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) |
875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY | | 10022 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) |
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Carin F. Muhlbaum 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10022 |
(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, 2015 | |
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Date of reporting period: | October 31, 2015 | |
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Schroder Mutual Funds
October 31, 2015 | Annual Report |
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| Domestic Equity |
| Schroder North American Equity Fund |
| Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund |
| Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund |
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| Global & International Equity |
| Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund |
| Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund |
| Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund |
| Schroder International Alpha Fund |
| Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund |
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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North American Equity Fund | 29 |
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U.S. Opportunities Fund | 35 |
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U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | 38 |
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Emerging Market Equity Fund | 41 |
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Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | 44 |
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Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | 52 |
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International Alpha Fund | 55 |
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International Multi-Cap Value Fund | 58 |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | 72 |
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Statements of Operations | 76 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 78 |
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Financial Highlights | 82 |
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Notes to Financial Statements | 88 |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 104 |
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Information Regarding Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts | 105 |
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses | 108 |
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Trustees and Officers | 111 |
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Notice to Shareholders | 113 |
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 4, 2015
Dear Shareholder:
The financial news over the Funds’ last fiscal year was littered with headlines surrounding China’s economic slowdown, the global commodities glut — namely copper and oil — and speculation as to the timing and magnitude of the Fed’s first rate hike, all of which led to heightened levels of volatility in the market. For example, economic concerns plagued virtually all assets in August and September, followed by an impressive recovery in October for most risk assets. Notwithstanding these short-term fluctuations, a recovering U.S. economy generally enabled U.S. stocks to advance for the year. Similarly, central bank and policy intervention greatly benefitted Japanese stocks and helped many European equity markets overcome losses from earlier in the period.
From an asset allocation standpoint, U.S. fixed income securities were impacted by the rate debate as long-duration taxable and municipal debt fared better than short-duration debt. Meanwhile, international bonds generally underperformed as Central Bank intervention led to heightened yield volatility. Indeed, during the second quarter, some European sovereign issuers briefly issued debt with a negative carry (or yield), only to see those yields rise to 2015 highs weeks later.
Higher-quality bonds generally outperformed their lower-quality counterparts as liquidity concerns and weakness among energy prices impacted the high-yield market. Among sectors, the emerging markets (“EM”) were especially hard hit as the current environment, characterized by a strong dollar and weak commodities, led to one of the worst drawdown periods on record for both EM equities and debt. It is worth noting, however, that both EM equities and debt generally rebounded in October, in what may be a sign that broad economic and structural concerns could soon reach an inflection point.
Over the next six months, we expect market volatility to persist as investor confidence oscillates from concerns over rising interest rates, a potential global economic slowdown and the impact of low energy prices. While we recognize that volatile markets can be trying, we believe that uncertainty creates opportunities for skilled investors. As a truly global investment firm, our economists and portfolio managers are well positioned to monitor developments, keeping a careful eye on market factors such as Chinese fiscal and monetary policy, expectations of higher short-term interest rates and liquidity concerns.
As we stated in the Funds’ Semi-Annual Report, we continue to believe that the investor who maintains a long-term investment posture with a diversified portfolio — both across asset classes and geographic borders — should be able to weather the bumpy periods while also capturing potential upside opportunities. With year-end upon us, it is a good time to consult with your financial advisor and review your long-term investment objectives and asset allocation.
We appreciate the confidence you place in Schroders and thank you for investing with us.
Sincerely, | |
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| Mark A. Hemenetz, CFA |
| President |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE
Except as otherwise specifically stated, all information and investment team commentary, including portfolio security positions, is as of October 31, 2015. The views expressed in the Management Discussion and Analysis sections (the “MD&As”) are those of the respective Fund’s portfolio manager(s) and are subject to change without notice. They do not necessarily represent the views of Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”). The MD&As contain some forward-looking statements providing current expectations or forecasts of future events; they do not necessarily relate to historical or current facts. There can be no guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Any discussions of specific securities should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell those securities. A Fund may buy, sell, or hold any security discussed herein, on the basis of factors described herein or the basis of other factors or other considerations. Fund holdings will change.
Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee or predict future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please keep in mind that any double digit returns are highly unusual and cannot be sustained. Fees and expenses are factored into the net asset value of your shares and any performance numbers we release. Total return figures reflect expense limitations in effect during the periods shown; without such limitations, the performance shown would have been lower. Performance results assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The return figures shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Current and month-end performance and other information, which may be lower or higher than that cited, is available by contacting Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. at (212) 641-3800 and is periodically updated on our website: www.schroderfunds.com.
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
For the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder North American Equity Fund (the “Fund”) gained 3.77% (Investor Shares) and 3.44% (Advisor Shares) compared to the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”), a stock market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, which rose by 5.20%.
Market Background
The period started with optimism over the outlook for the U.S. economy; however, summer 2015 saw volatility increase amid worries over slowing global growth and uncertainty over U.S. monetary policy. A weaker oil price was a feature of the period.
Portfolio Review
The Fund lagged the benchmark as the continued outperformance of ‘growth’ versus ‘value’ was a headwind. Since summer 2014, value stocks have significantly underperformed, with investors gravitating towards apparently lower risk minimum volatility stocks or, at times of increased optimism, highly-priced growth stocks. Stock selection within the retail and media industries weighed on relative returns over the twelve-month period (for example, underweights in Amazon and Netflix).
On the positive side, the Fund’s low allocation to utilities — which we continue to view as unattractive — was beneficial. Within energy, our underweight allocation to exploration & production firms made a positive contribution to relative performance.
Outlook
Within healthcare, we prefer pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and health management organisations although recent market volatility has provided the opportunity to take profits and reinvest elsewhere, such as consumer staples.
Complex banks, in our view, currently offer better opportunities than relatively more expensive simple banks. We remain overweight insurance, as we believe it offers attractively-priced, high quality opportunities, though we have taken some profits recently.
The portfolio’s weighting to technology remains elevated. We still see better opportunities in established technology stocks (e.g. Intel) compared to the newer, more glamorous stocks. The weight in the industrials sector remains high.
In energy, we prefer the better value integrated oil & gas stocks compared to the more volatile explorers. Within materials, we prefer higher quality and lower cost mining stocks, while having an underweight allocation to chemicals and steel stocks.
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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, 2015 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | | Ten Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 3.77 | % | 13.25 | % | 7.57 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 3.44 | % | 12.86 | % | 7.20 | %(b) |
S&P 500 Index | | 5.20 | % | 14.33 | % | 7.85 | % |
(a) | Average annual total returns. |
(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. |
“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 Net Assets | |
Apple | | 3.9 | % |
Microsoft | | 2.5 | |
ExxonMobil | | 2.1 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | 1.8 | |
JPMorgan Chase | | 1.5 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Information Technology | | 21.6 | % |
Financials | | 15.7 | |
Healthcare | | 14.3 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 11.2 | |
Industrials | | 9.9 | |
Consumer Staples | | 9.9 | |
Energy | | 6.8 | |
Materials | | 2.7 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 2.6 | |
Utilities | | 1.0 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 4.3 | |
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
For the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) gained 3.76% (Investor Shares) and 3.50% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Russell 2000 Index (the “Index”), a broad-based index of 2,000 small capitalization U.S. companies, which rose 0.34%. On September 28, 2015, the Fund began to offer R6 shares, which gained 5.96% since inception through the period ended October 31, 2015.
Market Backdrop
Over the reporting period the Index returned 0.34% behind both large caps (+5.20%) and Small & Midcap (“SMID”) caps (+1.50%). The small cap market rose relatively steadily from the start of the reporting period until we reached the summer of 2015. Problems began in August when economic data made it clear that the Chinese economy was slowing. At its nadir the Russell 2000 Index dropped 15% from its June 23 high. After a brief rebound things got worse. Following the Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed’s”) September meeting, Chairman Yellen explained the Fed’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged by citing concerns about China and emerging market economies and their potential impact on the U.S. This reignited the concerns of late August and another market drop ensued. In a flight to safety, U.S. 10-year Treasury yields, which had been as high as 2.48% in early June, dropped to 2.01% during the August rout. However, the story changed come October when equity markets surged as there were a number of tailwinds for global risk assets. The European Central Bank remained dovish and there were increasing signs pointing to stabilization in China. The Fed backdrop dramatically shifted over the course of the month following the Fed’s two-day meeting in October, and the prospect of an interest rate ‘take off’ in December is approximately 50%, as of writing this report. This news has been well received by the equity markets and put returns back in the black for the one-year period.
Among small caps, the highest beta stocks lagged as one might expect in this environment. The market was also led by higher market cap and high momentum companies. The energy sector was the weakest, having lost -46.8%. This of course reflects the dramatic decrease in oil prices. Materials were weak (-9.2%) along with producer durables (-9.2%). The best returning sectors were consumer staples (+9.1%) and healthcare (+9.8%), which were led by the well-performing biotechnology group. While the healthcare sector led for much of the period it has been quite weak for the last three months of the period.
Our stock selection contributed in every sector other than healthcare and financials. The main source of our lag in health care was biotechnology. In our space, the biotechnology stocks are priced on the dream of great future prospects with the key markers being progress through FDA clinical trials. These are binary events. Our investment approach focuses on identifying good ongoing business models with predictable growth prospects. In other words, our approach does not lend itself to the biotechnology group under recent conditions. The financials lag was mainly due to one holding in the securities brokerage and services industry, FXCM.
Our best outperformance came from consumer discretionary driven by our holdings in the restaurant industry (Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Domino’s Pizza), specialty retail (American Eagle Outfitters) and the funeral industry (Matthews International). Producer durables was another source of strength. Returns were driven by good stock selection particularly in the enginnering and contract services industry (Dycom Industries), the environmental and maintenance industry (ServiceMaster Global Holdings) and aerospace (Hexcel). We had strong stock selection in real estate investment trusts as well, with notable contributions from apartment REITs Mid-America Apartment Communities and Equity LifeStyle Properties.
Our primary detractors included FXCM (noted above), Primoris (producer durables), Ryerson Holding (materials and processing) and Unilife (healthcare).
In general, we do not make dramatic shifts in sector exposure and that was the case for the past year. The largest change in sector over/under weights were decreases in both technology and consumer discretionary exposure. A number of names left the portfolio due to price action (such as Berry Plastics Group and Red Robin Gourment Burgers) or takeovers (such as Salix Pharmacuticals). Our REIT exposure rose as we added Douglas Emmett, an office REIT. We also increased our weighting in Equity LifeStyle Properties which is a residential REIT. Healthcare exposure rose modestly as we added several new names, notably Evolent Health, KemPharm and INC Research Holdings.
Outlook
We remain positive about the U.S. The source of our optimism is the housing market, which continues to recover at a moderate and sustained pace. Housing has a powerful multiplier effect in the economy as the construction and purchase of a new home generates a wide variety of additional purchases. A key element of our optimism relates to positive trends in the 25-to-34-year-old cohort. This group was hardest hit by the great recession and seems to be finally getting on its feet. Employment has noticeably improved for people in this category, with those who moved in with their parents now moving out and creating new households. In addition, we are seeing an increase in the birth rate, which is a key trigger for a home purchase.
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We are seeing some improvement in credit available for consumers. The source is not always the banks, which are still recovering from the effects of looser lending standards before the recession. Third party sources, such as Lending Tree, a comparison website, are meeting the borrowing needs of many consumers.
As we have noted previously, healthcare has seen an explosion in initial public offerings (IPOs) of biotech companies. In our view many of these have been of poor quality. Not unexpectedly, both the biotech and pharmaceutical industries (the latter also an area of IPO activity) were particularly hard hit in the downturn.
Our largest concern is the valuations of small and mid cap securities. They are still at elevated levels, partially, but not entirely, due to the very low level of interest rates. The impact on our strategy is that it has become more difficult to find mispriced growth stocks - the largest building block of our portfolio.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
Investor, Advisor and R6 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, 2015 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | | Ten Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (b) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 3.76 | % | 11.54 | % | 9.22 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 3.50 | % | 11.22 | % | 8.93 | %(c) |
R6 Shares | | 3.76 | %(d) | 11.54 | %(d) | 9.22 | %(d) |
Russell 2000 Index | | 0.34 | % | 12.06 | % | 7.47 | % |
(a) | Average annual total returns. |
(b) | Effective May 1, 2006, the management fees of the Fund increased to 1.00%. If the Fund had paid such higher fees during prior periods, the returns of the Fund would have been lower. |
(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. |
(d) | The R6 Shares commenced operations on September 28, 2015. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to September 28, 2015 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund. |
“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.
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Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | | 3.4 | % |
iShares Russell 2000 ETF | | 2.2 | |
Sirona Dental Systems | | 1.7 | |
CoreLogic | | 1.7 | |
Mid-America Apartment Communities REIT | | 1.6 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Financial Services | | 23.6 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | 13.1 | |
Healthcare | | 12.8 | |
Producer Durables | | 11.4 | |
Technology | | 11.3 | |
Materials & Processing | | 9.5 | |
Investment Company | | 5.6 | |
Utilities | | 4.1 | |
Other Energy | | 2.4 | |
Consumer Staples | | 0.8 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 5.4 | |
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
For the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) gained 7.23% (Investor Shares) and 7.00% (Advisor Shares) compared to the Russell 2500 Index (the “Index”), a broad-based index of 2,500 small- and mid-capitalization U.S. companies, which rose 1.50%. On December 30, 2014, the Fund began to offer R6 shares, which gained 3.24% since inception through period ended October 31, 2015.
Market Backdrop
Over the reporting period, large caps returned 5.20% while Small and Mid (“SMID”) cap returned 1.50%, both of which outperformed small caps (+0.34%). The SMID cap market rose relatively steadily from the start of the period until we reached the summer of 2015. Problems began in August when economic data made it clear that the Chinese economy was slowing. At its nadir the Index dropped 13% from its June 23 high. After a brief rebound things got worse. Following the Federal Reserve’s (“the Fed’s”) September meeting Chairman Yellen explained the Fed’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged by citing concerns about China and emerging market economies and their potential impact on the U.S. This reignited the concerns of late August and another market drop ensued. In a flight to safety U.S. 10-year Treasury yields, which had been as high as 2.48% in early June, dropped to 2.01% during the August rout. However, the story changed come October when equity markets surged as there were a number of tailwinds for global risk assets. The European Central Bank remained dovish and there were increasing signs pointing to stabilization in China. The Fed backdrop dramatically shifted over the course of the month following the Fed’s two-day meeting in October, and the prospect of an interest rate ‘take off’ in December is now approximately 50%, as of writing this report. This news has been well received by the equity markets and put returns back in the black for the one year period.
Among small and mid caps, the highest beta stocks lagged as one might expect in this environment. The market was also led by higher market cap and high momentum companies. The energy sector was the weakest, having lost -42.5%. This of course reflects the dramatic decrease in oil prices. Materials were weak (-3.3%) along with producer durables (-6.2%). The best returning sectors were healthcare (+9.8%) and financials (+11.5%), which were were led by the financial data systems and multiline insurance industries.
Portfolio Review
Our stock selection contributed in every sector other than healthcare. The main source of our lag in healthcare was biotechnology. In the SMID range such stocks are priced on the dream of great future prospects with the key markers being progress through FDA clinical trials. These are binary events. Our investment approach focuses on identifying good ongoing business models with predictable growth prospects. In other words, our approach does not lend itself to the biotechnology group under recent conditions.
Outperformance came from materials & processing driven by our packaging holdings (Sealed Air and Berry Plastics Group) and textile products (Interface). Producer durables was another source of strength. Returns were driven by good stock selection particularly in the environmental and maintenance industry (Rollins, Aramark), air transport (Alaska Air, Spirit Airlines) and machinery tools (Snap-on). We had strong stock selection in consumer discretionary as well, with notable contributions from Graham Holdings (education services), Advance Auto Parts (specialty retail) and Brunswick Corporation (recreational vehicles and boats). Overall, it was a very strong year for the Fund.
Detractors included energy holdings Helmerich & Payne, an oil service company, plus exploration companies EP Energy and Denbury Resources, both of which have been sold. Other key detractors were in healthcare (Fluidigm), materials (Dover) and producer durables (Genessee & Wyoming).
In general we do not make dramatic shifts in sector exposure and that was the case for the past year. The largest change in sector over- and underweights was a decrease in consumer discretionary exposure. We went from a slight underweight to a 4.4% underweight. A number of names left the portfolio due to price action (such as Harman International, Copart, Urban Outfitters, Spirit Airlines) or takeovers (such as AOL). Our energy weight declined, in part due to the impact declining oil prices had on the sector but also because we reduced our exposure to high cost producers (Denbury Resources) and more highly levered producers (EP Energy). Our REIT exposure rose as we added Douglas Emmett, an office REIT. We also increased our weighting in Equity LifeStyle Properties which is a residential REIT. Healthcare exposure rose modestly as we added several new names, notably VWR and Cooper.
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Outlook
We remain positive about the U.S. The source of our optimism is the housing market, which continues to recover at a moderate and sustained pace. Housing has a powerful multiplier effect in the economy as the construction and purchase of a new home generates a wide variety of additional purchases. A key element of our optimism relates to positive trends in the 25-to-34-year-old cohort. This group was hardest hit by the great recession and seems to be finally getting on its feet. Employment has noticeably improved for people in this category, with those who moved in with their parents now moving out and creating new households. In addition, we are seeing an increase in the birth rate, which is a key trigger for a home purchase.
We are seeing some improvement in credit available for consumers. The source is not always the banks, which are still recovering from the effects of looser lending standards before the recession. Third party sources, such as Lending Tree, a comparison website, are meeting the borrowing needs of many consumers.
As we have noted previously, healthcare has seen an explosion in initial public offerings (IPOs) of biotech companies. In our view many of these have been of poor quality. Not unexpectedly, both the biotech and pharmaceutical industries (the latter also an area of IPO activity) were particularly hard hit in the downturn.
Our largest concern is the valuations of small and mid cap securities. They are still at elevated levels, partially, but not entirely, due to the very low level of interest rates. The impact on our strategy is that it has become more difficult to find mispriced growth stocks - the largest building block of our portfolio.
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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, Advisor and R6 Shares vs. the Russell 2500 Index.
The Russell 2500 Index is a market capitalization weighted broad based index measuring the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 70% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2015 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | | Annualized Since Inception (b) | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund (d) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 7.23 | % | 12.91 | % | 8.59 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 7.00 | % | 12.61 | % | 8.31 | % |
R6 Shares | | 7.40 | %(c) | 12.94 | %(c) | 8.60 | %(c) |
Russell 2500 Index | | 1.50 | % | 13.07 | % | 6.95 | % |
(a) | Average annual total returns. |
(b) | From commencement of fund operations on March 31, 2006. |
(c) | The R6 Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to December 30, 2014 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund. |
(d) | Effective December 19, 2014, SIMNA has contractually agreed through February 29, 2016 to limit the management fee paid by the Fund to the annual rate of 0.80% based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. If the Fund had paid such lower fees during the period prior to December 19, 2014, the returns of the Fund would have been higher. |
“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.
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Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | | 4.1 | % |
Aramark | | 2.5 | |
Advance Auto Parts | | 2.0 | |
PVH | | 1.9 | |
Snap-on | | 1.9 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Financial Services | | 20.1 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | 16.1 | |
Healthcare | | 12.4 | |
Producer Durables | | 12.4 | |
Technology | | 10.7 | |
Materials & Processing | | 8.9 | |
Investment Company | | 4.1 | |
Utilities | | 2.9 | |
Consumer Staples | | 2.5 | |
Other Energy | | 2.0 | |
Auto & Transportation | | 1.0 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 6.9 | |
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
For the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the “Fund”) fell -12.88% (Investor Shares) and -13.01% (Advisor Shares) compared to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of emerging market stocks covering over 800 securities across 23 markets, which fell -14.53%. On December 30, 2014, the Fund began to offer R6 shares, which fell -8.17% since inception through the period ended October 31, 2015.
Market Backdrop
Global equities recorded a modest gain over the year. The U.S. economy continued to recover, despite some weakness in data at the start of 2015, and speculation has focused on the timing of a first rate hike. In Europe, concerns over the recovery of the eurozone economy prompted the European Central Bank (“ECB”) to launch a monetary easing programme in early 2015 while ECB President Draghi has recently indicated that the central bank is prepared to take further action as required. However, uncertainty over a potential U.S. rate rise and growth and policy concerns in China served to unsettle markets, particularly in the second half of the period. Emerging markets faced a challenging period with a stronger U.S. dollar and country specific issues weighing on returns. The Index declined in value and underperformed the MSCI World Index.
Emerging Asian markets held up best. Chinese equities were only marginally down over the year, despite elevated volatility in the second half of the period. Macro data in general deteriorated which prompted the authorities to provide stimulus through rate cuts and a lowering of bank reserve ratio requirements (RRR), while local governments were encouraged to swap bank loans into longer-dated bonds, addressing the rapid debt increase since 2010. Meanwhile the Shanghai-Hong Kong Connect scheme opened in April. Together with an environment where attractive lending opportunities were becoming scarcer, these moves contributed to a liquidity-driven rally in the stock market. The authorities sought to tame the market volatility and calm markets and a correction ensued, which then prompted further rounds of interest and RRR reductions, as well as the injection of liquidity into the banking sector. GDP growth was 6.9% year over year in Q3. The Philippines and Korea also held up relatively well. Both economies are relatively well placed to weather an environment of tighter global liquidity given their large account surplus positions. In India, lower oil prices and the central bank’s action to cut rates to 6.75% were both supportive. However, concerns over delayed reforms and another weak monsoon season were a drag on absolute performance. Taiwan outperformed, although some weak macro data towards the end of the year served to weigh on overall returns. Thailand underperformed. The military remained in power and although martial law was lifted in April, a draft constitution was rejected, meaning elections will likely be delayed. Meanwhile economic growth has remained muted and 2Q GDP growth eased to 2.8% year over year. Indonesia also underperformed. The country has a high current account deficit and the equity market and the currency were impacted by expectations of an interest rate hike from the Fed. Malaysia was the worst performing regional market, negatively impacted by the sharp decline in energy prices and a political corruption scandal.
Emerging EMEA equities recorded more mixed returns. Hungary delivered a strong gain and was the only Index market to finish in positive territory, with OTP Bank supporting gains. South Africa was firmly down in absolute terms but outperformed. The country’s large current account deficit caused some unease in the face of expectations for tighter global liquidity, and the rand experienced a sharp decline relative to the U.S. dollar. However, large index stock Naspers provided some comparative support to the local market. The Czech Republic was down, with utility company CEZ, which represents more than half the country’s index weight, weighing on returns. However, macro data remained strong. Qatar recorded a sizeable decline. Negative sentiment from weak oil prices was exacerbated by the launch of corruption investigations at FIFA, which have spurred some uncertainty over the 2022 World Cup. Russia underperformed, negatively impacted by a 42.3% decline in the price of Brent crude. Geopolitical uncertainty stemming from a frozen crisis in Ukraine, which resulted in a tightening of international sanctions, was a further headwind to performance. Egypt was down, with security concerns weighing on the local market. In Turkey, June parliamentary elections delivered an indecisive result and will be re-run in November. Political risk has been further heightened following the country’s move to join the U.S.-led coalition in Syria and after the PKK ended its ceasefire with the government. The UAE lagged, with lower oil prices a drag on sentiment. In Poland, a surprise win for the opposition centrist-right PiS candidate in a May presidential election was followed by a PiS victory in October parliamentary elections. Local equities sold off as polls shifted towards PiS, given the party’s plans for higher fiscal spending, which would likely be funded by sector specific taxes and a higher budget deficit. Greece was the weakest Index country, recording a sharp drawdown. The election of radical left party Syriza in early 2015 was followed by months of negotiations with international partners. With no deal in place the government called a referendum at the end of June and introduced capital controls. Although a third bailout deal was finally agreed, this involves major concessions from the Greek government. Furthermore, the imposition of capital controls means banks are now expected to require a sizeable recapitalisation.
In Latin America, all of the Index countries were down, with currency weakness amplifying negative returns. The more defensive Chilean market held up best but was down heavily and underperformed. A 23.6% decline in copper was negative for the local market and the peso lost 16.4% relative to the U.S. dollar. Meanwhile, President Bachelet’s draft tax and labour market reform weighed on private investment somewhat during the period. Mexico lagged, with some of the Index’s largest stocks weighing on returns. GDP growth showed a modest improvement, largely due to a recovery in the consumer sector, with spending ahead of June’s legislative elections providing support. In terms of energy sector reform, September’s second package of ‘round one’ oil field auctions were more
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successful than those held in August. Peru underperformed, with the sell-off in commodity prices acting as a headwind to performance. Towards the end of the year, MSCI’s announcement that it was considering Peru for downgrade to its frontier market index (a decision it has since delayed for 12 months) also weighed on performance. Colombia lagged, primarily due to the heavy decline in the oil price; given that oil had accounted for 55% of exports. In this environment, state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol was among the weakest stocks. Brazil underperformed by a wide margin, with a 35.8% decline in the real versus the U.S. dollar exacerbating negative returns. Following the re-election of Dilma Rousseff, the economy has fallen into recession and GDP contracted 2.6% year over year in Q2. Meanwhile the new finance minister’s efforts to put the economy on a more sustainable footing have been hit by political wrangling in congress, with a corruption scandal surrounding Petrobras further weighing on sentiment. The government’s U-turn on a commitment to a primary surplus in 2016 then prompted a credit rating downgrade to non-investment grade status.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s performance was ahead of the Index over the reporting period, with country allocation and stock selection both adding value.
On a country basis, a zero-weight to Malaysia and the overweights to China and Korea added the most to relative returns. An underweight to Colombia and a small cash position also proved beneficial. In contrast, an overweight to Turkey detracted.
At a stock level, selection in Taiwan contributed the most to returns. This included the overweights to Catcher Technology and Eclat Textile, as well as an underweight to Mediatek. Positive selection in India also generated sizeable gains, most notably the off-benchmark positions in automaker Maruti Suzuki and pharmaceuticals company Lupin. An overweight to HDFC Bank also added value. Conversely, stock selection in Korea was negative.
Outlook
Emerging markets have staged a rebound recently, driven by the prospect of supportive global liquidity for longer. However, we do not believe this rally has signalled the start of a prolonged bull run, given that the headwind of more restrictive monetary policy in the U.S. has not disappeared, but rather expectations have simply been pushed back. Indeed, the rally which was primarily driven by perceived weaker economies and lower quality, typically commodity-heavy stocks, is already dissipating. What is becoming increasingly clear is that U.S. monetary policy tightening will be gradual and modest which should allow investors to refocus on the strong case for investing in emerging markets. So, once the Fed tightens and provided it is not surprisingly aggressive, in our view global emerging markets securities are well placed to perform well given the current exceptional degree of bearish sentiment towards them. The underperformance of emerging markets has also led valuations to become attractive and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is trading on a material discount of over 30% to the MSCI World Index. In the immediate term, then, we have not positioned ourselves for a prolonged rally; we are currently underweight the energy and material sectors. However, we expect to move to a more positive stance on the outlook for emerging markets and to add more cyclicality into the portfolio, provided we see more clarity on U.S. monetary policy and confidence that the U.S. dollar has already done much of its strengthening.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
Investor, Advisor and R6 Shares vs. the 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, 2015 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | | Annualized Since Inception (b) | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (12.88 | )% | (1.95 | )% | 3.66 | % |
Advisor Shares | | (13.01 | )% | (2.15 | )% | 3.45 | % |
R6 Shares | | (12.80 | )%(c) | (1.93 | )%(c) | 3.67 | %(c) |
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | | (14.53 | )% | (2.80 | )% | 3.22 | % |
(a) | Average annual total returns. |
(b) | From commencement of fund operations on March 31, 2006. |
(c) | The R6 Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to December 30, 2014 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund. |
“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 Net Assets | |
Samsung Electronics | | 5.3 | % |
Tencent Holdings | | 5.2 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 4.1 | |
China Construction Bank Class H | | 3.9 | |
China Mobile | | 3.1 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Asia/Far East | | 69.8 | % |
Europe | | 9.9 | |
Latin America | | 9.7 | |
Africa | | 4.3 | |
Middle East | | 2.8 | |
Investment Company | | 1.0 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 2.5 | |
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Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
For the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund (the “Fund”) fell -16.81% (Investor Shares) and -17.03% (Advisor Shares). For the same twelve-month period, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of emerging market stocks covering over 800 securities across 23 markets, fell -14.53%. On December 30, 2014, the Fund began to offer R6 shares, which fell -11.76% since inception through the period ended October 31, 2015.
Market Background
Both developed and emerging markets posted negative returns over the period, with emerging markets lagging their developed markets counterparts. Emerging markets came under pressure towards the end of 2014 as investors grew increasingly nervous in the face of a number of headwinds, principally the potential fragility of Russia, sluggish growth in China and the prospect of an increase in U.S. interest rates. However, after the poor end to 2014, emerging markets broadly tracked developed equities during the first half on 2015, only to underperform again in the third quarter of 2015, with currency weakness exacerbating the decline in U.S. dollar terms. The IMF warned that emerging markets will suffer a net outflow of capital in the future for the first time since the 1980s, leaving foreign investor flows lower than levels recorded at the height of the global financial crisis.
Worries over slowing growth in China were a key feature throughout the reporting period. The Chinese stock market saw significant volatility during the period, with substantial gains being made in the spring and then declines in the summer after a poorly communicated effort to adjust exchange rate policy. However, Chinese equities received some support from hopes that the authorities would continue to take steps to ease monetary policy, as they did on several occasions throughout the period.
Expectations of slower growth in China contributed to the drop in commodity prices, which was another important theme of the twelve-month period. Oil prices saw a significant drop in late 2014 and early 2015, with increased supply also a factor weighing on prices. While many of the larger emerging markets are actually net beneficiaries of lower energy costs (most notably China, India, Korea and Taiwan), the reliance of countries like Brazil on iron ore and Russia and Mexico on oil was clearly evident. Brazil faced additional headwinds over the period, including a corruption investigation focused on oil major Petrobras.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), resource-heavy markets such as Russia underperformed. Resource stocks in South Africa were also under pressure although the market drew some support from index heavyweight Naspers, which benefited from investors’ preference for growth over value during the period. The small Greek market underperformed following the election of anti-austerity party Syriza in early 2015 amid worries over the country’s debt. At the end of June, Greece’s failure to reach a deal with the EU led to the introduction of capital controls with banks closed and cash withdrawals limited to 60 per day.
Portfolio Review
The Fund lagged the benchmark Index over the period. In part, this was due to investors’ preference for ‘growth’ as well as for higher quality (particularly defensive) stocks in times of uncertainty. At the same time, investors largely shunned ‘value’ opportunities. As with developed markets, it was also a largely momentum-driven market which is not unusual when investors are short-term in nature and afraid to break away from the herd.
The emerging Asian markets detracted overall from relative returns in the period. Stock specific headwinds were partly the cause of this, not least the strength in Korea’s Samsung and China’s Tencent Holdings; these are stocks in which we have a below-benchmark allocation. Elsewhere, in Thailand the overweight allocation to exploration & production was a detractor for the Fund. The overweight in Indonesian cement stocks also weighed on Fund returns after the announcement of new government regulations on cement prices aimed at supporting the local construction industry. On the positive side, the portfolio benefited from positioning within Malaysia, where returns were under pressure over the period (the country is Asia’s only energy exporter). In India, our overweight allocation in IT services supported relative returns.
Resource-laden Latin America was the worst-performing region over the period so our underweight allocation here was positive for relative returns, particularly the below-benchmark allocation to Mexico, a market we viewed as expensive. However, positioning in Brazil detracted from relative returns. Our relative underweight allocation to Petrobras and to complex banks was supportive for relative returns but this was offset by the Fund’s overweight allocations in other areas, including mining and utilities.
In EMEA, exposure to mining also proved to be a drag on returns in South Africa. Our lack of exposure to media stock Naspers also detracted from relative performance. Naspers, which owns part of Chinese group Tencent Holdings, has been a key beneficiary of the search for growth theme. Elsewhere in South Africa, our positioning within food & drink stocks supported Fund returns. Meanwhile, our underweight allocation to the Greek market was positive for relative returns, particularly our avoidance of Greek banks amidst the country’s debt worries.
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Outlook
We believe the key country positions in the Fund are the underweights in Korea, China, Mexico and Malaysia, in favor of less-loved markets such as South Africa, Thailand and Indonesia. The main driver of the lower than index weight in China is a less inflated weighting in financials (both banks and insurers), as well as the underweight in Tencent Holdings. However, we are overweight healthcare, autos, apparel and selected industrials and have started to take advantage of cheaper valuations within Chinese financials (although we remain underweight).
Within Korea, we remain underweight Samsung, which is a key driver of the lower-than-Index allocation to the market. We are also avoiding many Korean industrials where profitability is under pressure. We do hold a number of stocks in the auto industry, although we have been reducing these positions of late. Elsewhere in Asia, we are overweight Thailand, particularly energy, technology and telecoms stocks. The strategy is overweight Indonesia, especially the out-of-favor cement stocks, and we have recently been adding to the banking sector in both Indonesia and Thailand. Our exposure to Taiwan is mostly driven by the overweight to small and mid-cap stocks in its technology sector, although we have recently started to build up new positions within financials and telecoms and are now modestly overweight the overall market. We remain underweight Malaysia, due to a low exposure to industrials and financials which has been beneficial of late. Within India, our portfolios are biased toward the larger international technology stocks such as Infosys and Wipro, whilst we are underweight the less profitable domestic industrials stocks.
In the EMEA region, we have a long-held preference for South African stocks, especially financials, telecoms and consumer staples, the main exception being media giant Naspers (which owns 34% of Tencent Holdings). We have been trimming back our modest overweight to Turkey and are broadly neutral Russia relative to the index, although within the country we do not hold any financials in favor of selected resource stocks.
We are underweight Latin America in the aggregate primarily due to our position in the Mexican market. Mexico remains relatively expensive and we have only limited exposure there, which has been the case for quite some time. Our exposure to Brazil is driven largely by our positions in utilities and industrials.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund
Investor, Advisor and R6 Shares vs. the 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, 2015 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund (c) — | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (16.81 | )% | (1.52 | )% |
Advisor Shares | | (17.03 | )% | (1.76 | )% |
R6 Shares | | (16.72 | )%(b) | (1.47 | )%(b) |
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | | (14.53 | )% | 0.56 | % |
(a) From commencement of fund operations on June 25, 2013.
(b) The R6 Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to December 30, 2014 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund.
(c) Effective December 19, 2014, SIMNA has contractually agreed through February 29, 2016 to limit the management fee paid by the Fund to the annual rate of 0.80% based on the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to each share class. If the Fund had paid such lower fees during the period prior to December 19, 2014, the returns of the Fund would have been higher.
“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 Net Assets | |
MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 1.1 | % |
Samsung Electronics | | 1.1 | |
Samsung Electronics GDR | | 1.1 | |
Bank of China Class H | | 1.0 | |
China Mobile | | 1.0 | |
* Excludes Short-Term Investment.
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Asia/Far East | | 60.7 | % |
Africa | | 12.5 | |
Europe | | 10.7 | |
Latin America | | 8.7 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 2.0 | |
Middle East | | 1.9 | |
United Kingdom | | 0.3 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 3.2 | |
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Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
The Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on August 26, 2015. During the period from inception through October 31, 2015, the Fund gained 5.20% (Investor Shares and R6 Shares), compared to the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of emerging market stocks covering over 1,800 securities across 23 markets, which rose 9.47% during the same period.
Market background
Global equities recorded a positive return over the period as risk appetite improved. After an initial poor market reaction to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision at the end of September 2015 to delay monetary tightening, markets rallied with the prospect of a supportive liquidity environment. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank further supported markets with talk of further quantitative easing (“QE”) and China announced policy easing measures. The Index posted a positive return and performed broadly in line with the MSCI World Index.
Chinese smaller companies registered a strong return and outperformed as the People’s Bank of China cut interest rates, lowered the reserve requirement ratio for banks and removed a deposit cap that limited the rate banks can pay savers. These stimulatory moves followed a third quarter Chinese gross domestic product report that indicated growth eased to 6.9% year on year. Some alleviation in near-term U.S.-dollar liquidity and an easing in Chinese growth concerns were beneficial for Indonesia, with gains magnified by appreciation in the rupiah. Taiwan also outperformed, with technology stocks leading the Index higher amid expectations that central bank actions in Europe and the U.S. may serve to support exports. India marginally underperformed as earnings were weaker than expected and Korea was a bigger laggard given its more defensive nature in an environment of increased risk appetite.
Meanwhile, Mexico performed broadly in line with the Index. Macro data continued to reflect a recovery in the economy with remittances also supportive. Brazil lagged and posted a negative return with currency weakness magnifying negative returns that were driven by a sovereign credit rating downgrade to non-investment grade status. In emerging EMEA, Russia performed strongly with a 15% rebound in oil prices supporting the local market and the ruble. Poland underperformed with the market falling sharply as the national-conservative PIS party won parliamentary election. This was not seen as a not market positive given the party’s plans for higher fiscal spending, which will likely be funded by sector specific taxes and a higher budget deficit.
Portfolio Review
Although the Fund’s return over the period was positive, its performance was behind that of the Index over the period as stock selection acted as a drag. This was especially acute in China where the Fund’s stocks lagged a rally following a number of easing measures. Selection in India and Poland also detracted. Some of the more defensive growth names in healthcare, such as Bumrungrad Hospital and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, and Filipino consumer related name D&L Industries trailed. Meanwhile, stock selection in Korea contributed positively to returns with our holdings in select consumer discretionary and healthcare names outperforming the market.
Outlook
We believe that the strategic case for an investment in emerging market smaller companies remains compelling, in large part due to their rich opportunity set and their generally under researched nature versus larger-cap companies. In the immediate term, however, soft global growth and a strengthening U.S. dollar challenge the outlook. While valuations for emerging markets smaller companies overall appear reasonably attractive, our view is that some of the most attractive domestic orientated growth opportunities remain expensive.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $250,000 Investment in the Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund
Investor and R6 Shares vs. the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Small Cap Index.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index includes small cap representation across 23 emerging market countries. With 1,864 constituents, the index covers approximately 14% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. The small cap segment tends to capture more local economic and sector characteristics relative to larger emerging market capitalization segments.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | Cumulative Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund — | | | |
Investor Shares | | 5.20 | % |
R6 Shares | | 5.20 | % |
MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index | | 9.47 | % |
(a) From commencement of fund operations on August 26, 2015.
“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 Net Assets | |
S-1 Class 1 | | 2.8 | % |
Aramex PJSC | | 2.6 | |
Posiflex Technology | | 2.5 | |
Merida Industry | | 2.5 | |
Gourmet Master | | 2.4 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Asia/Far East | | 70.0 | % |
Latin America | | 12.0 | |
Europe | | 7.3 | |
Middle East | | 4.6 | |
United Kingdom | | 1.2 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 4.9 | |
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Schroder International Alpha Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
For the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder International Alpha Fund (the “Fund”) fell -0.89% (Investor Shares) and -1.08% (Advisor Shares) compared to the MSCI EAFE Index, a broad-based basket of international stocks, which fell -0.07%. On December 30, 2014, the Fund began to offer R6 shares, which gained 1.29% since inception through the period ended October 31, 2015.
Market Background
Amidst an environment of heightened volatility and slow growth, international equities posted flat returns over the period. In late 2014, investors were concerned that the rest of the world was failing to keep up with the U.S., which fuelled significant dollar strength and currency volatility. We also saw oil prices collapse amidst increasing supply as Saudi Arabia remained determined to defend their market share at any price and drive out the marginal producers. However, in early 2015 dollar strength subsided as macro momentum picked up in Europe and Japan. Volatility returned with a vengeance during August 2015 with concerns about a deeper-than-expected slowdown in China and the prospect of a potential U.S. rate hike in September largely behind the ‘risk-off’ sentiment and sharp market correction.
