UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number | 811-01911 |
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Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) |
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875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY | | 10022 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) |
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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, 2016 | |
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Date of reporting period: | April 30, 2016 | |
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
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April 30, 2016 | | Semi-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 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 |
Schroder Mutual Funds
Table of Contents
Letter to Shareholders | 1 |
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Management Discussion and Analysis | 3 |
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Schedules of Investments | |
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North American Equity Fund | 26 |
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U.S. Opportunities Fund | 32 |
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U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | 35 |
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Emerging Market Equity Fund | 38 |
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Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | 41 |
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Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | 48 |
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International Alpha Fund | 51 |
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International Multi-Cap Value Fund | 54 |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | 68 |
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Statements of Operations | 72 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 74 |
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Financial Highlights | 78 |
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Notes to Financial Statements | 90 |
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses | 103 |
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.
June 20, 2016
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to provide you with the semi-annual shareholder report for the Schroder Mutual Funds.
The reporting period began amid lower investor sentiment due to signs of a global slowdown in growth, the weight of a strong US dollar, and lingering commodities concerns. On December 16th, after seven years of zero interest rates and almost 10 years since the last increase, the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) finally moved its policy rate up by 0.25%. While the US stock and bond markets initially seemed unaffected by this move, the slowing Chinese economy became 2016’s lead story and contributed to sharp declines in equity prices, reversing the recovery that took place in the fourth quarter of 2015. While equity prices slumped, domestic fixed income generally fared well.
The markets continued to struggle against these headwinds during the first two months of 2016. Concerns about weaker economic growth caused various Fed governors to offer dovish remarks on US monetary policy and the Fed ultimately deferred the decision to further tighten interest rates. With lowered expectations for further tightening, many asset classes experienced significant price recoveries in March as commodity prices rallied and the US dollar weakened. The emerging markets were the biggest winner and generally led the recovery with double-digit returns, followed by strong performance among international and US smaller-cap equities. Foreign bonds also achieved strong results, while US fixed income continued to generate moderate returns as credit spreads firmed and inflation concerns remained muted.
Although markets have rebounded during the final months of the reporting period, we expect prospects for global GDP growth to remain tepid and consequently corporate earnings growth is likely to remain lackluster. As volatility remains a top concern across the global markets, we believe it is prudent to review your current asset allocation with your financial adviser to ensure your near- and long-term investment goals are in line with your risk and return expectations.
Please note that as previously announced, as part of our overall strategic plan, we have proposed, and the Board of Trustees have approved, a reorganization plan whereby the Schroder Absolute Return EMD and Currency Fund, Schroder Broad Tax-Aware Value Bond Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, Schroder Global Multi-Asset Income Fund, Schroder Global Strategic Bond Fund, Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund and Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, are proposed to be adopted by new corresponding series of the Hartford Mutual Fund II family, subject to shareholder approval and other conditions. Following the reorganization, anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2016, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC will be the adviser to those adopted funds, and we will continue to manage fund assets, as the sub-adviser to those Funds utilizing the same portfolio management teams and implementing substantially the same strategies as we do currently.
As a supplement to that strategic plan, and contingent on the closings of the reorganizations discussed above, Schroders has proposed and the Board of Trustees has approved a transition of the Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund, Schroder North American Equity Fund, Schroder Short Duration Bond Fund and Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund to the Advisors’ Inner Circle III platform, through the election of new trustees and amendment of certain management contracts, subject to shareholder approval and other conditions. Following these actions, anticipated to occur in the fourth quarter of 2016, we will continue to manage fund assets as the Adviser to the funds and utilizing the same portfolio management teams.
As always, we thank you for including Schroders in your financial plan, and we look forward to our continued relationship.
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 April 30, 2016. 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 June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder North American Equity Fund (the “Fund”) rose 0.46% (Investor Shares) and 0.25% (Advisor Shares), compared to the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”), a market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, which rose 0.43%.
Market Background
US equities posted a modest gain over the six-month period. Following broadly encouraging economic data the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) finally began to raise interest rates in December 2015. The 0.25% hike had been well anticipated by the markets. The early part of the period saw oil prices fall significantly, along with many other commodities, weighed down by expectations of reduced Chinese demand and oversupply in some segments. U.S. market performance at the end of 2015 was driven by a narrow group of high growth stocks concentrated in the technology and consumer discretionary sectors.
Global equity markets started 2016 amid elevated levels of volatility and the U.S. stock market was no exception. The market fell sharply in January and early February 2016 as investors worried about the weakness of the global economy. In response, the Fed notably scaled back its intention to normalize U.S. interest rates. Alongside the more dovish tone from other central banks, this underscored a big rebound in commodity prices. Firmer oil prices, which appear to have become a key barometer of investors’ risk tolerance, played a significant role in boosting sentiment. The equity markets rebounded strongly late February and March. Equity market performance was more muted in April with the market advancing slightly despite disappointing GDP data.
Towards the end of the period there were tentative signs of a rotation towards value but, over the quarter as a whole, low volatility was the best performing investment style. This was evidenced by the position of telecoms and utilities as the best performing sectors, both of which benefited from the perception of offering defensive yield. The technology sector was a key laggard after some poorly-received first quarter results from large index stocks such as Apple. The healthcare sector was under pressure as it continues to suffer both from an unwinding of the perceived biotechnology bubble and political risks ahead of the US election. Financials also performed poorly, particularly banks that have traded as a proxy for U.S. interest rate expectations, which weakened with the more dovish Fed.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s performance was in line with the benchmark over the period. A notable positive for relative performance came from positioning in the consumer discretionary sector, particularly stock selection within leisure and consumer durables. Stock selection within healthcare was another contributor to relative returns. Our underweights in certain stocks (such as Allergan and Regeneron) were beneficial.
Our long-held preference for high quality industrials, in particular machinery, contributed to relative performance. The overweight allocations to defence and electrical equipment stocks supported fund performance. Within consumer staples, holdings within the food & drink segment (such as Campbell Soup) and food retail (Wal-Mart, Costco) also proved supportive for relative returns.
The biggest headwind to relative performance was the revival of the ‘reach for yield’ trade in utilities in the latter part of the period as expectations for further interest rate rises were pushed further out. We continue to see U.S. utilities as unattractive and have an underweight allocation. Positioning in the technology sector was also a drag on relative performance, particularly the overweight in hardware.
In the financials sector, positioning within property & casualty insurance weighed on Fund returns. The broad sell-off in banks, with little regard for their quality, was a drag on relative performance, although we do see the situation as an opportunity to increase our weighting in higher quality names.
Outlook
We believe that market volatility continues to create opportunities, particularly for our approach, which combines fundamentally based stock selection criteria (value and quality) with daily screening for opportunities to rebalance the portfolios as stock prices rise and fall disproportionately.
In style terms, the main theme so far in 2016 has been the drop-off in momentum stocks, which had been strong performers over the last few years. Value stocks have outperformed year to date but by a modest amount — they have a long way to go before recouping the losses of the last few years. Recently lowered interest rate expectations suggest that highly valued minimum volatility and yield themes may continue to outperform.
Within defensives we retain our preference for pharmaceuticals and healthcare providers. Utilities still look unattractive in our view and we maintain a significant underweight.
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The Fund’s exposure to financials remains driven first by our view of the quality (risk) of a company and then the right valuation for any opportunity. We currently see value opportunities particularly in over-sold simple banks. Currently, real estate stocks offering good yields are popular with investors and we have little exposure. Within insurance we maintain our preference for attractively-priced high quality companies with a focus on long-term business strength and diversity.
In cyclical sectors, the weighting to technology remains elevated. We still see opportunities in established technology stocks (e.g. Intel and IBM) while being underweight the newer, more widely discussed stocks. We currently believe that industrials offer attractively-priced, high quality opportunities, particularly among defense and machinery stocks, and we maintain our overweight exposure here.
In resources we remain overweight integrated oil & gas stocks, compared to the more volatile exploration companies. Within materials, the Fund is still overweight fertilizers and underweight chemicals.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund — | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | 0.59 | % | 10.06 | % | 6.57 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 0.25 | % | 9.67 | % | 6.20 | % |
S&P 500 Index | | 1.21 | % | 11.02 | % | 6.91 | % |
(a) Average annual total returns.
“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 | | 3.0 | % |
Microsoft | | 2.4 | |
ExxonMobil | | 2.2 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | 1.9 | |
Wells Fargo | | 1.5 | |
* Excludes Short-Term Investment.
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Information Technology | | 20.6 | % |
Financials | | 16.0 | |
Healthcare | | 13.9 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 11.8 | |
Industrials | | 11.3 | |
Consumer Staples | | 9.5 | |
Energy | | 6.4 | |
Materials | | 3.0 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 2.0 | |
Utilities | | 1.4 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 1.9 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 2.2 | |
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Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) gained 0.69% (R6 Shares), 0.65% (Investor Shares), and 0.54% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Russell 2000 Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of stocks with characteristics similar to the Fund’s portfolio, which returned -1.90%.
Market Backdrop
During this six-month period we saw the U.S. equity market experience booms and busts with flat to moderate markets mixed in between. In November 2015 the fund’s fiscal year began with our benchmark rising by 2.0% but things quickly changed in December as the market turned negative until early February. Between December 1 and February 11 the Index fell by 18%. The market then rallied by 19% through the end of April. We believe that these gyrations were caused by rapidly shifting moods. Concerns about China, the U.S. dollar, commodity prices, recession potential in the U.S. (the ISM dipped below 50 in December — traditionally regarded as a recessionary reading) dominated conversations. Market leadership rotated quickly from low beta to high beta, high quality to low quality, higher market cap to lower market cap. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates in December, which was followed by an uptick in volatility. Driven by the sudden drop in the equity market the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell from 2.30% to 1.66%. Yields have risen more recently as investors have been willing to take on more risk since mid-February.
The U.S. housing recovery has remained positive, one of our investments themes. One related theme that was especially fruitful for small-cap stocks was the acceleration in household formation—due partly to the 15-34 year-old age cohort’s (the “Millennials”) efforts to become established financially following the Great Recession. The creation of new households has led to increased demand for housing, both multi-family and single-family residences. Housing has been in recovery mode since 2011, and new-home starts have now surpassed the one million mark. To us, the housing uptrend appears to be on a sustainable path and provides an important support for the U.S. economy due to the multiplier effect.
Among small caps the highest beta stocks lagged as one might expect in this environment. The spread between highest and lowest beta stocks was exceptionally wide — over 1000 basis points. Interestingly we did not see a clear trend across the market cap spectrum in small cap. The energy sector was the weakest, declining by 13.1%. Of course, this reflects the ongoing decline in oil prices. The second weakest sector was health care with an -8.2% return. Health care weakness reflected uncertainty over potential political concerns in an election year. The strongest sectors were utilities (+9.3%), materials (+6.7%) and REITs (+5.0%) which indicates that investors were searching for yield and defensive names. From a style perspective Value has been outperforming Growth.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s outperformance during the reporting period was attributed to our stock selection, with contributions primarily in health care and producer durables. Stock selection detracted modestly in energy and consumer discretionary.
Outperformance in health care was driven by an underweight in biotechnology plus stock selection in health care services and medical services. The latter industry also benefitted from an overweight. Leading names included Surgical Care Affiliates (health care services) and Catalent (medical services).
As for the biotech underweight, longer-term holders should recognize that our more conservative approach leads us to avoid names we consider to be speculative. That is particularly germane in this industry, which is dominated by speculative names in our market cap group. When they work well we are likely to lag and when they do poorly (as they have recently) we tend to add value due to our underweight.
In producer durables we benefitted from a holding in Waste Connections (pollution control) as well as Darling Ingredients (scientific instruments — pollution control).
In terms of detractors, as noted above, our largest shortfall occurred in the energy sector where crude producers Carrizo Oil & Gas and Synergy Resources Corporation were our primary laggards. The main source of our lag in consumer discretionary was in the leisure time (ClubCorp Holdings) and education services (Chegg) industries. We also had a slight detractor from returns in the utility sector, which was entirely due to our underweight in this defensive sector.
In general we do not make dramatic shifts in sector exposure, and that was the case for the past year. The largest change in relative sector weightings was in health care. We had been 2.7% underweight relative to the index; by April that weighting was an overweight of 1.3% This was driven by the addition of several small biotechnology names (we still remained underweight in the industry) and an increase in our weighting in medical & dental instruments and supplies. Our biggest declines occurred in real
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estate investment trusts and utiltities, as we became more underweight in those sectors. Interestingly, we went from underweight to a slight overweight in energy, courtesy of a slight 31 basis point increase in our exposure.
Outlook
We have been writing on housing for some time now, and we still find it an area of opportunity. The growth in household formation and the potential impact on the housing market continues to capture our attention. Housing has been in a nice recovery since 2011 as seen in new home starts which have passed the 1 million mark. The uptrend to us appears to be on a sustainable path and importantly does not currently show any of the frenetic and speculative characteristics of a bubble. The growth in household formation is in part due to the Millennials getting established financially after a very difficult experience during the Great Recession and aftermath. Significantly, birth rates in this cohort turned positive in 2014 which adds another positive element to the demand for housing, particularly single family housing.
We believe that housing is important because of the economic multiplier effect. A host of products and services are purchased with the building and purchase of a new home. These range from building materials and heating/air conditioning systems to mortgage services and insurance products finally to home furnishings. We have been investing in the housing improvement for several years now. Given the demographic trends described above and the importance of housing in the overall US economy we find this a fruitful area for investment and one that disproportionately favors small and mid cap companies over large caps.
The strong dollar has hurt the results of many US companies; however we are looking to add names that have been impacted by dollar strength; we believe that there are good businesses that have come under a pall due to their exposure to foreign currency risks. For stocks that we consider for investment, approximately 20% of revenues are generated outside of the U.S.; in our portfolio the number is slightly over 21% so we are in line with the Index in offering a portfolio that is substantially driven by US revenue generation.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund (b) — | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | (0.53 | )%(c) | 7.90 | %(c) | 7.34 | %(c) |
Investor Shares | | (0.57 | )% | 7.89 | % | 7.34 | % |
Advisor Shares | | (0.83 | )% | 7.58 | % | 7.05 | %(d) |
Russell 2000 Index | | (5.94 | )% | 6.98 | % | 5.42 | % |
(a) | | Average annual total returns. |
(b) | | Effective March 1, 2016, SIMNA has contractually agreed through February 28, 2017 to limit the management fee paid by the Fund to the annual rate of 0.85% based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. If the Fund had paid such lower fees during the period prior to March 1, 2016, the returns of the Fund would have been higher. |
(c) | | 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. |
(d) | | The Advisor Shares commenced operations on May 15, 2006. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to May 15, 2006 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund, adjusted to reflect the distribution fees paid by Advisor Shares. |
“Total Return” 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 | |
SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | | 2.7 | % |
VWR | | 1.8 | |
iShares Russell 2000 ETF | | 1.5 | |
Catalent | | 1.5 | |
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings | | 1.4 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Financial Services | | 22.6 | % |
Healthcare | | 15.9 | |
Producer Durables | | 13.7 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 12.7 | |
Technology | | 11.2 | |
Materials & Processing | | 9.5 | |
Investment Company | | 4.2 | |
Utilities | | 2.8 | |
Other Energy | | 2.6 | |
Consumer Staples | | 0.6 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 4.2 | |
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Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the 6-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) gained 3.35% (R6 Shares), 3.34% (Investor Shares) and 3.15% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Russell 2500 Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of stocks with characteristics similar to the Fund’s portfolio, which returned -0.36%.
Market Backdrop
During this six-month period we saw the U.S. equity market experience booms and busts with flat to moderate markets mixed in between. In November 2015 the fund’s fiscal year began with our benchmark rising by 2.0% but things quickly changed in December as the market turned negative until early February. Between December 1 and February 11 the index fell by 18%. The market then rallied by 19% through the end of April. We believe that these gyrations were caused by rapidly shifting moods. Concerns about China, the U.S. dollar, commodity prices, recession potential in the U.S. (the ISM dipped below 50 in December — traditionally regarded as a recessionary reading dominated conversations). Market leadership rotated quickly from low beta to high beta, high quality to low quality, higher market cap to lower market cap. The Federal Reserve finally raised interest rates in December which was followed by an uptick in volatility. Driven by the sudden drop in the equity market the yields on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell from 2.30% to 1.66%. Yields have risen more recently as investors have been willing to take on more risk since mid-February.
The U.S. housing recovery has remained positive, one of our investment themes. One related theme that has proven to be especially fruitful for small-cap stocks is the acceleration in household formation — due partly to the 15-34 year-old age cohort’s (the “Millennials”) efforts to become established financially following the Great Recession. The creation of new households has led to increased demand for housing, both multi-family and single-family residences. Housing has been in recovery mode since 2011, and new-home starts have now surpassed the one million mark. To us, the housing uptrend appears to be on a sustainable path and provides important support for the US economy due to the multiplier effect.
Among small and mid caps, the highest beta stocks lagged as one might expect in this environment. The spread between highest and lowest beta stocks was exceptionally wide — over 1,100 basis points. Interestingly, we did not see any clear trend across the market cap spectrum. Health care was the weakest sector with a -7.4% return. Health care weakness reflected uncertainty on potential political concerns in an election year. The next weakest sector was energy, declining by 7.0%. Of course, this reflects the ongoing decline in oil prices. The strongest sectors were utilities (+12.7%) and REITs (+5.4%), which show the defensive mind set and yield quest by investors. From a style perspective Value has been outperforming Growth.
Portfolio Review
Our stock selection contributed positively, primarily in energy, health care and materials & processing. Stock selection detracted in consumer discretionary and utilities. We also had a very minor five basis point shortfall in stock selection in our REITs. The main source of our lag in consumer discretionary was the speciality retail (Advance Auto Parts) and recreational vehicles & boats (Brunswick and BRP) industries.
Outperformance in energy came from our crude producers who collectively returned 8.1% while the overall industry returned 6.6%. Leading names were Matador Resources and Gulfport Energy. Our underweight to the sector also added value. In materials our key leading holding was Airgas, a distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases. Stock selection in health care was led by our holdings in medical & dental instruments and (to a lesser extent) in biotechnology. Of the former, West Pharmaceutical Services was our strongest performer; in biotechnology our outperformance had a lot to do with avoiding some of the weakest names in the group. Readers of earlier commentaries will recall that we are more conservative in our investments in this industry, as we seek to avoid highly speculative names and focus more on companies with existing products that are generating cash flow to help fund research and development efforts.
We experienced lagging stock selection in the consumer discretionary group and to a lesser extent in utilities. The consumer discretionary underperformance was driven by names (cited above) such as Advance Auto Parts (specialty retail), BRP (recreational vehicles and boats) and Jack in the Box (restaurants). Our best performers in the sector included Mattel (toys) and Lamar Advertising (advertising agencies)
Other key detractors in the portfolio included Envision Healthcare Holdings (health care), financials CoreLogic (financials) and Interface (producer durables). Rounding out this list is Ciena (technology).
In general we do not make dramatic shifts in sector exposure and that was the case for the past year. The largest change in relative sector weightings was in consumer discretionary. We had been 4.4% underweight relative to the index; by April, that weighting was below the index by only 90 basis points. Our weighting in producer durables came down 2.0% from a 4.6% overweight to only a 2.1% overweight by the end of April. There was also an increase of 1.6% in our energy holdings, which went from underweight to market weight.
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Outlook
We have been writing on housing for some time now, and we still find it an area of opportunity. The growth in household formation and the potential impact on the housing market continues to capture our attention. Housing has been in a nice recovery since 2011 as seen in new home starts which have passed the one million mark. The uptrend to us appears to be on a sustainable path and importantly does not currently show any of the frenetic and speculative characteristics of a bubble. The growth in household formation is in part due to Millennials getting established financially after a very difficult experience during the Great Recession and aftermath. Significantly, birth rates in this cohort turned positive in 2014, which adds another positive element to the demand for housing, particularly single family housing.
We believe that housing is important because of the economic multiplier effect. A host of products and services are purchased with the building and purchase of a new home. These range from building materials and heating/air conditioning systems to mortgage services and insurance products finally to home furnishings. We have been investing in the housing improvement for several years now. Given the demographic trends described above and the importance of housing in the overall U.S. economy, we find this a fruitful area for investment and one that disproportionately favors small and mid cap companies over large caps.
The strong dollar has hurt the results of many U.S. companies; however we are looking to add names that have been impacted by dollar strength; we believe that there are good businesses that have come under a pall due to their exposure to foreign currency risks. For stocks that we consider for investment, approximately 20% of revenues are generated outside of the U.S.; in our portfolio the number is slightly over 21% so we are in line with the Index in offering a portfolio that is substantially driven by U.S. revenue generation.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund (b) — | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | 2.78 | % | 9.84 | %(c) | 8.44 | %(c) |
Investor Shares | | 2.70 | % | 9.81 | % | 8.42 | % |
Advisor Shares | | 2.41 | % | 9.53 | % | 8.14 | % |
Russell 2500 Index | | (4.27 | )% | 8.28 | % | 6.59 | % |
(a) Average annual total returns.
(b) Effective December 19, 2014, SIMNA has contractually agreed through February 28, 2017 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.
(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 | |
SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | | 2.9 | % |
Aramark | | 2.5 | |
PVH | | 1.9 | |
Advance Auto Parts | | 1.9 | |
iShares Russell Mid-Capital ETF | | 1.8 | |
Sector Allocation
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Financial Services | | 18.2 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | 15.5 | |
Healthcare | | 12.9 | |
Producer Durables | | 11.6 | |
Technology | | 11.0 | |
Materials & Processing | | 7.1 | |
Investment Company | | 5.6 | |
Other Energy | | 3.4 | |
Utilities | | 3.2 | |
Consumer Staples | | 2.4 | |
Auto & Transportation | | 1.6 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 7.5 | |
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Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the “Fund”) returned -1.44% (R6 Shares), -1.50% (Investor Shares) and -1.72% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”) (a broad-based basket of emerging market stocks covering over 800 securities across 23 markets), which returned -0.13%.
Market Backdrop
Global equities recorded negative returns over the six-months ending April 2016. The early part of the period was dominated by speculation over the timing of the first rise in U.S. interest rates since 2006, with the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) hiking rates by 0.25% in December. However, recessionary concerns in the U.S., combined with exogenous factors reduced the likelihood of future rate hikes in the near term, and the U.S. dollar recently lost value on a trade-weighted basis leading markets to a sharp rebound rally. Meanwhile in Europe, the ECB announced a larger than anticipated stimulus package. Although energy and commodities prices in general were slightly down over the full period, a steep recovery in February and March supported performance in a number of producer countries. The Index delivered a negative return at the margin but outperformed the MSCI World Index.
In Latin America, Brazil was the strongest market. Local equities rallied sharply, primarily due to increased expectations for political change with a more market friendly regime as impeachment charges against President Rousseff proceeded to the Senate. Ongoing ‘Lava jato’ corruption investigations contributed to the arrest/detainment of a senate whip and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva whilst coalition partner the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) announced it would withdraw support for the government. Peruvian equities were firmly up, buoyed by improvement in commodities prices in the second half of the period. Colombia was a beneficiary of the rally in oil prices, which served to improve sentiment towards the local market. Chile recorded a positive return and outperformed, also supported by some uptick in demand for commodities in the second half of the period. Latam Airlines led the market higher, given the company’s large exposure to Brazil. Mexico lagged the rally and recorded a slightly negative return. Defensive stock, America Movil, which has a sizeable weight in the index, weighed on performance somewhat.
Emerging European markets were more mixed. Hungary registered a very strong return, underpinned by performance from large index names OTP Bank and MOL Hungarian Oil. Turkey recorded a significant gain as policy actions in the U.S. and Europe led to an easing in concerns over the financing of the country’s large current account deficit. Parliamentary elections were re-run in November with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) gaining a majority. This served to boost confidence locally somewhat, although concerns over governance remain. This was highlighted by the Prime Minister’s resignation in April, amid reported concerns over President Erdogan’s preference for an executive presidency. In Russia, some expectations that the central bank may cut rates later this year and a recent rebound in oil prices, which had hit a decade low in January, proved supportive. In the UAE, recent improvement in oil prices also proved supportive. Egypt posted a positive return with Global Telecom underpinning returns. Security concerns were a headwind to wider gains whilst recent central bank action, which involved taking steps towards a more flexible exchange rate system, were well received. The small Czech market lagged, primarily due to performance from utility company CEZ. South Africa underperformed as a credit-ratings agency downgraded the country’s debt and another agency cut its outlook to negative, increasing concerns the country may lose its investment-grade status. Heightened political concerns, spurred by the replacement of the finance minister and subsequent U-turn in December, also increased risk aversion. Recent US dollar weakness has provided some support however. Poland recorded a negative return and underperformed. Following their victory in October’s parliamentary elections, the Law and Justice Party (PiS) has destabilized financial markets over plans to increase spending, and potentially implement sector specific taxes. Furthermore, concerns over institutional checks and balances prompted a downgrade to the country’s credit rating. Qatari equities were down, with weak oil prices and banking sector concerns the key headwinds. Greece was the weakest index market. The opposition New Democracy party elected a new, market friendly leader in early 2016 and this has seen the party take a lead in opinion polls, raising concerns over early elections and the associated uncertainty these would bring.
In Asian emerging markets, Indonesia was the standout country. U.S. dollar weakness, some stabilization in the country’s current account and easing inflation provided headroom for the central bank to cut interest rates. Rupiah appreciation served to boost returns. In Malaysia, the recent improvement in energy prices has reduced risk aversion somewhat, and provided some support for the ringgit. Although underlying growth remains muted, Thailand was boosted by the government’s announcement of stimulus measures including an increase to its budget of 0.4% of GDP and grants to farmers. The Philippines generated a positive return at the margin. Macroeconomic data remained comparatively stable with a focus on presidential elections, held in early May. Korea underperformed slightly as Q1 GDP growth slowed to 2.7% year on year (“YoY”). Taiwan underperformed as underlying economic data continued to point to a slow down in growth, with export orders down 4.7% YoY. India recorded a negative return with a recent rebound in commodities prices, concerns over forthcoming public sector wage rises and a number of disappointing macro data weighing on sentiment. In China, ongoing weakness in the economy led the authorities to implement further stimulus measures. Meanwhile, the opening of the domestic bond market to foreign investors was perceived as a positive step in the opening of its capital markets. Uncertainty over currency policy weighed on performance somewhat. However, recent U.S. dollar weakness and comments from
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People’s Bank of China (the “PBoC”) Governor Zhou, indicating the central bank was not seeking to devalue the Chinese yuan in trade-weighted terms, reduced concerns somewhat.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s performance lagged that of the Index over the reporting period, with country allocation and stock selection both detracting value.
The Fund performed well on a relative basis at the beginning of the period but these gains were more than offset by poor portfolio performance at the beginning of 2016 as weakness in the U.S. dollar led emerging markets to rally sharply. The more cyclical materials and energy sectors outperformed, and low quality, high margin companies, together with those stocks which had performed poorly previously, were generally among the strongest performers. Taken in combination with individual stock effects, it was a difficult period for our strategy to perform. Towards the end of the period the portfolio began to recoup some of the underperformance as the rally dissipated.
From a country perspective, a zero-weight to Malaysia and the underweight to Indonesia were the main drags on relative performance. Being overweight to China was also negative. By contrast, the Fund’s overweights to Russia and Hungary added value.
At a stock level, selection in Brazil and Taiwan were the main headwinds. In Brazil this included the overweight to Embraer and an underweight to Banco Bradesco. In Taiwan, the overweights to Cathway Financial and Catcher Technology detracted the most from relative performance. Conversely, selection in China was positive, in particular the overweight to Tencent and an off-benchmark position in AIA Group.
Outlook
Our outlook for emerging markets generally is little changed. We did not trust the rally earlier in the year and it is already dissipating. While the headwinds of a strong U.S. dollar and concerns over a sharp slowdown in Chinese growth have alleviated for now, there has been little sign of pick up in EMs earnings growth. To our mind this is one of the key prerequisites for a sustained move higher in EMs absolute returns. We believe that sub-par global growth is unsupportive with export demand weak and the sustainability of the recent move higher in current commodity prices being debatable, in our view, given the so far seemingly supply rather than demand led the nature of the move. While emerging markets could continue to outperform their developed peers, not least given their under owned status and attractive relative valuations, we are not positioned for a strong move higher in absolute returns and we currently maintain our somewhat cautious stance. The portfolio is fully invested with a beta around 1 but we currently remain net underweight to the more cyclical material and energy sectors.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund — | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | (16.64 | )% | (4.37 | )%(b) | 2.75 | %(b) |
Investor Shares | | (16.76 | )% | (4.40 | )% | 2.73 | % |
Advisor Shares | | (17.01 | )% | (4.63 | )% | 2.52 | % |
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | | (17.87 | )% | (4.61 | )% | 2.37 | % |
(a) Average annual total returns.
(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.
“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 | |
Tencent Holdings | | 5.1 | % |
Samsung Electronics | | 4.9 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 4.9 | |
China Construction Bank Class H | | 3.7 | |
China Mobile | | 3.6 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Asia/Far East | | 63.8 | % |
Latin America | | 17.9 | |
Europe | | 12.0 | |
Africa | | 2.5 | |
Middle East | | 2.0 | |
Investment Company | | 1.1 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 0.7 | |
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Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund (the “Fund”) returned 0.74% (R6 Shares), 0.77% (Investor Shares) and 0.54% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”), which fell -0.13%.
Market Background
Emerging markets began the period under pressure and lagged developed markets amid concerns over the likely impact of an expected rise in U.S. interest rates. The Federal Reserve (“Fed”) did indeed increase rates as expected in December 2015. Late 2015 and early 2016 saw a continued weakness in the energy and materials sectors and an aversion to risk more generally. As a result, many attractive valuations were not rewarded, even when these valuations were associated with higher quality characteristics (e.g.,profitability, stability and financial strength).
However, equity markets staged a rebound from mid-February 2016. This was largely thanks to accommodative central bank policy and firmer commodity prices. Emerging markets pulled ahead of their developed counterparts during this period and many emerging market currencies strengthened versus major developed market currencies. The People’s Bank of China, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank all loosened monetary policy in response to growth concerns, while the Fed notably scaled back its intention to normalize U.S. interest rates. Firmer commodity prices, particularly oil, played a significant role in boosting sentiment for an emerging markets rebound. Towards the end of the six-month period, a raft of positive Chinese economic data encouraged the view that a weaker renminbi and government policy support were having the desired effect on China’s economic growth.
Latin America was the best performing region over the period, in large part due to rebounding commodity prices. Within Latin America, both Brazil and Peru performed strongly. The Brazilian market reacted positively to the rising probability that its president, Dilma Rousseff, could be forced from office, raising the prospect of new leadership and market-friendly reforms. Asian markets delivered a small negative return for the six months. China in particular had a poor start to the year, only part of which was made back after the Chinese central bank eased monetary policy again at the end of February. Indian equities also experienced a rocky start to the year but found a stronger footing during March following a well-received budget. On a sector view, the commodity price rally in the latter part of the period meant resources sectors were the top gainers. Meanwhile, the healthcare sector was a laggard.
Portfolio Review
The Fund outperformed the benchmark over the period. On a regional view, positioning within Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) was the main contributor to relative performance, particularly our broad-based allocation to South Africa. South African resources were a tailwind but the gains were broad based and most sectors contributed. As well as our positions in mining companies (e.g. Anglo American), our positions in telecoms (MTN, Vodacom) and retail (Truworths) were beneficial. Stock selection within South African financials also boosted relative performance. Positioning within Asian markets also supported fund returns. The underweight allocation to China - specifically the below-index exposure to Chinese financials - benefited Fund performance.
