UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-03416
THE CALVERT FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
4550 Montgomery Avenue
Suite 1000N
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
John H. Streur
4550 Montgomery Avenue
Suite 1000N
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 951-4800
Date of fiscal year end: September 30
Date of reporting period: Six months ended March 31, 2016
Item 1. Report to Stockholders.
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| | | President's Letter |
| | | Portfolio Management Discussion |
| | | Understanding Your Fund's Expenses |
| | | Schedule of Investments |
| | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | Statement of Operations |
| | | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| | | Notes to Financial Statements |
| | | Financial Highlights |
| | | Proxy Voting |
| | | Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Holdings |
| | | Basis for Board's Approval of Investment Advisory Contract |
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| John Streur President and Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Investments, Inc. | |
Dear Shareholders,
Historically, environmental and social initiatives have been accomplished through the singular passage of legislation designed to remediate the impact of one significant influence on a singular populace. Commencing with the anti-deforestation efforts in 1842, followed by environmental legislation in industrialized nations to regulate smoke pollution in 1863, arguably, a predecessor to the ubiquitous stop smoking campaigns of today; the previous approach, put forth largely by developed nations, served to the benefit of their citizens and not the rest of the Earth's populace - the majority.
However, the year of 2015 marked a dynamic and exciting shift in the resolution of contemporary environmental and social causes - global leaders from all facets of society, collectively, took action to create global policy platforms with far reaching agendas designed to accelerate our global society's evolution towards a more sustainable and inclusive state. The Pope's Encyclical, issued June 18, 2015, called for the establishment of a new partnership between science and religion to combat human-driven climate change. The United Nations formalized the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which included seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) geared towards dramatically reducing poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and tackling climate change by 2030. The COP 21 (Conference of Parties to the 21 session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) introduced a historic agreement to combat climate change and accelerate both the action and investment needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Indeed, these are a mere few examples of the broad reaching directives recently initiated in order to encourage action and stress accountability.
Additionally, and importantly, resolution has not only been limited to direct impact policy changes, but also by investors’ behavior and preference. Recognizing the demand by investors to be influencers of change through their capital allocations, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Interpretive Bulletin (“IB”) 2015-01 in October of 2015. This bulletin updated and clarified the DOL’s position on how fiduciary investors may best utilize knowledge of a prospective investment’s key environmental, social and governance indicators when making investment decisions for retirement plans. Essentially, the DOL has created a platform that allows fiduciaries to utilize ESG information in their investment decisions regarding a variety of retirement assets, including, but not limited to, IRA accounts; 401(K) accounts; and retirement accounts monitored by a company or union. This legislation is a powerful and fundamental change, especially given- retirement assets represent over $24 trillion and, thus if purposefully directed, may effect meaningful impact. IB 2015-01 is an exciting development in the world of socially responsible investing as it will provide access to vast amounts of capital that can be used to encourage and facilitate better corporate practices.
Change is here. Our challenge, collectively as socially conscious investors, will be to maintain its momentum and focus. Through your investment in the Calvert Funds you are engaged and influential in this movement. By allocating capital only to the best environmentally and socially governed corporations, we-alongside you, encourage good corporate citizenry. Our shareholder advocacy efforts, which fundamentally represent you as a shareholder, consistently monitor and challenge poor corporate policy, thus effecting positive outcomes. Through your support, we are able to partner with academics and industry renowned technicians to produce innovative research that will help to provide both better ESG investment solutions and a more lasting impact.
This is an exciting time and we at Calvert appreciate servicing you, as fund shareholders, and look forward to the future together as we navigate the waters of progress.
Respectfully,
John Streur
May 2016
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| PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION |
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| Vishal Khanduja, CFA Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | | Matthew Duch Vice President, Portfolio Manager |
| Brian S. Ellis, CFA Portfolio Manager | | |
Market Review
US Fixed Income markets experienced heightened volatility but provided positive returns mainly driven by the safe haven government bond sector. During the first half of the period (Q4 2015) the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25bps to 25-50bps - nearly seven years to the date after moving to the zero lower bound.
The period was one where investors had to absorb higher volatility for the low returns as markets operated in an environment with decreased liquidity due to reduced dealer balance sheets, China’s hard-landing fears, commodity led volatility in risk asset valuations and FOMC’s first tightening move and future glide path.
2015 was a challenging year for US credit. Both Investment Grade and High Yield finished 2015 with negative returns. 2016 started off on a similar tone with risk assets severely underperforming for the first half of Q1 2016. The 6 month period finished with positive returns as risk assets pivoted midway through February with improving U.S. economic data along with further accommodative actions by global central banks. Barclays US Aggregate (2.44% total return and 0.29% excess return1), Barclays US Credit (3.38% total return and 0.70% excess return) and Barclays US High Yield (1.22% total return and -0.46% excess return) provided positive returns for the period.
Investment Strategy and Technique
The Fund seeks to maximize income, to the extent consistent with preservation of capital, through investment in bonds and income-producing securities.
The Fund uses a relative value strategy and typically invests at least 65% of its assets in investment-grade debt securities, including bonds issued by U.S. corporations, the U.S. government, and U.S. government-sponsored enterprises.
In conjunction with financial analysis, Calvert's comprehensive responsible investment principles guide the investment research process and decision-making.
Fund Performance Relative to the Benchmark
The Fund’s shorter duration position relative to its benchmark and exposure to asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), which are not in the benchmark, were the primary contributors to underperformance.
The Fund’s duration position was on average .30 years shorter than its benchmark, mostly expressed through an underweight to the front end of the yield curve. The rally in benchmark Treasury yields detracted from relative performance.
The Fund’s security selection within investment grade corporate sectors contributed positively to performance for the period. Specifically security selection within consumer cyclical, non-cyclical, energy and communication subsectors led the outperformance.
Elsewhere within investment grade corporates, the Fund continued to benefit from an underweight to, and outperformance within the Energy sector.
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1Returns above comparable U.S. Treasury securities.
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| CALVERT INCOME FUND | |
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| ECONOMIC SECTORS | % OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS | |
| Common Stocks | 0.1 | % | |
| Corporate | 55.5 | % | |
| Financial Institutions | 19.9 | % | |
| Industrial | 35.4 | % | |
| Utility | 0.2 | % | |
| Government Related | 0.4 | % | |
| Agencies | 0.4 | % | |
| Securitized | 36.8 | % | |
| Asset-Backed Securities | 21.0 | % | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | 0.3 | % | |
| Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities | 11.6 | % | |
| Mortgage-Backed Passthrough | 3.9 | % | |
| Short-term Investments | 0.9 | % | |
| Treasury | 6.3 | % | |
| Total | 100 | % | |
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Positioning and Market Outlook
We expect the fixed income markets to continue to be driven by three broad factors: divergence, volatility and liquidity challenges.
We believe the global central banks will remain very vocal and a continued source of market volatility. We also think policy divergence between the United States and the rest of the world will come back into focus. Despite recent weakness in U.S. economic data, and dovish rhetoric from the Fed, we believe the economy and reported data should stabilize enough to allow the Fed to gradually continue tightening.
The Fund’s allocation to spread sectors remains largely the same as the previous two quarters. While at this stage in the credit cycle we think caution is warranted, we believe current spread levels in certain areas of the market compensate for these risks. Areas of the investment-grade corporate market appear particularly attractive to us, and we will look to opportunistically increase allocations to this market. We continue to believe an active, multi-sector approach to fixed income investing is a sound strategy to successfully navigating the volatile, liquidity challenged environment we expect for the foreseeable future.
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| CALVERT INCOME FUND | |
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| INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE | |
| (TOTAL RETURN AT NAV) | |
| | 6 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | 12 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 2.53 | % | -0.33 | % | |
| Class C | 2.15 | % | -1.06 | % | |
| Class I | 2.78 | % | 0.27 | % | |
| Class R | 2.33 | % | -0.64 | % | |
| Class Y | 2.66 | % | -0.04 | % | |
| Barclays U.S. Credit Index | 3.38 | % | 0.93 | % | |
| Lipper BBB-Rated Corporate Debt Funds Average | 2.90 | % | -0.13 | % | |
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| SEC YIELD | 9/30/15 | 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 3.02 | % | 3.03 | % | |
| Class C | 2.41 | % | 2.41 | % | |
| Class I | 3.69 | % | 3.53 | % | |
| Class R | 2.59 | % | 2.72 | % | |
| Class Y | 3.42 | % | 3.44 | % | |
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Calvert Investment Management, Inc.
May 2016
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Growth of $10,000
The graph below shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal year periods. The results shown are for Class A shares, reflect the deduction of the maximum front-end Class A sales charge of 3.75%, and assume the reinvestment of dividends. The result is compared with a broad based market index. Market indexes are unmanaged and their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. The value of an investment in a different share class would be different.

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CALVERT INCOME FUND |
MARCH 31, 2016 |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | Ticker Symbol | 1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
Class A (with max. load) | CFICX | -4.09 | % | 2.28 | % | 3.18 | % |
Class C (with max. load) | CIFCX | -2.05 | % | 2.33 | % | 2.85 | % |
Class I | CINCX | 0.27 | % | 3.70 | % | 4.24 | % |
Class R | CICRX | -0.64 | % | 2.84 | % | 3.35 | % |
Class Y | CIFYX | -0.04 | % | 3.41 | % | 3.88 | % |
Barclays U.S. Credit Index | | 0.93 | % | 5.00 | % | 5.70 | % |
Lipper BBB-Rated Corporate Debt Funds Average | | -0.13 | % | 4.54 | % | 5.30 | % |
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Calvert Income Fund first offered Class R shares on October 31, 2006. Performance prior to October 31, 2006 reflects the performance of Class A shares at net asset value (NAV). Actual Class R share performance would have been lower than Class A share performance because Class R has higher class-specific expenses than Class A. Calvert Income Fund first offered Class Y shares on February 29, 2008. Performance prior to February 29, 2008 reflects the performance of Class A shares at net asset value (NAV). Actual Class Y share performance would have been different. |
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All performance data shown, including the graph above and the adjacent table, represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of the Fund shares. All performance data reflects fee waivers and/or expense limitations, if any are in effect; in their absence performance would be lower. See Note B in Notes to Financial Statements. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted; for current performance data, including most recent month-end, visit www.calvert.com. The gross expense ratio from the current prospectus for Class A shares is 1.06%. This number may differ from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period and, if applicable, does not include fee or expense waivers. Performance data quoted already reflects the deduction of the Fund’s operating expenses.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES
As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in this mutual fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by the fund's investors during the period. The actual and hypothetical information presented in the examples is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (October 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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| ANNUALIZED EXPENSE RATIO | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE 10/1/15 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE 3/31/16 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD* 10/1/15 - 3/31/16 |
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Actual | 1.12% | $1,000.00 | $1,025.30 | $5.67 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 1.12% | $1,000.00 | $1,019.40 | $5.65 |
Class C | | | | |
Actual | 1.86% | $1,000.00 | $1,021.50 | $9.40 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 1.86% | $1,000.00 | $1,015.70 | $9.37 |
Class I | | | | |
Actual | 0.63% | $1,000.00 | $1,027.80 | $3.19 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.63% | $1,000.00 | $1,021.85 | $3.18 |
Class R | | | | |
Actual | 1.47% | $1,000.00 | $1,023.30 | $7.44 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 1.47% | $1,000.00 | $1,017.65 | $7.41 |
Class Y | | | | |
Actual | 0.81% | $1,000.00 | $1,026.60 | $4.10 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.81% | $1,000.00 | $1,020.95 | $4.09 |
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 23.3% | | |
Asset-Backed - Automobile - 0.8% | | |
Skopos Auto Receivables Trust: | | |
3.55%, 2/15/20 (a) | 2,510,315 | 2,507,524 |
3.10%, 12/15/23 (a) | 1,034,050 | 1,030,530 |
5.43%, 12/15/23 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,468,860 |
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Asset-Backed - Other - 21.9% | | |
American Homes 4 Rent, 3.691%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 3,000,000 | 2,800,184 |
Apidos CLO XX, 4.32%, 1/16/27 (a)(b) | 1,600,000 | 1,450,240 |
Apidos CLO XXI: | | |
4.17%, 7/18/27 (a)(b) | 1,200,000 | 1,056,804 |
6.17%, 7/18/27 (a)(b) | 1,500,000 | 1,222,395 |
Applebee's Funding LLC / IHOP Funding LLC, 4.277%, 9/5/44 (a) | 3,050,000 | 3,038,002 |
CAM Mortgage LLC 2015-1, 4.75%, 7/15/64 (a)(b) | 6,000,000 | 5,957,066 |
Citi Held For Asset Issuance: | | |
4.00%, 3/15/22 (a) | 3,400,000 | 3,225,614 |
4.31%, 5/16/22 (a) | 2,800,000 | 2,645,832 |
4.48%, 8/15/22 (a) | 4,717,123 | 4,722,689 |
CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., 4.474%, 3/20/43 (a) | 4,775,000 | 4,769,094 |
Conn's Receivables Funding LLC: | | |
4.68%, 4/16/18 (a) | 3,500,000 | 3,501,728 |
4.565%, 9/15/20 (a) | 2,158,676 | 2,154,628 |
Consumer Credit Origination Loan Trust: | | |
2.82%, 3/15/21 (a) | 3,714,974 | 3,716,011 |
5.21%, 3/15/21 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,461,705 |
Driven Brands Funding LLC, 5.216%, 7/20/45 (a) | 2,793,000 | 2,748,644 |
Dryden 33 Senior Loan Fund, 4.272%, 7/15/26 (a)(b) | 2,350,000 | 2,094,649 |
Dryden 40 Senior Loan Fund, 4.318%, 8/15/28 (a)(b) | 1,750,000 | 1,559,495 |
Eagle I Ltd., 2.57%, 12/15/39 (a) | 2,750,000 | 2,690,875 |
Element Rail Leasing I LLC: | | |
2.299%, 4/19/44 (a) | 987,212 | 956,711 |
3.668%, 4/19/44 (a) | 2,700,000 | 2,592,835 |
4.406%, 4/19/44 (a) | 2,783,000 | 2,633,940 |
Element Rail Leasing II LLC, 3.585%, 2/19/45 (a) | 3,900,000 | 3,667,962 |
FRS I LLC, 3.08%, 4/15/43 (a) | 5,955,418 | 5,831,429 |
GCAT LLC 2015-1, 4.75%, 5/26/20 (a)(b) | 3,342,919 | 3,154,303 |
GLC II Trust, 4.00%, 12/18/20 (a) | 1,613,368 | 1,607,528 |
GLC Trust, 3.00%, 7/15/21 (a) | 1,426,795 | 1,376,857 |
GMAT Trust, 4.25%, 9/25/20 (a)(b) | 1,738,694 | 1,734,399 |
Invitation Homes Trust: | | |
1.782%, 12/17/30 (a)(b) | 300,000 | 292,071 |
2.282%, 12/17/30 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,932,045 |
2.541%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 2,500,000 | 2,419,606 |
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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - CONT’D | | |
3.691%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 3,000,000 | 2,876,715 |
4.138%, 6/17/32 (a)(b) | 1,750,000 | 1,612,631 |
JGWPT XXXI LLC, 4.94%, 3/16/65 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,036,361 |
JGWPT XXXII LLC, 4.48%, 1/15/75 (a) | 1,450,000 | 1,436,822 |
Madison Park Funding XVII Ltd., 4.074%, 7/21/27 (a)(b) | 4,350,000 | 3,860,538 |
Magnetite VI Ltd., 6.184%, 9/15/23 (a)(b) | 2,500,000 | 2,199,325 |
OneMain Financial Issuance Trust: | | |
2.43%, 6/18/24 (a) | 7,400,000 | 7,381,413 |
2.57%, 7/18/25 (a) | 2,200,000 | 2,170,151 |
PennyMac LLC, 4.00%, 3/25/55 (a)(b) | 2,189,489 | 2,161,730 |
Progress Residential 2015-SFR2 Trust, 4.427%, 6/12/32 (a) | 2,000,000 | 1,878,256 |
RenewFund Receivables Trust, 3.51%, 4/15/25 (a) | 1,877,541 | 1,860,493 |
RMAT LLC, 3.75%, 5/25/55 (a)(b) | 1,561,886 | 1,550,609 |
Selene Non-Performing Loans LLC, 2.981%, 5/25/54 (a)(b) | 1,321,819 | 1,309,856 |
STORE Master Funding LLC, 4.21%, 4/20/44 (a) | 2,873,417 | 2,879,767 |
TAL Advantage V LLC: | | |
3.97%, 5/20/39 (a) | 816,667 | 775,547 |
4.15%, 11/21/39 (a) | 866,667 | 825,940 |
Tricon American Homes Series 2015-SFR1 Trust, 3.941%, 5/17/32 (a)(b) | 600,000 | 537,006 |
Trinity Rail Leasing LP, 3.525%, 1/15/43 (a) | 3,000,000 | 2,945,490 |
U.S. Residential Opportunity Fund III Trust, 3.721%, 1/27/35 (a) | 4,672,679 | 4,633,875 |
VOLT XIX LLC, 3.875%, 4/25/55 (a)(b) | 2,480,966 | 2,481,086 |
VOLT XXVII LLC: | | |
3.375%, 8/27/57 (a)(b) | 916,522 | 902,478 |
4.75%, 8/27/57 (a)(b) | 793,987 | 777,269 |
Wendys Funding LLC, 2015-1: | | |
3.371%, 6/15/45 (a) | 6,368,000 | 6,251,211 |
4.08%, 6/15/45 (a) | 1,641,750 | 1,606,058 |
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Asset-Backed - Student Loan - 0.6% | | |
Navient Student Loan Trust, 1.933%, 7/25/52 (b) | 1,200,000 | 1,017,015 |
SLM Private Education Loan Trust, 3.00%, 5/16/44 (a) | 2,700,000 | 2,646,575 |
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Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $147,658,068) | | 143,636,472 |
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (PRIVATELY ORIGINATED) - 4.2% | | |
Banc of America Mortgage Trust, 0.267%, 1/25/34 (b) | 11,954,863 | 23,796 |
Bellemeade Re Ltd., 4.733%, 7/25/25 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,958,640 |
Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities: | | |
CAS 2014-C02 1M2, 3.033%, 5/25/24 (b) | 5,700,000 | 5,064,553 |
CAS 2014-C03 2M2, 3.333%, 7/25/24 (b) | 1,500,000 | 1,373,555 |
CAS 2014-C03 1M2, 3.433%, 7/25/24 (b) | 5,600,000 | 5,144,571 |
CAS 2016-C02 1B, 12.685%, 9/25/28 (b) | 425,000 | 434,456 |
Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes: | | |
STACR 2015-HQ2 B, 8.383%, 5/25/25 (b) | 798,285 | 782,341 |
STACR 2015-DNA2 M3, 4.333%, 12/25/27 (b) | 2,363,000 | 2,285,254 |
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (PRIVATELY ORIGINATED) - CONT’D | | |
STACR 2015-HQA2 M2, 3.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 1,250,000 | 1,255,534 |
STACR 2015-HQA2 M3, 5.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 2,750,000 | 2,648,885 |
STACR 2016-HQA1 M3, 6.791%, 9/25/28 (b) | 2,800,000 | 2,908,276 |
LSTAR Securities Investment Trust, 2.439%, 5/1/20 (a)(b) | 1,733,537 | 1,690,216 |
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Total Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) (Cost $26,618,530) | | 25,570,077 |
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COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 8.7% | | |
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 3.336%, 5/15/32 (a)(b) | 800,000 | 760,518 |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 3.836%, 9/15/27 (a)(b) | 2,800,000 | 2,590,298 |
CSMC Trust, 4.185%, 9/15/37 (a) | 1,800,000 | 1,843,295 |
EQTY INNS Mortgage Trust, 3.888%, 5/8/31 (a)(b) | 5,100,000 | 4,850,908 |
Extended Stay America Trust: | | |
3.604%, 12/5/31 (a) | 2,970,000 | 2,974,827 |
4.036%, 12/5/31 (a)(b) | 7,585,000 | 7,676,455 |
Hilton USA Trust: | | |
Class DFL, 3.191%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 1,541,414 | 1,533,526 |
Class CFX, 3.714%, 11/5/30 (a) | 1,600,000 | 1,602,058 |
Class EFX, 5.222%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 5,325,000 | 5,356,333 |
Hyatt Hotel Portfolio Trust, 3.926%, 11/15/29 (a)(b) | 400,000 | 365,354 |
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust: | | |
3.771%, 6/10/27 (a) | 2,200,000 | 2,258,611 |
3.805%, 6/10/27 (a)(b) | 1,500,000 | 1,503,675 |
4.036%, 6/15/29 (a)(b) | 3,500,000 | 3,262,743 |
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2014-CPT, 3.446%, 7/13/29 (a)(b) | 1,700,000 | 1,593,172 |
Motel 6 Trust, 5.279%, 2/5/30 (a) | 7,000,000 | 6,775,166 |
ORES NPL LLC: | | |
6.00%, 3/27/24 (a) | 4,900,000 | 4,872,599 |
3.081%, 9/25/25 (a) | 83,765 | 83,208 |
VFC LLC, 5.50%, 7/20/30 (a) | 3,000,000 | 2,987,883 |
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 3.497%, 8/15/47 (a) | 1,400,000 | 960,197 |
| | |
Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $55,129,535) | | 53,850,826 |
| | |
| | |
CORPORATE BONDS - 53.4% | | |
Basic Materials - 1.3% | | |
LYB International Finance BV, 5.25%, 7/15/43 | 1,000,000 | 1,036,873 |
Methanex Corp., 5.65%, 12/1/44 | 3,275,000 | 2,645,404 |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., 4.50%, 4/15/23 | 2,300,000 | 2,217,191 |
Solvay Finance America LLC, 4.45%, 12/3/25 (a) | 2,000,000 | 2,042,926 |
| | 7,942,394 |
| | |
Communications - 8.4% | | |
America Movil SAB de CV, 4.375%, 7/16/42 | 1,500,000 | 1,457,177 |
AT&T, Inc.: | | |
4.125%, 2/17/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,056,071 |
5.65%, 2/15/47 | 5,100,000 | 5,628,946 |
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CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Comcast Corp., 3.15%, 3/1/26 | 2,500,000 | 2,602,900 |
Crown Castle Towers LLC: | | |
4.174%, 8/15/37 (a) | 825,000 | 846,530 |
3.222%, 5/15/42 (a) | 800,000 | 801,200 |
Embarq Corp., 7.082%, 6/1/16 | 3,500,000 | 3,522,502 |
Frontier Communications Corp.: | | |
10.50%, 9/15/22 (a) | 3,660,000 | 3,751,500 |
11.00%, 9/15/25 (a) | 1,100,000 | 1,105,500 |
NBCUniversal Media LLC, 4.45%, 1/15/43 | 2,800,000 | 3,015,768 |
Rogers Communications, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/44 | 2,400,000 | 2,643,732 |
Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.00%, 12/1/16 | 2,723,000 | 2,705,981 |
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 3.192%, 4/27/18 | 2,000,000 | 2,051,880 |
Time Warner, Inc.: | | |
3.55%, 6/1/24 | 1,500,000 | 1,542,926 |
4.90%, 6/15/42 | 1,500,000 | 1,528,341 |
Verizon Communications, Inc.: | | |
2.45%, 11/1/22 | 2,425,000 | 2,410,149 |
3.50%, 11/1/24 | 3,815,000 | 4,002,736 |
4.862%, 8/21/46 | 8,945,000 | 9,432,690 |
Viacom, Inc., 5.25%, 4/1/44 | 1,950,000 | 1,753,881 |
| | 51,860,410 |
| | |
Consumer, Cyclical - 8.3% | | |
American Airlines Pass Through Trust: | | |
7.00%, 7/31/19 (a) | 2,608,675 | 2,713,022 |
5.60%, 1/15/22 (a) | 1,823,571 | 1,841,807 |
5.25%, 7/15/25 | 1,840,000 | 1,849,200 |
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, 6.25%, 10/11/21 | 223,985 | 234,065 |
CVS Health Corp.: | | |
3.875%, 7/20/25 | 1,800,000 | 1,942,425 |
4.875%, 7/20/35 | 650,000 | 724,730 |
5.125%, 7/20/45 | 1,900,000 | 2,200,432 |
CVS Pass-Through Trust, 6.036%, 12/10/28 | 2,910,669 | 3,259,978 |
Ferrellgas Partners LP / Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp., 8.625%, 6/15/20 | 825,000 | 763,125 |
Ford Motor Co., 4.75%, 1/15/43 | 750,000 | 752,456 |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC: | | |
2.145%, 1/9/18 | 3,850,000 | 3,845,442 |
3.157%, 8/4/20 | 2,920,000 | 2,978,601 |
3.219%, 1/9/22 | 1,000,000 | 1,018,596 |
4.134%, 8/4/25 | 5,720,000 | 5,952,203 |
Home Depot, Inc. (The): | | |
3.00%, 4/1/26 | 3,000,000 | 3,149,322 |
4.20%, 4/1/43 | 1,000,000 | 1,074,180 |
4.40%, 3/15/45 | 600,000 | 667,322 |
Johnson Controls, Inc., 4.625%, 7/2/44 | 2,275,000 | 2,199,172 |
Kohl's Corp., 4.25%, 7/17/25 | 2,520,000 | 2,489,740 |
Latam Airlines 2015-1 Pass Through Trust B, 4.50%, 8/15/25 (a) | 1,400,000 | 1,190,000 |
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.: | | |
3.85%, 4/1/23 | 1,975,000 | 2,048,294 |
4.20%, 4/1/26 | 2,000,000 | 2,092,088 |
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CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Virgin Australia Trust, 6.00%, 4/23/22 (a) | 2,109,919 | 2,131,018 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.: | | |
3.80%, 11/18/24 | 2,200,000 | 2,263,807 |
4.80%, 11/18/44 | 1,600,000 | 1,590,110 |
| | 50,971,135 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical - 7.1% | | |
Actavis Funding SCS, 4.75%, 3/15/45 | 2,300,000 | 2,418,921 |
Albertson's Holdings LLC/Safeway, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22 (a) | 1,979,000 | 2,142,268 |
Amgen, Inc.: | | |
3.625%, 5/22/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,052,028 |
5.375%, 5/15/43 | 1,500,000 | 1,708,212 |
AstraZeneca plc: | | |
3.375%, 11/16/25 | 1,725,000 | 1,786,814 |
4.375%, 11/16/45 | 1,025,000 | 1,091,230 |
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 3.20%, 11/15/21 | 2,555,000 | 2,638,738 |
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.70%, 4/1/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,072,936 |
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV: | | |
4.50%, 1/25/22 (a) | 2,000,000 | 2,120,070 |
4.875%, 6/27/44 (a) | 1,250,000 | 1,157,026 |
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 9.75%, 8/1/18 (a) | 1,000,000 | 985,000 |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 5.20%, 7/15/45 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,678,334 |
Kroger Co. (The), 3.85%, 8/1/23 | 1,900,000 | 2,042,933 |
Land O'Lakes Capital Trust I, 7.45%, 3/15/28 (a) | 8,000,000 | 8,400,000 |
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/1/20 | 4,000,000 | 4,482,212 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3.959%, 7/1/38 | 500,000 | 547,443 |
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., 4.125%, 11/15/25 | 1,450,000 | 1,539,582 |
MEDNAX, Inc., 5.25%, 12/1/23 (a) | 1,625,000 | 1,690,000 |
Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co., 4.375%, 3/15/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,029,420 |
Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 5/1/19 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,032,500 |
SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/21 | 1,820,000 | 1,551,550 |
Whole Foods Market, Inc., 5.20%, 12/3/25 (a) | 1,700,000 | 1,781,444 |
| | 43,948,661 |
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Energy - 3.7% | | |
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 7.034%, 1/15/18 floating rate thereafter to 1/15/68 (b) | 12,115,000 | 12,284,610 |
Williams Partners LP: | | |
3.60%, 3/15/22 | 3,400,000 | 2,799,618 |
3.90%, 1/15/25 | 2,000,000 | 1,617,056 |
Williams Partners LP / ACMP Finance Corp., 4.875%, 3/15/24 | 7,250,000 | 6,326,509 |
| | 23,027,793 |
| | |
Financial - 20.3% | | |
American International Group, Inc., 3.30%, 3/1/21 | 575,000 | 587,872 |
American Tower Corp.: | | |
3.45%, 9/15/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,022,543 |
4.70%, 3/15/22 | 2,000,000 | 2,165,710 |
Bank of America Corp.: | | |
2.25%, 4/21/20 | 425,000 | 420,896 |
2.625%, 10/19/20 | 1,250,000 | 1,258,710 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
6.10%, 3/17/25 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 1,150,000 | 1,132,750 |
3.95%, 4/21/25 | 4,450,000 | 4,427,554 |
3.875%, 8/1/25 | 8,040,000 | 8,332,994 |
4.45%, 3/3/26 | 1,700,000 | 1,751,321 |
4.25%, 10/22/26 | 3,450,000 | 3,501,433 |
Bank of America NA: | | |
5.30%, 3/15/17 | 4,500,000 | 4,656,960 |
6.10%, 6/15/17 | 5,000,000 | 5,229,430 |
Capital One Bank, 3.375%, 2/15/23 | 4,600,000 | 4,635,273 |
Capital One Financial Corp., 4.20%, 10/29/25 | 1,675,000 | 1,695,949 |
Capital One NA, 2.35%, 8/17/18 | 2,000,000 | 2,010,296 |
CIT Group, Inc.: | | |
4.25%, 8/15/17 | 1,125,000 | 1,144,811 |
5.25%, 3/15/18 | 4,150,000 | 4,293,175 |
Citigroup, Inc.: | | |
2.50%, 9/26/18 | 3,000,000 | 3,045,882 |
5.95%, 8/15/20 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 1,000,000 | 957,000 |
2.65%, 10/26/20 | 660,000 | 666,224 |
6.125%, 11/15/20 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 990,000 | 992,445 |
5.90%, 2/15/23 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 1,440,000 | 1,414,800 |
4.40%, 6/10/25 | 6,350,000 | 6,475,171 |
3.70%, 1/12/26 | 1,700,000 | 1,744,571 |
4.60%, 3/9/26 | 1,850,000 | 1,896,868 |
4.45%, 9/29/27 | 5,835,000 | 5,871,434 |
Credit Acceptance Corp.: | | |
6.125%, 2/15/21 | 2,100,000 | 1,984,500 |
7.375%, 3/15/23 (a) | 1,300,000 | 1,238,250 |
DDR Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/18 | 3,000,000 | 3,118,881 |
Discover Bank, 7.00%, 4/15/20 | 2,500,000 | 2,842,745 |
Doric Nimrod Air Alpha Ltd. Pass Through Trust, 6.125%, 11/30/21 (a) | 561,070 | 561,070 |
ERP Operating LP, 4.625%, 12/15/21 | 598,000 | 665,396 |
First Horizon National Corp., 3.50%, 12/15/20 | 800,000 | 799,433 |
Huntington National Bank (The), 2.20%, 11/6/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,001,636 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: | | |
3.625%, 5/13/24 | 7,000,000 | 7,298,935 |
3.90%, 7/15/25 | 5,700,000 | 6,042,821 |
Lloyds Banking Group plc, 4.65%, 3/24/26 | 2,000,000 | 1,982,136 |
MetLife, Inc., 4.05%, 3/1/45 | 900,000 | 851,384 |
Morgan Stanley: | | |
6.25%, 8/28/17 | 2,900,000 | 3,081,372 |
2.80%, 6/16/20 | 5,500,000 | 5,600,166 |
4.00%, 7/23/25 | 1,515,000 | 1,584,137 |
5.00%, 11/24/25 | 6,550,000 | 7,088,528 |
3.95%, 4/23/27 | 1,100,000 | 1,101,163 |
Prudential Financial, Inc., 4.60%, 5/15/44 | 2,200,000 | 2,208,769 |
Regions Financial Corp., 3.20%, 2/8/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,016,634 |
Wells Fargo & Co., 2.50%, 3/4/21 | 3,000,000 | 3,037,890 |
| | 125,437,918 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Industrial - 2.9% | | |
Cemex SAB de CV, 6.50%, 12/10/19 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,028,750 |
Coveris Holding Corp., 10.00%, 6/1/18 (a) | 1,550,000 | 1,480,250 |
Coveris Holdings SA, 7.875%, 11/1/19 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,342,500 |
EnerSys, 5.00%, 4/30/23 (a) | 750,000 | 723,750 |
General Electric Co., 4.50%, 3/11/44 | 2,000,000 | 2,232,504 |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., 3.90%, 9/1/42 | 2,000,000 | 2,021,426 |
Masco Corp.: | | |
4.45%, 4/1/25 | 850,000 | 881,705 |
4.375%, 4/1/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,018,110 |
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP / PTL Finance Corp.: | | |
3.30%, 4/1/21 (a) | 1,000,000 | 996,439 |
3.375%, 2/1/22 (a) | 3,000,000 | 2,978,553 |
Pentair Finance SA, 3.625%, 9/15/20 | 1,780,000 | 1,793,870 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 4.15%, 2/1/24 | 1,200,000 | 1,264,994 |
| | 17,762,851 |
| | |
Technology - 1.2% | | |
Apple, Inc.: | | |
3.25%, 2/23/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,044,066 |
3.45%, 2/9/45 | 1,000,000 | 903,155 |
4.65%, 2/23/46 | 675,000 | 736,866 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 2.85%, 10/5/18 (a) | 1,090,000 | 1,108,303 |
Microsoft Corp., 3.125%, 11/3/25 | 1,050,000 | 1,102,600 |
Oracle Corp.: | | |
2.95%, 5/15/25 | 1,200,000 | 1,229,255 |
4.125%, 5/15/45 | 1,000,000 | 1,021,680 |
| | 7,145,925 |
| | |
Utilities - 0.2% | | |
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 4.50%, 12/1/45 | 900,000 | 981,511 |
| | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $316,819,684) | | 329,078,598 |
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| | |
FLOATING RATE LOANS (c) - 2.0% | | |
| | |
Consumer, Cyclical - 2.0% | | |
Albertson's Holdings LLC, 5.50%, 8/25/21 (b) | 3,126,316 | 3,126,316 |
Kraton Polymers LLC, 6.00%, 1/6/22 (b) | 4,575,000 | 4,304,311 |
Varsity Brands, Inc., 5.013%, 12/11/21 (b) | 4,567,350 | 4,536,900 |
| | 11,967,527 |
| | |
Financial - 0.0% | | |
Alliance Mortgage Investments Term Loan, 12.61%, 6/1/10 *(b)(d)(e)(f) | 3,077,944 | 69,561 |
| | |
Total Floating Rate Loans (Cost $14,942,495) | | 12,037,088 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
|
SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENT BOND - 0.4% | | |
Nacional Financiera SNC, 3.375%, 11/5/20 (a) | 2,700,000 | 2,720,250 |
|
| | |
Total Sovereign Government Bonds (Cost $2,695,556) | | 2,720,250 |
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| | |
| | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES - 0% | | |
Premier Aircraft Leasing EXIM 1 Ltd., 3.547%, 4/10/22 | 82 | 86 |
|
| | |
Total U.S. Government Agencies and Instrumentalities (Cost $82) | | 86 |
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| | |
| | |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 6.3% | | |
United States Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 11/15/45 | 20,642,000 | 22,284,484 |
|
United States Treasury Notes: | | |
1.125%, 2/28/21 | 11,689,000 | 11,641,052 |
|
1.50%, 2/28/23 | 144,000 | 143,601 |
|
1.625%, 2/15/26 | 4,589,000 | 4,522,317 |
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| | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $38,332,428) | | 38,591,454 |
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| SHARES | VALUE ($) |
COMMON STOCKS - 0.1% | | |
| | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1% | | |
NII Holdings, Inc. * | 128,404 | 710,074 |
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| | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,990,262) | | 710,074 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
|
TIME DEPOSIT - 0.9% | | |
State Street Bank Time Deposit, 0.278%, 4/1/16 | 5,791,594 | 5,791,594 |
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| | |
Total Time Deposit (Cost $5,791,594) | | 5,791,594 |
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| | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $609,978,234) - 99.3% | | 611,986,519 |
|
Other assets and liabilities, net - 0.7% | | 4,166,225 |
|
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | |
| $616,152,744 |
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See notes to financial statements. |
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FUTURES | NUMBER OF CONTRACTS | EXPIRATION DATE | UNDERLYING FACE AMOUNT AT VALUE | UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) |
Long: | | | | | |
| 5 Year U.S. Treasury Notes | 74 | 6/16 |
| $8,966,141 |
|
| $116,891 |
|
| 10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes | 68 | 6/16 | 8,866,563 |
| 84,877 |
|
| Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bonds | 239 | 6/16 | 41,234,969 |
| (323,477) |
|
| Total Long | | | |
| ($121,709 | ) |
Short: | | | | | | |
| 2 Year U.S. Treasury Notes | (8) | 6/16 |
| ($1,750,000 | ) |
| ($11 | ) |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
* Non-income producing security. |
(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
(b) The coupon rate shown on floating or adjustable rate securities represents the rate in effect on March 31, 2016. |
(c) Remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. Floating rate loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically re-determined at a margin above the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or other short-term rates. The rate shown is the rate in effect at March 31, 2016. Floating rate loans are generally considered restrictive in that the Fund is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive consent from the Agent Bank and/or Borrower prior to disposition of a floating rate loan. |
(d) Alliance Bancorp and its affiliates filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 13, 2007. This security is no longer accruing interest. |
(e) This security was valued under the direction of the Board of Trustees. See Note A. |
(f) Restricted securities represent 0.0% of the net assets of the Fund. |
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Abbreviations: |
CLO: | Collateralized Loan Obligations | |
LLC: | Limited Liability Corporation | |
LP: | Limited Partnership | |
Ltd.: | Limited | |
plc: | Public Limited Company | |
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RESTRICTED SECURITIES | ACQUISITION DATES | COST ($) |
Alliance Mortgage Investments Term Loan, 12.61%, 6/1/10 | 5/26/05-6/13/07 | 3,077,944 |
See notes to financial statements. |
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| | | |
ASSETS | |
Investments in securities, at value (Cost $609,978,234) - see accompanying schedule |
| $611,986,519 |
|
Cash collateral at broker | 1,301,960 |
|
Receivable for securities sold | 2,205,434 |
|
Receivable for shares sold | 212,176 |
|
Interest receivable | 4,121,428 |
|
Receivable for futures contracts variation margin | 295,000 |
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Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 535,234 |
|
Total assets | 620,657,751 |
|
| |
LIABILITIES | |
Payable for securities purchased | 2,425,788 |
|
Payable for shares redeemed | 787,854 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. | 207,636 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. | 165,001 |
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Payable to Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. | 61,759 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Services, Inc. | 11,170 |
|
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 535,234 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 310,565 |
|
Total liabilities | 4,505,007 |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $616,152,744 |
|
| |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | |
Paid-in capital applicable to the following shares of beneficial interest, | |
unlimited number of no par value shares authorized: | |
Class A: 27,450,886 shares outstanding |
| $950,948,745 |
|
Class C: 5,216,709 shares outstanding | 125,556,370 |
|
Class I: 1,894,638 shares outstanding | 59,628,421 |
|
Class R: 274,104 shares outstanding | 3,766,104 |
|
Class Y: 3,511,501 shares outstanding | 54,454,925 |
|
Undistributed net investment income | 213,387 |
|
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) | (580,301,773) |
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 1,886,565 |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $616,152,744 |
|
| |
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | |
Class A (based on net assets of $440,571,505) |
| $16.05 |
|
Class C (based on net assets of $83,721,381) |
| $16.05 |
|
Class I (based on net assets of $30,438,675) |
| $16.07 |
|
Class R (based on net assets of $4,434,234) |
| $16.18 |
|
Class Y (based on net assets of $56,986,949) |
| $16.23 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| | | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | |
Investment Income: | |
Interest income |
| $12,835,053 |
|
Dividend income | 120,712 |
|
Total investment income | 12,955,765 |
|
| |
Expenses: | |
Investment advisory fee | 1,270,213 |
|
Administrative fees | 750,342 |
|
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 563,978 |
|
Distribution Plan expenses: | |
Class A | 570,180 |
|
Class C | 424,138 |
|
Class R | 11,297 |
|
Trustees' fees and expenses | 49,757 |
|
Accounting fees | 71,416 |
|
Custodian fees | 48,044 |
|
Professional fees | 31,898 |
|
Registration fees | 36,142 |
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Reports to shareholders | 50,450 |
|
Miscellaneous | 17,426 |
|
Total expenses | 3,895,281 |
|
Reimbursement from Advisor: | |
Class R | (3,139) |
|
Administrative fees waived | (182,643) |
|
Net expenses | 3,709,499 |
|
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 9,246,266 |
|
| |
| |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments | (2,463,610) |
|
Futures | 3,261,711 |
|
| 798,101 |
|
| |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments | 5,093,778 |
|
Futures | (250,590) |
|
| 4,843,188 |
|
| |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | 5,641,289 |
|
| |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
| $14,887,555 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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| | | | | | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Operations: | | | |
Net investment income |
| $9,246,266 |
| |
| $22,312,065 |
|
Net realized gain (loss) | 798,101 |
| | (2,738,071) |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 4,843,188 |
| | (16,954,194) |
|
| | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | 14,887,555 |
| | 2,619,800 |
|
| | | |
Distributions to shareholders from: | | | |
Net investment income: | | | |
Class A shares | (6,744,978) |
| | (15,526,827) |
|
Class B shares (a) | — |
| | (9,441) |
|
Class C shares | (947,160) |
| | (2,082,632) |
|
Class I shares | (537,682) |
| | (2,464,310) |
|
Class R shares | (58,717) |
| | (132,842) |
|
Class Y shares | (944,477) |
| | (2,085,325) |
|
Total distributions | (9,233,014) |
| | (22,301,377) |
|
| | | |
Capital share transactions: | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares (b) | 12,924,654 |
| | 45,653,338 |
|
Class B shares (a) | — |
| | 958 |
|
Class C shares | 1,360,430 |
| | 3,279,257 |
|
Class I shares | 2,459,789 |
| | 9,870,066 |
|
Class R shares | 380,191 |
| | 1,006,563 |
|
Class Y shares | 3,963,890 |
| | 13,062,622 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 6,045,738 |
| | 14,006,892 |
|
Class B shares (a) | — |
| | 7,744 |
|
Class C shares | 642,790 |
| | 1,400,417 |
|
Class I shares | 521,119 |
| | 2,427,002 |
|
Class R shares | 52,655 |
| | 120,875 |
|
Class Y shares | 624,534 |
| | 1,360,898 |
|
Redemption fees: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | 749 |
|
Class C shares | — |
| | 114 |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | 170 |
|
Class Y shares | — |
| | 235 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS - CONT’D
|
| | | | | | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS - CONT’D | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | ($71,518,935) | | ($172,177,176) |
Class B shares (a)(b) | — |
| | (1,300,236) |
|
Class C shares | (7,266,741) |
| | (21,303,515) |
|
Class I shares | (5,304,285) |
| | (71,782,638) |
|
Class R shares | (716,930) |
| | (1,720,149) |
|
Class Y shares | (9,209,823) |
| | (22,038,901) |
|
Total capital share transactions | (65,040,924) |
| | (198,124,715) |
|
| | | |
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | (59,386,383) |
| | (217,806,292) |
|
| | | |
NET ASSETS | | | |
Beginning of period | 675,539,127 |
| | 893,345,419 |
|
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $213,387 and $200,135, respectively) |
| $616,152,744 |
| |
| $675,539,127 |
|
| | | |
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares (c) | 817,577 |
| | 2,786,222 |
|
Class B shares (a) | — |
| | 59 |
|
Class C shares | 86,018 |
| | 200,423 |
|
Class I shares | 155,143 |
| | 601,577 |
|
Class R shares | 23,866 |
| | 61,129 |
|
Class Y shares | 247,970 |
| | 792,085 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 382,622 |
| | 859,775 |
|
Class B shares (a) | — |
| | 477 |
|
Class C shares | 40,684 |
| | 85,973 |
|
Class I shares | 32,955 |
| | 148,172 |
|
Class R shares | 3,307 |
| | 7,361 |
|
Class Y shares | 39,100 |
| | 82,604 |
|
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (4,521,196) |
| | (10,550,039) |
|
Class B shares (a)(c) | — |
| | (79,678) |
|
Class C shares | (459,446) |
| | (1,308,280) |
|
Class I shares | (335,606) |
| | (4,393,192) |
|
Class R shares | (45,077) |
| | (104,970) |
|
Class Y shares | (575,863) |
| | (1,336,757) |
|
Total capital share activity | (4,107,946) |
| | (12,147,059) |
|
|
(a) Class B Shares were converted into Class A Shares at the close of business on April 20, 2015. |
(b) Amounts include $651,588 of share transactions that were redeemed from Class B shares and converted into Class A shares at the close of business on April 20, 2015. |
(c) Amount includes 39,683 shares redeemed from Class B shares and 39,158 shares purchased into Class A shares at the close of business on April 20, 2015. |
See notes to financial statements. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE A — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General: Calvert Income Fund (the “Fund”), a series of The Calvert Fund, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Calvert Fund is comprised of five separate series. The operations of each series are accounted for separately. The Fund applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies (ASC 946).
