | | Rio Tinto | | 987,411 | |
221,644 | | Sage Group (2) | | 828,218 | |
168,488 | | Tesco | | 1,117,280 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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664,492 | | Vodafone Group (2) | | 1,472,085 | |
| | | | 9,736,571 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $46,083,315) | | 51,612,018 | |
| | | | | |
| | EQUITY-LINKED WARRANT (1)(3)(4) — 1.3% | | | |
| | India — 1.3% | | | |
54,636 | | Shriram Transport Finance, Expires 01/18/13 | | 694,424 | |
| | TOTAL EQUITY-LINKED WARRANT (Cost $220,782) | | 694,424 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (5) — 0.5% | | | |
253,668 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% (Cost $253,668) | | 253,668 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.1% (Cost $46,557,765) | | 52,560,110 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.9% | | 460,726 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 53,020,836 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.) |
(3) | Security is not readily marketable. |
(4) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On April 30, 2010, the value of this security amounted to $694,424, representing 1.3% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(5) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
NVDR — Non Voting Depositary Receipt
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | — | | $ | 1,122,397 | | $ | — | | $ | 1,122,397 | |
Brazil | | 3,990,324 | | — | | — | | 3,990,324 | |
Canada | | 2,440,231 | | — | | — | | 2,440,231 | |
China | | 504,305 | | 2,647,950 | | — | | 3,152,255 | |
France | | — | | 3,744,965 | | — | | 3,744,965 | |
Germany | | — | | 4,476,346 | | — | | 4,476,346 | |
Hong Kong | | — | | 2,227,461 | | — | | 2,227,461 | |
Japan | | — | | 6,987,124 | | — | | 6,987,124 | |
Netherlands | | — | | 4,032,238 | | — | | 4,032,238 | |
Norway | | — | | 1,013,347 | | — | | 1,013,347 | |
South Korea | | — | | 1,782,194 | | — | | 1,782,194 | |
Spain | | — | | 712,776 | | — | | 712,776 | |
Switzerland | | — | | 5,375,886 | | — | | 5,375,886 | |
Thailand | | — | | 817,903 | | — | | 817,903 | |
United Kingdom | | 987,411 | | 8,749,160 | | — | | 9,736,571 | |
| | 7,922,271 | | 43,689,747 | | — | | 51,612,018 | |
Equity Linked Warrant | | | | | | | | | |
India | | — | | 694,424 | | — | | 694,424 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 253,668 | | — | | — | | 253,668 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 8,175,939 | | $ | 44,384,171 | | $ | — | | $ | 52,560,110 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder International Diversified Value Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 97.5% | | | |
| | Australia — 4.1% | | | |
7,417 | | Aspen Group REIT (2) | | 3,744 | |
11,550 | | Ausdrill (2) | | 21,914 | |
1,483 | | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (2) | | 32,840 | |
894 | | Bank of Queensland (2) | | 10,356 | |
2,399 | | Cardno (2) | | 9,696 | |
32,610 | | Charter Hall Retail REIT (2) | | 16,641 | |
24,625 | | Commonwealth Property Office Fund REIT (2) | | 20,987 | |
7,038 | | Downer EDI (2) | | 44,987 | |
5,004 | | iiNET (2) | | 12,732 | |
2,953 | | Melbourne IT (2) | | 4,928 | |
11,199 | | Metcash (2) | | 42,078 | |
8,924 | | Mincor Resources NL (2) | | 15,447 | |
3,766 | | NIB Holdings (2) | | 4,396 | |
3,344 | | Origin Energy (2) | | 50,282 | |
8,046 | | Panoramic Resources (2) | | 18,449 | |
2,692 | | QBE Insurance Group (2) | | 52,145 | |
10,664 | | Rubicon America Trust REIT (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
1,055 | | Servcorp (2) | | 3,441 | |
2,554 | | Sonic Healthcare (2) | | 32,446 | |
8,328 | | Stockland REIT (2) | | 30,352 | |
2,657 | | Suncorp-Metway (2) | | 21,954 | |
13,158 | | Telstra (2) | | 38,543 | |
| | | | 488,358 | |
| | Austria — 0.7% | | | |
826 | | Oesterreichische Post (2) | | 23,698 | |
769 | | OMV (2) | | 27,480 | |
2,101 | | Telekom Austria (2) | | 27,911 | |
| | | | 79,089 | |
| | Belgium — 1.6% | | | |
9,542 | | Ageas (2) | | 29,311 | |
1,311 | | Belgacom (2) | | 46,043 | |
290 | | Compagnie Maritime Belge (2) | | 9,037 | |
455 | | Delhaize Group (2) | | 37,629 | |
551 | | Econocom Group (2) | | 8,547 | |
791 | | Euronav (2) | | 17,470 | |
490 | | Mobistar (2) | | 30,120 | |
66 | | Wereldhave Belgium REIT (2) | | 5,086 | |
| | | | 183,243 | |
| | Bermuda — 0.7% | | | |
7,552 | | Catlin Group (2) | | 40,611 | |
7,879 | | Hiscox (2) | | 40,103 | |
| | | | 80,714 | |
| | Brazil — 0.8% | | | |
400 | | Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR | | 15,740 | |
1,540 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 24,871 | |
600 | | Energias do Brasil | | 11,482 | |
1,200 | | Light | | 16,230 | |
700 | | Tele Norte Leste Participacoes ADR | | 10,402 | |
800 | | Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo ADR | | 15,664 | |
| | | | 94,389 | |
| | Canada — 9.3% | | | |
600 | | AG Growth International | | 21,321 | |
2,100 | | AGF Management Class B | | 35,947 | |
1,300 | | Alimentation Couche Tard Class B | | 24,249 | |
2,000 | | AltaGas Income Trust | | 34,098 | |
2,800 | | Avenir Diversified Income Trust | | 16,509 | |
800 | | Bank of Montreal | | 49,682 | |
1,200 | | BCE | | 36,051 | |
400 | | Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund | | 9,985 | |
200 | | Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund | | 4,046 | |
2,600 | | CML Healthcare Income Fund | | 29,253 | |
1,900 | | Davis & Henderson Income Fund | | 33,908 | |
4,300 | | Daylight Resources Trust | | 47,406 | |
700 | | Empire Class A | | 36,506 | |
1,800 | | EnCana | | 59,533 | |
682 | | Enerplus Resources Fund | | 16,607 | |
1,340 | | Enerplus Resources Fund (Canada) | | 32,633 | |
1,400 | | Ensign Energy Services | | 18,921 | |
1,000 | | Genworth MI Canada | | 28,290 | |
700 | | Great-West Lifeco | | 18,997 | |
1,100 | | Husky Energy | | 31,087 | |
600 | | IGM Financial | | 24,906 | |
605 | | Keyera Facilities Income Fund | | 16,228 | |
1,100 | | Liquor Stores Income Fund | | 18,710 | |
600 | | Manitoba Telecom Services | | 19,195 | |
2,200 | | Mullen Group | | 33,111 | |
900 | | North West Fund | | 16,611 | |
4,100 | | Paramount Energy Trust | | 20,381 | |
800 | | Parkland Income Fund | | 9,150 | |
2,300 | | Penn West Energy Trust | | 46,344 | |
3,200 | | Peyto Energy Trust | | 41,736 | |
1,200 | | Power Corp. of Canada | | 33,287 | |
900 | | TELUS | | 33,293 | |
1,600 | | TMX Group | | 45,737 | |
700 | | Toronto-Dominion Bank | | 52,023 | |
900 | | Vicwest Income Fund | | 14,963 | |
2,500 | | Westshore Terminals Income Fund | | 41,589 | |
2,500 | | Yellow Pages Income Fund | | 16,759 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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1,100 | | Zargon Energy Trust | | 22,284 | |
| | | | 1,091,336 | |
| | Chile — 0.5% | | | |
2,378 | | Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Provida | | 7,496 | |
45,416 | | Enersis | | 18,168 | |
19,905 | | Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas | | 26,095 | |
73,050 | | Madeco | | 4,288 | |
| | | | 56,047 | |
| | China — 0.4% | | | |
59,000 | | Bank of China Class H (2) | | 30,374 | |
10,000 | | Great Wall Technology (2) | | 5,393 | |
6,000 | | Harbin Power Equipment (2) | | 4,695 | |
37,000 | | Honghua Group (2) | | 6,452 | |
| | | | 46,914 | |
| | Czech Republic — 0.2% | | | |
1,215 | | Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (2) | | 26,945 | |
| | | | | |
| | Denmark — 0.2% | | | |
464 | | D/S Norden (2) | | 21,301 | |
| | | | | |
| | Finland — 2.2% | | | |
1,489 | | Elisa (2) | | 28,502 | |
809 | | Kesko B Shares (2) | | 31,363 | |
2,638 | | Orion (2) | | 49,977 | |
4,108 | | Pohjola Bank Class A (2) | | 44,869 | |
1,995 | | Sampo (2) | | 49,039 | |
990 | | Wartsila (2) | | 50,411 | |
| | | | 254,161 | |
| | France — 6.6% | | | |
2,182 | | ABC Arbitrage (2) | | 19,969 | |
2,178 | | AXA (2) | | 43,284 | |
679 | | BNP Paribas (2) | | 46,640 | |
588 | | Bouygues (2) | | 29,136 | |
972 | | Carrefour (2) | | 47,643 | |
282 | | Casino Guichard Perrachon (2) | | 24,894 | |
202 | | Cegid Group (2) | | 5,499 | |
243 | | Ciments Francais (2) | | 24,547 | |
566 | | CNP Assurances (2) | | 47,646 | |
2,967 | | Credit Agricole (2) | | 42,415 | |
94 | | Esso Francaise (2) | | 12,550 | |
74 | | Fonciere Des Regions REIT (2) | | 7,658 | |
1,898 | | France Telecom (2) | | 41,552 | |
664 | | GDF Suez (2) | | 23,615 | |
1,186 | | Generale de Sante (2) | | 20,538 | |
484 | | Nexity (2) | | 17,682 | |
922 | | Rallye (2) | | 33,921 | |
693 | | Sanofi-Aventis (2) | | 47,277 | |
2,011 | | SCOR (2) | | 47,439 | |
886 | | Societe Generale (2) | | 47,314 | |
386 | | Sword Group (2) | | 13,257 | |
715 | | Total (2) | | 38,903 | |
108 | | Total Gabon (2) | | 42,446 | |
200 | | Vinci (2) | | 11,146 | |
1,676 | | Vivendi (2) | | 43,967 | |
| | | | 780,938 | |
| | Germany — 3.6% | | | |
414 | | Allianz (2) | | 47,465 | |
798 | | BASF (2) | | 46,396 | |
300 | | Bechtle (2) | | 8,947 | |
462 | | Deutsche Bank (2) | | 32,248 | |
1,449 | | Deutsche Lufthansa (2) | | 24,097 | |
3,349 | | Deutsche Telekom | | 43,607 | |
686 | | E.ON (2) | | 25,299 | |
174 | | EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (2) | | 9,014 | |
288 | | Generali Deutschland Holding (2) | | 32,724 | |
12 | | KSB | | 7,514 | |
773 | | Metro (2) | | 46,473 | |
320 | | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs (2) | | 45,101 | |
426 | | Sixt (2) | | 12,606 | |
1,197 | | SQS Software Quality Systems (2) | | 3,618 | |
493 | | Wincor Nixdorf (2) | | 33,531 | |
| | | | 418,640 | |
| | Greece — 0.9% | | | |
1,341 | | Eurobank Properties Real Estate Investment REIT (2) | | 10,108 | |
3,232 | | Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (2) | | 35,650 | |
3,581 | | Mytilineos Holdings (2) | | 22,100 | |
1,842 | | OPAP (2) | | 37,414 | |
| | | | 105,272 | |
| | Guernsey — 0.0% | | | |
3,969 | | IRP Property Investments Limited (2) | | 4,940 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 1.8% | | | |
28,000 | | Champion REIT (2) | | 13,023 | |
133,644 | | Champion Technology Holdings (2) | | 4,429 | |
4,000 | | China Mobile (2) | | 39,158 | |
8,000 | | China Pharmaceutical Group (2) | | 5,838 | |
16,000 | | China Ting Group Holdings (2) | | 2,923 | |
60,000 | | Fushan International Energy Group (2) | | 42,150 | |
13,000 | | Goldlion Holdings (2) | | 4,574 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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57,000 | | GZI Real Estate Investment Trust (2) | | 24,571 | |
22,000 | | Lerado Group Holdings (2) | | 3,345 | |
28,000 | | Norstar Founders Group (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
26,000 | | Public Financial Holdings (2) | | 13,616 | |
68,000 | | Shenzhen Investment (2) | | 20,675 | |
21,000 | | Sunlight REIT (2) | | 5,167 | |
15,000 | | TAI Cheung Holdings (2) | | 8,945 | |
5,200 | | Transport International Holdings (2) | | 18,332 | |
| | | | 206,746 | |
| | Hungary — 0.3% | | | |
8,579 | | Magyar Telekom Telecommunications (2) | | 30,589 | |
| | | | | |
| | Indonesia — 0.5% | | | |
95,000 | | Bank Bukopin (2) | | 6,355 | |
75,000 | | Bumi Resources (2) | | 19,257 | |
5,000 | | Indo Tambangraya Megah (2) | | 21,413 | |
47,500 | | Timah (2) | | 13,987 | |
| | | | 61,012 | |
| | Ireland — 0.4% | | | |
3,548 | | Anglo Irish Bank (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
944 | | DCC (2) | | 25,219 | |
7,529 | | United Drug (2) | | 26,258 | |
| | | | 51,477 | |
| | Israel — 1.0% | | | |
15,496 | | Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication (2) | | 37,876 | |
1,094 | | Cellcom Israel (2) | | 33,535 | |
206 | | IDB Holding (2) | | 6,252 | |
9,003 | | Israel Discount Bank Class A (1) (2) | | 18,381 | |
3,403 | | Makhteshim-Agan Industries (2) | | 14,295 | |
626 | | Partner Communications (2) | | 12,293 | |
| | | | 122,632 | |
| | Italy — 2.3% | | | |
15,636 | | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (2) | | 21,650 | |
725 | | Banco di Sardegna (2) | | 10,501 | |
3,327 | | BasicNet (2) | | 12,713 | |
1,551 | | Buzzi Unicem (2) | | 23,059 | |
2,182 | | Caltagirone (2) | | 6,707 | |
1,992 | | Finmeccanica (2) | | 25,522 | |
2,685 | | Intek (2) | | 1,995 | |
1,840 | | MARR (2) | | 17,049 | |
2,381 | | Milano Assicurazioni (2) | | 5,657 | |
1,256 | | Piccolo Credito Valtellinese Scarl (2) | | 7,871 | |
6,199 | | Recordati (2) | | 46,630 | |
6,992 | | Snam Rete Gas (2) | | 33,207 | |
15,621 | | Telecom Italia (2) | | 21,840 | |
5,994 | | Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale (2) | | 24,298 | |
935 | | Unione di Banche Italiane (2) | | 11,579 | |
| | | | 270,278 | |
| | Japan — 21.8% | | | |
3,300 | | Airport Facilities (2) | | 16,778 | |
200 | | Alconix (2) | | 7,895 | |
4,000 | | Ando (2) | | 6,011 | |
2,100 | | AOKI Holdings (2) | | 29,625 | |
2,000 | | Aoyama Trading (2) | | 34,611 | |
1,500 | | Arcs (2) | | 20,131 | |
6 | | Asax (2) | | 7,278 | |
1,200 | | Astellas Pharma (2) | | 42,025 | |
1,000 | | Autobacs Seven (2) | | 35,064 | |
900 | | Capcom (2) | | 18,161 | |
1,200 | | Century Tokyo Leasing (2) | | 15,810 | |
1,300 | | Charle (2) | | 4,446 | |
2,000 | | Chubu Shiryo (2) | | 17,938 | |
1,600 | | Chubu Steel Plate (2) | | 10,393 | |
3,000 | | Chugoku Marine Paints (2) | | 22,470 | |
2,500 | | Circle K Sunkus (2) | | 35,337 | |
3,000 | | COMSYS Holdings (2) | | 28,121 | |
700 | | Cosmos Pharmaceutical (2) | | 14,768 | |
2,200 | | Create SD Holdings (2) | | 43,649 | |
3 | | DA Office Investment REIT (2) | | 7,586 | |
1,100 | | Daiichikosho (2) | | 14,599 | |
300 | | Daikoku Denki (2) | | 5,334 | |
2,000 | | Daimei Telecom Engineering (2) | | 16,248 | |
11,000 | | Daishi Bank (2) | | 37,144 | |
3,000 | | Daiwa Industries (2) | | 15,400 | |
1,100 | | Eisai (2) | | 37,602 | |
700 | | Excel (2) | | 9,693 | |
500 | | FP (2) | | 23,021 | |
600 | | Fuji (2) | | 2,170 | |
600 | | Fuji Electronics (2) | | 7,669 | |
800 | | Fukuda Denshi (2) | | 19,062 | |
3,000 | | Hanwa (2) | | 12,802 | |
2,700 | | Heiwa (2) | | 26,111 | |
700 | | Hikari Tsushin (2) | | 14,100 | |
2,800 | | Hitachi Capital (2) | | 42,284 | |
2,000 | | Hosiden (2) | | 25,261 | |
2,500 | | IT Holdings (2) | | 35,768 | |
2,000 | | ITC Networks (2) | | 10,973 | |
6,000 | | ITOCHU (2) | | 51,990 | |
4 | | Japan Excellent REIT (2) | | 20,843 | |
3 | | Japan Hotel and Resort REIT (2) | | 5,845 | |
4 | | JAPAN OFFICE Investment REIT (2) | | 3,854 | |
16 | | Japan Prime Realty Investment REIT Class A (2) | | 38,141 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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6,000 | | Japan Radio (2) | | 15,816 | |
9 | | Japan Retail Fund Investment REIT (2) | | 12,115 | |
4 | | Joint REIT Investment (2) | | 11,884 | |
3,210 | | JX Holdings (1) | | 17,909 | |
6,000 | | Kagoshima Bank (2) | | 39,486 | |
10,000 | | Kajima (2) | | 25,413 | |
4,000 | | Kandenko (2) | | 26,106 | |
6,000 | | Kaneka (2) | | 37,871 | |
1,100 | | Kansai Electric Power (2) | | 24,479 | |
2,000 | | Kasumi (2) | | 10,254 | |
1,300 | | Kato Sangyo (2) | | 20,231 | |
2,000 | | Kawasumi Laboratories (2) | | 14,854 | |
10 | | KDDI (2) | | 48,223 | |
2,000 | | Kyodo Printing (2) | | 5,830 | |
1,000 | | Kyorin (2) | | 14,383 | |
4,000 | | Kyowa Exeo (2) | | 32,991 | |
500 | | Lawson (2) | | 22,078 | |
3,000 | | Lion (2) | | 14,958 | |
3,000 | | Maeda Road Construction (2) | | 25,719 | |
8,000 | | Marubeni (2) | | 47,210 | |
1,000 | | Megachips (2) | | 14,679 | |
3,000 | | Meisei Industrial (2) | | 9,155 | |
4 | | MID REIT (2) | | 10,157 | |
9,900 | | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (2) | | 51,597 | |
44 | | Mitsui Knowledge Industry (2) | | 7,959 | |
2,000 | | Mitsui-Soko (2) | | 8,141 | |
15 | | Money Partners Group (2) | | 5,323 | |
600 | | Muto Seiko (2) | | 7,329 | |
1,000 | | Namura Shipbuilding (2) | | 5,329 | |
1,100 | | NEC Capital Solutions (2) | | 15,131 | |
600 | | NEC Mobiling (2) | | 15,177 | |
1,700 | | NEC Networks & System Integration (2) | | 20,801 | |
8,000 | | Nichirei (2) | | 31,718 | |
2,000 | | Nihon Shokuhin Kako (2) | | 14,060 | |
5,000 | | Nihon Spindle Manufacturing (2) | | 9,100 | |
5,000 | | Nippon Steel Trading (2) | | 13,425 | |
1,200 | | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (2) | | 48,852 | |
15,000 | | Nishi-Nippon City Bank (2) | | 43,175 | |
1,000 | | Nisshin Oillio Group (2) | | 5,271 | |
8 | | Nomura Real Estate Office Fund REIT(2) | | 45,047 | |
16 | | NTT Data (2) | | 57,777 | |
33 | | NTT DoCoMo (2) | | 51,349 | |
600 | | Okabe (2) | | 2,290 | |
7 | | Okinawa Cellular Telephone (2) | | 13,815 | |
800 | | Ono Pharmaceutical (2) | | 33,145 | |
4 | | Orix JREIT (2) | | 19,575 | |
13,000 | | Osaka Gas (2) | | 45,246 | |
22 | | Pacific Golf Group International Holdings (2) | | 15,534 | |
800 | | Pack (2) | | 13,368 | |
600 | | Ryosan (2) | | 16,001 | |
2,000 | | S Foods (2) | | 16,905 | |
3,000 | | San-Ai Oil (2) | | 13,777 | |
5,000 | | San-In Godo Bank (2) | | 38,320 | |
2,000 | | Sankyu (2) | | 9,100 | |
700 | | Sanshin Electronics (2) | | 6,558 | |
1,000 | | Sekisui Jushi (2) | | 9,253 | |
900 | | Seven & I Holdings (2) | | 23,018 | |
1,800 | | Shinko Plantech (2) | | 16,677 | |
2,600 | | Shinnihon (2) | | 7,555 | |
4,000 | | Shinsho (2) | | 9,009 | |
3,000 | | Showa Sangyo (2) | | 9,245 | |
700 | | Siix (2) | | 8,980 | |
2,100 | | Sojitz (2) | | 3,788 | |
1,100 | | SRA Holdings (2) | | 10,531 | |
20 | | SRI Sports (2) | | 19,712 | |
4,600 | | Sumitomo (2) | | 55,402 | |
600 | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (2) | | 19,846 | |
4,000 | | Taihei Kogyo (2) | | 16,647 | |
11,000 | | Taisei (2) | | 25,065 | |
1,200 | | Takeda Pharmaceutical (2) | | 51,531 | |
7 | | T-Gaia (2) | | 11,484 | |
13,000 | | Toa (2) | | 15,747 | |
3,000 | | Tokyo Tekko (2) | | 9,043 | |
4,720 | | Tokyu Construction (2) | | 13,415 | |
5 | | Tokyu REIT (2) | | 26,274 | |
3,000 | | Toppan Forms (2) | | 33,015 | |
6,000 | | Toshiba TEC (2) | | 24,908 | |
8,000 | | Toyo Kanetsu (2) | | 17,100 | |
2,000 | | Valor (2) | | 16,217 | |
3,000 | | Yokohama Reito (2) | | 21,508 | |
| | | | 2,570,977 | |
| | Malaysia — 0.8% | | | |
15,400 | | Affin Holdings (2) | | 14,456 | |
9,400 | | Hong Leong Financial Group (2) | | 25,519 | |
7,600 | | Petronas Dagangan (2) | | 21,559 | |
11,200 | | RHB Capital (2) | | 21,611 | |
28,000 | | TA Enterprise (2) | | 6,011 | |
5,800 | | YTL Power International (2) | | 3,977 | |
| | | | 93,133 | |
| | Malta — 0.0% | | | |
22,416 | | BGP Holdings (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Netherlands — 3.2% | | | |
1,195 | | Brit Insurance Holdings (2) | | 14,481 | |
779 | | Koninklijke DSM (2) | | 34,797 | |
2,616 | | Koninklijke KPN (2) | | 39,249 | |
1,753 | | Mediq (2) | | 32,508 | |
784 | | Nutreco Holding (2) | | 49,054 | |
1,331 | | Royal Dutch Shell (2) | | 41,766 | |
1,363 | | Royal Dutch Shell A Shares (2) | | 42,444 | |
1,632 | | Royal Dutch Shell B Shares (2) | | 49,191 | |
1,162 | | Sligro Food Group (2) | | 39,103 | |
446 | | Vastned Offices/Industrial REIT (2) | | 6,807 | |
235 | | Vastned Retail REIT (2) | | 13,629 | |
105 | | Wereldhave REIT (2) | | 8,780 | |
| | | | 371,809 | |
| | New Zealand — 0.1% | | | |
13,956 | | Air New Zealand (2) | | 13,745 | |
8,052 | | ING Property Trust REIT (2) | | 4,507 | |
| | | | 18,252 | |
| | Norway — 2.8% | | | |
2,917 | | Aker Solutions (2) | | 48,766 | |
1,800 | | Austevoll Seafood (1) (2) | | 14,329 | |
550 | | Bonheur (2) | | 16,016 | |
1,350 | | Fred Olsen Energy (2) | | 49,393 | |
1,800 | | Kongsberg Gruppen (2) | | 35,417 | |
1,400 | | Leroy Seafood Group (2) | | 33,225 | |
3,916 | | SpareBank 1 SMN (2) | | 32,139 | |
1,148 | | Sparebank 1 SR Bank (2) | | 10,482 | |
420 | | Sparebanken More (2) | | 13,546 | |
1,507 | | StatoilHydro (2) | | 36,451 | |
2,300 | | Telenor (1) (2) | | 32,708 | |
1,400 | | Veidekke (2) | | 11,719 | |
| | | | 334,191 | |
| | Philippines — 0.7% | | | |
1,100 | | Globe Telecom (2) | | 23,671 | |
17,000 | | Metropolitan Bank & Trust (2) | | 20,016 | |
600 | | Philippine Long Distance Telephone ADR | | 33,744 | |
4,300 | | Union Bank of Philippines (2) | | 4,379 | |
| | | | 81,810 | |
| | Poland — 0.6% | | | |
1,297 | | KGHM Polska Miedz (2) | | 48,380 | |
3,752 | | Telekomunikacja Polska (2) | | 20,409 | |
313 | | Zaklady Azotowe Pulawy (2) | | 7,077 | |
| | | | 75,866 | |
| | Portugal — 0.4% | | | |
2,426 | | Banco Espirito Santo (2) | | 11,614 | |
3,852 | | Portugal Telecom (2) | | 39,204 | |
| | | | 50,818 | |
| | Russia — 0.3% | | | |
700 | | Mobile Telesystems ADR | | 38,675 | |
| | | | | |
| | Singapore — 2.5% | | | |
35,000 | | Aztech Group (2) | | 5,924 | |
17,000 | | Beyonics Technology (2) | | 3,112 | |
24,000 | | Boustead Singapore (2) | | 14,401 | |
8,000 | | CapitaCommercial Trust REIT (2) | | 6,997 | |
30,000 | | CH Offshore (2) | | 14,383 | |
19,000 | | CSE Global (2) | | 14,420 | |
2,000 | | DBS Group Holdings (2) | | 22,025 | |
18,000 | | Hi-P International (2) | | 8,789 | |
9,000 | | Hong Leong Asia (2) | | 31,208 | |
2,000 | | Jardine Cycle & Carriage (2) | | 43,981 | |
18,000 | | Jurong Technologies Industrial (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
30,000 | | Mapletree Logistics Trust REIT (2) | | 19,113 | |
18,800 | | MobileOne (2) | | 29,167 | |
11,000 | | SembCorp Industries (2) | | 33,463 | |
23,000 | | StarHub (2) | | 39,045 | |
9,000 | | UOB-Kay Hian Holdings (2) | | 11,472 | |
| | | | 297,500 | |
| | South Africa — 0.6% | | | |
746 | | Allied Technologies (2) | | 7,183 | |
2,353 | | Aveng (2) | | 11,816 | |
2,991 | | Grindrod (2) | | 6,627 | |
3,798 | | Metropolitan Holdings (2) | | 8,681 | |
537 | | Palabora Mining (2) | | 9,445 | |
1,221 | | Spar Group (2) | | 12,668 | |
4,248 | | Steinhoff International Holdings (1) (2) | | 11,603 | |
| | | | 68,023 | |
| | South Korea — 1.5% | | | |
860 | | Daesang Holdings (2) | | 2,525 | |
460 | | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (2) | | 8,743 | |
840 | | Daishin Securities (2) | | 11,183 | |
504 | | DK UIL (2) | | 2,376 | |
180 | | Global & Yuasa Battery (2) | | 4,584 | |
1,530 | | Hanil E-Wha (2) | | 8,793 | |
490 | | Hanyang Securities (2) | | 4,254 | |
210 | | Husteel (2) | | 3,055 | |
70 | | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (2) | | 9,859 | |
1,000 | | INFAC (2) | | 2,876 | |
160 | | INTOPS (2) | | 2,762 | |
450 | | ISU Chemical (2) | | 5,598 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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2,610 | | IsuPetasys (2) | | 7,144 | |
530 | | Jinheung Mutual Savings Bank (2) | | 1,903 | |
930 | | Kodenshi Korea (2) | | 3,432 | |
190 | | Kolon Engineering & Construction (2) | | 772 | |
190 | | Kyeryong Construction Industrial (2) | | 2,664 | |
1,050 | | LG Display (2) | | 44,669 | |
60 | | Nexen (2) | | 2,441 | |
86 | | Nong Shim Holdings (2) | | 4,936 | |
390 | �� | Poongsan Holdings (2) | | 8,267 | |
110 | | Pusan City Gas (2) | | 1,981 | |
1,100 | | SK Telecom ADR | | 20,361 | |
238 | | Thinkware Systems (2) | | 3,229 | |
240 | | Youngone Holdings (2) | | 7,078 | |
| | | | 175,485 | |
| | Spain — 3.1% | | | |
2,619 | | Almirall (2) | | 28,367 | |
2,679 | | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (2) | | 35,236 | |
6,672 | | Banco de Sabadell (2) | | 33,854 | |
3,062 | | Banco Santander Central Hispano | | 38,936 | |
825 | | Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (2) | | 6,601 | |
6,042 | | Criteria Caixacorp (2) | | 30,133 | |
831 | | Enagas (2) | | 16,666 | |
359 | | Financiera Alba (2) | | 17,302 | |
2,685 | | Grifols (2) | | 33,994 | |
9,049 | | Mapfre (2) | | 29,620 | |
540 | | Miquel y Costas & Miquel (2) | | 12,164 | |
1,766 | | Repsol (2) | | 41,467 | |
1,685 | | Telefonica (2) | | 38,142 | |
| | | | 362,482 | |
| | Sweden — 2.5% | | | |
400 | | AddTech (2) | | 6,843 | |
1,467 | | Axfood (2) | | 41,941 | |
3,495 | | Boliden (2) | | 48,114 | |
1,000 | | D Carnegie (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
846 | | Fabege (2) | | 5,256 | |
1,300 | | NCC Class B Shares (2) | | 20,062 | |
3,158 | | Nordea Bank (2) | | 30,828 | |
3,074 | | Peab (2) | | 18,685 | |
2,055 | | Securitas Class B (2) | | 21,653 | |
3,673 | | Svenska Cellulosa B Shares (2) | | 47,887 | |
7,773 | | TeliaSonera (2) | | 53,308 | |
| | | | 294,577 | |
| | Switzerland — 3.4% | | | |
600 | | Baloise Holding (2) | | 47,260 | |
679 | | BB Biotech (2) | | 42,441 | |
144 | | Bellevue Group (2) | | 5,083 | |
246 | | Compagnie Financiere Tradition (2) | | 27,449 | |
890 | | Credit Suisse Group (2) | | 40,862 | |
71 | | Galenica (2) | | 27,619 | |
143 | | Helvetia Holding (2) | | 43,710 | |
908 | | Novartis (2) | | 46,309 | |
301 | | Roche Holding (2) | | 47,540 | |
137 | | Sulzer (2) | | 13,589 | |
59 | | Valora Holding (2) | | 14,827 | |
218 | | Zurich Financial Services (2) | | 48,345 | |
| | | | 405,034 | |
| | Taiwan — 2.3% | | | |
4,000 | | Altek (2) | | 6,703 | |
11,000 | | Asustek Computer (2) | | 21,229 | |
7,000 | | Audix (2) | | 5,565 | |
1,767 | | Chunghwa Telecom ADR | | 34,492 | |
20,000 | | Compal Electronics (2) | | 27,820 | |
6,000 | | Coretronic (2) | | 9,105 | |
11,000 | | CTCI (2) | | 11,755 | |
6,000 | | Feng TAY Enterprise (2) | | 6,521 | |
1,600 | | Himax Technologies ADR | | 5,008 | |
21,505 | | Inventec (2) | | 12,410 | |
6,000 | | Maxtek Technology (2) | | 8,823 | |
3,000 | | MIN AIK Technology (2) | | 5,223 | |
3,150 | | Promate Electronic (2) | | 2,688 | |
11,907 | | Quanta Computer (2) | | 22,402 | |
5,000 | | Shih Wei Navigation (2) | | 6,839 | |
25,130 | | Sinon (2) | | 11,105 | |
30,000 | | Taiwan Cooperative Bank (2) | | 18,294 | |
4,000 | | Taiwan Navigation (2) | | 5,224 | |
