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: | October 31, 2010 | |
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Schroder Mutual Funds
October 31, 2010 | Annual Report |
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| Schroder International Alpha Fund |
| Schroder International Multi-Cap 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 |
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 | 26 |
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International Multi-Cap Value Fund | 29 |
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Emerging Market Equity Fund | 39 |
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U.S. Opportunities Fund | 43 |
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U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | 46 |
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North American Equity Fund | 49 |
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Total Return Fixed Income Fund | 56 |
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Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | 62 |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | 66 |
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Statements of Operations | 70 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 72 |
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Financial Highlights | 76 |
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Notes to Financial Statements | 80 |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 95 |
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Information Regarding Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts | 96 |
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses | 100 |
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Trustees and Officers | 104 |
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Notice to Shareholders | 108 |
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.
December 9, 2010
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to provide the Annual Report to shareholders of the Schroder Mutual Funds, which covers the twelve months ended October 31, 2010. The Report includes information designed to help you understand the status of your investment — the Management Discussion and Analysis prepared by portfolio managers explains how they put your money to work in various markets; the Schedules of Investments give you a point-in-time picture of the holdings in your fund; and additional information includes a detailed breakdown of other financial information. We encourage you to read the Report and thank you for making Schroders part of your financial plan.
The twelve months under review were extremely volatile for investors. The reporting period can be viewed as a time of transition, as the developed world painfully rebounds from the abyss and starts to settle into a ‘new normal’ environment. This is a world in which the developed market continues to slowly deleverage, bringing fiscal discipline into an economy with high unemployment and low-trend growth. The ‘new normal’ is also a bipolar world where emerging markets continue to take an increasingly large role in the global economy, supported by global demographic trends.
It is important to note that the global economy still remains fragile. As we move into 2011, sources of risk include the unraveling of the structural issues in peripheral Europe as those countries deal with the past excesses of the EU integration process. At this writing, Ireland is going through a painful adjustment and more countries might follow during 2011. Investors see a developed world weighed down by debt, struggling to recover from the financial crisis of the past two plus years, while the relatively unencumbered emerging economies continue to enjoy growth. Such a scenario might be seen as a healthy re-allocation of capital from the developed world to the developing, helping to raise global living standards. However, as can be seen from recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Washington, developments have exacerbated tensions between the developed and emerging economies with talk of c urrency wars and fear of protectionism.
The move toward additional quantitative easing in the US has only exacerbated the problem by driving down the US dollar and Treasury yields, sending investors into higher-yielding assets. Increased capital flows to the emerging economies have been one consequence. In turn, central banks in the emerging world are resisting the upward pressure on their currencies by intervening heavily in the foreign exchange market, or trying to slow the flow by raising taxes on foreign purchases of assets. The divergence between the US dollar-trade-weighted exchange rate for the major currencies and the emerging markets (described here as other important trading partners) highlights the uneven distribution of dollar weakness, with the developed economies taking the bulk of the adjustment.
The focus of the currency war has really been on the fall in the dollar, but against that we’ve seen a rise in the euro, the yen and the Australian dollar. That increase in currencies is going to squeeze growth in the Eurozone, Japan and Australia, so there’s a real battle going on where everybody is trying to devalue their currency in order to get a bigger share of a shrinking pie. So far it seems the US is winning, while Europe, where there is a desperate need for growth, is fast becoming the biggest casualty. It is only recently with the crisis in Ireland that the euro has begun to fall again, providing some relief to the embattled region. China is benefiting from the fall in the U.S. dollar with a currency that is becoming cheaper against the euro and the yen. But the benefits are not without problems. Big capital inflows are creating liquidity problems and asset bubbles, not to mention infl ation — and that’s something the Chinese authorities have to deal with in 2011.
Looking back, the emerging economies effectively locked in the fall in their currencies following the crisis of 1997-98. Today, after the financial crisis, it is a different story. Western consumers are de-leveraging, spending is weak and with fiscal and monetary policy reaching its limits, the governments of developed countries are looking overseas for demand to support their economies. Hence the desire for a weaker currency to boost overseas market share and export growth. However, despite accusations of currency protectionism by the advanced countries, the emerging economies continue to follow the same economic path of export-led growth underpinned by a competitive currency, otherwise known as mercantilism.
The policies of West and East are now at odds with one another: the willingness of the West to tolerate the undervaluation of Eastern currencies has been considerably reduced by the financial crisis.
Recognizing that currency wars are likely to continue suggests that we could be in for a turbulent time. The US is already preparing protectionist measures that will be winding their way through Congress. Countries that are seen to deliberately run a policy of keeping their exchange rate undervalued are likely to be targeted. Rhetoric could turn ugly and tensions are likely to mount as countries pursue beggar-thy-neighbor policies.
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Meanwhile, we are likely to see continued capital flows to the emerging markets as interest rates in the West remain close to zero and the US restarts quantitative easing. In the absence of a shift in policy, the outcome will be more intervention and a recycling of the capital flows back into the US Treasury market. This in turn depresses long-term rates and forces more capital outflows as investors seek yield. The result could be a simultaneous bubble in both Treasury bonds and emerging market equities.
Going into 2011, we expect to see the recovery continue globally, but especially in the US, which has been boosted by strong profits and healthy balance sheets in the corporate sector. We should see increased capital expenditure and employment, raising growth in the world economy as confidence returns to US consumers. In emerging markets, an enviable fiscal position capable of increasing expenditure in infrastructure will likely continue to boost growth. Nevertheless, we believe the Federal Reserve will be on hold through 2011 with regards to raising rates.
We are expecting a slowdown in Europe and in the UK, mainly because of the spending cuts and tax increases, which will begin to impact markets there in 2011. Given the fragility of the European periphery, we do not expect any increases in euro policy rates until 2012. This continued recovery in growth is important for supporting real assets, but it’s not a strong recovery so we believe that interest rates are going to stay very low as we go through 2011. That means investors are still going to be searching for yield. Following the rally in bonds we expect investors to rotate out of credit and move into equities and commodities. Emerging markets are likely to continue to attract funds given their growth prospects.
As we stated in the Funds’ Semi-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 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 October 31, 2010.
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Schroder International Alpha Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 9, 2010)
Performance
In the 12 months ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder International Alpha Fund (the “Fund”) gained 18.90% (Investor Shares) and 18.61% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of international stocks, which rose 8.36%.
Market Background
Following the extraordinary rebound in financial markets since the March 2009 lows, investors paused for breath over the first six months of the period as questions about the true strength of the world economy emerged.
Both corporate and macro news was generally supportive of a recovery in the first half of the year, with many companies beating earnings forecasts and all the major economies exiting recession.
In the early months of 2010, concerns about fiscal problems in Greece and 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 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.
Despite equities having a mid-summer rally on strong company earnings and the relative success of the European banks’ stress tests, August was a volatile month. Economic data from the US left equities down on renewed fears of its economy double-dipping. However, speculation that the Fed would begin a second round of quantitative easing increased throughout the last two months of the period under review. This, combined with US dollar weakness, meant equities ended the 12 months on a strong note.
Portfolio Review
The Fund outperformed the Index over the 12-month period.
From a total portfolio standpoint, the regions with the strongest positive contribution during the period were emerging mrkets, Japan and the United Kingdom. Continental Europe was a very small detractor overall. From a sector basis the portfolio benefitted most from our exposure to financials, energy and industrials while consumer staples detracted most.
In emerging markets, the strongest sectors in relative terms were financials and industrials. Indian financial Shriram Transport led returns. This well capitalized company has shown impressive year on year growth while its new initiatives — facilitating commercial vehicle purchases and refurbishing vehicles to sell for a profit — are looking promising. In industrials, Tata Motors and Dongfang Electric were particularly strong. The Indian truck maker Tata Motors is benefiting from a rebound in domestic consumption amid India’s buoyant economic growth. It has a dominant position in the country’s truck market and will profit from a healthy global demand for Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.
In Japan, the Fund largely benefited from good stock selection; its underweight position in the region was also beneficial. Financials and consumer discretionary added the most value compared to the benchmark and the top stocks in the region were Mitsubishi and Unicharm. Paper nappies are one of the latter company’s products with growth supported by increasingly widespread use. It is expanding its sales routes to not only China but also other emerging markets, and we believe ongoing profit growth warrants a premium valuation for its shares.
In continental Europe, while financials, materials and utilities have all performed very well over the period, this was offset by the consumer discretionary and staples sectors, which detracted. In consumer discretionary, relative returns were hurt by the Fund’s significantly underweight exposure and Unilever held back performance in consumer staples. However, long-term prospects remain good for Unilever, with management taking a more pro-active stance and investing in greater spending on advertising and promotion.
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On a sector basis, financials and energy were the strongest sectors relative to the benchmark and consumer staples detracted. Stock selection was strong in financials, led by Shriram Transport and Itau Unibanco. The Sao Paulo-based lender was created in November 2008 when Itau took over smaller rival Unibanco at the height of the global financial crisis. This Brazilian bank is growing market share in areas such as pension retirement plans, auto loans and credit card lending and it has a strong capital base, diversified earnings stream and strong management. Stock selection was also positive in energy. Cairn Energy and AMEC contributed the most in this sector. AMEC continues to be an attractive holding with strong long-term growth in its core markets.
Outlook
The Fed showed it is focused on supporting consumer sentiment and the economy with a new round of quantitative easing, including a buy program of $600bn in longer-term Treasury securities by the middle of next year. Japan also took steps to increase quantitative easing, although to a lesser extent than the US. Interest rates in Japan are now close to zero and the scope for further fiscal measures seems limited. In the medium term, an increase in available cash to purchase equities should have a positive impact on stocks. Meanwhile, better-than-expected growth figures in the UK have reduced the likelihood of central bank intervention. We remain aware that, although ample liquidity is supportive of equity markets overall, the potential impact of the new US quantitative easing program on emerging markets and Asian ex Japan economies might be inflationary and create short-term volatility as those countr ies adjust interest rates. We continue to find opportunities there as growth continues to be supportive of earnings growth and valuations appear attractive.
There are several factors supporting international equities over the next 12 to 18 months. First, company shares appear attractively priced. For global equities, we are expecting earnings growth of over 16% over the next 12 months and a valuation, as measured by the PE 12 months forward, of only 13x.
Second, the combination of low interest rates and high liquidity levels means that the case for investors to increase their exposure to equities is compelling. In fact, when considering various asset classes, investors are currently underweight in equities overall, while they have a high exposure to bonds compared to historical norms. We therefore believe that there is room for increased asset allocation into equities.
Third, companies are generally in good shape. Survivors of the crisis are leaner thanks to cost-cutting measures. Many have shed risk-prone management teams, leading to a renewed, cautious management style. Overall with profits to GDP at high levels and investment to GDP at low levels, the corporate world is ready to embrace a new wave of growth. This growth will be financed differently than in the past given the reluctance of developed market banks to lend in an evolving regulatory framework; companies with strong cash flows will be advantaged.
We remain cautious about the outlook for the Eurozone. Business sentiment in Europe’s powerhouse Germany remains upbeat as its recovery is supported by strong export growth, benefitting from emerging market demand. Sources of risk in 2011 include the possible unraveling of the structural issues in ‘peripheral’ Europe and how it deals with the past excesses of the EU integration process. As we speak, Ireland is going through a painful adjustment and more countries might follow during 2011.
China announced its new five-year plan and it was in line with our expectations. The plan focused on domestic consumption (and wage growth), increasing the added value of production, further developing the inland provinces, energy savings and climate change and supporting public housing programs. It also released its figures showing a modest slowdown in the GDP growth rate YoY from Q3 2009. However, its underlying growth rate is still strong relative to the global economy and we still expect China to be an engine of world growth in 2011.
We continue to find attractively priced growth companies in quality names with strong competitive advantage. As the world adjusts to the new environment where global economic growth is driven by the large emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil, while developed market consumers deleverage and the western financial system settles to function under new rules, competitive companies with strong balance sheets will find attractive growth opportunities.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder International Alpha Fund
Investor and Advisor Shares vs. the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index
The MSCI EAFE Index is a market weighted index composed of companies representative of the market structure of certain developed market countries in Europe, Australia, Asia and the Far East, and reflects dividends reinvested net of non-recoverable withholding tax.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2010 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2010 (b) | | Ten Years Ended October 31, 2010 (b) | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund (a) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 18.90 | % | 6.32 | % | 3.43 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 18.61 | % | 6.05 | %(c) | 3.17 | %(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 | | 3.2 | % |
BG Group | | 2.8 | |
Honda Motor | | 2.7 | |
Rio Tinto | | 2.6 | |
Vodafone Group | | 2.6 | |
Geographic Allocation
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Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 9, 2010)
Performance
In the 12 months ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) gained 16.96% (Investor Shares) and 16.64% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of international stocks, which rose 8.36% 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 this year, helping to fuel a revival in many of the risk trades that characterized the earlier stages of the market recovery in 2009.
After peaking in mid-April, global equity markets retreated throughout the second quarter of 2010 as investor sentiment deteriorated and volatility returned. Concerns about the credit worthiness of the peripheral European countries (most notably Greece) and a run of weaker macro economic data in both the US and China dented confidence.
Unsurprisingly, the defensive parts of the market declined by less, particularly telecoms and consumer staples — with food retailers being one of the better performing industries — while resources and financials bore the brunt of the selling. Sentiment towards the energy sector in particular was adversely affected by BP’s leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, while financials were weighed down by continued uncertainty about the increasing prospect of a global banking-levy and new regulatory pressures. Regionally, emerging markets, especially Asia, outperformed. Against this more volatile backdrop, the primary beneficiaries were sovereign bonds, particularly US treasuries, safe haven currencies such as the Japanese yen and US dollar, as well as gold.
As we closed the reporting period, equity markets rose strongly. September was a particularly strong month as fears of a double-dip recession, which had been depressing market sentiment during August, receded. The main catalyst to the recovery in investor confidence was the announcement from the US Federal Reserve that it was willing to bolster growth by embarking on a second round of quantitative easing.
Regionally, the Pacific ex Japan was the second best performing equity region behind emerging markets, while Japan was by far the worst, as political uncertainty and the strength of the yen weighed on sentiment.
Portfolio Review
The Fund is managed using a bottom-up, unconstrained approach. It aims to capture as many different value themes as possible, and seeks to benefit from these over the longer term as markets recognize this value.
Despite large swings in sentiment, risk appetite drove equity market gains over the period as a whole. Cyclical sectors such as materials, industrials and consumer discretionary outperformed, with the more defensive utilities and healthcare sectors lagging the wider market. Interestingly, financials continued to lag the Index despite a decline in risk aversion in the third quarter, although there was reasonable variation within the sector with higher quality companies tending to perform better. Emerging Markets and Pacific ex Japan equities were stand-out performers on a regional basis.
The Fund has performed extremely well over the past year, outperforming the Index by a substantial margin. Positive stock selection was broadly diversified across all sectors and regions, and accounted for much of the excess performance. In particular, our allocation to Canada and emerging Asia added value. At a sector level, leading positive contributions came from both cyclical and defensive securities held by the Fund. Financials stocks led the relative gains, and the Fund’s energy and industrials stocks also outperformed. The Fund’s defensive positioning also came to the fore, with consumer staples and utilities holdings contributing to performance.
A good portion of the value opportunity that emerged during 2008 and early 2009, when investors became very pessimistic, may now have played out. However, we have started to see a value opportunity among defensives that appear undervalued, which is reflected in the more defensive composition of the Fund — with significantly higher allocation to telecoms, healthcare and consumer staples; as compared to the Fund’s more cyclical composition at the very beginning of the period.
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More generally, the transition from cyclical to defensives and the corresponding reduction in the market sensitivity of the Fund in the recent past highlights the necessity for a dynamic approach to capturing the best value opportunities, particularly during volatile market environments.
Outlook
Despite the Fund’s strong returns over the past year, we continue to identify what we believe to be many attractively-valued companies globally on both a relative and an absolute basis. While the huge breadth of our 10,000-stock universe is a key factor, it also reflects the much changed nature of the value opportunity over this period. At the start of the market recovery in March 2009, the most attractive prospects were predominantly within the cyclical parts of the market that had lagged behind in the economic downturn. The strong returns to cyclical companies since then has provided an opportunity within the higher quality and more defensive parts of the market, which means that the Fund today is somewhat more defensive than is usually the case:
· The Fund has an overweight position in telecoms, where we are attracted to high dividend yields, while consumer discretionary is one of the largest underweight positions.
· Within resources, we have increased the Fund’s exposure to materials, partly funded by reducing holdings in utilities.
· Although the strategy is underweight cyclical sectors on aggregate, the Fund has selectively built some positions here.
· As for financials, we have retained our preference for insurers over banks.
· Regionally, allocations remain broadly unchanged in that the Fund has underweighted continental Europe and the UK, while having a slightly higher allocation in most other regions.
Given its current positioning, the Fund appears relatively well-placed to withstand deterioration in market sentiment although the fact that it has also kept pace over the past quarter when markets were very strong is also encouraging. As of this Report, the Fund has diversified exposure across both stocks and value “themes”; and a high dividend yield. Given the low level of sovereign bond yields around the world at the moment (itself a manifestation of central bank action), we believe that sustainable dividend income may increasingly become a highly prized feature by investors.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund Investor and Advisor Shares vs. the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index
The MSCI EAFE Index is a market weighted index composed of companies representative of the market structure of certain developed market countries in Europe, Australia, Asia and the Far East, and reflects dividends reinvested net of non-recoverable withholding tax.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | | | Annualized | |
| | One Year Ended | | Since | |
| | October 31, 2010 | | Inception (a) | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 16.96 | % | 4.24 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 16.64 | % | 4.01 | % |
(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 | |
Recordati | | 0.5 | % |
Credit Agricole | | 0.5 | |
SembCorp Industries | | 0.5 | |
Kumba Iron Ore | | 0.5 | |
WM Morrison Supermarkets | | 0.4 | |
* Excludes any Short-Term Investments.
Geographic Allocation
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 14, 2010)
Performance
In the 12 months ending October 31, 2010, the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund (the “Fund”) rose 18.97% (Investor Shares) and 18.60% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of international stocks, which rose 23.56% during the same period.
Market Background
Global equities produced a gain in USD terms over the year. In the last months of 2009, global equities benefited from improved risk appetite and confirmation that the ‘worst-case’ economic scenario of a depression had been avoided. However, developed equity markets fell in the first quarter of 2010 as investors moved their focus from the economic recovery in the US to the worsening fiscal crisis in the peripheral European Union (EU) economies. A joint EU/International Monetary Fund package was subsequently negotiated to support the peripheral nations but markets continued to view fiscal deficits in a number of EU states as being unsustainable. Meanwhile slowing growth in the US in the second quarter of 2010 raised fears of a ‘double dip’ recession. Toward the end of the period, risk appetite increased and equities rallied on hopes that further policy stimulus would be implemented in the US. In early November, the US Federal Reserve confirmed it would re-start quantitative easing, purchasing a further $600 billion of US Treasury bonds by the end of June 2011. In contrast to the developed world, emerging markets continued to exhibit strong rates of GDP growth without the consumer de-leveraging and government retrenchment that was evident elsewhere. As a result, the Index strongly outperformed the MSCI World Index over the 12-month period.
At the country level, the vast majority of emerging markets produced positive returns over the 12-month period. In Asia, Thailand was the best performing emerging market, delivering over 60% return in USD terms. Despite ongoing political uncertainty, the Thai economy produced good rates of growth with year-on-year GDP for the second quarter of 2010 reported at 9.1%. Indonesia outperformed, as the economy benefited from strong foreign direct investment flows. The Philippines also outperformed, driven by high levels of liquidity and strong economic growth, which in turn helped to lift consumer confidence to an all-time high. Malaysia produced a strong return, with the market benefiting from a recovery in growth as well as the rally in the oil price. India continued to exhibit strong domestic economic growth during the year, and this helped its equity market to outperform broader emerging markets. South Korea outp erformed as the global economic outlook started to improve toward the end of the period while the central bank started to normalize interest rates. China was the weakest Asian market over the period due to the tightening of policy in response to heightened inflation. This followed the implementation of a large stimulus program during the crisis, raising concerns over a ‘hard landing’. Taiwan rose over the year but underperformed broader emerging markets, as doubts over the outlook for its key export markets continued to weigh on returns.
In Latin America, Colombia strongly outperformed over the year, benefiting from a stronger-than-expected economic recovery amid a low interest rate environment. Chile delivered strong gains as the resurgence in commodities — most notably copper — buoyed the market. Peru outperformed, driven by a better-than-expected domestic economic recovery and the rebound in mineral prices. Mexico also produced a strong double-digit return on hopes that a second round of quantitative easing would improve economic conditions in the US, its key trading partner. Brazil underperformed early in the period on rising interest rates due to heightened inflationary pressure. The market was also negatively impacted by a poorly managed share offering by Index heavyweight Petrobras. Brazilian authorities also increased the existing IOF tax on foreign investments into local fixed-interest securities, raising fears that su ch measures could be extended to other asset classes.
In the EMEA markets, Turkey was by far the strongest performer. The Turkish equity market benefited from a benign global liquidity environment and strong economic growth. South Africa also outperformed, helped by strength in the gold price. Russia underperformed as the severe drought and wildfires over the summer of 2010 resulted in renewed inflation pressures and fears that the government could be forced to introduce price controls on food. Meanwhile, the Czech Republic and Hungary, both highly open economies, suffered from concerns of a ‘double dip’ in global growth and were also negatively affected by sovereign risk contagion fears. Poland also underperformed but still registered a double-digit positive return over the year, benefitting from its status as a relatively closed economy.
Portfolio Review
Over the 12-month period ended October 31, 2010, the Fund underperformed the Index. Country selection and stock selection detracted from returns over the year, with stock selection providing the largest drag on returns relative to the Index. In terms of country selection, the Fund benefited from being overweight Thailand and Turkey, as both of these markets strongly outperformed over the period. However, these positives were outweighed by the Fund’s overweight to China earlier in the period, which underperformed, and underweight positions in Chile, Mexico and Colombia, which outperformed over the year. Unfavourable
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stock selection in South Korea (overweight Megastudy, GS Engineering & Construction, Hana Financial and Hyundai Engineering and Construction) provided the largest drag on returns over the year, more than offsetting positive stock selection in India (overweight HDFC Bank, Infosys Technologies, Larsen & Toubro) and Turkey (overweight Turkiye Halk Bankasi, Turkiye Garanti Bankasi and Efes Beverage Group later in the period). Our choice of stocks in Taiwan (zero weight HTC, overweight Cathay Financial Holding), South Africa (overweight Impala Platinum Holdings and Aveng) and Indonesia (zero weight PT Astra) also detracted from returns.
12-month returns for the Fund’s fiscal year have been dominated by weak 2010 performance. Year to date we have witnessed an exceptional market environment characterized by significant stock rotation within a directionless, range-bound market that has resulted in investors pursuing an extreme theme driven and/or trading approach. Weak performance over the year has been entirely attributable to stock selection with price reversal driving stocks rather than fundamentals such as attractive growth and valuation. In fact, those stocks that appear ‘expensive’ on a 12 month forward P/E basis and those stocks with the lowest expected growth generally performed the best year to date. Furthermore, one of the reasons for value and growth failing to be market drivers is that many global emerging market investors have been investing in the theme of domestic consumption and consumer plays in emergin g markets, regardless of valuation or growth fundamentals. Whilst we agree with the thesis that emerging consumers will be a key driver for economic growth going forward, we are not prepared to pay what we believe to be an unreasonable price for stocks assumed to be involved in this theme. We believe a continued increase in clarity regarding the global economic outlook will see a reduction in the extraordinary stock rotation and narrow market focus. We believe this will cause investors’ attention to return to those stocks displaying the strongest fundamentals, a trend the Fund is well placed to exploit. Currently the portfolio has a lower PE than the market but a higher ROE and earnings growth. The five largest stocks in the portfolio as at end October were Samsung Electronics (Korean technology), Vale (Brazilian materials), Itau Unibanco Holding (Brazilian financials), Petroleo Brasileiro (Brazilian energy) and Gazprom (Russian energy).
Outlook
The situation faced by emerging markets is very different to that of the developed world owing to their strong fundamentals and healthier public, private and corporate finances. Inflationary pressures have increased in some emerging markets, leading to policy normalisation and tightening measures in some cases. Whilst policy makers will certainly be keen to avoid the build up of asset ‘bubbles’, they will not allow tightening policy to destabilise a sustainable recovery in the economy. The risk of elevated inflationary pressure and a ‘bubble’ developing in the emerging world has heightened on further quantitative easing being implemented in the US and the prospect of further policy stimulus amongst other economies. Policy stimulus will likely continue to lead to emerging markets receiving a disproportionate amount of capital flows in search of higher yielding opportunities. Whilst supportive for stock market returns, the prospect of strong, including speculative, capital inflows, with investors can have a destabilizing effect on domestic assets and currencies. Furthermore, in reaction to such strong flows, some emerging economies, including Brazil and Thailand, have already imposed capital controls to deter excessive foreign money. Whilst government intervention can provoke short-term market volatility, the longer-term impact of such measures tends to be somewhat limited.
The Fund remains fully invested reflecting our positive view of the short- to medium-term outlook. Even with recent strong market performance, valuations remain attractive with the global emerging markets P/E around 11, which is in line with its long-term average, and earnings growth expected by us to be approximately 20% over the next 12 months. If, as expected, US growth only moderates but avoids a double-dip and concerns over sovereign risk contagion abate, investors are likely to focus on the stronger fundamentals and growth potential of the emerging world.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
Investor and Advisor Shares vs. the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Index
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is an unmanaged market capitalization index of companies representative of the market structure of emerging countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. The Index reflects actual buyable opportunities for the non-domestic investor by taking into account local market restrictions on share ownership by foreigners.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2010 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 18.97 | % | 10.15 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 18.60 | % | 9.94 | % |
(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 | | 3.2 | % |
Vale | | 3.0 | |
Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 2.7 | |
Petroleo Brasileiro | | 2.7 | |
Gazprom ADR | | 2.6 | |
Geographic Allocation
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 12, 2010)
Performance
In the 12 months ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) rose 20.88% (Investor Shares) and 20.66% (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 26.58%.
Market Background
The fiscal year began as the small cap market was in a powerful rally that began on March 9, 2009 when the market hit bottom (post-Lehman Brothers). In November the Index rose by over 3% and in December it was up over 8%, giving a strong finish to the year.
The mood changed quickly in January as the Index dropped 3.7%, but negative thoughts dissapated in early February and the market began a run that lasted until late April. When the Index of Leading Economic Indicators began to decline on a year over year basis in late April, the rally came to a screeching halt and the Fund’s Index dropped by more than 7% in both May and June. We had a brief 6.8% rally in July but in August the market was again off, this time by over 7.4%. The fiscal year ended strongly in the last two months, particularly September (+12.5%) followed by a calmer but still solid October (+4.1%).
Throughout the year there have been crosscurrents at work, as economic data at times suggested strength and at other times weakness. Closely watched indicators such as the unemployment rate and new jobs created, at times seemed to support the argument of pessimists, and at other times the position of the optimists. The feared double dip did not occur, but as we drew to the end of the Fund’s fiscal year there remains considerable uncertainty in the housing market.
Official economic releases this year have created a mixed picture at best. The unemployment rate and housing market are still below average levels, and valuations are not as attractive on a year-over-year basis. In general, sectors such as autos, consumer staples (surprisingly), large cap banks and home builders, which lagged in 2009, have been leading the way this year. Smaller companies, high beta and price momentum stocks are also ahead in the market.
The end of the reporting period saw the Index end on a high note, rising 26.58% for the year ended October 31, 2010. This strong return obscures the performance pattern of the past 12 months. We have been in a “risk on/risk off” environment, where the market has fluctuated between very strong or negative monthly returns. There has been no moderation in this market. The market has seen four months of negative returns and eight months of strong positive returns, ranging between +3.19% and +12.49%. This return pattern has been in place essentially since the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, with investors alternating between despair and euphoria.
Portfolio Review
The Fund underperformed the Index during the 12 months ending October 31, 2010 due to weak stock selection and our average cash position. On the stock selection front we have subtracted the most value in the energy and financial services sectors.
The Fund has become more underweight in the energy sector over the period. Although pricing in the oil and natural gas industries have become attractive, we believe that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have continuing negative repercussions to the industry. Stock selection has also suffered as a consequence: for example, the Fund’s position in Goodrich Petroleum detracted from performance.
At the sector level, an underweight position in financial services added to returns but was overwhelmed by weak stock selection in the sector. We have had a bias towards higher quality banks and financials and this has been a disadvantage this quarter. Finally, the Fund’s average cash position detracted in what was otherwise a very strong quarter.
On the positive side, stock selection in the consumer staples and technology sectors contributed to relative returns. Within consumer staples, the Fund benefited from owning NBTY, which was acquired by the Carlyle Group in a $4 billion transaction. The stock has since been removed from the Index.
In the technology sector, the Fund’s holdings in Atmel benefited as the company gained market share from its touch screen solutions business (i.e., Samsung recently selected Atmel to power its Galaxy Tab product). Informatica, Netscout Systems and Digital River from the technology sector added value.
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Outlook
The US economy still hangs over a difficult environment. We see particular headwinds from weak consumer market, government budgets, weak dollar and uncertainty over 2011 earnings. On the consumer front, we are worried about high unemployment rates, sluggish new job creations and a seemingly moribund housing market. As the consumer market makes up approximately 71% of US GDP, our expectations for overall economic growth are modest.
One additional factor we are watching is state budgets. As states finalize their budgets, we anticipate a further drag on employment in the public sector. As states are not allowed to run on deficits, they will probably look to increase taxes, which may have a negative impact on consumers. Lastly, valuations for small caps (i.e., absolute forecast P/E) have come down below their long-term average. However, compared to large caps, small caps look less attractive and earnings estimates from some sell-side analysts appear to be still too high.
As a final note we have commented on a number of gloomy factors above. However, we do see the US entering a third year of recovery and we expect that recovery to continue. We do not expect high levels of equity returns this year, but we are anticipating a positive market. This would follow the normal pattern of equity returns in a recovery.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
Investor and Advisor Shares vs. the Russell 2000 Index
The Russell 2000 Index is a market capitalization weighted broad based index of 2,000 small capitalization U.S. companies.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2010 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2010 (c) | | Ten Years Ended October 31, 2010 (c) | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (a) (b) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 20.88 | % | 6.94 | % | 8.76 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 20.66 | % | 6.69 | %(d) | 8.50 | %(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 | |
SM Energy | | 1.7 | % |
Waste Connections | | 1.5 | |
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund | | 1.5 | |
Arbitron | | 1.3 | |
Atmel | | 1.3 | |
* Excludes any Short-Term Investments.
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
Technology | | 16.9 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | 15.6 | |
Health Care | | 12.7 | |
Financial Services | | 11.6 | |
Producer Durables | | 9.4 | |
Materials & Processing | | 7.4 | |
Other Energy | | 5.2 | |
Utilities | | 4.1 | |
Consumer Staples | | 2.4 | |
Auto & Transportation | | 1.8 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 12.9 | |
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 9, 2010)
Performance
In the 12 months ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) rose 19.85% (Investor Shares) and 19.59% (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 27.76%.
Market Background
The fiscal year began with the market in high gear, having begun a powerful rally off of the market bottom in March 2009. The Index rose by 4% in November 2009 and finished the year with a flourish in December, rising by 7.2%. The new year began on a sour note with equities delivering negative returns in January 2010 as investors fretted about sovereign debt in Europe and weaker economic numbers from China. But the mood changed in February and the market rose strongly through late April when US leading economic indicators began to lose steam. Two months of sharply negative returns ensued, followed by a tug of war between the bulls and bears through July and August. September set the tone for the balance of the year as many indices delivered record or near record returns that month. The Index, for example, had its best September on record with a 12.2% return. The positiv e advance continued into October, although at a less frenetic pace.
Throughout the year there have been crosscurrents at work, as economic data at times suggested strength and at other times weakness. Closely watched indicators, such as the unemployment rate and new jobs created at times seemed to support the argument of pessimists, and at other times the position of the optimists. The feared double dip did not occur, but as we drew to the end of the fiscal year there remains considerably uncertainty in the housing market.
Official economic releases this year have created a mixed picture at best. The unemployment rate and housing market are still below average levels, and valuations are not as attractive on a year-over-year basis. In general, sectors such as autos, consumer staples (surprisingly), large cap banks and home builders, which lagged in 2009, have been leading the way this year. Smaller companies, high beta and price momentum stocks are also ahead in the market.
The end of the reporting period saw the Index end on a high note, up over 27%. This strong return obscures the performance pattern of the past 12 months. We have been in a “risk on/risk off” environment, where the market has fluctuated between very strong or negative monthly returns. There has been no moderation in this market. This return pattern has been in place essentially since the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, with investors alternating between despair and euphoria.
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. We have lagged in the strongly positive months and outperformed in the negative months. The Fund’s performance lag has been a combination of not making up enough excess return in negative months, higher cash positions, and weak stock selection, particularly in our “steady eddie” category of stocks.
From a sector point of view, our weakest stock selection was in financials. Our focus on higher quality banks (such as Peoples Bank of Connecticut, Bank of Hawaii and West America Bancorp) detracted from returns. Lower quality banks rallied in part because of efforts by the Obama Administration to minimize bank failures. In producer durables we also had weak stock selection. One example is Republic Services, a waste management company (essentially a trash collection firm). The stock had a decent year, rising by 18%, but the overall sector was up by 30% so this detracted value. This was a case of a “steady eddie” stock doing what we expected fundamentally but the market was more focused on higher growth companies.
On the positive side, stock selection in the materials & processing, energy and consumer staples sectors contributed to relative returns. In materials & processing, Molycorp (no longer a Fund holding), a rare earths producer performed well for the Fund. The Fund purchased the stock as an IPO in July and the upside has been rewarding as pricing of rare earth elements has risen sharply on concerns over Chinese export controls. Rare earths are used in high-growth-end-market products such as hybrid vehicles, wind turbines and hi-tech consumer electronics.