From a sector perspective, our holdings in materials, especially mining companies, performed very well against the backdrop of recovering commodity prices. As mentioned above, some of the South African mining stocks were among the top contributors while our allocation to Brazilian mining giant Vale also proved positive. Certain holdings in gold producers further supported performance. Positions within telecoms, especially in Indonesia, also made a positive contribution. In the technology sector, our underweight exposure to index heavyweight Samsung Electronics was supportive for Fund returns, as was positioning within IT services stocks in India.
On the negative side, stock selection within Latin America was positive but was more than offset by our underweight allocation to the region. Positioning in Brazil detracted from relative performance, particularly within the financials sector as well as the underweight allocation to Brazilian energy stocks. On a sector view, positioning within the healthcare sector detracted over the period, largely due to stock selection in China.
Outlook
In terms of portfolio positioning, we remain overweight the South African market. With the notable exception of media giant Naspers, we believe that the country offers a number of attractive opportunities. These are spread across many sectors but are particularly prevalent within financials, telecoms and materials. Many of these stocks appear to be starting to benefit from the significant depreciation of the South African rand in recent years.
We also favor the Thai market, especially financials, energy and telecoms. Taiwan is another overweight, although we have recently lightened our exposure to its industrials sector. We have a broad-based exposure to Indonesia although this was reduced in early 2016 due to its stronger relative performance. Whilst a small part of the emerging market universe, we have built a modest overweight position in Hungary this year following the purchase of selected financials and healthcare stocks.
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Conversely, our largest underweight remains South Korea. This is mostly driven by the strategy’s smaller position in technology hardware, mostly due to Samsung’s large index weight. But we also have a lower allocation to Korean staples and industrials and have been trimming further in recent months. However, we do have a modest exposure to Korean gaming and chemicals stocks. The underweight to China is largely a result of our low exposure to its banks and to internet giant Tencent. We have, however, exploited the recent weakness in the Chinese market by buying financials, healthcare and technology stocks, reducing our underweight to the country overall.
Elsewhere in Asia, we remain underweight Malaysia, primarily due to a low exposure to industrials and financials. Within India, the strategy is biased toward the larger international technology stocks (IT services) whilst being underweight domestic industrials stocks, which we currently view as less profitable.
We also remain underweight Mexico, predominantly on valuation grounds. At 24x forward earnings, its staples sector in particular has been priced for its perceived safety. Elsewhere in Latin America, we have been trimming Brazil this year in light of its relative outperformance (e.g., materials).
From a sector view, the portfolio is overweight materials (miners and chemicals), telecoms, healthcare and energy. It is underweight financials, particularly banks, where we have concerns about asset quality in many markets, as well as real estate. We are also underweight staples, driven by expensive valuations.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund (b) — | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | (17.35 | )% | (0.96 | )%(c) |
Investor Shares | | (17.39 | )% | (0.99 | )% |
Advisor Shares | | (17.69 | )% | (1.27 | )% |
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | | (17.87 | )% | 0.41 | % |
(a) From commencement of fund operations on June 25, 2013.
(b) Effective December 19, 2014, SIMNA has contractually agreed through February 28, 2017 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.
(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 | |
Itausa - Investimentos Itau | | 1.0 | % |
MTN Group | | 1.0 | |
China Mobile | | 1.0 | |
Sanlam | | 1.0 | |
Sasol | | 1.0 | |
* Excludes Short-Term Investment.
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Asia/Far East | | 57.4 | % |
Africa | | 13.3 | |
Latin America | | 12.3 | |
Europe | | 8.8 | |
Short-Term Investment | | 2.2 | |
Middle East | | 1.3 | |
United Kingdom | | 0.3 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 4.4 | |
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Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund (the “Fund”) returned 2.19% (R6 Shares) and 2.09% (Investor Shares), compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of small-capitalization emerging market stocks across 23 countries, which returned -0.08%.
Market background
Global equities recorded negative returns over the six-months ending April 2016. The early part of the period was dominated by speculation over the timing of the first rise in U.S. interest rates since 2006, with the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) hiking rates by 0.25% in December. However, recessionary concerns in the U.S., combined with exogenous factors reduced the likelihood of future rate hikes in the near term, and the U.S. dollar more recently lost value on a trade-weighted basis. Meanwhile in Europe, the ECB announced a larger than anticipated stimulus package. Although energy and commodities prices in general were slightly down over the full period, a steep recovery in February and March supported performance in a number of producer countries. The Index delivered a negative return at the margin but outperformed the MSCI World Index.
There was somewhat of a divergence in regional performance, with Emerging European and Latin American markets in general outperforming Asia.
Colombia was a beneficiary of a rally in oil prices towards the end of the period, which served to improve sentiment towards the local market; oil accounts for a significant proportion of government revenues. In Brazil, local equities rallied sharply, primarily due to increased expectations for political change with a more market friendly regime as impeachment charges against President Rousseff proceeded to the Senate. Ongoing ‘Lava jato’ corruption investigations contributed to the arrest/detainment of a senate whip and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva whilst coalition partner the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) announced it would withdraw support for the government. Chile recorded a positive return and outperformed, also supported by some uptick in demand for commodities in the second half of the period. Latam Airlines led the market higher, given the company’s large exposure to Brazil. Mexico outperformed as domestic growth indicators remained firm. The small Peruvian market also underperformed.
In emerging Europe, the small markets of Hungary and Czech Republic delivered robust returns. Russia fared well, on the back of recent oil price improvement and increasing expectations for central bank rate cuts in 2016. Turkey comfortably outperformed as policy action in the U.S. and Europe led to an easing in concerns over the financing of the country’s large current account deficit. Parliamentary elections were re-run in November with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) gaining a majority. This served to boost confidence locally somewhat, although concerns over governance remain. This was highlighted by the Prime Minister’s resignation in April, amid reported concerns over President Erdogan’s preference for an executive presidency. South African equities were firmly up, with a major rally in mining stocks supporting the local market. This masked wider economic and political concerns, which contributed a ratings downgrade and increasing concerns that the country may lose its investment-grade status. In the Middle East, the UAE performed in line with the benchmark whilst Qatar lagged amid concerns over tight liquidity in its banking sector. Poland recorded a negative return and finished behind the benchmark. Following their victory in October’s parliamentary elections, the Law and Justice Party (PiS) has destabilised financial markets over plans to raise spending and potentially implement sector specific taxes. Furthermore, concerns over institutional checks and balances prompted a downgrade to the country’s credit rating. Greece was among the weakest index markets. The opposition New Democracy party elected a new, market friendly leader in early 2016 and this has seen the party take a lead in opinion polls, raising concerns over early elections and the associated uncertainty these would bring.
In emerging Asia, Indonesia was the standout country. U.S. dollar weakness, some stabilization in the country’s current account and easing inflation provided headroom for the central bank to cut interest rates. Rupiah appreciation served to boost returns. In Malaysia, we believe the recent improvement in energy prices has reduced risk aversion somewhat, and provided some support for the ringgit. Although underlying growth remains muted, Thailand was boosted by the government’s announcement of stimulus measures including an increase to its budget of 0.4% of GDP and grants to farmers. The Philippines generated a positive return at the margin. Macroeconomic data remained comparatively stable with a focus on presidential elections, due to be held in early May. Taiwan performed broadly in line with the index. Underlying economic data continued to point to a slow down in growth, with export orders down 4.7% year on year (“YoY”). Korea underperformed slightly as first quarter GDP growth slowed to 2.7% YoY. India recorded a negative return with a recent rebound in commodities prices, concerns over forthcoming public sector wage rises and a number of disappointing macro data weighing on sentiment. In China, ongoing weakness in the economy led the authorities to implement further stimulus measures. Meanwhile, the opening of the domestic bond market to foreign investors was perceived as a positive step in the opening of its capital markets. Uncertainty over currency policy weighed on performance somewhat. However, recent U.S. dollar weakness and comments from People’s Bank of China (the “PBoC”) Governor Zhou, indicating the central bank was not seeking to devalue the Chinese yuan in trade-weighted terms, reduced concerns somewhat.
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Portfolio Review
The Fund’s performance was ahead of the Index over the reporting period, with country allocation and stock selection contributing positively.
From a country perspective, the overweights to Russia and Brazil contributed the most to returns. Conversely, a zero-weight to South Africa was negative.
At a stock level, selection in China added significant value. This included the overweights to fabric manufacturer Best Pacific International and Baoxin Auto Group. The off-benchmark positions in China Lodging Group and injection moulding machine manufacturer, Haitian International also added value. Selection in Taiwan and Poland further augmented relative returns. In Taiwan, this included the overweight to Gourmet Master and ST Shine Optical whilst an off-benchmark position in Poland’s Uniwheels was also rewarded.
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 capitalization companies. In the short term, however, soft global growth challenges the outlook and, until we see some signs of an improvement in earnings, emerging markets in general may well tread water. Current valuations for emerging markets smaller companies overall appear reasonably attractive, and we continue to find what we think are attractive investment opportunities in well-managed smaller companies given the breadth of the universe.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | Cumulative Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund — | | | |
R6 Shares | | 7.50 | % |
Investor Shares | | 7.40 | % |
MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index | | 9.38 | % |
(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 | |
Aerospace Industrial Development | | 2.6 | % |
Aramex PJSC | | 2.4 | |
Arvind | | 2.2 | |
CTCI | | 2.2 | |
S-1 Corp. | | 2.2 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Asia/Far East | | 67.4 | % |
Latin America | | 15.4 | |
Europe | | 11.7 | |
Middle East | | 3.7 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 1.8 | |
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Schroder International Alpha Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder International Alpha Fund (the “Fund”) returned -2.92% (R6 Shares), -2.99% (Investor Shares), and -3.17% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index (the “Index”), a broad-based basket of international stocks, which returned -3.07% during this same period.
Market Background
Market volatility has been high over the past six months with international equities posting losses over the period. The first half of the period saw equities come under sustained pressure amid concerns about global growth, speculation about the timing of the first rise in U.S. interest rates and instability in Chinese equity markets.
The middle of February marked an inflection point, however, and markets rallied against a backdrop of dollar weakness, the introduction of a variety of pro-growth policy measures by the Chinese authorities, firmer commodity prices and an easing of global growth fears. Investors began to rotate into the underperforming areas of the market, spurring a rally in value sectors.
Energy and materials were the best performing sectors, while financials lagged on worries about the exposure of banks to the energy sector and the ability of the banks to build capital reserve and withstand negative interest rates.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s Investor Shares and R6 Shares modestly outperformed the benchmark over the six-month period, driven by strong stock selection, particularly in Japan, although the Fund’s Advisor Shares underperformed the Index. We also gained from our holdings in Europe, although our exposure to Asia Pacific (ex Japan) and selection in the UK offset this to some extent. From a sector perspective, our holdings in consumer discretionary, industrials and technology contributed the most to returns although our exposure to materials, and stock selection in financials, detracted.
The top performer was logistics firm Brambles as shares rose sharply on the back of solid earnings results. Strength in the core pallets division, especially in the Americas, was particularly encouraging given that part of our investment thesis relates to the company’s ability to benefit from increased penetration in U.S. pallets. Taiwanese chip manufacturer, TSMC, was also amongst the biggest contributors as the firm was granted the exclusive rights to provide Apple with the processors needed for the next generation of the iPhone, which is expected to help drive revenue growth. The company also continues to operate well demonstrating solid organic growth, strong cashflow conversion and a focus on returning capital to shareholders.
A number of our financials holdings weighed on returns, including SMFG, Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo and HSBC amid general concerns about the sector, as detailed above. We have done extensive due diligence on our bank holdings’ loan exposures and do not believe that any of our bank holdings have high or problematic exposure to the energy and commodities sector. While the impact of ongoing low interest rates is clearly negative for bank margins, we expect the banks to increase revenues from more fee-based mechanisms to offset declines in interest income.
Outlook
The environment remains finely balanced, in our view, as economic growth remains soft yet steady. We believe that markets remain vulnerable to the influence of sentiment, rather than underlying fundamentals, as illustrated by the excessive selloff and subsequent recovery seen in the first few months of the year. Given a backdrop of sub-par global economic growth and equity valuations that, in aggregate, appear full, instability in equity markets can be expected to remain a key feature of the next few months.
Monetary policy largely remains loose, yet investors appear increasingly sceptical of central banks’ ability to stimulate growth through further accommodation, placing an increased importance on the role of fiscal policy going forward. There are signs that this may be becoming more expansive, on a global basis, with the Canadian budget and China’s annual National People’s Congress (NPC) targets as examples where fiscal spending has been increased. The low interest rate and commodity price environment provides supportive conditions for financing infrastructure projects.
In addition, there are tentative indications that the industrial inventory cycle, particularly in the U.S., is beginning to inflect. In anticipation of this, we have been gradually increasing our exposure to more cyclical areas of the market, where we believe genuine opportunities exist in sectors that have been out of favour for much of the past 18 months, such as industrials, energy and some materials.
In the commodities-related space, there are signs of stabilization but oversupply of most commodities may take many years to rebalance. We are very much focused on those firms that we believe have been proactively reducing costs and strengthening balance sheets by cutting capital and operating spending, while retaining the optionality of production growth. We believe that firms that have successfully restructured in this way are likely to benefit from significant operating leverage with even a moderate uptick in revenue, should the demand environment start to shift. The same applies for industrial companies as outlined above.
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In the financials sector, we believe that some banks have been unfairly sold off in recent months. We have taken advantage of some extreme market dislocations to establish new positions and add to existing positions where we have the highest conviction.
In addition to the increased focus on disfavored areas of the market where we believe that there is significant earnings recovery potential, we continue to pay particular attention to the disruptors and enablers of new business models. We believe that our emphasis on the proper evaluation of the business risk associated with these securities is particularly relevant in these areas as, in many cases, business models are new and untested.
Despite a challenging market background, we believe that there are companies that can deliver growth independent of the economic cycle and these will ultimately be rewarded with positive relative returns. Our efforts remain focused on identifying company situations where we believe future growth has not been recognized by the market and in so doing we expect to benefit from the established relationship that exists between the prospects for positive earnings surprise and share price outperformance.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund (b) — | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | (8.72 | )% | 0.52 | %(c) | 2.35 | %(c) |
Investor Shares | | (8.87 | )% | 0.49 | % | 2.34 | % |
Advisor Shares | | (9.09 | )% | 0.23 | % | 2.09 | %(d) |
MSCI EAFE Index | | (9.32 | )% | 1.69 | % | 1.61 | % |
(a) Average annual total returns.
(b) 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 28, 2017 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 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) The Advisor Shares commenced operations on May 15, 2006. The performance information provided in the above table for periods prior to May 15, 2006 reflects the performance of the Investor Shares of the Fund, adjusted to reflect the distribution fees paid by Advisor Shares.
“Total Return” shown above is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
Nestle | | 3.3 | % |
SAP | | 3.0 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 2.7 | |
AIA Group | | 2.7 | |
Roche Holding | | 2.5 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Continental Europe | | 38.6 | % |
United Kingdom | | 21.0 | |
Japan | | 19.3 | |
Pacific ex-Japan | | 7.6 | |
Emerging Markets | | 6.4 | |
North America | | 3.4 | |
Middle East | | 2.2 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 1.5 | |
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Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (As of June 16, 2016)
Performance
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2016, the Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) gained 1.65% (R6 Shares), 1.44% (Investor Shares) and 1.32% (Advisor Shares), compared to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index, which returned -3.07% during this same period and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (the Fund’s Benchmark), a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S.-based companies including both developed and emerging markets (collectively, the “Indices”), which fell -1.75%.
Market Background
International equities generally declined over the six-month period. The early part of the period saw concerns about energy and mining stocks weigh heavily on investor sentiment as the rout in commodity prices continued. The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) raised interest rates by 0.25% in mid-December; the hike had been well anticipated by the markets. Investors maintained their preference for lower risk stocks and value continued its underperformance versus growth in most regions.
2016 began amidst elevated levels of volatility. By mid-February global markets had fallen sharply due to concerns about the strength of the global economy. As has often been the case recently when investors take fright, policymakers responded quickly. Dovish moves by central banks underscored a big rebound in commodity prices. Firmer oil prices, which appear to have become a key barometer of investors’ risk tolerance, played a significant role in boosting sentiment. Developed markets rallied strongly from mid-February to the end of March, but it was the new-found strength in emerging markets and riskier assets more generally that further reinforced the recovery.
The latter part of the period under review also began to show signs of market rotation, as the extremes of the last few years receded and tentative signs of a recovery in value as an investment style emerged. Since the mid-February low, market performance has been broadening out from the narrow cohort of winners that dominated last year and has been led by previous laggards.
Global equities continued their recovery in April. Japan has been an exception to the recovery going on elsewhere, as a strongly rising yen has led to a significant decline in Japanese stocks. Emerging market stocks saw a modest advance in April although there was significant regional dispersion with resource-heavy Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) and Latin America rising strongly as commodity prices stabilized. Most markets across Asia were weaker, particularly those such as Taiwan that are weighted towards technology as the sector underperformed in the month following some disappointing first quarter earnings. For the six months as a whole, the materials and energy sectors were the top gainers while consumer discretionary and financials were the biggest laggards.
Portfolio Review
The portfolio outperformed both the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (the Fund’s Benchmark) and the developed market MSCI EAFE Index over the period. Positioning within the materials sector made a significant positive contribution to relative returns. In particular, our mining holdings in Australia and South Africa, as well as gold stocks in South Africa and Turkey, supported relative performance. Positions held in consumer discretionary stocks in several regions helped relative returns, especially within the retail and media industries. A further important positive contribution came from avoiding the larger auto manufacturers in Japan and Continental Europe. In financials, our underweight allocation to complex banks proved beneficial. Our holdings in telecoms, where we focus on companies we believe have good financial strength, boosted relative performance. We saw contributions across a number of regions, but emerging markets such as South Africa and Thailand stood out. Stock selection in the technology sector was also a strong contributor with positive influences from many parts of the globe, notably semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan, German software holdings, and hardware companies in Japan, the UK and Taiwan.
From a regional perspective, the greatest contribution to relative returns came from Continental Europe, supported by our below-index allocation to complex banks. Our holdings in emerging markets also aided relative performance, most notably when compared to the developed market MSCI EAFE benchmark, but also compared to the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. Compared to the latter, our stock selection in both EMEA and Asian markets was positive, as was the overweight allocation to emerging EMEA. As mentioned above, holdings within the South African materials sector supported relative returns, while holdings within retail (Truworths) and financials (insurer Sanlam) also benefited fund performance. In Asia, positioning within China was an important contributor, most notably our underweight allocation to Chinese financial stocks as well as stock selection within Taiwanese technology stocks.
The main detractor was the underweight allocation to Canada, which has clearly benefited from the recovery in resource sectors towards the latter part of the period. We believe that the Canadian market is dominated by high cost energy companies and banks, which score poorly in our financials models.
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Outlook
We maintain a lower weight in the defensives where we believe the market continues to place high valuations, notably consumer staples. We have continued to trim defensive positions (telecoms being the exception) in order to invest in opportunities we currently believe are more attractive. We maintain a higher weight in the telecoms sector where our view is that many companies offer an attractive dividend yield. Amongst utilities and telecoms, we are still focused on stocks where dividends appear well covered by cashflows, coupled with reasonable balance sheets.
We continue to seek an exposure to technology stocks that is focused on names we believe are attractively valued and higher quality. In consumer discretionary we continue to maintain exposure across a broad range of industries. We added to selected industrials, particularly European stocks. Our focus within both consumer discretionary and industrials remains on those stocks with a track record of producing strong cashflows, which we believe are trading at depressed valuations.
We have maintained our modest overweight position in materials. 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, which we believe are likely to be impacted to a greater extent by continued oil price pressure.
The Fund’s exposure to financials remains driven first by our view of the quality (risk) of a company and then what we believe is the right valuation for any opportunity. Within this sector we remain focused on identifying and taking advantage of selective deep value opportunities in the banking sector where we believe that the balance of risk and return is favorable.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2016 (a) | | Annualized Since Inception (b) | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund (c) — | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | (7.59 | )% | 1.73 | %(d) | 4.12 | %(d) |
Investor Shares | | (7.84 | )% | 1.69 | % | 4.10 | % |
Advisor Shares | | (7.97 | )% | 1.43 | % | 3.85 | % |
MSCI EAFE Index | | (9.32 | )% | 1.69 | % | 1.70 | % |
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index | | (11.28 | )% | (0.13 | )% | 1.88 | % |
(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 28, 2017 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.
Top 5 Holdings
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
Orion Class B | | 0.8 | % |
Novartis | | 0.8 | |
BASF | | 0.7 | |
Telenor | | 0.7 | |
Singapore Telecommunications | | 0.7 | |
Geographic Allocation
| | % of Net Assets | |
Continental Europe | | 28.8 | % |
Emerging Markets | | 20.2 | |
Japan | | 17.3 | |
United Kingdom | | 16.0 | |
Pacific ex-Japan | | 11.8 | |
North America | | 4.2 | |
Middle East | | 0.7 | |
Asia | | 0.0 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | 1.0 | |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 95.9% | | | |
| | Bermuda — 0.5% | | | |
17,600 | | Axis Capital Holdings | | 937,552 | |
10,000 | | Everest Re Group | | 1,849,000 | |
11,700 | | RenaissanceRe Holdings | | 1,297,647 | |
| | | | 4,084,199 | |
| | Canada — 1.6% | | | |
16,000 | | Alimentation Couche Tard Class B | | 701,363 | |
8,700 | | Boardwalk REIT | | 372,352 | |
54,600 | | Cameco | | 683,207 | |
9,100 | | Canadian REIT | | 321,223 | |
22,700 | | Cardinal Energy | | 170,246 | |
66,600 | | Cenovus Energy | | 1,055,770 | |
39,700 | | Centerra Gold | | 219,589 | |
22,300 | | CGI Group Class A (1) | | 1,018,758 | |
31,800 | | CI Financial | | 704,076 | |
16,600 | | Computer Modelling Group | | 132,832 | |
15,200 | | Dominion Diamond | | 174,569 | |
23,300 | | Genworth MI Canada | | 603,159 | |
44,000 | | Husky Energy | | 554,427 | |
83,100 | | Lundin Mining (1) | | 326,519 | |
18,700 | | Magna International Class A | | 785,439 | |
25,300 | | Manulife Financial | | 373,037 | |
23,500 | | Metro Class A | | 786,455 | |
24,700 | | Nevsun Resources | | 92,327 | |
15,800 | | Open Text | | 884,634 | |
65,700 | | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan | | 1,162,461 | |
87,700 | | Surge Energy | | 171,947 | |
44,200 | | Teck Resources Class B | | 541,095 | |
18,100 | | Westshore Terminals Investment | | 264,569 | |
| | | | 12,100,054 | |
| | Ireland — 0.5% | | | |
13,652 | | Accenture Class A | | 1,541,584 | |
35,700 | | Eaton | | 2,258,739 | |
20,900 | | Seagate Technology | | 454,993 | |
| | | | 4,255,316 | |
| | Israel — 0.1% | | | |
10,600 | | Check Point Software Technologies (1) | | 878,422 | |
| | | | | |
| | Netherlands — 0.5% | | | |
43,400 | | LyondellBasell Industries Class A | | 3,587,878 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 0.3% | | | |
29,400 | | TE Connectivity | | 1,748,712 | |
36,000 | | Transocean | | 398,880 | |
| | | | 2,147,592 | |
| | United Kingdom — 0.2% | | | |
21,200 | | Delphi Automotive | | 1,560,956 | |
| | | | | |
| | United States — 92.2% | | | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 11.4% | | | |
9,100 | | Abercrombie & Fitch Class A | | 243,243 | |
14,606 | | Amazon.com (1) | | 9,633,972 | |
1,400 | | AutoZone (1) | | 1,071,322 | |
17,000 | | Bed Bath & Beyond | | 802,740 | |
25,400 | | Best Buy | | 814,832 | |
10,900 | | Brinker International | | 504,888 | |
30,300 | | Buckle | | 876,882 | |
8,600 | | Cato Class A | | 314,674 | |
21,600 | | CBS Class B | | 1,207,656 | |
110,700 | | Comcast Class A | | 6,726,132 | |
3,600 | | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | | 527,076 | |
22,700 | | Darden Restaurants | | 1,413,075 | |
9,100 | | Dick’s Sporting Goods | | 421,694 | |
13,800 | | Foot Locker | | 847,872 | |
28,800 | | Ford Motor | | 390,528 | |
12,800 | | GameStop Class A | | 419,840 | |
13,600 | | Gannett | | 229,160 | |
28,600 | | Gap | | 662,948 | |
16,500 | | Garmin | | 703,395 | |
45,900 | | Gentex | | 736,236 | |
15,100 | | Genuine Parts | | 1,449,147 | |
4,000 | | GNC Holdings Class A | | 97,440 | |
17,700 | | Harley-Davidson | | 846,591 | |
13,000 | | Hibbett Sports (1) | | 469,300 | |
36,400 | | Hillenbrand | | 1,103,284 | |
58,393 | | Home Depot | | 7,818,239 | |
18,700 | | John Wiley & Sons Class A | | 927,333 | |
14,500 | | Kohl’s | | 642,350 | |
23,300 | | L Brands | | 1,824,157 | |
3,000 | | Lear | | 345,390 | |
21,800 | | Leggett & Platt | | 1,074,522 | |
46,200 | | Lowe’s | | 3,512,124 | |
20,500 | | Macy’s | | 811,595 | |
29,100 | | Mattel | | 904,719 | |
27,381 | | McDonald’s | | 3,463,423 | |
13,800 | | Michael Kors Holdings (1) | | 712,908 | |
33,300 | | Nike Class B | | 1,962,702 | |
14,600 | | Nordstrom | | 746,498 | |
27,500 | | Omnicom Group | | 2,281,675 | |
16,800 | | PetMed Express | | 307,440 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
1,700 | | Pool | | 148,597 | |
788 | | Priceline Group (1) | | 1,058,804 | |
9,500 | | Ralph Lauren Class A | | 885,495 | |
26,800 | | Ross Stores | | 1,521,704 | |
19,900 | | Scripps Networks Interactive Class A | | 1,240,765 | |
53,800 | | Staples | | 548,760 | |
37,700 | | Starbucks | | 2,119,871 | |
32,900 | | Target | | 2,615,550 | |
13,800 | | TEGNA | | 322,368 | |
5,400 | | Thor Industries | | 345,708 | |
22,545 | | Time Warner | | 1,694,031 | |
31,900 | | TJX | | 2,418,658 | |
8,600 | | Tupperware Brands | | 499,402 | |
20,000 | | Twenty-First Century Fox Class A | | 605,200 | |
15,000 | | Urban Outfitters (1) | | 454,800 | |
36,500 | | Viacom Class B | | 1,492,850 | |
75,872 | | Walt Disney | | 7,834,543 | |
26,300 | | Yum! Brands | | 2,092,428 | |
| | | | 87,748,536 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 9.3% | | | |
88,500 | | Altria Group | | 5,549,835 | |
37,400 | | Archer-Daniels-Midland | | 1,493,756 | |
7,700 | | Campbell Soup | | 475,167 | |
199,716 | | Coca-Cola | | 8,947,277 | |
39,482 | | Colgate-Palmolive | | 2,800,064 | |
6,073 | | Costco Wholesale | | 899,593 | |
25,917 | | CVS Health | | 2,604,658 | |
57,500 | | General Mills | | 3,527,050 | |
22,600 | | Hershey | | 2,104,286 | |
4,900 | | Ingredion | | 563,941 | |
25,000 | | Kimberly-Clark | | 3,129,750 | |
36,700 | | Kroger | | 1,298,813 | |
19,100 | | Mondelez International Class A | | 820,536 | |
9,100 | | Nu Skin Enterprises Class A | | 371,007 | |
77,424 | | PepsiCo | | 7,971,575 | |
65,591 | | Philip Morris International | | 6,435,789 | |
15,500 | | Pilgrim’s Pride (1) | | 417,105 | |
141,911 | | Procter & Gamble | | 11,369,909 | |
11,800 | | Reynolds American | | 585,280 | |
43,600 | | Sysco | | 2,008,652 | |
9,700 | | USANA Health Sciences (1) | | 1,148,868 | |
15,041 | | Walgreens Boots Alliance | | 1,192,450 | |
93,923 | | Wal-Mart Stores | | 6,280,631 | |
| | | | 71,995,992 | |
| | Energy — 6.1% | | | |
53,700 | | Atwood Oceanics | | 518,742 | |
92,363 | | Chevron | | 9,437,651 | |
9,300 | | ConocoPhillips | | 444,447 | |
15,100 | | CVR Energy | | 366,628 | |
19,500 | | Ensco Class A | | 233,220 | |
190,190 | | ExxonMobil | | 16,812,796 | |
41,000 | | FMC Technologies (1) | | 1,250,090 | |
26,600 | | Hess | | 1,585,892 | |
14,400 | | HollyFrontier | | 512,640 | |
85,700 | | Marathon Oil | | 1,207,513 | |
70,100 | | Marathon Petroleum | | 2,739,508 | |
19,600 | | Murphy Oil | | 700,504 | |
39,700 | | National Oilwell Varco | | 1,430,788 | |
15,500 | | Oasis Petroleum (1) | | 150,195 | |
17,333 | | Occidental Petroleum | | 1,328,575 | |
27,600 | | Oceaneering International | | 1,011,540 | |
17,700 | | Parsley Energy Class A (1) | | 414,534 | |