The best performing sectors of the market over the period were the technology and consumer-related sectors. Technology benefited from some strong earnings results helped by substantial cost saving efforts and healthy end markets. Meanwhile, consumer stocks have, to some extent, benefited from increased consumer spending as a result of weaker energy prices boosting disposable income. Conversely, the energy and materials sectors were the weakest performing sectors as the supply glut and softer demand from China weighed on prices and earnings.
Portfolio Review
The portfolio underperformed the Index over the twelve-month period. At the sector level, stock selection had a negative impact on returns, with the exception of the consumer staples, healthcare and materials sectors. From a regional perspective, the Fund’s holdings in Japan weighed on performance. Stock selection in Asia Pacific (ex Japan), Europe and the UK, however, benefitted returns on a relative basis.
The biggest individual contributor to returns was Lonza Group, a life sciences company and contract manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry. Earnings results have showed strength in the pharma and biotech business and management is executing well. The company’s pipeline of contracts to supply many of the new drugs that are coming to market remains a key part of our investment thesis. Elsewhere, improving sentiment in the autos-related sector was supportive for a few of our auto-exposed holdings which performed well over the twelve-month period. Favorable currency exposures, lower raw material prices and falling oil prices benefited both Bridgestone and Continental.
Among the largest detractors from performance were some of our energy-related stocks, including Statoil and DnB NOR, as oil prices remained low during the period. DnB NOR is Norway’s largest bank and concerns about the impact of the oil price on the oil-dependant Norwegian economy weighed on the shares. Meanwhile, Statoil has been particularly sensitive to the slide in oil prices, given its relatively high production costs and lack of defensive refining exposure. However, we believe there is an underappreciated self-help story with better leverage to an oil price recovery than its peers. We remain confident in the company’s ability to re-position itself down the cost curve and deliver production growth, even at lower oil prices. Management has proven adept at delivering cost and capital expenditure reductions and the increased production coming from the Sverdrup field will benefit earnings.
Outlook
The outlook for equity markets remains finely balanced as investors continue to look for certainty in an uncertain environment. The aggregate picture remains challenging but we see good opportunities for companies with healthy cash flow and strong balance sheets that possess innovative or adaptable business models. Moreover, recent volatility provides attractive entry points for companies with solid fundamentals that have been unduly sold off.
There is a pervasive sense of macroeconomic uncertainty at the moment, driven primarily by concerns for the Greater China region. Our base case remains that the transition from an investment-led to consumption-led economy can be managed, albeit at the cost of significant losses in the financial and investment-related sectors of the market — areas we have been, and continue to be, cautious about. Growth in China will undoubtedly be slower but likely more balanced and sustainable.
Emerging markets are one of the few areas globally where valuations currently look attractive and selling fatigue now seems evident. However, leverage has built up and risks remain high in a number of markets. That being said, we do believe that there are now some compelling opportunities to invest in quality franchises that have excessively sold off in sympathy with the “risk off trade”. We favor countries that continue to undertake aggressive reform and remain focused on companies with sustainable competitive advantages, attractive financials and high earnings quality.
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In the U.S., economic data have been more mixed recently, and it remains to be seen how the economy will cope with rising interest rates and potentially additional dollar strength. In addition, with minimum wage increases now broadening out across industries, we are cognisant of the potential shorter term risk to company margins and earnings. We have already seen 2015 earnings estimates downgraded and 2016 could see more negative impacts come through from the strong dollar, soft commodity prices and rising wage cost pressure. Given that headline valuations are still reasonably high and there appears to be little room for margin growth, we now feel that the U.S. equity bull market is showing signs of fatigue and expectations could be too high.
In contrast, European equity valuations and expectations are at a lower level. Although there is some uncertainty about the speed of the region’s recovery, it does provide a good backdrop against which companies can reap the rewards of pent-up demand from consumers and businesses amidst a recovery in the credit cycle. Coming from a cyclically low base, there is meaningful scope for European margins to surprise, particularly in southern Europe where economic data have been improving.
Japan remains attractive both in terms of valuations and earnings. Low oil, the weak yen and the corporate tax cut continue to support profits. Prime Minister Abe’s reform agenda has lost some momentum as elections in Japan have shifted focus toward national security issues. However, the market should still see positive momentum from a combination of the end of deflation, a new management mindset that is more focused on shareholder returns and government asset purchases.
We are watching credit spreads carefully, as the recent increases in both high yield and investment grade credit yields have started to put upward pressure on equity discount rates. If this trend continues we are unlikely to see the elevated levels of M&A activity, or share buybacks, that we did throughout most of 2015.
Deflationary pressure is likely to remain a key feature of the global economy and a lack of pricing power is already in evidence in the traded goods sector. We expect industrial and manufacturing companies will continue to operate in a challenging environment. We have already seen profit warnings issued by a number of capital goods manufacturers, highlighting that the summer period has been weak for these markets.
In the services industries, pricing power and activity levels have been more resilient, which naturally informs a preference in our portfolios for such firms over manufacturers. It is also worth noting that the services sector as a percentage of GDP recently moved above 50% for the first time ever in China, underpinning the slower but more balanced growth.
In the current environment, our emphasis within manufacturing industries is on companies with a high component of recurring revenue (such as maintenance providers and parts suppliers), as these should prove more resilient to any decline in capital investment spending. We are also highly focused on innovation as a driver of pricing regardless of the industry environment. Overall, we continue to see good opportunities for selective investors and favor companies with solid cash flow, healthy balance sheets and adaptive or innovative business models.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder International Alpha Fund
Investor, Advisor and R6 Shares vs. the 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, 2015 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | | Ten Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund (b) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (0.89 | )% | 3.61 | % | 4.95 | % |
Advisor Shares | | (1.08 | )% | 3.37 | % | 4.70 | %(c) |
R6 Shares | | (0.80 | )%(d) | 3.63 | %(d) | 4.96 | %(d) |
MSCI EAFE Index | | (0.07 | )% | 4.81 | % | 4.05 | % |
(a) Average annual total returns.
(b) Effective April 1, 2006, the management fees of the Fund increased to 0.975%. If the Fund had paid such higher fees during the period prior to April 1, 2006, the returns would have been lower. Effective March 21, 2012, the management fees of the Fund decreased to 0.80%. If the Fund had paid such lower fees during periods prior to March 21, 2012, the returns of the Fund would have been higher. Effective December 19, 2014, SIMNA has contractually agreed through February 29, 2016 to limit the management fee paid by the Fund to the annual rate of 0.70% based on the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to each share class. If the Fund had paid such lower fees during the period prior to December 19, 2014, the returns of the Fund would have been higher.
(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.
(d) The R6 Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to December 30, 2014 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund.
“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.
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Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
Nestle | | 3.1 | % |
SAP | | 2.8 | |
AIA Group | | 2.5 | |
Fresenius Medical Care & KGaA | | 2.4 | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | | 2.4 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Continental Europe | | 39.9 | % |
United Kingdom | | 24.0 | |
Japan | | 17.9 | |
Emerging Markets | | 7.3 | |
Pacific ex-Japan | | 6.9 | |
Middle East | | 2.1 | |
North America | | 1.7 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 0.2 | |
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Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of December 4, 2015)
Performance
For the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) fell -5.12% (Investor Shares) and -5.27% (Advisor Shares) compared to the MSCI EAFE Index, a broad-based basket of stocks in developed markets, with the exception of the U.S. and Canada, which fell -0.07% during this same period, and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index, a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of the U.S., including both developed and emerging markets (collectively, the “Indices”), which fell -4.68%. On December 30, 2014, the Fund began to offer R6 shares, which fell -1.62% since inception through the period ended October 31, 2015.
Market Background
Developed market (ex U.S. and Canada) equities (as represented by the MSCI EAFE Index) registered flat returns for the twelve-month period; however, emerging markets significantly underperformed their developed market peers. European equities were flat in U.S. dollar terms but posted substantial euro-denominated gains over the period. The launch of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank in early 2015 supported European equities and saw the euro depreciate versus the U.S. dollar. Japanese equities delivered gains over the period, also supported by monetary policy easing.
Emerging markets struggled to keep pace with developed markets as investor skittishness resulted in a challenging period. Concerns included the direction of U.S. interest rates, dollar strength, geopolitical tensions, falling commodity prices, and the economic slowdown in China. Rising volatility in summer 2015 saw emerging markets significantly underperform developed markets towards the latter part of the period. Currency credibility was an issue for investors during the quarter: Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Malaysia all experienced double digit losses in their trade weighted exchange rates in Q3 2015. Meanwhile, fears over a slowdown in China, coupled with continued oversupply, provided downward pressure on commodity prices which, in turn, hurt commodity-exporting emerging markets.
Amid the pressure on commodity prices, the energy and materials sectors were the worst performers over the twelve months, registering negative returns. A bribery scandal at Brazilian group Petrobras added to the oil & gas sector’s woes. The consumer discretionary and staples sectors were the top performers; consumer-related stocks received a boost from the oil price drop as people spent less on petrol and therefore had more money available for restaurants, gifts and home improvements.
The period was marked by substantial divergence between investment styles. Since summer 2014, ‘value’ stocks have significantly underperformed with investors in particular gravitating towards apparently lower risk but expensive ‘minimum volatility’ stocks or, at times of increased optimism, highly priced ‘growth’ stocks.
Portfolio Review
The portfolio lagged the Indices; exposure to emerging markets was a drag on performance relative to the MSCI EAFE as even the high quality, cheap stocks where the Fund had most exposure suffered. The portfolio also lagged the MSCI AC World ex-U.S. Index but to a lesser degree. We continue to focus on valuations and business quality but the market has been ignoring the fundamental strength of many stocks and has been rewarding lower volatility areas and growth. These two areas of the market have been becoming ever more expensive as the market continues to bid up previous stock price winners. This market preference for growth stocks has made it more difficult for more contrarian strategies to outperform.
Positioning within emerging markets overall was a drag on relative performance although our underweight allocation to the underperforming Latin America region was positive for relative returns. The Fund’s positioning within the materials sector detracted from relative returns. Our exposure to commodity sensitive stocks, particularly in mining, had a negative asset allocation effect on the Fund. We prefer the larger, lower cost, diversified miners and see these as a significant value opportunity, but the market has so far maintained its focus on previous winners. Stock selection within utilities also weighed on relative performance. Consumer staples detracted over the year as investors continued to pay up for the stability of large European food & drink companies.
The portfolio benefited from stock selection within continental Europe. Our holdings in European autos were a particular highlight, notably towards the end of the period as our preference for component makers over larger manufacturers paid off in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. At sector level, stock selection within financials made the greatest positive contribution to relative returns. In Europe, positioning within both complex and simple banks supported Fund performance as the Fund was rewarded for our focus on better quality banks with strong balance sheets at attractive valuations. Our preference for higher quality insurance companies in the UK was another positive contributor to relative returns, as was our low exposure to Australian banks which lagged the market.
Outlook
We remain underweight defensives as the market continues to place high valuations on these sectors. The strong performance of healthcare led us to take profits in these areas and reinvest within certain consumer staples that have not enjoyed the sentiment of other defensive areas of the market. Within utilities and telecoms we are still focused on stocks where dividends are well covered by cash flows coupled with reasonable balance sheets in both developed and emerging markets.
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Our exposure to technology stocks is focused on cheap and higher quality names. Within consumer discretionary, we continue to maintain exposure across a broad range of industries. We have taken profits within several media companies that have performed well. These profits have been reinvested into machinery companies within industrials, where recent sharp falls in Europe have opened up a number of opportunities. Our focus within consumer discretionary and industrials remains those stocks with a track record of producing strong cash flows that are trading at depressed valuations.
We have maintained our overweight position in materials, preferring high quality companies trading on depressed valuations. Mining stocks form the highest exposure within materials where we like the larger, lower cost, diversified miners best. Similarly, within energy we are avoiding the higher cost producers, such as Canadian oil sands, that we think are likely to be impacted to a greater extent by continued oil price pressure.
Within financials we have for a long time benefited from a high allocation to insurance stocks. However, some valuations in our view offer limited upside and we have been steadily taking profits. Elsewhere, we have taken advantage of recent volatility and added deep value European complex banks and a number of Asian-focused simple banks which we view as having been oversold.
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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund Investor, Advisor and R6 Shares vs. the MSCI EAFE Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA 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.
The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S.-based companies. The Index includes both developed and emerging markets.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended October 31, 2015 | | Five Years Ended October 31, 2015 (a) | | Annualized Since Inception (b) | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (c) — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (5.12 | )% | 4.10 | % | 4.16 | % |
Advisor Shares | | (5.27 | )% | 3.85 | % | 3.92 | % |
R6 Shares | | (5.13 | )%(d) | 4.10 | %(d) | 4.16 | %(d) |
MSCI EAFE Index | | (0.07 | )% | 4.81 | % | 2.14 | % |
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index | | (4.68 | )% | 2.60 | % | 2.17 | % |
(a) Average annual total returns.
(b) From commencement of fund operations on August 30, 2006.
(c) Effective March 21, 2012, the management fee of the Fund decreased to 0.80%. If the Fund had paid such lower fees during prior periods, the returns of the Fund would have been higher. Effective December 19, 2014, SIMNA has contractually agreed through February 29, 2016 to limit the management fee paid by the Fund to the annual rate of 0.65% based on the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to each share class. If the Fund had paid such lower fees during the period prior to December 19, 2014, the returns of the Fund would have been higher.
(d) The R6 Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to December 30, 2014 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund.
“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.
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Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
GlaxoSmithKline | | 0.8 | % |
Nestle | | 0.8 | |
KDDI | | 0.8 | |
Schneider Electric | | 0.8 | |
Singapore Telecommunications | | 0.8 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Continental Europe | | 33.3 | % |
Emerging Markets | | 18.0 | |
United Kingdom | | 16.4 | |
Japan | | 15.5 | |
Pacific ex-Japan | | 11.6 | |
North America | | 3.4 | |
Middle East | | 1.1 | |
South America | | 0.1 | |
Asia | | 0.0 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 0.6 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 95.7% | | | |
| | Bermuda — 0.5% | | | |
5,100 | | Arch Capital Group (1) | | 381,939 | |
22,200 | | Assured Guaranty | | 609,168 | |
13,600 | | Axis Capital Holdings | | 734,400 | |
5,700 | | Everest Re Group | | 1,014,429 | |
9,200 | | RenaissanceRe Holdings | | 1,008,596 | |
| | | | 3,748,532 | |
| | Canada — 0.9% | | | |
18,900 | | BCE | | 816,938 | |
8,700 | | Boardwalk REIT | | 357,421 | |
4,500 | | CCL Industries Class B | | 637,523 | |
39,700 | | Centerra Gold | | 223,457 | |
3,700 | | CI Financial | | 88,284 | |
6,800 | | Corus Entertainment Class B | | 64,849 | |
22,100 | | Dominion Diamond | | 233,743 | |
13,300 | | Enbridge Income Fund Holdings | | 326,906 | |
23,300 | | Genworth MI Canada | | 576,085 | |
28,400 | | Medical Facilities | | 366,403 | |
24,700 | | Nevsun Resources | | 73,858 | |
40,100 | | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan | | 812,059 | |
31,400 | | Rogers Communications Class B | | 1,249,420 | |
13,800 | | Saputo | | 329,064 | |
55,600 | | Teck Resources Class B | | 325,708 | |
33,200 | | Transcontinental Class A | | 511,609 | |
| | | | 6,993,327 | |
| | Ireland — 0.7% | | | |
34,752 | | Accenture Class A | | 3,725,414 | |
11,000 | | Eaton | | 615,010 | |
20,900 | | Seagate Technology | | 795,454 | |
| | | | 5,135,878 | |
| | Netherlands — 0.4% | | | |
30,300 | | LyondellBasell Industries Class A | | 2,815,173 | |
| | | | | |
| | Puerto Rico — 0.1% | | | |
41,800 | | First BanCorp (1) | | 158,422 | |
14,100 | | Popular | | 416,937 | |
| | | | 575,359 | |
| | Singapore — 0.2% | | | |
15,200 | | Avago Technologies Class A | | 1,871,576 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 0.5% | | | |
23,000 | | ACE | | 2,611,420 | |
12,200 | | Allied World Assurance Holdings | | 443,592 | |
4,700 | | TE Connectivity | | 302,868 | |
36,000 | | Transocean | | 569,880 | |
| | | | 3,927,760 | |
| | United Kingdom — 0.3% | | | |
23,000 | | Delphi Automotive | | 1,913,370 | |
| | | | | |
| | United States — 92.1% | | | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 10.9% | | | |
14,306 | | Amazon.com (1) | | 8,954,125 | |
1,800 | | AutoZone (1) | | 1,411,938 | |
17,000 | | Bed Bath & Beyond (1) | | 1,013,710 | |
25,400 | | Best Buy | | 889,762 | |
7,400 | | Brinker International | | 336,774 | |
5,700 | | Buckle | | 202,008 | |
7,200 | | CBS Class B | | 334,944 | |
27,113 | | Coach | | 845,926 | |
77,900 | | Comcast Class A | | 4,878,098 | |
4,400 | | Cooper Tire & Rubber | | 183,876 | |
3,000 | | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | | 412,380 | |
5,100 | | Dollar General | | 345,627 | |
7,700 | | Expedia | | 1,049,510 | |
108,600 | | Ford Motor | | 1,608,366 | |
12,800 | | GameStop Class A | | 589,696 | |
13,600 | | Gannett | | 215,152 | |
28,600 | | Gap | | 778,492 | |
20,000 | | Garmin | | 709,400 | |
17,100 | | General Motors | | 596,961 | |
20,400 | | Gentex | | 334,356 | |
12,200 | | Genuine Parts | | 1,107,272 | |
4,000 | | GNC Holdings Class A | | 119,000 | |
7,700 | | Hasbro | | 591,591 | |
22,400 | | Hillenbrand | | 664,608 | |
56,093 | | Home Depot | | 6,935,338 | |
9,600 | | John Wiley & Sons Class A | | 502,368 | |
15,800 | | Johnson Controls | | 713,844 | |
10,600 | | L Brands | | 1,017,388 | |
16,800 | | Leggett & Platt | | 756,504 | |
44,000 | | Lowe’s | | 3,248,520 | |
4,900 | | Macy’s | | 249,802 | |
40,100 | | Mattel | | 985,658 | |
45,581 | | McDonald’s | | 5,116,467 | |
1,400 | | McGraw-Hill | | 129,696 | |
6,200 | | Meredith | | 291,524 | |
6,800 | | Michael Kors Holdings (1) | | 262,752 | |
8,900 | | MSG Networks (1) | | 182,628 | |
12,000 | | Netflix (1) | | 1,300,560 | |
23,100 | | Nike Class B | | 3,026,793 | |
20,300 | | Omnicom Group | | 1,520,876 | |
2,600 | | O’Reilly Automotive (1) | | 718,276 | |
2,200 | | Outerwall | | 132,000 | |
8,700 | | PetMed Express | | 146,334 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
4,000 | | Polaris Industries | | 449,360 | |
1,588 | | Priceline Group (1) | | 2,309,333 | |
5,200 | | Ralph Lauren Class A | | 576,004 | |
30,600 | | Ross Stores | | 1,547,748 | |
12,200 | | Scripps Networks Interactive Class A | | 732,976 | |
1,300 | | Sherwin-Williams | | 346,879 | |
53,900 | | Staples | | 700,161 | |
45,400 | | Starbucks | | 2,840,678 | |
17,200 | | Target | | 1,327,496 | |
22,500 | | TEGNA | | 608,400 | |
5,400 | | Thor Industries | | 292,032 | |
22,545 | | Time Warner | | 1,698,540 | |
31,900 | | TJX | | 2,334,761 | |
8,600 | | Tupperware Brands | | 506,282 | |
63,500 | | Twenty-First Century Fox Class A | | 1,948,815 | |
9,200 | | Vera Bradley (1) | | 115,092 | |
6,400 | | VF | | 432,128 | |
27,300 | | Viacom Class B | | 1,346,163 | |
58,472 | | Walt Disney | | 6,650,605 | |
10,600 | | Yum! Brands | | 751,646 | |
| | | | 82,925,999 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 9.9% | | | |
88,500 | | Altria Group | | 5,351,595 | |
41,800 | | Archer-Daniels-Midland | | 1,908,588 | |
33,500 | | Campbell Soup | | 1,701,465 | |
13,400 | | Church & Dwight | | 1,153,606 | |
16,800 | | Clorox | | 2,048,592 | |
199,116 | | Coca-Cola | | 8,432,563 | |
16,982 | | Colgate-Palmolive | | 1,126,756 | |
13,473 | | Costco Wholesale | | 2,130,351 | |
38,017 | | CVS Health | | 3,755,319 | |
25,600 | | Dr. Pepper Snapple Group | | 2,287,872 | |
63,100 | | General Mills | | 3,666,741 | |
30,300 | | Hormel Foods | | 2,046,765 | |
5,800 | | Kellogg | | 409,016 | |
22,300 | | Kimberly-Clark | | 2,669,533 | |
25,800 | | Kroger | | 975,240 | |
8,200 | | McCormick | | 688,636 | |
17,100 | | Mead Johnson Nutrition Class A | | 1,402,200 | |
33,100 | | Mondelez International Class A | | 1,527,896 | |
80,024 | | PepsiCo | | 8,177,652 | |
65,591 | | Philip Morris International | | 5,798,244 | |
116,711 | | Procter & Gamble | | 8,914,386 | |
37,600 | | Reynolds American | | 1,816,832 | |
3,600 | | Sysco | | 148,500 | |
27,841 | | Walgreens Boots Alliance | | 2,357,576 | |
81,923 | | Wal-Mart Stores | | 4,689,273 | |
| | | | 75,185,197 | |
| | Energy — 6.7% | | | |
6,069 | | Alliance Resource Partners LP | | 130,119 | |
13,300 | | Buckeye Partners LP | | 902,139 | |
52,193 | | California Resources | | 210,860 | |
92,263 | | Chevron | | 8,384,861 | |
16,059 | | ConocoPhillips | | 856,748 | |
74,400 | | Denbury Resources | | 263,376 | |
6,500 | | Enterprise Products Partners LP | | 179,595 | |
1,600 | | EOG Resources | | 137,360 | |
189,990 | | ExxonMobil | | 15,719,773 | |
8,337 | | Halliburton | | 319,974 | |
14,700 | | Helmerich & Payne | | 827,169 | |
26,800 | | Hess | | 1,506,428 | |
34,200 | | Kinder Morgan | | 935,370 | |
10,200 | | Magellan Midstream Partners | | 650,862 | |
92,500 | | Marathon Oil | | 1,700,150 | |
47,000 | | Marathon Petroleum | | 2,434,600 | |
27,100 | | Murphy Oil | | 770,453 | |
35,500 | | National Oilwell Varco | | 1,336,220 | |
15,500 | | Oasis Petroleum (1) | | 180,265 | |
51,033 | | Occidental Petroleum | | 3,804,000 | |
7,100 | | Oceaneering International | | 298,342 | |
7,379 | | Phillips 66 | | 657,100 | |
3,300 | | REX American Resources (1) | | 181,203 | |
67,572 | | Schlumberger | | 5,281,428 | |
9,900 | | Transocean Partners LLC | | 112,068 | |
44,600 | | Valero Energy | | 2,940,032 | |
| | | | 50,720,495 | |
| | Financials — 14.6% | | | |
42,900 | | Aflac | | 2,734,875 | |
38,027 | | American Express | | 2,785,858 | |
13,700 | | American Financial Group | | 989,003 | |
64,200 | | American International Group | | 4,048,452 | |
1,800 | | American Tower Class A REIT | | 184,014 | |
10,600 | | Ameriprise Financial | | 1,222,816 | |
502,150 | | Bank of America | | 8,426,077 | |
65,800 | | BB&T | | 2,444,470 | |
60,000 | | Berkshire Hathaway Class B (1) | | 8,161,200 | |
2,600 | | BlackRock Class A | | 915,122 | |
11,400 | | BOK Financial | | 765,852 | |
9,000 | | Broadridge Financial Solutions | | 536,220 | |
11,100 | | Capital One Financial | | 875,790 | |
149,142 | | Citigroup | | 7,929,880 | |
3,700 | | CME Group Class A | | 349,539 | |
22,300 | | CNA Financial | | 815,288 | |
28,400 | | Comerica | | 1,232,560 | |
16,200 | | Community Bank System | | 660,312 | |
17,100 | | Corrections Corp. of America REIT | | 487,350 | |
43,418 | | Discover Financial Services | | 2,440,960 | |
7,500 | | EPR Properties REIT | | 426,075 | |
2,200 | | Equity Residential REIT | | 170,104 | |
3,200 | | FactSet Research Systems | | 560,384 | |
3,244 | | FBL Financial Group Class A | | 204,048 | |
130,400 | | Fifth Third Bancorp | | 2,484,120 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
44,300 | | Franklin Resources | | 1,805,668 | |
10,300 | | Getty Realty REIT | | 173,864 | |
22,004 | | Goldman Sachs Group | | 4,125,750 | |
4,300 | | HCI Group | | 187,523 | |
42,700 | | HCP REIT | | 1,588,440 | |
12,900 | | Horace Mann Educators | | 441,696 | |
31,300 | | International Bancshares | | 843,535 | |
7,000 | | Jack Henry & Associates | | 541,380 | |
181,663 | | JPMorgan Chase | | 11,671,848 | |
113,500 | | KeyCorp | | 1,409,670 | |
19,200 | | Lincoln National | | 1,027,392 | |
6,800 | | M&T Bank | | 814,980 | |
20,700 | | Medallion Financial | | 173,052 | |
27,700 | | MetLife | | 1,395,526 | |
101,500 | | Morgan Stanley | | 3,346,455 | |
18,900 | | OFG Bancorp | | 174,069 | |
7,000 | | Omega Healthcare Investors REIT | | 241,640 | |
28,800 | | Paychex | | 1,485,504 | |
38,800 | | PNC Financial Services Group | | 3,502,088 | |
32,500 | | Principal Financial Group | | 1,630,200 | |
4,500 | | ProAssurance | | 238,320 | |
3,500 | | Prudential Financial | | 288,750 | |
900 | | Public Storage REIT | | 206,514 | |
3,400 | | RE Class A | | 128,078 | |
158,000 | | Regions Financial | | 1,477,300 | |
7,563 | | Simon Property Group REIT | | 1,523,642 | |
455 | | Stock Yards Bancorp | | 17,144 | |
22,100 | | T. Rowe Price Group | | 1,671,202 | |
20,400 | | TD Ameritrade Holding | | 703,188 | |
16,000 | | Torchmark | | 928,160 | |
40,751 | | U.S. Bancorp | | 1,718,877 | |
8,300 | | Universal Insurance Holdings | | 261,865 | |
12,700 | | Validus Holdings | | 562,610 | |
6,400 | | Ventas REIT | | 343,808 | |
15,100 | | Waddell & Reed Financial Class A | | 557,794 | |
215,472 | | Wells Fargo | | 11,665,654 | |
4,400 | | World Acceptance (1) | | 167,772 | |
| | | | 110,891,327 | |
| | Healthcare — 14.2% | | | |
43,933 | | Abbott Laboratories | | 1,968,198 | |
61,681 | | AbbVie | | 3,673,103 | |
30,316 | | Aetna | | 3,479,671 | |
8,300 | | Allergan (1) | | 2,560,301 | |
42,717 | | Amgen | | 6,756,975 | |
8,700 | | Amsurg Class A (1) | | 609,783 | |
5,900 | | Anthem | | 820,985 | |
4,600 | | Becton Dickinson | | 655,592 | |
14,362 | | Biogen (1) | | 4,172,305 | |
5,500 | | Bio-Techne | | 485,100 | |
50,871 | | Bristol-Myers Squibb | | 3,354,942 | |
8,300 | | Cardinal Health | | 682,260 | |
32,000 | | Celgene (1) | | 3,926,720 | |
12,822 | | Computer Programs & Systems | | 487,364 | |
6,100 | | CR Bard | | 1,136,735 | |
47,761 | | Eli Lilly | | 3,895,865 | |
6,800 | | Enanta Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 191,012 | |
15,124 | | Express Scripts Holding (1) | | 1,306,411 | |
77,504 | | Gilead Sciences | | 8,380,507 | |
134,984 | | Johnson & Johnson | | 13,637,434 | |
18,100 | | McKesson | | 3,236,280 | |
56,469 | | Medtronic | | 4,174,189 | |
152,107 | | Merck | | 8,314,169 | |
26,700 | | Meridian Bioscience | | 507,567 | |
22,000 | | Molina Healthcare (1) | | 1,364,000 | |
326,947 | | Pfizer | | 11,057,348 | |
24,000 | | Quality Systems | | 337,200 | |
22,900 | | Quest Diagnostics | | 1,556,055 | |
35,900 | | St. Jude Medical | | 2,290,779 | |
35,099 | | Stryker | | 3,356,166 | |
9,500 | | Thermo Fisher Scientific | | 1,242,410 | |
61,700 | | UnitedHealth Group | | 7,267,026 | |
2,200 | | Universal Health Services Class B | | 268,598 | |
5,400 | | Vertex Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 673,596 | |
1,508 | | Waters (1) | | 192,722 | |
| | | | 108,019,368 | |
| | Industrials — 9.8% | | | |
34,235 | | 3M | | 5,382,084 | |
36,300 | | ADT | | 1,199,352 | |
13,400 | | AMETEK | | 734,588 | |
10,200 | | Applied Industrial Technologies | | 421,362 | |
25,800 | | Boeing | | 3,820,206 | |
11,508 | | Caterpillar | | 839,969 | |
21,300 | | CH Robinson Worldwide | | 1,477,794 | |
22,700 | | Cummins | | 2,349,677 | |
10,900 | | Danaher | | 1,017,079 | |
6,400 | | Deluxe | | 381,120 | |
28,400 | | Dover | | 1,829,812 | |
9,000 | | Dun & Bradstreet | | 1,024,830 | |
4,900 | | Ennis | | 98,147 | |
5,300 | | FedEx | | 827,065 | |
20,100 | | Flowserve | | 931,836 | |
18,647 | | General Dynamics | | 2,770,571 | |
337,589 | | General Electric | | 9,763,074 | |
39,891 | | Honeywell International | | 4,119,943 | |
4,800 | | Hubbell Class B | | 464,880 | |
5,100 | | Huntington Ingalls Industries | | 611,694 | |
30,300 | | Illinois Tool Works | | 2,785,782 | |
7,700 | | Lincoln Electric Holdings | | 460,537 | |
13,400 | | Lockheed Martin | | 2,945,722 | |
6,500 | | MSC Industrial Direct Class A | | 408,005 | |
23,993 | | Norfolk Southern | | 1,920,160 | |
12,400 | | Northrop Grumman | | 2,328,100 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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16,000 | | Parker Hannifin | | 1,675,200 | |
31,600 | | Pitney Bowes | | 652,540 | |
21,600 | | Raytheon | | 2,535,840 | |
15,300 | | Rockwell Automation | | 1,670,148 | |
9,300 | | Roper Technologies | | 1,733,055 | |
14,500 | | RPX (1) | | 206,480 | |
17,600 | | Stanley Black & Decker | | 1,865,248 | |
37,900 | | Union Pacific | | 3,386,365 | |
31,964 | | United Parcel Service Class B | | 3,292,931 | |
44,695 | | United Technologies | | 4,398,435 | |
26,100 | | Waste Management | | 1,403,136 | |
3,500 | | WW Grainger | | 735,000 | |
| | | | 74,467,767 | |
| | Information Technology — 20.6% | | | |
10,900 | | Adobe Systems (1) | | 966,394 | |
11,849 | | Alphabet Class A (1) | | 8,737,334 | |
12,094 | | Alphabet Class C (1) | | 8,596,536 | |
13,200 | | Amdocs | | 786,324 | |
15,400 | | Amphenol Class A | | 834,988 | |
245,673 | | Apple | | 29,357,923 | |
24,300 | | Automatic Data Processing | | 2,113,857 | |
38,300 | | Brocade Communications Systems | | 399,086 | |
36,700 | | CA | | 1,016,957 | |
251,685 | | Cisco Systems | | 7,261,112 | |
11,500 | | Citrix Systems (1) | | 944,150 | |
31,100 | | Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A (1) | | 2,118,221 | |
94,700 | | Corning | | 1,761,420 | |
5,800 | | CSG Systems International | | 194,416 | |
9,700 | | Dolby Laboratories Class A | | 336,299 | |
60,700 | | eBay (1) | | 1,693,530 | |
3,600 | | Ebix | | 99,828 | |
114,900 | | EMC | | 3,012,678 | |
6,400 | | F5 Networks (1) | | 705,280 | |
78,600 | | Facebook Class A (1) | | 8,014,842 | |
20,800 | | FLIR Systems | | 554,736 | |
13,500 | | Harris | | 1,068,255 | |
103,233 | | HP | | 2,783,162 | |
244,974 | | Intel | | 8,294,820 | |
48,694 | | International Business Machines | | 6,821,056 | |
7,100 | | Intuit | | 691,753 | |
5,500 | | j2 Global | | 426,525 | |
9,500 | | Lexmark International Class A | | 308,655 | |
24,200 | | Linear Technology | | 1,074,964 | |
32,700 | | MasterCard Class A | | 3,236,973 | |
17,100 | | Maxim Integrated Products | | 700,758 | |
21,200 | | Microchip Technology | | 1,023,748 | |
355,950 | | Microsoft | | 18,737,208 | |
29,300 | | NetApp | | 996,200 | |
4,900 | | NETGEAR (1) | | 202,860 | |
161,581 | | Oracle | | 6,275,806 | |
60,700 | | PayPal Holdings (1) | | 2,185,807 | |
8,400 | | Progress Software (1) | | 203,952 | |
13,100 | | QLogic (1) | | 162,440 | |
90,577 | | QUALCOMM | | 5,382,086 | |
8,200 | | salesforce.com (1) | | 637,222 | |
3,300 | | Skyworks Solutions | | 254,892 | |
6,000 | | SolarWinds (1) | | 348,180 | |
65,100 | | Symantec | | 1,341,060 | |
14,300 | | Teradata (1) | | 401,973 | |
64,122 | | Texas Instruments | | 3,637,000 | |
18,000 | | Total System Services | | 944,100 | |
70,800 | | Visa Class A | | 5,492,664 | |
19,300 | | Western Digital | | 1,289,626 | |
61,300 | | Western Union | | 1,180,025 | |
24,300 | | Xilinx | | 1,157,166 | |
| | | | 156,766,847 | |
| | Materials — 2.0% | | | |
2,600 | | Air Products & Chemicals | | 361,348 | |
18,410 | | CF Industries Holdings | | 934,676 | |
4,900 | | Compass Minerals International | | 398,076 | |
62,700 | | Dow Chemical | | 3,239,709 | |
40,000 | | E.I. du Pont de Nemours | | 2,536,000 | |
13,900 | | FutureFuel | | 214,199 | |
35,900 | | International Paper | | 1,532,571 | |
11,540 | | Monsanto | | 1,075,759 | |
25,700 | | Mosaic | | 868,403 | |
44,800 | | Newmont Mining | | 871,808 | |
8,200 | | Nucor | | 346,860 | |
10,500 | | Packaging Corp. of America | | 718,725 | |
3,700 | | Praxair | | 411,033 | |
7,200 | | Schweitzer-Mauduit International | | 279,504 | |
4,600 | | Scotts Miracle-Gro Class A | | 304,336 | |
15,500 | | Sonoco Products | | 661,695 | |
1,500 | | Terra Nitrogen LP | | 158,670 | |
11,900 | | Westlake Chemical | | 717,213 | |
| | | | 15,630,585 | |
| | Telecommunication Services — 2.4% | | | |
257,327 | | AT&T | | 8,623,028 | |
199,030 | | Verizon Communications | | 9,330,526 | |
| | | | 17,953,554 | |
| | Utilities — 1.0% | | | |
16,000 | | AES | | 175,200 | |
68,571 | | Emerson Electric | | 3,238,608 | |
8,800 | | NeuStar Class A (1) | | 239,272 | |
19,500 | | NextEra Energy | | 2,001,870 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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47,500 | | Public Service Enterprise Group | | 1,961,275 | |
| | | | 7,616,225 | |
| | Total United States | | 700,177,364 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $526,643,141) | | 727,158,339 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 95.7% (Cost $526,643,141) | | 727,158,339 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 4.3% | | 33,052,779 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 760,211,118 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
The open futures contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2015, are as follows:
Type of Contract | | Number of Contracts Long (Short) | | Expiration Date | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
S&P 500 Index E-MINI | | 245 | | Dec-2015 | | $ | 1,441,930 | |
| | | | | | | | |
A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2015, is as follows:
Counterparty | | Settlement Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Citigroup Global Markets | | 11/12/15 | | CAD | 14,390,335 | | USD | 11,036,930 | | $ | 32,620 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CAD — Canadian Dollar
LLC — Limited Liability Corporation
LP — Limited Partnership
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P — Standard & Poor’s
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, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Common Stock (2) | | $ | 727,158,339 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 727,158,339 | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 727,158,339 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 727,158,339 | |
Other Financial Instruments | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 1,441,930 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 1,441,930 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Appreciation | | — | | 32,620 | | — | | 32,620 | |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | 1,441,930 | | $ | 32,620 | | $ | — | | $ | 1,474,550 | |
(1) There were no transfers between levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
(2) All securities in this category are Level 1 securities. For a detailed break-out by classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.