The Fund offers five classes of shares of beneficial interest - Classes A, C, I, R, and Y. The Fund also offered Class B shares; however, all Class B shares were converted to Class A shares effective April 20, 2015 and are no longer available. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 3.75%. Class C shares have higher levels of expenses than Class A shares. Class I shares require a minimum account balance of $1,000,000. The $1 million minimum initial investment is waived for retirement plans that trade through omnibus accounts and may be waived in certain other instances where it is believed to be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. Class I shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Class R shares are generally only available to certain retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have a higher level of expenses than Class A Shares. Class Y shares are generally only available to wrap or similar fee-based programs offered by financial intermediaries, foundations, and endowments that have entered into an agreement with the Fund’s Distributor to offer Class Y shares. Class Y shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Each class has different: (a) dividend rates due to differences in Distribution Plan expenses and other class specific expenses, (b) exchange privileges and (c) class specific voting rights.
Security Valuation: Net asset value per share is determined every business day as of the close of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees (“the Board”) to value its investments wherever possible. Investments for which market quotations are not available or deemed not reliable are fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
The Board has adopted Valuation Procedures (the “Procedures”) to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available or which may not be reliably priced. The Board has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for determining the fair value of assets of the Fund to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor” or “Calvert”) and has provided these Procedures to govern Calvert in its valuation duties.
Calvert has chartered an internal Valuation Committee to oversee the implementation of these Procedures and to assist it in carrying out the valuation responsibilities that the Board has delegated.
The Valuation Committee meets on a regular basis to review illiquid securities and other investments which may not have readily available market prices. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.
The Valuation Committee utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of the Fund’s investments. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in 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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy during the period. Transfers in and/or out of levels are determined based on the fair value of such securities at the end of the period. Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, floating rate loans, sovereign government bonds, and U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage-backed obligations,
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commercial mortgage-backed securities, and U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and, accordingly, such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Common stock securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For restricted securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based on the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
If a market value cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the good faith opinion of the Advisor, the market value does not constitute a readily available market quotation, or if a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security will be fair valued as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee.
The Valuation Committee considers a number of factors, including significant unobservable valuation inputs when arriving at fair value. It considers all significant facts that are reasonably available and relevant to the determination of fair value.
The Valuation Committee primarily employs a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. When more appropriate, the Fund may employ an income-based or cost approach. An income-based valuation approach discounts anticipated future cash flows of the investment to calculate a present amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. A cost based approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (current replacement cost). From the seller’s perspective, the price that would be received for the asset is determined based on the cost to a buyer to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.
The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized. Further, due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed, and the differences could be material. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis and reviews of any related market activity.
At March 31, 2016, securities valued at $69,561, or 0.0% of net assets, were fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund's holdings as of March 31, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| VALUATION INPUTS |
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES* | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | TOTAL |
Asset-Backed Securities | $— |
|
| $143,636,472 |
| $— |
|
| $143,636,472 |
|
Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) | — |
| 25,570,077 |
| — |
| 25,570,077 |
|
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — |
| 53,850,826 |
| — |
| 53,850,826 |
|
Corporate Bonds | — |
| 329,078,598 |
| — |
| 329,078,598 |
|
Floating Rate Loans | — |
| 11,967,527 |
| 69,561 |
| 12,037,088 |
|
Sovereign Government Bonds | — |
| 2,720,250 |
| — |
| 2,720,250 |
|
U.S. Government Agencies and Instrumentalities | — |
| 86 |
| — |
| 86 |
|
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — |
| 38,591,454 |
| — |
| 38,591,454 |
|
Common Stocks** | 710,074 |
| — |
| — |
| 710,074 |
|
Time Deposit | — |
| 5,791,594 |
| — |
| 5,791,594 |
|
| | | | |
TOTAL |
| $710,074 |
|
| $611,206,884 |
| $69,561^ |
|
| $611,986,519 |
|
Futures Contracts*** |
| ($121,720 | ) | $— |
| $— |
|
| ($121,720 | ) |
| | | | |
* For a complete listing of investments, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
** For further breakdown of equity securities by industry, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
*** The value listed for these securities reflects unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as shown on the Schedule of Investments. |
^ Level 3 securities represent 0.0% of net assets. | | | | |
There were no transfers between levels during the period.
Loan Participations and Assignments: The Fund may invest in direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates by corporate, governmental, or other borrowers. A Fund’s investment in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution (the “lender”) that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. The Fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan, which may have varying terms and carry different associated risks. The Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the loan agreement. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders it acquires direct rights against the borrower of the loan. When investing in a loan participation, the Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the loan agreement and only upon receipt of payments by the lender from the borrower.
Futures Contracts: The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts, but only when, in the judgment of the Advisor, such a position acts as a hedge. The Fund may not enter into futures contracts for the purpose of speculation or leverage. These futures contracts may include, but are not limited to, futures contracts based on U.S. government obligations. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into futures contracts agreeing to buy or sell a financial instrument for a set price at a future date. Initial margin deposits of either cash or securities as required by the broker are made upon entering into the contract. While the contract is open, daily variation margin payments are made to or received from the broker reflecting the daily change in market value of the contract and are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. When a futures contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the opening and closing value of the contract. The risks associated with entering into futures contracts may include the possible illiquidity of the secondary market which would limit the Fund's ability to close out a futures contract prior to the settlement date, an imperfect correlation between the value of the contracts and the underlying financial instruments, or that the counterparty will fail to perform its obligations under the contracts’ terms. Futures contracts are designed by boards of trade which are designated “contracts markets” by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Futures contracts trade on the contracts markets in a manner that is similar to the way a stock trades on a stock exchange, and the boards of trade, through their clearing corporations, guarantee the futures contracts against default. As a result, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund. During the period, the Fund used U.S. Treasury Bond and Notes futures contracts to hedge against interest rate changes and to manage overall duration of the Fund. The Fund’s futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments.
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At March 31, 2016, the Fund had the following derivatives, categorized by risk exposure:
|
| | | | |
Risk | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Assets | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Liabilities |
Interest Rate | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | $201,768* | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | ($323,488)* |
* Only the current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2016 was as follows:
|
| | | |
| | Statement of Operations Location |
Risk | Derivatives | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Net Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Interest Rate | Futures | $3,261,711 | ($250,590) |
| | | |
The volume of outstanding contracts has varied throughout the period with an average number of contracts as in the following table: |
Derivative Description | | | Average Number of Contracts* |
Futures contracts long | | | 353 |
Futures contracts short | | | (104) |
* Averages are based on activity levels during the period ended March 31, 2016. |
Security Transactions and Investment Income: Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses are recorded on an identified cost basis and may include proceeds from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, in the case of dividends on certain foreign securities, as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments. Distributions received on securities that represent a capital gain are recorded as a realized gain. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. (See the Notes to Schedule of Investments on page XX.) A debt obligation may be removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. The Fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated to separate classes of shares based upon the relative net assets of each class. Expenses arising in connection with a specific class are charged directly to that class. Expenses common to the classes are allocated to each class in proportion to their relative net assets.
Foreign Currency Transactions: The Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars. For valuation of assets and liabilities on each date of net asset value determination, foreign denominations are converted into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rate. Security transactions, income, and expenses are translated at the prevailing rate of exchange on the date of the event. The effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on securities and foreign currencies is included in the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments and assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies.
Distributions to Shareholders: Distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Fund on ex-dividend date. Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are paid at least annually. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; accordingly, periodic reclassifications are made within the Fund's capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution under income tax regulations.
Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure 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.
Redemption Fees: The Fund charged a 2% redemption fee on redemptions, including exchanges, made within 30 days of purchase (within seven days for Class I and Class R shares). The redemption fee was accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. This fee was eliminated effective February 2, 2015.
Federal Income Taxes: No provision for federal income or excise tax is required since the Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute substantially all of its taxable earnings.
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Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.
NOTE B — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) is wholly-owned by Calvert Investments, Inc., which is indirectly wholly-owned by Ameritas Mutual Holding Company. The Advisor provides investment advisory services and pays the salaries and fees of officers and Trustees of the Fund who are employees of the Advisor or its affiliates. For its services, the Advisor receives an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the following rates of the Fund’s average daily net assets: 0.40% on the first $2 billion, 0.375% on the next $5.5 billion, 0.35% on the next $2.5 billion, and 0.325% over $10 billion.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit net annual fund operating expenses through
January 31, 2017. The contractual expense caps are 0.84%, 1.47%, and 1.09%, for Class I, R and Y, respectively. For the purpose of this expense limit, operating expenses do not include interest expense, brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses. This expense limitation does not limit acquired fund fees and expenses, if any.
Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. ("CIAS"), an affiliate of the Advisor, provides administrative services to the Fund for an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.
For the period October 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016, the administrative fee was 0.30% for Class A, C, R and Y and 0.10% for Class I. CIAS and the Fund entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement that established a 0.12% administrative fee for all classes of the Fund commencing on February 1, 2016. CIAS voluntarily waived 0.18% (the amount of the administrative fee above 0.12%) for Class A, C, R and Y shares of the Fund for the period from December 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016. CIAS has also contractually agreed to waive 0.02% for Class I shares of the Fund (the difference between the previous administrative fee and the new 0.12% fee) from February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2018. During the six-month period ended March 31, 2016, CIAS voluntarily waived $181,656.
Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. ("CID"), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the distributor
and principal underwriter for the Fund. Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan that permits the Fund to pay certain expenses associated with the distribution and servicing of its shares. The expenses paid may not exceed 0.50%, 1.00%, and 0.75% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A, C, and R, respectively. The amount actually paid by the Fund is an annualized fee, payable monthly of 0.25%, 1.00%, and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A, C, and R, respectively. Class I and Y shares do not have Distribution Plan expenses.
CID received $11,992 as its portion of commissions charged on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares for the period ended March 31, 2016.
Calvert Investment Services, Inc. (“CIS”), an affiliate of the Advisor, acts as shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For its services, CIS received a fee of $58,073 for the period ended March 31, 2016. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
Each Trustee of the Fund who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates receives an annual retainer of $45,000 plus up to $2,000 for each Board and Committee meeting attended. The Board Chair and Committee Chairs receive an additional $5,000 annual retainer. Eligible Trustees may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Obligations of the Plan will be paid solely out of the Fund’s assets. Trustees’ fees are allocated to each of the funds served.
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NOTE C — INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AND TAX INFORMATION
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, other than U.S. government and short-term securities, were $206,741,812 and $219,933,241, respectively. U.S. government security purchases and sales were $268,013,064 and $276,083,321, respectively.
|
| | | |
CAPITAL LOSS CARRYFORWARD | |
EXPIRATION DATE | |
30-September 2016 |
| ($3,976,802 | ) |
30-September 2018 |
| ($254,299,863 | ) |
30-September 2019 |
| ($77,128,701 | ) |
NO EXPIRATION DATE | |
Short-term |
| ($171,305 | ) |
Long-term |
| ($239,189,725 | ) |
Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward to offset future capital gains for an unlimited period. These losses are required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years and will retain their character as either long-term or short-term. Losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years can be utilized until expiration. The Fund's use of net capital losses acquired from reorganizations may be limited under certain tax provisions.
As of March 31, 2016, the tax basis components of unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and the federal tax cost were as follows:
|
| | | |
Unrealized appreciation |
| $14,631,776 |
|
Unrealized (depreciation) | (15,153,252 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| ($521,476 | ) |
Federal income tax cost of investments |
| $612,507,995 |
|
NOTE D — LINE OF CREDIT
A financing agreement is in place with the Calvert Funds and State Street Corporation (“SSC”). Under the agreement, SSC provides an unsecured line of credit facility, in the aggregate amount of $50 million ($25 million committed and $25 million uncommitted), accessible by the Calvert Funds for temporary or emergency purposes only. Borrowings bear interest at the higher of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the overnight Federal Funds Rate plus 1.25% per annum. A commitment fee of 0.20% per annum is incurred on the unused portion of the committed facility. An administrative fee of $25,000 was paid in connection with the uncommitted facility. These fees are allocated to all participating funds. The Fund had no loans outstanding pursuant to this line of credit at March 31, 2016.
For the six months ended March 31, 2016, borrowing information by the Fund under the agreement was as follows:
|
| | | |
Average Daily Balance | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Maximum Amount Borrowed | Month of Maximum Amount Borrowed |
$6,411 | 1.62% | $293,292 | January 2016 |
NOTE E — REGULATORY MATTERS
In October 2011, the Advisor determined that it was necessary to change the price at which one of the Fund’s portfolio securities was then being fair valued. The Advisor and the Board of Trustees subsequently determined it was appropriate to change the fair value prices at which that security and certain related securities had been carried from March 2008 through September 30, 2011. These fair value revisions had the effect of changing the net asset value per share at which shareholder subscriptions and redemptions were executed during the affected period. Accordingly, in December 2011, pursuant to an agreement (“the Agreement”) with the Board of Trustees, the Advisor contributed $12,614,421 to the Fund to adjust shareholder trades occurring during the respective period for the benefit of affected shareholders.
Subsequent to the Agreement, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) conducted a compliance examination of the Advisor and the Calvert Funds (“the Funds”). In a letter dated November 1, 2013, the SEC communicated its examination findings that included various deficiencies and weaknesses and concerns regarding whether the contribution and shareholder
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disbursement, discussed above, was properly calculated and distributed to certain shareholders. The SEC is continuing its examination of these matters. It is management’s opinion that the resolution of the examination matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Fund.
NOTE F — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the financial statements as of March 31, 2016, no subsequent events or transactions occurred that would have required recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS A SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.89 |
| |
| $16.35 |
| |
| $16.03 |
| |
| $16.56 |
| |
| $15.77 |
| |
| $16.12 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.23 |
| | 0.46 |
| | 0.47 |
| | 0.45 |
| | 0.54 |
| | 0.52 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.17 |
| | (0.46) |
| | 0.32 |
| | (0.53) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.35) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.40 |
| | — |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.08) |
| | 1.33 |
| | 0.17 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.24) |
| | (0.46) |
| | (0.47) |
| | (0.45) |
| | (0.54) |
| | (0.52) |
|
Total distributions | (0.24) |
| | (0.46) |
| | (0.47) |
| | (0.45) |
| | (0.54) |
| | (0.52) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | 0.16 |
| | (0.46) |
| | 0.32 |
| | (0.53) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.35) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $16.05 |
| |
| $15.89 |
| |
| $16.35 |
| |
| $16.03 |
| |
| $16.56 |
| |
| $15.77 |
|
Total return (b) | 2.53 | % | | (0.04 | %) | | 4.98 | % | | (0.49 | %) | | 8.63 | % | | 1.06 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 2.96%(d) |
| | 2.79 | % | | 2.86 | % | | 2.73 | % | | 3.33 | % | | 3.20 | % |
Total expenses | 1.18%(d) |
| | 1.24 | % | | 1.25 | % | | 1.23 | % | | 1.30 | % | | 1.25 | % |
Net expenses | 1.12%(d) |
| | 1.24 | % | | 1.25 | % | | 1.23 | % | | 1.30 | % | | 1.25 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 78 | % | | 236 | % | | 214 | % | | 236 | % | | 210 | % | | 223 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $440,572 |
| |
| $489,101 |
| |
| $615,847 |
| |
| $772,608 |
| |
| $1,077,077 |
| |
| $1,521,374 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS C SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.89 |
| |
| $16.34 |
| |
| $16.03 |
| |
| $16.56 |
| |
| $15.77 |
| |
| $16.12 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.18 |
| | 0.34 |
| | 0.36 |
| | 0.34 |
| | 0.42 |
| | 0.40 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.16 |
| | (0.45) |
| | 0.31 |
| | (0.53) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.34) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.34 |
| | (0.11) |
| | 0.67 |
| | (0.19) |
| | 1.21 |
| | 0.06 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.18) |
| | (0.34) |
| | (0.36) |
| | (0.34) |
| | (0.42) |
| | (0.41) |
|
Total distributions | (0.18) |
| | (0.34) |
| | (0.36) |
| | (0.34) |
| | (0.42) |
| | (0.41) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | 0.16 |
| | (0.45) |
| | 0.31 |
| | (0.53) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.35) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $16.05 |
| |
| $15.89 |
| |
| $16.34 |
| |
| $16.03 |
| |
| $16.56 |
| |
| $15.77 |
|
Total return (b) | 2.15 | % | | (0.68 | %) | | 4.19 | % | | (1.19 | %) | | 7.83 | % | | 0.35 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 2.22%(d) |
| | 2.10 | % | | 2.17 | % | | 2.04 | % | | 2.61 | % | | 2.50 | % |
Total expenses | 1.92%(d) |
| | 1.93 | % | | 1.94 | % | | 1.92 | % | | 2.01 | % | | 1.94 | % |
Net expenses | 1.86%(d) |
| | 1.93 | % | | 1.94 | % | | 1.92 | % | | 2.01 | % | | 1.94 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 78 | % | | 236 | % | | 214 | % | | 236 | % | | 210 | % | | 223 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $83,721 |
| |
| $88,202 |
| |
| $107,401 |
| |
| $131,920 |
| |
| $176,600 |
| |
| $213,870 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS I SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.91 |
| |
| $16.35 |
| |
| $16.04 |
| |
| $16.58 |
| |
| $15.79 |
| |
| $16.14 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.27 |
| | 0.55 |
| | 0.57 |
| | 0.56 |
| | 0.64 |
| | 0.63 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.17 |
| | (0.43) |
| | 0.31 |
| | (0.54) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.34) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.44 |
| | 0.12 |
| | 0.88 |
| | 0.02 |
| | 1.43 |
| | 0.29 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.28) |
| | (0.56) |
| | (0.57) |
| | (0.56) |
| | (0.64) |
| | (0.64) |
|
Total distributions | (0.28) |
| | (0.56) |
| | (0.57) |
| | (0.56) |
| | (0.64) |
| | (0.64) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | 0.16 |
| | (0.44) |
| | 0.31 |
| | (0.54) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.35) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $16.07 |
| |
| $15.91 |
| |
| $16.35 |
| |
| $16.04 |
| |
| $16.58 |
| |
| $15.79 |
|
Total return (b) | 2.78 | % | | 0.69 | % | | 5.56 | % | | 0.09 | % | | 9.29 | % | | 1.78 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 3.45%(d) |
| | 3.36 | % | | 3.49 | % | | 3.38 | % | | 3.96 | % | | 3.90 | % |
Total expenses | 0.64%(d) |
| | 0.64 | % | | 0.62 | % | | 0.58 | % | | 0.66 | % | | 0.56 | % |
Net expenses | 0.63%(d) |
| | 0.64 | % | | 0.62 | % | | 0.58 | % | | 0.66 | % | | 0.56 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 78 | % | | 236 | % | | 214 | % | | 236 | % | | 210 | % | | 223 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $30,439 |
| |
| $32,492 |
| |
| $92,982 |
| |
| $96,281 |
| |
| $109,866 |
| |
| $157,548 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS R SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $16.02 |
| |
| $16.47 |
| |
| $16.15 |
| |
| $16.67 |
| |
| $15.88 |
| |
| $16.22 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.21 |
| | 0.42 |
| | 0.43 |
| | 0.42 |
| | 0.51 |
| | 0.48 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.16 |
| | (0.45) |
| | 0.32 |
| | (0.52) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.34) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.37 |
| | (0.03) |
| | 0.75 |
| | (0.10) |
| | 1.30 |
| | 0.14 |
|
Less dividends: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.21) |
| | (0.42) |
| | (0.43) |
| | (0.42) |
| | (0.51) |
| | (0.48) |
|
Total distributions | (0.21) |
| | (0.42) |
| | (0.43) |
| | (0.42) |
| | (0.51) |
| | (0.48) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | 0.16 |
| | (0.45) |
| | 0.32 |
| | (0.52) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.34) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $16.18 |
| |
| $16.02 |
| |
| $16.47 |
| |
| $16.15 |
| |
| $16.67 |
| |
| $15.88 |
|
Total return (b) | 2.33 | % | | (0.20 | %) | | 4.70 | % | | (0.64 | %) | | 8.37 | % | | 0.88 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 2.61%(d) |
| | 2.56 | % | | 2.63 | % | | 2.49 | % | | 3.14 | % | | 2.98 | % |
Total expenses | 1.67%(d) |
| | 1.94 | % | | 1.69 | % | | 1.67 | % | | 1.61 | % | | 1.54 | % |
Net expenses | 1.47%(d) |
| | 1.47 | % | | 1.47 | % | | 1.47 | % | | 1.47 | % | | 1.47 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 78 | % | | 236 | % | | 214 | % | | 236 | % | | 210 | % | | 223 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $4,434 |
| |
| $4,678 |
| |
| $5,411 |
| |
| $5,505 |
| |
| $8,283 |
| |
| $9,340 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS Y SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $16.07 |
| |
| $16.52 |
| |
| $16.20 |
| |
| $16.74 |
| |
| $15.95 |
| |
| $16.29 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.26 |
| | 0.51 |
| | 0.52 |
| | 0.52 |
| | 0.61 |
| | 0.58 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.16 |
| | (0.44) |
| | 0.33 |
| | (0.54) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.34) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.42 |
| | 0.07 |
| | 0.85 |
| | (0.02) |
| | 1.40 |
| | 0.24 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.26) |
| | (0.52) |
| | (0.53) |
| | (0.52) |
| | (0.61) |
| | (0.58) |
|
Total distributions | (0.26) |
| | (0.52) |
| | (0.53) |
| | (0.52) |
| | (0.61) |
| | (0.58) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | 0.16 |
| | (0.45) |
| | 0.32 |
| | (0.54) |
| | 0.79 |
| | (0.34) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $16.23 |
| |
| $16.07 |
| |
| $16.52 |
| |
| $16.20 |
| |
| $16.74 |
| |
| $15.95 |
|
Total return (b) | 2.66 | % | | 0.36 | % | | 5.28 | % | | (0.14 | %) | | 8.97 | % | | 1.48 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 3.27%(d) |
| | 3.12 | % | | 3.21 | % | | 3.10 | % | | 3.70 | % | | 3.53 | % |
Total expenses | 0.87%(d) |
| | 0.91 | % | | 0.89 | % | | 0.86 | % | | 0.95 | % | | 0.87 | % |
Net expenses | 0.81%(d) |
| | 0.91 | % | | 0.89 | % | | 0.86 | % | | 0.95 | % | | 0.87 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 78 | % | | 236 | % | | 214 | % | | 236 | % | | 210 | % | | 223 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $56,987 |
| |
| $61,067 |
| |
| $70,426 |
| |
| $63,321 |
| |
| $85,521 |
| |
| $111,661 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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PROXY VOTING
The Proxy Voting Guidelines of the Calvert Funds that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities are provided as an Appendix to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information can be obtained free of charge by calling the Fund at 1-800-368-2745, by visiting the Calvert website at www.calvert.com; or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at www.calvert.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q 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.
BASIS FOR BOARD'S APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
At a meeting held on December 9, 2015, the Board of Trustees, and by a separate vote, the disinterested Trustees, approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement between The Calvert Fund and the Advisor with respect to the Fund.
In evaluating the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered a variety of information relating to the Fund and the Advisor. The disinterested Trustees reviewed a report prepared by the Advisor regarding various services provided to the Fund by the Advisor and its affiliates. Such report included, among other data, information regarding the Advisor’s personnel and the Advisor’s revenue and cost of providing services to the Fund, and a separate report prepared by an independent third party, which provided a statistical analysis comparing the Fund’s investment performance, expenses, and fees to comparable mutual funds.
The disinterested Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel with respect to their consideration of the reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Prior to voting, the disinterested Trustees reviewed the proposed continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement with management and also met in private sessions with their counsel at which no representatives of management were present.
In the course of its deliberations regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the following factors, among others: the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor, including the personnel providing such services; the Advisor’s financial condition; the level and method of computing the Fund’s advisory fee; comparative performance, fee and expense information for the Fund; the profitability of the Calvert Family of Funds to the Advisor and its affiliates; the direct and indirect benefits, if any, derived by the Advisor and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; the effect of the Fund’s growth and size on the Fund’s performance and expenses; the affiliated distributor’s process for monitoring sales load breakpoints; the Advisor’s compliance programs and policies; the Advisor’s performance of substantially similar duties for other funds; and any possible conflicts of interest.
In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board reviewed information provided by the Advisor relating to its operations and personnel, including, among other information, biographical information on the Advisor’s investment, supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Board also took into account similar information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Advisor, as well as the Board’s familiarity with management through Board of Trustees’ meetings, discussions and other reports. The Board considered the Advisor’s management style and its performance in employing its investment strategies, as well as its current level of staffing and overall resources. The Board also noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis information regarding the Advisor’s compliance with applicable policies and procedures, including those related to personal investing. The Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Fund, were also considered. The Board also took into account the responsible investing research and analysis provided by the Advisor to the Fund. The Board observed that the scope of services provided by the Advisor generally had expanded over time as a result of regulatory, market and other changes. The Board took into consideration, among other factors, the effectiveness of the Fund’s and Advisor’s processes, policies and procedures and the Advisor’s personnel. The Board also took into account, among other items, periodic reports received from the Advisor over the past year concerning the Advisor’s ongoing review and enhancement of certain processes, policies and procedures of the Fund and the Advisor. The Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement.
In considering the Fund’s performance, the Board noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis detailed information about the Fund’s performance results, portfolio composition and investment strategies. In addition, the Board took into account overall financial market conditions. The Board also reviewed various comparative data provided to it in connection with its consideration
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of the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement, including, among other information, a comparison of the Fund’s total return with its Lipper index and with that of other mutual funds deemed to be in its peer group by an independent third party in its report. This comparison indicated that the Fund performed below the median of its peer group for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. The data also indicated that the Fund underperformed its Lipper index for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. The Board took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance and management’s continued monitoring of the Fund’s performance. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that appropriate action was being taken with respect to the Fund’s performance.
In considering the Fund’s fees and expenses, the Board compared the Fund’s fees and total expense ratio with various comparative data for the funds in its peer group. Among other findings, the data indicated that the Fund’s advisory fee was below the median of its peer group and that total expenses were above the median of its peer group. The Board noted that the allocation of advisory and administrative fees may vary among the Fund’s peer group. The Board also took into account the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund and that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and certain factors that affected the level of such expenses. The Board noted that the Fund’s administrator had agreed to implement an administrative fee change effective December 1, 2015, which is expected to reduce the administrative fee paid by certain classes of shares; however, the impact of the fee change is not yet reflected in the Fund’s total expenses. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the advisory fee was reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered.
The Board reviewed the Advisor’s profitability on a fund-by-fund basis. In reviewing the overall profitability of the advisory fee to the Fund’s Advisor, the Board also considered the fact that affiliates of the Advisor provided shareholder servicing, administrative and distribution services to the Fund for which they received compensation. The information considered by the Board included Calvert’s operating profit margin information both before and after tax expenses with respect to the services that the Advisor and its affiliates provided to the Calvert Family of Funds complex. The Board reviewed the profitability of the Advisor’s relationship with the Fund in terms of the total amount of annual advisory fees it received with respect to the Fund and whether the Advisor had the financial wherewithal to continue to provide services to the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund. The Board also considered that the Advisor derived benefits to its reputation and other indirect benefits from its relationship with the Fund. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Advisor’s and its affiliates’ level of profitability from their relationship with the Fund was reasonable.
The Board considered the effect of the Fund’s current size and its potential growth on its performance and fees. The Board took into account that the Fund’s advisory fee schedule contained breakpoints that would reduce the advisory fee rate on assets above specified levels as the Fund’s assets increased. The Board noted that the Fund’s assets were below the asset level at which a breakpoint in its advisory fee would be triggered. The Board also noted that if the Fund’s assets increased over time, the Fund might realize other economies of scale if assets increased proportionally more than certain other expenses.
In reapproving the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the disinterested Trustees, did not identify any single factor as controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to various factors.
Conclusions
The Board reached the following conclusions regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, among others: (a) the Advisor has demonstrated that it possesses the capability and resources to perform the duties required of it under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (b) the Advisor maintains appropriate compliance programs; (c) appropriate action is being taken with respect to the Fund’s performance; (d) the Advisor is likely to execute its investment strategies consistently over time; and (e) the Fund’s advisory fee is reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered. Based on its conclusions, the Board determined that reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Mauricio Agudelo no longer serves as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Bond Portfolio and Calvert Green Bond Fund (each, a “Fund”). Vishal Khanduja, CFA, Matthew Duch and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
Effective immediately, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since August 2009 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since March 2010 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since January 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management, delete all references to Mauricio Agudelo.
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
SUPPLEMENT TO:
THE CALVERT FUND
Calvert Income Fund
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
Mauricio Agudelo will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund or Calvert High Yield Bond Fund. Remove any and all references to Mr. Agudelo from the section “Portfolio Manager Disclosure.”
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class R)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Mauricio Agudelo no longer serves as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund. Vishal Khanduja, CFA, Matthew Duch and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, remain on the portfolio management team for the Fund.
Effective immediately, the Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary on page 4 is revised and restated as follows:
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management” on page 12, delete all references to Mauricio Agudelo.
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: May 16, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Matthew Duch will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Green Bond Fund and Calvert Bond Portfolio (each, a “Fund”) effective as of June 30, 2016. Vishal Khanduja, CFA and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, will remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
In addition, Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM, will be added to the portfolio of Calvert High Yield Bond Fund effective as of June 30, 2016.
Accordingly, effective June 30, 2016, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM | Vice President, Head of Credit Research | Since June 2016 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management”on page 46, delete all references to Matthew Duch.
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
CALVERT INCOME FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class R)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: May 16, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Matthew Duch will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund effective as of June 30, 2016. Vishal Khanduja, CFA and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, will remain on the portfolio management team for the Fund.
Accordingly, effective June 30, 2016, the Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary is revised and restated as follows:
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management” on page 12, delete all references to Matthew Duch.
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
CALVERT INCOME FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: May 23, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
The following revisions are effective immediately.
Change to the Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The Shareholder Fees table under "Fees and Expenses of the Fund" in the Fund Summary of the Class A, C and Y Prospectus is deleted and replaced by the following table.
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Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases (as a % of offering price) | 3.75% | None | None |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a % of amount purchased or redeemed, whichever is lower) | None1 | 1.00%2 | None |
1 Purchases of Class A shares at net asset value for accounts with $1,000,000 or more on which a finder’s fee has been paid by the Fund’s distributor are subject to a one-year contingent deferred sales charge of 0.80%.
2 The contingent deferred sales charge decreases over time.
The Example in the Fund Summary in the Class A, C and Y Prospectus is deleted and replaced by the following Example.
Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that:
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• | your investment has a 5% return each year; and |
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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions your costs would be:
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Share Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Class A |
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Expenses assuming redemption |
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Class Y |
| $75 |
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To Open an Account 800-368-2748 Service for Existing Account Shareholders: 800-368-2745 Brokers: 800-368-2746 Registered Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, P.O. Box 219544 Kansas City, MO 64121-9544 Overnight Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, 330 West 9th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Web Site calvert.com Principal Underwriter Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. 4550 Montgomery Avenue Suite 1000 North Bethesda, Maryland 20814 | | Municipal Funds Tax-Free Responsible Impact Bond Fund Taxable Bond Funds Bond Portfolio Income Fund Short Duration Income Fund Long-Term Income Fund Ultra-Short Income Fund High Yield Bond Fund Green Bond Fund Unconstrained Bond Fund Balanced and Asset Allocation Funds Balanced Portfolio Conservative Allocation Fund Moderate Allocation Fund Aggressive Allocation Fund | | Equity Funds Large Cap Core Portfolio Equity Portfolio Global Value Fund U.S. Large Cap Core Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Value Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Growth Responsible Index Fund U.S. Mid Cap Core Responsible Index Fund Developed Markets Ex-U.S. Responsible Index Fund Capital Accumulation Fund International Equity Fund Small Cap Fund Global Energy Solutions Fund Global Water Fund International Opportunities Fund Global Equity Income Fund Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| | | President's Letter |
| | | Portfolio Management Discussion |
| | | Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses |
| | | Schedule of Investments |
| | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | Statement of Operations |
| | | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| | | Notes to Financial Statements |
| | | Financial Highlights |
| | | Proxy Voting |
| | | Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Holdings |
| | | Basis for Board's Approval of Investment Advisory Contract |
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| John Streur President and Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Investments, Inc. | |
Dear Shareholders,
Historically, environmental and social initiatives have been accomplished through the singular passage of legislation designed to remediate the impact of one significant influence on a singular populace. Commencing with the anti-deforestation efforts in 1842, followed by environmental legislation in industrialized nations to regulate smoke pollution in 1863, arguably, a predecessor to the ubiquitous stop smoking campaigns of today; the previous approach, put forth largely by developed nations, served to the benefit of their citizens and not the rest of the Earth's populace - the majority.
However, the year of 2015 marked a dynamic and exciting shift in the resolution of contemporary environmental and social causes - global leaders from all facets of society, collectively, took action to create global policy platforms with far reaching agendas designed to accelerate our global society's evolution towards a more sustainable and inclusive state. The Pope's Encyclical, issued June 18, 2015, called for the establishment of a new partnership between science and religion to combat human-driven climate change. The United Nations formalized the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which included seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) geared towards dramatically reducing poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and tackling climate change by 2030. The COP 21 (Conference of Parties to the 21 session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) introduced a historic agreement to combat climate change and accelerate both the action and investment needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Indeed, these are a mere few examples of the broad reaching directives recently initiated in order to encourage action and stress accountability.
Additionally, and importantly, resolution has not only been limited to direct impact policy changes, but also by investors’ behavior and preference. Recognizing the demand by investors to be influencers of change through their capital allocations, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Interpretive Bulletin (“IB”) 2015-01 in October of 2015. This bulletin updated and clarified the DOL’s position on how fiduciary investors may best utilize knowledge of a prospective investment’s key environmental, social and governance indicators when making investment decisions for retirement plans. Essentially, the DOL has created a platform that allows fiduciaries to utilize ESG information in their investment decisions regarding a variety of retirement assets, including, but not limited to, IRA accounts; 401(K) accounts; and retirement accounts monitored by a company or union. This legislation is a powerful and fundamental change, especially given- retirement assets represent over $24 trillion and, thus if purposefully directed, may effect meaningful impact. IB 2015-01 is an exciting development in the world of socially responsible investing as it will provide access to vast amounts of capital that can be used to encourage and facilitate better corporate practices.
Change is here. Our challenge, collectively as socially conscious investors, will be to maintain its momentum and focus. Through your investment in the Calvert Funds you are engaged and influential in this movement. By allocating capital only to the best environmentally and socially governed corporations, we-alongside you, encourage good corporate citizenry. Our shareholder advocacy efforts, which fundamentally represent you as a shareholder, consistently monitor and challenge poor corporate policy, thus effecting positive outcomes. Through your support, we are able to partner with academics and industry renowned technicians to produce innovative research that will help to provide both better ESG investment solutions and a more lasting impact.
This is an exciting time and we at Calvert appreciate servicing you, as fund shareholders, and look forward to the future together as we navigate the waters of progress.
Respectfully,
John Streur
May 2016
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| Vishal Khanduja, CFA Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | | Matthew Duch Vice President, Portfolio Manager |
| Brian S. Ellis, CFA Portfolio Manager | | |
Market Review
US Fixed Income markets experienced heightened volatility but provided positive returns mainly driven by the safe haven government bond sector. During the first half of the period (Q4 2015) the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 25-50 basis points - nearly seven years to the date after moving to the zero lower bound.
The period was one where investors had to absorb higher volatility for the low returns as markets operated in an environment with decreased liquidity due to reduced dealer balance sheets, China’s hard-landing fears, commodity led volatility in risk asset valuations and FOMC’s first tightening move and future glide path.
2015 was a challenging year for US credit. Both Investment Grade and High Yield finished 2015 with negative returns. 2016 started off on a similar tone with risk assets severely underperforming for the first half of Q1 2016. The 6 month period finished with positive returns as risk assets pivoted midway through February with improving U.S. economic data along with further accommodative actions by global central banks. Barclays US Aggregate (2.44% total return and 0.29% excess return1), Barclays US Credit (3.38% total return and 0.70% excess return) and Barclays US High Yield (1.22% total return and -0.46% excess return) provided positive returns for the period.