10,000 | | Taiwan Sogo Shin Kong SEC (2) | | 7,535 | |
6,000 | | Ttet Union (2) | | 7,854 | |
4,000 | | U-Ming Marine Transport (2) | | 8,269 | |
8,000 | | Weikeng Industrial (2) | | 5,908 | |
8,000 | | Wistron (2) | | 15,385 | |
4,000 | | Yufo Electronics (2) | | 5,025 | |
| | | | 271,182 | |
| | Thailand — 1.4% | | | |
18,400 | | Bangchak Petroleum (2) | | 7,829 | |
5,100 | | Bangkok Bank (2) | | 18,688 | |
4,100 | | Bangkok Bank (2) | | 14,585 | |
14,200 | | Bangkok Expressway (2) | | 8,271 | |
57,300 | | Charoen Pokphand Foods (2) | | 27,270 | |
8,000 | | Hana Microelectronics (2) | | 5,845 | |
7,300 | | Kiatnakin Bank (2) | | 5,992 | |
25,300 | | Lanna Resources (2) | | 12,187 | |
45,800 | | MCS Steel (2) | | 8,003 | |
13,700 | | Padaeng Industry (2) | | 9,807 | |
5,100 | | Precious Shipping (2) | | 2,906 | |
18,400 | | Property Perfect (2) | | 2,155 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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14,800 | | SC Asset (2) | | 4,780 | |
1,700 | | Siam Makro (2) | | 5,157 | |
11,800 | | Thai Plastic & Chemical (2) | | 6,500 | |
15,600 | | Thai Union Frozen Products (2) | | 18,259 | |
5,900 | | Thanachart Capital (2) | | 4,100 | |
| | | | 162,334 | |
| | Turkey — 0.6% | | | |
3,343 | | Anadolu Sigorta (2) | | 3,137 | |
105 | | Bagfas Bandirma Gubre Fabrik (1) (2) | | 8,618 | |
3,204 | | Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi (2) | | 13,436 | |
572 | | Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafine (2) | | 12,721 | |
4,298 | | Turk Hava Yollari (2) | | 14,212 | |
4,390 | | Turk Telekomunikasyon | | 16,373 | |
| | | | 68,497 | |
| | United Kingdom — 10.8% | | | |
7,347 | | Amlin (2) | | 42,027 | |
5,315 | | Anglo Pacific Group (2) | | 19,741 | |
2,043 | | Arriva (2) | | 23,797 | |
1,171 | | AstraZeneca (2) | | 51,731 | |
3,019 | | Atkins WS (2) | | 32,658 | |
8,868 | | Aviva (2) | | 46,869 | |
3,053 | | BAE Systems (2) | | 15,998 | |
6,278 | | Balfour Beatty (2) | | 26,567 | |
6,061 | | Beazley (2) | | 10,511 | |
5,355 | | BP (2) | | 46,695 | |
5,690 | | Brewin Dolphin Holdings (2) | | 12,434 | |
24,853 | | Chaucer Holdings (2) | | 18,865 | |
4,631 | | Chesnara (2) | | 15,857 | |
3,419 | | Chime Communications (2) | | 10,422 | |
5,828 | | Cineworld Group | | 17,607 | |
4,409 | | Computacenter (2) | | 21,971 | |
3,927 | | Davis Service Group (2) | | 25,705 | |
6,719 | | Delta (2) | | 18,877 | |
11,800 | | Dimension Data Holdings (2) | | 16,370 | |
3,775 | | Drax Group (2) | | 20,828 | |
7,735 | | Fiberweb (2) | | 6,325 | |
7,196 | | Filtrona (2) | | 25,254 | |
5,307 | | Game Group (2) | | 7,722 | |
2,359 | | GlaxoSmithKline (2) | | 43,775 | |
2,169 | | Hill & Smith Holdings (2) | | 11,958 | |
7,884 | | Home Retail Group (2) | | 33,050 | |
1,649 | | Interior Services Group (2) | | 4,578 | |
10,101 | | International Power (2) | | 51,117 | |
2,521 | | Interserve (2) | | 8,503 | |
3,516 | | Investec (2) | | 27,802 | |
4,831 | | J Sainsbury (2) | | 24,891 | |
1,407 | | Keller Group (2) | | 15,581 | |
39,000 | | Legal & General Group (2) | | 50,702 | |
13,605 | | Man Group (2) | | 50,215 | |
2,662 | | National Grid (2) | | 25,664 | |
2,042 | | Pearson (2) | | 32,626 | |
6,372 | | Prudential (2) | | 55,930 | |
3,473 | | Raymarine (1) | | 903 | |
2,490 | | Robert Wiseman Dairies (2) | | 17,773 | |
9,322 | | RSA Insurance Group (2) | | 17,250 | |
3,427 | | Severfield-Rowen (2) | | 11,439 | |
12,721 | | Standard Life (2) | | 38,692 | |
4,400 | | Tanjong (2) | | 24,638 | |
5,532 | | Tate & Lyle (2) | | 38,502 | |
7,772 | | Tesco (2) | | 51,538 | |
21,528 | | Vodafone Group (2) | | 47,692 | |
2,948 | | Wincanton (2) | | 10,589 | |
2,971 | | WPP (2) | | 31,492 | |
1,140 | | WSP Group (2) | | 6,093 | |
| | | | 1,267,824 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $11,210,528) | | 11,483,490 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 1.0% | | | |
| | Brazil — 0.4% | | | |
1,200 | | Banco Daycoval | | 6,789 | |
300 | | Cia Energetica do Ceara Class A | | 4,489 | |
620 | | Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo Class B | | 13,763 | |
500 | | Ultrapar Participacoes | | 23,583 | |
| | | | 48,624 | |
| | Germany — 0.6% | | | |
28 | | KSB (2) | | 17,320 | |
533 | | Volkswagen (2) | | 51,497 | |
| | | | 68,817 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $111,165) | | 117,441 | |
| | | | | |
| | WARRANTS — 0.0% | | | |
| | France — 0.0% | | | |
74 | | Fonciere Des Regions, Expires 12/31/10 (1) | | 70 | |
| | | | | |
| | Italy — 0.0% | | | |
1,002 | | KME Group, Expires 01/02/12 (1) | | 28 | |
2,105 | | Mediobanca, Expires 03/20/11 (1) | | 185 | |
935 | | Unione di Banche Italiane, Expires 06/30/11 (1) | | 38 | |
| | | | 251 | |
| | TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $—) | | 321 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (4) — 1.0% | | | |
115,688 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% (Cost $115,688) | | 115,688 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.5% (Cost $11,437,381) | | 11,716,940 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.5% | | 56,178 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 11,773,118 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.) |
(3) | Security considered illiquid. On April 30, 2010 the value of these securities amounted to $0, representing 0.0% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(4) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | — | | $ | 488,358 | | $ | — | | $ | 488,358 | |
Austria | | — | | 79,089 | | — | | 79,089 | |
Belgium | | — | | 183,243 | | — | | 183,243 | |
Bermuda | | — | | 80,714 | | — | | 80,714 | |
Brazil | | 94,389 | | — | | — | | 94,389 | |
Canada | | 1,091,336 | | — | | — | | 1,091,336 | |
Chile | | 56,047 | | — | | — | | 56,047 | |
China | | — | | 46,914 | | — | | 46,914 | |
Czech Republic | | — | | 26,945 | | — | | 26,945 | |
Denmark | | — | | 21,301 | | — | | 21,301 | |
Finland | | — | | 254,161 | | — | | 254,161 | |
France | | — | | 780,938 | | — | | 780,938 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities — (continued) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock — (continued) | | | | | | | | | |
Germany | | $ | 51,121 | | $ | 367,519 | | $ | — | | $ | 418,640 | |
Greece | | — | | 105,272 | | — | | 105,272 | |
Guernsey | | — | | 4,940 | | — | | 4,940 | |
Hong Kong | | — | | 206,746 | | — | | 206,746 | |
Hungary | | — | | 30,589 | | — | | 30,589 | |
Indonesia | | — | | 61,012 | | — | | 61,012 | |
Ireland | | — | | 51,477 | | — | | 51,477 | |
Israel | | — | | 122,632 | | — | | 122,632 | |
Italy | | — | | 270,278 | | — | | 270,278 | |
Japan | | 17,909 | | 2,553,068 | | — | | 2,570,977 | |
Malaysia | | — | | 93,133 | | — | | 93,133 | |
Malta | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Netherlands | | — | | 371,809 | | — | | 371,809 | |
New Zealand | | — | | 18,252 | | — | | 18,252 | |
Norway | | — | | 334,191 | | — | | 334,191 | |
Phillippines | | 33,744 | | 48,066 | | — | | 81,810 | |
Poland | | — | | 75,866 | | — | | 75,866 | |
Portugal | | — | | 50,818 | | — | | 50,818 | |
Russia | | 38,675 | | — | | — | | 38,675 | |
Singapore | | — | | 297,500 | | — | | 297,500 | |
South Africa | | — | | 68,023 | | — | | 68,023 | |
South Korea | | 20,361 | | 155,124 | | — | | 175,485 | |
Spain | | 38,936 | | 323,546 | | — | | 362,482 | |
Sweden | | — | | 294,577 | | — | | 294,577 | |
Switzerland | | — | | 405,034 | | — | | 405,034 | |
Taiwan | | 39,500 | | 231,682 | | — | | 271,182 | |
Thailand | | — | | 162,334 | | — | | 162,334 | |
Turkey | | 16,373 | | 52,124 | | — | | 68,497 | |
United Kingdom | | 18,510 | | 1,249,314 | | — | | 1,267,824 | |
| | 1,516,901 | | 9,966,589 | | — | | 11,483,490 | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 48,624 | | — | | — | | 48,624 | |
Germany | | — | | 68,817 | | — | | 68,817 | |
| | 48,624 | | 68,817 | | — | | 117,441 | |
Warrants | | | | | | | | | |
France | | 70 | | — | | — | | 70 | |
Italy | | 251 | | — | | — | | 251 | |
| | 321 | | — | | — | | 321 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 115,688 | | — | | — | | 115,688 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 1,681,534 | | $ | 10,035,406 | | $ | — | | $ | 11,716,940 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 92.4% | | | |
| | Brazil — 11.3% | | | |
52,338 | | Banco Bradesco ADR | | 974,534 | |
139,100 | | BM&FBOVESPA | | 916,659 | |
36,100 | | BR Malls Participacoes (1) | | 457,925 | |
39,608 | | BRF - Brasil Foods | | 517,924 | |
36,800 | | BRF - Brasil Foods ADR | | 491,280 | |
16,200 | | Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar ADR | | 1,109,862 | |
3,700 | | Cia de Bebidas das Americas ADR | | 361,860 | |
19,989 | | Cia de Concessoes Rodoviarias | | 460,178 | |
57,177 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 923,409 | |
30,426 | | Estacio Participacoes | | 355,481 | |
67,800 | | Gerdau ADR | | 1,111,920 | |
156,955 | | Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 3,402,784 | |
23,000 | | Petroleo Brasileiro | | 486,210 | |
54,000 | | Petroleo Brasileiro ADR | | 2,291,220 | |
1,978 | | Tele Norte Leste Participacoes ADR | | 29,393 | |
7,600 | | Vale | | 231,521 | |
32,100 | | Vale ADR | | 983,223 | |
32,642 | | Vivo Participacoes ADR | | 864,034 | |
| | | | 15,969,417 | |
| | China — 9.9% | | | |
980,000 | | Bank of China Class H (2) | | 504,512 | |
4,003,000 | | China Construction Bank Class H (2) | | 3,250,873 | |
140,000 | | China Life Insurance Class H | | 644,659 | |
213,600 | | China Pacific Insurance Group | | 892,774 | |
340,500 | | China Shenhua Energy Class H (2) | | 1,461,192 | |
206,000 | | China Shipping Container Lines (1) (2) | | 85,501 | |
460,000 | | Golden Eagle Retail Group (2) | | 886,137 | |
840,000 | | Hidili Industry International Development (2) | | 915,583 | |
2,062,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H (2) | | 1,502,951 | |
560,000 | | Jiangsu Expressway Class H (2) | | 525,837 | |
359,000 | | Parkson Retail Group (2) | | 586,372 | |
300 | | Perfect World ADR (1) | | 10,041 | |
201,000 | | Ping An Insurance Group of China Class H (2) | | 1,720,808 | |
155,817 | | Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Class B (2) | | 254,361 | |
32,400 | | Tencent Holdings (2) | | 670,067 | |
| | | | 13,911,668 | |
| | Egypt — 1.9% | | | |
84,383 | | Commercial International Bank (2) | | 1,130,578 | |
77,731 | | Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding (2) | | 500,500 | |
15,999 | | Orascom Construction Industries (2) | | 778,337 | |
177,075 | | Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (2) | | 230,458 | |
| | | | 2,639,873 | |
| | Hong Kong — 7.2% | | | |
87,000 | | Beijing Enterprises Holdings (2) | | 560,535 | |
651,000 | | Belle International Holdings (2) | | 892,696 | |
310,000 | | China Mengniu Dairy (2) | | 929,990 | |
296,000 | | China Merchants Holdings International (2) | | 1,028,294 | |
132,500 | | China Mobile (2) | | 1,297,107 | |
4,700 | | China Mobile ADR | | 229,830 | |
184,000 | | China Overseas Land & Investment (2) | | 357,298 | |
208,000 | | China Resources Power Holdings (2) | | 421,693 | |
1,800,000 | | CNOOC (2) | | 3,166,292 | |
700 | | CNOOC ADR | | 123,144 | |
2,571,140 | | Franshion Properties China (2) | | 730,180 | |
385,000 | | Poly Hong Kong Investments (2) | | 379,171 | |
| | | | 10,116,230 | |
| | Hungary — 0.6% | | | |
2,606 | | Magyar Telekom Telecommunications (2) | | 9,292 | |
23,149 | | OTP Bank (2) | | 815,398 | |
| | | | 824,690 | |
| | India — 5.2% | | | |
12,600 | | HDFC Bank ADR | | 1,878,912 | |
30,300 | | Infosys Technologies ADR | | 1,814,364 | |
23,300 | | Larsen & Toubro GDR | | 848,302 | |
48,050 | | Mahindra & Mahindra GDR | | 569,916 | |
48,650 | | Reliance Industries GDR (2) (4) | | 2,250,263 | |
| | | | 7,361,757 | |
| | Indonesia — 3.6% | | | |
2,428,000 | | Adaro Energy (2) | | 582,250 | |
2,202,500 | | Bank Mandiri (2) | | 1,395,507 | |
490,000 | | Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa (2) | | 849,439 | |
2,178,500 | | Perusahaan Gas Negara (2) | | 978,825 | |
495,500 | | Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia (2) | | 524,509 | |
376,000 | | United Tractors (2) | | 803,915 | |
| | | | 5,134,445 | |
| | Israel — 0.0% | | | |
2,181 | | Bank Hapoalim (1) (2) | | 8,788 | |
14,909 | | Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication (2) | | 36,442 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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1,754 | | Israel Chemicals (2) | | 21,011 | |
| | | | 66,241 | |
| | Malaysia — 2.8% | | | |
389,500 | | Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings (2) | | 1,725,246 | |
398,500 | | IJM (2) | | 613,756 | |
221,400 | | Kuala Lumpur Kepong (2) | | 1,142,464 | |
452,400 | | PLUS Expressways (2) | | 486,765 | |
| | | | 3,968,231 | |
| | Mexico — 4.2% | | | |
57,300 | | America Movil, Series L ADR | | 2,949,804 | |
415,000 | | Grupo Financiero Banorte | | 1,724,108 | |
449,400 | | Grupo Mexico, Series B | | 1,186,610 | |
| | | | 5,860,522 | |
| | Peru — 0.5% | | | |
24,400 | | Southern Copper | | 746,152 | |
| | | | | |
| | Russia — 7.8% | | | |
175,343 | | Gazprom ADR | | 4,083,738 | |
32,500 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 1,865,500 | |
11,600 | | Mechel ADR | | 298,120 | |
34,666 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR (2) | | 654,311 | |
27,200 | | Mobile Telesystems ADR | | 1,502,800 | |
3,750 | | NovaTek GDR (2) | | 280,958 | |
138,750 | | Rosneft Oil GDR (2) | | 1,110,404 | |
186 | | Sberbank GDR (2) | | 50,035 | |
46,250 | | Severstal GDR (2) | | 622,242 | |
23,750 | | Uralkali GDR (2) | | 505,863 | |
| | | | 10,973,971 | |
| | South Africa — 4.2% | | | |
70,995 | | ABSA Group (2) | | 1,340,331 | |
18,763 | | African Rainbow Minerals (2) | | 503,268 | |
153,817 | | Aveng (2) | | 772,447 | |
44,108 | | Impala Platinum Holdings (2) | | 1,246,582 | |
25,852 | | JD Group (2) | | 152,975 | |
6,024 | | Naspers N Shares (2) | | 243,348 | |
94,545 | | Raubex Group (2) | | 296,742 | |
85,895 | | Standard Bank Group (2) | | 1,326,513 | |
| | | | 5,882,206 | |
| | South Korea — 16.3% | | | |
57,180 | | Daegu Bank (2) | | 756,004 | |
13,187 | | GS Engineering & Construction (2) | | 997,112 | |
33,900 | | Hana Financial Group (2) | | 1,054,751 | |
8,204 | | Hyundai Department Store (2) | | 733,588 | |
20,606 | | Hyundai Motor (2) | | 2,513,839 | |
14,140 | | Korea Electric Power (2) | | 429,100 | |
6,525 | | LG Chem (2) | | 1,650,535 | |
21,640 | | LG Display (2) | | 920,607 | |
15,297 | | LG Electronics (2) | | 1,668,473 | |
2,914 | | LG Household & Health Care (2) | | 796,469 | |
75,540 | | LG Telecom (2) | | 569,969 | |
3,413 | | POSCO (2) | | 1,530,987 | |
7,959 | | Samsung Electronics (2) | | 6,053,448 | |
758 | | Samsung Electronics GDR (2) (4) | | 289,508 | |
36,360 | | Shinhan Financial Group (2) | | 1,547,157 | |
1,851 | | Shinsegae (2) | | 848,917 | |
5,308 | | SK Energy (2) | | 578,525 | |
| | | | 22,938,989 | |
| | Taiwan — 8.6% | | | |
618,000 | | Asustek Computer (2) | | 1,192,708 | |
64,200 | | AU Optronics ADR | | 744,078 | |
157,000 | | Catcher Technology (2) | | 414,574 | |
403,000 | | Cathay Financial Holding (2) | | 645,393 | |
43,800 | | Cathay Financial Holding GDR (1) | | 705,819 | |
1,136,966 | | China Steel (2) | | 1,210,919 | |
17,000 | | China Steel GDR | | 363,457 | |
670,000 | | Far Eastern New Century (2) | | 727,620 | |
190,000 | | HON HAI Precision Industry (2) | | 892,758 | |
184,364 | | HON HAI Precision Industry GDR | | 1,747,273 | |
703,000 | | Siliconware Precision Industries (2) | | 862,179 | |
601,139 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2) | | 1,177,541 | |
139,484 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR | | 1,477,136 | |
| | | | 12,161,455 | |
| | Thailand — 3.9% | | | |
370,300 | | Bangkok Bank (2) | | 1,356,909 | |
37,700 | | Banpu NVDR (2) | | 738,522 | |
539,800 | | Kasikornbank NVDR (2) | | 1,492,543 | |
588,500 | | Land & Houses NVDR (2) | | 90,666 | |
238,400 | | PTT (2) | | 1,870,029 | |
| | | | 5,548,669 | |
| | Turkey — 4.4% | | | |
76,639 | | Akenerji Elektrik Uretim (1) | | 194,675 | |
40,137 | | Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii (2) | | 497,682 | |
144,310 | | TAV Havalimanlari Holding (1) (2) | | 704,696 | |
38,918 | | Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafine (2) | | 865,517 | |
402,529 | | Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (2) | | 1,950,720 | |
135,263 | | Turkiye Halk Bankasi (2) | | 1,070,628 | |
281,741 | | Turkiye Is Bankasi Class C (2) | | 978,820 | |
| | | | 6,262,738 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $120,464,157) | | 130,367,254 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | PREFERRED STOCK — 4.6% | | | |
| | Brazil — 4.6% | | | |
8,779 | | Bradespar | | 201,450 | |
11,272 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais | | 179,054 | |
1,391 | | Itau Unibanco Holding | | 30,166 | |
70,623 | | Petroleo Brasileiro ADR | | 2,679,437 | |
24,987 | | Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais Class A | | 816,985 | |
95,800 | | Vale ADR | | 2,577,978 | |
500 | | Vale Class A | | 13,421 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $6,008,837) | | 6,498,491 | |
| | | | | |
| | EQUITY-LINKED WARRANT (1)(3)(4) — 1.3% | | | |
| | Russia — 1.3% | | | |
677,288 | | Sberbank Savings Bank of the Russian Federation, Expires 02/28/18 | | 1,794,813 | |
| | TOTAL EQUITY-LINKED WARRANT (Cost $1,630,412) | | 1,794,813 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(5) — 1.5% | | | |
2,158,652 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% (Cost $2,158,652) | | 2,158,652 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.8% (Cost $130,262,058) | | 140,819,210 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.2% | | 323,476 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 141,142,686 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.) |
(3) | Securities are not readily marketable. |
(4) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On April 30, 2010, the value of these securities amounted to $4,334,584, representing 3.1% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(5) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR — Non Voting Depositary Receipt
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 15,969,417 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 15,969,417 | |
China | | 1,547,474 | | 12,364,194 | | — | | 13,911,668 | |
Egypt | | — | | 2,639,873 | | — | | 2,639,873 | |
Hong Kong | | 352,974 | | 9,763,256 | | — | | 10,116,230 | |
Hungary | | — | | 824,690 | | — | | 824,690 | |
India | | 5,111,494 | | 2,250,263 | | — | | 7,361,757 | |
Indonesia | | — | | 5,134,445 | | — | | 5,134,445 | |
Israel | | — | | 66,241 | | — | | 66,241 | |
Malaysia | | — | | 3,968,231 | | — | | 3,968,231 | |
Mexico | | 5,860,522 | | — | | — | | 5,860,522 | |
Peru | | 746,152 | | — | | — | | 746,152 | |
Russia | | 7,750,158 | | 3,223,813 | | — | | 10,973,971 | |
South Africa | | — | | 5,882,206 | | — | | 5,882,206 | |
South Korea | | — | | 22,938,989 | | — | | 22,938,989 | |
Taiwan | | 5,037,763 | | 7,123,692 | | — | | 12,161,455 | |
Thailand | | — | | 5,548,669 | | — | | 5,548,669 | |
Turkey | | 194,675 | | 6,068,063 | | — | | 6,262,738 | |
| | 42,570,629 | | 87,796,625 | | — | | 130,367,254 | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 6,498,491 | | — | | — | | 6,498,491 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Equity Linked Warrant | | | | | | | | | |
Russia | | — | | 1,794,813 | | — | | 1,794,813 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 2,158,652 | | — | | — | | 2,158,652 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 51,227,772 | | $ | 89,591,438 | | $ | — | | $ | 140,819,210 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK —89.2% | | | |
| | Auto & Transportation — 2.7% | | | |
36,200 | | Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (1) | | 2,000,774 | |
28,300 | | BorgWarner (1) | | 1,226,522 | |
33,100 | | Kansas City Southern (1) | | 1,342,205 | |
14,000 | | Thor Industries | | 499,940 | |
| | | | 5,069,441 | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 17.6% | | | |
117,000 | | Ambassadors Group | | 1,420,380 | |
29,700 | | American Greetings | | 729,432 | |
130,000 | | Arbitron | | 4,005,300 | |
24,800 | | ATC Technology (1) | | 506,912 | |
5,100 | | Capella Education (1) | | 462,162 | |
79,300 | | Central Garden & Pet (1) | | 890,539 | |
40,600 | | Central Garden & Pet Class A (1) | | 419,398 | |
35,800 | | Children’s Place (1) | | 1,640,356 | |
98,600 | | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Class A (1) | | 1,141,788 | |
100,100 | | Geo Group (1) | | 2,120,118 | |
97,400 | | Healthcare Services Group | | 2,093,126 | |
29,300 | | Home Inns & Hotels Management ADR (1) (2) | | 1,021,105 | |
83,900 | | IESI-BFC (3) | | 1,642,762 | |
14,200 | | Lamar Advertising Class A (1) | | 528,524 | |
101,000 | | LKQ (1) | | 2,127,060 | |
64,700 | | Men’s Wearhouse | | 1,528,861 | |
38,100 | | Monster Worldwide (1) | | 664,083 | |
87,200 | | Pinnacle Entertainment (1) | | 1,179,816 | |
55,100 | | Rent-A-Center (1) | | 1,422,682 | |
157,400 | | Scientific Games Class A (1) | | 2,315,354 | |
75,734 | | Standard Parking (1) | | 1,279,147 | |
105,700 | | Waste Connections (1) | | 3,783,003 | |
| | | | 32,921,908 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 5.6% | | | |
19,300 | | Boston Beer Class A (1) | | 1,100,293 | |
22,400 | | Diamond Foods | | 956,704 | |
59,400 | | Nash Finch | | 2,080,188 | |
72,400 | | NBTY (1) | | 2,945,232 | |
58,700 | | Sanderson Farms | | 3,326,529 | |
| | | | 10,408,946 | |
| | Financial Services — 12.9% | | | |
13,047 | | Argo Group International Holdings (1) | | 430,421 | |
121,100 | | Broadpoint Gleacher Securities (1) | | 518,308 | |
125,600 | | Brookline Bancorp | | 1,380,344 | |
92,720 | | CVB Financial | | 1,020,847 | |
41,500 | | Euronet Worldwide (1) | | 661,095 | |
101,000 | | Genpact (1) | | 1,704,880 | |
21,608 | | Health Care REIT | | 970,848 | |
51,000 | | Hilltop Holdings (1) | | 598,230 | |
24,750 | | Hudson Valley Holding | | 621,225 | |
27,100 | | Investment Technology Group (1) | | 470,727 | |
96,700 | | Investors REIT | | 844,191 | |
53,200 | | Knight Capital Group (1) | | 827,260 | |
53,800 | | Lazard LP Class A | | 2,079,908 | |
12,000 | | MB Financial | | 294,000 | |
40,700 | | National Retail Properties REIT | | 957,671 | |
134,900 | | Ocwen Financial (1) | | 1,558,095 | |
52,400 | | Old National Bancorp | | 702,684 | |
34,600 | | Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT(1) | | 681,620 | |
13,100 | | Primerica (1) | | 310,732 | |
76,900 | | Redwood Trust REIT | | 1,282,692 | |
42,800 | | Reinsurance Group of America | | 2,209,764 | |
26,100 | | Simmons First National | | 732,888 | |
28,500 | | Texas Capital Bancshares (1) | | 567,150 | |
33,400 | | Westamerica Bancorporation | | 1,962,918 | |
24,300 | | World Acceptance (1) | | 857,304 | |
| | | | 24,245,802 | |
| | Health Care — 15.0% | | | |
24,700 | | Affymax (1) | | 588,848 | |
45,500 | | Alimera Sciences (1) | | 498,680 | |
49,400 | | Alphatec Holdings (1) | | 329,992 | |
29,000 | | Amedisys (1) | | 1,669,820 | |
48,400 | | AMERIGROUP (1) | | 1,754,016 | |
35,000 | | Bruker (1) | | 535,150 | |
51,200 | | Centene (1) | | 1,172,480 | |
26,100 | | Cepheid (1) | | 521,739 | |
48,300 | | Cooper | | 1,878,387 | |
13,000 | | DynaVox (1) | | 184,600 | |
12,700 | | Eclipsys (1) | | 262,636 | |
34,300 | | Emergency Medical Services (1) | | 1,813,784 | |
31,400 | | Haemonetics (1) | | 1,816,804 | |
54,400 | | Health Management Associates (1) | | 507,008 | |
31,600 | | HMS Holdings (1) | | 1,690,600 | |
118,600 | | Inspire Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 812,410 | |
150,000 | | Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 241,500 | |
12,400 | | Luminex (1) | | 201,624 | |
30,300 | | Masimo | | 709,323 | |
50,000 | | Omnicare | | 1,389,500 | |
19,300 | | Onyx Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 557,191 | |
101,100 | | PSS World Medical (1) | | 2,368,773 | |
55,100 | | Seattle Genetics (1) | | 694,260 | |
121,500 | | Sun Healthcare Group (1) | | 1,086,210 | |
41,400 | | Team Health Holdings (1) | | 650,808 | |
11,500 | | Techne | | 761,875 | |
86,200 | | Vivus (1) | | 878,378 | |
28,300 | | Volcano (1) | | 679,766 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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42,100 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 1,761,885 | |
| | | | 28,018,047 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 5.3% | | | |
5,900 | | AMCOL International | | 169,566 | |
33,500 | | Apogee Enterprises | | 460,290 | |
43,100 | | Cabot | | 1,402,474 | |
6,900 | | Clean Harbors (1) | | 437,667 | |
83,900 | | Graham Packaging (1) | | 1,009,317 | |
48,800 | | Metals USA Holdings (1) | | 876,448 | |
60,300 | | Olin | | 1,266,300 | |
37,600 | | Pan American Silver (3) | | 995,648 | |
16,900 | | Royal Gold | | 864,942 | |
50,700 | | Sonoco Products | | 1,679,691 | |
70,300 | | Wausau Paper (1) | | 622,155 | |
| | | | 9,784,498 | |
| | Other Energy — 5.7% | | | |
52,800 | | Goodrich Petroleum (1) | | 893,904 | |
80,600 | | Helix Energy Solutions Group (1) | | 1,175,148 | |
34,800 | | Penn Virginia | | 887,748 | |
291,600 | | Ram Power (1) (3) | | 803,701 | |
86,400 | | St. Mary Land & Exploration | | 3,476,736 | |
62,500 | | STR Holdings (1) | | 1,441,250 | |
74,200 | | Superior Energy Services (1) | | 2,007,852 | |
| | | | 10,686,339 | |
| | Producer Durables — 6.5% | | | |
37,300 | | AAR (1) | | 909,374 | |
42,600 | | Arkansas Best | | 1,297,596 | |