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, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
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| | COMMON STOCK — 89.0% | | | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 13.1% | | | |
20,115 | | AMC Entertainment Holdings Class A | | 550,548 | |
80,900 | | American Eagle Outfitters | | 1,236,152 | |
32,700 | | Brunswick | | 1,759,587 | |
3,747 | | Cavco Industries (1) | | 369,454 | |
78,603 | | Chegg (1) | | 542,361 | |
53,300 | | ClubCorp Holdings | | 1,089,452 | |
7,400 | | Domino’s Pizza | | 789,358 | |
34,000 | | Fortune Brands Home & Security | | 1,779,220 | |
20,403 | | Fox Factory Holding (1) | | 362,153 | |
500 | | Graham Holdings Class B | | 276,235 | |
9,600 | | Helen of Troy (1) | | 952,416 | |
31,160 | | Hemisphere Media Group Class A (1) | | 421,595 | |
17,900 | | Homeinns Hotel Group ADR (1) | | 536,642 | |
53,100 | | Interval Leisure Group | | 937,215 | |
28,100 | | Matthews International Class A | | 1,622,213 | |
14,852 | | ServiceMaster Global Holdings (1) | | 529,474 | |
53,700 | | Steven Madden (1) | | 1,871,445 | |
24,508 | | Waste Connections | | 1,335,196 | |
| | | | 16,960,716 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 0.8% | | | |
58,650 | | Dean Foods | | 1,062,151 | |
| | | | | |
| | Financial Services — 23.6% | | | |
24,200 | | Amerisafe | | 1,324,466 | |
56,000 | | Brown & Brown | | 1,807,120 | |
54,952 | | CoreLogic (1) | | 2,142,029 | |
40,200 | | Douglas Emmett REIT | | 1,228,110 | |
33,359 | | Equity LifeStyle Properties REIT | | 2,017,552 | |
4,133 | | First Citizens BancShares Class A | | 1,058,627 | |
79,586 | | Golub Capital BDC | | 1,302,823 | |
49,600 | | Heritage Financial | | 913,632 | |
25,400 | | HFF Class A | | 876,808 | |
82,205 | | Kennedy-Wilson Holdings | | 2,015,667 | |
15,400 | | Lakeland Financial | | 691,922 | |
37,500 | | Meridian Bancorp | | 526,500 | |
24,369 | | Mid-America Apartment Communities REIT | | 2,075,995 | |
19,400 | | PacWest Bancorp | | 873,776 | |
27,195 | | Parkway Properties REIT | | 454,973 | |
26,700 | | PrivateBancorp | | 1,116,861 | |
31,666 | | ProAssurance | | 1,677,031 | |
56,500 | | Radian Group | | 817,555 | |
12,700 | | Reinsurance Group of America Class A | | 1,146,048 | |
19,000 | | Simmons First National Class A | | 979,260 | |
13,100 | | South State | | 1,015,250 | |
27,629 | | Stifel Financial (1) | | 1,227,556 | |
77,840 | | Terreno Realty REIT | | 1,742,059 | |
16,000 | | Western Alliance Bancorp (1) | | 572,000 | |
16,600 | | Wintrust Financial | | 838,134 | |
| | | | 30,441,754 | |
| | Healthcare — 12.8% | | | |
9,200 | | Aerie Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 209,852 | |
48,095 | | Catalent (1) | | 1,278,365 | |
19,300 | | Centene (1) | | 1,147,964 | |
22,300 | | Cepheid (1) | | 744,820 | |
6,100 | | Cooper | | 929,396 | |
7,398 | | Evolent Health Class A (1) | | 95,064 | |
20,688 | | Flexion Therapeutics (1) | | 340,938 | |
18,500 | | HealthSouth | | 644,355 | |
27,172 | | INC Research Holdings Class A (1) | | 1,133,344 | |
35,788 | | K2M Group Holdings (1) | | 653,131 | |
21,600 | | KemPharm (1) | | 353,160 | |
10,600 | | LifePoint Health (1) | | 730,128 | |
21,200 | | Masimo (1) | | 841,216 | |
20,000 | | Parexel International (1) | | 1,262,400 | |
19,800 | | Sirona Dental Systems (1) | | 2,160,774 | |
26,800 | | Surgical Care Affiliates (1) | | 793,548 | |
21,300 | | Trinity Biotech ADR | | 239,199 | |
69,751 | | VWR (1) | | 1,918,850 | |
17,700 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 1,062,177 | |
| | | | 16,538,681 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 9.5% | | | |
11,200 | | Balchem | | 764,960 | |
26,500 | | Beacon Roofing Supply (1) | | 937,835 | |
15,800 | | Compass Minerals International | | 1,283,592 | |
31,700 | | Hexcel | | 1,468,344 | |
50,300 | | Horsehead Holding (1) | | 142,852 | |
36,800 | | Louisiana-Pacific (1) | | 649,888 | |
19,500 | | Minerals Technologies | | 1,149,330 | |
22,200 | | Packaging Corp. of America | | 1,519,590 | |
48,500 | | Pretium Resources (1) | | 290,515 | |
41,800 | | Simpson Manufacturing | | 1,587,564 | |
60,100 | | Steel Dynamics | | 1,110,047 | |
10,586 | | Universal Forest Products | | 768,861 | |
5,700 | | Valmont Industries | | 618,108 | |
| | | | 12,291,486 | |
| | Other Energy — 2.4% | | | |
15,000 | | Carrizo Oil & Gas (1) | | 564,450 | |
6,900 | | PDC Energy (1) | | 416,346 | |
17,400 | | RigNet (1) | | 522,000 | |
29,600 | | RPC | | 326,488 | |
107,400 | | Synergy Resources (1) | | 1,201,806 | |
| | | | 3,031,090 | |
| | Producer Durables — 11.4% | | | |
6,400 | | Allegiant Travel Class A | | 1,263,680 | |
14,600 | | CLARCOR | | 727,956 | |
44,100 | | Compass Diversified Holdings LP | | 725,445 | |
30,000 | | Darling Ingredients (1) | | 303,600 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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8,600 | | Dycom Industries (1) | | 654,374 | |
29,100 | | ESCO Technologies | | 1,079,319 | |
9,500 | | FARO Technologies (1) | | 321,005 | |
35,200 | | Generac Holdings (1) | | 1,110,912 | |
1,594 | | Genesee & Wyoming Class A (1) | | 106,957 | |
32,579 | | Herman Miller | | 1,033,732 | |
22,016 | | IDEX | | 1,689,948 | |
38,500 | | Kornit Digital (1) | | 459,690 | |
16,200 | | MSC Industrial Direct Class A | | 1,016,874 | |
4,800 | | Multi-Color | | 373,632 | |
17,600 | | On Assignment (1) | | 793,936 | |
11,800 | | OSI Systems (1) | | 1,016,924 | |
4,000 | | Powell Industries | | 133,280 | |
3,300 | | Regal Beloit | | 210,507 | |
25,200 | | Tetra Tech | | 677,880 | |
6,300 | | Towers Watson Class A | | 778,428 | |
7,000 | | US Ecology | | 274,470 | |
| | | | 14,752,549 | |
| | Technology — 11.3% | | | |
74,400 | | Cadence Design Systems (1) | | 1,653,168 | |
59,900 | | Ciena (1) | | 1,445,986 | |
26,000 | | DigitalGlobe (1) | | 388,180 | |
112,000 | | Entegris (1) | | 1,436,960 | |
8,300 | | EPAM Systems (1) | | 642,005 | |
32,800 | | Fabrinet (1) | | 710,776 | |
35,900 | | Fairchild Semiconductor International Class A (1) | | 598,812 | |
40,700 | | Fortinet (1) | | 1,398,452 | |
80,600 | | Global Eagle Entertainment (1) | | 1,073,592 | |
14,600 | | Inovalon Holdings Class A (1) | | 336,530 | |
60,700 | | Integrated Device Technology (1) | | 1,547,850 | |
15,400 | | Leidos Holdings | | 809,578 | |
34,720 | | M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings (1) | | 1,171,453 | |
25,860 | | PTC (1) | | 916,479 | |
10,883 | | Verint Systems (1) | | 517,813 | |
| | | | 14,647,634 | |
| | Utilities — 4.1% | | | |
31,300 | | Cleco | | 1,658,900 | |
17,900 | | IDACORP | | 1,196,615 | |
28,422 | | NorthWestern | | 1,540,188 | |
13,400 | | Portland General Electric | | 496,872 | |
10,500 | | SJW | | 333,165 | |
| | | | 5,225,740 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $87,674,976) | | 114,951,801 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 5.6% | | | |
24,800 | | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | | 2,860,432 | |
95,500 | | SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | | 4,362,440 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $7,426,612) | | 7,222,872 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 94.6% (Cost $95,101,588) | | 122,174,673 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 5.4% | | 7,033,865 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 129,208,538 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
BDC — Business Development Company
ETF — Exchange Traded Fund
LP — Limited Partnership
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
SPDR — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
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, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Common Stock (2) | | $ | 114,951,801 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 114,951,801 | |
Investment Companies | | 7,222,872 | | — | | — | | 7,222,872 | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 122,174,673 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 122,174,673 | |
(1) There were no transfers between levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
(2) All securities in this category are Level 1 securities. For a detailed break-out by classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.
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, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 89.0% | | | |
| | Auto & Transportation — 1.0% | | | |
8,300 | | Ryder System | | 595,774 | |
| | | | | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 16.1% | | | |
5,800 | | Advance Auto Parts | | 1,150,894 | |
48,175 | | Aramark | | 1,462,111 | |
10,200 | | Brunswick | | 548,862 | |
500 | | Cable One (1) | | 216,720 | |
3,400 | | Domino’s Pizza | | 362,678 | |
16,100 | | Fortune Brands Home & Security | | 842,513 | |
800 | | Graham Holdings Class B | | 441,976 | |
7,248 | | Jack in the Box | | 540,193 | |
15,100 | | KAR Auction Services | | 579,840 | |
4,800 | | Lamar Advertising Class A REIT | | 270,864 | |
12,100 | | PVH | | 1,100,495 | |
24,900 | | TEGNA | | 673,296 | |
2,400 | | VeriSign (1) | | 193,440 | |
16,295 | | Waste Connections | | 887,752 | |
| | | | 9,271,634 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 2.5% | | | |
24,114 | | Performance Food Group (1) | | 549,076 | |
7,800 | | Spectrum Brands Holdings | | 747,630 | |
3,476 | | WhiteWave Foods Class A (1) | | 142,446 | |
| | | | 1,439,152 | |
| | Financial Services — 20.1% | | | |
1,889 | | Affiliated Managers Group (1) | | 340,511 | |
3,143 | | Alexandria REIT | | 282,053 | |
11,189 | | Apartment Investment & Management Class A REIT | | 438,497 | |
26,549 | | Ares Capital | | 404,341 | |
15,014 | | Arthur J Gallagher | | 656,562 | |
10,800 | | Brown & Brown | | 348,516 | |
8,090 | | Commerce Bancshares | | 368,500 | |
22,500 | | CoreLogic (1) | | 877,050 | |
3,300 | | Cullen/Frost Bankers | | 225,852 | |
19,400 | | Douglas Emmett REIT | | 592,670 | |
11,300 | | East West Bancorp | | 456,407 | |
9,853 | | Equity LifeStyle Properties REIT | | 595,909 | |
5,800 | | First Republic Bank | | 378,798 | |
18,500 | | Genpact (1) | | 458,430 | |
17,793 | | Parkway Properties REIT | | 297,677 | |
3,528 | | PartnerRe | | 490,392 | |
5,400 | | ProAssurance | | 285,984 | |
29,100 | | Radian Group | | 421,077 | |
8,200 | | Raymond James Financial | | 451,902 | |
5,900 | | Redwood Trust REIT | | 78,352 | |
3,600 | | Reinsurance Group of America Class A | | 324,864 | |
2,600 | | Signature Bank NY (1) | | 387,192 | |
2,035 | | SVB Financial Group (1) | | 248,412 | |
8,150 | | Torchmark | | 472,782 | |
17,154 | | Vantiv Class A (1) | | 860,273 | |
7,000 | | Wintrust Financial | | 353,430 | |
16,000 | | Zions Bancorporation | | 460,320 | |
| | | | 11,556,753 | |
| | Healthcare — 12.4% | | | |
4,100 | | Aerie Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 93,521 | |
23,932 | | Catalent (1) | | 636,112 | |
4,600 | | Centene (1) | | 273,608 | |
6,841 | | Cepheid (1) | | 228,489 | |
2,900 | | Cooper | | 441,844 | |
15,384 | | Envision Healthcare Holdings (1) | | 433,829 | |
3,269 | | Henry Schein (1) | | 495,940 | |
3,700 | | LifePoint Health (1) | | 254,856 | |
11,100 | | Masimo (1) | | 440,448 | |
8,200 | | Parexel International (1) | | 517,584 | |
14,200 | | PerkinElmer | | 733,288 | |
7,618 | | Quintiles Transnational Holdings (1) | | 484,886 | |
5,900 | | Sirona Dental Systems (1) | | 643,867 | |
3,517 | | Universal Health Services Class B | | 429,391 | |
27,587 | | VWR (1) | | 758,918 | |
4,600 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 276,046 | |
| | | | 7,142,627 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 8.9% | | | |
4,753 | | Airgas | | 457,049 | |
16,300 | | Hexcel | | 755,016 | |
31,100 | | Interface Class A | | 608,005 | |
3,300 | | Lennox International | | 438,273 | |
7,400 | | Minerals Technologies | | 436,156 | |
13,972 | | Owens Corning | | 636,145 | |
8,900 | | Packaging Corp. of America | | 609,205 | |
5,300 | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | | 317,788 | |
9,800 | | Sealed Air | | 481,376 | |
3,534 | | Valmont Industries | | 383,227 | |
| | | | 5,122,240 | |
| | Other Energy — 2.0% | | | |
6,600 | | Helmerich & Payne | | 371,382 | |
8,600 | | PDC Energy (1) | | 518,924 | |
25,100 | | RPC | | 276,853 | |
| | | | 1,167,159 | |
| | Producer Durables — 12.4% | | | |
3,000 | | Alaska Air Group | | 228,750 | |
17,800 | | Allison Transmission Holdings Class A | | 510,860 | |
8,800 | | Carlisle | | 765,600 | |
5,700 | | CLARCOR | | 284,202 | |
6,900 | | Dover | | 444,567 | |
7,800 | | Graco | | 572,520 | |
4,100 | | Herman Miller | | 130,093 | |
5,591 | | IDEX | | 429,165 | |
3,200 | | Kirby (1) | | 208,928 | |
7,600 | | MSC Industrial Direct Class A | | 477,052 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
6,600 | | Quanta Services (1) | | 132,726 | |
30,950 | | Rollins | | 830,079 | |
6,600 | | Snap-on | | 1,094,874 | |
8,300 | | Spirit Airlines (1) | | 308,096 | |
2,799 | | Towers Watson Class A | | 345,844 | |
4,968 | | Verisk Analytics Class A (1) | | 355,759 | |
| | | | 7,119,115 | |
| | Technology — 10.7% | | | |
10,057 | | Arrow Electronics (1) | | 553,035 | |
27,800 | | Cadence Design Systems (1) | | 617,716 | |
24,800 | | Ciena (1) | | 598,672 | |
14,300 | | DigitalGlobe (1) | | 213,499 | |
3,900 | | Gartner (1) | | 353,613 | |
8,800 | | Integrated Device Technology (1) | | 224,400 | |
9,900 | | Linear Technology | | 439,758 | |
10,200 | | Microchip Technology | | 492,558 | |
30,200 | | ON Semiconductor (1) | | 332,200 | |
11,300 | | PTC (1) | | 400,472 | |
31,400 | | Sabre | | 920,648 | |
2,500 | | SBA Communications Class A (1) | | 297,550 | |
14,194 | | Synopsys (1) | | 709,416 | |
| | | | 6,153,537 | |
| | Utilities — 2.9% | | | |
8,100 | | Alliant Energy | | 478,062 | |
10,300 | | NorthWestern | | 558,157 | |
8,900 | | Portland General Electric | | 330,012 | |
8,500 | | Westar Energy Class A | | 337,450 | |
| | | | 1,703,681 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $39,652,360) | | 51,271,672 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANY — 4.1% | | | |
51,434 | | SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (Cost $2,351,755) | | 2,349,505 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 93.1% (Cost $42,004,115) | | 53,621,177 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 6.9% | | 3,981,249 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 57,602,426 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
The open futures contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2015, are as follows:
Type of Contract | | Number of Contracts Long (Short) | | Expiration Date | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Russell 2000 Index E-MINI | | 3 | | Dec-2015 | | $ | (756 | ) |
S&P Mid 400 Index E-MINI | | 4 | | Dec-2015 | | 723 | |
| | | | | | $ | (33 | ) |
ETF — Exchange Traded Fund
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P — Standard & Poor’s
SPDR — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
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, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Common Stock (2) | | $ | 51,271,672 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 51,271,672 | |
Investment Company | | 2,349,505 | | — | | — | | 2,349,505 | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 53,621,177 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 53,621,177 | |
Other Financial Instruments | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 723 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 723 | |
Futures — Unrealized Depreciation | | (756 | ) | — | | — | | (756 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | (33 | ) | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | (33 | ) |
(1) There were no transfers between levels during the reporting period, based on the input levels assigned under the hierarchy at the beginning and end of the reporting period.
(2) All securities in this category are Level 1 securities. For a detailed break-out by classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.
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, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 94.5% | | | |
| | Brazil — 3.8% | | | |
1,882,120 | | Ambev ADR | | 9,165,925 | |
885,800 | | BB Seguridade Participacoes | | 6,109,678 | |
1,400,656 | | Cia de Concessoes Rodoviarias | | 4,401,849 | |
844,140 | | Cielo | | 8,013,371 | |
283,700 | | Embraer ADR | | 8,332,269 | |
485,200 | | Ultrapar Participacoes | | 8,429,399 | |
1,030,100 | | Weg | | 3,846,298 | |
| | | | 48,298,789 | |
| | Chile — 1.2% | | | |
252,871 | | Banco Santander Chile ADR | | 4,802,020 | |
98,711 | | Empresa Nacional de Electricidad ADR | | 3,729,302 | |
540,572 | | Enersis ADR | | 7,162,579 | |
| | | | 15,693,901 | |
| | China — 24.6% | | | |
35,497 | | Baidu ADR (1) | | 6,654,623 | |
439,000 | | Belle International Holdings (2) | | 426,110 | |
6,794,000 | | Brilliance China Automotive Holdings (2) | | 9,420,858 | |
67,838,320 | | China Construction Bank Class H (2) | | 49,166,231 | |
4,833,000 | | China Life Insurance Class H (2) | | 17,428,205 | |
9,339,000 | | China Longyuan Power Group Class H (2) | | 8,538,147 | |
3,288,500 | | China Mobile (2) | | 39,428,770 | |
5,557,600 | | China Pacific Insurance Group Class H (2) | | 22,138,124 | |
47,159,600 | | China Petroleum & Chemical Class H (2) | | 33,994,718 | |
5,518,000 | | China Unicom Hong Kong (2) | | 6,724,724 | |
1,888,100 | | Chongqing Changan Automobile Class B (2) | | 3,474,951 | |
17,268,565 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H (2) | | 10,953,550 | |
306,842 | | JD.com ADR (1) | | 8,474,976 | |
253,377 | | Mindray Medical International ADR | | 6,075,980 | |
3,526,200 | | Tencent Holdings (2) | | 66,466,679 | |
252,300 | | Vipshop Holdings ADR (1) | | 5,177,196 | |
157,336 | | Yum! Brands | | 11,156,696 | |
1,087,000 | | Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Class H (2) | | 7,036,633 | |
| | | | 312,737,171 | |
| | Czech Republic (2) — 0.3% | | | |
17,313 | | Komercni Banka | | 3,587,904 | |
| | | | | |
| | Egypt (2) — 0.5% | | | |
776,793 | | Commercial International Bank | | 5,115,991 | |
249,193 | | Commercial International Bank GDR | | 1,454,089 | |
| | | | 6,570,080 | |
| | Greece (2) — 0.3% | | | |
339,758 | | Hellenic Telecommunications Organization | | 3,180,551 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong (2) — 2.5% | | | |
5,482,200 | | AIA Group | | 32,143,954 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hungary (2) — 1.3% | | | |
843,517 | | OTP Bank | | 16,323,526 | |
| | | | | |
| | India (2) — 8.3% | | | |
1,577,008 | | Axis Bank | | 11,429,029 | |
1,435,495 | | HDFC Bank | | 24,052,706 | |
414,784 | | Lupin | | 12,220,742 | |
225,600 | | Maruti Suzuki India | | 15,353,993 | |
969,081 | | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries | | 13,177,674 | |
517,728 | | Tata Consultancy Services | | 19,738,486 | |
936,347 | | Tata Motors | | 5,529,795 | |
94,391 | | UltraTech Cement | | 4,167,946 | |
| | | | 105,670,371 | |
| | Kuwait — 0.5% | | | |
2,370,000 | | National Bank of Kuwait SAKP | | 6,412,803 | |
| | | | | |
| | Mexico — 2.1% | | | |
114,859 | | Fomento Economico Mexicano ADR | | 11,381,378 | |
343,720 | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico Class B | | 3,100,135 | |
2,368,916 | | Grupo Financiero Banorte Class O | | 12,682,273 | |
| | | | 27,163,786 | |
| | Philippines (2) — 1.1% | | | |
9,504,900 | | Ayala Land | | 7,258,906 | |
344,900 | | SM Investments | | 6,432,519 | |
| | | | 13,691,425 | |
| | Poland (2) — 1.4% | | | |
225,342 | | Bank Pekao | | 8,763,009 | |
112,129 | | Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen | | 1,819,120 | |
686,913 | | Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski | | 5,087,313 | |
19,982 | | Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen | | 1,940,235 | |
| | | | 17,609,677 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | Russia — 3.9% | | | |
66,564 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 2,412,945 | |
118,623 | | Luxoft Holding Class A (1) | | 7,905,037 | |
138,537 | | Magnit GDR (2) | | 6,287,977 | |
85,772 | | Mail.Ru Group GDR (1)(2) | | 1,667,354 | |
419,346 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 6,248,256 | |
79,950 | | NovaTek GDR (2) | | 7,310,077 | |
2,225,173 | | Sberbank of Russia ADR | | 13,595,807 | |
196,537 | | X5 Retail Group GDR (1)(2) | | 4,062,013 | |
| | | | 49,489,466 | |
| | South Africa (2) — 4.3% | | | |
279,887 | | Aspen Pharmacare Holdings | | 6,274,247 | |
4,116,758 | | FirstRand | | 15,085,203 | |
165,479 | | Naspers Class N | | 24,159,022 | |
1,148,976 | | Woolworths Holdings | | 8,500,815 | |
| | | | 54,019,287 | |
| | South Korea — 19.7% | | | |
45,627 | | Amorepacific (2) | | 15,061,219 | |
109,666 | | Coway (2) | | 8,170,487 | |
782,260 | | DGB Financial Group (2) | | 7,256,188 | |
497,422 | | Hana Financial Group (2) | | 12,096,798 | |
100,683 | | Hotel Shilla (2) | | 9,678,380 | |
53,628 | | Hyundai Department Store (2) | | 5,886,801 | |
35,219 | | Hyundai Mobis (2) | | 7,404,102 | |
176,280 | | Hyundai Motor (2) | | 24,078,904 | |
165,280 | | Korea Electric Power (2) | | 7,441,662 | |
124,362 | | LG (2) | | 7,195,813 | |
64,418 | | LG Chem (2) | | 17,124,955 | |
57,778 | | LG Innotek (2) | | 4,671,844 | |
28,758 | | NAVER (2) | | 15,100,117 | |
23,247 | | POSCO (2) | | 3,738,372 | |
78,308 | | S-1 Class 1 | | 6,800,133 | |
24,642 | | Samsung C&T (1)(2) | | 3,325,586 | |
56,538 | | Samsung Electronics (2) | | 67,813,180 | |
24,952 | | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (2) | | 6,997,873 | |
128,240 | | Shinhan Financial Group (2) | | 4,894,314 | |
369,631 | | SK Hynix (2) | | 9,892,150 | |
27,011 | | SK Innovation (2) | | 2,800,731 | |
15,148 | | SK Telecom (2) | | 3,207,776 | |
| | | | 250,637,385 | |
| | Taiwan (2) — 12.0% | | | |
11,859,000 | | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering | | 13,690,682 | |
1,534,000 | | Catcher Technology | | 15,054,708 | |
12,408,489 | | Cathay Financial Holding | | 17,674,599 | |
3,452,000 | | Chipbond Technology | | 4,912,721 | |
10,706,385 | | CTBC Financial Holding | | 5,865,565 | |
283,040 | | Eclat Textile | | 4,162,935 | |
9,864,194 | | Hon Hai Precision Industry | | 26,219,613 | |
3,952,000 | | Taiwan Mobile | | 12,441,162 | |
12,332,139 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 51,963,552 | |
| | | | 151,985,537 | |
| | Thailand (2) — 2.1% | | | |
1,700,600 | | Advanced Info Service | | 11,128,336 | |
1,038,375 | | Kasikornbank | | 5,030,215 | |
1,207,525 | | Kasikornbank NVDR | | 5,839,907 | |
5,955,030 | | Minor International | | 5,100,973 | |
| | | | 27,099,431 | |
| | Turkey (2) — 2.8% | | | |
5,136,765 | | Akbank | | 13,164,181 | |
3,003,673 | | KOC Holding | | 13,565,724 | |
336,366 | | Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri | | 8,876,010 | |
| | | | 35,605,915 | |
| | United Arab Emirates (2) — 1.8% | | | |
12,687,717 | | Emaar Properties PJSC | | 22,285,092 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $1,161,479,691) | | 1,200,206,051 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 2.0% | | | |
| | Brazil — 2.0% | | | |
2,435,714 | | Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 16,684,641 | |
1,158,800 | | Lojas Americanas | | 5,020,951 | |
422,400 | | Telefonica Brasil ADR | | 4,376,064 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $37,798,796) | | 26,081,656 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANY (1)(3) — 1.0% | | | |
1,150,120 | | Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, R6 Shares (Cost $11,501,200) | | 12,099,262 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 97.5% (Cost $1,210,779,687) | | 1,238,386,969 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 2.5% | | 32,044,315 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 1,270,431,284 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
(2) | Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.) |
(3) | Affiliated fund. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR — Non Voting Depository Receipt
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 48,298,789 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 48,298,789 | |
Chile | | 15,693,901 | | — | | — | | 15,693,901 | |
China | | 37,539,471 | | 275,197,700 | | — | | 312,737,171 | |
Czech Republic | | — | | 3,587,904 | | — | | 3,587,904 | |
Egypt | | — | | 6,570,080 | | — | | 6,570,080 | |
Greece | | — | | 3,180,551 | | — | | 3,180,551 | |
Hong Kong | | — | | 32,143,954 | | — | | 32,143,954 | |
Hungary | | — | | 16,323,526 | | — | | 16,323,526 | |
India | | — | | 105,670,371 | | — | | 105,670,371 | |
Kuwait | | 6,412,803 | | — | | — | | 6,412,803 | |
Mexico | | 27,163,786 | | — | | — | | 27,163,786 | |
Philippines | | — | | 13,691,425 | | — | | 13,691,425 | |
Poland | | — | | 17,609,677 | | — | | 17,609,677 | |
Russia | | 30,162,045 | | 19,327,421 | | — | | 49,489,466 | |
South Africa | | — | | 54,019,287 | | — | | 54,019,287 | |
South Korea | | 6,800,133 | | 243,837,252 | | — | | 250,637,385 | |
Taiwan | | — | | 151,985,537 | | — | | 151,985,537 | |
Thailand | | — | | 27,099,431 | | — | | 27,099,431 | |
Turkey | | — | | 35,605,915 | | — | | 35,605,915 | |
United Arab Emirates | | — | | 22,285,092 | | — | | 22,285,092 | |
Total Common Stock | | 172,070,928 | | 1,028,135,123 | | — | | 1,200,206,051 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 26,081,656 | | — | | — | | 26,081,656 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 26,081,656 | | — | | — | | 26,081,656 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Investment Company | | 12,099,262 | | — | | — | | 12,099,262 | |
Total Investment Company | | 12,099,262 | | — | | — | | 12,099,262 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 210,251,846 | | $ | 1,028,135,123 | | $ | — | | $ | 1,238,386,969 | |
(1) Transfers between investment levels may occur as markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund generally recognizes transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period. As of October 31, 2015, the Fund had securities with a total value of $1,028,135,123 transfer from Level 1 to Level 2. The change in level occurred due to developments that occurred between the time of closing of the foreign markets on which those securities trade and the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 92.8% | | | |
| | Bermuda — 0.2% | | | |
1,600 | | Genpact (1) | | 39,648 | |
| | | | | |
| | Brazil — 4.5% | | | |
36,600 | | Ambev | | 181,171 | |
16,000 | | BTG Pactual Group | | 119,070 | |
16,300 | | Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras (1) | | 21,217 | |
21,861 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 42,629 | |
10,900 | | Cia Hering | | 42,819 | |
2,600 | | Cia Paranaense de Energia ADR | | 21,476 | |
5,600 | | Eternit | | 3,253 | |
7,426 | | Ez Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes | | 24,454 | |
3,600 | | Gerdau ADR | | 5,004 | |
2,700 | | Grendene | | 12,637 | |
2,100 | | Linx | | 25,593 | |
3,200 | | M Dias Branco | | 58,000 | |
8,500 | | Mahle-Metal Leve | | 51,597 | |
3,700 | | Multiplus | | 32,946 | |
10,400 | | Natura Cosmeticos | | 61,755 | |
42,300 | | Odontoprev | | 108,367 | |
3,300 | | Petroleo Brasileiro ADR (1) | | 16,104 | |
13,300 | | QGEP Participacoes | | 20,554 | |
1,700 | | Qualicorp | | 7,141 | |
3,500 | | Smiles | | 27,317 | |
11,300 | | TOTVS | | 100,121 | |
9,723 | | Tractebel Energia | | 85,392 | |
11,300 | | Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica | | 58,309 | |
9,200 | | Vale | | 40,697 | |
| | | | 1,167,623 | |
| | Chile — 1.0% | | | |
15,079 | | Empresa Nacional de Electricidad | | 18,891 | |
8,000 | | Enersis ADR | | 106,000 | |
7,574 | | Parque Arauco | | 12,655 | |
5,600 | | Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile ADR | | 108,528 | |
| | | | 246,074 | |
| | China — 14.1% | | | |
32,000 | | 361 Degrees International (2) | | 11,355 | |
2,900 | | 51job ADR (1) | | 98,049 | |
1,900 | | Alibaba Group Holding ADR (1) | | 159,277 | |
84,000 | | Anhui Conch Cement Class H (2) | | 256,309 | |
576,000 | | Bank of China Class H (2) | | 271,620 | |
59,000 | | Bank of Communications Class H (2) | | 43,519 | |
23,000 | | Changshouhua Food | | 13,888 | |
135,000 | | China Child Care (2) | | 18,251 | |
275,000 | | China Construction Bank Class H (2) | | 199,308 | |
108,000 | | China Creative Home Group (2) | | 12,213 | |
60,000 | | China Life Insurance Class H (2) | | 216,365 | |
322,000 | | China Lumena New Materials (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
39,200 | | China Pacific Insurance Group Class H (2) | | 156,149 | |
178,000 | | China Petroleum & Chemical Class H (2) | | 128,310 | |
33,500 | | China Shenhua Energy Class H (2) | | 56,365 | |
91,000 | | China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group (2) | | 118,001 | |
90,000 | | Consun Pharmaceutical Group (2) | | 52,877 | |
160,000 | | Dongfeng Motor Group Class H (2) | | 229,664 | |
46,000 | | Haitian International Holdings (2) | | 80,486 | |
18,000 | | Harbin Electric Class H (2) | | 10,731 | |
19,000 | | Hengan International Group (2) | | 205,170 | |
104,000 | | HOSA International (2) | | 42,879 | |
407,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H (2) | | 258,163 | |
90,000 | | Jiangsu Expressway Class H (2) | | 121,688 | |
29,000 | | Kingsoft (2) | | 65,623 | |
3,100 | | Mindray Medical International ADR | | 74,338 | |
400 | | NetEase ADR | | 57,812 | |
9,000 | | On-Bright Electronics (2) | | 47,049 | |
121,000 | | Pacific Online (2) | | 40,349 | |
89,000 | | Peak Sport Products (2) | | 26,747 | |
9,000 | | Ping An Insurance Group of China Class H (2) | | 50,519 | |
39,500 | | Sinopec Engineering Group Class H (2) | | 34,005 | |
26,500 | | SOHO China (2) | | 13,628 | |
12,500 | | SouFun Holdings ADR | | 88,375 | |
12,400 | | Tencent Holdings (2) | | 233,732 | |
33,000 | | TravelSky Technology Class H (2) | | 48,683 | |
88,000 | | Weichai Power Class H (2) | | 93,313 | |
55,000 | | Xingda International Holdings (2) | | 12,218 | |
| | | | 3,647,028 | |
| | Colombia — 0.4% | | | |
11,690 | | Cemex Latam Holdings (1) | | 40,675 | |
7,200 | | Ecopetrol ADR | | 67,104 | |
| | | | 107,779 | |
| | Czech Republic — 1.0% | | | |
8,096 | | CEZ (2) | | 161,762 | |
5,807 | | Fortuna Entertainment Group (1) | | 17,262 | |
327 | | Komercni Banka (2) | | 67,767 | |
| | | | 246,791 | |
| | Egypt — 1.4% | | | |
4,304 | | Alexandria Mineral Oils (2) | | 16,068 | |
26,803 | | Commercial International Bank (2) | | 176,526 | |
1,944 | | Eastern Tobacco | | 49,629 | |
3,380 | | Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industrial | | 32,200 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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452,811 | | Orascom Telecom Media And Technology Holding SAE (1)(2) | | 46,723 | |
37,807 | | Telecom Egypt (2) | | 32,383 | |
| | | | 353,529 | |
| | Greece (2) — 0.4% | | | |
1,656 | | Athens Water Supply & Sewage | | 10,513 | |
1,630 | | JUMBO | | 15,819 | |
1,189 | | Metka | | 11,423 | |
8,333 | | OPAP | | 74,057 | |
| | | | 111,812 | |
| | Hong Kong (2) — 7.8% | | | |
162,000 | | Belle International Holdings | | 157,243 | |
22,000 | | Biostime International Holdings | | 48,848 | |
74,000 | | Bolina Holding | | 18,014 | |
5,000 | | China Animal Healthcare (1)(3) | | 2,516 | |
202,000 | | China BlueChemical | | 60,246 | |
136,000 | | China Lesso Group Holdings | | 109,958 | |
46,000 | | China Lilang | | 39,191 | |
14,000 | | China Medical System Holdings | | 19,230 | |
18,000 | | China Merchants China Direct Investments | | 30,512 | |
22,000 | | China Mobile | | 263,778 | |
46,000 | | CIMC Enric Holdings | | 30,282 | |
79,000 | | CITIC | | 147,294 | |
145,000 | | CNOOC | | 163,779 | |
150,000 | | Geely Automobile Holdings | | 79,990 | |
25,000 | | Goldlion Holdings | | 10,565 | |
13,000 | | Goldpac Group | | 6,723 | |
136,000 | | Guangdong Investment | | 191,265 | |
12,000 | | Haier Electronics Group | | 23,192 | |
135,000 | | Huabao International Holdings | | 56,290 | |
154,000 | | Kunlun Energy | | 125,722 | |
21,500 | | Longfor Properties | | 28,807 | |
100,000 | | Real Nutriceutical Group (3) | | 13,073 | |
198,000 | | Shenguan Holdings Group | | 28,539 | |