15,379 | | Phillips 66 | | 1,262,770 | |
28,272 | | Schlumberger | | 2,271,372 | |
9,100 | | Tesoro | | 725,179 | |
9,900 | | Transocean Partners LLC | | 117,018 | |
47,600 | | Valero Energy | | 2,802,212 | |
| | | | 47,323,814 | |
| | Financials — 15.1% | | | |
45,000 | | Aflac | | 3,103,650 | |
28,100 | | American Equity Investment Life Holding | | 393,400 | |
54,927 | | American Express | | 3,593,874 | |
16,000 | | American Financial Group | | 1,105,760 | |
57,600 | | American International Group | | 3,215,232 | |
11,700 | | Artisan Partners Asset Management Class A | | 378,027 | |
581,250 | | Bank of America | | 8,463,000 | |
103,500 | | BB&T | | 3,661,830 | |
60,000 | | Berkshire Hathaway Class B (1) | | 8,728,800 | |
34,600 | | Capital One Financial | | 2,504,694 | |
28,600 | | Chubb | | 3,370,796 | |
160,642 | | Citigroup | | 7,434,512 | |
24,000 | | CNA Financial | | 758,400 | |
22,300 | | Comerica | | 990,120 | |
3,700 | | Community Bank System | | 146,409 | |
2,200 | | Community Trust Bancorp | | 78,914 | |
2,500 | | Credit Acceptance (1) | | 490,675 | |
42,818 | | Discover Financial Services | | 2,409,369 | |
22,400 | | Eaton Vance | | 773,472 | |
5,500 | | EPR Properties REIT | | 362,340 | |
14,600 | | Equifax | | 1,755,650 | |
8,944 | | FBL Financial Group Class A | | 540,844 | |
12,100 | | Federated Investors Class B | | 382,360 | |
5,000 | | Federated National Holding | | 95,250 | |
132,500 | | Fifth Third Bancorp | | 2,426,075 | |
51,900 | | Franklin Resources | | 1,937,946 | |
22,500 | | Glacier Bancorp | | 582,525 | |
27,404 | | Goldman Sachs Group | | 4,497,270 | |
23,600 | | H&R Block | | 477,664 | |
4,300 | | HCI Group | | 128,828 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
12,900 | | Horace Mann Educators | | 401,190 | |
20,100 | | International Bancshares | | 526,419 | |
7,000 | | Jack Henry & Associates | | 567,210 | |
181,663 | | JPMorgan Chase | | 11,481,102 | |
135,200 | | KeyCorp | | 1,661,608 | |
37,900 | | Lincoln National | | 1,646,755 | |
5,200 | | MetLife | | 234,520 | |
96,800 | | Morgan Stanley | | 2,619,408 | |
7,400 | | National Health Investors REIT | | 503,866 | |
500 | | National Western Life Group Class A | | 108,350 | |
18,900 | | OFG Bancorp | | 166,887 | |
34,900 | | Paychex | | 1,818,988 | |
42,000 | | PNC Financial Services Group | | 3,686,760 | |
12,300 | | Primerica | | 609,588 | |
48,600 | | Principal Financial Group | | 2,074,248 | |
900 | | Public Storage REIT | | 220,329 | |
167,700 | | Regions Financial | | 1,573,026 | |
4,063 | | Simon Property Group REIT | | 817,354 | |
29,500 | | SunTrust Banks | | 1,231,330 | |
25,100 | | T. Rowe Price Group | | 1,889,779 | |
27,000 | | Torchmark | | 1,563,030 | |
30,051 | | U.S. Bancorp | | 1,282,877 | |
10,600 | | United Insurance Holdings | | 172,886 | |
16,300 | | Universal Insurance Holdings | | 287,043 | |
32,400 | | Unum Group | | 1,108,404 | |
11,400 | | Urstadt Biddle Properties Class A REIT | | 234,384 | |
19,500 | | Validus Holdings | | 898,755 | |
19,400 | | Voya Financial | | 629,918 | |
15,100 | | Waddell & Reed Financial Class A | | 307,134 | |
229,872 | | Wells Fargo | | 11,489,003 | |
2,700 | | Westwood Holdings Group | | 155,385 | |
| | | | 116,755,222 | |
| | Healthcare — 13.9% | | | |
14,533 | | Abbott Laboratories | | 565,334 | |
64,381 | | AbbVie | | 3,927,241 | |
30,416 | | Aetna | | 3,414,804 | |
7,400 | | Allergan (1) | | 1,602,544 | |
50,917 | | Amgen | | 8,060,161 | |
11,400 | | Anthem | | 1,604,778 | |
8,262 | | Biogen (1) | | 2,271,967 | |
43,871 | | Bristol-Myers Squibb | | 3,166,609 | |
18,600 | | Cardinal Health | | 1,459,356 | |
13,900 | | Celgene (1) | | 1,437,399 | |
7,200 | | Chemed | | 934,416 | |
12,822 | | Computer Programs & Systems | | 658,153 | |
34,061 | | Eli Lilly | | 2,572,627 | |
7,700 | | Enanta Pharmaceuticals (1) | | 224,840 | |
62,324 | | Express Scripts Holding (1) | | 4,595,149 | |
71,504 | | Gilead Sciences | | 6,307,368 | |
133,684 | | Johnson & Johnson | | 14,983,303 | |
12,900 | | Mallinckrodt (1) | | 806,508 | |
13,000 | | McKesson | | 2,181,660 | |
10,900 | | MEDNAX (1) | | 777,061 | |
63,069 | | Medtronic | | 4,991,911 | |
157,207 | | Merck | | 8,621,232 | |
11,600 | | Meridian Bioscience | | 221,676 | |
334,547 | | Pfizer | | 10,943,032 | |
26,821 | | Quest Diagnostics | | 2,016,134 | |
25,300 | | ResMed | | 1,411,740 | |
35,100 | | St. Jude Medical | | 2,674,620 | |
12,299 | | Stryker | | 1,340,714 | |
8,000 | | Taro Pharmaceutical Industries (1) | | 1,117,920 | |
9,500 | | Thermo Fisher Scientific | | 1,370,375 | |
5,000 | | United Therapeutics (1) | | 526,000 | |
61,200 | | UnitedHealth Group | | 8,058,816 | |
14,400 | | Varian Medical Systems (1) | | 1,168,992 | |
11,708 | | Waters (1) | | 1,523,913 | |
| | | | 107,538,353 | |
| | Industrials — 11.0% | | | |
34,235 | | 3M | | 5,730,254 | |
14,600 | | AMETEK | | 702,114 | |
11,800 | | AO Smith | | 911,196 | |
10,200 | | Applied Industrial Technologies | | 467,466 | |
34,400 | | Boeing | | 4,637,120 | |
24,900 | | BorgWarner | | 894,408 | |
25,400 | | CH Robinson Worldwide | | 1,802,638 | |
21,000 | | Copart (1) | | 899,640 | |
106,700 | | CSX | | 2,909,709 | |
30,200 | | Cummins | | 3,534,306 | |
44,100 | | Delta Air Lines | | 1,837,647 | |
13,500 | | Deluxe | | 847,530 | |
28,400 | | Dover | | 1,865,880 | |
15,100 | | Dun & Bradstreet | | 1,667,191 | |
28,300 | | Expeditors International of Washington | | 1,403,963 | |
27,300 | | Fastenal | | 1,277,367 | |
16,400 | | Fluor | | 896,424 | |
23,247 | | General Dynamics | | 3,266,668 | |
320,089 | | General Electric | | 9,842,737 | |
42,891 | | Honeywell International | | 4,901,155 | |
6,000 | | Huntington Ingalls Industries | | 868,620 | |
9,500 | | IDEX | | 778,050 | |
30,300 | | Illinois Tool Works | | 3,166,956 | |
21,500 | | JetBlue Airways (1) | | 425,485 | |
14,400 | | Lincoln Electric Holdings | | 902,448 | |
16,300 | | Lockheed Martin | | 3,787,794 | |
8,700 | | Manpower | | 670,161 | |
11,700 | | MSC Industrial Direct Class A | | 906,750 | |
16,000 | | Parker Hannifin | | 1,856,320 | |
25,000 | | Raytheon | | 3,158,750 | |
28,700 | | Robert Half International | | 1,099,497 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
8,000 | | Rockwell Collins | | 705,520 | |
8,200 | | Roper Technologies | | 1,443,938 | |
14,500 | | RPX (1) | | 160,660 | |
5,800 | | Snap-on | | 923,824 | |
5,500 | | Standex International | | 421,795 | |
53,300 | | Union Pacific | | 4,649,359 | |
18,664 | | United Parcel Service Class B | | 1,961,026 | |
43,395 | | United Technologies | | 4,529,136 | |
26,200 | | Waste Management | | 1,540,298 | |
26,100 | | Xylem | | 1,090,458 | |
| | | | 85,342,258 | |
| | Information Technology — 19.8% | | | |
10,900 | | Adobe Systems (1) | | 1,026,998 | |
11,849 | | Alphabet Class A (1) | | 8,387,670 | |
12,094 | | Alphabet Class C (1) | | 8,381,263 | |
18,900 | | Amdocs | | 1,068,606 | |
19,300 | | Amphenol Class A | | 1,077,519 | |
249,073 | | Apple | | 23,348,103 | |
5,500 | | Arrow Electronics (1) | | 341,550 | |
31,100 | | Automatic Data Processing | | 2,750,484 | |
36,700 | | CA | | 1,088,522 | |
4,700 | | Cabot Microelectronics | | 196,883 | |
1,900 | | CACI International Class A (1) | | 182,685 | |
263,985 | | Cisco Systems | | 7,256,948 | |
13,300 | | Citrix Systems (1) | | 1,088,472 | |
46,600 | | Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A (1) | | 2,720,042 | |
40,600 | | Corning | | 758,002 | |
5,800 | | CSG Systems International | | 257,404 | |
8,200 | | Dolby Laboratories Class A | | 390,402 | |
4,600 | | DST Systems | | 555,128 | |
102,400 | | eBay (1) | | 2,501,632 | |
6,700 | | F5 Networks (1) | | 701,825 | |
79,000 | | Facebook Class A (1) | | 9,288,820 | |
10,200 | | Harris | | 816,102 | |
103,233 | | HP | | 1,266,669 | |
262,574 | | Intel | | 7,950,740 | |
56,194 | | International Business Machines | | 8,200,952 | |
16,600 | | Intuit | | 1,674,774 | |
10,800 | | j2 Global | | 686,016 | |
30,200 | | Juniper Networks | | 706,680 | |
35,400 | | Linear Technology | | 1,574,592 | |
32,700 | | MasterCard Class A | | 3,171,573 | |
17,100 | | Maxim Integrated Products | | 610,812 | |
21,200 | | Microchip Technology | | 1,030,108 | |
370,350 | | Microsoft | | 18,469,354 | |
3,100 | | MTS Systems | | 174,282 | |
45,400 | | NetApp | | 1,073,256 | |
4,900 | | NETGEAR (1) | | 207,760 | |
187,481 | | Oracle | | 7,472,993 | |
60,700 | | PayPal Holdings (1) | | 2,378,226 | |
6,600 | | Plantronics | | 253,770 | |
106,777 | | QUALCOMM | | 5,394,374 | |
14,700 | | Red Hat (1) | | 1,078,539 | |
52,300 | | Symantec | | 870,534 | |
17,900 | | Syntel (1) | | 761,287 | |
14,300 | | Teradata (1) | | 361,790 | |
57,022 | | Texas Instruments | | 3,252,535 | |
23,100 | | Total System Services | | 1,181,334 | |
70,800 | | Visa Class A | | 5,468,592 | |
19,300 | | Western Digital | | 788,695 | |
80,000 | | Western Union | | 1,600,000 | |
19,800 | | Xilinx | | 852,984 | |
| | | | 152,698,281 | |
| | Materials — 2.2% | | | |
20,700 | | Bemis | | 1,038,726 | |
1,900 | | Chase | | 106,951 | |
81,600 | | Dow Chemical | | 4,292,976 | |
18,100 | | Eastman Chemical | | 1,382,478 | |
13,900 | | FutureFuel | | 156,236 | |
24,700 | | International Paper | | 1,068,769 | |
32,040 | | Monsanto | | 3,001,507 | |
44,300 | | Mosaic | | 1,239,957 | |
27,300 | | Newmont Mining | | 954,681 | |
6,000 | | Packaging Corp. of America | | 389,280 | |
9,700 | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | | 717,509 | |
10,600 | | Schweitzer-Mauduit International | | 364,534 | |
29,600 | | Sonoco Products | | 1,387,944 | |
1,500 | | Terra Nitrogen LP | | 182,895 | |
11,900 | | Westlake Chemical | | 597,261 | |
| | | | 16,881,704 | |
| | Telecommunication Services — 2.0% | | | |
215,227 | | AT&T | | 8,355,112 | |
132,830 | | Verizon Communications | | 6,766,360 | |
| | | | 15,121,472 | |
| | Utilities — 1.4% | | | |
2,900 | | Ameren | | 139,200 | |
7,800 | | Consolidated Edison | | 581,880 | |
8,400 | | Edison International | | 593,964 | |
78,971 | | Emerson Electric | | 4,314,186 | |
2,300 | | Entergy | | 172,914 | |
27,500 | | Exelon | | 964,975 | |
15,800 | | NextEra Energy | | 1,857,764 | |
12,900 | | PG&E | | 750,780 | |
12,200 | | Public Service Enterprise Group | | 562,786 | |
6,500 | | Sempra Energy | | 671,775 | |
| | | | 10,610,224 | |
| | Total United States | | 712,015,856 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $552,344,213) | | 740,630,273 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Principal Amounts($) | | | | Value $ | |
| | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATION (2) — 1.9% | | | |
| | United States Treasury Bill | | | |
15,000,000 | | 0.250%, 05/12/2016 | | | |
| | (Cost $14,998,854) | | 14,999,400 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 97.8% (Cost $567,343,067) | | 755,629,673 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 2.2% | | 16,924,951 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 772,554,624 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
(2) Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase.
The open futures contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2016, are as follows:
| | Number of | | | | Unrealized | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Appreciation | |
Contract | | Long (Short) | | Date | | (Depreciation) | |
S&P 500 Index E-MINI | | 261 | | Jun-2016 | | $ | 1,036,875 | |
| | | | | | | | |
A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2016, is as follows:
| | | | | | | | Unrealized | |
| | Settlement | | | | | | Appreciation | |
Counterparty | | Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | (Depreciation) | |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | | 06/01/16 | | CAD | 9,805,835 | | USD | 7,743,782 | | $ | (71,563 | ) |
HSBC | | 06/01/16 | | CAD | 5,073,400 | | USD | 4,000,438 | | (43,110 | ) |
| | | | | | | | $ | (114,673 | ) |
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 April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock (2) | | $ | 740,630,273 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 740,630,273 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligation | | — | | 14,999,400 | | — | | 14,999,400 | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 740,630,273 | | $ | 14,999,400 | | $ | — | | $ | 755,629,673 | |
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 1,036,875 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 1,036,875 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | — | | (114,673 | ) | — | | (114,673 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | 1,036,875 | | $ | (114,673 | ) | $ | — | | $ | 922,202 | |
(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
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 91.6% | | | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 12.7% | | | |
20,100 | | AMC Entertainment Holdings Class A | | 566,418 | |
23,400 | | Brunswick | | 1,123,902 | |
10,247 | | Cavco Industries (1) | | 898,559 | |
25,800 | | Cheesecake Factory | | 1,316,058 | |
2,700 | | Domino’s Pizza | | 326,376 | |
16,400 | | Fortune Brands Home & Security | | 908,724 | |
2,600 | | Graham Holdings Class B | | 1,239,004 | |
12,700 | | Helen of Troy (1) | | 1,264,031 | |
39,466 | | Hemisphere Media Group Class A (1) | | 472,013 | |
75,200 | | Interval Leisure Group | | 1,061,824 | |
8,800 | | Jack in the Box | | 594,440 | |
5,900 | | John Wiley & Sons Class A | | 292,581 | |
21,800 | | Matthews International Class A | | 1,147,552 | |
11,100 | | Red Rock Resorts Class A (1) | | 206,904 | |
16,300 | | Ryder System | | 1,123,396 | |
9,800 | | Shutterstock (1) | | 401,996 | |
17,479 | | Standard Motor Products | | 620,679 | |
48,400 | | Steven Madden (1) | | 1,694,484 | |
| | | | 15,258,941 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 0.6% | | | |
42,450 | | Dean Foods | | 731,414 | |
| | | | | |
| | Financial Services — 22.6% | | | |
24,400 | | Amerisafe | | 1,314,672 | |
31,200 | | Brown & Brown | | 1,095,432 | |
28,525 | | Chemical Financial | | 1,097,072 | |
43,952 | | CoreLogic (1) | | 1,559,417 | |
35,500 | | Douglas Emmett REIT | | 1,151,975 | |
19,759 | | Equity LifeStyle Properties REIT | | 1,353,294 | |
5,033 | | First Citizens BancShares Class A | | 1,283,415 | |
67,600 | | First Midwest Bancorp | | 1,249,248 | |
82,770 | | Golub Capital BDC | | 1,452,614 | |
61,200 | | Gramercy Property Trust REIT | | 518,364 | |
38,407 | | Heritage Financial | | 708,609 | |
27,900 | | HFF Class A | | 888,057 | |
62,900 | | Kearny Financial | | 793,798 | |
79,505 | | Kennedy-Wilson Holdings | | 1,718,103 | |
13,000 | | Lakeland Financial | | 614,770 | |
8,869 | | Mid-America Apartment Communities REIT | | 848,852 | |
23,100 | | PrivateBancorp | | 961,191 | |
28,266 | | ProAssurance | | 1,349,136 | |
34,500 | | Radian Group | | 441,255 | |
14,300 | | Reinsurance Group of America Class A | | 1,361,646 | |
15,700 | | Simmons First National Class A | | 733,190 | |
17,229 | | Stifel Financial (1) | | 567,006 | |
71,940 | | Terreno Realty REIT | | 1,638,074 | |
11,900 | | Westamerica Bancorporation | | 579,768 | |
33,600 | | Western Alliance Bancorp (1) | | 1,229,088 | |
12,736 | | Wintrust Financial | | 662,527 | |
| | | | 27,170,573 | |
| | Healthcare — 15.9% | | | |
12,400 | | Akorn (1) | | 315,580 | |
61,495 | | Catalent (1) | | 1,815,947 | |
20,400 | | Centene (1) | | 1,263,984 | |
31,400 | | Cepheid (1) | | 896,156 | |
7,800 | | Cooper | | 1,194,024 | |
27,031 | �� | Dentsply Sirona | | 1,611,071 | |
21,476 | | Flexion Therapeutics (1) | | 223,350 | |
15,100 | | HealthSouth | | 626,046 | |
21,572 | | INC Research Holdings Class A (1) | | 1,038,260 | |
19,800 | | Intersect ENT (1) | | 396,990 | |
35,788 | | K2M Group Holdings (1) | | 581,913 | |
21,600 | | KemPharm (1) | | 357,696 | |
13,900 | | LifePoint Health (1) | | 939,084 | |
14,800 | | Masimo (1) | | 641,580 | |
22,500 | | Otonomy (1) | | 320,850 | |
20,000 | | Parexel International (1) | | 1,222,000 | |
30,400 | | Repligen (1) | | 809,856 | |
21,700 | | Surgical Care Affiliates (1) | | 1,049,195 | |
28,000 | | Trinity Biotech ADR | | 322,000 | |
80,251 | | VWR (1) | | 2,137,887 | |
18,800 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 1,338,560 | |
| | | | 19,102,029 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 9.5% | | | |
13,000 | | Balchem | | 797,680 | |
11,300 | | Beacon Roofing Supply (1) | | 482,849 | |
22,400 | | Compass Minerals International | | 1,679,104 | |
27,000 | | Hexcel | | 1,222,290 | |
36,800 | | Louisiana-Pacific (1) | | 625,600 | |
10,400 | | Minerals Technologies | | 622,960 | |
23,300 | | Packaging Corp. of America | | 1,511,704 | |
57,600 | | Pretium Resources (1) | | 474,048 | |
37,162 | | Simpson Manufacturing | | 1,397,291 | |
51,100 | | Steel Dynamics | | 1,288,231 | |
9,400 | | Valmont Industries | | 1,319,572 | |
| | | | 11,421,329 | |
| | Other Energy — 2.6% | | | |
12,400 | | PDC Energy (1) | | 778,596 | |
69,400 | | RPC | | 1,049,328 | |
189,600 | | Synergy Resources (1) | | 1,368,912 | |
| | | | 3,196,836 | |
| | Producer Durables — 13.7% | | | |
7,100 | | Allegiant Travel Class A | | 1,140,047 | |
18,400 | | CLARCOR | | 1,081,368 | |
44,100 | | Compass Diversified Holdings LP | | 709,128 | |
66,675 | | Darling Ingredients (1) | | 966,121 | |
10,900 | | Dycom Industries (1) | | 769,540 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
34,300 | | ESCO Technologies | | 1,319,864 | |
13,700 | | FARO Technologies (1) | | 397,848 | |
33,400 | | Generac Holdings (1) | | 1,273,208 | |
4,900 | | Genesee & Wyoming Class A (1) | | 319,039 | |
15,616 | | IDEX | | 1,278,951 | |
41,700 | | Knoll | | 973,695 | |
57,507 | | Kornit Digital (1) | | 582,546 | |
12,800 | | MSC Industrial Direct Class A | | 992,000 | |
18,300 | | MTS Systems | | 1,028,826 | |
17,600 | | On Assignment (1) | | 634,656 | |
18,400 | | OSI Systems (1) | | 936,376 | |
6,500 | | Proto Labs (1) | | 388,895 | |
24,808 | | Waste Connections | | 1,669,082 | |
| | | | 16,461,190 | |
| | Technology — 11.2% | | | |
63,700 | | Cadence Design Systems (1) | | 1,477,203 | |
75,600 | | Ciena (1) | | 1,272,348 | |
22,300 | | DigitalGlobe (1) | | 494,168 | |
112,000 | | Entegris (1) | | 1,488,480 | |
8,300 | | EPAM Systems (1) | | 605,319 | |
19,264 | | Fabrinet (1) | | 615,870 | |
48,900 | | Fortinet (1) | | 1,589,739 | |
16,300 | | Inovalon Holdings Class A (1) | | 278,730 | |
46,600 | | Integrated Device Technology (1) | | 898,448 | |
16,800 | | Leidos Holdings | | 833,448 | |
26,520 | | M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings (1) | | 1,084,403 | |
48,830 | | Match Group (1) | | 556,662 | |
85,200 | | ON Semiconductor (1) | | 806,844 | |
25,960 | | PTC (1) | | 946,502 | |
15,370 | | Verint Systems (1) | | 520,121 | |
| | | | 13,468,285 | |
| | Utilities — 2.8% | | | |
17,900 | | IDACORP | | 1,301,867 | |
13,400 | | Portland General Electric | | 532,248 | |
10,030 | | SJW | | 345,132 | |
24,200 | | Vectren | | 1,182,170 | |
| | | | 3,361,417 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $86,572,604) | | 110,172,014 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 4.2% | | | |
16,300 | | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | | 1,831,468 | |
70,300 | | SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | | 3,213,413 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $4,947,880) | | 5,044,881 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 95.8% (Cost $91,520,484) | | 115,216,895 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 4.2% | | 5,085,967 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 120,302,862 | |
| | | | | | |
(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 open futures contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2016, are as follows:
| | Number of | | | | Unrealized | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Appreciation | |
Contract | | Long (Short) | | Date | | (Depreciation) | |
Russell 2000 Index E-MINI | | 4 | | Jun-2016 | | $ | 10,596 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock (2) | | $ | 110,172,014 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 110,172,014 | |
Investment Companies | | 5,044,881 | | — | | — | | 5,044,881 | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 115,216,895 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 115,216,895 | |
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 10,596 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 10,596 | |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | 10,596 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 10,596 | |
(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
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 86.9% | | | |
| | Auto & Transportation — 1.6% | | | |
16,000 | | BorgWarner | | 574,720 | |
10,000 | | Ryder System | | 689,200 | |
| | | | 1,263,920 | |
| | Consumer Discretionary — 15.5% | | | |
9,300 | | Advance Auto Parts | | 1,451,730 | |
56,775 | | Aramark | | 1,902,530 | |
15,000 | | Brunswick | | 720,450 | |
900 | | Cable One | | 413,064 | |
1,200 | | Domino’s Pizza | | 145,056 | |
13,400 | | Fortune Brands Home & Security | | 742,494 | |
2,000 | | Graham Holdings Class B | | 953,080 | |
10,248 | | Jack in the Box | | 692,253 | |
21,300 | | KAR Auction Services | | 800,880 | |
9,900 | | Lamar Advertising Class A REIT | | 614,196 | |
22,300 | | Mattel | | 693,307 | |
12,300 | | Nordstrom | | 628,899 | |
15,400 | | PVH | | 1,472,240 | |
26,600 | | TEGNA | | 621,376 | |
2,100 | | VeriSign (1) | | 181,440 | |
| | | | 12,032,995 | |
| | Consumer Staples — 2.4% | | | |
13,192 | | Performance Food Group (1) | | 341,409 | |
9,800 | | Spectrum Brands Holdings | | 1,113,280 | |
9,176 | | WhiteWave Foods Class A (1) | | 368,967 | |
| | | | 1,823,656 | |
| | Financial Services — 18.2% | | | |
2,089 | | Affiliated Managers Group (1) | | 355,798 | |
3,743 | | Alexandria REIT | | 347,912 | |
21,971 | | Ares Capital | | 333,740 | |
13,214 | | Arthur J Gallagher | | 608,373 | |
8,700 | | Brown & Brown | | 305,457 | |
11,410 | | Chemical Financial | | 438,829 | |
9,794 | | Commerce Bancshares | | 458,555 | |
22,900 | | CoreLogic (1) | | 812,492 | |
16,100 | | Douglas Emmett REIT | | 522,445 | |
7,300 | | East West Bancorp | | 273,677 | |
9,053 | | Equity LifeStyle Properties REIT | | 620,040 | |
12,400 | | FCB Financial Holdings Class A (1) | | 433,380 | |
4,600 | | First Republic Bank | | 323,472 | |
22,500 | | Genpact (1) | | 627,525 | |
34,600 | | Gramercy Property Trust REIT | | 293,062 | |
2,400 | | Mid-America Apartment Communities REIT | | 229,704 | |
17,400 | | PrivateBancorp | | 724,014 | |
6,900 | | ProAssurance | | 329,337 | |
27,900 | | Radian Group | | 356,841 | |
13,300 | | Raymond James Financial | | 693,861 | |
5,000 | | Reinsurance Group of America Class A | | 476,100 | |
4,135 | | SVB Financial Group (1) | | 431,198 | |
12,350 | | Torchmark | | 714,941 | |
16,254 | | Vantiv Class A (1) | | 886,493 | |
8,900 | | Webster Financial | | 326,096 | |
7,600 | | Westamerica Bancorporation | | 370,272 | |
26,100 | | Western Alliance Bancorp (1) | | 954,738 | |
3,600 | | Wintrust Financial | | 187,272 | |
22,800 | | Zions Bancorporation | | 627,456 | |
| | | | 14,063,080 | |
| | Healthcare — 12.9% | | | |
11,300 | | Akorn (1) | | 287,585 | |
31,732 | | Catalent (1) | | 937,046 | |
11,400 | | Centene (1) | | 706,344 | |
16,741 | | Cepheid (1) | | 477,788 | |
4,500 | | Cooper | | 688,860 | |
14,755 | | Dentsply Sirona | | 879,398 | |
24,984 | | Envision Healthcare Holdings (1) | | 565,388 | |
3,369 | | Henry Schein (1) | | 568,350 | |
4,500 | | LifePoint Health (1) | | 304,020 | |
8,300 | | Masimo (1) | | 359,805 | |
5,700 | | Medivation (1) | | 329,460 | |
10,500 | | Parexel International (1) | | 641,550 | |
17,300 | | PerkinElmer | | 872,266 | |
3,618 | | Quintiles Transnational Holdings (1) | | 249,895 | |
3,817 | | Universal Health Services Class B | | 510,257 | |
47,487 | | VWR (1) | | 1,265,054 | |
5,455 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | 388,396 | |
| | | | 10,031,462 | |
| | Materials & Processing — 7.1% | | | |
2,853 | | Airgas | | 406,381 | |
16,500 | | Hexcel | | 746,955 | |
39,548 | | Interface Class A | | 673,107 | |
2,200 | | Lennox International | | 296,890 | |
3,400 | | Minerals Technologies | | 203,660 | |
14,672 | | Owens Corning | | 675,939 | |
10,600 | | Packaging Corp. of America | | 687,728 | |
6,600 | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | | 488,202 | |
10,800 | | Sealed Air | | 511,488 | |
5,700 | | Valmont Industries | | 800,166 | |
| | | | 5,490,516 | |
| | Other Energy — 3.4% | | | |
18,800 | | Gulfport Energy (1) | | 588,440 | |
9,500 | | Helmerich & Payne | | 628,140 | |
15,300 | | Matador Resources (1) | | 329,715 | |
10,100 | | PDC Energy (1) | | 634,179 | |
27,700 | | RPC | | 418,824 | |
| | | | 2,599,298 | |
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| | Producer Durables — 11.6% | | | |
9,200 | | AGCO | | 491,924 | |
34,200 | | Allison Transmission Holdings Class A | | 985,302 | |
10,400 | | Carlisle | | 1,059,760 | |
8,800 | | CLARCOR | | 517,176 | |
3,900 | | Dover | | 256,230 | |
6,400 | | Dycom Industries (1) | | 451,840 | |
4,600 | | Graco | | 360,594 | |
6,691 | | IDEX | | 547,993 | |
5,500 | | Kirby (1) | | 351,010 | |
8,300 | | MSC Industrial Direct Class A | | 643,250 | |
36,550 | | Rollins | | 982,098 | |
4,600 | | Snap-on | | 732,688 | |
14,200 | | Spirit Airlines (1) | | 623,806 | |
3,668 | | Verisk Analytics Class A (1) | | 284,563 | |
10,395 | | Waste Connections | | 699,376 | |
| | | | 8,987,610 | |
| | Technology — 11.0% | | | |
9,457 | | Arrow Electronics (1) | | 587,280 | |
21,100 | | Cadence Design Systems (1) | | 489,309 | |
37,800 | | Ciena (1) | | 636,174 | |
11,100 | | DigitalGlobe (1) | | 245,976 | |
6,000 | | Gartner (1) | | 523,020 | |
24,600 | | Integrated Device Technology (1) | | 474,288 | |
8,900 | | Leidos Holdings | | 441,529 | |
11,100 | | Linear Technology | | 493,728 | |
36,466 | | Match Group (1) | | 415,712 | |
11,100 | | Microchip Technology | | 539,349 | |
60,700 | | ON Semiconductor (1) | | 574,829 | |
19,400 | | PTC (1) | | 707,324 | |
30,700 | | Sabre | | 888,765 | |
5,100 | | SBA Communications Class A (1) | | 525,504 | |
15,294 | | Synopsys (1) | | 726,771 | |
40,200 | | Viavi Solutions (1) | | 261,702 | |
| | | | 8,531,260 | |
| | Utilities — 3.2% | | | |
9,200 | | Alliant Energy | | 648,784 | |
34,400 | | Frontier Communications | | 191,264 | |
12,200 | | Portland General Electric | | 484,584 | |
11,200 | | Vectren | | 547,120 | |
12,200 | | Westar Energy Class A | | 629,642 | |
| | | | 2,501,394 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $55,386,489) | | 67,325,191 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 5.6% | | | |
5,700 | | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | | 640,452 | |
8,600 | | iShares Russell Mid-Capital ETF | | 1,415,388 | |
49,600 | | SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | | 2,267,216 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $4,288,244) | | 4,323,056 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 92.5% (Cost $59,674,733) | | 71,648,247 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 7.5% | | 5,805,987 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 77,454,234 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
ETF — Exchange Traded Fund
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 April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock (2) | | $ | 67,325,191 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 67,325,191 | |
Investment Companies | | 4,323,056 | | — | | — | | 4,323,056 | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 71,648,247 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 71,648,247 | |
(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
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 94.3% | | | |
| | Argentina — 0.4% | | | |
160,229 | | Grupo Financiero Galicia ADR | | 4,561,720 | |
| | | | | |
| | Brazil — 4.5% | | | |
971,800 | | BB Seguridade Participacoes | | 8,454,243 | |
763,500 | | BM&FBovespa | | 3,800,573 | |
851,700 | | BR Malls Participacoes | | 4,219,806 | |
2,182,956 | | Cia de Concessoes Rodoviarias | | 10,174,539 | |
738,528 | | Cielo | | 7,161,419 | |
274,018 | | Embraer ADR | | 6,329,816 | |
485,200 | | Ultrapar Participacoes | | 10,237,977 | |
1,196,900 | | Weg | | 5,289,781 | |
| | | | 55,668,154 | |
| | Chile — 1.1% | | | |
247,020 | | Banco Santander Chile ADR | | 4,792,188 | |
540,572 | | Enersis ADR | | 4,627,296 | |
540,572 | | Enersis Chile ADR | | 3,443,444 | |
115,093 | | SACI Falabella | | 890,728 | |
| | | | 13,753,656 | |
| | China — 24.2% | | | |
340,359 | | Alibaba Group Holding ADR (1) | | 26,187,221 | |
70,853,320 | | China Construction Bank Class H | | 45,579,815 | |
3,062,000 | | China Mengniu Dairy | | 5,202,743 | |
3,873,000 | | China Mobile | | 44,412,504 | |
5,658,800 | | China Pacific Insurance Group Class H | | 19,988,800 | |
45,279,600 | | China Petroleum & Chemical Class H | | 32,280,446 | |
10,196,000 | | China Unicom Hong Kong | | 12,040,294 | |
997,144 | | Chongqing Changan Automobile Class B | | 1,725,131 | |
12,148,565 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H | | 6,593,544 | |
460,420 | | JD.com ADR (1) | | 11,768,335 | |
306,397 | | New Oriental Education & Technology Group ADR | | 11,998,507 | |
3,042,100 | | Tencent Holdings | | 62,317,381 | |
96,280 | | Yum! Brands | | 7,660,037 | |
1,772,500 | | Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Class H | | 10,134,251 | |
| | | | 297,889,009 | |
| | Egypt — 0.5% | | | |
970,991 | | Commercial International Bank | | 4,940,273 | |
311,491 | | Commercial International Bank GDR | | 1,161,861 | |
| | | | 6,102,134 | |
| | Greece (2) — 0.6% | | | |
713,707 | | Hellenic Telecommunications Organization | | 6,948,227 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 2.3% | | | |
4,674,800 | | AIA Group | | 28,144,382 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hungary — 1.8% | | | |
58,028 | | MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas | | 3,546,315 | |
682,850 | | OTP Bank | | 18,083,692 | |
| | | | 21,630,007 | |
| | India — 6.2% | | | |
1,260,305 | | HDFC Bank | | 21,515,248 | |
335,168 | | Lupin | | 8,121,495 | |
134,467 | | Maruti Suzuki India | | 7,692,676 | |
1,036,167 | | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries | | 12,673,636 | |
413,187 | | Tata Consultancy Services | | 15,794,296 | �� |
857,111 | | Tata Motors | | 5,276,666 | |
109,032 | | UltraTech Cement | | 5,196,732 | |
| | | | 76,270,749 | |
| | Indonesia — 0.6% | | | |
7,975,900 | | Astra International | | 4,067,177 | |
5,176,700 | | Bank Mandiri | | 3,787,925 | |
| | | | 7,855,102 | |
| | Kuwait (2) — 0.4% | | | |
2,488,500 | | National Bank of Kuwait SAKP | | 5,469,809 | |
| | | | | |
| | Mexico — 0.8% | | | |
219,934 | | Gruma Class B | | 3,205,822 | |
642,235 | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico Class B | | 6,064,121 | |
| | | | 9,269,943 | |
| | Philippines — 0.7% | | | |
6,636,700 | | Ayala Land | | 4,904,541 | |
197,760 | | SM Investments | | 3,981,561 | |
| | | | 8,886,102 | |
| | Poland — 1.3% | | | |
210,562 | | Bank Pekao | | 8,564,364 | |
112,129 | | Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen | | 2,019,641 | |
608,973 | | Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen | | 5,507,473 | |
| | | | 16,091,478 | |
| | Russia — 8.2% | | | |
262,633 | | Gazprom ADR | | 1,363,065 | |
352,081 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 14,963,443 | |
128,838 | | Luxoft Holding Class A (1) | | 7,448,125 | |
367,342 | | Mail.Ru Group GDR (1) | | 7,438,675 | |
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729,796 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 10,779,087 | |
446,775 | | Mobile Telesystems ADR | | 4,137,137 | |
23,804 | | NovaTek GDR | | 2,285,184 | |
2,570,354 | | Rosneft Oil GDR | | 14,034,133 | |
3,660,205 | | Sberbank of Russia ADR | | 29,354,844 | |
477,239 | | X5 Retail Group GDR (1) | | 9,449,332 | |
| | | | 101,253,025 | |
| | South Africa — 2.5% | | | |
140,749 | | Naspers Class N | | 19,312,183 | |
227,170 | | Sasol | | 7,411,022 | |
484,260 | | Truworths International | | 3,616,493 | |
| | | | 30,339,698 | |
| | South Korea — 19.5% | | | |
45,366 | | Amorepacific | | 16,224,895 | |
29,723 | | CJ CGV | | 2,986,908 | |
129,210 | | Coway | | 11,181,417 | |
782,260 | | DGB Financial Group | | 6,295,703 | |
533,582 | | Hana Financial Group | | 12,011,917 | |
51,941 | | Hyundai Department Store | | 6,723,975 | |
35,219 | | Hyundai Mobis | | 8,052,088 | |
136,620 | | Hyundai Motor | | 17,206,398 | |
66,382 | | Korea Electric Power | | 3,600,498 | |
132,505 | | LG | | 7,919,599 | |
69,751 | | LG Chem | | 18,181,540 | |
48,856 | | LG Innotek | | 3,160,161 | |
9,464 | | Medy-Tox | | 3,513,491 | |
27,134 | | NAVER | | 16,122,273 | |
18,517 | | POSCO | | 3,908,494 | |
47,396 | | S-1 Class 1 | | 3,872,712 | |
55,410 | | Samsung Electronics | | 60,545,419 | |
29,357 | | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | | 7,587,885 | |
78,246 | | Samsung SDI | | 7,828,720 | |
147,926 | | Shinhan Financial Group | | 5,426,810 | |
488,746 | | SK Hynix | | 12,074,952 | |
28,194 | | SK Innovation | | 3,835,413 | |
10,473 | | Yuhan | | 2,683,971 | |
| | | | 240,945,239 | |
| | Taiwan — 11.5% | | | |
12,090,000 | | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering | | 11,376,662 | |
801,000 | | Catcher Technology | | 5,637,522 | |
12,603,489 | | Cathay Financial Holding | | 14,165,395 | |
3,082,000 | | Chipbond Technology | | 4,108,951 | |
87,000 | | Formosa Chemicals & Fibre | | 222,268 | |
3,621,000 | | Formosa Plastics | | 9,015,171 | |
9,178,194 | | Hon Hai Precision Industry | | 21,940,246 | |
4,347,000 | | Taiwan Mobile | | 14,353,874 | |
13,005,139 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 60,483,392 | |
| | | | 141,303,481 | |
| | Thailand — 2.2% | | | |
1,038,375 | | Kasikornbank | | 4,964,461 | |
1,542,425 | | Kasikornbank NVDR | | 7,330,162 | |
6,003,130 | | Minor International | | 6,401,849 | |
1,547,200 | | PTT Global Chemical NVDR | | 2,768,394 | |
3,247,600 | | Thai Oil NVDR | | 6,136,318 | |
| | | | 27,601,184 | |
| | Turkey — 3.3% | | | |
4,546,747 | | Akbank | | 13,974,991 | |
2,269,611 | | KOC Holding | | 11,867,194 | |
331,513 | | Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri | | 8,749,905 | |
2,165,646 | | Turkiye Garanti Bankasi | | 6,671,862 | |
| | | | 41,263,952 | |
| | United Arab Emirates (2) — 1.0% | | | |
6,946,322 | | Emaar Properties PJSC | | 12,712,246 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $1,073,206,664) | | 1,153,959,297 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 4.6% | | | |
| | Brazil — 4.4% | | | |
1,167,356 | | Banco Bradesco ADR | | 8,720,152 | |
2,837,428 | | Itau Unibanco Holding ADR | | 27,040,689 | |
1,489,440 | | Lojas Americanas | | 6,929,138 | |
950,965 | | Telefonica Brasil ADR | | 11,715,889 | |
| | | | 54,405,868 | |
| | South Korea — 0.2% | | | |
33,671 | | Hyundai Motor | | 2,952,197 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $57,309,140) | | 57,358,065 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANY (1)(3) — 1.1% | | | |
1,210,635 | | Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, R6 Shares (Cost $12,149,919) | | 13,014,325 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.3% (Cost $1,142,665,723) | | 1,224,331,687 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.7% | | 8,647,477 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 1,232,979,164 | |
| | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
(2) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
(3) Affiliated fund.