17,500 | | Baldor Electric | | 672,175 | |
31,400 | | Compass Diversified Holdings | | 455,928 | |
46,900 | | EnPro Industries (1) | | 1,481,102 | |
36,500 | | ESCO Technologies | | 1,126,025 | |
27,000 | | FEI (1) | | 607,500 | |
25,100 | | FTI Consulting (1) | | 1,032,363 | |
18,000 | | Hawaiian Holdings (1) | | 127,800 | |
50,950 | | IDEX | | 1,711,920 | |
11,500 | | Michael Baker (1) | | 406,410 | |
20,100 | | Rofin-Sinar Technologies (1) | | 533,856 | |
25,863 | | Stantec (1) (3) | | 658,095 | |
13,800 | | Towers Watson | | 662,400 | |
22,600 | | Tutor Perini (1) | | 548,502 | |
| | | | 12,231,046 | |
| | Technology — 13.4% | | | |
25,200 | | AboveNet (1) | | 1,273,608 | |
249,400 | | Anadigics (1) | | 1,254,482 | |
106,000 | | Ariba (1) | | 1,512,620 | |
303,700 | | Atmel (1) | | 1,652,128 | |
62,500 | | comScore (1) | | 1,134,375 | |
45,600 | | Digital River (1) | | 1,274,064 | |
87,100 | | Gartner (1) | | 2,097,368 | |
40,800 | | Informatica (1) | | 1,020,408 | |
29,100 | | Kenexa (1) | | 436,791 | |
26,700 | | Methode Electronics | | 296,370 | |
90,700 | | Netscout Systems (1) | | 1,316,964 | |
97,760 | | Parametric Technology (1) | | 1,817,358 | |
17,000 | | Progress Software (1) | | 548,250 | |
69,200 | | QLogic (1) | | 1,340,404 | |
32,600 | | Scansource (1) | | 908,236 | |
110,400 | | SonicWALL (1) | | 1,118,352 | |
41,900 | | Standard Microsystems (1) | | 1,075,992 | |
62,800 | | Syniverse Holdings (1) | | 1,261,024 | |
80,700 | | TriQuint Semiconductor (1) | | 608,478 | |
19,700 | | Volterra Semiconductor (1) | | 472,012 | |
115,000 | | Websense (1) | | 2,618,550 | |
| | | | 25,037,834 | |
| | Utilities — 4.5% | | | |
73,900 | | Cleco | | 2,024,860 | |
59,800 | | NorthWestern | | 1,807,156 | |
122,000 | | Pike Electric (1) | | 1,311,500 | |
71,800 | | Portland General Electric | | 1,427,384 | |
16,500 | | UIL Holdings | | 478,995 | |
42,100 | | Unisource Energy | | 1,402,772 | |
| | | | 8,452,667 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $128,005,466) | | 166,856,528 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(4) — 11.2% | | | |
21,006,923 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% (Cost $21,006,923) | | 21,006,923 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.4% (Cost $149,012,389) | | 187,863,451 | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.4)% | | (721,926 | ) |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 187,141,525 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | China domiciled company. |
(3) | Canadian domiciled company. |
(4) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
LP — Limited Partnership
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Auto & Transportation | | $ | 5,069,441 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 5,069,441 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 32,921,908 | | — | | — | | 32,921,908 | |
Consumer Staples | | 10,408,946 | | — | | — | | 10,408,946 | |
Financial Services | | 24,245,802 | | — | | — | | 24,245,802 | |
Health Care | | 28,018,047 | | — | | — | | 28,018,047 | |
Materials & Processing | | 9,784,498 | | — | | — | | 9,784,498 | |
Other Energy | | 10,686,339 | | — | | — | | 10,686,339 | |
Producer Durables | | 12,231,046 | | — | | — | | 12,231,046 | |
Technology | | 25,037,834 | | — | | — | | 25,037,834 | |
Utilities | | 8,452,667 | | — | | — | | 8,452,667 | |
| | 166,856,528 | | — | | — | | 166,856,528 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 21,006,923 | | — | | — | | 21,006,923 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 187,863,451 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 187,863,451 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK —85.6% | | | |
| | Auto & Transportation — 1.3% | | | |
13,200 | | Ryder System | | 614,064 | |
7,400 | | Wabtec | | 352,092 | |
| | | | 966,156 | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 18.8% | | | |
79,400 | | Burger King Holdings | | 1,675,340 | |
9,400 | | Copart (1) | | 335,486 | |
19,000 | | Corrections Corp. of America (1) | | 393,680 | |
29,500 | | DeVry | | 1,840,505 | |
13,000 | | Dick’s Sporting Goods (1) | | 378,430 | |
75,900 | | Interpublic Group of Cos. (1) | | 676,269 | |
7,300 | | Lamar Advertising Class A (1) | | 271,706 | |
24,100 | | Life Time Fitness (1) | | 885,916 | |
10,200 | | Magna International Class A (2) | | 669,732 | |
14,300 | | Men’s Wearhouse | | 337,909 | |
43,400 | | Monster Worldwide (1) | | 756,462 | |
14,900 | | Rent-A-Center (1) | | 384,718 | |
65,600 | | Republic Services | | 2,035,568 | |
15,700 | | Ross Stores | | 879,200 | |
48,200 | | Scientific Games Class A (1) | | 709,022 | |
42,600 | | VeriSign (1) | | 1,161,702 | |
| | | | 13,391,645 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 1.9% | | | |
33,300 | | NBTY (1) | | 1,354,644 | |
| | | | | |
| | Financial Services — 16.1% | | | |
7,000 | | Bank of Hawaii | | 370,160 | |
92,900 | | Chimera Investment REIT | | 378,103 | |
16,000 | | Comerica | | 672,000 | |
21,400 | | Cullen/Frost Bankers | | 1,270,304 | |
2,800 | | Digital Realty Trust REIT | | 164,360 | |
12,000 | | Federated Investors Class B | | 289,440 | |
12,100 | | Global Payments | | 518,001 | |
40,100 | | HCC Insurance Holdings | | 1,090,319 | |
9,000 | | Health Care REIT | | 404,370 | |
14,300 | | Investment Technology Group (1) | | 248,391 | |
34,600 | | Knight Capital Group (1) | | 538,030 | |
7,700 | | LaSalle Hotel Properties REIT | | 202,895 | |
25,000 | | Lazard LP Class A | | 966,500 | |
51,300 | | People’s United Financial | | 796,689 | |
26,700 | | Reinsurance Group of America | | 1,378,521 | |
7,700 | | Westamerica Bancorporation | | 452,529 | |
64,000 | | WR Berkley | | 1,728,000 | |
| | | | 11,468,612 | |
| | Health Care — 13.2% | | | |
3,600 | | Affymax (1) | | 85,824 | |
4,400 | | Alexion Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 241,472 | |
1,800 | | Amedisys (1) | | 103,644 | |
5,400 | | CareFusion (1) | | 148,932 | |
22,900 | | DaVita (1) | | 1,429,647 | |
18,600 | | DENTSPLY International | | 681,504 | |
23,400 | | Emdeon Class A (1) | | 383,058 | |
10,800 | | Emergency Medical Services (1) | | 571,104 | |
11,700 | | Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings (1) | | 256,230 | |
6,800 | | Gen-Probe (1) | | 322,252 | |
5,400 | | Hospira (1) | | 290,466 | |
15,300 | | Life Technologies (1) | | 837,063 | |
17,900 | | LifePoint Hospitals (1) | | 683,422 | |
15,200 | | Masimo | | 355,832 | |
14,700 | | Nektar Therapeutics (1) | | 205,212 | |
41,100 | | Omnicare | | 1,142,169 | |
5,700 | | Onyx Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 164,559 | |
13,700 | | Pharmaceutical Product Development | | 376,750 | |
43,600 | | Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings (1) | | 817,500 | |
7,300 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 305,505 | |
| | | | 9,402,145 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 6.5% | | | |
7,400 | | Airgas | | 469,530 | |
15,700 | | Cabot | | 510,878 | |
11,600 | | Cabot Microelectronics (1) | | 444,976 | |
45,200 | | Crown Holdings (1) | | 1,175,200 | |
3,100 | | Kaydon | | 129,053 | |
21,700 | | Pactiv (1) | | 551,397 | |
9,100 | | Pan American Silver (2) | | 240,968 | |
7,700 | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | | 375,837 | |
4,000 | | Royal Gold | | 204,720 | |
14,888 | | Sino-Forest (1) (3) | | 264,669 | |
28,270 | | Yamana Gold (2) | | 307,295 | |
| | | | 4,674,523 | |
| | Other Energy — 3.1% | | | |
9,100 | | Cimarex Energy | | 619,528 | |
10,100 | | Concho Resources (1) | | 573,882 | |
19,100 | | Plains Exploration & Production (1) | | 559,821 | |
11,700 | | St. Mary Land & Exploration (1) | | 470,808 | |
| | | | 2,224,039 | |
| | Producer Durables — 7.1% | | | |
24,300 | | Aecom Technology (1) | | 730,701 | |
17,200 | | Deluxe | | 360,684 | |
12,300 | | Dover | | 642,306 | |
2,100 | | Granite Construction | | 70,581 | |
23,000 | | Harsco | | 712,080 | |
8,600 | | Hewitt Associates Class A (1) | | 352,514 | |
25,050 | | IDEX | | 841,680 | |
20,700 | | Quanta Services (1) | | 416,691 | |
59,200 | | Steelcase | | 486,032 | |
400 | | Tetra Tech (1) | | 9,740 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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7,800 | | Verisk Analytics Class A (1) | | 218,556 | |
7,500 | | Zebra Technologies Class A (1) | | 217,875 | |
| | | | 5,059,440 | |
| | Technology — 11.1% | | | |
15,700 | | Adtran | | 420,289 | |
62,400 | | Amdocs (1) | | 1,993,056 | |
77,000 | | Atmel (1) | | 418,880 | |
98,900 | | Brocade Communications Systems (1) | | 641,861 | |
6,400 | | Citrix Systems (1) | | 300,800 | |
19,900 | | Digital River (1) | | 556,006 | |
75,500 | | Integrated Device Technology (1) | | 499,055 | |
33,400 | | National Semiconductor | | 493,652 | |
39,700 | | Parametric Technology (1) | | 738,023 | |
25,800 | | QLogic (1) | | 499,746 | |
23,000 | | Rovi (1) | | 896,540 | |
25,900 | | SAIC (1) | | 450,919 | |
| | | | 7,908,827 | |
| | Telecommunication Services — 1.0% | | | |
13,400 | | NII Holdings (1) | | 568,428 | |
7,900 | | tw telecom (1) | | 140,620 | |
| | | | 709,048 | |
| | Utilities — 5.5% | | | |
18,800 | | Cleco | | 515,120 | |
19,000 | | Energen | | 928,530 | |
54,600 | | MetroPCS Communications (1) | | 416,598 | |
36,200 | | NeuStar Class A (1) | | 885,814 | |
15,100 | | Northeast Utilities | | 419,629 | |
38,100 | | Portland General Electric | | 757,428 | |
| | | | 3,923,119 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK | | | |
| | (Cost $51,361,110) | | 61,082,198 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 3.0% | | | |
9,800 | | iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund | | 701,484 | |
15,200 | | iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund | | 1,408,736 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES | | | |
| | (Cost $1,949,166) | | 2,110,220 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(4) — 11.6% | | | |
8,275,622 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% | | | |
| | (Cost $8,275,622) | | 8,275,622 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.2% | | | |
| | (Cost $61,585,898) | | 71,468,040 | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.2)% | | (137,949 | ) |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 71,330,091 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Canadian domiciled company. |
(3) | Hong Kong domiciled company. |
(4) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
LP — Limited Partnership
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Auto & Transportation | | $ | 966,156 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 966,156 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 13,391,645 | | — | | — | | 13,391,645 | |
Consumer Staples | | 1,354,644 | | — | | — | | 1,354,644 | |
Financial Services | | 11,468,612 | | — | | — | | 11,468,612 | |
Health Care | | 9,402,145 | | — | | — | | 9,402,145 | |
Materials & Processing | | 4,674,523 | | — | | — | | 4,674,523 | |
Other Energy | | 2,224,039 | | — | | — | | 2,224,039 | |
Producer Durables | | 5,059,440 | | — | | — | | 5,059,440 | |
Technology | | 7,908,827 | | — | | — | | 7,908,827 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 709,048 | | — | | — | | 709,048 | |
Utilities | | 3,923,119 | | — | | — | | 3,923,119 | |
| | 61,082,198 | | — | | — | | 61,082,198 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Investment Companies | | 2,110,220 | | — | | — | | 2,110,220 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 8,275,622 | | — | | — | | 8,275,622 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 71,468,040 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 71,468,040 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 99.6% | | | |
| | Argentina — 0.0% | | | |
3,900 | | MercadoLibre (1) | | 196,638 | |
| | | | | |
| | Bahamas — 0.1% | | | |
5,400 | | Steiner Leisure (1) | | 253,098 | |
| | | | | |
| | Bermuda — 0.4% | | | |
10,952 | | Accenture | | 477,945 | |
9,800 | | Argo Group International Holdings (1) | | 323,302 | |
13,200 | | Marvell Technology Group (1) | | 272,580 | |
11,900 | | Nabors Industries (1) | | 256,683 | |
30,800 | | XL Capital, Class A | | 548,240 | |
| | Total Bermuda | | 1,878,750 | |
| | | | | |
| | Canada — 3.5% | | | |
1,700 | | Aastra Technologies | | 46,035 | |
7,100 | | AG Growth International | | 252,298 | |
13,600 | | AGF Management, Class B | | 232,802 | |
5,800 | | Agrium | | 362,079 | |
15,700 | | AltaGas Income Trust | | 267,668 | |
15,400 | | ARC Energy Trust | | 331,830 | |
2,800 | | Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund | | 62,290 | |
3,100 | | Atco, Class I | | 148,882 | |
4,442 | | Bank of Montreal | | 275,860 | |
8,100 | | Baytex Energy Trust (Canada) | | 273,083 | |
6,900 | | Bird Construction Income Fund | | 231,947 | |
101,900 | | Bombardier | | 531,617 | |
28,700 | | CAE | | 262,733 | |
3,898 | | Canadian Natural Resources | | 300,168 | |
9,700 | | Canadian Oil Sands Trust | | 293,607 | |
6,000 | | Canadian Utilities, Class A | | 267,959 | |
15,000 | | Cascades | | 116,941 | |
4,500 | | Cathedral Energy Services | | 25,249 | |
1,700 | | CCL Industries | | 48,177 | |
18,500 | | CGI Group (1) | | 273,885 | |
21,700 | | CML Healthcare Income Fund | | 244,149 | |
7,100 | | Crescent Point Energy | | 301,291 | |
15,500 | | Davis & Henderson Income Fund | | 276,617 | |
31,700 | | Daylight Resources Trust | | 349,483 | |
5,100 | | Domtar | | 361,284 | |
6,200 | | EnCana | | 205,060 | |
11,900 | | Enerplus Resources Fund (Canada) | | 289,798 | |
5,900 | | First Quantum Minerals | | 452,649 | |
8,600 | | Fortis | | 237,454 | |
20,600 | | Freehold Royalty Trust | | 362,969 | |
9,900 | | Great-West Lifeco | | 268,671 | |
6,000 | | Hanfeng Evergreen (1) | | 42,878 | |
6,100 | | IGM Financial | | 253,211 | |
6,800 | | Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services | | 234,543 | |
3,900 | | Inmet Mining | | 202,428 | |
700 | | Laurentian Bank of Canada | | 30,401 | |
7,500 | | Loblaw | | 275,667 | |
2,300 | | Major Drilling Group International | | 59,679 | |
23,700 | | Manulife Financial | | 427,389 | |
5,400 | | Migao (1) | | 36,677 | |
1,500 | | Mosaid Technologies | | 31,671 | |
16,000 | | Mullen Group | | 240,811 | |
4,400 | | National Bank of Canada | | 268,964 | |
47,300 | | OceanaGold (1) | | 115,002 | |
45,000 | | Paramount Energy Trust | | 223,693 | |
13,000 | | Penn West Energy Trust | | 261,945 | |
35,500 | | Peyto Energy Trust | | 463,013 | |
9,200 | | Power Corp. of Canada | | 255,198 | |
8,500 | | Power Financial | | 257,703 | |
11,900 | | Progress Energy Resources | | 142,556 | |
4,500 | | Reitmans Canada, Class A | | 83,365 | |
4,296 | | Research In Motion (1) | | 306,162 | |
8,000 | | Rogers Communications, Class B | | 285,146 | |
3,800 | | Royal Bank of Canada | | 230,379 | |
13,500 | | Shaw Communications, Class B | | 253,681 | |
26,300 | | Sherritt International | | 204,518 | |
10,100 | | Sun Life Financial | | 296,965 | |
10,500 | | Suncor Energy | | 359,164 | |
14,700 | | Talisman Energy | | 250,185 | |
11,500 | | Teck Resources (Canada), Class B (1) | | 451,895 | |
12,400 | | Tim Hortons | | 409,076 | |
9,100 | | TMX Group | | 260,128 | |
6,900 | | Toromont Industries | | 192,825 | |
3,107 | | Toronto-Dominion Bank | | 230,907 | |
12,300 | | TransAlta | | 253,047 | |
9,900 | | TransCanada | | 349,263 | |
7,879 | | Vermilion Energy Trust | | 273,388 | |
1,300 | | Vicwest Income Fund | | 21,613 | |
1,700 | | Zargon Energy Trust | | 34,438 | |
| | Total Canada | | 16,524,109 | |
| | | | | |
| | Cayman Islands — 0.2% | | | |
2,900 | | Consolidated Water | | 41,035 | |
7,788 | | Garmin | | 291,116 | |
31,500 | | Seagate Technology (1) | | 578,655 | |
| | Total Cayman Islands | | 910,806 | |
| | | | | |
| | China — 0.1% | | | |
19,400 | | China Sky One Medical (1) | | 274,898 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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31,900 | | China TransInfo Technology (1) | | 223,300 | |
| | Total China | | 498,198 | |
| | | | | |
| | Israel — 0.2% | | | |
1,700 | | Check Point Software Technologies (1) | | 60,554 | |
14,700 | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR | | 863,331 | |
| | Total Israel | | 923,885 | |
| | | | | |
| | Singapore — 0.1% | | | |
67,800 | | Flextronics International (1) | | 525,450 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 0.1% | | | |
6,900 | | Noble | | 272,481 | |
| | | | | |
| | United States — 94.9% | | | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 9.3% | | | |
16,506 | | Amazon.com (1) | | 2,262,312 | |
3,800 | | America’s Car-Mart (1) | | 96,254 | |
9,400 | | Apollo Group, Class A (1) | | 539,654 | |
13,400 | | Best Buy | | 611,040 | |
4,800 | | Big Lots (1) | | 183,360 | |
4,200 | | Buffalo Wild Wings (1) | | 173,628 | |
27,533 | | Carnival | | 1,148,126 | |
27,400 | | Coach | | 1,143,950 | |
108,200 | | Comcast, Class A | | 2,135,868 | |
6,400 | | Darden Restaurants | | 286,400 | |
1,600 | | Deckers Outdoor (1) | | 224,928 | |
43,556 | | DIRECTV (1) | | 1,578,034 | |
5,500 | | Dollar Tree (1) | | 333,960 | |
12,900 | | Expedia | | 304,569 | |
8,600 | | Family Dollar Stores | | 340,216 | |
23,100 | | Ford Motor (1) | | 300,762 | |
3,800 | | Fossil (1) | | 147,820 | |
16,200 | | Gentex | | 348,138 | |
10,300 | | Guess? | | 472,461 | |
69,393 | | Home Depot | | 2,446,103 | |
10,000 | | Interactive Data | | 334,700 | |
9,600 | | John Wiley & Sons, Class A | | 405,792 | |
14,100 | | Johnson Controls | | 473,619 | |
2,500 | | JOS A Bank Clothiers (1) | | 152,150 | |
14,700 | | Kirkland’s (1) | | 327,369 | |
9,700 | | Liberty Global (1) | | 265,877 | |
3,700 | | Life Time Fitness (1) | | 136,012 | |
23,000 | | Lowe’s | | 623,760 | |
25,427 | | Mattel | | 586,092 | |
54,081 | | McDonald’s | | 3,817,578 | |
9,900 | | McGraw-Hill | | 333,828 | |
1,500 | | National Presto Industries | | 167,955 | |
31,000 | | News, Class A | | 478,020 | |
21,500 | | Nike, Class B | | 1,632,065 | |
28,978 | | Nordstrom | | 1,197,661 | |
24,023 | | Omnicom Group | | 1,024,821 | |
7,900 | | PetMed Express | | 174,906 | |
3,600 | | Polaris Industries | | 213,012 | |
9,278 | | Polo Ralph Lauren | | 834,092 | |
25,300 | | RadioShack | | 545,215 | |
13,726 | | Ross Stores | | 768,656 | |
13,500 | | Scripps Networks Interactive | | 612,090 | |
8,200 | | Sherwin-Williams | | 640,174 | |
3,800 | | Steven Madden (1) | | 220,248 | |
40,500 | | Target | | 2,303,235 | |
8,900 | | Thomson Reuters | | 320,642 | |
14,700 | | Tiffany | | 712,656 | |
30,645 | | Time Warner | | 1,013,737 | |
5,500 | | Time Warner Cable | | 309,375 | |
25,698 | | TJX | | 1,190,845 | |
3,800 | | Tractor Supply (1) | | 255,246 | |
4,000 | | Tupperware Brands | | 204,280 | |
4,000 | | Unifirst | | 195,480 | |
16,600 | | Universal Travel Group (1) | | 151,558 | |
8,600 | | VF | | 743,212 | |
41,900 | | Viacom, Class B (1) | | 1,480,327 | |
75,972 | | Walt Disney | | 2,798,808 | |
15,200 | | World Wrestling Entertainment, Class A | | 277,400 | |
12,600 | | Wyndham Worldwide | | 337,806 | |
| | | | 43,337,882 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 10.6% | | | |
16,600 | | Altria Group | | 351,754 | |
29,600 | | Archer-Daniels-Midland | | 827,024 | |
33,567 | | Avon Products | | 1,085,221 | |
2,800 | | Church & Dwight | | 193,900 | |
104,758 | | Coca-Cola | | 5,599,315 | |
14,391 | | Colgate-Palmolive | | 1,210,283 | |
26,373 | | Costco Wholesale | | 1,558,117 | |
66,217 | | CVS Caremark | | 2,445,394 | |
23,400 | | Del Monte Foods | | 349,596 | |
21,100 | | General Mills | | 1,501,898 | |
19,865 | | HJ Heinz | | 931,072 | |
10,313 | | Hormel Foods | | 420,358 | |
10,500 | | JM Smucker | | 641,235 | |
16,237 | | Kellogg | | 892,061 | |
21,400 | | Kimberly-Clark | | 1,310,964 | |
57,700 | | Kraft Foods, Class A | | 1,707,920 | |
20,600 | | Kroger | | 457,938 | |
9,500 | | Lorillard | | 744,515 | |
13,512 | | McCormick | | 534,670 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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76,524 | | PepsiCo | | 4,990,895 | |
87,091 | | Philip Morris International | | 4,274,426 | |
136,411 | | Procter & Gamble | | 8,479,308 | |
12,500 | | Reynolds American | | 667,750 | |
38,374 | | Sysco | | 1,210,316 | |
2,100 | | Universal | | 108,738 | |
43,141 | | Walgreen | | 1,516,406 | |
102,323 | | Wal-Mart Stores | | 5,489,629 | |
2,200 | | Weis Markets | | 82,016 | |
| | | | 49,582,719 | |
| | Energy — 10.5% | | | |
6,200 | | Alliance Resource Partners LP | | 300,452 | |
10,400 | | Anadarko Petroleum | | 646,464 | |
25,964 | | Baker Hughes | | 1,291,977 | |
7,100 | | Berry Petroleum, Class A | | 229,827 | |
3,500 | | BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust | | 345,100 | |
3,700 | | Buckeye Partners LP | | 224,886 | |
91,120 | | Chevron | | 7,420,813 | |
69,959 | | ConocoPhillips | | 4,140,873 | |
6,200 | | Consol Energy | | 277,016 | |
4,500 | | Continental Resources (1) | | 221,220 | |
3,400 | | Diamond Offshore Drilling | | 268,940 | |
4,900 | | Enbridge Energy Partners | | 251,223 | |
13,152 | | Ensco International ADR | | 620,511 | |
13,800 | | EOG Resources | | 1,547,256 | |
192,674 | | Exxon Mobil | | 13,072,931 | |
44,737 | | Halliburton | | 1,371,189 | |
11,500 | | Holly | | 310,500 | |
37,200 | | Marathon Oil | | 1,195,980 | |
8,800 | | MarkWest Energy Partners LP | | 270,600 | |
29,500 | | Matrix Service (1) | | 313,585 | |
11,720 | | Murphy Oil | | 704,958 | |
32,800 | | National Oilwell Varco | | 1,444,184 | |
13,000 | | Natural Resource Partners LP | | 331,500 | |
8,000 | | Noble Energy | | 611,200 | |
3,900 | | NuStar Energy LP | | 240,084 | |
34,633 | | Occidental Petroleum | | 3,070,562 | |
4,100 | | ONEOK Partners LP | | 252,683 | |
13,400 | | Peabody Energy | | 626,048 | |
17,800 | | Penn Virginia GP Holdings LP | | 323,604 | |
11,300 | | Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP | | 267,471 | |
8,500 | | Plains Exploration & Production (1) | | 249,135 | |
12,600 | | RPC | | 171,990 | |
40,172 | | Schlumberger | | 2,869,084 | |
17,367 | | Smith International | | 829,448 | |
4,200 | | Southern Union | | 109,746 | |
3,100 | | Sunoco Logistics Partners LP | | 212,071 | |
7,700 | | TC Pipelines LP | | 294,448 | |
22,000 | | Tetra Technologies (1) | | 270,380 | |
6,100 | | Tidewater | | 327,021 | |
18,000 | | Willbros Group (1) | | 225,900 | |
31,018 | | XTO Energy | | 1,473,975 | |
| | | | 49,226,835 | |
| | Financials — 15.5% | | | |
10,400 | | Acadia Realty Trust REIT | | 198,432 | |
89,200 | | Advance America Cash Advance Centers | | 510,224 | |
30,600 | | Aflac | | 1,559,376 | |
3,000 | | Agree Realty REIT | | 76,890 | |
40,900 | | Allstate | | 1,336,203 | |
60,127 | | American Express | | 2,773,057 | |
9,900 | | American Financial Group | | 291,357 | |
17,600 | | Annaly Capital Management REIT | | 298,320 | |
14,600 | | Anworth Mortgage Asset REIT | | 97,966 | |
29,600 | | Apollo Investment | | 359,936 | |
16,300 | | Ares Capital | | 258,518 | |
11,500 | | Arthur J Gallagher | | 302,105 | |
19,300 | | Assurant | | 703,099 | |
423,350 | | Bank of America | | 7,548,330 | |
9,300 | | Bank of Hawaii | | 491,784 | |
30,300 | | Bank of New York Mellon | | 943,239 | |
3,600 | | Bank of the Ozarks | | 138,492 | |
42,598 | | BB&T | | 1,415,958 | |
67,300 | | Berkshire Hathaway (1) | | 5,182,100 | |
78,900 | | BGC Partners, Class A | | 514,428 | |
17,400 | | BlackRock Kelso Capital | | 184,614 | |
17,600 | | Brookfield Properties | | 283,256 | |
22,600 | | Calamos Asset Management | | 281,370 | |
12,600 | | Capstead Mortgage REIT | | 142,632 | |
11,186 | | Charles Schwab | | 215,778 | |
48,100 | | Chimera Investment REIT | | 195,767 | |
21,544 | | Chubb | | 1,139,031 | |
827,822 | | Citigroup (1) | | 3,617,582 | |
700 | | CME Group | | 229,887 | |
1,200 | | Commerce Bancshares | | 49,704 | |
103,700 | | Conseco (1) | | 611,830 | |
1,400 | | Credicorp | | 121,604 | |
9,000 | | Cullen/Frost Bankers | | 534,240 | |
500 | | Diamond Hill Investment Group | | 39,020 | |
14,800 | | DiamondRock Hospitality REIT | | 162,652 | |
20,218 | | Discover Financial Services | | 312,570 | |
5,100 | | Entertainment Properties Trust REIT | | 222,972 | |
9,200 | | Equity Residential REIT | | 416,484 | |
21,300 | | Federated Investors, Class B | | 513,756 | |
4,800 | | First Financial Holdings | | 67,776 | |
4,300 | | Flushing Financial | | 58,523 | |
10,300 | | Franklin Resources | | 1,191,092 | |
24,523 | | Goldman Sachs Group | | 3,560,740 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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6,000 | | Hancock Holding | | 245,280 | |
29,500 | | Hartford Financial Services Group | | 842,815 | |
5,400 | | Hatteras Financial REIT | | 144,018 | |
1,700 | | HCP REIT | | 54,604 | |
28,000 | | Hercules Technology Growth Capital | | 303,520 | |
22,500 | | Horace Mann Educators | | 387,225 | |
15,553 | | Host Hotels & Resorts REIT | | 252,892 | |
28,000 | | HRPT Properties Trust REIT | | 219,520 | |
34,300 | | Hudson City Bancorp | | 456,190 | |
174,063 | | JPMorgan Chase | | 7,411,603 | |
2,100 | | Kayne Anderson Energy Development | | 33,957 | |
12,300 | | Kimco Realty REIT | | 191,757 | |
5,200 | | Mercury General | | 233,948 | |
19,100 | | MetLife | | 870,578 | |
28,000 | | MFA Financial REIT | | 199,080 | |
3,900 | | Morgan Stanley | | 117,858 | |
7,100 | | NGP Capital Resources | | 54,315 | |
43,300 | | NorthStar Realty Finance REIT | | 204,376 | |
10,900 | | Omega Healthcare Investors REIT | | 218,218 | |
8,000 | | OneBeacon Insurance Group | | 129,760 | |
4,800 | | PMA Capital (1) | | 32,976 | |