Investment Strategy and Technique
The Fund Seeks to maximize income, to the extent consistent with preservation of capital, through investment in short-term bonds and income-producing securities.
The Fund uses a relative value strategy and typically invests at least 65% of its assets in investment-grade debt securities, including bonds issued by U.S. corporations, the U.S. government, and U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, while maintaining an average portfolio duration of 1-3 years.
In conjunction with financial analysis, Calvert's comprehensive responsible investment principles guide the investment research process and decision-making.
Fund Performance Relative to the Benchmark
The Fund’s shorter duration position relative to its benchmark, and exposure to asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), which are not in the benchmark, were the primary contributors to underperformance.
The Fund’s duration position was, on average, .30 years shorter than its benchmark, mostly expressed through an underweight to the front end of the yield curve. While the Fund benefitted slightly from a flatter curve, the overall lack of duration exposure was a detractor.
Strong security selection within investment-grade corporates was a positive contributor to relative performance. In particular, positions in the Communications and Technology sectors performed well relative to the benchmark.
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1Returns above comparable U.S. Treasury securities.
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| ECONOMIC SECTORS | % OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS | |
| Common Stocks | 0.1 | % | |
| Corporate | 51.7 | % | |
| Financial Institutions | 20.7 | % | |
| Industrial | 31.0 | % | |
| Government Related | 0.4 | % | |
| Agencies | 0.4 | % | |
| Securitized | 41.4 | % | |
| Asset-Backed Securities | 23.1 | % | |
| Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities | 15.6 | % | |
| Mortgage-Backed Passthrough | 2.7 | % | |
| Short-term Investments | 0.3 | % | |
| Treasury | 6.1 | % | |
| Total | 100 | % | |
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Going forward, we continue to believe an underweight to duration is appropriate. In our view, the front-end of the yield curve remains vulnerable to market repricing of the timing of Fed policy. Spread sectors, including those not in the Fund’s benchmark, such as short-maturity, high-yield corporates, continue to offer attractive short-term investment opportunities.
Positioning and Market Outlook
We expect the fixed income markets to continue to be driven by three broad factors: divergence, volatility and liquidity challenges.
We believe the global central banks will remain very vocal and a continued source of market volatility. We also think policy divergence between the United States and the rest of the world will come back into focus. Despite recent weakness in U.S. economic data, and dovish rhetoric from the Fed, we believe the economy and reported data should stabilize enough to allow the Fed to gradually continue tightening.
The Fund’s allocation to spread sectors remains largely the same as the previous two quarters. While at this stage in the credit cycle we think caution is warranted, we believe current spread levels in certain areas of the market compensate for these risks. Areas of the investment-grade corporate market appear particularly attractive to us, and we will look to opportunistically increase allocations to this market. We continue to believe an active, multi-sector approach to fixed income investing is a sound strategy to successfully navigating the volatile, liquidity challenged environment we expect for the foreseeable future.
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| INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE | |
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| | 6 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | 12 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 0.78 | % | 0.41 | % | |
| Class C | 0.34 | % | -0.33 | % | |
| Class I | 1.01 | % | 0.94 | % | |
| Class Y | 0.92 | % | 0.68 | % | |
| Barclays 1-5 Year U.S. Credit Index | 1.32 | % | 1.65 | % | |
| Lipper Short Investment Grade Debt Funds Average | 0.48 | % | 0.34 | % | |
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| Investment performance/return at NAV does not reflect the deduction of the Fund’s maximum 2.75% front-end sales charge or any deferred sales charge. | |
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| SEC YIELD | 9/30/15 | 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 1.67 | % | 2.14 | % | |
| Class C | 1.17 | % | 1.47 | % | |
| Class I | 2.45 | % | 2.58 | % | |
| Class Y | 2.19 | % | 2.49 | % | |
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Calvert Investment Management, Inc.
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Growth of $10,000
The graph below shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal year periods. The results shown are for Class A shares, reflect the deduction of the maximum front-end Class A sales charge of 2.75%, and assume the reinvestment of dividends. The result is compared with a broad based market index. Market indexes are unmanaged and their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. The value of an investment in a different share class would be different.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | Ticker Symbol | 1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
Class A (with max. load) | CSDAX | -2.37 | % | 1.11 | % | 3.10 | % |
Class C (with max. load) | CDICX | -1.32 | % | 0.95 | % | 2.61 | % |
Class I | CDSIX | 0.94 | % | 2.26 | % | 3.90 | % |
Class Y | CSDYX | 0.68 | % | 2.00 | % | 3.62 | % |
Barclays 1-5 Year U.S. Credit Index | | 1.65 | % | 2.73 | % | 4.24 | % |
Lipper Short Investment Grade Debt Funds Average | | 0.34 | % | 1.39 | % | 2.57 | % |
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Note Regarding Class I Shares Total Returns: There were times during the reporting period when there were no shareholders in Class I. For purposes of reporting Average Annual Total Return, Class A performance at NAV (i.e. does not reflect deduction of the Class A front-end sales charge) is used during the period November 7, 2005 through April 21, 2006. Class I share performance would have been higher than Class A share performance because Class I has lower class-specific expenses than Class A. Calvert Short Duration Income Fund first offered Class Y shares on February 29, 2008. Performance prior to February 29, 2008 reflects the performance of Class A shares at net asset value (NAV). Actual Class Y share performance would have been higher than Class A share performance because Class I has lower class-specific expenses than Class A. |
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All performance data shown, including the graph above and the adjacent table, represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of the Fund shares. All performance data reflects fee waivers and/or expense limitations, if any are in effect; in their absence performance would be lower. See Note B in Notes to Financial Statements. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted; for current performance data, including most recent month-end, visit www.calvert.com. The gross expense ratio from the current prospectus for Class A shares is 0.95%. This number may differ from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period and, if applicable, does not include fee or expense waivers. Performance data quoted already reflects the deduction of the Fund’s operating expenses.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND'S EXPENSES
As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in this mutual fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by the fund's investors during the period. The actual and hypothetical information presented in the examples is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (October 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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| ANNUALIZED EXPENSE RATIO | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE 10/1/15 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE 3/31/16 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD* 10/1/15 - 3/31/16 |
Class A | | | | |
Actual | 0.99% | $1,000.00 | $1,007.80 | $4.97 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.99% | $1,000.00 | $1,020.05 | $5.00 |
Class C | | | | |
Actual | 1.73% | $1,000.00 | $1,003.40 | $8.66 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 1.73% | $1,000.00 | $1,016.35 | $8.72 |
Class I | | | | |
Actual | 0.51% | $1,000.00 | $1,010.10 | $2.56 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.51% | $1,000.00 | $1,022.45 | $2.58 |
Class Y | | | | |
Actual | 0.70% | $1,000.00 | $1,009.20 | $3.52 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.70% | $1,000.00 | $1,021.50 | $3.54 |
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CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 28.5% | | |
Asset-Backed - Automobile - 2.6% | | |
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust: | | |
0.99%, 8/10/18 (a) | 29,676 | 29,673 |
2.39%, 11/12/19 (a) | 1,983,844 | 1,985,248 |
Carfinance Capital Auto Trust, 3.15%, 8/15/19 (a) | 6,059,430 | 6,086,663 |
CPS Auto Receivables Trust: | | |
2.78%, 6/17/19 (a) | 180,986 | 181,302 |
1.31%, 6/15/20 (a) | 591,826 | 585,227 |
1.82%, 9/15/20 (a) | 1,359,652 | 1,356,798 |
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, 2.61%, 1/17/23 (a) | 2,500,000 | 2,501,238 |
DT Auto Owner Trust, 1.88%, 4/15/19 (a) | 4,000,000 | 3,990,075 |
Flagship Credit Auto Trust: | | |
1.32%, 4/16/18 (a) | 79,265 | 79,240 |
2.38%, 10/15/20 (a) | 4,405,798 | 4,394,835 |
Skopos Auto Receivables Trust: | | |
3.55%, 2/15/20 (a) | 6,694,172 | 6,686,730 |
3.10%, 12/15/23 (a) | 2,662,678 | 2,653,615 |
5.43%, 12/15/23 (a) | 4,000,000 | 3,916,960 |
SNAAC Auto Receivables Trust, 3.07%, 8/15/18 (a) | 1,697,800 | 1,698,703 |
| | 36,146,307 |
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Asset-Backed - Other - 24.1% | | |
American Homes 4 Rent: | | |
1.791%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,934,892 |
2.191%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,911,258 |
2.541%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 2,920,000 | 2,765,276 |
3.786%, 10/17/36 (a) | 146,526 | 152,618 |
Applebee's Funding LLC / IHOP Funding LLC, 4.277%, 9/5/44 (a) | 5,250,000 | 5,229,347 |
AVANT Loans Funding Trust, 4.11%, 5/15/19 (a) | 3,413,492 | 3,412,809 |
BCC Funding VIII LLC, 1.794%, 6/20/20 (a) | 1,204,728 | 1,197,162 |
Blue Elephant Loan Trust, 3.12%, 12/15/22 (a) | 1,657,412 | 1,652,075 |
BXG Receivables Note Trust, 2.88%, 5/2/30 (a) | 3,841,387 | 3,809,120 |
CAM Mortgage LLC 2015-1, 4.75%, 7/15/64 (a)(b) | 6,000,000 | 5,957,066 |
Capital Automotive REIT, 5.73%, 12/15/38 (a) | 4,601,330 | 4,803,028 |
Citi Held For Asset Issuance: | | |
1.85%, 12/15/21 (a) | 7,639,667 | 7,624,315 |
2.35%, 3/15/22 (a) | 6,839,226 | 6,759,904 |
4.31%, 5/16/22 (a) | 2,000,000 | 1,889,880 |
CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., 4.474%, 3/20/43 (a) | 11,842,000 | 11,827,354 |
Colony American Homes, 1.782%, 7/17/31 (a)(b) | 6,750,000 | 6,514,441 |
Conn's Receivables Funding LLC: | | |
4.68%, 4/16/18 (a) | 5,500,000 | 5,502,715 |
4.565%, 9/15/20 (a) | 9,141,991 | 9,124,850 |
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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - CONT’D | | |
Consumer Credit Origination Loan Trust, 2.82%, 3/15/21 (a) | 2,674,781 | 2,675,528 |
DB Master Finance LLC, 3.262%, 2/20/45 (a) | 7,920,000 | 7,797,636 |
Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, 2.98%, 5/20/27 (a) | 1,903,299 | 1,880,918 |
Driven Brands Funding LLC, 5.216%, 7/20/45 (a) | 6,184,500 | 6,086,282 |
Eagle I Ltd., 2.57%, 12/15/39 (a) | 5,843,750 | 5,718,109 |
Element Rail Leasing I LLC, 2.299%, 4/19/44 (a) | 4,936,060 | 4,783,554 |
FRS I LLC: | | |
1.80%, 4/15/43 (a) | 2,629,633 | 2,580,184 |
3.08%, 4/15/43 (a) | 6,764,658 | 6,623,820 |
3.96%, 4/15/43 (a) | 5,980,778 | 5,951,523 |
GCAT LLC 2015-1, 3.625%, 5/26/20 (a)(b) | 6,725,944 | 6,671,390 |
GLC II Trust, 4.00%, 12/18/20 (a) | 3,116,734 | 3,105,451 |
GLC Trust, 3.00%, 7/15/21 (a) | 4,783,474 | 4,616,052 |
Invitation Homes Trust: | | |
1.782%, 12/17/30 (a)(b) | 1,200,000 | 1,168,285 |
1.441%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 4,982,149 | 4,869,686 |
1.941%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 10,000,000 | 9,736,251 |
2.541%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 15,000,000 | 14,517,636 |
3.041%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 3,995,000 | 3,843,792 |
2.041%, 9/17/31 (a)(b) | 4,000,000 | 3,900,040 |
2.438%, 6/17/32 (a)(b) | 2,500,000 | 2,382,092 |
2.738%, 6/17/32 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,872,332 |
Madison Park Funding XVII Ltd., 2.624%, 7/21/27 (a)(b) | 6,500,000 | 6,405,620 |
Magnetite VI Ltd., 3.234%, 9/15/23 (a)(b) | 1,000,000 | 994,990 |
OneMain Financial Issuance Trust: | | |
2.43%, 6/18/24 (a) | 12,450,000 | 12,418,729 |
2.47%, 9/18/24 (a) | 16,650,000 | 16,585,020 |
2.57%, 7/18/25 (a) | 4,400,000 | 4,340,302 |
3.19%, 3/18/26 (a) | 7,000,000 | 6,930,564 |
Progress Residential 2015-SFR2 Trust: | | |
3.684%, 6/12/32 (a) | 1,221,000 | 1,158,861 |
4.427%, 6/12/32 (a) | 1,000,000 | 939,128 |
RenewFund Receivables Trust, 3.51%, 4/15/25 (a) | 4,287,053 | 4,248,126 |
RMAT LLC: | | |
2015-1, 4.09%, 7/27/20 (a)(b) | 5,466,748 | 5,436,359 |
2015-NPL1, 3.75%, 5/25/55 (a)(b) | 2,577,111 | 2,558,505 |
SBA Tower Trust, 2.898%, 10/15/44 (a)(b) | 7,000,000 | 7,033,123 |
Selene Non-Performing Loans LLC, 2.981%, 5/25/54 (a)(b) | 2,599,577 | 2,576,051 |
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC: | | |
2.92%, 11/20/25 (a) | 705,448 | 704,517 |
4.36%, 7/20/28 (a) | 286,682 | 291,270 |
2.84%, 11/20/28 (a) | 1,126,986 | 1,131,364 |
3.58%, 11/20/28 (a) | 2,282,503 | 2,294,071 |
1.87%, 8/20/29 (a) | 1,753,351 | 1,747,383 |
2.39%, 11/20/29 (a) | 531,162 | 524,767 |
2.07%, 3/20/30 (a) | 1,340,107 | 1,334,595 |
2.42%, 3/20/30 (a) | 1,340,107 | 1,329,441 |
2.70%, 10/20/30 (a) | 48,026 | 47,750 |
2.80%, 10/20/31 (a) | 1,903,700 | 1,894,828 |
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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - CONT’D | | |
3.02%, 6/20/32 (a) | 2,600,280 | 2,570,432 |
3.08%, 9/20/32 (a) | 3,369,551 | 3,361,754 |
Silver Bay Realty Trust, 2.491%, 9/17/31 (a)(b) | 6,500,000 | 6,129,685 |
Silverleaf Finance XVIII LLC, 2.81%, 1/15/27 (a) | 3,298,300 | 3,285,255 |
Springleaf Funding Trust: | | |
Series A, 2.41%, 12/15/22 (a) | 4,760,840 | 4,748,003 |
3.16%, 11/15/24 (a) | 10,000,000 | 9,895,503 |
STORE Master Funding LLC, 4.16%, 3/20/43 (a) | 4,757,123 | 4,824,484 |
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Loan Trust, 0.553%, 1/25/37 (a)(b) | 1,492,781 | 1,463,680 |
TAL Advantage V LLC: | | |
3.55%, 11/20/38 (a) | 2,452,567 | 2,350,213 |
4.10%, 2/22/39 (a) | 1,583,333 | 1,501,154 |
1.70%, 5/20/39 (a) | 3,724,394 | 3,677,153 |
U.S. Residential Opportunity Fund III Trust, 3.721%, 1/27/35 (a) | 4,106,294 | 4,072,193 |
VOLT XXV LLC, 3.50%, 6/26/45 (a)(b) | 5,022,520 | 4,939,018 |
VOLT XXXVIII LLC, 3.875%, 9/25/45 (a)(b) | 3,184,841 | 3,141,677 |
Wendys Funding LLC, 3.371%, 6/15/45 (a) | 8,756,000 | 8,595,415 |
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Asset-Backed - Student Loan - 1.8% | | |
Commonbond Student Loan Trust, 3.20%, 6/25/32 (a) | 3,685,287 | 3,679,542 |
SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, 1.034%, 6/15/39 (b) | 6,986,847 | 6,172,508 |
SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC: | | |
3.02%, 10/25/27 (a) | 738,915 | 746,318 |
2.55%, 8/27/29 (a) | 2,041,782 | 2,029,520 |
2.42%, 3/25/30 (a) | 2,285,708 | 2,257,997 |
1.683%, 8/25/32 (a)(b) | 4,257,775 | 4,190,868 |
3.52%, 3/25/36 (a) | 6,000,000 | 5,865,371 |
| | 24,942,124 |
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Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $397,065,317) | | 391,418,085 |
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (PRIVATELY ORIGINATED) - 2.7% | |
Bellemeade Re Ltd., 4.733%, 7/25/25 (a)(b) | 5,200,000 | 5,092,464 |
Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities: | | |
CAS 2014-C02 1M2, 3.033%, 5/25/24 (b) | 3,300,000 | 2,932,109 |
CAS 2014-C03 2M2, 3.333%, 7/25/24 (b) | 2,800,000 | 2,563,970 |
CAS 2014-C03 1M2, 3.433%, 7/25/24 (b) | 4,000,000 | 3,674,694 |
Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes: | | |
STACR 2015-HQA1 M2, 3.083%, 3/25/28 (b) | 4,000,000 | 3,994,994 |
STACR 2015-HQA2 M2, 3.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 11,000,000 | 11,048,702 |
STACR 2015-HQA2 M3, 5.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 1,375,000 | 1,324,442 |
STACR 2016-HQA1 M2, 3.191%, 9/25/28 (b) | 6,500,000 | 6,518,350 |
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Total Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) (Cost $37,826,726) | | 37,149,725 |
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COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 10.2% | | |
BAMLL-DB Trust, 2.343%, 4/13/29 (a) | 55,735 | 55,792 |
BBCMS Trust, 2.486%, 5/15/32 (a)(b) | 3,000,000 | 2,930,444 |
BLCP Hotel Trust, 2.936%, 8/15/29 (a)(b) | 3,600,000 | 3,360,489 |
Boca Hotel Portfolio Trust, 2.186%, 8/15/26 (a)(b) | 5,200,000 | 5,189,415 |
CDGJ Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2.286%, 12/15/27 (a)(b) | 6,000,000 | 5,853,156 |
CGBAM Commercial Mortgage Trust: | | |
1.636%, 2/15/31 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,977,835 |
2.036%, 2/15/31 (a)(b) | 2,750,000 | 2,623,602 |
Colony Multifamily Mortgage Trust, 2.543%, 4/20/50 (a) | 4,241,807 | 4,237,490 |
COMM Mortgage Trust: | | |
2.438%, 6/11/27 (a)(b) | 5,000,000 | 4,868,049 |
2.038%, 6/8/30 (a)(b) | 15,000,000 | 14,890,599 |
3.537%, 6/15/34 (a)(b) | 4,200,000 | 3,916,425 |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, 1.686%, 3/15/17 (a)(b) | 3,000,000 | 2,977,747 |
CSMC Trust, 2.286%, 4/15/29 (a)(b) | 10,000,000 | 9,657,931 |
EQTY INNS Mortgage Trust: | | |
2.038%, 5/8/31 (a)(b) | 4,500,000 | 4,331,874 |
2.788%, 5/8/31 (a)(b) | 7,269,000 | 6,947,222 |
Extended Stay America Trust: | | |
3.604%, 12/5/31 (a) | 7,760,000 | 7,772,612 |
3.902%, 12/5/31 (a) | 2,350,000 | 2,353,093 |
4.093%, 12/5/31 (a)(b) | 4,400,000 | 4,422,717 |
GS Mortgage Securities Corp Trust, 3.79%, 1/10/31 (a) | 3,500,000 | 3,563,497 |
Hilton USA Trust: | | |
1.941%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 6,347,001 | 6,314,523 |
Class DFL, 3.191%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 6,347,001 | 6,314,521 |
Class CFX, 3.714%, 11/5/30 (a) | 1,600,000 | 1,602,058 |
Class EFX, 5.222%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 6,500,000 | 6,538,247 |
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust: | | |
3.771%, 6/10/27 (a) | 4,200,000 | 4,311,893 |
3.805%, 6/10/27 (a)(b) | 3,000,000 | 3,007,349 |
4.036%, 6/15/29 (a)(b) | 7,300,000 | 6,805,150 |
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 3.446%, 7/13/29 (a)(b) | 1,500,000 | 1,447,200 |
Motel 6 Trust: | | |
3.644%, 2/5/30 (a) | 4,000,000 | 3,930,020 |
5.279%, 2/5/30 (a) | 6,200,000 | 6,000,862 |
ORES NPL LLC: | | |
3.00%, 3/27/24 (a) | 1,616,896 | 1,606,417 |
3.081%, 9/25/25 (a) | 137,375 | 136,462 |
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Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $142,725,300) | | 139,944,691 |
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CORPORATE BONDS - 49.8% | | |
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Basic Materials - 0.3% | | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, 5.00%, 4/15/19 | 2,500,000 | 2,670,880 |
Solvay Finance America LLC, 3.40%, 12/3/20 (a) | 2,000,000 | 2,033,224 |
| | 4,704,104 |
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CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Communications - 7.2% | | |
Amazon.com, Inc., 2.60%, 12/5/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,040,334 |
America Movil SAB de CV, 1.632%, 9/12/16 (b) | 2,000,000 | 1,999,206 |
AT&T, Inc.: | | |
2.80%, 2/17/21 | 5,000,000 | 5,126,425 |
3.60%, 2/17/23 | 5,000,000 | 5,194,380 |
Cisco Systems, Inc.: | | |
2.125%, 3/1/19 | 2,000,000 | 2,057,706 |
2.45%, 6/15/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,076,992 |
2.20%, 2/28/21 | 2,700,000 | 2,753,719 |
Comcast Corp., 2.75%, 3/1/23 | 3,000,000 | 3,100,104 |
Crown Castle Towers LLC: | | |
5.495%, 1/15/37 (a) | 4,000,000 | 4,038,277 |
4.174%, 8/15/37 (a) | 1,925,000 | 1,975,237 |
3.222%, 5/15/42 (a) | 1,900,000 | 1,902,850 |
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 2.25%, 3/6/17 (a) | 4,000,000 | 4,035,360 |
Embarq Corp., 7.082%, 6/1/16 | 14,806,000 | 14,901,188 |
Frontier Communications Corp.: | | |
8.875%, 9/15/20 (a) | 6,000,000 | 6,232,500 |
10.50%, 9/15/22 (a) | 1,400,000 | 1,435,000 |
NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc., 1.974%, 4/15/19 (a) | 2,000,000 | 2,030,806 |
Qwest Corp., 6.50%, 6/1/17 | 5,894,000 | 6,137,127 |
Sprint Communications, Inc.: | | |
6.00%, 12/1/16 | 9,900,000 | 9,838,125 |
8.375%, 8/15/17 | 3,750,000 | 3,707,812 |
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 3.192%, 4/27/18 | 3,000,000 | 3,077,820 |
Time Warner Cable, Inc.: | | |
6.75%, 7/1/18 | 3,000,000 | 3,300,669 |
8.75%, 2/14/19 | 1,500,000 | 1,756,334 |
Time Warner, Inc., 3.55%, 6/1/24 | 1,500,000 | 1,542,926 |
Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.45%, 11/1/22 | 9,830,000 | 9,769,801 |
| | 99,030,698 |
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Consumer, Cyclical - 8.0% | | |
American Airlines Pass Through Trust: | | |
7.00%, 7/31/19 (a) | 3,741,006 | 3,890,646 |
5.60%, 1/15/22 (a) | 7,531,415 | 7,606,729 |
3.70%, 11/1/24 | 2,541,553 | 2,420,829 |
5.25%, 7/15/25 | 4,180,000 | 4,200,900 |
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, 6.25%, 10/11/21 | 3,994,407 | 4,174,156 |
CVS Health Corp.: | | |
2.80%, 7/20/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,075,706 |
3.50%, 7/20/22 | 5,000,000 | 5,359,550 |
CVS Pass-Through Trust, 6.036%, 12/10/28 | 1,673,635 | 1,874,487 |
Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, 6.20%, 1/2/20 | 2,503,649 | 2,678,904 |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC: | | |
2.145%, 1/9/18 | 9,350,000 | 9,338,930 |
2.551%, 10/5/18 | 3,000,000 | 3,010,380 |
2.20%, 1/8/19 (b) | 9,000,000 | 8,987,508 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
2.943%, 1/8/19 | 10,000,000 | 10,154,280 |
1.549%, 11/4/19 (b) | 4,700,000 | 4,535,218 |
3.157%, 8/4/20 | 4,000,000 | 4,080,276 |
Home Depot, Inc. (The), 2.00%, 4/1/21 | 3,000,000 | 3,030,054 |
Hyundai Capital America, 1.875%, 8/9/16 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,001,833 |
Johnson Controls, Inc., 4.25%, 3/1/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,114,900 |
Latam Airlines 2015-1 Pass Through Trust A, 4.20%, 8/15/29 (a) | 1,000,000 | 870,000 |
Latam Airlines 2015-1 Pass Through Trust B, 4.50%, 8/15/25 (a) | 2,200,000 | 1,870,000 |
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.: | | |
2.60%, 3/29/19 | 5,000,000 | 5,072,710 |
3.15%, 4/1/21 | 5,000,000 | 5,136,090 |
Virgin Australia Trust: | | |
6.00%, 4/23/22 (a) | 5,141,809 | 5,193,227 |
5.00%, 4/23/25 (a) | 3,887,398 | 3,965,146 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.: | | |
2.70%, 11/18/19 | 3,000,000 | 3,062,118 |
3.30%, 11/18/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,059,450 |
Whirlpool Corp., 1.65%, 11/1/17 | 2,000,000 | 2,003,578 |
| | 109,767,605 |
| | |
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 4.4% | | |
Actavis Funding SCS: | | |
3.00%, 3/12/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,056,416 |
3.45%, 3/15/22 | 1,000,000 | 1,038,157 |
Amgen, Inc.: | | |
2.125%, 5/1/20 | 3,000,000 | 3,036,765 |
2.70%, 5/1/22 | 1,000,000 | 1,019,179 |
3.625%, 5/22/24 | 575,000 | 604,916 |
AstraZeneca plc, 2.375%, 11/16/20 | 5,000,000 | 5,101,110 |
Becton Dickinson and Co., 1.75%, 11/8/16 | 2,000,000 | 2,006,652 |
ConAgra Foods, Inc., 1.90%, 1/25/18 | 2,000,000 | 2,008,484 |
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 2.60%, 1/15/19 | 3,000,000 | 3,068,241 |
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2.55%, 9/1/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,059,630 |
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, 4.50%, 1/25/22 (a) | 5,000,000 | 5,300,175 |
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 9.75%, 8/1/18 (a) | 4,420,000 | 4,353,700 |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.: | | |
2.25%, 6/5/17 | 2,000,000 | 2,019,238 |
2.80%, 7/2/20 (a) | 5,000,000 | 5,135,705 |
Kroger Co. (The), 2.95%, 11/1/21 | 3,000,000 | 3,126,570 |
Land O' Lakes, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/22 (a) | 500,000 | 522,500 |
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/1/20 | 3,200,000 | 3,585,770 |
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., 3.00%, 11/15/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,055,228 |
Merck & Co., Inc., 2.35%, 2/10/22 | 4,500,000 | 4,586,004 |
Perrigo Co. plc, 1.30%, 11/8/16 | 1,000,000 | 995,320 |
Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co., 3.50%, 3/15/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,024,738 |
Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 5/1/19 (a) | 2,129,000 | 2,198,192 |
SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/21 | 4,000,000 | 3,410,000 |
| | 60,312,690 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Energy - 2.6% | | |
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 7.034%, 1/15/18 floating rate thereafter to 1/15/68 (b) | 22,805,000 | 23,124,270 |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc., 1.35%, 12/1/17 | 1,000,000 | 978,208 |
Williams Partners LP, 3.60%, 3/15/22 | 6,500,000 | 5,352,211 |
Williams Partners LP / ACMP Finance Corp., 4.875%, 3/15/24 | 7,000,000 | 6,108,354 |
| | 35,563,043 |
| | |
Financial - 22.0% | | |
Air Lease Corp., 2.125%, 1/15/18 | 8,351,000 | 8,267,490 |
American International Group, Inc., 3.30%, 3/1/21 | 1,325,000 | 1,354,663 |
American Tower Corp.: | | |
2.80%, 6/1/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,010,174 |
4.70%, 3/15/22 | 3,500,000 | 3,789,993 |
Bank of America Corp.: | | |
5.70%, 5/2/17 | 5,000,000 | 5,199,725 |
6.40%, 8/28/17 | 8,600,000 | 9,140,845 |
2.25%, 4/21/20 | 5,492,000 | 5,438,969 |
2.625%, 10/19/20 | 10,500,000 | 10,573,164 |
3.875%, 8/1/25 | 9,600,000 | 9,949,843 |
Bank of America NA: | | |
5.30%, 3/15/17 | 28,000,000 | 28,976,640 |
0.934%, 6/15/17 (b) | 7,287,000 | 7,239,576 |
6.10%, 6/15/17 | 1,155,000 | 1,207,998 |
Capital One Bank: | | |
1.20%, 2/13/17 | 4,000,000 | 3,992,180 |
2.25%, 2/13/19 | 3,000,000 | 2,992,566 |
Capital One Financial Corp.: | | |
3.15%, 7/15/16 | 2,500,000 | 2,514,243 |
6.15%, 9/1/16 | 3,800,000 | 3,877,136 |
Capital One NA, 2.35%, 8/17/18 | 4,400,000 | 4,422,651 |
CIT Group, Inc.: | | |
5.00%, 5/15/17 | 2,400,000 | 2,442,000 |
4.25%, 8/15/17 | 8,325,000 | 8,471,603 |
5.25%, 3/15/18 | 5,100,000 | 5,275,950 |
Citigroup, Inc.: | | |
0.906%, 6/9/16 (b) | 24,850,000 | 24,835,686 |
1.70%, 4/27/18 | 5,000,000 | 4,981,990 |
2.15%, 7/30/18 | 5,000,000 | 5,027,380 |
2.50%, 9/26/18 | 14,000,000 | 14,214,116 |
5.95%, 8/15/20 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 3,900,000 | 3,732,300 |
2.65%, 10/26/20 | 6,575,000 | 6,637,009 |
6.125%, 11/15/20 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 2,100,000 | 2,105,187 |
2.70%, 3/30/21 | 7,000,000 | 7,051,030 |
Credit Acceptance Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/21 | 3,250,000 | 3,071,250 |
DDR Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/18 | 9,265,000 | 9,632,144 |
Discover Bank: | | |
2.60%, 11/13/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,002,509 |
8.70%, 11/18/19 | 2,107,000 | 2,454,215 |
3.10%, 6/4/20 | 1,000,000 | 1,007,332 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Doric Nimrod Air Alpha Ltd. Pass Through Trust, 6.125%, 11/30/21 (a) | 2,153,106 | 2,153,106 |
Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd. Pass Through Trust, 5.125%, 11/30/24 (a) | 1,144,956 | 1,163,707 |
ERP Operating LP, 2.375%, 7/1/19 | 2,000,000 | 2,013,142 |
First Horizon National Corp., 3.50%, 12/15/20 | 2,000,000 | 1,998,582 |
First Tennessee Bank NA, 5.65%, 4/1/16 | 4,886,000 | 4,886,000 |
GE Capital International Funding Co., 2.342%, 11/15/20 (a) | 3,264,000 | 3,343,772 |
General Electric Co.: | | |
2.30%, 4/27/17 | 3,000,000 | 3,046,200 |
2.20%, 1/9/20 | 859,000 | 884,219 |
4.625%, 1/7/21 | 373,000 | 421,760 |
General Electric Co. / LJ VP Holdings LLC, 3.80%, 6/18/19 (a) | 5,000,000 | 5,330,290 |
Huntington National Bank (The), 2.20%, 11/6/18 | 2,225,000 | 2,228,640 |
KeyCorp., 2.90%, 9/15/20 | 5,000,000 | 5,081,945 |
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 1.50%, 1/10/18 (a) | 8,000,000 | 8,011,144 |
Morgan Stanley: | | |
6.25%, 8/28/17 | 8,200,000 | 8,712,844 |
2.375%, 7/23/19 | 4,700,000 | 4,749,402 |
2.80%, 6/16/20 | 5,000,000 | 5,091,060 |
National City Corp., 6.875%, 5/15/19 | 1,500,000 | 1,688,513 |
Regions Financial Corp., 3.20%, 2/8/21 | 4,500,000 | 4,537,427 |
Synchrony Financial, 2.60%, 1/15/19 | 4,000,000 | 4,008,544 |
UDR, Inc., 3.70%, 10/1/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,097,282 |
Vornado Realty LP, 2.50%, 6/30/19 | 4,425,000 | 4,461,643 |
Wells Fargo & Co.: | | |
1.975%, 3/4/21 (b) | 5,000,000 | 5,082,840 |
2.50%, 3/4/21 | 7,200,000 | 7,290,936 |
| | 301,172,555 |
| | |
Industrial - 2.8% | | |
Cemex SAB de CV: | | |
5.372%, 10/15/18 (a)(b) | 4,000,000 | 3,980,000 |
6.50%, 12/10/19 (a) | 750,000 | 771,562 |
Coveris Holdings SA, 7.875%, 11/1/19 (a) | 2,000,000 | 1,790,000 |
EnerSys, 5.00%, 4/30/23 (a) | 1,250,000 | 1,206,250 |
Masco Corp.: | | |
6.125%, 10/3/16 | 2,500,000 | 2,560,625 |
3.50%, 4/1/21 | 3,000,000 | 3,022,500 |
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP / PTL Finance Corp.: | | |
3.30%, 4/1/21 (a) | 2,225,000 | 2,217,077 |
3.375%, 2/1/22 (a) | 2,500,000 | 2,482,127 |
Pentair Finance SA, 2.90%, 9/15/18 | 5,000,000 | 5,014,340 |
SBA Tower Trust, 2.24%, 4/15/43 (a) | 12,000,000 | 11,913,916 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.: | | |
1.30%, 2/1/17 | 2,000,000 | 1,998,688 |
2.40%, 2/1/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,011,794 |
| | 37,968,879 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Technology - 2.5% | | |
Apple, Inc.: | | |
2.25%, 2/23/21 | 4,000,000 | 4,075,292 |
2.70%, 5/13/22 | 2,000,000 | 2,067,684 |
2.85%, 2/23/23 | 8,000,000 | 8,292,472 |
HP Enterprise Co., 2.45%, 10/5/17 (a) | 3,000,000 | 3,019,587 |
Intel Corp.: | | |
2.45%, 7/29/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,069,792 |
3.10%, 7/29/22 | 2,000,000 | 2,114,454 |
Microsoft Corp.: | | |
2.375%, 2/12/22 | 3,000,000 | 3,090,672 |
2.65%, 11/3/22 | 2,000,000 | 2,079,618 |
Oracle Corp.: | | |
2.25%, 10/8/19 | 2,000,000 | 2,063,320 |
2.80%, 7/8/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,093,740 |
2.50%, 5/15/22 | 3,000,000 | 3,060,441 |
| | 34,027,072 |
| | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $679,287,178) | | 682,546,646 |
| | |
FLOATING RATE LOANS (c) - 1.6% | | |
| | |
Consumer, Cyclical - 1.5% | | |
Albertson's Holdings LLC: | | |
5.125%, 8/25/19 (b) | 1,140,000 | 1,138,371 |
5.50%, 8/25/21 (b) | 8,681,853 | 8,681,853 |
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., 4.50%, 9/26/19 (b) | 2,155,055 | 2,092,087 |
Kraton Polymers LLC, 6.00%, 1/6/22 (b) | 8,400,000 | 7,902,997 |
| | 19,815,308 |
| | |
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 0.1% | | |
SUPERVALU, Inc., 4.50%, 3/21/19 (b) | 1,454,138 | 1,421,218 |
| | |
Financial - 0.0% | | |
Alliance Mortgage Investments, 12.61%, 6/1/10 *(b)(d)(e)(f) | 385,345 | 8,709 |
| | |
Total Floating Rate Loans (Cost $21,404,256) | | 21,245,235 |
| | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 0.0% | | |
Fannie Mae: | | |
3.50%, 3/1/22 | 89,653 | 94,699 |
5.00%, 4/25/34 | 27,526 | 28,717 |
| | |
Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $121,654) | | 123,416 |
| | |
SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENT BOND - 0.4% | | |
Nacional Financiera SNC, 3.375%, 11/5/20 (a) | 6,000,000 | 6,045,000 |
| | |
Total Sovereign Government Bonds (Cost $5,990,124) | | 6,045,000 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 6.1% | | |
United States Treasury Notes: | | |
0.75%, 2/28/18 | 3,900,000 | 3,900,913 |
1.00%, 3/15/19 | 7,850,000 | 7,880,662 |
1.125%, 2/28/21 | 61,753,000 | 61,499,689 |
1.625%, 2/15/26 | 9,910,000 | 9,765,998 |
| | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $82,401,336) | | 83,047,262 |
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| SHARES | VALUE ($) |
COMMON STOCKS - 0.1% | | |
| | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1% | | |
NII Holdings, Inc. * | 209,202 | 1,156,887 |
| | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $3,242,631) | | 1,156,887 |
| | |
| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
TIME DEPOSIT - 0.3% | | |
State Street Bank Time Deposit, 0.278%, 4/1/16 | 4,402,623 | 4,402,623 |
| | |
Total Time Deposit (Cost $4,402,623) | | 4,402,623 |
| | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,374,467,145) - 99.7% | | 1,367,079,570 |
Other assets and liabilities, net - 0.3% | | 3,949,019 |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | | $1,371,028,589 |
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FUTURES | NUMBER OF CONTRACTS | EXPIRATION DATE | UNDERLYING FACE AMOUNT AT VALUE | UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) |
Long: | | | | | |
| 2 Year U.S. Treasury Notes | 599 | 6/16 |
| $131,031,250 |
|
| $128,939 |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
* Non-income producing security. |
(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
(b) The coupon rate shown on floating or adjustable rate securities represents the rate in effect on March 31, 2016. |
(c) Remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. Floating rate loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically re-determined at a margin above the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or other short-term rates. The rate shown is the rate in effect at March 31, 2016. Floating rate loans are generally considered restrictive in that the Fund is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive consent from the Agent Bank and/or Borrower prior to disposition of a floating rate loan. |
(d) This security was valued under the direction of the Board of Trustees. See Note A. |
(e) Alliance Bancorp and its affiliates filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 13, 2007. This security is no longer accruing interest. |
(f) Restricted securities represent 0.0% of the net assets of the Fund. |
See notes to financial statements. |
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Abbreviations: |
LLC: | Limited Liability Corporation | |
LP: | Limited Partnership | |
Ltd.: | Limited | |
plc: | Public Limited Company | |
REIT: | Real Estate Investment Trust | |
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RESTRICTED SECURITIES | ACQUISITION DATES | COST ($) |
Alliance Mortgage Investments, 12.61%, 6/1/10 | 5/26/05-6/13/07 | 385,345 |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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ASSETS | |
Investments in securities, at value (Cost $1,374,467,145) - see accompanying schedule |
| $1,367,079,570 |
|
Cash | 133,917 |
|
Cash collateral at broker | 389,351 |
|
Receivable for securities sold | 9,115,636 |
|
Receivable for shares sold | 2,207,200 |
|
Interest receivable | 6,651,048 |
|
Receivable for futures contracts variation margin | 46,796 |
|
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 1,209,015 |
|
Total assets | 1,386,832,533 |
|
| |
LIABILITIES | |
Payable for securities purchased | 10,590,251 |
|
Payable for shares redeemed | 2,729,860 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. | 392,823 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. | 260,278 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. | 135,383 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Services, Inc. | 8,352 |
|
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 1,209,015 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 477,982 |
|
Total liabilities | 15,803,944 |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $1,371,028,589 |
|
| |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | |
Paid-in capital applicable to the following shares of beneficial interest, | |
unlimited number of no par value shares authorized: | |
Class A: 41,995,709 shares outstanding |
| $665,129,606 |
|
Class C: 8,769,632 shares outstanding | 139,828,458 |
|
Class I: 14,162,818 shares outstanding | 231,854,731 |
|
Class Y: 20,965,539 shares outstanding | 350,689,847 |
|
Undistributed net investment income | 67,716 |
|
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) | (9,283,133) |
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (7,258,636) |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $1,371,028,589 |
|
| |
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | |
Class A (based on net assets of $668,621,865) |
| $15.92 |
|
Class C (based on net assets of $139,107,797) |
| $15.86 |
|
Class I (based on net assets of $226,737,735) |
| $16.01 |
|
Class Y (based on net assets of $336,561,192) |
| $16.05 |
|
| |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| | | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | |
Investment Income: | |
Interest income |
| $21,479,528 |
|
Total investment income | 21,479,528 |
|
| |
Expenses: | |
Investment advisory fee | 2,415,810 |
|
Administrative fees | 1,569,193 |
|
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 818,620 |
|
Distribution Plan expenses: | |
Class A | 870,224 |
|
Class C | 728,084 |
|
Trustees' fees and expenses | 103,555 |
|
Accounting fees | 131,225 |
|
Custodian fees | 67,163 |
|
Professional fees | 54,496 |
|
Registration fees | 49,030 |
|
Reports to shareholders | 62,884 |
|
Miscellaneous | 27,297 |
|
Total expenses | 6,897,581 |
|
Administrative fees waived | (369,207) |
|
Net expenses | 6,528,374 |
|
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 14,951,154 |
|
| |
| |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments | (983,487) |
|
Futures | (8,771) |
|
| (992,258) |
|
| |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments | (3,227,982) |
|
Futures | (1,388) |
|
| (3,229,370) |
|
| |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | (4,221,628) |
|
| |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
| $10,729,526 |
|
| |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Operations: | | | |
Net investment income |
| $14,951,154 |
| |
| $30,576,912 |
|
Net realized gain (loss) | (992,258) |
| | (6,948,723) |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (3,229,370) |
| | (14,738,408) |
|
| | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | 10,729,526 |
| | 8,889,781 |
|
| | | |
Distributions to shareholders from: | | | |
Net investment income: | | | |
Class A shares | (7,069,122) |
| | (14,449,474) |
|
Class C shares | (946,755) |
| | (1,809,563) |
|
Class I shares | (2,966,517) |
| | (6,339,171) |
|
Class Y shares | (3,991,833) |
| | (7,821,506) |
|
Net realized gain: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | (227,124) |
|
Class C shares | — |
| | (49,202) |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | (66,492) |
|
Class Y shares | — |
| | (104,070) |
|
Total distributions | (14,974,227) |
| | (30,866,602) |
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| | | |
Capital share transactions: | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 58,409,693 |
| | 126,164,342 |
|
Class C shares | 7,899,747 |
| | 14,894,979 |
|
Class I shares | 36,505,436 |
| | 152,699,698 |
|
Class Y shares | 50,488,851 |
| | 125,821,047 |
|
Shares issued from merger (See Note E): | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | 8,603,732 |
|
Class C shares | — |
| | 2,291,536 |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | 9,879,323 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 6,423,363 |
| | 13,088,417 |
|
Class C shares | 645,023 |
| | 1,239,218 |
|
Class I shares | 2,711,177 |
| | 5,384,776 |
|
Class Y shares | 3,242,279 |
| | 6,043,453 |
|
Redemption fees: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | 3,596 |
|
Class C shares | — |
| | 697 |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | 79 |
|
Class Y shares | — |
| | 3,068 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS - CONT’D
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| | | | | | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS - CONT’D | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | ($127,535,885) | | ($337,117,833) |
Class C shares | (21,984,299) |
| | (57,260,251) |
|
Class I shares | (96,628,067) |
| | (110,805,009) |
|
Class Y shares | (67,185,049) |
| | (176,696,517) |
|
Total capital share transactions | (147,007,731) |
| | (215,761,649) |
|
| | | |
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | (151,252,432) |
| | (237,738,470) |
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| | | |
| | | |
NET ASSETS | | | |
Beginning of period | 1,522,281,021 |
| | 1,760,019,491 |
|
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $67,716 and $90,789, respectively) |
| $1,371,028,589 |
| |
| $1,522,281,021 |
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| | | |
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 3,679,767 |
| | 7,829,525 |
|
Class C shares | 499,930 |
| | 928,054 |
|
Class I shares | 2,288,777 |
| | 9,418,666 |
|
Class Y shares | 3,150,909 |
| | 7,741,225 |
|
Shares issued from merger (See Note E): | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | 532,409 |
|
Class C shares | — |
| | 142,331 |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | 608,333 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 405,132 |
| | 813,211 |
|
Class C shares | 40,837 |
| | 77,279 |
|
Class I shares | 170,049 |
| | 332,911 |
|
Class Y shares | 202,811 |
| | 372,482 |
|
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (8,032,169) |
| | (20,907,801) |
|
Class C shares | (1,390,203) |
| | (3,567,057) |
|
Class I shares | (6,041,643) |
| | (6,837,642) |
|
Class Y shares | (4,199,136) |
| | (10,873,964) |
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Total capital share activity | (9,224,939) |
| | (13,390,038) |
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| | | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE A — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General: Calvert Short Duration Income Fund (the “Fund”), a series of The Calvert Fund, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Calvert Fund is comprised of five separate series. The operations of each series are accounted for separately. The Fund applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies (ASC 946).