In the energy sector, the Fund benefitted by not owning stocks from either the offshore drilling or energy equipment industries, which have been negatively impacted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Fund instead held stocks such as Cimarex Energy, Concho Resources and SM Energy, which have outperformed over the reporting period. Finally, within consumer staples, the Fund benefited from owning NBTY, which was acquired by the Carlyle Group in a $4 billion transaction. The stock has since been removed from the Index.
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At the sector level, an underweight position in financial services added to relative performance but was offset by the Fund’s average cash position in what otherwise was a very strong one-year period.
Outlook
The US economy still hangs over a difficult environment. We see particular headwinds from a weak consumer market, government budgets, a weak dollar and uncertainty over 2011 earnings. On the consumer front, we are worried about high unemployment rates, sluggish new job creations and a seemingly moribund housing market. Because the consumer market makes up approximately 71% of US GDP, our expectations for overall economic growth are modest.
One additional factor we are watching is state budgets. As states finalize their budgets, we anticipate a further drag on employment in the public sector. As states are not allowed to run on deficits, they will probably look to reduce expenses, likely at the expense of jobs, and increase taxes, which may have a negative impact on consumers. Lastly, valuations for SMID caps (i.e., absolute forecast P/E) have come down below their long-term average. However, compared to large caps, SMID caps look less attractive and earnings estimates from some sell-side analysts appear to be still too high.
As a final note we have commented on a number of gloomy factors above. However, we do see the US entering a third year of recovery and we expect that recovery to continue. We do not expect high levels of equity returns this year, but we are anticipating a positive market. This would follow the normal pattern of equity returns in a recovery.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
Investor and Advisor Shares vs. the Russell 2500 Index
The Russell 2500 Index is a market capitalization weighted broad based index measuring the performance of the 2500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 20% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2010 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 19.85 | % | 4.06 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 19.59 | % | 3.81 | % |
(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 | |
iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund | | 2.6 | % |
Crown Holdings | | 2.4 | |
Amdocs | | 2.3 | |
Pactiv | | 1.9 | |
Republic Services | | 1.9 | |
* Excludes any Short-Term Investments.
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
Health Care | | 14.2 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | 14.0 | |
Financial Services | | 13.8 | |
Technology | | 12.4 | |
Materials & Processing | | 10.5 | |
Producer Durables | | 7.0 | |
Utilities | | 5.0 | |
Other Energy | | 2.2 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 1.3 | |
Auto & Transportation | | 1.1 | |
Consumer Staples | | 1.0 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 17.5 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 9, 2010)
Performance
In the 12 months ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder North American Equity Fund (the “Fund”) rose 15.68% (Investor Shares) and 15.27% (Advisor Shares). For the same period, the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”) rose by 16.52%.
Market Background
The US equity market continued to rise in the final months of 2009, extending the strong rebound from the lows of early March 2009, fueled by highly accommodative fiscal and monetary policy.
After peaking in mid-April, North American markets retreated in the second quarter of 2010 as investor sentiment deteriorated and volatility returned. Concerns about the credit worthiness of the peripheral European countries (most notably Greece) and a run of weaker macro-economic data in both the US and China dented confidence.
Unsurprisingly, the defensive parts of the market declined by less during the middle of the reporting period, particularly telecoms and consumer staples — with food retailers being one of the better performing industries — while resources and financials bore the brunt of the selling.
During the period ended October 31, 2010, sentiment towards the energy sector in particular was adversely affected by BP’s leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, while financials were weighed down by continued uncertainty about the increasing prospect of a global banking-levy and new regulatory pressures. Against this more volatile backdrop, the primary beneficiaries were sovereign bonds, particularly US treasuries, as well as gold.
As we closed the reporting period, North American equities rose strongly. September was a particularly strong month as fears of a double-dip recession, which had been depressing market sentiment during August, receded. This continued in October as the Dow Jones Industrials, S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 all registered gains. US stock markets were boosted by improving risk appetite and continued signs that corporate America is in good health. The main catalyst to the recovery in investor confidence was the announcement from the US Federal Reserve that it was willing to bolster growth by embarking on a second round of quantitative easing.
Economic data remained mixed, with unemployment rates remaining stuck at 9.6%. By contrast, data at the end of the reporting period showed that the economy grew at an annualized rate of 2%, between July and September, in line with Wall Street’s expectations — helping to ease fears of a ‘double-dip’ recession. The dollar lost value against most major currencies toward the latter part of the period, reflecting the US’s large trade deficit and fears that any recommencement of quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve could deal a further blow to the currency. International political tensions were also evident, with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner suggesting that the G20 nations should cap their trade surpluses in order to promote a more balanced global economy.
Portfolio Review
The Fund proved quite robust to changes in market direction and volatility, however the fund underperformed over this particular 12-month period. As would be expected, for a risk-controlled approach, stock selection was the main source of performance, especially within the financials, resources and industrials sectors whilst underperformance came from cyclical sectors such as Consumer discretionary and technology.
Outlook
As a matter of course, the Fund is structured in an attempt to perform well across a broad range of market environments. Multiple investment strategies are spread across a large number of small stock positions with the goal of capturing broad themes and limiting stock-specific risk, while top down risks (such as those arising from sector positions) are carefully managed.
We are increasingly finding attractively-priced, high quality opportunities within healthcare and consumer staples. These are “balanced” by also being overweight higher beta technology companies, where we have a slight preference for technology and semiconductors.
While the Fund remains underweight lower quality consumer discretionary stocks, such as autos, we have taken advantage of recent market volatility to reduce this underweight position slightly.
Within resources we have a preference for energy companies over materials. Within financials, the Fund remains focused on high-quality insurers over real estate and banks.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder North American Equity Fund
Investor and Advisor Shares vs. the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index
The S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization value weighted composite index of 500 large capitalization U.S. companies and reflects the reinvestment of dividends.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2010 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2010 (c) | | Annualized Since Inception | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 15.68 | % | 2.18 | % | 4.80 | %(a) |
Advisor Shares | | 15.27 | % | 1.82 | %(b) | 4.45 | %(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 | | 2.7 | % |
Apple | | 2.4 | |
Microsoft | | 1.9 | |
International Business Machines | | 1.7 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | 1.6 | |
* Excludes any Short-Term Investments.
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
Information Technology | | 17.0 | % |
Financials | | 14.9 | |
Energy | | 11.5 | |
Health Care | | 10.5 | |
Consumer Staples | | 9.7 | |
Industrials | | 9.5 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 9.2 | |
Materials | | 4.2 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 3.2 | |
Utilities | | 2.5 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 7.8 | |
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Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 9, 2010)
Performance
During the 12 months ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) returned 9.09% (Investor Shares) and 8.82% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of U.S. debt securities, which rose 8.01%.
Market Background
U.S. debt markets moved towards normalization during the first few months of the reporting period with growth running above trend. The Fed started to unwind its remaining emergency liquidity facilities and the market shifted its focus on the timing and methodology of the Fed’s exit strategy and rising rates. However, escalating sovereign risk in Greece and to a lesser extent, Spain and Portugal, changed all that, erasing all talk of the removal of monetary stimulus and severely curtailing investor risk appetites. Debates around financial regulatory reform in the US and the SEC’s lawsuit against Goldman Sachs further escalated uncertainty, driving interest rates lower.
By mid year, economic conditions weakened as investors became increasingly worried about the prospects of a double-dip recession and deflation. Negative impacts from the Gulf oil spill, implementation of budget cuts and tax hikes in Europe, and a slowing Chinese economy further reinforced the notion of slowing growth. Job growth and payroll numbers turned weaker as companies continued to be concerned about the pace of the recovery. Housing data also struggled following the end of home buyer subsidies. This below-trend growth, falling inflation expectations and a very low probability for additional fiscal stimulus prompted the Fed to discuss another program of asset purchases. This caused the bond and equity markets to rally substantially in the third quarter, partly on the expectation that this quantitative easing would be good for growth, and partly as investors sought to lock-in higher yields.
Treasury rates declined over the period with the ten-year Treasury yield declining from 3.20% on November 1, 2009 to 2.60% on October 31, 2010. The decline was somewhat erratic though as rates peaked at a high of 3.99% in April (pre-sovereign crisis) to its lowest point of 2.39% in the beginning of October. The Treasury yield curve flattened slightly over the period, with the spread between two and ten-year maturities narrowing 27 basis points, as short rates remained anchored by the Fed’s low rate policy.
All sectors of the US fixed income market performed well as investors sought higher yields than those offered by money markets. Treasuries returned 7.20% over the period. Despite a challenging property market, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) were the best performing sector, returning 21.58% — more than three times the 5.99% return of the residential MBS sector. Investment grade corporate spreads declined 38 basis points over the period, generating 11.61% return led by the financial sector. Lower-rated credits significantly outperformed higher-rated credits as bonds rated BBB returned 14.79%, while AAA-rated bonds produced a 6.80% total returns.
Portfolio Review
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 at end of April due to European sovereign distress and looming financial industry reform but remained intact at this lower level until July when it was increased again as conditions improved. Throughout the period, the Fund’s investment grade corporate security selection was biased toward BBB rated companies.
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 7%-15% for most of the period, and was a positive contributor to return.
The Fund’s securitized allocation focused on selecting well-structured agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) to complement the portfolio of agency pass-through securities. Throughout the period, we varied these exposures to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to prepayments and spread widening. The Fund also maintained a small overweight to CMBS, comprised of shorter-maturity bonds comprised of loans originated in 2000-2004 with strong underwriting characteristics as well as recently issued securities with superior structures and collateralization. The securitized allocations positively contributed to performance.
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The Fund’s duration and yield curve positioning slightly added to returns. 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 year 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%. During the third quarter, yield curve positioning detracted slightly as our 10-year underweight vs. 30-year overweight strategy underperformed when intermediate maturities outpaced all others. This underperformance was offset by gains from our long duration positioning after yields rose in September.
Outlook
The Federal Reserve is sending very clear signals that it will maintain a very accommodative monetary policy for the foreseeable future, and this will continue to force investors out of cash and similar low risk securities and into higher yielding investments. Quantitative easing, which would target longer-term interest rates, would be further impetus for investors to rotate out of Treasuries and into sectors with better total return prospects. However, the key to implementation will be adding yield without taking on too much exposure to issuers that could be under pressure if growth were to slow materially.
We believe that economic growth will gradually recover though the large debt balances restraining consumer and government spending will likewise hold back overall growth and keep interest rates relatively low. Monetary policy is decidedly accommodative and, without a change in the debt reduction attitude in Washington, will remain accommodative to offset the fiscal stimulus. While the overall pressure for yields to stay low should persist, we recognize that yields are near generational lows and the risk of a negative surprise will increase.
Based on our outlook for moderate growth, we have a bias toward owning higher yielding securities through moderate overweights to corporate and mortgage securities and underweights to Treasury and agency sectors. As in 2010, corporate deleveraging is a trend that remains firmly in place. However, we expect to see greater distinction between higher credit quality issuers with large cash reserves that will be tempted to pursue shareholder friendly transactions and high yield companies that are keen to reduce leverage and increase financial flexibility. As a result, we prefer to continue to overweight corporate bonds with a bias toward lower rated issuers that are paring leverage. That being said, following on a year when corporate bonds have performed well, in 2011 we believe that investors will need to be more discriminatory in issuer selection.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Investor and Advisor Shares vs. the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. investment grade bonds market, which includes investment grade U.S. Government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass-through securities and asset-backed securities that are publicly offered for sale in the United States. The securities in the Index must have a least 1 year remaining to maturity. It is not managed.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2010 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2010 (a) | | Annualized Since Inception (b) | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 9.09 | % | 7.03 | % | 6.27 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 8.82 | % | 6.75 | % | 5.99 | % |
(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 | |
U.S. Treasury Bill 0.093%, 12/02/10 | | 6.3 | % |
U.S. Treasury Note 1.250%, 9/30/15 | | 5.9 | |
U.S. Treasury Note 2.625%, 8/15/20 | | 4.5 | |
FHLMC 4.000%, 11/15/40 | | 3.7 | |
U.S. Treasury Bond 4.375%, 5/15/40 | | 3.6 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Investments | |
Corporate Obligation | | 33.7 | % |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligation | | 30.6 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligation | | 27.4 | |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Obligation | | 7.0 | |
Municipal Bond | | 0.6 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation | | 0.2 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 0.5 | |
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Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 9, 2010)
Performance
In the 12 months ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio (the “Fund”) rose 13.55% (Investor Shares), 13.34% (Advisor Shares), 13.21% (Class A Shares) and 12.98% (Class R Shares), compared to the Consumer Price Index (“CPI” or “the Index”, specifically, the CPI for All Urban Consumers), which rose 1.17%. For the same period, the MSCI World Index, a market-weighted index designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, rose by 12.74%.
Market Background
The strong upward momentum of markets continued through the first quarter of 2010, helped by better-than-expected earnings results and improving macroeconomic data in the developed economies. Central banks and developed economies kept interest rates on hold, and this low interest rate environment along with aggressive government fiscal stimuli initiatives continued to buoy sentiment and prop up the markets. However, concerns about the fragility of the recovery emerged as the US housing market remained weak and new fears over sovereign risk emerged with doubts over Greece’s ability to refinance its debt.
In 2010, investors started questioning the sustainability of government support for the recovery. Budget deficits soared and while much of this was attributed to the natural effects of the automatic stabilizers, there was a significant structural element to the increase in government borrowing. Consequently, markets were looking to governments to spell out their exit strategy from loose fiscal policy with a credible plan of fiscal consolidation. The process was accelerated in Greece where the government was forced into an immediate tightening of policy in order to quell investor concerns and secure the offer of support from Eurozone governments.
From April 2010, increasing concerns over the ability of the Greek government to finance its deficit spilled over into the Spanish and Portuguese bond markets, forcing the EU and IMF to create a €750bn rescue package. In addition to the rescue package, several governments including those of the UK and Italy decided to pre-empt possible attacks by the bond vigilantes by announcing sharp cuts in spending. The European crisis weighed on the Euro, and the US Dollar benefited from its status as safe haven. Credit spreads widened in both the investment-grade and high-yield sectors. Concerns about growth slowing also undermined most sectors of the commodity markets. Not surprisingly, in this environment the price of gold rallied.
The US entered a soft patch in terms of economic data over the summer with unemployment proving entrenched. From September 2010 markets rallied as data in the US improved but with the recovery under pressure markets continued to expect more quantitative easing and the Euro consequently strengthened against the US Dollar. The fall in the Dollar contributed to the rise in commodities and China took actions to reduce its growing inflation, which weakened emerging markets. Investors took flight from risky assets and attention once again turned to the sustainability of the Euro and the fate of Ireland. Concerns also surfaced over the next countries in the Eurozone to be subject to financial aid.
Portfolio Review
We reduced the Fund’s cash position over the year. Although we have maintained a lower weighting to equities than normal at this stage of the economic cycle, we increased the Fund’s overall exposure to equities from 43.5% to 46.9%. We continue to believe that the developed economies will not fall back into recession, as monetary policy remains extremely loose and, while profitability is strong, corporations are unlikely to retrench. With rates of economic growth lower than would normally be experienced in the recovery phase of the economic cycle, we have maintained a lower exposure to equities, preferring high-yield bonds and emerging-market debt.
Within equities, we increased the Fund’s exposure to the US and reduced its weight in Europe due to concerns over the increasing pressures on the Euro. We introduced a NASDAQ future due to better prospects relative to the broader US market. In Europe, we added to UK equities due to the more defensive composition of the UK market relative to Europe. With the Japanese Yen still very strong and providing no relief to Japanese exporters, the Fund’s exposure to Japanese equity remained at 0%.
We reduced the Fund’s fixed income weighting since we are concerned that interest rates will rise, as investors fear an eventual resurgence in inflation, while spreads on investment grade credit have already tightened.
We increased the Fund’s exposure to Alternatives from 41.8% to 47.3% over the year. We raised the Fund’s exposure to high yield significantly, believing that valuations are underpinned by strong corporate cashflow and profitability, by introducing PIMCO Emerging Local Bond Fund. The competitive currency depreciations look set to continue, leading to capital flows to these markets and putting upward pressure on emerging market currencies, which should benefit the Fund. We reduced the Fund’s absolute return exposure to zero by selling the Highbridge Statistical Market Neutral Select Fund. We believe that Highbridge is not well positioned for a volatile market environment. We marginally increased the Fund’s weighting in property and infrastructure.
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We use currency exposure both to manage risk and enhance return. At the end of the period, the Fund was long on the Singapore Dollar to take advantage of the strength in Asian currencies and short on the Euro to reflect concerns over the longer-term outlook for the currency.
Outlook
Since April, according to our cyclical economic model, we have been in the ‘recovery’ phase of the economic cycle. However, our judgement has been that this recovery phase would be more muted than previous cycles, due to the impact of deleveraging by developed economies and a persistently high level of unemployment. Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, signalled his concern that inflation was too low and the market began to expect a second round of quantitative easing. The anticipation of this injection of liquidity helped boost markets. Central bankers everywhere have not forgotten what happened to Japan in the 1990s with the persistent deflation creating what was known in that economy as the ‘lost decade.’
In this environment, we have pursued a patient approach, focusing on yield, quality and value. To capture yield, we have emphasised high-yield debt and emerging-market debt. Both asset classes have generated double digit returns so far this year, due to a combination of attractive spreads relative to treasuries and cash, and investor desire for yield. Global high-yield debt continues to offer an attractive yield, with strong corporate cashflow and profitability supporting the fundamentals of the asset class, leading to low default rates. In a low-growth and low-return environment, we think that currencies have a particularly important role to play. As a consequence, we have continued to be active in our currency allocations. We favour investment in Asia, where we think that strong capital inflows will result in further currency appreciation. With developed countries eager to see their cur rencies weaken to take pressure off their domestic economies, we believe that emerging market currencies will continue to appreciate, although this easy access to capital presents longer-term challenges, which we shall monitor.
Commodities should continue to benefit from the continuing growth in the emerging markets, although fears remain that inflationary pressures in China will lead to a slowdown in economic growth.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
Investor, Advisor, Class A, and Class R Shares, vs. the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) World Index,
and the Consumer Price Index
The MSCI World Index is an unmanaged market capitalization index that is designed to measure global developed market equity performance. The Consumer Price Index is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2010 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 13.55 | % | (1.74 | )% |
A Shares | | 13.21 | % | (1.99 | )% |
A Shares with load (b) | | 8.16 | % | (3.55 | )% |
Advisor Shares | | 13.34 | % | (1.96 | )% |
R Shares | | 12.98 | % | (2.22 | )% |
(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 | | 19.1 | % |
Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund | | 8.6 | |
PIMCO Commodity RealReturn Strategy Fund | | 8.4 | |
T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund | | 8.0 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, Investor Shares | | 7.6 | |
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Schroder International Alpha Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2010
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 97.2% | | | |
| | Australia — 4.6% | | | |
167,791 | | Amcor | | 1,105,230 | |
52,484 | | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group | | 1,276,346 | |
26,572 | | Newcrest Mining | | 1,040,793 | |
| | | | 3,422,369 | |
| | Belgium — 2.1% | | | |
25,030 | | Anheuser-Busch InBev | | 1,568,642 | |
| | | | | |
| | Brazil — 5.3% | | | |
110,506 | | Amil Participacoes | | 1,127,612 | |
49,047 | | Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes | | 960,458 | |
45,763 | | Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 1,123,939 | |
21,714 | | Petroleo Brasileiro ADR | | 740,882 | |
| | | | 3,952,891 | |
| | Canada — 4.8% | | | |
10,728 | | First Quantum Minerals | | 940,345 | |
13,642 | | Niko Resources | | 1,302,745 | |
40,519 | | Suncor Energy | | 1,299,598 | |
| | | | 3,542,688 | |
| | China — 4.5% | | | |
19,974 | | Ctrip.com International ADR (1) | | 1,040,046 | |
1,459,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H | | 1,174,518 | |
101,500 | | Ping An Insurance Group of China Class H | | 1,092,729 | |
| | | | 3,307,293 | |
| | France — 6.9% | | | |
15,671 | | BNP Paribas | | 1,145,994 | |
31,136 | | GDF Suez | | 1,242,667 | |
11,490 | | Safran | | 364,239 | |
8,953 | | Schneider Electric | | 1,270,813 | |
10,829 | | Vallourec | | 1,123,738 | |
| | | | 5,147,451 | |
| | Germany — 9.0% | | | |
24,962 | | Fresenius Medical Care & KGaA | | 1,589,912 | |
46,058 | | GEA Group | | 1,204,327 | |
8,598 | | Linde | | 1,237,772 | |
25,178 | | SAP | | 1,312,858 | |
37,410 | | ThyssenKrupp | | 1,376,455 | |
| | | | 6,721,324 | |
| | Hong Kong — 4.7% | | | |
294,600 | | AIA Group (1) | | 876,039 | |
71,000 | | Sun Hung Kai Properties | | 1,216,400 | |
100,000 | | Swire Pacific Class A | | 1,419,098 | |
| | | | 3,511,537 | |
| | India — 1.4% | | | |
36,620 | | Tata Motors ADR | | 1,029,754 | |
| | | | | |
| | Israel — 1.5% | | | |
21,914 | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR | | 1,137,337 | |
| | | | | |
| | Japan — 12.0% | | | |
73,000 | | Bridgestone | | 1,307,747 | |
53,700 | | Honda Motor | | 1,958,000 | |
65,900 | | Mitsubishi Corp. | | 1,583,073 | |
236,000 | | Sekisui Chemical | | 1,500,087 | |
34,300 | | Sony | | 1,145,462 | |
37,700 | | Unicharm | | 1,439,199 | |
| | | | 8,933,568 | |
| | Netherlands — 5.5% | | | |
158,870 | | ING Groep (1) | | 1,695,704 | |
76,456 | | Koninklijke KPN | | 1,276,749 | |
36,477 | | Unilever | | 1,081,468 | |
| | | | 4,053,921 | |
| | Norway — 1.7% | | | |
94,684 | | DnB NOR | | 1,294,681 | |
| | | | | |
| | Singapore — 1.9% | | | |
53,784 | | Jardine Strategic Holdings | | 1,406,990 | |
| | | | | |
| | South Korea — 4.5% | | | |
7,819 | | Hyundai Motor | | 1,182,589 | |
2,078 | | Samsung Electronics | | 1,377,322 | |
19,200 | | Shinhan Financial Group | | 743,915 | |
| | | | 3,303,826 | |
| | Switzerland — 3.2% | | | |
40,430 | | Novartis | | 2,345,943 | |
| | | | | |
| | Thailand — 1.4% | | | |
126,300 | | Kasikornbank | | 531,878 | |
132,900 | | Kasikornbank NVDR | | 519,696 | |
| | | | 1,051,574 | |
| | Turkey — 1.8% | | | |
217,781 | | Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (2) | | 1,318,814 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | United Kingdom — 20.4% | | | |
91,776 | | AMEC | | 1,595,108 | |
104,628 | | BG Group | | 2,035,326 | |
153,261 | | Cairn Energy (1) | | 946,537 | |