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR — Non Voting Depository Receipt
PJSC — Private Joint Stock Company
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Argentina | | $ | 4,561,720 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 4,561,720 | |
Brazil | | 55,668,154 | | — | | — | | 55,668,154 | |
Chile | | 13,753,656 | | — | | — | | 13,753,656 | |
China | | 297,889,009 | | — | | — | | 297,889,009 | |
Egypt | | 6,102,134 | | — | | — | | 6,102,134 | |
Greece | | — | | 6,948,227 | | — | | 6,948,227 | |
Hong Kong | | 28,144,382 | | — | | — | | 28,144,382 | |
Hungary | | 21,630,007 | | — | | — | | 21,630,007 | |
India | | 76,270,749 | | — | | — | | 76,270,749 | |
Indonesia | | 7,855,102 | | — | | — | | 7,855,102 | |
Kuwait | | — | | 5,469,809 | | — | | 5,469,809 | |
Mexico | | 9,269,943 | | — | | — | | 9,269,943 | |
Philippines | | 8,886,102 | | — | | — | | 8,886,102 | |
Poland | | 16,091,478 | | — | | — | | 16,091,478 | |
Russia | | 101,253,025 | | — | | — | | 101,253,025 | |
South Africa | | 30,339,698 | | — | | — | | 30,339,698 | |
South Korea | | 240,945,239 | | — | | — | | 240,945,239 | |
Taiwan | | 141,303,481 | | — | | — | | 141,303,481 | |
Thailand | | 27,601,184 | | — | | — | | 27,601,184 | |
Turkey | | 41,263,952 | | — | | — | | 41,263,952 | |
United Arab Emirates | | — | | 12,712,246 | | — | | 12,712,246 | |
Total Common Stock | | 1,128,829,015 | | 25,130,282 | | — | | 1,153,959,297 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 54,405,868 | | — | | — | | 54,405,868 | |
South Korea | | 2,952,197 | | — | | — | | 2,952,197 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 57,358,065 | | — | | — | | 57,358,065 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Investment Company | | 13,014,325 | | — | | — | | 13,014,325 | |
Total Investment Company | | 13,014,325 | | — | | — | | 13,014,325 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 1,199,201,405 | | $ | 25,130,282 | | $ | — | | $ | 1,224,331,687 | |
(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 and end of the reporting period. As of April 30, 2016, the Fund had securities with a total value of $25,130,282 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
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 91.2% | | | |
| | Brazil — 4.4% | | | |
38,100 | | Ambev | | 212,697 | |
18,900 | | BTG Pactual Group | | 107,050 | |
1,700 | | Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais-COPASA | | 10,603 | |
12,261 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 24,031 | |
5,100 | | Cia Hering | | 21,264 | |
2,600 | | Cia Paranaense de Energia ADR | | 21,502 | |
5,600 | | Eternit | | 2,687 | |
7,426 | | Ez Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes | | 35,843 | |
3,600 | | Gerdau ADR | | 8,028 | |
2,700 | | Grendene | | 13,299 | |
5,000 | | Mahle-Metal Leve | | 33,074 | |
3,700 | | Multiplus | | 40,440 | |
10,900 | | Natura Cosmeticos | | 80,817 | |
4,200 | | Petroleo Brasileiro ADR (1) | | 32,382 | |
13,300 | | QGEP Participacoes | | 15,778 | |
11,100 | | Qualicorp | | 48,250 | |
2,800 | | Smiles | | 32,598 | |
3,500 | | TOTVS | | 28,606 | |
12,923 | | Tractebel Energia | | 142,898 | |
10,400 | | Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica | | 60,781 | |
11,200 | | Vale | | 64,577 | |
| | | | 1,037,205 | |
| | Chile — 0.6% | | | |
5,188 | | Empresas CMPC | | 11,594 | |
9,300 | | Enersis ADR | | 79,608 | |
9,300 | | Enersis Chile ADR | | 59,241 | |
| | | | 150,443 | |
| | China — 12.3% | | | |
4,900 | | 51job ADR (1) | | 146,020 | |
1,300 | | Alibaba Group Holding ADR (1) | | 100,022 | |
45,500 | | Anhui Conch Cement Class H | | 120,541 | |
1,589 | | Autohome ADR (1) | | 46,971 | |
540,000 | | Bank of China Class H | | 220,681 | |
23,000 | | Changshouhua Food | | 11,267 | |
700 | | Changyou.com ADR (1) | | 14,091 | |
92,000 | | China Child Care | | 7,116 | |
248,000 | | China Construction Bank Class H | | 159,538 | |
108,000 | | China Creative Home Group | | 9,050 | |
90,000 | | China Life Insurance Class H | | 209,542 | |
322,000 | | China Lumena New Materials (1)(2) | | — | |
33,200 | | China Pacific Insurance Group Class H | | 117,274 | |
120,000 | | China Petroleum & Chemical Class H | | 85,550 | |
33,500 | | China Shenhua Energy Class H | | 56,662 | |
91,000 | | China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group | | 104,293 | |
90,000 | | Consun Pharmaceutical Group | | 44,206 | |
118,000 | | Dongfeng Motor Group Class H | | 129,609 | |
129,000 | | Great Wall Motor Class H | | 97,787 | |
62,000 | | Haitian International Holdings | | 106,146 | |
24,000 | | Hengan International Group | | 215,963 | |
383,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H | | 207,870 | |
12,000 | | Jiangsu Expressway Class H | | 15,810 | |
4,000 | | On-Bright Electronics | | 21,145 | |
88,000 | | Pacific Online | | 26,774 | |
89,000 | | Peak Sport Products | | 24,783 | |
47,000 | | Ping An Insurance Group of China Class H | | 222,067 | |
470,000 | | Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group | | 108,458 | |
39,500 | | Sinopec Engineering Group Class H | | 36,766 | |
26,500 | | SOHO China | | 13,358 | |
700 | | Sohu.com (1) | | 31,451 | |
5,900 | | Tencent Holdings | | 120,861 | |
55,000 | | Xingda International Holdings | | 11,557 | |
36,000 | | Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Class H | | 33,647 | |
| | | | 2,876,876 | |
| | Colombia — 0.4% | | | |
5,771 | | Cemex Latam Holdings (1) | | 26,458 | |
6,800 | | Ecopetrol ADR | | 67,592 | |
| | | | 94,050 | |
| | Czech Republic — 0.3% | | | |
233 | | Komercni Banka | | 47,933 | |
34 | | Philip Morris CR | | 17,836 | |
| | | | 65,769 | |
| | Egypt — 0.5% | | | |
4,304 | | Alexandria Mineral Oils (3) | | 13,346 | |
1,944 | | Eastern Tobacco | | 39,382 | |
3,380 | | Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industrial (3) | | 25,374 | |
71,256 | | Orascom Telecom Media And Technology Holding SAE (1)(3) | | 5,927 | |
37,807 | | Telecom Egypt (3) | | 33,054 | |
| | | | 117,083 | |
| | Greece (3) — 0.4% | | | |
1,656 | | Athens Water Supply & Sewage | | 8,729 | |
2,178 | | JUMBO | | 28,528 | |
8,333 | | OPAP | | 62,993 | |
| | | | 100,250 | |
| | Hong Kong — 8.1% | | | |
123,000 | | Belle International Holdings | | 75,479 | |
74,000 | | Bolina Holding | | 16,981 | |
5,000 | | China Animal Healthcare (2) | | — | |
202,000 | | China BlueChemical | | 46,874 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
91,000 | | China Lesso Group Holdings | | 50,211 | |
33,000 | | China Lilang | | 21,144 | |
139,000 | | China Medical System Holdings | | 180,987 | |
18,000 | | China Merchants China Direct Investments | | 28,635 | |
20,500 | | China Mobile | | 235,078 | |
44,000 | | China Overseas Land & Investment | | 140,391 | |
100,000 | | China Travel International Investment HK | | 29,264 | |
46,000 | | CIMC Enric Holdings | | 24,195 | |
37,000 | | CITIC | | 54,186 | |
131,000 | | CNOOC | | 163,140 | |
135,000 | | Geely Automobile Holdings | | 67,353 | |
16,000 | | Goldlion Holdings | | 6,353 | |
13,000 | | Goldpac Group | | 5,246 | |
120,000 | | Guangdong Investment | | 170,171 | |
12,000 | | Haier Electronics Group | | 20,266 | |
135,000 | | Huabao International Holdings | | 53,256 | |
186,000 | | Kunlun Energy | | 162,096 | |
21,500 | | Longfor Properties | | 30,267 | |
100,000 | | Real Nutriceutical Group | | 11,474 | |
102,000 | | Shenguan Holdings Group | | 10,520 | |
34,000 | | Shougang Fushan Resources Group | | 5,128 | |
310,000 | | Sino Biopharmaceutical | | 220,603 | |
298,000 | | Universal Health International Group Holding | | 26,892 | |
18,000 | | Wasion Group Holdings | | 10,025 | |
46,000 | | XTEP International Holdings | | 27,220 | |
| | | | 1,893,435 | |
| | Hungary — 1.6% | | | |
638 | | MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas | | 38,991 | |
8,543 | | OTP Bank | | 226,241 | |
5,334 | | Richter Gedeon Nyrt | | 105,998 | |
| | | | 371,230 | |
| | India — 1.3% | | | |
12,200 | | Infosys ADR | | 229,360 | |
2,302 | | State Bank of India GDR | | 64,916 | |
| | | | 294,276 | |
| | Indonesia — 5.1% | | | |
185,200 | | Astra International | | 94,440 | |
114,800 | | Bank Central Asia | | 113,599 | |
80,700 | | Bank Mandiri | | 59,050 | |
132,200 | | Bank Negara Indonesia Persero | | 45,961 | |
636,900 | | Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur | | 22,215 | |
256,200 | | Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero | | 201,067 | |
74,200 | | Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa | | 110,979 | |
24,900 | | Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur | | 28,840 | |
125,000 | | Perusahaan Gas Negara | | 24,833 | |
104,300 | | Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia | | 12,140 | |
162,900 | | Semen Indonesia Persero | | 122,286 | |
839,600 | | Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero | | 226,007 | |
75,100 | | United Tractors | | 85,419 | |
333,500 | | Vale Indonesia (1) | | 47,036 | |
| | | | 1,193,872 | |
| | Kazakhstan — 0.1% | | | |
2,436 | | KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC GDR | | 16,370 | |
| | | | | |
| | Malaysia — 2.3% | | | |
36,200 | | AFFIN Holdings | | 21,498 | |
69,200 | | AMMB Holdings | | 80,245 | |
18,985 | | Berjaya Sports Toto | | 14,774 | |
8,100 | | British American Tobacco Malaysia | | 95,131 | |
12,500 | | Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia | | 43,197 | |
18,800 | | Heineken Malaysia | | 72,380 | |
4,000 | | Hong Leong Financial Group | | 15,298 | |
28,000 | | JCY International | | 4,731 | |
19,100 | | Kossan Rubber Industries | | 29,336 | |
4,700 | | Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings | | 6,376 | |
2,900 | | Malaysian Pacific Industries | | 5,493 | |
4,900 | | Maxis | | 7,024 | |
10,200 | | Padini Holdings | | 5,718 | |
74,400 | | Petronas Chemicals Group | | 127,793 | |
2,900 | | Ta Ann Holdings | | 3,556 | |
| | | | 532,550 | |
| | Mexico — 1.2% | | | |
6,100 | | Industrias Bachoco | | 25,564 | |
4,221 | | Industrias Penoles | | 65,945 | |
56,200 | | Kimberly-Clark de Mexico Class A | | 133,602 | |
22,200 | | Wal-Mart de Mexico | | 54,866 | |
| | | | 279,977 | |
| | Morocco — 1.0% | | | |
53 | | Ciments du Maroc | | 6,458 | |
16,650 | | Maroc Telecom | | 229,764 | |
| | | | 236,222 | |
| | Peru (1) — 0.4% | | | |
8,400 | | Cia de Minas Buenaventura ADR | | 85,260 | |
| | | | | |
| | Philippines — 0.6% | | | |
55,900 | | Manila Water | | 33,084 | |
357,200 | | Nickel Asia | | 40,529 | |
2,100 | | Philippine Long Distance Telephone ADR | | 77,490 | |
| | | | 151,103 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | Poland — 1.5% | | | |
1,414 | | Asseco Poland | | 21,449 | |
5,224 | | KGHM Polska Miedz | | 101,771 | |
3,686 | | MCI Capital (1) | | 11,328 | |
151,576 | | Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo | | 201,733 | |
3,296 | | Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski | | 21,122 | |
| | | | 357,403 | |
| | Qatar — 0.5% | | | |
2,890 | | Industries Qatar (3) | | 83,109 | |
539 | | Qatar Insurance SAQ | | 11,832 | |
2,169 | | United Development QSC (3) | | 11,434 | |
| | | | 106,375 | |
| | Russia — 4.0% | | | |
5,300 | | CTC Media (NASDAQ) | | 10,441 | |
1,690 | | Gazprom Neft PAO ADR | | 19,942 | |
21,505 | | Gazprom PAO ADR | | 111,611 | |
3,780 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 160,650 | |
7,389 | | MegaFon PJSC GDR | | 84,973 | |
11,773 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 173,887 | |
3,100 | | Mobile TeleSystems ADR | | 28,706 | |
391 | | NovaTek GDR | | 37,536 | |
1,968 | | Surgutneftegas OAO ADR | | 10,332 | |
28,609 | | Surgutneftegas OAO ADR (London Shares) | | 151,342 | |
5,029 | | Tatneft PAO ADR | | 157,634 | |
| | | | 947,054 | |
| | South Africa — 12.2% | | | |
4,407 | | AECI | | 29,748 | |
8,988 | | African Rainbow Minerals | | 70,779 | |
1,332 | | Anglo American Platinum (1) | | 38,474 | |
2,695 | | Astral Foods | | 24,502 | |
17,790 | | AVI | | 110,325 | |
5,190 | | Famous Brands | | 41,381 | |
70,242 | | FirstRand | | 225,747 | |
7,983 | | Kumba Iron Ore | | 64,867 | |
6,517 | | Lewis Group | | 21,979 | |
15,367 | | Liberty Holdings | | 151,023 | |
72,860 | | Life Healthcare Group Holdings | | 191,372 | |
71,111 | | MMI Holdings | | 118,241 | |
6,263 | | Mr Price Group | | 79,559 | |
22,778 | | MTN Group | | 238,513 | |
7,200 | | Peregrine Holdings | | 15,098 | |
47,623 | | Rand Merchant Investment Holdings | | 142,482 | |
5,592 | | Reunert | | 28,103 | |
49,925 | | RMB Holdings | | 203,730 | |
25,389 | | SA Corporate Real Estate Fund REIT | | 8,971 | |
48,245 | | Sanlam | | 233,849 | |
1,635 | | Santam | | 26,973 | |
7,142 | | Sasol | | 232,995 | |
8,296 | | Sibanye Gold | | 31,237 | |
4,539 | | Tiger Brands | | 112,285 | |
30,257 | | Truworths International | | 225,962 | |
17,738 | | Vodacom Group | | 206,223 | |
| | | | 2,874,418 | |
| | South Korea — 9.8% | | | |
464 | | AtlasBX | | 20,402 | |
81 | | CJ O Shopping | | 14,204 | |
2,189 | | CKH Food & Health (1) | | 5,523 | |
332 | | Daihan Pharmaceutical | | 7,984 | |
646 | | Dongyang E&P | | 8,505 | |
827 | | e-LITECOM | | 9,871 | |
1,165 | | Grand Korea Leisure | | 29,498 | |
125 | | GS Home Shopping | | 20,241 | |
121 | | Halla Holdings | | 6,011 | |
2,486 | | Hankook Tire | | 115,856 | |
469 | | Hyundai Home Shopping Network | | 54,951 | |
4,000 | | Hyundai Hy Communications & Network | | 12,989 | |
676 | | Hyundai Mobis | | 154,553 | |
535 | | INTOPS | | 9,814 | |
308 | | Kangnam Jevisco | | 11,056 | |
6,002 | | Kangwon Land | | 224,667 | |
4,057 | | KB Financial Group | | 123,911 | |
177 | | Korea Petrochemical Industries | | 36,584 | |
1,743 | | KT&G | | 188,160 | |
826 | | LG Chem | | 215,308 | |
555 | | Lotte Chemical | | 142,476 | |
206 | | Samsung Electronics | | 225,092 | |
421 | | Samsung Electronics GDR | | 229,445 | |
642 | | Sebang Global Battery | | 24,257 | |
5,051 | | Shinhan Financial Group | | 185,301 | |
208 | | Silicon Works | | 5,823 | |
1,377 | | SK Hynix | | 34,020 | |
881 | | SK Telecom | | 159,282 | |
125 | | Spigen Korea | | 5,935 | |
12 | | Taekwang Industrial | | 10,458 | |
216 | | Youngone Holdings | | 12,190 | |
| | | | 2,304,367 | |
| | Taiwan — 13.6% | | | |
4,000 | | Asustek Computer | | 35,159 | |
4,000 | | Boardtek Electronics | | 5,754 | |
26,000 | | Cathay Financial Holding | | 29,222 | |
14,000 | | Chimei Materials Technology | | 7,618 | |
162,000 | | China Life Insurance | | 122,305 | |
67,000 | | Chunghwa Telecom | | 226,429 | |
13,000 | | Cleanaway | | 70,536 | |
7,000 | | Cyberlink | | 15,149 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
24,000 | | Delta Electronics | | 111,618 | |
11,000 | | Draytek | | 10,419 | |
5,000 | | DYNACOLOR | | 7,767 | |
3,000 | | Elite Advanced Laser | | 14,417 | |
7,000 | | Elite Material | | 12,501 | |
83,000 | | Far EasTone Telecommunications | | 187,344 | |
2,912 | | FLEXium Interconnect | | 6,717 | |
12,054 | | Flytech Technology | | 40,550 | |
2,000 | | Formosa Chemicals & Fibre | | 5,110 | |
26,160 | | Foxconn Technology | | 54,018 | |
42,000 | | Fubon Financial Holding | | 51,112 | |
3,300 | | GeoVision | | 6,988 | |
34,000 | | Greatek Electronics | | 38,793 | |
3,000 | | Holiday Entertainment | | 4,827 | |
60,000 | | Hon Hai Precision Industry | | 143,429 | |
3,000 | | KD Holding | | 16,324 | |
27,000 | | King’s Town Bank | | 18,835 | |
20,000 | | Kinsus Interconnect Technology | | 38,756 | |
2,000 | | Largan Precision | | 140,762 | |
1,000 | | Lotes (1) | | 2,645 | |
7,000 | | Lumax International | | 10,222 | |
22,000 | | MediaTek | | 156,885 | |
6,000 | | Microlife | | 15,552 | |
4,000 | | MIN AIK Technology | | 6,226 | |
3,000 | | Nan Ya Plastics | | 5,879 | |
9,000 | | New Era Electronics | | 6,585 | |
59,000 | | Novatek Microelectronics | | 206,709 | |
14,000 | | Phison Electronics | | 116,981 | |
2,000 | | Polytronics Technology | | 3,690 | |
8,000 | | Portwell | | 11,707 | |
2,000 | | Powertech Technology | | 4,055 | |
26,000 | | President Chain Store | | 184,200 | |
2,608 | | Raydium Semiconductor | | 3,729 | |
13,000 | | Realtek Semiconductor | | 36,437 | |
3,000 | | Senao Networks | | 15,952 | |
5,000 | | Shin Zu Shing | | 14,278 | |
25,000 | | Simplo Technology | | 84,488 | |
4,784 | | Sinmag Equipment | | 15,871 | |
8,000 | | Sirtec International | | 9,649 | |
2,000 | | Sitronix Technology | | 5,854 | |
6,000 | | St. Shine Optical | | 112,362 | |
22,000 | | Taiwan Mobile | | 72,644 | |
19,465 | | Taiwan Secom | | 54,799 | |
49,000 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 227,886 | |
9,200 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR | | 217,028 | |
7,720 | | Test Research | | 10,915 | |
12,000 | | Thinking Electronic Industrial | | 18,008 | |
14,000 | | Transcend Information | | 39,370 | |
15,000 | | Tripod Technology | | 27,486 | |
12,000 | | TXC | | 15,292 | |
8,000 | | Vanguard International Semiconductor | | 12,266 | |
6,000 | | Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing | | 13,375 | |
15,000 | | Yungtay Engineering | | 21,765 | |
5,000 | | Zhen Ding Technology Holding | | 10,526 | |
| | | | 3,193,775 | |
| | Thailand — 5.8% | | | |
50,900 | | Advanced Info Service NVDR | | 227,323 | |
21,600 | | Bangkok Bank | | 101,414 | |
28,200 | | Central Pattana | | 42,587 | |
11,500 | | Delta Electronics Thai | | 23,705 | |
2,800 | | Delta Electronics Thai NVDR | | 5,771 | |
58,000 | | Hana Microelectronics NVDR | | 55,210 | |
40,600 | | Kasikornbank NVDR | | 192,946 | |
91,600 | | LPN Development | | 36,713 | |
44,600 | | Pruksa Real Estate | | 32,879 | |
6,900 | | PTT | | 60,051 | |
7,600 | | PTT NVDR | | 66,144 | |
11,100 | | PTT Exploration & Production | | 23,913 | |
90,300 | | PTT Exploration & Production NVDR | | 194,534 | |
14,600 | | Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding | | 21,108 | |
2,500 | | Siam City Cement | | 23,189 | |
15,900 | | Siam Commercial Bank | | 60,769 | |
277,900 | | Thai Beverage | | 153,947 | |
9,000 | | Thai Vegetable Oil | | 6,635 | |
28,100 | | Total Access Communication | | 27,151 | |
| | | | 1,355,989 | |
| | Turkey — 2.6% | | | |
1,968 | | Akcansa Cimento | | 10,171 | |
40,692 | | Enka Insaat ve Sanayi | | 70,680 | |
79,112 | | Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari | | 132,042 | |
11,109 | | Koza Altin Isletmeleri (1) | | 72,657 | |
24,806 | | Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri (1) | | 12,412 | |
6,327 | | Soda Sanayii | | 10,650 | |
9,257 | | TAV Havalimanlari Holding | | 53,961 | |
8,811 | | Turk Telekomunikasyon | | 21,287 | |
38,568 | | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri (1) | | 166,788 | |
91,205 | | Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi | | 57,044 | |
| | | | 607,692 | |
| | United Arab Emirates (3) — 0.3% | | | |
12,605 | | Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC | | 22,562 | |
17,731 | | Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC | | 27,984 | |
7,328 | | First Gulf Bank PJSC | | 25,648 | |
| | | | 76,194 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares/ Principal Amount($) | | | | Value $ | |
| | United Kingdom — 0.3% | | | |
7,313 | | Anglo American | | 81,425 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $22,957,910) | | 21,400,663 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 2.2% | | | |
| | Brazil — 2.2% | | | |
26,700 | | Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul | | 66,687 | |
4,100 | | Eucatex Industria e Comercio | | 2,980 | |
95,873 | | Itausa - Investimentos Itau | | 240,014 | |
8,700 | | Metalurgica Gerdau Class A | | 7,311 | |
12,200 | | Petroleo Brasileiro (1) | | 36,218 | |
6,200 | | Petroleo Brasileiro Class A ADR (1) | | 36,580 | |
15,000 | | Vale Class A | | 68,779 | |
14,100 | | Vale Class A ADR | | 64,014 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $627,872) | | 522,583 | |
| | | | | |
| | WARRANTS (1) — 0.0% | | | |
| | Malaysia — 0.0% | | | |
10,566 | | CB Industrial Product Holding | | | |
| | Expires 11/06/19 | | 1,217 | |
4,950 | | OSK Holdings Expires 07/22/20 | | 380 | |
| | TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $676) | | 1,597 | |
| | | | | |
| | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATION (4) — 2.2% | | | |
| | United States Treasury Bill | | | |
513,700 | | 0.250%, 05/12/16 | | | |
| | (Cost $513,661) | | 513,680 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 95.6% (Cost $24,100,119) | | 22,438,523 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 4.4% | | 1,035,497 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 23,474,020 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
(2) Security considered illiquid. On April 30, 2016 the value of the securities amounted to $0, representing 0.0% of the total net assets of the Fund.
