UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-03752
AMG FUNDS III
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
AMG Funds LLC
800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 299-3500
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| | Date of fiscal year end: | | | | DECEMBER 31 | | |
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| | Date of reporting period: | | | | JANUARY 1, 2015 – JUNE 30, 2015 |
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Item 1. | Reports to Shareholders |
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| | | | SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT |
AMG Funds
June 30, 2015
AMG Managers Bond Fund
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Service Class: MGFIX | | Institutional Class: MGBIX |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund: MGGBX
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund
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Service Class: MGSEX | | Institutional Class: MSEIX |
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www.amgfunds.com | | SAR078-0615 |
AMG Funds
Semi-Annual Report—June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS | | PAGE | |
ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES | | | 2 | |
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FUND PERFORMANCE | | | 3 | |
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FUND SNAPSHOTS, AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS | | | | |
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AMG Managers Bond Fund | | | 4 | |
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AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | 15 | |
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AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | | | 23 | |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS | | | 29 | |
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | | | | |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | 35 | |
Balance sheets, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts | | | | |
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Statement of Operations | | | 37 | |
Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the period | | | | |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | | 38 | |
Detail of changes in assets for the past two periods | | | | |
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Financial Highlights | | | 39 | |
Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets | | | | |
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Notes to Financial Highlights | | | 42 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements | | | 43 | |
Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks | | | | |
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ANNUAL RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS | | | 52 | |
Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Funds Family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.
About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)
As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first line of the following table provides information about the 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 following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% 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 by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of 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), redemption fees, or exchange 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.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 | | Expense Ratio for the Period | | | Beginning Account Value 1/01/15 | | | Ending Account Value 6/30/15 | | | Expenses Paid During the Period* | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | |
Service Class | | | | | | | | | |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | 0.99 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 991 | | | $ | 4.89 | |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | | | 0.99 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 1,020 | | | $ | 4.96 | |
Institutional Class | | | | | | | | | |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | 0.89 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 992 | | | $ | 4.40 | |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | | | 0.89 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 1,020 | | | $ | 4.46 | |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | 0.89 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 981 | | | $ | 4.37 | |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | | | 0.89 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 1,020 | | | $ | 4.46 | |
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Service Class | | | | | | | | | |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | 1.36 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 1,088 | | | $ | 7.04 | |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | | | 1.36 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 1,018 | | | $ | 6.80 | |
Institutional Class | |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | 1.11 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 1,090 | | | $ | 5.75 | |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | | | 1.11 | % | | $ | 1,000 | | | $ | 1,019 | | | $ | 5.56 | |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent half-year (181), then divided by 365. |
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Fund Performance (unaudited)
Periods ended June 30, 2015
The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s relative index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2015.
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Average Annual Total Returns1 | | Six Months* | | | One Year | | | Five Years | | | Ten Years | | | Since Inception | | | Inception Date | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 | |
Service Class | | | (0.88 | )% | | | (0.87 | )% | | | 5.63 | % | | | 5.94 | % | | | 8.53 | % | | | 06/01/84 | |
Institutional Class | | | (0.83 | )% | | | (0.77 | )% | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1.98 | % | | | 04/01/13 | |
Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index6 | | | (0.30 | )% | | | 1.69 | % | | | 3.52 | % | | | 4.38 | % | | | 7.71 | % | | | 05/31/84 | † |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund 2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11 | | | (1.93 | )% | | | (5.73 | )% | | | 3.99 | % | | | 4.35 | % | | | 5.12 | % | | | 03/25/94 | |
Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index 12 | | | (3.08 | )% | | | (7.09 | )% | | | 2.07 | % | | | 3.54 | % | | | 5.15 | % | | | 03/31/94 | † |
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund2,8,9,13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Service Class | | | 8.82 | % | | | 9.16 | % | | | 19.98 | % | | | 7.73 | % | | | 11.67 | % | | | 06/01/84 | |
Institutional Class | | | 8.96 | % | | | 9.44 | % | | | 20.22 | % | | | 7.95 | % | | | 8.24 | % | | | 05/03/04 | |
Russell 2000® Growth Index14 | | | 8.74 | % | | | 12.34 | % | | | 19.33 | % | | | 9.86 | % | | | 8.61 | % | | | 05/31/84 | † |
The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per share for the Fund and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.
Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.
† | Date reflects the nearest date to the inception date of the Fund. |
1 | Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2015. All returns are in U.S. dollars($). |
2 | From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. |
3 | The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtor’s ability to pay its creditors. |
4 | Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of an investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed income securities to fall. |
5 | The Fund may invest in derivatives such as options and futures; the complexity and rapidly changing structure of derivatives markets may increase the possibility of market losses. |
6 | The Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index is an index of investment-grade government and corporate bonds with a maturity rate of more than one year. Unlike the Fund, the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. |
7 | The Fund may invest in below-investment-grade debt securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bond” or “high yield securities”) which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit, and liquidity risk. |
8 | Investments in foreign securities are subject to additional risks such as changing market conditions, economic and political instability, and currency exchange rate fluctuations. |
9 | The Fund is subject to currency risk resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates that may affect the total loss or gain on a non-U.S. dollar security when converted back to U.S. dollars. |
10 | A greater percentage of the Fund’s holdings may be focused in a smaller number of securities which may place the Fund at greater risk than a more diversified fund. |
11 | A short-term redemption fee of 1% will be charged on redemptions of fund shares held for 60 days or less. |
12 | The Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets. The three major components of this index are the U.S. Aggregate, the Pan-European Aggregate, and the Asian-Pacific Aggregate Indices. The Index also includes Eurodollar and Euro-Yen corporate bonds, Canadian government, agency and corporate securities, and USD investment-grade 144A securities. Unlike the Fund, the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. |
13 | The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history, and a reliance on one or a limited number of products. |
14 | The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the Russell 2000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses. |
The Russell 2000® Growth Index is a trademark of Russell Investments. Russell® is a trademark of Russell Investments.
Not FDIC Insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Fund Snapshots (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN
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Category | | AMG Managers Bond Fund** | |
Corporate Bonds and Notes | | | 52.6 | % |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | | | 33.2 | % |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations | | | 6.3 | % |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | 2.8 | % |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | | | 1.2 | % |
Municipal Bonds | | | 1.1 | % |
Common Stocks | | | 0.7 | % |
Preferred Stocks | | | 0.7 | % |
Other Assets and Liabilities | | | 1.4 | % |
** | As a percentage of net assets. |
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Rating | | AMG Managers Bond Fund*** | |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | | | 34.2 | % |
Aaa | | | 3.1 | % |
Aa | | | 1.7 | % |
A | | | 20.3 | % |
Baa | | | 30.1 | % |
Ba & lower | | | 9.8 | % |
N/R | | | 0.8 | % |
*** | As a percentage of market value of fixed-income securities and preferred stocks. |
TOP TEN HOLDINGS
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Security Name | | % of Net Assets | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.375%, 03/31/16* | | | 7.5 | % |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.375%, 05/31/16* | | | 6.4 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625%, 12/31/16* | | | 5.5 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.500%, 06/15/16* | | | 4.5 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.250%, 02/29/16* | | | 3.8 | |
Mexican Bonos Bonds, Series M 20, 10.000%, 12/05/24* | | | 2.3 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.000%, 05/15/45 | | | 2.3 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.375%, 11/15/15* | | | 2.0 | |
Southwestern Electric Power Co., 6.450%, 01/15/19* | | | 1.6 | |
Bank of America Corp., 6.110%, 01/29/37* | | | 1.6 | |
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Top Ten as a Group | | | 37.5 | % |
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* | Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2014 |
Credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.
Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.
Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
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| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Asset-Backed Securities - 2.8% | | | | | | | | |
Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2007-B1, Class B-1, 0.436%, 04/15/19 (07/15/15)1 | | $ | 13,540,000 | | | $ | 13,456,418 | |
FAN Engine Securitization, Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class 1A, 4.625%, 10/15/43 (a)2 | | | 11,765,862 | | | | 11,708,210 | |
Global Container Assets, Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A2, 3.300%, 11/05/28 (a) | | | 4,270,000 | | | | 4,251,934 | |
John Deere Owner Trust 2015, | | | | | | | | |
Series 2015-A, Class A3, 1.320%, 06/17/19 | | | 10,065,000 | | | | 10,095,879 | |
Series 2015-A, Class A4, 1.650%, 12/15/21 | | | 3,980,000 | | | | 3,995,466 | |
Rise, Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class A, 4.750%, 02/15/39 (07/15/15)1,2 | | | 21,367,163 | | | | 21,580,834 | |
Trinity Rail Leasing, L.P., | | | | | | | | |
Series 2009-1A, Class A, 6.657%, 11/16/39 (a) | | | 3,860,554 | | | | 4,383,547 | |
Series 2012-1A, Class A1, 2.266%, 01/15/43 (a) | | | 2,676,234 | | | | 2,628,391 | |
Trip Rail Master Funding LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A1A, 4.370%, 07/15/41 (a) | | | 5,779,047 | | | | 5,952,372 | |
Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $76,603,178) | | | | | | | 78,053,051 | |
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Common Stocks - 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
PPG Industries, Inc. (Materials) (cost $6,317,685) | | | 171,802 | | | | 19,709,125 | |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes - 52.6% | | | | | | | | |
Financials - 23.2% | | | | | | | | |
Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/31 | | $ | 1,267,000 | | | | 1,517,233 | |
Alta Wind Holdings LLC, 7.000%, 06/30/35 (a) | | | 6,802,385 | | | | 7,907,099 | |
American International Group, Inc., | | | | | | | | |
4.875%, 06/01/22 | | | 560,000 | | | | 614,274 | |
8.175%, 05/15/583 | | | 736,000 | | | | 974,464 | |
MTN, 5.850%, 01/16/18 | | | 1,380,000 | | | | 1,521,432 | |
Bank of America Corp., | | | | | | | | |
6.110%, 01/29/37 | | | 38,050,000 | | | | 42,647,125 | |
7.625%, 06/01/19 | | | 2,906,000 | | | | 3,448,483 | |
EMTN, 4.625%, 09/14/18 | | EUR | 1,750,000 | | | | 2,160,879 | |
MTN, 3.300%, 01/11/23 | | | 900,000 | | | | 886,353 | |
MTN, 4.250%, 10/22/26 | | | 2,610,000 | | | | 2,556,764 | |
MTN, Series C, 6.050%, 06/01/34 | | | 22,100,000 | | | | 25,237,316 | |
Camden Property Trust, 5.700%, 05/15/17 | | | 5,205,000 | | | | 5,583,731 | |
Capital One NA, 2.400%, 09/05/19 | | | 7,795,000 | | | | 7,725,617 | |
Citigroup, Inc., | | | | | | | | |
5.130%, 11/12/19 | | NZD | 5,835,000 | | | | 4,103,199 | |
6.250%, 06/29/17 | | NZD | 37,108,000 | | | | 26,346,255 | |
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank, | | | | | | | | |
1.700%, 03/19/18 | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,004,940 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
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| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Financials - 23.2% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | |
3.875%, 02/08/22 | | $ | | | 9,090,000 | | | $ | 9,456,391 | |
3.950%, 11/09/22 | | | | | 2,190,000 | | | | 2,189,707 | |
Crown Castle Towers LLC, 6.113%, 01/15/20 (a) | | | | | 13,725,000 | | | | 15,627,477 | |
Duke Realty, L.P., | | | | | | | | | | |
5.950%, 02/15/17 | | | | | 203,000 | | | | 217,461 | |
6.500%, 01/15/18 | | | | | 4,660,000 | | | | 5,206,334 | |
Equifax, Inc., 7.000%, 07/01/37 | | | | | 4,421,000 | | | | 5,271,472 | |
Equity One, Inc., 6.000%, 09/15/17 | | | | | 5,915,000 | | | | 6,425,204 | |
First Industrial, L.P., 5.950%, 05/15/17 | | | | | 15,000,000 | | | | 16,105,350 | |
General Electric Capital Corp., | | | | | | | | | | |
6.500%, 09/28/15 | | NZD | | | 15,265,000 | | | | 10,410,310 | |
GMTN, 4.250%, 01/17/18 | | NZD | | | 5,010,000 | | | | 3,454,150 | |
GMTN, 5.500%, 02/01/17 | | NZD | | | 6,250,000 | | | | 4,361,621 | |
GMTN, 6.750%, 09/26/16 | | NZD | | | 6,390,000 | | | | 4,497,271 | |
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | |
3.375%, 02/01/18 | | CAD | | | 1,700,000 | | | | 1,418,146 | |
6.750%, 10/01/37 | | | | | 14,590,000 | | | | 17,113,311 | |
Highwoods Realty, L.P., | | | | | | | | | | |
5.850%, 03/15/17 | | | | | 3,680,000 | | | | 3,928,731 | |
7.500%, 04/15/18 | | | | | 2,405,000 | | | | 2,746,481 | |
ICICI Bank, Ltd., 6.375%, 04/30/22 (a)3 | | | | | 900,000 | | | | 925,119 | |
iStar Financial, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | |
5.850%, 03/15/17 | | | | | 325,000 | | | | 333,531 | |
5.875%, 03/15/16 | | | | | 1,340,000 | | | | 1,368,408 | |
Jefferies Group LLC, 5.125%, 01/20/23 | | | | | 8,800,000 | | | | 9,084,856 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., | | | | | | | | | | |
4.125%, 12/15/26 | | | | | 19,350,000 | | | | 19,026,391 | |
4.250%, 11/02/184 | | NZD | | | 7,360,000 | | | | 5,027,896 | |
7.700%, 06/01/16 (a) | | IDR | | | 19,000,000,000 | | | | 1,389,989 | |
EMTN, 1.068%, 05/30/17 (07/31/15)1 | | GBP | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 2,321,507 | |
Lloyds Bank PLC, 6.500%, 09/14/20 (a) | | | | | 17,940,000 | | | | 20,677,734 | |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.500%, 11/04/24 | | | | | 18,500,000 | | | | 18,510,878 | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 5.875%, 08/01/33 | | | | | 8,295,000 | | | | 9,414,402 | |
MBIA Insurance Corp., 11.535%, 01/15/33 (07/15/15) (a)1,4 | | | | | 525,000 | | | | 249,375 | |
Morgan Stanley, | | | | | | | | | | |
0.755%, 10/15/15 (07/15/15)1 | | | | | 300,000 | | | | 300,246 | |
2.125%, 04/25/18 | | | | | 10,450,000 | | | | 10,520,621 | |
2.500%, 01/24/19 | | | | | 2,775,000 | | | | 2,800,738 | |
3.450%, 11/02/15 | | | | | 2,360,000 | | | | 2,381,398 | |
3.750%, 02/25/23 | | | | | 17,265,000 | | | | 17,457,332 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
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| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Financials - 23.2% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GMTN, 4.350%, 09/08/26 | | $ | | | | | 5,000,000 | | | $ | 4,899,400 | |
GMTN, 5.500%, 07/24/20 | | | | | | | 15,210,000 | | | | 17,057,620 | |
GMTN, 6.625%, 04/01/18 | | | | | | | 3,095,000 | | | | 3,472,763 | |
GMTN, 8.000%, 05/09/17 | | | AUD | | | | 8,100,000 | | | | 6,775,073 | |
MTN, 0.725%, 10/18/16 (07/20/15)1 | | | | | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,997,430 | |
MTN, 4.100%, 05/22/23 | | | | | | | 12,910,000 | | | | 12,934,129 | |
MTN, 6.250%, 08/09/26 | | | | | | | 11,000,000 | | | | 13,186,646 | |
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 6.800%, 06/15/36 (a) | | | | | | | 13,925,000 | | | | 17,315,375 | |
National City Bank of Indiana, 4.250%, 07/01/18 | | | | | | | 6,310,000 | | | | 6,701,435 | |
National City Corp., 6.875%, 05/15/19 | | | | | | | 1,905,000 | | | | 2,209,278 | |
National Life Insurance Co., 10.500%, 09/15/39 (a) | | | | | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 7,560,590 | |
Navient Corp., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5.500%, 01/25/234 | | | | | | | 18,070,000 | | | | 17,166,500 | |
MTN, 4.875%, 06/17/19 | | | | | | | 5,055,000 | | | | 5,004,450 | |
MTN, 5.500%, 01/15/19 | | | | | | | 1,695,000 | | | | 1,728,256 | |
MTN, 8.450%, 06/15/18 | | | | | | | 10,950,000 | | | | 12,168,735 | |
Newfield Exploration Co., 5.625%, 07/01/24 | | | | | | | 6,320,000 | | | | 6,383,200 | |
Old Republic International Corp., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
3.750%, 03/15/185 | | | | | | | 15,805,000 | | | | 18,659,778 | |
4.875%, 10/01/24 | | | | | | | 4,915,000 | | | | 5,084,843 | |
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., 7.625%, 06/15/40 (a) | | | | | | | 8,885,000 | | | | 11,704,859 | |
Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.750%, 05/01/25 (a) | | | | | | | 3,895,000 | | | | 3,729,462 | |
Realty Income Corp., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5.750%, 01/15/21 | | | | | | | 2,125,000 | | | | 2,390,512 | |
6.750%, 08/15/19 | | | | | | | 5,550,000 | | | | 6,423,803 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.125%, 12/15/22 | | | | | | | 4,650,000 | | | | 5,007,036 | |
Santander Central Hispano Issuances, Ltd., 7.250%, 11/01/15 | | | | | | | 500,000 | | | | 508,290 | |
Santander Issuances SAU, 5.911%, 06/20/16 (a) | | | | | | | 1,100,000 | | | | 1,141,654 | |
Sirius International Group, Ltd., 6.375%, 03/20/17 (a) | | | | | | | 4,555,000 | | | | 4,788,649 | |
Societe Generale SA, 5.200%, 04/15/21 (a) | | | | | | | 7,000,000 | | | | 7,853,783 | |
Springleaf Finance Corp., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5.250%, 12/15/19 | | | | | | | 12,890,000 | | | | 12,712,762 | |
7.750%, 10/01/21 | | | | | | | 31,730,000 | | | | 34,427,050 | |
8.250%, 10/01/23 | | | | | | | 12,695,000 | | | | 14,313,612 | |
MTN, Series I, 5.400%, 12/01/15 | | | | | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 5,050,000 | |
Total Financials | | | | | | | | | | | 635,811,975 | |
Industrials - 24.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
6.450%, 03/15/29 | | | | | | | 4,335,000 | | | | 4,475,888 | |
6.500%, 01/15/28 | | | | | | | 305,000 | | | | 314,150 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Industrials - 24.0% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/22 | | | MXN | | | | 1,693,000 | | | $ | 10,319,033 | |
American Airlines 2013-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, 4.000%, 07/15/25 | | | | | | | 2,217,029 | | | | 2,244,742 | |
APL, Ltd., 8.000%, 01/15/242 | | | | | | | 250,000 | | | | 210,000 | |
ArcelorMittal, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
6.125%, 06/01/18 | | | | | | | 4,580,000 | | | | 4,877,700 | |
6.250%, 03/01/21 (b) | | | | | | | 150,000 | | | | 157,125 | |
7.000%, 02/25/22 (b) | | | | | | | 1,600,000 | | | | 1,724,000 | |
7.500%, 03/01/41 (b) | | | | | | | 11,065,000 | | | | 10,843,700 | |
7.750%, 10/15/39 (b) | | | | | | | 6,604,000 | | | | 6,570,980 | |
CenturyLink, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Series P, 7.600%, 09/15/39 | | | | | | | 9,335,000 | | | | 8,459,844 | |
Series S, 6.450%, 06/15/21 | | | | | | | 13,395,000 | | | | 13,495,463 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2.500%, 05/15/375 | | | | | | | 3,800,000 | | | | 3,600,500 | |
2.750%, 11/15/354,5 | | | | | | | 1,560,000 | | | | 1,544,400 | |