388,373 | | Kingfisher | | 1,478,060 | |
1,046,882 | | Lloyds Banking Group (1) | | 1,155,048 | |
29,767 | | Rio Tinto | | 1,922,726 | |
114,283 | | Rolls-Royce Group | | 1,184,275 | |
37,483 | | Sage Group | | 161,608 | |
210,525 | | Tesco | | 1,438,170 | |
693,048 | | Vodafone Group | | 1,883,910 | |
69,797 | | Xstrata | | 1,351,058 | |
| | | | 15,151,826 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $60,748,425) | | 72,202,429 | |
| | | | | |
| | EQUITY-LINKED WARRANT (1) (3) (4) — 1.4% | | | |
| | India — 1.4% | | | |
54,636 | | Shriram Transport Finance, Expires 01/18/13 (Cost $220,782) | | 1,078,515 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (5) — 0.7% | | | |
511,395 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% (Cost $511,395) | | 511,395 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.3% (Cost $61,480,602) | | 73,792,339 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.7% | | 507,095 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 74,299,434 | |
| | | | | | |
(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 October 31, 2010, the value of these securities amounted to $1,078,515 representing 1.4% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(5) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of October 31, 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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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | 3,422,369 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 3,422,369 | |
Belgium | | 1,568,642 | | — | | — | | 1,568,642 | |
Brazil | | 3,952,891 | | — | | — | | 3,952,891 | |
Canada | | 3,542,688 | | — | | — | | 3,542,688 | |
China | | 3,307,293 | | — | | — | | 3,307,293 | |
France | | 5,147,451 | | — | | — | | 5,147,451 | |
Germany | | 6,721,324 | | — | | — | | 6,721,324 | |
Hong Kong | | 3,511,537 | | — | | — | | 3,511,537 | |
India | | 1,029,754 | | — | | — | | 1,029,754 | |
Israel | | 1,137,337 | | — | | — | | 1,137,337 | |
Japan | | 8,933,568 | | — | | — | | 8,933,568 | |
Netherlands | | 4,053,921 | | — | | — | | 4,053,921 | |
Norway | | 1,294,681 | | — | | — | | 1,294,681 | |
Singapore | | 1,406,990 | | — | | — | | 1,406,990 | |
South Korea | | 3,303,826 | | — | | — | | 3,303,826 | |
Switzerland | | 2,345,943 | | — | | — | | 2,345,943 | |
Thailand | | 1,051,574 | | — | | — | | 1,051,574 | |
Turkey | | — | | 1,318,814 | | — | | 1,318,814 | |
United Kingdom | | 15,151,826 | | — | | — | | 15,151,826 | |
| | 70,883,615 | | 1,318,814 | | — | | 72,202,429 | |
Equity-Linked Warrant | | | | | | | | | |
India | | — | | 1,078,515 | | — | | 1,078,515 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 511,395 | | — | | — | | 511,395 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 71,395,010 | | $ | 2,397,329 | | $ | — | | $ | 73,792,339 | |
Of the Level 1 investments presented above, some equity investments were considered level 2 investments at the beginning of the year. The primary reason for changes in the classifications between levels 1 and 2 occurs when foreign equity securities are fair valued using other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded. The Fund’s foreign equity securities may be valued at fair value. Please see Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2010
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 98.5% | | | |
| | Australia — 4.1% | | | |
7,417 | | Aspen Group REIT | | 3,490 | |
11,550 | | Ausdrill | | 27,058 | |
1,106 | | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group | | 26,897 | |
2,515 | | Bank of Queensland | | 25,663 | |
16,289 | | Bendigo Mining | | 4,391 | |
2,798 | | Cardno | | 13,164 | |
24,625 | | Commonwealth Property Office Fund REIT | | 22,086 | |
3,142 | | Downer EDI | | 15,614 | |
783 | | Macquarie Group | | 27,783 | |
2,953 | | Melbourne IT | | 5,210 | |
9,666 | | Metcash | | 41,404 | |
8,924 | | Mincor Resources NL | | 15,570 | |
1,593 | | National Australia Bank | | 39,755 | |
3,766 | | NIB Holdings | | 4,614 | |
37,909 | | OZ Minerals | | 58,153 | |
8,046 | | Panoramic Resources | | 18,534 | |
23,916 | | Perilya (1) | | 12,659 | |
2,692 | | QBE Insurance Group | | 45,333 | |
10,664 | | Rubicon America Trust REIT (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
2,554 | | Sonic Healthcare | | 27,262 | |
6,670 | | Stockland REIT | | 24,648 | |
15,089 | | Telstra | | 39,490 | |
1,513 | | Woolworths | | 42,044 | |
| | | | 540,822 | |
| | Austria — 0.7% | | | |
1,299 | | Oesterreichische Post | | 39,308 | |
769 | | OMV | | 28,728 | |
484 | | Vienna Insurance Group | | 26,028 | |
| | | | 94,064 | |
| | Belgium — 1.9% | | | |
18,953 | | Ageas | | 58,262 | |
1,178 | | Belgacom | | 46,212 | |
290 | | Compagnie Maritime Belge | | 8,773 | |
455 | | Delhaize Group | | 31,779 | |
551 | | Econocom Group | | 7,706 | |
806 | | Mobistar | | 53,345 | |
2,248 | | Nyrstar | | 33,097 | |
66 | | Wereldhave Belgium REIT | | 6,200 | |
| | | | 245,374 | |
| | Bermuda — 0.9% | | | |
7,552 | | Catlin Group | | 42,145 | |
5,658 | | Hiscox | | 32,100 | |
1,428 | | Seadrill | | 43,084 | |
| | | | 117,329 | |
| | Brazil — 1.0% | | | |
400 | | Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR | | 18,384 | |
1,540 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 27,474 | |
700 | | Cremer | | 7,448 | |
600 | | Energias do Brasil | | 13,069 | |
900 | | Eternit | | 5,431 | |
1,000 | | Helbor Empreendimentos | | 11,384 | |
1,200 | | Light | | 15,161 | |
700 | | Tele Norte Leste Participacoes ADR | | 10,738 | |
800 | | Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo ADR | | 19,600 | |
| | | | 128,689 | |
| | Canada — 8.9% | | | |
600 | | AG Growth International | | 24,379 | |
1,100 | | AGF Management Class B | | 17,889 | |
2,000 | | AltaGas Income Trust | | 39,984 | |
2,800 | | Avenir Diversified Income Trust | | 17,120 | |
1,200 | | BCE | | 40,291 | |
400 | | Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund | | 10,988 | |
2,350 | | Breakwater Resources (1) | | 13,147 | |
1,100 | | Canadian Oil Sands Trust | | 27,595 | |
2,000 | | CGI Group (1) | | 30,798 | |
1,300 | | Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund | | 16,587 | |
1,600 | | CI Financial | | 33,526 | |
200 | | Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund | | 4,159 | |
2,100 | | CML Healthcare Income Fund | | 25,660 | |
1,900 | | Davis & Henderson Income Fund | | 38,078 | |
3,300 | | Daylight Energy | | 32,161 | |
700 | | Empire Class A | | 40,101 | |
1,500 | | EnCana | | 42,413 | |
682 | | Enerplus Resources Fund | | 18,700 | |
1,240 | | Enerplus Resources Fund (Canada) | | 34,100 | |
1,500 | | Great-West Lifeco | | 39,219 | |
600 | | IGM Financial | | 25,416 | |
700 | | Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services | | 21,985 | |
3,400 | | Jazz Air Income Fund | | 19,087 | |
605 | | Keyera Facilities Income Fund | | 18,793 | |
500 | | Labrador Iron Ore Royalty | | 30,032 | |
700 | | Laurentian Bank of Canada | | 30,400 | |
1,100 | | Liquor Stores Income Fund | | 16,734 | |
600 | | Manitoba Telecom Services | | 17,154 | |
400 | | National Bank of Canada | | 26,354 | |
900 | | North West Fund | | 18,267 | |
800 | | Parkland Income Fund | | 9,461 | |
600 | | Pembina Pipeline | | 12,985 | |
700 | | Petrobank Energy & Resources (1) | | 27,886 | |
3,200 | | Peyto Energy Trust | | 48,523 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
1,200 | | Power Corp. of Canada | | 33,519 | |
800 | | Power Financial | | 24,112 | |
1,200 | | Reitmans Canada Class A | | 23,060 | |
1,100 | | Rogers Communications Class B | | 40,118 | |
4,000 | | Rogers Sugar Income Fund | | 20,179 | |
1,500 | | TMX Group | | 49,936 | |
1,400 | | TransAlta | | 28,374 | |
1,200 | | Valener | | 20,139 | |
900 | | Vicwest Income Fund | | 14,575 | |
600 | | Wajax Income Fund | | 19,097 | |
2,500 | | Yellow Media | | 15,041 | |
1,200 | | Zargon Energy Trust | | 24,002 | |
| | | | 1,182,124 | |
| | Cayman Islands — 0.0% | | | |
32,000 | | Vedan International Holdings | | 2,725 | |
| | | | | |
| | Chile — 0.6% | | | |
5,851 | | Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Provida | | 27,855 | |
45,416 | | Enersis | | 20,701 | |
19,905 | | Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas | | 30,930 | |
| | | | 79,486 | |
| | China — 0.3% | | | |
23,000 | | Bank of China Class H | | 13,768 | |
30,000 | | China Zhongwang Holdings | | 17,881 | |
10,000 | | Great Wall Technology | | 4,786 | |
6,000 | | Lingbao Gold | | 4,211 | |
| | | | 40,646 | |
| | Cyprus — 0.2% | | | |
3,296 | | ProSafe | | 21,643 | |
| | | | | |
| | Czech Republic — 0.2% | | | |
1,215 | | Telefonica O2 Czech Republic | | 26,784 | |
| | | | | |
| | Denmark — 0.2% | | | |
525 | | D/S Norden | | 20,378 | |
| | | | | |
| | Finland — 2.3% | | | |
1,489 | | Elisa | | 31,848 | |
2,119 | | Huhtamaki | | 26,834 | |
619 | | Kesko B Shares | | 30,683 | |
2,884 | | Nokia | | 31,144 | |
1,950 | | Orion | | 41,437 | |
3,234 | | Pohjola Bank Class A | | 40,931 | |
1,112 | | Sampo | | 31,150 | |
1,739 | | Sanoma | | 39,179 | |
1,820 | | UPM-Kymmene | | 30,266 | |
| | | | 303,472 | |
| | France — 7.0% | | | |
2,182 | | ABC Arbitrage | | 21,407 | |
2,992 | | AXA | | 54,461 | |
679 | | BNP Paribas | | 49,654 | |
1,221 | | Bouygues | | 53,803 | |
487 | | Carrefour | | 26,281 | |
577 | | Casino Guichard Perrachon | | 54,199 | |
202 | | Cegid Group | | 6,803 | |
243 | | Ciments Francais | | 22,329 | |
2,480 | | CNP Assurances | | 49,490 | |
3,698 | | Credit Agricole | | 60,596 | |
282 | | Esso Francaise | | 37,869 | |
74 | | Fonciere Des Regions REIT | | 8,444 | |
1,439 | | France Telecom | | 34,573 | |
664 | | GDF Suez | | 26,501 | |
1,027 | | Generale de Sante | | 16,278 | |
418 | | Neopost | | 34,721 | |
484 | | Nexity | | 21,479 | |
2,641 | | PagesJaunes Groupe | | 29,034 | |
884 | | Rallye | | 34,475 | |
806 | | Sanofi-Aventis | | 56,283 | |
2,024 | | SCOR | | 49,769 | |
760 | | Societe Generale | | 45,504 | |
849 | | Total | | 46,130 | |
108 | | Total Gabon | | 43,359 | |
200 | | Vinci | | 10,682 | |
1,136 | | Vivendi | | 32,400 | |
| | | | 926,524 | |
| | Germany — 3.6% | | | |
460 | | Allianz | | 57,638 | |
798 | | BASF | | 58,056 | |
300 | | Bechtle | | 11,176 | |
2,440 | | DAB Bank | | 14,448 | |
460 | | Deutsche Bank | | 26,514 | |
3,434 | | Deutsche Telekom | | 49,747 | |
686 | | E.ON | | 21,479 | |
174 | | EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg | | 8,779 | |
181 | | Generali Deutschland Holding | | 23,598 | |
1,109 | | Hannover Rueckversicherung | | 56,098 | |
12 | | KSB | | 9,361 | |
430 | | Metro | | 30,135 | |
342 | | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs | | 53,470 | |
464 | | RWE | | 33,254 | |
1,197 | | SQS Software Quality Systems | | 3,530 | |
190 | | Vossloh | | 22,130 | |
| | | | 479,413 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
| | Greece — 0.6% | | | |
1,341 | | Eurobank Properties Real Estate Investment | | 11,197 | |
3,581 | | Mytilineos Holdings (1) | | 21,926 | |
2,146 | | OPAP | | 40,465 | |
| | | | 73,588 | |
| | Guernsey — 0.0% | | | |
3,969 | | IRP Property Investments Limited | | 5,145 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 2.9% | | | |
14,000 | | Cathay Pacific Airways | | 37,658 | |
28,000 | | Champion REIT | | 15,424 | |
133,644 | | Champion Technology Holdings | | 4,224 | |
4,500 | | China Mobile | | 45,834 | |
8,000 | | China Pharmaceutical Group | | 4,469 | |
16,000 | | China Ting Group Holdings | | 2,621 | |
23,000 | | Goldlion Holdings | | 9,643 | |
35,000 | | GZI Real Estate Investment Trust | | 18,197 | |
3,000 | | Hongkong Land Holdings | | 20,700 | |
6,500 | | Kingboard Chemical Holdings | | 31,614 | |
22,000 | | Lerado Group Holdings | | 4,172 | |
20,000 | | Luen Thai Holdings | | 2,013 | |
28,000 | | Norstar Founders Group (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
8,000 | | NWS Holdings | | 18,866 | |
2,000 | | Orient Overseas International | | 17,532 | |
70,000 | | PCCW | | 26,731 | |
26,000 | | Public Financial Holdings | | 17,341 | |
36,000 | | Shenzhen Investment | | 12,911 | |
21,000 | | Sunlight REIT | | 5,635 | |
15,000 | | TAI Cheung Holdings | | 10,547 | |
34,000 | | Texwinca Holdings | | 37,108 | |
34,000 | | TPV Technology | | 20,923 | |
5,200 | | Transport International Holdings | | 16,838 | |
| | | | 381,001 | |
| | Hungary — 0.2% | | | |
8,579 | | Magyar Telekom Telecommunications | | 24,765 | |
| | | | | |
| | Indonesia — 0.4% | | | |
95,000 | | Bank Bukopin | | 7,443 | |
64,000 | | Bumi Resources | | 15,937 | |
63,000 | | International Nickel Indonesia | | 33,492 | |
| | | | 56,872 | |
| | Ireland — 0.6% | | | |
3,548 | | Anglo Irish Bank (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
1,600 | | DCC | | 46,201 | |
17,066 | | Total Produce | | 8,787 | |
5,962 | | United Drug | | 18,916 | |
| | | | 73,904 | |
| | Israel — 1.2% | | | |
15,496 | | Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication (2) | | 40,844 | |
902 | | Cellcom Israel (2) | | 30,388 | |
1,800 | | Clal Industries and Investments (2) | | 13,528 | |
601 | | First International Bank of Israel (2) | | 8,492 | |
206 | | IDB Holding (2) | | 7,472 | |
8,441 | | Migdal Insurance & Financial Holding (2) | | 17,576 | |
1,536 | | Partner Communications (2) | | 31,274 | |
1,894 | | Super-Sol (2) | | 11,651 | |
| | | | 161,225 | |
| | Italy — 2.6% | | | |
1,827 | | Autostrada Torino-Milano | | 26,213 | |
10,659 | | Banca Carige | | 25,809 | |
725 | | Banco di Sardegna | | 9,489 | |
444 | | Beni Stabili (1) | | 445 | |
2,182 | | Caltagirone | | 5,909 | |
1,992 | | Finmeccanica | | 27,804 | |
2,185 | | MARR | | 23,717 | |
5,556 | | Mediaset | | 40,978 | |
2,381 | | Milano Assicurazioni | | 5,146 | |
4,625 | | Piccolo Credito Valtellinese Scarl | | 23,460 | |
6,199 | | Recordati | | 61,032 | |
4,075 | | Snam Rete Gas | | 22,073 | |
831 | | Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni | | 22,596 | |
1,635 | | Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi | | 15,472 | |
15,621 | | Telecom Italia | | 23,955 | |
935 | | Unione di Banche Italiane | | 9,869 | |
| | | | 343,967 | |
| | Japan — 20.3% | | | |
2,300 | | Aeon Credit Service | | 26,441 | |
3,000 | | Aichi Steel | | 16,648 | |
3,300 | | Airport Facilities | | 12,987 | |
400 | | Alconix | | 8,432 | |
800 | | Aoyama Trading | | 13,001 | |
1,500 | | Arcs | | 19,423 | |
400 | | Artnature | | 3,675 | |
4,000 | | Asahi Glass | | 38,386 | |
6 | | Asax | | 6,763 | |
1,300 | | Astellas Pharma | | 48,320 | |
500 | | Autobacs Seven | | 18,715 | |
600 | | Avex Group Holdings | | 8,641 | |
1,700 | | Bridgestone | | 30,454 | |
700 | | Canon Electronics | | 18,371 | |
900 | | Century Tokyo Leasing | | 12,983 | |
1,300 | | Charle | | 4,471 | |
2,000 | | Chubu Shiryo | | 11,794 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
1,000 | | Chugoku Marine Paints | | 7,238 | |
1,600 | | Circle K Sunkus | | 22,684 | |
700 | | Cosmos Pharmaceutical | | 22,012 | |
1,000 | | Create SD Holdings | | 21,788 | |
3 | | DA Office Investment REIT | | 8,994 | |
2,000 | | Daihatsu Diesel Manufacturing | | 6,257 | |
2,000 | | Daihatsu Motor | | 27,014 | |
1,100 | | Daiichikosho | | 18,012 | |
300 | | Daikoku Denki | | 3,389 | |
11,000 | | Daishi Bank | | 34,004 | |
3,000 | | Daiwa Industries | | 13,184 | |
6,000 | | Daiwa Securities Group | | 24,432 | |
4,300 | | DCM Holdings | | 21,887 | |
1,400 | | Duskin | | 24,576 | |
1,400 | | Eiken Chemical | | 14,217 | |
1,700 | | Eisai | | 58,418 | |
700 | | Excel | | 7,282 | |
600 | | Fuji | | 2,272 | |
4,000 | | Fuji Heavy Industries | | 27,660 | |
800 | | Fukuda Denshi | | 19,923 | |
3,000 | | Hanwa | | 11,844 | |
1,400 | | Hard Off | | 6,448 | |
500 | | Heiwa | | 6,294 | |
7,000 | | Hitachi | | 31,633 | |
2,200 | | Hitachi Capital | | 29,279 | |
2,000 | | Hosiden | | 19,814 | |
6,000 | | Hyakujushi Bank | | 21,601 | |
1,800 | | Ichinen Holdings | | 8,045 | |
9 | | Infocom | | 9,453 | |
9 | | Inpex | | 46,760 | |
1,700 | | IT Holdings | | 18,783 | |
2,000 | | ITC Networks | | 9,683 | |
1,800 | | Ito En | | 28,894 | |
2,000 | | Iwatani | | 5,785 | |
3 | | Japan Excellent REIT | | 16,797 | |
3 | | Japan Hotel and Resort REIT | | 7,572 | |
4 | | JAPAN OFFICE Investment REIT | | 3,883 | |
1,100 | | Japan Petroleum Exploration | | 41,993 | |
5 | | Japan Prime Realty Investment REIT Class A | | 12,408 | |
6,000 | | Japan Radio | | 13,557 | |
9 | | Japan Retail Fund Investment REIT | | 14,045 | |
8,000 | | Juroku Bank | | 24,134 | |
3,000 | | Kagoshima Bank | | 17,952 | |
4,000 | | Kandenko | | 23,290 | |
4,000 | | Kaneka | | 24,730 | |
1,000 | | Kanto Natural Gas Development | | 5,202 | |
2,000 | | Kasumi | | 10,180 | |
1,300 | | Kato Sangyo | | 18,528 | |
10 | | KDDI | | 53,817 | |
2,000 | | Keiyo Bank | | 9,063 | |
2,000 | | Kyodo Printing | | 4,271 | |
1,000 | | KYORIN Holdings | | 15,593 | |
3,000 | | Kyowa Exeo | | 26,406 | |
500 | | Lawson | | 22,719 | |
3,000 | | Maeda Road Construction | | 20,782 | |
6,000 | | Marubeni | | 37,691 | |
4 | | MID REIT | | 9,579 | |
9,000 | | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | | 41,899 | |
12,000 | | Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding | | 27,114 | |
1,000 | | Mitsui Home | | 4,482 | |
44 | | Mitsui Knowledge Industry | | 6,959 | |
26,500 | | Mizuho Financial Group | | 38,492 | |
15 | | Money Partners Group | | 3,879 | |
600 | | Muto Seiko | | 5,847 | |
3,000 | | Nagase | | 35,121 | |
1,000 | | Namura Shipbuilding | | 5,189 | |
1,100 | | NEC Capital Solutions | | 14,120 | |
600 | | NEC Mobiling | | 15,047 | |
1,700 | | NEC Networks & System Integration | | 19,817 | |
7,000 | | Nichirei | | 30,503 | |
1,000 | | Nichireki | | 3,538 | |
15 | | NIFTY | | 15,438 | |
2,000 | | Nihon Shokuhin Kako | | 10,403 | |
1,100 | | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | | 49,913 | |
14,000 | | Nishi-Nippon City Bank | | 38,237 | |
1,000 | | Nisshin Oillio Group | | 4,395 | |
2,000 | | Nissin Sugar Manufacturing | | 4,295 | |
4 | | Nomura Real Estate Office Fund REIT | | 24,556 | |
16 | | NTT Data | | 49,122 | |
35 | | NTT DoCoMo | | 58,876 | |
7 | | Okinawa Cellular Telephone | | 14,591 | |
400 | | Ono Pharmaceutical | | 16,983 | |
3,000 | | Pacific Metals | | 24,953 | |
400 | | Pack | | 7,369 | |
22 | | PGM Holdings K K | | 14,394 | |
8 | | Precision System Science | | 3,228 | |
5 | | Riberesute | | 5,605 | |
2,000 | | S Foods | | 15,593 | |
2,000 | | San-In Godo Bank | | 13,830 | |
3,000 | | Sankyo Seiko | | 9,088 | |
500 | | Santen Pharmaceutical | | 17,244 | |
9 | | SBS Holdings | | 8,659 | |
2,100 | | Sega Sammy Holdings | | 34,257 | |
4 | | Sekisui House SI Investment | | 14,267 | |
1,000 | | Sekisui Jushi | | 9,621 | |
1,500 | | Seven & I Holdings | | 34,879 | |
4,000 | | Shinsho | | 8,243 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
3,000 | | Showa Sangyo | | 8,045 | |
700 | | Siix | | 6,292 | |
91 | | SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings | | 30,073 | |
2,100 | | Sojitz | | 3,858 | |
1,100 | | SRA Holdings | | 10,433 | |
20 | | SRI Sports | | 21,750 | |
2,900 | | Sumitomo | | 36,723 | |
600 | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | | 17,966 | |
8,000 | | Sumitomo Trust & Banking | | 43,799 | |
2,000 | | Taihei Kogyo | | 8,467 | |
1,000 | | Takeda Pharmaceutical | | 46,803 | |
6 | | T-Gaia | | 8,767 | |
13,000 | | Toa | | 10,975 | |
10,000 | | Toda | | 33,768 | |
2,100 | | Tokai Rika | | 35,222 | |
550 | | Token | | 16,879 | |
4,720 | | Tokyu Construction | | 14,415 | |
4,000 | | Tokyu Land | | 18,225 | |
2 | | Tokyu REIT | | 10,975 | |
2,100 | | Toppan Forms | | 18,641 | |
7,000 | | Toshiba TEC | | 27,548 | |
5,000 | | Toyo Ink Manufacturing | | 20,360 | |
8,000 | | Toyo Kanetsu | | 12,315 | |
2,700 | | Toyota Auto Body | | 40,559 | |
2,000 | | Valor | | 14,848 | |
1,300 | | VT Holdings | | 2,534 | |
3,000 | | Yokohama Reito | | 19,069 | |
3,000 | | Zojirushi | | 7,561 | |
| | | | 2,680,172 | |
| | Malaysia — 1.3% | | | |
15,400 | | Affin Holdings | | 15,945 | |
17,800 | | Kumpulan Fima | | 7,097 | |
13,800 | | Multi-Purpose Holdings | | 9,585 | |
7,600 | | Petronas Dagangan | | 26,685 | |
14,300 | | RHB Capital | | 36,922 | |
15,200 | | Tenaga Nasional | | 43,010 | |
13,500 | | UMW Holdings BHD | | 29,431 | |
5,800 | | YTL Power International | | 4,364 | |
| | | | 173,039 | |
| | Malta — 0.0% | | | |
22,416 | | BGP Holdings (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
| | | | | |
| | Netherlands — 2.4% | | | |
952 | | Koninklijke DSM | | 50,899 | |
2,040 | | Koninklijke KPN | | 34,066 | |
1,400 | | Mediq | | 26,779 | |
784 | | Nutreco Holding | | 57,038 | |
1,331 | | Royal Dutch Shell | | 43,166 | |
1,363 | | Royal Dutch Shell A Shares | | 44,194 | |
997 | | Sligro Food Group | | 32,646 | |
446 | | Vastned Offices/Industrial REIT | | 7,538 | |
235 | | Vastned Retail REIT | | 16,335 | |
105 | | Wereldhave REIT | | 10,675 | |
| | | | 323,336 | |
| | New Zealand — 0.4% | | | |
13,956 | | Air New Zealand | | 14,393 | |
8,052 | | Argosy Property Trust | | 4,798 | |
7,005 | | Nuplex Industries | | 18,140 | |
9,823 | | Vector | | 18,234 | |
| | | | 55,565 | |
| | Norway — 2.1% | | | |
754 | | Aker Class A Shares | | 15,388 | |
1,288 | | Aker Solutions | | 19,540 | |
1,800 | | Austevoll Seafood | | 13,102 | |
1,040 | | Fred Olsen Energy | | 38,912 | |
1,043 | | Leroy Seafood Group | | 27,317 | |
50,766 | | Marine Harvest | | 50,249 | |
2,670 | | SpareBank 1 SMN | | 24,067 | |
1,148 | | Sparebank 1 SR Bank | | 10,934 | |
420 | | Sparebanken More | | 14,143 | |
2,016 | | StatoilHydro | | 43,852 | |
1,576 | | TGS Nopec Geophysical | | 27,205 | |
| | | | 284,709 | |
| | | | | |
| | Philippines — 0.5% | | | |
550 | | Globe Telecom | | 11,541 | |
600 | | Philippine Long Distance Telephone ADR | | 37,278 | |
15,100 | | Rizal Commercial Banking | | 9,858 | |
4,300 | | Union Bank of Philippines | | 6,106 | |
| | | | 64,783 | |
| | Poland — 0.7% | | | |
1,297 | | KGHM Polska Miedz | | 58,243 | |
3,752 | | Telekomunikacja Polska | | 23,891 | |
412 | | Zaklady Azotowe Pulawy | | 10,841 | |
| | | | 92,975 | |
| | Portugal — 0.5% | | | |
10,239 | | Banco BPI | | 22,698 | |
2,426 | | Banco Espirito Santo | | 12,052 | |
2,324 | | Portugal Telecom | | 33,537 | |
| | | | 68,287 | |
| | Russia — 0.4% | | | |
2,350 | | Mobile Telesystems ADR | | 50,877 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Singapore — 2.0% | | | |
24,000 | | Boustead Singapore | | 21,140 | |
8,000 | | CapitaCommercial Trust REIT | | 9,210 | |
9,000 | | Hong Leong Asia | | 23,922 | |
13,000 | | HTL International Holdings | | 6,931 | |
18,000 | | Jurong Technologies Industrial (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
30,000 | | Mapletree Logistics Trust REIT | | 20,862 | |
18,800 | | MobileOne | | 32,249 | |
17,000 | | SembCorp Industries | | 60,161 | |
12,000 | | Singapore Telecommunications | | 28,651 | |
23,000 | | StarHub | | 47,095 | |
9,000 | | UOB-Kay Hian Holdings | | 11,613 | |
| | | | 261,834 | |
| | South Africa — 1.1% | | | |
7,701 | | Afgri | | 7,401 | |
746 | | Allied Technologies | | 6,803 | |
2,353 | | Aveng | | 14,939 | |
1,041 | | Kumba Iron Ore | | 59,785 | |
3,798 | | Metropolitan Holdings | | 9,262 | |
864 | | Palabora Mining | | 13,141 | |
1,221 | | Spar Group | | 16,782 | |
4,248 | | Steinhoff International Holdings | | 13,486 | |
| | | | 141,599 | |
| | South Korea — 1.3% | | | |
940 | | Bookook Steel | | 2,547 | |
410 | | Daishin Securities | | 5,617 | |
163 | | GS Home Shopping | | 16,880 | |
1,530 | | Hanil E-Wha | | 10,114 | |
39 | | Hankook Shell Oil | | 7,998 | |
170 | | Hansol LCD | | 9,680 | |
490 | | Hanyang Securities | | 4,168 | |
2,610 | | IsuPetasys | | 8,104 | |
530 | | Jinheung Mutual Savings Bank (1) | | 1,782 | |
460 | | KG Chemical | | 4,563 | |
190 | | Kyeryong Construction Industrial | | 3,203 | |
1,300 | | Kyung Nong | | 4,944 | |
100 | | Mi Chang Oil Industrial | | 5,018 | |
860 | | Motonic | | 7,414 | |
60 | | Nexen | | 3,283 | |
86 | | Nong Shim Holdings | | 4,705 | |
390 | | Poongsan Holdings | | 13,341 | |
110 | | Pusan City Gas | | 2,202 | |
470 | | Sejong Industrial | | 5,750 | |
127 | | Shinsegae Information & Communication | | 8,011 | |
2,100 | | SK Telecom ADR | | 38,703 | |
238 | | Thinkware Systems | | 3,113 | |
| | | | 171,140 | |
| | Spain — 2.7% | | | |
2,880 | | Almirall | | 27,253 | |
3,905 | | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | | 51,353 | |
2,185 | | Banco Popular Espanol | | 14,130 | |
3,101 | | Banco Santander Central Hispano | | 39,835 | |
825 | | Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo | | 8,427 | |
7,179 | | Criteria Caixacorp | | 40,530 | |
2,134 | | Duro Felguera | | 18,293 | |
831 | | Enagas | | 18,312 | |
17,391 | | Mapfre | | 57,695 | |
1,491 | | Repsol | | 41,342 | |
1,310 | | Telefonica | | 35,366 | |
| | | | 352,536 | |
| | Sweden — 2.2% | | | |
995 | | Axfood | | 34,816 | |
3,338 | | Boliden | | 56,530 | |
1,000 | | D Carnegie (1) (2) (3) | | — | |
846 | | Fabege | | 8,831 | |
1,300 | | NCC Class B Shares | | 27,665 | |
1,390 | | Nolato | | 17,748 | |
3,158 | | Nordea Bank | | 34,687 | |
3,074 | | Peab | | 24,446 | |
1,188 | | Skanska Class B Shares | | 22,674 | |
7,088 | | TeliaSonera | | 59,013 | |
| | | | 286,410 | |
| | Switzerland — 3.0% | | | |
370 | | Baloise Holding | | 34,226 | |
173 | | Compagnie Financiere Tradition | | 19,003 | |
890 | | Credit Suisse Group | | 36,797 | |
82 | | Emmi | | 13,678 | |
138 | | Helvetia Holding | | 48,669 | |
908 | | Novartis | | 52,686 | |
427 | | Pargesa Holding | | 33,897 | |
400 | | Roche Holding | | 58,788 | |
3,871 | | STMicroelectronics | | 33,851 | |
59 | | Valora Holding | | 15,602 | |
55 | | Vaudoise Assurances Holding | | 12,805 | |
161 | | Zurich Financial Services | | 39,448 | |
| | | | 399,450 | |
| | Taiwan — 2.6% | | | |
7,000 | | Audix | | 6,629 | |
4,000 | | Chong Hong Construction | | 9,861 | |
20,394 | | Compal Electronics | | 25,971 | |
11,000 | | Coretronic | | 16,774 | |
11,000 | | CTCI | | 12,374 | |
19,000 | | Far EasTone Telecommunications | | 27,329 | |
14,000 | | Feng TAY Enterprise | | 14,537 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
10,000 | | Formosa Plastics | | 28,669 | |
7,000 | | FSP Technology | | 8,949 | |
1,600 | | Himax Technologies ADR | | 3,728 | |
22,580 | | Inventec | | 11,871 | |
4,199 | | Leader Electronics | | 2,818 | |
18,000 | | Lite-On Technology | | 23,775 | |
3,000 | | MIN AIK Technology | | 5,427 | |
4,441 | | Pegatron (1) | | 6,011 | |
12,000 | | Pou Chen | | 11,363 | |
3,150 | | Promate Electronic | | 2,499 | |
15,907 | | Quanta Computer | | 29,191 | |
4,000 | | Roundtop Machinery Industries | | 3,265 | |
5,000 | | Shih Wei Navigation | | 6,416 | |
3,000 | | Sincere Navigation | | 3,634 | |
25,130 | | Sinon | | 11,652 | |
4,000 | | Taiwan Navigation | | 4,859 | |
10,000 | | Taiwan Sogo Shin Kong SEC | | 7,690 | |
6,000 | | Ttet Union | | 8,914 | |
6,000 | | U-Ming Marine Transport | | 12,343 | |
8,000 | | Weikeng Industrial | | 7,001 | |
14,553 | | Wistron | | 29,890 | |
| | | | 343,440 | |
| | Thailand — 1.4% | | | |
4,900 | | Advanced Info Service | | 14,739 | |
48,200 | | Asian Property Development | | 10,632 | |
18,400 | | Bangchak Petroleum | | 9,409 | |
5,300 | | Bangkok Bank | | 27,331 | |
5,300 | | Bangkok Expressway | | 3,295 | |
14,100 | | Bualuang Securities | | 7,587 | |
2,100 | | Electricity Generating | | 6,738 | |
8,000 | | Hana Microelectronics | | 6,685 | |
7,300 | | Kiatnakin Bank | | 9,698 | |
25,300 | | Lanna Resources | | 16,489 | |
45,800 | | MCS Steel | | 13,853 | |
5,100 | | Precious Shipping | | 3,256 | |
18,400 | | Property Perfect | | 2,780 | |
14,800 | | SC Asset | | 8,755 | |
3,300 | | Siam Makro | | 15,000 | |
11,800 | | Thai Plastic & Chemical | | 7,415 | |
74,800 | | Thai Tap Water Supply | | 16,375 | |
5,900 | | Thanachart Capital | | 7,789 | |
| | | | 187,826 | |
| | Turkey — 1.0% | | | |
10,495 | | Anadolu Sigorta (2) | | 9,283 | |
2,522 | | Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret (2) | | 14,911 | |
660 | | Pinar SUT Mamulleri Sanayii (2) | | 5,294 | |
6,503 | | Selcuk Ecza Deposu Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S. (2) | | 12,520 | |
3,204 | | Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi (2) | | 17,579 | |
1,247 | | Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri (2) | | 33,260 | |
9,039 | | Turk Telekomunikasyon (2) | | 42,354 | |
| | | | 135,201 | |
| | United Kingdom — 12.2% | | | |
5,659 | | Amlin | | 36,825 | |
5,315 | | Anglo Pacific Group | | 28,070 | |
1,135 | | AstraZeneca | | 56,846 | |
1,649 | | Atkins WS | | 19,872 | |
5,663 | | Aviva | | 36,080 | |
3,053 | | BAE Systems | | 16,842 | |
6,278 | | Balfour Beatty | | 27,801 | |
7,939 | | Barclays | | 34,890 | |
15,990 | | Beazley | | 30,888 | |
5,690 | | Brewin Dolphin Holdings | | 12,612 | |
56,953 | | Cable & Wireless Communications | | 48,719 | |
5,224 | | Carillion | | 28,827 | |
10,477 | | Centrica | | 55,702 | |
24,853 | | Chaucer Holdings | | 20,285 | |
4,631 | | Chesnara | | 16,083 | |
2,173 | | Chime Communications | | 7,234 | |
3,020 | | Computacenter | | 17,690 | |
2,883 | | Davis Service Group | | 19,185 | |
5,769 | | Drax Group | | 35,149 | |
7,735 | | Fiberweb | | 9,934 | |
5,233 | | Firstgroup | | 34,161 | |
5,307 | | Game Group | | 6,009 | |
2,357 | | GlaxoSmithKline | | 46,058 | |
2,169 | | Hill & Smith Holdings | | 10,527 | |
7,884 | | Home Retail Group | | 27,633 | |
2,984 | | IG Group Holdings | | 25,239 | |
942 | | Imperial Tobacco Group | | 30,137 | |
1,649 | | Interior Services Group | | 5,280 | |
5,747 | | Intermediate Capital Group | | 29,690 | |
7,284 | | International Power | | 48,646 | |
2,521 | | Interserve | | 8,110 | |
5,904 | | Investec | | 47,074 | |
8,824 | | J Sainsbury | | 54,977 | |
1,407 | | Keller Group | | 14,242 | |
34,976 | | Legal & General Group | | 56,200 | |
13,229 | | Man Group | | 55,216 | |
4,953 | | Marks & Spencer Group | | 33,879 | |
5,786 | | N Brown Group | | 27,845 | |
3,594 | | National Grid | | 33,936 | |
3,330 | | Prudential | | 33,602 | |
3,473 | | Raymarine (1) (2) (3) | | 1,084 | |