(3) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
(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 April 30, 2016, are as follows:
| | Number of | | | | Unrealized | |
Type of | | Contracts | | Expiration | | Appreciation | |
Contract | | Long (Short) | | Date | | (Depreciation) | |
SGX S&P CNX Nifty Index | | 86 | | May-2016 | | $ | (1,544 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2016, is as follows:
| | | | | | | | Unrealized | |
| | Settlement | | | | | | Appreciation | |
Counterparty | | Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | (Depreciation) | |
HSBC | | 06/01/16 | | USD | 1,155,063 | | INR | 76,841,731 | | $ | (3,934 | ) |
Standard Chartered | | 06/01/16 | | TRY | 666,422 | | USD | 232,925 | | (3,146 | ) |
State Street Bank | | 06/01/16 | | ZAR | 7,076,080 | | USD | 482,581 | | (11,016 | ) |
| | | | | | | | $ | (18,096 | ) |
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
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 April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3(2) | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 1,037,205 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 1,037,205 | |
Chile | | 150,443 | | — | | — | | 150,443 | |
China | | 2,876,876 | | — | | — | | 2,876,876 | |
Colombia | | 94,050 | | — | | — | | 94,050 | |
Czech Republic | | 65,769 | | — | | — | | 65,769 | |
Egypt | | 39,382 | | 77,701 | | — | | 117,083 | |
Greece | | — | | 100,250 | | — | | 100,250 | |
Hong Kong | | 1,893,435 | | — | | — | | 1,893,435 | |
Hungary | | 371,230 | | — | | — | | 371,230 | |
India | | 294,276 | | — | | — | | 294,276 | |
Indonesia | | 1,193,872 | | — | | — | | 1,193,872 | |
Kazakhstan | | 16,370 | | — | | — | | 16,370 | |
Malaysia | | 532,550 | | — | | — | | 532,550 | |
Mexico | | 279,977 | | — | | — | | 279,977 | |
Morocco | | 236,222 | | — | | — | | 236,222 | |
Peru | | 85,260 | | — | | — | | 85,260 | |
Philippines | | 151,103 | | — | | — | | 151,103 | |
Poland | | 357,403 | | — | | — | | 357,403 | |
Qatar | | 11,832 | | 94,543 | | — | | 106,375 | |
Russia | | 947,054 | | — | | — | | 947,054 | |
South Africa | | 2,874,418 | | — | | — | | 2,874,418 | |
South Korea | | 2,304,367 | | — | | — | | 2,304,367 | |
Taiwan | | 3,193,775 | | — | | — | | 3,193,775 | |
Thailand | | 1,355,989 | | — | | — | | 1,355,989 | |
Turkey | | 607,692 | | — | | — | | 607,692 | |
United Arab Emirates | | — | | 76,194 | | — | | 76,194 | |
United Kingdom | | 81,425 | | — | | — | | 81,425 | |
Total Common Stock | | 21,051,975 | | 348,688 | | — | | 21,400,663 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 522,583 | | — | | — | | 522,583 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 522,583 | | — | | — | | 522,583 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Warrants | | | | | | | | | |
Malaysia | | 1,597 | | — | | — | | 1,597 | |
Total Warrants | | 1,597 | | — | | — | | 1,597 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Obligation | | — | | 513,680 | | — | | 513,680 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 21,576,155 | | $ | 862,368 | | $ | — | | $ | 22,438,523 | |
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 (2) | | Total | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Depreciation | | $ | (1,544 | ) | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | (1,544 | ) |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | — | | (18,096 | ) | — | | (18,096 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | (1,544 | ) | $ | (18,096 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (19,640 | ) |
(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 and end of the reporting period. As of April 30, 2016, the Fund had securities with a total value of $348,688 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.
(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
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 97.0% | | | |
| | Brazil — 2.4% | | | |
44,700 | | AES Tiete Energia | | 183,388 | |
40,700 | | Odontoprev | | 125,322 | |
| | | | 308,710 | |
| | Chile — 0.8% | | | |
61,131 | | Vina Concha y Toro | | 102,651 | |
| | | | | |
| | China — 15.7% | | | |
72,600 | | Anhui Gujing Distillery Class B | | 241,473 | |
201,000 | | Baoxin Auto Group | | 127,489 | |
416,000 | | Best Pacific International Holdings | | 246,696 | |
640,000 | | China Dongxiang Group | | 132,012 | |
6,805 | | China Lodging Group ADR | | 245,388 | |
138,000 | | China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group | | 158,159 | |
148,000 | | Haitian International Holdings | | 253,380 | |
9,931 | | Hollysys Automation Technologies (1) | | 190,377 | |
226,000 | | Nexteer Automotive Group | | 238,327 | |
728,000 | | Tenwow International Holdings | | 212,105 | |
| | | | 2,045,406 | |
| | Colombia — 0.9% | | | |
13,493 | | Grupo Nutresa | | 123,151 | |
| | | | | |
| | Georgia — 2.0% | | | |
4,787 | | BGEO Group | | 160,175 | |
37,553 | | Georgia Healthcare Group (1) (2) | | 106,449 | |
| | | | 266,624 | |
| | Greece (3) — 1.0% | | | |
11,695 | | Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries | | 133,539 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 1.9% | | | |
33,900 | | ASM Pacific Technology | | 244,737 | |
| | | | | |
| | India — 10.9% | | | |
11,532 | | Apollo Hospitals Enterprise | | 228,128 | |
69,235 | | Arvind | | 289,496 | |
7,097 | | Container of India | | 144,749 | |
511 | | Eicher Motors | | 154,348 | |
52,557 | | Gateway Distriparks | | 220,711 | |
7,468 | | Pfizer | | 195,741 | |
15,841 | | Supreme Industries | | 191,152 | |
| | | | 1,424,325 | |
| | Indonesia — 3.3% | | | |
110,100 | | Matahari Department Store | | 158,621 | |
109,300 | | United Tractors | | 124,318 | |
531,000 | | XL Axiata | | 141,729 | |
| | | | 424,668 | |
| | Malaysia — 1.4% | | | |
87,500 | | Bursa Malaysia | | 188,372 | |
| | | | | |
| | Mexico — 5.7% | | | |
34,387 | | Alsea | | 131,815 | |
26,710 | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico Class B | | 252,201 | |
33,493 | | Infraestructura Energetica Nova | | 130,646 | |
144,341 | | Inmobiliaria Vesta | | 234,910 | |
| | | | 749,572 | |
| | Pakistan — 1.4% | | | |
98,500 | | Habib Bank | | 177,581 | |
| | | | | |
| | Philippines — 1.6% | | | |
1,118,100 | | D&L Industries | | 214,618 | |
| | | | | |
| | Poland — 3.8% | | | |
2,748 | | CCC | | 122,391 | |
6,522 | | UNIWHEELS (1) | | 247,761 | |
12,455 | | Warsaw Stock Exchange | | 123,083 | |
| | | | 493,235 | |
| | Russia — 4.4% | | | |
40,997 | | Globaltrans Investment GDR | | 156,404 | |
20,847 | | Lenta GDR (1) | | 134,463 | |
13,706 | | Polymetal International | | 141,989 | |
34,912 | | TCS Group Holding GDR | | 137,902 | |
| | | | 570,758 | |
| | Singapore — 1.6% | | | |
145,100 | | First Resources | | 205,536 | |
| | | | | |
| | South Korea — 11.7% | | | |
21,519 | | Hanon Systems | | 194,528 | |
2,150 | | KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering | | 142,465 | |
1,501 | | Mando | | 248,322 | |
744 | | Medy-Tox | | 276,209 | |
16,440 | | Nexen Tire | | 209,937 | |
3,455 | | S-1 Corp. | | 282,307 | |
15,917 | | Sung Kwang Bend | | 169,731 | |
| | | | 1,523,499 | |
| | Sri Lanka — 1.4% | | | |
174,830 | | John Keells Holdings | | 185,529 | |
| | | | | |
| | Taiwan — 18.1% | | | |
246,000 | | Aerospace Industrial Development | | 335,597 | |
159,000 | | Chipbond Technology | | 211,980 | |
91,000 | | Chroma ATE | | 202,015 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
222,000 | | CTCI | | 289,434 | |
31,000 | | Gourmet Master | | 249,899 | |
48,000 | | Merida Industry | | 197,191 | |
18,000 | | Nien Made Enterprises | | 141,754 | |
14,000 | | PChome Online | | 148,668 | |
48,000 | | Posiflex Technology | | 241,094 | |
160,000 | | ScinoPharm Taiwan | | 210,585 | |
50,000 | | Toung Loong Textile Manufacturing | | 133,166 | |
| | | | 2,361,383 | |
| | Thailand — 3.1% | | | |
33,200 | | Bumrungrad Hospital | | 192,946 | |
27,500 | | KCE Electronics | | 61,802 | |
375,300 | | LPN Development | | 150,421 | |
| | | | 405,169 | |
| | Turkey — 1.5% | | | |
7,181 | | Ford Otomotiv Sanayi | | 96,500 | |
12,244 | | Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi | | 96,884 | |
| | | | 193,384 | |
| | United Arab Emirates (3) — 2.4% | | | |
335,863 | | Aramex PJSC | | 309,783 | |
| | | | | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $11,838,341) | | 12,652,230 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 1.2% | | | |
| | Brazil — 1.2% | | | |
14,400 | | Cia Energetica do Ceara Class A | | | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $149,651) | | 156,969 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.2% (Cost $11,987,992) | | 12,809,199 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 1.8% | | 229,506 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 13,038,705 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
(2) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On April 30, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $106,449, representing 0.8% of the net assets of the Fund.
(3) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
PJSC — Private Joint Stock Company
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 April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | $ | 308,710 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 308,710 | |
Chile | | 102,651 | | — | | — | | 102,651 | |
China | | 2,045,406 | | — | | — | | 2,045,406 | |
Colombia | | 123,151 | | — | | — | | 123,151 | |
Georgia | | 266,624 | | — | | — | | 266,624 | |
Greece | | — | | 133,539 | | — | | 133,539 | |
Hong Kong | | 244,737 | | — | | — | | 244,737 | |
India | | 1,424,325 | | — | | — | | 1,424,325 | |
Indonesia | | 424,668 | | — | | — | | 424,668 | |
Malaysia | | 188,372 | | — | | — | | 188,372 | |
Mexico | | 749,572 | | — | | — | | 749,572 | |
Pakistan | | 177,581 | | — | | — | | 177,581 | |
Philippines | | 214,618 | | — | | — | | 214,618 | |
Poland | | 493,235 | | — | | — | | 493,235 | |
Russia | | 570,758 | | — | | — | | 570,758 | |
Singapore | | 205,536 | | — | | — | | 205,536 | |
South Korea | | 1,523,499 | | — | | — | | 1,523,499 | |
Sri Lanka | | 185,529 | | — | | — | | 185,529 | |
Taiwan | | 2,361,383 | | — | | — | | 2,361,383 | |
Thailand | | 405,169 | | — | | — | | 405,169 | |
Turkey | | 193,384 | | — | | — | | 193,384 | |
United Arab Emirates | | — | | 309,783 | | — | | 309,783 | |
Total Common Stock | | 12,208,908 | | 443,322 | | — | | 12,652,230 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 156,969 | | — | | — | | 156,969 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 156,969 | | — | | — | | 156,969 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 12,365,877 | | $ | 443,322 | | $ | — | | $ | 12,809,199 | |
(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 and end of the reporting period. As of April 30, 2016, the Fund had securities with a total value of $443,322 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
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 98.4% | | | |
| | Australia — 2.0% | | | |
333,700 | | Brambles | | 3,166,544 | |
| | | | | |
| | Belgium — 2.6% | | | |
35,239 | | KBC Groep | | 1,978,391 | |
28,963 | | UCB | | 2,167,283 | |
| | | | 4,145,674 | |
| | Canada — 1.7% | | | |
61,085 | | Toronto-Dominion Bank | | 2,719,054 | |
| | | | | |
| | China — 3.6% | | | |
31,756 | | Alibaba Group Holding ADR (1) | | 2,443,307 | |
1,224,000 | | Brilliance China Automotive Holdings | | 1,213,443 | |
81,759 | | JD.com ADR (1) | | 2,089,760 | |
| | | | 5,746,510 | |
| | France — 3.4% | | | |
22,469 | | Essilor International | | 2,908,579 | |
36,290 | | Groupe Danone | | 2,541,863 | |
| | | | 5,450,442 | |
| | Germany — 14.0% | | | |
36,901 | | BASF | | 3,048,604 | |
24,017 | | Bayerische Motoren Werke | | 2,213,815 | |
36,662 | | Brenntag | | 2,149,797 | |
11,950 | | Continental | | 2,624,479 | |
70,081 | | Deutsche Bank | | 1,321,662 | |
33,924 | | Fresenius Medical Care & KGaA | | 2,942,499 | |
72,638 | | GEA Group | | 3,367,738 | |
60,559 | | SAP | | 4,737,543 | |
| | | | 22,406,137 | |
| | Hong Kong — 5.6% | | | |
704,400 | | AIA Group | | 4,240,802 | |
722,500 | | BOC Hong Kong Holdings | | 2,165,572 | |
89,628 | | Jardine Strategic Holdings | | 2,594,731 | |
| | | | 9,001,105 | |
| | Ireland — 1.7% | | | |
29,508 | | Kerry Group Class A | | 2,631,095 | |
| | | | | |
| | Israel — 3.8% | | | |
41,742 | | Check Point Software Technologies (1) | | 3,459,160 | |
49,181 | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR | | 2,677,905 | |
| | | | 6,137,065 | |
| | Italy — 1.3% | | | |
765,558 | | Intesa Sanpaolo | | 2,121,388 | |
| | | | | |
| | Japan (2) — 19.3% | | | |
30,100 | | ABC-Mart | | 1,953,257 | |
87,800 | | Bridgestone | | 3,231,692 | |
106,700 | | KDDI | | 3,073,572 | |
4,600 | | Keyence | | 2,757,208 | |
233,200 | | Kubota | | 3,396,991 | |
169,300 | | ORIX | | 2,394,737 | |
67,900 | | Otsuka Holdings | | 2,647,049 | |
239,500 | | Sekisui Chemical | | 2,993,289 | |
11,100 | | SMC | | 2,706,843 | |
111,400 | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | | 3,352,217 | |
54,700 | | Suntory Beverage & Food | | 2,389,412 | |
| | | | 30,896,267 | |
| | Netherlands — 1.0% | | | |
21,844 | | Akzo Nobel | | 1,548,030 | |
| | | | | |
| | Norway — 2.8% | | | |
152,621 | | DnB NOR | | 1,954,237 | |
138,988 | | Statoil | | 2,456,329 | |
| | | | 4,410,566 | |
| | Spain — 1.3% | | | |
312,152 | | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | | 2,138,512 | |
| | | | | |
| | Sweden — 1.5% | | | |
111,827 | | Assa Abloy Class B | | 2,345,033 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 9.1% | | | |
16,709 | | Lonza Group | | 2,779,898 | |
70,204 | | Nestle | | 5,232,551 | |
15,874 | | Roche Holding | | 4,012,765 | |
4,903 | | Swisscom | | 2,486,510 | |
| | | | 14,511,724 | |
| | Taiwan — 2.7% | | | |
917,000 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | | 4,264,720 | |
| | | | | |
| | United Kingdom — 21.0% | | | |
133,377 | | BHP Billiton | | 1,818,467 | |
124,696 | | Burberry Group | | 2,166,361 | |
162,271 | | Capita | | 2,373,402 | |
26,837 | | Carnival | | 1,332,066 | |
121,313 | | Diageo | | 3,272,166 | |
152,230 | | GlaxoSmithKline | | 3,245,278 | |
3,105,687 | | Lloyds Banking Group | | 3,043,563 | |
139,442 | | Prudential | | 2,745,483 | |
31,709 | | Reckitt Benckiser Group | | 3,082,916 | |
141,959 | | Royal Dutch Shell Class A | | 3,738,672 | |
961,351 | | Vodafone Group | | 3,079,065 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
441,500 | | Worldpay Group (1)(3) | | 1,721,772 | |
80,625 | | WPP | | 1,880,178 | |
| | | | 33,499,389 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $153,665,796) | | 157,139,255 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 0.1% | | | |
| | Brazil — 0.1% | | | |
13,600 | | Telefonica Brasil | | | |
| | (Cost $164,690) | | 167,822 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.5% (Cost $153,830,486) | | 157,307,077 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 1.5% | | 2,455,356 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 159,762,433 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
(2) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
(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 April 30, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $1,721,772, representing 1.1% 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 April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | 3,166,544 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 3,166,544 | |
Belgium | | 4,145,674 | | — | | — | | 4,145,674 | |
Canada | | 2,719,054 | | — | | — | | 2,719,054 | |
China | | 5,746,510 | | — | | — | | 5,746,510 | |
France | | 5,450,442 | | — | | — | | 5,450,442 | |
Germany | | 22,406,137 | | — | | — | | 22,406,137 | |
Hong Kong | | 9,001,105 | | — | | — | | 9,001,105 | |
Ireland | | 2,631,095 | | — | | — | | 2,631,095 | |
Israel | | 6,137,065 | | — | | — | | 6,137,065 | |
Italy | | 2,121,388 | | — | | — | | 2,121,388 | |
Japan | | — | | 30,896,267 | | — | | 30,896,267 | |
Netherlands | | 1,548,030 | | — | | — | | 1,548,030 | |
Norway | | 4,410,566 | | — | | — | | 4,410,566 | |
Spain | | 2,138,512 | | — | | — | | 2,138,512 | |
Sweden | | 2,345,033 | | — | | — | | 2,345,033 | |
Switzerland | | 14,511,724 | | — | | — | | 14,511,724 | |
Taiwan | | 4,264,720 | | — | | — | | 4,264,720 | |
United Kingdom | | 33,499,389 | | — | | — | | 33,499,389 | |
Total Common Stock | | 126,242,988 | | 30,896,267 | | — | | 157,139,255 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 167,822 | | — | | — | | 167,822 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 167,822 | | — | | — | | 167,822 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 126,410,810 | | $ | 30,896,267 | | $ | — | | $ | 157,307,077 | |
(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 and end of the reporting period. As of April 30, 2016, the Fund had securities with a total value of $30,896,267 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
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Shares | | | | Value $ | |
| | COMMON STOCK — 97.9% | | | |
| | Australia — 4.0% | | | |
65,829 | | Acrux | | 30,783 | |
102,539 | | Adelaide Brighton | | 403,083 | |
37,791 | | Ausdrill | | 13,505 | |
91,586 | | BHP Billiton | | 1,440,106 | |
93,531 | | BWP Trust REIT | | 248,908 | |
69,442 | | Cabcharge Australia | | 170,017 | |
61,175 | | Collection House | | 53,957 | |
13,299 | | Decmil Group | | 7,736 | |
7,355 | | DWS | | 6,655 | |
13,276 | | Fleetwood | | 17,059 | |
29,018 | | Flight Centre Travel Group | | 867,332 | |
94,812 | | Iluka Resources | | 463,542 | |
21,739 | | Iress Market Technology | | 192,401 | |
98,377 | | MACA | | 82,655 | |
16,124 | | Macquarie Group | | 778,505 | |
222,513 | | Medusa Mining (1) | | 126,045 | |
19,575 | | Monadelphous Group | | 113,415 | |
76,645 | | OZ Minerals | | 342,670 | |
26,653 | | RCR Tomlinson | | 26,548 | |
90,354 | | Resolute Mining (1) | | 66,983 | |
34,999 | | Rio Tinto | | 1,371,826 | |
109,155 | | Sandfire Resources NL | | 492,168 | |
481,753 | | Telstra | | 1,963,378 | |
271,473 | | Western Areas | | 516,038 | |
34,423 | | Woodside Petroleum | | 741,760 | |
46,299 | | WorleyParsons | | 246,073 | |
| | | | 10,783,148 | |
| | Austria — 0.3% | | | |
997 | | Mayr Melnhof Karton | | 117,016 | |
15,928 | | Oesterreichische Post | | 622,113 | |
| | | | 739,129 | |
| | Belgium — 1.2% | | | |
42,341 | | AGFA-Gevaert (1) | | 168,187 | |
11,614 | | Anheuser-Busch InBev | | 1,437,587 | |
2,642 | | Barco | | 184,509 | |
1,039 | | Gimv | | 57,701 | |
5,267 | | Melexis | | 290,815 | |
18,264 | | Proximus | | 614,328 | |
2,774 | | Sioen Industries | | 57,175 | |
2,702 | | Sofina | | 344,201 | |
359 | | Van de Velde | | 25,174 | |
| | | | 3,179,677 | |
| | Brazil — 1.2% | | | |
49,400 | | BTG Pactual Group | | 279,803 | |
13,900 | | Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais-COPASA | | 86,692 | |
167,217 | | Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR | | 327,745 | |
16,800 | | Cia Hering | | 70,048 | |
13,600 | | Eternit | | 6,525 | |
19,200 | | Ez Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes | | 92,671 | |
12,300 | | Grendene | | 60,584 | |
15,900 | | Helbor Empreendimentos | | 7,073 | |
11,700 | | Mahle-Metal Leve | | 77,393 | |
16,600 | | Multiplus | | 181,433 | |
87,900 | | Natura Cosmeticos | | 651,727 | |
21,700 | | QGEP Participacoes | | 25,743 | |
37,700 | | Qualicorp | | 163,877 | |
35,500 | | Tractebel Energia | | 392,546 | |
66,300 | | Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica | | 387,477 | |
53,300 | | Vale | | 307,317 | |
11,000 | | Via Varejo | | 19,830 | |
| | | | 3,138,484 | |
| | Cambodia — 0.0% | | | |
170,000 | | NagaCorp | | 121,634 | |
| | | | | |
| | Canada — 3.0% | | | |
26,100 | | Alacer Gold (1) | | 70,726 | |
73,500 | | Argonaut Gold (1) | | 172,224 | |
5,800 | | Boardwalk REIT | | 248,235 | |
5,300 | | Canadian REIT | | 187,086 | |
4,500 | | Canfor Pulp Products | | 36,511 | |
86,200 | | Centerra Gold | | 476,790 | |
22,300 | | Corus Entertainment Class B | | 222,342 | |
24,500 | | Dominion Diamond | | 281,378 | |
66,200 | | Eldorado Gold | | 279,109 | |
38,600 | | First Quantum Minerals | | 328,871 | |
22,800 | | Genworth MI Canada | | 590,216 | |
18,600 | | Goldcorp | | 374,757 | |
67,200 | | IAMGOLD (1) | | 228,695 | |
105,100 | | Lundin Mining (1) | | 412,962 | |
22,100 | | Magna International Class A | | 928,246 | |
42,200 | | Medical Facilities | | 572,106 | |
1,300 | | Morguard REIT | | 15,811 | |
109,800 | | Nevsun Resources | | 410,426 | |
12,600 | | Noranda Income Fund | | 34,445 | |
6,000 | | North West | | 133,371 | |
38,400 | | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan | | 679,429 | |
28,800 | | Teck Resources Class B | | 352,569 | |
139,500 | | Teranga Gold (1) | | 111,182 | |
3,300 | | Torstar Class B | | 5,497 | |
14,700 | | Transcontinental Class A | | 231,039 | |
106,200 | | Turquoise Hill Resources (1) | | 317,407 | |
5,300 | | Westshore Terminals Investment | | 77,470 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Shares | | | | Value $ | |
10,410 | | Yellow Pages (1) | | 173,071 | |
| | | | 7,951,971 | |
| | Chile — 0.2% | | | |
38,200 | | Enersis ADR | | 326,992 | |
38,200 | | Enersis Chile ADR | | 243,334 | |
| | | | 570,326 | |
| | China — 1.9% | | | |
72,000 | | 361 Degrees International | | 25,897 | |
8,698 | | 51job ADR (1) | | 259,200 | |
63,000 | | Anhui Conch Cement Class H | | 166,903 | |
1,477,000 | | Bank of China Class H | | 603,603 | |
30,000 | | Baoye Group Class H | | 19,802 | |
60,000 | | Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings (1) | | 1,292 | |
207,000 | | China Child Care | | 16,012 | |
508,000 | | China Communications Services Class H | | 240,349 | |
134,000 | | China Life Insurance Class H | | 311,985 | |
510,000 | | China Lumena New Materials (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
306,000 | | China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group | | 350,699 | |
80,000 | | China Taifeng Beddings Holdings (2)(3) | | — | |
268,000 | | Dongfeng Motor Group Class H | | 294,365 | |
212,000 | | Haitian International Holdings | | 362,949 | |
43,500 | | Hengan International Group | | 391,432 | |
162,000 | | Hosa International | | 51,794 | |
1,496,000 | | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H | | 811,943 | |
213,000 | | Pacific Online | | 64,804 | |
100,000 | | Ping An Insurance Group of China Class H | | 472,483 | |
68,000 | | Qingling Motors Class H | | 22,091 | |
131,500 | | Sinopec Engineering Group Class H | | 122,398 | |
122,000 | | Xingda International Holdings | | 25,637 | |
85,000 | | Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Class H | | 79,445 | |
384,700 | | Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings | | 283,194 | |
| | | | 4,978,277 | |
| | Colombia — 0.0% | | | |
2,900 | | Ecopetrol ADR | | 28,826 | |
| | | | | |
| | Denmark — 0.2% | | | |
377 | | AP Moeller - Maersk Class B | | 530,144 | |
1,520 | | NNIT (4) | | 41,393 | |
9,556 | | Spar Nord Bank | | 77,922 | |
| | | | 649,459 | |
| | Finland — 2.4% | | | |
58,836 | | Fortum | | 886,596 | |
11,899 | | Kone Class B | | 542,821 | |
21,792 | | Lassila & Tikanoja | | 379,037 | |
13,854 | | Metso | | 332,977 | |
58,894 | | Orion Class B | | 2,054,128 | |
10,015 | | Ramirent | | 69,953 | |
23,652 | | Sampo Class A | | 1,032,669 | |
24,379 | | Tieto | | 640,098 | |
27,389 | | UPM-Kymmene | | 523,117 | |
| | | | 6,461,396 | |
| | France — 5.5% | | | |
4,294 | | Altamir | | 53,594 | |
24,784 | | AXA | | 624,765 | |
3,406 | | Axway Sortware | | 75,037 | |
16,771 | | BNP Paribas | | 887,980 | |
3,713 | | Boiron | | 297,611 | |
3,056 | | Cegid Group | | 216,256 | |
9,651 | | Christian Dior | | 1,694,661 | |
5,734 | | Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin | | 598,468 | |
9,162 | | CNP Assurances | | 155,949 | |
53,003 | | Etablissements Maurel et Prom | | 213,027 | |
747 | | FFP | | 57,711 | |
11,574 | | Imerys | | 854,280 | |
17,039 | | Metropole Television | | 323,193 | |
9,344 | | Neopost | | 228,753 | |
10,204 | | Peugeot (1) | | 164,221 | |
15,516 | | Plastic Omnium | | 513,813 | |
18,795 | | Publicis Groupe | | 1,390,923 | |
2,718 | | Renault | | 262,301 | |
7,938 | | Saft Groupe | | 246,688 | |
22,439 | | Sanofi | | 1,852,787 | |
11,469 | | Schneider Electric | | 746,460 | |
17,958 | | Societe Generale | | 704,280 | |
1,102 | | Sword Group | | 29,628 | |
2,360 | | Technip | | 138,116 | |
39,059 | | Total | | 1,964,757 | |
5,104 | | Vinci | | 381,286 | |
| | | | 14,676,545 | |
| | Gabon — 0.0% | | | |
272 | | Total Gabon | | 43,915 | |
| | | | | |
| | Germany — 3.0% | | | |
2,570 | | Amadeus Fire | | 192,988 | |
24,060 | | BASF | | 1,987,735 | |
1,505 | | Bijou Brigitte | | 97,212 | |
31,671 | | Commerzbank | | 295,923 | |
32,024 | | Deutsche Bank | | 603,943 | |
15,118 | | Deutsche Lufthansa | | 234,737 | |
2,829 | | GFK | | 110,138 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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10,449 | | Hamburger Hafen und Logistik | | 163,916 | |
4,592 | | HUGO BOSS | | 292,823 | |
11,614 | | K+S | | 289,645 | |
630 | | Leifheit | | 40,398 | |
5,621 | | Siemens | | 586,481 | |
26,397 | | Software | | 1,008,643 | |
27,614 | | STADA Arzneimittel | | 1,171,505 | |
3,582 | | STO & KGaA | | 442,151 | |
21,814 | | Takkt | | 455,853 | |
| | | | 7,974,091 | |
| | Greece — 0.1% | | | |
14,539 | | JUMBO (2) | | 190,435 | |
6,500 | | Metka | | 49,718 | |
13,297 | | OPAP (2) | | 100,519 | |
| | | | 340,672 | |
| | Guernsey — 0.1% | | | |
24,762 | | Tetragon Financial Group | | 238,210 | |
| | | | | |
| | Hong Kong — 5.1% | | | |
606,000 | | Allied Properties HK | | 114,061 | |
32,000 | | AMVIG Holdings | | 13,201 | |
221,016 | | Asian Citrus Holdings (1) | | 15,340 | |
154,000 | | Belle International Holdings | | 94,502 | |
322,500 | | BOC Hong Kong Holdings | | 966,639 | |
300,000 | | Bolina Holding | | 68,842 | |
240,000 | | Champion REIT | | 128,711 | |
922,000 | | Champion Technology Holdings | | 13,550 | |
450,000 | | China BlueChemical | | 104,423 | |
36,000 | | China Lilang | | 23,066 | |
157,000 | | China Mobile | | 1,800,352 | |
148,000 | | CIMC Enric Holdings | | 77,846 | |
488,000 | | CNOOC | | 607,727 | |
810,000 | | CSI Properties | | 24,644 | |
120,000 | | Dah Sing Banking Group | | 214,106 | |
48,000 | | Dah Sing Financial Holdings | | 328,894 | |
79,000 | | Dan Form Holdings | | 15,379 | |
13,000 | | Dickson Concepts International | | 3,653 | |
285,000 | | Emperor Entertainment Hotel | | 88,547 | |
9,500 | | Fairwood Holdings | | 33,680 | |
460,000 | | Geely Automobile Holdings | | 229,499 | |
424,000 | | Giordano International | | 191,860 | |
23,000 | | Goldlion Holdings | | 9,132 | |
1,016,000 | | Guangdong Investment | | 1,440,782 | |
123,000 | | Hang Lung Properties | | 245,464 | |
28,000 | | Hang Seng Bank | | 508,966 | |
6,811 | | Hanison Construction Holdings | | 1,141 | |
45,965 | | Henderson Land Development | | 287,396 | |
28,000 | | HKR International | | 11,515 | |
11,000 | | Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels | | 13,117 | |
46,000 | | Hongkong Land Holdings | | 292,100 | |
22,000 | | Hopewell Holdings | | 74,308 | |
278,000 | | Huabao International Holdings | | 109,668 | |
120,000 | | Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings | | 42,079 | |
106,000 | | Hysan Development | | 469,401 | |
73,000 | | Kerry Properties | | 199,042 | |
17,000 | | Kowloon Development | | 16,371 | |
588,000 | | Kunlun Energy | | 512,431 | |
501,000 | | Lai Sun Development | | 7,492 | |
160,000 | | Lifestyle International Holdings | | 265,261 | |
60,000 | | Link REIT | | 364,708 | |
102,000 | | L’Occitane International | | 196,718 | |
149,602 | | New World Development | | 149,276 | |
60,000 | | NWS Holdings | | 91,428 | |
125,000 | | Peak Sport Products | | 34,808 | |
63,000 | | Prosperity REIT | | 24,528 | |
446,000 | | Real Nutriceutical Group | | 51,172 | |
51,000 | | Regal REIT | | 13,084 | |
402,000 | | Sa Sa International Holdings | | 123,343 | |
370,000 | | Shenguan Holdings Group | | 38,160 | |
200,000 | | Sino Land | | 315,074 | |
91,000 | | Sitoy Group Holdings | | 33,083 | |
108,500 | | SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings | | 179,600 | |
20,000 | | Soundwill Holdings | | 26,196 | |
28,000 | | Sun Hung Kai Properties | | 353,930 | |
146,000 | | Sunlight REIT | | 76,982 | |
32,500 | | Swire Pacific Class A | | 353,411 | |
114,800 | | Swire Properties | | 298,954 | |
41,000 | | TAI Cheung Holdings | | 31,397 | |
23,000 | | Television Broadcasts | | 85,988 | |
126,000 | | Texwinca Holdings | | 122,802 | |
17,400 | | VTech Holdings | | 179,902 | |
86,000 | | Wharf Holdings | | 466,759 | |