6.625%, 08/15/20 | | | | | | | 55,000 | | | | 53,625 | |
6.875%, 11/15/20 | | | | | | | 85,000 | | | | 82,875 | |
Choice Hotels International, Inc., 5.700%, 08/28/20 | | | | | | | 11,900,000 | | | | 12,822,250 | |
Continental Airlines, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1999-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series 991B, 6.795%, 08/02/18 | | | | | | | 5,932 | | | | 6,273 | |
2000-1 Class A-1 Pass Through Trust, Series 00A1, 8.048%, 11/01/20 | | | | | | | 52,333 | | | | 59,329 | |
2007-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, Series 071A, 5.983%, 04/19/22 | | | | | | | 14,662,333 | | | | 16,348,501 | |
2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series 071B, 6.903%, 04/19/22 | | | | | | | 4,986,331 | | | | 5,297,977 | |
Continental Resources, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
3.800%, 06/01/244 | | | | | | | 2,240,000 | | | | 2,044,670 | |
4.500%, 04/15/23 | | | | | | | 170,000 | | | | 163,916 | |
Corning, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
6.850%, 03/01/29 | | | | | | | 9,142,000 | | | | 11,550,012 | |
7.250%, 08/15/36 | | | | | | | 1,185,000 | | | | 1,494,293 | |
Cummins, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5.650%, 03/01/98 | | | | | | | 6,460,000 | | | | 6,791,030 | |
6.750%, 02/15/27 | | | | | | | 2,853,000 | | | | 3,506,534 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc., 6.000%, 08/15/35 | | | | | | | 2,635,000 | | | | 2,687,950 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series 071B, 8.021%, 08/10/22 | | | | | | | 8,054,571 | | | | 9,242,620 | |
2010-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, Series 1A, 6.200%, 07/02/184 | | | | | | | 3,200,722 | | | | 3,464,782 | |
Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/28 | | | | | | | 225,000 | | | | 248,625 | |
DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc., 3.950%, 01/15/25 | | | | | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 2,941,242 | |
Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 06/01/36 | | | | | | | 5,830,000 | | | | 6,463,721 | |
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., 4.150%, 10/01/20 | | | | | | | 700,000 | | | | 719,432 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Industrials - 24.0% (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, | | | | | | | | |
3.900%, 02/15/24 | | $ | 6,400,000 | | | $ | 6,426,579 | |
4.050%, 02/15/22 | | | 2,219,000 | | | | 2,292,176 | |
EQT Corp., 6.500%, 04/01/18 | | | 35,420,000 | | | | 38,821,418 | |
ERAC USA Finance LLC, | | | | | | | | |
6.375%, 10/15/17 (a) | | | 4,910,000 | | | | 5,397,386 | |
6.700%, 06/01/34 (a) | | | 1,250,000 | | | | 1,521,114 | |
7.000%, 10/15/37 (a) | | | 19,033,000 | | | | 23,264,988 | |
Foot Locker, Inc., 8.500%, 01/15/22 | | | 570,000 | | | | 678,300 | |
Ford Motor Co., 6.375%, 02/01/29 | | | 1,990,000 | | | | 2,347,631 | |
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 5.400%, 11/01/20 (a) | | | 5,175,000 | | | | 5,776,744 | |
HCA, Inc., | | | | | | | | |
5.250%, 04/15/25 | | | 10,200,000 | | | | 10,608,000 | |
7.500%, 11/06/33 | | | 75,000 | | | | 81,375 | |
Intel Corp., | | | | | | | | |
2.950%, 12/15/35 (b)5 | | | 8,030,000 | | | | 9,661,094 | |
3.250%, 08/01/395 | | | 15,000,000 | | | | 22,818,750 | |
Intuit, Inc., 5.750%, 03/15/17 | | | 3,560,000 | | | | 3,809,022 | |
INVISTA Finance LLC, 4.250%, 10/15/19 (a) | | | 14,000,000 | | | | 13,790,000 | |
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., | | | | | | | | |
3.500%, 09/01/23 | | | 6,685,000 | | | | 6,232,065 | |
4.150%, 03/01/22 | | | 5,620,000 | | | | 5,628,998 | |
4.150%, 02/01/24 | | | 14,000,000 | | | | 13,585,110 | |
5.300%, 09/15/20 | | | 1,415,000 | | | | 1,538,269 | |
5.800%, 03/01/21 | | | 4,320,000 | | | | 4,783,657 | |
5.950%, 02/15/18 | | | 12,590,000 | | | | 13,757,987 | |
KLA-Tencor Corp., 5.650%, 11/01/34 | | | 4,590,000 | | | | 4,609,191 | |
Marks & Spencer PLC, 7.125%, 12/01/37 (a) | | | 4,725,000 | | | | 5,554,885 | |
Masco Corp., | | | | | | | | |
5.850%, 03/15/17 | | | 8,150,000 | | | | 8,639,000 | |
6.500%, 08/15/32 | | | 955,000 | | | | 1,007,525 | |
7.125%, 03/15/20 | | | 8,815,000 | | | | 10,225,400 | |
7.750%, 08/01/29 | | | 1,070,000 | | | | 1,235,850 | |
The Mead Corp., 7.550%, 03/01/472 | | | 970,000 | | | | 1,142,361 | |
Methanex Corp., 5.250%, 03/01/22 | | | 350,000 | | | | 374,441 | |
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 5.000%, 01/01/452 | | | 825,000 | | | | 769,435 | |
New Albertsons, Inc., | | | | | | | | |
7.450%, 08/01/29 | | | 3,195,000 | | | | 3,067,200 | |
7.750%, 06/15/26 | | | 915,000 | | | | 892,125 | |
MTN, Series C, 6.625%, 06/01/28 | | | 1,015,000 | | | | 862,750 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Industrials - 24.0% (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., 4.000%, 12/01/24 | | $ | 3,085,000 | | | $ | 3,124,834 | |
NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.119%, 12/15/17 (a) | | | 6,250,000 | | | | 6,406,250 | |
ONEOK Partners LP, 4.900%, 03/15/25 | | | 38,790,000 | | | | 38,370,796 | |
Owens Corning, | | | | | | | | |
6.500%, 12/01/16 | | | 54,000 | | | | 57,428 | |
7.000%, 12/01/36 | | | 9,175,000 | | | | 10,482,327 | |
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., L.P., | | | | | | | | |
6.200%, 11/01/17 | | | 5,520,000 | | | | 6,051,493 | |
7.000%, 06/15/18 | | | 26,505,000 | | | | 29,939,279 | |
Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.625%, 05/20/43 | | | 580,000 | | | | 448,282 | |
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. / PAA Finance Corp, | | | | | | | | |
6.125%, 01/15/17 | | | 1,770,000 | | | | 1,892,045 | |
6.500%, 05/01/18 | | | 8,975,000 | | | | 10,104,091 | |
Portugal Telecom International Finance, B.V., EMTN, 4.500%, 06/16/254 | | EUR | 500,000 | | | | 518,600 | |
The Priceline Group, Inc., 0.900%, 09/15/21 (a)4,5 | | | 11,970,000 | | | | 11,416,388 | |
PulteGroup, Inc., | | | | | | | | |
6.000%, 02/15/35 | | | 11,585,000 | | | | 11,266,413 | |
6.375%, 05/15/33 | | | 5,135,000 | | | | 5,199,188 | |
Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., | | | | | | | | |
6.500%, 11/15/18 | | | 620,000 | | | | 664,950 | |
6.875%, 07/15/28 | | | 1,190,000 | | | | 1,169,175 | |
7.625%, 08/03/21 | | | 2,135,000 | | | | 2,295,125 | |
Qwest Corp., | | | | | | | | |
6.875%, 09/15/33 | | | 7,209,000 | | | | 7,128,187 | |
7.200%, 11/10/26 | | | 435,000 | | | | 438,629 | |
7.250%, 09/15/25 | | | 1,185,000 | | | | 1,352,833 | |
7.250%, 10/15/35 | | | 2,165,000 | | | | 2,219,023 | |
Reliance Holdings USA, Inc., 5.400%, 02/14/22 (a) | | | 3,250,000 | | | | 3,504,566 | |
Reynolds American, Inc., 6.750%, 06/15/17 | | | 8,170,000 | | | | 8,927,751 | |
Rowan Cos., Inc., 7.875%, 08/01/19 | | | 4,710,000 | | | | 5,335,158 | |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 7.700%, 10/01/27 (a) | | | 2,860,000 | | | | 3,580,657 | |
Sealed Air Corp., 5.500%, 09/15/25 (a) | | | 1,580,000 | | | | 1,591,850 | |
Telecom Italia Capital, S.A., | | | | | | | | |
6.000%, 09/30/34 | | | 5,965,000 | | | | 5,804,601 | |
6.375%, 11/15/33 | | | 4,865,000 | | | | 4,986,625 | |
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 4.570%, 04/27/23 | | | 900,000 | | | | 945,067 | |
Telekom Malaysia Bhd, 7.875%, 08/01/25 (a) | | | 250,000 | | | | 323,827 | |
Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P., 6.000%, 09/15/17 (a) | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 3,277,449 | |
The Toro Co., 6.625%, 05/01/372 | | | 6,810,000 | | | | 7,655,686 | |
Transocean, Inc., 7.375%, 04/15/184 | | | 500,000 | | | | 517,500 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Industrials - 24.0% (continued) | | | | | | | | |
UAL 2007-1 Pass Through Trust, Series 071A, 6.636%, 07/02/22 | | $ | 11,822,023 | | | $ | 12,679,119 | |
United Airlines 2014-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, Series A, 4.000%, 04/11/26 | | | 9,240,000 | | | | 9,332,400 | |
United States Steel Corp., | | | | | | | | |
6.650%, 06/01/37 | | | 3,595,000 | | | | 3,199,550 | |
7.000%, 02/01/184 | | | 7,310,000 | | | | 7,803,425 | |
US Airways 2011-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, Series A, 7.125%, 10/22/23 | | | 3,014,679 | | | | 3,497,027 | |
Vale Overseas, Ltd., 6.875%, 11/21/36 | | | 3,665,000 | | | | 3,543,359 | |
Verizon New England, Inc., 7.875%, 11/15/29 | | | 2,390,000 | | | | 3,050,240 | |
Verizon Pennsylvania LLC, 6.000%, 12/01/28 | | | 530,000 | | | | 565,710 | |
Virgin Australia 2013-1A Trust, 5.000%, 10/23/23 (a) | | | 1,365,508 | | | | 1,423,542 | |
Weyerhaeuser Co., | | | | | | | | |
6.875%, 12/15/33 | | | 12,890,000 | | | | 15,458,938 | |
7.375%, 10/01/19 | | | 3,915,000 | | | | 4,634,287 | |
7.375%, 03/15/32 | | | 1,930,000 | | | | 2,413,411 | |
Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 6.000%, 12/01/16 | | | 6,430,000 | | | | 6,784,595 | |
Total Industrials | | | | | | | 657,409,684 | |
Utilities - 5.4% | | | | | | | | |
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., 7.250%, 08/01/18 (a) | | | 21,130,000 | | | | 24,182,229 | |
Allegheny Energy Supply Co. LLC, 6.750%, 10/15/39 (a) | | | 3,285,000 | | | | 3,171,329 | |
Bruce Mansfield Unit 1 2007 Pass Through Trust, 6.850%, 06/01/34 | | | 8,112,078 | | | | 8,286,163 | |
DCP Midstream LLC, 6.450%, 11/03/36 (a) | | | 870,000 | | | | 833,803 | |
EDP Finance, B.V., 4.900%, 10/01/19 (a) | | | 600,000 | | | | 624,770 | |
Endesa SA/Cayman Islands, 7.875%, 02/01/27 | | | 2,900,000 | | | | 3,772,132 | |
Enel Finance International N.V., | | | | | | | | |
5.125%, 10/07/19 (a) | | | 3,700,000 | | | | 4,056,284 | |
6.000%, 10/07/39 (a) | | | 18,382,000 | | | | 20,411,851 | |
EMTN, 5.750%, 09/14/40 | | GBP | 210,000 | | | | 369,048 | |
Mackinaw Power LLC, 6.296%, 10/31/23 (a)2 | | | 5,441,220 | | | | 5,982,480 | |
Nisource Finance Corp., | | | | | | | | |
6.125%, 03/01/22 | | | 2,020,000 | | | | 2,333,419 | |
6.400%, 03/15/18 | | | 10,302,000 | | | | 11,545,441 | |
6.800%, 01/15/19 | | | 11,625,000 | | | | 13,400,661 | |
Southwestern Electric Power Co., 6.450%, 01/15/19 | | | 39,195,000 | | | | 44,584,038 | |
Tenaga Nasional Bhd, 7.500%, 11/01/25 (a) | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,498,622 | |
Total Utilities | | | | | | | 146,052,270 | |
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (cost $1,309,869,993) | | | | | | | 1,439,273,929 | |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 6.3% | | | | | | | | |
Brazilian Government International Bonds, | | | | | | | | |
8.500%, 01/05/244 | | BRL | 6,650,000 | | | | 2,031,938 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