34,000 | | Shougang Fushan Resources Group | | 4,587 | |
180,000 | | Sino Biopharmaceutical | | 223,686 | |
14,000 | | Skyworth Digital Holdings | | 10,361 | |
230,000 | | Universal Health International Group Holding | | 90,748 | |
68,000 | | Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure | | 46,362 | |
| | | | 2,030,801 | |
| | Hungary (2) — 0.4% | | | |
5,642 | | OTP Bank | | 109,183 | |
| | | | | |
| | India — 1.9% | | | |
29,500 | | ICICI Bank ADR | | 254,290 | |
12,800 | | Infosys ADR | | 232,448 | |
| | | | 486,738 | |
| | Indonesia (2) — 5.6% | | | |
213,800 | | Astra International | | 91,908 | |
708,600 | | Bank Bukopin | | 36,198 | |
114,800 | | Bank Central Asia | | 107,846 | |
106,100 | | Bank Mandiri | | 67,147 | |
261,500 | | Bank Negara Indonesia Persero | | 90,399 | |
941,500 | | Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur | | 29,725 | |
279,300 | | Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero | | 213,764 | |
75,400 | | Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa | | 98,617 | |
512,600 | | Perusahaan Gas Negara | | 111,962 | |
418,000 | | Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia | | 47,130 | |
164,400 | | Semen Indonesia Persero | | 116,920 | |
1,336,300 | | Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero | | 262,166 | |
101,000 | | United Tractors | | 132,884 | |
333,500 | | Vale Indonesia | | 54,233 | |
| | | | 1,460,899 | |
| | Kazakhstan (2) — 0.1% | | | |
1,873 | | KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC GDR | | 13,119 | |
2,597 | | KCell JSC GDR | | 11,285 | |
| | | | 24,404 | |
| | Malaysia — 1.8% | | | |
36,200 | | AFFIN Holdings (2) | | 20,125 | |
109,100 | | AMMB Holdings (2) | | 120,931 | |
11,600 | | Astro Malaysia Holdings (2) | | 7,713 | |
41,020 | | Berjaya Auto | | 20,052 | |
18,985 | | Berjaya Sports Toto (2) | | 14,130 | |
4,300 | | British American Tobacco Malaysia (2) | | 61,798 | |
12,500 | | Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia (2) | | 36,120 | |
18,800 | | Guinness Anchor (2) | | 62,515 | |
4,000 | | Hong Leong Financial Group (2) | | 13,148 | |
4,900 | | KLCCP Stapled Group (2) | | 8,000 | |
76,800 | | Petronas Chemicals Group (2) | | 113,234 | |
| | | | 477,766 | |
| | Mexico — 1.0% | | | |
400 | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste ADR | | 61,896 | |
17,000 | | Grupo Industrial Maseca Class B | | 23,672 | |
6,100 | | Industrias Bachoco | | 27,764 | |
62,400 | | Kimberly-Clark de Mexico Class A | | 149,334 | |
| | | | 262,666 | |
| | Morocco — 0.8% | | | |
195 | | Ciments du Maroc | | 23,007 | |
16,650 | | Maroc Telecom (2) | | 186,031 | |
| | | | 209,038 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Peru — 0.1% | | | |
2,900 | | Cia de Minas Buenaventura ADR | | 18,589 | |
| | | | | |
| | Philippines — 0.9% | | | |
30,800 | | Aboitiz Power | | 27,629 | |
75,000 | | Manila Water (2) | | 38,119 | |
92,700 | | Metro Pacific Investments (2) | | 10,303 | |
357,200 | | Nickel Asia (2) | | 60,443 | |
2,000 | | Philippine Long Distance Telephone ADR | | 94,840 | |
650 | | SM Investments (2) | | 12,123 | |
| | | | 243,457 | |
| | Poland — 1.9% | | | |
1,414 | | Asseco Poland (2) | | 20,872 | |
4,400 | | Bank Pekao (2) | | 171,106 | |
4,364 | | KGHM Polska Miedz (2) | | 101,315 | |
3,686 | | MCI Management (1) | | 11,589 | |
101,128 | | Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (2) | | 179,170 | |
| | | | 484,052 | |
| | Qatar (2) — 0.2% | | | |
1,216 | | Industries Qatar | | 41,071 | |
2,169 | | United Development QSC | | 14,638 | |
| | | | 55,709 | |
| | Russia — 4.2% | | | |
10,600 | | CTC Media (NASDAQ) | | 17,914 | |
1,690 | | Gazprom Neft PAO ADR (2) | | 19,188 | |
22,587 | | Gazprom PAO ADR | | 94,414 | |
5,034 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 182,482 | |
5,281 | | MegaFon PJSC GDR (2) | | 68,018 | |
19,162 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 285,514 | |
9,300 | | Mobile TeleSystems ADR | | 65,379 | |
391 | | NovaTek GDR (2) | | 35,750 | |
33,666 | | Surgutneftegas OAO ADR (2) | | 184,693 | |
4,365 | | Tatneft PAO ADR (2) | | 134,610 | |
| | | | 1,087,962 | |
| | South Africa — 11.7% | | | |
3,345 | | AECI | | 23,011 | |
5,992 | | African Rainbow Minerals (2) | | 22,849 | |
403 | | Anglo American Platinum (1)(2) | | 7,049 | |
2,695 | | Astral Foods (2) | | 33,855 | |
8,083 | | Bidvest Group (2) | | 206,477 | |
31,757 | | Capital Property Fund REIT (2) | | 36,960 | |
17,391 | | Coronation Fund Managers (2) | | 91,654 | |
2,528 | | Famous Brands (2) | | 24,575 | |
54,136 | | FirstRand (2) | | 198,373 | |
10,899 | | Kumba Iron Ore (2) | | 47,050 | |
8,146 | | Lewis Group (2) | | 35,138 | |
15,367 | | Liberty Holdings (2) | | 150,256 | |
59,810 | | Life Healthcare Group Holdings (2) | | 166,708 | |
66,602 | | MMI Holdings (2) | | 120,859 | |
8,142 | | Mr Price Group | | 125,022 | |
21,804 | | MTN Group (2) | | 248,230 | |
12,492 | | Peregrine Holdings (2) | | 27,783 | |
17,137 | | Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings (2) | | 53,077 | |
5,592 | | Reunert (2) | | 27,190 | |
22,365 | | RMB Holdings (2) | | 108,904 | |
56,361 | | Sanlam (2) | | 254,624 | |
1,635 | | Santam (2) | | 26,336 | |
7,966 | | Sasol (2) | | 255,244 | |
29,605 | | Sibanye Gold (2) | | 49,447 | |
7,207 | | Standard Bank Group (2) | | 74,882 | |
5,848 | | Tiger Brands (2) | | 133,708 | |
32,296 | | Truworths International (2) | | 218,509 | |
23,815 | | Vodacom Group (2) | | 257,229 | |
| | | | 3,024,999 | |
| | South Korea — 9.3% | | | |
703 | | AMOREPACIFIC Group (2) | | 98,878 | |
147 | | Asia Paper Manufacturing (2) | | 2,512 | |
464 | | AtlasBX (2) | | 14,720 | |
240 | | Daechang Forging (2) | | 10,473 | |
5,360 | | DGB Financial Group (2) | | 49,719 | |
646 | | Dongyang E&P (2) | | 7,262 | |
827 | | e-LITECOM (2) | | 14,476 | |
841 | | Global & Yuasa Battery (2) | | 30,119 | |
2,558 | | Grand Korea Leisure (2) | | 71,109 | |
438 | | GS Home Shopping (2) | | 65,344 | |
1,290 | | Hana Financial Group (2) | | 31,371 | |
1,656 | | Hankook Tire (2) | | 63,307 | |
776 | | Honam Petrochemical (2) | | 162,920 | |
627 | | Hyundai Engineering & Construction (2) | | 18,905 | |
393 | | Hyundai Home Shopping Network (2) | | 41,960 | |
4,000 | | Hyundai Hy Communications & Network (2) | | 11,480 | |
485 | | Hyundai Motor (2) | | 66,248 | |
2,230 | | Industrial Bank of Korea (2) | | 27,297 | |
535 | | INTOPS (2) | | 7,950 | |
5,572 | | Kangwon Land | | 206,741 | |
2,587 | | KB Financial Group (2) | | 81,960 | |
3,764 | | Kia Motors (2) | | 183,729 | |
414 | | KT&G (2) | | 41,366 | |
860 | | Kunsul Chemical Industrial (2) | | 33,540 | |
252 | | Kwangju Bank (1)(2) | | 1,796 | |
620 | | LG Chem (2) | | 164,822 | |
235 | | Samsung Electronics (2) | | 281,865 | |
469 | | Samsung Electronics GDR (2) | | 280,213 | |
2,568 | | Shinhan Financial Group (2) | | 98,008 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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992 | | Silicon Works (2) | | 29,499 | |
608 | | SK Telecom (2) | | 128,752 | |
23 | | Taekwang Industrial (2) | | 22,386 | |
4,866 | | Woori Bank (2) | | 42,210 | |
375 | | Youngone Holdings (2) | | 23,631 | |
| | | | 2,416,568 | |
| | Taiwan — 13.7% | | | |
4,000 | | Asustek Computer (2) | | 35,798 | |
26,000 | | Cathay Financial Holding (2) | | 37,034 | |
10,000 | | Chaun-Choung Technology (2) | | 23,336 | |
162,000 | | China Life Insurance (2) | | 133,669 | |
13,000 | | China Steel Chemical (2) | | 49,191 | |
35,000 | | ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (2) | | 34,854 | |
12,000 | | Chroma ATE (2) | | 21,389 | |
63,000 | | Chunghwa Telecom (2) | | 193,023 | |
10,000 | | Cleanaway (2) | | 49,129 | |
20,000 | | Coretronic (2) | | 18,425 | |
15,000 | | Cyberlink (2) | | 32,035 | |
37,000 | | Delta Electronics (2) | | 188,130 | |
17,000 | | Draytek (2) | | 14,259 | |
21,000 | | DYNACOLOR (2) | | 34,002 | |
6,000 | | Elite Advanced Laser (2) | | 25,304 | |
24,000 | | Elite Material (2) | | 49,036 | |
18,000 | | Everlight Electronics (2) | | 27,307 | |
912 | | FLEXium Interconnect (2) | | 2,544 | |
11,054 | | Flytech Technology (2) | | 35,235 | |
24,000 | | Formosan Rubber Group (2) | | 13,585 | |
58,160 | | Foxconn Technology (2) | | 152,338 | |
42,000 | | Fubon Financial Holding (2) | | 67,885 | |
5,300 | | GeoVision (2) | | 13,132 | |
34,000 | | Greatek Electronics (2) | | 33,574 | |
24,700 | | Highwealth Construction (2) | | 36,392 | |
3,000 | | Holiday Entertainment (2) | | 5,046 | |
60,000 | | Hon Hai Precision Industry (2) | | 159,484 | |
4,000 | | KD Holding (2) | | 19,998 | |
27,000 | | King’s Town Bank (2) | | 21,486 | |
26,000 | | Kinsus Interconnect Technology (2) | | 53,289 | |
1,000 | | Largan Precision (2) | | 77,709 | |
14,000 | | Lumax International (2) | | 20,043 | |
25,000 | | MediaTek (2) | | 194,959 | |
12,000 | | Microlife (2) | | 30,603 | |
9,000 | | New Era Electronics (2) | | 6,143 | |
42,000 | | Novatek Microelectronics (2) | | 142,959 | |
7,000 | | Phison Electronics (2) | | 50,512 | |
19,000 | | Polytronics Technology (2) | | 36,802 | |
13,000 | | Portwell (2) | | 16,703 | |
26,000 | | President Chain Store (2) | | 172,605 | |
2,608 | | Raydium Semiconductor (2) | | 2,881 | |
17,000 | | Realtek Semiconductor (2) | | 35,502 | |
7,000 | | Richtek Technology (2) | | 40,780 | |
1,000 | | Senao Networks (2) | | 7,146 | |
18,000 | | Simplo Technology (2) | | 63,757 | |
7,784 | | Sinmag Equipment (2) | | 27,138 | |
16,000 | | Sirtec International (2) | | 19,734 | |
5,000 | | St. Shine Optical (2) | | 75,452 | |
48,000 | | Taiwan Mobile (2) | | 151,107 | |
31,465 | | Taiwan Secom (2) | | 94,524 | |
61,000 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2) | | 257,034 | |
12,000 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR | | 263,520 | |
7,720 | | Test Research (2) | | 13,536 | |
32,000 | | Thinking Electronic Industrial (2) | | 43,579 | |
20,000 | | Transcend Information (2) | | 55,693 | |
15,000 | | Tripod Technology (2) | | 23,088 | |
6,000 | | Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing (2) | | 12,320 | |
19,000 | | Yungtay Engineering (2) | | 30,603 | |
| | | | 3,546,341 | |
| | Thailand (2) — 5.1% | | | |
17,100 | | Advanced Info Service NVDR | | 111,877 | |
21,600 | | Bangkok Bank | | 101,496 | |
33,300 | | BEC World | | 29,454 | |
52,400 | | BEC World NVDR | | 46,348 | |
9,300 | | Bumrungrad Hospital | | 56,403 | |
28,200 | | Central Pattana | | 36,437 | |
21,100 | | Delta Electronics Thai | | 50,127 | |
16,300 | | Delta Electronics Thai NVDR | | 38,724 | |
58,000 | | Hana Microelectronics NVDR | | 56,225 | |
40,600 | | Kasikornbank NVDR | | 196,352 | |
283,600 | | Krung Thai Bank | | 136,083 | |
6,900 | | PTT | | 53,280 | |
9,800 | | PTT NVDR | | 75,697 | |
11,100 | | PTT Exploration & Production | | 22,832 | |
60,100 | | PTT Exploration & Production NVDR | | 123,618 | |
14,600 | | Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding | | 21,727 | |
1,300 | | Siam City Cement | | 12,340 | |
244,500 | | Thai Beverage | | 117,572 | |
17,000 | | Total Access Communication | | 32,453 | |
| | | | 1,319,045 | |
| | Turkey (2) — 2.8% | | | |
14,147 | | Akcansa Cimento | | 66,275 | |
77,034 | | Enka Insaat ve Sanayi | | 136,363 | |
79,112 | | Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari | | 112,119 | |
9,927 | | Koza Altin Isletmeleri | | 55,726 | |
24,806 | | Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri (1) | | 13,097 | |
12,654 | | Soda Sanayii | | 20,925 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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7,525 | | TAV Havalimanlari Holding | | 59,032 | |
63,939 | | Turk Telekomunikasyon | | 137,918 | |
29,893 | | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri | | 118,793 | |
| | | | 720,248 | |
| | United Arab Emirates (2) — 0.2% | | | |
15,456 | | Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC | | 31,377 | |
17,731 | | Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC | | 31,152 | |
| | | | 62,529 | |
| | United Kingdom (2) — 0.3% | | | |
7,911 | | Anglo American | | 66,400 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $27,630,964) | | 24,027,678 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 2.0% | | | |
| | Brazil — 1.6% | | | |
31,300 | | Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul | | 48,615 | |
21,000 | | Bradespar | | 44,924 | |
10,800 | | Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo | | 45,367 | |
4,100 | | Eucatex Industria e Comercio | | 3,019 | |
91,273 | | Itausa - Investimentos Itau | | 170,403 | |
8,700 | | Metalurgica Gerdau Class A | | 5,865 | |
8,400 | | Petroleo Brasileiro (1) | | 16,793 | |
11,300 | | Vale Class A | | 41,109 | |
10,300 | | Vale Class A ADR | | 37,080 | |
| | | | 413,175 | |
| | South Korea — 0.4% | | | |
609 | | Hyundai Motor (2) | | 60,823 | |
213 | | LG Chemical (2) | | 40,089 | |
| | | | 100,912 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $946,870) | | 514,087 | |
| | | | | |
| | WARRANTS (1) — 0.0% | | | |
| | Malaysia — 0.0% | | | |
10,566 | | CB Industrial Product Holding Expires 11/06/19 | | 861 | |
4,950 | | OSK Holdings Expires 7/22/20 | | 386 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $676) | | 1,247 | |
| | | | | |
Number of Rights | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | RIGHTS — 0.0% | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 0.0% | | | |
22,500 | | Real Nutriceutical Group Expires 11/11/15 (Cost $—) | | 290 | |
| | | | | |
Principal Amount($) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATION (4) — 2.0% | | | |
| | United States Treasury Bill | | | |
513,700 | | 0.005%, 03/03/2016 (Cost $513,690) | | 513,522 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 96.8% (Cost $29,092,200) | | 25,056,824 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 3.2% | | 835,269 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 25,892,093 | |
| | | | | | |
(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, 2015 the value of the securities amounted to $15,589, representing 0.1% of the total net assets of the Fund. |
(4) | Zero Coupon Security — Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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The open futures contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2015, are as follows:
Type of Contract | | Number of Contracts Long (Short) | | Expiration Date | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
SGX S&P CNX Nifty Index | | 100 | | Nov-2015 | | $ | (40,375 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2015, is as follows:
Counterparty | | Settlement Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
BNP Paribas | | 11/19/15 | | USD | 1,404,358 | | INR | 92,940,445 | | $ | 13,044 | |
HSBC | | 11/12/15 | | THB | 21,086,754 | | USD | 587,702 | | (4,901 | ) |
JPMorgan | | 11/25/15 | | TRY | 1,052,322 | | USD | 360,112 | | 1,801 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | | 11/25/15 | | ZAR | 12,888,080 | | USD | 939,893 | | 12,609 | |
| | | | | | | | | | $ | 22,553 | |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
INR — Indian Rupee
NASDAQ — National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NVDR — Non Voting Depository Receipt
PJSC — Private Joint Stock Company
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P — Standard & Poor’s
THB — Thailand Baht
TRY — Turkish Lira
USD — United States Dollar
ZAR — South African Rand
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, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 (2) | | Total | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Bermuda | | $ | 39,648 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 39,648 | |
Brazil | | 1,167,623 | | — | | — | | 1,167,623 | |
Chile | | 246,074 | | — | | — | | 246,074 | |
China | | 491,739 | | 3,155,289 | | — | | 3,647,028 | |
Colombia | | 107,779 | | — | | — | | 107,779 | |
Czech Republic | | 17,262 | | 229,529 | | — | | 246,791 | |
Egypt | | 81,829 | | 271,700 | | — | | 353,529 | |
Greece | | — | | 111,812 | | — | | 111,812 | |
Hong Kong | | — | | 2,028,285 | | 2,516 | | 2,030,801 | |
Hungary | | — | | 109,183 | | — | | 109,183 | |
India | | 486,738 | | — | | — | | 486,738 | |
Indonesia | | — | | 1,460,899 | | — | | 1,460,899 | |
Kazakhstan | | — | | 24,404 | | — | | 24,404 | |
Malaysia | | 20,052 | | 457,714 | | — | | 477,766 | |
Mexico | | 262,666 | | — | | — | | 262,666 | |
Morocco | | 23,007 | | 186,031 | | — | | 209,038 | |
Peru | | 18,589 | | — | | — | | 18,589 | |
Philippines | | 122,469 | | 120,988 | | — | | 243,457 | |
Poland | | 11,589 | | 472,463 | | — | | 484,052 | |
Qatar | | — | | 55,709 | | — | | 55,709 | |
Russia | | 645,703 | | 442,259 | | — | | 1,087,962 | |
South Africa | | 148,033 | | 2,876,966 | | — | | 3,024,999 | |
South Korea | | 206,741 | | 2,209,827 | | — | | 2,416,568 | |
Taiwan | | 263,520 | | 3,282,821 | | — | | 3,546,341 | |
Thailand | | — | | 1,319,045 | | — | | 1,319,045 | |
Turkey | | — | | 720,248 | | — | | 720,248 | |
United Arab Emirates | | — | | 62,529 | | — | | 62,529 | |
United Kingdom | | — | | 66,400 | | — | | 66,400 | |
Total Common Stock | | 4,361,061 | | 19,664,101 | | 2,516 | | 24,027,678 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 413,175 | | — | | — | | 413,175 | |
South Korea | | — | | 100,912 | | — | | 100,912 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 413,175 | | 100,912 | | — | | 514,087 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Warrants | | | | | | | | | |
Malaysia | | 1,247 | | — | | — | | 1,247 | |
Total Warrants | | 1,247 | | — | | — | | 1,247 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Rights | | | | | | | | | |
Hong Kong | | — | | 290 | | — | | 290 | |
Total Rights | | — | | 290 | | — | | 290 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Obligation | | — | | 513,522 | | — | | 513,522 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 4,775,483 | | $ | 20,278,825 | | $ | 2,516 | | $ | 25,056,824 | |
Other Financial Instruments | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Futures — Unrealized Depreciation | | $ | (40,375 | ) | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | (40,375 | ) |
Forwards — Unrealized Appreciation | | — | | 27,454 | | — | | 27,454 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | — | | (4,901 | ) | — | | (4,901 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | (40,375 | ) | $ | 22,553 | | $ | — | | $ | (17,822 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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(1) Transfers between investment levels may occur as markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund generally recognizes transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period. As of October 31, 2015, the Fund had securities with a total value of $19,752,230 transfer from Level 1 to Level 2. The change in level occurred due to developments that occurred between the time of closing of the foreign markets on which those securities trade and the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange. Additionally, the Fund had securities with a total value of $13,073 transfer from Level 1 to Level 2 and had a security with a total value of $2,516 transfer from Level 1 to Level 3. The changes occurred due to a halt in trading of these securities.
(2) A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 93.9% | | | |
| | Brazil — 3.7% | | | |
41,400 | | AES Tiete | | 145,030 | |
33,500 | | Mahle-Metal Leve Industria e Comercio | | 203,351 | |
40,500 | | Odontoprev | | 103,756 | |
| | | | 452,137 | |
| | China — 16.1% | | | |
68,800 | | Anhui Gujing Distillery Class B (1) | | 228,521 | |
339,500 | | Baoxin Auto Group (1) | | 140,170 | |
572,000 | | Best Pacific International Holdings | | 244,281 | |
105,000 | | Boer Power Holdings (1) | | 171,482 | |
7,000 | | China Lodging Group ADR (2) | | 205,240 | |
138,000 | | China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group (1) | | 178,947 | |
124,000 | | Haitian International Holdings (1) | | 216,963 | |
8,769 | | Hollysys Automation Technologies | | 187,569 | |
153,000 | | Nexteer Automotive Group (1) | | 162,448 | |
651,000 | | Tenwow International Holdings (1) | | 219,073 | |
| | | | 1,954,694 | |
| | Georgia (1) — 1.2% | | | |
4,787 | | Bank of Georgia Holdings | | 147,385 | |
| | | | | |
| | India (1) — 11.2% | | | |
11,532 | | Apollo Hospitals Enterprise | | 231,353 | |
63,231 | | Arvind | | 267,577 | |
820 | | Eicher Motors | | 222,232 | |
47,463 | | Gateway Distriparks | | 242,086 | |
6,796 | | Pfizer | | 264,540 | |
13,095 | | Supreme Industries | | 125,928 | |
| | | | 1,353,716 | |
| | Indonesia (1) — 1.2% | | | |
121,000 | | Matahari Department Store | | 145,683 | |
| | | | | |
| | Malaysia (1) — 1.4% | | | |
87,500 | | Bursa Malaysia | | 172,678 | |
| | | | | |
| | Mexico — 5.4% | | | |
26,074 | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico Class B | | 235,171 | |
131,517 | | Inmobiliaria Vesta | | 215,615 | |
111,551 | | PLA Administradora Industrial S de RL REIT | | 205,370 | |
| | | | 656,156 | |
| | Philippines (1) — 1.7% | | | |
1,018,200 | | D&L Industries | | 211,599 | |
| | | | | |
| | Poland (1) — 4.7% | | | |
4,490 | | CCC | | 196,032 | |
6,522 | | UNIWHEELS (2) | | 204,623 | |
15,616 | | Warsaw Stock Exchange | | 165,690 | |
| | | | 566,345 | |
| | Russia (1) — 1.3% | | | |
36,433 | | Globaltrans Investment GDR (3) | | 152,929 | |
| | | | | |
| | Singapore (1) — 2.1% | | | |
189,000 | | First Resources | | 253,178 | |
| | | | | |
| | South Korea — 11.7% | | | |
5,872 | | Hanon Systems (1) | | 230,907 | |
1,421 | | KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering | | 129,629 | |
458 | | Medy-Tox | | 194,501 | |
14,267 | | Nexen Tire (1) | | 165,110 | |
3,868 | | S-1 Class 1 | | 335,890 | |
13,546 | | Sung Kwang Bend (1) | | 111,273 | |
13,711 | | Suprema (1) | | 247,753 | |
| | | | 1,415,063 | |
| | Sri Lanka (1) — 1.6% | | | |
160,023 | | John Keells Holdings | | 197,354 | |
| | | | | |
| | Taiwan (1) — 19.7% | | | |
219,000 | | Aerospace Industrial Development | | 277,976 | |
147,000 | | Chipbond Technology | | 209,203 | |
70,000 | | Chroma ATE | | 124,771 | |
188,000 | | CTCI | | 244,746 | |
7,000 | | Eclat Textile | | 102,956 | |
48,000 | | Gourmet Master | | 291,648 | |
51,000 | | Merida Industry | | 298,077 | |
58,000 | | Posiflex Technology | | 305,807 | |
158,000 | | ScinoPharm Taiwan | | 206,700 | |
12,000 | | St. Shine Optical | | 181,085 | |
50,000 | | Toung Loong Textile Manufacturing | | 151,163 | |
| | | | 2,394,132 | |
| | Thailand (1) — 4.9% | | | |
33,200 | | Bumrungrad Hospital | | 201,362 | |
115,900 | | KCE Electronics | | 201,222 | |
375,300 | | LPN Development | | 188,535 | |
| | | | 591,119 | |
| | Turkey (1) — 1.4% | | | |
7,053 | | Ford Otomotiv Sanayi | | 82,859 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
12,516 | | Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi | | 82,569 | |
| | | | 165,428 | |
| | United Arab Emirates — 4.6% | | | |
369,643 | | Aramex PJSC (1) | | 310,753 | |
119,196 | | Ras Al Khaimah Ceramics (1) | | 113,675 | |
88,213 | | Union National Bank PJSC | | 134,493 | |
| | | | 558,921 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $10,690,200) | | 11,388,517 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 1.2% | | | |
| | Brazil — 1.2% | | | |
13,600 | | Cia Energetica do Ceara Class A (Cost $141,497) | | 139,295 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 95.1% (Cost $10,831,697) | | 11,527,812 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 4.9% | | 595,982 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 12,123,794 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
(2) Denotes non-income producing security.
(3) Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On October 31, 2015, the value of these securities amounted to $152,929, representing 1.3% of the net assets of the Fund.
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
PJSC — Private Joint Stock Company
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, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 452,137 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 452,137 | |
China | | 637,090 | | 1,317,604 | | — | | 1,954,694 | |
Georgia | | — | | 147,385 | | — | | 147,385 | |
India | | — | | 1,353,716 | | — | | 1,353,716 | |
Indonesia | | — | | 145,683 | | — | | 145,683 | |
Malaysia | | — | | 172,678 | | — | | 172,678 | |
Mexico | | 656,156 | | — | | — | | 656,156 | |
Philippines | | — | | 211,599 | | — | | 211,599 | |
Poland | | — | | 566,345 | | — | | 566,345 | |
Russia | | — | | 152,929 | | — | | 152,929 | |
Singapore | | — | | 253,178 | | — | | 253,178 | |
South Korea | | 465,519 | | 949,544 | | — | | 1,415,063 | |
Sri Lanka | | — | | 197,354 | | — | | 197,354 | |
Taiwan | | — | | 2,394,132 | | — | | 2,394,132 | |
Thailand | | — | | 591,119 | | — | | 591,119 | |
Turkey | | — | | 165,428 | | — | | 165,428 | |
United Arab Emirates | | 134,493 | | 424,428 | | — | | 558,921 | |
Total Common Stock | | 2,345,395 | | 9,043,122 | | — | | 11,388,517 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 139,295 | | — | | — | | 139,295 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 139,295 | | — | | — | | 139,295 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 2,484,690 | | $ | 9,043,122 | | $ | — | | $ | 11,527,812 | |
(1) Transfers between investment levels may occur as markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund generally recognizes transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period. As of October 31, 2015, the Fund had securities with a total value of $9,043,122 transfer from Level 1 to Level 2. The change in level occurred due to developments that occurred between the time of closing of the foreign markets on which those securities trade and the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder International Alpha Fund
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 99.8% | | | |
| | Australia (1)(2) — 1.7% | | | |
368,680 | | Brambles | | 2,714,949 | |
| | | | | |
| | Belgium (1) — 2.9% | | | |
33,257 | | KBC Groep | | 2,022,082 | |
32,117 | | UCB | | 2,776,128 | |
| | | | 4,798,210 | |
| | Canada — 1.7% | | | |
67,428 | | Toronto-Dominion Bank | | 2,768,075 | |
| | | | | |
| | China — 3.5% | | | |
29,965 | | Alibaba Group Holding ADR (2) | | 2,511,966 | |
1,154,000 | | Brilliance China Automotive Holdings (1) | | 1,600,187 | |
57,685 | | JD.com ADR (2) | | 1,593,260 | |
| | | | 5,705,413 | |
| | Finland (1) — 1.5% | | | |
316,987 | | Nokia | | 2,358,023 | |
| | | | | |
| | France (1) — 6.0% | | | |
33,712 | | Accor | | 1,674,121 | |
21,715 | | Essilor International | | 2,850,386 | |
28,325 | | Safran | | 2,151,399 | |
30,370 | | Sanofi | | 3,063,601 | |
| | | | 9,739,507 | |
| | Germany (1) — 11.0% | | | |
22,666 | | Bayerische Motoren Werke | | 2,321,643 | |
9,209 | | Continental | | 2,211,354 | |
68,743 | | Deutsche Bank | | 1,924,034 | |
44,235 | | Fresenius Medical Care & KGaA | | 3,981,485 | |
73,153 | | GEA Group | | 2,931,654 | |
57,141 | | SAP | | 4,504,717 | |
| | | | 17,874,887 | |
| | Hong Kong (1) — 4.1% | | | |
705,600 | | AIA Group | | 4,137,167 | |
84,528 | | Jardine Strategic Holdings | | 2,544,341 | |
| | | | 6,681,508 | |
| | India (1) — 1.5% | | | |
1,166,108 | | Idea Cellular | | 2,493,077 | |
| | | | | |
| | Ireland (1) — 1.6% | | | |
31,968 | | Kerry Group Class A | | 2,592,753 | |
| | | | | |
| | Israel — 2.1% | | | |
40,963 | | Check Point Software Technologies (2) | | 3,479,397 | |
| | | | | |
| | Italy (1) — 1.9% | | | |
905,979 | | Intesa Sanpaolo | | 3,151,953 | |
| | | | | |
| | Japan (1) — 17.9% | | | |
28,300 | | ABC-Mart | | 1,578,494 | |
144,200 | | Astellas Pharma | | 2,092,988 | |
73,800 | | Bridgestone | | 2,706,314 | |
26,800 | | Daikin Industries | | 1,721,926 | |
94,600 | | KDDI | | 2,289,163 | |
235,000 | | Kubota | | 3,642,843 | |
84,100 | | Nabtesco | | 1,684,098 | |
159,600 | | ORIX | | 2,330,763 | |
226,000 | | Sekisui Chemical | | 2,666,575 | |
9,300 | | SMC | | 2,392,351 | |
97,900 | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | | 3,905,590 | |
51,600 | | Suntory Beverage & Food | | 2,086,583 | |
| | | | 29,097,688 | |
| | Netherlands (1) — 0.9% | | | |
20,612 | | Akzo Nobel | | 1,457,895 | |
| | | | | |
| | Norway (1) — 2.8% | | | |
183,520 | | DnB NOR | | 2,336,570 | |
137,373 | | Statoil | | 2,220,534 | |
| | | | 4,557,104 | |
| | Singapore (1) — 1.2% | | | |
155,627 | | DBS Group Holdings | | 1,913,442 | |
| | | | | |
| | Spain (1) — 1.3% | | | |
246,991 | | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | | 2,125,016 | |
| | | | | |
| | Sweden (1) — 1.3% | | | |
107,911 | | Assa Abloy Class B | | 2,146,682 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland (1) — 8.7% | | | |
20,812 | | Lonza Group | | 3,054,781 | |
66,243 | | Nestle | | 5,059,243 | |
13,536 | | Roche Holding | | 3,675,008 | |
4,626 | | Swisscom | | 2,383,385 | |
| | | | 14,172,417 | |
| | Taiwan (1) — 2.2% | | | |
865,000 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 3,644,824 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | United Kingdom — 24.0% | | | |
425,632 | | Barclays (1) | | 1,516,427 | |
125,849 | | BHP Billiton (1) | | 2,011,565 | |
113,181 | | Burberry Group (1) | | 2,311,839 | |
153,111 | | Capita (1) | | 3,003,395 | |
33,850 | | Carnival (1) | | 1,883,936 | |
114,465 | | Diageo (1) | | 3,300,005 | |
499,884 | | HSBC Holdings (1) | | 3,905,559 | |
2,391,312 | | Lloyds Banking Group (1) | | 2,714,155 | |
131,571 | | Prudential (1) | | 3,073,022 | |
35,689 | | Reckitt Benckiser Group (1) | | 3,482,890 | |
144,431 | | Royal Dutch Shell Class A (1) | | 3,783,433 | |
1,108,723 | | Vodafone Group (1) | | 3,648,719 | |
477,212 | | Worldpay Group (2)(3) | | 2,052,509 | |
104,721 | | WPP (1) | | 2,347,501 | |
| | | | 39,034,955 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $156,313,496) | | 162,507,775 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.8% (Cost $156,313,496) | | 162,507,775 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.2% | | 397,281 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 162,905,056 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
(2) Denotes non-income producing security.
(3) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On October 31, 2015, the value of these securities amounted to $2,052,509, representing 1.3% of the net assets of the Fund.
ADR — American 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, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | — | | $ | 2,714,949 | | $ | — | | $ | 2,714,949 | |
Belgium | | — | | 4,798,210 | | — | | 4,798,210 | |
Canada | | 2,768,075 | | — | | — | | 2,768,075 | |
China | | 4,105,226 | | 1,600,187 | | — | | 5,705,413 | |
Finland | | — | | 2,358,023 | | — | | 2,358,023 | |
France | | — | | 9,739,507 | | — | | 9,739,507 | |
Germany | | — | | 17,874,887 | | — | | 17,874,887 | |
Hong Kong | | — | | 6,681,508 | | — | | 6,681,508 | |
India | | — | | 2,493,077 | | — | | 2,493,077 | |
Ireland | | — | | 2,592,753 | | — | | 2,592,753 | |
Israel | | 3,479,397 | | — | | — | | 3,479,397 | |
Italy | | — | | 3,151,953 | | — | | 3,151,953 | |
Japan | | — | | 29,097,688 | | — | | 29,097,688 | |
Netherlands | | — | | 1,457,895 | | — | | 1,457,895 | |
Norway | | — | | 4,557,104 | | — | | 4,557,104 | |
Singapore | | — | | 1,913,442 | | — | | 1,913,442 | |
Spain | | — | | 2,125,016 | | — | | 2,125,016 | |
Sweden | | — | | 2,146,682 | | — | | 2,146,682 | |
Switzerland | | — | | 14,172,417 | | — | | 14,172,417 | |
Taiwan | | — | | 3,644,824 | | — | | 3,644,824 | |
United Kingdom | | 2,052,509 | | 36,982,446 | | — | | 39,034,955 | |
Total Common Stock | | 12,405,207 | | 150,102,568 | | — | | 162,507,775 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 12,405,207 | | $ | 150,102,568 | | $ | — | | $ | 162,507,775 | |
(1) Transfers between investment levels may occur as markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund generally recognizes transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period. As of October 31, 2015, the Fund had securities with a total value of $150,102,568 transfer from Level 1 to Level 2. The change in level occurred due to developments that occurred between the time of closing of the foreign markets on which those securities trade and the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange.