The Fund offers four classes of shares of beneficial interest - Classes A, C, I, and Y. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 2.75%. Class C shares are sold without a front-end sales charge and, with certain exceptions, will be charged a deferred sales charge on shares sold within one year of purchase. Class C shares have a higher expense ratio than Class A shares. Class I shares require a minimum account balance of $1,000,000. The $1 million minimum initial investment is waived for retirement plans that trade through omnibus accounts and may be waived in certain other instances where it is believed to be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. Class I shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Class Y shares are generally only available to wrap or similar fee-based programs offered by financial intermediaries, foundations, and endowments that have entered into an agreement with the Fund’s Distributor to offer Class Y shares. Class Y shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Each class has different: (a) dividend rates due to differences in Distribution Plan expenses and other class specific expenses, (b) exchange privileges and (c) class specific voting rights.
Security Valuation: Net asset value per share is determined every business day as of the close of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees (“the Board”) to value its investments wherever possible. Investments for which market quotations are not available or deemed not reliable are fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
The Board has adopted Valuation Procedures (the “Procedures”) to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available or which may not be reliably priced. The Board has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for determining the fair value of assets of the Fund to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor” or “Calvert”) and has provided these Procedures to govern Calvert in its valuation duties.
Calvert has chartered an internal Valuation Committee to oversee the implementation of these Procedures and to assist it in carrying out the valuation responsibilities that the Board has delegated.
The Valuation Committee meets on a regular basis to review illiquid securities and other investments which may not have readily available market prices. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.
The Valuation Committee utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of the Fund’s investments. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in 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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy during the period. Transfers in and/or out of levels are determined based on the fair value of such securities at the end of the period. Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, floating rate loans, sovereign government bonds, municipal securities, and U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage-backed obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions,
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attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and, accordingly, such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Common stock securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or using the last available price and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based on the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
If a market value cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the good faith opinion of the Advisor, the market value does not constitute a readily available market quotation, or if a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security will be fair valued as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee.
The Valuation Committee considers a number of factors, including significant unobservable valuation inputs when arriving at fair value. It considers all significant facts that are reasonably available and relevant to the determination of fair value.
The Valuation Committee primarily employs a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. When more appropriate, the Fund may employ an income-based or cost approach. An income-based valuation approach discounts anticipated future cash flows of the investment to calculate a present amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. A cost based approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (current replacement cost). From the seller’s perspective, the price that would be received for the asset is determined based on the cost to a buyer to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.
The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized. Further, due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed, and the differences could be material. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis and reviews of any related market activity.
At March 31, 2016, securities valued at $8,709, or 0.0% of net assets, were fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund's holdings as of March 31, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:
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| | | | | | | | | | | |
| VALUATION INPUTS |
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES* | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | TOTAL |
Asset-Backed Securities | $— |
|
| $391,418,085 |
| $— |
|
| $391,418,085 |
|
Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) | — |
| 37,149,725 |
| — |
| 37,149,725 |
|
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — |
| 139,944,691 |
| — |
| 139,944,691 |
|
Corporate Bonds | — |
| 682,546,646 |
| — |
| 682,546,646 |
|
Floating Rate Loans | — |
| 21,236,526 |
| 8,709 |
| 21,245,235 |
|
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — |
| 123,416 |
| — |
| 123,416 |
|
Sovereign Government Bonds | — |
| 6,045,000 |
| — |
| 6,045,000 |
|
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — |
| 83,047,262 |
| — |
| 83,047,262 |
|
Common Stocks** | 1,156,887 |
| — |
| — |
| 1,156,887 |
|
Time Deposit | — |
| 4,402,623 |
| — |
| 4,402,623 |
|
|
TOTAL |
| $1,156,887 |
|
| $1,365,913,974 |
| $8,709^ |
| $1,367,079,570 |
|
Futures Contracts*** |
| $128,939 |
| $— |
| $— |
|
| $128,939 |
|
|
* For a complete listing of investments, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
** For further breakdown of equity securities by industry, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
*** The value listed for these securities reflects unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as shown on the Schedule of Investments. |
^ Level 3 securities represent 0.0% of net assets. |
There were no transfers between levels during the period.
Loan Participations and Assignments: The Fund may invest in direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates by corporate, governmental, or other borrowers. A Fund’s investment in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution (the “lender”) that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. The Fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan, which may have varying terms and carry different associated risks. The Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the loan agreement. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders it acquires direct rights against the borrower of the loan. When investing in a loan participation, the Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the loan agreement and only upon receipt of payments by the lender from the borrower.
Futures Contracts: The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts, but only when, in the judgment of the Advisor, such a position acts as a hedge. The Fund may not enter into futures contracts for the purpose of speculation or leverage. These futures contracts may include, but are not limited to, futures contracts based on U.S. government obligations. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into futures contracts agreeing to buy or sell a financial instrument for a set price at a future date. Initial margin deposits of either cash or securities as required by the broker are made upon entering into the contract. While the contract is open, daily variation margin payments are made to or received from the broker reflecting the daily change in market value of the contract and are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. When a futures contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the opening and closing value of the contract. The risks associated with entering into futures contracts may include the possible illiquidity of the secondary market which would limit the Fund's ability to close out a futures contract prior to the settlement date, an imperfect correlation between the value of the contracts and the underlying financial instruments, or that the counterparty will fail to perform its obligations under the contracts’ terms. Futures contracts are designed by boards of trade which are designated “contracts markets” by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Futures contracts trade on the contracts markets in a manner that is similar to the way a stock trades on a stock exchange, and the boards of trade, through their clearing corporations, guarantee the futures contracts against default. As a result, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund. During the period, futures contracts were used to hedge against interest rate changes and to manage overall duration of the Fund. The Fund’s futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments.
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At March 31, 2016, the Fund had the following derivatives, categorized by risk exposure:
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| | | | |
Risk | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Assets | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Liabilities |
Interest Rate | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | $128,939* | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | $—* |
*Only the current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2016 was as follows:
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| | | |
| Statement of Operations Location |
Risk | Derivatives | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Net Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Interest Rate | Futures | ($8,771) | ($1,388) |
|
The volume of outstanding contracts has varied throughout the period with an average number of contracts as in the following table: |
|
Derivative Description | | Average Number of Contracts* |
Futures contracts long | 782 |
Futures contracts short | (89) |
*Averages are based on activity levels during the period ended March 31, 2016.
Security Transactions and Investment Income: Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses are recorded on an identified cost basis and may include proceeds from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments. Distributions received on securities that represent a capital gain are recorded as a realized gain. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. (See the Notes to Schedule of Investments on page 15.) A debt obligation may be removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. The Fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated to separate classes of shares based upon the relative net assets of each class. Expenses arising in connection with a specific class are charged directly to that class. Expenses common to the classes are allocated to each class in proportion to their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders: Distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Fund on ex-dividend date. Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are paid at least annually. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; accordingly, periodic reclassifications are made within the Fund's capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution under income tax regulations.
Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure 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.
Redemption Fees: The Fund charged a 2% redemption fee on redemptions, including exchanges, made within 30 days of purchase (within seven days for Class I shares). The redemption fee was accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. This fee was eliminated effective February 2, 2015.
Federal Income Taxes: No provision for federal income or excise tax is required since the Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute substantially all of its taxable earnings.
Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.
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NOTE B — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) is wholly-owned by Calvert Investments, Inc., which is indirectly wholly-owned by Ameritas Mutual Holding Company. The Advisor provides investment advisory services and pays the salaries and fees of officers and Trustees of the Fund who are employees of the Advisor or its affiliates. For its services, the Advisor receives an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the following annual rates of the Fund's average daily net assets: 0.35% on the first $750 million, 0.325% on the next $750 million, 0.30% on the next $2 billion, and 0.275% over $3.5 billion.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit net annual fund operating expenses through January 31, 2017. The contractual expense caps are 1.08%, 0.75%, and 0.95% for Class A, I, and Y, respectively. For the purpose of this expense limit, operating expenses do not include interest expense, brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses. This expense limitation does not limit acquired fund fees and expenses, if any.
Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. ("CIAS"), an affiliate of the Advisor, provides administrative services to the Fund for an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.
For the period October 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016, the administrative fee for Class A, C, and Y was 0.30% on the first $1.5 billion and 0.275% over $1.5 billion of the combined assets of all classes of the Fund. The administrative fee for Class I was 0.10%. CIAS and the Fund entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement that established a 0.12% administrative fee for all classes of the Fund commencing on February 1, 2016. CIAS voluntarily waived 0.18% (the amount of the administrative fee above 0.12%) for Class A, C and Y shares of the Fund for the period from December 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016. CIAS has also contractually agreed to waive 0.02% for Class I shares of the Fund (the difference between the previous administrative fee and the new 0.12% fee) from February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2018. During the six-month period ended March 31, 2016, CIAS voluntarily waived $361,871.
Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. (“CID”), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the distributor and principal underwriter for the Fund. Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan that permits the Fund to pay certain expenses associated with the distribution and servicing of its shares. The expenses paid may not exceed 0.50% and 1.00% annually of the average daily net assets of Class A and C, respectively. The amount actually paid by the Fund is an annualized fee, payable monthly, of 0.25% and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class A and C, respectively. Class I and Y shares do not have Distribution Plan expenses.
CID received $9,578 as its portion of commissions charged on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares for the period ended March 31, 2016.
Calvert Investment Services, Inc. (“CIS”), an affiliate of the Advisor, acts as shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For its services, CIS received a fee of $45,871 for the period ended March 31, 2016. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
Each Trustee of the Fund who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates receives an annual retainer of $45,000 plus up to $2,000 for each Board and Committee meeting attended. The Board Chair and Committee Chairs receive an additional $5,000 annual retainer. Eligible Trustees may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Obligations of the Plan will be paid solely out of the Fund’s assets. Trustees’ fees are allocated to each of the funds served.
NOTE C — INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AND TAX INFORMATION
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, other than U.S. government and short-term securities, were $410,630,351 and $480,496,313, respectively. U.S. government security purchases and sales were $617,948,279 and $627,441,790, respectively.
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| | | |
Capital Loss Carryforwards |
NO EXPIRATION DATE |
Short-term |
| ($1,427,089 | ) |
Long-term |
| ($1,368,095 | ) |
Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward to offset future capital gains for an unlimited period. These losses will retain their character as either long-term or short-term. The Fund's use of net capital losses acquired from reorganizations may be limited under certain tax provisions.
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As of March 31, 2016, the tax basis components of unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and the federal tax cost were as follows:
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| | | |
Unrealized appreciation | $9,684,485 |
Unrealized (depreciation) | (17,194,521 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| ($7,510,036 | ) |
Federal income tax cost of investments |
| $1,374,589,606 |
|
NOTE D — LINE OF CREDIT
A financing agreement is in place with the Calvert Funds and State Street Corporation (“SSC”). Under the agreement, SSC provides an unsecured line of credit facility, in the aggregate amount of $50 million ($25 million committed and $25 million uncommitted), accessible by the Calvert Funds for temporary or emergency purposes only. Borrowings bear interest at the higher of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the overnight Federal Funds Rate plus 1.25% per annum. A commitment fee of 0.20% per annum is incurred on the unused portion of the committed facility. An administrative fee of $25,000 was paid in connection with the uncommitted facility. These fees are allocated to all participating funds. The Fund had no loans outstanding pursuant to this line of credit at March 31, 2016.
For the six months ended March 31, 2016, borrowing information by the Fund under the agreement was as follows:
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| | | |
Average Daily Balance | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Maximum Amount Borrowed | Month of Maximum Amount Borrowed |
$111,568 | 1.38% | $20,416,896 | December 2015 |
NOTE E — REORGANIZATION
On December 10, 2014, the Board of Trustees of The Calvert Funds approved the reorganization of the Calvert Government Fund (“Government”) into the Calvert Short Duration Income Fund (“Short Duration Income”). Shareholders approved the reorganization at a meeting on April 17, 2015 and the reorganization took place after the close of business on April 30, 2015.
The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of the following shares:
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| | | | |
Merged Portfolio | Shares | Acquiring Portfolio | Shares | Value |
GOVERNMENT | 1,271,487 | SHORT DURATION INCOME | 1,283,073 | $20,774,591 |
For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by Short Duration Income were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from Government was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of Short Duration Income’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.
The net assets and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) immediately before the acquisitions were as follows:
|
| | | | |
Merged Portfolio | Net Assets | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Acquiring Portfolio | Net Assets |
GOVERNMENT | $20,774,591 | ($12,719) | SHORT DURATION INCOME | $1,596,139,010 |
Assuming the acquisition had been completed on October 1, 2014, Short Duration Income’s results of operations for the year ended September 30, 2015 would have been as follows:
|
| | | | |
Net investment income | $30,697,889 |
| (a) |
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments | ($21,483,030) |
| (b) |
Net increase (decrease) in assets from operations |
| $9,214,859 |
| |
Because Short Duration Income and Government sold and redeemed shares throughout the period, it is not practicable to provide pro-forma information on a per-share basis.
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Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is also not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of Government that have been included in Short Duration Income’s Statement of Operations since April 30, 2015.
(a) $30,576,912 as reported, plus $120,977 from Government pre-merger.
(b) ($21,687,131) as reported, plus $204,101 gain from Government pre-merger.
NOTE F — REGULATORY MATTERS
In October 2011, the Advisor determined that it was necessary to change the price at which one of the Fund’s portfolio securities was then being fair valued. The Advisor and the Board of Trustees subsequently determined it was appropriate to change the fair value prices at which that security and certain related securities had been carried from March 2008 through September 30, 2011. These fair value revisions had the effect of changing the net asset value per share at which shareholder subscriptions and redemptions were executed during the affected period. Accordingly, in December 2011, pursuant to an agreement (“the Agreement”) with the Board of Trustees, the Advisor contributed $10,161,859 to the Fund to adjust shareholder trades occurring during the respective period for the benefit of affected shareholders.
Subsequent to the Agreement, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) conducted a compliance examination of the Advisor and the Calvert Funds (“the Funds”). In a letter dated November 1, 2013, the SEC communicated its examination findings that included various deficiencies and weaknesses and concerns regarding whether the contribution and shareholder disbursement, discussed above, was properly calculated and distributed to certain shareholders. The SEC is continuing its examination of these matters. It is Management's opinion that the resolution of the examination matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Fund.
NOTE G — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the financial statements as of March 31, 2016, no subsequent events or transactions occurred that would have required recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED | |
CLASS A SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 (a) |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.96 |
| |
| $16.19 |
| |
| $16.28 |
| |
| $16.43 |
| |
| $16.06 |
| |
| $16.64 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.16 |
| | 0.29 |
| | 0.31 |
| | 0.30 |
| | 0.35 |
| | 0.33 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.04) |
| | (0.23) |
| | (0.09) |
| | (0.12) |
| | 0.65 |
| | (0.40) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.12 |
| | 0.06 |
| | 0.22 |
| | 0.18 |
| | 1.00 |
| | (0.07) |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.16) |
| | (0.29) |
| | (0.31) |
| | (0.32) |
| | (0.38) |
| | (0.39) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | —(b) |
| | — |
| | (0.01) |
| | (0.25) |
| | (0.12) |
|
Total distributions | (0.16) |
| | (0.29) |
| | (0.31) |
| | (0.33) |
| | (0.63) |
| | (0.51) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.04) |
| | (0.23) |
| | (0.09) |
| | (0.15) |
| | 0.37 |
| | (0.58) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $15.92 |
| |
| $15.96 |
| |
| $16.19 |
| |
| $16.28 |
| |
| $16.43 |
| |
| $16.06 |
|
Total return (c) | 0.78 | % | | 0.39 | % | | 1.34 | % | | 1.12 | % | | 6.41 | % | | (0.46 | %) |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 2.02%(e) |
| | 1.79 | % | | 1.87 | % | | 1.84 | % | | 2.18 | % | | 2.02 | % |
Total expenses | 1.05%(e) |
| | 1.13 | % | | 1.14 | % | | 1.12 | % | | 1.22 | % | | 1.15 | % |
Net expenses | 0.99%(e) |
| | 1.08 | % | | 1.08 | % | | 1.08 | % | | 1.08 | % | | 1.08 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 75 | % | | 206 | % | | 168 | % | | 166 | % | | 187 | % | | 263 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $668,622 |
| |
| $733,415 |
| |
| $933,534 |
| |
| $1,145,473 |
| |
| $1,279,265 |
| |
| $1,686,575 |
|
| |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Amount is less than $0.005 per share. | |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| PERIODS ENDED | |
CLASS C SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 (a) |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.91 |
| |
| $16.13 |
| |
| $16.21 |
| |
| $16.37 |
| |
| $15.99 |
| |
| $16.58 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.10 |
| | 0.17 |
| | 0.19 |
| | 0.19 |
| | 0.22 |
| | 0.21 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.05) |
| | (0.22) |
| | (0.08) |
| | (0.14) |
| | 0.66 |
| | (0.41) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.05 |
| | (0.05) |
| | 0.11 |
| | 0.05 |
| | 0.88 |
| | (0.20) |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.10) |
| | (0.17) |
| | (0.19) |
| | (0.20) |
| | (0.25) |
| | (0.27) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | —(b) |
| | — |
| | (0.01) |
| | (0.25) |
| | (0.12) |
|
Total distributions | (0.10) |
| | (0.17) |
| | (0.19) |
| | (0.21) |
| | (0.50) |
| | (0.39) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.05) |
| | (0.22) |
| | (0.08) |
| | (0.16) |
| | 0.38 |
| | (0.59) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $15.86 |
| |
| $15.91 |
| |
| $16.13 |
| |
| $16.21 |
| |
| $16.37 |
| |
| $15.99 |
|
Total return (c) | 0.34 | % | | (0.29 | %) | | 0.67 | % | | 0.34 | % | | 5.65 | % | | (1.25 | %) |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 1.28%(e) |
| | 1.05 | % | | 1.15 | % | | 1.14 | % | | 1.40 | % | | 1.30 | % |
Total expenses | 1.79%(e) |
| | 1.81 | % | | 1.80 | % | | 1.78 | % | | 1.86 | % | | 1.79 | % |
Net expenses | 1.73%(e) |
| | 1.81 | % | | 1.80 | % | | 1.78 | % | | 1.86 | % | | 1.79 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 75 | % | | 206 | % | | 168 | % | | 166 | % | | 187 | % | | 263 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $139,108 |
| |
| $152,994 |
| |
| $194,133 |
| |
| $228,366 |
| |
| $258,843 |
| |
| $311,299 |
|
| |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Amount is less than $0.005 per share. | |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| PERIODS ENDED | |
CLASS I SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 (a) |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $16.05 |
| |
| $16.27 |
| |
| $16.35 |
| |
| $16.51 |
| |
| $16.12 |
| |
| $16.71 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.20 |
| | 0.38 |
| | 0.40 |
| | 0.39 |
| | 0.44 |
| | 0.43 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.04) |
| | (0.22) |
| | (0.08) |
| | (0.13) |
| | 0.66 |
| | (0.42) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.16 |
| | 0.16 |
| | 0.32 |
| | 0.26 |
| | 1.10 |
| | 0.01 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.20) |
| | (0.38) |
| | (0.40) |
| | (0.41) |
| | (0.46) |
| | (0.48) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | —(b) |
| | — |
| | (0.01) |
| | (0.25) |
| | (0.12) |
|
Total distributions | (0.20) |
| | (0.38) |
| | (0.40) |
| | (0.42) |
| | (0.71) |
| | (0.60) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.04) |
| | (0.22) |
| | (0.08) |
| | (0.16) |
| | 0.39 |
| | (0.59) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $16.01 |
| |
| $16.05 |
| |
| $16.27 |
| |
| $16.35 |
| |
| $16.51 |
| |
| $16.12 |
|
Total return (c) | 1.01 | % | | 1.02 | % | | 1.97 | % | | 1.64 | % | | 7.05 | % | | 0.05 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 2.49%(e) |
| | 2.37 | % | | 2.46 | % | | 2.44 | % | | 2.72 | % | | 2.57 | % |
Total expenses | 0.52%(e) |
| | 0.50 | % | | 0.48 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.55 | % | | 0.49 | % |
Net expenses | 0.51%(e) |
| | 0.50 | % | | 0.48 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.55 | % | | 0.49 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 75 | % | | 206 | % | | 168 | % | | 166 | % | | 187 | % | | 263 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $226,738 |
| |
| $284,839 |
| |
| $231,420 |
| |
| $157,557 |
| |
| $100,874 |
| |
| $85,310 |
|
| |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Amount is less than $0.005 per share. | |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| PERIODS ENDED | |
CLASS Y SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 (a) |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $16.09 |
| |
| $16.32 |
| |
| $16.40 |
| |
| $16.56 |
| |
| $16.18 |
| |
| $16.79 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.18 |
| | 0.34 |
| | 0.36 |
| | 0.36 |
| | 0.40 |
| | 0.40 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.03) |
| | (0.24) |
| | (0.08) |
| | (0.13) |
| | 0.66 |
| | (0.43) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.15 |
| | 0.10 |
| | 0.28 |
| | 0.23 |
| | 1.06 |
| | (0.03) |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.19) |
| | (0.33) |
| | (0.36) |
| | (0.38) |
| | (0.43) |
| | (0.46) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | —(b) |
| | — |
| | (0.01) |
| | (0.25) |
| | (0.12) |
|
Total distributions | (0.19) |
| | (0.33) |
| | (0.36) |
| | (0.39) |
| | (0.68) |
| | (0.58) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.04) |
| | (0.23) |
| | (0.08) |
| | (0.16) |
| | 0.38 |
| | (0.61) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $16.05 |
| |
| $16.09 |
| |
| $16.32 |
| |
| $16.40 |
| |
| $16.56 |
| |
| $16.18 |
|
Total return (c) | 0.92 | % | | 0.67 | % | | 1.70 | % | | 1.41 | % | | 6.77 | % | | (0.20 | %) |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 2.31%(e) |
| | 2.07 | % | | 2.17 | % | | 2.19 | % | | 2.48 | % | | 2.38 | % |
Total expenses | 0.76%(e) |
| | 0.80 | % | | 0.76 | % | | 0.73 | % | | 0.81 | % | | 0.79 | % |
Net expenses | 0.70%(e) |
| | 0.80 | % | | 0.76 | % | | 0.73 | % | | 0.81 | % | | 0.79 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 75 | % | | 206 | % | | 168 | % | | 166 | % | | 187 | % | | 263 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $336,561 |
| |
| $351,033 |
| |
| $400,932 |
| |
| $329,595 |
| |
| $304,223 |
| |
| $455,764 |
|
| |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Amount is less than $0.005 per share. | |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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PROXY VOTING
The Proxy Voting Guidelines of the Calvert Funds that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities are provided as an Appendix to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information can be obtained free of charge by calling the Fund at 1-800-368-2745, by visiting the Calvert website at www.calvert.com; or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at www.calvert.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q 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.
BASIS FOR BOARD'S APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
At a meeting held on December 9, 2015, the Board of Trustees, and by a separate vote, the disinterested Trustees, approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement between The Calvert Fund and the Advisor with respect to the Fund.
In evaluating the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered a variety of information relating to the Fund and the Advisor. The disinterested Trustees reviewed a report prepared by the Advisor regarding various services provided to the Fund by the Advisor and its affiliates. Such report included, among other data, information regarding the Advisor’s personnel and the Advisor’s revenue and cost of providing services to the Fund, and a separate report prepared by an independent third party, which provided a statistical analysis comparing the Fund’s investment performance, expenses, and fees to comparable mutual funds.
The disinterested Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel with respect to their consideration of the reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Prior to voting, the disinterested Trustees reviewed the proposed continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement with management and also met in private sessions with their counsel at which no representatives of management were present.
In the course of its deliberations regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the following factors, among others: the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor, including the personnel providing such services; the Advisor’s financial condition; the level and method of computing the Fund’s advisory fee; comparative performance, fee and expense information for the Fund; the profitability of the Calvert Family of Funds to the Advisor and its affiliates; the direct and indirect benefits, if any, derived by the Advisor and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; the effect of the Fund’s growth and size on the Fund’s performance and expenses; the affiliated distributor’s process for monitoring sales load breakpoints; the Advisor’s compliance programs and policies; the Advisor’s performance of substantially similar duties for other funds; and any possible conflicts of interest.
In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board reviewed information provided by the Advisor relating to its operations and personnel, including, among other information, biographical information on the Advisor’s investment, supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Board also took into account similar information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Advisor, as well as the Board’s familiarity with management through Board of Trustees’ meetings, discussions and other reports. The Board considered the Advisor’s management style and its performance in employing its investment strategies, as well as its current level of staffing and overall resources. The Board also noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis information regarding the Advisor’s compliance with applicable policies and procedures, including those related to personal investing. The Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Fund, were also considered. The Board also took into account the responsible investing research and analysis provided by the Advisor to the Fund. The Board observed that the scope of services provided by the Advisor generally had expanded over time as a result of regulatory, market and other changes. The Board took into consideration, among other factors, the effectiveness of the Fund’s and Advisor’s processes, policies and procedures and the Advisor’s personnel. The Board also took into account, among other items, periodic reports received from the Advisor over the past year concerning the Advisor’s ongoing review and enhancement of certain processes, policies and procedures of the Fund and the Advisor. The Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement.
In considering the Fund’s performance, the Board noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis detailed information about the Fund’s performance results, portfolio composition and investment strategies. In addition, the Board took into account overall financial market conditions. The Board also reviewed various comparative data provided to it in connection with its consideration
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of the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement, including, among other information, a comparison of the Fund’s total return with its Lipper index and with that of other mutual funds deemed to be in its peer group by an independent third party in its report. This comparison indicated that the Fund performed below the median of its peer group for the one-year period ended June 30, 2015 and performed above the median of its peer group for the three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. The data also indicated that the Fund underperformed its Lipper index for the one-year period ended June 30, 2015 and outperformed its Lipper index for the three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Fund’s overall performance was satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices.
In considering the Fund’s fees and expenses, the Board compared the Fund’s fees and total expense ratio with various comparative data for the funds in its peer group. Among other findings, the data indicated that the Fund’s advisory fee (after taking into account waivers and/or reimbursements) was below the median of its peer group and that total expenses (net of waivers and/or reimbursements) were above the median of its peer group. The Board noted that the allocation of advisory and administrative fees may vary among the Fund’s peer group. The Board also took into account the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund and that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and certain factors that affected the level of such expenses. The Board noted that the Fund’s administrator had agreed to implement an administrative fee change effective December 1, 2015, which is expected to reduce the administrative fee paid by certain classes of shares; however, the impact of the fee change is not yet reflected in the Fund’s total expenses. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the advisory fee was reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered.
The Board reviewed the Advisor’s profitability on a fund-by-fund basis. In reviewing the overall profitability of the advisory fee to the Fund’s Advisor, the Board also considered the fact that affiliates of the Advisor provided shareholder servicing, administrative and distribution services to the Fund for which they received compensation. The information considered by the Board included Calvert’s operating profit margin information both before and after tax expenses with respect to the services that the Advisor and its affiliates provided to the Calvert Family of Funds complex. The Board reviewed the profitability of the Advisor’s relationship with the Fund in terms of the total amount of annual advisory fees it received with respect to the Fund and whether the Advisor had the financial wherewithal to continue to provide services to the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund. The Board also considered that the Advisor derived benefits to its reputation and other indirect benefits from its relationship with the Fund. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Advisor’s and its affiliates’ level of profitability from their relationship with the Fund was reasonable.
The Board considered the effect of the Fund’s current size and its potential growth on its performance and fees. The Board took into account that the Fund’s advisory fee schedule contained breakpoints that would reduce the advisory fee rate on assets above specified levels as the Fund’s assets increased. The Board noted that the Fund was currently realizing economies of scale in its advisory fee. The Board also noted that if the Fund’s assets increased over time, the Fund might realize other economies of scale if assets increased proportionally more than certain other expenses.
In reapproving the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the disinterested Trustees, did not identify any single factor as controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to various factors.
Conclusions
The Board reached the following conclusions regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, among others: (a) the Advisor has demonstrated that it possesses the capability and resources to perform the duties required of it under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (b) the Advisor maintains appropriate compliance programs; (c) the overall performance of the Fund is satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices; (d) the Advisor is likely to execute its investment strategies consistently over time; and (e) the Fund’s advisory fee is reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered. Based on its conclusions, the Board determined that reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Mauricio Agudelo no longer serves as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Bond Portfolio and Calvert Green Bond Fund (each, a “Fund”). Vishal Khanduja, CFA, Matthew Duch and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
Effective immediately, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since August 2009 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since March 2010 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since January 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management, delete all references to Mauricio Agudelo.
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SUPPLEMENT TO:
THE CALVERT FUND
Calvert Income Fund
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
Mauricio Agudelo will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund or Calvert High Yield Bond Fund. Remove any and all references to Mr. Agudelo from the section “Portfolio Manager Disclosure.”
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: May 16, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Matthew Duch will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Green Bond Fund and Calvert Bond Portfolio (each, a “Fund”) effective as of June 30, 2016. Vishal Khanduja, CFA and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, will remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
In addition, Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM, will be added to the portfolio of Calvert High Yield Bond Fund effective as of June 30, 2016.
Accordingly, effective June 30, 2016, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
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Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM | Vice President, Head of Credit Research | Since June 2016 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management”on page 46, delete all references to Matthew Duch.
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
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CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND | | CALVERT’S FAMILY OF FUNDS | | |
To Open an Account 800-368-2748 Service for Existing Account Shareholders: 800-368-2745 Brokers: 800-368-2746 Registered Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, P.O. Box 219544 Kansas City, MO 64121-9544 Overnight Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, 330 West 9th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Web Site calvert.com Principal Underwriter Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. 4550 Montgomery Avenue Suite 1000 North Bethesda, Maryland 20814 | | Municipal Funds Tax-Free Responsible Impact Bond Fund Taxable Bond Funds Bond Portfolio Income Fund Short Duration Income Fund Long-Term Income Fund Ultra-Short Income Fund High Yield Bond Fund Green Bond Fund Unconstrained Bond Fund Balanced and Asset Allocation Funds Balanced Portfolio Conservative Allocation Fund Moderate Allocation Fund Aggressive Allocation Fund | | Equity Funds Large Cap Core Portfolio Equity Portfolio Global Value Fund U.S. Large Cap Core Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Value Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Growth Responsible Index Fund U.S. Mid Cap Core Responsible Index Fund Developed Markets Ex-U.S. Responsible Index Fund Capital Accumulation Fund International Equity Fund Small Cap Fund Global Energy Solutions Fund Global Water Fund International Opportunities Fund Global Equity Income Fund Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
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Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
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Choose Planet-friendly E-delivery! Sign up now for on-line statements, prospectuses, and fund reports. In less than five minutes you can help reduce paper mail and lower fund costs. Just go to calvert.com. If you already have an online account at Calvert, click on Login, to access your Account, and select the documents you would like to receive via e-mail. If you’re new to online account access, click on Login, then Register to create your user name and password. Once you’re in, click on the E-delivery sign-up on the Account Portfolio page and follow the quick, easy steps. Note: if your shares are not held directly at Calvert but through a brokerage firm, you must contact your broker for electronic delivery options available through their firm. |
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| | | President's Letter |
| | | Portfolio Management Discussion |
| | | Understanding Your Fund's Expenses |
| | | Schedule of Investments |
| | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | Statement of Operations |
| | | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| | | Notes to Financial Statements |
| | | Financial Highlights |
| | | Proxy Voting |
| | | Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Holdings |
| | | Basis for Board's Approval of Investment Advisory Contract |
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| John Streur President and Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Investments, Inc. | |
Dear Shareholders,
Historically, environmental and social initiatives have been accomplished through the singular passage of legislation designed to remediate the impact of one significant influence on a singular populace. Commencing with the anti-deforestation efforts in 1842, followed by environmental legislation in industrialized nations to regulate smoke pollution in 1863, arguably, a predecessor to the ubiquitous stop smoking campaigns of today; the previous approach, put forth largely by developed nations, served to the benefit of their citizens and not the rest of the Earth's populace - the majority.
However, the year of 2015 marked a dynamic and exciting shift in the resolution of contemporary environmental and social causes - global leaders from all facets of society, collectively, took action to create global policy platforms with far reaching agendas designed to accelerate our global society's evolution towards a more sustainable and inclusive state. The Pope's Encyclical, issued June 18, 2015, called for the establishment of a new partnership between science and religion to combat human-driven climate change. The United Nations formalized the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which included seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) geared towards dramatically reducing poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and tackling climate change by 2030. The COP 21 (Conference of Parties to the 21 session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) introduced a historic agreement to combat climate change and accelerate both the action and investment needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Indeed, these are a mere few examples of the broad reaching directives recently initiated in order to encourage action and stress accountability.
Additionally, and importantly, resolution has not only been limited to direct impact policy changes, but also by investors’ behavior and preference. Recognizing the demand by investors to be influencers of change through their capital allocations, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Interpretive Bulletin (“IB”) 2015-01 in October of 2015. This bulletin updated and clarified the DOL’s position on how fiduciary investors may best utilize knowledge of a prospective investment’s key environmental, social and governance indicators when making investment decisions for retirement plans. Essentially, the DOL has created a platform that allows fiduciaries to utilize ESG information in their investment decisions regarding a variety of retirement assets, including, but not limited to, IRA accounts; 401(K) accounts; and retirement accounts monitored by a company or union. This legislation is a powerful and fundamental change, especially given- retirement assets represent over $24 trillion and, thus if purposefully directed, may effect meaningful impact. IB 2015-01 is an exciting development in the world of socially responsible investing as it will provide access to vast amounts of capital that can be used to encourage and facilitate better corporate practices.
Change is here. Our challenge, collectively as socially conscious investors, will be to maintain its momentum and focus. Through your investment in the Calvert Funds you are engaged and influential in this movement. By allocating capital only to the best environmentally and socially governed corporations, we-alongside you, encourage good corporate citizenry. Our shareholder advocacy efforts, which fundamentally represent you as a shareholder, consistently monitor and challenge poor corporate policy, thus effecting positive outcomes. Through your support, we are able to partner with academics and industry renowned technicians to produce innovative research that will help to provide both better ESG investment solutions and a more lasting impact.
This is an exciting time and we at Calvert appreciate servicing you, as fund shareholders, and look forward to the future together as we navigate the waters of progress.
Respectfully,
John Streur
May 2016
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| Vishal Khanduja, CFA Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | | Matthew Duch Vice President, Portfolio Manager |
| Brian S. Ellis, CFA Portfolio Manager | | |
Market Review
US Fixed Income markets experienced heightened volatility but provided positive returns mainly driven by the safe haven government bond sector. During the first half of the period (Q4 2015) the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25bps to 25-50bps - nearly seven years to the date after moving to the zero lower bound.
The period was one where investors had to absorb higher volatility for the low returns as markets operated in an environment with decreased liquidity due to reduced dealer balance sheets, China’s hard-landing fears, commodity led volatility in risk asset valuations and FOMC’s first tightening move and future glide path.
2015 was a challenging year for US credit. Both Investment Grade and High Yield finished 2015 with negative returns. 2016 started off on a similar tone with risk assets severely underperforming for the first half of Q1 2016. The 6 month period finished with positive returns as risk assets pivoted midway through February with improving U.S. economic data along with further accommodative actions by global central banks. Barclays US Aggregate (2.44% total return and 0.29% excess return1), Barclays US Credit (3.38% total return and 0.70% excess return) and Barclays US High Yield (1.22% total return and -0.46% excess return) provided positive returns for the period.
Investment Strategy and Technique
The Fund seeks to maximize income to the extent consistent with preservation of capital, through investments in longer-dated securities.
The Fund uses a relative value strategy and typically invests at least 65% of its assets in investment-grade debt securities, including bonds issued by U.S. corporations, the U.S. government, and government-sponsored enterprises, while maintaining an average portfolio maturity of 10 years or more.
In conjunction with financial analysis, Calvert's comprehensive responsible investment principles guide the investment research process and decision-making.
Fund Performance Relative to the Benchmark
The Fund’s shorter duration position relative to its benchmark, and exposure to asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and high-yield corporates, which are not in the benchmark, were the primary contributors to underperformance.
The Fund’s duration position was, on average, 0.50 years shorter than its benchmark. Duration positioning was a detractor from relative performance and the Fund’s allocation to out-of-benchmark U.S. Treasuries detracted from performance as well.