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| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 6.3% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | |
10.250%, 01/10/28 | | BRL | | | 5,750,000 | | | $ | 1,945,579 | |
Canadian Government Notes, | | | | | | | | | | |
0.250%, 05/01/17 | | CAD | | | 14,775,000 | | | | 11,785,695 | |
1.000%, 08/01/16 | | CAD | | | 5,965,000 | | | | 4,799,127 | |
2.750%, 09/01/16 | | CAD | | | 385,000 | | | | 316,122 | |
3.000%, 12/01/15 | | CAD | | | 15,225,000 | | | | 12,311,284 | |
European Investment Bank Bonds, 3.630%, 03/10/216 | | AUD | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 3,133,872 | |
Iceland Government International Notes, 5.875%, 05/11/22 (a) | | | | | 5,800,000 | | | | 6,548,954 | |
Inter-American Development Bank Bonds, EMTN, 6.000%, 12/15/17 | | NZD | | | 4,215,000 | | | | 3,038,151 | |
Mexican Bonos Bonds, | | | | | | | | | | |
Series M, 7.750%, 05/29/31 | | MXN | | | 49,000,000 | | | | 3,476,869 | |
Series M, 8.000%, 12/07/23 | | MXN | | | 122,500,000 | | | | 8,807,210 | |
Series M 20, 7.500%, 06/03/27 | | MXN | | | 111,000,000 | | | | 7,758,234 | |
Series M 20, 8.500%, 05/31/29 | | MXN | | | 36,000,000 | | | | 2,728,842 | |
Series M 20, 10.000%, 12/05/24 | | MXN | | | 761,500,000 | | | | 62,036,754 | |
New South Wales Treasury Corp. Notes, Series 18, 6.000%, 02/01/18 | | AUD | | | 19,850,000 | | | | 16,747,366 | |
New Zealand Government Notes, Series 319, 5.000%, 03/15/19 | | NZD | | | 14,845,000 | | | | 10,774,241 | |
Norway Government Bonds, | | | | | | | | | | |
Series 472, 4.250%, 05/19/17 (a) | | NOK | | | 13,230,000 | | | | 1,795,805 | |
Series 473, 4.500%, 05/22/19 (a) | | NOK | | | 18,955,000 | | | | 2,738,030 | |
Series 474, 3.750%, 05/25/21 (a) | | NOK | | | 13,210,000 | | | | 1,907,303 | |
Province of Alberta Bonds, 5.930%, 09/16/16 | | CAD | | | 34,528 | | | | 28,651 | |
Province of Manitoba Canada Notes, 6.375%, 09/01/15 | | NZD | | | 5,450,000 | | | | 3,713,168 | |
Queensland Treasury Corp. Notes, 7.125%, 09/18/17 (a) | | NZD | | | 7,500,000 | | | | 5,490,061 | |
Total Foreign Government and Agency Obligations (cost $201,279,598) | | | | | | | | | 173,913,256 | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 1.2% | | | | | | | | | | |
CDGJ Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-BXCH, Class C, 2.686%, 12/15/27 (07/15/15) (a)1 | | | | | 8,000,000 | | | | 8,019,008 | |
COMM Mortgage Trust, | | | | | | | | | | |
Series 2014-FL4, Class AR1, 1.886%, 05/13/31 (07/13/15) (a)1,2 | | | | | 747,601 | | | | 742,284 | |
Series 2014-FL5, Class SV2, 2.536%, 10/15/31 (07/15/15) (a)1,2 | | | | | 7,703,000 | | | | 7,710,087 | |
Community Program Loan Trust, Series 1987-A, Class A5, 4.500%, 04/01/29 | | | | | 1,531,378 | | | | 1,544,421 | |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2007-C5, Class A4, 5.695%, 09/15/403 | | | | | 1,704,000 | | | | 1,808,106 | |
Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2013-ESH7, Class C7, 3.902%, 12/05/31 (a) | | | | | 13,500,000 | | | | 13,629,317 | |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-LD11, Class A4, 5.961%, 06/15/493 | | | | | 80,000 | | | | 84,705 | |
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C3, Class D, 5.722%, 03/15/44 (a)3 | | | | | 435,000 | | | | 462,903 | |
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $32,922,804) | | | | | | | | | 34,000,831 | |
Municipal Bonds - 1.1% | | | | | | | | | | |
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Series 2007 A-2, 5.875%, 06/01/47 | | | | | 3,975,000 | | | | 3,071,522 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
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| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Municipal Bonds - 1.1% (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Illinois State General Obligation, Series 2003, 5.100%, 06/01/33 | | $ | 2,880,000 | | | $ | 2,684,016 | |
Illinois State General Obligation, 5.520%, 04/01/38 | | | 7,300,000 | | | | 6,359,468 | |
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, Series 2006-A, 7.309%, 06/01/34 | | | 2,780,000 | | | | 2,354,021 | |
Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series 2007 A-1, 6.706%, 06/01/46 | | | 20,630,000 | | | | 15,092,495 | |
Total Municipal Bonds (cost $36,400,147) | | | | | | | 29,561,522 | |
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Preferred Stocks - 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Financials - 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Bank of America Corp., Series 3, 6.375%4 | | | 20,000 | | | | 502,800 | |
Bank of America Corp., Series L, 7.250%5 | | | 7,808 | | | | 8,682,496 | |
Navient Corp., 6.000%4 | | | 41,250 | | | | 893,062 | |
Total Financials | | | | | | | 10,078,358 | |
Industrials - 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 6.250%4,5 | | | 37,854 | | | | 4,514,089 | |
Materials - 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc., Series 1, 5.375%4,5 | | | 98,605 | | | | 3,897,856 | |
Utilities - 0.0%# | | | | | | | | |
Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 4.750% | | | 482 | | | | 46,272 | |
Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 5.560% | | | 100 | | | | 9,951 | |
Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 3.600% | | | 3,946 | | | | 329,688 | |
Total Utilities | | | | | | | 385,911 | |
Total Preferred Stocks (cost $17,117,165) | | | | | | | 18,876,214 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (concluded)
| | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 33.2% | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 0.0%# | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC Gold, 5.000%, 12/01/31 | | $ | 30,455 | | | $ | 33,885 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association - 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
FNMA, | | | | | | | | |
3.000%, 07/01/27 | | | 3,066,906 | | | | 3,185,029 | |
6.000%, 07/01/29 | | | 2,432 | | | | 2,788 | |
Total Federal National Mortgage Association | | | | | | | 3,187,817 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 33.1% | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, | | | | | | | | |
2.500%, 02/15/45 | | | 14,340,000 | | | | 12,620,347 | |
3.000%, 05/15/45 | | | 63,040,000 | | | | 61,779,200 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, | | | | | | | | |
0.250%, 02/29/16 | | | 103,470,000 | | | | 103,526,598 | |
0.375%, 11/15/15 to 05/31/16 | | | 452,950,000 | | | | 453,366,377 | |
0.500%, 06/15/16 | | | 123,145,000 | | | | 123,375,897 | |
0.625%, 12/31/16 | | | 150,000,000 | | | | 150,316,350 | |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | | | | | 904,984,769 | |
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $906,255,982) | | | | | | | 908,206,471 | |
Short-Term Investments - 2.0% | | | | | | | | |
Repurchase Agreements - 1.4%7 | | | | | | | | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.150%, total to be received $8,812,189 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.500%, 07/15/15 - 05/20/65, totaling $8,988,395) | | | 8,812,152 | | | | 8,812,152 | |
Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.180%, total to be received $8,812,196 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.250%, 11/15/15 - 03/01/48, and cash totaling $8,988,352) | | | 8,812,152 | | | | 8,812,152 | |
Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.140%, total to be received $8,812,186 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/31/15 - 05/20/65 totaling $8,988,398) | | | 8,812,152 | | | | 8,812,152 | |
RBC Capital Markets LLC, dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.100%, total to be received $6,489,636 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.375% - 6.500%, 03/01/19 - 02/20/65, totaling $6,619,410) | | | 6,489,618 | | | | 6,489,618 | |
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.200%, total to be received $4,177,666 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 2.500%, 01/15/17 - 01/15/29, totaling $4,262,795) | | | 4,177,643 | | | | 4,177,643 | |
Total Repurchase Agreements | | | | | | | 37,103,717 | |
| | |
| | Shares | | | | |
Other Investment Companies - 0.6%8 | | | | | | | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | | | 17,229,013 | | | | 17,229,013 | |
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $54,332,730) | | | | | | | 54,332,730 | |
Total Investments - 100.6% (cost $2,641,099,282) | | | | | | | 2,755,927,129 | |
Other Assets, less Liabilities - (0.6)% | | | | | | | (17,677,597 | ) |
Net Assets - 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 2,738,249,532 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund
Fund Snapshots (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN
| | | | |
Category | | AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund** | |
Corporate Bonds and Notes | | | 56.2 | % |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations | | | 31.3 | % |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | | | 4.3 | % |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | | | 1.2 | % |
Preferred Stocks | | | 0.9 | % |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | 0.8 | % |
Other Assets and Liabilities | | | 5.3 | % |
** | As a percentage of net assets. |
| | | | |
Rating | | AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund*** | |
U.S. Government | | | 4.6 | % |
Aaa | | | 11.0 | % |
Aa | | | 7.3 | % |
A | | | 17.3 | % |
Baa | | | 42.7 | % |
Ba & lower | | | 15.5 | % |
N/R | | | 1.6 | % |
*** | As a percentage of market value of fixed-income securities and preferred stocks. |
TOP TEN HOLDINGS
| | | | |
Security Name | | % of Net Assets | |
Mexican Bonos Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 06/10/21* | | | 2.7 | % |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.875%, 04/30/17* | | | 2.3 | |
New Zealand Government Bonds, Series 423, 5.500%, 04/15/23* | | | 2.2 | |
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro Bonds, 4.750%, 08/01/23* | | | 1.6 | |
Poland Government Bonds, Series 1023, 4.000%, 10/25/23* | | | 1.6 | |
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro Bonds, 5.000%, 03/01/22* | | | 1.5 | |
Canadian Government Notes, 3.000%, 12/01/15 | | | 1.5 | |
Spain Government Bonds, 4.300%, 10/31/19 | | | 1.4 | |
Mexican Bonos Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 06/09/22 | | | 1.3 | |
Norway Government Bonds, Series 473, 4.500%, 05/22/19 | | | 1.2 | |
| | | | |
Top Ten as a Group | | | 17.3 | % |
| | | | |
* | Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2014 |
Credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.
Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.
Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Asset-Backed Securities - 0.8% | | | | | | | | | | |
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2015-2A, Class A, 2.630%, 12/20/21 (a) | | $ | | | 155,000 | | | $ | 154,602 | |
MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2005-B3, Class B3, 0.304%, 03/19/18 (07/17/15)1 | | EUR | | | 100,000 | | | | 111,031 | |
Trinity Rail Leasing, LLC, Series 2010-1A, Class A, 5.194%, 10/16/40 (a) | | | | | 82,307 | | | | 85,129 | |
Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $371,973) | | | | | | | | | 350,762 | |
Corporate Bonds and Notes - 56.2% | | | | | | | | | | |
Financials - 22.7% | | | | | | | | | | |
AIB Mortgage Bank, EMTN, 4.875%, 06/29/17 | | EUR | | | 345,000 | | | | 419,525 | |
Alfa, SAB de CV, 5.250%, 03/25/24 (a)4 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 205,000 | |
Ally Financial, Inc., 3.500%, 01/27/19 | | | | | 135,000 | | | | 133,987 | |
AXA SA, 7.125%, 12/15/20 | | GBP | | | 50,000 | | | | 92,368 | |
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A., | | | | | | | | | | |
3.250%, 05/07/20 (a) | | | | | 150,000 | | | | 149,250 | |
3.750%, 04/04/17 (a) | | | | | 150,000 | | | | 153,750 | |
Banco Votorantim, S.A., 6.250%, 05/16/16 (a) | | BRL | | | 300,000 | | | | 118,008 | |
Bank of America Corp., | | | | | | | | | | |
5.700%, 01/24/22 | | | | | 140,000 | | | | 158,922 | |
MTN, 4.200%, 08/26/244 | | | | | 130,000 | | | | 129,687 | |
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Series G, 2.150%, 02/24/20 | | | | | 285,000 | | | | 281,993 | |
The Bank of Nova Scotia, 1.450%, 04/25/18 | | | | | 345,000 | | | | 343,341 | |
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., 1.700%, 03/05/18 (a) | | | | | 250,000 | | | | 249,441 | |
Barclays PLC, 3.650%, 03/16/25 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 189,160 | |
BOC Aviation Pte, Ltd., 3.000%, 03/30/20 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 196,810 | |
Braskem Finance, Ltd., 5.750%, 04/15/21 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 190,000 | |
CIMPOR Financial Operations BV, 5.750%, 07/17/24 (a) | | | | | 210,000 | | | | 170,100 | |
Citigroup, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | |
3.875%, 03/26/25 | | | | | 10,000 | | | | 9,579 | |
4.000%, 08/05/24 | | | | | 45,000 | | | | 44,404 | |
4.400%, 06/10/25 | | | | | 30,000 | | | | 29,888 | |
Credit Agricole, S.A., | | | | | | | | | | |
4.375%, 03/17/25 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 191,584 | |
7.500%, 04/29/493,9 | | GBP | | | 100,000 | | | | 154,889 | |
Crown Castle Towers LLC, 6.113%, 01/15/20 (a) | | | | | 100,000 | | | | 113,861 | |
General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, 7.125%, 12/29/493,9 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 230,750 | |
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., | | | | | | | | | | |
3.150%, 01/15/20 | | | | | 285,000 | | | | 286,336 | |
3.450%, 04/10/22 | | | | | 135,000 | | | | 132,280 | |
4.375%, 09/25/21 | | | | | 190,000 | | | | 197,201 | |
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.375%, 02/01/18 | | CAD | | | 200,000 | | | | 166,841 | |
HCP, Inc., 3.400%, 02/01/25 | | | | | 65,000 | | | | 61,026 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Financials - 22.7% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | |
Hyundai Capital Services, Inc., 3.500%, 09/13/17 (a) | | $ | | | 200,000 | | | $ | 207,088 | |
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, MTN, 2.500%, 03/12/20 | | AUD | | | 320,000 | | | | 242,932 | |
Itau Unibanco Holding, S.A., 2.850%, 05/26/18 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 198,400 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.875%, 02/01/24 | | | | | 75,000 | | | | 76,223 | |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.500%, 11/04/24 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 200,118 | |
Morgan Stanley, | | | | | | | | | | |
3.750%, 02/25/23 | | | | | 100,000 | | | | 101,114 | |
GMTN, 5.750%, 02/14/17 | | GBP | | | 50,000 | | | | 83,873 | |
Mubadala GE Capital, Ltd., 3.000%, 11/10/19 (a) | | | | | 235,000 | | | | 232,944 | |
National Australia Bank, Ltd., GMTN, 6.750%, 06/26/233 | | EUR | | | 100,000 | | | | 129,179 | |
Nomura Holdings, Inc., GMTN, 2.750%, 03/19/19 | | | | | 240,000 | | | | 242,218 | |
Old Republic International Corp., 4.875%, 10/01/24 | | | | | 100,000 | | | | 103,456 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.000%, 12/19/23 | | | | | 230,000 | | | | 243,554 | |
Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 2.650%, 04/17/20 | | | | | 215,000 | | | | 211,369 | |
Shell International Finance BV, 3.250%, 05/11/25 | | | | | 100,000 | | | | 99,028 | |
Shinhan Bank, 2.250%, 04/15/20 (a) | | | | | 215,000 | | | | 212,299 | |
Sirius International Group, Ltd., 6.375%, 03/20/17 (a) | | | | | 140,000 | | | | 147,181 | |
Societe Generale, S.A., | | | | | | | | | | |
4.250%, 04/14/25 (a) | | | | | 465,000 | | | | 437,221 | |
6.750%, 04/07/493,9 | | EUR | | | 105,000 | | | | 116,723 | |
SUAM Finance BV, 4.875%, 04/17/24 (a) | | | | | 245,000 | | | | 246,837 | |
TC Ziraat Bankasi A.S., 4.250%, 07/03/19 (a) | | | | | 215,000 | | | | 214,677 | |
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S., 4.750%, 02/11/21 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 196,400 | |
UniCredit S.P.A., EMTN, 6.950%, 10/31/22 | | EUR | | | 150,000 | | | | 193,237 | |
Unifin Financiera SAPI de CV SOFOM ENR, 6.250%, 07/22/19 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 197,750 | |
Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S., 5.250%, 12/03/18 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 206,000 | |
Total Financials | | | | | | | | | 9,339,802 | |
Industrials - 29.4% | | | | | | | | | | |
Air Canada, 7.625%, 10/01/19 (a) | | CAD | | | 225,000 | | | | 192,754 | |
Albemarle Corp., 3.000%, 12/01/19 | | | | | 81,000 | | | | 81,157 | |
Altice, S.A., 7.750%, 05/15/22 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 193,500 | |
America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/22 | | MXN | | | 40,000 | | | | 243,805 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 3.450%, 07/15/244 | | | | | 85,000 | | | | 83,757 | |
Arcelik A.S., 5.000%, 04/03/23 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 191,324 | |
ArcelorMittal, 7.500%, 03/01/41 (b) | | | | | 120,000 | | | | 117,600 | |
Asciano Finance, Ltd., 4.625%, 09/23/20 (a) | | | | | 30,000 | | | | 31,820 | |
AT&T, Inc., 4.750%, 05/15/46 | | | | | 113,000 | | | | 102,827 | |
Bell Canada, 5.410%, 09/26/16 | | CAD | | | 160,000 | | | | 134,189 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Industrials - 29.4% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | |
Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV, | | | | | | | | | | |
5.125%, 03/11/23 (a) | | $ | | | 205,000 | | | $ | 214,020 | |
5.350%, 05/20/24 (a) | | | | | 265,000 | | | | 280,603 | |
BRF, S.A., 7.750%, 05/22/18 (a) | | BRL | | | 300,000 | | | | 80,570 | |
British Telecommunications PLC, 5.750%, 12/07/28 | | GBP | | | 100,000 | | | | 187,334 | |
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.750%, 09/01/23 | | | | | 205,000 | | | | 205,384 | |
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC / Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, 2.450%, 05/01/20 (a) | | | | | 40,000 | | | | 39,744 | |
CNOOC Finance 2015 Australia Pty, Ltd., 2.625%, 05/05/20 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 197,385 | |
Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP, 5.375%, 09/27/22 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 198,250 | |
Continental Resources, Inc., | | | | | | | | | | |
3.800%, 06/01/244 | | | | | 120,000 | | | | 109,536 | |
4.500%, 04/15/23 | | | | | 35,000 | | | | 33,747 | |
DP World, Ltd., 3.250%, 05/18/20 (a)4 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 198,500 | |
Ecopetrol, S.A., | | | | | | | | | | |
4.125%, 01/16/25 | | | | | 165,000 | | | | 152,262 | |
5.875%, 09/18/23 | | | | | 130,000 | | | | 136,500 | |
5.875%, 05/28/45 | | | | | 135,000 | | | | 119,137 | |
Embraer Netherlands Finance BV, 5.050%, 06/15/25 | | | | | 50,000 | | | | 49,875 | |
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., 4.050%, 03/15/25 | | | | | 210,000 | | | | 198,028 | |
ERAC USA Finance LLC, 2.800%, 11/01/18 (a) | | | | | 265,000 | | | | 270,307 | |
FedEx Corp., 4.000%, 01/15/24 | | | | | 180,000 | | | | 186,698 | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.550%, 11/14/244 | | | | | 120,000 | | | | 111,813 | |
Gajah Tunggal Tbk PT, 7.750%, 02/06/18 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 168,500 | |
General Motors Co., 4.000%, 04/01/25 | | | | | 120,000 | | | | 117,796 | |
HCA, Inc., 4.750%, 05/01/23 | | | | | 115,000 | | | | 116,437 | |
INEOS Group Holdings, S.A., 5.750%, 02/15/19 | | EUR | | | 100,000 | | | | 112,695 | |
INVISTA Finance LLC, 4.250%, 10/15/19 (a) | | | | | 130,000 | | | | 128,050 | |
Israel Chemicals, Ltd., 4.500%, 12/02/24 (a) | | | | | 250,000 | | | | 251,053 | |