8,200 | | PNC Financial Services Group | | 551,122 | |
39,100 | | Prologis REIT | | 514,947 | |
25,300 | | Protective Life | | 608,971 | |
12,400 | | Prudential Financial | | 788,144 | |
19,100 | | Selective Insurance Group | | 319,161 | |
19,363 | | Simon Property Group REIT | | 1,723,694 | |
10,400 | | StanCorp Financial Group | | 467,584 | |
700 | | Suffolk Bancorp | | 21,735 | |
34,600 | | SunTrust Banks | | 1,024,160 | |
5,400 | | SVB Financial Group (1) | | 265,842 | |
16,300 | | T. Rowe Price Group | | 937,413 | |
35,681 | | Travelers | | 1,810,454 | |
13,100 | | Trustmark | | 320,688 | |
78,851 | | U.S. Bancorp | | 2,110,841 | |
26,400 | | Unum Group | | 646,008 | |
4,100 | | Urstadt Biddle Properties REIT | | 69,126 | |
13,500 | | Waddell & Reed Financial, Class A | | 501,120 | |
12,100 | | Webster Financial | | 250,712 | |
10,300 | | Weingarten Realty Investors REIT | | 238,136 | |
221,172 | | Wells Fargo | | 7,323,005 | |
18,900 | | Wilshire Bancorp | | 205,254 | |
| | | | 72,455,301 | |
| | Health Care — 11.2% | | | |
74,933 | | Abbott Laboratories | | 3,833,572 | |
38,613 | | Aetna | | 1,141,014 | |
23,802 | | AmerisourceBergen | | 734,292 | |
51,426 | | Amgen (1) | | 2,949,795 | |
34,272 | | Baxter International | | 1,618,324 | |
17,300 | | Becton Dickinson | | 1,321,201 | |
20,300 | | Biogen Idec (1) | | 1,080,975 | |
85,171 | | Bristol-Myers Squibb | | 2,153,975 | |
24,300 | | Cardinal Health | | 842,967 | |
5,000 | | Catalyst Health Solutions (1) | | 211,550 | |
4,100 | | Cephalon (1) | | 263,220 | |
3,100 | | Cerner (1) | | 263,221 | |
10,900 | | Cubist Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 244,378 | |
11,362 | | DaVita (1) | | 709,330 | |
53,561 | | Eli Lilly | | 1,873,028 | |
14,062 | | Express Scripts (1) | | 1,408,028 | |
34,502 | | Gilead Sciences (1) | | 1,368,694 | |
12,000 | | Health Net (1) | | 264,240 | |
11,500 | | Hospira (1) | | 618,585 | |
132,384 | | Johnson & Johnson | | 8,512,291 | |
8,200 | | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (1) | | 644,274 | |
18,003 | | McKesson | | 1,166,774 | |
4,600 | | Medco Health Solutions (1) | | 271,032 | |
4,900 | | Mednax (1) | | 269,206 | |
60,403 | | Medtronic | | 2,639,007 | |
144,807 | | Merck | | 5,074,037 | |
24,200 | | PDL BioPharma | | 140,844 | |
298,147 | | Pfizer | | 4,985,018 | |
14,600 | | Quest Diagnostics | | 834,536 | |
3,300 | | ResMed (1) | | 225,819 | |
18,700 | | St. Jude Medical (1) | | 763,334 | |
19,699 | | Stryker | | 1,131,511 | |
25,200 | | UnitedHealth Group | | 763,812 | |
2,600 | | US Physical Therapy (1) | | 45,604 | |
7,700 | | Varian Medical Systems (1) | | 434,126 | |
9,008 | | Waters (1) | | 648,486 | |
14,700 | | Zimmer Holdings (1) | | 895,377 | |
| | | | 52,345,477 | |
| | Industrials — 11.0% | | | |
30,535 | | 3M | | 2,707,538 | |
7,200 | | Acuity Brands | | 325,512 | |
20,500 | | Apogee Enterprises | | 281,670 | |
7,500 | | Boeing | | 543,225 | |
38,808 | | Caterpillar | | 2,642,437 | |
16,617 | | Cooper Industries | | 815,895 | |
4,400 | | Crane | | 158,136 | |
31,166 | | CSX | | 1,746,854 | |
7,400 | | Cummins | | 534,502 | |
32,800 | | Deere | | 1,962,096 | |
11,200 | | Donaldson | | 518,560 | |
12,100 | | Dover | | 631,862 | |
5,000 | | Equifax | | 168,000 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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12,800 | | Expeditors International of Washington | | 521,472 | |
9,579 | | Flowserve | | 1,097,562 | |
17,200 | | Fluor | | 908,848 | |
22,347 | | General Dynamics | | 1,706,417 | |
511,189 | | General Electric | | 9,641,025 | |
9,200 | | Goodrich | | 682,456 | |
50,691 | | Honeywell International | | 2,406,302 | |
5,700 | | Hubbell, Class B | | 264,879 | |
13,800 | | ITT | | 766,866 | |
4,876 | | Joy Global | | 277,006 | |
9,100 | | L-3 Communications Holdings | | 851,487 | |
13,500 | | Lockheed Martin | | 1,146,015 | |
4,000 | | McDermott International (1) | | 109,640 | |
22,593 | | Norfolk Southern | | 1,340,443 | |
12,000 | | Precision Castparts | | 1,540,080 | |
10,100 | | Raven Industries | | 306,636 | |
21,900 | | Raytheon | | 1,276,770 | |
8,900 | | Teledyne Technologies (1) | | 388,040 | |
10,900 | | Toro | | 620,646 | |
31,900 | | Union Pacific | | 2,413,554 | |
57,364 | | United Parcel Service, Class B | | 3,966,147 | |
45,195 | | United Technologies | | 3,387,365 | |
5,900 | | Valmont Industries | | 491,411 | |
3,400 | | VSE | | 136,646 | |
31,300 | | Waste Management | | 1,085,484 | |
11,900 | | Woodward Governor | | 381,395 | |
6,232 | | WW Grainger | | 688,885 | |
| | | | 51,439,764 | |
| | Information Technology — 18.0% | | | |
54,200 | | Advanced Micro Devices (1) | | 491,052 | |
8,600 | | Altera | | 218,096 | |
47,800 | | Amkor Technology (1) | | 360,412 | |
7,000 | | Analog Devices | | 209,510 | |
37,739 | | Apple (1) | | 9,854,408 | |
8,300 | | Atheros Communications (1) | | 322,372 | |
29,167 | | Automatic Data Processing | | 1,264,681 | |
1,800 | | Blackbaud | | 41,490 | |
7,500 | | BMC Software (1) | | 295,200 | |
11,900 | | Cabot Microelectronics (1) | | 456,484 | |
273,785 | | Cisco Systems (1) | | 7,370,292 | |
4,100 | | CommScope (1) | | 133,578 | |
7,512 | | Computer Sciences (1) | | 393,554 | |
20,000 | | Corning | | 385,000 | |
1,600 | | Cree (1) | | 117,136 | |
100,499 | | Dell (1) | | 1,626,074 | |
67,900 | | eBay (1) | | 1,616,699 | |
112,700 | | EMC (1) | | 2,142,427 | |
10,349 | | Google, Class A (1) | | 5,437,778 | |
13,467 | | Harris | | 693,281 | |
8,700 | | Hewitt Associates, Class A (1) | | 356,613 | |
114,933 | | Hewlett-Packard | | 5,973,068 | |
9,500 | | iGate | | 117,610 | |
4,400 | | Infosys Technologies ADR | | 263,472 | |
269,874 | | Intel | | 6,161,224 | |
7,400 | | InterDigital (1) | | 204,758 | |
55,894 | | International Business Machines | | 7,210,326 | |
4,000 | | JDA Software Group (1) | | 115,600 | |
56,100 | | Kopin (1) | | 236,181 | |
7,100 | | Lexmark International, Class A (1) | | 263,055 | |
2,100 | | Mantech International, Class A (1) | | 94,563 | |
2,600 | | Mastercard, Class A | | 644,904 | |
3,000 | | MAXIMUS | | 185,730 | |
11,900 | | Microchip Technology | | 347,599 | |
351,350 | | Microsoft | | 10,730,229 | |
4,800 | | MicroStrategy, Class A (1) | | 367,680 | |
2,800 | | Monotype Imaging Holdings (1) | | 29,232 | |
11,700 | | Netscout Systems (1) | | 169,884 | |
194,281 | | Oracle | | 5,020,221 | |
2,300 | | Pegasystems | | 72,841 | |
68,577 | | QUALCOMM | | 2,656,673 | |
89,600 | | Quantum (1) | | 259,840 | |
5,700 | | SanDisk (1) | | 227,373 | |
9,700 | | Skyworks Solutions (1) | | 163,348 | |
9,900 | | Super Micro Computer (1) | | 140,382 | |
2,100 | | Sybase (1) | | 91,098 | |
8,900 | | Symantec (1) | | 149,253 | |
57,300 | | Tellabs | | 520,284 | |
16,600 | | Teradata (1) | | 482,562 | |
11,000 | | Tessera Technologies (1) | | 223,080 | |
72,922 | | Texas Instruments | | 1,896,701 | |
21,700 | | VeriFone Holdings (1) | | 412,951 | |
22,500 | | Visa | | 2,030,175 | |
3,300 | | Volterra Semiconductor (1) | | 79,068 | |
24,348 | | Western Digital (1) | | 1,000,459 | |
115,000 | | Xerox | | 1,253,500 | |
30,000 | | Xilinx | | 773,400 | |
| | | | 84,354,461 | |
| | Materials — 2.9% | | | |
7,000 | | AMCOL International | | 201,180 | |
7,800 | | Arch Chemicals | | 265,278 | |
12,700 | | Buckeye Technologies (1) | | 179,324 | |
7,282 | | CF Industries Holdings | | 609,285 | |
47,500 | | Dow Chemical | | 1,464,425 | |
39,100 | | EI du Pont de Nemours | | 1,557,744 | |
29,900 | | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold | | 2,258,347 | |
6,900 | | Haynes International | | 247,779 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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16,300 | | Hecla Mining (1) | | 97,311 | |
18,700 | | Huntsman | | 213,367 | |
9,500 | | Kaiser Aluminum | | 381,805 | |
6,014 | | Lubrizol | | 543,305 | |
11,440 | | Monsanto | | 721,407 | |
4,800 | | NewMarket | | 528,000 | |
30,100 | | Newmont Mining | | 1,688,008 | |
3,042 | | Nucor | | 137,863 | |
6,900 | | Packaging Corp of America | | 170,637 | |
13,300 | | Praxair | | 1,114,141 | |
10,581 | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | | 516,459 | |
17,800 | | RPM International | | 393,024 | |
1,500 | | Silgan Holdings | | 90,495 | |
5,900 | | Steel Dynamics | | 92,689 | |
1,200 | | Terra Nitrogen | | 99,600 | |
14,600 | | Worthington Industries | | 233,162 | |
| | | | 13,804,635 | |
| | Telecommunication Services — 3.0% | | | |
17,700 | | American Tower (1) | | 722,337 | |
268,039 | | AT&T | | 6,985,096 | |
23,900 | | CenturyTel | | 815,229 | |
3,500 | | Millicom International Cellular (1) | | 308,980 | |
15,700 | | NII Holdings (1) | | 665,994 | |
26,000 | | tw telecom (1) | | 462,800 | |
136,530 | | Verizon Communications | | 3,944,352 | |
| | | | 13,904,788 | |
| | Utilities — 2.9% | | | |
44,700 | | AES (1) | | 515,838 | |
2,800 | | Amerigas Partners LP | | 118,188 | |
36,600 | | Centerpoint Energy | | 525,576 | |
28,700 | | CMS Energy | | 466,662 | |
20,360 | | Consolidated Edison | | 920,272 | |
10,900 | | DPL | | 307,162 | |
11,547 | | Edison International | | 396,870 | |
42,671 | | Emerson Electric | | 2,228,706 | |
3,500 | | Energen | | 171,045 | |
40,100 | | Exelon | | 1,747,959 | |
6,200 | | FirstEnergy | | 234,794 | |
20,600 | | FPL Group | | 1,072,230 | |
9,200 | | Integrys Energy Group | | 456,412 | |
21,538 | | MDU Resources Group | | 456,606 | |
3,400 | | Northwest Natural Gas | | 161,126 | |
8,800 | | Ormat Technologies | | 280,368 | |
23,837 | | PG&E | | 1,044,061 | |
11,200 | | Piedmont Natural Gas | | 308,000 | |
11,400 | | Sempra Energy | | 560,652 | |
34,208 | | Southern | | 1,182,229 | |
19,600 | | Xcel Energy | | 426,300 | |
| | | | 13,581,056 | |
| | Total United States | | 444,032,918 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK | | | |
| | (Cost $436,250,019) | | 466,016,333 | |
| | | | | |
| | RIGHTS — 0.0% | | | |
| | United States — 0.0% | | | |
7,363 | | Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Expires 06/30/11 (1) | | 1,068 | |
| | TOTAL RIGHTS | | | |
| | (Cost $7,363) | | 1,068 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(2) — 0.3% | | | |
1,332,343 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% | | | |
| | (Cost $1,332,343) | | 1,332,343 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9% | | | |
| | (Cost $437,589,725) | | 467,349,744 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.1% | | 398,884 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 467,748,628 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
CAD — Canadian Dollar
LP — Limited Partnership
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
USD — United States Dollar
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Argentina | | $ | 196,638 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 196,638 | |
Bahamas | | 253,098 | | — | | — | | 253,098 | |
Bermuda | | 1,878,750 | | — | | — | | 1,878,750 | |
Canada | | 16,524,109 | | — | | — | | 16,524,109 | |
Cayman Islands | | 910,806 | | — | | — | | 910,806 | |
China | | 498,198 | | — | | — | | 498,198 | |
Israel | | 923,885 | | — | | — | | 923,885 | |
Singapore | | 525,450 | | — | | — | | 525,450 | |
Switzerland | | 272,481 | | — | | — | | 272,481 | |
United States | | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 43,337,882 | | — | | — | | 43,337,882 | |
Consumer Staples | | 49,582,719 | | — | | — | | 49,582,719 | |
Energy | | 49,226,835 | | — | | — | | 49,226,835 | |
Financials | | 72,455,301 | | — | | — | | 72,455,301 | |
Health Care | | 52,345,477 | | — | | — | | 52,345,477 | |
Industrials | | 51,439,764 | | — | | — | | 51,439,764 | |
Information Technology | | 84,354,461 | | — | | — | | 84,354,461 | |
Materials | | 13,804,635 | | — | | — | | 13,804,635 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 13,904,788 | | — | | — | | 13,904,788 | |
Utilities | | 13,581,056 | | — | | — | | 13,581,056 | |
| | 444,032,918 | | — | | — | | 444,032,918 | |
Rights | | | | | | | | | |
United States | | 1,068 | | — | | — | | 1,068 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 1,332,343 | | — | | — | | 1,332,343 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 467,349,744 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 467,349,744 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Forwards — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | — | | $ | 70,884 | | $ | — | | $ | 70,884 | |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | — | | $ | 70,884 | | $ | — | | $ | 70,884 | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2010, is as follows:
Settlement | | | | | | | | | | Unrealized | |
Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | Appreciation | |
5/14/10 | | CAD | | 21,248,280 | | USD | | 20,987,469 | | $ | 70,884 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Principal Amount $ | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — 42.8% | | | |
| | FHLMC | | | |
1,198,199 | | 5.000%, 11/01/36 | | 1,247,026 | |
2,535,000 | | 4.500%, 10/15/29 | | 2,687,049 | |
| | FHLMC Gold | | | |
237,223 | | 6.500%, 07/01/32 | | 257,511 | |
18,914 | | 6.000%, 12/01/28 | | 20,600 | |
1,558,185 | | 5.000%, 08/01/33 | | 1,628,986 | |
| | FHLMC IO REMIC (1) (2) | | | |
35 | | 1161.253%, 01/15/22 | | 760 | |
| | FHLMC REMIC | | | |
3,245,000 | | 5.500%, 08/15/36 | | 3,483,381 | |
870,000 | | 4.500%, 04/15/32 | | 919,792 | |
1,081,000 | | 4.500%, 12/15/32 | | 1,123,474 | |
1,180,000 | | 4.000%, 06/15/24 | | 1,142,278 | |
1,190,000 | | 4.000%, 01/15/25 | | 1,144,103 | |
| | FHLMC TBA | | | |
1,690,000 | | 5.000%, 05/15/25 | | 1,786,648 | |
2,335,000 | | 4.500%, 02/15/25 | | 2,427,671 | |
| | FNMA | | | |
97,117 | | 7.500%, 12/01/29 | | 107,689 | |
36 | | 7.000%, 12/01/10 | | 38 | |
130,044 | | 6.000%, 12/01/28 | | 138,445 | |
218,949 | | 6.000%, 10/01/29 | | 233,094 | |
3,410,759 | | 6.000%, 05/01/36 | | 3,631,108 | |
2,946,183 | | 6.000%, 09/01/37 | | 3,136,518 | |
180,743 | | 5.500%, 10/01/32 | | 190,630 | |
1,844,703 | | 5.500%, 07/01/33 | | 1,945,605 | |
2,089,992 | | 5.500%, 04/01/34 | | 2,204,310 | |
1,619,456 | | 5.500%, 11/01/34 | | 1,708,037 | |
1,512,255 | | 5.500%, 12/01/34 | | 1,594,972 | |
4,907,922 | | 5.500%, 10/01/35 | | 5,176,375 | |
2,563,678 | | 5.500%, 12/01/35 | | 2,703,906 | |
3,934,154 | | 5.500%, 07/01/38 | | 4,149,345 | |
3,089,522 | | 5.000%, 06/01/35 | | 3,202,385 | |
4,540,354 | | 5.000%, 11/01/35 | | 4,706,218 | |
| | FNMA REMIC | | | |
494,651 | | 6.500%, 12/25/23 | | 542,940 | |
928,000 | | 5.500%, 04/25/27 | | 1,000,968 | |
425,507 | | 5.000%, 07/25/37 | | 452,840 | |
544,601 | | 0.512%, 07/25/36 (1) | | 542,937 | |
| | FNMA TBA | | | |
9,190,000 | | 5.000%, 06/25/40 | | 9,475,754 | |
| | GNMA | | | |
19,710 | | 8.000%, 11/15/17 | | 21,573 | |
14,881 | | 8.000%, 06/15/26 | | 16,287 | |
100,254 | | 7.000%, 09/15/23 | | 109,383 | |
499,232 | | 5.000%, 12/20/20 | | 541,282 | |
2,158,000 | | 5.000%, 12/20/33 | | 2,305,728 | |
1,526,000 | | 4.500%, 02/20/34 | | 1,612,345 | |
1,787,000 | | 4.500%, 07/20/34 | | 1,857,961 | |
1,870,000 | | 4.500%, 12/20/39 | | 1,984,949 | |
1,718,598 | | 0.776%, 12/20/38 (1) | | 1,730,731 | |
1,885,771 | | 0.756%, 07/20/37 (1) | | 1,893,557 | |
79,387 | | 0.706%, 11/20/38 (1) | | 79,744 | |
| | GNMA IO (2) | | | |
279,285 | | 4.500%, 11/20/32 | | 25,527 | |
1,437,000 | | 4.500%, 03/20/40 | | 170,892 | |
| | TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (Cost $75,962,793) | | 77,063,352 | |
| | | | | |
| | CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (3) — 42.6% | | | |
| | ACCO Brands (4) | | | |
450,000 | | 10.625%, 03/15/15 | | 500,625 | |
| | Advance Auto Parts | | | |
500,000 | | 5.750%, 05/01/20 | | 510,079 | |
| | Alliance One International (4) | | | |
350,000 | | 10.000%, 07/15/16 | | 372,750 | |
| | Altria Group | | | |
230,000 | | 9.950%, 11/10/38 | | 312,388 | |
| | America Movil (4) | | | |
325,000 | | 5.000%, 10/16/19 | | 328,537 | |
345,000 | | 5.000%, 03/30/20 | | 349,094 | |
| | American Tower (4) | | | |
245,000 | | 7.250%, 05/15/19 | | 275,625 | |
| | Anadarko Petroleum | | | |
510,000 | | 5.750%, 06/15/14 | | 560,841 | |
| | Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide (4) | | | |
55,000 | | 7.750%, 01/15/19 | | 66,308 | |
770,000 | | 5.375%, 11/15/14 | | 838,538 | |
| | ArcelorMittal | | | |
235,000 | | 7.000%, 10/15/39 | | 253,769 | |
| | Atlas Energy Operating LLC | | | |
80,000 | | 10.750%, 02/01/18 | | 89,000 | |
| | Atmos Energy | | | |
185,000 | | 8.500%, 03/15/19 | | 232,604 | |
| | AutoNation | | | |
410,000 | | 6.750%, 04/15/18 | | 413,587 | |
| | B&G Foods | | | |
455,000 | | 7.625%, 01/15/18 | | 468,650 | |
| | Bank of America | | | |
1,135,000 | | 6.100%, 06/15/17 | | 1,183,487 | |
335,000 | | 6.000%, 09/01/17 | | 348,269 | |
1,005,000 | | 5.650%, 05/01/18 | | 1,018,827 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Barclays Bank | | | |
895,000 | | 6.750%, 05/22/19 | | 1,006,594 | |
| | BAT International Finance (4) | | | |
290,000 | | 9.500%, 11/15/18 | | 383,120 | |
| | Berkshire Hathaway (1) | | | |
1,790,000 | | 0.680%, 02/11/13 | | 1,796,840 | |
| | Berry Plastics Escrow LLC (4) | | | |
440,000 | | 8.250%, 11/15/15 | | 446,600 | |
| | BNP Paribas | | | |
1,535,000 | | 3.250%, 03/11/15 | | 1,530,513 | |
| | Bunge Finance | | | |
1,225,000 | | 5.350%, 04/15/14 | | 1,297,064 | |
| | Cablevision Systems (4) | | | |
170,000 | | 8.625%, 09/15/17 | | 180,200 | |
| | Case New Holland (4) | | | |
385,000 | | 7.750%, 09/01/13 | | 407,137 | |
| | Cenovus Energy (4) | | | |
150,000 | | 6.750%, 11/15/39 | | 170,396 | |
| | Cequel Communications Holding I LLC (4) | | | |
475,000 | | 8.625%, 11/15/17 | | 485,687 | |
| | Cie de Financement Foncier (4) | | | |
800,000 | | 2.125%, 04/22/13 | | 805,991 | |
| | Citigroup | | | |
525,000 | | 8.500%, 05/22/19 | | 620,789 | |
| | Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC (4) | | | |
325,000 | | 8.250%, 12/15/17 | | 334,750 | |
| | CNA Financial | | | |
835,000 | | 7.350%, 11/15/19 | | 893,179 | |
| | Credit Suisse NY | | | |
1,455,000 | | 6.000%, 02/15/18 | | 1,557,570 | |
| | Crosstex Energy (4) | | | |
355,000 | | 8.875%, 02/15/18 | | 370,975 | |
| | CSX | | | |
255,000 | | 6.150%, 05/01/37 | | 267,276 | |
| | CVS Caremark | | | |
70,000 | | 6.600%, 03/15/19 | | 80,007 | |
450,000 | | 5.750%, 06/01/17 | | 493,433 | |
| | Darden Restaurants | | | |
145,000 | | 6.800%, 10/15/37 | | 160,824 | |
| | Delta Air Lines (4) | | | |
430,000 | | 9.500%, 09/15/14 | | 457,413 | |
| | Dexia Credit Local (4) | | | |
845,000 | | 2.750%, 04/29/14 | | 851,233 | |
| | Digicel Group (4) | | | |
500,000 | | 8.250%, 09/01/17 | | 513,750 | |
| | Digital Realty Trust (4) | | | |
620,000 | | 5.875%, 02/01/20 | | 623,971 | |
| | DirecTV Holdings LLC | | | |
1,510,000 | | 5.875%, 10/01/19 | | 1,606,234 | |
| | Discover Bank | | | |
675,000 | | 7.000%, 04/15/20 | | 694,770 | |
| | Dow Chemical | | | |
105,000 | | 8.550%, 05/15/19 | | 128,512 | |
| | DuPont Fabros Technology (4) | | | |
425,000 | | 8.500%, 12/15/17 | | 443,063 | |
| | Dynegy Holdings | | | |
255,000 | | 8.375%, 05/01/16 | | 225,675 | |
| | Edison Mission Energy | | | |
455,000 | | 7.000%, 05/15/17 | | 333,856 | |
| | El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating LLC | | | |
455,000 | | 6.500%, 04/01/20 | | 471,956 | |
| | Embraer Overseas | | | |
170,000 | | 6.375%, 01/15/20 | | 174,250 | |
| | Enbridge Energy Partners | | | |
270,000 | | 5.200%, 03/15/20 | | 279,333 | |
| | EnCana | | | |
160,000 | | 6.500%, 05/15/19 | | 181,668 | |
| | Energy Transfer Partners LP | | | |
610,000 | | 9.000%, 04/15/19 | | 763,393 | |
250,000 | | 7.500%, 07/01/38 | | 292,807 | |
| | Enterprise Products Operating LLC | | | |
255,000 | | 6.125%, 10/15/39 | | 261,694 | |
| | EQT | | | |
165,000 | | 8.125%, 06/01/19 | | 200,400 | |
| | European Investment Bank | | | |
1,745,000 | | 1.875%, 06/17/13 | | 1,747,672 | |
| | Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA (4) | | | |
475,000 | | 8.500%, 12/15/16 | | 489,250 | |
| | First Niagara Financial Group | | | |
315,000 | | 6.750%, 03/19/20 | | 324,899 | |
| | Ford Motor Credit LLC | | | |
400,000 | | 8.125%, 01/15/20 | | 424,508 | |
| | Frontier Communications | | | |
375,000 | | 8.125%, 10/01/18 | | 386,250 | |
| | Global Crossing UK Finance | | | |
140,000 | | 10.750%, 12/15/14 | | 147,700 | |
| | Goldman Sachs Group | | | |
725,000 | | 7.500%, 02/15/19 | | 806,286 | |
835,000 | | 5.375%, 03/15/20 | | 812,590 | |
| | GXS Worldwide (4) | | | |
465,000 | | 9.750%, 06/15/15 | | 458,025 | |
| | Hartford Financial Services Group | | | |
220,000 | | 6.625%, 03/30/40 | | 216,320 | |
355,000 | | 5.500%, 03/30/20 | | 353,322 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Hasbro | | | |
275,000 | | 6.350%, 03/15/40 | | 284,173 | |
| | HCA | | | |
190,000 | | 9.250%, 11/15/16 | | 205,913 | |
270,000 | | 7.250%, 09/15/20 (4) | | 283,163 | |
| | HCP | | | |
465,000 | | 6.700%, 01/30/18 | | 486,621 | |
| | Helix Energy Solutions Group (4) | | | |
450,000 | | 9.500%, 01/15/16 | | 470,250 | |
| | Holcim US Finance (4) | | | |
160,000 | | 6.000%, 12/30/19 | | 172,553 | |
| | Icahn Enterprises (4) | | | |
405,000 | | 8.000%, 01/15/18 | | 395,887 | |
| | Intelsat | | | |
150,000 | | 9.250%, 06/15/16 | | 159,000 | |
| | International Paper | | | |
320,000 | | 7.300%, 11/15/39 | | 355,921 | |
| | Jarden | | | |
225,000 | | 7.500%, 01/15/20 | | 231,469 | |
| | JPMorgan Chase Bank | | | |
1,225,000 | | 6.000%, 10/01/17 | | 1,316,617 | |
| | JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVII | | | |
350,000 | | 7.000%, 11/01/39 | | 360,946 | |
| | Kansas City Southern de Mexico (4) | | | |
360,000 | | 8.000%, 02/01/18 | | 377,100 | |
| | Kraft Foods | | | |
340,000 | | 6.875%, 02/01/38 | | 383,680 | |
490,000 | | 5.375%, 02/10/20 | | 509,200 | |
| | LBI Escrow (4) | | | |
175,000 | | 8.000%, 11/01/17 | | 181,781 | |
| | Libbey Glass (4) (5) | | | |
315,000 | | 10.000%, 02/15/15 | | 334,294 | |
| | Lorillard Tobacco | | | |
295,000 | | 8.125%, 06/23/19 | | 333,347 | |
| | Macy’s Retail Holdings | | | |
380,000 | | 6.700%, 07/15/34 | | 359,100 | |
| | Magellan Midstream Partners LP | | | |
90,000 | | 6.550%, 07/15/19 | | 102,055 | |
| | Marathon Oil | | | |
76,000 | | 7.500%, 02/15/19 | | 90,606 | |
| | McDonald’s | | | |
590,000 | | 6.300%, 03/01/38 | | 666,410 | |
| | McKesson | | | |
330,000 | | 7.500%, 02/15/19 | | 394,880 | |
| | MetLife | | | |
355,000 | | 6.400%, 12/15/36 | | 337,250 | |
| | Midamerican Energy Holdings | | | |
505,000 | | 5.750%, 04/01/18 | | 548,819 | |
| | Mirant Americas Generation LLC | | | |
510,000 | | 8.500%, 10/01/21 | | 497,250 | |
| | Morgan Stanley | | | |
700,000 | | 7.300%, 05/13/19 | | 769,941 | |
250,000 | | 6.000%, 05/13/14 | | 269,171 | |
325,000 | | 5.500%, 01/26/20 | | 317,994 | |
| | Nabors Industries (4) | | | |
385,000 | | 6.150%, 02/15/18 | | 415,995 | |
| | NBC Universal (4) | | | |
640,000 | | 5.150%, 04/30/20 | | 648,725 | |
| | Nevada Power, Series L | | | |
125,000 | | 5.875%, 01/15/15 | | 137,935 | |
| | New Communications Holdings (4) | | | |
75,000 | | 8.500%, 04/15/20 | | 77,625 | |
| | Newmont Mining | | | |
120,000 | | 6.250%, 10/01/39 | | 125,964 | |
| | News America | | | |
260,000 | | 6.650%, 11/15/37 | | 282,273 | |
| | Nexen | | | |
145,000 | | 7.500%, 07/30/39 | | 173,784 | |
50,000 | | 6.200%, 07/30/19 | | 55,342 | |
| | Nextel Communications | | | |
250,000 | | 6.875%, 10/31/13 | | 246,875 | |
| | Nisource Finance | | | |
215,000 | | 6.125%, 03/01/22 | | 228,761 | |
| | Nomura Holdings | | | |
600,000 | | 6.700%, 03/04/20 | | 643,873 | |
| | Nordstrom | | | |
345,000 | | 6.750%, 06/01/14 | | 395,448 | |
230,000 | | 4.750%, 05/01/20 | | 231,540 | |
| | Norfolk Southern | | | |
275,000 | | 5.900%, 06/15/19 | | 301,081 | |
| | ORIX | | | |
815,000 | | 4.710%, 04/27/15 | | 814,776 | |
| | Pacific LifeCorp (4) | | | |
500,000 | | 6.000%, 02/10/20 | | 508,255 | |
| | PAETEC Holding (4) | | | |
460,000 | | 8.875%, 06/30/17 | | 475,525 | |
| | Pemex Project Funding Master Trust | | | |
150,000 | | 5.750%, 03/01/18 | | 155,780 | |
| | Peninsula Gaming LLC (4) | | | |
245,000 | | 8.375%, 08/15/15 | | 251,737 | |
| | Petrobras International Finance | | | |
270,000 | | 5.750%, 01/20/20 | | 275,579 | |
| | Plains All American Pipeline | | | |
80,000 | | 8.750%, 05/01/19 | | 99,632 | |
| | Plains Exploration & Production | | | |
445,000 | | 7.625%, 04/01/20 | | 447,781 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | PNC Bank | | | |
1,080,000 | | 6.875%, 04/01/18 | | 1,205,569 | |
| | ProLogis | | | |
660,000 | | 7.375%, 10/30/19 | | 687,138 | |
685,000 | | 6.875%, 03/15/20 | | 679,435 | |
| | Prudential Financial | | | |
380,000 | | 4.750%, 09/17/15 | | 394,882 | |
| | QVC (4) | | | |
295,000 | | 7.500%, 10/01/19 | | 303,850 | |
| | Qwest | | | |
165,000 | | 7.625%, 06/15/15 | | 182,737 | |
| | Qwest Communications International (4) | | | |
295,000 | | 7.125%, 04/01/18 | | 306,062 | |
| | Rabobank Nederland | | | |
115,000 | | 11.000%, 12/31/49 (1) (4) | | 148,375 | |
825,000 | | 4.200%, 05/13/14 (4) | | 867,487 | |
| | Republic Services (4) | | | |
190,000 | | 6.200%, 03/01/40 | | 195,147 | |
90,000 | | 5.250%, 11/15/21 | | 91,825 | |
| | Reynolds American | | | |
850,000 | | 7.625%, 06/01/16 | | 956,970 | |
| | Rowan | | | |
375,000 | | 7.875%, 08/01/19 | | 435,688 | |
| | Royal Bank of Scotland | | | |
1,080,000 | | 4.875%, 03/16/15 | | 1,108,562 | |
2,230,000 | | 2.625%, 05/11/12 (4) | | 2,281,798 | |
| | Shinhan Bank (4) | | | |
585,000 | | 4.375%, 09/15/15 | | 586,609 | |
| | Simon Property Group | | | |
425,000 | | 5.650%, 02/01/20 | | 438,607 | |
| | Sinclair Television Group (4) | | | |