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, 2015
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 98.6% | | | |
| | Australia — 4.5% | | | |
65,829 | | Acrux (1) | | 34,371 | |
97,280 | | Adelaide Brighton (1) | | 288,953 | |
49,850 | | Ansell (1) | | 709,363 | |
37,791 | | Ausdrill (1) | | 9,240 | |
310,282 | | Beach Energy (1) | | 140,945 | |
78,029 | | BHP Billiton (1) | | 1,279,732 | |
143,894 | | BWP Trust REIT | | 330,406 | |
69,442 | | Cabcharge Australia (1) | | 138,982 | |
61,175 | | Collection House (1) | | 80,912 | |
13,299 | | Decmil Group (1) | | 8,853 | |
63,860 | | Dexus Property Group REIT (1) | | 350,551 | |
43,177 | | Downer EDI (1) | | 108,500 | |
7,355 | | DWS (1) | | 6,441 | |
13,276 | | Fleetwood (1)(2) | | 14,568 | |
29,943 | | Flight Centre Travel Group (1) | | 805,574 | |
159,624 | | Independence Group NL (1) | | 312,692 | |
13,832 | | JB Hi-Fi (1) | | 175,993 | |
98,377 | | MACA (1) | | 60,478 | |
12,036 | | Macquarie Group (1) | | 728,765 | |
222,513 | | Medusa Mining (1)(2) | | 89,632 | |
281,837 | | Metcash (1) | | 237,393 | |
19,575 | | Monadelphous Group (1) | | 95,911 | |
113,309 | | Myer Holdings (1) | | 77,041 | |
38,073 | | NRW Holdings | | 3,665 | |
18,448 | | Orica (1) | | 215,812 | |
137,742 | | OZ Minerals (1) | | 422,700 | |
3,289 | | Perpetual (1) | | 104,578 | |
20,453 | | Programmed Maintenance Services (1) | | 42,222 | |
26,653 | | RCR Tomlinson | | 43,524 | |
90,354 | | Resolute Mining (1)(2) | | 24,140 | |
36,253 | | Rio Tinto (1) | | 1,296,335 | |
45,472 | | Sandfire Resources NL (1) | | 203,226 | |
818,753 | | South32 (1) | | 847,829 | |
583,457 | | Telstra (1) | | 2,235,597 | |
60,488 | | Thorn Group (1) | | 90,968 | |
17,644 | | Watpac | | 12,079 | |
14,425 | | Western Areas (1) | | 24,308 | |
45,835 | | Woodside Petroleum (1) | | 961,294 | |
81,015 | | Woolworths (1) | | 1,387,884 | |
46,299 | | WorleyParsons (1) | | 213,599 | |
| | | | 14,215,056 | |
| | Austria — 0.3% | | | |
8,310 | | Atrium European Real Estate | | 34,451 | |
12,706 | | Oesterreichische Post (1) | | 461,957 | |
8,641 | | Raiffeisen Bank International (1) | | 136,353 | |
17,006 | | UNIQA Insurance Group (1) | | 157,923 | |
2,553 | | Vienna Insurance Group (1) | | 81,701 | |
| | | | 872,385 | |
| | Belgium (1) — 1.8% | | | |
9,703 | | Ageas | | 427,882 | |
94,787 | | AGFA-Gevaert (2) | | 404,045 | |
16,530 | | Anheuser-Busch InBev | | 1,972,436 | |
2,642 | | Barco | | 173,455 | |
6,585 | | Colruyt | | 325,715 | |
1,599 | | Gimv | | 75,129 | |
4,977 | | Melexis | | 242,349 | |
52,787 | | Proximus | | 1,826,685 | |
1,836 | | Sofina | | 206,315 | |
359 | | Van de Velde | | 23,412 | |
| | | | 5,677,423 | |
| | Bermuda (1) — 0.1% | | | |
21,614 | | Lancashire Holdings | | 236,774 | |
| | | | | |
| | Brazil — 0.9% | | | |
130,500 | | Ambev | | 645,978 | |
37,200 | | BTG Pactual Group | | 276,838 | |
101,817 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 198,543 | |
16,800 | | Cia Hering | | 65,997 | |
13,600 | | Eternit | | 7,899 | |
12,300 | | Grendene | | 57,568 | |
15,900 | | Helbor Empreendimentos | | 8,411 | |
11,700 | | Mahle-Metal Leve | | 71,021 | |
16,600 | | Multiplus | | 147,812 | |
86,700 | | Odontoprev | | 222,115 | |
21,700 | | QGEP Participacoes | | 33,536 | |
23,432 | | Qualicorp | | 98,430 | |
68,000 | | Tractebel Energia | | 597,207 | |
37,300 | | Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica | | 192,470 | |
53,300 | | Vale | | 235,780 | |
11,000 | | Via Varejo | | 12,122 | |
| | | | 2,871,727 | |
| | British Virgin Islands (1) — 0.2% | | | |
45,639 | | Playtech | | 601,310 | |
| | | | | |
| | Cambodia (1) — 0.0% | | | |
170,000 | | NagaCorp | | 120,224 | |
| | | | | |
| | Canada — 2.9% | | | |
26,700 | | BCE | | 1,154,087 | |
3,900 | | Boardwalk REIT | | 160,223 | |
4,500 | | Canfor Pulp Products | | 46,838 | |
27,700 | | Celestica (2) | | 310,555 | |
57,500 | | Centerra Gold | | 323,646 | |
33,500 | | Corus Entertainment Class B | | 319,475 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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24,500 | | Dominion Diamond | | 259,127 | |
20,300 | | Finning International | | 324,465 | |
36,400 | | Genworth MI Canada | | 899,979 | |
47,700 | | IAMGOLD (2) | | 86,091 | |
36,500 | | Lundin Mining (2) | | 123,100 | |
14,200 | | Magna International Class A | | 748,877 | |
42,200 | | Medical Facilities | | 544,443 | |
1,300 | | Morguard REIT | | 14,366 | |
60,200 | | Nevsun Resources | | 180,011 | |
12,600 | | Noranda Income Fund | | 25,439 | |
9,400 | | North West | | 208,473 | |
67,700 | | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan | | 1,370,982 | |
7,100 | | Power Financial | | 175,654 | |
18,700 | | Rogers Communications Class B | | 744,081 | |
64,100 | | Teck Resources Class B | | 375,502 | |
3,300 | | Torstar Class B | | 10,221 | |
28,500 | | Transcontinental Class A | | 439,182 | |
5,300 | | Westshore Terminals Investment | | 88,401 | |
10,410 | | Yellow Pages (2) | | 134,782 | |
| | | | 9,068,000 | |
| | Chile — 0.2% | | | |
38,200 | | Enersis ADR | | 506,150 | |
| | | | | |
| | China — 2.7% | | | |
110,000 | | 361 Degrees International (1) | | 39,034 | |
8,500 | | 51job ADR (2) | | 287,385 | |
263,500 | | Anhui Conch Cement Class H (1) | | 804,018 | |
2,081,000 | | Bank of China Class H (1) | | 981,319 | |
30,000 | | Baoye Group Class H | | 20,747 | |
60,000 | | Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings (1) | | 2,731 | |
207,000 | | China Child Care (1) | | 27,985 | |
701,000 | | China Construction Bank Class H (1) | | 508,054 | |
510,000 | | China Lumena New Materials (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
27,500 | | China Shenhua Energy Class H (1) | | 46,270 | |
306,000 | | China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group (1) | | 396,796 | |
80,000 | | China Taifeng Beddings Holdings (1)(2)(3) | | 1,097 | |
268,000 | | Dongfeng Motor Group Class H (1) | | 384,687 | |
78,000 | | Haitian International Holdings (1) | | 136,477 | |
162,000 | | Hosa International (1) | | 66,792 | |
1,496,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H (1) | | 948,921 | |
304,000 | | Jiangsu Expressway Class H (1) | | 411,035 | |
18,471 | | Mindray Medical International ADR | | 442,935 | |
213,000 | | Pacific Online (1) | | 71,028 | |
283,000 | | Pacific Textile Holdings (1) | | 403,982 | |
68,000 | | Qingling Motors Class H (1) | | 21,908 | |
131,500 | | Sinopec Engineering Group Class H (1) | | 113,206 | |
44,000 | | SouFun Holdings ADR | | 311,080 | |
305,000 | | Weichai Power Class H (1) | | 323,414 | |
122,000 | | Xingda International Holdings (1) | | 27,102 | |
85,000 | | Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Class H (1) | | 71,476 | |
1,128,100 | | Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings (1) | | 1,004,176 | |
392,000 | | Zhejiang Expressway Class H (1) | | 481,905 | |
| | | | 8,335,560 | |
| | Colombia — 0.1% | | | |
30,600 | | Ecopetrol ADR | | 285,192 | |
| | | | | |
| | Denmark (1) — 0.6% | | | |
975 | | AP Moeller - Maersk Class B | | 1,438,925 | |
10,119 | | Royal Unibrew | | 400,687 | |
9,556 | | Spar Nord Bank | | 91,535 | |
| | | | 1,931,147 | |
| | Finland — 2.6% | | | |
35,044 | | Elisa (1) | | 1,320,327 | |
73,896 | | Fortum (1) | | 1,108,137 | |
34,715 | | Kone Class B (1) | | 1,480,613 | |
4,720 | | Lassila & Tikanoja | | 91,246 | |
25,922 | | Metso (1) | | 634,626 | |
13,894 | | Nokian Renkaat (1) | | 524,173 | |
33,472 | | Orion Class B (1) | | 1,195,536 | |
26,671 | | Ramirent (1) | | 207,288 | |
37,004 | | Sponda (1) | | 157,192 | |
19,926 | | Tieto (1) | | 510,968 | |
30,019 | | Tikkurila (1) | | 551,015 | |
5,867 | | Wartsila Abp (1) | | 250,468 | |
| | | | 8,031,589 | |
| | France — 5.3% | | | |
4,294 | | Altamir (1) | | 48,365 | |
24,316 | | AXA (1) | | 648,948 | |
1,299 | | Axway Sortware | | 34,611 | |
9,322 | | BNP Paribas (1) | | 564,887 | |
4,174 | | Boiron | | 368,940 | |
454 | | Cegid Group (1) | | 21,349 | |
5,719 | | Christian Dior (1) | | 1,124,024 | |
5,734 | | Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (1) | | 570,394 | |
20,336 | | CNP Assurances (1) | | 290,078 | |
21,418 | | Credit Agricole (1) | | 270,520 | |
33,206 | | Edenred (1) | | 609,692 | |
9,247 | | Imerys (1) | | 632,777 | |
5,758 | | IPSOS (1) | | 116,804 | |
3,334 | | LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (1) | | 620,689 | |
38,705 | | Metropole Television (1) | | 744,521 | |
9,344 | | Neopost (1) | | 232,146 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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18,499 | | Peugeot (1)(2) | | 325,018 | |
31,043 | | Plastic Omnium (1) | | 896,055 | |
16,022 | | Publicis Groupe (1) | | 1,037,829 | |
12,213 | | Saft Groupe (1) | | 314,796 | |
20,718 | | Sanofi (1) | | 2,089,947 | |
40,201 | | Schneider Electric (1) | | 2,424,729 | |
18,501 | | Societe Generale (1) | | 859,246 | |
31,977 | | Total (1) | | 1,546,371 | |
10,873 | | UBISOFT Entertainment (1)(2) | | 325,770 | |
| | | | 16,718,506 | |
| | Gabon — 0.0% | | | |
272 | | Total Gabon | | 54,093 | |
| | | | | |
| | Germany — 4.3% | | | |
456 | | Amadeus Fire | | 38,049 | |
6,732 | | Aurubis (1) | | 449,697 | |
22,866 | | BASF (1) | | 1,873,271 | |
1,505 | | Bijou Brigitte (1) | | 83,582 | |
73,838 | | Commerzbank (1)(2) | | 812,050 | |
4,972 | | Continental (1) | | 1,193,925 | |
51,044 | | Deutsche Bank (1) | | 1,428,660 | |
6,236 | | Deutsche EuroShop (1) | | 300,667 | |
28,315 | | Deutsche Lufthansa (1) | | 418,149 | |
4,896 | | Duerr (1) | | 407,655 | |
75,301 | | E.ON (1) | | 794,362 | |
6,028 | | Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (1) | | 87,190 | |
3,637 | | HOCHTIEF (1) | | 338,360 | |
4,592 | | HUGO BOSS (1) | | 472,178 | |
630 | | Leifheit | | 32,613 | |
1,546 | | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft in Muenchen (1) | | 308,263 | |
6,799 | | Salzgitter (1) | | 196,064 | |
12,816 | | Siemens (1) | | 1,287,292 | |
24,713 | | Software (1) | | 718,032 | |
22,078 | | STADA Arzneimittel (1) | | 839,898 | |
3,582 | | STO & KGaA | | 466,962 | |
21,814 | | Takkt | | 405,154 | |
6,098 | | Talanx (1) | | 195,397 | |
6,095 | | Wincor Nixdorf (1) | | 312,619 | |
| | | | 13,460,089 | |
| | Greece (1) — 0.1% | | | |
14,539 | | JUMBO | | 141,104 | |
6,500 | | Metka | | 62,444 | |
26,228 | | OPAP | | 233,095 | |
| | | | 436,643 | |
| | Guernsey — 0.1% | | | |
24,762 | | Tetragon Financial Group | | 238,953 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 4.5% | | | |
606,000 | | Allied Properties HK (1) | | 129,401 | |
32,000 | | AMVIG Holdings (1) | | 14,663 | |
221,016 | | Asian Citrus Holdings | | 30,239 | |
323,000 | | Belle International Holdings (1) | | 313,516 | |
168,500 | | Biostime International Holdings (1) | | 374,129 | |
176,000 | | BOC Hong Kong Holdings (1) | | 562,793 | |
300,000 | | Bolina Holding (1) | | 73,031 | |
240,000 | | Champion REIT (1) | | 125,467 | |
922,000 | | Champion Technology Holdings (1) | | 18,016 | |
700,000 | | China BlueChemical (1) | | 208,772 | |
36,000 | | China Lilang (1) | | 30,671 | |
117,000 | | China Mobile (1) | | 1,402,818 | |
148,000 | | CIMC Enric Holdings (1) | | 97,428 | |
882,000 | | CNOOC (1) | | 996,229 | |
810,000 | | CSI Properties (1) | | 27,077 | |
211,600 | | Dah Sing Banking Group (1) | | 401,522 | |
65,600 | | Dah Sing Financial Holdings (1) | | 367,671 | |
79,000 | | Dan Form Holdings (1) | | 12,797 | |
13,000 | | Dickson Concepts International | | 4,864 | |
285,000 | | Emperor Entertainment Hotel (1) | | 56,459 | |
288,000 | | Emperor International Holdings (1) | | 55,605 | |
9,500 | | Fairwood Holdings (1) | | 29,371 | |
40,000 | | First Pacific (1) | | 27,371 | |
424,000 | | Giordano International (1) | | 227,522 | |
23,000 | | Goldlion Holdings (1) | | 9,720 | |
47,279 | | Great Eagle Holdings (1) | | 155,518 | |
704,000 | | Guangdong Investment (1) | | 990,078 | |
6,811 | | Hanison Construction Holdings (1) | | 1,250 | |
19,965 | | Henderson Land Development (1) | | 127,512 | |
28,000 | | HKR International (1) | | 12,470 | |
11,000 | | Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels | | 12,518 | |
50,000 | | Hongkong Land Holdings (1) | | 374,910 | |
22,000 | | Hopewell Holdings (1) | | 79,384 | |
531,000 | | Huabao International Holdings (1) | | 221,409 | |
106,000 | | Hysan Development (1) | | 470,166 | |
92,000 | | Johnson Electric Holdings (1) | | 336,720 | |
107,000 | | Kerry Properties (1) | | 316,736 | |
17,000 | | Kowloon Development (1) | | 19,228 | |
501,000 | | Lai Sun Development (1) | | 9,142 | |
160,000 | | Lifestyle International Holdings (1) | | 231,384 | |
94,000 | | Link REIT (1) | | 561,620 | |
149,602 | | New World Development (1) | | 159,566 | |
60,000 | | NWS Holdings (1) | | 90,177 | |
361,000 | | PCCW (1) | | 194,377 | |
125,000 | | Peak Sport Products (1) | | 37,566 | |
63,000 | | Prosperity REIT (1) | | 23,122 | |
446,000 | | Real Nutriceutical Group (1)(3) | | 58,304 | |
51,000 | | Regal REIT (1) | | 12,935 | |
402,000 | | Sa Sa International Holdings (1) | | 128,955 | |
370,000 | | Shenguan Holdings Group (1) | | 53,331 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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280,000 | | Sino Land (1) | | 432,181 | |
91,000 | | Sitoy Group Holdings (1) | | 43,503 | |
86,500 | | SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings (1) | | 153,130 | |
8,000 | | SOCAM Development (1) | | 4,743 | |
20,000 | | Soundwill Holdings (1) | | 25,668 | |
9,000 | | Sun Hung Kai Properties (1) | | 120,220 | |
146,000 | | Sunlight REIT (1) | | 73,869 | |
50,000 | | Swire Pacific Class A (1) | | 577,677 | |
114,800 | | Swire Properties (1) | | 344,590 | |
41,000 | | TAI Cheung Holdings (1) | | 32,913 | |
23,000 | | Television Broadcasts (1) | | 83,823 | |
126,000 | | Texwinca Holdings (1) | | 122,621 | |
22,200 | | VTech Holdings (1) | | 269,247 | |
118,000 | | Wharf Holdings (1) | | 702,152 | |
125,000 | | Wheelock (1) | | 582,639 | |
242,000 | | Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure (1) | | 164,994 | |
| | | | 14,009,500 | |
| | Hungary — 0.1% | | | |
6,481 | | Wizz Air Holdings (1)(2)(4) | | 189,363 | |
| | | | | |
| | Indonesia (1) — 0.8% | | | |
4,385,000 | | Bank Bukopin | | 224,002 | |
1,837,000 | | Panin Financial (2) | | 29,322 | |
2,494,100 | | Perusahaan Gas Negara | | 544,759 | |
1,538,500 | | Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia | | 173,467 | |
4,506,500 | | Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero | | 884,120 | |
343,800 | | United Tractors | | 452,334 | |
1,244,500 | | Vale Indonesia | | 202,377 | |
| | | | 2,510,381 | |
| | Ireland — 0.6% | | | |
22,543 | | C&C Group (1) | | 89,762 | |
86,016 | | Experian (1) | | 1,465,712 | |
3,548 | | Irish Bank Resolution (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
58,816 | | Origin Enterprises | | 441,744 | |
17,066 | | Total Produce | | 25,992 | |
| | | | 2,023,210 | |
| | Israel — 1.5% | | | |
4,471 | | Babylon (1)(2) | | 2,206 | |
99,182 | | Bank Hapoalim (1) | | 516,279 | |
112,954 | | Bank Leumi Le-Israel (1)(2) | | 428,591 | |
331,354 | | Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication (1) | | 710,087 | |
13,697 | | Cellcom Israel (1)(2) | | 101,916 | |
34,267 | | Delek Automotive Systems (1) | | 325,131 | |
11,564 | | First International Bank of Israel (1) | | 145,962 | |
117,323 | | Israel Chemicals (1) | | 650,527 | |
152,563 | | Israel Discount Bank Class A (1)(2) | | 279,050 | |
13,529 | | Ituran Location and Control (1) | | 277,221 | |
7,262 | | Matrix IT (1) | | 44,598 | |
4,500 | | Taro Pharmaceutical Industries (2) | | 653,490 | |
11,300 | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR | | 668,847 | |
3,827 | | Union Bank of Israel (1)(2) | | 14,181 | |
| | | | 4,818,086 | |
| | Italy (1) — 0.9% | | | |
21,688 | | Autostrada Torino-Milano | | 290,680 | |
13,864 | | Banca Popolare dell’Etruria e del Lazio SC (2)(3) | | 6,933 | |
4,098 | | Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche | | 87,509 | |
915 | | Engineering | | 55,898 | |
82,318 | | ENI | | 1,344,274 | |
12,008 | | Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ REIT | | 11,989 | |
19,345 | | Mediobanca | | 194,548 | |
1,668 | | Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology | | 207,719 | |
4,630 | | Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni | | 36,136 | |
62,474 | | Sogefi | | 151,055 | |
44,282 | | UniCredit | | 285,932 | |
| | | | 2,672,673 | |
| | Japan — 15.5% | | | |
2,000 | | 77 Bank (1) | | 11,060 | |
33,000 | | Achilles (1) | | 40,771 | |
11,400 | | ADEKA (1) | | 167,532 | |
11,400 | | Aica Kogyo (1) | | 225,809 | |
800 | | Aichi Bank (1) | | 44,513 | |
13,000 | | Aichi Steel (1) | | 56,470 | |
5,000 | | Akita Bank (1) | | 16,400 | |
2,300 | | Alpine Electronics (1) | | 30,200 | |
16,100 | | Amano (1) | | 209,118 | |
4,600 | | Amiyaki Tei (1) | | 163,540 | |
4,200 | | Amuse (1) | | 169,455 | |
1,300 | | Arakawa Chemical Industries (1) | | 12,924 | |
1,100 | | Arc Land Sakamoto (1) | | 24,079 | |
3,300 | | Asahi Broadcasting (1) | | 22,112 | |
17,000 | | Asahi Holdings (1) | | 250,175 | |
191,000 | | Asahi Kasei (1) | | 1,172,097 | |
7,300 | | Asax (1) | | 96,573 | |
19,000 | | Atsugi (1) | | 18,528 | |
56,000 | | Awa Bank (1) | | 310,562 | |
3,000 | | Bando Chemical Industries (1) | | 12,596 | |
17,000 | | Bank of Kochi (1) | | 21,325 | |
14,000 | | Bank of Kyoto (1) | | 141,393 | |
14,000 | | Bank of Nagoya (1) | | 51,876 | |
11,500 | | BML (1) | | 338,664 | |
34,400 | | Bridgestone (1) | | 1,261,480 | |
38,700 | | Brother Industries (1) | | 494,643 | |
12,000 | | Bunka Shutter (1) | | 93,158 | |
300 | | C Uyemura (1) | | 15,633 | |
1,000 | | Central Automotive Products (1) | | 7,280 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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6,900 | | Central Japan Railway (1) | | 1,258,652 | |
8,100 | | Chiba Kogyo Bank (1) | | 47,381 | |
3,400 | | Chiyoda Integre (1) | | 82,091 | |
2,100 | | Chori (1) | | 29,597 | |
11,000 | | Chugoku Marine Paints (1) | | 78,638 | |
2,200 | | Cleanup (1) | | 13,903 | |
6,200 | | Comture (1) | | 100,443 | |
3,300 | | CONEXIO (1) | | 33,279 | |
3,100 | | Corona Class A (1) | | 30,537 | |
3,900 | | CTS (1) | | 23,541 | |
7,000 | | Daihatsu Diesel Manufacturing (1) | | 45,484 | |
30,000 | | Daihatsu Motor (1) | | 367,491 | |
13,000 | | Daiichi Jitsugyo (1) | | 55,465 | |
15,600 | | Daiichikosho (1) | | 520,292 | |
1,800 | | Dainichi (1) | | 10,723 | |
31,000 | | Daishi Bank (1) | | 140,087 | |
4,000 | | Daishinku (1) | | 8,109 | |
11,000 | | Daiwa Industries (1) | | 72,772 | |
72,000 | | Daiwa Securities Group (1) | | 492,305 | |
7,100 | | DeNA (1) | | 113,914 | |
7,600 | | DTS (1) | | 179,649 | |
72,600 | | Dynam Japan Holdings (1) | | 89,206 | |
6,000 | | Eidai (1) | | 21,211 | |
18,800 | | Elecom (1) | | 228,010 | |
3,300 | | Enplas (1) | | 121,442 | |
5,300 | | EPS Holdings (1) | | 51,923 | |
43,000 | | Fuji Heavy Industries (1) | | 1,662,966 | |
28,000 | | Fuji Kiko (1) | | 114,688 | |
2,400 | | Fuji Kosan (1) | | 9,782 | |
10,200 | | FUJIFILM Holdings (1) | | 406,865 | |
8,400 | | Fujikura Kasei (1) | | 39,455 | |
7,200 | | Fujimori Kogyo (1) | | 198,350 | |
1,600 | | Fujishoji (1) | | 16,330 | |
2,800 | | Fujitsu Frontech (1) | | 36,319 | |
30,000 | | Fujitsu General (1) | | 376,736 | |
1,100 | | FuKoKu (1) | | 9,383 | |
11,000 | | Fukushima Industries (1) | | 238,840 | |
1,700 | | Funai Electric (1) | | 17,542 | |
14,400 | | Future Architect (1) | | 78,492 | |
1,200 | | Fuyo General Lease (1) | | 53,799 | |
2,400 | | Gendai Agency (1) | | 12,212 | |
17,100 | | Geo (1) | | 255,881 | |
2,500 | | Graphite Design (1) | | 10,449 | |
17,800 | | Gree (1) | | 90,164 | |
3,800 | | G-Tekt (1) | | 46,940 | |
6,000 | | Gunma Bank (1) | | 37,768 | |
18,000 | | Gunze (1) | | 57,172 | |
54,000 | | Hachijuni Bank (1) | | 368,212 | |
2,000 | | Hagihara Industries (1) | | 34,811 | |
5,600 | | Happinet (1) | | 57,938 | |
10,900 | | Hazama Ando (1) | | 64,266 | |
2,800 | | HI-LEX (1) | | 85,806 | |
1,600 | | Hirano Tecseed (1) | | 10,462 | |
5,100 | | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical (1) | | 197,676 | |
26,000 | | Hyakugo Bank (1) | | 132,998 | |
13,000 | | Hyakujushi Bank (1) | | 48,881 | |
5,800 | | Imasen Electric Industrial (1) | | 52,472 | |
6,000 | | Inaba Denki Sangyo (1) | | 187,218 | |
1,800 | | Infocom (1) | | 15,618 | |
117,100 | | Inpex (1) | | 1,116,198 | |
48,300 | | Isuzu Motors (1) | | 564,121 | |
13,000 | | ITOCHU (1) | | 162,669 | |
24,200 | | Itochu Enex (1) | | 193,829 | |
14,000 | | Iwatsu Electric (1) | | 9,358 | |
36,400 | | Iyo Bank (1) | | 391,380 | |
14,500 | | Japan Digital Laboratory (1) | | 185,407 | |
3,900 | | Japan Foundation Engineering (1) | | 16,902 | |
16,300 | | Japan Petroleum Exploration (1) | | 489,196 | |
20,200 | | Japan Tobacco (1) | | 699,158 | |
1,900 | | JCU (1) | | 67,317 | |
62,600 | | JSR (1) | | 988,661 | |
22,000 | | Juroku Bank (1) | | 98,140 | |
26,900 | | JX Holdings (1) | | 105,627 | |
2,000 | | Kamei (1) | | 19,899 | |
86,000 | | Kanematsu (1) | | 142,006 | |
2,500 | | Kanematsu Electronics (1) | | 38,207 | |
5,400 | | Kato Sangyo (1) | | 131,425 | |
100,400 | | KDDI (1) | | 2,429,513 | |
3,100 | | Keihin (1) | | 50,568 | |
27,000 | | Keiyo Bank (1) | | 135,656 | |
22,800 | | Kimoto (1) | | 49,530 | |
2,000 | | Koatsu Gas Kogyo (1) | | 10,238 | |
2,300 | | Konaka (1) | | 11,954 | |
7,600 | | Konishi (1) | | 139,690 | |
19,000 | | Kyodo Printing (1) | | 52,707 | |
13,500 | | KYORIN Holdings (1) | | 226,947 | |
31,500 | | Kyowa Exeo (1) | | 328,737 | |
41,870 | | Kyushu Financial Group (2) | | 321,997 | |
4,300 | | Lasertec (1) | | 46,926 | |
28,100 | | Lawson (1) | | 2,081,446 | |
7,800 | | Lintec (1) | | 182,715 | |
23,000 | | Maeda Road Construction (1) | | 418,082 | |
900 | | Maezawa Kyuso Industries (1) | | 11,490 | |
5,500 | | MEC (1) | | 32,323 | |
2,900 | | Meiko Network Japan (1) | | 34,429 | |
9,000 | | Meisei Industrial (1) | | 42,224 | |
1,900 | | Melco Holdings (1) | | 32,860 | |
12,900 | | Message (1) | | 317,956 | |
7,000 | | Mie Bank (1) | | 15,083 | |
16,400 | | Miraca Holdings (1) | | 729,887 | |
9,900 | | Mirait Holdings (1) | | 85,786 | |
2,300 | | Miroku Jyoho Service (1) | | 16,490 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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3,100 | | Mitani (1) | | 76,793 | |
1,300 | | Mitani Sekisan (1) | | 17,801 | |
74,000 | | Mitsubishi Electric (1) | | 770,691 | |
51,000 | | Mitsubishi Motors (1) | | 451,723 | |
91,900 | | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (1) | | 594,366 | |
14,000 | | Mitsuboshi Belting (1) | | 116,384 | |
45,000 | | Mitsui (1) | | 570,731 | |
2,800 | | Mitsui High-Tec (1) | | 16,424 | |
21,000 | | Mitsui Sugar (1) | | 84,459 | |
4,100 | | Mixi (1) | | 156,566 | |
11,000 | | Miyazaki Bank (1) | | 38,443 | |
197,700 | | Mizuho Financial Group (1) | | 407,231 | |
23,100 | | MTI (1) | | 147,479 | |
700 | | Nafco (1) | | 10,143 | |
1,900 | | Nakanishi (1) | | 64,783 | |
5,400 | | Namura Shipbuilding (1) | | 47,224 | |
2,600 | | Natoco (1) | | 20,918 | |
11,600 | | Neturen (1) | | 82,949 | |
25,500 | | Nexon (1) | | 353,711 | |
42,900 | | NHK Spring (1) | | 436,632 | |
8,360 | | Nichirin (1) | | 101,998 | |
2,800 | | NIFTY (1) | | 25,804 | |
1,300 | | Nihon Eslead (1) | | 12,317 | |
21,100 | | Nihon Parkerizing (1) | | 187,690 | |
64,000 | | Nippon Electric Glass (1) | | 313,176 | |
6,000 | | Nippon Hume (1) | | 38,055 | |
7,000 | | Nippon Pillar Packing (1) | | 58,714 | |
13,000 | | Nippon Road (1) | | 70,633 | |
14,000 | | Nippon Seiki (1) | | 293,384 | |
13,200 | | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (1) | | 483,930 | |
23,000 | | Nishi-Nippon City Bank (1) | | 67,209 | |
11,400 | | Nissan Shatai (1) | | 131,461 | |
30,500 | | Nissin Kogyo (1) | | 469,120 | |
200 | | Nissin Sugar (1) | | 4,736 | |
8,000 | | Nittetsu Mining (1) | | 35,244 | |
11,900 | | Nitto Kogyo (1) | | 229,656 | |
9,500 | | Nittoc Construction (1) | | 42,283 | |
31,000 | | NOF (1) | | 221,584 | |
16,700 | | North Pacific Bank (1) | | 64,015 | |
114,200 | | NTT DoCoMo (1) | | 2,224,100 | |
17,000 | | Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank (1) | | 66,243 | |
13,000 | | Oita Bank (1) | | 54,783 | |
1,500 | | Onoken (1) | | 13,159 | |
4,200 | | Oracle Japan (1) | | 191,019 | |
47,400 | | ORIX (1) | | 692,219 | |
20,000 | | Pacific Metals (1) | | 53,523 | |
2,000 | | Pack (1) | | 47,405 | |
6,100 | | Pal (1) | | 136,367 | |
1,800 | | Plant (1) | | 18,782 | |
10,000 | | Rhythm Watch (1) | | 14,060 | |
2,800 | | Ricoh Leasing (1) | | 84,823 | |
11,000 | | Riken (1) | | 41,394 | |
3,800 | | Roland DG (1) | | 86,604 | |
9,000 | | Sakai Chemical Industry (1) | | 26,619 | |
8,000 | | San-Ai Oil (1) | | 61,105 | |
3,300 | | Sanei Architecture Planning (1) | | 36,258 | |
45,000 | | San-In Godo Bank (1) | | 415,862 | |
2,000 | | Sansha Electric Manufacturing (1) | | 12,682 | |
5,800 | | Sanyo Housing Nagoya (1) | | 57,900 | |
83,900 | | Sekisui Chemical (1) | | 989,937 | |
11,000 | | Sekisui Jushi (1) | | 147,383 | |
13,000 | | Shiga Bank (1) | | 69,483 | |
6,000 | | Shikoku Bank (1) | | 13,039 | |
17,000 | | Shikoku Chemicals (1) | | 167,366 | |
14,000 | | Shinagawa Refractories (1) | | 31,410 | |
19,000 | | Shin-Etsu Polymer (1) | | 99,135 | |
4,100 | | Shinko Plantech (1) | | 32,952 | |
2,000 | | Shizuoka Bank (1) | | 20,064 | |
14,000 | | Showa (1) | | 129,766 | |
4,600 | | Sinko Industries (1) | | 48,801 | |
9,400 | | Sintokogio (1) | | 80,816 | |
3,600 | | SNT (1) | | 17,289 | |
62,000 | | Sony Financial Holdings (1) | | 1,111,201 | |
3,200 | | SRA Holdings (1) | | 65,725 | |
5,200 | | Sumitomo Densetsu (1) | | 68,177 | |
43,000 | | Sumitomo Metal Mining (1) | | 533,475 | |
6,100 | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (1) | | 243,351 | |
22,500 | | Sumitomo Rubber Industries (1) | | 334,653 | |
3,000 | | Suncall (1) | | 15,706 | |
6,000 | | T RAD (1) | | 9,954 | |
14,600 | | T&D Holdings (1) | | 191,855 | |
600 | | T&K Toka (1) | | 11,024 | |
41,000 | | Tadano (1) | | 489,763 | |
800 | | Takamatsu Construction Group (1) | | 16,597 | |
21,000 | | Takara Standard (1) | | 158,634 | |
24,000 | | Takiron (1) | | 102,702 | |
7,600 | | Tamron (1) | | 151,786 | |
8,000 | | Tayca (1) | | 33,401 | |
3,000 | | TBK (1) | | 11,894 | |
3,800 | | TechMatrix (1) | | 35,376 | |
2,300 | | Techno Medica (1) | | 52,516 | |
10,900 | | T-Gaia (1) | | 166,186 | |
10,500 | | Toagosei (1) | | 87,909 | |
2,600 | | Tocalo (1) | | 52,191 | |
7,000 | | Tochigi Bank (1) | | 39,986 | |
5,000 | | Toho Bank (1) | | 18,415 | |
1,800 | | Tokai (1) | | 57,673 | |
10,300 | | Tokai Rika (1) | | 222,714 | |
3,430 | | Token (1) | | 272,159 | |
10,400 | | Tokyo Seimitsu (1) | | 229,613 | |
1,000 | | Tokyo TY Financial Group (1) | | 31,323 | |
2,200 | | TOMONY Holdings (1) | | 8,531 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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4,900 | | Toppan Forms (1) | | 63,125 | |
35,000 | | Towa Bank (1) | | 30,624 | |
15,000 | | Toyo Kohan (1) | | 48,408 | |
9,300 | | Toyo Machinery & Metal (1) | | 34,579 | |
16,000 | | Trend Micro (1) | | 623,543 | |
24,700 | | TS Tech (1) | | 677,411 | |
4,300 | | Tsukuba Bank (1) | | 15,125 | |
6,000 | | TYK (1) | | 9,528 | |
6,700 | | Unipres (1) | | 152,268 | |
3,100 | | Utoc (1) | | 12,757 | |
7,000 | | Wakita (1) | | 55,091 | |
5,000 | | Watanabe Sato (1) | | 12,122 | |
700 | | YAMADA Consulting Group (1) | | 20,488 | |
4,000 | | Yamagata Bank (1) | | 15,547 | |
5,000 | | Yamaguchi Financial Group (1) | | 61,498 | |
2,000 | | Yamanashi Chuo Bank (1) | | 9,375 | |
22,900 | | Yamazen (1) | | 204,504 | |
1,000 | | Yellow Hat (1) | | 22,000 | |
3,000 | | Yodogawa Steel Works (1) | | 52,884 | |
3,000 | | Yuasa Trading (1) | | 69,931 | |
| | | | 48,461,442 | |
| | Kazakhstan (1) — 0.0% | | | |
20,279 | | KCell JSC GDR | | 88,119 | |
| | | | | |
| | Liechtenstein — 0.0% | | | |
183 | | VP Bank | | 14,718 | |
| | | | | |
| | Luxembourg (1) — 0.7% | | | |
12,661 | | RTL Group | | 1,095,236 | |
78,270 | | Tenaris | | 985,757 | |
| | | | 2,080,993 | |
| | Malaysia (1) — 0.2% | | | |
48,400 | | AFFIN Holdings | | 26,908 | |
330,000 | | AMMB Holdings | | 365,786 | |
67,780 | | Berjaya Sports Toto | | 50,447 | |
10,100 | | British American Tobacco Malaysia | | 145,154 | |
8,900 | | Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia | | 25,717 | |
66,600 | | KLCCP Stapled Group | | 108,731 | |
91,700 | | Padini Holdings | | 32,638 | |
| | | | 755,381 | |
| | Malta — 0.0% | | | |
22,416 | | BGP Holdings (1)(2)(3) | | 1,386 | |
| | | | | |
| | Mexico — 0.1% | | | |
125,635 | | Genomma Lab Internacional Class B (2) | | 92,185 | |
800 | | Industrias Bachoco ADR | | 43,776 | |
43,400 | | Industrias Bachoco | | 197,533 | |
50,800 | | Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
| | | | 333,494 | |
| | Netherlands (1) — 2.1% | | | |
40,148 | | Aegon | | 246,367 | |
25,363 | | ArcelorMittal | | 141,634 | |
26,804 | | Boskalis Westminster | | 1,300,923 | |
96,221 | | Koninklijke Ahold | | 1,957,401 | |
12,491 | | NN Group | | 391,378 | |
53,662 | | RELX | | 915,302 | |
2,906 | | SNS Reaal (2)(3) | | — | |
35,741 | | Unilever | | 1,623,736 | |
| | | | 6,576,741 | |
| | New Zealand (1) — 0.2% | | | |
109,062 | | Sky Network Television | | 334,827 | |
136,321 | | Trade Me Group | | 337,067 | |
| | | | 671,894 | |
| | Norway (1) — 2.6% | | | |
78,836 | | Aker Solutions | | 316,649 | |
28,838 | | Fred Olsen Energy | | 134,773 | |
138,931 | | Kvaerner | | 87,539 | |
101,852 | | Norsk Hydro | | 364,812 | |
20,099 | | Salmar | | 328,830 | |
102,003 | | Statoil | | 1,648,804 | |
74,377 | | Storebrand (2) | | 259,526 | |
118,491 | | Telenor | | 2,232,153 | |
43,750 | | TGS Nopec Geophysical | | 867,469 | |
43,106 | | Yara International | | 1,958,133 | |
| | | | 8,198,688 | |
| | Philippines — 0.2% | | | |
356,500 | | Manila Water (1) | | 181,191 | |
1,207,200 | | Nickel Asia (1) | | 204,276 | |
2,500 | | Philippine Long Distance Telephone ADR | | 118,550 | |
| | | | 504,017 | |
| | Poland (1) — 0.5% | | | |
10,749 | | Bank Pekao | | 418,002 | |
14,538 | | KGHM Polska Miedz | | 337,516 | |
435,203 | | Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo | | 771,056 | |
88,521 | | Tauron Polska Energia | | 69,403 | |
| | | | 1,595,977 | |
| | Russia — 1.4% | | | |
51,500 | | CTC Media (NASDAQ) | | 87,035 | |
81,683 | | Gazprom PAO ADR | | 341,435 | |
16,822 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 609,798 | |
17,073 | | MegaFon PJSC GDR (1) | | 219,896 | |
109,210 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 1,627,229 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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50,600 | | Mobile TeleSystems ADR | | 355,718 | |
110,930 | | Surgutneftegas OAO ADR (1) | | 608,565 | |
12,800 | | Tatneft PAO ADR (1) | | 394,733 | |
| | | | 4,244,409 | |
| | Singapore — 2.3% | | | |
14,100 | | Boustead Projects (2) | | 8,505 | |
47,000 | | Boustead Singapore (1) | | 32,130 | |
226,600 | | Cache Logistics Trust REIT (1) | | 162,394 | |
386,300 | | CapitaLand Commercial Trust REIT (1) | | 387,661 | |
297,600 | | CapitaLand Mall Trust REIT (1) | | 419,591 | |
115,000 | | CapitaLand Retail China Trust REIT (1) | | 124,501 | |
186,900 | | China Merchants Holdings Pacific (1) | | 127,286 | |
16,000 | | Far East Orchard (1) | | 17,171 | |
40,000 | | First REIT (1) | | 35,407 | |
2,200 | | Haw Par (1) | | 13,146 | |
30,000 | | Ho Bee Land (1) | | 42,147 | |
64,000 | | Hong Fok (1) | | 32,901 | |
11,000 | | Jardine Cycle & Carriage (1) | | 254,681 | |
425,100 | | Mapletree Industrial Trust REIT (1) | | 462,419 | |
19,000 | | Metro Holdings (1) | | 12,188 | |
91,600 | | OSIM International (1) | | 88,816 | |
81,000 | | Sabana Shari’ah Compliant Industrial REIT (1) | | 43,911 | |
238,000 | | SATS (1) | | 643,218 | |
351,100 | | Silverlake Axis (1) | | 144,045 | |
845,100 | | Singapore Telecommunications (1) | | 2,401,143 | |
48,750 | | UMS Holdings (1) | | 17,535 | |
111,600 | | United Overseas Bank (1) | | 1,620,520 | |
49,000 | | UOL Group (1) | | 228,671 | |
| | | | 7,319,987 | |
| | South Africa — 2.3% | | | |
11,375 | | AECI | | 78,250 | |
7,596 | | Assore | | 43,911 | |
14,537 | | Astral Foods (1) | | 182,616 | |
24,760 | | Bidvest Group (1) | | 632,484 | |
102,259 | | Capital Property Fund REIT (1) | | 119,014 | |
68,749 | | Kumba Iron Ore (1) | | 296,786 | |
15,860 | | Lewis Group (1) | | 68,412 | |
40,545 | | Liberty Holdings (1) | | 396,442 | |
136,924 | | Life Healthcare Group Holdings (1) | | 381,647 | |
135,050 | | MMI Holdings (1) | | 245,068 | |
127,869 | | MTN Group (1) | | 1,455,739 | |
99,506 | | Peregrine Holdings (1) | | 221,310 | |
38,857 | | Reunert (1) | | 188,937 | |
225,917 | | SA Corporate Real Estate Fund REIT (1) | | 85,094 | |
92,353 | | Sanlam (1) | | 417,226 | |
25,100 | | Sasol (1) | | 804,247 | |
187,093 | | Sibanye Gold (1) | | 312,488 | |
45,913 | | Truworths International (1) | | 310,639 | |
82,492 | | Vodacom Group (1) | | 891,007 | |
3,806 | | Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (1) | | 35,557 | |
| | | | 7,166,874 | |
| | South Korea — 2.3% | | | |
490 | | Daechang Forging (1) | | 21,382 | |
240 | | Dongil Industries (1) | | 12,087 | |
2,098 | | Dongyang E&P (1) | | 23,585 | |
5,220 | | e-LITECOM (1) | | 91,370 | |
4,488 | | Eugene Technology (1) | | 45,505 | |
2,829 | | Global & Yuasa Battery (1) | | 101,317 | |
9,577 | | Grand Korea Leisure (1) | | 266,228 | |
482 | | GS Home Shopping (1) | | 71,908 | |
10,840 | | Hana Financial Group (1) | | 263,618 | |
4,420 | | Hankook Tire (1) | | 168,972 | |
7,810 | | Hanmi Semiconductor (1) | | 73,803 | |
10,710 | | Hanshin Machinery (1) | | 21,768 | |
1,985 | | Honam Petrochemical (1) | | 416,748 | |
1,096 | | Hy-Lok (1) | | 30,639 | |
1,427 | | Hyundai Home Shopping Network (1) | | 152,357 | |
7,810 | | Hyundai Hy Communications & Network (1) | | 22,414 | |
947 | | Hyundai Wia (1) | | 110,575 | |
17,650 | | Industrial Bank of Korea (1) | | 216,050 | |
3,615 | | Innochips Technology (1) | | 35,323 | |
1,183 | | INTOPS (1) | | 17,578 | |
10,600 | | KB Financial Group (1) | | 335,823 | |
10,645 | | Kia Motors (1) | | 519,605 | |
2,920 | | KT&G (1) | | 291,757 | |
1,950 | | Kunsul Chemical Industrial (1) | | 76,049 | |
100 | | Mi Chang Oil Industrial (1) | | 6,744 | |
675 | | POSCO (1) | | 108,547 | |
358 | | Samchully (1) | | 32,137 | |
2,856 | | Sammok S-Form (1) | | 52,103 | |
1,168 | | Samsung Electronics (1) | | 1,400,930 | |
520 | | Sebang (1) | | 8,171 | |
630 | | Sewon Precision Industry | | 13,456 | |
12,060 | | Shinhan Financial Group (1) | | 460,273 | |
4,058 | | Silicon Works (1) | | 120,672 | |
5,267 | | SK Telecom (1) | | 1,115,353 | |
5,019 | | Soulbrain (1) | | 174,794 | |
33,793 | | Woori Bank (1) | | 293,139 | |
4,700 | | Yoosung Enterprise (1) | | 17,216 | |
1,493 | | Youngone Holdings (1) | | 94,081 | |
| | | | 7,284,077 | |
| | Spain — 0.6% | | | |
1,684 | | Baron de Ley (2) | | 171,570 | |
825 | | Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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21,086 | | Cia de Distribucion Integral Logista Holdings (1) | | 420,902 | |
13,000 | | Grupo Catalana Occidente (1) | | 403,083 | |
131,756 | | Mapfre (1) | | 390,889 | |
95,744 | | Prosegur Cia de Seguridad (1) | | 426,001 | |
| | | | 1,812,445 | |
| | Sweden — 4.9% | | | |
24,372 | | AddTech Class B | | 346,600 | |
104,961 | | Alfa Laval (1) | | 1,841,418 | |
62,672 | | Atlas Copco Class A (1) | | 1,633,277 | |
3,627 | | B&B Tools Class B (1) | | 47,342 | |
37,600 | | Boliden (1) | | 719,904 | |
24,185 | | Clas Ohlson Class B | | 367,295 | |
19,559 | | Electrolux (1) | | 575,433 | |
58,789 | | Industrivarden Class C (1) | | 1,067,077 | |
32,669 | | Intrum Justitia (1) | | 1,172,073 | |
1,008 | | Investment Oresund (1) | | 21,808 | |
49,218 | | Investor Class B (1) | | 1,821,465 | |
11,057 | | JM (1) | | 312,510 | |
41,123 | | Kinnevik Investment Class B (1) | | 1,310,500 | |
13,348 | | Medivir Class B (1)(2) | | 118,625 | |
7,378 | | Nolato Class B (1) | | 202,401 | |
67,972 | | SKF Class B (1) | | 1,194,411 | |
17,574 | | Swedish Match (1) | | 552,452 | |
274,099 | | TeliaSonera (1) | | 1,400,515 | |
20,788 | | Tethys Oil (1) | | 128,330 | |
23,694 | | Trelleborg Class B (1) | | 399,201 | |
| | | | 15,232,637 | |
| | Switzerland — 5.4% | | | |
7,089 | | ABB (1) | | 133,739 | |
3,510 | | Baloise Holding (1) | | 420,838 | |
6,682 | | Coltene Holding | | 437,039 | |
19,994 | | Credit Suisse Group (1) | | 498,675 | |
396 | | Helvetia Holding (1) | | 207,117 | |
4,103 | | Implenia (1) | | 203,359 | |
3,665 | | Kuehne + Nagel International (1) | | 507,814 | |
43 | | Metall Zug | | 109,626 | |
32,084 | | Nestle (1) | | 2,450,383 | |
4,324 | | Pargesa Holding (1) | | 274,216 | |
8,808 | | Roche Holding (1) | | 2,391,362 | |
747 | | SGS (1) | | 1,422,365 | |
422 | | Sika (1) | | 1,383,972 | |
869 | | Swatch Group (1) | | 339,379 | |
8,674 | | Swiss Re (1) | | 805,214 | |
2,024 | | Swisscom (1) | | 1,042,795 | |
6,130 | | Syngenta (1) | | 2,059,499 | |
83,736 | | UBS Group (1) | | 1,672,411 | |
1,918 | | Zurich Insurance Group (1) | | 506,161 | |
| | | | 16,865,964 | |
| | Taiwan — 3.9% | | | |
16,000 | | 104 (1) | | 72,958 | |
71,000 | | Ardentec (1) | | 53,873 | |
14,000 | | Aten International (1) | | 31,087 | |
52,000 | | Audix (1) | | 56,213 | |
24,000 | | Casetek Holdings (1) | | 105,058 | |
62,000 | | Chaun-Choung Technology (1) | | 144,685 | |
167,600 | | Chimei Materials Technology (1) | | 117,291 | |
351,300 | | China Life Insurance (1) | | 289,864 | |
33,000 | | Chroma ATE (1) | | 58,821 | |
167,000 | | Chunghwa Telecom (1) | | 511,665 | |
26,000 | | Cleanaway (1) | | 127,735 | |
27,000 | | CviLux (1) | | 23,860 | |
76,420 | | Cyberlink (1) | | 163,209 | |
31,000 | | Delta Electronics (1) | | 157,622 | |
40,000 | | Draytek (1) | | 33,551 | |
34,000 | | Dynacolor (1) | | 55,051 | |
20,000 | | Elite Advanced Laser (1) | | 84,348 | |
133,000 | | Everlight Electronics (1) | | 201,766 | |
66,000 | | Faraday Technology (1) | | 107,400 | |
20,829 | | FLEXium Interconnect (1) | | 58,103 | |
148,000 | | Formosan Rubber Group (1) | | 83,773 | |
152,000 | | Foxconn Technology (1) | | 398,132 | |
245,000 | | Fubon Financial Holding (1) | | 395,999 | |