2,490 | | Robert Wiseman Dairies | | 13,007 | |
9,322 | | RSA Insurance Group | | 19,544 | |
2,873 | | Scottish & Southern Energy | | 53,015 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
15,530 | | Standard Life | | 56,419 | |
2,784 | | Tate & Lyle | | 22,367 | |
7,550 | | Tesco | | 51,577 | |
5,324 | | Tullett Prebon | | 33,742 | |
935 | | Umeco | | 6,479 | |
1,604 | | Vedanta Resources | | 53,266 | |
13,747 | | Vodafone Group | | 37,368 | |
2,948 | | Wincanton | | 11,229 | |
12,606 | | WM Morrison Supermarkets | | 59,273 | |
1,140 | | WSP Group | | 7,207 | |
| | | | 1,613,572 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $12,065,470) | | 13,016,691 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 1.0% | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Brazil — 0.4% | | | |
1,200 | | Banco Daycoval | | 8,671 | |
600 | | Cia Energetica do Ceara Class A | | 9,962 | |
3,400 | | Confab Industrial | | 12,474 | |
620 | | Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo Class B | | 10,788 | |
1,300 | | Ferbasa-Ferro Ligas da Bahia | | 9,868 | |
| | | | 51,763 | |
| | Germany — 0.6% | | | |
28 | | KSB | | 21,197 | |
392 | | Volkswagen | | 58,914 | |
| | | | 80,111 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $96,446) | | 131,874 | |
| | | | | |
| | WARRANTS — 0.0% | | | |
| | France — 0.0% | | | |
74 | | Fonciere Des Regions, Expires 12/31/10 (1) | | 131 | |
| | | | | |
| | Italy — 0.0% | | | |
1,002 | | KME Group, Expires 01/02/12 (1) | | 31 | |
2,105 | | Mediobanca, Expires 03/20/11 (1) | | 66 | |
935 | | Unione di Banche Italiane, Expires 06/30/11 (1) | | 9 | |
| | | | 106 | |
| | TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $—) | | 237 | |
| | | | | |
| | RIGHTS — 0.0% | | | |
| | Singapore — 0.0% | | | |
2,400 | | Mapletree Logistics, Expires 12/31/10 (1) (Cost $—) | | 158 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (4) — 0.5% | | | |
64,989 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% (Cost $64,989) | | 64,989 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0% (Cost $12,226,905) | | 13,213,949 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.0% | | 2,838 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 13,216,787 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements). |
(3) | Security considered illiquid. On October 31, 2010 the value of these securities amounted to $1,084 representing less than 0.1% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(4) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2010. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | 540,822 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 540,822 | |
Austria | | 94,064 | | — | | — | | 94,064 | |
Belgium | | 245,374 | | — | | — | | 245,374 | |
Bermuda | | 117,329 | | — | | — | | 117,329 | |
Brazil | | 128,689 | | — | | — | | 128,689 | |
Canada | | 1,182,124 | | — | | — | | 1,182,124 | |
Cayman Islands | | 2,725 | | — | | — | | 2,725 | |
Chile | | 79,486 | | — | | — | | 79,486 | |
China | | 40,646 | | — | | — | | 40,646 | |
Cyprus | | 21,643 | | — | | — | | 21,643 | |
Czech Republic | | 26,784 | | — | | — | | 26,784 | |
Denmark | | 20,378 | | — | | — | | 20,378 | |
Finland | | 303,472 | | — | | — | | 303,472 | |
France | | 926,524 | | — | | — | | 926,524 | |
Germany | | 479,413 | | — | | — | | 479,413 | |
Greece | | 73,588 | | — | | — | | 73,588 | |
Guernsey | | 5,145 | | — | | — | | 5,145 | |
Hong Kong | | 381,001 | | — | | — | | 381,001 | |
Hungary | | 24,765 | | — | | — | | 24,765 | |
Indonesia | | 56,872 | | — | | — | | 56,872 | |
Ireland | | 73,904 | | — | | — | | 73,904 | |
Israel | | — | | 161,225 | | — | | 161,225 | |
Italy | | 343,967 | | — | | — | | 343,967 | |
Japan | | 2,680,172 | | — | | — | | 2,680,172 | |
Malaysia | | 173,039 | | — | | — | | 173,039 | |
Malta | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Netherlands | | 323,336 | | — | | — | | 323,336 | |
New Zealand | | 55,565 | | — | | — | | 55,565 | |
Norway | | 284,709 | | — | | — | | 284,709 | |
Phillippines | | 64,783 | | — | | — | | 64,783 | |
Poland | | 92,975 | | — | | — | | 92,975 | |
Portugal | | 68,287 | | — | | — | | 68,287 | |
Russia | | 50,877 | | — | | — | | 50,877 | |
Singapore | | 261,834 | | — | | — | | 261,834 | |
South Africa | | 141,599 | | — | | — | | 141,599 | |
South Korea | | 171,140 | | — | | — | | 171,140 | |
Spain | | 352,536 | | — | | — | | 352,536 | |
Sweden | | 286,410 | | — | | — | | 286,410 | |
Switzerland | | 399,450 | | — | | — | | 399,450 | |
Taiwan | | 343,440 | | — | | — | | 343,440 | |
Thailand | | 187,826 | | — | | — | | 187,826 | |
Turkey | | — | | 135,201 | | — | | 135,201 | |
United Kingdom | | 1,612,488 | | 1,084 | | — | | 1,613,572 | |
| | 12,719,181 | | 297,510 | | — | | 13,016,691 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value (continued):
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities — (continued) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 51,763 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 51,763 | |
Germany | | 80,111 | | — | | — | | 80,111 | |
| | 131,874 | | — | | — | | 131,874 | |
Warrants | | | | | | | | | |
France | | 131 | | — | | — | | 131 | |
Italy | | 106 | | — | | — | | 106 | |
| | 237 | | — | | — | | 237 | |
Rights | | | | | | | | | |
Singapore | | — | | 158 | | — | | 158 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 64,989 | | — | | — | | 64,989 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 12,916,281 | | $ | 297,668 | | $ | — | | $ | 13,213,949 | |
Of the Level 1 investments presented above, some equity investments were considered level 2 investments at the beginning of the year. The primary reason for changes in the classifications between levels 1 and 2 occurs when foreign equity securities are fair valued using other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded. The Fund’s foreign equity securities may be valued at fair value. Please see Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2010
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 93.7% | | | |
| | Brazil — 13.9% | | | |
161,538 | | Banco Bradesco ADR | | 3,359,990 | |
240,700 | | BM&FBOVESPA | | 2,013,169 | |
115,200 | | BR Malls Participacoes | | 1,085,139 | |
39,608 | | BRF - Brasil Foods | | 573,304 | |
49,324 | | BRF - Brasil Foods ADR | | 721,610 | |
53,400 | | Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar ADR | | 2,115,174 | |
7,844 | | Cia de Bebidas das Americas ADR | | 1,092,199 | |
61,964 | | Cia de Concessoes Rodoviarias | | 1,681,222 | |
112,177 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 2,001,238 | |
120,550 | | Cyrela Brazil Realty Empreendimentos e Participacoes | | 1,662,415 | |
31,459 | | Estacio Participacoes | | 469,454 | |
123,100 | | Gerdau ADR | | 1,605,224 | |
639 | | HRT Participacoes em Petroleo (1) | | 430,422 | |
14,777 | | Iochpe-Maxion | | 214,412 | |
269,355 | | Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 6,615,359 | |
31,001 | | Petroleo Brasileiro | | 520,950 | |
82,898 | | Petroleo Brasileiro ADR | | 2,828,480 | |
7,421 | | Ultrapar Participacoes ADR | | 460,473 | |
11,000 | | Vale | | 347,440 | |
82,800 | | Vale ADR | | 2,661,192 | |
29,324 | | Vivo Participacoes ADR | | 839,839 | |
| | | | 33,298,705 | |
| | China — 11.4% | | | |
42,800 | | AsiaInfo-Linkage (1) | | 951,016 | |
1,556,000 | | Bank of Communications | | 1,700,250 | |
6,057,000 | | China Construction Bank Class H | | 5,774,600 | |
296,000 | | China National Building Material Class H | | 721,728 | |
463,500 | | China Shenhua Energy Class H | | 2,062,950 | |
935,000 | | China Suntien Green Energy (1) | | 314,827 | |
524,000 | | Golden Eagle Retail Group | | 1,392,574 | |
1,631,000 | | Hidili Industry International Development | | 1,738,016 | |
4,868,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H | | 3,918,817 | |
905,000 | | Parkson Retail Group | | 1,636,879 | |
1,438,000 | | PetroChina Class H | | 1,754,971 | |
414,500 | | Ping An Insurance Group of China Class H | | 4,462,423 | |
46,900 | | Tencent Holdings | | 1,073,967 | |
| | | | 27,503,018 | |
| | Czech Republic — 0.4% | | | |
13,822 | | CEZ | | 613,303 | |
1,010 | | Komercni Banka | | 229,506 | |
| | | | 842,809 | |
| | Egypt — 0.5% | | | |
154,803 | | Commercial International Bank (2) | | 1,158,033 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 6.8% | | | |
143,000 | | Beijing Enterprises Holdings | | 978,681 | |
853,000 | | Belle International Holdings | | 1,540,625 | |
536,000 | | China Mengniu Dairy | | 1,535,103 | |
388,000 | | China Mobile | | 3,951,880 | |
38,000 | | China Resources Power Holdings | | 73,143 | |
2,254,000 | | CNOOC | | 4,670,026 | |
4,727,140 | | Franshion Properties China | | 1,530,707 | |
2,011,000 | | Poly Hong Kong Investments | | 2,070,307 | |
| | | | 16,350,472 | |
| | Hungary — 2.4% | | | |
22,242 | | MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas (1) | | 2,366,413 | |
112,318 | | OTP Bank (1) | | 3,340,226 | |
| | | | 5,706,639 | |
| | India — 8.1% | | | |
18,800 | | HDFC Bank ADR | | 3,251,648 | |
46,300 | | ICICI Bank ADR | | 2,434,454 | |
55,700 | | Infosys Technologies ADR | | 3,756,408 | |
57,600 | | Larsen & Toubro GDR | | 2,629,181 | |
84,500 | | Reliance Industries GDR (4) | | 4,207,255 | |
51,400 | | Tata Motors ADR | | 1,445,368 | |
133,884 | | Tata Steel GDR | | 1,800,740 | |
| | | | 19,525,054 | |
| | Indonesia — 2.5% | | | |
1,976,000 | | Bank Mandiri | | 1,548,069 | |
627,000 | | Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa | | 1,284,175 | |
316,500 | | Perusahaan Gas Negara | | 143,461 | |
1,524,000 | | Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Common | | 1,552,143 | |
571,000 | | United Tractors | | 1,418,713 | |
| | | | 5,946,561 | |
| | Peru — 1.6% | | | |
19,730 | | Cia de Minas Buenaventura ADR | | 1,046,479 | |
7,172 | | Credicorp | | 902,812 | |
46,500 | | Southern Copper | | 1,990,200 | |
| | | | 3,939,491 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
| | Poland — 1.0% | | | |
126,879 | | Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski | | 2,003,071 | |
2,092 | | Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen | | 277,500 | |
| | | | 2,280,571 | |
| | Russia — 7.2% | | | |
25,232 | | CTC Media | | 595,475 | |
290,943 | | Gazprom ADR | | 6,377,471 | |
42,800 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 2,390,380 | |
26,500 | | Mechel ADR | | 624,075 | |
69,766 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 1,301,136 | |
89,500 | | Mobile Telesystems ADR | | 1,937,675 | |
8,300 | | NovaTek GDR | | 793,895 | |
262,000 | | Rosneft Oil GDR (1) | | 1,826,140 | |
174 | | Sberbank GDR | | 65,377 | |
67,050 | | Severstal GDR (1) | | 903,834 | |
21,250 | | Uralkali GDR | | 525,937 | |
| | | | 17,341,395 | |
| | South Africa — 2.6% | | | |
33,132 | | ABSA Group | | 650,152 | |
16,841 | | AngloGold Ashanti | | 793,411 | |
456,122 | | FirstRand | | 1,356,499 | |
45,633 | | Foschini Group | | 559,902 | |
34,343 | | Impala Platinum Holdings | | 981,214 | |
27,975 | | MTN Group | | 508,629 | |
147,744 | | Raubex Group | | 532,553 | |
5,562 | | Sasol | | 253,144 | |
49,417 | | Shoprite Holdings | | 706,090 | |
| | | | 6,341,594 | |
| | South Korea — 15.9% | | | |
94,660 | | Daegu Bank | | 1,242,202 | |
20,307 | | GS Engineering & Construction | | 1,725,372 | |
13,840 | | Hynix Semiconductor (1) | | 285,050 | |
10,784 | | Hyundai Department Store | | 1,194,491 | |
2,795 | | Hyundai Heavy Industries | | 911,359 | |
5,207 | | Hyundai Mobis | | 1,297,117 | |
32,034 | | Hyundai Motor | | 4,845,000 | |
20,570 | | Korea Electric Power (1) | | 541,701 | |
21,220 | | KT | | 838,228 | |
14,736 | | KT ADR | | 304,888 | |
9,964 | | LG Chem | | 3,076,075 | |
6,096 | | LG Electronics | | 537,467 | |
5,379 | | LG Household & Health Care | | 1,794,595 | |
8,778 | | POSCO | | 3,608,039 | |
11,575 | | Samsung Electronics | | 7,672,042 | |
13,520 | | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | | 2,321,495 | |
68,490 | | Shinhan Financial Group | | 2,653,683 | |
4,177 | | Shinsegae | | 2,121,946 | |
8,959 | | SK Energy | | 1,203,567 | |
| | | | 38,174,317 | |
| | Taiwan — 10.5% | | | |
868,214 | | Acer | | 2,520,301 | |
131,550 | | Asustek Computer | | 1,067,434 | |
423,150 | | Cathay Financial Holding | | 647,333 | |
91,895 | | Cathay Financial Holding GDR | | 1,407,372 | |
1,754,332 | | China Steel | | 1,778,678 | |
27,994 | | China Steel GDR | | 567,716 | |
3,631,440 | | Chinatrust Financial Holding | | 2,264,833 | |
96,200 | | Chunghwa Telecom ADR | | 2,251,080 | |
691,880 | | Far Eastern New Century | | 996,307 | |
522,400 | | HON HAI Precision Industry | | 1,978,723 | |
270,495 | | HON HAI Precision Industry GDR | | 2,069,287 | |
100,099 | | Pegatron (1) | | 135,481 | |
1,596,000 | | Taiwan Cement | | 1,698,926 | |
1,620,139 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 3,322,277 | |
239,184 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR | | 2,609,497 | |
| | | | 25,315,245 | |
| | Thailand — 4.4% | | | |
580,900 | | Bangkok Bank | | 2,999,634 | |
36,850 | | Banpu NVDR | | 953,272 | |
637,100 | | Kasikornbank NVDR | | 2,491,333 | |
288,900 | | PTT | | 2,925,692 | |
654,900 | | Thai Oil | | 1,160,084 | |
| | | | 10,530,015 | |
| | Turkey — 4.5% | | | |
61,757 | | Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii (2) | | 976,692 | |
139,418 | | TAV Havalimanlari Holding (1) (2) | | 717,568 | |
60,376 | | Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri (2) | | 1,610,364 | |
240,310 | | Turk Telekomunikasyon (2) | | 1,126,022 | |
338,845 | | Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (2) | | 2,051,940 | |
179,072 | | Turkiye Halk Bankasi (2) | | 1,784,491 | |
469,165 | | Turkiye Is Bankasi Class C (2) | | 2,083,997 | |
230,958 | | Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (2) | | 421,914 | |
| | | | 10,772,988 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK | | | |
| | (Cost $197,521,897) | | 225,026,907 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 3.8% | | | |
| | Brazil — 3.8% | | | |
28,879 | | Bradespar | | 732,451 | |
11,272 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais | | 198,128 | |
1,391 | | Itau Unibanco Holding | | 33,721 | |
103,816 | | Petroleo Brasileiro ADR | | 3,238,021 | |
6,700 | | Ultrapar Participacoes | | 408,228 | |
156,600 | | Vale ADR | | 4,499,118 | |
500 | | Vale Class A | | 14,082 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK | | | |
| | (Cost $8,636,033) | | 9,123,749 | |
| | | | | |
| | EQUITY-LINKED WARRANT (1) (3) (4) — 1.6% | | | |
| | Russia — 1.6% | | | |
1,207,190 | | Sberbank Savings Bank of the Russian Federation, Expires 02/28/18 | | | |
| | (Cost $3,050,587) | | 3,959,583 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (5) — 1.6% | | | |
3,838,064 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% | | | |
| | (Cost $3,838,064) | | 3,838,064 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.7% | | | |
| | (Cost $213,046,581) | | 241,948,303 | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.7)% | | (1,691,136 | ) |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 240,257,167 | |
| | | | | | |
(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 October 31, 2010, the value of these securities amounted to $8,166,838 representing 3.4% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(5) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of October 31, 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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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 33,298,705 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 33,298,705 | |
China | | 27,503,018 | | — | | — | | 27,503,018 | |
Czech Republic | | 842,809 | | — | | — | | 842,809 | |
Egypt | | — | | 1,158,033 | | — | | 1,158,033 | |
Hong Kong | | 16,350,472 | | — | | — | | 16,350,472 | |
Hungary | | 5,706,639 | | — | | — | | 5,706,639 | |
India | | 19,525,054 | | — | | — | | 19,525,054 | |
Indonesia | | 5,946,561 | | — | | — | | 5,946,561 | |
Peru | | 3,939,491 | | — | | — | | 3,939,491 | |
Poland | | 2,280,571 | | — | | — | | 2,280,571 | |
Russia | | 17,341,395 | | — | | — | | 17,341,395 | |
South Africa | | 6,341,594 | | — | | — | | 6,341,594 | |
South Korea | | 38,174,317 | | — | | — | | 38,174,317 | |
Taiwan | | 25,315,245 | | — | | — | | 25,315,245 | |
Thailand | | 10,530,015 | | — | | — | | 10,530,015 | |
Turkey | | — | | 10,772,988 | | — | | 10,772,988 | |
| | 213,095,886 | | 11,931,021 | | — | | 225,026,907 | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 9,123,749 | | — | | — | | 9,123,749 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Equity-Linked Warrant | | | | | | | | | |
Russia | | — | | 3,959,583 | | — | | 3,959,583 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 3,838,064 | | — | | — | | 3,838,064 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 226,057,699 | | $ | 15,890,604 | | $ | — | | $ | 241,948,303 | |
Of the Level 1 investments presented above, some equity investments were considered level 2 investments at the beginning of the year. The primary reason for changes in the classifications between levels 1 and 2 occurs when foreign equity securities are fair valued using other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded. The Fund’s foreign equity securities may be valued at fair value. Please see Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2010
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 87.9% | | | |
| | Auto & Transportation — 1.8% | | | |
19,900 | | Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (1) | | 1,039,974 | |
11,500 | | BorgWarner (1) | | 645,265 | |
33,100 | | Kansas City Southern (1) | | 1,450,442 | |
| | | | 3,135,681 | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 15.8% | | | |
117,000 | | Ambassadors Group | | 1,297,530 | |
52,800 | | American Greetings | | 1,022,736 | |
91,400 | | Arbitron | | 2,314,248 | |
25,200 | | Bally Technologies (1) | | 909,216 | |
5,100 | | Capella Education (1) | | 279,633 | |
42,600 | | Central Garden & Pet (1) | | 440,910 | |
30,500 | | Children’s Place (1) | | 1,343,830 | |
98,600 | | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Class A (1) | | 1,171,368 | |
57,500 | | Geo Group (1) | | 1,474,875 | |
40,600 | | Healthcare Services Group | | 975,618 | |
8,800 | | Home Inns & Hotels Management ADR (1) (2) | | 450,208 | |
64,700 | | IESI-BFC (3) | | 1,512,686 | |
14,200 | | Lamar Advertising Class A (1) | | 482,658 | |
6,700 | | Liberty Media - Starz, Ser A (1) | | 438,984 | |
33,700 | | Lithia Motors | | 367,330 | |
87,400 | | LKQ (1) | | 1,900,076 | |
64,700 | | Men’s Wearhouse | | 1,581,268 | |
80,600 | | Monster Worldwide (1) | | 1,455,636 | |
87,200 | | Pinnacle Entertainment (1) | | 1,116,160 | |
55,100 | | Rent-A-Center | | 1,385,214 | |
16,600 | | Scholastic | | 488,870 | |
142,900 | | Scientific Games Class A (1) | | 1,128,910 | |
75,734 | | Standard Parking (1) | | 1,294,294 | |
23,300 | | Volcom (1) | | 400,061 | |
65,000 | | Waste Connections (1) | | 2,648,100 | |
| | | | 27,880,419 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 2.4% | | | |
10,200 | | Diamond Foods | | 450,840 | |
48,400 | | Nash Finch | | 2,027,960 | |
44,500 | | Sanderson Farms | | 1,868,110 | |
| | | | 4,346,910 | |
| | Financial Services — 11.6% | | | |
32,000 | | Altisource Portfolio Solutions (1) | | 837,120 | |
12,500 | | Bank of Hawaii | | 539,875 | |
75,100 | | Brookline Bancorp | | 731,474 | |
127,620 | | CVB Financial | | 971,188 | |
43,700 | | Genpact (1) | | 694,830 | |
121,100 | | Gleacher (1) | | 272,475 | |
21,608 | | Health Care REIT | | 1,104,169 | |
51,000 | | Hilltop Holdings (1) | | 509,490 | |
17,350 | | Hudson Valley Holding | | 339,192 | |
27,100 | | Investment Technology Group (1) | | 385,904 | |
87,600 | | Investors REIT | | 770,880 | |
53,200 | | Knight Capital Group (1) | | 693,196 | |
59,900 | | Lazard LP Class A | | 2,210,310 | |
23,300 | | MB Financial | | 346,937 | |
16,800 | | National Retail Properties REIT | | 455,280 | |
164,100 | | Ocwen Financial (1) | | 1,416,183 | |
66,600 | | Old National Bancorp | | 630,036 | |
51,100 | | Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT (1) | | 1,001,049 | |
19,700 | | Primerica (1) | | 416,064 | |
76,900 | | Redwood Trust REIT | | 1,090,442 | |
42,100 | | Reinsurance Group of America | | 2,107,947 | |
31,900 | | Simmons First National | | 867,361 | |
53,100 | | Texas Capital Bancshares (1) | | 963,765 | |
24,500 | | Westamerica Bancorporation | | 1,225,490 | |
| | | | 20,580,657 | |
| | Health Care — 12.8% | | | |
36,500 | | Accretive Health (1) | | 393,470 | |
45,500 | | Alimera Sciences (1) | | 489,125 | |
11,600 | | Amedisys (1) | | 295,336 | |
34,100 | | AMERIGROUP (1) | | 1,422,993 | |
58,400 | | Centene (1) | | 1,303,488 | |
26,100 | | Cepheid (1) | | 549,144 | |
44,100 | | Cooper | | 2,175,894 | |
32,500 | | Emergency Medical Services (1) | | 1,767,350 | |
26,600 | | Haemonetics (1) | | 1,453,690 | |
13,400 | | HMS Holdings (1) | | 805,474 | |
118,600 | | Inspire Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 830,200 | |
15,300 | | IPC The Hospitalist (1) | | 490,059 | |
150,000 | | Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 265,500 | |
56,600 | | Masimo | | 1,707,622 | |
85,100 | | Omnicare | | 2,052,612 | |
19,300 | | Onyx Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 517,819 | |
55,100 | | Seattle Genetics (1) | | 903,089 | |
62,300 | | Sun Healthcare Group (1) | | 592,473 | |
81,400 | | Team Health Holdings (1) | | 1,086,690 | |
11,500 | | Techne | | 700,580 | |
55,400 | | VCA Antech (1) | | 1,145,118 | |
11,000 | | Volcano (1) | | 268,620 | |
38,700 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 1,381,203 | |
| | | | 22,597,549 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 7.6% | | | |
37,800 | | AMCOL International | | 1,048,572 | |
42,200 | | Apogee Enterprises | | 442,678 | |
53,400 | | Cabot | | 1,816,668 | |
83,900 | | Graham Packaging (1) | | 1,000,927 | |
15,800 | | Innophos Holdings | | 580,176 | |
67,300 | | Jaguar Mining (1) | | 435,431 | |
11,100 | | Kaiser Aluminum | | 499,389 | |
72,400 | | Metals USA Holdings (1) | | 865,180 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
55,600 | | Olin | | 1,111,444 | |
37,600 | | Pan American Silver (3) | | 1,200,192 | |
16,900 | | Royal Gold | | 836,719 | |
35,200 | | Smurfit-Stone Container (1) | | 809,600 | |
56,300 | | Sonoco Products | | 1,886,050 | |
77,800 | | Wausau Paper (1) | | 656,632 | |
| | | | 13,189,658 | |
| | Other Energy — 5.1% | | | |
150,100 | | Helix Energy Solutions Group (1) | | 1,904,769 | |
62,100 | | Penn Virginia | | 920,322 | |
291,600 | | Ram Power (1) (3) | | 621,035 | |
70,800 | | SM Energy | | 2,950,944 | |
37,500 | | STR Holdings (1) | | 931,875 | |
67,700 | | Superior Energy Services (1) | | 1,869,874 | |
| | | | 9,198,819 | |
| | Producer Durables — 9.4% | | | |
15,200 | | Allegiant Travel | | 715,768 | |
54,500 | | Arkansas Best | | 1,380,485 | |
23,300 | | Baldor Electric | | 979,066 | |
27,000 | | Columbus McKinnon (1) | | 474,120 | |
37,700 | | Compass Diversified Holdings | | 642,031 | |
57,300 | | EnPro Industries (1) | | 2,013,522 | |
30,200 | | ESCO Technologies | | 1,035,256 | |
27,000 | | FEI (1) | | 587,520 | |
49,300 | | FTI Consulting (1) | | 1,748,178 | |
49,600 | | GrafTech International (1) | | 816,912 | |
74,400 | | Great Lakes Dredge & Dock | | 460,536 | |
79,000 | | Hawaiian Holdings (1) | | 578,280 | |
36,150 | | IDEX | | 1,304,292 | |
18,000 | | Michael Baker (1) | | 588,240 | |
62,500 | | Navigant Consulting (1) | | 571,875 | |
20,100 | | Rofin-Sinar Technologies (1) | | 561,393 | |
29,163 | | Stantec (1) (3) | | 806,855 | |
19,000 | | Towers Watson | | 976,980 | |
22,600 | | Tutor Perini (1) | | 524,546 | |
| | | | 16,765,855 | |
| | Technology — 17.2% | | | |
28,400 | | AboveNet (1) | | 1,615,676 | |
105,200 | | Anadigics (1) | | 712,204 | |
84,300 | | Ariba (1) | | 1,583,154 | |
184,800 | | Art Technology Group (1) | | 774,312 | |
257,700 | | Atmel (1) | | 2,283,222 | |
150,400 | | China Security & Surveillance Technology (1) | | 812,160 | |
62,500 | | comScore (1) | | 1,469,375 | |
60,000 | | Digital River (1) | | 2,235,600 | |
57,900 | | Gartner (1) | | 1,834,851 | |
32,400 | | Informatica (1) | | 1,318,356 | |
181,000 | | Integrated Device Technology (1) | | 1,066,090 | |
64,500 | | Kenexa (1) | | 1,179,705 | |
55,300 | | Methode Electronics | | 513,737 | |
129,900 | | Mitel Networks (1) | | 862,536 | |
76,500 | | Netscout Systems (1) | | 1,795,455 | |
97,760 | | Parametric Technology (1) | | 2,098,907 | |
27,300 | | Progress Software (1) | | 1,020,201 | |
61,200 | | QLogic (1) | | 1,075,284 | |
32,600 | | Scansource (1) | | 976,044 | |
54,100 | | Smart Technologies (1) | | 702,759 | |
41,900 | | Standard Microsystems (1) | | 1,011,466 | |
19,100 | | Syniverse Holdings (1) | | 582,359 | |
60,500 | | Tekelec (1) | | 787,710 | |
6,100 | | TNS (1) | | 116,754 | |
82,700 | | Websense (1) | | 1,663,924 | |
| | | | 30,091,841 | |
| | Utilities — 4.2% | | | |
53,900 | | Cleco | | 1,685,453 | |
45,100 | | NorthWestern | | 1,342,627 | |
122,000 | | Pike Electric (1) | | 922,320 | |
51,800 | | Unisource Energy | | 1,816,626 | |
62,900 | | Westar Energy | | 1,591,370 | |
| | | | 7,358,396 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $127,097,262) | | 155,145,785 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANY — 1.5% | | | |
37,600 | | iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (Cost $2,647,281) | | 2,643,656 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (4) — 11.5% | | | |
20,319,506 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% (Cost $20,319,506) | | 20,319,506 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.9% (Cost $150,064,049) | | 178,108,947 | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.9)% | | (1,526,368 | ) |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 176,582,579 | |
| | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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(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 October 31, 2010. |
| |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
LP — Limited Partnership |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
Ser — Series |
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Auto & Transportation | | $ | 3,135,681 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 3,135,681 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 27,880,419 | | — | | — | | 27,880,419 | |
Consumer Staples | | 4,346,910 | | — | | — | | 4,346,910 | |
Financial Services | | 20,580,657 | | — | | — | | 20,580,657 | |
Health Care | | 22,597,549 | | — | | — | | 22,597,549 | |
Materials & Processing | | 13,189,658 | | — | | — | | 13,189,658 | |
Other Energy | | 9,198,819 | | — | | — | | 9,198,819 | |
Producer Durables | | 16,765,855 | | — | | — | | 16,765,855 | |
Technology | | 30,091,841 | | — | | — | | 30,091,841 | |
Utilities | | 7,358,396 | | — | | — | | 7,358,396 | |
| | 155,145,785 | | — | | — | | 155,145,785 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Investment Company | | 2,643,656 | | — | | — | | 2,643,656 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 20,319,506 | | — | | — | | 20,319,506 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 178,108,947 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 178,108,947 | |
There were no significant transfers between the levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
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
October 31, 2010
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 84.4% | | | |
| | Auto & Transportation — 1.1% | | | |
17,900 | | Ryder System | | 783,125 | |
12,700 | | Wabtec | | 594,868 | |
| | | | 1,377,993 | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 14.3% | | | |
18,400 | | Bally Technologies (1) | | 663,872 | |
23,300 | | Carter’s (1) | | 580,170 | |
19,800 | | Copart (1) | | 670,428 | |
18,100 | | Dick’s Sporting Goods (1) | | 521,642 | |
18,200 | | DreamWorks Animation SKG (1) | | 642,460 | |
32,300 | | Interpublic Group of Cos. (1) | | 334,305 | |
11,200 | | Lamar Advertising Class A (1) | | 380,688 | |
3,000 | | Liberty Media - Starz, Ser A (1) | | 196,560 | |
23,000 | | Life Time Fitness (1) | | 830,990 | |
10,700 | | Magna International Class A | | 968,778 | |
21,500 | | Men’s Wearhouse | | 525,460 | |
69,300 | | Monster Worldwide (1) | | 1,251,558 | |
37,900 | | Penske Automotive Group (1) | | 509,755 | |
28,900 | | Rent-A-Center | | 726,546 | |
80,100 | | Republic Services | | 2,387,781 | |
12,200 | | Ritchie Bros Auctioneers | | 258,396 | |
21,100 | | Ross Stores | | 1,244,689 | |
66,200 | | Scientific Games Class A (1) | | 522,980 | |
13,400 | | Strayer Education | | 1,873,722 | |
67,600 | | VeriSign (1) | | 2,349,100 | |
| | | | 17,439,880 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 1.1% | | | |
91,800 | | Dean Foods (1) | | 954,720 | |
5,300 | | JM Smucker | | 340,684 | |
| | | | 1,295,404 | |
| | Financial Services — 14.2% | | | |
13,300 | | Bank of Hawaii | | 574,427 | |
82,800 | | Chimera Investment REIT | | 339,480 | |
39,900 | | Comerica | | 1,427,622 | |
26,500 | | Cullen/Frost Bankers | | 1,389,660 | |
8,100 | | Digital Realty Trust REIT | | 483,813 | |
77,800 | | HCC Insurance Holdings | | 2,060,144 | |
16,600 | | Health Care REIT | | 848,260 | |
53,200 | | KKR | | 674,576 | |
35,800 | | Knight Capital Group (1) | | 466,474 | |
14,800 | | LaSalle Hotel Properties REIT | | 350,612 | |
44,000 | | Lazard LP Class A | | 1,623,600 | |
12,200 | | PartnerRe | | 967,704 | |
110,500 | | People’s United Financial | | 1,360,255 | |
22,300 | | Reinsurance Group of America | | 1,116,561 | |
19,900 | | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers REIT | | 953,608 | |
7,000 | | West America Bancorp | | 350,140 | |
22,500 | | Willis Group Holdings | | 715,500 | |
56,000 | | WR Berkley | | 1,541,120 | |
| | | | 17,243,556 | |
| | Health Care — 14.5% | | | |
5,300 | | Alexion Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 361,990 | |