245,000 | | 9.250%, 11/01/17 | | 261,538 | |
| | Solutia | | | |
350,000 | | 7.875%, 03/15/20 | | 363,125 | |
| | Southern Copper | | | |
455,000 | | 6.750%, 04/16/40 | | 460,881 | |
| | Standard Chartered (4) | | | |
330,000 | | 3.850%, 04/27/15 | | 331,990 | |
| | Steel Dynamics (4) | | | |
375,000 | | 7.625%, 03/15/20 | | 390,000 | |
| | Svenska Handelsbanken (4) | | | |
750,000 | | 4.875%, 06/10/14 | | 799,760 | |
| | Talisman Energy | | | |
100,000 | | 7.750%, 06/01/19 | | 122,180 | |
| | Teck Resources | | | |
200,000 | | 10.750%, 05/15/19 | | 250,000 | |
| | Teekay | | | |
300,000 | | 8.500%, 01/15/20 | | 318,000 | |
| | Telecom Italia Capital | | | |
735,000 | | 6.175%, 06/18/14 | | 790,326 | |
| | Time Warner | | | |
415,000 | | 4.875%, 03/15/20 | | 412,058 | |
| | US Bank | | | |
440,000 | | 4.950%, 10/30/14 | | 477,396 | |
| | Vale Overseas | | | |
780,000 | | 6.875%, 11/10/39 | | 822,288 | |
155,000 | | 5.625%, 09/15/19 | | 163,397 | |
| | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (4) | | | |
265,000 | | 7.625%, 03/15/20 | | 270,963 | |
| | Valero Energy | | | |
435,000 | | 6.125%, 02/01/20 | | 452,574 | |
130,000 | | 4.500%, 02/01/15 | | 133,540 | |
| | Ventas Realty | | | |
445,000 | | 6.750%, 04/01/17 | | 458,423 | |
| | Verizon Communications | | | |
280,000 | | 8.750%, 11/01/18 | | 354,444 | |
| | Wachovia Bank (1) | | | |
1,000,000 | | 0.629%, 11/03/14 | | 971,931 | |
| | Watson Pharmaceuticals | | | |
415,000 | | 6.125%, 08/15/19 | | 444,351 | |
| | Whirlpool | | | |
470,000 | | 8.000%, 05/01/12 | | 515,980 | |
| | Windstream (4) | | | |
485,000 | | 7.875%, 11/01/17 | | 483,788 | |
| | WMG Acquisition (4) | | | |
430,000 | | 9.500%, 06/15/16 | | 466,550 | |
| | WPP Finance UK | | | |
430,000 | | 8.000%, 09/15/14 | | 496,947 | |
| | Yonkers Racing (4) | | | |
455,000 | | 11.375%, 07/15/16 | | 500,500 | |
| | Yum! Brands | | | |
75,000 | | 6.875%, 11/15/37 | | 84,724 | |
130,000 | | 5.300%, 09/15/19 | | 135,895 | |
| | TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $73,052,054) | | 76,876,690 | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — 7.0% | | | |
| | Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2002-PB2, Class A4 | | | |
2,331,000 | | 6.186%, 06/11/35 | | 2,467,855 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2002-TOP6, Class A2 | | | |
1,390,000 | | 6.460%, 10/15/36 | | 1,477,489 | |
| | Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2005-T20, Class A4A (1) | | | |
3,168,000 | | 5.150%, 10/12/42 | | 3,342,996 | |
| | GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2002-2A, Class A2 | | | |
623,612 | | 4.970%, 08/11/36 | | 646,941 | |
| | LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2001-C7, Class A5 | | | |
1,220,000 | | 6.133%, 12/15/30 | | 1,283,727 | |
| | LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2002-C7, Class A4 | | | |
510,000 | | 4.960%, 12/15/31 | | 538,672 | |
| | Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2003-T11, Class A4 | | | |
1,790,000 | | 5.150%, 06/13/41 | | 1,905,596 | |
| | Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-C19, Class A5 | | | |
877,000 | | 4.661%, 05/15/44 | | 907,724 | |
| | TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (Cost $12,155,469) | | 12,571,000 | |
| | | | | |
| | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (3) — 6.7% | | | |
| | U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Note | | | |
1,835,000 | | 2.500%, 01/15/29 | | 2,057,667 | |
| | U.S. Treasury Note | | | |
1,850,000 | | 4.375%, 11/15/39 | | 1,804,039 | |
2,300,000 | | 3.625%, 02/15/20 | | 2,293,532 | |
2,740,000 | | 2.500%, 04/30/15 | | 2,750,486 | |
3,235,000 | | 1.000%, 03/31/12 | | 3,239,937 | |
| | TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $12,033,736) | | 12,145,661 | |
| | | | | |
| | U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATION — 3.1% | | | |
| | FHLMC (6) (7) | | | |
5,500,000 | | 0.411%, 07/16/10 | | 5,497,855 | |
| | TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATION (Cost $5,493,962) | | 5,497,855 | |
| | | | | |
| | COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.0% | | | |
| | Residential Accredit Loans, Series 1999-QS4, Class A1 | | | |
34,583 | | 6.250%, 03/25/14 | | 34,874 | |
| | Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Series 2001-CPB1, Class A (1) | | | |
16,113 | | 3.283%, 12/25/30 | | 15,524 | |
| | TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $50,997) | | 50,398 | |
| | | | | |
Shares | | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (8) — 1.5% | | | |
2,722,798 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% (Cost $2,722,798) | | 2,722,798 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.7% (Cost $181,471,809) | | 186,927,754 | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (3.7)% | | (6,652,094 | ) |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 180,275,660 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | | Variable Rate Security — Rate disclosed is as of April 30, 2010 |
(2) | | Security considered illiquid. On April 30, 2010, the value of these securities amounted to $197,179, representing 0.1% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(3) | | Securities, or a portion of these securities, have been pledged as collateral on open derivative positions and mortgage dollar rolls. |
(4) | | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On April 30, 2010, the value of these securities amounted to $23,032,170, representing 12.8% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(5) | | Security is when-issued. |
(6) | | Discount Note. |
(7) | | Zero Coupon Security — Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase. |
(8) | | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FTSE — Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange |
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association |
IO — Interest Only |
LLC — Limited Liability Corporation |
LP — Limited Partnership |
NY — New York |
REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
S&P — Standard & Poor’s TBA — To Be Announced |
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | $ | — | | $ | 77,063,352 | | $ | — | | $ | 77,063,352 | |
Corporate Obligations | | — | | 76,876,690 | | — | | 76,876,690 | |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | — | | 12,571,000 | | — | | 12,571,000 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | — | | 12,145,661 | | — | | 12,145,661 | |
U.S. Government Agency Obligation | | — | | 5,497,855 | | — | | 5,497,855 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | — | | 50,398 | | — | | 50,398 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 2,722,798 | | — | | — | | 2,722,798 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 2,722,798 | | $ | 184,204,956 | | $ | — | | $ | 186,927,754 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 153,122 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 153,122 | |
Futures — Unrealized Depreciation | | (195,130 | ) | — | | — | | (195,130 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | (42,008 | ) | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | (42,008 | ) |
Futures Contracts — A summary of the open futures contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2010, is as follows:
| | Number of | | | | Unrealized | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Appreciation | |
Contract | | Long (Short) | | Date | | (Depreciation) | |
Canadian 10-Year Bond | | 44 | | Jun-2010 | | $ | (17,598 | ) |
Long Gilt 10-Year Bond | | (15) | | Jun-2010 | | (46,479 | ) |
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note | | (55) | | Jun-2010 | | (39,918 | ) |
U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note | | (8) | | Jul-2010 | | (4,467 | ) |
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | | (113) | | Jul-2010 | | (86,668 | ) |
U.S. Long Treasury Bond | | 38 | | Jun-2010 | | 153,122 | |
| | | | | | $ | (42,008 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | EQUITIES — 42.6% | | | |
| | Domestic Equity — 19.8% | | | |
139,225 | | Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Investor Shares (1) (2) | | 1,524,517 | |
| | | | | |
| | International Equities — 22.8% | | | |
4,600 | | iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund | | 250,378 | |
1,148 | | iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund | | 39,204 | |
12,570 | | iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund | | 130,603 | |
6,785 | | iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund | | 286,666 | |
20,027 | | Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Investor Shares (2) | | 249,340 | |
20,781 | | Schroder International Alpha Fund, Investor Shares (2) | | 192,429 | |
74,822 | | Schroder International Diversified Value Fund, Investor Shares (2) | | 615,038 | |
| | | | 1,763,658 | |
| | TOTAL EQUITIES (Cost $2,408,777) | | 3,288,175 | |
| | | | | |
| | FIXED INCOME — 33.2% | | | |
| | Corporate Bond — 8.7% | | | |
6,252 | | iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund | | 670,902 | |
| | | | | |
| | Emerging Market Bonds — 11.6% | | | |
54,770 | | PIMCO Developing Local Markets Fund | | 562,489 | |
24,183 | | PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Fund | | 258,517 | |
2,865 | | PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio | | 75,350 | |
| | | | 896,356 | |
| | High Yield Bonds — 12.9% | | | |
100,649 | | Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund | | 722,661 | |
28,032 | | T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund | | 274,428 | |
| | | | 997,089 | |
| | TOTAL FIXED INCOME (Cost $2,328,031) | | 2,564,347 | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMODITIES — 7.5% | | | |
71,068 | | PIMCO Commodity RealReturn Strategy Fund | | 575,647 | |
| | (Cost $506,746) | | 575,647 | |
| | | | | |
| | REAL ESTATE — 4.7% | | | |
3,035 | | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund | | 160,703 | |
6,619 | | iShares S&P World ex-U.S. Property Index Fund | | 204,130 | |
| | TOTAL REAL ESTATE (Cost $401,899) | | 364,833 | |
| | | | | |
| | INFRASTRUCTURE — 3.4% | | | |
144,192 | | HSBC Infrastructure | | 262,921 | |
| | (Cost $263,361) | | 262,921 | |
| | | | | |
| | ABSOLUTE RETURN — 0.7% | | | |
3,323 | | Highbridge Statistical Market Neutral Select Fund Class A (1) | | 51,909 | |
| | (Cost $50,900) | | 51,909 | |
| | | | | |
| | PRIVATE EQUITY — 0.7% | | | |
5,534 | | PowerShares Listed Private Equity Portfolio | | 55,783 | |
| | (Cost $64,018) | | 55,783 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(3) — 2.6% | | | |
200,281 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.030% (Cost $200,281) | | 200,281 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 95.4% (Cost $6,224,013) | | 7,363,896 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 4.6% | | 351,848 | |
| | | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 7,715,744 | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Affiliated fund. |
(3) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of April 30, 2010. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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AUD — Australian Dollar
CAD — Canadian Dollar
EAFE — Europe, Australasia, and the Far East
EMU — European Monetary Unit
EUR — Euro
FTSE — Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange
GBP — British Pound Sterling
JPY — Japanese Yen
KRW — Korean Won
MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International
MYR — Malaysian Ringgit
NOK — Norwegian Krone
S&P — Standard & Poor’s
SGD — Singapore Dollar
TWD — Taiwan Dollar
USD — United States Dollar
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Equities | | | | | | | | | |
Domestic Equity | | $ | 1,524,517 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 1,524,517 | |
International Equities | | 1,763,658 | | — | | — | | 1,763,658 | |
| | 3,288,175 | | — | | — | | 3,288,175 | |
Fixed Income | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Bond | | 670,902 | | — | | — | | 670,902 | |
Emerging Market Bonds | | 896,356 | | — | | — | | 896,356 | |
High Yield Bonds | | 997,089 | | — | | — | | 997,089 | |
| | 2,564,347 | | — | | — | | 2,564,347 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Commodities | | 575,647 | | — | | — | | 575,647 | |
Real Estate | | 364,833 | | — | | — | | 364,833 | |
Infrastructure | | 262,921 | | — | | — | | 262,921 | |
Absolute Return | | 51,909 | | — | | — | | 51,909 | |
Private Equity | | 55,783 | | — | | — | | 55,783 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 200,281 | | — | | — | | 200,281 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 7,363,896 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 7,363,896 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Forwards — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | — | | $ | 34,566 | | $ | — | | $ | 34,566 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | — | | (6,072 | ) | — | | (6,072 | ) |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | 49,942 | | — | | — | | 49,942 | |
Futures — Unrealized Depreciation | | (75,099 | ) | — | | — | | (75,099 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | (25,157 | ) | $ | 28,494 | | $ | — | | $ | 3,337 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2010, is as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | Unrealized | |
Settlement | | | | | | | | | | Appreciation | |
Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | (Depreciation) | |
5/20/10 | | JPY | | 33,381,000 | | USD | | 370,008 | | $ | 14,521 | |
6/3/10 | | EUR | | 100,000 | | GBP | | 88,150 | | 1,654 | |
6/17/10 | | AUD | | 295,000 | | USD | | 268,609 | | (2,724 | ) |
6/17/10 | | EUR | | 210,996 | | NOK | | 1,686,729 | | 4,372 | |
6/17/10 | | EUR | | 729,690 | | USD | | 981,813 | | 10,076 | |
7/14/10 | | USD | | 151,318 | | TWD | | 4,730,000 | | (247 | ) |
7/15/10 | | USD | | 227,020 | | CAD | | 227,500 | | (3,101 | ) |
7/15/10 | | USD | | 149,951 | | SGD | | 208,600 | | 2,310 | |
7/19/10 | | USD | | 78,385 | | KRW | | 87,000,000 | | 324 | |
7/20/10 | | USD | | 156,654 | | MYR | | 503,000 | | 765 | |
7/22/10 | | JPY | | 13,582,028 | | AUD | | 158,600 | | 544 | |
| | | | | | | | | | $ | 28,494 | |
Futures Contracts — A summary of the open futures contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2010, is as follows:
| | Number of | | | | Unrealized | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Appreciation | |
Contract | | Long (Short) | | Date | | (Depreciation) | |
FTSE Index | | 3 | | Jun-2010 | | $ | (2,007 | ) |
Russell 2000 Index E-MINI | | (17) | | Jun-2009 | | (73,092 | ) |
S&P 500 Index E-MINI | | 20 | | Jun-2010 | | 36,217 | |
Topix Index | | 2 | | Jun-2010 | | 13,725 | |
| | | | | | $ | (25,157 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Diversified Value Fund | | Emerging Market Equity Fund | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 52,560,110 | | $ | 11,716,940 | | $ | 140,819,210 | |
Foreign currency | | 7 | | 11,897 | | 111,090 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 2,019,643 | | — | | 1,028,048 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 19,344 | | — | | 1,403,056 | |
Dividends and tax reclaims receivable | | 336,107 | | 97,301 | | 389,827 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 29,071 | | 22,144 | | 48,522 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | — | | 29,923 | | — | |
Unrealized appreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 928 | | 3 | | 1,154 | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | — | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | — | | — | | — | |
Variation margin receivable | | — | | — | | — | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 54,965,210 | | 11,878,208 | | 143,800,907 | |
| | | | | | | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | 1,837,734 | | — | | 2,322,069 | |
Unrealized depreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 2,571 | | 11 | | 1,751 | |
Foreign currency payable | | — | | — | | — | |
Variation margin payable | | — | | — | | — | |
Income distributions payable | | — | | — | | — | |
Payable for Thailand capital gains tax | | — | | 5,844 | | 54,619 | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | — | | — | | 117,017 | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | 16,798 | | — | | 4,131 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 4,318 | | 976 | | 11,373 | |
Trustees’ fees payable — Note 6 | | 554 | | 409 | | 753 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 7,144 | | 323 | | 14,819 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 75,255 | | 97,527 | | 131,689 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 1,944,374 | | 105,090 | | 2,658,221 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 53,020,836 | | $ | 11,773,118 | | $ | 141,142,686 | |
| | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 61,851,549 | | $ | 14,575,982 | | $ | 133,579,521 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | (90,597 | ) | 68,146 | | (87,405 | ) |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (14,743,335 | ) | (3,150,052 | ) | (2,907,361 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | | 6,002,345 | | 279,559 | | 10,557,152 | |
Net unrealized depreciation on futures | | — | | — | | — | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 874 | | (517 | ) | 779 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 53,020,836 | | $ | 11,773,118 | | $ | 141,142,686 | |
| | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 19,204,608 | | $ | 10,180,055 | | $ | 64,307,946 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of period | | 2,074,719 | | 1,237,961 | | 5,163,661 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 9.26 | | $ | 8.22 | | $ | 12.45 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 33,816,228 | | $ | 1,593,063 | | $ | 76,834,740 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of period | | 3,659,644 | | 193,727 | | 6,187,181 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 9.24 | | $ | 8.22 | | $ | 12.42 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 46,557,765 | | $ | 11,437,381 | | $ | 130,262,058 | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | 7 | | $ | 11,701 | | $ | 111,068 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | North American Equity Fund | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
| | | | | | | |
$ | 187,863,451 | | $ | 71,468,040 | | $ | 467,349,744 | | $ | 186,927,754 | |
— | | — | | — | | — | |
1,572,101 | | 450,665 | | 2,689,386 | | 18,128,045 | |
94,774 | | 351,335 | | 953,365 | | 1,372,945 | |
80,920 | | 17,557 | | 552,222 | | 1,584,272 | |
43,806 | | 36,133 | | 63,195 | | 57,377 | |
— | | — | | — | | 2,103 | |
— | | — | | 2,753 | | — | |
— | | — | | 70,884 | | — | |
— | | — | | — | | 268,767 | |
— | | — | | — | | 68,902 | |
189,655,052 | | 72,323,730 | | 471,681,549 | | 208,410,165 | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
2,019,846 | | 886,502 | | 3,675,622 | | 27,231,245 | |
— | | — | | — | | — | |
— | | — | | 3 | | 11,762 | |
— | | — | | — | | 96,959 | |
— | | — | | — | | 675,425 | |
— | | — | | — | | — | |
226,047 | | 8,344 | | — | | 1,371 | |
154,039 | | 20,669 | | 96,906 | | — | |
15,304 | | 5,746 | | 5,039 | | 14,456 | |
995 | | 594 | | 1,862 | | 906 | |
867 | | 1,149 | | 45 | | 1,062 | |
96,429 | | 70,635 | | 153,444 | | 101,319 | |
2,513,527 | | 993,639 | | 3,932,921 | | 28,134,505 | |
$ | 187,141,525 | | $ | 71,330,091 | | $ | 467,748,628 | | $ | 180,275,660 | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
$ | 173,055,604 | | $ | 61,238,063 | | $ | 544,912,651 | | $ | 171,806,156 | |
(463,547 | ) | (56,689 | ) | 2,191,195 | | (107,180 | ) |
(24,301,594 | ) | 266,575 | | (109,185,978 | ) | 3,160,458 | |
38,851,062 | | 9,882,142 | | 29,760,019 | | 5,455,945 | |
— | | — | | — | | (42,008 | ) |
— | | — | | 70,741 | | 2,289 | |
$ | 187,141,525 | | $ | 71,330,091 | | $ | 467,748,628 | | $ | 180,275,660 | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
$ | 184,110,979 | | $ | 65,227,496 | | $ | 467,585,448 | | $ | 175,314,547 | |
8,499,251 | | 5,954,761 | | 51,262,905 | | 16,824,792 | |
$ | 21.66 | | $ | 10.95 | | $ | 9.12 | | $ | 10.42 | |
| | | | | | | |
$ | 3,030,546 | | $ | 6,102,595 | | $ | 163,180 | | $ | 4,961,113 | |
141,104 | | 562,574 | | 17,914 | | 475,703 | |
$ | 21.48 | | $ | 10.85 | | $ | 9.11 | | $ | 10.43 | |
$ | 149,012,389 | | $ | 61,585,898 | | $ | 437,589,725 | | $ | 181,471,809 | |
$ | — | | $ | — | | $ | (3 | ) | $ | (11,762 | ) |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
| | Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | |
ASSETS | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 4,782,572 | |
Investments in affiliated securities, at value — Note 2 | | 2,581,324 | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | 128,146 | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | 39,498 | |
Dividends and tax reclaims receivable | | 7,936 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 208,506 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 1,440 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 34,490 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | 20,387 | |
Variation margin receivable | | 35,661 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 7,839,960 | |
LIABILITIES | | | |
Variation margin payable | | 25,811 | |
Foreign currency payable | | 50 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | 11,004 | |
Trustees’ fees payable — Note 6 | | 396 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 635 | |
Distribution fees payable, A Shares — Note 3 | | 661 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 825 | |
Distribution fees payable, R Shares — Note 3 | | 177 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 84,657 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 124,216 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 7,715,744 | |
NET ASSETS | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 17,768,460 | |
Undistributed net investment income | | 19,202 | |
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, affiliated investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (11,215,527 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and affiliated investments | | 1,139,883 | |
Net unrealized depreciation on futures | | (25,157 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 28,883 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 7,715,744 | |
Investor Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,108,329 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 133,542 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.30 | |
A Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 2,444,540 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 293,852 | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.32 | |
Maximum offering price per share ($8.32 ÷ 95.5%) | | $ | 8.71 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 3,718,714 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 448,314 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.29 | |
R Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 444,161 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 53,589 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.29 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 4,393,749 | |
Cost of affiliated securities | | $ | 1,830,264 | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | (50 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Period Ended April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Diversified Value Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | |
Dividend income | | $ | 621,679 | | $ | 260,592 | |
Interest income | | — | | 1,641 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | (77,729 | ) | (29,550 | ) |
TOTAL INCOME | | 543,950 | | 232,683 | |
EXPENSES | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | 259,801 | | 55,715 | |
Distribution fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 47,101 | | 1,805 | |
Distribution fees, A Shares — Note 3 | | — | | — | |
Distribution fees, R Shares — Note 3 | | — | | — | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | 30,534 | | 6,339 | |
Trustees fees — Note 6 | | 5,580 | | 4,143 | |
Transfer agent fees | | 44,733 | | 42,912 | |
Registration fees | | 15,600 | | 15,920 | |
Audit fees | | 22,481 | | 27,766 | |
Legal fees | | 27,368 | | 20,524 | |
Custodian fees | | 12,636 | | 22,355 | |
Insurance | | 11,719 | | 8,700 | |
Printing | | 5,737 | | 4,468 | |
Pricing fees | | 3,344 | | 31,799 | |
Other | | 2,887 | | 13,522 | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | 489,521 | | 255,968 | |
Expenses waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | (135,981 | ) | (55,715 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | — | | (134,375 | ) |
NET EXPENSES | | 353,540 | | 65,878 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) | | 190,410 | | 166,805 | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS, FUTURES AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | |
Net realized gain on investments sold | | 4,008,623 | | 488,348 | |
Net realized gain on affiliated investments | | — | | — | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | — | | (7,866 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | (2,383 | ) | 1,141 | |
Net realized gain on investments, affiliated investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 4,006,240 | | 481,623 | |
| | | | | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (2,009,488 | ) | 146,225 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation on affiliated investments | | — | | — | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | — | | — | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (2,031 | ) | (765 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, affiliated investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (2,011,519 | ) | 145,460 | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN | | 1,994,721 | | 627,083 | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 2,185,131 | | $ | 793,888 | |
(1) Includes affiliated income of $21,249.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Emerging Market Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | North American Equity Fund | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 836,035 | | $ | 726,733 | | $ | 268,209 | | $ | 4,722,280 | | $ | 77,665 | | $ | 151,069 | (1) |
— | | — | | — | | — | | 3,922,458 | | — | |
(88,332 | ) | (5,213 | ) | (131 | ) | (51,228 | ) | — | | — | |
747,703 | | 721,520 | | 268,078 | | 4,671,052 | | 4,000,123 | | 151,069 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
514,790 | | 879,081 | | 290,929 | | 520,721 | | 215,837 | | 27,129 | |
65,560 | | 3,531 | | 6,058 | | 229 | | 8,023 | | 4,352 | |
— | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 3,256 | |
— | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 1,076 | |
56,837 | | 99,910 | | 32,580 | | 27,074 | | 98,408 | | 4,111 | |
6,186 | | 9,409 | | 5,320 | | 16,441 | | 9,037 | | 4,016 | |
45,889 | | 50,316 | | 44,613 | | 57,229 | | 48,874 | | 85,321 | |
23,069 | | 18,883 | | 19,817 | | 20,426 | | 27,588 | | 25,178 | |
28,937 | | 21,891 | | 21,891 | | 22,088 | | 21,891 | | 23,250 | |
32,855 | | 45,869 | | 27,175 | | 80,323 | | 44,602 | | 19,969 | |
149,577 | | 13,943 | | 11,972 | | 44,157 | | 13,587 | | 2,937 | |
10,820 | | 20,181 | | 10,046 | | 36,571 | | 18,018 | | 9,450 | |
10,705 | | 16,218 | | 6,859 | | 15,688 | | 8,311 | | 5,429 | |
9,139 | | 1,940 | | 1,571 | | 6,426 | | 23,847 | | 547 | |
4,261 | | 3,895 | | 2,644 | | 6,639 | | 3,744 | | 4,095 | |
958,625 | | 1,185,067 | | 481,475 | | 854,012 | | 541,767 | | 220,116 | |
(249,587 | ) | — | | (169,942 | ) | — | | (188,277 | ) | (27,129 | ) |
— | | — | | — | | — | | — | | (139,087 | ) |
709,038 | | 1,185,067 | | 311,533 | | 854,012 | | 353,490 | | 53,900 | |
38,665 | | (463,547 | ) | (43,455 | ) | 3,817,040 | | 3,646,633 | | 97,169 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
2,367,545 | | 9,667,065 | | 2,377,398 | | 8,204,623 | | 3,236,290 | | 84,903 | |
— | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 32,655 | |
— | | — | | — | | 1,089,632 | | 80,499 | | (82,162 | ) |
(6,780 | ) | (3,183 | ) | (554 | ) | (1,279,707 | ) | 1,131 | | 87,071 | |
2,360,765 | | 9,663,882 | | 2,376,844 | | 8,014,548 | | 3,317,920 | | 122,467 | |
4,340,017 | | 22,065,182 | | 6,277,936 | | 45,717,803 | | (224,929 | ) | 65,244 | |
— | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 245,193 | |
— | | — | | — | | 327 | | (17,048 | ) | (67,469 | ) |
(2,395 | ) | — | | 34 | | (102 | ) | 6,130 | | 37,282 | |
4,337,622 | | 22,065,182 | | 6,277,970 | | 45,718,028 | | (235,847 | ) | 280,250 | |
6,698,387 | | 31,729,064 | | 8,654,814 | | 53,732,576 | | 3,082,073 | | 402,717 | |
$ | 6,737,052 | | $ | 31,265,517 | | $ | 8,611,359 | | $ | 57,549,616 | | $ | 6,728,706 | | $ | 499,886 | |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Period Ended April 30, 2010 (unaudited) and the Year Ended October 31, 2009
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Diversified Value Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 190,410 | | $ | 734,282 | | $ | 166,805 | | $ | 267,303 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 4,006,240 | | (12,193,369 | ) | 481,623 | | (3,445,439 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (2,011,519 | ) | 27,057,423 | | 145,460 | | 6,417,073 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | 2,185,131 | | 15,598,336 | | 793,888 | | 3,238,937 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (269,303 | ) | (172,598 | ) | (310,675 | ) | (353,167 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (652,009 | ) | (160,773 | ) | (44,616 | ) | (34,486 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | (921,312 | ) | (333,371 | ) | (355,291 | ) | (387,653 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 5,413,688 | | 2,580,442 | | 276,460 | | 100,720 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 226,636 | | 167,480 | | 310,675 | | 353,167 | |
Redemption of shares | | (2,635,964 | ) | (7,198,600 | ) | (21,061 | ) | (1,022,080 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 47 | | 4,503 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | 3,004,407 | | (4,446,175 | ) | 566,074 | | (568,193 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 2,600,641 | | 21,064,271 | | 328,835 | | 295,360 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 629,776 | | 157,487 | | 44,484 | | 33,381 | |
Redemption of shares | | (9,774,276 | ) | (8,064,342 | ) | (176,687 | ) | (86,505 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 700 | | 13,125 | | 77 | | 1,185 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | (6,543,159 | ) | 13,170,541 | | 196,709 | | 243,421 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | (3,538,752 | ) | 8,724,366 | | 762,783 | | (324,772 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | (2,274,933 | ) | 23,989,331 | | 1,201,380 | | 2,526,512 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 55,295,769 | | 31,306,438 | | 10,571,738 | | 8,045,226 | |
End of period | | $ | 53,020,836 | | $ | 55,295,769 | | $ | 11,773,118 | | $ | 10,571,738 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | (90,597 | ) | $ | 640,305 | | $ | 68,146 | | $ | 256,632 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Emerging Market Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 38,665 | | $ | 307,192 | | $ | (463,547 | ) | $ | (701,532 | ) | $ | (43,455 | ) | $ | (13,214 | ) |
2,360,765 | | (3,963,882 | ) | 9,663,882 | | (26,215,671 | ) | 2,376,844 | | (1,115,434 | ) |
4,337,622 | | 15,609,242 | | 22,065,182 | | 45,167,214 | | 6,277,970 | | 6,026,987 | |
6,737,052 | | 11,952,552 | | 31,265,517 | | 18,250,011 | | 8,611,359 | | 4,898,339 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(232,619 | ) | (14,779 | ) | — | | — | | — | | — | |
(160,075 | ) | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
(392,694 | ) | (14,779 | ) | — | | — | | — | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
31,263,705 | | 18,155,150 | | 5,311,177 | | 11,843,373 | | 25,815,626 | | 26,242,853 | |
162,214 | | 14,779 | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
(4,474,388 | ) | (11,859,646 | ) | (14,655,723 | ) | (45,951,302 | ) | (4,577,058 | ) | (6,719,141 | ) |
15,300 | | 19,940 | | 117 | | 3,403 | | 590 | | 678 | |
26,966,831 | | 6,330,223 | | (9,344,429 | ) | (34,104,526 | ) | 21,239,158 | | 19,524,390 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
71,535,338 | | 14,149,425 | | 283,555 | | 585,543 | | 1,985,175 | | 3,303,768 | |
157,498 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
(11,393,703 | ) | (2,298,543 | ) | (556,515 | ) | (1,347,110 | ) | (192,085 | ) | (269,502 | ) |
31,980 | | 8,421 | | — | | — | | 143 | | 599 | |
60,331,113 | | 11,859,303 | | (272,960 | ) | (761,567 | ) | 1,793,233 | | 3,034,865 | |
87,297,944 | | 18,189,526 | | (9,617,389 | ) | (34,866,093 | ) | 23,032,391 | | 22,559,255 | |
93,642,302 | | 30,127,299 | | 21,648,128 | | (16,616,082 | ) | 31,643,750 | | 27,457,594 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
47,500,384 | | 17,373,085 | | 165,493,397 | | 182,109,479 | | 39,686,341 | | 12,228,747 | |
$ | 141,142,686 | | $ | 47,500,384 | | $ | 187,141,525 | | $ | 165,493,397 | | $ | 71,330,091 | | $ | 39,686,341 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | (87,405 | ) | $ | 266,624 | | $ | (463,547 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (56,689 | ) | $ | (13,234 | ) |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Period Ended April 30, 2010 (unaudited) and the Year Ended October 31, 2009
| | North American Equity Fund | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 3,817,040 | | $ | 7,726,117 | | $ | 3,646,633 | | $ | 4,060,288 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 8,014,548 | | (92,712,247 | )† | 3,317,920 | | 1,755,486 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 45,718,028 | | 112,503,753 | | (235,847 | ) | 8,846,025 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | 57,549,616 | | 27,517,623 | | 6,728,706 | | 14,661,799 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (6,697,194 | ) | (12,818,379 | ) | (3,522,178 | ) | (3,990,845 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (1,744 | ) | (2,845 | ) | (127,048 | ) | (181,136 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | | (1,625,943 | ) | (1,793,854 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | (66,819 | ) | (38,598 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | (6,698,938 | ) | (12,821,224 | ) | (5,341,988 | ) | (6,004,433 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 45,542,269 | | 20,083,463 | | 37,201,758 | | 88,416,860 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 4,892,614 | | 7,983,706 | | 4,634,459 | | 5,379,168 | |
Redemption of shares | | (8,999,467 | ) | (69,810,327 | ) | (26,771,742 | ) | (15,543,514 | ) |
Redemption of shares in-kind | | — | | (84,561,824 | ) | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | 41,435,416 | | (126,304,982 | ) | 15,064,475 | | 78,252,514 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 30,635 | | 4,500 | | 942,687 | | 9,530,543 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,744 | | 2,785 | | 140,283 | | 163,668 | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | (1,995 | ) | (3,110,453 | ) | (4,058,405 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 32,379 | | 5,290 | | (2,027,483 | ) | 5,635,806 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 41,467,795 | | (126,299,692 | ) | 13,036,992 | | 83,888,320 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 92,318,473 | | (111,603,293 | ) | 14,423,710 | | 92,545,686 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 375,430,155 | | 487,033,448 | | 165,851,950 | | 73,306,264 | |
End of period | | $ | 467,748,628 | | $ | 375,430,155 | | $ | 180,275,660 | | $ | 165,851,950 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 2,191,195 | | $ | 5,073,093 | | $ | (107,180 | ) | $ | (104,587 | ) |
† Includes realized gains or losses from in-kind transactions (see Note 7 in Notes to Financial Statements).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the Period Ended April 30, 2010 (unaudited) and the Year Ended October 31, 2009
| | Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 97,169 | | $ | 292,456 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, affiliated investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 122,467 | | (7,763,939 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation on investments, affiliated investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 280,250 | | 7,432,642 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 499,886 | | (38,841 | ) |
| | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (14,813 | ) | (18,542 | ) |
A Shares | | (51,806 | ) | (130,497 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (73,802 | ) | (624,442 | ) |
R Shares | | (8,406 | ) | (16,070 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | (148,827 | ) | (789,551 | ) |
| | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 507,638 | | 156,821 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 14,813 | | 18,542 | |
Redemption of shares | | (50,071 | ) | (1,867 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 95 | | — | |
Total increase from Investor Share transactions | | 472,475 | | 173,496 | |
A Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 102,495 | | 125,605 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 45,079 | | 585,002 | |
Redemption of shares | | (329,285 | ) | (15,189,859 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | 498 | |
Total decrease from A Share transactions | | (181,711 | ) | (14,478,754 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 546,918 | | 149,124 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 73,802 | | 130,497 | |
Redemption of shares | | (361,529 | ) | (39,683 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 24 | | 663 | |
Total increase from Advisor Share transactions | | 259,215 | | 240,601 | |
R Shares: | | | | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 8,406 | | 16,070 | |
Total increase from R Share transactions | | 8,406 | | 16,070 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 558,385 | | (14,048,587 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 909,444 | | (14,876,979 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 6,806,300 | | 21,683,279 | |
End of period | | $ | 7,715,744 | | $ | 6,806,300 | |
| | | | | |
Undistributed net investment income | | $ | 19,202 | | $ | 70,860 | |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Financial Highlights
For the Period Ended April 30, 2010 (unaudited) and the Years or Periods Ended October 31
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Period
| | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | Net Investment Income (Loss) | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) | | Total from Investment Operations | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | Distributions from Net Realized Gain | | Total Distributions | |
International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 9.00 | | $ | 0.05 | (1) | $ | 0.38 | † | $ | 0.43 | | $ | (0.17 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.17 | ) |
2009 | | 6.73 | | 0.13 | (1) | 2.21 | † | 2.34 | | (0.07 | ) | — | | (0.07 | ) |
2008 | | 13.44 | | 0.14 | (1) | (6.61 | )† | (6.47 | ) | (0.24 | ) | — | | (0.24 | ) |
2007 | | 10.64 | | 0.11 | (1) | 2.78 | † | 2.89 | | (0.09 | ) | — | | (0.09 | ) |
2006 | | 8.35 | | 0.12 | | 2.34 | | 2.46 | | (0.17 | ) | — | | (0.17 | ) |
2005 | | 7.08 | | 0.14 | | 1.22 | | 1.36 | | (0.09 | ) | — | | (0.09 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 8.97 | | $ | 0.03 | (1) | $ | 0.39 | † | $ | 0.42 | | $ | (0.15 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.15 | ) |
2009 | | 6.71 | | 0.11 | (1) | 2.20 | † | 2.31 | | (0.05 | ) | — | | (0.05 | ) |
2008 | | 13.40 | | 0.11 | (1) | (6.59 | )† | (6.48 | ) | (0.21 | ) | — | | (0.21 | ) |
2007 | | 10.64 | | 0.07 | (1) | 2.77 | † | 2.84 | | (0.08 | ) | — | | (0.08 | ) |
2006(b) | | 10.23 | | — | (c) | 0.41 | † | 0.41 | | — | | — | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
International Diversified Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 7.91 | | $ | 0.12 | (1) | $ | 0.46 | | $ | 0.58 | | $ | (0.27 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.27 | ) |
2009 | | 5.61 | | 0.20 | (1) | 2.37 | | 2.57 | | (0.27 | ) | — | | (0.27 | ) |
2008 | | 13.65 | | 0.37 | (1) | (6.34 | )† | (5.97 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (1.48 | ) | (2.07 | ) |
2007 | | 10.54 | | 0.48 | | 2.80 | | 3.28 | | (0.11 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.17 | ) |
2006(d) | | 10.00 | | 0.04 | | 0.50 | | 0.54 | | — | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 7.91 | | $ | 0.11 | (1) | $ | 0.45 | † | $ | 0.56 | | $ | (0.25 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.25 | ) |
2009 | | 5.59 | | 0.19 | (1) | 2.38 | †† | 2.57 | | (0.25 | ) | — | | (0.25 | ) |
2008 | | 13.62 | | 0.34 | (1) | (6.33 | )† | (5.99 | ) | (0.56 | ) | (1.48 | ) | (2.04 | ) |
2007 | | 10.53 | | 0.43 | | 2.83 | † | 3.26 | | (0.11 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.17 | ) |
2006(d) | | 10.00 | | 0.04 | | 0.49 | | 0.53 | | — | | — | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 11.34 | | $ | 0.01 | (1) | $ | 1.16 | † | $ | 1.17 | | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.06 | ) |
2009 | | 6.99 | | 0.12 | (1) | 4.24 | †† | 4.36 | | (0.01 | ) | — | | (0.01 | ) |
2008 | | 17.91 | | 0.11 | | (8.94 | )† | (8.83 | ) | (0.14 | ) | (1.95 | ) | (2.09 | ) |
2007 | | 10.55 | | 0.04 | | 7.37 | | 7.41 | | (0.05 | ) | — | | (0.05 | ) |
2006(e) | | 10.00 | | 0.04 | | 0.51 | | 0.55 | | — | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 11.32 | | $ | — | (1) (c) | $ | 1.16 | †† | $ | 1.16 | | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.06 | ) |
2009 | | 6.97 | | 0.05 | (1) | 4.30 | ††† | 4.35 | | — | | — | | — | |
2008 | | 17.86 | | 0.08 | | (8.91 | )† | (8.83 | ) | (0.11 | ) | (1.95 | ) | (2.06 | ) |
2007 | | 10.53 | | 0.02 | | 7.34 | | 7.36 | | (0.03 | ) | — | | (0.03 | ) |
2006(e) | | 10.00 | | 0.04 | | 0.49 | | 0.53 | | — | | — | | — | |
U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 18.15 | | $ | (0.05 | )(1) | $ | 3.56 | † | $ | 3.51 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
2009 | | 15.79 | | (0.07 | )(1) | 2.43 | † | 2.36 | | — | | — | | — | |
2008 | | 25.40 | | (0.06 | )(1) | (7.22 | )† | (7.28 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (2.30 | ) | (2.33 | ) |
2007 | | 23.06 | | 0.02 | (1) | 4.30 | † | 4.32 | | — | | (1.98 | ) | (1.98 | ) |
2006 | | 19.66 | | — | (c) | 4.15 | † | 4.15 | | — | | (0.75 | ) | (0.75 | ) |
2005 | | 19.58 | | — | (c) | 2.11 | † | 2.11 | | — | | (2.03 | ) | (2.03 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 18.01 | | $ | (0.08 | )(1) | $ | 3.55 | | $ | 3.47 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
2009 | | 15.71 | | (0.11 | )(1) | 2.41 | | 2.30 | | — | | — | | — | |
2008 | | 25.32 | | (0.11 | )(1) | (7.20 | ) | (7.31 | ) | — | | (2.30 | ) | (2.30 | ) |
2007 | | 23.04 | | (0.04 | )(1) | 4.30 | †† | 4.26 | | — | | (1.98 | ) | (1.98 | ) |
2006(b) | | 22.21 | | — | (c) | 0.83 | | 0.83 | | — | | — | | — | |
* | | For the six months ended April 30, 2010 (unaudited). All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
** | | Had custody offsets been included the ratios would have been 1.75% and 2.00% for the Investor Shares and Advisor Shares, respectively. |
† | | Includes redemption fees. Amount was less than $0.01 per share. |
†† | | Includes redemption fees of $0.01 per share. |
††† | | Includes redemption fees of $0.02 per share. |
(1) | | Per share net investment income (loss) calculated using average shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | | Total Return(a) | | Net Assets, End of Period (000) | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Including Waivers and Reimbursements, Excluding Offsets) | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Reimbursements and Offsets) | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (Including Waivers, Reimbursements and Offsets) | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
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$ | 9.26 | | 4.76 | % | $ | 19,205 | | 1.15 | % | 1.67 | % | 1.05 | % | 46 | % |
9.00 | | 35.28 | | 15,878 | | 1.15 | | 1.75 | | 1.82 | | 109 | |
6.73 | | (48.95 | ) | 15,876 | | 1.25 | | 1.61 | | 1.26 | | 88 | |
13.44 | | 27.38 | | 28,483 | | 1.25 | | 1.54 | | 0.92 | | 112 | |
10.64 | | 29.86 | | 22,962 | | 1.25 | | 2.45 | | 1.68 | | 76 | |
8.35 | | 19.45 | | 6,545 | | 1.25 | | 3.88 | | 1.85 | | 126 | |
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$ | 9.24 | | 4.68 | % | $ | 33,816 | | 1.40 | % | 1.91 | % | 0.58 | % | 46 | % |
8.97 | | 34.84 | | 39,418 | | 1.40 | | 1.99 | | 1.49 | | 109 | |
6.71 | | (49.04 | ) | 15,430 | | 1.50 | | 1.86 | | 1.04 | | 88 | |
13.40 | | 26.92 | | 28,308 | | 1.50 | | 1.77 | | 0.60 | | 112 | |
10.64 | | 4.01 | | 21,481 | | 1.50 | | 2.43 | | (0.03 | ) | 76 | |
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$ | 8.22 | | 7.42 | % | $ | 10,180 | | 1.15 | % | 4.56 | % | 3.02 | % | 44 | % |
7.91 | | 48.45 | | 9,230 | | 1.15 | | 5.49 | | 3.23 | | 140 | |
5.61 | | (50.61 | ) | 7,274 | | 1.25 | | 3.65 | | 3.92 | | 50 | |
13.65 | | 31.56 | | 12,479 | | 1.25 | | 3.85 | | 2.97 | | 58 | |
10.54 | | 5.40 | | 9,484 | | 1.25 | | 8.61 | | 2.30 | | 7 | |
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$ | 8.22 | | 7.24 | % | $ | 1,593 | | 1.40 | % | 4.81 | % | 2.83 | % | 44 | % |
7.91 | | 48.42 | | 1,342 | | 1.40 | | 5.71 | | 3.01 | | 140 | |
5.59 | | (50.78 | ) | 771 | | 1.50 | | 3.89 | | 3.58 | | 50 | |
13.62 | | 31.31 | | 1,660 | | 1.50 | | 4.12 | | 2.76 | | 58 | |
10.53 | | 5.30 | | 1,053 | | 1.50 | | 8.86 | | 2.05 | | 7 | |
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$ | 12.45 | | 10.37 | % | $ | 64,308 | | 1.25 | % | 1.73 | % | 0.09 | % | 46 | % |
11.34 | | 62.38 | | 33,479 | | 1.25 | | 2.61 | | 1.34 | | 91 | |
6.99 | | (55.18 | ) | 16,312 | | 1.72 | | 2.51 | | 0.53 | | 123 | |
17.91 | | 70.50 | | 27,774 | | 1.75 | | 2.68 | | 0.37 | | 107 | |
10.55 | | 5.50 | | 12,767 | | 1.87 | ** | 4.88 | | 0.88 | | 49 | |
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$ | 12.42 | | 10.26 | % | $ | 76,835 | | 1.50 | % | 1.99 | % | 0.06 | % | 46 | % |
11.32 | | 62.41 | | 14,021 | | 1.50 | | 2.47 | | 0.55 | | 91 | |
6.97 | | (55.25 | ) | 1,061 | | 1.98 | | 2.73 | | 0.20 | | 123 | |
17.86 | | 70.09 | | 2,594 | | 2.00 | | 2.95 | | 0.08 | | 107 | |
10.53 | | 5.30 | | 1,053 | | 2.12 | ** | 5.10 | | 0.71 | | 49 | |
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$ | 21.66 | | 19.34 | % | $ | 184,111 | | 1.34 | % | 1.34 | % | (0.52 | )% | 28 | % |
18.15 | | 14.95 | | 162,694 | | 1.40 | | 1.40 | | (0.45 | ) | 64 | |
15.79 | | (31.08 | ) | 178,772 | | 1.25 | | 1.25 | | (0.29 | ) | 74 | |
25.40 | | 20.02 | | 302,351 | | 1.25 | | 1.25 | | 0.10 | | 77 | |
23.06 | | 21.67 | | 231,009 | | 1.21 | | 1.21 | | (0.11 | ) | 101 | |
19.66 | | 11.26 | | 140,467 | | 1.13 | | 1.13 | | (0.29 | ) | 107 | |
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$ | 21.48 | | 19.27 | % | $ | 3,031 | | 1.59 | % | 1.59 | % | (0.77 | )% | 28 | % |
18.01 | | 14.64 | | 2,800 | | 1.65 | | 1.65 | | (0.71 | ) | 64 | |
15.71 | | (31.28 | ) | 3,337 | | 1.50 | | 1.50 | | (0.54 | ) | 74 | |
25.32 | | 19.76 | | 5,910 | | 1.50 | | 1.50 | | (0.17 | ) | 77 | |
23.04 | | 3.74 | | 667 | | 1.68 | | 1.68 | | (0.31 | ) | 101 | |
(a) | Total returns would have been lower had certain Fund expenses not been waived or reimbursed, as applicable, during the periods shown (See Note 3). Total return calculations for a period of less than one year are not annualized. |
(b) | Commenced operations on May 15, 2006. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(c) | Amount was less than $0.01 per share. |
(d) | Commenced operations on August 30, 2006. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(e) | Commenced operations on March 31, 2006. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Financial Highlights
For the Period Ended April 30, 2010 (unaudited) and the Years or Periods Ended October 31 (unless otherwise indicated)
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Period
| | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | Net Investment Income (Loss) | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) | | Total from Investment Operations | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | Distributions from Net Realized Gain | | Total Distributions | |
U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 9.37 | | $ | (0.01 | )(1) | $ | 1.59 | † | $ | 1.58 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
2009 | | 7.96 | | — | (1)(b) | 1.41 | † | 1.41 | | — | | — | | — | |
2008 | | 12.56 | | (0.04 | )(1) | (3.81 | )† | (3.85 | ) | — | | (0.75 | ) | (0.75 | ) |
2007 | | 10.25 | | (0.03 | )(1) | 2.35 | † | 2.32 | | (0.01 | ) | — | | (0.01 | ) |
2006(c) | | 10.00 | | — | (b) | 0.25 | | 0.25 | | — | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 9.29 | | $ | (0.02 | )(1) | $ | 1.58 | † | $ | 1.56 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
2009 | | 7.91 | | (0.04 | )(1) | 1.42 | † | 1.38 | | — | | — | | — | |
2008 | | 12.53 | | (0.06 | )(1) | (3.81 | )† | (3.87 | ) | — | | (0.75 | ) | (0.75 | ) |
2007 | | 10.23 | | (0.05 | )(1) | 2.35 | † | 2.30 | | — | | — | | — | |
2006(c) | | 10.00 | | — | (b) | 0.23 | | 0.23 | | — | | — | | — | |
North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 8.09 | | $ | 0.08 | | $ | 1.10 | | $ | 1.18 | | $ | (0.15 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.15 | ) |
2009 | | 7.58 | | 0.18 | | 0.57 | | 0.75 | | (0.24 | ) | — | | (0.24 | ) |
2008 | | 13.52 | | 0.22 | | (4.37 | ) | (4.15 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (1.51 | ) | (1.79 | ) |
2007 | | 12.63 | | 0.31 | | 1.49 | | 1.80 | | (0.28 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.91 | ) |
2006 | | 11.15 | | 0.23 | | 1.53 | | 1.76 | | (0.10 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.28 | ) |
2005(d) | | 11.00 | | 0.06 | | 0.63 | | 0.69 | | (0.05 | ) | (0.49 | ) | (0.54 | ) |
2005(h) | | 10.88 | | 0.22 | | 0.62 | | 0.84 | | (0.20 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (0.72 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 8.07 | | $ | 0.06 | | $ | 1.10 | | $ | 1.16 | | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.12 | ) |
2009 | | 7.55 | | 0.16 | | 0.57 | | 0.73 | | (0.21 | ) | — | | (0.21 | ) |
2008 | | 13.48 | | 0.22 | | (4.40 | ) | (4.18 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (1.51 | ) | (1.75 | ) |
2007 | | 12.61 | | 0.19 | | 1.56 | | 1.75 | | (0.25 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.88 | ) |
2006(c) | | 11.84 | | 0.22 | | 0.55 | | 0.77 | | — | | — | | — | |
Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 10.33 | | $ | 0.22 | | $ | 0.19 | | $ | 0.41 | | $ | (0.22 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | (0.32 | ) |
2009 | | 9.57 | | 0.37 | | 1.01 | | 1.38 | | (0.38 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.62 | ) |
2008 | | 9.79 | | 0.41 | | (0.22 | ) | 0.19 | | (0.40 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.41 | ) |
2007 | | 9.81 | | 0.50 | | (0.03 | ) | 0.47 | | (0.49 | ) | — | | (0.49 | ) |
2006 | | 9.85 | | 0.48 | | (0.01 | ) | 0.47 | | (0.49 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.51 | ) |
2005(e) | | 10.00 | | 0.30 | | (0.15 | ) | 0.15 | | (0.30 | ) | — | | (0.30 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 10.34 | | $ | 0.20 | | $ | 0.19 | | $ | 0.39 | | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | (0.30 | ) |
2009 | | 9.57 | | 0.35 | | 1.02 | | 1.37 | | (0.36 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.60 | ) |
2008 | | 9.79 | | 0.39 | | (0.22 | ) | 0.17 | | (0.38 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.39 | ) |
2007 | | 9.82 | | 0.47 | | (0.04 | ) | 0.43 | | (0.46 | ) | — | | (0.46 | ) |
2006 | | 9.85 | | 0.44 | | — | | 0.44 | | (0.45 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.47 | ) |
2005(e) | | 10.00 | | 0.28 | | (0.15 | ) | 0.13 | | (0.28 | ) | — | | (0.28 | ) |
Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 7.92 | | $ | 0.11 | (1) | $ | 0.46 | † | $ | 0.57 | | $ | (0.19 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.19 | ) |
2009 | | 7.01 | | 0.18 | (1) | 1.09 | | 1.27 | | (0.36 | ) | — | | (0.36 | ) |
2008 (f) | | 10.00 | | 0.16 | (1) | (3.15 | ) | (2.99 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
A Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 7.92 | | $ | 0.11 | (1) | $ | 0.45 | | $ | 0.56 | | $ | (0.16 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.16 | ) |
2009 | | 7.00 | | 0.21 | (1) | 1.05 | † | 1.26 | | (0.34 | ) | — | | (0.34 | ) |
2008 (f) | | 10.00 | | 0.14 | (1) | (3.14 | )† | (3.00 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 7.91 | | $ | 0.11 | (1) | $ | 0.45 | † | $ | 0.56 | | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.18 | ) |
2009 | | 7.00 | | 0.17 | (1) | 1.08 | † | 1.25 | | (0.34 | ) | — | | (0.34 | ) |
2008 (f) | | 10.00 | | 0.14 | (1) | (3.14 | ) | (3.00 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
R Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010* | | $ | 7.90 | | $ | 0.10 | (1) | $ | 0.45 | | $ | 0.55 | | $ | (0.16 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.16 | ) |
2009 | | 6.98 | | 0.15 | (1) | 1.09 | | 1.24 | | (0.32 | ) | — | | (0.32 | ) |
2008 (f) | | 10.00 | | 0.12 | (1) | (3.14 | ) | (3.02 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
* | | For the six months ended April 30, 2009 (Unaudited). All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
** | | Had custody offsets been included the ratios would have been 1.40% and 1.64% for the Investor Shares and Advisor Shares, respectively. |
† | | Includes redemption fees. Amount was less than $0.01 per share. |
(1) | | Per share net investment income (loss) calculated using average shares. |
(a) | | Total returns would have been lower had certain Fund expenses not been waived or reimbursed, as applicable, during the periods shown (See Note 3). Total return calculations for a period of less than one year are not annualized. |
(b) | | Amount was less than $0.01 per share. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | | Total Return(a) | | Net Assets, End of Period (000) | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Including Waivers and Reimbursements, Excluding Offsets) | | Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Reimbursements and Offsets) | | Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (Including Waivers, Reimbursements and Offsets) | | Portfolio Turnover Rate | |
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$ | 10.95 | | 16.86 | % | $ | 65,227 | | 1.05 | % | 1.63 | % | (0.13 | )% | 42 | % |
9.37 | | 17.71 | | 36,103 | | 1.05 | | 2.32 | | (0.04 | ) | 75 | |
7.96 | | (32.31 | ) | 11,999 | | 1.37 | | 2.74 | | (0.38 | ) | 92 | |
12.56 | | 22.60 | | 10,197 | | 1.40 | | 3.13 | | (0.23 | ) | 93 | |
10.25 | | 2.50 | | 6,952 | | 1.55 | ** | 6.14 | | (0.05 | ) | 46 | |
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$ | 10.85 | | 16.79 | % | $ | 6,103 | | 1.30 | % | 1.89 | % | (0.38 | )% | 42 | % |
9.29 | | 17.45 | | 3,584 | | 1.30 | | 2.33 | | (0.40 | ) | 75 | |
7.91 | | (32.56 | ) | 230 | | 1.64 | | 3.01 | | (0.55 | ) | 92 | |
12.53 | | 22.48 | | 1,420 | | 1.65 | | 3.37 | | (0.45 | ) | 93 | |
10.23 | | 2.30 | | 512 | | 1.79 | ** | 6.89 | | (0.33 | ) | 46 | |
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$ | 9.12 | | 14.67 | % | $ | 467,585 | | 0.41 | % | 0.41 | % | 1.83 | % | 57 | % |
8.09 | | 10.59 | | 375,315 | | 0.43 | | 0.43 | | 2.09 | | 85 | |
7.58 | | (34.81 | ) | 486,931 | | 0.35 | | 0.35 | | 1.94 | | 131 | |
13.52 | | 15.08 | | 809,998 | | 0.33 | | 0.33 | | 1.82 | | 38 | |
12.63 | | 16.04 | | 1,261,983 | | 0.33 | | 0.33 | | 1.66 | | 51 | |
11.15 | | 6.35 | | 1,303,276 | | 0.35 | | 0.35 | | 1.39 | | 30 | |
11.00 | | 7.59 | | 883,146 | | 0.33 | | 0.33 | | 1.79 | | 89 | |
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$ | 9.11 | | 14.51 | % | $ | 163 | | 0.76 | % | 0.76 | % | 1.48 | % | 57 | % |
8.07 | | 10.28 | | 116 | | 0.78 | | 0.78 | | 1.69 | | 85 | |
7.55 | | (35.08 | ) | 102 | | 0.70 | | 0.70 | | 1.57 | | 131 | |
13.48 | | 14.66 | | 133 | | 0.68 | | 0.68 | | 1.41 | | 38 | |
12.61 | | 6.50 | | 107 | | 0.68 | | 0.68 | | 1.17 | | 51 | |
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$ | 10.42 | | 4.01 | % | $ | 175,315 | | 0.40 | % | 0.62 | % | 4.23 | % | 203 | % |
10.33 | | 14.79 | | 158,900 | | 0.40 | | 0.72 | | 3.68 | | 590 | |
9.57 | | 1.93 | | 72,310 | | 0.40 | | 0.70 | | 4.03 | | 555 | |
9.79 | | 4.90 | | 71,259 | | 0.40 | | 0.96 | | 4.97 | | 464 | |
9.81 | | 4.90 | | 21,795 | | 0.40 | | 2.05 | | 4.86 | | 295 | |
9.85 | | 1.51 | | 9,138 | | 0.40 | | 3.05 | | 3.61 | | 571 | |
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$ | 10.43 | | 3.88 | % | $ | 4,961 | | 0.65 | % | 0.86 | % | 3.96 | % | 203 | % |
10.34 | | 14.61 | | 6,952 | | 0.65 | | 0.98 | | 3.39 | | 590 | |
9.57 | | 1.67 | | 996 | | 0.65 | | 0.95 | | 3.78 | | 555 | |
9.79 | | 4.53 | | 852 | | 0.65 | | 1.48 | | 4.73 | | 464 | |
9.82 | | 4.56 | | 1,060 | | 0.65 | | 2.37 | | 4.59 | | 295 | |
9.85 | | 1.30 | | 1,013 | | 0.65 | | 3.30 | | 3.35 | | 571 | |
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$ | 8.30 | | 7.34 | % | $ | 1,108 | | 1.25 | % | 5.80 | % | 2.75 | % | 20 | % |
7.92 | | 19.49 | | 607 | | 1.25 | | 6.30 | | 2.53 | | 45 | |
7.01 | | (29.90 | ) | 354 | | 1.25 | | 3.80 | (g) | 1.91 | | 151 | |
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$ | 8.32 | | 7.16 | % | $ | 2,445 | | 1.50 | % | 6.11 | % | 2.73 | % | 20 | % |
7.92 | | 19.13 | | 2,496 | | 1.50 | | 4.58 | | 3.11 | | 45 | |
7.00 | | (30.00 | ) | 18,320 | | 1.50 | | 4.06 | (g) | 1.65 | | 151 | |
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$ | 8.29 | | 7.13 | % | $ | 3,719 | | 1.50 | % | 6.09 | % | 2.66 | % | 20 | % |
7.91 | | 19.11 | | 3,288 | | 1.50 | | 6.27 | | 2.42 | | 45 | |
7.00 | | (30.00 | ) | 2,660 | | 1.50 | | 4.06 | (g) | 1.66 | | 151 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 8.29 | | 7.04 | % | $ | 444 | | 1.75 | % | 6.35 | % | 2.45 | % | 20 | % |
7.90 | | 18.92 | | 415 | | 1.75 | | 6.49 | | 2.18 | | 45 | |
6.98 | | (30.20 | ) | 349 | | 1.75 | | 4.30 | (g) | 1.41 | | 151 | |
(c) | Commenced operations on March 31, 2006. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(d) | For the six months ended October 31, 2005. The North American Equity Fund’s fiscal year end changed from April 30 to October 31. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(e) | Commenced operations on December 31, 2004. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(f) | Commenced operations on December 20, 2007. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(g) | If tax expense was not included, the Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Reimbursements and Offsets) would have been 3.20%, 3.46%, 3.46%, and 3.71% for the Investor Shares, A Shares, Advisor Shares and R Shares, respectively. |
(h) | For the year or period ended April 30. |
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NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION
Schroder Global Series Trust (“SGST”) is an open-end series management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). SGST was organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 27, 2003. SGST has an unlimited number of authorized shares. Schroder North American Equity Fund (the “SGST Fund”) is the only series of shares currently comprising SGST.
Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) (“SCFD”) is an open-end series management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act. SCFD was organized as a Maryland corporation on July 30, 1969; reorganized as Schroder Capital Funds, Inc., a series company, on February 29, 1988; and reorganized on January 9, 1996, as a Delaware business trust. SCFD has an unlimited number of authorized shares, which are divided into two separate series: Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (collectively, the “SCFD Funds”). On April 18, 2007, the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund closed to new investors.
Schroder Series Trust (“SST”) is an open-end series management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act. SST was organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 6, 1993. SST has an unlimited number of authorized shares, which are divided into five separate series: Schroder International Diversified Value Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund and Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio (collectively, the “SST Funds,” and together with the SCFD Funds and the SGST Fund, the “Funds”).
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds which are in conformity with GAAP.
VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS: Portfolio securities listed on recognized stock exchanges are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the securities are principally traded, except that NASDAQ official closing prices for all NASDAQ National Market and NASDAQ Small Cap Market Securities are used, where applicable. Listed securities traded on recognized stock exchanges where last sale prices are not available are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices (“mid-market price”). Securities traded in over-the-counter markets are valued at the most recent reported mid-market price. Credit default and interest rate swaps are valued at the estimate of the mid-market price, together with other supporting information. Options on indices or exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares are valued at the closing mid-market price. Prices used for valuations generally are provided by independent pricing services. Except as noted below with regard to below investment grade and emerging markets debt instruments, fixed income securities with remaining maturities of more than 60 days are valued on the basis of valuations provided by pricing services that determine valuations for normal institutional size trading units of fixed income securities, or through obtaining independent quotes from market makers. Below investment grade and emerging markets debt instruments (“high yield debt”) will ordinarily be valued at prices supplied by a Fund’s pricing service based on the mean of bid and asked prices supplied by brokers or dealers. Short-term investments, having a maturity of 60 days or less, are valued at amortized cost, a form of fair valuation which approximates market value, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (“Trustees”). Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures established by the Funds’ Trustees. The Funds’ Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Committee (the “Committee”) designated by the Funds’ Trustees. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using Fair Value Procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; or the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price. When a security is valued in accordance with the Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.
Investments in registered investment companies are priced at each fund’s daily net asset value. The assets of Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio include investments in underlying affiliated registered investment companies, which are valued at their respective daily net asset values.
For securities that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular security’s last trade and the time at which a Fund calculates its net asset value. The closing prices of such securities may
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no longer reflect their market values at the time the Fund calculates its net asset value if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities (a “Significant Event”) has occurred between the time of the security’s last trade and the time that the Fund calculates its net asset value. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. If a Fund becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which the Fund calculates its net asset value, a Committee meeting may be called.
Schroder International Alpha, Schroder International Diversified Value and Schroder Emerging Market Equity Funds use a third-party fair valuation vendor, which provides a fair value for securities of companies located in countries outside the Western Hemisphere held by the Funds based on certain factors and methodologies applied by the vendor in the event that there is movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specific threshold established by the Committee in consultation with the Trustees. Such methodologies generally involve tracking valuation correlations between the U.S. market and each non-U.S. security. The Committee also determines a “confidence interval” that will be used, when the threshold is exceeded, to determine the level of correlation between the value of a foreign security and movements in the U.S. market before a particular security will be fair valued. In the event that the threshold established by the Committee is exceeded on a specific day, the Funds will typically value such securities in their portfolios that exceed the applicable confidence interval based upon the fair values provided by the vendor.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP, “Fair Value Measurements” defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements and requires disclosure surrounding the various inputs that are used in determining the fair value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized into the three broad levels listed below.
· Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
· Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
· Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
For the purpose of this Fair Value Measurement summary, securities that have been fair valued by a third-party vendor as discussed above for the Schroder International Alpha, Schroder International Diversified Value and Schroder Emerging Market Equity Funds, are considered Level 2 instruments.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For the six months ended April 30, 2010, there have been no significant changes to the Funds’ fair valuation methodologies.
Fair value measurement classifications are summarized in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: It is the intention of the Funds for each Fund to continue to qualify as a “regulated investment company” by complying with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. By so qualifying, the Funds would not be subject to Federal income taxes to the extent that, among other things, they distribute substantially all of their taxable income, including realized capital gains, for the fiscal year. In addition, as a result of distributing substantially all of their net investment income during each calendar year, capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, the Funds would not be subject to a Federal excise tax. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely than-not” (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provision in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last 3 tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.
As of, and during the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.
INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS: Investment security transactions are recorded as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of investments are determined on the basis of identified cost. Capital gain taxes on securities in certain foreign countries are accrued on unrealized appreciation and are due when realized.
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INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividend income is recorded net of unrecoverable withholding tax. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on fixed income securities are accreted and amortized using the effective interest method. Foreign dividend and interest income amounts and realized capital gains or losses are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents using foreign exchange rates in effect at the date of the transactions. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of costs of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Funds estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered non-taxable distributions or capital gain distributions.
EXPENSES: Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Many of the expenses of the Funds can be directly attributable to a specific Fund. Expenses not directly attributable to a specific Fund are allocated among the Funds based on relative average net assets or another appropriate methodology. Class specific expenses are borne by that class. Fund expenses are pro-rated to the respective classes based on relative net assets.
CLASSES OF SHARES: Income, realized and unrealized gains and losses of a Fund are prorated to the respective classes of shares based on relative net assets.
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: Dividends and distributions to shareholders from net investment income and from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually for each of the Funds, except Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund, which declares dividends to shareholders from net investment income daily and distributes these dividends monthly and for which distributions to shareholders from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually.
FOREIGN CURRENCY: Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the bid and asked prices of such currencies against U.S. dollars as follows: (i) assets and liabilities at the rate of exchange at the end of the respective period; and (ii) purchases and sales of securities and income and expenses at the rate of exchange prevailing on the dates of such transactions. The portion of the results of operations arising from changes in the exchange rates and the portion due to fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities are not isolated. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Certain Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to protect the U.S. dollar value of the underlying portfolio of securities against the effect of possible adverse movements in foreign exchange rates. Principal risks associated with such transactions include the movement in value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparty to perform. Fluctuations in the value of such forward foreign currency transactions are recorded daily as unrealized gain or loss; realized gain or loss includes net gain or loss on transactions that have terminated by settlement or by the Funds entering into offsetting commitments.
WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES: Each Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase a security for a predetermined price or yield, with payments and delivery taking place more than seven days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. These transactions may increase the overall investment exposure for a Fund and involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date.
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: Certain Funds may enter into a variety of “derivative” instruments (for example, options or futures) in order to gain exposure to particular securities or markets, in connection with hedging transactions, to adjust the interest rate sensitivity and duration of a Fund’s portfolio and to increase total return. A Fund’s use of derivative instruments involves the risk the instrument may not work as intended due to unanticipated developments in market conditions or other causes. Derivatives often involve the risk that the other party to the transaction will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations, or that the Fund will be unable to close out the position at any particular time or at an acceptable price. When a Fund uses certain types of derivative instruments for investment purposes, it could lose more than the original cost of the investment and its potential loss could be unlimited. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances, and there can be no assurance that a Fund will engage in these transactions when that would be beneficial.
FUTURES: Financial futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices; changes in initial settlement value (represented by cash paid to or received from brokers as “variation margin”) are accounted for as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). When futures contracts are closed, the difference between the opening value at the date of purchase and the value at closing is recorded as realized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations.
Futures contracts may be used in order to hedge against unfavorable changes in the value of securities or otherwise to attempt to increase a Fund’s total return. Futures contracts involve leverage and are subject to market risk that may exceed the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Risks arise from the possible significant movements in prices. The change in value of futures contracts primarily corresponds to the value of the securities or other index or amount underlying the contracts, but may not precisely correlate with the change in value of such securities or other index or amount. In addition, there is the risk that a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.
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SWAP AGREEMENTS: Certain Funds may enter into swap agreements, including total return swaps, credit default swaps and interest rate swaps. A swap agreement is a two-party contract under which an agreement is made to exchange returns from predetermined investments, instruments or indices including a particular interest rate, foreign currency, or “basket” of securities representing a particular index. The Funds, in particular Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund and Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio may enter into credit default swap transactions. In a credit default swap, one party pays what is, in effect, an insurance premium through a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default (or similar events) by a third-party on its obligations. Therefore, in a credit default swap, the Funds may pay a premium and, in return, have the right to put certain bonds or loans to the counterparty upon default by the issuer of such bonds or loans (or similar events) and to receive in return the par value of such bonds or loans (or another agreed upon amount). The Funds would generally enter into this type of transaction to limit or reduce risk with respect to bonds or loans that it owns in its portfolio or otherwise in connection with transactions intended to reduce one or more risks in the Funds’ portfolio. In addition, the Funds could also receive the premium referenced above, and be obligated to pay a counterparty the par value of certain bonds or loans upon a default (or similar event) by the issuer. The Funds would generally enter into this type of transaction as a substitute for investment in the securities of the issuer, or otherwise to increase the Funds’ investment return. The Funds may also enter into interest rate swap transactions to adjust interest rate sensitivity and duration of a Fund’s portfolio or otherwise to attempt to increase a Fund’s total return. Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by the Funds with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments) with respect to a notional amount of principal. The Funds could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the counterparty defaults on its obligation to perform. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Depending on their structures, swap agreements may increase or decrease the Funds’ exposure to long-or short-term interest rates (in the United States or abroad), foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates. The values of the Funds’ swap positions would increase or decrease depending on the changes in value of the underlying rates, currency values, or other indices or measures. The Funds’ ability to engage in certain swap transactions may be limited by tax considerations.