15,000 | | Global Mixed Mode Technology (1) | | 27,605 | |
141,000 | | Greatek Electronics (1) | | 139,234 | |
54,000 | | Hanpin Electron (1) | | 51,018 | |
52,000 | | Holiday Entertainment (1) | | 87,473 | |
31,000 | | Holtek Semiconductor (1) | | 46,493 | |
356,000 | | Hon Hai Precision Industry (1) | | 946,269 | |
75,000 | | ITEQ (1) | | 51,682 | |
2,000 | | KD Holding (1) | | 9,999 | |
19,000 | | Kinik (1) | | 33,360 | |
128,000 | | Kinsus Interconnect Technology (1) | | 262,344 | |
65,000 | | Lumax International (1) | | 93,058 | |
64,000 | | MediaTek (1) | | 499,094 | |
26,000 | | Mercuries & Associates Holding (1) | | 17,052 | |
30,000 | | MIN AIK Technology (1) | | 58,167 | |
48,300 | | Mirle Automation (1) | | 42,549 | |
85,000 | | New Era Electronics (1) | | 58,021 | |
168,000 | | Novatek Microelectronics (1) | | 571,836 | |
16,000 | | Pegatron (1) | | 39,099 | |
39,000 | | Phison Electronics (1) | | 281,422 | |
40,000 | | Polytronics Technology (1) | | 77,477 | |
28,000 | | Portwell (1) | | 35,976 | |
35,017 | | Radiant Opto-Electronics (1) | | 108,365 | |
3,841 | | Raydium Semiconductor (1) | | 4,242 | |
145,470 | | Realtek Semiconductor (1) | | 303,791 | |
18,000 | | Richtek Technology (1) | | 104,863 | |
62,000 | | Shin Zu Shing (1) | | 200,052 | |
56,000 | | Sigurd Microelectronics (1) | | 37,671 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
78,000 | | Simplo Technology (1) | | 276,280 | |
5,676 | | Sinmag Equipment (1) | | 19,789 | |
32,000 | | Sirtec International (1) | | 39,469 | |
20,000 | | Sitronix Technology (1) | | 56,008 | |
59,000 | | Sonix Technology (1) | | 67,289 | |
35,000 | | St. Shine Optical (1) | | 528,164 | |
33,000 | | Taiwan Secom (1) | | 99,135 | |
69,000 | | Taiwan Semiconductor (1) | | 60,104 | |
98,300 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR | | 2,158,668 | |
66,612 | | Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (1) | | 62,047 | |
93,302 | | Test Research (1) | | 163,591 | |
32,000 | | Thinking Electronic Industrial (1) | | 43,579 | |
106,000 | | Transcend Information (1) | | 295,175 | |
94,000 | | TXC (1) | | 109,551 | |
42,000 | | United Integrated Services (1) | | 49,347 | |
88,000 | | Vanguard International Semiconductor (1) | | 113,095 | |
84,821 | | Win Semiconductors (1) | | 115,088 | |
55,000 | | Winstek Semiconductor (1) | | 44,740 | |
40,000 | | Yageo (1) | | 63,002 | |
544,386 | | Yuanta Financial Holding (1) | | 213,899 | |
28,350 | | YungShin Global Holding (1) | | 41,357 | |
50,000 | | Zippy Technology (1) | | 58,720 | |
| | | | 12,198,373 | |
| | Thailand (1) — 1.3% | | | |
61,100 | | Bangkok Bank | | 287,101 | |
147,200 | | BEC World | | 130,198 | |
13,300 | | Delta Electronics Thai | | 31,597 | |
83,100 | | Delta Electronics Thai NVDR | | 197,420 | |
251,500 | | Hana Microelectronics NVDR | | 243,805 | |
54,600 | | Kasikornbank NVDR | | 264,060 | |
778,500 | | Krung Thai Bank | | 373,556 | |
6,100 | | PTT | | 47,103 | |
105,000 | | PTT NVDR | | 811,035 | |
5,500 | | PTT Exploration & Production | | 11,313 | |
391,500 | | PTT Exploration & Production NVDR | | 805,268 | |
47,100 | | Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding | | 70,091 | |
5,400 | | Siam City Cement | | 51,261 | |
833,000 | | Thai Beverage | | 400,564 | |
66,600 | | Thai Vegetable Oil | | 49,564 | |
74,800 | | TTW (2) | | 22,684 | |
668,100 | | TTW NVDR | | 202,614 | |
| | | | 3,999,234 | |
| | Turkey (1) — 0.8% | | | |
126,900 | | Adana Cimento Sanayii Class C | | 29,150 | |
7,670 | | Akcansa Cimento | | 35,932 | |
47,219 | | Cimsa Cimento Sanayi VE Ticaret | | 257,168 | |
238,570 | | Enka Insaat ve Sanayi | | 422,309 | |
356,708 | | Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari | | 505,535 | |
22,963 | | Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma Ve Uretim (2) | | 13,768 | |
20,787 | | Koza Altin Isletmeleri | | 116,689 | |
183,203 | | Soda Sanayii | | 302,949 | |
25,826 | | TAV Havalimanlari Holding | | 202,599 | |
152,760 | | Turk Telekomunikasyon | | 329,506 | |
85,779 | | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri | | 340,881 | |
| | | | 2,556,486 | |
| | United Kingdom — 16.2% | | | |
171,673 | | Aberdeen Asset Management (1) | | 915,356 | |
22,648 | | Acacia Mining (1) | | 67,175 | |
38,153 | | Aggreko (1) | | 537,795 | |
142,962 | | Ashmore Group (1) | | 593,370 | |
36,939 | | AstraZeneca (1) | | 2,354,206 | |
282,744 | | Barclays (1) | | 1,007,350 | |
165,417 | | Beazley (1) | | 924,627 | |
24,883 | | Berendsen (1) | | 392,316 | |
6,422 | | Berkeley Group Holdings (1) | | 327,768 | |
91,629 | | BHP Billiton (1) | | 1,464,594 | |
31,418 | | Bodycote (1) | | 248,198 | |
213,439 | | BP (1) | | 1,268,460 | |
10,762 | | British American Tobacco (1) | | 639,363 | |
47,961 | | Britvic (1) | | 515,585 | |
23,655 | | Burberry Group (1) | | 483,178 | |
109,926 | | Cairn Energy (1)(2) | | 253,002 | |
23,835 | | Carillion (1) | | 112,129 | |
156,612 | | Centrica (1) | | 544,941 | |
50,836 | | Chesnara (1) | | 255,609 | |
2,753 | | Computacenter | | 32,106 | |
48,531 | | Dart Group | | 354,062 | |
69,621 | | Debenhams (1) | | 95,749 | |
24,371 | | Diploma (1) | | 239,793 | |
115,514 | | Direct Line Insurance Group (1) | | 700,688 | |
5,596 | | Dunelm Group (1) | | 81,678 | |
56,901 | | Electrocomponents (1) | | 179,637 | |
62,112 | | Fenner (1) | | 145,669 | |
29,212 | | Gem Diamonds (1) | | 44,614 | |
115,508 | | GlaxoSmithKline (1) | | 2,491,001 | |
13,104 | | Go-Ahead Group | | 489,875 | |
56,699 | | Halfords Group (1) | | 379,508 | |
152,076 | | Highland Gold Mining (1) | | 130,315 | |
129,682 | | Home Retail Group (1) | | 224,146 | |
282,762 | | HSBC Holdings (1) | | 2,209,200 | |
140,800 | | HSBC Holdings (Hong Kong Shares) (1) | | 1,100,897 | |
11,265 | | Imperial Tobacco Group (1) | | 606,595 | |
274,531 | | Indivior (1) | | 867,386 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | | | | |
12,411 | | Informa (1) | | 108,538 | |
18,754 | | Intertek Group (1) | | 757,415 | |
63,497 | | ITE Group (1) | | 136,869 | |
100,813 | | John Wood Group (1) | | 925,497 | |
266,241 | | KCOM Group (1) | | 355,966 | |
23,858 | | Keller Group (1) | | 298,992 | |
257,127 | | Legal & General Group (1) | | 1,035,446 | |
186,614 | | Meggitt (1) | | 1,016,610 | |
24,974 | | Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (1) | | 185,105 | |
50,611 | | N Brown Group (1) | | 291,805 | |
3,556 | | Next (1) | | 437,937 | |
5,577 | | Novae Group | | 74,626 | |
15,262 | | PayPoint (1) | | 232,451 | |
11,696 | | Persimmon (1) | | 358,686 | |
52,756 | | Premier Farnell (1) | | 81,285 | |
110,374 | | QinetiQ Group (1) | | 380,267 | |
57,823 | | RELX (1) | | 1,033,934 | |
36,725 | | Rio Tinto (1) | | 1,338,446 | |
266,490 | | Rotork (1) | | 769,828 | |
303,690 | | Royal Bank of Scotland Group (1)(2) | | 1,484,018 | |
39,645 | | Royal Dutch Shell Class A (1) | | 1,035,022 | |
76,729 | | Royal Dutch Shell (Amsterdam Shares) Class A (1) | | 2,009,950 | |
208,388 | | Royal Mail (1) | | 1,427,675 | |
34,839 | | RPS Group (1) | | 125,883 | |
106,387 | | Sage Group (1) | | 892,004 | |
44,396 | | Senior | | 155,223 | |
17,249 | | Shire (1) | | 1,306,275 | |
61,192 | | Smiths Group (1) | | 905,270 | |
150,420 | | Soco International (1) | | 408,081 | |
26,448 | | Spectris (1) | | 678,316 | |
67,789 | | Stagecoach Group (1) | | 361,483 | |
55,145 | | Standard Chartered (1) | | 612,142 | |
47,015 | | Subsea 7 (1) | | 368,753 | |
45,145 | | Unilever (1) | | 2,010,230 | |
59,424 | | Weir Group (1) | | 976,205 | |
16,858 | | WH Smith (1) | | 442,241 | |
241,050 | | William Hill (1) | | 1,176,143 | |
49,133 | | WPP (1) | | 1,101,401 | |
3,969 | | WS Atkins (1) | | 84,106 | |
3,706 | | Zytronic | | 20,596 | |
| | | | 50,678,661 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $327,994,205) | | 308,526,031 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANIES (1) — 0.4% | | | |
| | Guernsey — 0.1% | | | |
163,008 | | HSBC Infrastructure | | 388,549 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 0.3% | | | |
3,524 | | BB Biotech | | 996,597 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $1,132,164) | | 1,385,146 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 0.4% | | | |
| | Brazil — 0.3% | | | |
9,800 | | Alpargatas | | 20,964 | |
53,700 | | Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul | | 83,407 | |
1,100 | | Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo | | 4,621 | |
164,582 | | Itausa - Investimentos Itau | | 307,267 | |
60,800 | | Vale Class A | | 221,188 | |
58,200 | | Vale Class B ADR | | 209,520 | |
| | | | 846,967 | |
| | Germany (1) — 0.1% | | | |
2,089 | | Draegerwerk | | 150,435 | |
7,140 | | Porsche Automobil Holding | | 333,752 | |
| | | | 484,187 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $2,782,198) | | 1,331,154 | |
| | | | | |
| | WARRANT (2) — 0.0% | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 0.0% | | | |
3,166 | | Sun Hung Kai Properties Expires 04/22/16 (Cost $—) | | 3,419 | |
| | | | | |
Number of Rights | | | | | |
| | RIGHT (1)(2)(3) — 0.0% | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 0.0% | | | |
100,350 | | Real Nutriceutical Group Expires 11/11/15 (Cost $—) | | 1,295 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.4% (Cost $331,908,567) | | 311,247,045 | |
| | | | | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.6% | | 1,805,957 | |
| | | | | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 313,053,002 | |
| | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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(1) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
(2) Denotes non-income producing security.
(3) Security considered illiquid. On October 31, 2015 the value of the securities amounted to $69,015, representing 0.0% of the total net assets of the Fund.
(4) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On October 31, 2015, the value of these securities amounted to $189,363, representing 0.1% of the net assets of the Fund.
A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2015, is as follows:
Counterparty | | Settlement Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
JPMorgan | | 11/25/15 | | TRY | 5,516,000 | | USD | 1,887,612 | | $ | 7,780 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | | 11/25/15 | | EUR | 2,124,176 | | USD | 2,344,672 | | 8,180 | |
State Street | | 11/25/15 | | GBP | 2,109,833 | | USD | 3,234,680 | | (17,418 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | $ | (1,458 | ) |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
EUR — Euro
GBP — British Pound
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
NASDAQ — National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NVDR — Non Voting Depository Receipt
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
TRY — Turkish Lira
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, 2015, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 (2) | | Total | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | 389,674 | | $ | 13,825,382 | | $ | — | | $ | 14,215,056 | |
Austria | | 34,451 | | 837,934 | | — | | 872,385 | |
Belgium | | — | | 5,677,423 | | — | | 5,677,423 | |
Bermuda | | — | | 236,774 | | — | | 236,774 | |
Brazil | | 2,871,727 | | — | | — | | 2,871,727 | |
British Virgin Islands | | — | | 601,310 | | — | | 601,310 | |
Cambodia | | — | | 120,224 | | — | | 120,224 | |
Canada | | 9,068,000 | | — | | — | | 9,068,000 | |
Chile | | 506,150 | | — | | — | | 506,150 | |
China | | 1,062,147 | | 7,272,316 | | 1,097 | | 8,335,560 | |
Colombia | | 285,192 | | — | | — | | 285,192 | |
Denmark | | — | | 1,931,147 | | — | | 1,931,147 | |
Finland | | 91,246 | | 7,940,343 | | — | | 8,031,589 | |
France | | 403,551 | | 16,314,955 | | — | | 16,718,506 | |
Gabon | | 54,093 | | — | | — | | 54,093 | |
Germany | | 942,778 | | 12,517,311 | | — | | 13,460,089 | |
Greece | | — | | 436,643 | | — | | 436,643 | |
Guernsey | | 238,953 | | — | | — | | 238,953 | |
Hong Kong | | 47,621 | | 13,961,879 | | — | | 14,009,500 | |
Hungary | | — | | 189,363 | | — | | 189,363 | |
Indonesia | | — | | 2,510,381 | | — | | 2,510,381 | |
Ireland | | 467,736 | | 1,555,474 | | — | | 2,023,210 | |
Israel | | 1,322,337 | | 3,495,749 | | — | | 4,818,086 | |
Italy | | — | | 2,665,740 | | 6,933 | | 2,672,673 | |
Japan | | 321,997 | | 48,139,445 | | — | | 48,461,442 | |
Kazakhstan | | — | | 88,119 | | — | | 88,119 | |
Liechtenstein | | 14,718 | | — | | — | | 14,718 | |
Luxembourg | | — | | 2,080,993 | | — | | 2,080,993 | |
Malaysia | | — | | 755,381 | | — | | 755,381 | |
Malta | | — | | — | | 1,386 | | 1,386 | |
Mexico | | 333,494 | | — | | — | | 333,494 | |
Netherlands | | — | | 6,576,741 | | — | | 6,576,741 | |
New Zealand | | — | | 671,894 | | — | | 671,894 | |
Norway | | — | | 8,198,688 | | — | | 8,198,688 | |
Philippines | | 118,550 | | 385,467 | | — | | 504,017 | |
Poland | | — | | 1,595,977 | | — | | 1,595,977 | |
Russia | | 3,021,215 | | 1,223,194 | | — | | 4,244,409 | |
Singapore | | 8,505 | | 7,311,482 | | — | | 7,319,987 | |
South Africa | | 122,161 | | 7,044,713 | | — | | 7,166,874 | |
South Korea | | 13,456 | | 7,270,621 | | — | | 7,284,077 | |
Spain | | 171,570 | | 1,640,875 | | — | | 1,812,445 | |
Sweden | | 713,895 | | 14,518,742 | | — | | 15,232,637 | |
Switzerland | | 546,665 | | 16,319,299 | | — | | 16,865,964 | |
Taiwan | | 2,158,668 | | 10,039,705 | | — | | 12,198,373 | |
Thailand | | — | | 3,999,234 | | — | | 3,999,234 | |
Turkey | | — | | 2,556,486 | | — | | 2,556,486 | |
United Kingdom | | 1,126,488 | | 49,552,173 | | — | | 50,678,661 | |
Total Common Stock | | 26,457,038 | | 282,059,577 | | 9,416 | | 308,526,031 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Investment Companies | | | | | | | | | |
Guernsey | | — | | 388,549 | | — | | 388,549 | |
Switzerland | | — | | 996,597 | | — | | 996,597 | |
Total Investment Companies | | — | | 1,385,146 | | — | | 1,385,146 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Investments in Securities (concluded) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 (2) | | Total | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 846,967 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 846,967 | |
Germany | | — | | 484,187 | | — | | 484,187 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 846,967 | | 484,187 | | — | | 1,331,154 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Warrant | | | | | | | | | |
Hong Kong | | 3,419 | | — | | — | | 3,419 | |
Total Warrant | | 3,419 | | — | | — | | 3,419 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Right | | | | | | | | | |
Hong Kong | | — | | 1,295 | | — | | 1,295 | |
Total Right | | — | | 1,295 | | — | | 1,295 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 27,307,424 | | $ | 283,930,205 | | $ | 9,416 | | $ | 311,247,045 | |
Other Financial Instruments | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Forwards — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | — | | $ | 15,960 | | $ | — | | $ | 15,960 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | — | | (17,418 | ) | — | | (17,418 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | — | | $ | (1,458 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (1,458 | ) |
(1) Transfers between investment levels may occur as markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund generally recognizes transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period. As of October 31, 2015, the Fund had securities with a total value of $283,870,606 transfer from Level 1 to Level 2. The change in level occurred due to developments that occurred between the time of closing of the foreign markets on which those securities trade and the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange. Additionally, the Fund had securities with a total value of $58,304 transfer from Level 1 to Level 2 and had a security with total value of $9,416 transfer from Level 1 to Level 3. The changes occurred due to a halt in trading of these securities.
(2) A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
October 31, 2015
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 727,158,339 | | $ | 122,174,673 | | $ | 53,621,177 | |
Investment in affiliated security, at value — Note 2 | | — | | — | | — | |
Cash | | 31,346,532 | | 7,764,148 | | 4,649,595 | |
Foreign currency | | 3 | | 3 | | — | |
Dividends receivable | | 829,652 | | 9,642 | | 17,127 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 75,678 | | 6,846 | | — | |
Prepaid expenses | | 13,159 | | 14,288 | | 9,452 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 9,101 | | 969,642 | | — | |
Tax reclaims receivable | | 7,645 | | — | | — | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | — | | 42,410 | | 38,601 | |
Unrealized appreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | — | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | 32,620 | | — | | — | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | 1,127,000 | | — | | 30,900 | |
Variation margin receivable for futures contracts | | — | | — | | 90 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 760,599,729 | | 130,981,652 | | 58,366,942 | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | — | | 1,567,590 | | 634,909 | |
Unrealized depreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | — | |
Variation margin payable for futures contracts | | 113,925 | | — | | 1,852 | |
Accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | — | | — | | — | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | — | | — | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | — | | 3,500 | | 3,667 | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | 156,556 | | 107,815 | | 48,003 | |
Audit fees payable | | 33,547 | | 31,336 | | 31,385 | |
Legal fees payable | | 19,868 | | 6,893 | | 5,393 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 8,142 | | 8,400 | | 3,740 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 102 | | 562 | | 1,273 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 80 | | 708 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 10,700 | | 6,236 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 56,471 | | 36,238 | | 27,350 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 388,611 | | 1,773,114 | | 764,516 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 760,211,118 | | $ | 129,208,538 | | $ | 57,602,426 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 526,643,141 | | $ | 95,101,588 | | $ | 42,004,115 | |
Cost of affiliated security | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | 3 | | $ | 4 | | $ | — | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 518,653,435 | | $ | 93,497,686 | | $ | 40,106,878 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss) net investment income | | 13,614,073 | | (372,281 | ) | 9,951 | |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 25,953,846 | | 9,010,049 | | 5,868,568 | |
Accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | — | | — | | — | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 200,515,198 | | 27,073,085 | | 11,617,062 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 1,474,566 | | (1 | ) | (33 | ) |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 760,211,118 | | $ | 129,208,538 | | $ | 57,602,426 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Emerging Market Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi- Cap Value Fund | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 1,226,287,707 | | $ | 25,056,824 | | $ | 11,527,812 | | $ | 162,507,775 | | $ | 311,247,045 | |
Investment in affiliated security, at value — Note 2 | | 12,099,262 | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Cash | | 10,008,765 | | 783,672 | | 511,060 | | 221,203 | | 748,707 | |
Foreign currency | | 31,200 | | 16,673 | | 1,096 | | 22 | | 153,023 | |
Dividends receivable | | 500,046 | | 11,950 | | 2,803 | | 316,383 | | 603,280 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 23,677,702 | | — | | — | | 67,612 | | 478,580 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 19,588 | | 19,703 | | 19,621 | | 16,916 | | 26,268 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 2,108,902 | | 53,502 | | 157,776 | | 410,988 | | 4,603,432 | |
Tax reclaims receivable | | 52,905 | | 2,717 | | 139 | | 107,750 | | 245,284 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | 70,977 | | 44,540 | | 10,893 | | 46,631 | | 84,865 | |
Unrealized appreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 888 | | 373 | | 85 | | 1,726 | | 9,774 | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | 27,454 | | — | | — | | 15,960 | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | — | | 88,000 | | — | | — | | — | |
Variation margin receivable for futures contracts | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 1,274,857,942 | | 26,105,408 | | 12,231,285 | | 163,697,006 | | 318,216,218 | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | 1,744,158 | | 45,267 | | 9,555 | | 410,369 | | 3,963,996 | |
Unrealized depreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 2,034 | | 439 | | 1 | | 990 | | 10,494 | |
Variation margin payable for futures contracts | | — | | 11,300 | | — | | — | | — | |
Accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | 206,449 | | 5,998 | | 16,194 | | — | | 14,685 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | 4,901 | | — | | — | | 17,418 | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | 805,396 | | 20,601 | | — | | 152,866 | | 707,127 | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | 1,059,855 | | 22,454 | | 12,869 | | 109,205 | | 214,771 | |
Audit fees payable | | 52,377 | | 34,402 | | 29,675 | | 41,883 | | 35,660 | |
Legal fees payable | | 30,881 | | 4,754 | | 4,444 | | 7,624 | | 10,947 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 82,572 | | 1,749 | | 802 | | 10,635 | | 20,916 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 18,303 | | 162 | | — | | 953 | | 7,820 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 5,311 | | 117 | | — | | 544 | | 2,523 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | 111,272 | | 1,126 | | 3 | | 13,073 | | 28,207 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 308,050 | | 60,045 | | 33,948 | | 43,808 | | 128,652 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 4,426,658 | | 213,315 | | 107,491 | | 791,950 | | 5,163,216 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 1,270,431,284 | | $ | 25,892,093 | | $ | 12,123,794 | | $ | 162,905,056 | | $ | 313,053,002 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 1,199,278,487 | | $ | 29,092,200 | | $ | 10,831,697 | | $ | 156,313,496 | | $ | 331,908,567 | |
Cost of affiliated security | | $ | 11,501,200 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | 31,199 | | $ | 16,757 | | $ | 1,097 | | $ | 23 | | $ | 152,467 | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 1,404,652,130 | | $ | 30,840,539 | | $ | 11,510,032 | | $ | 158,133,812 | | $ | 340,425,284 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss) net investment income | | 10,868,546 | | 208,016 | | (13,056 | ) | 1,976,107 | | 720,236 | |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (172,479,145 | ) | (1,096,547 | ) | (53,942 | ) | (3,397,123 | ) | (7,406,038 | ) |
Accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | (206,449 | ) | (5,998 | ) | (16,194 | ) | — | | (14,685 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 27,607,282 | | (4,035,376 | ) | 696,115 | | 6,194,279 | | (20,661,522 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (11,080 | ) | (18,541 | ) | 839 | | (2,019 | ) | (10,273 | ) |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 1,270,431,284 | | $ | 25,892,093 | | $ | 12,123,794 | | $ | 162,905,056 | | $ | 313,053,002 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
October 31, 2015
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
Net Assets: | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 759,878,488 | | $ | 128,250,162 | | $ | 50,125,804 | |
Advisor Shares | | 332,630 | | 937,185 | | 5,541,465 | |
R6 Shares | | N/A | | 21,191 | | 1,935,157 | |
Total shares outstanding end of year: | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 50,192,077 | | 5,079,470 | | 3,935,442 | |
Advisor Shares | | 22,079 | | 38,313 | | 448,476 | |
R6 Shares | | N/A | | 839 | | 151,713 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 15.14 | | $ | 25.25 | | $ | 12.74 | |
Advisor Shares | | 15.07 | | 24.46 | | 12.36 | |
R6 Shares | | N/A | | 25.25 | * | 12.76 | |
N/A — R6 and Advisor Shares currently not offered.
*Net assets divided by shares do not calculate to the stated NAV because net assets and share amounts shown are rounded.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Emerging Market Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | |
Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 877,480,059 | | $ | 8,388,726 | | $ | 21,051 | | $ | 104,237,265 | | $ | 218,467,152 | |
Advisor Shares | | 41,115,529 | | 911,351 | | N/A | | 3,921,245 | | 19,330,119 | |
R6 Shares | | 351,835,696 | | 16,592,016 | | 12,102,743 | | 54,746,546 | | 75,255,731 | |
Total shares outstanding end of year: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 75,894,424 | | 998,158 | | 2,001 | | 9,464,413 | | 25,797,196 | |
Advisor Shares | | 3,556,960 | | 108,518 | | N/A | | 345,588 | | 2,280,778 | |
R6 Shares | | 30,398,768 | | 1,976,095 | | 1,150,121 | | 4,966,387 | | 8,891,883 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 11.56 | | $ | 8.40 | | $ | 10.52 | | $ | 11.01 | | $ | 8.47 | |
Advisor Shares | | 11.56 | | 8.40 | | N/A | | 11.35 | | 8.48 | |
R6 Shares | | 11.57 | | 8.40 | | 10.52 | | 11.02 | | 8.46 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Year or Period October 31, 2015
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | | |
Dividend income | | $ | 17,339,843 | | $ | 1,530,975 | | $ | 663,131 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | (50,971 | ) | — | | (58 | ) |
TOTAL INCOME | | 17,288,872 | | 1,530,975 | | 663,073 | |
EXPENSES | | | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | 1,933,160 | | 1,356,360 | | 606,570 | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | 100,563 | | 105,390 | | 47,130 | |
Trustees fees and expenses — Note 6 | | 30,059 | | 11,050 | | 8,846 | |
Distribution fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 1,152 | | 2,334 | | 14,061 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 1,344 | | 7,322 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 174,774 | | 67,900 | |
Legal fees | | 99,753 | | 28,361 | | 21,232 | |
Transfer agent fees | | 74,722 | | 64,048 | | 75,768 | |
Printing | | 67,862 | | 38,480 | | 20,731 | |
Custodian fees | | 52,225 | | 12,313 | | 12,478 | |
Registration fees | | 38,712 | | 35,407 | | 42,276 | |
Audit fees | | 34,175 | | 31,366 | | 31,575 | |
Insurance | | 33,188 | | 12,196 | | 9,822 | |
Pricing fees | | 12,339 | | 4,836 | | 7,468 | |
Offering costs | | — | | — | | — | |
Other | | 27,777 | | 10,250 | | 8,932 | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | 2,505,687 | | 1,888,509 | | 982,111 | |
Expenses waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | — | | (43,839 | ) | (333,251 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | — | | — | | — | |
Waiver of Shareholder Service fees | | — | | (58,670 | ) | — | |
Custody Offset — Note 2 | | (1,013 | ) | (1,908 | ) | (827 | ) |
NET EXPENSES | | 2,504,674 | | 1,784,092 | | 648,033 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) | | 14,784,198 | | (253,117 | ) | 15,040 | |
| | | | | | | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold | | 29,009,798 | | 9,926,100 | | 7,500,944 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | (392,569 | ) | 59,067 | | (4,601 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | 1,783,235 | | 2 | | 1,215 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 30,400,464 | | 9,985,169 | | 7,497,558 | |
| | | | | | | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (15,726,768 | ) | (4,394,013 | ) | (2,999,586 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | 1,441,930 | | — | | (33 | ) |
Change in accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | — | | — | | — | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (92,797 | ) | (1 | ) | — | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (14,377,635 | ) | (4,394,014 | ) | (2,999,619 | ) |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | 16,022,829 | | 5,591,155 | | 4,497,939 | |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 30,807,027 | | $ | 5,338,038 | | $ | 4,512,979 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Emerging Market Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Multi- Cap Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund* | | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend income | | $ | 32,883,420 | | $ | 994,379 | | $ | 21,116 | | $ | 4,237,939 | | $ | 11,246,542 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | (4,095,348 | ) | (123,799 | ) | (991 | ) | (589,094 | ) | (1,207,192 | ) |
TOTAL INCOME | | 28,788,072 | | 870,580 | | 20,125 | | 3,648,845 | | 10,039,350 | |
EXPENSES | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | 12,365,420 | | 263,297 | | 26,947 | | 1,384,179 | | 2,335,711 | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | 960,730 | | 20,455 | | 1,680 | | 134,446 | | 226,849 | |
Trustees fees and expenses — Note 6 | | 43,848 | | 7,823 | | 243 | | 12,227 | | 15,184 | |
Distribution fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 125,220 | | 2,580 | | — | | 13,269 | | 58,185 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 62,614 | | 1,326 | | — | | 5,905 | | 33,327 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | 1,150,763 | | 9,923 | | 6 | | 154,862 | | 294,491 | |
Legal fees | | 107,612 | | 18,792 | | 4,444 | | 32,756 | | 39,415 | |
Transfer agent fees | | 220,145 | | 74,843 | | 12,633 | | 78,701 | | 82,116 | |
Printing | | 250,285 | | 17,845 | | 5,193 | | 45,907 | | 50,993 | |
Custodian fees | | 637,653 | | 118,100 | | 9,830 | | 31,835 | | 168,908 | |
Registration fees | | 91,099 | | 44,904 | | 4,703 | | 48,372 | | 69,575 | |
Audit fees | | 81,381 | | 36,075 | | 31,275 | | 48,396 | | 39,520 | |
Insurance | | 46,547 | | 8,523 | | — | | 13,642 | | 14,814 | |
Pricing fees | | 21,487 | | 28,517 | | 2,368 | | 8,536 | | 72,202 | |
Offering costs | | — | | — | | 34,169 | | — | | — | |
Other | | 45,174 | | 18,140 | | 7,012 | | 11,953 | | 48,898 | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | 16,209,978 | | 671,143 | | 140,503 | | 2,024,986 | | 3,550,188 | |
Expenses waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | (1,100,069 | ) | (263,297 | ) | (26,947 | ) | (430,561 | ) | (910,216 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | — | | (144,537 | ) | (81,211 | ) | — | | — | |
Waiver of Shareholder Service fees | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Custody Offset — Note 2 | | (4,196 | ) | (350 | ) | — | | (381 | ) | (2,441 | ) |
NET EXPENSES | | 15,105,713 | | 262,959 | | 32,345 | | 1,594,044 | | 2,637,531 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) | | 13,682,359 | | 607,621 | | (12,220 | ) | 2,054,801 | | 7,401,819 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold | | (104,691,646 | ) | (965,562 | ) | (53,942 | ) | 949,866 | | (4,723,519 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | — | | 81,580 | | — | | — | | (937,685 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | (390,624 | ) | 154,285 | | (12,024 | ) | (81,208 | ) | 1,203,059 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (105,082,270 | ) | (729,697 | ) | (65,966 | ) | 868,658 | | (4,458,145 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (90,654,278 | ) | (4,544,639 | ) | 696,115 | | (4,435,938 | ) | (18,686,971 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | — | | (104,184 | ) | — | | — | | (98,540 | ) |
Change in accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | 2,393,839 | | 12,992 | | (16,194 | ) | 11,295 | | 29,819 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (2,544 | ) | 22,768 | | 839 | | 18,194 | | (387,850 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (88,262,983 | ) | (4,613,063 | ) | 680,760 | | (4,406,449 | ) | (19,143,542 | ) |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | (193,345,253 | ) | (5,342,760 | ) | 614,794 | | (3,537,791 | ) | (23,601,687 | ) |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | (179,662,894 | ) | $ | (4,735,139 | ) | $ | 602,574 | | $ | (1,482,990 | ) | $ | (16,199,868 | ) |
*Fund commenced operations on August 26, 2015
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Year Ended October 31,
| | North American Equity Fund | |
| | 2015 | | 2014 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 14,784,198 | | $ | 13,483,622 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 30,400,464 | | 40,826,608 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (14,377,635 | ) | 54,823,861 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 30,807,027 | | 109,134,091 | |
| | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (14,805,198 | ) | (12,930,124 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (4,534 | ) | (3,180 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (27,872,528 | ) | — | |
Advisor Shares | | (10,273 | ) | — | |
Total dividends and distributions | | (42,692,533 | ) | (12,933,304 | ) |
| | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 19,035,498 | | 15,607,439 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 38,885,308 | | 11,581,542 | |
Redemption of shares | | (92,067,841 | ) | (10,658,690 | ) |
Redemption fees — Note 5 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | (34,147,035 | ) | 16,530,291 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 194,532 | | 225,753 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 14,471 | | 3,132 | |
Redemption of shares | | (175,977 | ) | (161,071 | ) |
Redemption fees — Note 5 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 33,026 | | 67,814 | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | N/A | | N/A | |
Redemption of shares | | N/A | | N/A | |
Redemption fees — Note 5 | | N/A | | N/A | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | N/A | | N/A | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | (34,114,009 | ) | 16,598,105 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | (45,999,515 | ) | 112,798,892 | |
Net Assets | | | | | |
Beginning of year | | 806,210,633 | | 693,411,741 | |
End of year | | $ | 760,211,118 | | $ | 806,210,633 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 13,614,073 | | $ | 11,574,953 | |
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 | | Emerging Market Equity Fund | |
| | 2015* | | 2014 | | 2015** | | 2014 | | 2015** | | 2014 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | (253,117 | ) | $ | (191,214 | ) | $ | 15,040 | | $ | (16,383 | ) | $ | 13,682,359 | | $ | 9,420,847 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 9,985,169 | | 16,640,798 | | 7,497,558 | | 11,356,174 | | (105,082,270 | ) | (27,826,132 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (4,394,014 | ) | (3,610,874 | ) | (2,999,619 | ) | (3,309,196 | ) | (88,262,983 | ) | 3,106,584 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 5,338,038 | | 12,838,710 | | 4,512,979 | | 8,030,595 | | (179,662,894 | ) | (15,298,701 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | (51,896 | ) | — | | (52,604 | ) | (11,154,565 | ) | (6,873,950 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | — | | — | | (168,629 | ) | (1,174,738 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (15,143,925 | ) | (22,302,517 | ) | (8,569,605 | ) | (13,253,562 | ) | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | (96,224 | ) | (173,626 | ) | (829,192 | ) | (1,362,150 | ) | — | | — | |
Total dividends and distributions | | (15,240,149 | ) | (22,528,039 | ) | (9,398,797 | ) | (14,668,316 | ) | (11,323,194 | ) | (8,048,688 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 6,284,858 | | 6,897,741 | | 4,886,006 | | 8,575,467 | | 547,262,276 | | 536,082,752 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 14,683,672 | | 21,645,271 | | 8,406,897 | | 9,230,370 | | 9,213,987 | | 4,975,960 | |
Redemption of shares | | (21,738,133 | ) | (23,592,725 | ) | (18,703,524 | ) | (19,836,764 | ) | (664,650,555 | ) | (226,215,757 | ) |
Redemption fees — Note 5 | | 1,230 | | 831 | | 2,361 | | — | | 30,177 | | 14,835 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | (768,373 | ) | 4,951,118 | | (5,408,260 | ) | (2,030,927 | ) | (108,144,115 | ) | 314,857,790 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 137,074 | | 3,701 | | 997,965 | | 482,616 | | 7,945,859 | | 72,431,449 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 94,605 | | 168,041 | | 818,326 | | 1,348,526 | | 155,956 | | 1,148,522 | |
Redemption of shares | | (83,781 | ) | (366,055 | ) | (1,555,614 | ) | (2,222,736 | ) | (82,229,863 | ) | (156,442,115 | ) |
Redemption fees — Note 5 | | — | | — | | 23 | | 94 | | 4,554 | | 13,429 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 147,898 | | (194,313 | ) | 260,700 | | (391,500 | ) | (74,123,494 | ) | (82,848,715 | ) |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 20,000 | | — | | 7,048,935 | | — | | 403,581,535 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | — | | (5,009,200 | ) | — | | (18,514,906 | ) | — | |
Redemption fees — Note 5 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 2 | | — | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | 20,000 | | — | | 2,039,735 | | — | | 385,066,631 | | — | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | (600,475 | ) | 4,756,805 | | (3,107,825 | ) | (2,422,427 | ) | 202,799,022 | | 232,009,075 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | (10,502,586 | ) | (4,932,524 | ) | (7,993,643 | ) | (9,060,148 | ) | 11,812,934 | | 208,661,686 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year | | 139,711,124 | | 144,643,648 | | 65,596,069 | | 74,656,217 | | 1,258,618,350 | | 1,049,956,664 | |
End of year | | $ | 129,208,538 | | $ | 139,711,124 | | $ | 57,602,426 | | $ | 65,596,069 | | $ | 1,270,431,284 | | $ | 1,258,618,350 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | (372,281 | ) | $ | (193,002 | ) | $ | 9,951 | | $ | (7,433 | ) | $ | 10,868,546 | | $ | 8,897,026 | |
*R6 Shares commenced operations on September 28, 2015.