18,100 | | AMERIGROUP (1) | | 755,313 | |
16,300 | | CareFusion (1) | | 393,482 | |
30,100 | | DaVita (1) | | 2,159,675 | |
28,400 | | DENTSPLY International | | 891,476 | |
32,100 | | Emdeon Class A (1) | | 437,523 | |
24,100 | | Emergency Medical Services (1) | | 1,310,558 | |
13,275 | | Furiex Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 152,795 | |
12,700 | | Gen-Probe (1) | | 615,061 | |
18,600 | | Hologic (1) | | 297,972 | |
11,900 | | Hospira (1) | | 707,812 | |
35,200 | | Life Technologies (1) | | 1,766,336 | |
20,000 | | LifePoint Hospitals (1) | | 678,400 | |
43,500 | | Masimo | | 1,312,395 | |
30,600 | | Nektar Therapeutics (1) | | 445,842 | |
8,400 | | Onyx Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 225,372 | |
84,900 | | Pharmaceutical Product Development | | 2,191,269 | |
54,800 | | Universal Health Services Class B | | 2,261,596 | |
18,600 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 663,834 | |
| | | | 17,628,701 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 10.7% | | | |
18,200 | | Airgas | | 1,290,926 | |
39,000 | | Cabot | | 1,326,780 | |
17,800 | | Cabot Microelectronics (1) | | 687,614 | |
93,600 | | Crown Holdings (1) | | 3,012,984 | |
72,800 | | Pactiv (1) | | 2,415,504 | |
12,300 | | Pan American Silver (2) | | 392,616 | |
17,800 | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | | 744,930 | |
6,800 | | Royal Gold | | 336,668 | |
34,100 | | Silgan Holdings | | 1,150,875 | |
37,988 | | Sino-Forest (1) (2) | | 751,632 | |
88,670 | | Yamana Gold | | 974,484 | |
| | | | 13,085,013 | |
| | Other Energy — 2.2% | | | |
3,300 | | Cimarex Energy | | 253,275 | |
13,100 | | Concho Resources (1) | | 899,577 | |
38,000 | | SM Energy | | 1,583,840 | |
| | | | 2,736,692 | |
| | Producer Durables — 7.1% | | | |
32,300 | | Aecom Technology (1) | | 855,627 | |
6,300 | | Baldor Electric | | 264,726 | |
24,900 | | Deluxe | | 508,956 | |
21,000 | | Dover | | 1,115,100 | |
35,450 | | IDEX | | 1,279,036 | |
34,700 | | Iron Mountain | | 756,113 | |
16,100 | | Kennametal | | 549,654 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
12,400 | | Regal-Beloit | | 715,604 | |
86,500 | | Steelcase | | 727,465 | |
64,100 | | Verisk Analytics Class A (1) | | 1,910,821 | |
| | | | 8,683,102 | |
| | Technology — 12.7% | | | |
95,200 | | Amdocs (1) | | 2,920,736 | |
155,100 | | Atmel (1) | | 1,374,186 | |
85,000 | | Brocade Communications Systems (1) | | 537,200 | |
10,400 | | Citrix Systems (1) | | 666,328 | |
31,800 | | Digital River (1) | | 1,184,868 | |
115,700 | | Integrated Device Technology (1) | | 681,473 | |
51,100 | | Molex | | 1,037,330 | |
53,200 | | National Semiconductor | | 728,840 | |
88,200 | | Parametric Technology (1) | | 1,893,654 | |
42,000 | | QLogic (1) | | 737,940 | |
13,600 | | Rovi (1) | | 688,840 | |
29,000 | | SRA International (1) | | 580,290 | |
191,800 | | Tellabs | | 1,308,076 | |
36,100 | | TIBCO Software (1) | | 693,842 | |
11,400 | | VeriFone Systems (1) | | 385,662 | |
| | | | 15,419,265 | |
| | Telecommunication Services — 1.3% | | | |
27,900 | | NII Holdings (1) | | 1,166,499 | |
21,100 | | tw telecom (1) | | 388,240 | |
| | | | 1,554,739 | |
| | Utilities — 5.2% | | | |
15,500 | | Cleco | | 484,685 | |
33,500 | | Energen | | 1,495,440 | |
27,800 | | MetroPCS Communications (1) | | 289,398 | |
57,400 | | NeuStar Class A (1) | | 1,481,494 | |
29,200 | | Northeast Utilities | | 913,376 | |
23,600 | | Portland General Electric | | 493,240 | |
23,000 | | Southern Union | | 577,990 | |
21,400 | | Westar Energy | | 541,420 | |
| | | | 6,277,043 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK | | | |
| | (Cost $90,416,568) | | 102,741,388 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 3.9% | | | |
22,600 | | iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund | | 1,589,006 | |
34,100 | | iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund | | 3,198,921 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENT | | | |
| | COMPANIES (Cost $4,581,686) | | 4,787,927 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (3) — 14.0% | | | |
17,040,621 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% | | | |
| | (Cost $17,040,621) | | 17,040,621 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.3% | | | |
| | (Cost $112,038,875) | | 124,569,936 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (2.3)% | | (2,837,849 | ) |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 121,732,087 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Canadian domiciled company. |
(3) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2010. |
LP — Limited Partnership |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
Ser — Series |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Auto & Transportation | | $ | 1,377,993 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 1,377,993 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 17,439,880 | | — | | — | | 17,439,880 | |
Consumer Staples | | 1,295,404 | | — | | — | | 1,295,404 | |
Financial Services | | 17,243,556 | | — | | — | | 17,243,556 | |
Health Care | | 17,628,701 | | — | | — | | 17,628,701 | |
Materials & Processing | | 13,085,013 | | — | | — | | 13,085,013 | |
Other Energy | | 2,736,692 | | — | | — | | 2,736,692 | |
Producer Durables | | 8,683,102 | | — | | — | | 8,683,102 | |
Technology | | 15,419,265 | | — | | — | | 15,419,265 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 1,554,739 | | — | | — | | 1,554,739 | |
Utilities | | 6,277,043 | | — | | — | | 6,277,043 | |
| | 102,741,388 | | — | | — | | 102,741,388 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Investment Companies | | 4,787,927 | | — | | — | | 4,787,927 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 17,040,621 | | — | | — | | 17,040,621 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 124,569,936 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 124,569,936 | |
There were no significant transfers between the levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2010
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 92.7% | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Argentina — 0.0% | | | |
3,900 | | MercadoLibre (1) | | 257,907 | |
| | | | | |
| | Bahamas — 0.0% | | | |
5,400 | | Steiner Leisure (1) | | 209,358 | |
| | | | | |
| | Bermuda — 0.5% | | | |
11,252 | | Accenture | | 503,077 | |
11,200 | | Aspen Insurance Holdings | | 317,744 | |
5,100 | | Axis Capital Holdings | | 173,451 | |
12,800 | | Knightsbridge Tankers | | 278,144 | |
14,600 | | Marvell Technology Group (1) | | 281,926 | |
25,600 | | Montpelier Re Holdings | | 468,992 | |
1,900 | | PartnerRe | | 150,708 | |
13,400 | | Validus Holdings | | 380,024 | |
| | | | 2,554,066 | |
| | Canada — 2.6% | | | |
4,300 | | AG Growth International | | 174,718 | |
20,400 | | AGF Management Class B | | 331,758 | |
7,400 | | Agrium | | 655,244 | |
15,700 | | AltaGas Income Trust | | 313,877 | |
21,700 | | ARC Energy Trust | | 459,174 | |
3,100 | | Atco Class I | | 158,666 | |
8,100 | | Baytex Energy Trust (Canada) | | 302,090 | |
6,900 | | Bird Construction Income Fund | | 255,305 | |
28,700 | | CAE | | 322,238 | |
15,900 | | Cameco | | 492,340 | |
5,596 | | Canadian Natural Resources | | 203,925 | |
9,700 | | Canadian Oil Sands Trust | | 243,333 | |
6,000 | | Canadian Utilities Class A | | 288,488 | |
1,700 | | CCL Industries | | 49,887 | |
7,100 | | Crescent Point Energy | | 281,519 | |
10,200 | | Davis & Henderson Income Fund | | 204,420 | |
19,600 | | Daylight Energy | | 191,018 | |
5,100 | | Domtar | | 404,736 | |
6,200 | | EnCana | | 175,309 | |
9,700 | | Flint Energy Services (1) | | 151,655 | |
20,600 | | Freehold Royalty Trust | | 384,140 | |
9,900 | | Great-West Lifeco | | 258,844 | |
28,900 | | HudBay Minerals | | 456,659 | |
6,100 | | IGM Financial | | 258,392 | |
3,100 | | Keyera Facilities Income Fund | | 96,295 | |
700 | | Laurentian Bank of Canada | | 30,400 | |
7,500 | | Loblaw | | 320,787 | |
20,000 | | Manulife Financial | | 253,411 | |
7,900 | | Migao (1) | | 56,213 | |
1,500 | | Mosaid Technologies | | 39,970 | |
5,700 | | National Bank of Canada | | 375,543 | |
7,000 | | Petrominerales | | 179,517 | |
14,500 | | Peyto Energy Trust | | 219,869 | |
9,200 | | Power Corp. of Canada | | 256,975 | |
8,500 | | Power Financial | | 256,193 | |
8,896 | | Research In Motion (1) | | 506,484 | |
16,200 | | Rogers Communications Class B | | 590,825 | |
3,800 | | Royal Bank of Canada | | 202,848 | |
8,600 | | Teck Resources (Canada) Class B | | 384,886 | |
8,200 | | Tim Hortons | | 308,566 | |
5,000 | | TMX Group | | 166,454 | |
6,807 | | Toronto-Dominion Bank | | 490,700 | |
9,900 | | TransCanada | | 366,015 | |
7,879 | | Vermilion Energy | | 308,850 | |
1,700 | | Zargon Energy Trust | | 34,003 | |
22,100 | | Zarlink Semiconductor (1) | | 44,898 | |
| | | | 12,507,437 | |
| | Cayman Islands — 0.0% | | | |
2,900 | | Consolidated Water | | 29,667 | |
| | | | | |
| | China — 0.1% | | | |
10,000 | | China Automotive Systems (1) | | 156,200 | |
11,600 | | China Sky One Medical (1) | | 105,676 | |
27,600 | | China TransInfo Technology (1) | | 160,356 | |
| | | | 422,232 | |
| | Ireland — 0.2% | | | |
21,300 | | Seagate Technology (1) | | 312,045 | |
30,500 | | XL Group | | 645,075 | |
| | | | 957,120 | |
| | Israel — 0.1% | | | |
6,500 | | Check Point Software Technologies ADR (1) | | 277,875 | |
4,900 | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR | | 254,310 | |
| | | | 532,185 | |
| | Puerto Rico — 0.0% | | | |
8,400 | | Triple-S Management (1) | | 141,708 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 0.7% | | | |
27,300 | | ACE | | 1,622,166 | |
15,088 | | Garmin | | 495,490 | |
4,600 | | Transocean (1) | | 291,456 | |
15,300 | | Tyco Electronics | | 484,704 | |
9,800 | | Tyco International | | 375,144 | |
| | | | 3,268,960 | |
| | United States — 88.5% | | | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 9.2% | | | |
6,200 | | Advance Auto Parts | | 402,876 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
14,406 | | Amazon.com (1) | | 2,379,007 | |
7,300 | | Best Buy | | 313,754 | |
4,800 | | Big Lots (1) | | 150,576 | |
23,900 | | Coach | | 1,195,000 | |
108,200 | | Comcast Class A | | 2,226,756 | |
10,900 | | Cooper Tire & Rubber | | 213,749 | |
6,400 | | Darden Restaurants | | 292,544 | |
3,000 | | Deckers Outdoor (1) | | 174,300 | |
43,556 | | DIRECTV (1) | | 1,892,944 | |
10,650 | | Dollar Tree (1) | | 546,451 | |
12,900 | | Expedia | | 373,455 | |
13,100 | | Family Dollar Stores | | 604,827 | |
70,900 | | Ford Motor (1) | | 1,001,817 | |
3,800 | | Fossil (1) | | 224,162 | |
1,800 | | Fuel Systems Solutions (1) | | 73,764 | |
16,200 | | Gentex | | 323,676 | |
10,300 | | Guess? | | 400,876 | |
20,900 | | Hasbro | | 966,625 | |
11,900 | | Hillenbrand | | 255,731 | |
39,893 | | Home Depot | | 1,231,896 | |
12,000 | | Johnson Controls | | 421,440 | |
6,600 | | JOS A Bank Clothiers (1) | | 287,760 | |
6,100 | | Kirkland’s (1) | | 82,045 | |
14,900 | | Limited Brands | | 437,911 | |
15,400 | | Lowe’s | | 328,482 | |
44,727 | | Mattel | | 1,043,481 | |
53,081 | | McDonald’s | | 4,128,109 | |
31,600 | | News Class A | | 456,936 | |
21,500 | | Nike Class B | | 1,750,960 | |
18,778 | | Nordstrom | | 723,141 | |
25,823 | | Omnicom Group | | 1,135,179 | |
10,900 | | PetSmart | | 407,987 | |
7,000 | | Polaris Industries | | 497,630 | |
7,878 | | Polo Ralph Lauren | | 763,221 | |
500 | | priceline.com (1) | | 188,405 | |
15,500 | | RadioShack | | 312,015 | |
13,726 | | Ross Stores | | 809,697 | |
13,500 | | Scripps Networks Interactive | | 687,015 | |
8,200 | | Sherwin-Williams | | 598,354 | |
15,800 | | Starbucks | | 449,984 | |
5,700 | | Steven Madden (1) | | 241,110 | |
40,500 | | Target | | 2,103,570 | |
14,700 | | Tiffany | | 779,100 | |
62,945 | | Time Warner | | 2,046,342 | |
5,500 | | Time Warner Cable | | 318,285 | |
28,598 | | TJX | | 1,312,362 | |
7,600 | | Tractor Supply | | 300,960 | |
12,200 | | TRW Automotive Holdings (1) | | 557,418 | |
12,700 | | Tupperware Brands | | 569,087 | |
16,600 | | Universal Travel Group (1) | | 92,960 | |
8,100 | | Valassis Communications (1) | | 267,300 | |
8,600 | | VF | | 715,864 | |
45,700 | | Viacom Class B | | 1,763,563 | |
58,372 | | Walt Disney | | 2,107,813 | |
20,200 | | Wyndham Worldwide | | 580,750 | |
7,600 | | Yum! Brands | | 376,656 | |
| | | | 44,887,678 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 9.6% | | | |
52,200 | | Altria Group | | 1,326,924 | |
6,500 | | Archer-Daniels-Midland | | 216,580 | |
12,067 | | Avon Products | | 367,440 | |
2,800 | | Church & Dwight | | 184,380 | |
87,758 | | Coca-Cola | | 5,381,321 | |
9,591 | | Colgate-Palmolive | | 739,658 | |
26,373 | | Costco Wholesale | | 1,655,433 | |
40,617 | | CVS Caremark | | 1,223,384 | |
7,700 | | Energizer Holdings (1) | | 575,806 | |
5,200 | | Flowers Foods | | 132,496 | |
42,200 | | General Mills | | 1,584,188 | |
19,865 | | HJ Heinz | | 975,570 | |
10,313 | | Hormel Foods | | 473,573 | |
16,237 | | Kellogg | | 816,071 | |
21,400 | | Kimberly-Clark | | 1,355,476 | |
47,800 | | Kraft Foods Class A | | 1,542,506 | |
20,600 | | Kroger | | 453,200 | |
14,700 | | Lorillard | | 1,254,498 | |
13,512 | | McCormick | | 597,501 | |
6,400 | | Nu Skin Enterprises | | 195,840 | |
76,524 | | PepsiCo | | 4,997,017 | |
87,091 | | Philip Morris International | | 5,094,823 | |
121,111 | | Procter & Gamble | | 7,699,026 | |
46,374 | | Sysco | | 1,366,178 | |
43,141 | | Walgreen | | 1,461,617 | |
93,723 | | Wal-Mart Stores | | 5,076,975 | |
| | | | 46,747,481 | |
| | Energy — 10.5% | | | |
8,900 | | Alliance Resource Partners LP | | 523,676 | |
13,100 | | Anadarko Petroleum | | 806,567 | |
20,000 | | Apache | | 2,020,400 | |
11,200 | | Arch Coal | | 275,408 | |
7,500 | | Atwood Oceanics (1) | | 243,825 | |
3,700 | | Buckeye Partners LP | | 234,247 | |
93,420 | | Chevron | | 7,717,426 | |
58,859 | | ConocoPhillips | | 3,496,225 | |
20,500 | | Consol Energy | | 753,580 | |
2,600 | | Continental Resources (1) | | 123,578 | |
28,600 | | Devon Energy | | 1,859,572 | |
4,900 | | Enbridge Energy Partners | | 301,301 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
14,552 | | Ensco International ADR | | 674,340 | |
13,800 | | EOG Resources | | 1,320,936 | |
202,290 | | Exxon Mobil | | 13,446,216 | |
9,400 | | Forest Oil (1) | | 288,862 | |
4,900 | | Gulf Island Fabrication | | 111,916 | |
44,737 | | Halliburton | | 1,425,321 | |
1,500 | | Hess | | 94,545 | |
11,200 | | Hornbeck Offshore Services (1) | | 249,088 | |
9,700 | | James River Coal (1) | | 167,907 | |
37,200 | | Marathon Oil | | 1,323,204 | |
8,800 | | MarkWest Energy Partners LP | | 335,456 | |
8,820 | | Murphy Oil | | 574,711 | |
26,800 | | National Oilwell Varco | | 1,440,768 | |
13,000 | | Natural Resource Partners LP | | 377,000 | |
13,800 | | Noble | | 476,514 | |
6,800 | | Noble Energy | | 554,064 | |
6,100 | | NuStar Energy LP | | 384,300 | |
34,633 | | Occidental Petroleum | | 2,723,193 | |
4,100 | | ONEOK Partners LP | | 321,153 | |
11,800 | | Peabody Energy | | 624,220 | |
13,000 | | Penn Virginia GP Holdings LP | | 326,430 | |
11,300 | | Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP | | 304,535 | |
6,100 | | Rowan (1) | | 200,690 | |
42,872 | | Schlumberger | | 2,996,324 | |
4,200 | | Southern Union | | 105,546 | |
3,300 | | Southwestern Energy (1) | | 111,705 | |
3,100 | | Sunoco Logistics Partners LP | | 247,969 | |
10,000 | | TC Pipelines LP | | 492,500 | |
29,800 | | Tetra Technologies (1) | | 290,848 | |
12,900 | | Tidewater | | 595,077 | |
3,600 | | Unit (1) | | 141,228 | |
25,200 | | W&T Offshore | | 274,176 | |
10,400 | | Williams | | 223,808 | |
| | | | 51,580,355 | |
| | Financials — 13.7% | | | |
15,500 | | Advance America Cash Advance Centers | | 77,345 | |
30,400 | | Aflac | | 1,699,056 | |
3,000 | | Agree Realty REIT | | 76,500 | |
40,900 | | Allstate | | 1,247,041 | |
44,027 | | American Express | | 1,825,359 | |
25,300 | | American Financial Group | | 773,674 | |
20,700 | | Annaly Capital Management REIT | | 366,597 | |
14,600 | | Anworth Mortgage Asset REIT | | 102,346 | |
15,600 | | Apollo Investment (1) | | 171,444 | |
16,300 | | Ares Capital | | 272,862 | |
2,300 | | Arlington Asset Investment | | 54,487 | |
11,500 | | Arthur J Gallagher | | 323,840 | |
15,100 | | Assurant | | 597,054 | |
408,650 | | Bank of America | | 4,674,956 | |
7,500 | | Bank of Hawaii | | 323,925 | |
29,700 | | Bank of New York Mellon | | 744,282 | |
3,600 | | Bank of the Ozarks | | 136,836 | |
25,100 | | Banner | | 41,666 | |
38,298 | | BB&T | | 896,556 | |
62,900 | | Berkshire Hathaway (1) | | 5,004,324 | |
32,000 | | BGC Partners Class A | | 222,080 | |
24,400 | | Brookfield Properties | | 421,953 | |
13,500 | | Calamos Asset Management | | 161,865 | |
13,500 | | Capital One Financial | | 503,145 | |
12,600 | | Capstead Mortgage REIT | | 143,640 | |
3,800 | | Charles Schwab | | 58,520 | |
48,100 | | Chimera Investment REIT | | 197,210 | |
8,844 | | Chubb | | 513,129 | |
946,122 | | Citigroup (1) | | 3,945,329 | |
1,200 | | CME Group | | 347,580 | |
13,300 | | CNA Financial (1) | | 368,676 | |
34,700 | | CNO Financial Group (1) | | 188,768 | |
17,000 | | Commerce Bancshares | | 626,280 | |
7,000 | | CommonWealth REIT | | 178,150 | |
2,500 | | Credicorp | | 314,700 | |
13,800 | | Cullen/Frost Bankers | | 723,672 | |
37,200 | | CVB Financial | | 283,092 | |
8,100 | | Delphi Financial Group Class A | | 219,267 | |
34,318 | | Discover Financial Services | | 605,713 | |
13,900 | | Equity One REIT | | 259,930 | |
14,700 | | Federated Investors Class B | | 366,177 | |
2,700 | | Financial Institutions | | 48,735 | |
4,800 | | First Financial Holdings | | 50,160 | |
4,300 | | Flushing Financial | | 56,545 | |
4,000 | | Franklin Resources | | 458,800 | |
22,723 | | Goldman Sachs Group | | 3,657,267 | |
1,200 | | Great Southern Bancorp | | 26,988 | |
26,000 | | Hartford Financial Services Group | | 623,480 | |
8,600 | | Hatteras Financial REIT | | 251,808 | |
10,900 | | HCC Insurance Holdings | | 288,632 | |
13,400 | | Hercules Technology Growth Capital | | 136,412 | |
22,500 | | Horace Mann Educators | | 420,525 | |
174,063 | | JPMorgan Chase | | 6,549,991 | |
45,100 | | Kimco Realty REIT | | 777,073 | |
5,600 | | Life Partners Holdings | | 103,936 | |
8,600 | | Loews | | 339,528 | |
5,200 | | Mercury General | | 220,896 | |
28,800 | | MetLife | | 1,161,504 | |
44,700 | | MFA Financial REIT | | 353,577 | |
79,100 | | Morgan Stanley | | 1,967,217 | |
5,000 | | NBT Bancorp | | 110,250 | |
19,600 | | Northern Trust | | 972,748 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
9,900 | | NYSE Euronext | | 303,336 | |
8,000 | | OneBeacon Insurance Group | | 112,640 | |
29,800 | | PNC Financial Services Group | | 1,606,220 | |
7,800 | | Potlatch REIT | | 265,590 | |
4,600 | | Principal Financial Group | | 123,464 | |
34,200 | | Prospect Capital | | 338,238 | |
16,300 | | Protective Life | | 390,711 | |
15,400 | | Prudential Financial | | 809,732 | |
16,100 | | Rayonier REIT | | 840,420 | |
16,700 | | Redwood Trust REIT | | 236,806 | |
18,400 | | Regions Financial | | 115,920 | |
18,100 | | Selective Insurance Group | | 306,252 | |
15,563 | | Simon Property Group REIT | | 1,494,359 | |
7,000 | | StanCorp Financial Group | | 300,300 | |
2,100 | | State Auto Financial | | 32,886 | |
9,000 | | State Street | | 375,840 | |
10,800 | | SunTrust Banks | | 270,216 | |
5,400 | | SVB Financial Group (1) | | 234,036 | |
1,800 | | T. Rowe Price Group | | 99,486 | |
5,500 | | TowneBank | | 79,750 | |
10,100 | | Transatlantic Holdings | | 531,260 | |
29,081 | | Travelers | | 1,605,271 | |
23,100 | | Trustco Bank NY | | 124,509 | |
51,051 | | U.S. Bancorp | | 1,234,413 | |
2,500 | | United Fire & Casualty | | 50,075 | |
6,300 | | Universal Insurance Holdings | | 28,665 | |
26,400 | | Unum Group | | 591,888 | |
14,100 | | Waddell & Reed Financial Class A | | 409,887 | |
10,300 | | Weingarten Realty Investors REIT | | 248,539 | |
194,272 | | Wells Fargo | | 5,066,614 | |
2,100 | | World Acceptance (1) | | 90,615 | |
| | | | 66,953,036 | |
| | Health Care — 10.5% | | | |
74,933 | | Abbott Laboratories | | 3,845,562 | |
33,313 | | Aetna | | 994,726 | |
5,300 | | Affymax (1) | | 26,871 | |
23,802 | | AmerisourceBergen | | 781,182 | |
47,926 | | Amgen (1) | | 2,740,888 | |
25,100 | | Ariad Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 92,368 | |
38,700 | | AVI BioPharma (1) | | 82,044 | |
34,272 | | Baxter International | | 1,744,445 | |
15,500 | | Becton Dickinson | | 1,170,560 | |
7,600 | | Biogen Idec (1) | | 476,596 | |
2,800 | | BioMarin Pharmaceutical (1) | | 73,248 | |
2,100 | | Bio-Rad Laboratories (1) | | 190,302 | |
85,171 | | Bristol-Myers Squibb | | 2,291,100 | |
5,000 | | Catalyst Health Solutions (1) | | 189,250 | |
10,500 | | Celgene (1) | | 651,735 | |
2,500 | | Cepheid (1) | | 52,600 | |
3,100 | | Cerner (1) | | 272,273 | |
4,700 | | Covance (1) | | 220,853 | |
11,362 | | DaVita (1) | | 815,223 | |
1,500 | | Dionex (1) | | 133,845 | |
47,861 | | Eli Lilly | | 1,684,707 | |
2,200 | | Emergent Biosolutions (1) | | 39,754 | |
3,700 | | Enzon Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 41,625 | |
30,900 | | Exelixis (1) | | 137,814 | |
28,124 | | Express Scripts (1) | | 1,364,576 | |
9,200 | | Genzyme (1) | | 663,596 | |
21,702 | | Gilead Sciences (1) | | 860,918 | |
4,800 | | Hospira (1) | | 285,504 | |
6,900 | | Incyte (1) | | 114,954 | |
123,484 | | Johnson & Johnson | | 7,862,226 | |
8,200 | | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (1) | | 666,824 | |
1,900 | | Martek Biosciences (1) | | 41,705 | |
18,003 | | McKesson | | 1,187,838 | |
7,700 | | Medco Health Solutions (1) | | 404,481 | |
4,900 | | Mednax (1) | | 290,129 | |
60,403 | | Medtronic | | 2,126,790 | |
144,807 | | Merck | | 5,253,598 | |
1,700 | | OncoGenex Pharmaceutical (1) | | 26,843 | |
8,500 | | Parexel International (1) | | 182,750 | |
288,747 | | Pfizer | | 5,024,198 | |
10,300 | | Pharmaceutical Product Development | | 265,843 | |
18,300 | | Quest Diagnostics | | 899,262 | |
6,600 | | ResMed (1) | | 210,342 | |
14,600 | | Sciclone Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 49,202 | |
18,700 | | St. Jude Medical (1) | | 716,210 | |
30,499 | | Stryker | | 1,509,396 | |
4,900 | | Thermo Fisher Scientific (1) | | 251,958 | |
25,600 | | UnitedHealth Group | | 922,880 | |
2,600 | | US Physical Therapy (1) | | 48,802 | |
7,700 | | Varian Medical Systems (1) | | 486,794 | |
10,908 | | Waters (1) | | 808,610 | |
| | | | 51,275,800 | |
| | Industrials — 9.4% | | | |
36,335 | | 3M | | 3,060,133 | |
5,100 | | Alaska Air Group (1) | | 269,280 | |
6,500 | | AO Smith | | 364,195 | |
3,700 | | AZZ | | 137,418 | |
26,600 | | Boeing | | 1,879,024 | |
32,008 | | Caterpillar | | 2,515,829 | |
11,100 | | CH Robinson Worldwide | | 782,328 | |
14,200 | | Crane | | 543,292 | |
25,566 | | CSX | | 1,571,031 | |
7,400 | | Cummins | | 651,940 | |
6,500 | | Danaher | | 281,840 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
25,600 | | Deere | | 1,966,080 | |
13,800 | | Deluxe | | 282,072 | |
8,300 | | Donaldson | | 404,376 | |
6,800 | | Dover | | 361,080 | |
5,000 | | Equifax | | 165,650 | |
12,800 | | Expeditors International of Washington | | 631,808 | |
2,100 | | FedEx | | 184,212 | |
7,279 | | Flowserve | | 727,900 | |
8,600 | | Fluor | | 414,434 | |
2,647 | | General Dynamics | | 180,314 | |
391,389 | | General Electric | | 6,270,052 | |
11,700 | | Goodrich | | 960,219 | |
6,300 | | Graco | | 216,783 | |
50,691 | | Honeywell International | | 2,388,053 | |
9,000 | | Hubbell Class B | | 486,180 | |
26,200 | | Illinois Tool Works | | 1,197,340 | |
13,800 | | ITT | | 651,222 | |
23,500 | | Lockheed Martin | | 1,675,315 | |
22,593 | | Norfolk Southern | | 1,389,243 | |
9,100 | | Precision Castparts | | 1,242,878 | |
6,500 | | Rockwell Collins | | 393,315 | |
8,500 | | Teledyne Technologies (1) | | 353,345 | |
12,200 | | Textainer Group Holdings | | 316,956 | |
6,800 | | Toro | | 385,968 | |
28,000 | | Union Pacific | | 2,455,040 | |
53,364 | | United Parcel Service Class B | | 3,593,532 | |
45,195 | | United Technologies | | 3,379,230 | |
9,032 | | WW Grainger | | 1,120,239 | |
| | | | 45,849,146 | |
| | Information Technology — 16.4% | | | |
48,700 | | Advanced Micro Devices (1) | | 356,971 | |
8,600 | | Altera | | 268,406 | |
47,800 | | Amkor Technology (1) | | 344,638 | |
7,000 | | Analog Devices | | 235,690 | |
38,939 | | Apple (1) | | 11,715,577 | |
20,200 | | BMC Software (1) | | 918,292 | |
6,200 | | Cabot Microelectronics (1) | | 239,506 | |
2,300 | | CACI International Class A (1) | | 115,276 | |
18,400 | | Cirrus Logic (1) | | 236,440 | |
211,885 | | Cisco Systems (1) | | 4,837,334 | |
4,900 | | Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A (1) | | 319,431 | |
12 | | Computer Sciences | | 589 | |
13,500 | | Corning | | 246,780 | |
100,499 | | Dell (1) | | 1,445,176 | |
5,400 | | Diebold | | 165,510 | |
67,900 | | eBay (1) | | 2,024,099 | |
111,000 | | EMC (1) | | 2,332,110 | |
10,349 | | Google Class A (1) | | 6,343,834 | |
26,300 | | GSI Technology (1) | | 182,785 | |
19,467 | | Harris | | 879,714 | |
106,933 | | Hewlett-Packard | | 4,497,602 | |
5,900 | | Hittite Microwave (1) | | 304,853 | |
9,500 | | iGate | | 194,180 | |
257,574 | | Intel | | 5,169,510 | |
7,400 | | InterDigital (1) | | 248,418 | |
58,294 | | International Business Machines | | 8,371,018 | |
4,200 | | j2 Global Communications (1) | | 110,670 | |
22,900 | | Kulicke & Soffa Industries (1) | | 142,438 | |
12,800 | | Lender Processing Services | | 369,152 | |
16,700 | | Lexmark International Class A (1) | | 635,101 | |
5,700 | | Loral Space & Communications (1) | | 317,091 | |
2,100 | | Mantech International Class A (1) | | 82,341 | |
1,300 | | Mastercard Class A | | 312,078 | |
21,400 | | Micrel | | 254,874 | |
11,900 | | Microchip Technology | | 382,942 | |
349,150 | | Microsoft | | 9,301,356 | |
41,300 | | Motorola (1) | | 336,595 | |
10,300 | | Nanometrics (1) | | 138,741 | |
4,600 | | NetApp (1) | | 244,950 | |
68,500 | | ON Semiconductor (1) | | 525,395 | |
130,181 | | Oracle | | 3,827,321 | |
48,677 | | QUALCOMM | | 2,196,793 | |
10,800 | | Rosetta Stone (1) | | 250,020 | |
1,000 | | Salesforce.com (1) | | 116,070 | |
28,000 | | SanDisk (1) | | 1,052,240 | |
9,700 | | Skyworks Solutions (1) | | 222,227 | |
41,300 | | Symantec (1) | | 668,234 | |
13,800 | | Synopsys (1) | | 353,004 | |
16,600 | | Teradata (1) | | 653,376 | |
67,222 | | Texas Instruments | | 1,987,755 | |
9,900 | | Veeco Instruments (1) | | 414,315 | |
11,500 | | Visa | | 898,955 | |
23,448 | | Western Digital (1) | | 750,805 | |
86,100 | | Xerox | | 1,007,370 | |
36,700 | | Xilinx | | 983,927 | |
| | | | 80,529,875 | |
| | Materials — 3.7% | | | |
3,000 | | Air Products & Chemicals | | 254,910 | |
7,800 | | Arch Chemicals | | 276,978 | |
14,300 | | Ball | | 920,348 | |
26,500 | | Bemis | | 841,640 | |
12,700 | | Buckeye Technologies | | 229,235 | |
4,282 | | CF Industries Holdings | | 524,673 | |
32,900 | | Dow Chemical | | 1,014,307 | |
4,100 | | Eastman Chemical | | 322,137 | |
50,600 | | EI du Pont de Nemours | | 2,392,368 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | |
28,000 | | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold | | 2,651,040 | |
59,800 | | Hecla Mining (1) | | 412,022 | |
6,900 | | Kaiser Aluminum | | 310,431 | |
14 | | Lubrizol | | 1,435 | |
29,040 | | Monsanto | | 1,725,557 | |
3,800 | | NewMarket | | 450,376 | |
29,700 | | Newmont Mining | | 1,807,839 | |
18,200 | | PPG Industries | | 1,395,940 | |
3,300 | | Praxair | | 301,422 | |
17,800 | | RPM International | | 368,638 | |
4,800 | | Scotts Miracle-Gro Class A | | 256,320 | |
11,000 | | Sealed Air | | 254,650 | |
10,400 | | Sensient Technologies | | 336,024 | |
22,800 | | Sonoco Products | | 763,800 | |
1,200 | | Terra Nitrogen | | 137,700 | |
| | | | 17,949,790 | |
| | Telecommunication Services — 3.0% | | | |
274,539 | | AT&T | | 7,824,361 | |
23,900 | | CenturyLink | | 988,982 | |
13,000 | | NII Holdings (1) | | 543,530 | |
1,900 | | Shenandoah Telecommunications (1) | | 34,675 | |
15,800 | | tw telecom (1) | | 290,720 | |
130,630 | | Verizon Communications | | 4,241,556 | |
67,900 | | Windstream | | 859,614 | |
| | | | 14,783,438 | |
| | Utilities — 2.5% | | | |
2,800 | | Amerigas Partners LP | | 130,144 | |
13,600 | | Centerpoint Energy | | 225,216 | |
28,700 | | CMS Energy | | 527,506 | |
20,360 | | Consolidated Edison | | 1,012,299 | |
6,500 | | Dominion Resources | | 282,490 | |
10,900 | | DPL | | 284,490 | |
21,500 | | Duke Energy | | 391,515 | |
11,547 | | Edison International | | 426,084 | |
44,471 | | Emerson Electric | | 2,441,458 | |
3,500 | | Energen | | 156,240 | |
40,100 | | Exelon | | 1,636,882 | |
6,200 | | FirstEnergy | | 225,184 | |
31,356 | | Frontier Communications | | 275,306 | |
1,400 | | IDACORP | | 51,520 | |
3,500 | | Integrys Energy Group | | 186,165 | |
6,000 | | MDU Resources Group | | 119,580 | |
14,800 | | NeuStar Class A (1) | | 381,988 | |
4,500 | | Northwest Natural Gas | | 221,805 | |
23,837 | | PG&E | | 1,139,886 | |
16,900 | | Piedmont Natural Gas | | 498,381 | |
34,208 | | Southern | | 1,295,457 | |
19,600 | | Xcel Energy | | 467,656 | |
| | | | 12,377,252 | |
| | Total United States | | 432,933,851 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $422,806,272) | | 453,814,491 | |
| | | | | |
| | RIGHT — 0.0% | | | |
| | United States — 0.0% | | | |
7,363 | | Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Expires 06/30/11 (1) (Cost $7,363) | | 343 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (2) — 7.9% | | | |
38,449,588 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% (Cost $38,449,588) | | 38,449,588 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.6% (Cost $461,263,223) | | 492,264,422 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.6)% | | (2,961,789 | ) |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 489,302,633 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
(2) The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2010.