KB Home, 4.750%, 05/15/19 | | | | | 25,000 | | | | 24,812 | |
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 4.250%, 09/01/24 | | | | | 220,000 | | | | 214,266 | |
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 4.300%, 06/01/25 | | | | | 175,000 | | | | 168,944 | |
Methanex Corp., 3.250%, 12/15/19 | | | | | 241,000 | | | | 242,470 | |
Millicom International Cellular, S.A., 4.750%, 05/22/20 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 192,306 | |
MTN Mauritius Investments, Ltd., 4.755%, 11/11/24 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 198,500 | |
Myriad International Holdings BV, 6.000%, 07/18/20 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 216,850 | |
OCP, S.A., 4.500%, 10/22/25 (a) | | | | | 215,000 | | | | 203,981 | |
Odebrecht Drilling Norbe VIII/IX, Ltd., 6.350%, 06/30/21 (a)4 | | | | | 85,000 | | | | 65,450 | |
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance, Ltd., 6.750%, 10/01/22 (a), (b) | | | | | 183,820 | | | | 131,891 | |
Oi, S.A., 9.750%, 09/15/16 (a) | | BRL | | | 300,000 | | | | 89,737 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Industrials - 29.4% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | |
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., | | | | | | | | | | |
5.125%, 03/28/23 (a)4 | | $ | | | 315,000 | | | $ | 225,225 | |
5.625%, 01/19/25 (a) | | | | | 135,000 | | | | 97,875 | |
Parker-Hannifin Corp., MTN, 3.300%, 11/21/24 | | | | | 260,000 | | | | 260,894 | |
Parkson Retail Group, Ltd., 4.500%, 05/03/18 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 189,030 | |
Pertamina Persero PT, 4.300%, 05/20/23 (a)4 | | | | | 425,000 | | | | 406,937 | |
Petrobras Global Finance BV, | | | | | | | | | | |
4.375%, 05/20/23 | | | | | 240,000 | | | | 209,090 | |
5.750%, 01/20/20 | | | | | 160,000 | | | | 158,534 | |
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., EMTN, 8.350%, 03/06/17 | | | | | 75,000 | | | | 81,750 | |
Reliance Holdings USA, Inc., 5.400%, 02/14/22 (a) | | | | | 250,000 | | | | 269,582 | �� |
SoftBank Corp., 4.500%, 04/15/20 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 200,750 | |
Southern Copper Corp., 3.875%, 04/23/25 | | | | | 130,000 | | | | 125,208 | |
Telecom Italia Capital, S.A., 6.375%, 11/15/33 | | | | | 45,000 | | | | 46,125 | |
Telstra Corp., Ltd., 3.125%, 04/07/25 (a) | | | | | 245,000 | | | | 239,310 | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp., | | | | | | | | | | |
3.786%, 06/15/20 (09/15/15) (a)1 | | | | | 105,000 | | | | 105,919 | |
4.375%, 10/01/21 | | | | | 10,000 | | | | 9,775 | |
4.500%, 04/01/21 | | | | | 105,000 | | | | 103,950 | |
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.250%, 07/15/42 | | GBP | | | 125,000 | | | | 180,565 | |
Transocean, Inc., 4.300%, 10/15/22 (b)4 | | | | | 40,000 | | | | 30,100 | |
Transportadora de Gas del Sur, S.A., 9.625%, 05/14/20 (a) | | | | | 179,604 | | | | 181,400 | |
Tupy Overseas, S.A., 6.625%, 07/17/24 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 195,750 | |
Union Andina de Cementos SAA, 5.875%, 10/30/21 (a) | | | | | 250,000 | | | | 252,812 | |
Vale Overseas, Ltd., 6.875%, 11/21/36 | | | | | 115,000 | | | | 111,183 | |
Vale, S.A., 5.625%, 09/11/42 | | | | | 380,000 | | | | 320,025 | |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.375%, 03/15/20 (a) | | | | | 80,000 | | | | 82,600 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.050%, 03/15/34 | | | | | 290,000 | | | | 291,951 | |
Wind Acquisition Finance, S.A., 7.375%, 04/23/21 (a) | | | | | 205,000 | | | | 207,306 | |
YPF, S.A., 8.750%, 04/04/24 (a) | | | | | 490,000 | | | | 497,350 | |
Total Industrials | | | | | | | | | 12,067,160 | |
Utilities - 4.1% | | | | | | | | | | |
AES Corp., 5.500%, 03/15/24 | | | | | 30,000 | | | | 28,875 | |
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, EMTN, 2.750%, 10/24/24 | | EUR | | | 50,000 | | | | 61,230 | |
EDP Finance BV, 4.125%, 01/15/20 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 201,941 | |
Emgesa, S.A. ESP, 8.750%, 01/25/21 (a) | | COP | | | 320,000,000 | | | | 130,446 | |
Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, 8.375%, 02/01/21 (a) | | COP | | | 390,000,000 | | | | 157,784 | |
Eskom Holdings SOC, Ltd., 7.125%, 02/11/25 (a)4 | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 202,356 | |
Listrindo Capital, B.V., 6.950%, 02/21/19 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 209,000 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
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| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Utilities - 4.1% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3.500%, 06/15/25 | | $ | | | 180,000 | | | $ | 179,675 | |
Petroleos Mexicanos, Series 14-2, 7.470%, 11/12/26 | | MXN | | | 3,800,000 | | | | 229,148 | |
Transelec, S.A., 4.250%, 01/14/25 (a) | | | | | 260,000 | | | | 260,372 | |
Total Utilities | | | | | | | | | 1,660,827 | |
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (cost $23,774,373) | | | | | | | | | 23,067,789 | |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 31.3% | | | | | | | | | | |
Brazil Letras do Tesouro Nacional Notes, 14.190%, 07/01/166 | | BRL | | | 645,000 | | | | 181,405 | |
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F Notes, 10.000%, 01/01/19 | | BRL | | | 500,000 | | | | 148,577 | |
Canadian Government, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, 4.000%, 06/01/16 | | CAD | | | 260,000 | | | | 214,649 | |
Notes, 1.250%, 09/01/18 | | CAD | | | 310,000 | | | | 254,150 | |
Notes, 3.000%, 12/01/15 | | CAD | | | 735,000 | | | | 594,338 | |
Corp. Andina de Fomento Notes, 4.375%, 06/15/22 | | | | | 280,000 | | | | 302,726 | |
Dominican Republic International, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, 8.625%, 04/20/27 (a) | | | | | 100,000 | | | | 119,500 | |
Notes, 5.500%, 01/27/25 (a) | | | | | 125,000 | | | | 125,313 | |
Export Credit Bank of Turkey Notes, 5.000%, 09/23/21 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 201,152 | |
Export-Import Bank of Korea Notes, EMTN, 3.000%, 05/22/18 (a) | | NOK | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 131,299 | |
Hungary Government International Notes, 5.375%, 03/25/24 | | | | | 140,000 | | | | 151,725 | |
Iceland Government International Notes, 5.875%, 05/11/22 (a) | | | | | 300,000 | | | | 338,739 | |
Indonesia Government International Bonds, 5.125%, 01/15/45 (a) | | | | | 200,000 | | | | 190,750 | |
Indonesia Treasury Notes, Series FR69, 7.875%, 04/15/19 | | IDR | | | 6,300,000,000 | | | | 468,352 | |
Inter-American Development Bank Notes, 8.645%, 08/20/156 | | IDR | | | 750,000,000 | | | | 55,393 | |
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, 1.500%, 06/01/25 | | EUR | | | 95,000 | | | | 98,666 | |
Bonds, 4.500%, 08/01/18 | | EUR | | | 200,000 | | | | 248,904 | |
Bonds, 4.750%, 08/01/23 (a) | | EUR | | | 500,000 | | | | 668,519 | |
Bonds, 5.000%, 03/01/22 | | EUR | | | 450,000 | | | | 605,230 | |
Korea Treasury Notes, Series 1709, 2.750%, 09/10/17 | | KRW | | | 475,000,000 | | | | 434,914 | |
Mexican Bonos, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 06/10/21 | | MXN | | | 16,950,000 | | | | 1,122,948 | |
Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 06/09/22 | | MXN | | | 8,160,000 | | | | 537,849 | |
New South Wales Treasury Corp. Bonds, Series 22, 6.000%, 03/01/22 | | AUD | | | 300,000 | | | | 274,044 | |
New Zealand Government, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, 3.000%, 09/20/30 | | NZD | | | 295,000 | | | | 224,803 | |
Bonds, Series 423, 5.500%, 04/15/23 | | NZD | | | 1,180,000 | | | | 918,558 | |
Notes, Series 319, 5.000%, 03/15/19 | | NZD | | | 520,000 | | | | 377,407 | |
Norway Government, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, Series 473, 4.500%, 05/22/19 (a) | | NOK | | | 3,450,000 | | | | 498,349 | |
Bonds, Series 475, 2.000%, 05/24/23 (a) | | NOK | | | 3,630,000 | | | | 475,549 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 31.3% (continued) | | | | | | | | | | |
Poland Government, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, Series 1019, 5.500%, 10/25/19 | | PLN | | | 655,000 | | | $ | 195,281 | |
Bonds, Series 1023, 4.000%, 10/25/23 | | PLN | | | 2,310,000 | | | | 650,516 | |
South Africa Government, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, Series 2023, 7.750%, 02/28/23 | | ZAR | | | 2,500,000 | | | | 200,848 | |
Bonds, Series R186, 10.500%, 12/21/264 | | ZAR | | | 2,350,000 | | | | 224,801 | |
Spain Government, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, 1.600%, 04/30/25 (a) | | EUR | | | 95,000 | | | | 99,842 | |
Bonds, 4.300%, 10/31/19 (a) | | EUR | | | 455,000 | | | | 577,084 | |
Bonds, 4.400%, 10/31/23 (a) | | EUR | | | 170,000 | | | | 222,743 | |
Turkey Government Notes, Series 5Y, 6.300%, 02/14/18 | | TRY | | | 605,000 | | | | 209,514 | |
U.K. Gilt, | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds, 3.750%, 09/07/19 | | GBP | | | 150,000 | | | | 259,282 | |
Bonds, 4.000%, 03/07/22 | | GBP | | | 145,000 | | | | 260,737 | |