66,000 | | Wheelock | | 306,308 | |
56,000 | | Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure | | 37,613 | |
| | | | 13,619,412 | |
| | Hungary — 0.3% | | | |
2,694 | | MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas | | 164,641 | |
15,927 | | OTP Bank | | 421,789 | |
6,481 | | Wizz Air Holdings (1)(4) | | 178,031 | |
| | | | 764,461 | |
| | Indonesia — 0.6% | | | |
903,500 | | Bank Negara Indonesia Persero | | 314,115 | |
1,206,600 | | Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur | | 42,086 | |
757,200 | | Bank Rakyat Indonesia | | 594,254 | |
1,837,000 | | Panin Financial (1) | | 25,212 | |
1,538,500 | | Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia | | 179,072 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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353,000 | | Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero | | 95,022 | |
226,700 | | United Tractors | | 257,848 | |
1,244,500 | | Vale Indonesia (1) | | 175,521 | |
| | | | 1,683,130 | |
| | Ireland — 0.5% | | | |
103,426 | | C&C Group | | 464,595 | |
52,140 | | Experian | | 953,070 | |
3,548 | | Irish Bank Resolution (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
| | | | 1,417,665 | |
| | Israel — 1.9% | | | |
4,471 | | Babylon (1) | | 2,345 | |
119,192 | | Bank Hapoalim (2) | | 613,996 | |
247,874 | | Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication (2) | | 522,382 | |
104,009 | | Israel Chemicals (2) | | 518,169 | |
4,997 | | Ituran Location and Control (2) | | 106,352 | |
7,262 | | Matrix IT (2) | | 49,514 | |
10,300 | | Taro Pharmaceutical Industries (1) | | 1,439,322 | |
35,400 | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR | | 1,927,530 | |
| | | | 5,179,610 | |
| | Italy — 1.1% | | | |
17,566 | | ACEA | | 258,264 | |
65,372 | | Ascopiave | | 178,753 | |
17,734 | | Autostrada Torino-Milano | | 233,321 | |
28,345 | | Azimut Holding | | 713,396 | |
94,834 | | Banca Mediolanum | | 780,221 | |
13,864 | | Banca Popolare dell’Etruria e del Lazio SC (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
11,961 | | Cementir Holding | | 63,056 | |
915 | | Engineering | | 69,150 | |
12,008 | | Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ REIT | | 10,904 | |
39,765 | | Mediobanca | | 326,700 | |
10,753 | | Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni | | 74,677 | |
62,474 | | Sogefi | | 114,029 | |
| | | | 2,822,471 | |
| | Japan (2) — 17.3% | | | |
33,000 | | Achilles | | 42,159 | |
11,400 | | ADEKA | | 159,872 | |
7,400 | | Aica Kogyo | | 165,135 | |
800 | | Aichi Bank | | 36,405 | |
13,000 | | Aichi Steel | | 55,092 | |
2,300 | | Alpine Electronics | | 28,309 | |
10,500 | | Amano | | 171,772 | |
3,800 | | Amiyaki Tei | | 149,669 | |
2,600 | | Amuse | | 53,298 | |
130,000 | | Aozora Bank | | 461,242 | |
1,300 | | Arakawa Chemical Industries | | 11,037 | |
2,200 | | Arc Land Sakamoto | | 22,843 | |
3,300 | | Asahi Broadcasting | | 20,083 | |
17,000 | | Asahi Holdings | | 228,475 | |
73,000 | | Asahi Kasei | | 499,476 | |
19,000 | | Atsugi | | 20,228 | |
56,000 | | Awa Bank | | 284,789 | |
6,000 | | Bandai Namco Holdings | | 127,736 | |
3,000 | | Bando Chemical Industries | | 14,622 | |
40,000 | | Bank of Kyoto | | 268,307 | |
11,500 | | BML | | 490,148 | |
11,100 | | Bridgestone | | 408,562 | |
23,100 | | Brother Industries | | 261,870 | |
12,000 | | Bunka Shutter | | 101,144 | |
300 | | C Uyemura | | 12,773 | |
12,700 | | Canon | | 355,127 | |
1,000 | | Central Automotive Products | | 8,335 | |
10,700 | | Central Japan Railway | | 1,874,381 | |
6,100 | | Chiyoda Integre | | 121,964 | |
2,100 | | Chori | | 30,239 | |
11,000 | | Chugoku Marine Paints | | 77,927 | |
2,200 | | Cleanup | | 14,207 | |
6,200 | | Comture | | 143,894 | |
3,300 | | CONEXIO | | 37,459 | |
3,100 | | Corona Class A | | 30,346 | |
3,900 | | CTS | | 28,940 | |
33,100 | | Daicel | | 413,484 | |
7,000 | | Daihatsu Diesel Manufacturing | | 37,946 | |
21,200 | | Daihatsu Motor | | 282,915 | |
13,000 | | Daiichi Jitsugyo | | 59,104 | |
44,200 | | Daiichikosho | | 1,852,942 | |
1,800 | | Dainichi | | 9,996 | |
4,000 | | Daishinku | | 8,889 | |
11,000 | | Daiwa Industries | | 94,291 | |
18,100 | | Dexerials | | 146,497 | |
11,500 | | DTS | | 227,606 | |
6,000 | | Eidai | | 22,794 | |
3,300 | | Enplas | | 93,309 | |
84,900 | | F@N Communications | | 595,707 | |
57,400 | | Fuji Heavy Industries | | 1,884,729 | |
14,600 | | Fuji Kiko | | 57,997 | |
2,400 | | Fuji Kosan | | 9,323 | |
10,200 | | FUJIFILM Holdings | | 418,692 | |
8,400 | | Fujikura Kasei | | 37,842 | |
7,200 | | Fujimori Kogyo | | 166,910 | |
1,600 | | Fujishoji | | 14,754 | |
2,800 | | Fujitsu Frontech | | 25,567 | |
19,000 | | Fujitsu General | | 328,490 | |
1,100 | | FuKoKu | | 8,779 | |
8,400 | | Fukushima Industries | | 186,148 | |
1,700 | | Funai Electric | | 14,254 | |
21,000 | | Fuso Chemical | | 322,487 | |
14,400 | | Future Architect | | 97,135 | |
1,200 | | Fuyo General Lease | | 50,392 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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2,400 | | Gendai Agency | | 10,703 | |
17,100 | | Geo | | 282,404 | |
17,800 | | Gree | | 99,757 | |
3,800 | | G-Tekt | | 39,869 | |
54,000 | | Hachijuni Bank | | 236,079 | |
2,000 | | Hagihara Industries | | 47,199 | |
5,600 | | Happinet | | 46,760 | |
10,900 | | Hazama Ando | | 53,171 | |
9,000 | | Heiwa | | 189,051 | |
2,800 | | HI-LEX | | 72,221 | |
15,300 | | Hino Motors | | 147,630 | |
1,600 | | Hirano Tecseed | | 11,190 | |
26,000 | | Hitachi Metals | | 264,008 | |
20,400 | | Hoya | | 781,203 | |
5,800 | | Imasen Electric Industrial | | 51,038 | |
6,000 | | Inaba Denki Sangyo | | 188,393 | |
6,800 | | Information Services International-Dentsu | | 124,683 | |
124,100 | | Inpex | | 986,576 | |
41,000 | | Isuzu Motors | | 438,712 | |
14,000 | | Iwatsu Electric | | 9,170 | |
36,400 | | Iyo Bank | | 239,189 | |
8,100 | | Japan Airlines | | 291,554 | |
14,500 | | Japan Digital Laboratory | | 196,145 | |
3,900 | | Japan Foundation Engineering | | 15,244 | |
14,900 | | Japan Petroleum Exploration | | 346,864 | |
32,500 | | Japan Post Bank | | 396,795 | |
1,900 | | JCU | | 59,679 | |
32,100 | | JSR | | 440,032 | |
26,400 | | Kaken Pharmaceutical | | 1,442,315 | |
2,000 | | Kamei | | 18,019 | |
6,200 | | Kanamoto | | 159,374 | |
2,500 | | Kanematsu Electronics | | 43,347 | |
4,300 | | Kato Sangyo | | 105,714 | |
66,700 | | KDDI | | 1,921,342 | |
8,000 | | Keihanshin Building | | 43,320 | |
12,300 | | Keihin | | 178,717 | |
22,800 | | Kimoto | | 35,658 | |
2,000 | | Koatsu Gas Kogyo | | 11,890 | |
2,300 | | Konaka | | 11,141 | |
18,200 | | Konica Minolta Holdings | | 157,095 | |
15,200 | | Konishi | | 190,774 | |
19,000 | | Kyodo Printing | | 56,179 | |
17,600 | | Kyowa Exeo | | 198,964 | |
4,300 | | Lasertec | | 55,905 | |
25,300 | | Lawson | | 1,958,303 | |
7,800 | | Lintec | | 149,525 | |
23,000 | | Maeda Road Construction | | 419,021 | |
900 | | Maezawa Kyuso Industries | | 11,733 | |
13,200 | | Mazda Motor | | 201,119 | |
5,500 | | MEC | | 38,925 | |
2,900 | | Meiko Network Japan | | 31,984 | |
9,000 | | Meisei Industrial | | 40,877 | |
1,900 | | Melco Holdings | | 37,695 | |
9,900 | | Mirait Holdings | | 86,777 | |
3,100 | | Mitani | | 89,327 | |
1,300 | | Mitani Sekisan | | 20,131 | |
51,000 | | Mitsubishi Electric | | 541,998 | |
41,300 | | Mitsubishi Motors | | 166,206 | |
83,400 | | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | | 384,876 | |
14,000 | | Mitsuboshi Belting | | 110,730 | |
2,800 | | Mitsui High-Tec | | 17,166 | |
21,000 | | Mitsui Sugar | | 94,718 | |
4,100 | | Mixi | | 140,092 | |
3,800 | | Mochida Pharmaceutical | | 282,599 | |
23,100 | | MTI | | 161,824 | |
700 | | Nafco | | 11,536 | |
15,700 | | Namura Shipbuilding | | 116,398 | |
2,600 | | Natoco | | 21,704 | |
11,600 | | Neturen | | 79,582 | |
25,500 | | Nexon | | 382,892 | |
32,100 | | NHK Spring | | 282,541 | |
4,000 | | Nichireki | | 28,728 | |
8,360 | | Nichirin | | 88,336 | |
1,300 | | Nihon Eslead | | 12,128 | |
40,100 | | Nihon Nohyaku | | 209,745 | |
40,700 | | Nihon Parkerizing | | 358,990 | |
23,700 | | Nikon | | 345,485 | |
51,000 | | Nippon Electric Glass | | 270,016 | |
8,900 | | Nippon Gas | | 207,180 | |
6,000 | | Nippon Hume | | 31,610 | |
7,000 | | Nippon Pillar Packing | | 58,796 | |
29,000 | | Nippon Road | | 134,427 | |
23,900 | | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | | 1,069,533 | |
11,400 | | Nissan Shatai | | 111,284 | |
21,200 | | Nissin Kogyo | | 293,204 | |
600 | | Nissin Sugar | | 7,505 | |
8,000 | | Nittetsu Mining | | 29,582 | |
11,900 | | Nitto Kogyo | | 188,410 | |
41,000 | | NOF | | 322,726 | |
55,100 | | Nomura Holdings | | 234,107 | |
79,800 | | NTT DoCoMo | | 1,913,922 | |
1,000 | | NuFlare Technology | | 44,551 | |
1,500 | | Onoken | | 15,940 | |
30,700 | | ORIX | | 434,250 | |
170,000 | | Osaka Gas | | 612,879 | |
2,000 | | Pack | | 47,059 | |
1,800 | | Plant | | 20,143 | |
10,000 | | Rhythm Watch | | 13,289 | |
2,800 | | Ricoh Leasing | | 80,896 | |
11,000 | | Riken | | 35,513 | |
3,800 | | Roland DG | | 75,450 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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9,000 | | Sakai Chemical Industry | | 24,766 | |
8,000 | | San-Ai Oil | | 56,067 | |
1,700 | | Sanei Architecture Planning | | 19,170 | |
45,000 | | San-In Godo Bank | | 289,929 | |
2,000 | | Sansha Electric Manufacturing | | 9,872 | |
12,000 | | Sanyo Denki | | 58,928 | |
30,400 | | Sekisui Chemical | | 379,941 | |
11,000 | | Sekisui Jushi | | 152,690 | |
17,000 | | Shikoku Chemicals | | 140,902 | |
14,000 | | Shinagawa Refractories | | 25,090 | |
19,000 | | Shin-Etsu Polymer | | 112,577 | |
4,100 | | Shinko Plantech | | 31,193 | |
98,000 | | Shinsei Bank | | 137,354 | |
32,000 | | Shizuoka Bank | | 237,175 | |
19,000 | | Shizuoka Gas | | 129,521 | |
14,000 | | Showa | | 121,559 | |
4,600 | | Sinko Industries | | 61,549 | |
9,400 | | Sintokogio | | 79,479 | |
3,600 | | SNT | | 20,320 | |
39,700 | | Sony Financial Holdings | | 490,809 | |
3,200 | | SRA Holdings | | 74,276 | |
5,200 | | Sumitomo Densetsu | | 63,958 | |
4,600 | | Sumitomo Forestry | | 53,108 | |
32,000 | | Sumitomo Metal Mining | | 361,039 | |
20,200 | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | | 607,853 | |
3,000 | | Suncall | | 12,972 | |
6,000 | | T RAD | | 9,802 | |
28,500 | | T&D Holdings | | 272,815 | |
1,200 | | T&K Toka | | 9,766 | |
19,300 | | Tabuchi Electric | | 83,628 | |
20,000 | | Tadano | | 190,850 | |
21,000 | | Takara Standard | | 185,270 | |
7,600 | | Tamron | | 122,855 | |
8,000 | | Tayca | | 35,442 | |
3,000 | | TBK | | 10,837 | |
2,300 | | Techno Medica | | 48,216 | |
1,500 | | TKC | | 40,753 | �� |
19,300 | | Toagosei | | 174,057 | |
2,600 | | Tocalo | | 46,770 | |
10,000 | | Togami Electric Manufacturing | | 38,010 | |
1,800 | | Tokai | | 51,662 | |
3,430 | | Token | | 268,634 | |
140,000 | | Tokyo Gas | | 617,915 | |
10,400 | | Tokyo Seimitsu | | 215,674 | |
4,900 | | Toppan Forms | | 53,894 | |
8,900 | | Topre | | 175,220 | |
15,000 | | Toyo Kohan | | 47,195 | |
9,300 | | Toyo Machinery & Metal | | 32,781 | |
15,100 | | Toyota Boshoku | | 280,916 | |
3,000 | | Toyota Industries | | 130,164 | |
2,700 | | TPR | | 68,043 | |
17,800 | | TS Tech | | 406,536 | |
6,000 | | TYK | | 9,317 | |
6,700 | | Unipres | | 117,901 | |
3,100 | | Utoc | | 8,924 | |
22,100 | | Wakita | | 153,346 | |
5,000 | | Watanabe Sato | | 12,542 | |
700 | | YAMADA Consulting Group | | 21,385 | |
2,000 | | Yamanashi Chuo Bank | | 7,407 | |
22,900 | | Yamazen | | 178,991 | |
1,000 | | Yellow Hat | | 20,465 | |
3,000 | | Yodogawa Steel Works | | 67,731 | |
3,600 | | Yuasa Trading | | 80,902 | |
| | | | 46,206,593 | |
| | Kazakhstan — 0.0% | | | |
20,279 | | KCell JSC GDR | | 58,809 | |
| | | | | |
| | Luxembourg — 0.5% | | | |
1,958 | | RTL Group | | 163,578 | |
47,423 | | SES | | 1,293,744 | |
| | | | 1,457,322 | |
| | Malaysia — 0.4% | | | |
48,400 | | AFFIN Holdings | | 28,744 | |
158,200 | | AMMB Holdings | | 183,450 | |
100,480 | | Berjaya Sports Toto | | 78,193 | |
46,800 | | British American Tobacco Malaysia | | 549,644 | |
8,900 | | Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia | | 30,756 | |
35,200 | | Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings | | 47,756 | |
91,700 | | Padini Holdings | | 51,407 | |
| | | | 969,950 | |
| | Malta — 0.0% | | | |
22,416 | | BGP Holdings (1)(2)(3) | | 1,478 | |
| | | | | |
| | Mexico — 0.3% | | | |
97,000 | | Alpek Class A | | 162,544 | |
43,400 | | Industrias Bachoco | | 181,877 | |
800 | | Industrias Bachoco ADR | | 40,232 | |
23,092 | | Industrias Penoles | | 360,769 | |
50,800 | | Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
| | | | 745,422 | |
| | Netherlands — 1.5% | | | |
18,625 | | Aegon | | 106,889 | |
20,950 | | Arcadis | | 358,754 | |
26,804 | | Boskalis Westminster | | 1,117,345 | |
21,992 | | Koninklijke Ahold | | 478,459 | |
10,006 | | NN Group | | 346,702 | |
46,332 | | PostNL (1) | | 202,662 | |
2,906 | | SNS Reaal (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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32,913 | | Unilever | | 1,445,870 | |
| | | | 4,056,681 | |
| | New Zealand — 0.3% | | | |
66,740 | | Sky Network Television | | 248,385 | |
179,905 | | Trade Me Group | | 572,523 | |
| | | | 820,908 | |
| | Norway — 2.6% | | | |
78,836 | | Aker Solutions | | 302,543 | |
28,838 | | Fred Olsen Energy | | 124,996 | |
138,931 | | Kvaerner | | 137,864 | |
101,852 | | Norsk Hydro | | 443,112 | |
20,099 | | Salmar | | 499,239 | |
110,940 | | Statoil | | 1,960,638 | |
115,342 | | Telenor | | 1,985,432 | |
23,048 | | TGS Nopec Geophysical | | 385,572 | |
25,454 | | Yara International | | 1,019,191 | |
| | | | 6,858,587 | |
| | Peru — 0.1% | | | |
21,100 | | Cia de Minas Buenaventura ADR (1) | | 214,165 | |
| | | | | |
| | Philippines — 0.3% | | | |
3,090,000 | | Global Ferronickel Holdings (1) | | 61,289 | |
356,500 | | Manila Water | | 210,992 | |
1,207,200 | | Nickel Asia | | 136,973 | |
7,100 | | Philippine Long Distance Telephone ADR | | 261,990 | |
| | | | 671,244 | |
| | Poland — 0.6% | | | |
9,145 | | Kernel Holding | | 123,269 | |
27,190 | | KGHM Polska Miedz | | 529,702 | |
697,598 | | Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo | | 928,437 | |
| | | | 1,581,408 | |
| | Portugal — 0.2% | | | |
67,326 | | Altri SGPS | | 262,421 | |
93,658 | | Navigator | | 334,064 | |
| | | | 596,485 | |
| | Russia — 1.5% | | | |
153,223 | | Gazprom PAO ADR | | 795,227 | |
24,375 | | LUKOIL ADR | | 1,035,938 | |
14,471 | | MegaFon PJSC GDR | | 166,416 | |
45,409 | | MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | | 670,691 | |
33,600 | | Mobile TeleSystems ADR | | 311,136 | |
110,930 | | Surgutneftegas OAO ADR | | 586,820 | |
13,385 | | Tatneft PAO ADR | | 419,553 | |
| | | | 3,985,781 | |
| | Singapore — 2.3% | | | |
14,100 | | Boustead Projects (1) | | 6,762 | |
47,000 | | Boustead Singapore | | 27,260 | |
226,600 | | Cache Logistics Trust REIT | | 145,748 | |
165,000 | | CapitaLand Commercial Trust REIT | | 175,447 | |
151,700 | | CapitaLand Mall Trust REIT | | 233,497 | |
115,000 | | CapitaLand Retail China Trust REIT | | 126,129 | |
25,700 | | China Merchants Holdings Pacific | | 16,339 | |
16,000 | | Far East Orchard | | 19,690 | |
40,000 | | First REIT | | 37,179 | |
2,200 | | Haw Par | | 14,706 | |
30,000 | | Ho Bee Land | | 49,299 | |
70,400 | | Hong Fok | | 37,952 | |
11,000 | | Jardine Cycle & Carriage | | 315,887 | |
401,100 | | M1 | | 736,675 | |
310,100 | | Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust REIT | | 237,501 | |
207,600 | | Mapletree Industrial Trust REIT | | 247,759 | |
19,000 | | Metro Holdings | | 14,269 | |
81,000 | | Sabana Shari’ah Compliant Industrial REIT | | 37,041 | |
326,200 | | SATS | | 994,475 | |
690,100 | | Singapore Telecommunications | | 1,980,731 | |
48,750 | | UMS Holdings | | 22,475 | |
37,400 | | United Overseas Bank | | 517,262 | |
49,000 | | UOL Group | | 223,713 | |
| | | | 6,217,796 | |
| | South Africa — 3.4% | | | |
65,890 | | AECI | | 444,767 | |
14,537 | | Astral Foods | | 132,163 | |
58,670 | | AVI | | 363,843 | |
137,072 | | FirstRand | | 440,529 | |
65,304 | | Kumba Iron Ore | | 530,635 | |
15,860 | | Lewis Group | | 53,490 | |
40,545 | | Liberty Holdings | | 398,465 | |
314,883 | | Life Healthcare Group Holdings | | 827,065 | |
168,801 | | MMI Holdings | | 280,678 | |
96,359 | | MTN Group | | 1,008,993 | |
30,137 | | Reunert | | 151,455 | |
100,468 | | RMB Holdings | | 409,981 | |
146,846 | | SA Corporate Real Estate Fund REIT | | 51,888 | |
147,758 | | Sanlam | | 716,201 | |
5,603 | | Santam | | 92,433 | |
25,798 | | Sasol | | 841,614 | |
97,087 | | Sibanye Gold | | 365,562 | |
130,166 | | Truworths International | | 972,090 | |
95,071 | | Vodacom Group | | 1,105,302 | |
3,806 | | Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon | | 32,485 | |
| | | | 9,219,639 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | South Korea — 2.3% | | | |
490 | | Daechang Forging | | 18,342 | |
240 | | Dongil Industries | | 12,449 | |
2,098 | | Dongyang E&P | | 27,620 | |
5,220 | | e-LITECOM | | 62,306 | |
4,600 | | Eugene Technology | | 57,934 | |
482 | | GS Home Shopping | | 78,049 | |
677 | | Honam Petrochemical | | 173,795 | |
1,096 | | Hy-Lok | | 27,366 | |
1,427 | | Hyundai Home Shopping Network | | 167,197 | |
7,810 | | Hyundai Hy Communications & Network | | 25,362 | |
3,615 | | Innochips Technology | | 38,707 | |
1,183 | | INTOPS | | 21,700 | |
10,600 | | KB Financial Group | | 323,749 | |
12,842 | | KT&G | | 1,386,314 | |
1,950 | | Kunsul Chemical Industrial | | 69,997 | |
2,473 | | LG Chem | | 644,621 | |
100 | | Mi Chang Oil Industrial | | 7,425 | |
358 | | Samchully | | 33,776 | |
2,856 | | Sammok S-Form | | 73,192 | |
877 | | Samsung Electronics | | 958,281 | |
520 | | Sebang | | 7,850 | |
2,829 | | Sebang Global Battery | | 106,888 | |
630 | | Sewon Precision Industry | | 11,197 | |
12,060 | | Shinhan Financial Group | | 442,433 | |
4,058 | | Silicon Works | | 113,613 | |
5,464 | | SK Telecom | | 987,874 | |
5,019 | | Soulbrain | | 191,615 | |
4,700 | | Yoosung Enterprise | | 16,892 | |
1,493 | | Youngone Holdings | | 84,255 | |
| | | | 6,170,799 | |
| | Spain — 0.8% | | | |
825 | | Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (1)(2)(3) | | — | |
17,828 | | Grupo Catalana Occidente | | 564,448 | |
50,652 | | Mapfre | | 128,469 | |
62,297 | | Prosegur Cia de Seguridad | | 360,234 | |
60,497 | | Repsol | | 792,823 | |
3,696 | | Viscofan | | 207,332 | |
| | | | 2,053,306 | |
| | Sweden — 4.0% | | | |
116,196 | | Alfa Laval | | 1,831,829 | |
40,836 | | Atlas Copco Class A | | 1,056,693 | |
27,546 | | Axfood | | 510,070 | |
3,627 | | B&B Tools Class B | | 72,942 | |
45,507 | | Boliden | | 793,353 | |
30,828 | | Byggmax Group | | 249,528 | |
15,406 | | Clas Ohlson Class B | | 310,789 | |
12,223 | | Electrolux | | 354,645 | |
38,145 | | Intrum Justitia | | 1,368,963 | |
1,008 | | Investment Oresund | | 28,242 | |
10,962 | | Investor Class B | | 402,281 | |
5,848 | | Nolato Class B | | 157,661 | |
51,101 | | SKF Class B | | 941,147 | |
34,434 | | Swedish Match | | 1,092,136 | |
262,225 | | Telia | | 1,252,275 | |
50,900 | | Tethys Oil | | 364,457 | |
| | | | 10,787,011 | |
| | Switzerland — 4.4% | | | |
35,345 | | ABB | | 747,208 | |
1,981 | | Baloise Holding | | 245,121 | |
560 | | Bell | | 221,828 | |
1,123 | | BKW | | 48,816 | |
3,347 | | Coltene Holding | | 209,515 | |
1,993 | | Kuehne + Nagel International | | 287,118 | |
43 | | Metall Zug | | 132,008 | |
25,742 | | Nestle | | 1,918,642 | |
26,516 | | Novartis | | 2,023,320 | |
7,602 | | Roche Holding | | 1,921,698 | |
628 | | SGS | | 1,381,953 | |
9,235 | | Swiss Re | | 819,242 | |
630 | | Swisscom | | 319,499 | |
83,718 | | UBS Group | | 1,448,680 | |
| | | | 11,724,648 | |
| | Taiwan — 4.1% | | | |
16,000 | | 104 | | 69,451 | |
71,000 | | Ardentec | | 44,357 | |
14,000 | | Aten International | | 34,856 | |
52,000 | | Audix | | 54,010 | |
24,000 | | Casetek Holdings | | 108,269 | |
17,000 | | CHC Resources (1) | | 31,783 | |
167,600 | | Chimei Materials Technology | | 91,197 | |
484,300 | | China Life Insurance | | 365,631 | |
423,000 | | Chunghwa Telecom | | 1,429,541 | |
39,000 | | Cleanaway | | 211,608 | |
27,000 | | CviLux | | 21,933 | |
76,420 | | Cyberlink | | 165,384 | |
60,000 | | Delta Electronics | | 279,044 | |
40,000 | | Draytek | | 37,888 | |
34,000 | | Dynacolor | | 52,814 | |
20,000 | | Elite Advanced Laser | | 96,115 | |
133,000 | | Everlight Electronics | | 186,595 | |
146,000 | | Far EasTone Telecommunications | | 329,545 | |
66,000 | | Faraday Technology | | 88,606 | |
64,000 | | Feng Hsin Steel (1) | | 90,286 | |
20,829 | | FLEXium Interconnect | | 48,048 | |
44,000 | | Foxconn Technology | | 90,857 | |
245,000 | | Fubon Financial Holding | | 298,151 | |
15,000 | | Global Mixed Mode Technology | | 31,067 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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141,000 | | Greatek Electronics | | 160,878 | |
54,000 | | Hanpin Electron | | 68,142 | |
52,000 | | Holiday Entertainment | | 83,676 | |
217,000 | | Hon Hai Precision Industry | | 518,733 | |
2,000 | | KD Holding | | 10,883 | |
153,000 | | King’s Town Bank | | 106,734 | |
19,000 | | Kinik | | 29,867 | |
96,000 | | Kinsus Interconnect Technology | | 186,029 | |
65,000 | | Lumax International | | 94,921 | |
46,000 | | MediaTek | | 328,032 | |
26,000 | | Mercuries & Associates Holding | | 15,075 | |
11,000 | | Microlife | | 28,512 | |
30,000 | | MIN AIK Technology | | 46,693 | |
85,000 | | New Era Electronics | | 62,196 | |
55,000 | | Novatek Microelectronics | | 192,695 | |
30,000 | | Phison Electronics | | 250,674 | |
40,000 | | Polytronics Technology | | 73,792 | |
3,841 | | Raydium Semiconductor | | 5,492 | |
80,470 | | Realtek Semiconductor | | 225,545 | |
47,000 | | Shin Zu Shing | | 134,211 | |
78,000 | | Simplo Technology | | 263,603 | |
61,676 | | Sinmag Equipment | | 204,611 | |
32,000 | | Sirtec International | | 38,595 | |
59,000 | | Sonix Technology | | 58,720 | |
20,000 | | St. Shine Optical | | 374,539 | |
69,000 | | Taiwan Semiconductor | | 83,220 | |
79,700 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR | | 1,880,123 | |
48,000 | | Taiwan Shin Kong Security (1) | | 59,604 | |
93,302 | | Test Research | | 131,912 | |
32,000 | | Thinking Electronic Industrial | | 48,020 | |
106,000 | | Transcend Information | | 298,087 | |
94,000 | | TXC | | 119,784 | |
42,000 | | United Integrated Services | | 59,250 | |
88,000 | | Vanguard International Semiconductor | | 134,921 | |
84,821 | | Win Semiconductors | | 160,422 | |
40,000 | | Yageo | | 65,234 | |
50,000 | | Zippy Technology | | 63,715 | |
| | | | 10,924,176 | |
| | Thailand — 1.5% | | | |
214,900 | | Advanced Info Service NVDR | | 959,759 | |
114,400 | | Bangkok Bank | | 537,120 | |
147,200 | | BEC World | | 109,568 | |
7,400 | | Delta Electronics Thai | | 15,253 | |
42,300 | | Delta Electronics Thai NVDR | | 87,192 | |
210,800 | | Hana Microelectronics NVDR | | 200,661 | |
352,400 | | LPN Development | | 141,242 | |
83,600 | | Pruksa Real Estate | | 61,629 | |
6,100 | | PTT | | 53,089 | |
52,800 | | PTT NVDR | | 459,525 | |
5,500 | | PTT Exploration & Production | | 11,849 | |
317,200 | | PTT Exploration & Production NVDR | | 683,347 | |
47,100 | | Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding | | 68,095 | |
900 | | Siam City Cement | | 8,348 | |
105,800 | | Siam Commercial Bank | | 404,360 | |
66,600 | | Thai Vegetable Oil | | 49,097 | |
221,300 | | Total Access Communication | | 213,824 | |
| | | | 4,063,958 | |
| | Turkey — 0.9% | | | |
126,900 | | Adana Cimento Sanayii Class C | | 36,737 | |
7,670 | | Akcansa Cimento | | 39,638 | |
96,786 | | Enka Insaat ve Sanayi | | 168,113 | |
104,355 | | Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari | | 174,174 | |
22,963 | | Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma Ve Uretim (1) | | 11,243 | |
68,302 | | Koza Altin Isletmeleri (1) | | 446,721 | |
83,520 | | Soda Sanayii | | 140,593 | |
25,826 | | TAV Havalimanlari Holding | | 150,544 | |
122,337 | | Turk Telekomunikasyon | | 295,568 | |
216,357 | | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri (1) | | 935,640 | |
212,990 | | Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi | | 133,214 | |
| | | | 2,532,185 | |
| | United Kingdom — 16.0% | | | |
22,648 | | Acacia Mining | | 116,419 | |
142,962 | | Ashmore Group | | 641,500 | |
34,163 | | AstraZeneca | | 1,960,757 | |
294,355 | | Barclays | | 737,619 | |
13,871 | | Beazley | | 66,052 | |
32,655 | | Berendsen | | 563,025 | |
3,605 | | Berkeley Group Holdings | | 157,761 | |
111,002 | | BHP Billiton | | 1,513,406 | |
138,650 | | BP | | 757,177 | |
70,559 | | Brewin Dolphin Holdings | | 282,488 | |
10,762 | | British American Tobacco | | 655,730 | |
79,925 | | Britvic | | 822,151 | |
23,655 | | Burberry Group | | 410,962 | |
101,623 | | Cairn Energy (1) | | 332,462 | |
98,571 | | Capita | | 1,441,716 | |
23,835 | | Carillion | | 102,390 | |
50,836 | | Chesnara | | 226,923 | |
30,295 | | Close Brothers Group | | 536,500 | |
2,753 | | Computacenter | | 33,629 | |
29,019 | | Dart Group | | 264,796 | |
69,621 | | Debenhams | | 79,754 | |
18,692 | | Diploma | | 199,787 | |
172,211 | | Direct Line Insurance Group | | 910,638 | |
62,112 | | Fenner | | 130,234 | |
29,212 | | Gem Diamonds | | 57,836 | |
89,566 | | GlaxoSmithKline | | 1,909,391 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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7,467 | | Go-Ahead Group | | 279,853 | |
115,118 | | Halfords Group | | 709,994 | |
76,011 | | Highland Gold Mining | | 105,511 | |
255,946 | | HSBC Holdings | | 1,692,245 | |
172,000 | | HSBC Holdings (Hong Kong Shares) | | 1,148,603 | |
102,276 | | IMI | | 1,397,274 | |
11,265 | | Imperial Tobacco Group | | 612,062 | |
312,834 | | Indivior | | 735,015 | |
63,497 | | ITE Group | | 144,039 | |
52,936 | | John Wood Group | | 483,036 | |
80,703 | | Jupiter Fund Management | | 496,324 | |
308,330 | | Legal & General Group | | 1,005,106 | |
157,478 | | Meggitt | | 945,020 | |
24,974 | | Millennium & Copthorne Hotels | | 168,077 | |
254,937 | | Mitie Group | | 1,010,599 | |
9,068 | | Mondi | | 173,307 | |
8,786 | | Novae Group | | 103,087 | |
406,876 | | Pan African Resources | | 86,204 | |
26,458 | | PayPoint | | 325,897 | |
6,918 | | Persimmon | | 200,851 | |
52,756 | | Premier Farnell | | 93,465 | |
74,342 | | Prudential | | 1,463,725 | |
53,817 | | QinetiQ Group | | 175,906 | |
39,283 | | Restaurant Group | | 157,903 | |
43,299 | | Rio Tinto | | 1,455,447 | |
476,931 | | Rotork | | 1,303,147 | |
230,199 | | Royal Bank of Scotland Group (1) | | 773,620 | |
39,645 | | Royal Dutch Shell Class A | | 1,030,820 | |
54,846 | | Royal Dutch Shell (Amsterdam Shares) Class A | | 1,444,440 | |
27,850 | | Royal Dutch Shell Class B | | 726,780 | |
100,433 | | Royal Mail | | 714,517 | |
34,839 | | RPS Group | | 88,830 | |
173,744 | | Senior | | 552,414 | |
31,767 | | Smiths Group | | 514,295 | |
170,592 | | Soco International | | 368,284 | |
54,453 | | Spectris | | 1,448,866 | |
45,303 | | Standard Chartered | | 365,461 | |
39,939 | | Subsea 7 | | 367,553 | |
26,353 | | Weir Group | | 462,070 | |
13,486 | | WH Smith | | 330,061 | |
249,773 | | William Hill | | 1,141,221 | |
44,085 | | WPP | | 1,028,064 | |
3,706 | | Zytronic | | 22,093 | |
| | | | 42,762,189 | |
| | TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $267,683,785) | | 262,043,049 | |
| | | | | |
| | PREFERRED STOCK — 0.8% | | | |
| | Brazil — 0.6% | | | |
53,700 | | Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul | | 134,123 | |
32,900 | | Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo (1) | | 136,890 | |
265,882 | | Itausa - Investimentos Itau | | 665,623 | |
60,800 | | Vale Class A | | 278,786 | |
58,200 | | Vale Class B ADR | | 264,228 | |
| | | | 1,479,650 | |
| | Germany — 0.2% | | | |
97 | | KSB | | 33,877 | |
8,720 | | Porsche Automobil Holding | | 486,563 | |
| | | | 520,440 | |
| | TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $3,067,906) | | 2,000,090 | |
| | | | | |
| | INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 0.3% | | | |
| | Guernsey — 0.1% | | | |
163,008 | | HSBC Infrastructure | | 386,566 | |
| | | | | |
| | Switzerland — 0.2% | | | |
8,385 | | BB Biotech | | 449,275 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $617,723) | | 835,841 | |
| | TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0% (Cost $271,369,414) | | 264,878,980 | |
| | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 1.0% | | 2,698,849 | |
| | NET ASSETS — 100% | | $ | 267,577,829 | |
| | | | | | |
(1) Denotes non-income producing security.