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
CAD — Canadian Dollar
LP — Limited Partnership
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
USD — United States Dollar
A summary of the open futures contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2010, is as follows:
| | Number of | | | | | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Unrealized | |
Contract | | Long | | Date | | Appreciation | |
S&P 500 Index E-MINI | | 584 | | Dec-2010 | | $ | 2,290,230 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2010, is as follows:
Settlement | | | | | | Unrealized | | | |
Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | Depreciation | | Counterparty | |
11/19/10 | | CAD | 13,610,535 | | USD | 13,347,273 | | $ | (5,235 | ) | Royal Bank of Canada | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Argentina | | $ | 257,907 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 257,907 | |
Bahamas | | 209,358 | | — | | — | | 209,358 | |
Bermuda | | 2,554,066 | | — | | — | | 2,554,066 | |
Canada | | 12,507,437 | | — | | — | | 12,507,437 | |
Cayman Islands | | 29,667 | | — | | — | | 29,667 | |
China | | 422,232 | | — | | — | | 422,232 | |
Ireland | | 957,120 | | — | | — | | 957,120 | |
Israel | | 532,185 | | — | | — | | 532,185 | |
Puerto Rico | | 141,708 | | — | | — | | 141,708 | |
Switzerland | | 3,268,960 | | — | | — | | 3,268,960 | |
United States | | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 44,887,678 | | — | | — | | 44,887,678 | |
Consumer Staples | | 46,747,481 | | — | | — | | 46,747,481 | |
Energy | | 51,580,355 | | — | | — | | 51,580,355 | |
Financials | | 66,953,036 | | — | | — | | 66,953,036 | |
Health Care | | 51,275,800 | | — | | — | | 51,275,800 | |
Industrials | | 45,849,146 | | — | | — | | 45,849,146 | |
Information Technology | | 80,529,875 | | — | | — | | 80,529,875 | |
Materials | | 17,949,790 | | — | | — | | 17,949,790 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 14,783,438 | | — | | — | | 14,783,438 | |
Utilities | | 12,377,252 | | — | | — | | 12,377,252 | |
| | 432,933,851 | | — | | — | | 432,933,851 | |
Right | | | | | | | | | |
United States | | 343 | | — | | — | | 343 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 38,449,588 | | — | | — | | 38,449,588 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 492,264,422 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 492,264,422 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 2,290,230 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 2,290,230 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | — | | (5,235 | ) | — | | (5,235 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | 2,290,230 | | $ | (5,235 | ) | $ | — | | $ | 2,284,995 | |
There were no significant transfers between the levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2010
Principal Amount ($) | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (1) — 36.9% | | | |
| | Abbott Laboratories | | | |
255,000 | | 4.125%, 05/27/20 | | 275,066 | |
| | Advance Auto Parts | | | |
340,000 | | 5.750%, 05/01/20 | | 374,339 | |
| | Air Canada (2) | | | |
355,000 | | 9.250%, 08/01/15 | | 371,863 | |
| | Alliance One International | | | |
240,000 | | 10.000%, 07/15/16 | | 265,200 | |
| | Altria Group | | | |
305,000 | | 9.950%, 11/10/38 | | 440,698 | |
| | Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide (2) | | | |
40,000 | | 7.750%, 01/15/19 | | 51,809 | |
525,000 | | 5.375%, 11/15/14 | | 593,654 | |
| | AT&T | | | |
605,000 | | 6.550%, 02/15/39 | | 691,527 | |
| | Atlas Energy Operating LLC | | | |
55,000 | | 10.750%, 02/01/18 | | 62,150 | |
| | Atmos Energy | | | |
125,000 | | 8.500%, 03/15/19 | | 161,463 | |
| | Avis Budget Car Rental LLC (2) | | | |
360,000 | | 8.250%, 01/15/19 | | 365,400 | |
| | Bank of America | | | |
230,000 | | 6.000%, 09/01/17 | | 247,813 | |
585,000 | | 5.650%, 05/01/18 | | 616,643 | |
| | Bank of Nova Scotia (3) | | | |
1,405,000 | | 0.589%, 10/18/12 | | 1,404,452 | |
| | Barclays Bank | | | |
610,000 | | 6.750%, 05/22/19 | | 725,947 | |
755,000 | | 5.140%, 10/14/20 | | 748,086 | |
| | Berkshire Hathaway (3) | | | |
1,225,000 | | 0.834%, 02/11/13 | | 1,231,908 | |
| | Berry Petroleum | | | |
375,000 | | 6.750%, 11/01/20 | | 388,125 | |
| | Browning-Ferris Industries | | | |
165,000 | | 7.400%, 09/15/35 | | 200,216 | |
| | Calpine (2) | | | |
330,000 | | 7.875%, 07/31/20 | | 347,325 | |
| | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (2) | | | |
1,360,000 | | 2.000%, 02/04/13 | | 1,396,573 | |
| | Case New Holland | | | |
265,000 | | 7.750%, 09/01/13 | | 290,837 | |
| | CBS | | | |
200,000 | | 4.300%, 02/15/21 | | 198,707 | |
| | Cenovus Energy | | | |
170,000 | | 6.750%, 11/15/39 | | 204,246 | |
| | Cequel Communications Holding I LLC (2) | | | |
325,000 | | 8.625%, 11/15/17 | | 349,375 | |
| | Cie de Financement Foncier (2) | | | |
500,000 | | 2.125%, 04/22/13 | | 510,876 | |
| | Clearwater Paper (2) | | | |
370,000 | | 7.125%, 11/01/18 | | 388,500 | |
| | CNA Financial | | | |
470,000 | | 7.350%, 11/15/19 | | 530,587 | |
| | Commonwealth Edison | | | |
290,000 | | 4.000%, 08/01/20 | | 302,872 | |
| | Consolidated Edison of New York | | | |
85,000 | | 4.450%, 06/15/20 | | 93,224 | |
| | Continental Airlines (2) | | | |
255,000 | | 6.750%, 09/15/15 | | 266,794 | |
| | COX Communications (2) | | | |
275,000 | | 8.375%, 03/01/39 | | 362,725 | |
| | Credit Suisse NY | | | |
995,000 | | 6.000%, 02/15/18 | | 1,119,631 | |
| | Crosstex Energy | | | |
245,000 | | 8.875%, 02/15/18 | �� | 265,825 | |
| | CSX | | | |
175,000 | | 6.150%, 05/01/37 | | 190,640 | |
| | CVS Caremark | | | |
310,000 | | 5.750%, 06/01/17 | | 358,107 | |
| | DaVita | | | |
395,000 | | 6.375%, 11/01/18 | | 404,875 | |
| | Delta Air Lines (2) | | | |
266,000 | | 9.500%, 09/15/14 | | 293,930 | |
| | Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV | | | |
275,000 | | 8.750%, 06/15/30 | | 382,578 | |
| | Digital Realty Trust (2) | | | |
425,000 | | 5.875%, 02/01/20 | | 452,647 | |
| | DnB Boligkreditt (2) | | | |
595,000 | | 2.100%, 10/14/15 | | 596,754 | |
| | Duke Energy Carolinas LLC | | | |
60,000 | | 4.300%, 06/15/20 | | 65,378 | |
| | DuPont Fabros Technology | | | |
375,000 | | 8.500%, 12/15/17 | | 407,812 | |
| | EI du Pont de Nemours | | | |
265,000 | | 4.900%, 01/15/41 | | 261,916 | |
| | El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating LLC | | | |
310,000 | | 6.500%, 04/01/20 | | 339,682 | |
| | Enbridge Energy Partners | | | |
190,000 | | 5.500%, 09/15/40 | | 186,650 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Principal Amount ($) | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | Energy Transfer Partners LP | | | |
280,000 | | 9.000%, 04/15/19 | | 357,859 | |
100,000 | | 7.500%, 07/01/38 | | 116,122 | |
| | EQT | | | |
60,000 | | 8.125%, 06/01/19 | | 73,942 | |
| | Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA (2) | | | |
325,000 | | 8.500%, 12/15/16 | | 321,750 | |
| | Finland Government International Bond (2) | | | |
705,000 | | 1.250%, 10/19/15 | | 702,738 | |
| | Ford Motor Credit LLC | | | |
255,000 | | 6.625%, 08/15/17 | | 285,596 | |
| | Frontier Communications (2) | | | |
75,000 | | 8.500%, 04/15/20 | | 87,000 | |
255,000 | | 8.125%, 10/01/18 | | 291,975 | |
| | Goldman Sachs Group | | | |
570,000 | | 5.375%, 03/15/20 | | 604,215 | |
870,000 | | 3.700%, 08/01/15 | | 901,869 | |
| | GXS Worldwide (2) | | | |
320,000 | | 9.750%, 06/15/15 | | 332,000 | |
| | Hartford Financial Services Group | | | |
245,000 | | 5.500%, 03/30/20 | | 250,916 | |
| | HCA | | | |
185,000 | | 7.250%, 09/15/20 | | 203,269 | |
| | Helix Energy Solutions Group (2) | | | |
310,000 | | 9.500%, 01/15/16 | | 322,400 | |
| | Hess | | | |
250,000 | | 6.000%, 01/15/40 | | 270,536 | |
| | HSBC Bank (2) | | | |
415,000 | | 3.500%, 06/28/15 | | 439,908 | |
| | Jabil Circuit | | | |
370,000 | | 5.625%, 12/15/20 | | 370,740 | |
| | JC Penney | | | |
245,000 | | 5.750%, 02/15/18 | | 241,937 | |
| | JPMorgan Chase | | | |
580,000 | | 4.250%, 10/15/20 | | 585,410 | |
| | JPMorgan Chase Bank | | | |
475,000 | | 6.000%, 10/01/17 | | 541,355 | |
| | JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVII | | | |
240,000 | | 7.000%, 11/01/39 | | 243,535 | |
| | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners | | | |
195,000 | | 6.500%, 09/01/39 | | 207,575 | |
| | Kraft Foods | | | |
230,000 | | 6.875%, 02/01/38 | | 273,808 | |
125,000 | | 5.375%, 02/10/20 | | 140,305 | |
| | Macy’s Retail Holdings | | | |
260,000 | | 6.700%, 07/15/34 | | 259,350 | |
| | Magellan Midstream Partners LP | | | |
60,000 | | 6.550%, 07/15/19 | | 71,460 | |
| | Marathon Oil | | | |
51,000 | | 7.500%, 02/15/19 | | 65,785 | |
| | MarkWest Energy Partners | | | |
255,000 | | 6.750%, 11/01/20 | | 262,013 | |
| | McDonald’s | | | |
405,000 | | 6.300%, 03/01/38 | | 485,355 | |
| | McKesson | | | |
225,000 | | 7.500%, 02/15/19 | | 282,120 | |
| | Midamerican Energy Holdings | | | |
345,000 | | 5.750%, 04/01/18 | | 400,428 | |
| | Nabors Industries (2) | | | |
195,000 | | 6.150%, 02/15/18 | | 217,488 | |
| | NBC Universal (2) | | | |
435,000 | | 5.150%, 04/30/20 | | 472,932 | |
575,000 | | 4.375%, 04/01/21 | | 588,521 | |
| | Nevada Power, Series L | | | |
85,000 | | 5.875%, 01/15/15 | | 97,732 | |
| | Newell Rubbermaid | | | |
220,000 | | 4.700%, 08/15/20 | | 229,151 | |
| | Newmont Mining | | | |
185,000 | | 6.250%, 10/01/39 | | 208,380 | |
| | Nextel Communications | | | |
70,000 | | 6.875%, 10/31/13 | | 70,875 | |
| | Nisource Finance | | | |
145,000 | | 6.125%, 03/01/22 | | 165,237 | |
| | Nordstrom | | | |
235,000 | | 6.750%, 06/01/14 | | 274,393 | |
155,000 | | 4.750%, 05/01/20 | | 165,307 | |
| | Norfolk Southern | | | |
190,000 | | 5.900%, 06/15/19 | | 224,610 | |
| | Pacific LifeCorp (2) | | | |
280,000 | | 6.000%, 02/10/20 | | 300,751 | |
| | PepsiCo | | | |
280,000 | | 4.875%, 11/01/40 | | 279,556 | |
| | Petrobras International Finance | | | |
185,000 | | 5.750%, 01/20/20 | | 207,874 | |
| | Petrohawk Energy (2) | | | |
300,000 | | 7.250%, 08/15/18 | | 312,750 | |
| | Plains All American Pipeline | | | |
55,000 | | 8.750%, 05/01/19 | | 70,342 | |
| | Plains Exploration & Production | | | |
305,000 | | 7.625%, 04/01/20 | | 330,163 | |
| | Pride International | | | |
315,000 | | 6.875%, 08/15/20 | | 358,312 | |
| | Prudential Financial | | | |
260,000 | | 4.750%, 09/17/15 | | 283,825 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Principal Amount ($) | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | Qwest | | | |
115,000 | | 7.625%, 06/15/15 | | 133,112 | |
| | Rent-A-Center (2) | | | |
370,000 | | 6.625%, 11/15/20 | | 375,550 | |
| | Republic Services (2) | | | |
60,000 | | 5.250%, 11/15/21 | | 66,699 | |
| | Reynolds American | | | |
470,000 | | 7.625%, 06/01/16 | | 553,902 | |
210,000 | | 7.250%, 06/15/37 | | 219,273 | |
| | Reynolds Group Issuer (2) | | | |
375,000 | | 7.125%, 04/15/19 | | 392,812 | |
| | Royal Bank of Canada | | | |
205,000 | | 2.625%, 12/15/15 | | 213,567 | |
| | Royal Bank of Scotland (2) | | | |
1,525,000 | | 2.625%, 05/11/12 | | 1,557,377 | |
| | Sabra Health Care (2) | | | |
370,000 | | 8.125%, 11/01/18 | | 384,800 | |
| | Severstal Columbus LLC (2) | | | |
105,000 | | 10.250%, 02/15/18 | | 111,825 | |
| | Simon Property Group | | | |
70,000 | | 5.650%, 02/01/20 | | 79,224 | |
| | Sino-Forest (2) | | | |
275,000 | | 6.250%, 10/21/17 | | 277,406 | |
| | Sparebanken 1 Boligkreditt (2) | | | |
365,000 | | 1.250%, 10/25/13 | | 366,300 | |
| | Svenska Handelsbanken (2) | | | |
515,000 | | 4.875%, 06/10/14 | | 567,588 | |
| | Symantec | | | |
415,000 | | 4.200%, 09/15/20 | | 418,827 | |
| | Talisman Energy | | | |
290,000 | | 6.250%, 02/01/38 | | 316,498 | |
| | Teck Resources | | | |
135,000 | | 10.750%, 05/15/19 | | 172,719 | |
| | Telecom Italia Capital | | | |
500,000 | | 6.175%, 06/18/14 | | 559,103 | |
| | Time Warner | | | |
325,000 | | 6.100%, 07/15/40 | | 347,275 | |
| | TransCanada PipeLines | | | |
125,000 | | 6.100%, 06/01/40 | | 140,007 | |
| | United Business Media (2) | | | |
315,000 | | 5.750%, 11/03/20 | | 320,148 | |
| | UnitedHealth Group | | | |
270,000 | | 5.700%, 10/15/40 | | 270,194 | |
| | Univision Communications (2) | | | |
335,000 | | 7.875%, 11/01/20 | | 353,425 | |
| | US Bank | | | |
440,000 | | 4.950%, 10/30/14 | | 494,689 | |
| | Vale Overseas | | | |
105,000 | | 5.625%, 09/15/19 | | 117,952 | |
| | Valero Energy | | | |
295,000 | | 6.125%, 02/01/20 | | 327,122 | |
90,000 | | 4.500%, 02/01/15 | | 96,697 | |
| | Wachovia Bank (3) | | | |
685,000 | | 0.834%, 11/03/14 | | 656,091 | |
| | Wal-Mart Stores | | | |
720,000 | | 3.625%, 07/08/20 | | 737,222 | |
| | Waste Management | | | |
95,000 | | 4.750%, 06/30/20 | | 102,354 | |
| | Watson Pharmaceuticals | | | |
285,000 | | 6.125%, 08/15/19 | | 332,104 | |
| | WellPoint | | | |
110,000 | | 5.800%, 08/15/40 | | 110,533 | |
| | Whirlpool | | | |
160,000 | | 8.000%, 05/01/12 | | 174,655 | |
| | Windstream (2) | | | |
330,000 | | 7.875%, 11/01/17 | | 362,175 | |
| | WPP Finance UK | | | |
295,000 | | 8.000%, 09/15/14 | | 351,703 | |
| | Yum! Brands | | | |
150,000 | | 6.875%, 11/15/37 | | 173,575 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $44,092,663) | | 46,871,398 | |
| | | | | |
| | U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — 33.5% | | | |
| | FHLMC | | | |
1,246,175 | | 5.500%, 05/01/38 | | 1,336,634 | |
1,559,456 | | 5.500%, 07/01/39 | | 1,674,606 | |
2,254,601 | | 5.000%, 08/01/40 | | 2,392,796 | |
1,574,193 | | 4.500%, 10/15/24 | | 1,677,084 | |
| | FHLMC Gold | | | |
142,624 | | 6.500%, 07/01/32 | | 157,167 | |
11,280 | | 6.000%, 12/01/28 | | 12,566 | |
| | FHLMC IO REMIC (3) (4) | | | |
30 | | 1161.253% NM, 01/15/22 | | 722 | |
| | FHLMC REMIC | | | |
741,000 | | 4.500%, 12/15/32 | | 800,216 | |
| | FHLMC TBA | | | |
5,050,000 | | 4.000%, 11/15/40 | | 5,199,132 | |
2,245,000 | | 3.500%, 12/15/25 | | 2,315,857 | |
| | FNMA | | | |
61,796 | | 7.500%, 12/01/29 | | 69,443 | |
1 | | 7.000%, 12/01/10 | | 1 | |
75,734 | | 6.000%, 12/01/28 | | 82,272 | |
118,785 | | 6.000%, 10/01/29 | | 129,040 | |
1,871,486 | | 6.000%, 05/01/36 | | 2,033,068 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Principal Amount ($) | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
1,545,736 | | 6.000%, 09/01/37 | | 1,679,193 | |
882,794 | | 5.500%, 11/01/34 | | 948,393 | |
2,874,909 | | 5.500%, 10/01/35 | | 3,088,537 | |
2,452,485 | | 5.500%, 07/01/38 | | 2,634,725 | |
2,230,682 | | 5.000%, 07/01/18 | | 221,534 | |
1,449,710 | | 5.000%, 07/01/18 | | 153,216 | |
581,344 | | 5.000%, 10/01/29 | | 620,058 | |
352,471 | | 4.000%, 11/01/40 | | 363,729 | |
233,076 | | 3.950%, 05/25/34 | | 232,924 | |
| | FNMA REMIC | | | |
2,171,842 | | 5.500%, 01/25/19 | | 222,805 | |
420,000 | | 5.000%, 04/25/34 | | 459,344 | |
271,389 | | 5.000%, 07/25/37 | | 296,904 | |
| | FNMA TBA | | | |
155,000 | | 4.000%, 11/30/40 | | 159,844 | |
| | GNMA | | | |
11,653 | | 8.000%, 11/15/17 | | 13,151 | |
9,942 | | 8.000%, 06/15/26 | | 11,220 | |
63,340 | | 7.000%, 09/15/23 | | 71,364 | |
94,608 | | 6.000%, 10/20/32 | | 103,610 | |
293,895 | | 6.000%, 06/20/35 | | 324,079 | |
1,473,000 | | 5.000%, 12/20/33 | | 1,614,902 | |
515,000 | | 4.500%, 06/16/27 | | 562,498 | |
1,135,000 | | 4.500%, 06/20/27 | | 1,242,504 | |
920,000 | | 4.500%, 06/20/39 (5) | | 974,050 | |
905,000 | | 4.500%, 08/20/40 | | 978,565 | |
482,000 | | 4.000%, 09/20/38 | | 504,960 | |
2,975,017 | | 3.000%, 07/20/40 | | 3,077,260 | |
1,140,422 | | 0.776%, 12/20/38 | | 1,146,665 | |
1,239,046 | | 0.756%, 07/20/37 | | 1,245,174 | |
53,294 | | 0.706%, 11/20/38 | | 53,501 | |
| | GNMA IO (2) (4) | | | |
262,474 | | 4.500%, 11/20/32 | | 23,667 | |
936,065 | | 4.500%, 06/20/33 | | 102,209 | |
| | GNMA TBA | | | |
1,515,000 | | 4.000%, 11/01/40 | | 1,575,127 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (Cost $42,037,855) | | 42,586,316 | |
| | | | | |
| | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (1) — 30.0% | | | |
| | U.S. Treasury Bill (6) | | | |
8,700,000 | | 0.093%, 12/02/10 | | 8,699,165 | |
5,000,000 | | 0.149%, 12/23/10 | | 4,998,990 | |
| | U.S. Treasury Bond | | | |
4,740,000 | | 4.375%, 05/15/40 | | 5,049,602 | |
| | U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Note | | | |
1,255,000 | | 2.500%, 01/15/29 | | 1,573,901 | |
| | U.S. Treasury Note | | | |
6,285,000 | | 2.625%, 08/15/20 | | 6,291,876 | |
8,105,000 | | 1.250%, 09/30/15 | | 8,144,261 | |
3,160,000 | | 0.500%, 10/15/13 | | 3,160,246 | |
130,000 | | 0.375%, 09/30/12 | | 130,112 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $37,986,003) | | 38,048,153 | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS — 7.6% | | | |
| | Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2002-TOP6, Class A2 | | | |
900,115 | | 6.460%, 10/15/36 | | 947,331 | |
| | Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2005-T20, Class A4A (3) | | | |
986,000 | | 5.149%, 10/12/42 | | 1,085,760 | |
| | Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series T14 (3) | | | |
453,000 | | 5.200%, 01/12/41 | | 491,895 | |
| | Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities, Series CKN2 | | | |
575,000 | | 6.133%, 04/15/37 | | 603,549 | |
| | Four Times Square Trust (2) | | | |
793,000 | | 5.401%, 12/13/28 | | 864,712 | |
| | GS Mortgage Securities II, Series C1 | | | |
427,000 | | 4.592%, 08/10/43 | | 454,578 | |
| | JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities (2) | | | |
870,000 | | 4.070%, 11/15/43 | | 875,881 | |
| | LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2001-C7, Class A5 | | | |
835,000 | | 6.133%, 12/15/30 | | 867,011 | |
| | LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2002-C7, Class A4 | | | |
350,000 | | 4.960%, 12/15/31 | | 374,491 | |
| | Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2003-T11, Class A4 | | | |
1,225,000 | | 5.150%, 06/13/41 | | 1,325,074 | |
| | OBP Depositor LLC Trust (2) | | | |
760,000 | | 4.646%, 07/15/45 | | 817,256 | |
| | Vornado DP LLC, Series VNO | | | |
926,000 | | 4.004%, 09/13/28 | | 939,285 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (Cost $9,371,175) | | 9,646,823 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Principal | | | | | |
Amount ($)/Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.7% | | | |
| | Texas — 0.4% | | | |
580,000 | | University of Texas System, RB | | | |
| | 4.794%, 08/15/46 | | 556,295 | |
| | | | | |
| | Utah — 0.3% | | | |
315,000 | | State of Utah, GO | | | |
| | 3.539%, 07/01/25 | | 309,466 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost $895,000) | | 865,761 | |
| | | | | |
| | COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.3% | | | |
| | NCUA Guaranteed Notes (5) | | | |
285,000 | | 1.840%, 10/07/20 | | 286,113 | |
| | Residential Accredit Loans, Series 1999-QS4, Class A1 | | | |
19,087 | | 6.250%, 03/25/14 | | 19,558 | |
| | Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Series 2001-CPB1, Class A (3) | | | |
10,285 | | 3.023%, 12/25/30 | | 10,678 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $314,495) | | 316,349 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (7) — 0.5% | | | |
675,363 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% (Cost $675,363) | | 675,363 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 109.5% (Cost $135,372,554) | | 139,010,163 | |
| | OTHER LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (9.5)% | | (12,030,349 | ) |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 126,979,814 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Securities, or a portion of these securities, have been pledged as collateral on open derivative positions and mortgage dollar rolls. |
(2) | 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 October 31, 2010, the value of these securities amounted to $18,558,268 representing 14.6% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(3) | Variable Rate Security — Rate disclosed is as of October 31, 2010. |
(4) | Security considered illiquid. On October 31, 2010 the value of these securities amounted to $126,598 representing 0.1% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(5) | Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements). |
(6) | Zero Coupon Security — Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase. |
(7) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2010. |
FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
GO — General Obligation
IO — Interest Only
LLC — Limited Liability Corporation
LP — Limited Partnership
NM — Not Meaningful
RB — Revenue Bond
REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
TBA — To Be Announced
A summary of the open futures contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2010, is as follows:
| | Number of | | | | Unrealized | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Appreciation | |
Contract | | Long (Short) | | Date | | (Depreciation) | |
Australian 10-Year Bond | | 23 | | Dec-2010 | | $ | (36,166 | ) |
Canadian 10-Year Bond | | 27 | | Dec-2010 | | 13,307 | |
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note | | (159) | | Dec-2010 | | (39,977 | ) |
U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note | | (17) | | Dec-2010 | | (14,373 | ) |
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | | (26) | | Dec-2010 | | (27,638 | ) |
U.S. Long Treasury Bond | | (15) | | Dec-2010 | | 61,381 | |
| | | | | | $ | (43,466 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Obligations | | $ | — | | $ | 46,871,398 | | $ | — | | $ | 46,871,398 | |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | — | | 42,586,316 | | — | | 42,586,316 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | — | | 38,048,153 | | — | | 38,048,153 | |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | — | | 9,646,823 | | — | | 9,646,823 | |
Municipal Bonds | | — | | 865,761 | | — | | 865,761 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | — | | 316,349 | | — | | 316,349 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 675,363 | | — | | — | | 675,363 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 675,363 | | $ | 138,334,800 | | $ | — | | $ | 139,010,163 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 74,688 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 74,688 | |
Futures — Unrealized Depreciation | | (118,154 | ) | — | | — | | (118,154 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | (43,466 | ) | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | (43,466 | ) |
There were no significant transfers between the levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
Schedule of Investments *
October 31, 2010
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | EQUITIES — 42.3% | | | |
| | Domestic Equity — 19.6% | | | |
354 | | iShares S&P 500 Index Fund | | 42,069 | |
139,225 | | Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Investor Shares (1) (2) | | 1,563,501 | |
| | | | 1,605,570 | |
| | International Equities — 22.7% | | | |
3,056 | | iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund | | 190,358 | |
5,915 | | iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund | | 337,214 | |
3,598 | | iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund | | 163,997 | |
24,829 | | Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Investor Shares (2) | | 333,199 | |
20,781 | | Schroder International Alpha Fund, Investor Shares (2) | | 218,405 | |
69,808 | | Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, Investor Shares (2) | | 624,783 | |
| | | | 1,867,956 | |
| | TOTAL EQUITIES | | | |
| | (Cost $2,469,038) | | 3,473,526 | |
| | | | | |
| | FIXED INCOME — 34.5% | | | |
| | Corporate Bond — 5.5% | | | |
4,008 | | iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund | | 450,339 | |
| | | | | |
| | Emerging Market Bonds — 12.4% | | | |
30,307 | | PIMCO Developing Local Markets Fund | | 325,194 | |
28,989 | | PIMCO Emerging Local Bond Fund | | 322,937 | |
21,464 | | PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Fund | | 247,689 | |
4,204 | | PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio | | 118,931 | |
| | | | 1,014,751 | |
| | High Yield Bonds — 16.6% | | | |
96,498 | | Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund | | 705,400 | |
65,789 | | T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund | | 658,550 | |
| | | | 1,363,950 | |
| | TOTAL FIXED INCOME | | | |
| | (Cost $2,578,911) | | 2,829,040 | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMODITIES — 8.3% | | | |
77,815 | | PIMCO Commodity RealReturn Strategy Fund | | | |
| | (Cost $598,348) | | 683,218 | |
| | | | | |
| | REAL ESTATE — 5.4% | | | |
3,899 | | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund | | 214,133 | |
6,619 | | iShares S&P World ex-U.S. Property Index Fund | | 227,959 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL REAL ESTATE | | | |
| | (Cost $450,176) | | 442,092 | |
| | | | | |
| | INFRASTRUCTURE — 4.0% | | | |
173,089 | | HSBC Infrastructure | | | |
| | (Cost $314,660) | | 325,491 | |
| | | | | |
| | PRIVATE EQUITY — 0.7% | | | |
5,534 | | PowerShares Listed Private Equity Portfolio | | | |
| | (Cost $64,019) | | 58,439 | |
| | | | | |
| | SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (3) — 4.5% | | | |
369,578 | | JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, 0.040% | | | |
| | (Cost $369,578) | | 369,578 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.7% | | | |
| | (Cost $6,844,730) | | 8,181,384 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.3% | | 26,324 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 8,207,708 | |
| | | | | | |
* | Investment categories are based on the underlying investments of the invested security. |
| |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Affiliated fund. |
(3) | The rate shown represents the 7-day current yield as of October 31, 2010. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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A summary of the open futures contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2010, is as follows:
| | Number of | | | | Unrealized | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Appreciation | |
Contract | | Long (Short) | | Date | | (Depreciation) | |
DJ Euro Stoxx 50 Index | | (8) | | Dec-2010 | | $ | (8,302 | ) |
FTSE Index | | 6 | | Dec-2010 | | 17,102 | |
NASDAQ 100 E-MINI | | 4 | | Dec-2010 | | 19,095 | |
Russell 2000 Index E-MINI | | (6) | | Dec-2010 | | (42,424 | ) |
S&P 500 Index E-MINI | | 7 | | Dec-2010 | | 28,711 | |
| | | | | | $ | 14,182 | |
A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2010, is as follows:
| | | | | | Unrealized | | | |
Settlement | | | | | | Appreciation | | | |
Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | (Depreciation) | | Counterparty | |
11/18/10 | | NZD | | 216,000 | | AUD | | 170,722 | | $ | 2,225 | | Toronto-Dominion Bank | |
12/9/10 | | EUR | | 431,890 | | USD | | 554,338 | | (46,383 | ) | Deutsche Bank | |
12/9/10 | | USD | | 243,613 | | EUR | | 175,425 | | 388 | | Toronto-Dominion Bank | |
1/13/11 | | EUR | | 174,600 | | SEK | | 1,630,000 | | 90 | | Enskilda Securities | |
1/18/11 | | USD | | 77,783 | | KRW | | 87,000,000 | | (88 | ) | Standard Chartered | |
1/18/11 | | USD | | 162,070 | | MYR | | 503,000 | | 536 | | Standard Chartered | |
1/20/11 | | USD | | 388,259 | | SGD | | 508,600 | | 4,759 | | JP Morgan | |
| | | | | | | | | | $ | (38,473 | ) | | |
AUD — Australian Dollar
DJ — Dow Jones
EAFE — Europe, Australasia, and the Far East
EUR — Euro
FTSE — Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange
KRW — Korean Won
MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International
MYR — Malaysian Ringgit
NZD — New Zealand Dollar
S&P — Standard & Poor’s
SEK — Swedish Krone
SGD — Singapore Dollar
USD — United States Dollar
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Equities | | | | | | | | | |
Domestic Equity | | $ | 1,605,570 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 1,605,570 | |
International Equities | | 1,867,956 | | — | | — | | 1,867,956 | |
| | 3,473,526 | | — | | — | | 3,473,526 | |
Fixed Income | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Bond | | 450,339 | | — | | — | | 450,339 | |
Emerging Market Bonds | | 1,014,751 | | — | | — | | 1,014,751 | |
High Yield Bonds | | 1,363,950 | | — | | — | | 1,363,950 | |
| | 2,829,040 | | — | | — | | 2,829,040 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Commodities | | 683,218 | | — | | — | | 683,218 | |
Real Estate | | 442,092 | | — | | — | | 442,092 | |
Infrastructure | | 325,491 | | — | | — | | 325,491 | |
Private Equity | | 58,439 | | — | | — | | 58,439 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Short-Term Investment | | 369,578 | | — | | — | | 369,578 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 8,181,384 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 8,181,384 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 64,908 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 64,908 | |
Futures — Unrealized Depreciation | | (50,726 | ) | — | | — | | (50,726 | ) |
Forwards — Unrealized Appreciation | | — | | 7,998 | | — | | 7,998 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | — | | (46,471 | ) | — | | (46,471 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | 14,182 | | $ | (38,473 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (24,291 | ) |
There were no significant transfers between the levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
October 31, 2010
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | Emerging Market Equity Fund | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 73,792,339 | | $ | 13,213,949 | | $ | 241,948,303 | |
Foreign currency | | 8 | | 40,892 | | 521,906 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 2,534,863 | | 194,673 | | 1,570,441 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 39,908 | | 1,000 | | 1,467,397 | |
Dividends and tax reclaims receivable | | 227,832 | | 56,778 | | 249,405 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 20,258 | | 21,290 | | 20,014 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | — | | 33,255 | | — | |
Unrealized appreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 556,717 | | 58,489 | | 845,915 | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | — | | — | | — | |
Variation margin receivable | | — | | — | | — | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 77,171,925 | | 13,620,326 | | 246,623,381 | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | 2,134,490 | | 223,013 | | 4,127,801 | |
Unrealized depreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 555,570 | | 57,592 | | 843,218 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | — | |
Variation margin payable | | — | | — | | — | |
Income distributions payable | | — | | — | | — | |
Payable for foreign exchange tax | | — | | 7,771 | | 414,215 | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | 38,948 | | — | | 585,555 | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | 37,178 | | — | | 200,327 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 5,859 | | 1,051 | | 19,037 | |
Trustees’ fees payable — Note 6 | | 1,487 | | 1,133 | | 2,539 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 6,195 | | 441 | | 17,685 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 92,764 | | 112,538 | | 155,837 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 2,872,491 | | 403,539 | | 6,366,214 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 74,299,434 | | $ | 13,216,787 | | $ | 240,257,167 | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 74,972,820 | | $ | 14,955,310 | | $ | 212,594,765 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | 279,748 | | 304,453 | | 665,800 | |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (13,274,998 | ) | (3,032,915 | ) | (1,905,815 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | | 12,311,737 | | 987,044 | | 28,901,722 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | — | | — | | — | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 10,127 | | 2,895 | | 695 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 74,299,434 | | $ | 13,216,787 | | $ | 240,257,167 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 46,391,833 | | $ | 11,049,192 | | $ | 152,680,502 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 4,415,432 | | 1,235,035 | | 11,379,788 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 10.51 | | $ | 8.95 | | $ | 13.42 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 27,907,601 | | $ | 2,167,595 | | $ | 87,576,665 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 2,664,703 | | 242,573 | | 6,553,589 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 10.47 | | $ | 8.94 | | $ | 13.36 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 61,480,602 | | $ | 12,226,905 | | $ | 213,046,581 | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | 8 | | $ | 40,499 | | $ | 521,852 | |
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 | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 178,108,947 | | $ | 124,569,936 | | $ | 492,264,422 | | $ | 139,010,163 | |
Foreign currency | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 2,222,717 | | 2,633,277 | | 5,904,608 | | 25,730,512 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 337,543 | | 403,974 | | 220,708 | | 293,540 | |
Dividends and tax reclaims receivable | | 46,148 | | 28,433 | | 545,622 | | 914,016 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 22,947 | | 15,380 | | 41,302 | | 37,951 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | — | | — | | — | | 6,821 | |
Unrealized appreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | 3,212 | | — | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | — | | — | | 2,628,000 | | 401,025 | |
Variation margin receivable | | — | | — | | 11,680 | | 20,139 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 180,738,302 | | 127,651,000 | | 501,619,554 | | 166,414,167 | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | 3,846,651 | | 5,656,017 | | 5,671,455 | | 38,874,057 | |
Unrealized depreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | 1,168 | | — | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | 5,235 | | — | |
Variation margin payable | | — | | — | | — | | 89,798 | |
Income distributions payable | | — | | — | | — | | 331,354 | |
Payable for foreign exchange tax | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | 40,535 | | 91,362 | | 6,375,186 | | 1,023 | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | 148,969 | | 65,801 | | 103,853 | | — | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 14,152 | | 9,365 | | 5,400 | | 10,338 | |
Trustees’ fees payable — Note 6 | | 2,260 | | 1,761 | | 4,412 | | 2,038 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 873 | | 1,900 | | 51 | | 878 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 102,283 | | 92,707 | | 150,161 | | 124,867 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 4,155,723 | | 5,918,913 | | 12,316,921 | | 39,434,353 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 176,582,579 | | $ | 121,732,087 | | $ | 489,302,633 | | $ | 126,979,814 | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 160,171,836 | | $ | 106,852,862 | | $ | 560,981,950 | | $ | 119,843,450 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | — | | (12,074 | ) | 4,999,635 | | (105,856 | ) |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (11,634,155 | ) | 2,360,238 | | (109,963,296 | ) | 3,594,937 | |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | | 28,044,898 | | 12,531,061 | | 31,001,199 | | 3,637,609 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | — | | — | | 2,290,230 | | (43,466 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | — | | — | | (7,085 | ) | 53,140 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 176,582,579 | | $ | 121,732,087 | | $ | 489,302,633 | | $ | 126,979,814 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 173,625,253 | | $ | 111,938,963 | | $ | 489,132,502 | | $ | 122,861,316 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 7,912,258 | | 9,965,758 | | 53,161,659 | | 11,705,407 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 21.94 | | $ | 11.23 | | $ | 9.20 | | $ | 10.50 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 2,957,326 | | $ | 9,793,124 | | $ | 170,131 | | $ | 4,118,498 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 136,098 | | 881,536 | | 18,548 | | 392,009 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 21.73 | | $ | 11.11 | | $ | 9.17 | | $ | 10.51 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 150,064,049 | | $ | 112,038,875 | | $ | 461,263,223 | | $ | 135,372,554 | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
October 31, 2010
| | Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | |
ASSETS | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 5,441,496 | |
Investments in affiliated securities, at value — Note 2 | | 2,739,888 | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | 101,592 | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | 7,998 | |
Dividends and tax reclaims receivable | | 11,596 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 168,352 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 25,013 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 36,605 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | 29,628 | |
Variation margin receivable | | 176 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 8,562,344 | |
LIABILITIES | | | |
Variation margin payable | | 3,621 | |
Payable for securities purchased | | 194,386 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | 46,471 | |
Trustees’ fees payable — Note 6 | | 1,102 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 654 | |
Distribution fees payable, A Shares — Note 3 | | 678 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 896 | |
Distribution fees payable, R Shares — Note 3 | | 191 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 106,637 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 354,636 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 8,207,708 | |
NET ASSETS | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 17,818,939 | |
Undistributed net investment income | | 234,622 | |
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, affiliated investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (11,161,603 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and affiliated investments | | 1,336,654 | |
Net unrealized appreciation on futures | | 14,182 | |
Net unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (35,086 | ) |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 8,207,708 | |
Investor Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,172,632 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 133,528 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.78 | |
A Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 2,555,302 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 290,652 | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.79 | |
Maximum offering price per share ($8.79 ÷ 95.5%) | | $ | 9.20 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 4,010,973 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 457,558 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.77 | |
R Shares: | | | |
Net assets | | $ | 468,801 | |
Total shares outstanding at end of year | | 53,589 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | $ | 8.75 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 4,995,673 | |
Cost of affiliated securities | | $ | 1,849,057 | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | — | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended October 31, 2010
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | |
Dividend income | | $ | 1,230,760 | | $ | 547,073 | |
Interest income | | — | | 5,805 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | (99,629 | ) | (56,096 | ) |
TOTAL INCOME | | 1,131,131 | | 496,782 | |
EXPENSES | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | 538,372 | | 114,218 | |
Distribution fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 87,578 | | 3,941 | |
Distribution fees, A Shares — Note 3 | | — | | — | |
Distribution fees, R Shares — Note 3 | | — | | — | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | 58,205 | | 12,012 | |
Trustees fees — Note 6 | | 11,123 | | 8,507 | |
Transfer agent fees | | 93,174 | | 89,922 | |
Registration fees | | 30,730 | | 34,385 | |
Audit fees | | 42,864 | | 51,551 | |
Legal fees | | 47,126 | | 37,975 | |
Custodian fees | | 27,439 | | 53,921 | |
Insurance | | 22,720 | | 16,511 | |
Printing | | 13,660 | | 11,592 | |
Pricing fees | | 7,610 | | 68,228 | |
Other | | 9,364 | | 22,779 | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | 989,965 | | 525,542 | |
Expenses waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | (267,379 | ) | (114,218 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | — | | (276,032 | ) |
NET EXPENSES | | 722,586 | | 135,292 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) | | 408,545 | | 361,490 | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS, FUTURES AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | |
Net realized gain on investments sold | | 5,643,247 | | 646,477 | |
Net realized gain on affiliated investments | | — | | — | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | — | | (7,866 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | (16,460 | ) | 1,771 | |
Net realized gain on investments, affiliated investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 5,626,787 | | 640,382 | |
| | | | | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 4,299,904 | | 853,710 | |
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 | | 7,222 | | 2,647 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, affiliated investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 4,307,126 | | 856,357 | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN | | 9,933,913 | | 1,496,739 | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 10,342,458 | | $ | 1,858,229 | |
(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 | |
INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend income | | $ | 3,382,692 | | $ | 1,395,920 | | $ | 670,827 | | $ | 9,622,717 | | $ | 13,514 | | $ | 273,615 | (1) |
Interest income | | — | | 11,152 | | 212 | | — | | 7,055,833 | | 172 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | (348,110 | ) | (8,030 | ) | (1,349 | ) | (96,862 | ) | — | | — | |
TOTAL INCOME | | 3,034,582 | | 1,399,042 | | 669,690 | | 9,525,855 | | 7,069,347 | | 273,787 | |
EXPENSES | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | 1,443,285 | | 1,742,399 | | 727,138 | | 1,105,804 | | 432,411 | | 55,888 | |
Distribution fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 163,968 | | 7,067 | | 15,715 | | 512 | | 14,129 | | 9,000 | |
Distribution fees, A Shares — Note 3 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 6,268 | |
Distribution fees, R Shares — Note 3 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 2,177 | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | 146,538 | | 183,798 | | 74,733 | | 57,498 | | 182,641 | | 7,832 | |
Trustees fees — Note 6 | | 15,179 | | 18,230 | | 11,648 | | 33,341 | | 17,954 | | 8,268 | |
Transfer agent fees | | 99,595 | | 103,262 | | 94,676 | | 117,263 | | 100,749 | | 170,118 | |
Registration fees | | 49,428 | | 37,556 | | 37,585 | | 45,084 | | 58,226 | | 49,988 | |
Audit fees | | 52,943 | | 40,209 | | 39,356 | | 43,312 | | 42,746 | | 42,523 | |
Legal fees | | 73,435 | | 75,785 | | 53,131 | | 142,316 | | 89,171 | | 43,339 | |
Custodian fees | | 263,040 | | 22,626 | | 22,873 | | 62,123 | | 25,754 | | 5,245 | |
Insurance | | 21,746 | | 38,564 | | 20,071 | | 69,450 | | 36,162 | | 16,944 | |
Printing | | 33,987 | | 36,546 | | 16,947 | | 33,648 | | 21,713 | | 13,615 | |
Pricing fees | | 17,620 | | 3,026 | | 2,117 | | 8,968 | | 45,065 | | 175 | |
Other | | 15,979 | | 10,151 | | 10,779 | | 16,991 | | 9,751 | | 9,583 | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | 2,396,743 | | 2,319,219 | | 1,126,769 | | 1,736,310 | | 1,076,472 | | 440,963 | |
Expenses waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | (428,662 | ) | — | | (347,625 | ) | — | | (370,350 | ) | (55,888 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | (279,423 | ) |
NET EXPENSES | | 1,968,081 | | 2,319,219 | | 779,144 | | 1,736,310 | | 706,122 | | 105,652 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) | | 1,066,501 | | (920,177 | ) | (109,454 | ) | 7,789,545 | | 6,363,225 | | 168,135 | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS, FUTURES AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain on investments sold | | 3,408,547 | | 22,357,957 | | 4,482,374 | | 5,209,587 | | 10,974,209 | † | 258,204 | |
Net realized gain on affiliated investments | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 28,002 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | — | | — | | — | | 1,811,448 | | 27,950 | | (109,815 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | (320,867 | ) | (2,553 | ) | 344 | | (949,897 | ) | (49,526 | ) | 144,454 | |
Net realized gain on investments, affiliated investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 3,087,680 | | 22,355,404 | | 4,482,718 | | 6,071,138 | | 10,952,633 | | 320,845 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 22,684,587 | | 11,259,018 | | 8,926,855 | | 46,958,983 | | (2,043,265 | ) | 122,244 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation on affiliated investments | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 384,964 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | — | | — | | — | | 2,290,557 | | (18,506 | ) | (28,130 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (2,479 | ) | — | | 34 | | (77,928 | ) | 56,981 | | (26,687 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, affiliated investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 22,682,108 | | 11,259,018 | | 8,926,889 | | 49,171,612 | | (2,004,790 | ) | 452,391 | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN | | 25,769,788 | | 33,614,422 | | 13,409,607 | | 55,242,750 | | 8,947,843 | | 773,236 | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 26,836,289 | | $ | 32,694,245 | | $ | 13,300,153 | | $ | 63,032,295 | | $ | 15,311,068 | | $ | 941,371 | |
† Includes realized gains or losses from in-kind transactions (see Note 7 in Notes to Financial Statements).