Swaps are marked-to-market daily and the resulting changes in market values, if any, are recorded as an unrealized gain or loss.
Entering into swap agreements involves certain other risks. Such risks include for example, the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform and that there may be unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or other rates or values. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements.
EQUITY-LINKED AND INDEX-LINKED WARRANTS: The Schroder International Alpha, Schroder International Diversified Value, Schroder Emerging Market Equity, Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities, and Schroder North American Equity Funds may invest in equity-linked and index-linked warrants. Equity-linked warrants provide a way for investors to access markets where entry is difficult and time consuming due to regulation. A Fund purchases the equity-linked and index-linked warrants from a broker, who in turn is expected to purchase shares in the local market and issue a call warrant hedged on the underlying holdings. If the Fund exercises its call and closes its position, the shares are expected to be sold and the warrant redeemed with the proceeds. Each warrant typically represents one share of the underlying stock or basket of stocks representing the index. Therefore, the price, performance and liquidity of the warrant are all directly linked to the underlying stock or index, less transaction costs. Equity-linked warrants are generally valued at the closing price of the underlying securities, then adjusted for stock dividends declared by the underlying securities. In addition to the market risk related to the underlying holdings, the Fund bears additional counterparty risk with respect to the issuing broker. Moreover, there is currently no active trading market for either equity-linked or index-linked warrants. A Fund may also purchase warrants, issued by banks and other financial institutions, whose values are based on the values from time to time of one or more securities indices.
RESTRICTED SECURITIES: As of April 30, 2010, the Funds did not own any private placement investments purchased through private offerings or acquired through initial public offerings that cannot be sold without prior registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to an exemption there from. These investments are valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Trustees.
MORTGAGE DOLLAR ROLLS: The Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls (principally using TBAs) in which the Fund sells mortgage securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously
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contracts to repurchase substantially similar securities in a subsequent month at an agreed-upon price on a fixed date. The Fund accounts for such dollar rolls under the purchases and sales method and may receive compensation as consideration for entering into the commitment to repurchase. The Fund must maintain liquid securities having a value not less than the purchase price (including accrued interest) for such dollar rolls. The market value of the securities that the Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. The counterparty receives all principal and interest payments, including repayments, made in respect of a security subject to such a contract while it is the holder. Mortgage dollar rolls may be renewed with a new purchase and repurchase price and a cash settlement made on settlement date without physical delivery of the securities subject to the contract.
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES, ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION PLANS
The Funds have entered into investment advisory agreements with Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”). Under these agreements, SIMNA provides investment management services and is entitled to receive for its services compensation, payable monthly, at the following annual rates based on average daily net assets of each Fund taken separately. In order to limit the expenses of the Investor, Advisor, A and R Shares of certain Funds, SIMNA has contractually agreed to pay or reimburse the applicable Fund for expenses through February 28, 2011, to the extent that the total annual fund operating expenses of a Fund (other than acquired fund fees and expenses, other indirect acquired fund expenses, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses) allocable to each share class exceed the following annual rates (based on the average daily net assets attributable to each share class:
| | | | Expense Limitation | |
| | Advisor fee | | Investor Shares | | Advisor Shares | | A Shares | | R Shares | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 0.975 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.40 | % | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.40 | % | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.70 | % | 1.95 | % | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.30 | % | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 0.25 | % | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 0.25 | % | 0.40 | % | 0.65 | % | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 0.75 | %* | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % | 1.50 | % | 1.75 | % |
*SIMNA has contractually agreed, until February 28, 2011 to reduce its Advisor fee by 0.32%.
SIMNA has retained its affiliate, Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.”) to serve as sub-advisor responsible for the portfolio management of the Schroder International Alpha Fund, the Schroder International Diversified Value Fund, the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, the Schroder North American Equity Fund and the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio. SIMNA pays SIMNA Ltd. 50% of the investment advisory fees it receives from these Funds, after waivers.
The administrator of SGST is Schroder Fund Advisors Inc. (“Schroder Advisors”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIMNA. Schroder Advisors receives no compensation for its services for the Schroder North American Equity Fund. SIMNA provides certain administration services to the Schroder International Alpha Fund and the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund. SIMNA’s compensation for these services is included in the Schroder International Alpha and the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund’s advisory fees.
Effective June 1, 2008, under sub-administration and accounting agreements with SEI Investments Global Funds Services (“SEI”), the SCFD Funds and the SST Funds pay fees to SEI based on the combined average daily net assets of all the SCFD Funds and the SST Funds according to the following annual rates: 0.095% on the first $1 billion of such assets; 0.085% on the next $1 billion of such assets, 0.07% on the next $1 billion of such assets, 0.06% on the next $2 billion of such assets, and 0.05% on assets in excess of $5 billion. Each Fund pays its pro rata portion of such expenses. Effective January 28, 2005, SGST pays SEI a fee, computed and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.013% of the SGST Fund’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion and 0.005% of the SGST Fund’s average daily net assets over $1 billion.
The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act that allows each Fund to pay distribution and other fees with respect to its A Shares, Advisor Shares and R Shares. Under the Plan, a Fund may make payments at the following annual rates: A Shares and Advisor Shares: up to 0.25% of the average net assets attributable to it’s A Shares or Advisor Shares, except for the Schroder North American Equity Fund which may make payments at an annual rate of up to 0.35% of the average daily net assets attributable to its Advisor Shares; R Shares: up to 0.50%, of the average daily net assets attributable to the R Shares, as applicable, to compensate Schroder Advisors for distribution services and certain shareholder services with respect to the Funds’ A Shares, Advisor Shares and R Shares.
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NOTE 4 — DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities requires enhanced disclosures about the Funds’ derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effect on the Funds’ financial position, performance, and cash flows.
FAIR VALUE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: The fair value of derivative instruments as of April 30, 2010, was as follows:
Schroder International Alpha Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | April 30, 2010 | | April 30, 2010 | |
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair value | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | |
Equity contracts | | Investments in securities, at value | | $ | 694,424 | | Investments in securities, at value | | $ | — | |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 694,424 | | | | $ | — | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | April 30, 2010 | | April 30, 2010 | |
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair value | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | |
Equity contracts | | Investments in securities, at value | | $ | 1,794,813 | | Investments in securities, at value | | $ | — | |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 1,794,813 | | | | $ | — | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | April 30, 2010 | | April 30, 2010 | |
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | $ | 70,884 | | Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | $ | — | |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 70,884 | | | | $ | — | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | April 30, 2010 | | April 30, 2010 | |
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | |
Interest rate contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | $ | 153,122 | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | $ | 195,130 | |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 153,122 | | | | $ | 195,130 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | April 30, 2010 | | April 30, 2010 | |
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | $ | 34,566 | | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | $ | 6,072 | |
Equity contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | 49,942 | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | 75,099 | |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 84,508 | | | | $ | 81,171 | |
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The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2010, was as follows:
The amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income:
Schroder International Alpha Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Equity-Linked Warrants | | Total | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 152,398 | | $ | 152,398 | |
Total | | $ | 152,398 | | $ | 152,398 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Total | |
Equity contracts | | $ | (7,866 | ) | $ | (7,866 | ) |
Total | | $ | (7,866 | ) | $ | (7,866 | ) |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | (1,268,510 | ) | $ | (1,268,510 | ) |
Equity contracts | | 1,089,632 | | — | | 1,089,632 | |
Total | | $ | 1,089,632 | | $ | (1,268,510 | ) | $ | (178,878 | ) |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Total | |
Interest rate contracts | | $ | 80,499 | | $ | 80,499 | |
Total | | $ | 80,499 | | $ | 80,499 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | 73,234 | | $ | 73,234 | |
Equity contracts | | (78,417 | ) | — | | (78,417 | ) |
Interest rate contracts | | (3,745 | ) | — | | (3,745 | ) |
Total | | $ | (82,162 | ) | $ | 73,234 | | $ | (8,928 | ) |
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April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized as income:
Schroder International Alpha Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Equity-Linked Warrants | | Total | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 250,195 | | $ | 250,195 | |
Total | | $ | 250,195 | | $ | 250,195 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Equity-Linked Warrants | | Total | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 95,022 | | $ | 95,022 | |
Total | | $ | 95,022 | | $ | 95,022 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | (43,438 | ) | $ | (43,438 | ) |
Equity contracts | | 327 | | — | | 327 | |
Total | | $ | 327 | | $ | (43,438 | ) | $ | (43,111 | ) |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Total | |
Interest rate contracts | | $ | (17,048 | ) | $ | (17,048 | ) |
Total | | $ | (17,048 | ) | $ | (17,048 | ) |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | 39,284 | | $ | 39,284 | |
Equity contracts | | (78,964 | ) | — | | (78,964 | ) |
Interest rate contracts | | 11,495 | | — | | 11,495 | |
Total | | $ | (67,469 | ) | $ | 39,284 | | $ | (28,185 | ) |
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April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
NOTE 5 — REDEMPTION FEES
The Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Diversified Value Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund, Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund and Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio generally impose a 2.00% redemption fee on shares redeemed (including in connection with an exchange) two months or less from their date of purchase. These fees, which are not sales charges, are retained by the Funds and not paid to Schroder Advisors or any other entity. The redemption fees are included in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets under “Redemption fees,” and are included as part of “Capital paid-in” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The redemption fees retained for the six months ended April 30, 2010 were as follows:
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 747 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | $ | 77 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | $ | 47,280 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | $ | 117 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | $ | 733 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | $ | 119 | |
NOTE 6 — TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
TRUSTEES’ FEES: The Funds pay no compensation to Trustees who are interested persons of the Trusts, SIMNA or Schroder Advisors. For their services as Trustees of all open-end investment companies distributed by Schroder Advisors for the six months ended April 30, 2010, Trustees who are not interested persons of the Funds, SIMNA or Schroder Advisors received an annual retainer of $25,000 and $2,500 per meeting attended in person or $1,000 per meeting attended by telephone. Members of an Audit Committee for one or more of such Funds received an additional $1,000 per meeting, with the Audit Committee chair receiving a $5,000 retainer. If a meeting relates to a single Fund or group of Funds, payments of such meeting fees are allocated only among those Funds to which the meeting relates.
Officers of the Funds are also officers of SIMNA and Schroder Advisors. Such officers are paid no fees by the Funds for serving as officers of the Funds.
NOTE 7 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of investments, excluding short-term securities for each Fund, for the six months ended April 30, 2010 were as follows:
| | Purchases | | Sales and Maturities | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 24,179,640 | | $ | 28,797,018 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | 5,305,194 | | 4,861,968 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 131,078,828 | | 45,565,344 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 43,506,722 | | 57,065,308 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 40,317,642 | | 21,324,661 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 276,901,700 | | 230,806,446 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 1,519,074 | | 1,387,234 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 69,431,828 | | 62,315,275 | |
| | | | | | | |
Purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of U.S. Government securities for the year ended April 30, 2010 were as follows:
| | Purchases | | Sales and Maturities | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | $ | 287,619,577 | | $ | 280,713,651 | |
| | | | | | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
Both redemptions and subscriptions in-kind reflect the valuation of the underlying securities in accordance with the Funds’ valuation policy. The asset price used to effect the redemption is the respective asset price used to calculate the net asset value of the shares redeemed. For the year ended October 31, 2009, the Schroder North American Equity Fund realized losses from in-kind redemptions of $18,461,226.
Investments made by the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio in other Schroder Funds are considered to be investments in Affiliated Companies as defined under section 2(a)(2) of the Investment Company Act. A summary of the investment and income activity in each Affiliated Company’s shares for Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio is as follows:
Affiliated Registered Investment Company | | Contributions | | Withdrawals | | Realized Gains | | Income from Affiliated Investments | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1,731 | | 85,792 | | 32,655 | | 1,731 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 40,414 | | — | | — | | 2,809 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | 92,377 | | — | | — | | 16,709 | |
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NOTE 8 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the years or periods ended October 31, 2009 and October 31, 2008 was as follows:
| | Ordinary Income | | Long-Term Capital Gain | | Total | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | |
2009 | | $ | 333,371 | | $ | — | | $ | 333,371 | |
2008 | | 958,846 | | — | | 958,846 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | | | | | | |
2009 | | 387,653 | | — | | 387,653 | |
2008 | | 1,796,852 | | 347,610 | | 2,144,462 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
2009 | | 14,779 | | — | | 14,779 | |
2008 | | 2,275,689 | | 1,230,055 | | 3,505,744 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
2009 | | — | | — | | — | |
2008 | | 5,039,977 | | 22,631,107 | | 27,671,084 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
2009 | | — | | — | | — | |
2008 | | 311,839 | | 386,347 | | 698,186 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
2009 | | 12,821,224 | | — | | 12,821,224 | |
2008 | | 28,675,160 | | 77,583,254 | | 106,258,414 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | |
2009 | | 5,527,511 | | 476,922 | | 6,004,433 | |
2008 | | 3,069,846 | | 35,383 | | 3,105,229 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | |
2009 | | 789,551 | | — | | 789,551 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
As of October 31, 2009, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
| | Undistributed Ordinary Income | | Capital Loss Carryforward | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Other Temporary Differences | | Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 906,736 | | $ | (18,134,885 | ) | $ | 7,132,245 | | $ | 1,372 | | $ | (10,094,532 | ) |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | 316,951 | | (3,604,956 | ) | 76,648 | | (30,104 | ) | (3,241,461 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 329,221 | | (4,105,624 | ) | 5,011,555 | | (16,345 | ) | 1,218,807 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | — | | (33,631,998 | ) | 16,452,395 | | 7 | | (17,179,596 | ) |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | — | | (1,694,220 | ) | 3,188,123 | | (13,234 | ) | 1,480,669 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 5,164,287 | | (110,491,358 | ) | (22,599,226 | ) | (88,404 | ) | (128,014,701 | ) |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 2,120,820 | | — | | 5,479,860 | | (517,894 | ) | 7,082,786 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 94,116 | | (10,655,406 | ) | 216,671 | | (59,156 | ) | (10,403,775 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
As of October 31, 2009, the Funds listed below had net tax basis capital loss carryforwards, for Federal income tax purposes, that may be applied against future taxable gains until their expiration date as follows, except for Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, which may be subject to annual limitations:
| | October 31, | |
| | 2010 | | 2011 | | 2016 | | 2017 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 2,618,789 | | $ | 913,762 | | $ | 2,965,067 | | $ | 11,637,267 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | — | | — | | 109,889 | | 3,495,067 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | — | | — | | 949,933 | | 3,155,691 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | — | | — | | 6,743,042 | | 26,888,956 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | — | | — | | 819,456 | | 874,764 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | — | | — | | 41,332,728 | | 69,158,630 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | — | | — | | 3,192,418 | | 7,462,988 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
At April 30, 2010, the identified cost for Federal income tax purposes of investments owned by each Fund and their respective gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
| | Identified Tax Cost | | Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | Gross Unrealized (Depreciation) | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 46,557,765 | | $ | 7,097,335 | | $ | (1,094,990 | ) | $ | 6,002,345 | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | 11,437,381 | | 1,110,364 | | (830,805 | ) | 279,559 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 130,262,058 | | 12,387,444 | | (1,830,292 | ) | 10,557,152 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 149,251,459 | | 41,015,390 | | (2,403,398 | ) | 38,611,992 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 61,585,898 | | 10,089,826 | | (207,684 | ) | 9,882,142 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 445,787,105 | | 48,193,181 | | (26,630,542 | ) | 21,562,639 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 181,471,809 | | 5,564,949 | | (109,004 | ) | 5,455,945 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 6,224,013 | | 1,183,534 | | (43,651 | ) | 1,139,883 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
NOTE 9 — PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT RISKS
Schroder International Alpha, Schroder International Diversified Value and Schroder Emerging Market Equity Funds have a relatively large portion of their assets invested in companies domiciled in particular foreign countries, including emerging markets. The Funds may be more susceptible to political, social and economic events adversely affecting those countries and such issuers.
Each of Schroder International Alpha and Schroder International Diversified Value may invest more than 25% of its total assets in issuers located in any one country or group of countries. To the extent that it does so, a Fund is susceptible to a range of factors that could adversely affect its holdings in issuers of that country, including political and economic developments and foreign exchange-rate fluctuations. As a result of investing substantially in a single country, the value of the Fund’s assets may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a comparable fund with a lesser degree of geographic concentration. The Funds may invest in countries with limited or developing capital markets. Investments in these markets may involve greater risk than investments in more developed markets.
The Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund invests a portion of its assets in securities of issuers that hold mortgage securities, including subprime mortgage securities. The value of these securities is sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and/or defaults, and may be adversely affected by shifts in the market’s perception of the issuers and changes in interest rates.
NOTE 10 — BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The following table shows the number of shareholders each owning of record, or to the knowledge of the Funds beneficially, 5% or more of shares of a Fund outstanding as of April 30, 2010 and the total percentage of shares of the Fund held by such shareholders. The table includes omnibus accounts that hold shares on behalf of several shareholders.
| | 5% or Greater Shareholders | |
| | Number | | % of Fund Held | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 4 | | 81.76 | % |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | 3 | | 93.38 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 4 | | 78.72 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 3 | | 78.47 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 5 | | 81.33 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 3 | | 84.48 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 5 | | 67.51 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 5 | | 89.87 | |
Some of the accounts shown above for Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Diversified Value Fund, Schroder North American Equity Fund, and Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio are owned by an affiliate of SIMNA.
NOTE 11 — LINE OF CREDIT
The Funds, along with other related open-end series management investment companies managed by SIMNA, entered into a credit agreement on October 6, 2008 that enables them to participate in a $25 million committed revolving line of credit with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Any advance under the line of credit is contemplated primarily for temporary or emergency purposes consistent with the investment objectives and fundamental investment restrictions of the borrower, or to finance the redemption of the shares of a shareholder of the borrower. Interest is charged to the Funds based on its borrowings at the current reference rate. The Funds pay their pro rata portion of an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on the total amount of the credit facility. The Funds did not have any borrowings under the credit agreement during the six months ended April 30, 2010.
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April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
NOTE 12 — CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Diversified Value Fund | | Emerging Market Equity Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 564,060 | | 337,966 | | 34,237 | | 14,444 | | 2,569,243 | | 2,028,125 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 24,239 | | 26,500 | | 39,426 | | 68,576 | | 13,395 | | 2,155 | |
Redemption of shares | | (278,558 | ) | (959,796 | ) | (2,568 | ) | (213,007 | ) | (370,169 | ) | (1,412,442 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | 309,741 | | (595,330 | ) | 71,095 | | (129,987 | ) | 2,212,469 | | 617,838 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 281,739 | | 3,235,665 | | 40,481 | | 37,996 | | 5,875,492 | | 1,335,904 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 67,428 | | 24,919 | | 5,638 | | 6,481 | | 13,038 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (1,082,202 | ) | (1,169,019 | ) | (22,127 | ) | (12,551 | ) | (940,337 | ) | (249,212 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (733,035 | ) | 2,091,565 | | 23,992 | | 31,926 | | 4,948,193 | | 1,086,692 | |
| | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | North American Equity Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 263,135 | | 767,206 | | 2,544,040 | | 3,192,731 | | 5,349,677 | | 2,909,053 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 578,323 | | 1,200,557 | |
Redemption of shares | | (729,844 | ) | (3,125,016 | ) | (440,826 | ) | (849,343 | ) | (1,048,229 | ) | (9,487,201 | ) |
Redemption of shares in-kind | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | (12,491,720 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | (466,709 | ) | (2,357,810 | ) | 2,103,214 | | 2,343,388 | | 4,879,771 | | (17,869,311 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 13,971 | | 35,407 | | 195,776 | | 393,426 | | 3,387 | | 690 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 206 | | 419 | |
Redemption of shares | | (28,279 | ) | (92,387 | ) | (18,826 | ) | (36,809 | ) | — | | (282 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (14,308 | ) | (56,980 | ) | 176,950 | | 356,617 | | 3,593 | | 827 | |
| | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 3,606,715 | | 8,830,881 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 449,455 | | 553,387 | |
Redemption of shares | | (2,606,814 | ) | (1,563,755 | ) |
Net increase in Investor Shares | | 1,449,356 | | 7,820,513 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 91,280 | | 955,528 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 13,596 | | 17,483 | |
Redemption of shares | | (301,292 | ) | (404,990 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (196,416 | ) | 568,021 | |
| | Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 | | Year Ended October 31, 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 61,153 | | 23,486 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,858 | | 2,929 | |
Redemption of shares | | (6,123 | ) | (241 | ) |
Net increase in Investor Shares | | 56,888 | | 26,174 | |
A Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 12,558 | | 19,275 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 5,635 | | 92,271 | |
Redemption of shares | | (39,460 | ) | (2,413,562 | ) |
Net (decrease) in A Shares | | (21,267 | ) | (2,302,016 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 68,207 | | 19,514 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 9,260 | | 20,583 | |
Redemption of shares | | (44,502 | ) | (4,948 | ) |
Net increase in Advisor Shares | | 32,965 | | 35,149 | |
R Shares: | | | | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,054 | | 2,535 | |
Net increase in R Shares | | 1,054 | | 2,535 | |
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April 30, 2010 (unaudited)
NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Trust has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, no adjustments were required to the financial statements as of April 30, 2010.
Two new series of shares of SGST were authorized following April 30, 2010: Schroder QEP Global Value Fund and Schroder QEP Global Quality Fund (collectively, the “QEP Funds”). A preliminary prospectus for the QEP Funds has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
We believe it is important for you to understand the impact of fees regarding your investment. All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include, among others, costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), and in the case of Advisor Shares, distribution (12b-1) fees. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund. A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The table below illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways.
· Actual expenses. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers, if applicable, that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the fourth column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”
· Hypothetical example for comparison purposes. This section is intended to help you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had a return of 5% before expenses during the year, and that it incurred expenses at the rate of which it in the past did incur expenses. In this case, because the return used is not the Fund’s actual return, the results may not be used to estimate the actual ending balance of an account in the Fund over the period or expenses you actually paid. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses in this table based on a 5% return. You can assess your Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as redemption fees, which are described in the Prospectus. If this fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher.
| | Beginning Account Value 11/1/09 | | Ending Account Value 4/30/10 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,047.60 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 5.84 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,046.80 | | 1.40 | | 7.10 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.09 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 5.76 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.85 | | 1.40 | | 7.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Diversified Value Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,074.20 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 5.91 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,072.40 | | 1.40 | | 7.19 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.09 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 5.76 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.85 | | 1.40 | | 7.00 | |
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| | Beginning Account Value 11/1/09 | | Ending Account Value 4/30/10 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,103.70 | | 1.25 | % | $ | 6.52 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,102.60 | | 1.50 | | 7.82 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,018.60 | | 1.25 | % | $ | 6.26 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.36 | | 1.50 | | 7.50 | |
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,193.40 | | 1.34 | % | $ | 7.29 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,192.70 | | 1.59 | | 8.64 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,018.15 | | 1.34 | % | $ | 6.71 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,016.91 | | 1.59 | | 7.95 | |
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,168.60 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 5.65 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,167.90 | | 1.30 | | 6.99 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.59 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 5.26 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.35 | | 1.30 | | 6.51 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,146.70 | | 0.41 | % | $ | 2.18 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,145.10 | | 0.76 | | 4.04 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,022.76 | | 0.41 | % | $ | 2.06 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.03 | | 0.76 | | 3.81 | |
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Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,040.10 | | 0.40 | % | $ | 2.02 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,038.80 | | 0.65 | | 3.29 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,022.81 | | 0.40 | % | $ | 2.01 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.57 | | 0.65 | | 3.26 | |
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited) (concluded)
| | Beginning Account Value 11/1/09 | | Ending Account Value 4/30/10 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,073.40 | | 1.25 | % | $ | 6.43 | |
A Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,071.60 | | 1.50 | | 7.70 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,071.30 | | 1.50 | | 7.70 | |
R Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,070.40 | | 1.75 | | 8.98 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,018.60 | | 1.25 | % | $ | 6.26 | |
A Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.36 | | 1.50 | | 7.50 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.36 | | 1.50 | | 7.50 | |
R Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,016.12 | | 1.75 | | 8.75 | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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Privacy Statement
In the course of doing business with Schroders and the Schroder Mutual Funds, you share nonpublic personal and financial information (“nonpublic personal information”) with us. Schroders respects your right to privacy. We understand that you have entrusted us with this private information and we recognize the importance of protecting unnecessary or unauthorized access to it.
I. Information That We Collect
We may collect nonpublic personal information about you when you communicate or transact business with us or with our service providers in writing, electronically, or by telephone. For example, we collect nonpublic personal information (such as name, address, account and other investment information) about you from the following sources:
· Applications or forms completed by you; and
· Your transactions and account positions with us, our affiliates, or others (including, for example, your own broker or custodian).
II. Information That We Disclose
We do not sell or rent your nonpublic personal information to any third parties.
We may disclose your nonpublic personal information to third parties in the following limited circumstances:
· We may disclose some or all of your nonpublic personal information to companies that help us maintain, processor service your transactions or account(s) or financial products or services effected by or through us, including companies that perform administrative, accounting, transfer agency, custodial, brokerage or proxy solicitation services for us.
· We may disclose some or all of your nonpublic personal information, such as account and transaction data, to companies which assist us in marketing or client servicing. These companies will use this information only for the services for which we hired them, are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose and are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information.
· We may disclose or report some or all of your nonpublic personal information if you request or authorize us to do so, for institutional risk control, or in other circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted under law.
III. Our Security Procedures
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to protect your nonpublic personal information. Within Schroders, access to such information is limited to those employees who need it to perform their jobs, such as servicing your accounts, resolving problems, or informing you of new products or services. Finally, our Code of Ethics, which applies to all employees, restricts the use of customer information and requires that it be held in strict confidence.
We observe these policies with respect to current and former Schroders customers and shareholders of the Schroder Mutual Funds.
If you identify any inaccuracy in your personal information or you need to make a change to that information, please contact us in writing so that we may promptly update our records
This Privacy Policy applies to the Schroder Mutual Funds, Schroder Fund Advisors Inc.
and Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.
Investment Advisor | | Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY |
Trustees | | Catherine A. Mazza (Chairman) William L. Means James D. Vaughn |
Distributor | | Schroder Fund Advisors Inc. 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10022 |
Transfer & Shareholder Servicing Agent | | Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. |
Custodian | | JPMorgan Chase Bank |
Counsel | | Ropes & Gray LLP |
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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| | The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of the shareholders of the Trusts. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trusts. |
| | Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) Schroder Series Trust Schroder Global Series Trust P.O. Box 8507 Boston, MA 02266 (800) 464-3108 53361 |
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSRS, that the design and operation of such procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the investment company on Form N-CSRS is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.
(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting during the period from February 1, 2010 through April 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable for semi-annual report.
(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), are filed herewith.
(b) Officer certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) also accompany this filing as an Exhibit.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) | | Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) |
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By (Signature and Title)* | | /s/ Mark A. Hemenetz |
| | Mark A. Hemenetz, |
| | Principal Executive Officer |
Date | June 30, 2010 | | |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* | | /s/ Mark A. Hemenetz |
| | Mark A. Hemenetz, |
| | Principal Executive Officer |
Date | June 30, 2010 | | |
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By (Signature and Title)* | | /s/ Alan M. Mandel |
| | Alan M. Mandel, |
| | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Date | June 30, 2010 | | |
* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.