(2) Security is fair valued. (See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.)
(3) Security considered illiquid. On April 30, 2016 the value of the securities amounted to $1,478, 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 April 30, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $219,424, representing 0.1% of the net assets of the Fund.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2016, is as follows:
| | | | | | | | Unrealized | |
| | | | | | | | Appreciation | |
Counterparty | | Settlement Date | | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | (Depreciation) | |
BNP Paribas | | 05/18/16 | | GBP | 1,067,100 | | USD | 1,512,149 | | $ | (47,107 | ) |
Standard Chartered | | 06/01/16 | | TRY | 5,516,000 | | USD | 1,927,933 | | (27,751 | ) |
State Street Bank | | 06/01/16 | | ZAR | 7,927,500 | | USD | 540,647 | | (12,677 | ) |
UBS Securities | | 06/01/16 | | JPY | 382,558,000 | | USD | 3,506,062 | | (91,840 | ) |
Westpac Banking | | 05/18/16 | | GBP | 2,182,033 | | USD | 3,069,826 | | (118,579 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | $ | (297,954 | ) |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GBP — British Pound
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
JPY — Japanese Yen
NVDR — Non Voting Depository Receipt
PJSC — Private Joint Stock Company
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
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 April 30, 2016, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3(2) | | Total | |
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | | $ | 10,783,148 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 10,783,148 | |
Austria | | 739,129 | | — | | — | | 739,129 | |
Belgium | | 3,179,677 | | — | | — | | 3,179,677 | |
Brazil | | 3,138,484 | | — | | — | | 3,138,484 | |
Cambodia | | 121,634 | | — | | — | | 121,634 | |
Canada | | 7,951,971 | | — | | — | | 7,951,971 | |
Chile | | 570,326 | | — | | — | | 570,326 | |
China | | 4,978,277 | | — | | — | | 4,978,277 | |
Colombia | | 28,826 | | — | | — | | 28,826 | |
Denmark | | 649,459 | | — | | — | | 649,459 | |
Finland | | 6,461,396 | | — | | — | | 6,461,396 | |
France | | 14,676,545 | | — | | — | | 14,676,545 | |
Gabon | | 43,915 | | — | | — | | 43,915 | |
Germany | | 7,974,091 | | — | | — | | 7,974,091 | |
Greece | | 49,718 | | 290,954 | | — | | 340,672 | |
Guernsey | | 238,210 | | — | | — | | 238,210 | |
Hong Kong | | 13,619,412 | | — | | — | | 13,619,412 | |
Hungary | | 764,461 | | — | | — | | 764,461 | |
Indonesia | | 1,683,130 | | — | | — | | 1,683,130 | |
Ireland | | 1,417,665 | | — | | — | | 1,417,665 | |
Israel | | 3,369,197 | | 1,810,413 | | — | | 5,179,610 | |
Italy | | 2,822,471 | | — | | — | | 2,822,471 | |
Japan | | — | | 46,206,593 | | — | | 46,206,593 | |
Kazakhstan | | 58,809 | | — | | — | | 58,809 | |
Luxembourg | | 1,457,322 | | — | | — | | 1,457,322 | |
Malaysia | | 969,950 | | — | | — | | 969,950 | |
Malta | | — | | — | | 1,478 | | 1,478 | |
Mexico | | 745,422 | | — | | — | | 745,422 | |
Netherlands | | 4,056,681 | | — | | — | | 4,056,681 | |
New Zealand | | 820,908 | | — | | — | | 820,908 | |
Norway | | 6,858,587 | | — | | — | | 6,858,587 | |
Peru | | 214,165 | | — | | — | | 214,165 | |
Philippines | | 671,244 | | — | | — | | 671,244 | |
Poland | | 1,581,408 | | — | | — | | 1,581,408 | |
Portugal | | 596,485 | | — | | — | | 596,485 | |
Russia | | 3,985,781 | | — | | — | | 3,985,781 | |
Singapore | | 6,217,796 | | — | | — | | 6,217,796 | |
South Africa | | 9,219,639 | | — | | — | | 9,219,639 | |
South Korea | | 6,170,799 | | — | | — | | 6,170,799 | |
Spain | | 2,053,306 | | — | | — | | 2,053,306 | |
Sweden | | 10,787,011 | | — | | — | | 10,787,011 | |
Switzerland | | 11,724,648 | | — | | — | | 11,724,648 | |
Taiwan | | 10,924,176 | | — | | — | | 10,924,176 | |
Thailand | | 4,063,958 | | — | | — | | 4,063,958 | |
Turkey | | 2,532,185 | | — | | — | | 2,532,185 | |
United Kingdom | | 42,762,189 | | — | | — | | 42,762,189 | |
Total Common Stock | | 213,733,611 | | 48,307,960 | | 1,478 | | 262,043,049 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil | | 1,479,650 | | — | | — | | 1,479,650 | |
Germany | | 520,440 | | — | | — | | 520,440 | |
Total Preferred Stock | | 2,000,090 | | — | | — | | 2,000,090 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3(2) | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | |
Investment Companies | | | | | | | | | |
Guernsey | | $ | 386,566 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 386,566 | |
Switzerland | | 449,275 | | — | | — | | 449,275 | |
Total Investment Companies | | $ | 835,841 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 835,841 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 216,569,542 | | $ | 48,307,960 | | $ | 1,478 | | $ | 264,878,980 | |
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | $ | — | | $ | (297,954 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (297,954 | ) |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | $ | — | | $ | (297,954 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (297,954 | ) |
(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 and end of the reporting period. As of April 30, 2016, the Fund had securities with a total value of $48,307,960 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.
(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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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 755,629,673 | | $ | 115,216,895 | | $ | 71,648,247 | |
Investment in affiliated security, at value — Note 2 | | — | | — | | — | |
Cash | | 16,660,828 | | 5,639,402 | | 5,071,605 | |
Foreign currency | | 2 | | 3 | | — | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 8,656,408 | | 215,287 | | — | |
Dividends receivable | | 652,530 | | 15,909 | | 12,649 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 50,995 | | 10,610 | | 1,010,773 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 42,853 | | 30,102 | | 32,421 | |
Tax reclaims receivable | | — | | — | | — | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | — | | 23,347 | | 29,518 | |
Unrealized appreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 575 | | — | | — | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | 1,174,500 | | 21,600 | | — | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 782,868,364 | | 121,173,155 | | 77,805,213 | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | 9,662,732 | | 657,695 | | 229,537 | |
Unrealized depreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 303 | | — | | — | |
Variation margin payable for futures contracts | | 173,565 | | 4,440 | | — | |
Accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | — | | — | | — | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | 114,673 | | — | | — | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | 92,709 | | 26,202 | | — | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | 158,829 | | 98,802 | | 57,291 | |
Legal fees payable | | 27,010 | | 6,906 | | 7,177 | |
Audit fees payable | | 15,882 | | 14,711 | | 14,963 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 8,259 | | 7,708 | | 4,470 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 77 | | 569 | | 1,500 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 124 | | 891 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 14,694 | | 7,386 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 59,701 | | 38,442 | | 27,764 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 10,313,740 | | 870,293 | | 350,979 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 772,554,624 | | $ | 120,302,862 | | $ | 77,454,234 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 567,343,067 | | $ | 91,520,484 | | $ | 59,674,733 | |
Cost of affiliated security | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | 2 | | $ | 4 | | $ | — | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 572,756,557 | | $ | 93,488,651 | | $ | 63,713,452 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss) net investment income | | 4,470,280 | | (195,917 | ) | 33,827 | |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 6,120,853 | | 3,303,122 | | 1,733,441 | |
Accumulated foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | — | | — | | — | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 188,286,606 | | 23,696,411 | | 11,973,514 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 920,328 | | 10,595 | | — | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 772,554,624 | | $ | 120,302,862 | | $ | 77,454,234 | |
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 | | $ | 1,211,317,362 | | $ | 22,438,523 | | $ | 12,809,199 | | $ | 157,307,077 | | $ | 264,878,980 | |
Investment in affiliated security, at value — Note 2 | | 13,014,325 | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Cash | | 7,166,224 | | 954,640 | | 241,810 | | 1,173,371 | | 734,567 | |
Foreign currency | | 1,179,573 | | 25,958 | | 4,018 | | 22,785 | | 143,299 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | 6,769,817 | | 45,116 | | 7,040 | | 1,537,102 | | 1,167,930 | |
Dividends receivable | | 931,000 | | 24,739 | | 31,740 | | 614,125 | | 1,243,024 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | 987,473 | | 3,178 | | — | | 111,075 | | 543,480 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 74,066 | | 27,060 | | 21,107 | | 33,538 | | 35,637 | |
Tax reclaims receivable | | 21,476 | | 2,809 | | 141 | | 138,790 | | 234,236 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | 79,457 | | 30,696 | | 15,096 | | 34,414 | | 80,081 | |
Unrealized appreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 25,426 | | 1 | | — | | 474 | | 1,588 | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | — | | 56,760 | | — | | — | | — | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | 1,241,566,199 | | 23,609,480 | | 13,130,151 | | 160,972,751 | | 269,062,822 | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | 5,996,802 | | 5,213 | | — | | 896,744 | | 621,467 | |
Unrealized depreciation on spot foreign currency contracts | | 13,407 | | 38 | | — | | 1,005 | | 17,940 | |
Variation margin payable for futures contracts | | — | | 2,924 | | — | | — | | — | |
Accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | 353,852 | | 8,585 | | 14,703 | | — | | 37,677 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | 18,096 | | — | | — | | 297,954 | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | 575,568 | | — | | — | | 102,597 | | 145,524 | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | 1,007,339 | | 19,065 | | 13,307 | | 104,761 | | 173,543 | |
Legal fees payable | | 40,408 | | 5,236 | | 7,021 | | 10,000 | | 13,691 | |
Audit fees payable | | 19,845 | | 17,932 | | 18,251 | | 21,952 | | 18,733 | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | 78,591 | | 1,484 | | 831 | | 10,217 | | 16,924 | |
Distribution fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 9,272 | | 152 | | — | | 674 | | 4,135 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 4,799 | | 111 | | — | | 404 | | 1,983 | |
Shareholder service fees payable, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | 96,344 | | 710 | | 3 | | 11,834 | | 20,894 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 390,808 | | 55,914 | | 37,330 | | 50,130 | | 114,528 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 8,587,035 | | 135,460 | | 91,446 | | 1,210,318 | | 1,484,993 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 1,232,979,164 | | $ | 23,474,020 | | $ | 13,038,705 | | $ | 159,762,433 | | $ | 267,577,829 | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 1,130,515,804 | | $ | 24,100,119 | | $ | 11,987,992 | | $ | 153,830,486 | | $ | 271,369,414 | |
Cost of affiliated security | | $ | 12,149,919 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | 1,179,558 | | $ | 25,958 | | $ | 4,006 | | $ | 22,783 | | $ | 141,710 | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 1,397,716,478 | | $ | 28,730,772 | | $ | 12,158,751 | | $ | 161,142,069 | | $ | 295,349,430 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss) net investment income | | (101,420 | ) | 10,828 | | 4,421 | | 984,951 | | 595,236 | |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (245,947,167 | ) | (3,578,403 | ) | 68,822 | | (5,862,965 | ) | (21,583,844 | ) |
Accumulated foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | (353,852 | ) | (8,585 | ) | (14,703 | ) | — | | (37,677 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 81,665,964 | | (1,661,596 | ) | 821,207 | | 3,476,591 | | (6,490,434 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | (839 | ) | (18,996 | ) | 207 | | 21,787 | | (254,882 | ) |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 1,232,979,164 | | $ | 23,474,020 | | $ | 13,038,705 | | $ | 159,762,433 | | $ | 267,577,829 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
Net Assets: | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | N/A | | $ | 19,749 | | $ | 2,644,069 | |
Investor Shares | | 772,352,803 | | 119,256,735 | | 65,606,180 | |
Advisor Shares | | 201,821 | | 1,026,378 | | 9,203,985 | |
Total shares outstanding end of year: | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | N/A | | 839 | | 223,777 | |
Investor Shares | | 54,168,970 | | 5,071,283 | | 5,557,410 | |
Advisor Shares | | 14,204 | | 45,225 | | 807,487 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | N/A | | $ | 23.53 | * | $ | 11.82 | |
Investor Shares | | 14.26 | | 23.52 | | 11.81 | |
Advisor Shares | | 14.21 | | 22.70 | * | 11.40 | |
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 are shown 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: | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 410,236,578 | | $ | 16,794,511 | | $ | 13,017,212 | | $ | 60,473,087 | | $ | 80,249,950 | |
Investor Shares | | 784,093,541 | | 5,772,241 | | 21,493 | | 95,978,617 | | 171,703,971 | |
Advisor Shares | | 38,649,045 | | 907,268 | | N/A | | 3,310,729 | | 15,623,908 | |
Total shares outstanding end of year: | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | 36,373,648 | | 2,013,966 | | 1,210,636 | | 5,731,680 | | 9,455,541 | |
Investor Shares | | 69,542,587 | | 691,372 | | 2,001 | | 9,097,556 | | 20,214,467 | |
Advisor Shares | | 3,422,001 | | 108,780 | | N/A | | 304,033 | | 1,838,169 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 11.28 | | $ | 8.34 | | $ | 10.75 | | $ | 10.55 | | $ | 8.49 | |
Investor Shares | | 11.28 | | 8.35 | | 10.74 | | 10.55 | | 8.49 | |
Advisor Shares | | 11.29 | | 8.34 | | N/A | | 10.89 | | 8.50 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | | |
Dividend income | | $ | 8,629,365 | | $ | 871,088 | | $ | 352,579 | |
Interest income | | 5,744 | | — | | — | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | (18,728 | ) | — | | — | |
TOTAL INCOME | | 8,616,381 | | 871,088 | | 352,579 | |
EXPENSES | | | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | 919,442 | | 594,442 | | 291,859 | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | 47,813 | | 46,459 | | 22,810 | |
Trustees fees and expenses — Note 6 | | 14,965 | | 5,108 | | 4,055 | |
Distribution fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 499 | | 1,157 | | 7,075 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 694 | | 4,245 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | — | | 88,458 | | 37,970 | |
Legal fees | | 38,022 | | 14,485 | | 10,417 | |
Transfer agent fees | | 35,174 | | 38,392 | | 37,850 | |
Printing | | 25,135 | | 17,268 | | 8,021 | |
Custodian fees | | 21,830 | | 6,600 | | 5,761 | |
Registration fees | | 18,117 | | 16,832 | | 19,640 | |
Audit fees | | 17,362 | | 16,029 | | 15,946 | |
Insurance | | 15,433 | | 5,408 | | 4,306 | |
Pricing fees | | 6,910 | | 2,425 | | 2,083 | |
Other | | 18,941 | | 6,847 | | 5,578 | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | 1,179,643 | | 860,604 | | 477,616 | |
Fees waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | — | | (144,659 | ) | (164,622 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | — | | — | | — | |
Waiver of Shareholder Service fees | | — | | (19,802 | ) | — | |
Custody Offset — Note 2 | | (9,212 | ) | (1,419 | ) | (1,024 | ) |
NET EXPENSES | | 1,170,431 | | 694,724 | | 311,970 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | | 7,445,950 | | 176,364 | | 40,609 | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold | | 9,854,816 | | 3,592,079 | | 1,943,281 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | 740,894 | | 21,579 | | (100,271 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | (179,814 | ) | — | | 90 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 10,415,896 | | 3,613,658 | | 1,843,100 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (12,228,592 | ) | (3,376,674 | ) | 356,452 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | (405,055 | ) | 10,596 | | 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 | | (149,183 | ) | — | | — | |
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 | | (12,782,830 | ) | (3,366,078 | ) | 356,485 | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | (2,366,934 | ) | 247,580 | | 2,199,585 | |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 5,079,016 | | $ | 423,944 | | $ | 2,240,194 | |
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 | | $ | 9,062,549 | | $ | 277,733 | | $ | 117,714 | | $ | 1,945,056 | | $ | 4,686,116 | |
Interest income | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | (1,345,513 | ) | (34,579 | ) | (7,389 | ) | (232,870 | ) | (549,080 | ) |
TOTAL INCOME | | 7,717,036 | | 243,154 | | 110,325 | | 1,712,186 | | 4,137,036 | |
EXPENSES | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | 5,912,398 | | 115,684 | | 77,361 | | 613,203 | | 1,047,168 | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | 462,091 | | 9,041 | | 4,837 | | 59,908 | | 102,293 | |
Trustees fees and expenses — Note 6 | | 22,363 | | 3,545 | | 3,352 | | 5,643 | | 7,610 | |
Distribution fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 47,407 | | 1,056 | | — | | 4,171 | | 20,288 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Advisor Shares — Note 3 | | 28,445 | | 633 | | — | | 2,499 | | 12,173 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | 586,966 | | 5,140 | | 16 | | 71,876 | | 129,508 | |
Legal fees | | 56,086 | | 9,779 | | 7,718 | | 14,424 | | 18,943 | |
Transfer agent fees | | 52,688 | | 37,423 | | 26,567 | | 39,143 | | 41,336 | |
Printing | | 124,292 | | 7,087 | | 6,401 | | 16,982 | | 19,962 | |
Custodian fees | | 283,200 | | 52,920 | | 14,617 | | 12,394 | | 82,709 | |
Registration fees | | 33,175 | | 21,113 | | 10,214 | | 22,901 | | 30,767 | |
Audit fees | | 28,288 | | 19,266 | | 21,561 | | 22,476 | | 19,957 | |
Insurance | | 22,662 | | 3,769 | | 2,210 | | 5,976 | | 7,636 | |
Pricing fees | | 13,086 | | 15,705 | | 3,405 | | 4,827 | | 46,714 | |
Other | | 52,619 | | 9,632 | | 6,509 | | 8,190 | | 21,437 | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | 7,725,766 | | 311,793 | | 184,768 | | 904,613 | | 1,608,501 | |
Fees waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | (529,737 | ) | (115,684 | ) | (77,361 | ) | (212,432 | ) | (464,250 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | — | | (84,982 | ) | (14,439 | ) | — | | — | |
Waiver of Shareholder Service fees | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Custody Offset — Note 2 | | (5,963 | ) | (183 | ) | (120 | ) | (429 | ) | (547 | ) |
NET EXPENSES | | 7,190,066 | | 110,944 | | 92,848 | | 691,752 | | 1,143,704 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | | 526,970 | | 132,210 | | 17,477 | | 1,020,434 | | 2,993,332 | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold | | (73,320,652 | ) | (2,438,217 | ) | 122,245 | | (2,450,574 | ) | (13,929,509 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | — | | (101,929 | ) | — | | — | | (167,694 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | (147,370 | ) | 58,290 | | 519 | | (15,268 | ) | (80,603 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (73,468,022 | ) | (2,481,856 | ) | 122,764 | | (2,465,842 | ) | (14,177,806 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 54,058,682 | | 2,373,780 | | 125,092 | | (2,717,688 | ) | 14,171,088 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | | — | | 38,831 | | — | | — | | — | |
Change in accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities | | (147,403 | ) | (2,587 | ) | 1,491 | | — | | (22,992 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | 10,241 | | (39,286 | ) | (632 | ) | 23,806 | | (244,609 | ) |
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 | | 53,921,520 | | 2,370,738 | | 125,951 | | (2,693,882 | ) | 13,903,487 | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | (19,546,502 | ) | (111,118 | ) | 248,715 | | (5,159,724 | ) | (274,319 | ) |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | (19,019,532 | ) | $ | 21,092 | | $ | 266,192 | | $ | (4,139,290 | ) | $ | 2,719,013 | |
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 Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited) and the Year Ended October 31, 2015
| | North American Equity Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Year Ended October 31, 2015 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 7,445,950 | | $ | 14,784,198 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 10,415,896 | | 30,400,464 | |
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 | | (12,782,830 | ) | (14,377,635 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 5,079,016 | | 30,807,027 | |
| | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | (16,583,526 | ) | (14,805,198 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (6,217 | ) | (4,534 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | (30,235,544 | ) | (27,872,528 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (13,345 | ) | (10,273 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | (46,838,632 | ) | (42,692,533 | ) |
| | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | N/A | | N/A | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 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 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 30,054,232 | | 19,035,498 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 42,402,839 | | 38,885,308 | |
Redemption of shares | | (18,243,032 | ) | (92,067,841 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | 54,214,039 | | (34,147,035 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 6,561 | | 194,532 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 18,015 | | 14,471 | |
Redemption of shares | | (135,493 | ) | (175,977 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | (110,917 | ) | 33,026 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 54,103,122 | | (34,114,009 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 12,343,506 | | (45,999,515 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 760,211,118 | | 806,210,633 | |
End of period | | $ | 772,554,624 | | $ | 760,211,118 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 4,470,280 | | $ | 13,614,073 | |
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 | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Year Ended October 31, 2015* | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Year Ended October 31, 2015** | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Year Ended October 31, 2015** | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 176,364 | | $ | (253,117 | ) | $ | 40,609 | | $ | 15,040 | | $ | 526,970 | | $ | 13,682,359 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 3,613,658 | | 9,985,169 | | 1,843,100 | | 7,497,558 | | (73,468,022 | ) | (105,082,270 | ) |
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 | | (3,366,078 | ) | (4,394,014 | ) | 356,485 | | (2,999,619 | ) | 53,921,520 | | (88,262,983 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 423,944 | | 5,338,038 | | 2,240,194 | | 4,512,979 | | (19,019,532 | ) | (179,662,894 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | | (2,227 | ) | — | | (3,657,503 | ) | — | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | | (14,506 | ) | — | | (7,602,828 | ) | (11,154,565 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | — | | — | | (236,605 | ) | (168,629 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | (1,557 | ) | — | | (197,859 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | (9,247,762 | ) | (15,143,925 | ) | (5,189,938 | ) | (8,569,605 | ) | — | | — | |
Advisor Shares | | (71,266 | ) | (96,224 | ) | (590,430 | ) | (829,192 | ) | — | | — | |
Total dividends and distributions | | (9,320,585 | ) | (15,240,149 | ) | (5,994,960 | ) | (9,398,797 | ) | (11,496,936 | ) | (11,323,194 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | — | | 20,000 | | 667,055 | | 7,048,935 | | 88,187,836 | | 403,581,535 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | 200,086 | | — | | 3,657,503 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | — | | (66,000 | ) | (5,009,200 | ) | (32,172,365 | ) | (18,514,906 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 2 | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | — | | 20,000 | | 801,141 | | 2,039,735 | | 59,672,974 | | 385,066,631 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 2,299,711 | | 6,284,858 | | 22,775,879 | | 4,886,006 | | 213,374,345 | | 547,262,276 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 8,971,770 | | 14,683,672 | | 5,124,534 | | 8,406,897 | | 5,104,088 | | 9,213,987 | |
Redemption of shares | | (11,433,528 | ) | (21,738,133 | ) | (9,199,230 | ) | (18,703,524 | ) | (283,493,291 | ) | (664,650,555 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 518 | | 1,230 | | 26,016 | | 2,361 | | 10,407 | | 30,177 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | (161,529 | ) | (768,373 | ) | 18,727,199 | | (5,408,260 | ) | (65,004,451 | ) | (108,144,115 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 127,892 | | 137,074 | | 5,141,475 | | 997,965 | | 5,770,776 | | 7,945,859 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 68,810 | | 94,605 | | 585,529 | | 818,326 | | 214,036 | | 155,956 | |
Redemption of shares | | (44,220 | ) | (83,781 | ) | (1,649,934 | ) | (1,555,614 | ) | (7,591,004 | ) | (82,229,863 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 12 | | — | | 1,164 | | 23 | | 2,017 | | 4,554 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 152,494 | | 147,898 | | 4,078,234 | | 260,700 | | (1,604,175 | ) | (74,123,494 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | (9,035 | ) | (600,475 | ) | 23,606,574 | | (3,107,825 | ) | (6,935,652 | ) | 202,799,022 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | (8,905,676 | ) | (10,502,586 | ) | 19,851,808 | | (7,993,643 | ) | (37,452,120 | ) | 11,812,934 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 129,208,538 | | 139,711,124 | | 57,602,426 | | 65,596,069 | | 1,270,431,284 | | 1,258,618,350 | |
End of period | | $ | 120,302,862 | | $ | 129,208,538 | | $ | 77,454,234 | | $ | 57,602,426 | | $ | 1,232,979,164 | | $ | 1,270,431,284 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | (195,917 | ) | $ | (372,281 | ) | $ | 33,827 | | $ | 9,951 | | $ | (101,420 | ) | $ | 10,868,546 | |
*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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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited) and the Year or Period Ended October 31, 2015
| | Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Year Ended October 31, 2015 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 132,210 | | $ | 607,621 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | (2,481,856 | ) | (729,697 | ) |
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 | | 2,370,738 | | (4,613,063 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 21,092 | | (4,735,139 | ) |
| | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | (225,473 | ) | (364,642 | ) |
Investor Shares | | (93,344 | ) | (307,033 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | (10,581 | ) | (23,038 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | (1,154,537 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | (54,960 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | (329,398 | ) | (1,904,210 | ) |
| | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | |
R6 Shares*: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 542,733 | | 19,610,601 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 10,583 | | 13,332 | |
Redemption of shares | | (230,629 | ) | (387,764 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 432 | | — | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | 323,119 | | 19,236,169 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 580,116 | | 12,650,834 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 71,434 | | 338,073 | |
Redemption of shares | | (3,087,296 | ) | (27,742,887 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | 1,194 | | 2,990 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | (2,434,552 | ) | (14,750,990 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 3,000 | | 20,000 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 831 | | 5,018 | |
Redemption of shares | | (2,165 | ) | (7,701 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | 1,666 | | 17,317 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | (2,109,767 | ) | 4,502,496 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | (2,418,073 | ) | (2,136,853 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 25,892,093 | | 28,028,946 | |
End of period | | $ | 23,474,020 | | $ | 25,892,093 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 10,828 | | $ | 208,016 | |
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 | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Period Ended October 31, 2015(a) | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Year Ended October 31, 2015 | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2016 | | Year Ended October 31, 2015 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 17,477 | | $ | (12,220 | ) | $ | 1,020,434 | | $ | 2,054,801 | | $ | 2,993,332 | | $ | 7,401,819 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold, futures and foreign currency transactions | | 122,764 | | (65,966 | ) | (2,465,842 | ) | 868,658 | | (14,177,806 | ) | (4,458,145 | ) |
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 | | 125,951 | | 680,760 | | (2,693,882 | ) | (4,406,449 | ) | 13,903,487 | | (19,143,542 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 266,192 | | 602,574 | | (4,139,290 | ) | (1,482,990 | ) | 2,719,013 | | (16,199,868 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | — | | — | | (740,985 | ) | — | | (954,131 | ) | (1,388,613 | ) |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | | (1,237,963 | ) | (4,313,426 | ) | (1,983,234 | ) | (6,527,274 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | (32,642 | ) | — | | (180,967 | ) | (612,638 | ) |
Net realized gains: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | — | | — | | — | | (6,691,398 | ) | — | | (5,825,349 | ) |
Advisor Shares | | — | | — | | — | | (174,583 | ) | — | | (659,272 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | — | | — | | (2,011,590 | ) | (11,179,407 | ) | (3,118,332 | ) | (15,013,146 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares*: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 648,719 | | 11,501,210 | | 7,000,000 | | 54,268,313 | | 9,617,643 | | 86,808,905 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | 376,291 | | — | | 29,216 | | 38,307 | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | — | | — | | (108,640 | ) | (5,084,472 | ) | (7,116,333 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | 648,719 | | 11,501,210 | | 7,376,291 | | 54,159,673 | | 4,562,387 | | 79,730,879 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | — | | 20,010 | | 8,614,984 | | 92,436,438 | | 52,727,046 | | 176,018,144 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | — | | — | | 1,109,582 | | 8,204,155 | | 1,765,133 | | 8,546,084 | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | — | | (13,640,152 | ) | (82,714,716 | ) | (100,536,130 | ) | (155,856,219 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | — | | — | | — | | 684 | | 16,189 | | 10,556 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Investor Share transactions | | — | | 20,010 | | (3,915,586 | ) | 17,926,561 | | (46,027,762 | ) | 28,718,565 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | N/A | | N/A | | 294,083 | | 1,957,234 | | 2,761,199 | | 5,572,287 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | N/A | | N/A | | 30,822 | | 157,151 | | 178,362 | | 1,256,242 | |
Redemption of shares | | N/A | | N/A | | (777,454 | ) | (81,962,041 | ) | (6,551,067 | ) | (9,502,371 | ) |
Redemption fees - Note 5 | | N/A | | N/A | | 101 | | — | | 1,027 | | 1,404 | |
Total increase (decrease) from Advisor Share transactions | | N/A | | N/A | | (452,448 | ) | (79,847,656 | ) | (3,610,479 | ) | (2,672,438 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | 648,719 | | 11,521,220 | | 3,008,257 | | (7,761,422 | ) | (45,075,854 | ) | 105,777,006 | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 914,911 | | 12,123,794 | | (3,142,623 | ) | (20,423,819 | ) | (45,475,173 | ) | 74,563,992 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 12,123,794 | | — | | 162,905,056 | | 183,328,875 | | 313,053,002 | | 238,489,010 | |
End of period | | $ | 13,038,705 | | $ | 12,123,794 | | $ | 159,762,433 | | $ | 162,905,056 | | $ | 267,577,829 | | $ | 313,053,002 | |
Undistributed (accumulated net investment loss/distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ | 4,421 | | $ | (13,056 | ) | $ | 984,951 | | $ | 1,976,107 | | $ | 595,236 | | $ | 720,236 | |
(a) Fund commenced operations on August 26, 2015.