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Years Ended October 31,
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 408,545 | | $ | 734,282 | | $ | 361,490 | | $ | 267,303 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 5,626,787 | | (12,193,369 | ) | 640,382 | | (3,445,439 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation on investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 4,307,126 | | 27,057,423 | | 856,357 | | 6,417,073 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | 10,342,458 | | 15,598,336 | | 1,858,229 | | 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 | | 29,731,581 | | 2,580,442 | | 312,808 | | 100,720 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 226,636 | | 167,480 | | 310,675 | | 353,167 | |
Redemption of shares | | (3,818,042 | ) | (7,198,600 | ) | (79,997 | ) | (1,022,080 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 416 | | 4,503 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | 26,140,591 | | (4,446,175 | ) | 543,486 | | (568,193 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 4,386,896 | | 21,064,271 | | 777,133 | | 295,360 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 629,776 | | 157,487 | | 44,484 | | 33,381 | |
Redemption of shares | | (21,576,805 | ) | (8,064,342 | ) | (223,140 | ) | (86,505 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 2,061 | | 13,125 | | 148 | | 1,185 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | (16,558,072 | ) | 13,170,541 | | 598,625 | | 243,421 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 9,582,519 | | 8,724,366 | | 1,142,111 | | (324,772 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 19,003,665 | | 23,989,331 | | 2,645,049 | | 2,526,512 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year | | 55,295,769 | | 31,306,438 | | 10,571,738 | | 8,045,226 | |
End of year | | $ | 74,299,434 | | $ | 55,295,769 | | $ | 13,216,787 | | $ | 10,571,738 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 279,748 | | $ | 640,305 | | $ | 304,453 | | $ | 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 | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 1,066,501 | | $ | 307,192 | | $ | (920,177 | ) | $ | (701,532 | ) | $ | (109,454 | ) | $ | (13,214 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 3,087,680 | | (3,963,882 | ) | 22,355,404 | | (26,215,671 | ) | 4,482,718 | | (1,115,434 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation on investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 22,682,108 | | 15,609,242 | | 11,259,018 | | 45,167,214 | | 8,926,889 | | 6,026,987 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | 26,836,289 | | 11,952,552 | | 32,694,245 | | 18,250,011 | | 13,300,153 | | 4,898,339 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (232,619 | ) | (14,779 | ) | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | (160,075 | ) | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Total dividends and distributions | | (392,694 | ) | (14,779 | ) | — | | — | | — | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 112,693,987 | | 18,155,150 | | 9,119,019 | | 11,843,373 | | 84,184,389 | | 26,242,853 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 162,214 | | 14,779 | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (11,058,440 | ) | (11,859,646 | ) | (30,352,894 | ) | (45,951,302 | ) | (20,485,770 | ) | (6,719,141 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 15,485 | | 19,940 | | 1,070 | | 3,403 | | 1,349 | | 678 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | 101,813,246 | | 6,330,223 | | (21,232,805 | ) | (34,104,526 | ) | 63,699,968 | | 19,524,390 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 91,866,519 | | 14,149,425 | | 351,739 | | 585,543 | | 5,788,842 | | 3,303,768 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 157,498 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (27,562,814 | ) | (2,298,543 | ) | (723,997 | ) | (1,347,110 | ) | (743,744 | ) | (269,502 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 38,739 | | 8,421 | | — | | — | | 527 | | 599 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 64,499,942 | | 11,859,303 | | (372,258 | ) | (761,567 | ) | 5,045,625 | | 3,034,865 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 166,313,188 | | 18,189,526 | | (21,605,063 | ) | (34,866,093 | ) | 68,745,593 | | 22,559,255 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 192,756,783 | | 30,127,299 | | 11,089,182 | | (16,616,082 | ) | 82,045,746 | | 27,457,594 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year | | 47,500,384 | | 17,373,085 | | 165,493,397 | | 182,109,479 | | 39,686,341 | | 12,228,747 | |
End of year | | $ | 240,257,167 | | $ | 47,500,384 | | $ | 176,582,579 | | $ | 165,493,397 | | $ | 121,732,087 | | $ | 39,686,341 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 665,800 | | $ | 266,624 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | (12,074 | ) | $ | (13,234 | ) |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Years Ended October 31,
| | North American Equity Fund | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 7,789,545 | | $ | 7,726,117 | | $ | 6,363,225 | | $ | 4,060,288 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 6,071,138 | | (92,712,247 | )† | 10,952,633 | † | 1,755,486 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 49,171,612 | | 112,503,753 | | (2,004,790 | ) | 8,846,025 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | 63,032,295 | | 27,517,623 | | 15,311,068 | | 14,661,799 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (6,697,194 | ) | (12,818,379 | ) | (6,399,877 | ) | (3,990,845 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (1,744 | ) | (2,845 | ) | (204,227 | ) | (181,136 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | | (5,972,324 | ) | (1,793,854 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | (188,056 | ) | (38,598 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | (6,698,938 | ) | (12,821,224 | ) | (12,764,484 | ) | (6,004,433 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 83,713,990 | | 20,083,463 | | 74,398,741 | | 88,416,860 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 4,892,614 | | 7,983,706 | | 11,301,057 | | 5,379,168 | |
Redemption of shares | | (31,105,919 | ) | (69,810,327 | ) | (54,449,946 | ) | (15,543,514 | ) |
Redemption of shares in-kind | | — | | (84,561,824 | ) | (69,767,669 | ) | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | 57,500,685 | | (126,304,982 | ) | (38,517,817 | ) | 78,252,514 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 43,235 | | 4,500 | | 1,717,746 | | 9,530,543 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,744 | | 2,785 | | 319,565 | | 163,668 | |
Redemption of shares | | (6,543 | ) | (1,995 | ) | (4,938,214 | ) | (4,058,405 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 38,436 | | 5,290 | | (2,900,903 | ) | 5,635,806 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 57,539,121 | | (126,299,692 | ) | (41,418,720 | ) | 83,888,320 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 113,872,478 | | (111,603,293 | ) | (38,872,136 | ) | 92,545,686 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year | | 375,430,155 | | 487,033,448 | | 165,851,950 | | 73,306,264 | |
End of year | | $ | 489,302,633 | | $ | 375,430,155 | | $ | 126,979,814 | | $ | 165,851,950 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 4,999,635 | | $ | 5,073,093 | | $ | (105,856 | ) | $ | (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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| | Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 168,135 | | $ | 292,456 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, affiliated investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 320,845 | | (7,763,939 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation on investments, affiliated investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 452,391 | | 7,432,642 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 941,371 | | (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 | | 595,278 | | 156,821 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 14,813 | | 18,542 | |
Redemption of shares | | (137,846 | ) | (1,867 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 95 | | — | |
Total increase from Investor Share transactions | | 472,340 | | 173,496 | |
A Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 117,768 | | 125,605 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 45,079 | | 585,002 | |
Redemption of shares | | (370,534 | ) | (15,189,859 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 24 | | 498 | |
Total decrease from A Share transactions | | (207,663 | ) | (14,478,754 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 623,484 | | 149,124 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 73,802 | | 130,497 | |
Redemption of shares | | (361,505 | ) | (39,683 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | 663 | |
Total increase from Advisor Share transactions | | 335,781 | | 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 | | 608,864 | | (14,048,587 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 1,401,408 | | (14,876,979 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | |
Beginning of year | | 6,806,300 | | 21,683,279 | |
End of year | | $ | 8,207,708 | | $ | 6,806,300 | |
Undistributed net investment income | | $ | 234,622 | | $ | 70,860 | |
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Financial Highlights
For the Years or Periods Ended October 31, (unless otherwise indicated)
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or 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 | | $ | 0.08 | (1) | $ | 1.60 | | $ | 1.68 | | $ | (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 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.97 | | $ | 0.06 | (1) | $ | 1.59 | | $ | 1.65 | | $ | (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 Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 7.91 | | $ | 0.26 | (1) | $ | 1.05 | | $ | 1.31 | | $ | (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 | | $ | 0.24 | (1) | $ | 1.04 | | $ | 1.28 | | $ | (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 | | $ | 0.10 | (1) | $ | 2.04 | | $ | 2.14 | | $ | (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 | | $ | 0.08 | (1) | $ | 2.02 | | $ | 2.10 | | $ | (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 | | $ | (0.11 | )(1) | $ | 3.90 | | $ | 3.79 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
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 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 18.01 | | $ | (0.15 | )(1) | $ | 3.87 | | $ | 3.72 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
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 | | — | | — | | — | |
* | 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 | |
International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 10.51 | | 18.90 | % | $ | 46,392 | | 1.15 | % | 1.63 | % | 0.82 | % | 101 | % |
2009 | | 9.00 | | 35.28 | | 15,878 | | 1.15 | | 1.75 | | 1.82 | | 109 | |
2008 | | 6.73 | | (48.95 | ) | 15,876 | | 1.25 | | 1.61 | | 1.26 | | 88 | |
2007 | | 13.44 | | 27.38 | | 28,483 | | 1.25 | | 1.54 | | 0.92 | | 112 | |
2006 | | 10.64 | | 29.86 | | 22,962 | | 1.25 | | 2.45 | | 1.68 | | 76 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 10.47 | | 18.61 | % | $ | 27,908 | | 1.40 | % | 1.89 | % | 0.69 | % | 101 | % |
2009 | | 8.97 | | 34.84 | | 39,418 | | 1.40 | | 1.99 | | 1.49 | | 109 | |
2008 | | 6.71 | | (49.04 | ) | 15,430 | | 1.50 | | 1.86 | | 1.04 | | 88 | |
2007 | | 13.40 | | 26.92 | | 28,308 | | 1.50 | | 1.77 | | 0.60 | | 112 | |
2006(b) | | 10.64 | | 4.01 | | 21,481 | | 1.50 | | 2.43 | | (0.03 | ) | 76 | |
International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.95 | | 16.96 | % | $ | 11,049 | | 1.15 | % | 4.56 | % | 3.20 | % | 90 | % |
2009 | | 7.91 | | 48.45 | | 9,230 | | 1.15 | | 5.49 | | 3.23 | | 140 | |
2008 | | 5.61 | | (50.61 | ) | 7,274 | | 1.25 | | 3.65 | | 3.92 | | 50 | |
2007 | | 13.65 | | 31.56 | | 12,479 | | 1.25 | | 3.85 | | 2.97 | | 58 | |
2006(d) | | 10.54 | | 5.40 | | 9,484 | | 1.25 | | 8.61 | | 2.30 | | 7 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.94 | | 16.64 | % | $ | 2,168 | | 1.40 | % | 4.83 | % | 2.94 | % | 90 | % |
2009 | | 7.91 | | 48.42 | | 1,342 | | 1.40 | | 5.71 | | 3.01 | | 140 | |
2008 | | 5.59 | | (50.78 | ) | 771 | | 1.50 | | 3.89 | | 3.58 | | 50 | |
2007 | | 13.62 | | 31.31 | | 1,660 | | 1.50 | | 4.12 | | 2.76 | | 58 | |
2006(d) | | 10.53 | | 5.30 | | 1,053 | | 1.50 | | 8.86 | | 2.05 | | 7 | |
Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 13.42 | | 18.97 | % | $ | 152,681 | | 1.25 | % | 1.53 | % | 0.82 | % | 75 | % |
2009 | | 11.34 | | 62.38 | | 33,479 | | 1.25 | | 2.61 | | 1.34 | | 91 | |
2008 | | 6.99 | | (55.18 | ) | 16,312 | | 1.72 | | 2.51 | | 0.53 | | 123 | |
2007 | | 17.91 | | 70.50 | | 27,774 | | 1.75 | | 2.68 | | 0.37 | | 107 | |
2006(e) | | 10.55 | | 5.50 | | 12,767 | | 1.87 | * | 4.88 | | 0.88 | | 49 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 13.36 | | 18.60 | % | $ | 87,577 | | 1.50 | % | 1.81 | % | 0.64 | % | 75 | % |
2009 | | 11.32 | | 62.41 | | 14,021 | | 1.50 | | 2.47 | | 0.55 | | 91 | |
2008 | | 6.97 | | (55.25 | ) | 1,061 | | 1.98 | | 2.73 | | 0.20 | | 123 | |
2007 | | 17.86 | | 70.09 | | 2,594 | | 2.00 | | 2.95 | | 0.08 | | 107 | |
2006(e) | | 10.53 | | 5.30 | | 1,053 | | 2.12 | * | 5.10 | | 0.71 | | 49 | |
U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 21.94 | | 20.88 | % | $ | 173,625 | | 1.33 | % | 1.33 | % | (0.52 | )% | 57 | % |
2009 | | 18.15 | | 14.95 | | 162,694 | | 1.40 | | 1.40 | | (0.45 | ) | 64 | |
2008 | | 15.79 | | (31.08 | ) | 178,772 | | 1.25 | | 1.25 | | (0.29 | ) | 74 | |
2007 | | 25.40 | | 20.02 | | 302,351 | | 1.25 | | 1.25 | | 0.10 | | 77 | |
2006 | | 23.06 | | 21.67 | | 231,009 | | 1.21 | | 1.21 | | (0.11 | ) | 101 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 21.73 | | 20.66 | % | $ | 2,957 | | 1.58 | % | 1.58 | % | (0.77 | )% | 57 | % |
2009 | | 18.01 | | 14.64 | | 2,800 | | 1.65 | | 1.65 | | (0.71 | ) | 64 | |
2008 | | 15.71 | | (31.28 | ) | 3,337 | | 1.50 | | 1.50 | | (0.54 | ) | 74 | |
2007 | | 25.32 | | 19.76 | | 5,910 | | 1.50 | | 1.50 | | (0.17 | ) | 77 | |
2006(b) | | 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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Financial Highlights
For the Years or Periods Ended October 31, (unless otherwise indicated)
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or 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) | $ | 1.87 | | $ | 1.86 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
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 | | $ | (0.04 | )(1) | $ | 1.86 | | $ | 1.82 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
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 | | $ | 0.13 | | $ | 1.13 | | $ | 1.26 | | $ | (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 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.07 | | $ | 0.11 | | $ | 1.11 | | $ | 1.22 | | $ | (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 | | $ | 0.40 | | $ | 0.51 | | $ | 0.91 | | $ | (0.40 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) | $ | (0.74 | ) |
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 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 10.34 | | $ | 0.37 | | $ | 0.51 | | $ | 0.88 | | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) | $ | (0.71 | ) |
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 | ) |
Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 7.92 | | $ | 0.19 | (1) | $ | 0.86 | | $ | 1.05 | | $ | (0.19 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.19 | ) |
2009 | | 7.01 | | 0.18 | (1) | 1.09 | | 1.27 | | (0.36 | ) | — | | (0.36 | ) |
2008 (d) | | 10.00 | | 0.16 | (1) | (3.15 | ) | (2.99 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
A Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 7.92 | | $ | 0.19 | (1) | $ | 0.84 | | $ | 1.03 | | $ | (0.16 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.16 | ) |
2009 | | 7.00 | | 0.21 | (1) | 1.05 | † | 1.26 | | (0.34 | ) | — | | (0.34 | ) |
2008 (d) | | 10.00 | | 0.14 | (1) | (3.14 | )† | (3.00 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 7.91 | | $ | 0.18 | (1) | $ | 0.86 | | $ | 1.04 | | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.18 | ) |
2009 | | 7.00 | | 0.17 | (1) | 1.08 | † | 1.25 | | (0.34 | ) | — | | (0.34 | ) |
2008 (d) | | 10.00 | | 0.14 | (1) | (3.14 | ) | (3.00 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
R Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 7.90 | | $ | 0.16 | (1) | $ | 0.85 | | $ | 1.01 | | $ | (0.16 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.16 | ) |
2009 | | 6.98 | | 0.15 | (1) | 1.09 | | 1.24 | | (0.32 | ) | — | | (0.32 | ) |
2008 (d) | | 10.00 | | 0.12 | (1) | (3.14 | ) | (3.02 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
* | 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 | |
U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 11.23 | | 19.85 | % | $ | 111,939 | | 1.05 | % | 1.52 | % | (0.13 | )% | 122 | % |
2009 | | 9.37 | | 17.71 | | 36,103 | | 1.05 | | 2.32 | | (0.04 | ) | 75 | |
2008 | | 7.96 | | (32.31 | ) | 11,999 | | 1.37 | | 2.74 | | (0.38 | ) | 92 | |
2007 | | 12.56 | | 22.60 | | 10,197 | | 1.40 | | 3.13 | | (0.23 | ) | 93 | |
2006(c) | | 10.25 | | 2.50 | | 6,952 | | 1.55 | * | 6.14 | | (0.05 | ) | 46 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 11.11 | | 19.59 | % | $ | 9,793 | | 1.30 | % | 1.77 | % | (0.38 | )% | 122 | % |
2009 | | 9.29 | | 17.45 | | 3,584 | | 1.30 | | 2.33 | | (0.40 | ) | 75 | |
2008 | | 7.91 | | (32.56 | ) | 230 | | 1.64 | | 3.01 | | (0.55 | ) | 92 | |
2007 | | 12.53 | | 22.48 | | 1,420 | | 1.65 | | 3.37 | | (0.45 | ) | 93 | |
2006(c) | | 10.23 | | 2.30 | | 512 | | 1.79 | * | 6.89 | | (0.33 | ) | 46 | |
North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 9.20 | | 15.68 | % | $ | 489,133 | | 0.39 | % | 0.39 | % | 1.76 | % | 88 | % |
2009 | | 8.09 | | 10.59 | | 375,315 | | 0.43 | | 0.43 | | 2.09 | | 85 | |
2008 | | 7.58 | | (34.81 | ) | 486,931 | | 0.35 | | 0.35 | | 1.94 | | 131 | |
2007 | | 13.52 | | 15.08 | | 809,998 | | 0.33 | | 0.33 | | 1.82 | | 38 | |
2006 | | 12.63 | | 16.04 | | 1,261,983 | | 0.33 | | 0.33 | | 1.66 | | 51 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 9.17 | | 15.27 | % | $ | 170 | | 0.74 | % | 0.74 | % | 1.41 | % | 88 | % |
2009 | | 8.07 | | 10.28 | | 116 | | 0.78 | | 0.78 | | 1.69 | | 85 | |
2008 | | 7.55 | | (35.08 | ) | 102 | | 0.70 | | 0.70 | | 1.57 | | 131 | |
2007 | | 13.48 | | 14.66 | | 133 | | 0.68 | | 0.68 | | 1.41 | | 38 | |
2006(c) | | 12.61 | | 6.50 | | 107 | | 0.68 | | 0.68 | | 1.17 | | 51 | |
Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 10.50 | | 9.09 | % | $ | 122,861 | | 0.40 | % | 0.61 | % | 3.69 | % | 452 | % |
2009 | | 10.33 | | 14.79 | | 158,900 | | 0.40 | | 0.72 | | 3.68 | | 590 | |
2008 | | 9.57 | | 1.93 | | 72,310 | | 0.40 | | 0.70 | | 4.03 | | 555 | |
2007 | | 9.79 | | 4.90 | | 71,259 | | 0.40 | | 0.96 | | 4.97 | | 464 | |
2006 | | 9.81 | | 4.90 | | 21,795 | | 0.40 | | 2.05 | | 4.86 | | 295 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 10.51 | | 8.82 | % | $ | 4,118 | | 0.65 | % | 0.87 | % | 3.47 | % | 452 | % |
2009 | | 10.34 | | 14.61 | | 6,952 | | 0.65 | | 0.98 | | 3.39 | | 590 | |
2008 | | 9.57 | | 1.67 | | 996 | | 0.65 | | 0.95 | | 3.78 | | 555 | |
2007 | | 9.79 | | 4.53 | | 852 | | 0.65 | | 1.48 | | 4.73 | | 464 | |
2006 | | 9.82 | | 4.56 | | 1,060 | | 0.65 | | 2.37 | | 4.59 | | 295 | |
Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.78 | | 13.55 | % | $ | 1,173 | | 1.17 | % | 5.63 | % | 2.34 | % | 40 | % |
2009 | | 7.92 | | 19.49 | | 607 | | 1.25 | | 6.30 | | 2.53 | | 45 | |
2008 (d) | | 7.01 | | (29.90 | ) | 354 | | 1.25 | | 3.80 | (e) | 1.91 | | 151 | |
A Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.79 | | 13.21 | % | $ | 2,555 | | 1.44 | % | 5.95 | % | 2.30 | % | 40 | % |
2009 | | 7.92 | | 19.13 | | 2,496 | | 1.50 | | 4.58 | | 3.11 | | 45 | |
2008 (d) | | 7.00 | | (30.00 | ) | 18,320 | | 1.50 | | 4.06 | (e) | 1.65 | | 151 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.77 | | 13.34 | % | $ | 4,011 | | 1.43 | % | 5.93 | % | 2.23 | % | 40 | % |
2009 | | 7.91 | | 19.11 | | 3,288 | | 1.50 | | 6.27 | | 2.42 | | 45 | |
2008 (d) | | 7.00 | | (30.00 | ) | 2,660 | | 1.50 | | 4.06 | (e) | 1.66 | | 151 | |
R Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 8.75 | | 12.98 | % | $ | 469 | | 1.68 | % | 6.19 | % | 2.01 | % | 40 | % |
2009 | | 7.90 | | 18.92 | | 415 | | 1.75 | | 6.49 | | 2.18 | | 45 | |
2008 (d) | | 6.98 | | (30.20 | ) | 349 | | 1.75 | | 4.30 | (e) | 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) | Commenced operations on December 20, 2007. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and the Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(e) | 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. |
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Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2010
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, which are divided into three separate series: Schroder North American Equity Fund, Schroder QEP Global Value Fund and Schroder QEP Global Quality Fund (collectively, the “SGST Funds”).
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 Multi-Cap Value Fund (formerly 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 Funds, the “Funds”).
As of the date of these Financial Statements, Schroder QEP Global Quality Fund and Schroder QEP Global Value Fund had not yet commenced operations.
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. 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 s ecurities 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 that 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 Committ ee (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.
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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 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 cal culates its net asset value, a Committee meeting may be called.
Schroder International Alpha, Schroder International Multi-Cap 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 Multi-Cap 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 year ended October 31, 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.
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements,” (Topic 820). The portions of ASU No. 2010-06 which require reporting entities to prepare new disclosures surrounding amounts and reasons for significant transfers between Levels as well as inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3 have been adopted by the Fund. The remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about information on purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. These new and revised disclosures are required to be implemented for fiscal years beginning after De cember 15, 2010. Management is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 may have on the Fund’s financial statement disclosures.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
October 31, 2010
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 wil l 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 year ended October 31, 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.
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 associate d 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
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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: The Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund purchased securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis during the period covered by this report. 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.
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.
EQUITY-LINKED AND INDEX-LINKED WARRANTS: The Schroder International Alpha and Schroder Emerging Market Equity Funds 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 general ly 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.
MORTGAGE DOLLAR ROLLS: The Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund enters into mortgage dollar rolls (principally using TBAs) in which the Fund sells mortgage securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously 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 t o 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
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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 Shares, A Shares, Advisor Shares, 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 | |
| | Management 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 Multi-Cap 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 | %** | 1.00 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % |
* | Prior to August 1, 2010, the Expense Limitation was 1.25%, 1.50%, 1.50% and 1.75% for Investor Shares, Advisor Shares, A Shares and R Shares, respectively. |
** | SIMNA has contractually agreed, until February 28, 2011 to reduce its Management fee by 0.39%. From March 1, 2010 through August 1, 2010, SIMNA reduced its Management 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 Multi-Cap 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 LLC (“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 Funds’ 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 to compensate Schroder Advisors for distribution services and certain shareholder services with respect to the Funds’ A Shares, Advisor Shares and R Shares: A Shares and Advisor Shares: up to 0.25% of the average net assets attributable to its 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.
NOTE 4 — DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities require 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.
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FAIR VALUE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: The fair value of derivative instruments as of October 31, 2010, was as follows:
Schroder International Alpha Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | October 31, 2010 | | October 31, 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 | | $ | 1,078,515 | | Investments in securities, at value | | $ | — | |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 1,078,515 | | | | $ | — | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | October 31, 2010 | | October 31, 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 | | $ | 3,959,583 | | Investments in securities, at value | | $ | — | |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 3,959,583 | | | | $ | — | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | October 31, 2010 | | October 31, 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 | | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | $ | 2,290,230 | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | $ | — | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | (5,235 | ) |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 2,290,230 | | | | $ | (5,235 | ) |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | October 31, 2010 | | October 31, 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 | | $ | 74,688 | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | $ | (118,154 | ) |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 74,688 | | | | $ | (118,154 | ) |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | October 31, 2010 | | October 31, 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 | | $ | 7,998 | | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | $ | (46,471 | ) |
Equity contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | 64,908 | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | (50,726 | ) |
Total derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | | $ | 72,906 | | | | $ | (97,197 | ) |
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The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended October 31, 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 Multi-Cap Value Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Total | |
Equity contracts | | $ | (7,866 | ) | $ | (7,866 | ) |
Total | | $ | (7,866 | ) | $ | (7,866 | ) |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Options | | Total | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 1,338 | | $ | 1,338 | |
Total | �� | $ | 1,338 | | $ | 1,338 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | (1,088,011 | ) | $ | (1,088,011 | ) |
Equity contracts | | 1,811,448 | | — | | 1,811,448 | |
Total | | $ | 1,811,448 | | $ | (1,088,011 | ) | $ | 723,437 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Total | |
Interest rate contracts | | $ | 27,950 | | $ | 27,950 | |
Total | | $ | 27,950 | | $ | 27,950 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | 157,307 | | $ | 157,307 | |
Equity contracts | | (119,921 | ) | — | | (119,921 | ) |
Interest rate contracts | | 10,106 | | — | | 10,106 | |
Total | | $ | (109,815 | ) | $ | 157,307 | | $ | 47,492 | |
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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 | | $ | 634,287 | | $ | 634,287 | |
Total | | $ | 634,287 | | $ | 634,287 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Equity-Linked Warrants | | Total | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 839,619 | | $ | 839,619 | |
Total | | $ | 839,619 | | $ | 839,619 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | (119,557 | ) | $ | (119,557 | ) |
Equity contracts | | 2,290,557 | | — | | 2,290,557 | |
Total | | $ | 2,290,557 | | $ | (119,557 | ) | $ | 2,171,000 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Total | |
Interest rate contracts | | $ | (18,506 | ) | $ | (18,506 | ) |
Total | | $ | (18,506 | ) | $ | (18,506 | ) |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio
Derivatives not accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | $ | — | | $ | (27,683 | ) | $ | (27,683 | ) |
Equity contracts | | (39,625 | ) | — | | (39,625 | ) |
Interest rate contracts | | 11,495 | | — | | 11,495 | |
Total | | $ | (28,130 | ) | $ | (27,683 | ) | $ | (55,813 | ) |
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NOTE 5 — REDEMPTION FEES
The Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap 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 year ended October 31, 2010 were as follows:
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 2,477 | |
| | | | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 148 | |
| | | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 54,224 | |
| | | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 1,070 | |
| | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 1,876 | |
| | | |
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 year ended October 31, 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 year ended October 31, 2010 were as follows:
| | Purchases | | Sales and Maturities | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 62,852,963 | | $ | 54,439,835 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 11,202,126 | | 10,077,238 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 270,383,590 | | 105,165,111 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 87,899,158 | | 112,357,071 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 137,365,030 | | 78,775,064 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 398,988,111 | | 363,216,124 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 122,717,532 | | 152,082,942 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 3,168,914 | | 2,754,302 | |
| | | | | | | |
Purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of U.S. Government securities for the year ended October 31, 2010 were as follows:
| | Purchases | | Sales and Maturities | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | $ | 613,246,429 | | $ | 626,874,737 | |
| | | | | | | |
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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. For the year ended October 31, 2010, the Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund realized gains from in-kind redemptions of $2,493,006.