**R6 Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014.
N/A — R6 Shares currently not offered.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Year or Period Ended October 31,
| | Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | |
| | 2015 | | 2014 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 607,621 | | $ | 517,242 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (729,697 | ) | 1,228,284 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (4,613,063 | ) | (1,508,581 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | (4,735,139 | ) | 236,945 | |
| | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (307,033 | ) | (578,055 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (23,038 | ) | (25,747 | ) |
R6 Shares | | (364,642 | ) | — | |
Net realized gains: | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | (1,154,537 | ) | (623,200 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (54,960 | ) | (32,800 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | (1,904,210 | ) | (1,259,802 | ) |
| | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 12,650,834 | | 6,201,529 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 338,073 | | 64,105 | |
Redemption of shares | | (27,742,887 | ) | — | |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 2,990 | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | (14,750,990 | ) | 6,265,634 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 20,000 | | 71,139 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 5,018 | | 1,367 | |
Redemption of shares | | (7,701 | ) | (97 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 17,317 | | 72,409 | |
R6 Shares*: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 19,610,601 | | — | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 13,332 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (387,764 | ) | — | |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | 19,236,169 | | — | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 4,502,496 | | 6,338,043 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | (2,136,853 | ) | 5,315,186 | |
Net Assets | | | | | |
Beginning of year/period | | 28,028,946 | | 22,713,760 | |
End of year/period | | $ | 25,892,093 | | $ | 28,028,946 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 208,016 | | $ | 10,910 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | |
| | 2015 (a) | | 2015 | | 2014 | | 2015 | | 2014 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | (12,220 | ) | $ | 2,054,801 | | $ | 4,433,406 | | $ | 7,401,819 | | $ | 5,658,544 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (65,966 | ) | 868,658 | | 9,257,443 | | (4,458,145 | ) | 8,076,277 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 680,760 | | (4,406,449 | ) | (12,685,240 | ) | (19,143,542 | ) | (14,228,800 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 602,574 | | (1,482,990 | ) | 1,005,609 | | (16,199,868 | ) | (493,979 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | (4,313,426 | ) | (1,122,653 | ) | (6,527,274 | ) | (5,633,375 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | (958,840 | ) | (612,638 | ) | (1,598,816 | ) |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | | — | | (1,388,613 | ) | — | |
Net realized gains: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | (6,691,398 | ) | (749,210 | ) | (5,825,349 | ) | (5,442,930 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | (174,583 | ) | (795,195 | ) | (659,272 | ) | (2,192,925 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | — | | (11,179,407 | ) | (3,625,898 | ) | (15,013,146 | ) | (14,868,046 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 20,010 | | 92,436,438 | | 24,410,388 | | 176,018,144 | | 154,380,267 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | 8,204,155 | | 859,110 | | 8,546,084 | | 4,431,522 | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | (82,714,716 | ) | (22,107,934 | ) | (155,856,219 | ) | (36,586,667 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | 684 | | 940 | | 10,556 | | 15,592 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | 20,010 | | 17,926,561 | | 3,162,504 | | 28,718,565 | | 122,240,714 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | N/A | | 1,957,234 | | 2,535,860 | | 5,572,287 | | 29,131,269 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | N/A | | 157,151 | | 1,740,815 | | 1,256,242 | | 3,610,521 | |
Redemption of shares | | N/A | | (81,962,041 | ) | (19,830,493 | ) | (9,502,371 | ) | (45,140,231 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | N/A | | — | | 35 | | 1,404 | | 6,711 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | N/A | | (79,847,656 | ) | (15,553,783 | ) | (2,672,438 | ) | (12,391,730 | ) |
R6 Shares*: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 11,501,210 | | 54,268,313 | | — | | 86,808,905 | | — | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | — | | 38,307 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | (108,640 | ) | — | | (7,116,333 | ) | — | |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | 11,501,210 | | 54,159,673 | | — | | 79,730,879 | | — | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 11,521,220 | | (7,761,422 | ) | (12,391,279 | ) | 105,777,006 | | 109,848,984 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 12,123,794 | | (20,423,819 | ) | (15,011,568 | ) | 74,563,992 | | 94,486,959 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year/period | | — | | 183,328,875 | | 198,340,443 | | 238,489,010 | | 144,002,051 | |
End of year/period | | $ | 12,123,794 | | $ | 162,905,056 | | $ | 183,328,875 | | $ | 313,053,002 | | $ | 238,489,010 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | (13,056 | ) | $ | 1,976,107 | | $ | 4,317,828 | | $ | 720,236 | | $ | 32,599 | |
(a) Fund commenced operations on August 26, 2015.
*R6 shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Financial Highlights
For the Years or Period Ended October 31,
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 | |
North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 15.42 | | $ | 0.34 | | $ | 0.21 | | $ | 0.55 | | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.54 | ) | $ | (0.83 | ) |
2014 | | 13.57 | | 0.27 | | 1.83 | | 2.10 | | (0.25 | ) | — | | (0.25 | ) |
2013 | | 10.92 | | 0.24 | | 2.63 | | 2.87 | | (0.22 | ) | — | | (0.22 | ) |
2012 | | 9.76 | | 0.18 | | 1.13 | | 1.31 | | (0.15 | ) | — | | (0.15 | ) |
2011 | | 9.20 | | 0.18 | | 0.53 | | 0.71 | | (0.15 | ) | — | | (0.15 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 15.35 | | $ | 0.28 | | $ | 0.22 | | $ | 0.50 | | $ | (0.24 | ) | $ | (0.54 | ) | $ | (0.78 | ) |
2014 | | 13.51 | | 0.23 | | 1.82 | | 2.05 | | (0.21 | ) | — | | (0.21 | ) |
2013 | | 10.87 | | 0.20 | | 2.62 | | 2.82 | | (0.18 | ) | — | | (0.18 | ) |
2012 | | 9.73 | | 0.15 | | 1.10 | | 1.25 | | (0.11 | ) | — | | (0.11 | ) |
2011 | | 9.17 | | 0.17 | | 0.51 | | 0.68 | | (0.12 | ) | — | | (0.12 | ) |
U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 27.36 | | $ | (0.05 | )(1) | $ | 0.96 | † | $ | 0.91 | | $ | — | | $ | (3.02 | ) | $ | (3.02 | ) |
2014 | | 29.65 | | (0.04 | )(1) | 2.40 | † | 2.36 | | (0.01 | ) | (4.64 | ) | (4.65 | ) |
2013 | | 24.20 | | 0.01 | (1) | 7.36 | † | 7.37 | | (0.01 | ) | (1.91 | ) | (1.92 | ) |
2012 | | 22.77 | | (0.03 | )(1) | 2.24 | † | 2.21 | | — | | (0.78 | ) | (0.78 | ) |
2011 | | 21.94 | | (0.09 | )(1) | 0.92 | † | 0.83 | | — | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 26.66 | | $ | (0.11 | )(1) | $ | 0.93 | | $ | 0.82 | | $ | — | | $ | (3.02 | ) | $ | (3.02 | ) |
2014 | | 29.09 | | (0.13 | )(1) | 2.34 | | 2.21 | | — | | (4.64 | ) | (4.64 | ) |
2013 | | 23.84 | | (0.04 | )(1) | 7.20 | | 7.16 | | — | | (1.91 | ) | (1.91 | ) |
2012 | | 22.49 | | (0.08 | )(1) | 2.21 | | 2.13 | | — | | (0.78 | ) | (0.78 | ) |
2011 | | 21.73 | | (0.15 | )(1) | 0.91 | | 0.76 | | — | | — | | — | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 23.83 | | $ | (0.02 | )(1) | $ | 1.44 | | $ | 1.42 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
† | 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) | Commenced operations on September 28, 2015. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
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 | |
North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 15.14 | | 3.77 | % | $ | 759,878 | | 0.32 | % | 0.32 | % | 1.91 | % | 57 | % |
2014 | | 15.42 | | 15.75 | | 805,906 | | 0.31 | | 0.31 | | 1.80 | | 48 | |
2013 | | 13.57 | | 26.76 | | 693,207 | | 0.33 | | 0.33 | | 1.96 | | 31 | |
2012 | | 10.92 | | 13.59 | | 541,720 | | 0.36 | | 0.36 | | 1.81 | | 37 | |
2011 | | 9.76 | | 7.70 | | 513,589 | | 0.37 | | 0.37 | | 1.63 | | 72 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 15.07 | | 3.44 | % | $ | 333 | | 0.67 | % | 0.67 | % | 1.56 | % | 57 | % |
2014 | | 15.35 | | 15.38 | | 305 | | 0.66 | | 0.66 | | 1.45 | | 48 | |
2013 | | 13.51 | | 26.35 | | 205 | | 0.68 | | 0.68 | | 1.64 | | 31 | |
2012 | | 10.87 | | 13.04 | | 191 | | 0.71 | | 0.71 | | 1.46 | | 37 | |
2011 | | 9.73 | | 7.43 | | 169 | | 0.72 | | 0.72 | | 1.27 | | 72 | |
U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 25.25 | | 3.76 | % | $ | 128,250 | | 1.31 | % | 1.39 | % | (0.18 | )% | 49 | % |
2014 | | 27.36 | | 9.57 | | 138,855 | | 1.24 | | 1.24 | | (0.13 | ) | 66 | |
2013 | | 29.65 | | 33.03 | | 143,507 | | 1.26 | | 1.26 | | 0.04 | | 74 | |
2012 | | 24.20 | | 10.00 | | 132,715 | | 1.32 | | 1.32 | | (0.11 | ) | 69 | |
2011 | | 22.77 | | 3.78 | | 149,941 | | 1.29 | | 1.29 | | (0.39 | ) | 91 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 24.46 | | 3.50 | % | $ | 937 | | 1.58 | % | 1.66 | % | (0.46 | )% | 49 | % |
2014 | | 26.66 | | 9.17 | | 856 | | 1.59 | | 1.59 | | (0.48 | ) | 66 | |
2013 | | 29.09 | | 32.58 | | 1,137 | | 1.57 | | 1.57 | | (0.16 | ) | 74 | |
2012 | | 23.84 | | 9.76 | | 1,530 | | 1.57 | | 1.57 | | (0.35 | ) | 69 | |
2011 | | 22.49 | | 3.50 | | 2,732 | | 1.54 | | 1.54 | | (0.65 | ) | 91 | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 25.25 | | 5.96 | % | $ | 21 | | 1.05 | % | 1.90 | % | (0.95 | )% | 49 | % |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 13.89 | | $ | 0.01 | (1) | $ | 0.86 | † | $ | 0.87 | | $ | — | | $ | (2.02 | ) | $ | (2.02 | ) |
2014 | | 15.39 | | — | (1)(d) | 1.61 | | 1.61 | | (0.01 | ) | (3.10 | ) | (3.11 | ) |
2013 | | 12.33 | | — | (1)(d) | 3.81 | † | 3.81 | | — | | (0.75 | ) | (0.75 | ) |
2012 | | 11.56 | | — | (1)(d) | 0.96 | † | 0.96 | | (0.03 | ) | (0.16 | ) | (0.19 | ) |
2011 | | 11.23 | | 0.03 | (1) | 0.56 | † | 0.59 | | — | | (0.26 | ) | (0.26 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 13.56 | | $ | (0.03 | )(1) | $ | 0.85 | † | $ | 0.82 | | $ | — | | $ | (2.02 | ) | $ | (2.02 | ) |
2014 | | 15.12 | | (0.03 | )(1) | 1.57 | † | 1.54 | | — | | (3.10 | ) | (3.10 | ) |
2013 | | 12.15 | | (0.04 | )(1) | 3.76 | | 3.72 | | — | | (0.75 | ) | (0.75 | ) |
2012 | | 11.40 | | (0.03 | )(1) | 0.94 | | 0.91 | | — | | (0.16 | ) | (0.16 | ) |
2011 | | 11.11 | | — | (1)(d) | 0.55 | | 0.55 | | — | | (0.26 | ) | (0.26 | ) |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 12.36 | | $ | 0.00 | (1) | $ | 0.40 | | $ | 0.40 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 13.40 | | $ | 0.13 | (1) | $ | (1.85 | )† | $ | (1.72 | ) | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.12 | ) |
2014 | | 13.76 | | 0.12 | (1) | (0.36 | )† | (0.24 | ) | (0.12 | ) | — | | (0.12 | ) |
2013 | | 12.91 | | 0.15 | (1) | 0.81 | † | 0.96 | | (0.11 | ) | — | | (0.11 | ) |
2012 | | 12.29 | | 0.15 | (1) | 0.66 | † | 0.81 | | (0.12 | ) | (0.07 | ) | (0.19 | ) |
2011 | | 13.42 | | 0.18 | (1) | (1.21 | )† | (1.03 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.10 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 13.33 | | $ | 0.10 | (1) | $ | (1.83 | )† | $ | (1.73 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.04 | ) |
2014 | | 13.70 | | 0.08 | (1) | (0.37 | )† | (0.29 | ) | (0.08 | ) | — | | (0.08 | ) |
2013 | | 12.85 | | 0.11 | (1) | 0.83 | † | 0.94 | | (0.09 | ) | — | | (0.09 | ) |
2012 | | 12.23 | | 0.10 | (1) | 0.69 | † | 0.79 | | (0.10 | ) | (0.07 | ) | (0.17 | ) |
2011 | | 13.36 | | 0.14 | (1) | (1.19 | )† | (1.05 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.08 | ) |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 12.60 | | $ | 0.14 | (1) | $ | (1.17 | )† | $ | (1.03 | ) | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 10.91 | | $ | 0.20 | (1) | $ | (1.95 | )† | $ | (1.75 | ) | $ | (0.24 | ) | $ | (0.52 | ) | $ | (0.76 | ) |
2014 | | 11.36 | | 0.24 | (1) | (0.09 | ) | 0.15 | | (0.27 | ) | (0.33 | ) | (0.60 | ) |
2013(c) | | 10.00 | | 0.09 | (1) | 1.34 | | 1.43 | | (0.07 | ) | — | | (0.07 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 10.91 | | $ | 0.18 | (1) | $ | (1.96 | ) | $ | (1.78 | ) | $ | (0.21 | ) | $ | (0.52 | ) | $ | (0.73 | ) |
2014 | | 11.35 | | 0.21 | (1) | (0.08 | ) | 0.13 | | (0.24 | ) | (0.33 | ) | (0.57 | ) |
2013(c) | | 10.00 | | 0.08 | (1) | 1.33 | | 1.41 | | (0.06 | ) | — | | (0.06 | ) |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 (b) | | $ | 9.72 | | $ | 0.20 | (1) | $ | (1.34 | ) | $ | (1.14 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.18 | ) |
† | 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) | Commenced operations on December 30, 2014. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(c) | Commenced operations on June 25, 2013. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(d) | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 12.74 | | 7.23 | % | $ | 50,126 | | 1.05 | % | 1.60 | % | 0.05 | % | 56 | % |
2014 | | 13.89 | | 12.97 | | 59,840 | | 1.05 | | 1.38 | | 0.00 | | 62 | |
2013 | | 15.39 | | 32.80 | | 67,890 | | 1.05 | | 1.35 | | 0.02 | | 72 | |
2012 | | 12.33 | | 8.41 | | 111,332 | | 1.05 | | 1.27 | | 0.02 | | 76 | |
2011 | | 11.56 | | 5.21 | | 209,199 | | 1.05 | | 1.25 | | 0.21 | | 100 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 12.36 | | 7.00 | % | $ | 5,541 | | 1.30 | % | 1.85 | % | (0.21 | )% | 56 | % |
2014 | | 13.56 | | 12.65 | | 5,756 | | 1.30 | | 1.63 | | (0.25 | ) | 62 | |
2013 | | 15.12 | | 32.52 | | 6,766 | | 1.30 | | 1.59 | | (0.27 | ) | 72 | |
2012 | | 12.15 | | 8.07 | | 6,012 | | 1.30 | | 1.53 | | (0.24 | ) | 76 | |
2011 | | 11.40 | | 4.90 | | 6,974 | | 1.30 | | 1.52 | | 0.00 | | 100 | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 12.76 | | 3.24 | % | $ | 1,935 | | 0.90 | % | 1.51 | % | 0.03 | % | 56 | % |
Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 11.56 | | (12.88 | )% | $ | 877,480 | | 1.24 | % | 1.33 | % | 1.05 | % | 55 | % |
2014 | | 13.40 | | (1.77 | ) | 1,135,896 | | 1.24 | | 1.26 | | 0.87 | | 58 | |
2013 | | 13.76 | | 7.49 | | 841,841 | | 1.23 | | 1.25 | | 1.16 | | 47 | |
2012 | | 12.91 | | 6.77 | | 437,270 | | 1.25 | | 1.26 | | 1.18 | | 47 | |
2011 | | 12.29 | | (7.73 | ) | 234,258 | | 1.25 | | 1.34 | | 1.34 | | 69 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 11.56 | | (13.01 | )% | $ | 41,116 | | 1.49 | % | 1.57 | % | 0.76 | % | 55 | % |
2014 | | 13.33 | | (2.08 | ) | 122,722 | | 1.49 | | 1.50 | | 0.61 | | 58 | |
2013 | | 13.70 | | 7.33 | | 208,116 | | 1.48 | | 1.50 | | 0.84 | | 47 | |
2012 | | 12.85 | | 6.57 | | 153,283 | | 1.50 | | 1.51 | | 0.81 | | 47 | |
2011 | | 12.23 | | (7.95 | ) | 95,602 | | 1.50 | | 1.59 | | 1.05 | | 69 | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 11.57 | | (8.17 | )% | $ | 351,836 | | 1.10 | % | 1.21 | % | 1.35 | % | 55 | % |
Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 8.40 | | (16.81 | )% | $ | 8,389 | | 1.11 | % | 2.55 | % | 2.07 | % | 104 | % |
2014 | | 10.91 | | 1.47 | | 26,865 | | 1.25 | | 2.39 | | 2.17 | | 96 | |
2013(c) | | 11.36 | | 14.28 | | 21,578 | | 1.25 | | 3.42 | | 2.41 | | 40 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 8.40 | | (17.03 | )% | $ | 911 | | 1.33 | % | 2.87 | % | 1.89 | % | 104 | % |
2014 | | 10.91 | | 1.31 | | 1,164 | | 1.50 | | 2.65 | | 1.93 | | 96 | |
2013(c) | | 11.35 | | 14.11 | | 1,136 | | 1.50 | | 3.67 | | 2.16 | | 40 | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 (b) | | $ | 8.40 | | (11.76 | )% | $ | 16,592 | | 0.90 | % | 2.53 | % | 2.49 | % | 104 | % |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | 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 | |
Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 10.00 | | $ | (0.01 | )(1) | $ | 0.53 | | $ | 0.52 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 10.00 | | $ | (0.01 | )(1) | $ | 0.53 | | $ | 0.52 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 11.86 | | $ | 0.12 | (1) | $ | (0.23 | )† | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) | $ | (0.74 | ) |
2014 | | 12.04 | | 0.29 | (1) | (0.23 | )† | 0.06 | | (0.14 | ) | (0.10 | ) | (0.24 | ) |
2013 | | 9.87 | | 0.14 | (1) | 2.14 | † | 2.28 | | (0.11 | ) | — | | (0.11 | ) |
2012 | | 9.36 | | 0.13 | (1) | 0.48 | † | 0.61 | | (0.10 | ) | — | | (0.10 | ) |
2011 | | 10.51 | | 0.10 | (1) | (1.01 | )† | (0.91 | ) | (0.24 | ) | — | | (0.24 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 11.93 | | $ | 0.05 | (1) | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.45 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) |
2014 | | 12.11 | | 0.26 | (1) | (0.22 | )† | 0.04 | | (0.12 | ) | (0.10 | ) | (0.22 | ) |
2013 | | 9.93 | | 0.17 | (1) | 2.09 | † | 2.26 | | (0.08 | ) | — | | (0.08 | ) |
2012 | | 9.34 | | 0.09 | (1) | 0.50 | † | 0.59 | | — | | — | | — | |
2011 | | 10.47 | | 0.10 | (1) | (1.02 | )† | (0.92 | ) | (0.21 | ) | — | | (0.21 | ) |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(c) | | $ | 10.88 | | $ | 0.17 | (1) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.14 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 9.46 | | $ | 0.22 | (1) | $ | (0.69 | )† | $ | (0.47 | ) | $ | (0.26 | ) | $ | (0.26 | ) | $ | (0.52 | ) |
2014 | | 10.21 | | 0.28 | (1) | (0.17 | )† | 0.11 | | (0.36 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.86 | ) |
2013 | | 8.59 | | 0.24 | (1) | 1.75 | † | 1.99 | | (0.37 | ) | — | | (0.37 | ) |
2012 | | 8.34 | | 0.24 | (1) | 0.30 | † | 0.54 | | (0.29 | ) | — | | (0.29 | ) |
2011 | | 8.95 | | 0.28 | (1) | (0.60 | ) | (0.32 | ) | (0.29 | ) | — | | (0.29 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 9.46 | | $ | 0.20 | (1) | $ | (0.68 | )† | $ | (0.48 | ) | $ | (0.24 | ) | $ | (0.26 | ) | $ | (0.50 | ) |
2014 | | 10.22 | | 0.26 | (1) | (0.20 | )† | 0.06 | | (0.32 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.82 | ) |
2013 | | 8.58 | | 0.22 | (1) | 1.75 | †† | 1.97 | | (0.33 | ) | — | | (0.33 | ) |
2012 | | 8.33 | | 0.22 | (1) | 0.30 | † | 0.52 | | (0.27 | ) | — | | (0.27 | ) |
2011 | | 8.94 | | 0.24 | (1) | (0.58 | )† | (0.34 | ) | (0.27 | ) | — | | (0.27 | ) |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(c) | | $ | 8.79 | | $ | 0.24 | (1) | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.19 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.19 | ) |
† | Includes redemption fees. Amount was less than $0.01 per share. |
†† | Includes redemption fees of $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) | Commenced operations on August 26, 2015. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(c) | Commenced operations on December 30, 2014. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
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 | |
Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 10.52 | | 5.20 | % | $ | 21 | | 1.65 | % | 6.67 | % | (0.72 | )% | 5 | % |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(b) | | $ | 10.52 | | 5.20 | % | $ | 12,103 | | 1.50 | % | 6.52 | % | (0.57 | )% | 5 | % |
International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 11.01 | | (0.89 | )% | $ | 104,237 | | 0.95 | % | 1.19 | % | 1.02 | % | 45 | % |
2014 | | 11.86 | | 0.54 | | 98,855 | | 0.95 | | 1.03 | | 2.39 | | 54 | |
2013 | | 12.04 | | 23.27 | | 97,227 | | 0.95 | | 1.10 | | 1.28 | | 47 | |
2012 | | 9.87 | | 6.67 | | 65,921 | | 1.01 | | 1.46 | | 1.42 | | 63 | |
2011 | | 9.36 | | (8.87 | ) | 44,038 | | 1.15 | | 1.49 | | 0.97 | | 96 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 11.35 | | (1.08 | )% | $ | 3,921 | | 1.17 | % | 1.38 | % | 0.46 | % | 45 | % |
2014 | | 11.93 | | 0.30 | | 84,474 | | 1.23 | | 1.31 | | 2.17 | | 54 | |
2013 | | 12.11 | | 22.91 | | 101,113 | | 1.23 | | 1.33 | | 1.50 | | 47 | |
2012 | | 9.93 | | 6.32 | | 3,927 | | 1.32 | | 1.78 | | 1.00 | | 63 | |
2011 | | 9.34 | | (8.97 | ) | 4,411 | | 1.40 | | 1.72 | | 0.91 | | 96 | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(c) | | $ | 11.02 | | 1.29 | % | $ | 54,747 | | 0.81 | % | 1.09 | % | 1.78 | % | 45 | % |
International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 8.47 | | (5.12 | )% | $ | 218,467 | | 0.91 | % | 1.22 | % | 2.45 | % | 90 | % |
2014 | | 9.46 | | 1.15 | | 213,991 | | 0.95 | | 1.14 | | 2.86 | | 66 | |
2013 | | 10.21 | | 23.84 | | 105,501 | | 0.95 | | 1.43 | | 2.58 | | 79 | |
2012 | | 8.59 | | 6.84 | | 56,727 | | 0.98 | | 2.31 | | 2.87 | | 66 | |
2011 | | 8.34 | | (3.72 | ) | 12,245 | | 1.15 | | 3.60 | | 3.14 | | 91 | |
Advisor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 8.48 | | (5.27 | )% | $ | 19,330 | | 1.17 | % | 1.48 | % | 2.21 | % | 90 | % |
2014 | | 9.46 | | 0.67 | | 24,498 | | 1.30 | | 1.51 | | 2.66 | | 66 | |
2013 | | 10.22 | | 23.58 | | 38,501 | | 1.30 | | 1.78 | | 2.32 | | 79 | |
2012 | | 8.58 | | 6.63 | | 9,358 | | 1.32 | | 2.95 | | 2.75 | | 66 | |
2011 | | 8.33 | | (3.90 | ) | 6,767 | | 1.40 | | 3.89 | | 2.73 | | 91 | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2015(c) | | $ | 8.46 | | (1.62 | )% | $ | 75,256 | | 0.76 | % | 1.08 | % | 3.18 | % | 90 | % |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2015
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 consists of one diversified series: Schroder North American Equity Fund (a “Fund,” the “Fund”).
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 diversified series: Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund and Schroder International Alpha Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “SCFD Funds”).
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 thirteen separate series. Included in this report are Schroder U.S. Small and Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (each a “Fund,” collectively, the “SST Funds,” and together with the SCFD Funds and the SGST Fund, the “Funds”), all of which are diversified funds.
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the 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, and those differences could be material.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds, which are in conformity with U.S. GAAP:
VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS: Each Fund calculates the net asset value of its classes of shares by dividing the total value of its assets attributable to that class, less its liabilities attributable to that class, by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. Each Fund values its shares as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) each day the Exchange is open. 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. Securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at current market value in accordance with the valuation procedures of SST, SGST and SCFD (the “Trusts”). Securities for which market values are not readily available, or for which Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) believes the market value is unreliable (including, for example, certain foreign securities, thinly-traded securities, IPOs, or securities whose values may have been affected by a particular event), are valued by SIMNA at their fair values pursuant to procedures adopted by the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts. It is possible that fair value prices will be used by a Fund to a significant extent. The value determined for an investment using the Funds’ fair value guidelines may differ from recent market prices for the investment. Certain securities are valued at fair value on the basis of valuations furnished by broker-dealers or other market intermediaries. Market quotations are not readily available for many bonds (excluding most U.S. Treasury securities), certain preferred stocks, tax-exempt securities and certain foreign securities. Such securities are generally fair valued.
Debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by independent, third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market values for such securities. Such methodologies generally consider factors such as comparable security prices, yields, maturities, call features, ratings and developments relating to specific securities in arriving at valuations. On the first day a new debt security purchase is recorded, if a price is not available on the automated pricing feeds from a Trust’s primary and secondary pricing vendors nor is it available from an independent broker, the security may be valued at its purchase price. Each day thereafter, the debt security will be valued according to the Trusts’ fair value procedures until an independent source can be secured.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
October 31, 2015
All equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are valued at the last sale price in the over-the-counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. In the event such market quotations are not readily available, the security will be valued according to the Trusts’ fair value procedures. Exchange traded options, including options on indices, are generally valued at the composite mean price or, in the absence of such a mean price, long positions are valued at the most recent bid price, and short positions are valued at the most recent ask price. Options not traded on a securities exchange or board of trade for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the most recently reported mid-market price. Rights and warrants are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which they are principally traded. Futures are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of exchange on which they are principally traded. On days when there is excessive volume or market volatility, the settlement price may not be available at the time at which the Funds calculate their net asset values. On such days, the best available price (which is typically the last sales price) may be used to value the Funds’ futures positions. If rights and warrants are not traded on a particular day, intrinsic value may be used to value the security. Otherwise, the security will be valued according to the Trusts’ fair value procedures. Swaps held by the Funds are valued primarily using valuations from independent pricing services, if the swap is not centrally cleared. In the case of a swap that is centrally cleared, it may be valued at the valuation used by the clearing organization in its determination of applicable margin amounts for the swap. If no valuation is available using these methods, then valuations can be sought from brokers, or if no broker quotations are available, from the swap counterparty or by reference to daily quoted values for the indices or securities upon which the swap is valued. In the absence of the above, SIMNA’s Pricing Committee (the “Committee”) will determine an appropriate method of valuation, subject to the Trusts’ fair value procedures. The Committee is comprised of officers of the Funds and SIMNA and other responsible personnel of SIMNA. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued in accordance with the Trusts’ fair value procedures. 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.
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 a 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 a Fund calculates its net asset value. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. If a Fund becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which the Fund calculates its net asset value, a Committee meeting may be called.
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund 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. A security whose value is adjusted in this manner will be classified as a Level 2 security in the fair value hierarchy.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
October 31, 2015
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, instruments that have been fair valued by a third-party vendor as discussed above for Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, are generally 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 or period ended October 31, 2015, there have been no significant changes to the Funds’ fair valuation methodologies. Fair value measurement classifications are summarized in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: It is the intention of each Fund to qualify, or 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. If a Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company that is accorded special tax treatment, the Fund will not be subject to Federal income taxes to the extent that, among other things, it distributes substantially all of its taxable income, including realized capital gains, for the fiscal year in a timely manner, to its shareholders in the form of dividends. 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 will 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%) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions 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 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 three tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.
As of, and during the period ended October 31, 2015, 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 year, the Funds did not incur any tax-related 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 and expense is recorded on an accrual basis. 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 gains 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.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
October 31, 2015
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 Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, which declares and distribute dividends to shareholders from net investment income and distributes these dividends quarterly.
OFFERING COSTS: During the year ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund commenced operations and incurred offering costs of $34,169. SIMNA absorbed all of the offering costs for the Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund. The amount absorbed by SIMNA is included in “Offering Costs” and “Reimbursement from Investment Advisor” on the Statement of Operations.
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. Certain Funds may also seek to gain currency exposure or otherwise attempt to increase a Fund’s total return by holding such forward foreign currency contracts. Principal risks associated with such transactions include the movement in value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparty to perform. Fluctuations in the value of such forward foreign currency transactions are recorded daily as unrealized gain or loss; realized gain or loss includes net gain or loss on transactions that have terminated by settlement or by the Funds entering into offsetting commitments.
WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES: Certain Funds may purchase 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 so may create investment leverage) and involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date.
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES: Certain Funds may invest in securities that are convertible into preferred and common stocks, and so subject to the risks of investments in both debt and equity securities. The market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, tends to increase as interest rates decline. In addition, because of the conversion feature, the market value of convertible securities tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying preferred and common stocks and, therefore, also will react to variations in the general market for equity securities.
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 are generally utilized 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.
CUSTODY OFFSET: The Funds have an arrangement with the custodian whereby interest earned on uninvested cash balances is used to offset a portion of the custodian fees. The amounts are included in custodian fees and custody offset on the Statements of Operations.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
October 31, 2015
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES, ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION PLANS
The Funds have entered into investment advisory agreements with Schroder Investment Management North America (“SIMNA”). Under these agreements, SIMNA provides investment management services and is entitled to receive compensation for its services, payable monthly for the SGST Fund and the SCFD Funds, and quarterly for the SST Funds, 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, Advisor Shares and R6 Shares of certain Funds, as applicable, SIMNA has contractually agreed to waive management fees for the U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, International Alpha Fund and International Multi-Cap Value Fund and to pay or reimburse the applicable Fund for expenses through February 29, 2016, except the Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund is through February 28, 2017, 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):
Effective August 26, 2015
| | | | Expense Limitation | |
| | Management fee | | Investor Shares | | Advisor Shares | | R6 Shares | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 1.25 | % | 1.65 | % | — | * | 1.50 | % |
*The Share Class is not currently offered.
Effective December 19, 2014
| | | | Expense Limitation | |
| | Management fee | | Investor Shares | | Advisor Shares | | R6 Shares | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 0.25 | % | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.20 | % | 1.45 | % | 1.05 | % |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 0.80 | %* | 1.05 | % | 1.30 | % | 0.90 | % |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % | 1.10 | % |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 0.80 | %* | 1.05 | % | 1.30 | % | 0.90 | % |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 0.70 | %* | 0.95 | % | 1.20 | % | 0.80 | % |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 0.65 | %* | 0.90 | % | 1.15 | % | 0.75 | % |
*Management fee after contractual fee waiver.
Prior to December 19, 2014
| | | | Expense Limitation | | | |
| | Management fee | | Investor Shares | | Advisor Shares | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 0.25 | % | N/A | | N/A | | | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.70 | % | 1.95 | % | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.30 | % | | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % | | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 0.80 | % | 0.95 | % | 1.30 | % | | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 0.80 | % | 0.95 | % | 1.30 | % | | |
N/A — Fund is not currently subject to the expense limitation agreement.
SIMNA has retained its affiliate Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.”) to serve as sub-advisor responsible for the portfolio management of Schroder North American Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund. During the reporting period, SIMNA paid SIMNA Ltd. the following percentage of the investment advisory fees it received from Schroder North American Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, after waivers, as set forth below.
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Fund | | Percentage of Fees Paid to SIMNA Ltd. | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 49.5 | % |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 49.5 | % |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 49.5 | % |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund* | | 49.5 | % |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 49.5 | % |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 49.5 | % |
*Effective August 26, 2015.
Schroders also has agreed to reduce the management fee for the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund in an amount equal to the portion of advisory fees paid to Schroders or its affiliates by the Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund and attributable to the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund’s investments in such Fund.
The administrator of the SGST Fund is Schroder Fund Advisors LLC (“SFA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIMNA. SFA receives no compensation for its services for the SGST Fund. SIMNA provides certain administration services to the SCFD Funds. SIMNA’s compensation for these services is included in the SCFD Funds’ advisory fees.
Effective January 1, 2013, under (i) amended sub-administration and accounting agreements with SEI Investments Global Funds Services (“SEI”), the SCFD Funds and the SGST Fund, other than Schroder North American Equity Fund, and (ii) an amended administration and accounting agreement with SEI, the SST Funds, pay fees to SEI based on the aggregate average daily net assets of all the SCFD Funds, the SST Funds and the SGST Fund, other than Schroder North American Equity Fund, according to the following annual rates: 0.0875% on the first $1 billion of such assets; 0.0700% on the next $2 billion of such assets; 0.0600% on the next $1.5 billion of such assets; and 0.0575% on assets in excess of $4.5 billion. Each Fund pays its pro rata portion of such fees.
Prior to January 1, 2013, under (i) amended sub-administration and accounting agreements with SEI, the SCFD Funds and the SGST Fund, other than Schroder North American Equity Fund, and (ii) an amended administration and accounting agreement with SEI, the SST Funds, paid fees to SEI based on the aggregate average daily net assets of all the SCFD Funds, the SST Funds and the SGST Fund, other than Schroder North American Equity Fund, 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. Each Fund paid its pro rata portion of such fees.
Effective January 29, 2005, as amended January 1, 2013, Schroder North American Equity Fund pays SEI a fee, computed and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.013% of the Schroder North American Equity Fund’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion and 0.005% of Schroder North American Equity 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 Advisor Shares. Under the Plan, a Fund may make payments at an annual rates of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to their Advisor Shares to compensate SFA for distribution services and certain shareholder services with respect to the Funds’ Advisor Shares, except for 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.
Effective December 19, 2014, each Fund has adopted a shareholder service plan (the “Plan”) with respect to its Advisor Shares and Investor Shares. Under the Plan, each Fund, except Schroder North American Equity Fund, may make payments out of the assets attributable to its Advisor Shares or its Investor Shares to SIMNA, SFA, the Funds’ distributor, and such other entities as may from time to time act as the shareholder servicer of such class for providing services and/or incurring expenses directly or indirectly supporting or relating to the shareholder servicing function for Advisor Shares and Investor Shares as compensation for such services and expenses. Payments under the Plan are made at an annual rate of up to 0.15% of a Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the applicable share class; payments under the Plan are not made for distribution services or expenses. This payment is in addition to payments made under the Funds’ 12b-1 plans, if applicable. SIMNA, SFA, or any of their affiliates, may, from time to time, also make payments to financial intermediaries for sub-administration, sub-transfer agency, or other shareholder services or distribution, out of their own resources. Previously, each Fund, with respect to its Advisor Shares, was authorized to reimburse SIMNA, SFA, or their affiliates for a portion of payments related to sub-administration, sub-transfer agency, or other shareholder services; the amount of that reimbursement was limited to 0.10% of a Fund’s Advisor Shares’ average daily net assets.
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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.
The fair value of derivative instruments as of October 31, 2015, was as follows:
Fund | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | Variation margin payable on futures | | $ | — | | $ | (113,925 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on forward | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | foreign currency contracts | | 32,620 | | — | |
| | | | $ | 32,620 | | $ | (113,925 | ) |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | Variation margin receivable/(payable) | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | on futures | | $ | 90 | | $ | (1,852 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | Variation margin payable on futures | | $ | — | | $ | (11,300 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | on forward foreign currency contracts | | 27,454 | | (4,901 | ) |
| | | | $ | 27,454 | | $ | (16,201 | ) |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | on forward foreign currency contracts | | $ | 15,960 | | $ | (17,418 | ) |
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The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended October 31, 2015, was as follows:
The amount of net realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives:
| | | | Change in Unrealized | | | |
| | Net Realized | | Appreciation | | | |
Fund | | Gain/(Loss)* | | ( Depreciation)** | | Total | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (392,569 | ) | $ | 1,441,930 | | $ | 1,049,361 | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | 1,710,078 | | (93,020 | ) | 1,617,058 | |
| | $ | 1,317,509 | | $ | 1,348,910 | | $ | 2,666,419 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | 59,067 | | $ | — | | $ | 59,067 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (4,601 | ) | $ | (33 | ) | $ | (4,634 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | $ | (137,883 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (137,883 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | 81,580 | | $ | (104,184 | ) | $ | (22,604 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | 215,464 | | 22,553 | | 238,017 | |
| | $ | 297,044 | | $ | (81,631 | ) | $ | 215,413 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (937,685 | ) | $ | (98,540 | ) | $ | (1,036,225 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | 780,284 | | (402,899 | ) | 377,385 | |
| | $ | (157,401 | ) | $ | (501,439 | ) | $ | (658,840 | ) |
* Futures contracts are included in net realized gain (loss) on futures and forward contracts are included in net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions.
** Futures contracts are included in change in unrealized appreciation on futures and forward contracts are included in change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions.
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The volume of forward contracts and futures contracts, as a percentage of net assets, based on gross month-end notional amounts during the period, including long and short positions, at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended October 31, 2015:
| | Forward Contracts | | Futures Contracts | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 2.04 | % | 0.59 | % |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of October 31, 2015 | | 1.45 | % | 3.34 | % |
| | Futures Contracts | | | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 0.53 | % | | |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of October 31, 2015 | | 0.00 | % | | |
| | Futures Contracts | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 0.38 | % | | |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of October 31, 2015 | | 1.60 | % | | |
| | Forward Contracts | | Futures Contracts | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 11.34 | % | 6.72 | % |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of October 31, 2015 | | 12.73 | % | 6.24 | % |
| | Forward Contracts | | Futures Contracts | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 4.65 | % | 2.65 | % |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of October 31, 2015 | | 2.39 | % | 0.00 | % |
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In accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” requires entities to disclose information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that have been offset or that are subject to enforceable master netting agreements. The Funds do not offset such instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, rather such instruments are presented on a gross basis.