*R6 shares commenced operations on December 30, 2014.
N/A — Advisor Shares currently not offered.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
For the Period Ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited) and the Years or Period Ended October 31,
(unless otherwise indicated),
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
| | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | Net Investment Income (Loss) | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) | | Total from Investment Operations | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | Distributions from Net Realized Gain | | Total Distributions | |
North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 15.14 | | $ | 0.14 | | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | 0.05 | | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | (0.60 | ) | $ | (0.93 | ) |
2015 | | 15.42 | | 0.29 | | 0.26 | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 15.07 | | $ | 0.12 | | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | 0.02 | | $ | (0.28 | ) | $ | (0.60 | ) | $ | (0.88 | ) |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 25.25 | | $ | 0.05 | (1) | $ | 0.08 | | $ | 0.13 | | $ | — | | $ | (1.85 | ) | $ | (1.85 | ) |
2015(b) | | 23.83 | | (0.02 | )(1) | 1.44 | | 1.42 | | — | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 25.25 | | $ | 0.03 | (1) | $ | 0.09 | | $ | 0.12 | | $ | — | | $ | (1.85 | ) | $ | (1.85 | ) |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 24.46 | | $ | — | (1) (c) | $ | 0.09 | | $ | 0.09 | | $ | — | | $ | (1.85 | ) | $ | (1.85 | ) |
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 | | — | | — | | — | |
* For the six months ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited). All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Rate.
(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.
(c) 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 | |
North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 14.26 | | 0.46 | % | $ | 772,353 | | 0.32 | % | 0.32 | % | 2.03 | % | 36 | % |
2015 | | 15.14 | | 3.77 | | 759,878 | | 0.32 | | 0.32 | | 1.91 | | 57 | |
2014 | | 15.42 | | 15.75 | | 805,905 | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 14.21 | | 0.25 | % | $ | 202 | | 0.67 | % | 0.67 | % | 1.72 | % | 36 | % |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 23.53 | | 0.69 | % | $ | 20 | | 1.05 | % | 1.34 | % | 0.41 | % | 30 | % |
2015(b) | | 25.25 | | 5.96 | | 21 | | 1.05 | | 1.90 | | (0.95 | ) | 49 | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 23.52 | | 0.65 | % | $ | 119,257 | | 1.17 | % | 1.44 | % | 0.30 | % | 30 | % |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 22.70 | | 0.54 | % | $ | 1,026 | | 1.42 | % | 1.70 | % | 0.03 | % | 30 | % |
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 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Financial Highlights
For the Period Ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited) and the Years or Period Ended October 31,
(unless otherwise indicated),
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
| | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | Net Investment Income (Loss) | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) | | Total from Investment Operations | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | Distributions from Net Realized Gain | | Total Distributions | |
U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 12.76 | | $ | 0.02 | (1) | $ | 0.34 | | $ | 0.36 | | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (1.29 | ) | $ | (1.30 | ) |
2015(b) | | 12.36 | | 0.00 | (1)(c) | 0.40 | | 0.40 | | — | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 12.74 | | $ | 0.01 | (1) | $ | 0.35 | † | $ | 0.36 | | $ | — | (c) | $ | (1.29 | ) | $ | (1.29 | ) |
2015 | | 13.89 | | 0.01 | (1) | 0.86 | † | 0.87 | | — | | (2.02 | ) | (2.02 | ) |
2014 | | 15.39 | | — | (1)(c) | 1.61 | | 1.61 | | (0.01 | ) | (3.10 | ) | (3.11 | ) |
2013 | | 12.33 | | — | (1)(c) | 3.81 | † | 3.81 | | — | | (0.75 | ) | (0.75 | ) |
2012 | | 11.56 | | — | (1)(c) | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 12.36 | | $ | (0.01 | )(1) | $ | 0.34 | † | $ | 0.33 | | $ | — | | $ | (1.29 | ) | $ | (1.29 | ) |
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)(c) | 0.55 | | 0.55 | | — | | (0.26 | ) | (0.26 | ) |
Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.57 | | $ | 0.01 | (1) | $ | (0.18 | )† | $ | (0.17 | ) | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.12 | ) |
2015(b) | | 12.60 | | 0.14 | (1) | (1.17 | )† | (1.03 | ) | — | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.56 | | $ | — | (1) (c) | $ | (0.18 | )† | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.10 | ) |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.56 | | $ | (0.01 | ) (1) | $ | (0.19 | )† | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.07 | ) |
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 | ) |
* For the six months ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited). All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Rate.
† 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) 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.82 | | 3.35 | % | $ | 2,644 | | 0.90 | % | 1.47 | % | 0.30 | % | 36 | % |
2015(b) | | 12.76 | | 3.24 | | 1,935 | | 0.90 | | 1.51 | | 0.03 | | 56 | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.81 | | 3.34 | % | $ | 65,606 | | 1.05 | % | 1.62 | % | 0.16 | % | 36 | % |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.40 | | 3.15 | % | $ | 9,204 | | 1.30 | % | 1.87 | % | (0.12 | )% | 36 | % |
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 | |
Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.28 | | (1.44 | )% | $ | 410,237 | | 1.10 | % | 1.20 | % | 0.21 | % | 30 | % |
2015(b) | | 11.57 | | (8.17 | ) | 351,836 | | 1.10 | | 1.21 | | 1.35 | | 55 | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.28 | | (1.50 | )% | $ | 784,094 | | 1.25 | % | 1.34 | % | 0.05 | % | 30 | % |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.29 | | (1.72 | )% | $ | 38,649 | | 1.50 | % | 1.59 | % | (0.21 | )% | 30 | % |
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 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Financial Highlights
For the Period Ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited) and the Years or Period Ended October 31,
(unless otherwise indicated),
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
| | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | Net Investment Income (Loss) | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) | | Total from Investment Operations | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | Distributions from Net Realized Gain | | Total Distributions | |
Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.40 | | $ | 0.05 | (1) | $ | — | | $ | 0.05 | | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.11 | ) |
2015(b) | | 9.72 | | 0.20 | (1) | (1.34 | ) | (1.14 | ) | (0.18 | ) | — | | (0.18 | ) |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.40 | | $ | 0.04 | (1) | $ | 0.02 | † | $ | 0.06 | | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.11 | ) |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.40 | | $ | 0.03 | (1) | $ | 0.01 | | $ | 0.04 | | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.10 | ) |
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 | ) |
Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 10.52 | | $ | 0.02 | (1) | $ | 0.21 | | $ | 0.23 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
2015(d) | | 10.00 | | (0.01 | )(1) | 0.53 | | 0.52 | | — | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 10.52 | | $ | 0.01 | (1) | $ | 0.21 | | $ | 0.22 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | — | |
2015(d) | | 10.00 | | (0.01 | )(1) | 0.53 | | 0.52 | | — | | — | | — | |
International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.02 | | $ | 0.08 | (1) | $ | (0.40 | ) | $ | (0.32 | ) | $ | (0.15 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.15 | ) |
2015(b) | | 10.88 | | 0.17 | (1) | (0.03 | ) | 0.14 | | — | | — | | — | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.01 | | $ | 0.06 | (1) | $ | (0.39 | )† | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.13 | ) |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 11.35 | | $ | 0.05 | (1) | $ | (0.41 | )† | $ | (0.36 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.10 | ) |
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 | ) |
* For the six months ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited). All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Rate.
† 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) Commenced operations on August 26, 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 | |
Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.34 | | 0.74 | % | $ | 16,795 | | 0.90 | % | 2.64 | % | 1.23 | % | 33 | % |
2015(b) | | 8.40 | | (11.76 | ) | 16,592 | | 0.90 | | 2.53 | | 2.49 | | 104 | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.35 | | 0.77 | % | $ | 5,772 | | 1.05 | % | 2.79 | % | 1.00 | % | 33 | % |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.34 | | 0.54 | % | $ | 907 | | 1.30 | % | 3.04 | % | 0.82 | % | 33 | % |
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 | |
Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 10.75 | | 2.19 | % | $ | 13,017 | | 1.50 | % | 2.99 | % | 0.28 | % | 22 | % |
2015(d) | | 10.52 | | 5.20 | | 12,103 | | 1.50 | | 6.52 | | (0.57 | ) | 5 | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 10.74 | | 2.09 | % | $ | 21 | | 1.65 | % | 3.14 | % | 0.13 | % | 22 | % |
2015(d) | | 10.52 | | 5.20 | | 21 | | 1.65 | | 6.67 | | (0.72 | ) | 5 | |
International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 10.55 | | (2.92 | )% | $ | 60,473 | | 0.80 | % | 1.08 | % | 1.51 | % | 20 | % |
2015(b) | | 11.02 | | 1.29 | | 54,747 | | 0.81 | | 1.09 | | 1.78 | | 45 | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 10.55 | | (2.99 | )% | $ | 95,979 | | 0.95 | % | 1.23 | % | 1.24 | % | 20 | % |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 10.89 | | (3.17 | )% | $ | 3,311 | | 1.20 | % | 1.48 | % | 0.96 | % | 20 | % |
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 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Financial Highlights
For the Period Ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited) and the Years or Period Ended October 31,
(unless otherwise indicated),
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
| | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | Net Investment Income | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) | | Total from Investment Operations | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | Distributions from Net Realized Gain | | Total Distributions | |
International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.46 | | $ | 0.10 | (1) | $ | 0.04 | | $ | 0.14 | | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.11 | ) |
2015(b) | | 8.79 | | 0.24 | (1) | (0.38 | ) | (0.14 | ) | (0.19 | ) | — | | (0.19 | ) |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.47 | | $ | 0.09 | (1) | $ | 0.03 | † | $ | 0.12 | | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.10 | ) |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.48 | | $ | 0.08 | (1) | $ | 0.03 | † | $ | 0.11 | | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (0.09 | ) |
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 | ) |
* For the six months ended April 30, 2016 (unaudited). All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Rate.
† 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 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 | |
International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.49 | | 1.65 | % | $ | 80,250 | | 0.75 | % | 1.11 | % | 2.50 | % | 51 | % |
2015(b) | | 8.46 | | (1.62 | ) | 75,256 | | 0.76 | | 1.08 | | 3.18 | | 90 | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.49 | | 1.44 | % | $ | 171,704 | | 0.90 | % | 1.25 | % | 2.23 | % | 51 | % |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2016* | | $ | 8.50 | | 1.32 | % | $ | 15,624 | | 1.15 | % | 1.51 | % | 1.97 | % | 51 | % |
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 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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. Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund commenced operations on August 26, 2015.
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)
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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)
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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 period ended April 30, 2016, 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 April 30, 2016, 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)
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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.
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)
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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, International Multi-Cap Value Fund and Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund and has contractually agreed to pay or reimburse the applicable Fund for expenses 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 March 1, 2016
| | | | Expense Limitation | |
| | Management fee | | R6 Shares | | Investor Shares | | Advisor Shares | |
Schroder U.S Opportunities Fund | | 0.85 | %* | 1.05 | % | 1.20 | % | 1.45 | % |
*Management fee after contractual fee waiver. Prior to March 1, 2016, Management fee was 1.00%.
Effective August 26, 2015
| | | | Expense Limitation | |
| | Management fee | | R6 Shares | | Investor Shares | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % | 1.65 | % |
Effective December 19, 2014
| | | | Expense Limitation | |
| | Management fee | | R6 Shares | | Investor Shares | | Advisor Shares | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | 0.25 | % | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 0.80 | %* | 0.90 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.30 | % |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1.00 | % | 1.10 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.50 | % |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 0.80 | %* | 0.90 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.30 | % |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 0.70 | %* | 0.80 | % | 0.95 | % | 1.20 | % |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 0.65 | %* | 0.75 | % | 0.90 | % | 1.15 | % |
*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. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities 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.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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.
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 (other than Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap 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
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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.
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 April 30, 2016, was as follows:
| | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | Asset | | Liability | |
Fund | | Location | | Derivatives | | Derivatives | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | Variation margin payable on futures | | $ | — | | $ | (173,565 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | (114,673 | ) |
| | | | $ | — | | $ | (288,238 | ) |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | Variation margin payable on futures | | $ | — | | $ | (4,440 | ) |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | Variation margin payable on futures | | $ | — | | $ | (2,924 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | on forward foreign currency contracts | | — | | (18,096 | ) |
| | | | $ | — | | $ | (21,020 | ) |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | on forward foreign currency contracts | | $ | — | | $ | (297,954 | ) |
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April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended April 30, 2016, 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 | | $ | 740,894 | | $ | (405,055 | ) | $ | 335,839 | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | (189,623 | ) | (320,858 | ) | (510,481 | ) |
| | $ | 551,271 | | $ | (725,913 | ) | $ | (174,642 | ) |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | 21,579 | | $ | 10,596 | | $ | 32,175 | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (100,271 | ) | $ | 33 | | $ | (100,238 | ) |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | $ | (1,277,489 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (1,277,489 | ) |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (101,929 | ) | $ | 38,831 | | $ | (63,098 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | 50,676 | | (40,649 | ) | 10,027 | |
| | $ | (51,253 | ) | $ | (1,818 | ) | $ | (53,071 | ) |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (167,694 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (167,694 | ) |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | 116,223 | | (296,496 | ) | (180,273 | ) |
| | $ | (51,471 | ) | $ | (296,496 | ) | $ | (347,967 | ) |
* 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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April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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 period ended April 30, 2016:
| | Forward Contracts | | Futures Contracts | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 1.48 | % | 3.67 | % |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of April 30, 2016 | | 1.54 | % | 3.48 | % |
| | Futures Contracts | | | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 0.06 | % | | |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of April 30, 2016 | | 0.38 | % | | |
| | Futures Contracts | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 0.41 | % | | |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of April 30, 2016 | | 0.00 | % | | |
| | Forward Contracts | | Futures Contracts | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 13.36 | % | 5.20 | % |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of April 30, 2016 | | 8.01 | % | 5.78 | % |
| | Forward Contracts | | Futures Contracts | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | |
Average Notional Amount Outstanding | | 5.38 | % | 0.38 | % |
Notional Amount Outstanding as of April 30, 2016 | | 4.06 | % | 0.00 | % |
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Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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 April 30, 2016:
| | 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 | | | | | | | |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | | $ | — | | $ | (71,563 | ) | $ | (71,563 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (71,563 | ) |
HSBC | | — | | (43,110 | ) | (43,110 | ) | — | | (43,110 | ) |
Total | | $ | — | | $ | (114,673 | ) | $ | (114,673 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (114,673 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Forward Contracts | | Forward Contracts | | | | | | | |
HSBC | | $ | — | | $ | (3,934 | ) | $ | (3,934 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (3,934 | ) |
Standard Chartered | | — | | (3,146 | ) | (3,146 | ) | — | | (3,146 | ) |
State Street Bank | | — | | (11,016 | ) | (11,016 | ) | — | | (11,016 | ) |
| | $ | — | | $ | (18,096 | ) | $ | (18,096 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (18,096 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Forward Contracts | | Forward Contracts | | | | | | | |
BNP Paribas | | $ | — | | $ | (47,107 | ) | $ | (47,107 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (47,107 | ) |
Standard Chartered | | — | | (27,751 | ) | (27,751 | ) | — | | (27,751 | ) |
State Steet Bank | | — | | (12,677 | ) | (12,677 | ) | — | | (12,677 | ) |
UBS Securities | | — | | (91,840 | ) | (91,840 | ) | — | | (91,840 | ) |
Westpac Banking | | — | | (118,579 | ) | (118,579 | ) | — | | (118,579 | ) |
Total | | $ | — | | $ | (297,954 | ) | $ | (297,954 | ) | $ | — | | $ | (297,954 | ) |
† 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 period ended April 30, 2016 were as follows:
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | $ | 530 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 27,180 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 12,424 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 1,626 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 101 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 17,216 | |
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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 period ended April 30, 2016 were as follows:
| | Purchases | | Sales and Maturities | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | $ | 275,269,483 | | $ | 259,355,336 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 35,334,660 | | 42,465,642 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 36,015,819 | | 20,244,527 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 356,448,645 | | 351,159,902 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 7,400,899 | | 9,954,638 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 3,675,452 | | 2,641,355 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 31,571,068 | | 31,594,442 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 136,290,049 | | 182,894,875 | |
| | | | | | | |
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 for the period ended April 30, 2016 is as follows:
Affiliated Registered Investment Company | | Value at October 31, 2015 | | Contributions | | Withdrawals | | Change in Unrealized | | Income from Affiliated Investments | | Value at April 30, 2016 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | $ | 12,099,262 | | $ | 648,719 | | $ | — | | $ | 266,344 | | $ | — | | $ | 13,014,325 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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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April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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 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
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April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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 | |
| | | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | $ | 3,224,422 | |
| | | | |
The Fund listed below has the following post-RIC Mod losses, which do not expire:
| | Short-Term Loss | | Long-Term Loss | | Total | |
| | | | | | | |
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 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
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 April 30, 2016, 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 | | $ | 567,343,067 | | $ | 200,590,516 | | $ | (12,303,910 | ) | $ | 188,286,606 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 91,520,484 | | 25,921,954 | | (2,225,543 | ) | 23,696,411 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 59,674,733 | | 12,655,569 | | (682,055 | ) | 11,973,514 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 1,142,665,723 | | 145,345,052 | | (63,679,088 | ) | 81,665,964 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 24,100,119 | | 1,310,877 | | (2,972,473 | ) | (1,661,596 | ) |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 11,987,992 | | 1,355,073 | | (533,866 | ) | 821,207 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 153,830,486 | | 14,579,744 | | (11,103,153 | ) | 3,476,591 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 271,369,414 | | 18,258,238 | | (24,748,672 | ) | (6,490,434 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 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.
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Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
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 April 30, 2016 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 | | 97.19 | % |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | 3 | | 79.21 | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | 4 | | 68.96 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 4 | | 48.22 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 1 | | 67.52 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | 1 | | 99.83 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 4 | | 89.53 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 6 | | 82.86 | |
One account shown above holding 67.52% 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 period ended April 30, 2016, borrowings are detailed in the table below:
| | Amounts utilized | | Number of days | | Interest paid | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | $ | 315,000 | | 5 days | | $ | 67 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | 16,775,000 | | 10 days | | 4,144 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | 1,160,000 | | 12 days | | 136 | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | 1,910,000 | | 9 days | | 217 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | 36,790,000 | | 59 days | | 7,194 | |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
NOTE 12 — CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
Capital share transactions for the period ended April 30, 2016 and the year or period ended October 31, 2015, were as follows:
| | North American Equity Fund | | U.S. Opportunities Fund | | U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | |
| | 2016 | | 2015 | | 2016 | | 2015* | | 2016 | | 2015** | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | N/A | | N/A | | — | | 839 | | 60,206 | | 544,658 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | N/A | | N/A | | — | | — | | 17,770 | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | N/A | | N/A | | — | | — | | (5,912 | ) | (392,945 | ) |
Net increase in R6 Shares | | N/A | | N/A | | — | | 839 | | 72,064 | | 151,713 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 2,298,315 | | 1,307,975 | | 100,752 | | 245,297 | | 2,000,798 | | 384,444 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 3,017,996 | | 2,656,100 | | 389,738 | | 605,262 | | 455,514 | | 705,277 | |
Redemption of shares | | (1,339,418 | ) | (6,032,479 | ) | (498,677 | ) | (846,694 | ) | (834,344 | ) | (1,463,897 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | 3,976,893 | | (2,068,404 | ) | (8,187 | ) | 3,865 | | 1,621,968 | | (374,176 | ) |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 458 | | 12,884 | | 5,840 | | 5,580 | | 458,643 | | 79,592 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 1,285 | | 990 | | 3,094 | | 4,017 | | 53,817 | | 70,606 | |
Redemption of shares | | (9,618 | ) | (11,674 | ) | (2,022 | ) | (3,383 | ) | (153,449 | ) | (126,167 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (7,875 | ) | 2,200 | | 6,912 | | 6,214 | | 359,011 | | 24,031 | |
| | Emerging Market Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Multi- Cap Equity Fund | | Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | |
| | 2016 | | 2015** | | 2016 | | 2015** | | 2016 | | 2015(a) | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 8,562,184 | | 31,830,423 | | 67,614 | | 2,018,967 | | 60,515 | | 1,150,121 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 336,787 | | — | | 1,366 | | 1,497 | | — | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (2,924,091 | ) | (1,431,655 | ) | (31,109 | ) | (44,369 | ) | — | | — | |
Net increase in R6 Shares | | 5,974,880 | | 30,398,768 | | 37,871 | | 1,976,095 | | 60,515 | | 1,150,121 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 19,892,975 | | 43,209,346 | | 72,848 | | 1,360,833 | | — | | 2,001 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 469,990 | | 731,850 | | 9,226 | | 36,112 | | — | | — | |
Redemption of shares | | (26,714,802 | ) | (52,819,713 | ) | (388,860 | ) | (2,860,701 | ) | — | | — | |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | (6,351,837 | ) | (8,878,517 | ) | (306,786 | ) | (1,463,756 | ) | — | | 2,001 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 548,874 | | 639,455 | | 420 | | 2,056 | | N/A | | N/A | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 19,654 | | 12,367 | | 108 | | 526 | | N/A | | N/A | |
Redemption of shares | | (703,487 | ) | (6,298,130 | ) | (266 | ) | (795 | ) | N/A | | N/A | |
Net increase (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (134,959 | ) | (5,646,308 | ) | 262 | | 1,787 | | N/A | | N/A | |
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
| | International Alpha Fund | | International Multi-Cap Value Fund | |
| | 2016 | | 2015** | | 2016 | | 2015** | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 729,927 | | 4,975,578 | | 1,191,801 | | 17,974,403 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 35,366 | | — | | 3,570 | | 4,440 | |
Redemption of shares | | — | | (9,191 | ) | (631,713 | ) | (9,086,960 | ) |
Net increase in R6 Shares | | 765,293 | | 4,966,387 | | 563,658 | | 8,891,883 | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 835,240 | | 7,909,211 | | 6,648,497 | | 19,649,141 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 104,186 | | 750,609 | | 215,579 | | 973,850 | |
Redemption of shares | | (1,306,283 | ) | (7,529,321 | ) | (12,446,805 | ) | (17,449,491 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in Investor Shares | | (366,857 | ) | 1,130,499 | | (5,582,729 | ) | 3,173,500 | |
Advisor Shares: | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | 27,168 | | 171,059 | | 341,970 | | 616,397 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 2,802 | | 13,920 | | 21,772 | | 142,441 | |
Redemption of shares | | (71,525 | ) | (6,922,018 | ) | (806,351 | ) | (1,066,706 | ) |
Net (decrease) in Advisor Shares | | (41,555 | ) | (6,737,039 | ) | (442,609 | ) | (307,868 | ) |
(a) Fund commenced investment activities 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. As previously announced, the Board of Trustees has approved a reorganization plan whereby the Schroder Absolute Return EMD and Currency Fund, Schroder Broad Tax-Aware Value Bond Fund, Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond Fund, Schroder International Alpha Fund, Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund, Schroder Global Multi-Asset Income Fund, Schroder Global Strategic Bond Fund, Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund and Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund, are proposed to be adopted by new corresponding series of the Hartford Mutual Fund II family, subject to shareholder approval and other conditions (each a “Reorganization”). If the Reorganizations are completed as proposed, each shareholder of a Schroder fund listed above would become a shareholder of a Hartford fund with a substantially similar investment objective and substantially similar principal investment strategies. Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC would serve as the investment adviser to each post-Reorganization Fund, and Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”), the current investment adviser to each Fund, would serve as the sub-adviser to each post-Reorganization Fund. For those Funds that Schroder Investment Management North America Limited currently serves as the sub-adviser, Schroder Investment Management North America Limited would serve as a sub-sub-adviser to those Funds. The Reorganizations are not expected to result in any changes to the portfolio management team of each Fund. The Reorganizations, if approved by shareholders, are expected to close in the third quarter of 2016.
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Schroder Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2016 (unaudited)
As a supplement to that strategic plan, and contingent on the closings of the reorganizations discussed above, Schroders has proposed and the Board of Trustees has approved a transition of the Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund, Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund, Schroder North American Equity Fund, Schroder Short Duration Bond Fund and Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund to the Advisors’ Inner Circle III platform, through the election of new trustees and amendment of certain management contracts, subject to shareholder approval and other conditions. Following these actions, anticipated to occur in the fourth quarter of 2016, we will continue to manage fund assets as the Adviser to the funds and utilizing the same portfolio management teams.
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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 11/1/15 | | Ending Account Value 4/30/16 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,004.60 | | 0.32 | % | $ | 1.59 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,002.50 | | 0.67 | | 3.34 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,023.27 | | 0.32 | % | $ | 1.61 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.53 | | 0.67 | | 3.37 | |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,006.90 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 5.24 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,006.50 | | 1.17 | | 5.84 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,005.40 | | 1.42 | | 7.08 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.64 | | 1.05 | % | $ | 5.27 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.05 | | 1.17 | | 5.87 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.80 | | 1.42 | | 7.12 | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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| | Beginning Account Value 11/1/15 | | Ending Account Value 4/30/16 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,033.50 | | 0.90 | % | $ | 4.55 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,033.40 | | 1.05 | | 5.31 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,031.50 | | 1.30 | | 6.57 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,020.39 | | 0.90 | % | $ | 4.52 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.64 | | 1.05 | | 5.27 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.40 | | 1.30 | | 6.52 | |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 985.60 | | 1.10 | % | $ | 5.43 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 985.00 | | 1.25 | | 6.17 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 982.80 | | 1.50 | | 7.39 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,019.34 | | 1.10 | % | $ | 5.52 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.65 | | 1.25 | | 6.27 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,017.35 | | 1.50 | | 7.52 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Cap Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,007.40 | | 0.90 | % | $ | 4.49 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,007.70 | | 1.05 | | 5.24 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,005.40 | | 1.30 | | 6.48 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,020.39 | | 0.90 | % | $ | 4.52 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.64 | | 1.05 | | 5.27 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.40 | | 1.30 | | 6.52 | |
Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,021.90 | | 1.50 | % | $ | 7.54 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,020.90 | | 1.65 | | 8.29 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,017.40 | | 1.50 | % | $ | 7.52 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,016.66 | | 1.65 | | 8.27 | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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| | Beginning Account Value 11/1/15 | | Ending Account Value 4/30/16 | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | Expenses Paid During Period* | |
Schroder International Alpha Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 970.80 | | 0.80 | % | $ | 3.92 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 970.10 | | 0.95 | | 4.65 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 968.30 | | 1.20 | | 5.87 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,020.89 | | 0.80 | % | $ | 4.02 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,020.14 | | 0.95 | | 4.77 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,018.90 | | 1.20 | | 6.02 | |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,016.50 | | 0.75 | % | $ | 3.76 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,014.40 | | 0.90 | | 4.51 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,013.20 | | 1.15 | | 5.76 | |
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,021.13 | | 0.75 | % | $ | 3.77 | |
Investor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,020.39 | | 0.90 | | 4.52 | |
Advisor Shares | | 1,000.00 | | 1,019.14 | | 1.15 | | 5.77 | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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Privacy Statement
FACTS WHAT DOES SCHRODERS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
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.
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.
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. |
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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 00169191 |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-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 February 1, 2016 through April 30, 2016 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable for semi-annual report.
(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), are filed herewith.
(b) Officer certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) also accompany this filing as an Exhibit.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) | Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware) |
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By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Mark A. Hemenetz |
| Mark A. Hemenetz, |
| Principal Executive Officer |
Date: July 1, 2016 | |
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: July 1, 2016 | |
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By (Signature and Title)* | /s/Alan M. Mandel |
| Alan M. Mandel, |
| Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: July 1, 2016 | |
* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.