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 International Alpha Fund | | $ | 40,414 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 2,809 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 92,377 | | 41,365 | | 903 | | 16,709 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 60,986 | | 85,792 | | 27,099 | | 1,731 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
NOTE 8 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These book/tax differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. Any permanent differences, which may result in distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to differing treatments for gains resulting from redemptions in-kind, paydown gains and losses, distributions in excess, investments in passive foreign investment companies, reclassifications of long-term capital gain distributions on real estate investment trust securities, partnership and swap investments, net operating losses and foreign currency transactions. Distributions from short-term gains and from gains on foreign currency transactions are treated as distributions from ordinary income for tax purposes.
At October 31, 2010, the Funds reclassified the following permanent amounts between capital paid-in, undistributed net investment income and accumulated realized gain (loss):
| | Increase (Decrease) Undistributed Net Investment Income | | Increase (Decrease) Accumulated Realized Gain (Loss) | | Increase (Decrease) Capital Paid-in | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 152,210 | | $ | (152,210 | ) | $ | — | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 41,622 | | (41,622 | ) | — | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | (274,631 | ) | 274,631 | | — | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 920,177 | | (24,083 | ) | (896,094 | ) |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 110,614 | | (12,211 | ) | (98,403 | ) |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | (1,164,065 | ) | 1,166,092 | | (2,027 | ) |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 239,610 | | (2,732,616 | ) | 2,493,006 | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 144,454 | | (144,454 | ) | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
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The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the years or periods ended October 31, 2010 and October 31, 2009 was as follows:
| | Ordinary Income | | Long-Term Capital Gain | | Total | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | |
2010 | | $ | 921,312 | | $ | — | | $ | 921,312 | |
2009 | | 333,371 | | — | | 333,371 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | |
2010 | | 355,291 | | — | | 355,291 | |
2009 | | 387,653 | | — | | 387,653 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
2010 | | 392,694 | | — | | 392,694 | |
2009 | | 14,779 | | — | | 14,779 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
2010 | | — | | — | | — | |
2009 | | — | | — | | — | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
2010 | | — | | — | | — | |
2009 | | — | | — | | — | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
2010 | | 6,698,938 | | — | | 6,698,938 | |
2009 | | 12,821,224 | | — | | 12,821,224 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | |
2010 | | 11,879,530 | | 884,954 | | 12,764,484 | |
2009 | | 5,527,511 | | 476,922 | | 6,004,433 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | |
2010 | | 148,827 | | — | | 148,827 | |
2009 | | 789,551 | | — | | 789,551 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
As of October 31, 2010, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
| | Undistributed Ordinary Income | | Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain | | Capital Loss Carryforward | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Other Temporary Differences | | Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses) | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 1,593,846 | | $ | — | | $ | (12,851,490 | ) | $ | 10,590,132 | | $ | (5,874 | ) | $ | (673,386 | ) |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 397,493 | | — | | (2,987,042 | ) | 878,676 | | (27,650 | ) | (1,738,523 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1,518,225 | | — | | (836,401 | ) | 26,996,875 | | (16,297 | ) | 27,662,402 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | — | | — | | (11,578,860 | ) | 27,989,593 | | 10 | | 16,410,743 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 2,831,977 | | — | | — | | 12,059,323 | | (12,075 | ) | 14,879,225 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 5,082,677 | | — | | (100,508,623 | ) | 23,829,636 | | (83,007 | ) | (71,679,317 | ) |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 3,187,332 | | 722,119 | | — | | 3,582,348 | | (355,435 | ) | 7,136,364 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 228,245 | | — | | (10,535,338 | ) | 666,027 | | 29,835 | | (9,611,231 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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As of October 31, 2010, 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, | |
| | 2016 | | 2017 | |
| | | | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 1,214,222 | | $ | 11,637,268 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | — | | 2,987,042 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | — | | 836,401 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | — | | 11,578,860 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 31,348,322 | | 69,160,301 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 3,072,350 | | 7,462,988 | |
| | | | | | | |
During the year ended October 31, 2010, the Funds listed below utilized capital loss carryforwards to offset capital gains:
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 5,283,396 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 617,914 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 3,269,222 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 22,058,080 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 1,694,716 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 9,984,406 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 120,068 | |
At October 31, 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 | | $ | 63,212,334 | | $ | 12,401,718 | | $ | (1,821,713 | ) | $ | 10,580,005 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 12,338,168 | | 1,566,171 | | (690,390 | ) | 875,781 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 214,952,123 | | 31,815,082 | | (4,818,902 | ) | 26,996,180 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 150,119,354 | | 35,026,485 | | (7,036,892 | ) | 27,989,593 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 112,510,613 | | 13,145,199 | | (1,085,876 | ) | 12,059,323 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 468,427,701 | | 49,055,050 | | (25,218,329 | ) | 23,836,721 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 135,458,097 | | 4,033,677 | | (481,611 | ) | 3,552,066 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 7,471,969 | | 1,345,053 | | (635,638 | ) | 709,415 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
October 31, 2010
NOTE 9 — PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT RISKS
Schroder International Alpha, Schroder International Multi-Cap 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 Multi-Cap 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 October 31, 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 | | 83.64 | % |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 2 | | 85.42 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 6 | | 67.24 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 3 | | 78.54 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 4 | | 80.31 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 3 | | 86.17 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 5 | | 76.97 | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 6 | | 94.31 | |
Some of the accounts shown above for Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap 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, as amended from time to time, 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 year ended October 31, 2010.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
October 31, 2010
NOTE 12 — CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | Emerging Market Equity Fund | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 3,034,459 | | 337,966 | | 38,779 | | 14,444 | | 9,328,153 | | 2,028,125 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 24,239 | | 26,500 | | 39,426 | | 68,576 | | 13,395 | | 2,155 | |
Redemption of shares | | (408,244 | ) | (959,796 | ) | (10,036 | ) | (213,007 | ) | (912,952 | ) | (1,412,442 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | 2,650,454 | | (595,330 | ) | 68,169 | | (129,987 | ) | 8,428,596 | | 617,838 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 475,440 | | 3,235,665 | | 95,234 | | 37,996 | | 7,580,351 | | 1,335,904 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 67,428 | | 24,919 | | 5,638 | | 6,481 | | 13,038 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (2,270,844 | ) | (1,169,019 | ) | (28,034 | ) | (12,551 | ) | (2,278,788 | ) | (249,212 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (1,727,976 | ) | 2,091,565 | | 72,838 | | 31,926 | | 5,314,601 | | 1,086,692 | |
| | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | North American Equity Fund | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 447,471 | | 767,206 | | 8,095,115 | | 3,192,731 | | 9,782,983 | | 2,909,053 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 578,323 | | 1,200,557 | |
Redemption of shares | | (1,501,173 | ) | (3,125,016 | ) | (1,980,904 | ) | (849,343 | ) | (3,582,781 | ) | (9,487,201 | ) |
Redemption of shares in-kind | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | (12,491,720 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | (1,053,702 | ) | (2,357,810 | ) | 6,114,211 | | 2,343,388 | | 6,778,525 | | (17,869,311 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 17,209 | | 35,407 | | 568,099 | | 393,426 | | 4,777 | | 690 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 206 | | 419 | |
Redemption of shares | | (36,523 | ) | (92,387 | ) | (72,187 | ) | (36,809 | ) | (756 | ) | (282 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (19,314 | ) | (56,980 | ) | 495,912 | | 356,617 | | 4,227 | | 827 | |
| | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 7,159,758 | | 8,844,502 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,109,605 | | 539,766 | |
Redemption of shares in-kind | | (6,682,727 | ) | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (5,256,665 | ) | (1,563,755 | ) |
Net increase in Investor Shares | | (3,670,029 | ) | 7,820,513 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 164,994 | | 956,614 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 31,501 | | 16,397 | |
Redemption of shares | | (476,605 | ) | (404,990 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (280,110 | ) | 568,021 | |
| | Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 71,681 | | 23,486 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,859 | | 2,929 | |
Redemption of shares | | (16,666 | ) | (241 | ) |
Net increase in Investor Shares | | 56,874 | | 26,174 | |
A Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 14,361 | | 19,275 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 5,635 | | 92,272 | |
Redemption of shares | | (44,463 | ) | (2,413,563 | ) |
Net (decrease) in A Shares | | (24,467 | ) | (2,302,016 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 77,451 | | 19,514 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 9,260 | | 20,583 | |
Redemption of shares | | (44,502 | ) | (4,949 | ) |
Net increase in Advisor Shares | | 42,209 | | 35,148 | |
R Shares: | | | | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,054 | | 2,535 | |
Net increase in R Shares | | 1,054 | | 2,535 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)
October 31, 2010
NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Funds have evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, no adjustments were required to the financial statements as of October 31, 2010.
Effective November 1, 2010, under amended sub-administration and accounting agreements with SEI Investments Global Funds Services (“SEI”), the SCFD Funds, the SST Funds and the SGST Funds, other than the Schroder North American Equity Fund, are pay fees to SEI based on the combined average daily net assets of all the SCFD Funds, the SST Funds and the SGST Funds, other than the Schroder North American Equity Fund, are according to the following annual rates: 0.0875% on the first $2 billion of such assets; 0.0700% on the next $1 billion of such assets; 0.0600% on the next $2 billion of such assets; and 0.0500% on assets in excess of $5 billion.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Schroder Global Series Trust,
Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) and
Schroder Series Trust
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Schroder North American Equity Fund (constituting part of the Schroder Global Series Trust), Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund and Schroder International Alpha Fund, (constituting Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware)) and Schroder International Multi Cap Value Fund (formerly known as 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 (constituting Schroder Series Trust) (collectively referred to as the “Funds”) at October 31, 2010, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statemen ts, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 23, 2010
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Information Regarding Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts (unaudited)
RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS FOR THE SCHRODER MUTUAL FUNDS
The Advisory Agreements for all of the Schroder Mutual Funds (the “Funds”) are subject to annual approval by the Trustees of the Funds. The Trustees meet over the course of the year with investment advisory personnel from Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) and regularly review detailed information regarding the investment program and performance of each Fund. The Trustees met in June 2010 to consider the continuation of the Advisory Agreements in respect of each of the Funds included in this report for the following year. The Trustees considered a number of factors, though they did not identify one particular factor alone that they considered determinative. Factors considered by the Trustees included those described below, among others. The Trustees considered the fees charged by SIMNA to the Funds under the Advisory Agreements (which fees, for this purpose, wer e considered to include the administrative fee paid by Schroder North American Equity Fund to Schroder Fund Advisors LLC), and the fee payable by SIMNA to Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.”) as sub-advisor to Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, Schroder North American Equity Fund, and Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio out of the fees received by SIMNA with respect to such Funds. The Trustees also considered the total expense ratio of each of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by SIMNA and compiled by the independent Lipper organization showing a comparison of SIMNA’s fee rate for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s expense ratio, compared to peer mutual funds having similar objectives, strategies, and asset sizes. The Trustees also considered information provided by SIMNA as to the fees charged by SIMNA to clients other than the Funds, including instit utional separate accounts, private funds, offshore funds and mutual funds for which SIMNA serves as sub-advisor.
The Trustees noted that the advisory and administrative fees charged by SIMNA to the Funds were generally fair compared to those paid by other clients of SIMNA and that SIMNA generally charges lower fees to third-party mutual funds for which SIMNA serves as sub-advisor. Representatives of SIMNA reviewed with the Trustees the reasons for the differences between the fees charged to the Funds and to those accounts, citing, among other things, the fact that the services and resources required of SIMNA where it sub-advises mutual funds sponsored by others are substantially less than in the case of the Funds, since many of the administrative and compliance oversight and regulatory responsibilities related to the management function are retained in part by the primary advisor. The Trustees also noted that in many cases the fees charged to SIMNA’s separate account clients are lower than those charged to the Funds. Representatives of SIMNA stated that this is primarily due to the fact that the compliance, legal, and administrative burdens of providing investment advice to mutual funds exceed those required to provide advisory services to non-mutual fund clients and that management of public mutual funds generally subjects SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. to increased regulatory and enterprise risk. SIMNA management also reported that the Funds require the resources necessary to conduct daily valuation and to satisfy liquidity requirements, which is not necessarily the case for separate account clients. In addition, they noted that fees charged to institutional or high net worth clients are determined in the context of the competitive market in which they are offered. The Trustees also noted that, with respect to SIMNA’s private domestic pooled vehicles and offshore pooled vehicles, when advisory fees are charged at the fund level they appear to be at least the same as, and in some cases higher than, those charged to the Fund s. Representatives of SIMNA explained that these fees are determined in the context of the markets in which they are offered.
The Trustees considered the profitability analysis with respect to each Fund for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008. This information showed the substantial costs to SIMNA of providing services to the Funds, and indicated that SIMNA had a net loss with respect to Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund, and Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio for the calendar year ended December 31, 2009. The Trustees considered that SIMNA’s net profit from managing the Funds for the year ended December 31, 2009 had decreased in size from the year ended December 31, 2008, and the Trustees concluded that the profitability of Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder North American Equity Fund to SIMNA did not appear unreasonable in light of services rendered, competitiveness and performance. The Trustees considered whether economies of scale would likely be realized as the Funds grow and whether a reduction in the advisory fees paid by the Funds by means of breakpoints would be appropriate. They concluded that it did not appear necessary at this point for new breakpoints to be implemented, although they would continue to consider the matter in the future as the Funds
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grow. SIMNA noted that, at this time, any increased profit realized by the firm as the Funds grow enables SIMNA to devote greater resources to the management of the Funds, as well as to provide financial incentives for the portfolio managers, analysts, and other personnel who in many cases have alternative employment and business opportunities available to them. In addition, SIMNA noted that most of the Funds were small and, in its view, competitively priced, and that SIMNA believed that where it is recognizing profit from a product, the level of profitability is not excessive.
The Trustees considered the fee waivers and/or expense limitations for the Funds, including the time periods during which the fee waivers would be in place and possible extensions of such fee waivers and/or expense limitations. SIMNA also noted that it had agreed to maintain fee waivers and expense limitations for most of the Funds. The Trustees noted that SIMNA’s undertakings with respect to expense limitations and/or fee waivers are recognized by the Trustees in their review of SIMNA’s advisory relationship with the Funds, while acknowledging that the focus of their review and determination is with respect to the contractual fee rates themselves.
Representatives of SIMNA discussed with the Trustees the methodology used by Lipper to select peer group funds for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed detailed fee and expense and performance information presented by Lipper for each of the Funds in connection with the proposed renewal of the Advisory Agreements. Representatives of SIMNA also discussed with the Trustees that certain Funds had higher non-management fee expenses than the median of the funds in their respective peer groups because many of the Funds were smaller than other funds in their respective peer groups, so fixed expenses, such as transfer agency expenses and audit expenses, were spread over a smaller amount of assets. Representatives of SIMNA also said that due to such Funds’ relatively small size even a small change in net asset value can make a substantial impact on expenses and that some expenses do increase as net asset values increase , for instance expenses related to reprinting prospectuses. Representatives of SIMNA also noted that audit expenses and other fees that are shared by the Funds are allocated one-half to each Fund based on assets and one-half is evenly divided among the Funds, regardless of assets.
The Trustees’ review showed that Schroder North American Equity Fund is competitive both in its overall expense ratio and its performance, with contractual and actual management fees (actual management fees are contractual management fees after any applicable fee waiver and/or expense limitation) ranking first out of twenty-one peer group funds, Investor Shares total expenses ranking in the first quintile and Advisor Shares total expenses ranking in the second quintile as measured by Lipper. The Trustees noted that representatives of SIMNA had explained that expenses had risen as assets under management for the Schroder North American Equity Fund had decreased. The Trustees also noted that while Schroder North American Equity Fund’s performance in the last year was in the third quintile for Investor Shares and the fourth quintile for Advisor Shares compared to its Lipper peer group, the Fund’ ;s performance over multiple years and since its inception remained competitive. The Trustees determined that the Schroder North American Equity Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided.
The review showed that Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund’s performance ranked first out of two or three (as applicable) peer group funds for all periods since the Fund’s inception. They noted that although the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund’s contractual management fee is in the fifth quintile compared to its Lipper peer group, the actual management fee paid was in the third quintile. The Trustees also considered information provided by representatives of SIMNA that the contractual management fee included payments to SEI, the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund’s third-party administrator, for administrative services, while some funds in the peer group provide such services internally. The Trustees noted that the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund’s total expenses were in the second and fourth quintiles for Investor and Advisor Shares, respectively. The Trustees determined that the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided.
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With respect to Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund, the Trustees noted that, while the Fund’s performance was in the third quintile for the last year compared to its peer group, historically the Fund has had very competitive performance in the first quintile for all other periods shown by Lipper since the Fund’s inception. While they noted that the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund’s contractual management fee was in the fourth quintile and actual management fee was in the fifth quintile compared to the Fund’s peer group, they considered that the Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable given the limited capacity of the Fund, the Fund’s investment strategy, and its historical strong performance. They noted that while the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund’s total expenses for Investor Shares were in the fourth quintile and total expenses for Advisor Shares were in th e fifth quintile compared to its Lipper peer group, this did not appear unreasonable in light of the Fund’s investment strategy and its historical performance record.
With respect to Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, representatives of SIMNA noted that the peer group for the Fund provided by Lipper did not necessarily provide an optimal comparison for the Fund. They also noted that assets under management have increased, so that current expenses of Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund are lower than shown in the materials. The Trustees discussed that Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund’s contractual management fee was in the fourth quintile compared to its peer group, but the actual management fee paid was first out of thirteen peer group funds. The Trustees also noted that, compared to the Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund’s peer group, total expenses for Investor Shares were in the first quintile, while total expenses for Advisor Shares were in the third quintile. The Trustees deter mined that the management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided and the historical performance of the Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, which they noted was in the first quintile for the three-year period and since the Fund’s inception, although it was in the third quintile for the past year and second quintile for the two-year period.
As to the Schroder International Alpha Fund, the Trustees noted that the contractual management fee was in the fourth quintile and that the actual management fee paid was in the first quintile compared to the Fund’s peer group. They also noted that the Schroder International Alpha Fund’s total expenses were in the second and third quintiles for Investor and Advisor Shares, respectively, compared to the Fund’s peer group, and the Fund’s performance was either first or second in its peer group for all periods measured by Lipper for both Investor and Advisor Shares. The Trustees considered that the Schroder International Alpha Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided and the historical performance of the Fund.
With respect to the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, the Trustees noted that while the contractual management fee was in the third quintile, the actual management fee paid compared to its peer group was in the first quintile. It was also noted that total expenses were in the first quintile for Investor Shares and third quintile for Advisor Shares compared to the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund’s peer group, and that, as assets under management have grown, it was likely that current total expenses are lower than shown by Lipper. The Trustees determined that the management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided and the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund’s historical performance, noting that the Fund’s performance was in the second quintile for the past year and two-year period and was in the first quintile for the three-year period and since the Fund’s inception.
For Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund has a competitive contractual management fee, ranking fourth out of fifteen peer group funds, while the actual management fee was ranked second out of fifteen peer group funds. They noted that expenses were ranked in the first quintile for Investor Shares and third quintile for Advisor Shares compared to peer group funds. The Trustees also noted that while Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund’s performance was in the fifth quintile for the last year, in all other periods measured by Lipper since the Fund’s inception performance has been in the second quintile compared to its peer group. The Trustees determined that the Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided.
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For Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio, the Trustees considered that the Fund’s performance for the last year compared to its peer group was in the fifth quintile and representatives of SIMNA provided information on reasons for the Fund’s relative low performance, noting that the Fund was ahead of its benchmark in 2009 and that over the three-year period and since the Fund’s inception the Fund was in the second quintile for performance. Representatives of SIMNA also discussed the difficulty of comparing the Fund’s strategy to that of its Lipper peer group. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s contractual management fee was in the second quintile for its peer group but its actual management fee was in the first quintile. The Trustees also considered that total expenses of Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio were in the first quintile for Investor Shares and in the th ird quintile for Advisor Shares.
Representatives of SIMNA also discussed with the Trustees the services provided to Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio, referring including the asset-allocation, portfolio design, investment, and monitoring functions to be performed by SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. for the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio. They confirmed that the services provided by SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. to the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio are separate and distinct from the services provided by SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. to the underlying funds in the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio, and that the advisory fees charged to the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio are based on services that are in addition to, and not duplicative of, services provided pursuant to the advisory agreements between SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. to the underlying funds. In addition, SIMNA noted that it had increased the waiver of its management fee compensat ion for the Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio to reflect increased investments by Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio in other Schroder mutual funds. The Trustees, in light of the information provided, considered that the Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio’s management fee did not appear unreasonable.
In summary, the Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by SIMNA and the non-advisory services provided by affiliates of SIMNA. In this regard, the Trustees took into account the experience of the Funds’ portfolio management teams and of SIMNA’s senior management, and the time and attention devoted by each to the Funds. After considering all the information described above, the Trustees at the meeting, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the Funds or SIMNA, in concluding that each of the Fund’s fees appeared reasonable, unanimously voted to approve the continuation of the Advisory Agreements in respect of each of the Funds, including the advisory fees proposed in connection with that continuation.
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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 a Schroder 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 enti re 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 m utual 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 05/01/10 | | Ending Account Value 10/31/10 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,035.00 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 6.19 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.41 | | 1.40 | | 7.53 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,133.10 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 5.85 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.15 | | 1.40 | | 7.12 | |
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Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,088.80 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 6.05 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,087.60 | | 1.40 | | 7.37 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.41 | | 1.15 | % | $ | 5.85 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.15 | | 1.40 | | 7.12 | |
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| | Beginning Account Value 05/01/10 | | Ending Account Value 10/31/10 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,077.90 | | 1.25 | % | $ | 6.55 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,075.70 | | 1.50 | | 7.85 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,018.90 | | 1.25 | % | $ | 6.36 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.64 | | 1.50 | | 7.63 | |
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,012.90 | | 1.31 | % | $ | 6.65 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,011.60 | | 1.56 | | 7.91 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,018.60 | | 1.31 | % | $ | 6.67 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.34 | | 1.56 | | 7.93 | |
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,025.60 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 5.36 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,024.00 | | 1.30 | | 6.63 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.91 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 5.35 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.65 | | 1.30 | | 6.61 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,008.80 | | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.92 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,006.60 | | 0.73 | | 3.69 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,023.29 | | 0.38 | % | $ | 1.94 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.53 | | 0.73 | | 3.72 | |
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Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,048.90 | | 0.40 | % | $ | 2.07 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,047.50 | | 0.65 | | 3.35 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,023.19 | | 0.40 | % | $ | 2.04 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.93 | | 0.65 | | 3.31 | |
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| | Beginning | | Ending | | Net | | Expenses | |
| | Account | | Account | | Annualized | | Paid | |
| | Value | | Value | | Expense | | During | |
| | 5/1/2010 | | 10/31/2010 | | Ratios | | Period* | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,057.80 | | 1.12 | % | $ | 5.81 | |
A Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,056.50 | | 1.37 | | 7.10 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,057.90 | | 1.37 | | 7.11 | |
R Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,055.50 | | 1.62 | | 8.39 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.56 | | 1.12 | % | $ | 5.70 | |
A Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.30 | | 1.37 | | 6.97 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.30 | | 1.37 | | 6.97 | |
R Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.04 | | 1.62 | | 8.24 | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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Trustees and Officers (unaudited)
Additional information regarding the Trustees is included in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which is available free of charge by calling (800) 464-3108.
Name, Age and Address | | Position(s) Held with the Trusts | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served |
Trustees | | | | |
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Catherine A. Mazza†, 50 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee and Chairman (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 2003 (SGST) Since 2006 (SCFD and SST) |
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Jay S. Calhoun*#, 55 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 12/2010 |
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Margaret M. Cannella*#, 58 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 12/2010 |
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William L. Means*, 74 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 1997 (SCFD and SST) Since 2003 (SGST) |
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James D. Vaughn*, 65 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 2003 |
* Also serves as a member of the Audit Committee for each Trust on which they serve.
† Trustee deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trusts as defined in the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Interested Trustee.” Ms. Mazza is an Interested Trustee due to her status as an officer and employee of Schroder Investment Management North America LLC, the Trust’s investment advisor and its affiliates.
# Mr. Calhoun and Ms. Cannella began serving as Trustees of each Trust on December 7, 2010.
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Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years | | Number of Series In Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member (a) | | Other Directorships Held by Board Member |
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Trustee and Chairman of each Trust; Institutional Relationship Director, SINMA; Member of the Board of managers, Schroder Fund Advisors LLC. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) and Schroder Series Trust; Senior Vice President, SINMA. | | 10 | | None |
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Treasurer, Carnegie Mellon University. Formerly, Managing Partner, Rysamax Partners (marketing and business development support); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, New York Life Insurance Company. | | 10 | | None |
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Adjunct professor, Columbia Business School. Formerly, Managing Director, Head, Global Credit Research and Corporate Strategy, JP Morgan Securities Inc. and Managing Director, Head, US Corporate Research, JP Morgan Securities Inc. | | 10 | | CHF Finance International (for profit joint venture of the World Bank and CHF); Pierre Foods; Trustee, Princeton-in-Asia. |
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Retired. | | 10 | | None |
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Retired. Formerly, Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP — Denver (accounting). | | 10 | | AMG National Trust Bank. |
(a) The “Fund Complex” includes all series of Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware), Schroder Series Trust and Schroder Global Series Trust.
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Name, Age and Address | | Position(s) Held with the Trusts | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served |
Officers | | | | |
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Mark A. Hemenetz, 54 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | President and Principal Executive Officer | | Indefinite Since 2004 |
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Alan M. Mandel, 53 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | | Indefinite Since 1998 (SST and SCFD) Since 2003 (SGST) |
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Stephen M. DeTore, 59 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Chief Compliance Officer | | Indefinite Since 2005 |
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William Sauer, 47 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Vice President | | Indefinite Since 2008 |
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Carin Muhlbaum, 48 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Vice President | | Indefinite Vice President since 1998 (SST and SCFD) Vice President since 2003 (SGST) |
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Abby Ingber, 47 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary/Clerk | | Indefinite Chief Legal Officer since 2006 Secretary/Clerk since 2007 |
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Angel Lanier, 49 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Assistant Secretary | | Indefinite Since 2005 |
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Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
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Chief Operating Officer Americas, SINMA; Member of Board of Managers, Schroder Fund Advisors LLC. Formerly, Executive Vice President and Director of Investment Management, Bank of New York. |
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Head of Fund Administration, SINMA; Member of Board of Managers, Schroder Fund Advisors, LLC. |
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Chief Compliance Officer, SINMA; Chief Compliance Officer of each Trust; Member of Board of Managers, Schroder Fund Advisors LLC. Formerly, Deputy General Counsel, Gabelli Asset Management, Inc.; Associate General Counsel Gabelli Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Director, Office of Examination Support, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Head of Investor Services, SINMA. Formerly, Vice President, The Bank of New York. |
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General Counsel, and Chief Administrative Officer, SINMA; Senior Vice President, Member of Board of Managers, Secretary and General Counsel, Schroder Fund Advisors LLC. |
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Deputy General Counsel, SINMA, formerly, Senior Counsel, TIAA-CREF. |
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Legal Assistant, SINMA; Assistant Secretary, Schroder Fund Advisors LLC. Formerly, Associate, Schroders. |
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Notice to Shareholders (unaudited)
For shareholders that do not have an October 31, 2010 tax year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with an October 31, 2010 tax year end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, each portfolio has designated the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.
| | Long Term (15% Rate) Capital Gain Distribution | | Ordinary Income Distributions | | Total Distributions | | Qualifying For Corporate Dividends Rec. Deductions (1) | | Qualifying Dividend Income (2) | | U.S. Government Interest (3) | | Qualifying Interest Income (4) | | Qualifying Short-Term Capital Gain (5) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund (a) | | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % | 100.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 96.20 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (b) | | 0.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 0.00 | | 84.79 | | 0.00 | | 0.21 | | 0.00 | |
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund (c) | | 0.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 0.00 | | 97.52 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | |
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 0.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.56 | | 0.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | 6.83 | | 93.17 | | 100.00 | | 0.00 | | 0.00 | | 2.05 | | 56.38 | | 100.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | 0.00 | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | | 0.13 | | 7.32 | | 8.83 | | 63.25 | | 0.00 | |
(1) Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividend received deduction and is reflected as a percentage of “Ordinary Income Distributions.”
(2) The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Dividend Income” as created by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of “Ordinary Income Distributions.” It is the intention of each of the aforementioned funds to designate the maximum amount permitted by law.
(3) “U.S. Government Interest” represents the amount of interest that was derived from direct U.S. Government Obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. This amount is reflected as a percentage of total ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions). Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government Obligations is exempt from state income tax.
(4) The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Interest Income” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of net investment income distributions that are exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid by foreign investors.
(5) The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Short-Term Capital Gain” as created by the American Job Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distributions that are exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid by foreign investors.
(a) The Fund intends to pass through a foreign tax credit to shareholders. For fiscal year ended 2010, the total amount of foreign source income is $1,229,946. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid is $99,629. Your allocable share of the foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099 DIV.
(b) The Fund intends to pass through a foreign tax credit to shareholders. For fiscal year ended 2010, the total amount of foreign source income is $555,175. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid is $56,059. Your allocable share of the foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099 DIV.
(c) The Fund intends to pass through a foreign tax credit to shareholders. For fiscal year ended 2010, the total amount of foreign source income is $3,347,224. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid is $348,110. Your allocable share of the foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099 DIV.
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On December 10, 2010, the following Funds made per share income short-term and long-term capital gain distributions to the shareholders of record as of December 9, 2010:
| | Net Investment Income | | Short-Term Capital Gains | | Long-Term Capital Gains | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 0.2436 | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Advisor Shares | | 0.2140 | | — | | — | |
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Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 0.2895 | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | 0.2739 | | — | | — | |
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 0.0646 | | 0.0374 | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | 0.0373 | | 0.0374 | | — | |
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | | 0.2571 | |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | 0.2571 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 0.1454 | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | 0.1187 | | — | | — | |
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Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 0.3380 | | — | | — | |
A Shares | | 0.3177 | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | 0.3190 | | — | | — | |
R Shares | | 0.2992 | | — | | — | |
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On December 20, 2010, the following Fund made per share capital gain distributions to the shareholders of record as of December 20, 2010:
| | Short-Term Capital Gains | | Long-Term Capital Gains | |
| | | | | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 0.2429 | | $ | 0.0597 | |
Advisor Shares | | 0.2429 | | 0.0597 | |
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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 LLC
and Schroder Investment Management North America, Inc.
Investment Advisor | | Schroder Investment Management North America, Inc. 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY |
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Trustees | | Catherine A. Mazza (Chairman) Jay S. Calhoun Margaret M. Cannella William L. Means James D. Vaughn |
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Distributor | | Schroder Fund Advisors LLC 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10022 |
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Transfer & Shareholder Servicing Agent | | Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. |
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Custodian | | JPMorgan Chase Bank |
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Counsel | | Ropes & Gray LLP |
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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. |
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| | Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) |
| | Schroder Series Trust |
| | Schroder Global Series Trust |
| | P.O. Box 8507 |
| | Boston, MA 02266 |
| | (800) 464-3108 |
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| | 54356 |
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
(a)(1) The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.
(a)(2) The audit committee financial expert is James D. Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn is independent as defined in Form N-CSR Item 3(a)(2).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:
| | 2010 | | 2009 | |
| | All fees and services to the Trust that were pre-approved | | All fees and services to service affiliates that were pre- approved | | All other fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval | | All fees and services to the Trust that were pre-approved | | All fees and services to service affiliates that were pre- approved | | All other fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval | |
(a) Audit Fees | | $ | 58,403 | | N/A | | $ | 31,000 | | $ | 57,404 | | N/A | | $ | 31,000 | |
(b) Audit-Related Fees | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | |
(c) Tax Fees | | $ | 7,885 | (1) | $ | 0 | | $ | 308,813 | (2) | $ | 7,885 | (1) | $ | 0 | | $ | 209,633 | (2) |
(d) All Other Fees | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | |
Notes:
(1) Tax return preparation fees.
(2) Tax compliance services provided to service affiliates of the Funds.
(e)(1) The Audit Committee pre-approves, to the extent required by applicable regulations (including paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X), (i) all audit and permitted non-audit services rendered by the independent accountants to the registrant and (ii) all non-audit services rendered by the independent accountants to the registrant’s investment adviser and to certain affiliates of the investment adviser.
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:
| | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Audit-Related Fees | | n/a | | n/a | |
Tax Fees | | 0 | % | 0 | % |
All Other Fees | | n/a | | n/a | |
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the last two fiscal years were $316,698 and $217,518 for 2010 and 2009, respectively.
(h) Not applicable.
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-CSR, 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-CSR 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 August 1, 2010 through October 31, 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) Code of Ethics attached hereto.
(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), 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 January 7, 2011 | |
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 January 7, 2011 | |
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By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Alan M. Mandel |
| Alan M. Mandel |
| Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Date January 7, 2011 | |
* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.