Under allocation to investment-grade corporates and strong security selection within investment-grade corporate sectors contributed positively to Fund performance for the quarter. Specifically, security selection within the Consumer Cyclical, non-cyclical, Energy and Communication subsectors led the outperformance.
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1Returns above comparable U.S. Treasury securities.
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| CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND | |
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| ECONOMIC SECTORS | % OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS | |
| Common Stocks | 0.1 | % | |
| Corporate | 55.3 | % | |
| Financial Institutions | 14.4 | % | |
| Industrial | 40.7 | % | |
| Utility | 0.2 | % | |
| Government Related | 2.1 | % | |
| Agencies | 0.4 | % | |
| Local Authorities | 1.7 | % | |
| Municipal | 0.2 | % | |
| Government Public Services | 0.2 | % | |
| Securitized | 21.3 | % | |
| Asset-Backed Securities | 9.2 | % | |
| Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities | 8.9 | % | |
| Mortgage-Backed Passthrough | 3.2 | % | |
| Short-term Investments | — | % | |
| Treasury | 21.0 | % | |
| Total | 100 | % | |
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Elsewhere within investment-grade corporates, the Fund continued to benefit from an underweight to, and outperformance within, the Energy sector.
Going forward, we continue to believe an underweight to duration is appropriate. In our view, the front-end of the yield curve remains vulnerable to market repricing of the timing of Fed policy. Spread sectors, including those not in the Fund’s benchmark, such as short-maturity, high-yield corporates, continue to offer attractive short-term investment opportunities.
Positioning and Market Outlook
We expect the fixed income markets to continue to be driven by three broad factors: divergence, volatility and liquidity challenges.
We believe the global central banks will remain very vocal and a continued source of market volatility. We also think policy divergence between the United States and the rest of the world will come back into focus. Despite recent weakness in U.S. economic data, and dovish rhetoric from the Fed, we believe the economy and reported data should stabilize enough to allow the Fed to gradually continue tightening.
The Fund’s allocation to spread sectors remains largely the same as the previous two quarters. While at this stage in the credit cycle we think caution is warranted, we believe current spread levels in certain areas of the market compensate for these risks. Areas of the investment-grade corporate market
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| INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE | |
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| | 6 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | 12 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 5.26 | % | -1.07 | % | |
| Class I | 5.66 | % | -0.47 | % | |
| Barclays Long U.S. Credit Index | 6.11 | % | -1.08 | % | |
| Lipper BBB-Rated Corporate Debt Funds Average | 2.90 | % | -0.13 | % | |
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| SEC YIELD | 9/30/15 | 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 2.96 | % | 2.79 | % | |
| Class I | 3.78 | % | 3.44 | % | |
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appear particularly attractive to us, and we will look to opportunistically increase allocations to this market.
We continue to believe an active, multi-sector approach to fixed income investing is a sound strategy to successfully navigating the volatile, liquidity challenged environment we expect for the foreseeable future.
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Calvert Investment Management, Inc.
May 2016
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Growth of $10,000
The graph below shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal year periods. The results shown are for Class A shares, reflect the deduction of the maximum front-end Class A sales charge of 3.75%, and assume the reinvestment of dividends. The result is compared with a broad based market index. Market indexes are unmanaged and their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. The value of an investment in a different share class would be different.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | Ticker Symbol | 1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
Class A (with max. load) | CLDAX | -4.79 | % | 5.11 | % | 7.45 | % |
Class I | CLDIX | -0.47 | % | 6.07 | % | 7.94 | % |
Barclays Long U.S. Credit Index | | -1.08 | % | 7.77 | % | 7.25 | % |
Lipper BBB-Rated Corporate Debt Funds Average | | -0.13 | % | 4.54 | % | 5.30 | % |
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Calvert Long-Term Income Fund first offered Class I shares on January 30, 2015. Performance prior to that date reflects the performance of Class A shares at net asset value (NAV). Actual Class I share performance would have been higher than Class A share performance because Class I has lower class-specific expenses than Class A. |
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All performance data shown, including the graph above and the adjacent table, represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of the Fund shares. All performance data reflects fee waivers and/or expense limitations, if any are in effect; in their absence performance would be lower. See Note B in Notes to Financial Statements. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted; for current performance data, including most recent month-end, visit www.calvert.com. The gross expense ratio from the current prospectus for Class A shares is 1.13%. This number may differ from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period and, if applicable, does not include fee or expense waivers. Performance data quoted already reflects the deduction of the Fund’s operating expenses.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND'S EXPENSES
As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in this mutual fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by the fund's investors during the period. The actual and hypothetical information presented in the examples is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (October 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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| ANNUALIZED EXPENSE RATIO | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE 10/1/15 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE 3/31/16 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD* 10/1/15 - 3/31/16 |
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Actual | 1.18% | $1,000.00 | $1,052.60 | $6.06 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 1.18% | $1,000.00 | $1,019.10 | $5.96 |
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Actual | 0.55% | $1,000.00 | $1,056.60 | $2.83 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.55% | $1,000.00 | $1,022.25 | $2.78 |
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CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 12.9% | | |
Asset-Backed - Automobile - 0.7% | | |
Skopos Auto Receivables Trust, 5.43%, 12/15/23 (a) | 500,000 | 489,620 |
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American Homes 4 Rent: | | |
3.786%, 10/17/36 (a) | 439,577 | 457,855 |
4.691%, 10/17/45 (a) | 500,000 | 490,335 |
Apidos CLO XXI, 6.17%, 7/18/27 (a)(b) | 300,000 | 244,479 |
Citi Held For Asset Issuance: | | |
4.00%, 3/15/22 (a) | 400,000 | 379,484 |
4.31%, 5/16/22 (a) | 600,000 | 566,964 |
Consumer Credit Origination Loan Trust, 5.21%, 3/15/21 (a) | 500,000 | 487,235 |
Driven Brands Funding LLC, 5.216%, 7/20/45 (a) | 498,750 | 490,829 |
Dryden 40 Senior Loan Fund, 4.318%, 8/15/28 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 445,570 |
GMAT Trust, 4.25%, 9/25/20 (a)(b) | 434,673 | 433,600 |
Invitation Homes Trust: | | |
2.282%, 12/17/30 (a)(b) | 300,000 | 289,807 |
3.082%, 12/17/30 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 474,780 |
3.588%, 6/17/32 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 468,382 |
4.138%, 6/17/32 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 460,752 |
JGWPT XXXII LLC, 4.48%, 1/15/75 (a) | 150,000 | 148,637 |
Madison Park Funding XVII Ltd., 4.074%, 7/21/27 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 443,740 |
RMAT LLC, 3.75%, 5/25/55 (a)(b) | 390,471 | 387,652 |
SBA Tower Trust, 3.869%, 10/15/49 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 499,030 |
Tricon American Homes Series 2015-SFR1 Trust, 3.941%, 5/17/32 (a)(b) | 91,000 | 81,446 |
VOLT XIX LLC, 3.875%, 4/25/55 (a)(b) | 177,212 | 177,221 |
VOLT XXXVIII LLC, 3.875%, 9/25/45 (a)(b) | 454,977 | 448,811 |
Wendys Funding LLC, 2015-1, 4.497%, 6/15/45 (a) | 497,500 | 483,271 |
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Navient Student Loan Trust, 1.933%, 7/25/52 (b) | 400,000 | 339,005 |
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Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $9,494,064) | | 9,188,505 |
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (PRIVATELY ORIGINATED) - 3.2% | | |
Bellemeade Re Ltd., 4.733%, 7/25/25 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 489,660 |
Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes: | | |
STACR 2015-HQ2 B, 8.383%, 5/25/25 (b) | 498,928 | 488,963 |
STACR 2015-HQA2 M2, 3.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 250,000 | 251,107 |
STACR 2015-HQA2 M3, 5.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 550,000 | 529,777 |
STACR 2016-HQA1 M2, 3.191%, 9/25/28 (b) | 500,000 | 501,411 |
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Total Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) (Cost $2,313,194) | | 2,260,918 |
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COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 4.9% | | |
CSMC Trust, 4.185%, 9/15/37 (a) | 200,000 | 204,811 |
Extended Stay America Trust, 4.036%, 12/5/31 (a)(b) | 1,000,000 | 1,012,057 |
Hilton USA Trust, 5.222%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 502,942 |
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 4.036%, 6/15/29 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 466,106 |
Motel 6 Trust, 5.279%, 2/5/30 (a) | 800,000 | 774,305 |
ORES NPL LLC, 6.00%, 3/27/24 (a) | 500,000 | 497,204 |
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 3.497%, 8/15/47 (a) | 100,000 | 68,586 |
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Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $3,573,913) | | 3,526,011 |
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CORPORATE BONDS - 54.0% | | |
Basic Materials - 0.9% | | |
LYB International Finance BV, 5.25%, 7/15/43 | 250,000 | 259,218 |
Methanex Corp., 5.65%, 12/1/44 | 500,000 | 403,879 |
| | 663,097 |
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Communications - 11.2% | | |
America Movil SAB de CV, 4.375%, 7/16/42 | 500,000 | 485,725 |
AT&T, Inc.: | | |
4.125%, 2/17/26 | 125,000 | 132,009 |
5.65%, 2/15/47 | 475,000 | 524,265 |
Comcast Corp.: | | |
3.375%, 8/15/25 | 200,000 | 212,739 |
3.15%, 3/1/26 | 400,000 | 416,464 |
Crown Castle Towers LLC, 3.663%, 5/15/45 (a) | 300,000 | 304,692 |
Frontier Communications Corp.: | | |
10.50%, 9/15/22 (a) | 330,000 | 338,250 |
11.00%, 9/15/25 (a) | 150,000 | 150,750 |
NBCUniversal Media LLC, 4.45%, 1/15/43 | 1,000,000 | 1,077,060 |
Rogers Communications, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/44 | 750,000 | 826,166 |
Time Warner, Inc., 4.90%, 6/15/42 | 500,000 | 509,447 |
Verizon Communications, Inc.: | | |
4.862%, 8/21/46 | 1,245,000 | 1,312,879 |
4.522%, 9/15/48 | 1,000,000 | 1,001,701 |
Viacom, Inc.: | | |
4.50%, 2/27/42 | 500,000 | 400,956 |
5.25%, 4/1/44 | 250,000 | 224,857 |
Vodafone Group plc, 4.375%, 2/19/43 | 100,000 | 90,151 |
| | 8,008,111 |
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Consumer, Cyclical - 8.5% | | |
American Airlines Pass Through Trust: | | |
7.00%, 7/31/19 (a) | 317,357 | 330,051 |
5.60%, 1/15/22 (a) | 236,296 | 238,659 |
4.40%, 3/22/25 | 320,000 | 314,200 |
5.25%, 7/15/25 | 220,000 | 221,100 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT'D | | |
CVS Health Corp.: | | |
3.875%, 7/20/25 | 150,000 | 161,869 |
4.875%, 7/20/35 | 100,000 | 111,497 |
5.125%, 7/20/45 | 500,000 | 579,061 |
CVS Pass-Through Trust, 6.036%, 12/10/28 | 269,237 | 301,548 |
Ford Motor Co., 4.75%, 1/15/43 | 300,000 | 300,982 |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC: | | |
3.219%, 1/9/22 | 300,000 | 305,579 |
4.134%, 8/4/25 | 570,000 | 593,139 |
Home Depot, Inc. (The), 4.40%, 3/15/45 | 400,000 | 444,881 |
Johnson Controls, Inc., 4.625%, 7/2/44 | 550,000 | 531,668 |
Kohl's Corp., 4.25%, 7/17/25 | 290,000 | 286,518 |
Latam Airlines 2015-1 Pass Through Trust B, 4.50%, 8/15/25 (a) | 160,000 | 136,000 |
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., 5.50%, 4/1/46 | 500,000 | 543,198 |
Virgin Australia Trust, 6.00%, 4/23/22 (a) | 255,748 | 258,305 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 4.80%, 11/18/44 | 400,000 | 397,528 |
| | 6,055,783 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical - 8.7% | | |
Actavis Funding SCS, 4.75%, 3/15/45 | 600,000 | 631,023 |
Amgen, Inc.: | | |
5.15%, 11/15/41 | 500,000 | 551,773 |
4.40%, 5/1/45 | 200,000 | 204,135 |
AstraZeneca plc: | | |
3.375%, 11/16/25 | 200,000 | 207,167 |
4.375%, 11/16/45 | 125,000 | 133,077 |
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 3.20%, 11/15/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,032,774 |
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, 4.875%, 6/27/44 (a) | 250,000 | 231,405 |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 5.20%, 7/15/45 (a) | 500,000 | 559,444 |
Kroger Co. (The), 5.15%, 8/1/43 | 100,000 | 115,948 |
Land O'Lakes Capital Trust I, 7.45%, 3/15/28 (a) | 750,000 | 787,500 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3.959%, 7/1/38 | 250,000 | 273,722 |
MEDNAX, Inc., 5.25%, 12/1/23 (a) | 200,000 | 208,000 |
Merck & Co., Inc., 3.70%, 2/10/45 | 400,000 | 407,053 |
Perrigo Co. plc, 5.30%, 11/15/43 | 500,000 | 496,813 |
SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/21 | 200,000 | 170,500 |
Whole Foods Market, Inc., 5.20%, 12/3/25 (a) | 225,000 | 235,779 |
| | 6,246,113 |
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Energy - 3.0% | | |
Enterprise Products Operating LLC: | | |
7.034%, 1/15/18 floating rate thereafter to 1/15/68 (b) | 200,000 | 202,800 |
4.85%, 8/15/42 | 500,000 | 463,856 |
4.85%, 3/15/44 | 500,000 | 469,048 |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc., 3.95%, 12/1/42 | 500,000 | 356,083 |
TransContinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, 4.45%, 8/1/42 | 200,000 | 153,035 |
Williams Partners LP / ACMP Finance Corp., 4.875%, 3/15/24 | 600,000 | 523,573 |
| | 2,168,395 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT'D | | |
Financial - 15.0% | | |
American Tower Corp., 4.70%, 3/15/22 | 500,000 | 541,427 |
Bank of America Corp.: | | |
4.20%, 8/26/24 | 250,000 | 254,572 |
6.10%, 3/17/25 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 150,000 | 147,750 |
3.95%, 4/21/25 | 500,000 | 497,478 |
3.875%, 8/1/25 | 760,000 | 787,696 |
4.45%, 3/3/26 | 200,000 | 206,038 |
4.25%, 10/22/26 | 600,000 | 608,945 |
Capital One Financial Corp., 4.20%, 10/29/25 | 200,000 | 202,501 |
CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/17 | 500,000 | 508,750 |
Citigroup, Inc.: | | |
5.95%, 8/15/20 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 120,000 | 114,840 |
5.90%, 2/15/23 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 160,000 | 157,200 |
4.40%, 6/10/25 | 100,000 | 101,971 |
3.70%, 1/12/26 | 200,000 | 205,244 |
4.60%, 3/9/26 | 550,000 | 563,934 |
4.45%, 9/29/27 | 1,290,000 | 1,298,055 |
Credit Acceptance Corp.: | | |
6.125%, 2/15/21 | 250,000 | 236,250 |
7.375%, 3/15/23 (a) | 200,000 | 190,500 |
Discover Bank, 7.00%, 4/15/20 | 500,000 | 568,549 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: | | |
3.625%, 5/13/24 | 400,000 | 417,082 |
3.90%, 7/15/25 | 420,000 | 445,260 |
Lloyds Banking Group plc, 4.65%, 3/24/26 | 250,000 | 247,767 |
MetLife, Inc., 4.05%, 3/1/45 | 100,000 | 94,598 |
Morgan Stanley: | | |
4.00%, 7/23/25 | 480,000 | 501,905 |
5.00%, 11/24/25 | 1,100,000 | 1,190,440 |
3.95%, 4/23/27 | 150,000 | 150,159 |
Prudential Financial, Inc., 4.60%, 5/15/44 | 450,000 | 451,794 |
| | 10,690,705 |
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Industrial - 5.1% | | |
Cemex SAB de CV, 6.50%, 12/10/19 (a) | 250,000 | 257,188 |
Eaton Corp., 4.15%, 11/2/42 | 500,000 | 501,949 |
General Electric Co.: | | |
3.375%, 3/11/24 | 1,000,000 | 1,073,499 |
4.50%, 3/11/44 | 1,000,000 | 1,116,252 |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., 3.90%, 9/1/42 | 500,000 | 505,356 |
Masco Corp., 4.45%, 4/1/25 | 150,000 | 155,595 |
| | 3,609,839 |
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Technology - 1.4% | | |
Apple, Inc.: | | |
3.25%, 2/23/26 | 125,000 | 130,508 |
3.45%, 2/9/45 | 350,000 | 316,104 |
4.65%, 2/23/46 | 75,000 | 81,874 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT'D | | |
Microsoft Corp., 3.125%, 11/3/25 | 125,000 | 131,262 |
Oracle Corp.: | | |
2.95%, 5/15/25 | 100,000 | 102,438 |
4.125%, 5/15/45 | 250,000 | 255,420 |
| | 1,017,606 |
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Utilities - 0.2% | | |
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 4.50%, 12/1/45 | 100,000 | 109,057 |
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Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $37,796,643) | | 38,568,706 |
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FLOATING RATE LOANS (c) - 0.5% | | |
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Consumer, Cyclical - 0.5% | | |
Kraton Polymers LLC, 6.00%, 1/6/22 (b) | 400,000 | 376,333 |
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Financial - 0.0% | | |
Alliance Mortgage Investments Term Loan, 12.61%, 6/1/10 *(b)(d)(e)(f) | 4,817 | 109 |
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Total Floating Rate Loans (Cost $365,286) | | 376,442 |
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MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 1.8% | | |
| | |
California - 0.1% | | |
Oakland California PO Revenue Bonds, Zero Coupon, 12/15/20 | 120,000 | 105,115 |
| | |
Connecticut - 1.7% | | |
Connecticut Special Tax Obligation Revenue Bonds, 5.459%, 11/1/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,205,200 |
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $1,091,059) | | 1,310,315 |
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SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENT BOND - 0.4% | | |
Nacional Financiera SNC, 3.375%, 11/5/20 (a) | 300,000 | 302,250 |
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Total Sovereign Government Bonds (Cost $299,506) | | 302,250 |
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U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 20.7% | | |
United States Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 11/15/45 | 13,665,000 | 14,752,324 |
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Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $14,674,670) | | 14,752,324 |
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| SHARES | VALUE ($) |
COMMON STOCKS - 0.1% | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1% | | |
NII Holdings, Inc. * | 12,113 | 66,985 |
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Total Common Stocks (Cost $187,752) | | 66,985 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
TIME DEPOSIT - 0% | | |
State Street Bank Time Deposit, 0.278%, 4/1/16 | 32,397 | 32,397 |
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Total Time Deposit (Cost $32,397) | | 32,397 |
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $69,828,484) - 98.5% | | 70,384,853 |
Other assets and liabilities, net - 1.5% | | 1,037,380 |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | | $71,422,233 |
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FUTURES | NUMBER OF CONTRACTS | EXPIRATION DATE | UNDERLYING FACE AMOUNT AT VALUE | UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) |
Long: | | | | | |
| 10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes | 1 | 6/16 |
| $130,391 |
|
| $607 |
|
| Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bonds | 48 | 6/16 | 8,281,500 |
| (6,560) |
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| Total Long | | | |
| ($5,953 | ) |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
* Non-income producing security. |
(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
(b) The coupon rate shown on floating or adjustable rate securities represents the rate in effect on March 31, 2016. |
(c) Remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. Floating rate loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically re-determined at a margin above the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or other short-term rates. The rate shown is the rate in effect at March 31, 2016. Floating rate loans are generally considered restrictive in that the Fund is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive consent from the Agent Bank and/or Borrower prior to disposition of a floating rate loan. |
(d) Alliance Bancorp and its affiliates filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 13, 2007. This security is no longer accruing interest. |
(e) This security was valued under the direction of the Board of Trustees. See Note A. |
(f) Restricted securities represent 0.0% of the net assets of the Fund. |
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Abbreviations: |
CLO: | Collateralized Loan Obligations | |
LLC: | Limited Liability Corporation | |
LP: | Limited Partnership | |
Ltd.: | Limited | |
plc: | Public Limited Company | |
PO: | Pension Obligation | |
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RESTRICTED SECURITIES | ACQUISITION DATES | COST ($) |
Alliance Mortgage Investments Term Loan, 12.61%, 6/1/10 | 5/26/05 – 6/13/07 | 4,817 |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| | | |
ASSETS | |
Investments in securities, at value (Cost $69,828,484) - see accompanying schedule |
| $70,384,853 |
|
Cash collateral at broker | 231,750 |
|
Receivable for securities sold | 370,890 |
|
Receivable for shares sold | 87,439 |
|
Interest receivable | 567,902 |
|
Receivable for futures contracts variation margin | 51,375 |
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Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 64,472 |
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Total assets | 71,758,681 |
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| |
LIABILITIES | |
Payable for securities purchased | 99,657 |
|
Payable for shares redeemed | 80,649 |
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Payable to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. | 23,084 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. | 16,167 |
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Payable to Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. | 7,763 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Services, Inc. | 907 |
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Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 64,472 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 43,749 |
|
Total liabilities | 336,448 |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $71,422,233 |
|
| |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | |
Paid-in capital applicable to the following shares of beneficial interest, | |
unlimited number of no par value shares authorized: | |
Class A: 4,148,618 shares outstanding |
| $70,336,391 |
|
Class I: 1,543 shares outstanding | 26,095 |
|
Undistributed net investment income | 926 |
|
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) | 508,405 |
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 550,416 |
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NET ASSETS |
| $71,422,233 |
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| |
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | |
Class A (based on net assets of $71,395,662) |
| $17.21 |
|
Class I (based on net assets of $26,571) |
| $17.22 |
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See notes to financial statements. |
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| | | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | |
Investment Income: | |
Interest income |
| $1,545,882 |
|
Dividend income | 8,203 |
|
Total investment income | 1,554,085 |
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| |
Expenses: | |
Investment advisory fee | 153,434 |
|
Administrative fees | 86,141 |
|
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 69,194 |
|
Distribution Plan expenses: | |
Class A | 95,864 |
|
Trustees' fees and expenses | 5,440 |
|
Accounting fees | 11,759 |
|
Custodian fees | 14,077 |
|
Professional fees | 14,291 |
|
Registration fees | 20,127 |
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Reports to shareholders | 7,343 |
|
Miscellaneous | 3,720 |
|
Total expenses | 481,390 |
|
Reimbursement from Advisor: | |
Class I | (9,401) |
|
Administrative fees waived | (19,957) |
|
Net expenses | 452,032 |
|
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 1,102,053 |
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| |
| |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments | 464,976 |
|
Futures | 619,931 |
|
| 1,084,907 |
|
| |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments | 1,772,171 |
|
Futures | (30,129) |
|
| 1,742,042 |
|
| |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | 2,826,949 |
|
| |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
| $3,929,002 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016(Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Operations: | | | |
Net investment income |
| $1,102,053 |
| |
| $2,350,897 |
|
Net realized gain (loss) | 1,084,907 |
| | (384,899) |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 1,742,042 |
| | (1,801,175) |
|
| | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | 3,929,002 |
| | 164,823 |
|
| | | |
Distributions to shareholders from: | | | |
Net investment income: | | | |
Class A shares | (1,100,675) |
| | (2,349,577) |
|
Class I shares | (452) |
| | (319) |
|
Net realized gain: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | (1,730,237) |
|
Total distributions | (1,101,127) |
| | (4,080,133) |
|
| | | |
Capital share transactions: | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 14,683,018 |
| | 45,156,519 |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | 53,835 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 1,036,042 |
| | 3,810,211 |
|
Class I shares | 452 |
| | 319 |
|
Redemption fees: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | 18,134 |
|
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (25,942,343) |
| | (48,766,637) |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | (28,511) |
|
Total capital share transactions | (10,222,831) |
| | 243,870 |
|
| | | |
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | (7,394,956) |
| | (3,671,440) |
|
| | | |
| | | |
NET ASSETS | | | |
Beginning of period | 78,817,189 |
| | 82,488,629 |
|
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $926 and $0, respectively) |
| $71,422,233 |
| |
| $78,817,189 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS - CONT'D
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CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016(Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 881,273 |
| | 2,567,407 |
Class I shares | — |
| | 3,219 |
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 62,260 |
| | 220,396 |
Class I shares | 27 |
| | 19 |
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (1,545,564) |
| | (2,830,163) |
Class I shares | — |
| | (1,722) |
Total capital share activity | (602,004) |
| | (40,844) |
See notes to financial statements. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE A — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General: Calvert Long-Term Income Fund (the “Fund”), a series of The Calvert Fund, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Calvert Fund is comprised of five separate series. The operations of each series are accounted for separately. The Fund applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies (ASC 946).
The Fund offers two classes of shares - Classes A and I (which commenced operations on January 30, 2015). Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 3.75%. Class I shares require a minimum account balance of $1,000,000. The $1 million minimum initial investment is waived for retirement plans that trade through omnibus accounts and may be waived in certain other instances where it is believed to be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. Class I shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Each class has different: (a) dividend rates due to differences in Distribution Plan expenses and other class specific expenses, (b) exchange privileges and (c) class specific voting rights.
Security Valuation: Net asset value per share is determined every business day as of the close of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees (“the Board”) to value its investments wherever possible. Investments for which market quotations are not available or deemed not reliable are fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
The Board has adopted Valuation Procedures (the “Procedures”) to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available or which may not be reliably priced. The Board has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for determining the fair value of assets of the Fund to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor” or “Calvert”) and has provided these Procedures to govern Calvert in its valuation duties.
Calvert has chartered an internal Valuation Committee to oversee the implementation of these Procedures and to assist it in carrying out the valuation responsibilities that the Board has delegated.
The Valuation Committee meets on a regular basis to review illiquid securities and other investments which may not have readily available market prices. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.
The Valuation Committee utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of the Fund’s investments. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in 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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy during the period. Transfers in and/or out of levels are determined based on the fair value of such securities at the end of the period. Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, municipal securities, and U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage-backed obligations, and commercial mortgage-backed securities, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and, accordingly, such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
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Exchange-traded products are valued at the official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Common stock securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or using the last available price and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based on the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
If a market value cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the good faith opinion of the Advisor, the market value does not constitute a readily available market quotation, or if a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security will be fair valued as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee.
The Valuation Committee considers a number of factors, including significant unobservable valuation inputs when arriving at fair value. It considers all significant facts that are reasonably available and relevant to the determination of fair value.
The Valuation Committee primarily employs a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. When more appropriate, the Fund may employ an income-based or cost approach. An income-based valuation approach discounts anticipated future cash flows of the investment to calculate a present amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. A cost based approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (current replacement cost). From the seller’s perspective, the price that would be received for the asset is determined based on the cost to a buyer to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.
The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized. Further, due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed, and the differences could be material. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis and reviews of any related market activity.
At March 31, 2016, securities valued at $109, or 0.0% of net assets, were fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund's holdings as of March 31, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:
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| | | | | | | | | | | |
| VALUATION INPUTS |
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES* | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | TOTAL |
Asset-Backed Securities | $— |
|
| $9,188,505 |
| $— |
|
| $9,188,505 |
|
Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) | — |
| 2,260,918 |
| — |
| 2,260,918 |
|
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — |
| 3,526,011 |
| — |
| 3,526,011 |
|
Corporate Bonds | — |
| 38,568,706 |
| — |
| 38,568,706 |
|
Floating Rate Loans | — |
| 376,333 |
| 109 |
| 376,442 |
|
Municipal Obligations | — |
| 1,310,315 |
| — |
| 1,310,315 |
|
Sovereign Government Bonds | — |
| 302,250 |
| — |
| 302,250 |
|
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — |
| 14,752,324 |
| — |
| 14,752,324 |
|
Common Stocks** | 66,985 |
| — |
| — |
| 66,985 |
|
Time Deposit | — |
| 32,397 |
| — |
| 32,397 |
|
| | | | |
TOTAL |
| $66,985 |
|
| $70,317,759 |
| $109^ |
|
| $70,384,853 |
|
Futures Contracts*** |
| ($5,953 | ) | $— |
| $— |
|
| ($5,953 | ) |
| | | | |
* For a complete listing of investments, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
** For further breakdown of equity securities by industry, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
*** The value listed for these securities reflects unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as shown on the Schedule of Investments. |
^ Level 3 securities represent 0.0% of net assets. | | | | |
There were no transfers between levels during the period.
Futures Contracts: The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts, but only when, in the judgment of the Advisor, such a position acts as a hedge. The Fund may not enter into futures contracts for the purpose of speculation or leverage. These futures contracts may include, but are not limited to, futures contracts based on U.S. government obligations. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into futures contracts agreeing to buy or sell a financial instrument for a set price at a future date. Initial margin deposits of either cash or securities as required by the broker are made upon entering into the contract. While the contract is open, daily variation margin payments are made to or received from the broker reflecting the daily change in market value of the contract and are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. When a futures contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the opening and closing value of the contract. The risks associated with entering into futures contracts may include the possible illiquidity of the secondary market which would limit the Fund's ability to close out a futures contract prior to the settlement date, an imperfect correlation between the value of the contracts and the underlying financial instruments, or that the counterparty will fail to perform its obligations under the contracts’ terms. Futures contracts are designed by boards of trade which are designated “contracts markets” by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Futures contracts trade on the contracts markets in a manner that is similar to the way a stock trades on a stock exchange, and the boards of trade, through their clearing corporations, guarantee the futures contracts against default. As a result, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund.
During the period, the Fund used U.S. Treasury Bond and Notes futures contracts to hedge against interest rate changes and to manage overall duration of the Fund.
The Fund’s futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments.
At March 31, 2016, the Fund had the following derivatives, categorized by risk exposure:
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| | | | |
Risk | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Assets | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Liabilities |
Interest Rate | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | $607* | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | ($6,560)* |
* Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2016 was as follows:
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| | Statement of Operations Location |
Risk | Derivatives | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Net Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Interest Rate | Futures | $619,931 | ($30,129) |
| | | |
The volume of outstanding contracts has varied throughout the period with an average number of contracts as in the following table: |
| | | |
Derivative Description | | Average Number of Contracts* |
Futures contracts long | | 54 |
Futures contracts short | | (41) |
* Averages are based on activity levels during the year ended March 31, 2016.
Security Transactions and Investment Income: Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses are recorded on an identified cost basis and may include proceeds from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments. Distributions received on securities that represent a capital gain are recorded as a realized gain. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. (See the Notes to Schedule of Investments on page XX.) A debt obligation may be removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. Investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated to separate classes of shares based upon the relative net assets of each class. Expenses arising in connection with a specific class are charged directly to that class. Expenses common to the classes are allocated to each class in proportion to their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders: Distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Fund on ex-dividend date. Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are paid at least annually. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; accordingly, periodic reclassifications are made within the Fund's capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution under income tax regulations.
Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure 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.
Redemption Fees: The Fund charged a 2% redemption fee on redemptions, including exchanges, made within 30 days of purchase in the same Fund. The redemption fee was accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. This fee was eliminated effective February 2, 2015.
Federal Income Taxes: No provision for federal income or excise tax is required since the Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute substantially all of its taxable earnings.
Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.
NOTE B — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) is wholly-owned by Calvert Investments, Inc., which is indirectly wholly-owned by Ameritas Mutual Holding Company. The Advisor provides investment advisory services and pays the salaries and fees of officers and Trustees of the Fund who are employees of the Advisor or its affiliates. For its services, the Advisor receives an annual fee, payable monthly, of 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit net annual fund operating expenses through January 31, 2017. The contractual expense caps are 1.25% and 0.55% for Class A and I, respectively. For the purpose of this expense limit, operating expenses do
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not include interest expense, brokerage commissions, taxes, and extraordinary expenses. This expense limitation does not limit acquired fund fees and expenses, if any.
Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. ("CIAS"), an affiliate of the Advisor, provides administrative services to the Fund for an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.
For the period October 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016, the administrative fee was 0.275% for Class A and 0.10% for Class I. CIAS and the Fund entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement that established a 0.12% administrative fee for all classes of the Fund commencing on February 1, 2016. CIAS voluntarily waived 0.155% (the amount of the administrative fee above 0.12%) for Class A shares of the Fund for the period from December 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016. CIAS has also contractually agreed to waive 0.02% for Class I shares of the Fund (the difference between the previous administrative fee and the new 0.12% fee) from February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2018. During the six-month period ended March 31, 2016, CIAS voluntarily waived $19,957.
Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. (“CID”), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the distributor and principal underwriter for the Fund. Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan that permits the Fund to pay certain expenses associated with the distribution and servicing of its shares. The expenses paid may not exceed 0.50% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A. The amount actually paid by the Fund is an annualized fee, payable monthly, of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A. Class I shares do not have Distribution Plan expenses.
CID received $5,896 as its portion of commissions charged on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares for the period ended March 31, 2016.
Calvert Investment Services, Inc. (“CIS”), an affiliate of the Advisor, acts as shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For its services, CIS received a fee of $5,781 for the period ended March 31, 2016. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
Each Trustee of the Fund who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates receives an annual retainer of $45,000 plus up to $2,000 for each Board and Committee meeting attended. The Board Chair and Committee Chairs receive an additional $5,000 annual retainer. Eligible Trustees may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Obligations of the Plan will be paid solely out of the Fund’s assets. Trustees’ fees are allocated to each of the funds served.
NOTE C — INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AND TAX INFORMATION
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, other than U.S. government and short-term securities, were $22,263,247 and $24,208,178, respectively. U.S. government security purchases and sales were $57,703,891 and $61,282,081, respectively.
As of March 31, 2016, the tax basis components of unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and the federal tax cost were as follows:
|
| | | |
Unrealized appreciation |
| $1,794,356 |
|
Unrealized (depreciation) | (1,261,475) |
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| $532,881 |
|
Federal income tax cost of investments |
| $69,851,972 |
|
NOTE D — LINE OF CREDIT
A financing agreement is in place with the Calvert Funds and State Street Corporation (“SSC”). Under the agreement, SSC provides an unsecured line of credit facility, in the aggregate amount of $50 million ($25 million committed and $25 million uncommitted), accessible by the Calvert Funds for temporary or emergency purposes only. Borrowings bear interest at the higher of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the overnight Federal Funds Rate plus 1.25% per annum. A commitment fee of 0.20% per annum is incurred on the unused portion of the committed facility. An administrative fee of $25,000 was paid in connection with the uncommitted facility. These fees are allocated to all participating funds. The Fund had no loans outstanding pursuant to this line of credit at March 31, 2016.
For the six months ended March 31, 2016, borrowing information by the Fund under the agreement was as follows:
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| | | |
Average Daily Balance | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Maximum Amount Borrowed | Month of Maximum Amount Borrowed |
$1,274 | 1.64% | $202,218 | March 2016 |
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NOTE E — REGULATORY MATTERS
In October 2011, the Advisor determined that it was necessary to change the price at which one of the Fund’s portfolio securities was then being fair valued. The Advisor and the Board of Trustees subsequently determined it was appropriate to change the fair value prices at which that security and certain related securities had been carried from March 2008 through September 30, 2011. These fair value revisions had the effect of changing the net asset value per share at which shareholder subscriptions and redemptions were executed during the affected period. Accordingly, in December 2011, pursuant to an agreement (“the Agreement”) with the Board of Trustees, the Advisor contributed $381,095 to the Fund to adjust shareholder trades occurring during the respective period for the benefit of affected shareholders.
Subsequent to the Agreement, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) conducted a compliance examination of the Advisor and the Calvert Funds (“the Funds”). In a letter dated November 1, 2013, the SEC communicated its examination findings that included various deficiencies and weaknesses and concerns regarding whether the contribution and shareholder disbursement, discussed above, was properly calculated and distributed to certain shareholders. The SEC is continuing its examination of these matters. It is management's opinion that the resolution of the examination matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Fund.
NOTE F — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the financial statements as of March 31, 2016, no subsequent events or transactions occurred that would have required recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS A SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $16.59 |
| |
| $17.21 |
| |
| $16.31 |
| |
| $18.89 |
| |
| $17.77 |
| | $17.95(b) |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.24 |
| | 0.47 |
| | 0.54 |
| | 0.54 |
| | 0.48 |
| | 0.58 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.62 |
| | (0.23) |
| | 1.25 |
| | (1.47) |
| | 1.77 |
| | 0.51(b) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.86 |
| | 0.24 |
| | 1.79 |
| | (0.93) |
| | 2.25 |
| | 1.09 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.24) |
| | (0.48) |
| | (0.55) |
| | (0.55) |
| | (0.50) |
| | (0.59) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | (0.38) |
| | (0.34) |
| | (1.10) |
| | (0.63) |
| | (0.68) |
|
Total distributions | (0.24) |
| | (0.86) |
| | (0.89) |
| | (1.65) |
| | (1.13) |
| | (1.27) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | 0.62 |
| | (0.62) |
| | 0.90 |
| | (2.58) |
| | 1.12 |
| | (0.18) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $17.21 |
| |
| $16.59 |
| |
| $17.21 |
| |
| $16.31 |
| |
| $18.89 |
| |
| $17.77 |
|
Total return (c) | 5.26 | % | | 1.25 | % | | 11.36 | % | | (5.42 | %) | | 13.28 | % | | 6.45%(b)(d) |
|
Ratios to average net assets: (e) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 2.87%(f) |
| | 2.74 | % | | 3.26 | % | | 3.03 | % | | 2.70 | % | | 3.26 | % |
Total expenses | 1.23%(f) |
| | 1.29 | % | | 1.27 | % | | 1.28 | % | | 1.28 | % | | 1.32 | % |
Net expenses | 1.18%(f) |
| | 1.25 | % | | 1.25 | % | | 1.25 | % | | 1.25 | % | | 1.25 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 110 | % | | 290 | % | | 289 | % | | 272 | % | | 406 | % | | 498 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $71,396 |
| |
| $78,792 |
| |
| $82,489 |
| |
| $112,979 |
| |
| $217,482 |
| |
| $173,700 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) The Financial Highlights for the year ended 2011 has been restated to reflect an immaterial pricing adjustment made in 2011. |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) The total return was revised from the previously reported amount of 6.63%. |
(e) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(f) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED | |
CLASS I SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a)(b) | |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $16.59 |
| |
| $18.35 |
| |
Income from investment operations: | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.29 |
| | 0.40 |
| |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.64 |
| | (1.79) |
| |
Total from investment operations | 0.93 |
| | (1.39) |
| |
Distributions from: | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.30) |
| | (0.37) |
| |
Total distributions | (0.30) |
| | (0.37) |
| |
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | 0.63 |
| | (1.76) |
| |
Net asset value, ending |
| $17.22 |
| |
| $16.59 |
| |
Total return (c) | 5.66 | % | | (7.60 | %) | |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | |
Net investment income | 3.51%(e) |
| | 3.57%(e) |
| |
Total expenses | 74.56%(e) |
| | 167.76%(e) |
| |
Net expenses | 0.55%(e) |
| | 0.55%(e) |
| |
Portfolio turnover | 110 | % | | 290 | % | |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $27 |
| |
| $25 |
| |
| | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. |
(b) From January 30, 2015 inception. |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e) Annualized. |
See notes to financial statements. |
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PROXY VOTING
The Proxy Voting Guidelines of the Calvert Funds that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities are provided as an Appendix to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information can be obtained free of charge by calling the Fund at 1-800-368-2745, by visiting the Calvert website at www.calvert.com; or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at www.calvert.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q 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.
BASIS FOR BOARD'S APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
At a meeting held on December 9, 2015, the Board of Trustees, and by a separate vote, the disinterested Trustees, approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement between The Calvert Fund and the Advisor with respect to the Fund.
In evaluating the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered a variety of information relating to the Fund and the Advisor. The disinterested Trustees reviewed a report prepared by the Advisor regarding various services provided to the Fund by the Advisor and its affiliates. Such report included, among other data, information regarding the Advisor’s personnel and the Advisor’s revenue and cost of providing services to the Fund, and a separate report prepared by an independent third party, which provided a statistical analysis comparing the Fund’s investment performance, expenses and fees to comparable mutual funds.
The disinterested Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel with respect to their consideration of the reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Prior to voting, the disinterested Trustees reviewed the proposed continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement with management and also met in private sessions with their counsel at which no representatives of management were present.
In the course of its deliberations regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the following factors, among others: the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor, including the personnel providing such services; the Advisor’s financial condition; the level and method of computing the Fund’s advisory fee; comparative performance, fee and expense information for the Fund; the profitability of the Calvert Family of Funds to the Advisor and its affiliates; the direct and indirect benefits, if any, derived by the Advisor and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; the effect of the Fund’s growth and size on the Fund’s performance and expenses; the affiliated distributor’s process for monitoring sales load breakpoints; the Advisor’s compliance programs and policies; the Advisor’s performance of substantially similar duties for other funds; and any possible conflicts of interest.