The following is a summary by derivative type of the market value of over the counter (“OTC”) financial derivative instruments and collateral (received)/pledged by counterparty as of October 31, 2015:
| | Gross Assets- | | Gross Liabilities- | | Net | | Cash | | | |
| | Recognized in the | | Recognized in the | | Amount | | Collateral | | | |
| | Statement of Assets | | Statement of Assets | | Available to | | Pledged or | | Net | |
| | and Liabilities | | and Liabilities | | be Offset | | (Received)† | | Amount‡ | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Forward Contracts | | Forward Contracts | | | | | | | |
Citigroup Global Markets | | $ | 32,620 | | $ | — | | $ | 32,620 | | $ | — | | $ | 32,620 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Forward Contracts | | Forward Contracts | | | | | | | |
BNP Paribas | | $ | 13,044 | | $ | — | | $ | 13,044 | | $ | — | | $ | 13,044 | |
HSBC | | — | | (4,901 | ) | (4,901 | ) | — | | (4,901 | ) |
JPMorgan | | 1,801 | | — | | 1,801 | | — | | 1,801 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | | 12,609 | | — | | 12,609 | | — | | 12,609 | |
Total | | $ | 27,454 | | $ | (4,901 | ) | $ | 22,553 | | $ | — | | $ | 22,553 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Forward Contracts | | Forward Contracts | | | | | | | |
JPMorgan | | $ | 7,780 | | $ | — | | $ | 7,780 | | $ | — | | $ | 7,780 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | | 8,180 | | — | | 8,180 | | — | | 8,180 | |
State Street | | — | | (17,418 | ) | (17,418 | ) | — | | (17,418 | ) |
Total | | $ | 15,960 | | $ | (17,418 | ) | $ | (1,458 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (1,458 | ) |
† Collateral pledged is limited to the net outstanding amount due to/from an individual counterparty. The actual collateral amounts pledged may exceed these amounts and may fluctuate in value.
‡ Net amount represents the net receivable/(payable) that would be due from/to the counterparty in the event of default. Exposure from OTC financial derivative instruments can only be netted across transactions governed under the same master agreement with the same legal entity.
NOTE 5 — REDEMPTION FEES
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund, Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund 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 SFA 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, 2015 were as follows:
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | $ | 1,230 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 2,384 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 34,733 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 2,990 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 684 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 11,960 | |
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NOTE 6 — TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Funds pay no compensation to Trustees who are interested persons of the Trusts, SIMNA or SFA. Certain officers of the Funds are also officers of SIMNA and SFA. 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 and U.S. Government securities for each Fund, for the year ended October 31, 2015 were as follows:
| | Purchases | | Sales and Maturities | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | $ | 431,740,497 | | $ | 519,930,964 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 63,823,349 | | 81,298,995 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 32,573,962 | | 46,154,121 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 857,349,756 | | 670,307,688 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 29,240,316 | | 25,482,174 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 11,382,765 | | 497,126 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 77,155,940 | | 92,814,832 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 352,837,644 | | 252,051,255 | |
| | | | | | | |
Investments made by the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund in another Schroder Fund is considered to be an investment in an Affiliated Company as defined under section 2(a)(2) of the Investment Company Act. A summary of the investment and income activity in the Affiliated Company’s shares for Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund is as follows:
Affiliated Registered Investment Company | | Contributions | | Withdrawals | | Realized Gains | | Income from Affiliated Investments | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | $ | 11,501,200 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
NOTE 8 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These book/tax differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. Any permanent differences, which may result in distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to net operating loss, differing treatments for gains resulting from investments in passive foreign investment companies, reclassifications of long-term capital gain distributions on real estate investment trust securities, partnership investments, foreign currency transactions and utilization of equalization distribution on redemption. 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, 2015, 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 North American Equity Fund | | $ | 2,064,654 | | $ | (2,063,952 | ) | $ | (702 | ) |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 73,838 | | (774,438 | ) | 700,600 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 2,344 | | (1,501,713 | ) | 1,499,369 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | (387,645 | ) | 390,624 | | (2,979 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 284,198 | | (284,198 | ) | — | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | (836 | ) | 12,024 | | (11,188 | ) |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | (83,096 | ) | 83,096 | | — | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 1,814,343 | | (1,814,343 | ) | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
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The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the years or periods ended October 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, was as follows:
| | Ordinary Income | | Long-Term Capital Gain | | Total | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
2015 | | $ | 14,809,732 | | $ | 27,882,801 | | $ | 42,692,533 | |
2014 | | 12,933,304 | | — | | 12,933,304 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
2015 | | — | | 15,240,149 | | 15,240,149 | |
2014 | | 4,585,313 | | 17,942,726 | | 22,528,039 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
2015 | | 1,935,815 | | 7,462,982 | | 9,398,797 | |
2014 | | 3,256,364 | | 11,411,952 | | 14,668,316 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
2015 | | 11,323,194 | | — | | 11,323,194 | |
2014 | | 8,048,688 | | — | | 8,048,688 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
2015 | | 1,736,625 | | 167,585 | | 1,904,210 | |
2014 | | 1,259,802 | | — | | 1,259,802 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | |
2015 | | 5,742,456 | | 5,436,951 | | 11,179,407 | |
2014 | | 2,081,493 | | 1,544,405 | | 3,625,898 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | |
2015 | | 11,207,446 | | 3,805,700 | | 15,013,146 | |
2014 | | 12,208,725 | | 2,659,321 | | 14,868,046 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
As of October 31, 2015, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
| | Undistributed Ordinary Income | | Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain | | Capital Loss Carryforwards | | Current Late-Year Loss Deferral | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Other Temporary Differences | | Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses) | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | $ | 17,807,352 | | $ | 26,082,517 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 197,700,457 | | $ | (32,643 | ) | $ | 241,557,683 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | — | | 9,320,355 | | — | | (372,281 | ) | 26,762,767 | | 11 | | 35,710,852 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 16,224 | | 5,977,953 | | — | | — | | 11,507,646 | | (6,275 | ) | 17,495,548 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 11,495,542 | | — | | (157,348,452 | ) | — | | 11,639,816 | | (7,752 | ) | (134,220,846 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 247,441 | | — | | (721,352 | ) | — | | (4,447,477 | ) | (27,058 | ) | (4,948,446 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | — | | — | | (53,942 | ) | (10,246 | ) | 677,948 | | 2 | | 613,762 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 1,976,107 | | — | | (3,224,422 | ) | — | | 6,019,566 | | (7 | ) | 4,771,244 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 1,515,748 | | — | | (4,421,830 | ) | — | | (24,453,689 | ) | (12,511 | ) | (27,372,282 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Deferred late-year losses represent ordinary losses realized on investment transactions from January 1, 2015 through October 31, 2015, that, in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, the Funds may elect to defer and treat as having arisen in the following fiscal year.
Each Fund may use its tax basis capital loss carryforwards listed above to offset taxable capital gains realized in subsequent years for federal income tax purposes, subject in some cases to certain limitations. If a Fund incurred net capital losses in a taxable year beginning on or before December 22, 2010, the date of enactment of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (“pre-RlC Mod losses”), the Fund is permitted to carry such losses forward for eight taxable years; in the year to which they are carried forward, such losses are treated as short-term capital losses that first offset any short-term capital gains, and then offset any long-term capital gains. If a Fund incurs or has incurred net capital losses in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 (“post-RIC Mod losses”), those losses will be carried forward to one or more subsequent taxable years without expiration; any such carryforward losses
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will retain their character as short-term or long-term. The Fund must use any post-RlC Mod losses, which will not expire, before it uses any pre-RIC Mod losses. This increases the likelihood that pre-RlC Mod losses will expire unused at the conclusion of the eight-year carryforward period. The Fund listed below has the following pre-RIC Mod losses, which expire on the following date, except that the carryforward of Schroder International Alpha Fund may be subject to annual limitations:
| | October 31, 2017 | |
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Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 3,224,422 | |
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The Fund listed below has the following post-RIC Mod losses, which do not expire:
| | Short-Term Loss | | Long-Term Loss | | Total | |
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | $ | 124,547,290 | | $ | 32,801,162 | | $ | 157,348,452 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 721,352 | | — | | 721,352 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 53,942 | | — | | 53,942 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 2,357,240 | | 2,064,590 | | 4,421,830 | |
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During the year ended October 31, 2015, the Funds listed below utilized capital loss carryforwards to offset capital gains:
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 997,286 | |
At October 31, 2015, 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 North American Equity Fund | | $ | 529,490,519 | | $ | 212,557,487 | | $ | (14,889,667 | ) | $ | 197,667,820 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 95,411,906 | | 28,526,895 | | (1,764,128 | ) | 26,762,767 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 42,113,531 | | 12,655,233 | | (1,147,587 | ) | 11,507,646 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1,226,529,624 | | 113,467,198 | | (101,609,853 | ) | 11,857,345 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 29,479,762 | | 563,208 | | (4,986,146 | ) | (4,422,938 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 10,834,423 | | 951,351 | | (257,962 | ) | 693,389 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 156,486,191 | | 16,230,741 | | (10,209,157 | ) | 6,021,584 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 335,675,775 | | 12,052,305 | | (36,481,035 | ) | (24,428,730 | ) |
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NOTE 9 — PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT RISKS
Below are summaries of some, but not all, of the principal risks of investing in one or more of the Funds, each of which could adversely affect a Fund’s NAV, yield and total return. Each risk listed below does not necessarly apply to each Fund, and you should read each Fund’s prospectus carefully for a description of the principal risks associated with investing in a particular Fund.
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund have a relatively large portion of their assets invested in companies or issuers 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 Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund Fund, and Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund may invest more than 25% of its total assets in issuers located in any one country or group of countries. When a Fund invests in a foreign country, it 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
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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.
Schroder North American Equity Fund, Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund, Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund may enter into derivative transactions including futures contracts, options, and swap contracts. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values depend on, or derive from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate, or index. A Fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to liquidity risk, interest rate risk, and credit risk, and the risk that a derivative transaction may not have the effect the Funds’ adviser anticipated. Derivatives also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate, or index. Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. Use of derivatives other than for hedging purposes may be considered speculative and may have the effect of creating investment leverage, and when a Fund invests in a derivative instrument it could lose more than the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that a Fund will engage in these transactions when that would be beneficial. Additional principal risks for the Funds can be found in the prospectus.
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, 2015 and the total percentage of shares of the Fund held by such shareholders. The table includes omnibus accounts that hold shares on behalf of many shareholders.
| | 5% or Greater Shareholders | |
| | Number | | % of Fund Held | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 3 | | 97.08 | % |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 3 | | 77.89 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 3 | | 78.36 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 4 | | 49.17 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 2 | | 66.83 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 1 | | 99.83 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 4 | | 89.61 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 6 | | 80.35 | |
One account shown above holding 61.63% of the Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund and one account shown above holding 99.83% of the Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, are owned by an affiliate of SIMNA.
NOTE 11 — LINE OF CREDIT
The Funds entered into a credit agreement on October 6, 2008, as amended from time to time, that enables them to participate in a $50 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, or to finance the redemption of the shares of a shareholder of the borrower. Interest is charged to the Funds based on their 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. For the year ended October 31, 2015, the Schroder North American Equity Fund utilized the line of credit for $1,487,749 for a period of 4 days paying interest of $233, the Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund utilized the line of credit for $8,393,258 for a period of 1 day paying interest of $432 and $3,070,000 for a period of 1 days paying interest of $122, the Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund utilized the line of credit for $241,778 for a period of 4 days paying interest of $38 and the Schroder International Alpha Fund utilized the line of credit for $563,041 for a period of 4 days paying interest of $88 and $1,070,000 for a period of 2 days paying interest of $86, which is included in the Statement of Operations as custody expense.
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NOTE 12 — CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
Capital share transactions for the year or period ended October 31, 2015 and the year or period ended October 31, 2014, were as follows:
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
| | 2015 | | 2014 | | 2015* | | 2014 | | 2015** | | 2014 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 1,307,975 | | 1,062,847 | | 245,297 | | 260,744 | | 384,444 | | 645,891 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 2,656,100 | | 854,096 | | 605,262 | | 872,089 | | 705,277 | | 746,794 | |
Redemption of shares | | (6,032,479 | ) | (737,383 | ) | (846,694 | ) | (897,260 | ) | (1,463,897 | ) | (1,494,088 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | (2,068,404 | ) | 1,179,560 | | 3,865 | | 235,573 | | (374,176 | ) | (101,403 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 12,884 | | 15,501 | | 5,580 | | 146 | | 79,592 | | 36,953 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 990 | | 231 | | 4,017 | | 6,924 | | 70,606 | | 111,448 | |
Redemption of shares | | (11,674 | ) | (10,995 | ) | (3,383 | ) | (14,035 | ) | (126,167 | ) | (171,357 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | 2,200 | | 4,737 | | 6,214 | | (6,965 | ) | 24,031 | | (22,956 | ) |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | N/A | | N/A | | 839 | | — | | 544,658 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | N/A | | N/A | | — | | — | | (392,945 | ) | — | |
Net increase in R6 Shares | | N/A | | N/A | | 839 | | — | | 151,713 | | — | |
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| | Emerging Market Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Multi- Cap Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | |
| | 2015** | | 2014 | | 2015** | | 2014 | | 2015(a) | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 43,209,346 | | 40,218,336 | | 1,360,833 | | 556,063 | | 2,001 | | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 731,850 | | 374,978 | | 36,112 | | 5,850 | | — | | | |
Redemption of shares | | (52,819,713 | ) | (16,998,829 | ) | (2,860,701 | ) | — | | — | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | (8,878,517 | ) | 23,594,485 | | (1,463,756 | ) | 561,913 | | 2,001 | | | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 639,455 | | 5,445,485 | | 2,056 | | 6,615 | | N/A | | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 12,367 | | 86,746 | | 526 | | 124 | | N/A | | | |
Redemption of shares | | (6,298,130 | ) | (11,525,111 | ) | (795 | ) | (9 | ) | N/A | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (5,646,308 | ) | (5,992,880 | ) | 1,787 | | 6,730 | | N/A | | | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 31,830,423 | | — | | 2,018,967 | | — | | 1,150,121 | | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | 1,497 | | — | | — | | | |
Redemption of shares | | (1,431,655 | ) | — | | (44,369 | ) | — | | — | | | |
Net increase in R6 Shares | | 30,398,768 | | — | | 1,976,095 | | — | | 1,150,121 | | | |
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| | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | |
| | 2015** | | 2014 | | 2015** | | 2014 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 7,909,211 | | 2,009,913 | | 19,649,141 | | 15,594,884 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 750,609 | | 73,554 | | 973,850 | | 456,698 | |
Redemption of shares | | (7,529,321 | ) | (1,823,168 | ) | (17,449,491 | ) | (3,759,266 | ) |
Net increase in Investor Shares | | 1,130,499 | | 260,299 | | 3,173,500 | | 12,292,316 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 171,059 | | 211,676 | | 616,397 | | 2,936,155 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 13,920 | | 147,777 | | 142,441 | | 373,722 | |
Redemption of shares | | (6,922,018 | ) | (1,624,412 | ) | (1,066,706 | ) | (4,490,113 | ) |
Net (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (6,737,039 | ) | (1,264,959 | ) | (307,868 | ) | (1,180,236 | ) |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 4,975,578 | | — | | 9,686,600 | | — | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | 4,440 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (9,191 | ) | — | | (799,157 | ) | — | |
Net increase in R6 Shares | | 4,966,387 | | — | | 8,891,883 | | — | |
(a) Fund commenced investment activities on August 26, 2015.
*R6 Shares commenced operations on September 30, 2015.
**R6 Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014.
N/A — The share class has not commenced operations.
NOTE 13 — LITIGATION
In May 2011, “Schroders U.S. Mutual Funds” was served with a summons and complaint in an action brought by Edward S. Weisfelner, as Litigation Trustee of the LB Litigation Trust in the case captioned Weisfelner v. A. Holmes & H. Holmes TTEE, et al. (Adv. Pro. No. 10-5525) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) (the “Litigation Trust Action”). In January 2012, “Schroders U.S. Mutual Funds” was served with a summons and complaint in an action brought by Edward S. Weisfelner, as trustee of the LB Creditors Trust, in the case captioned Weisfelner v. Fund 1 et al. (Adv. Pro. No. 10-04609) (the “Creditors Trust Action”). Both litigations sought to recover all payments made to shareholders in the December 2007 leveraged buyout of Lyondell Chemical Company as alleged fraudulent transfers. On January 8, 2015, following a widely-circulated settlement offer by the plaintiffs and a consideration by the Board of Trustees, Schroder North American Equity Fund entered into a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the litigations pursuant to which the Fund paid $204,542. As a result, all claims against Schroder North American Equity Fund were dismissed pursuant to notices of dismissals dated January 23, 2015.
NOTE 14 — 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, 2015.
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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 Schroder Global Series Trust), Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund and Schroder International Alpha Fund (constituting Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware)), Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, and Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (five of the series constituting Schroder Series Trust) (collectively referred to as the “Funds”) at October 31, 2015, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
December 22, 2015
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RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS FOR THE SCHRODER MUTUAL FUNDS
The advisory and subadvisory agreements (the “Advisory Agreements”) for Schroder North American Equity Fund, Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund, Schroder U.S. Small and Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, and Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund (collectively, the “Existing 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 2015 to consider the continuation of the Advisory Agreements in respect of the Funds for the following year and amendments to the subadvisory agreements. At the same meeting, the Trustees considered the approval of the Advisory Agreements in respect of Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund (the “New Fund,” together with the Existing Funds, the “Funds”) for an initial two-year period. The Trustees considered a number of factors, though they did not identify any one particular factor alone that they considered determinative. Factors considered by the Trustees included those described below, among others.
With respect to the Existing Funds, the Trustees considered the overall nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by SIMNA, and the services provided by Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.”) as sub-advisor to the Emerging Market Equity Fund, the International Multi-Cap Value Fund, the North American Equity Fund, the International Alpha Fund, and the Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund pursuant to subadvisory agreements (the “Existing Subadvisory Agreements”) between SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. They also considered the non-advisory services provided by affiliates of SIMNA. In this regard, the Trustees took into account, among other things, the experience of the respective Funds’ portfolio management teams and of SIMNA’s senior management.
The Trustees reviewed the information provided by SIMNA and compiled by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) showing a comparison of SIMNA’s fee rate for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s expense ratio, compared to a peer group of mutual funds selected independently by Lipper having similar objectives, strategies, asset sizes, and distribution channel as the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information as to brokerage commissions for each Fund as compared to peer group funds. In reviewing the performance information provided by Lipper, the Trustees considered both short term and longer term performance.
With respect to the North American Equity Fund, the Trustees considered that the management fee and total fund expenses for the Fund are low compared to its peer group, with contractual and actual management fees each ranking first out of seventeen peer group funds, and Investor Shares and Advisor Shares total expenses each ranking in the first quintile as measured by Lipper compared to peer group funds. The Trustees noted that the North American Equity Fund’s performance for the five year period was in the second quintile for Investor Shares and in the third quintile for Advisor Shares. For the one year and three year periods, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance compared to its peer group was in the third quintile for each of Investor and Advisor Shares. The Trustees determined that the Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided.
With respect to the International Multi-Cap Value Fund, the Trustees considered that the management fee and total fund expenses for the Fund were competitive, with contractual and actual management fees ranking tenth and fourth, respectively, out of fifteen peer group funds. They noted that Investor Shares’ total expense ranking was in the second quintile among its peer funds while Advisor Shares’ total expense ranking was in the fourth quintile. The Trustees noted that the Lipper reports included only two funds in the performance peer group due to the lack of international multi-cap value funds in the group and that the International Multi-Cap Value Fund was the higher performer between the two funds. The Trustees noted that compared to its broader comparative performance universe (all retail and institutional international multi-cap value funds, regardless of size or primary distribution channel), the International Multi-Cap Value Fund had generally performed well, with performance in the first and second quintiles for Investor and Advisor Shares, respectively, over the one year period and in the first quintile for both Investor and Advisor Shares over the five year period. The Trustees determined that the Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided.
With respect to the U.S. Opportunities Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expenses were in the third and fifth quintiles for Investor and Advisor Shares, respectively, and that the contractual management fee and actual management fee were each in the fourth quintile compared to the Fund’s peer group. The Trustees noted that the U.S. Opportunities Fund’s performance was in the first quintile for the prior one year period, the second quintile for the prior two year period, and the third quintile for the prior three year period for both Investor Shares and Advisor Shares. The Trustees noted that SIMNA had recently taken steps to add resources to the management team for the U.S. Opportunities Fund and to refine its investment strategy, and noted that the Fund’s performance has
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been improving in recent periods. The Trustees also noted that the U.S. Opportunities Fund had recently re-opened to new investors. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the information provided, the Fund’s management fees, and the Fund’s total expense ratios, did not appear unreasonable.
As to the U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s contractual management fee was in the fifth quintile compared to its peer group, but the actual management fee paid was in the second quintile compared to its peer group, given the competitive expense reimbursement arrangement. The Trustees considered that the Fund’s total expenses of the Investor Shares and Advisor Shares were in the second and fourth quintile, respectively, compared to its peer group. They noted the Fund’s five year performance compared to its peer universe was in the fifth quintile for both Investor and Advisor Shares, although recent performance was improved. Specifically, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance was in the second quintile and third quintile for Investor and Advisor Shares, respectively, for the three year period but in the third and fourth quintile for Investor and Advisor Shares, respectively, for the most recent one year period. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the information provided, the Fund’s management fees, and the Fund’s total expense ratios, did not appear unreasonable.
As to the International Alpha Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expenses were in the first quintile for Investor Shares compared to the Fund’s peer group but in the third quintile for Advisor Shares. The Trustees also noted that the contractual management fee was in the third quintile, while the actual management fee was in the fourth quintile. The Trustees considered that the Fund performed first among its peer group of three funds during the five year period for both Investor and Advisor Shares but that it had performed last among its peer group for the most recent calendar year. The Trustees determined that the Fund’s management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided, although they noted they would continue to monitor the Fund’s performance closely going forward in light of the recent relative underperformance versus its peer group.
With respect to the Emerging Market Equity Fund, the Trustees noted that the contractual and actual management fees were in line with the Fund’s peer group, with each ranking seventh out of fifteen peers. They also noted that total expenses were in the first quintile and the third quintile for Investor Shares and Advisor Shares, respectively, compared to the Fund’s peer group. The Trustees considered that the Fund performed in the third quintile for most of the periods for both Investor and Advisor Shares but that Advisor Shares had performed in the fourth quintile for the two year period and both Investor and Advisor Shares performed in the second quintile for the period since inception. The Trustees determined that the management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided.
For the Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund ranked in the fourth quintile for contractual management fees but that it ranked in the first quintile for actual management fees (first out of fifteen peer funds) due to a competitive expense reimbursement arrangement. The Trustees noted that total expenses ranked in the first and third quintiles for Investor and Advisor Shares, respectively. The Trustees considered that the Fund had a relatively short operating history but that it ranked in the second quintile for performance for each of the periods shown for both Investor and Advisor Shares. The Trustees determined that the management fee did not appear unreasonable in light of the information provided.
The Independent Trustees found that the advisory and administrative fees charged by SIMNA to the Existing Funds appeared reasonable in relation to the services provided. They noted that SIMNA generally charges lower fees to third party mutual funds for which SIMNA serves as sub-adviser. They considered reasons cited by SIMNA management for the differences between the fees charged to the Funds and to those third party mutual funds, including, 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 compliance and regulatory responsibilities related to the management function, among other things, are retained in part by the primary adviser. In addition, the Trustees noted that in many cases the fees charged to SIMNA’s separate account clients are lower than those charged to the Funds. They considered the statements by representatives of SIMNA 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. They also noted 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.
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The Trustees considered the information regarding the profitability of the Existing Funds’ advisory arrangements to SIMNA. They noted that, as the Existing Funds have grown in recent years, the levels of profitability to SIMNA have also increased, although SIMNA continues for most of the Existing Funds to bear the cost of expense limitations for the Existing Funds. The Trustees noted that they had had a discussion with management regarding the methodologies used for allocating expenses in calculating SIMNA profitability. The Trustees determined that the levels of profitability did not appear inappropriate or unreasonable at this time. They considered whether economies of scale would likely be realized as the Existing Funds grow and whether a reduction in the advisory fees paid by the Existing Funds by means of breakpoints would be appropriate. They concluded, in light of the sizes of the Existing Funds and their expected growth rates and current levels of profitability to SIMNA, that it did not appear appropriate at this point for breakpoints to be implemented, although the Trustees noted that, if the Existing Funds continue to grow at current rates, it might become appropriate in the future to implement breakpoints with respect to at least some number of the Existing Funds.
In reviewing the amendments to the Existing Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees considered that the amendments reflected a reallocation of the advisory fees between SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. They noted that, under the Existing Subadvisory Agreements, SIMNA currently pays to SIMNA Ltd. a monthly fee in an amount that varies for each Fund sub-advised by SIMNA Ltd. They noted that Schroders plc and its affiliates (“Schroders”) reviews the allocation periodically with consideration given to the cost allocation and fee-setting functions of an internal transfer pricing policy, which is designed to allocate costs and revenues across the various companies within the Schroders organization appropriately over time. They noted the transfer pricing policy had recently been updated. The Trustees found that the proposed fee reallocations did not appear unreasonable.
As to the New Fund, the Trustees reported that they were prepared to approve the proposed contractual arrangements. The Trustees considered the overall nature, extent, and quality of the services expected to be provided by SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. and the non-advisory services provided by affiliates of SIMNA. The Trustees considered the experience of the New Fund’s portfolio management team and of SIMNA’s senior management, and the time and attention expected to be devoted by each to the New Fund. The Trustees considered that the New Fund’s contractual arrangements would be substantially similar to those currently in place and that the share classes offered would consist of share classes that are already available in certain of the Existing Funds. The Trustees considered that, as compared to the fees for peer funds as presented in the materials, the proposed fees, including advisory fees and total expenses, were within the range of peer funds’ fees. With respect to the New Fund, the Trustees had discussed the additional time and resources that SIMNA and SIMNA Ltd. would be required to dedicate to the Fund due to its emphasis on small capitalization emerging market issuers. The Trustees considered the information presented regarding the fees charged by SIMNA to provide similar investment strategies to other clients, and found the fees proposed for the New Fund to be generally in line. The Trustees also noted that, given the small size of the New Fund in its start-up phase and in light of the proposed expense limitations, the Trustees did not consider that the profitability of the New Fund to SIMNA was likely to be unreasonable, or that breakpoints or other similar steps should be implemented at this time. The Trustees noted they would continue to monitor economies of scale as the New Fund grows.
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, SIMNA or SIMNA Ltd., unanimously voted to approve (i) the continuation of the Advisory Agreements in respect of each of the Existing Funds, including the advisory fees proposed in connection with that continuation, (ii) the amendments to the Existing Subadvisory Agreements, and (iii) the Advisory Agreements of the New Fund, including the advisory fees proposed in connection with that approval.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
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 Mutual Fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include, among others, costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), and in the case of Advisor Shares, distribution (12b-1) fees. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund. A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The table below illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways.
· Actual expenses. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers, if applicable, that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the fourth column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”
· Hypothetical example for comparison purposes. This section is intended to help you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had a return of 5% before expenses during the year, and that it incurred expenses at the rate of which it in the past did incur expenses. In this case, because the return used is not the Fund’s actual return, the results may not be used to estimate the actual ending balance of an account in the Fund over the period or expenses you actually paid. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses in this table based on a 5% return. You can assess your Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as redemption fees, which are described in the Prospectus. If this fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher.
| | Beginning Account Value 5/1/15 | | Ending Account Value 10/31/15 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,001.30 | | 0.34 | % | $ | 1.72 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,000.00 | | 0.69 | | 3.48 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,023.49 | | 0.34 | % | $ | 1.73 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.73 | | 0.69 | | 3.52 | |
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 987.90 | | 1.32 | % | $ | 6.61 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 986.30 | | 1.57 | | 7.86 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | † | 1,059.60 | | 1.05 | | 0.98 | ** |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,018.55 | | 1.32 | % | $ | 6.72 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.29 | | 1.57 | | 7.98 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.91 | | 1.05 | | 5.35 | |
* 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).
** Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 33/365 (to reflect the period since inception).
† Beginning Account Value is from inception date.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (unaudited) — (continued)
| | Beginning Account Value 5/1/15 | | Ending Account Value 10/31/15 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 993.80 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 5.28 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 992.80 | | 1.30 | | 6.53 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 994.50 | | 0.90 | | 4.52 | |
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 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,020.67 | | 0.90 | | 4.58 | |
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 845.00 | | 1.25 | % | $ | 5.81 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 844.40 | | 1.50 | | 6.97 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 845.80 | | 1.10 | | 5.12 | |
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 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.66 | | 1.10 | | 5.60 | |
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Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 819.80 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 4.82 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 818.60 | | 1.30 | | 5.96 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 820.40 | | 0.90 | | 4.13 | |
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 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,020.67 | | 0.90 | | 4.58 | |
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Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | † | $ | 1,052.00 | | 1.65 | % | $ | 3.06 | ** |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | † | 1,052.00 | | 1.50 | | 2.78 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,016.89 | | 1.65 | % | $ | 8.39 | ** |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.64 | | 1.50 | | 7.63 | |
* 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).
** Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 66/365 (to reflect the period since inception).
† Beginninng Account Value is from inception date.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (unaudited) — (concluded)
| | Beginning Account Value 5/1/15 | | Ending Account Value 10/31/15 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 939.40 | | 0.95 | % | $ | 4.64 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 938.80 | | 1.20 | | 5.86 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 940.30 | | 0.80 | | 3.91 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,020.42 | | 0.95 | % | $ | 4.84 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.16 | | 1.20 | | 6.11 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.17 | | 0.80 | | 4.08 | |
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Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 908.50 | | 0.90 | % | $ | 4.33 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 908.30 | | 1.15 | | 5.53 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 909.10 | | 0.75 | | 3.61 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,020.67 | | 0.90 | % | $ | 4.58 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.41 | | 1.15 | | 5.85 | |
R6 Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.42 | | 0.75 | | 3.82 | |
* 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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Schroder Mutual Funds
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 | | Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years | | Number of Series In Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member (a) | | Other Directorships Held by Board Member |
Trustees | | | | | | | | | | |
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Catherine A. Mazza†, 55 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee and Chairman (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 2003 (SGST) Since 2006 (SCFD and SST) | | Trustee and Chairman of each Trust; Institutional Relationship Director, SIMNA; Member of the Board of Managers, Schroder Fund Advisors LLC. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, SCFD and SST; Senior Vice President, SIMNA. | | 16 | | None |
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Jay S. Calhoun*, 60 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 2010 | | Treasurer, Carnegie Mellon University. Formerly, Managing Partner, Rysamax Partners (marketing and business development support); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, New York Life Insurance Company. | | 16 | | None |
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Margaret M. Cannella*, 63 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 2010 | | Adjunct professor, Columbia Business School. Formerly, Managing Director, JP Morgan Securities Inc.; Head, Credit Research, JP Morgan Securities Inc.; and Head, Equity Research, JP Morgan Securities Inc. | | 16 | | Avolon Holdings Ltd; formerly, Wilshire Mutual Funds, Inc. (15 funds) and Wilshire Variable Insurance Trust, Inc. (9 funds) |
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Mark D. Gersten*, 65 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Trustee (All Trusts) | | Indefinite Since 2012 | | Independent Consultant; Senior Vice President — Global Fund Administration, Mutual and Alternative Funds, AllianceBernstein L.P. (investment management). | | 16 | | Two Roads Shared Trust (11 funds), Northern Lights Fund Trust (80 funds), Northern Lights Variable Fund Trust (19 funds), and Altegris KKR Private Equity Master Fund |
* Also serves as a member of the Audit Committee for each Trust on which they serve. Mr. Gersten is the Chairman of the Audit Committees.
† Trustee deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trusts as defined in the Investment Company Act — is referred to as an “Interested Trustee.” Ms. Mazza is an Interested Trustee due to her status as an officer and employee of SIMNA, the Trust’s investment advisor and its affiliates.
(a) The “Fund Complex” includes all series of Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware), Schroder Series Trust and Schroder Global Series Trust.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Trustees and Officers (unaudited) — (concluded)
Name, Age and Address | | Position(s) Held with the Trusts | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Officers | | | | | | |
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Mark A. Hemenetz, 59 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | President and Principal Executive Officer | | Indefinite Since 2004 | | Chief Operating Officer - Americas, Schroders; Member of Board of Managers, SFA; President and Principal Executive Officer of each Trust and of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. |
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Alan M. Mandel, 58 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | | Indefinite Since 1998 (SST and SCFD) Since 2003 (SGST) | | Head of Fund Administration, SIMNA; Member of Board of Managers, Schroder Fund Advisors, LLC. |
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Stephen M. DeTore, 64 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Chief Compliance Officer | | Indefinite Since 2005 | | Chief Compliance Officer, Schroders; Chief Compliance Officer of each Trust and of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc; Member of Board of Managers, SFA. |
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William Sauer, 51 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Vice President | | Indefinite Vice President Since 2008 | | Head of Investor Services, Schroders; Vice President of each Trust and of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. |
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Carin Muhlbaum, 53 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Vice President | | Indefinite Vice President since 1998 (SST and SCFD) Vice President since 2003 (SGST) | | General Counsel, Schroders; Secretary and General Counsel, SFA; Vice President of each Trust and of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. Formerly, Member of Board of Managers, SFA. |
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Abby Ingber, 52 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary/Clerk | | Indefinite Chief Legal Officer since 2006 Secretary/Clerk since 2007 | | Deputy General Counsel, Schroders; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary/Clerk of each Trust and of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.; Member of Board of Managers, SFA. |
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David Marshall, 43 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Assistant Treasurer | | Indefinite Since 2014 | | Manager of Fund Administration, Schroders; Assistant Treasurer of each Trust and of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. Formerly, Vice President of Fund Administration, AMG Funds. |
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Angel Lanier, 54 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022 | | Assistant Secretary | | Indefinite Since 2005 | | Legal Assistant, Schroders; Assistant Secretary/Clerk of each Trust and of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc; Assistant Secretary, SFA. |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notice to Shareholders (unaudited)
For shareholders that do not have an October 31, 2015 tax year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with an October 31, 2015 tax year end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, each Fund has designated the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.
| | Return of Capital | | Long Term Capital Gain Distribution | | Ordinary Income Distributions | | Total Distributions | | Qualifying For Corporate Dividends Rec. Deductions (1) | | Qualifying Dividend Income (2) | | U.S. Government Interest (3) | | Interest Related Dividends (4) | | Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends (5) | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 0.00 | % | 65.31 | % | 34.69 | % | 100.00 | % | 95.47 | % | 95.70 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.00 | % |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 0.00 | % | 82.24 | % | 17.76 | % | 100.00 | % | 29.24 | % | 29.10 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund (a) | | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % | 100.00 | % | 1.65 | % | 100.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund (b) | | 0.00 | % | 8.27 | % | 91.73 | % | 100.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 42.90 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % |
Schroder International Alpha Fund (c) | | 0.00 | % | 46.45 | % | 53.55 | % | 100.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 88.30 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (d) | | 0.00 | % | 23.77 | % | 76.23 | % | 100.00 | % | 0.03 | % | 86.32 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % |
Schroder Global Multi-Cap Equity Fund (e) | | 0.20 | % | 39.43 | % | 60.37 | % | 100.00 | % | 22.21 | % | 70.66 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 100.00 | % |
(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 “Interest Related Dividends” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of net investment income distributions that are exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.
(5) The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends” as created by the American 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 to foreign investors.
(a) The Fund intends to pass through a foreign tax credit to shareholders. For fiscal year ended 2015, the total amount of foreign source gross income is $32,595,333. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid is $4,095,347. 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 2015, the total amount of foreign source gross income is $974,427. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid is $123,420. 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 2015, the total amount of foreign source gross income is $4,228,331. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid is $526,002. Your allocable share of the foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099 DIV.
(d) The Fund intends to pass through a foreign tax credit to shareholders. For fiscal year ended 2015, the total amount of foreign source gross income is $11,211,243. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid is $1,000,129. Your allocable share of the foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099 DIV.
(e) The Schroder Global Multi-Cap Equity Fund liquidated on October 27, 2015.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notice to Shareholders (unaudited) — (concluded)
On December 10, 2015, the following Funds made per share short-term and long-term capital gain distributions to the shareholders of record as of December 9, 2015:
| | Short-Term Capital Gains | | Long-Term Capital Gains | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 0.0832 | | $ | 0.5212 | |
Advisor Shares | | 0.0832 | | 0.5212 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | 1.8548 | |
Advisor Shares | | — | | 1.8548 | |
R6 Shares | | — | | 1.8548 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | 1.2880 | |
Advisor Shares | | — | | 1.2880 | |
R6 Shares | | — | | 1.2880 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | |
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Privacy Statement
FACTS | | WHAT DOES SCHRODERS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
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Why? | | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
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What? | | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: · Social Security number and income · account balances and account transactions · assets and investment experience When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. |
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How? | | All financial companies need to share clients’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their clients’ personal information; the reasons Schroders chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | | Does Schroders share? | | Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), or respond to court orders and legal investigations | | Yes | | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | | Yes | | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | | No | | We Don’t Share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | | Yes | | No |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | | No | | We Don’t Share |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | | No | | We Don’t Share |
Questions? | | For Schroder Mutual Funds, call BFDS at (800) 464-3108. For other inquiries, call Institutional Client Service at (212) 641-3800 or email clientserviceny@us.schroders.com |
Who we are
Who is providing this notice? | | · Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. · Schroder Mutual Funds · Schroder Fund Advisors LLC |
What we do
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How does Schroders protect my personal information? | | To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. Access to personal information is limited to employees who need it to perform their jobs. Our policies restrict employee use of customer information; requiring it be held in strict confidence. |
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How does Schroders collect my personal information? | | We collect your personal information, for example, when you · open an account and provide account information · give us your contact information · show your driver’s license or government issued ID · enter into an investment advisory contract · make a wire transfer |
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Why can’t I limit all sharing? | | Federal law gives you the right to limit only · sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness · affiliates from using your information to market to you · sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. |
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Affiliates | | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. · Our affiliates include companies with the Schroder name; financial companies such as Schroder Investment Management North America Limited and Schroder Investment Management Limited; and others, such as the parent, holding company, Schroders plc. |
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Nonaffiliates | | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. · Nonaffiliates we share with can include companies that help us maintain, process or service your transactions or account(s) or financial products, including companies that perform administrative, accounting, transfer agency, custodial, brokerage or proxy solicitation services, or that assist us in marketing. |
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Joint marketing | | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. · Schroders doesn’t jointly market. |
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 Mark D. Gersten |
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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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| | This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of a Fund unless accompanied or preceded by that Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change. |
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| | Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) Schroder Series Trust Schroder Global Series Trust P.O. Box 55260 Boston, MA 02205-5260 (800) 464-3108 00159541 |
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
(a) The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party (the “Code of Ethics”).
(b) There have been no amendments, during the period covered by this report, to a provision of the Code of Ethics that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of this item’s instructions.
(c) The registrant has not granted any waivers, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the Code of Ethics that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (b) of this item’s instructions.
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 Mark Gersten. Mr. Gersten 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:
| | | | 2015 | | 2014 | |
| | | | 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 | | $ | 56,100 | | N/A | | $ | 42,000 | | $ | 56,000 | | N/A | | $ | 42,000 | |
(b) | | Audit-Related Fees | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 58,000 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 0 | | $ | 45,000 | |
(c) | | Tax Fees | | $ | 8,550 | (1) | $ | 0 | | $ | 153,000 | (2) | $ | 7,750 | (1) | $ | 0 | | $ | 125,000 | (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:
| | 2015 | | 2014 | |
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 to the Funds, SIMNA and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with SIMNA that provides services to the Funds for the last two fiscal years were $219,550 and $177,750 for 2015 and 2014, 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, 2015 through October 31, 2015 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: December 30, 2015 | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Mark A. Hemenetz |
| Mark A. Hemenetz |
| Principal Executive Officer |
Date: December 30, 2015 | |
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By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Alan M. Mandel |
| Alan M. Mandel |
| Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: December 30, 2015 | |
* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.