In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board reviewed information provided by the Advisor relating to its operations and personnel, including, among other information, biographical information on the Advisor’s investment, supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Board also took into account similar information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Advisor, as well as the Board’s familiarity with management through Board of Trustees’ meetings, discussions and other reports. The Board considered the Advisor’s management style and its performance in employing its investment strategies, as well as its current level of staffing and overall resources. The Board also noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis information regarding the Advisor’s compliance with applicable policies and procedures, including those related to personal investing. The Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Fund, were also considered. The Board also took into account the responsible investing research and analysis provided by the Advisor to the Fund. The Board observed that the scope of services provided by the Advisor generally had expanded over time as a result of regulatory, market and other changes. The Board took into consideration, among other factors, the effectiveness of the Fund’s and Advisor’s processes, policies and procedures and the Advisor’s personnel. The Board also took into account, among other items, periodic reports received from the Advisor over the past year concerning the Advisor’s ongoing review and enhancement of certain processes, policies and procedures of the Fund and the Advisor. The Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement.
In considering the Fund’s performance, the Board noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis detailed information about the Fund’s performance results, portfolio composition and investment strategies. In addition, the Board took into account overall financial market conditions. The Board also reviewed various comparative data provided to it in connection with its consideration
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of the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement, including, among other information, a comparison of the Fund’s total return with its Lipper index and with that of other mutual funds deemed to be in its peer group by an independent third party in its report. This comparison indicated that the Fund performed above the median of its peer group for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. The data also indicated that the Fund outperformed its Lipper index for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Fund’s performance was satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices.
In considering the Fund’s fees and expenses, the Board compared the Fund’s fees and total expense ratio with various comparative data for the funds in its peer group. Among other findings, the data indicated that the Fund’s advisory fee (after taking into account waivers and/or reimbursements) was above the median of its peer group and that total expenses (net of waivers and/or reimbursements) were above the median of its peer group. The Board noted that the allocation of advisory and administrative fees may vary among the Fund’s peer group. The Board also took into account the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund and that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and certain factors that affected the level of such expenses, including the current size of the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund’s administrator had agreed to implement an administrative fee change effective December 1, 2015, which is expected to reduce the administrative fee paid by certain classes of shares; however, the impact of the fee change is not yet reflected in the Fund’s total expenses. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the advisory fee was reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered.
The Board reviewed the Advisor’s profitability on a fund-by-fund basis. In reviewing the overall profitability of the advisory fee to the Fund’s Advisor, the Board also considered the fact that affiliates of the Advisor provided shareholder servicing, administrative and distribution services to the Fund for which they received compensation. The information considered by the Board included Calvert’s operating profit margin information both before and after tax expenses with respect to the services that the Advisor and its affiliates provided to the Calvert Family of Funds complex. The Board reviewed the profitability of the Advisor’s relationship with the Fund in terms of the total amount of annual advisory fees it received with respect to the Fund and whether the Advisor had the financial wherewithal to continue to provide services to the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund. The Board also considered that the Advisor derived benefits to its reputation and other indirect benefits from its relationship with the Fund. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Advisor’s and its affiliates’ level of profitability from their relationship with the Fund was reasonable.
The Board considered the effect of the Fund’s current size and its potential growth on its performance and expenses. The Board concluded that adding breakpoints to the advisory fee at specified asset levels would not be appropriate at this time given the Fund’s current size. The Board noted that if the Fund’s assets increased over time, the Fund might realize other economies of scale if assets increased proportionally more than certain other expenses.
In reapproving the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the disinterested Trustees, did not identify any single factor as controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to various factors.
Conclusions
The Board reached the following conclusions regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, among others: (a) the Advisor has demonstrated that it possesses the capability and resources to perform the duties required of it under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (b) the Advisor maintains appropriate compliance programs; (c) the Fund’s performance is satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices; (d) the Advisor is likely to execute its investment strategies consistently over time; and (e) the Fund’s advisory fee is reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered. Based on its conclusions, the Board determined that reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Mauricio Agudelo no longer serves as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Bond Portfolio and Calvert Green Bond Fund (each, a “Fund”). Vishal Khanduja, CFA, Matthew Duch and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
Effective immediately, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since August 2009 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
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Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since March 2010 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since January 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management, delete all references to Mauricio Agudelo.
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SUPPLEMENT TO:
THE CALVERT FUND
Calvert Income Fund
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
Mauricio Agudelo will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund or Calvert High Yield Bond Fund. Remove any and all references to Mr. Agudelo from the section “Portfolio Manager Disclosure.”
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: May 16, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Matthew Duch will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Green Bond Fund and Calvert Bond Portfolio (each, a “Fund”) effective as of June 30, 2016. Vishal Khanduja, CFA and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, will remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
In addition, Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM, will be added to the portfolio of Calvert High Yield Bond Fund effective as of June 30, 2016.
Accordingly, effective June 30, 2016, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM | Vice President, Head of Credit Research | Since June 2016 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management”on page 46, delete all references to Matthew Duch.
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To Open an Account 800-368-2748 Service for Existing Account Shareholders: 800-368-2745 Brokers: 800-368-2746 Registered Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, P.O. Box 219544 Kansas City, MO 64121-9544 Overnight Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, 330 West 9th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Web Site calvert.com Principal Underwriter Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. 4550 Montgomery Avenue Suite 1000 North Bethesda, Maryland 20814 | | Municipal Funds Tax-Free Responsible Impact Bond Fund Taxable Bond Funds Bond Portfolio Income Fund Short Duration Income Fund Long-Term Income Fund Ultra-Short Income Fund High Yield Bond Fund Green Bond Fund Unconstrained Bond Fund Balanced and Asset Allocation Funds Balanced Portfolio Conservative Allocation Fund Moderate Allocation Fund Aggressive Allocation Fund | | Equity Funds Large Cap Core Portfolio Equity Portfolio Global Value Fund U.S. Large Cap Core Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Value Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Growth Responsible Index Fund U.S. Mid Cap Core Responsible Index Fund Developed Markets Ex-U.S. Responsible Index Fund Capital Accumulation Fund International Equity Fund Small Cap Fund Global Energy Solutions Fund Global Water Fund International Opportunities Fund Global Equity Income Fund Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| | | President's Letter |
| | | Portfolio Management Discussion |
| | | Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses |
| | | Schedule of Investments |
| | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | Statement of Operations |
| | | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| | | Notes to Financial Statements |
| | | Financial Highlights |
| | | Proxy Voting |
| | | Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Holdings |
| | | Basis for Board's Approval of Investment Advisory Contract |
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| John Streur President and Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Investments, Inc. | |
Dear Shareholders,
Historically, environmental and social initiatives have been accomplished through the singular passage of legislation designed to remediate the impact of one significant influence on a singular populace. Commencing with the anti-deforestation efforts in 1842, followed by environmental legislation in industrialized nations to regulate smoke pollution in 1863, arguably, a predecessor to the ubiquitous stop smoking campaigns of today; the previous approach, put forth largely by developed nations, served to the benefit of their citizens and not the rest of the Earth's populace - the majority.
However, the year of 2015 marked a dynamic and exciting shift in the resolution of contemporary environmental and social causes - global leaders from all facets of society, collectively, took action to create global policy platforms with far reaching agendas designed to accelerate our global society's evolution towards a more sustainable and inclusive state. The Pope's Encyclical, issued June 18, 2015, called for the establishment of a new partnership between science and religion to combat human-driven climate change. The United Nations formalized the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which included seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) geared towards dramatically reducing poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and tackling climate change by 2030. The COP 21 (Conference of Parties to the 21 session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) introduced a historic agreement to combat climate change and accelerate both the action and investment needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Indeed, these are a mere few examples of the broad reaching directives recently initiated in order to encourage action and stress accountability.
Additionally, and importantly, resolution has not only been limited to direct impact policy changes, but also by investors’ behavior and preference. Recognizing the demand by investors to be influencers of change through their capital allocations, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Interpretive Bulletin (“IB”) 2015-01 in October of 2015. This bulletin updated and clarified the DOL’s position on how fiduciary investors may best utilize knowledge of a prospective investment’s key environmental, social and governance indicators when making investment decisions for retirement plans. Essentially, the DOL has created a platform that allows fiduciaries to utilize ESG information in their investment decisions regarding a variety of retirement assets, including, but not limited to, IRA accounts; 401(K) accounts; and retirement accounts monitored by a company or union. This legislation is a powerful and fundamental change, especially given- retirement assets represent over $24 trillion and, thus if purposefully directed, may effect meaningful impact. IB 2015-01 is an exciting development in the world of socially responsible investing as it will provide access to vast amounts of capital that can be used to encourage and facilitate better corporate practices.
Change is here. Our challenge, collectively as socially conscious investors, will be to maintain its momentum and focus. Through your investment in the Calvert Funds you are engaged and influential in this movement. By allocating capital only to the best environmentally and socially governed corporations, we-alongside you, encourage good corporate citizenry. Our shareholder advocacy efforts, which fundamentally represent you as a shareholder, consistently monitor and challenge poor corporate policy, thus effecting positive outcomes. Through your support, we are able to partner with academics and industry renowned technicians to produce innovative research that will help to provide both better ESG investment solutions and a more lasting impact.
This is an exciting time and we at Calvert appreciate servicing you, as fund shareholders, and look forward to the future together as we navigate the waters of progress.
Respectfully,
John Streur
May 2016
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| Vishal Khanduja, CFA Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | | Matthew Duch Vice President, Portfolio Manager |
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Market Review
US Fixed Income markets experienced heightened volatility but provided positive returns mainly driven by the safe haven government bond sector. During the first half of the period (Q4 2015) the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 25-50 basis points - nearly seven years to the date after moving to the zero lower bound.
The period was one where investors had to absorb higher volatility for the low returns as markets operated in an environment with decreased liquidity due to reduced dealer balance sheets, China’s hard-landing fears, commodity led volatility in risk asset valuations and FOMC’s first tightening move and future glide path.
2015 was a challenging year for US credit. Both Investment Grade and High Yield finished 2015 with negative returns. 2016 started off on a similar tone with risk assets severely underperforming for the first half of Q1 2016. The 6 month period finished with positive returns as risk assets pivoted midway through February with improving U.S. economic data along with further accommodative actions by global central banks. Barclays US Aggregate (2.44% total return and 0.29% excess return1), Barclays US Credit (3.38% total return and 0.70% excess return) and Barclays US High Yield (1.22% total return and -0.46% excess return) provided positive returns for the period.
Investment Strategy and Technique
The Fund seeks to maximize income to the extent consistent with preservation of capital, through investment in short-term bonds and income-producing securities.
The Fund uses a relative value strategy and typically invests at least 65% of its assets in investment-grade debt securities. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets will be invested in floating-rate securities and securities with durations of less than or equal to one year.
In conjunction with financial analysis, Calvert's comprehensive responsible investment principles guide the investment research process and decision-making.
Fund Performance Relative to the Benchmark
The Fund’s allocation to out of benchmark fixed income spread sectors was the primary driver of outperformance for the six month period. Specifically allocation to investment-grade corporates, short asset backed securities (ABS) and short maturity high yield corporates drove the outperformance.
The Fund’s allocation to floating rate commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) slightly detracted from performance for the period.
Going forward, we continue to believe an underweight to duration is appropriate. In our view, the front-end of the yield curve remains vulnerable to market repricing of the timing of Fed policy. Spread sectors, including those not in the Fund’s benchmark,
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1Returns above comparable U.S. Treasury securities.
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| ECONOMIC SECTORS | % OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS | |
| Corporate | 53.4 | % | |
| Financial Institutions | 23.9 | % | |
| Industrial | 29.5 | % | |
| Securitized | 43.2 | % | |
| Asset-Backed Securities | 22.2 | % | |
| Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | 17.2 | % | |
| Mortgage-Backed Passthrough | 3.8 | % | |
| Short-Term Investments | 3.4 | % | |
| Total | 100 | % | |
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such as short-maturity, high-yield corporates, continue to offer attractive short-term investment opportunities.
Positioning and Market Outlook
We expect the fixed income markets to continue to be driven by three broad factors: divergence, volatility and liquidity challenges.
We believe the global central banks will remain very vocal and a continued source of market volatility. We also think policy divergence between the United States and the rest of the world will come back into focus. Despite recent weakness in U.S. economic data, and dovish rhetoric from the Fed, we believe the economy and reported data should stabilize enough to allow the Fed to gradually continue tightening.
The Fund’s allocation to spread sectors remains largely the same as the previous two quarters. While at this stage in the credit cycle we think caution is warranted, we believe current spread levels in certain areas of the market compensate for these risks. Areas of the investment-grade corporate market appear particularly attractive to us, and we will look to opportunistically increase allocations to this market. We continue to believe an active, multi-sector approach to fixed income investing is a sound strategy to successfully navigating the volatile, liquidity challenged environment we expect for the foreseeable future.
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| INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE | |
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| | 6 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | 12 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 0.39 | % | 0.24 | % | |
| Class I | 0.53 | % | 0.55 | % | |
| Class Y | 0.40 | % | 0.34 | % | |
| Barclays 9-12 Months Short Treasury Index | 0.21 | % | 0.43 | % | |
| Lipper Ultra-Short Obligations Funds Average | 0.11 | % | 0.06 | % | |
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| SEC YIELD | 9/30/15 | 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 0.76 | % | 1.23 | % | |
| Class I | 1.16 | % | 1.63 | % | |
| Class Y | 1.07 | % | 1.56 | % | |
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Growth of $10,000
The graph below shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds without 10-year records). The results shown are for Class A shares, reflect the deduction of the maximum front-end Class A sales charge of 1.25%, and assume the reinvestment of dividends. The result is compared with a broad based market index. Market indexes are unmanaged and their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. The value of an investment in a different share class would be different.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | Ticker Symbol | 1 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception (10/31/2006) |
Class A (with max. load) | CULAX | -1.10 | % | 0.53 | % | 2.29 | % |
Class I | CULIX | 0.55 | % | 0.93 | % | 2.51 | % |
Class Y | CULYX | 0.34 | % | 0.99 | % | 2.56 | % |
Barclays 9-12 Months Short Treasury Index | | 0.43 | % | 0.31 | % | 1.51 | % |
Lipper Ultra-Short Obligations Funds Average | | 0.06 | % | 0.60 | % | 1.57 | % |
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Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund first offered Class I shares on January 31, 2014. Performance prior to that date reflects the performance of Class A shares at net asset value (NAV). Actual Class I share performance would have been higher than Class A share performance because Class I has lower class-specific expenses than Class A. Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund first offered Class Y shares on May 28, 2010. Performance prior to that date reflects the performance of Class A shares at net asset value (NAV). Actual Class Y share performance would have been higher than Class A share performance because Class Y has lower class-specific expenses than Class A. |
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All performance data shown, including the graph above and the adjacent table, represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of the Fund shares. All performance data reflects fee waivers and/or expense limitations, if any are in effect; in their absence performance would be lower. See Note B in Notes to Financial Statements. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted; for current performance data, including most recent month-end, visit www.calvert.com. The gross expense ratio from the current prospectus for Class A shares is 0.87%. This number may differ from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period and, if applicable, does not include fee or expense waivers. Performance data quoted already reflects the deduction of the Fund’s operating expenses.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND'S EXPENSES
As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in this mutual fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by the fund's investors during the period. The actual and hypothetical information presented in the examples is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (October 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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| ANNUALIZED EXPENSE RATIO | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE 10/1/15 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE 3/31/16 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD* 10/1/15 - 3/31/16 |
Class A | | | | |
Actual | 0.89% | $1,000.00 | $1,003.90 | $4.46 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.89% | $1,000.00 | $1,020.55 | $4.50 |
Class I | | | | |
Actual | 0.50% | $1,000.00 | $1,005.30 | $2.51 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.50% | $1,000.00 | $1,022.50 | $2.53 |
Class Y | | | | |
Actual | 0.61% | $1,000.00 | $1,004.00 | $3.06 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.61% | $1,000.00 | $1,021.95 | $3.08 |
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* Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each class as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). Expense ratios shown in the Financial Highlights represent the actual expenses incurred for the period. |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 27.4% | | |
Asset-Backed - Automobile - 7.6% | | |
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust: | | |
1.33%, 7/10/18 (a) | 860,343 | 859,365 |
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0.99%, 8/10/18 (a) | 101,194 | 101,185 |
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2.84%, 5/15/19 (a) | 483,239 | 483,496 |
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CarFinance Capital Auto Trust: | | |
1.46%, 12/17/18 (a) | 2,403,068 | 2,400,892 |
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1.44%, 11/16/20 (a) | 4,171,289 | 4,149,137 |
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1.75%, 6/15/21 (a) | 8,352,918 | 8,312,740 |
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Chesapeake Funding LLC: | | |
1.691%, 4/7/24 (a)(b) | 250,011 | 250,014 |
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1.441%, 1/7/25 (a)(b) | 2,680,000 | 2,664,668 |
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CPS Auto Receivables Trust: | | |
1.64%, 4/16/18 (a) | 952,673 | 952,225 |
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1.54%, 7/16/18 (a) | 649,347 | 648,010 |
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1.21%, 8/15/18 (a) | 1,207,116 | 1,202,989 |
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1.11%, 11/15/18 (a) | 5,046,751 | 5,019,330 |
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1.31%, 2/15/19 (a) | 1,481,448 | 1,473,385 |
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1.31%, 6/15/20 (a) | 138,823 | 137,275 |
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Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust: | | |
2.22%, 12/15/17 (a) | 121,779 | 121,767 |
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1.29%, 5/15/18 (a) | 224,310 | 224,244 |
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2.41%, 5/15/18 (a) | 437,634 | 437,623 |
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1.06%, 8/15/18 (a) | 413,435 | 412,697 |
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1.32%, 1/15/19 (a) | 4,316,544 | 4,304,479 |
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1.60%, 6/17/19 (a) | 3,749,336 | 3,742,451 |
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Flagship Credit Auto Trust: | | |
1.32%, 4/16/18 (a) | 176,565 | 176,509 |
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1.21%, 4/15/19 (a) | 1,433,681 | 1,427,214 |
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1.43%, 12/16/19 (a) | 4,029,146 | 4,012,644 |
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2.38%, 10/15/20 (a) | 2,202,899 | 2,197,417 |
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Skopos Auto Receivables Trust: | | |
3.55%, 2/15/20 (a) | 4,183,858 | 4,179,206 |
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3.10%, 12/15/23 (a) | 4,213,753 | 4,199,411 |
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| | 54,090,373 |
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Asset-Backed - Other - 17.6% | | |
American Homes 4 Rent: | | |
1.441%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 6,781,314 | 6,648,788 |
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1.791%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 3,550,000 | 3,434,434 |
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AVANT Loans Funding Trust, 4.11%, 5/15/19 (a) | 2,956,258 | 2,955,666 |
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BCC Funding VIII LLC, 1.794%, 6/20/20 (a) | 481,891 | 478,865 |
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Blue Elephant Loan Trust, 3.12%, 12/15/22 (a) | 1,752,713 | 1,747,069 |
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CAM Mortgage LLC 2015-1, 3.50%, 7/15/64 (a)(b) | 6,438,897 | 6,444,672 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - CONT’D | | |
Citi Held For Asset Issuance: | | |
1.85%, 12/15/21 (a) | 7,639,667 | 7,624,315 |
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2.35%, 3/15/22 (a) | 3,419,613 | 3,379,952 |
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Colony American Homes, 1.791%, 5/17/31 (a)(b) | 3,750,000 | 3,630,977 |
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Conn's Receivables Funding LLC: | | |
4.68%, 4/16/18 (a) | 4,000,000 | 4,001,975 |
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4.565%, 9/15/20 (a) | 3,022,146 | 3,016,479 |
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Consumer Credit Origination Loan Trust, 2.82%, 3/15/21 (a) | 4,978,065 | 4,979,454 |
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Dryden XXIV Senior Loan Fund, 1.908%, 11/15/23 (a)(b) | 5,000,000 | 4,983,350 |
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GLC II Trust, 4.00%, 12/18/20 (a) | 1,650,035 | 1,644,062 |
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GLC Trust, 3.00%, 7/15/21 (a) | 1,649,474 | 1,591,742 |
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Invitation Homes Trust: | | |
1.591%, 12/17/30 (a)(b) | 4,797,079 | 4,743,889 |
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2.282%, 12/17/30 (a)(b) | 7,000,000 | 6,762,159 |
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1.941%, 6/17/31 (a)(b) | 5,900,000 | 5,744,388 |
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1.541%, 9/17/31 (a)(b) | 3,470,514 | 3,398,017 |
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Nations Equipment Finance Funding II LLC, 1.558%, 7/20/18 (a) | 2,819,741 | 2,818,534 |
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Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust II, 1.433%, 10/25/19 (a)(b) | 1,300,000 | 1,287,658 |
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Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC, 1.95%, 11/15/16 (a) | 140,156 | 140,104 |
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OneMain Financial Issuance Trust: | | |
2.43%, 6/18/24 (a) | 14,665,000 | 14,628,166 |
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2.47%, 9/18/24 (a) | 11,705,000 | 11,659,319 |
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Selene Non-Performing Loans LLC, 2.981%, 5/25/54 (a)(b) | 1,762,425 | 1,746,475 |
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Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC: | | |
2.84%, 11/20/28 (a) | 2,567,816 | 2,577,792 |
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3.58%, 11/20/28 (a) | 784,610 | 788,587 |
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2.66%, 8/20/29 (a) | 1,736,947 | 1,733,297 |
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2.39%, 11/20/29 (a) | 118,266 | 116,843 |
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2.07%, 3/20/30 (a) | 1,147,467 | 1,142,747 |
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2.42%, 3/20/30 (a) | 670,054 | 664,721 |
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2.70%, 10/20/30 (a) | 919,778 | 914,476 |
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Silver Bay Realty Trust, 1.891%, 9/17/31 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,912,438 |
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Springleaf Funding Trust, 2.41%, 12/15/22 (a) | 4,051,475 | 4,040,551 |
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VOLT XIX LLC, 3.875%, 4/25/55 (a)(b) | 1,169,598 | 1,169,655 |
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| | 124,551,616 |
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Asset-Backed - Student Loan - 2.2% | | |
College Loan Corp. Trust I, 0.739%, 10/25/25 (b) | 580,000 | 574,615 |
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SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, 0.834%, 6/15/23 (b) | 3,645,270 | 3,439,658 |
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SLM Private Education Loan Trust, 1.577%, 1/15/26 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,980,843 |
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SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC: | | |
2.033%, 6/25/25 (a)(b) | 4,951,687 | 4,927,720 |
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1.683%, 8/25/32 (a)(b) | 2,214,043 | 2,179,252 |
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1.633%, 3/25/33 (a)(b) | 2,512,247 | 2,456,824 |
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| | 15,558,912 |
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Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $195,771,251) | | 194,200,901 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (PRIVATELY ORIGINATED) - 3.8% | |
Bellemeade Re Ltd., 2.9358%, 7/25/25 (a)(b) | 1,647,118 | 1,634,023 |
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Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities: | | |
CAS 2014-C02 1M1, 1.383%, 5/25/24 (b) | 6,308,213 | 6,225,922 |
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CAS 2016-C02 1M1, 2.585%, 9/25/28 (b) | 7,250,000 | 7,257,830 |
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Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes: | | |
STACR 2013-DN2 M1, 1.883%, 11/25/23 (b) | 2,468,686 | 2,469,467 |
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STACR 2015-HQA1 M2, 3.083%, 3/25/28 (b) | 1,650,000 | 1,647,935 |
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STACR 2015-HQA2 M2, 3.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 5,600,000 | 5,624,794 |
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JP Morgan Madison Avenue Securities Trust, 2.683%, 11/25/24 (a)(b) | 1,861,527 | 1,853,951 |
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Total Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) (Cost $26,781,015) | | 26,713,922 |
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COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 12.1% | | |
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 1.936%, 9/15/26 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,980,612 |
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BAMLL-DB Trust, 2.343%, 4/13/29 (a) | 1,019,954 | 1,020,988 |
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BBCMS Trust 2015-RRI, 2.036%, 5/15/32 (a)(b) | 3,500,000 | 3,407,957 |
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BLCP Hotel Trust, 1.786%, 8/15/29 (a)(b) | 7,500,000 | 7,254,239 |
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Boca Hotel Portfolio Trust, 1.586%, 8/15/26 (a)(b) | 2,132,233 | 2,129,648 |
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CDGJ Commercial Mortgage Trust, 1.836%, 12/15/27 (a)(b) | 6,618,429 | 6,568,585 |
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CGBAM Commercial Mortgage Trust, 1.636%, 2/15/31 (a)(b) | 5,000,000 | 4,944,588 |
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Colony Multifamily Mortgage Trust, 2.543%, 4/20/50 (a) | 5,379,103 | 5,373,628 |
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COMM Mortgage Trust: | | |
2.088%, 6/11/27 (a)(b) | 6,500,000 | 6,373,342 |
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1.488%, 6/8/30 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,986,789 |
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2.038%, 6/8/30 (a)(b) | 5,000,000 | 4,963,533 |
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Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, 1.686%, 3/15/17 (a)(b) | 7,000,000 | 6,948,076 |
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CSMC Trust, 1.786%, 9/15/38 (a)(b) | 3,900,000 | 3,784,462 |
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GP Portfolio Trust, 2.386%, 2/15/27 (a)(b) | 5,000,000 | 4,901,179 |
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Hilton USA Trust: | | |
1.441%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 6,437,672 | 6,417,083 |
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1.941%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 2,720,143 | 2,706,224 |
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JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust: | | |
1.336%, 4/15/27 (a)(b) | 6,320,000 | 6,190,058 |
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2.136%, 6/15/29 (a)(b) | 5,700,000 | 5,449,516 |
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ORES NPL LLC, 3.00%, 3/27/24 (a) | 778,505 | 773,460 |
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Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 1.786%, 2/15/27 (a)(b) | 3,000,000 | 2,934,532 |
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Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $87,483,278) | | 86,108,499 |
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CORPORATE BONDS - 52.9% | | |
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Basic Materials - 0.5% | | |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., 6.20%, 11/15/16 | 3,353,000 | 3,438,418 |
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Communications - 11.1% | | |
America Movil SAB de CV: | | |
2.375%, 9/8/16 | 5,120,000 | 5,141,417 |
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1.632%, 9/12/16 (b) | 7,500,000 | 7,497,023 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
AT&T, Inc.: | | |
1.305%, 3/11/19 (b) | 10,221,000 | 10,142,441 |
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1.559%, 6/30/20 (b) | 2,000,000 | 1,979,596 |
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Cisco Systems, Inc., 1.236%, 2/21/18 (b) | 3,000,000 | 3,007,860 |
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Embarq Corp., 7.082%, 6/1/16 | 10,000,000 | 10,064,290 |
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NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc., 1.307%, 4/15/18 (a)(b) | 2,000,000 | 1,997,082 |
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Qwest Corp.: | | |
8.375%, 5/1/16 | 16,581,000 | 16,668,050 |
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6.50%, 6/1/17 | 5,000,000 | 5,206,250 |
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Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.00%, 12/1/16 | 6,500,000 | 6,459,375 |
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Verizon Communications, Inc.: | | |
2.50%, 9/15/16 | 686,000 | 691,283 |
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1.036%, 6/9/17 (b) | 2,000,000 | 1,996,018 |
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2.382%, 9/14/18 (b) | 6,000,000 | 6,146,820 |
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1.412%, 6/17/19 (b) | 2,000,000 | 1,995,244 |
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| | 78,992,749 |
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Consumer, Cyclical - 9.4% | | |
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 2009-1, 9.00%, 1/8/18 | 3,808,007 | 3,889,880 |
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Daimler Finance North America LLC, 1.45%, 8/1/16 (a) | 5,300,000 | 5,309,142 |
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Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC: | | |
2.20%, 1/8/19 (b) | 11,000,000 | 10,984,732 |
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1.462%, 3/12/19 (b) | 8,495,000 | 8,286,252 |
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1.549%, 11/4/19 (b) | 12,000,000 | 11,579,280 |
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Hyundai Capital America, 1.45%, 2/6/17 (a) | 14,845,000 | 14,827,869 |
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UAL 2009-2A Pass Through Trust, 9.75%, 7/15/18 | 1,117,903 | 1,174,000 |
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 1.068%, 5/18/16 (b) | 7,000,000 | 7,001,064 |
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Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 2.95%, 3/1/17 | 3,390,000 | 3,422,103 |
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| | 66,474,322 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical - 1.0% | | |
Actavis Funding SCS, 1.887%, 3/12/20 (b) | 1,000,000 | 996,405 |
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Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 3.385%, 12/1/17 (b) | 2,700,000 | 2,693,250 |
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Becton Dickinson and Co., 1.75%, 11/8/16 | 3,500,000 | 3,511,641 |
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| | 7,201,296 |
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Energy - 0.4% | | |
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 1.309%, 6/30/16 (b) | 3,000,000 | 2,997,327 |
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Financial - 23.9% | | |
Air Lease Corp., 5.625%, 4/1/17 | 11,135,000 | 11,440,322 |
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Ally Financial, Inc., 2.75%, 1/30/17 | 4,000,000 | 3,980,000 |
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Bank of America Corp., 1.482%, 4/1/19 (b) | 3,500,000 | 3,466,400 |
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Bank of America NA, 0.934%, 6/15/17 (b) | 16,000,000 | 15,895,872 |
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Capital One Financial Corp., 3.15%, 7/15/16 | 5,098,000 | 5,127,043 |
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Capital One NA: | | |
1.301%, 2/5/18 (b) | 10,000,000 | 9,953,490 |
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1.768%, 8/17/18 (b) | 4,250,000 | 4,261,450 |
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CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/17 | 5,000,000 | 5,087,500 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT’D | | |
Citigroup, Inc.: | | |
0.906%, 6/9/16 (b) | 14,602,000 | 14,593,589 |
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1.498%, 7/30/18 (b) | 2,000,000 | 1,992,410 |
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1.929%, 10/26/20 (b) | 5,000,000 | 4,986,665 |
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First Tennessee Bank NA, 5.65%, 4/1/16 | 11,850,000 | 11,850,000 |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co., 1.574%, 1/23/20 (b) | 11,900,000 | 11,902,178 |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 0.962%, 6/13/16 (b) | 4,000,000 | 4,000,332 |
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Morgan Stanley, 1.359%, 7/23/19 (b) | 11,850,000 | 11,669,998 |
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PNC Funding Corp., 5.625%, 2/1/17 | 6,556,000 | 6,780,858 |
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Pricoa Global Funding I, 1.35%, 8/18/17 (a) | 2,660,000 | 2,649,256 |
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Prudential Financial, Inc., MTN: | | |
3.00%, 5/12/16 | 2,725,000 | 2,730,436 |
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1.398%, 8/15/18 (b) | 1,000,000 | 997,587 |
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US Bank NA, 1.198%, 1/29/18 (b) | 5,000,000 | 5,000,715 |
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Ventas Realty LP, 1.55%, 9/26/16 | 15,845,000 | 15,862,176 |
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Wells Fargo & Co., 1.975%, 3/4/21 (b) | 15,000,000 | 15,248,520 |
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| | 169,476,797 |
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Industrial - 4.2% | | |
Cemex SAB de CV, 5.372%, 10/15/18 (a)(b) | 4,000,000 | 3,980,000 |
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Harris Corp., 4.25%, 10/1/16 | 3,000,000 | 3,042,384 |
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Kansas City Southern, 1.321%, 10/28/16 (a)(b) | 10,495,000 | 10,409,183 |
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Masco Corp., 6.125%, 10/3/16 | 3,000,000 | 3,072,750 |
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SBA Tower Trust: | | |
5.101%, 4/15/42 (a) | 7,005,000 | 7,073,014 |
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2.933%, 12/15/42 (a) | 1,851,000 | 1,842,765 |
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| | 29,420,096 |
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Technology - 2.4% | | |
Apple, Inc., 1.748%, 2/23/21 (b) | 5,000,000 | 5,068,200 |
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HP Enterprise Co.: | | |
2.369%, 10/5/17 (a)(b) | 1,000,000 | 1,001,680 |
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2.543%, 10/5/18 (a)(b) | 1,000,000 | 1,001,536 |
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Oracle Corp., 1.202%, 1/15/19 (b) | 10,000,000 | 10,042,710 |
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| | 17,114,126 |
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Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $375,707,950) | | 375,115,131 |
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FLOATING RATE LOANS (c) - 0.6% | | |
Consumer, Cyclical - 0.5% | | |
Albertson's Holdings LLC, 5.125%, 8/25/19 (b) | 3,325,000 | 3,320,248 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical - 0.1% | | |
SUPERVALU, Inc., 4.50%, 3/21/19 (b) | 943,465 | 922,106 |
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Total Floating Rate Loans (Cost $4,240,525) | | 4,242,354 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 2.4% | | |
Delaware - 0.1% | | |
County of Sussex DE Revenue Bonds, VRDN Series B, 0.84%, 11/1/27 (b)(d) | 800,000 | 800,000 |
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Maine - 0.5% | | |
City of Old Town Maine Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds VRDN, 0.57%, 12/1/24 (b)(d) | 3,300,000 | 3,300,000 |
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Mississippi - 0.6% | | |
Prentiss County Mississippi Industrial Development Revenue Bonds VRDN, 0.25%, 10/1/17 (b)(d) | 4,050,000 | 4,050,000 |
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New York - 1.2% | | |
Albany New York IDA Civic Facilities Revenue Bonds VRDN, 0.85%, 5/1/27 (b)(d) | 385,000 | 385,000 |
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CIDC-Hudson House LLC New York Revenue Bonds VRDN, 0.55%, 12/1/34 (b)(d) | 1,680,000 | 1,680,000 |
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MMC Corp. Revenue Bonds, VRDN, 0.50%, 11/1/35 (b)(d) | 6,825,000 | 6,825,000 |
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| | 8,890,000 |
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $17,040,000) | | 17,040,000 |
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TIME DEPOSIT - 1.0% | | |
State Street Bank Time Deposit, 0.278%, 4/1/16 | 7,249,548 | 7,249,548 |
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Total Time Deposit (Cost $7,249,548) | | 7,249,548 |
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $714,273,567) - 100.2% | | 710,670,355 |
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Other assets and liabilities, net - (0.2)% | | (1,223,683) |
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NET ASSETS - 100.0% | |
| $709,446,672 |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
(b) The coupon rate shown on floating or adjustable rate securities represents the rate in effect on March 31, 2016. |
(c) Remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. Floating rate loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically re-determined at a margin above the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or other short-term rates. The rate shown is the rate in effect at March 31, 2016. Floating rate loans are generally considered restrictive in that the Fund is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive consent from the Agent Bank and/or Borrower prior to disposition of a floating rate loan. |
(d) The date shown for securities represents the date when principal payments must be paid. Most securities have maturity shortening features that function as put options. |
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Abbreviations: |
IDA: | Industrial Development Agency/Authority |
LLC: | Limited Liability Corporation |
LP: | Limited Partnership |
Ltd.: | Limited |
MTN: | Medium Term Note |
VRDN: | Variable Rate Demand Notes |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| | | |
ASSETS | |
Investments in securities, at value (Cost $714,273,567) - see accompanying schedule |
| $710,670,355 |
|
Cash | 111,409 |
|
Receivable for securities sold | 4,847,433 |
|
Receivable for shares sold | 559,827 |
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Interest receivable | 3,259,482 |
|
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 620,065 |
|
Total assets | 720,068,571 |
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| |
LIABILITIES | |
Payable for securities purchased | 5,318,221 |
|
Payable for shares redeemed | 4,120,285 |
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Payable to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. | 191,406 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. | 98,181 |
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Payable to Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. | 71,484 |
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Payable to Calvert Investment Services, Inc. | 8,338 |
|
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 620,065 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 193,919 |
|
Total liabilities | 10,621,899 |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $709,446,672 |
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| |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | |
Paid-in capital applicable to the following shares of beneficial interest, | |
unlimited number of no par value shares authorized: | |
Class A: 30,226,810 shares outstanding |
| $470,226,126 |
|
Class I: 2,258,773 shares outstanding | 35,040,351 |
|
Class Y: 13,341,584 shares outstanding | 209,190,310 |
|
Undistributed net investment income | 8,327 |
|
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) | (1,415,230) |
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (3,603,212) |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $709,446,672 |
|
| |
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | |
Class A (based on net assets of $467,511,727) |
| $15.47 |
|
Class I (based on net assets of $34,954,789) |
| $15.48 |
|
Class Y (based on net assets of $206,980,156) |
| $15.51 |
|
| |
See notes to financial statements. | |
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CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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| | | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | |
Investment Income: | |
Interest income |
| $6,431,457 |
|
Total investment income | 6,431,457 |
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| |
Expenses: | |
Investment advisory fee | 1,084,130 |
|
Administrative fees | 738,907 |
|
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 371,118 |
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Distribution Plan expenses: | |
Class A | 606,363 |
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Trustees' fees and expenses | 49,050 |
|
Accounting fees | 72,729 |
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Custodian fees | 31,996 |
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Professional fees | 30,281 |
|
Registration fees | 33,461 |
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Reports to shareholders | 37,288 |
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Miscellaneous | 13,915 |
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Total expenses | 3,069,238 |
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Reimbursement from Advisor: | |
Class A | (42,832) |
|
Class I | (2,656) |
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Administrative fees waived | (153,539) |
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Net expenses | 2,870,211 |
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 3,561,246 |
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| |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments | (162,703) |
|
Futures | 229,968 |
|
| 67,265 |
|
| |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments | (1,123,748) |
|
Futures | (4,256) |
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| (1,128,004) |
|
| |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | (1,060,739) |
|
| |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
| $2,500,507 |
|
| |
See notes to financial statements. | |
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CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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| | | | | | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Operations: | | | |
Net investment income |
| $3,561,246 |
| |
| $5,451,353 |
|
Net realized gain (loss) | 67,265 |
| | (79,025) |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (1,128,004) |
| | (4,791,460) |
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| | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | 2,500,507 |
| | 580,868 |
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| | | |
Distributions to shareholders from: | | | |
Net investment income: | | | |
Class A shares | (2,165,348) |
| | (3,724,603) |
|
Class I shares | (200,417) |
| | (31,722) |
|
Class Y shares | (1,226,690) |
| | (1,851,102) |
|
Total distributions | (3,592,455) |
| | (5,607,427) |
|
| | | |
Capital share transactions: | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 61,696,438 |
| | 150,236,131 |
|
Class I shares | 47,103,039 |
| | 9,282,278 |
|
Class Y shares | 44,701,727 |
| | 111,817,756 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 1,864,228 |
| | 3,222,438 |
|
Class I shares | 174,233 |
| | 22,179 |
|
Class Y shares | 847,315 |
| | 1,283,324 |
|
Redemption fees: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | 1,777 |
|
Class Y shares | — |
| | 1,284 |
|
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (103,224,648) |
| | (266,964,912) |
|
Class I shares | (20,763,850) |
| | (779,540) |
|
Class Y shares | (54,465,167) |
| | (115,704,299) |
|
Total capital share transactions | (22,066,685) |
| | (107,581,584) |
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| | | |
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | (23,158,633) |
| | (112,608,143) |
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| | | |
| | | |
NET ASSETS | | | |
Beginning of period | 732,605,305 |
| | 845,213,448 |
|
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $8,327 and $39,536, respectively) |
| $709,446,672 |
| |
| $732,605,305 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS - CONT’D
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| SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 3,986,042 | | 9,654,758 |
Class I shares | 3,041,556 | | 596,169 |
Class Y shares | 2,879,187 | | 7,162,480 |
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 120,538 | | 207,151 |
Class I shares | 11,262 | | 1,426 |
Class Y shares | 54,639 | | 82,261 |
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (6,669,847) | | (17,156,216) |
Class I shares | (1,341,705) | | (50,064) |
Class Y shares | (3,507,725) | | (7,412,845) |
Total capital share activity | (1,426,053) | | (6,914,880) |
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See notes to financial statements. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE A — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General: Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund (the “Fund”), a series of The Calvert Fund, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Calvert Fund is comprised of five separate series. The operations of each series are accounted for separately. The Fund applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (ASC 946).
The Fund offers three classes of shares of beneficial interest - Classes A, I, and Y. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 1.25%. Class I shares require a minimum account balance of $1,000,000. The $1 million minimum initial investment is waived for retirement plans that trade through omnibus accounts and may be waived in certain other instances where it is believed to be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. Class I shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Class Y shares are generally only available to wrap or similar fee-based programs offered by financial intermediaries, foundations, and endowments that have entered into an agreement with the Fund’s Distributor to offer Class Y shares. Class Y shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Each class has different: (a) dividend rates due to differences in Distribution Plan expenses and other class specific expenses, (b) exchange privileges and (c) class specific voting rights.
Security Valuation: Net asset value per share is determined every business day as of the close of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees (“the Board”) to value its investments wherever possible. Investments for which market quotations are not available or deemed not reliable are fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
The Board has adopted Valuation Procedures (the “Procedures”) to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available or which may not be reliably priced. The Board has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for determining the fair value of assets of the Fund to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor” or “Calvert”) and has provided these Procedures to govern Calvert in its valuation duties.
Calvert has chartered an internal Valuation Committee to oversee the implementation of these Procedures and to assist it in carrying out the valuation responsibilities that the Board has delegated.
The Valuation Committee meets on a regular basis to review illiquid securities and other investments which may not have readily available market prices. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.
The Valuation Committee utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of the Fund’s investments. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in 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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy during the period. Transfers in and/or out of levels are determined based on the fair value of such securities at the end of the period. Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, floating rate loans, municipal securities, and U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage-backed obligations and commercial mortgage-backed securities, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and, accordingly, such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Short-term
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securities of sufficient credit quality with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
If a market value cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the good faith opinion of the Advisor, the market value does not constitute a readily available market quotation, or if a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security will be fair valued as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee.
The Valuation Committee considers a number of factors, including significant unobservable valuation inputs when arriving at fair value. It considers all significant facts that are reasonably available and relevant to the determination of fair value.
The Valuation Committee primarily employs a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. When more appropriate, the Fund may employ an income-based or cost approach. An income-based valuation approach discounts anticipated future cash flows of the investment to calculate a present amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. A cost based approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (current replacement cost). From the seller’s perspective, the price that would be received for the asset is determined based on the cost to a buyer to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.
The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized. Further, due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed, and the differences could be material. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis and reviews of any related market activity.
At March 31, 2016, no securities were fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund's holdings as of March 31, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:
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| VALUATION INPUTS |
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES* | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | TOTAL |
Asset-Backed Securities | $— |
|
| $194,200,901 |
| $— |
|
| $194,200,901 |
|
Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) | — |
| 26,713,922 |
| — |
| 26,713,922 |
|
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — |
| 86,108,499 |
| — |
| 86,108,499 |
|
Corporate Bonds | — |
| 375,115,131 |
| — |
| 375,115,131 |
|
Floating Rate Loans | — |
| 4,242,354 |
| — |
| 4,242,354 |
|
Municipal Obligations | — |
| 17,040,000 |
| — |
| 17,040,000 |
|
Time Deposit | — |
| 7,249,548 |
| — |
| 7,249,548 |
|
|
TOTAL | $— |
|
| $710,670,355 |
| $— |
|
| $710,670,355 |
|
|
* For a complete listing of investments, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
There were no transfers between levels during the period.
Loan Participations and Assignments: The Fund may invest in direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates by corporate, governmental, or other borrowers. A Fund’s investment in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution (the “lender”) that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. The Fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan, which may have varying terms and carry different associated risks. The Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the loan agreement. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders it acquires direct rights against the borrower of the loan. When investing in a loan participation, the Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the loan agreement and only upon receipt of payments by the lender from the borrower.
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Futures Contracts: The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts, but only when, in the judgment of the Advisor, such a position acts as a hedge. The Fund may not enter into futures contracts for the purpose of speculation or leverage. These futures contracts may include, but are not limited to, futures contracts based on U.S. government obligations. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into futures contracts agreeing to buy or sell a financial instrument for a set price at a future date. Initial margin deposits of either cash or securities as required by the broker are made upon entering into the contract. While the contract is open, daily variation margin payments are made to or received from the broker reflecting the daily change in market value of the contract and are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. When a futures contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the opening and closing value of the contract. The risks associated with entering into futures contracts may include the possible illiquidity of the secondary market which would limit the Fund's ability to close out a futures contract prior to the settlement date, an imperfect correlation between the value of the contracts and the underlying financial instruments, or that the counterparty will fail to perform its obligations under the contracts’ terms. Futures contracts are designed by boards of trade which are designated “contracts markets” by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Futures contracts trade on the contracts markets in a manner that is similar to the way a stock trades on a stock exchange, and the boards of trade, through their clearing corporations, guarantee the futures contracts against default. As a result, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund. During the period, futures contracts were used to hedge against interest rate changes and to manage overall duration of the Fund. The Fund did not hold any futures contracts at period end.
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2016 was as follows:
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| | | |
| Statement of Operations Location |
Risk | Derivatives | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Net Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Interest Rate | Futures | $229,968 | ($4,256) |
The volume of outstanding contracts has varied throughout the period with an average number of contracts as in the following table:
|
| |
Derivative Description | Average Number of Contracts* |
Futures contracts short | (156) |
| |
* Average is based on activity levels during the period ended March 31, 2016. |
Security Transactions and Investment Income: Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses are recorded on an identified cost basis and may include proceeds from litigation. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. (See the Notes to Schedule of Investments on page 11.) A debt obligation may be removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. The Fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated to separate classes of shares based upon the relative net assets of each class. Expenses arising in connection with a specific class are charged directly to that class. Expenses common to the classes are allocated to each class in proportion to their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders: Distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Fund on ex-dividend date. Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are paid at least annually. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; accordingly, periodic reclassifications are made within the Fund's capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution under income tax regulations.
Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure 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.
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Redemption Fees: The Fund charged a 2% redemption fee on redemptions, including exchanges, made within 30 days of purchase in the same Fund. The redemption fee was accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. This fee was eliminated effective February 2, 2015.
Federal Income Taxes: No provision for federal income or excise tax is required since the Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute substantially all of its taxable earnings.
Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.
NOTE B — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) is wholly-owned by Calvert Investments, Inc., which is indirectly wholly-owned by Ameritas Mutual Holding Company. The Advisor provides investment advisory services and pays the salaries and fees of officers and Trustees of the Fund who are employees of the Advisor or its affiliates. For its services, the Advisor receives an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the following annual rates of the Fund's average daily net assets: 0.30% on the first $1 billion and 0.29% on assets above $1 billion.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit net annual fund operating expenses through January 31, 2017. The contractual expense caps are 0.89%, 0.50%, and 0.84% for Class A, I, and Y, respectively. For the purpose of this expense limit, operating expenses do not include interest expense, brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses. This expense limitation does not limit acquired fund fees and expenses, if any.
Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. ("CIAS"), an affiliate of the Advisor, provides administrative services to the Fund for an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.
For the period October 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016, the administrative fee was 0.25% for Class A and Y and 0.10% for Class I. CIAS and the Fund entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement that established a 0.12% administrative fee for all classes of the Fund commencing on February 1, 2016. CIAS voluntarily waived 0.13% (the amount of the administrative fee above 0.12%) for Class A and Y shares of the Fund for the period from December 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016. CIAS has also contractually agreed to waive 0.02% for Class I shares of the Fund (the difference between the previous administrative fee and the new 0.12% fee) from February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2018. During the six-month period ended March 31, 2016, CIAS voluntarily waived $152,360.
Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. (“CID”), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the distributor and principal underwriter for the Fund. Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan that permits the Fund to pay certain expenses associated with the distribution and servicing of its shares. The expenses paid may not exceed 0.50% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A. The amount actually paid by the Fund is an annualized fee, payable monthly, of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A. Class I and Y shares do not have Distribution Plan expenses.
CID received $29,555 as its portion of commissions charged on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares for the period ended March 31, 2016.
Calvert Investment Services, Inc. (“CIS”), an affiliate of the Advisor, acts as shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For its services, CIS received a fee of $43,589 for the six months ended March 31, 2016. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
Each Trustee of the Fund who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates receives an annual retainer of $45,000 plus up to $2,000 for each Board and Committee meeting attended. The Board Chair and Committee Chairs receive an additional $5,000 annual retainer. Eligible Trustees may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Obligations of the Plan will be paid solely out of the Fund’s assets. Trustees’ fees are allocated to each of the funds served.
NOTE C — INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AND TAX INFORMATION
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, other than U.S. government and short-term securities, were $214,769,599 and $186,863,335, respectively. U.S. government security purchases and sales were $645,176 and $644,820, respectively.
The Fund may purchase securities from or sell to other funds managed by the Advisor. These interportfolio transactions are made pursuant to Rule 17a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. For the period ended March 31, 2016, such purchase transactions were $16,800,000 and sales transactions were $20,400,000.
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| | | |
Capital Loss Carryforwards | |
EXPIRATION DATE | |
2017 |
| ($4,366 | ) |
2018 |
| ($348 | ) |
NO EXPIRATION DATE | |
Short-term |
| ($1,431,788 | ) |
Long-term |
| ($41,736 | ) |
Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward to offset future capital gains for an unlimited period. These losses are required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years and will retain their character as either long-term or short-term. Losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years can be utilized until expiration. The Fund's use of net capital losses acquired from reorganizations may be limited under certain tax provisions.
As of March 31, 2016, the tax basis components of unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and the federal tax cost were as follows:
|
| | | |
Unrealized appreciation | $889,624 |
Unrealized (depreciation) | (4,492,836 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| ($3,603,212 | ) |
Federal income tax cost of investments | $714,273,567 |
NOTE D — LINE OF CREDIT
A financing agreement is in place with the Calvert Funds and State Street Corporation (“SSC”). Under the agreement, SSC provides an unsecured line of credit facility, in the aggregate amount of $50 million ($25 million committed and $25 million uncommitted), accessible by the Calvert Funds for temporary or emergency purposes only. Borrowings bear interest at the higher of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the overnight Federal Funds Rate plus 1.25% per annum. A commitment fee of 0.20% per annum is incurred on the unused portion of the committed facility. An administrative fee of $25,000 was paid in connection with the uncommitted facility. These fees are allocated to all participating funds. The Fund had no borrowings under the agreement during the period ended March 31, 2016.
NOTE E — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the financial statements as of March 31, 2016, no subsequent events or transactions occurred that would have required recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS A SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.49 |
| |
| $15.59 |
| |
| $15.55 |
| |
| $15.54 |
| |
| $15.41 |
| |
| $15.77 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.07 |
| | 0.10 |
| | 0.10 |
| | 0.10 |
| | 0.15 |
| | 0.22 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.02) |
| | (0.09) |
| | 0.04 |
| | 0.05 |
| | 0.22 |
| | (0.19) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.05 |
| | 0.01 |
| | 0.14 |
| | 0.15 |
| | 0.37 |
| | 0.03 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.07) |
| | (0.11) |
| | (0.10) |
| | (0.14) |
| | (0.24) |
| | (0.31) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | (0.08) |
|
Total distributions | (0.07) |
| | (0.11) |
| | (0.10) |
| | (0.14) |
| | (0.24) |
| | (0.39) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.02) |
| | (0.10) |
| | 0.04 |
| | 0.01 |
| | 0.13 |
| | (0.36) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $15.47 |
| |
| $15.49 |
| |
| $15.59 |
| |
| $15.55 |
| |
| $15.54 |
| |
| $15.41 |
|
Total return (b) | 0.39 | % | | 0.03 | % | | 0.92 | % | | 0.96 | % | | 2.45 | % | | 0.23 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.89%(d) |
| | 0.65 | % | | 0.62 | % | | 0.67 | % | | 1.03 | % | | 1.31 | % |
Total expenses | 0.95%(d) |
| | 1.00 | % | | 1.04 | % | | 1.02 | % | | 1.05 | % | | 1.06 | % |
Net expenses | 0.89%(d) |
| | 0.89 | % | | 0.79 | % | | 0.89 | % | | 0.89 | % | | 0.89 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 33 | % | | 66 | % | | 154 | % | | 223 | % | | 210 | % | | 208 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $467,512 |
| |
| $507,913 |
| |
| $624,968 |
| |
| $535,029 |
| |
| $329,197 |
| |
| $383,102 |
|
| |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED | |
CLASS I SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a)(b) | |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.50 |
| |
| $15.60 |
| |
| $15.58 |
| |
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.10 |
| | 0.17 |
| | 0.09 |
| |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.02) |
| | (0.11) |
| | 0.02 |
| |
Total from investment operations | 0.08 |
| | 0.06 |
| | 0.11 |
| |
Distributions from: | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.10) |
| | (0.16) |
| | (0.09) |
| |
Total distributions | (0.10) |
| | (0.16) |
| | (0.09) |
| |
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.02) |
| | (0.10) |
| | 0.02 |
| |
Net asset value, ending |
| $15.48 |
| |
| $15.50 |
| |
| $15.60 |
| |
Total return (c) | 0.53 | % | | 0.36 | % | | 0.73 | % | |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 1.32%(e) |
| | 1.09 | % | | 0.90%(e) |
| |
Total expenses | 0.53%(e) |
| | 1.11 | % | | 1,629.57%(e) |
| |
Net expenses | 0.50%(e) |
| | 0.50 | % | | 0.50%(e) |
| |
Portfolio turnover | 33 | % | | 66 | % | | 154 | % | |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $34,955 |
| |
| $8,491 |
| |
| $2 |
| |
|
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. |
(b) From January 31, 2014 inception. |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e)Annualized. |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS Y SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 | | September 30, 2011 |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $15.54 |
| |
| $15.64 |
| |
| $15.60 |
| |
| $15.58 |
| |
| $15.46 |
| |
| $15.81 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.09 |
| | 0.13 |
| | 0.12 |
| | 0.14 |
| | 0.20 |
| | 0.26 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.03) |
| | (0.09) |
| | 0.04 |
| | 0.05 |
| | 0.20 |
| | (0.19) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.06 |
| | 0.04 |
| | 0.16 |
| | 0.19 |
| | 0.40 |
| | 0.07 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.09) |
| | (0.14) |
| | (0.12) |
| | (0.17) |
| | (0.28) |
| | (0.34) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | (0.08) |
|
Total distributions | (0.09) |
| | (0.14) |
| | (0.12) |
| | (0.17) |
| | (0.28) |
| | (0.42) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.03) |
| | (0.10) |
| | 0.04 |
| | 0.02 |
| | 0.12 |
| | (0.35) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $15.51 |
| |
| $15.54 |
| |
| $15.64 |
| |
| $15.60 |
| |
| $15.58 |
| |
| $15.46 |
|
Total return (b) | 0.40 | % | | 0.24 | % | | 1.04 | % | | 1.26 | % | | 2.61 | % | | 0.47 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 1.17%(d) |
| | 0.85 | % | | 0.75 | % | | 0.88 | % | | 1.26 | % | | 1.47 | % |
Total expenses | 0.66%(d) |
| | 0.69 | % | | 0.67 | % | | 0.66 | % | | 0.67 | % | | 0.67 | % |
Net expenses | 0.61%(d) |
| | 0.69 | % | | 0.67 | % | | 0.66 | % | | 0.67 | % | | 0.67 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 33 | % | | 66 | % | | 154 | % | | 223 | % | | 210 | % | | 208 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $206,980 |
| |
| $216,201 |
| |
| $220,243 |
| |
| $154,605 |
| |
| $81,789 |
| |
| $85,987 |
|
| |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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PROXY VOTING
The Proxy Voting Guidelines of the Calvert Funds that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities are provided as an Appendix to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information can be obtained free of charge by calling the Fund at 1-800-368-2745, by visiting the Calvert website at www.calvert.com; or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at www.calvert.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q 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.
BASIS FOR BOARD'S APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
At a meeting held on December 9, 2015, the Board of Trustees, and by a separate vote, the disinterested Trustees, approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement between The Calvert Fund and the Advisor with respect to the Fund.
In evaluating the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered a variety of information relating to the Fund and the Advisor. The disinterested Trustees reviewed a report prepared by the Advisor regarding various services provided to the Fund by the Advisor and its affiliates. Such report included, among other data, information regarding the Advisor’s personnel and the Advisor’s revenue and cost of providing services to the Fund, and a separate report prepared by an independent third party, which provided a statistical analysis comparing the Fund’s investment performance, expenses, and fees to comparable mutual funds.
The disinterested Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel with respect to their consideration of the reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Prior to voting, the disinterested Trustees reviewed the proposed continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement with management and also met in private sessions with their counsel at which no representatives of management were present.
In the course of its deliberations regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the following factors, among others: the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor, including the personnel providing such services; the Advisor’s financial condition; the level and method of computing the Fund’s advisory fee; comparative performance, fee and expense information for the Fund; the profitability of the Calvert Family of Funds to the Advisor and its affiliates; the direct and indirect benefits, if any, derived by the Advisor and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; the effect of the Fund’s growth and size on the Fund’s performance and expenses; the affiliated distributor’s process for monitoring sales load breakpoints; the Advisor’s compliance programs and policies; the Advisor’s performance of substantially similar duties for other funds; and any possible conflicts of interest.
In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board reviewed information provided by the Advisor relating to its operations and personnel, including, among other information, biographical information on the Advisor’s investment, supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Board also took into account similar information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Advisor, as well as the Board’s familiarity with management through Board of Trustees’ meetings, discussions and other reports. The Board considered the Advisor’s management style and its performance in employing its investment strategies, as well as its current level of staffing and overall resources. The Board also noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis information regarding the Advisor’s compliance with applicable policies and procedures, including those related to personal investing. The Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Fund, were also considered. The Board also took into account the responsible investing research and analysis provided by the Advisor to the Fund. The Board observed that the scope of services provided by the Advisor generally had expanded over time as a result of regulatory, market and other changes. The Board took into consideration, among other factors, the effectiveness of the Fund’s and Advisor’s processes, policies and procedures and the Advisor’s personnel. The Board also took into account, among other items, periodic reports received from the Advisor over the past year concerning the Advisor’s ongoing review and enhancement of certain processes, policies and procedures of the Fund and the Advisor. The Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement.
In considering the Fund’s performance, the Board noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis detailed information about the Fund’s performance results, portfolio composition and investment strategies. In addition, the Board took into account overall financial market conditions. The Board also reviewed various comparative data provided to it in connection with its consideration
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of the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement, including, among other information, a comparison of the Fund’s total return with its Lipper index and with that of other mutual funds deemed to be in its peer group or peer universe, as applicable, by an independent third party in its report. This comparison indicated that the Fund performed above the median of its peer group for the one-year period ended June 30, 2015 and performed above the median of its peer universe for the three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. The data also indicated that the Fund underperformed its Lipper index for the one-year period ended June 30, 2015, while outperforming its Lipper index for the three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Fund’s performance was satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices.
In considering the Fund’s fees and expenses, the Board compared the Fund’s fees and total expense ratio with various comparative data for the funds in its peer group. Among other findings, the data indicated that the Fund’s advisory fee (after taking into account waivers and/or reimbursements) was below the median of its peer group and that total expenses (net of waivers and/or reimbursements) were above the median of its peer group. The Board noted that the allocation of advisory and administrative fees may vary among the Fund’s peer group. The Board also took into account the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund and that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and certain factors that affected the level of such expenses. The Board noted that the Fund’s administrator had agreed to implement an administrative fee change effective December 1, 2015, which is expected to reduce the administrative fee paid by certain classes of shares; however, the impact of the fee change is not yet reflected in the Fund’s total expenses. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the advisory fee was reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered.
The Board reviewed the Advisor’s profitability on a fund-by-fund basis. In reviewing the overall profitability of the advisory fee to the Fund’s Advisor, the Board also considered the fact that affiliates of the Advisor provided shareholder servicing, administrative and distribution services to the Fund for which they received compensation. The information considered by the Board included Calvert’s operating profit margin information both before and after tax expenses with respect to the services that the Advisor and its affiliates provided to the Calvert Family of Funds complex. The Board reviewed the profitability of the Advisor’s relationship with the Fund in terms of the total amount of annual advisory fees it received with respect to the Fund and whether the Advisor had the financial wherewithal to continue to provide services to the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund. The Trustees also considered that the Advisor derived benefits to its reputation and other indirect benefits from its relationship with the Fund. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Advisor’s and its affiliates’ level of profitability from its relationship with the Fund was reasonable.
The Board considered the effect of the Fund’s current size and its potential growth on its performance and fees. The Board took into account that the Fund’s advisory fee schedule contained breakpoints that would reduce the advisory fee rate on assets above specified levels as the Fund’s assets increased. The Board noted that the Fund’s assets were below the asset level at which a breakpoint in its advisory fee would be triggered. The Board also noted that if the Fund’s assets increased over time, the Fund might realize other economies of scale if assets increased proportionally more than certain other expenses.
In reapproving the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the disinterested Trustees, did not identify any single factor as controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to various factors.
Conclusions
The Board reached the following conclusions regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, among others: (a) the Advisor has demonstrated that it possesses the capability and resources to perform the duties required of it under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (b) the Advisor maintains appropriate compliance programs; (c) the performance of the Fund is satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices; (d) the Advisor is likely to execute its investment strategies consistently over time; and (e) the Fund’s advisory fee is reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered. Based on its conclusions, the Board determined that reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Mauricio Agudelo no longer serves as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Bond Portfolio and Calvert Green Bond Fund (each, a “Fund”). Vishal Khanduja, CFA, Matthew Duch and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
Effective immediately, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since August 2009 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since March 2010 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since January 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management, delete all references to Mauricio Agudelo.
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
SUPPLEMENT TO:
THE CALVERT FUND
Calvert Income Fund
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
Mauricio Agudelo will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund or Calvert High Yield Bond Fund. Remove any and all references to Mr. Agudelo from the section “Portfolio Manager Disclosure.”
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: May 16, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Matthew Duch will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Green Bond Fund and Calvert Bond Portfolio (each, a “Fund”) effective as of June 30, 2016. Vishal Khanduja, CFA and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, will remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
In addition, Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM, will be added to the portfolio of Calvert High Yield Bond Fund effective as of June 30, 2016.
Accordingly, effective June 30, 2016, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM | Vice President, Head of Credit Research | Since June 2016 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
|
| | |
Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management”on page 46, delete all references to Matthew Duch.
[Not Part of Certified Shareholder Report]
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To Open an Account 800-368-2748 Service for Existing Account Shareholders: 800-368-2745 Brokers: 800-368-2746 Registered Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, P.O. Box 219544 Kansas City, MO 64121-9544 Overnight Mail Calvert Investments c/o BFDS, 330 West 9th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Web Site calvert.com Principal Underwriter Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. 4550 Montgomery Avenue Suite 1000 North Bethesda, Maryland 20814 | | Municipal Funds Tax-Free Responsible Impact Bond Fund Taxable Bond Funds Bond Portfolio Income Fund Short Duration Income Fund Long-Term Income Fund Ultra-Short Income Fund High Yield Bond Fund Green Bond Fund Unconstrained Bond Fund Balanced and Asset Allocation Funds Balanced Portfolio Conservative Allocation Fund Moderate Allocation Fund Aggressive Allocation Fund | | Equity Funds Large Cap Core Portfolio Equity Portfolio Global Value Fund U.S. Large Cap Core Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Value Responsible Index Fund U.S. Large Cap Growth Responsible Index Fund U.S. Mid Cap Core Responsible Index Fund Developed Markets Ex-U.S. Responsible Index Fund Capital Accumulation Fund International Equity Fund Small Cap Fund Global Energy Solutions Fund Global Water Fund International Opportunities Fund Global Equity Income Fund Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| | | President's Letter |
| | | Portfolio Management Discussion |
| | | Understanding Your Fund's Expenses |
| | | Schedule of Investments |
| | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | Statement of Operations |
| | | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| | | Notes to Financial Statements |
| | | Financial Highlights |
| | | Proxy Voting |
| | | Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Holdings |
| | | Basis for Board's Approval of Investment Advisory Contract |
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| John Streur President and Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Investments, Inc. | |
Dear Shareholders,
Historically, environmental and social initiatives have been accomplished through the singular passage of legislation designed to remediate the impact of one significant influence on a singular populace. Commencing with the anti-deforestation efforts in 1842, followed by environmental legislation in industrialized nations to regulate smoke pollution in 1863, arguably, a predecessor to the ubiquitous stop smoking campaigns of today; the previous approach, put forth largely by developed nations, served to the benefit of their citizens and not the rest of the Earth's populace - the majority.
However, the year of 2015 marked a dynamic and exciting shift in the resolution of contemporary environmental and social causes - global leaders from all facets of society, collectively, took action to create global policy platforms with far reaching agendas designed to accelerate our global society's evolution towards a more sustainable and inclusive state. The Pope's Encyclical, issued June 18, 2015, called for the establishment of a new partnership between science and religion to combat human-driven climate change. The United Nations formalized the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which included seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) geared towards dramatically reducing poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and tackling climate change by 2030. The COP 21 (Conference of Parties to the 21 session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) introduced a historic agreement to combat climate change and accelerate both the action and investment needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Indeed, these are a mere few examples of the broad reaching directives recently initiated in order to encourage action and stress accountability.
Additionally, and importantly, resolution has not only been limited to direct impact policy changes, but also by investors’ behavior and preference. Recognizing the demand by investors to be influencers of change through their capital allocations, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Interpretive Bulletin (“IB”) 2015-01 in October of 2015. This bulletin updated and clarified the DOL’s position on how fiduciary investors may best utilize knowledge of a prospective investment’s key environmental, social and governance indicators when making investment decisions for retirement plans. Essentially, the DOL has created a platform that allows fiduciaries to utilize ESG information in their investment decisions regarding a variety of retirement assets, including, but not limited to, IRA accounts; 401(K) accounts; and retirement accounts monitored by a company or union. This legislation is a powerful and fundamental change, especially given- retirement assets represent over $24 trillion and, thus if purposefully directed, may effect meaningful impact. IB 2015-01 is an exciting development in the world of socially responsible investing as it will provide access to vast amounts of capital that can be used to encourage and facilitate better corporate practices.
Change is here. Our challenge, collectively as socially conscious investors, will be to maintain its momentum and focus. Through your investment in the Calvert Funds you are engaged and influential in this movement. By allocating capital only to the best environmentally and socially governed corporations, we-alongside you, encourage good corporate citizenry. Our shareholder advocacy efforts, which fundamentally represent you as a shareholder, consistently monitor and challenge poor corporate policy, thus effecting positive outcomes. Through your support, we are able to partner with academics and industry renowned technicians to produce innovative research that will help to provide both better ESG investment solutions and a more lasting impact.
This is an exciting time and we at Calvert appreciate servicing you, as fund shareholders, and look forward to the future together as we navigate the waters of progress.
Respectfully,
John Streur
May 2016
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| PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION |
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| Vishal Khanduja, CFA Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | | Matthew Duch Vice President, Portfolio Manager |
| Brian S. Ellis, CFA Portfolio Manager | | |
Market Review
US Fixed Income markets experienced heightened volatility but provided positive returns mainly driven by the safe haven government bond sector. During the first half of the period (Q4 2015) the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25bps to 25-50bps - nearly seven years to the date after moving to the zero lower bound.
The period was one where investors had to absorb higher volatility for the low returns as markets operated in an environment with decreased liquidity due to reduced dealer balance sheets, China’s hard-landing fears, commodity led volatility in risk asset valuations and FOMC’s first tightening move and future glide path.
2015 was a challenging year for US credit. Both Investment Grade and High Yield finished 2015 with negative returns. 2016 started off on a similar tone with risk assets severely underperforming for the first half of Q1 2016. The 6 month period finished with positive returns as risk assets pivoted midway through February with improving U.S. economic data along with further accommodative actions by global central banks. Barclays US Aggregate (2.44% total return and 0.29% excess return1), Barclays US Credit (3.38% total return and 0.70% excess return) and Barclays US High Yield (1.22% total return and -0.46% excess return) provided positive returns for the period.
Investment Strategy and Technique
The Fund seeks high current income primarily and capital appreciation, secondarily.
The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in high yield, high risk bonds, and uses fundamental credit analysis to seek out companies whose financial condition gives them greater value relative to others in the high yield market, providing the further potential for capital appreciation.
In conjunction with financial analysis, Calvert's comprehensive responsible investment principles guide the investment research process and decision-making
Fund Performance Relative to the Benchmark
The Fund’s strong underweight to the Energy sector was a large contributor to relative outperformance for the period. Strong security selection within the consumer non-cyclical sector was an additional notable contributor. As a result of allocation decisions, the Fund remained underweight high-yield market risk during the six month period.
Given the backdrop of increased balance sheet leverage, challenged secondary market liquidity, and an expected increase in defaults, we continue to maintain a defensive posture in the Fund with liquidity from allocations to cash. Longer-duration, low-coupon securities (which tend to be high quality) should be viewed with caution as that part of the asset class tends to have prices positively correlated to interest rates.
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1Returns above comparable U.S. Treasury securities.
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| ECONOMIC SECTORS | % OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS | |
| Common Stocks | 0.1 | % | |
| Corporate | 75.4 | % | |
| Financial Institutions | 10.1 | % | |
| Industrial | 64.1 | % | |
| Utility | 1.2 | % | |
| Securitized | 9.8 | % | |
| Asset-Backed Securities | 3.0 | % | |
| Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities | 2.9 | % | |
| Mortgage-Backed Passthrough | 3.9 | % | |
| Short-term Investments | 14.7 | % | |
| Total | 100 | % | |
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Positioning and Market Outlook
We expect the fixed income markets to continue to be driven by three broad factors: divergence, volatility and liquidity challenges.
We believe the global central banks will remain very vocal and a continued source of market volatility. We also think policy divergence between the United States and the rest of the world will come back into focus. Despite recent weakness in U.S. economic data, and dovish rhetoric from the Fed, we believe the economy and reported data should stabilize enough to allow the Fed to gradually continue tightening.
The Fund’s allocation to risk assets remains largely the same as the previous two quarters. While at this stage in the credit cycle we think caution is warranted, we believe current valuations in certain areas of the market compensate for these risks. We continue to maintain our underweight to energy and metals mining sectors. We continue to position for heightened volatility in the high yield market with additional liquidity through cash.
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| INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE | |
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| | 6 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | 12 MONTHS ENDED 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 1.44 | % | -1.65 | % | |
| Class C | 0.95 | % | -2.60 | % | |
| Class I | 1.60 | % | -1.34 | % | |
| Class Y | 1.58 | % | -1.37 | % | |
| BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index | 1.01 | % | -3.99 | % | |
| Barclays U.S. High Yield Corporate Index | 1.22 | % | -3.69 | % | |
| Lipper High Yield Funds Average | 0.31 | % | -4.01 | % | |
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| SEC YIELD | 9/30/15 | 3/31/16 | |
| Class A | 5.33 | % | 5.15 | % | |
| Class C | 4.51 | % | 4.60 | % | |
| Class I | 5.89 | % | 5.68 | % | |
| Class Y | 5.81 | % | 5.60 | % | |
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Growth of $10,000
The graph below shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal year periods. The results shown are for Class A shares, reflect the deduction of the maximum front-end Class A sales charge of 3.75%, and assume the reinvestment of dividends. The result is compared with a broad based market index. Market indexes are unmanaged and their results do not reflect the effect of expenses or sales charges. The value of an investment in a different share class would be different.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | Ticker Symbol | 1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
Class A (with max. load) | CYBAX | -5.32 | % | 3.66 | % | 5.32 | % |
Class C (with max. load) | CHBCX | -3.57 | % | 3.54 | % | 5.26 | % |
Class I | CYBIX | -1.34 | % | 4.91 | % | 6.17 | % |
Class Y | CYBYX | 1.37 | % | 4.70 | % | 5.85 | % |
BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index | | -3.99 | % | 4.71 | % | 6.85 | % |
Barclays U.S. High Yield Corporate Index | | -3.69 | % | 4.93 | % | 7.01 | % |
Lipper High Yield Funds Average | | -4.01 | % | 3.83 | % | 5.55 | % |
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Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, Class A and Class I shares of Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, a series of Summit Mutual Funds, Inc. (“SMF High Yield”), were reorganized into the Class A and Class I shares, respectively, of an identical and newly created series of The Calvert Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, which commenced operations on September 18, 2009. The performance results prior to September 18, 2009, reflect the performance of SMF High Yield. In addition, performance results for Class A shares prior to February 1, 2007, the inception date for Class A shares of SMF High Yield, reflect the performance of Class I shares of SMF High Yield, adjusted for the 12b-1 distribution fees applicable to Class A. Performance results for Class C shares prior to October 31, 2011 (the Class C shares’ inception date) reflect the performance of Class A shares at net asset value. Actual Class C performance would have been lower than Class A share performance because Class C has higher class-specific expenses than Class A. Performance results for Class Y shares prior to July 29, 2011 (the Class Y shares’ inception date) reflect the performance of Class A shares at net asset value. Actual Class Y share performance would have been higher than Class A share performance because Class Y has lower class-specific expenses than Class A. |
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All performance data shown, including the graph above and the adjacent table, represents past performance, does not guarantee future results, assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of the Fund shares. All performance data reflects fee waivers and/or expense limitations, if any are in effect; in their absence performance would be lower. See Note B in Notes to Financial Statements. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted; for current performance data, including most recent month-end, visit www.calvert.com. The gross expense ratio from the current prospectus for Class A shares is 1.39%. This number may differ from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period and, if applicable, does not include fee or expense waivers. Performance data quoted already reflects the deduction of the Fund’s operating expenses.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND'S EXPENSES
As an investor, you incur two types of costs. There are transaction costs, which generally include sales charges on purchases and may include redemption fees. There are also ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. The following information is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in this mutual fund and to help you compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided examples and calculated the expenses paid by the fund's investors during the period. The actual and hypothetical information presented in the examples is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (October 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Actual | 1.07% | $1,000.00 | $1,014.40 | $5.39 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 1.07% | $1,000.00 | $1,019.65 | $5.40 |
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Actual | 1.99% | $1,000.00 | $1,009.50 | $10.00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 1.99% | $1,000.00 | $1,015.05 | $10.02 |
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Actual | 0.74% | $1,000.00 | $1,016.00 | $3.73 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.74% | $1,000.00 | $1,021.30 | $3.74 |
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Actual | 0.82% | $1,000.00 | $1,015.80 | $4.13 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | 0.82% | $1,000.00 | $1,020.90 | $4.14 |
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CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.1% | | |
Asset-Backed - Automobile - 0.5% | | |
Skopos Auto Receivables Trust, 5.43%, 12/15/23 (a) | 700,000 | 685,468 |
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Apidos CLO XXI, 6.17%, 7/18/27 (a)(b) | 400,000 | 325,972 |
CAM Mortgage LLC 2015-1, 4.75%, 7/15/64 (a)(b) | 1,050,000 | 1,042,487 |
Conn's Receivables Funding LLC, 4.68%, 4/16/18 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,000,494 |
Consumer Credit Origination Loan Trust, 5.21%, 3/15/21 (a) | 700,000 | 682,129 |
GCAT LLC 2015-1, 4.75%, 5/26/20 (a)(b) | 498,943 | 470,791 |
Magnetite VI Ltd., 6.184%, 9/15/23 (a)(b) | 500,000 | 439,865 |
Tricon American Homes Series 2015-SFR1 Trust, 3.941%, 5/17/32 (a)(b) | 100,000 | 89,501 |
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Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $4,905,321) | | 4,736,707 |
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS (PRIVATELY ORIGINATED) - 3.9% | | |
Bellemeade Re Ltd., 6.733%, 7/25/25 (a)(b) | 700,000 | 682,465 |
Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities, 12.685%, 9/25/28 (b) | 200,000 | 204,450 |
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STACR 2015-HQ2 B, 8.383%, 5/25/25 (b) | 1,596,569 | 1,564,681 |
STACR 2015-DNA2 B, 7.983%, 12/25/27 (b) | 400,000 | 340,070 |
STACR 2015-HQA2 M3, 5.233%, 5/25/28 (b) | 550,000 | 529,777 |
STACR 2015-HQA2 B, 10.933%, 5/25/28 (b) | 1,600,000 | 1,504,032 |
STACR 2016-HQA1 M3, 6.791%, 9/25/28 (b) | 1,150,000 | 1,194,471 |
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Total Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) (Cost $6,206,651) | | 6,019,946 |
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Hilton USA Trust, 5.222%, 11/5/30 (a)(b) | 2,600,000 | 2,615,299 |
Motel 6 Trust, 5.279%, 2/5/30 (a) | 700,000 | 677,516 |
ORES NPL LLC, 6.00%, 3/27/24 (a) | 1,000,000 | 994,408 |
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Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $4,315,164) | | 4,287,223 |
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CORPORATE BONDS - 69.6% | | |
Basic Materials - 0.8% | | |
Hexion, Inc.: | | |
8.875%, 2/1/18 | 500,000 | 342,500 |
10.00%, 4/15/20 | 1,000,000 | 900,000 |
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Communications - 14.2% | | |
Altice Financing SA, 6.625%, 2/15/23 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,002,500 |
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6.375%, 9/15/20 (a) | 1,750,000 | 1,732,500 |
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7.75%, 7/15/25 (a) | 500,000 | 492,500 |
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CommScope Technologies Finance LLC, 6.00%, 6/15/25 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,514,062 |
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Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/30/20 (a) | 1,750,000 | 1,500,625 |
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DigitalGlobe, Inc., 5.25%, 2/1/21 (a) | 1,250,000 | 1,137,500 |
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Embarq Corp., 7.082%, 6/1/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,006,429 |
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Frontier Communications Corp., 10.50%, 9/15/22 (a) | 3,000,000 | 3,075,000 |
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iHeartCommunications, Inc., 10.00%, 1/15/18 | 3,500,000 | 1,102,500 |
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Intelsat Luxembourg SA, 6.75%, 6/1/18 | 2,500,000 | 1,906,250 |
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Sprint Capital Corp., 6.90%, 5/1/19 | 3,000,000 | 2,602,500 |
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Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.00%, 12/1/16 | 2,500,000 | 2,484,375 |
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6.542%, 4/28/20 | 750,000 | 774,375 |
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6.125%, 1/15/22 | 1,500,000 | 1,548,750 |
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99 Cents Only Stores LLC, 11.00%, 12/15/19 | 500,000 | 195,000 |
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American Airlines Group, Inc., 4.625%, 3/1/20 (a) | 500,000 | 490,000 |
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American Airlines Pass Through Trust, 5.60%, 1/15/22 (a) | 2,487,371 | 2,512,245 |
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Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,112,500 |
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Bon-Ton Department Stores, Inc. (The), 8.00%, 6/15/21 | 2,530,000 | 1,081,575 |
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Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., 8.00%, 5/1/22 | 1,800,000 | 1,930,500 |
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Dollar Tree, Inc., 5.25%, 3/1/20 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,046,250 |
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Ferrellgas Partners LP / Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp., 8.625%, 6/15/20 | 3,169,000 | 2,931,325 |
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Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 5.25%, 12/15/23 (a) | 1,250,000 | 1,234,375 |
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HD Supply, Inc., 7.50%, 7/15/20 | 1,800,000 | 1,910,250 |
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JC Penney Corp, Inc., 8.125%, 10/1/19 | 2,610,000 | 2,681,775 |
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7.25%, 6/15/18 | 500,000 | 532,500 |
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4.75%, 5/15/19 | 1,350,000 | 1,344,937 |
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7.00%, 12/15/21 | 346,000 | 346,000 |
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Serta Simmons Bedding LLC, 8.125%, 10/1/20 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,037,510 |
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Shea Homes LP / Shea Homes Funding Corp., 5.875%, 4/1/23 (a) | 1,000,000 | 986,250 |
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Virgin Australia Trust, 6.00%, 4/23/22 (a) | 959,054 | 968,645 |
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Albertson's Holdings LLC/Safeway, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22 (a) | 1,032,000 | 1,117,140 |
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Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 4.875%, 11/15/17 | 750,000 | 759,375 |
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Beverages & More, Inc., 10.00%, 11/15/18 (a) | 1,000,000 | 897,500 |
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DPx Holdings BV, 7.50%, 2/1/22 (a) | 750,000 | 746,250 |
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Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 9.75%, 8/1/18 (a) | 2,750,000 | 2,708,750 |
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3.75%, 3/15/19 | 2,000,000 | 2,048,800 |
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6.50%, 2/15/20 | 500,000 | 548,750 |
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JLL/Delta Dutch Pledgeco BV, 8.75%, 5/1/20 (a) | 850,000 | 828,750 |
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Kinetic Concepts, Inc., 10.50%, 11/1/18 | 2,620,000 | 2,626,550 |
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Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.875%, 2/15/25 (a) | 1,049,000 | 1,155,640 |
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Land O'Lakes Capital Trust I, 7.45%, 3/15/28 (a) | 1,804,000 | 1,894,200 |
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MEDNAX, Inc., 5.25%, 12/1/23 (a) | 1,440,000 | 1,497,600 |
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Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 5/1/19 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,032,500 |
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SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/21 | 2,001,000 | 1,705,853 |
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United Rentals North America, Inc., 7.625%, 4/15/22 | 1,000,000 | 1,065,000 |
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Energy - 3.2% | | |
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 7.034%, 1/15/18 floating rate thereafter to 1/15/68 (b) | 1,470,000 | 1,490,580 |
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Halcon Resources Corp., 9.75%, 7/15/20 | 1,500,000 | 266,250 |
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Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 6.25%, 3/15/22 | 860,000 | 841,725 |
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Sabine Pass LNG LP, 7.50%, 11/30/16 | 850,000 | 874,650 |
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10.00%, 9/15/18 (a)(c)(d) | 120,481 | 78,000 |
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12.00%, 9/15/20 (a)(c)(d) | 287,218 | 124,000 |
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Williams Partners LP / ACMP Finance Corp., 4.875%, 3/15/24 | 1,500,000 | 1,308,933 |
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Financial - 10.1% | | |
Ally Financial, Inc.: | | |
3.50%, 7/18/16 | 200,000 | 200,100 |
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2.75%, 1/30/17 | 1,000,000 | 995,000 |
|
6.25%, 12/1/17 | 1,673,000 | 1,744,102 |
|
Bank of America Corp., 6.30%, 3/10/26 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (b) | 1,000,000 | 1,030,000 |
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CIT Group, Inc.: | | |
4.25%, 8/15/17 | 550,000 | 559,686 |
|
5.25%, 3/15/18 | 2,750,000 | 2,844,875 |
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Credit Acceptance Corp.: | | |
6.125%, 2/15/21 | 800,000 | 756,000 |
|
7.375%, 3/15/23 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,428,750 |
|
Credit Agricole S.A., 8.125%, 12/23/25 floating rate thereafter to 12/29/49 (a)(b) | 1,500,000 | 1,496,370 |
|
Genworth Holdings, Inc., 4.80%, 2/15/24 | 1,000,000 | 732,500 |
|
iStar, Inc., 6.50%, 7/1/21 | 2,000,000 | 1,947,500 |
|
Navient Corp., 8.45%, 6/15/18 | 1,685,000 | 1,805,056 |
|
| | 15,539,939 |
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| | |
Industrial - 9.8% | | |
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., 8.25%, 10/1/20 | 1,500,000 | 1,529,850 |
|
Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA / Beverage Packaging Holdings II Is: | | |
5.625%, 12/15/16 (a) | 2,187,000 | 2,180,166 |
|
6.00%, 6/15/17 (a) | 1,000,000 | 991,875 |
|
Cemex SAB de CV: | | |
5.372%, 10/15/18 (a)(b) | 1,000,000 | 995,000 |
|
6.50%, 12/10/19 (a) | 2,000,000 | 2,057,500 |
|
Coveris Holding Corp., 10.00%, 6/1/18 (a) | 2,080,000 | 1,986,400 |
|
Coveris Holdings SA, 7.875%, 11/1/19 (a) | 2,000,000 | 1,790,000 |
|
Global Brass & Copper, Inc., 9.50%, 6/1/19 | 500,000 | 528,750 |
|
Plastipak Holdings, Inc., 6.50%, 10/1/21 (a) | 1,000,000 | 975,000 |
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| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
CORPORATE BONDS - CONT'D | | |
TransDigm, Inc., 5.50%, 10/15/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,006,000 |
|
| | 15,040,541 |
|
| | |
Technology - 1.8% | | |
First Data Corp., 7.00%, 12/1/23 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,515,000 |
|
NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC, 5.75%, 2/15/21 (a) | 250,000 | 261,875 |
|
Western Digital Corp., 7.375%, 4/1/23 (a) | 1,000,000 | 1,020,000 |
|
| | 2,796,875 |
|
| | |
Utilities - 1.2% | | |
Dynegy, Inc., 7.375%, 11/1/22 | 2,000,000 | 1,850,000 |
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| | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $112,714,321) | | 107,308,154 |
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| | |
| | |
FLOATING RATE LOANS (e) - 5.6% | | |
Consumer, Cyclical - 5.6% | | |
Albertson's Holdings LLC, 5.50%, 8/25/21 (b) | 1,488,722 | 1,488,722 |
|
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., 4.50%, 9/26/19 (b) | 1,591,654 | 1,545,147 |
|
Kraton Polymers LLC, 6.00%, 1/6/22 (b) | 3,125,000 | 2,940,103 |
|
Varsity Brands, Inc., 5.00%, 12/11/21 (b) | 2,731,159 | 2,712,950 |
|
| | 8,686,922 |
|
| | |
Total Floating Rate Loans (Cost $8,614,058) | | 8,686,922 |
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| | |
| SHARES | VALUE ($) |
COMMON STOCKS - 0.1% | | |
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.0% | | |
US Shale Solutions, LLC *(c)(d) | 1,675 | 19,095 |
|
| | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1% | | |
NII Holdings, Inc. * | 12,113 | 66,985 |
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| | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $220,716) | | 86,080 |
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| | |
| | |
| PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
|
TIME DEPOSIT - 14.7% | | |
State Street Bank Time Deposit, 0.278%, 4/1/16 | 22,658,213 | 22,658,213 |
|
| | |
Total Time Deposit (Cost $22,658,213) | | 22,658,213 |
|
| | |
| | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $159,634,444) - 99.8% | | 153,783,245 |
|
Other assets and liabilities, net - 0.2% | | 282,980 |
|
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | |
| $154,066,225 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
* Non-income producing security. |
(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
(b) The coupon rate shown on floating or adjustable rate securities represents the rate in effect on March 31, 2016. |
(c) This security was valued under the direction of the Board of Trustees. See Note A. |
(d) Restricted securities represent 0.1% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(e) Remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. Floating rate loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically re-determined at a margin above the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or other short-term rates. The rate shown is the rate in effect at March 31, 2016. Floating rate loans are generally considered restrictive in that the Fund is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive consent from the Agent Bank and/or Borrower prior to disposition of a floating rate loan. |
|
Abbreviations: |
CLO: | Collateralized Loan Obligations | |
LLC: | Limited Liability Corporation | |
LP: | Limited Partnership | |
Ltd.: | Limited | |
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| | |
RESTRICTED SECURITIES | ACQUISITION DATES | COST ($) |
US Shale Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 9/15/18 | 1/13/16 | 120,481 |
US Shale Solutions, Inc., 12.00%, 9/15/20 | 1/13/16 | 626,331 |
US Shale Solutions, LLC | 1/13/16 | 32,965 |
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
|
| | | |
ASSETS | |
Investments in securities, at value (Cost $159,634,444) - see accompanying schedule |
| $153,783,245 |
|
Receivable for securities sold | 1,736,097 |
|
Receivable for shares sold | 311,221 |
|
Interest receivable | 2,295,255 |
|
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 114,889 |
|
Total assets | 158,240,707 |
|
| |
LIABILITIES | |
Payable for securities purchased | 3,728,641 |
|
Payable for shares redeemed | 177,794 |
|
Payable to custodian bank | 28,364 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. | 55,515 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. | 17,776 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. | 12,384 |
|
Payable to Calvert Investment Services, Inc. | 1,165 |
|
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 114,889 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 37,954 |
|
Total liabilities | 4,174,482 |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $154,066,225 |
|
| |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | |
Paid-in capital applicable to the following shares of beneficial interest, | |
unlimited number of no par value shares authorized: | |
Class A: 2,500,446 shares outstanding |
| $67,951,690 |
|
Class C: 204,726 shares outstanding | 6,223,092 |
|
Class I: 2,652,800 shares outstanding | 77,311,290 |
|
Class Y: 574,369 shares outstanding | 18,199,539 |
|
Undistributed net investment income | 35,137 |
|
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) | (9,803,324) |
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (5,851,199) |
|
NET ASSETS |
| $154,066,225 |
|
| |
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | |
Class A (based on net assets of $65,009,438) |
| $26.00 |
|
Class C (based on net assets of $5,394,401) |
| $26.35 |
|
Class I (based on net assets of $68,051,989) |
| $25.65 |
|
Class Y (based on net assets of $15,610,397) |
| $27.18 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
|
| | | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | |
Investment Income: | |
Interest income |
| $4,231,033 |
|
Total investment income | 4,231,033 |
|
| |
Expenses: | |
Investment advisory fee | 423,567 |
|
Administrative fees | 69,831 |
|
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 77,046 |
|
Distribution Plan expenses: | |
Class A | 76,376 |
|
Class C | 27,715 |
|
Trustees' fees and expenses | 8,287 |
|
Accounting fees | 18,924 |
|
Custodian fees | 17,330 |
|
Professional fees | 15,445 |
|
Registration fees | 23,585 |
|
Reports to shareholders | 9,286 |
|
Miscellaneous | 4,721 |
|
Total expenses | 772,113 |
|
Reimbursement from Advisor: | |
Class A | (78,811) |
|
Class C | (8,018) |
|
Class I | (38,727) |
|
Class Y | (18,489) |
|
Administrative fees waived | (4,667) |
|
Net expenses | 623,401 |
|
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 3,607,632 |
|
| |
| |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS | |
Net realized gain (loss) | (763,186) |
|
| |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (314,479) |
|
| |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS | (1,077,665) |
|
| |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
| $2,529,967 |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
| | | | | | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016(Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Operations: | | | |
Net investment income |
| $3,607,632 |
| |
| $6,612,082 |
|
Net realized gain (loss) | (763,186) |
| | (8,773,648) |
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (314,479) |
| | (2,938,355) |
|
| | | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | 2,529,967 |
| | (5,099,921) |
|
| | | |
Distributions to shareholders from: | | | |
Net investment income: | | | |
Class A shares | (1,627,806) |
| | (3,342,391) |
|
Class C shares | (118,564) |
| | (247,645) |
|
Class I shares | (1,463,233) |
| | (2,031,624) |
|
Class Y shares | (383,288) |
| | (986,433) |
|
Net realized gain: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | (1,678,455) |
|
Class C shares | — |
| | (152,299) |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | (1,002,578) |
|
Class Y shares | — |
| | (474,713) |
|
Total distributions | (3,592,891) |
| | (9,916,138) |
|
| | | |
Capital share transactions: | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 12,529,093 |
| | 22,393,668 |
|
Class C shares | 249,766 |
| | 1,785,853 |
|
Class I shares | 38,319,900 |
| | 6,098,607 |
|
Class Y shares | 4,130,322 |
| | 16,575,222 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 1,545,832 |
| | 4,775,436 |
|
Class C shares | 111,680 |
| | 378,461 |
|
Class I shares | 1,463,174 |
| | 3,034,202 |
|
Class Y shares | 366,566 |
| | 1,415,286 |
|
Redemption fees: | | | |
Class A shares | — |
| | 1,362 |
|
Class I shares | — |
| | 33 |
|
Class Y shares | — |
| | 4,406 |
|
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (10,031,569) |
| | (26,036,887) |
|
Class C shares | (829,701) |
| | (1,664,661) |
|
Class I shares | (6,149,430) |
| | (12,687,907) |
|
Class Y shares | (2,425,083) |
| | (17,574,498) |
|
Total capital share transactions | 39,280,550 |
| | (1,501,417) |
|
| | | |
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | 38,217,626 |
| | (16,517,476) |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS - CONT'D
|
| | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS | SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016(Unaudited) | | YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 |
Beginning of period |
| $115,848,599 |
| |
| $132,366,075 |
|
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $35,137 and $20,396, respectively) |
| $154,066,225 |
| |
| $115,848,599 |
|
| | | |
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY | | | |
Shares sold: | | | |
Class A shares | 484,868 |
| | 798,365 |
|
Class C shares | 9,583 |
| | 62,781 |
|
Class I shares | 1,506,639 |
| | 223,728 |
|
Class Y shares | 152,886 |
| | 562,259 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions: | | | |
Class A shares | 59,955 |
| | 171,850 |
|
Class C shares | 4,275 |
| | 13,456 |
|
Class I shares | 57,738 |
| | 110,531 |
|
Class Y shares | 13,615 |
| | 48,828 |
|
Shares redeemed: | | | |
Class A shares | (388,672) |
| | (932,828) |
|
Class C shares | (31,385) |
| | (58,865) |
|
Class I shares | (240,841) |
| | (459,690) |
|
Class Y shares | (89,576) |
| | (611,651) |
|
Total capital share activity | 1,539,085 |
| | (71,236) |
|
See notes to financial statements. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE A — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General: Calvert High Yield Bond Fund (the “Fund”), a series of The Calvert Fund, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Calvert Fund is comprised of five separate series. The operations of each series are accounted for separately. The Fund applies the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies (ASC 946).
The Fund offers four classes of shares - Classes A, C, I, and Y. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 3.75%. Class C shares are sold without a front-end sales charge and, with certain exceptions, will be charged a deferred sales charge on shares sold within one year of purchase. Class C shares have higher levels of expenses than Class A shares. Class I shares require a minimum account balance of $1,000,000. The $1 million minimum initial investment is waived for retirement plans that trade through omnibus accounts and may be waived in certain other instances where it is believed to be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. Class I shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Class Y shares are generally only available to wrap or similar fee-based programs offered by financial intermediaries, foundations, and endowments that have entered into an agreement with the Fund’s Distributor to offer Class Y shares. Class Y shares have no front-end or deferred sales charge and have lower levels of expenses than Class A shares. Each class has different: (a) dividend rates due to differences in Distribution Plan expenses and other class specific expenses, (b) exchange privileges and (c) class specific voting rights.
Security Valuation: Net asset value per share is determined every business day as of the close of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees (“the Board”) to value its investments wherever possible. Investments for which market quotations are not available or deemed not reliable are fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
The Board has adopted Valuation Procedures (the “Procedures”) to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available or which may not be reliably priced. The Board has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for determining the fair value of assets of the Fund to Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor” or “Calvert”) and has provided these Procedures to govern Calvert in its valuation duties.
Calvert has chartered an internal Valuation Committee to oversee the implementation of these Procedures and to assist it in carrying out the valuation responsibilities that the Board has delegated.
The Valuation Committee meets on a regular basis to review illiquid securities and other investments which may not have readily available market prices. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.
The Valuation Committee utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of the Fund’s investments. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in 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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy during the period. Transfers in and/or out of levels are determined based on the fair value of such securities at the end of the period. Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, floating rate loans, sovereign government bonds, and U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage-backed obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of
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comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and, accordingly, such securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Common stock securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or the last available price and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Foreign securities are valued based on quotations from the principal market in which such securities are normally traded. If events occur after the close of the principal market in which foreign securities are traded, and before the close of business of the Fund, that are expected to materially affect the value of those securities, then they are valued at their fair value taking these events into account and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For restricted securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
If a market value cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the good faith opinion of the Advisor, the market value does not constitute a readily available market quotation, or if a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security will be fair valued as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee.
The Valuation Committee considers a number of factors, including significant unobservable valuation inputs when arriving at fair value. It considers all significant facts that are reasonably available and relevant to the determination of fair value.
The Valuation Committee primarily employs a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. When more appropriate, the Fund may employ an income-based or cost approach. An income-based valuation approach discounts anticipated future cash flows of the investment to calculate a present amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. A cost based approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (current replacement cost). From the seller’s perspective, the price that would be received for the asset is determined based on the cost to a buyer to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.
The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized. Further, due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed, and the differences could be material. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis and reviews of any related market activity.
At March 31, 2016, securities valued at $221,095, or 0.1% of net assets, were fair valued in good faith under the direction of the Board.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund's holdings as of March 31, 2016, based on the inputs used to value them:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| VALUATION INPUTS |
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES* | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | TOTAL |
Asset-Backed Securities | $— |
|
| $4,736,707 |
| $— |
|
| $4,736,707 |
|
Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Privately Originated) | — |
| 6,019,946 |
| — |
| 6,019,946 |
|
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — |
| 4,287,223 |
| — |
| 4,287,223 |
|
Corporate Bonds | — |
| 107,106,154 |
| 202,000 |
| 107,308,154 |
|
Floating Rate Loans | — |
| 8,686,922 |
| — |
| 8,686,922 |
|
Common Stocks** | 66,985 |
| — |
| 19,095 |
| 86,080 |
|
Time Deposit | — |
| 22,658,213 |
| — |
| 22,658,213 |
|
| | | | |
TOTAL |
| $66,985 |
|
| $153,495,165 |
| $221,095^ |
|
| $153,783,245 |
|
| | | | |
* For a complete listing of investments, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
** For further breakdown of equity securities by industry, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
^ Level 3 securities represent 0.1% of net assets. | | | | |
There were no transfers between levels during the period.
Futures Contracts: The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts, but only when, in the judgment of the Advisor, such a position acts as a hedge. The Fund may not enter into futures contracts for the purpose of speculation or leverage. These futures contracts may include, but are not limited to, futures contracts based on U.S. government obligations. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates.
The Fund may enter into futures contracts agreeing to buy or sell a financial instrument for a set price at a future date. Initial margin deposits of either cash or securities as required by the broker are made upon entering into the contract. While the contract is open, daily variation margin payments are made to or received from the broker reflecting the daily change in market value of the contract and are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. When a futures contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the opening and closing value of the contract. The risks associated with entering into futures contracts may include the possible illiquidity of the secondary market which would limit the Fund's ability to close out a futures contract prior to the settlement date, an imperfect correlation between the value of the contracts and the underlying financial instruments, or that the counterparty will fail to perform its obligations under the contracts’ terms. Futures contracts are designed by boards of trade which are designated “contracts markets” by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Futures contracts trade on the contracts markets in a manner that is similar to the way a stock trades on a stock exchange, and the boards of trade, through their clearing corporations, guarantee the futures contracts against default. As a result, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund. The Fund did not hold any futures contracts at period end.
Loan Participations and Assignments: The Fund may invest in direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates by corporate, governmental, or other borrowers. A Fund’s investment in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution (the “lender”) that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. The Fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan, which may have varying terms and carry different associated risks. The Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the loan agreement. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders it acquires direct rights against the borrower of the loan. When investing in a loan participation, the Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the loan agreement and only upon receipt of payments by the lender from the borrower.
Restricted Securities: The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Generally, these securities may only be sold publicly upon registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or in transactions exempt from such registration. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments.
Security Transactions and Investment Income: Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses are recorded on an identified cost basis and may include proceeds from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend
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date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments. Distributions received on securities that represent a capital gain are recorded as a realized gain. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. (See the Notes to Schedule of Investments on page 10.) A debt obligation may be removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. The Fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated to separate classes of shares based upon the relative net assets of each class. Expenses arising in connection with a specific class are charged directly to that class. Expenses common to the classes are allocated to each class in proportion to their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders: Distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Fund on ex-dividend date. Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are paid at least annually. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; accordingly, periodic reclassifications are made within the Fund's capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution under income tax regulations.
Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure 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.
Redemption Fees: The Fund charged a 2% redemption fee on redemptions, including exchanges, made within 30 days of purchase (within seven days for Class I shares). The redemption fee was accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. This fee was eliminated effective February 2, 2015.
Federal Income Taxes: No provision for federal income or excise tax is required since the Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute substantially all of its taxable earnings.
Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.
NOTE B — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) is wholly-owned by Calvert Investments, Inc., which is indirectly wholly-owned by Ameritas Mutual Holding Company. The Advisor provides investment advisory services and pays the salaries and fees of officers and Trustees of the Fund who are employees of the Advisor or its affiliates. For its services, the Advisor receives an annual fee, payable monthly, of 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to limit net annual fund operating expenses through January 31, 2017. The contractual expense caps are 1.07%, 1.82%, 0.74%, and 0.82% for Class A, C, I, and Y, respectively. Prior to February 1, 2016, the expense caps were 1.07%, 2.07%, 0.74%, and 0.82% for Class A, C, I, and Y, respectively. For the purpose of this expense limit, operating expenses do not include interest expense, brokerage commissions, taxes, and extraordinary expenses. This expense limitation does not limit acquired fund fees and expenses, if any.
Calvert Investment Administrative Services, Inc. ("CIAS"), an affiliate of the Advisor, provides administrative services to the Fund for an annual fee, payable monthly, based on the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.
For the period October 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016, the administrative fee was 0.10%. CIAS and the Fund entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement that established a 0.12% administrative fee for all classes of the Fund commencing on February 1, 2016. CIAS has contractually agreed to waive 0.02% for all classes of the Fund (the difference between the previous administrative fee and the new 0.12% fee) from February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2018.
Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. (“CID”), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the distributor and principal underwriter for the Fund. Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan that permits the Fund to pay certain expenses associated with the distribution and servicing of its shares. The expenses paid may not exceed 0.50% and 1.00% annually of the average daily net assets of Class A and C, respectively. The amount actually paid by the Fund is an annualized fee, payable monthly, of 0.25% and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class A and C, respectively. Class I and Y shares do not have Distribution Plan expenses.
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CID received $9,912 as its portion of commissions charged on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares for the period ended March 31, 2016.
Calvert Investment Services, Inc. (“CIS”), an affiliate of the Advisor, acts as shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For its services, CIS received a fee of $9,099 for the period ended March 31, 2016. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. is the transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
Each Trustee of the Fund who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates receives an annual retainer of $45,000 plus up to $2,000 for each Board and Committee meeting attended. The Board Chair and Committee Chairs receive an additional $5,000 annual retainer. Eligible Trustees may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Obligations of the Plan will be paid solely out of the Fund’s assets. Trustees’ fees are allocated to each of the funds served.
NOTE C — INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AND TAX INFORMATION
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, other than short-term securities, were $97,174,491 and $79,424,171, respectively.
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| | | |
Capital Loss Carryforwards | |
NO EXPIRATION DATE | |
Short-term |
| ($241,177 | ) |
Long-term |
| ($435,246 | ) |
Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward to offset future capital gains for an unlimited period. These losses will retain their character as either long-term or short-term.
As of March 31, 2016, the tax basis components of unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and the federal tax cost were as follows:
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| | | |
| |
Unrealized appreciation |
| $1,643,299 |
|
Unrealized (depreciation) | (7,747,906 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| ($6,104,607 | ) |
Federal income tax cost of investments |
| $159,887,852 |
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NOTE D — LINE OF CREDIT
A financing agreement is in place with the Calvert Funds and State Street Corporation (“SSC”). Under the agreement, SSC provides an unsecured line of credit facility, in the aggregate amount of $50 million ($25 million committed and $25 million uncommitted), accessible by the Calvert Funds for temporary or emergency purposes only. Borrowings bear interest at the higher of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the overnight Federal Funds Rate plus 1.25% per annum. A commitment fee of 0.20% per annum is incurred on the unused portion of the committed facility. An administrative fee of $25,000 was paid in connection with the uncommitted facility. These fees were allocated to all participating funds. The Fund had no borrowings under the agreement during the period ended March 31, 2016.
NOTE E — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the financial statements as of March 31, 2016, no subsequent events or transactions occurred that would have required recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS A SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 (a) | | September 30, 2011 (a) |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $26.32 |
| |
| $29.61 |
| |
| $30.12 |
| |
| $29.38 |
| |
| $26.75 |
| |
| $27.36 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.70 |
| | 1.41 |
| | 1.55 |
| | 1.63 |
| | 1.69 |
| | 1.81 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.33) |
| | (2.56) |
| | (0.11) |
| | 0.75 |
| | 2.62 |
| | (0.63) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.37 |
| | (1.15) |
| | 1.44 |
| | 2.38 |
| | 4.31 |
| | 1.18 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.69) |
| | (1.42) |
| | (1.53) |
| | (1.64) |
| | (1.68) |
| | (1.79) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | (0.72) |
| | (0.42) |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
|
Total distributions | (0.69) |
| | (2.14) |
| | (1.95) |
| | (1.64) |
| | (1.68) |
| | (1.79) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.32) |
| | (3.29) |
| | (0.51) |
| | 0.74 |
| | 2.63 |
| | (0.61) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $26.00 |
| |
| $26.32 |
| |
| $29.61 |
| |
| $30.12 |
| |
| $29.38 |
| |
| $26.75 |
|
Total return (b) | 1.44 | % | | (4.03 | %) | | 4.80 | % | | 8.27 | % | | 16.53 | % | | 4.17 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 5.41%(d) |
| | 5.05 | % | | 5.06 | % | | 5.45 | % | | 6.00 | % | | 6.32 | % |
Total expenses | 1.33%(d) |
| | 1.37 | % | | 1.37 | % | | 1.43 | % | | 1.58 | % | | 1.56 | % |
Net expenses | 1.07%(d) |
| | 1.07 | % | | 1.07 | % | | 1.11 | % | | 1.58 | % | | 1.56 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 71 | % | | 198 | % | | 228 | % | | 293 | % | | 273 | % | | 286 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $65,009 |
| |
| $61,711 |
| |
| $68,313 |
| |
| $54,608 |
| |
| $37,623 |
| |
| $17,206 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED | |
CLASS C SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 (a)(b) | |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $26.67 |
| |
| $29.98 |
| |
| $30.48 |
| |
| $29.72 |
| |
| $27.75 |
| |
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.59 |
| | 1.15 |
| | 1.25 |
| | 1.35 |
| | 1.11 |
| |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.35) |
| | (2.59) |
| | (0.10) |
| | 0.75 |
| | 1.81 |
| |
Total from investment operations | 0.24 |
| | (1.44) |
| | 1.15 |
| | 2.10 |
| | 2.92 |
| |
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.56) |
| | (1.15) |
| | (1.23) |
| | (1.34) |
| | (0.95) |
| |
Net realized gain | — |
| | (0.72) |
| | (0.42) |
| | — |
| | — |
| |
Total distributions | (0.56) |
| | (1.87) |
| | (1.65) |
| | (1.34) |
| | (0.95) |
| |
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.32) |
| | (3.31) |
| | (0.50) |
| | 0.76 |
| | 1.97 |
| |
Net asset value, ending |
| $26.35 |
| |
| $26.67 |
| |
| $29.98 |
| |
| $30.48 |
| |
| $29.72 |
| |
Total return (c) | 0.95 | % | | (4.97 | %) | | 3.76 | % | | 7.16 | % | | 10.67 | % | |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 4.48%(e) |
| | 4.05 | % | | 4.05 | % | | 4.45 | % | | 4.66%(e) |
| |
Total expenses | 2.29%(e) |
| | 2.33 | % | | 2.15 | % | | 2.56 | % | | 4.62%(e) |
| |
Net expenses | 1.99%(e) |
| | 2.07 | % | | 2.07 | % | | 2.10 | % | | 2.65%(e) |
| |
Portfolio turnover | 71 | % | | 198 | % | | 228 | % | | 293 | % | | 273%(f) |
| |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $5,394 |
| |
| $5,927 |
| |
| $6,143 |
| |
| $3,861 |
| |
| $1,732 |
| |
| | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. |
(b) From October 31, 2011 inception. |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e) Annualized. |
(f) Portfolio turnover is not annualized for periods of less than one year. |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS I SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 (a) | | September 30, 2011 (a) |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $25.98 |
| |
| $29.25 |
| |
| $29.75 |
| |
| $29.03 |
| |
| $26.48 |
| |
| $27.08 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.73 |
| | 1.49 |
| | 1.62 |
| | 1.71 |
| | 1.86 |
| | 1.97 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.33) |
| | (2.53) |
| | (0.09) |
| | 0.73 |
| | 2.56 |
| | (0.58) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.40 |
| | (1.04) |
| | 1.53 |
| | 2.44 |
| | 4.42 |
| | 1.39 |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.73) |
| | (1.51) |
| | (1.61) |
| | (1.72) |
| | (1.87) |
| | (1.99) |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | (0.72) |
| | (0.42) |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
|
Total distributions | (0.73) |
| | (2.23) |
| | (2.03) |
| | (1.72) |
| | (1.87) |
| | (1.99) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.33) |
| | (3.27) |
| | (0.50) |
| | 0.72 |
| | 2.55 |
| | (0.60) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $25.65 |
| |
| $25.98 |
| |
| $29.25 |
| |
| $29.75 |
| |
| $29.03 |
| |
| $26.48 |
|
Total return (b) | 1.60 | % | | (3.71 | %) | | 5.16 | % | | 8.58 | % | | 17.19 | % | | 5.02 | % |
Ratios to average net assets: (c) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 5.78%(d) |
| | 5.39 | % | | 5.38 | % | | 5.77 | % | | 6.68 | % | | 7.00 | % |
Total expenses | 0.90%(d) |
| | 0.93 | % | | 0.89 | % | | 0.95 | % | | 1.00 | % | | 0.97 | % |
Net expenses | 0.74%(d) |
| | 0.74 | % | | 0.74 | % | | 0.79 | % | | 1.00 | % | | 0.97 | % |
Portfolio turnover | 71 | % | | 198 | % | | 228 | % | | 293 | % | | 273 | % | | 286 | % |
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $68,052 |
| |
| $34,539 |
| |
| $42,556 |
| |
| $39,821 |
| |
| $32,952 |
| |
| $29,735 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(c) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(d) Annualized. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PERIODS ENDED |
CLASS Y SHARES | March 31, 2016 (a) (Unaudited) | | September 30, 2015 (a) | | September 30, 2014 (a) | | September 30, 2013 (a) | | September 30, 2012 (a) | | September 30, 2011 (a)(b) |
Net asset value, beginning |
| $27.48 |
| |
| $30.83 |
| |
| $31.29 |
| |
| $30.49 |
| |
| $27.08 |
| |
| $28.74 |
|
Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 0.76 |
| | 1.54 |
| | 1.65 |
| | 1.79 |
| | 1.72 |
| | 0.33 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.34) |
| | (2.66) |
| | (0.07) |
| | 0.75 |
| | 2.79 |
| | (1.99) |
|
Total from investment operations | 0.42 |
| | (1.12) |
| | 1.58 |
| | 2.54 |
| | 4.51 |
| | (1.66) |
|
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.72) |
| | (1.51) |
| | (1.62) |
| | (1.74) |
| | (1.10) |
| | — |
|
Net realized gain | — |
| | (0.72) |
| | (0.42) |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
|
Total distributions | (0.72) |
| | (2.23) |
| | (2.04) |
| | (1.74) |
| | (1.10) |
| | — |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net asset value | (0.30) |
| | (3.35) |
| | (0.46) |
| | 0.80 |
| | 3.41 |
| | (1.66) |
|
Net asset value, ending |
| $27.18 |
| |
| $27.48 |
| |
| $30.83 |
| |
| $31.29 |
| |
| $30.49 |
| |
| $27.08 |
|
Total return (c) | 1.58 | % | | (3.77 | %) | | 5.07 | % | | 8.48 | % | | 16.88 | % | | (5.78 | %) |
Ratios to average net assets: (d) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | 5.67%(e) |
| | 5.27 | % | | 5.29 | % | | 5.69 | % | | 5.92 | % | | 7.13%(e) |
|
Total expenses | 1.09%(e) |
| | 1.05 | % | | 1.04 | % | | 1.28 | % | | 5.19 | % | | 2,723.84%(e) |
|
Net expenses | 0.82%(e) |
| | 0.82 | % | | 0.82 | % | | 0.84 | % | | 1.40 | % | | 1.40%(e) |
|
Portfolio turnover | 71 | % | | 198 | % | | 228 | % | | 293 | % | | 273 | % | | 286%(f) |
|
Net assets, ending (in thousands) |
| $15,610 |
| |
| $13,672 |
| |
| $15,355 |
| |
| $5,005 |
| |
| $1,338 |
| |
| $1 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) Per share figures are calculated using the Average Shares Method. | |
(b) From July 29, 2011 inception. | |
(c) Total return is not annualized for periods of less than one year and does not reflect deduction of any front-end or deferred sales charge. |
(d) Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the Advisor and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(e) Annualized. | |
(f) Portfolio turnover is not annualized for periods of less than one year. | |
See notes to financial statements. |
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PROXY VOTING
The Proxy Voting Guidelines of the Calvert Funds that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities are provided as an Appendix to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information can be obtained free of charge by calling the Fund at 1-800-368-2745, by visiting the Calvert website at www.calvert.com; or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at www.calvert.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q 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.
BASIS FOR BOARD'S APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
At a meeting held on December 9, 2015, the Board of Trustees, and by a separate vote, the disinterested Trustees, approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement between The Calvert Fund and the Advisor with respect to the Fund.
In evaluating the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered a variety of information relating to the Fund and the Advisor. The disinterested Trustees reviewed a report prepared by the Advisor regarding various services provided to the Fund by the Advisor and its affiliates. Such report included, among other data, information regarding the Advisor’s personnel and the Advisor’s revenue and cost of providing services to the Fund, and a separate report prepared by an independent third party, which provided a statistical analysis comparing the Fund’s investment performance, expenses, and fees to comparable mutual funds.
The disinterested Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel with respect to their consideration of the reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Prior to voting, the disinterested Trustees reviewed the proposed continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement with management and also met in private sessions with their counsel at which no representatives of management were present.
In the course of its deliberations regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the following factors, among others: the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor, including the personnel providing such services; the Advisor’s financial condition; the level and method of computing the Fund’s advisory fee; comparative performance, fee and expense information for the Fund; the profitability of the Calvert Family of Funds to the Advisor and its affiliates; the direct and indirect benefits, if any, derived by the Advisor and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; the effect of the Fund’s growth and size on the Fund’s performance and expenses; the affiliated distributor’s process for monitoring sales load breakpoints; the Advisor’s compliance programs and policies; the Advisor’s performance of substantially similar duties for other funds; and any possible conflicts of interest.
In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board reviewed information provided by the Advisor relating to its operations and personnel, including, among other information, biographical information on the Advisor’s investment, supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Board also took into account similar information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Advisor, as well as the Board’s familiarity with management through Board of Trustees’ meetings, discussions and other reports. The Board considered the Advisor’s management style and its performance in employing its investment strategies, as well as its current level of staffing and overall resources. The Board also noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis information regarding the Advisor’s compliance with applicable policies and procedures, including those related to personal investing. The Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Fund, were also considered. The Board also took into account the responsible investing research and analysis provided by the Advisor to the Fund. The Board observed that the scope of services provided by the Advisor generally had expanded over time as a result of regulatory, market and other changes. The Board took into consideration, among other factors, the effectiveness of the Fund’s and Advisor’s processes, policies and procedures and the Advisor’s personnel. The Board also took into account, among other items, periodic reports received from the Advisor over the past year concerning the Advisor’s ongoing review and enhancement of certain processes, policies and procedures of the Fund and the Advisor. The Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement.
In considering the Fund’s performance, the Board noted that it reviewed on a quarterly basis detailed information about the Fund’s performance results, portfolio composition and investment strategies. In addition, the Board took into account overall financial market conditions. The Board also reviewed various comparative data provided to it in connection with its consideration
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of the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement, including, among other information, a comparison of the Fund’s total return with its Lipper index and with that of other mutual funds deemed to be in its peer group by an independent third party in its report. This comparison indicated that the Fund performed below the median of its peer group for the one- and three-year periods ended June 30, 2015 and performed above the median of its peer group for the five-year period ended June 30, 2015. The data also indicated that the Fund underperformed its Lipper index for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2015. The Board took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s recent performance and management’s continued monitoring of the Fund’s performance. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Fund’s overall performance was satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices.
In considering the Fund’s fees and expenses, the Board compared the Fund’s fees and total expense ratio with various comparative data for the funds in its peer group. Among other findings, the data indicated that the Fund’s advisory fee (after taking into account waivers and/or reimbursements) and total expenses (net of waivers and/or reimbursements) were below the median of its peer group. The Board noted that the allocation of advisory and administrative fees may vary among the Fund’s peer group. The Board also took into account the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund and that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and certain factors that affected the level of such expenses. The Board noted that the Fund’s administrator had agreed to implement an administrative fee change effective December 1, 2015, which is expected to reduce the administrative fee paid by certain classes of shares; however, the impact of the fee change is not yet reflected in the Fund’s total expenses. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the advisory fee was reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered.
The Board reviewed the Advisor’s profitability on a fund-by-fund basis. In reviewing the overall profitability of the advisory fee to the Fund’s Advisor, the Board also considered the fact that affiliates of the Advisor provided shareholder servicing, administrative and distribution services to the Fund for which they received compensation. The information considered by the Board included Calvert’s operating profit margin information both before and after tax expenses with respect to the services that the Advisor and its affiliates provided to the Calvert Family of Funds complex. The Board reviewed the profitability of the Advisor’s relationship with the Fund in terms of the total amount of annual advisory fees it received with respect to the Fund and whether the Advisor had the financial wherewithal to continue to provide services to the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor was reimbursing a portion of the Fund’s expenses. The Board also noted the Advisor’s current undertaking to maintain expense limitations for the Fund. The Trustees also considered that the Advisor derived benefits to its reputation and other indirect benefits from its relationship with the Fund. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Advisor’s and its affiliates’ level of profitability from their relationship with the Fund was reasonable.
The Board considered the effect of the Fund’s current size and its potential growth on its performance and expenses. The Board concluded that adding breakpoints to the advisory fee at specified asset levels would not be appropriate at this time given the Fund’s current size. The Board noted that if the Fund’s assets increased over time, the Fund might realize other economies of scale if assets increased proportionally more than certain other expenses.
In reapproving the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the disinterested Trustees, did not identify any single factor as controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to various factors.
Conclusions
The Board reached the following conclusions regarding the Investment Advisory Agreement, among others: (a) the Advisor has demonstrated that it possesses the capability and resources to perform the duties required of it under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (b) the Advisor maintains appropriate compliance programs; (c) the overall performance of the Fund is satisfactory relative to the performance of funds with similar investment objectives and to relevant indices; (d) the Advisor is likely to execute its investment strategies consistently over time; and (e) the Fund’s advisory fee is reasonable in view of the quality of services received by the Fund from the Advisor and the other factors considered. Based on its conclusions, the Board determined that reapproval of the Investment Advisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
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CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Mauricio Agudelo no longer serves as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Bond Portfolio and Calvert Green Bond Fund (each, a “Fund”). Vishal Khanduja, CFA, Matthew Duch and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
Effective immediately, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since August 2009 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since September 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since March 2010 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since January 2011 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Matthew Duch | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management, delete all references to Mauricio Agudelo.
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
SUPPLEMENT TO:
THE CALVERT FUND
Calvert Income Fund
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: April 8, 2016
Mauricio Agudelo will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund or Calvert High Yield Bond Fund. Remove any and all references to Mr. Agudelo from the section “Portfolio Manager Disclosure.”
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
CALVERT INCOME FUND
CALVERT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND
CALVERT LONG-TERM INCOME FUND
CALVERT ULTRA-SHORT INCOME FUND
CALVERT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
CALVERT BOND PORTFOLIO
CALVERT GREEN BOND FUND
Supplement to
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class A, C and Y)
dated February 1, 2016
Calvert Income Funds Prospectus (Class I)
dated February 1, 2016
Date of Supplement: May 16, 2016
The information in this Supplement updates information in the Prospectus, supersedes any contrary information in the Prospectus or any prior supplement, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.
Portfolio Management
Matthew Duch will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for Calvert Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, Calvert Long-Term Income Fund, Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert High Yield Bond Fund, Calvert Green Bond Fund and Calvert Bond Portfolio (each, a “Fund”) effective as of June 30, 2016. Vishal Khanduja, CFA and Brian S. Ellis, CFA, will remain on the portfolio management team for each Fund.
In addition, Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM, will be added to the portfolio of Calvert High Yield Bond Fund effective as of June 30, 2016.
Accordingly, effective June 30, 2016, each Prospectus is hereby amended as follows:
The table under “Portfolio Management” in the Fund Summary for each Fund is revised and restated as follows (headings added for ease of reference):
Calvert Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Short Duration Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
Calvert Long-Term Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since July 2012 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since March 2015 |
Calvert High Yield Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Patrick Faul, CFA, FRM | Vice President, Head of Credit Research | Since June 2016 |
Calvert Bond Portfolio
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since January 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Calvert Green Bond Fund
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
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Portfolio Manager Name | Title | Length of Time Managing Fund |
Vishal Khanduja, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Fixed Income | Since October 2013 |
Brian S. Ellis, CFA | Portfolio Manager | Since November 2015 |
Under “Management of Fund Investments – Portfolio Management”on page 46, delete all references to Matthew Duch.
[Not Part of Shareholder Report]
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This report is intended to provide fund information to shareholders. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus. Note: The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this report; our website address is included as an inactive textual reference only. Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Calvert Funds. This and other important information is contained in the fund’s summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from your financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. You may also call Calvert at 800/368-2748 or visit calvert.com. |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
(a) This Schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There were no material changes have been made to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees since registrant last provided disclosure in response to this Item.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The principal executive and financial officers concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act) are effective, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There was no change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable.
(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2).
Attached hereto.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) A certification for the registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, is attached hereto. The certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph is not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification is not deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
THE CALVERT FUND
By: /s/ John H. Streur
John H. Streur
President -- Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 24, 2016
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment 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.
/s/ John H. Streur
John H. Streur
President -- Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 24, 2016
/s/ Vicki L. Benjamin
Vicki L. Benjamin
Treasurer -- Principal Financial Officer
Date: May 24, 2016