Total Foreign Government and Agency Obligations (cost $14,520,392) | | | | | | | | | 12,864,456 | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 1.2% | | | | | | | | | | |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-GG10, Class A4, 5.989%, 08/10/453 | | | | | 81,705 | | | | 87,192 | |
Institutional Mortgage Securities Canada, Inc., Series 2014-5A, Class A2, 2.616%, 07/12/47 (a) | | CAD | | | 315,000 | | | | 257,105 | |
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2007-IQ14, Class A4, 5.692%, 04/15/493 | | | | | 50,000 | | | | 52,877 | |
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C30, Class A5, 5.342%, 12/15/43 | | | | | 75,000 | | | | 78,779 | |
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $513,650) | | | | | | | | | 475,953 | |
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Preferred Stocks - 0.9% | | | | | | | | | | |
Financials - 0.7% | | | | | | | | | | |
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Series Q, 5.375%9 | | | | | 12,000 | | | | 289,680 | |
Utilities - 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | |
Dominion Resources, Inc., Series A, 6.125%5 | | | | | 665 | | | | 35,637 | |
Dominion Resources, Inc., Series B, 6.000%5 | | | | | 501 | | | | 26,969 | |
Total Utilities | | | | | | | | | 62,606 | |
Total Preferred Stocks (cost $304,374) | | | | | | | | | 352,286 | |
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U.S. Government - 4.3% | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, | | | | | | | | | | |
0.250%, 07/15/15 | | | | $ | 405,000 | | | | 405,032 | |
0.625%, 02/15/17 | | | | | 420,000 | | | | 420,558 | |
0.875%, 04/30/17 | | | | | 930,000 | | | | 934,723 | |
1.500%, 07/31/16 | | | | | 25,000 | | | | 25,305 | |
Total U.S. Government (cost $1,781,780) | | | | | | | | | 1,785,618 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
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| | Principal Amount† | | | Value | |
Short-Term Investments - 5.1% | | | | | | | | |
Repurchase Agreements - 3.6%7 | | | | | | | | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.150%, total to be received $1,000,004 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.500%, 07/15/15 - 05/20/65, totaling $1,020,000) | | $ | 1,000,000 | | | $ | 1,000,000 | |
Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.140%, total to be received $474,548 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/31/15 - 05/20/65 totaling $484,037) | | | 474,546 | | | | 474,546 | |
Total Repurchase Agreements | | | | | | | 1,474,546 | |
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Other Investment Companies - 1.5%8 | | | | | | | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | | | 603,444 | | | | 603,444 | |
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $2,077,990) | | | | | | | 2,077,990 | |
Total Investments - 99.8% (cost $43,344,532) | | | | | | | 40,974,854 | |
Other Assets, less Liabilities - 0.2% | | | | | | | 92,225 | |
Net Assets - 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 41,067,079 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Special Equity Fund
Fund Snapshots (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
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PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN | |
Sector | | AMG Managers Special Equity Fund** | | | Russell 2000® Growth Index | |
Health Care | | | 25.9 | % | | | 27.7 | % |
Information Technology | | | 24.0 | % | | | 23.9 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 17.3 | % | | | 18.3 | % |
Industrials | | | 11.9 | % | | | 13.2 | % |
Financials | | | 10.8 | % | | | 7.1 | % |
Consumer Staples | | | 4.1 | % | | | 3.1 | % |
Energy | | | 1.9 | % | | | 1.7 | % |
Materials | | | 1.1 | % | | | 4.2 | % |
Telecommunication Services | | | 0.5 | % | | | 0.7 | % |
Utilities | | | 0.1 | % | | | 0.1 | % |
Other Assets and Liabilities | | | 2.4 | % | | | 0.0 | % |
** | As a percentage of net assets. |
TOP TEN HOLDINGS
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Security Name | | % of Net Assets | |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | | | 1.9 | % |
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.* | | | 1.9 | |
MAXIMUS, Inc.* | | | 1.7 | |
Ellie Mae, Inc. | | | 1.7 | |
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. | | | 1.7 | |
PrivateBancorp, Inc.* | | | 1.6 | |
ICON PLC* | | | 1.5 | |
Cambrex Corp. | | | 1.5 | |
Proto Labs, Inc.* | | | 1.3 | |
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.* | | | 1.3 | |
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Top Ten as a Group | | | 16.1 | % |
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* | Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2014 |
Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.
Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.
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AMG Managers Special Equity Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
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Common Stocks - 97.6% | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary - 17.3% | | | | | |
2U, Inc.* | | | 28,946 | | | $ | 931,772 | |
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.* | | | 19,500 | | | | 407,745 | |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | | | 26,711 | | | | 459,963 | |
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.* | | | 41,233 | | | | 3,736,535 | |
Big Lots, Inc. | | | 7,468 | | | | 335,985 | |
Boyd Gaming Corp.* | | | 62,147 | | | | 929,098 | |
Brunswick Corp. | | | 5,734 | | | | 291,631 | |
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.* | | | 1,881 | | | | 294,734 | |
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.* | | | 22,000 | | | | 351,780 | |
Burlington Stores, Inc.* | | | 2,506 | | | | 128,307 | |
Capella Education Co. | | | 1,425 | | | | 76,480 | |
The Children’s Place, Inc. | | | 4,271 | | | | 279,366 | |
Columbia Sportswear Co. | | | 6,292 | | | | 380,414 | |
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.4 | | | 9,344 | | | | 1,393,751 | |
Denny’s Corp.* | | | 18,600 | | | | 215,946 | |
DineEquity, Inc. | | | 5,180 | | | | 513,286 | |
Dorman Products, Inc.*,4 | | | 25,920 | | | | 1,235,347 | |
Express, Inc.* | | | 18,634 | | | | 337,462 | |
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.* | | | 59,730 | | | | 4,202,006 | |
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.* | | | 7,786 | | | | 330,126 | |
The Habit Restaurants, Inc., Class A* | | | 6,969 | | | | 218,060 | |
Iconix Brand Group, Inc.* | | | 12,487 | | | | 311,800 | |
IMAX Corp.* | | | 21,789 | | | | 877,443 | |
Jack in the Box, Inc. | | | 6,555 | | | | 577,889 | |
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.* | | | 51,240 | | | | 986,882 | |
La Quinta Holdings, Inc.* | | | 25,606 | | | | 585,097 | |
LifeLock, Inc.* | | | 37,071 | | | | 607,964 | |
MarineMax, Inc.* | | | 19,433 | | | | 456,870 | |
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. | | | 27,370 | | | | 1,701,319 | |
Nutrisystem, Inc. | | | 19,220 | | | | 478,194 | |
Outerwall, Inc.4 | | | 18,143 | | | | 1,380,864 | |
PetMed Express, Inc. | | | 30,900 | | | | 533,643 | |
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.* | | | 15,820 | | | | 589,770 | |
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.* | | | 14,337 | | | | 860,077 | |
Rentrak Corp.*,4 | | | 10,957 | | | | 764,799 | |
Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.* | | | 7,596 | | | | 741,597 | |
Select Comfort Corp.* | | | 20,097 | | | | 604,317 | |
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A* | | | 10,820 | | | | 1,187,927 | |
Sonic Corp. | | | 82,373 | | | | 2,372,342 | |
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Steven Madden, Ltd.* | | | 52,170 | | | $ | 2,231,833 | |
Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. | | | 4,210 | | | | 241,865 | |
Tuesday Morning Corp.* | | | 45,690 | | | | 514,698 | |
Tupperware Brands Corp. | | | 7,251 | | | | 467,980 | |
Vince Holding Corp.* | | | 8,336 | | | | 99,865 | |
Wayfair, Inc., Class A*,4 | | | 17,206 | | | | 647,634 | |
Weight Watchers International, Inc.* | | | 214,592 | | | | 1,040,771 | |
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. | | | 5,024 | | | | 143,084 | |
Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.*,4 | | | 11,543 | | | | 472,570 | |
zulily, Inc., Class A* | | | 14,477 | | | | 188,780 | |
Zumiez, Inc.* | | | 15,200 | | | | 404,776 | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | | 39,122,444 | |
Consumer Staples - 4.1% | | | | | | | | |
Calavo Growers, Inc. | | | 12,253 | | | | 636,298 | |
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | | | 10,500 | | | | 548,100 | |
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | | | 2,934 | | | | 280,901 | |
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.* | | | 7,138 | | | | 470,109 | |
Inter Parfums, Inc. | | | 9,500 | | | | 322,335 | |
J&J Snack Foods Corp. | | | 15,450 | | | | 1,709,852 | |
Medifast, Inc.* | | | 18,703 | | | | 604,481 | |
Sanderson Farms, Inc.4 | | | 17,183 | | | | 1,291,475 | |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.* | | | 34,570 | | | | 2,801,207 | |
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.* | | | 4,225 | | | | 577,389 | |
Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | | 9,242,147 | |
Energy - 1.9% | | | | | | | | |
Abraxas Petroleum Corp.* | | | 63,700 | | | | 187,915 | |
Alon USA Energy, Inc. | | | 6,100 | | | | 115,290 | |
Basic Energy Services, Inc.* | | | 18,686 | | | | 141,079 | |
Delek US Holdings, Inc. | | | 4,269 | | | | 157,185 | |
GasLog, Ltd.4 | | | 20,294 | | | | 404,865 | |
Matador Resources Co.* | | | 31,900 | | | | 797,500 | |
Matrix Service Co.* | | | 4,100 | | | | 74,948 | |
PDC Energy, Inc.* | | | 21,509 | | | | 1,153,743 | |
Pioneer Energy Services Corp.* | | | 106,019 | | | | 672,160 | |
REX American Resources Corp.* | | | 7,152 | | | | 455,153 | |
Tesco Corp. | | | 16,800 | | | | 183,120 | |
Total Energy | | | | | | | 4,342,958 | |
Financials - 10.8% | | | | | | | | |
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. | | | 12,349 | | | | 808,983 | |
BancorpSouth, Inc. | | | 102,810 | | | | 2,648,386 | |
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. | | | 25,352 | | | | 1,159,854 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
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Financials - 10.8% (continued) | | | | | |
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A | | | 13,800 | | | $ | 120,750 | |
Cash America International, Inc. | | | 1,261 | | | | 33,026 | |
Credit Acceptance Corp.* | | | 3,474 | | | | 855,229 | |
Encore Capital Group, Inc.*,4 | | | 12,932 | | | | 552,714 | |
Essent Group, Ltd.* | | | 5,000 | | | | 136,750 | |
Greenhill & Co., Inc. | | | 11,700 | | | | 483,561 | |
HCI Group, Inc. | | | 1,640 | | | | 72,504 | |
Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. | | | 4,030 | | | | 305,635 | |
Janus Capital Group, Inc. | | | 25,762 | | | | 441,045 | |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | | | 47,462 | | | | 4,403,050 | |
The Navigators Group, Inc.* | | | 1,260 | | | | 97,726 | |
Noah Holdings, Ltd., Sponsored ADR* | | | 8,895 | | | | 268,896 | |
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | | | 21,570 | | | | 1,172,761 | |
PrivateBancorp, Inc. | | | 89,378 | | | | 3,559,032 | |
South State Corp. | | | 25,950 | | | | 1,971,941 | |
Springleaf Holdings, Inc.* | | | 38 | | | | 1,745 | |
Stifel Financial Corp.* | | | 7,937 | | | | 458,282 | |
SVB Financial Group* | | | 3,589 | | | | 516,744 | |
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. | | | 34,458 | | | | 833,884 | |
Western Alliance Bancorp* | | | 22,010 | | | | 743,057 | |
WisdomTree Investments, Inc.4 | | | 88,046 | | | | 1,933,930 | |
World Acceptance Corp.* | | | 13,107 | | | | 806,212 | |
Total Financials | | | | | | | 24,385,697 | |
Health Care - 25.9% | | | | | | | | |
ABIOMED, Inc.* | | | 21,153 | | | | 1,390,387 | |
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,4 | | | 11,185 | | | | 468,428 | |
Aceto Corp. | | | 72,550 | | | | 1,786,907 | |
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 9,000 | | | | 235,980 | |
Aduro Biotech, Inc.*,4 | | | 1,765 | | | | 53,532 | |
Affymetrix, Inc.*,4 | | | 23,500 | | | | 256,620 | |
Agenus, Inc.* | | | 23,200 | | | | 200,216 | |
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,4 | | | 2,423 | | | | 269,292 | |
Air Methods Corp.* | | | 36,800 | | | | 1,521,312 | |
Amedisys, Inc.* | | | 6,035 | | | | 239,771 | |
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.* | | | 25,300 | | | | 357,995 | |
Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 9,914 | | | | 767,641 | |
Bluebird Bio, Inc.* | | | 4,326 | | | | 728,369 | |
Blueprint Medicines Corp.* | | | 4,331 | | | | 114,728 | |
Cambrex Corp.* | | | 78,372 | | | | 3,443,666 | |
Cantel Medical Corp. | | | 28,207 | | | | 1,513,870 | |
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Cara Therapeutics, Inc.* | | | 15,600 | | | $ | 189,540 | |
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.* | | | 19,892 | | | | 501,676 | |
Centene Corp.* | | | 11,488 | | | | 923,635 | |
Cepheid, Inc.* | | | 13,703 | | | | 837,938 | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* | | | 974 | | | | 68,511 | |
Chemed Corp. | | | 10,301 | | | | 1,350,462 | |
Chimerix, Inc.* | | | 2,700 | | | | 124,740 | |
Clovis Oncology, Inc.* | | | 7,877 | | | | 692,231 | |
CTI BioPharma Corp.* | | | 55,900 | | | | 109,005 | |
Depomed, Inc.* | | | 14,072 | | | | 301,985 | |
DexCom, Inc.* | | | 5,826 | | | | 465,963 | |
Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.* | | | 18,052 | | | | 807,827 | |
Dyax Corp.* | | | 14,932 | | | | 395,698 | |
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 20,140 | | | | 1,628,520 | |
Endologix, Inc.* | | | 21,426 | | | | 328,675 | |
Evolent Health, Inc., Class* | | | 13,068 | | | | 254,826 | |
ExamWorks Group, Inc.* | | | 7,631 | | | | 298,372 | |
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.* | | | 5,400 | | | | 134,136 | |
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.* | | | 7,200 | | | | 157,608 | |
Fluidigm Corp.* | | | 6,096 | | | | 147,523 | |
Foundation Medicine, Inc.* | | | 6,662 | | | | 225,442 | |
Genocea Biosciences, Inc.*,4 | | | 14,200 | | | | 194,966 | |
Geron Corp.* | | | 35,812 | | | | 153,275 | |
HealthEquity, Inc.* | | | 5,295 | | | | 169,705 | |
ICON PLC* | | | 51,872 | | | | 3,490,986 | |
IGI Laboratories, Inc.* | | | 106,628 | | | | 671,756 | |
ImmunoGen, Inc.*,4 | | | 12,700 | | | | 182,626 | |
Immunomedics, Inc.* | | | 28,800 | | | | 116,928 | |
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 10,200 | | | | 111,690 | |
Inogen, Inc.* | | | 4,363 | | | | 194,590 | |
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,4 | | | 20,490 | | | | 167,198 | |
Intersect ENT, Inc.* | | | 9,713 | | | | 278,083 | |
Invacare Corp. | | | 4,665 | | | | 100,904 | |
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 10,100 | | | | 121,806 | |
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,4 | | | 12,212 | | | | 702,801 | |
Juno Therapeutics, Inc.*,4 | | | 5,639 | | | | 300,728 | |
Lannett Co., Inc.*,4 | | | 32,409 | | | | 1,926,391 | |
LDR Holding Corp.* | | | 13,265 | | | | 573,711 | |
Medidata Solutions, Inc.* | | | 54,863 | | | | 2,980,158 | |
Merge Healthcare, Inc.* | | | 55,900 | | | | 268,320 | |
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,4 | | | 49,687 | | | | 614,380 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Health Care - 25.9% (continued) | | | | | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.* | | | 6,600 | | | $ | 463,980 | |
Natus Medical, Inc.* | | | 22,711 | | | | 966,580 | |
Neogen Corp.* | | | 16,810 | | | | 797,466 | |
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.* | | | 6,573 | | | | 313,926 | |
Nevro Corp.* | | | 6,076 | | | | 326,585 | |
NxStage Medical, Inc.* | | | 13,097 | | | | 187,091 | |
OPKO Health, Inc.*,4 | | | 13,300 | | | | 213,864 | |
PAREXEL International Corp.* | | | 17,928 | | | | 1,152,949 | |
PDL BioPharma, Inc.4 | | | 106,678 | | | | 685,940 | |
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 118,900 | | | | 155,759 | |
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.* | | | 24,390 | | | | 886,089 | |
Press Ganey Holdings, Inc.* | | | 10,946 | | | | 313,822 | |
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.* | | | 58,759 | | | | 2,717,016 | |
The Providence Service Corp.* | | | 30,371 | | | | 1,344,828 | |
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.* | | | 2,194 | | | | 105,597 | |
Receptos, Inc.* | | | 3,117 | | | | 592,386 | |
Repligen Corp.* | | | 18,050 | | | | 744,924 | |
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*,4 | | | 10,582 | | | | 772,486 | |
Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 44,260 | | | | 1,075,961 | |
SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 13,662 | | | | 134,161 | |
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.*,4 | | | 6,557 | | | | 395,190 | |
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 61,280 | | | | 1,040,534 | |
Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc.* | | | 17,466 | | | | 670,345 | |
SurModics, Inc.* | | | 7,100 | | | | 166,282 | |
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.* | | | 37,700 | | | | 84,071 | |
Team Health Holdings, Inc.* | | | 23,478 | | | | 1,533,817 | |
TESARO, Inc.* | | | 9,493 | | | | 558,093 | |
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | | | 7,480 | | | | 409,605 | |
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | | | 6,612 | | | | 677,003 | |
Vascular Solutions, Inc.* | | | 15,098 | | | | 524,203 | |
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*,4 | | | 16,078 | | | | 450,666 | |
Vical, Inc.* | | | 85,400 | | | | 59,780 | |
Xencor, Inc.* | | | 10,700 | | | | 235,079 | |
XOMA Corp.*,4 | | | 39,340 | | | | 152,639 | |
Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.* | | | 36,714 | | | | 1,081,962 | |
Total Health Care | | | | | | | 58,604,708 | |
Industrials - 11.9% | | | | | | | | |
AAON, Inc. | | | 35,020 | | | | 788,650 | |
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | | | 44,050 | | | | 1,291,987 | |
Air Lease Corp. | | | 7,497 | | | | 254,148 | |
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Alaska Air Group, Inc. | | | 1,542 | | | $ | 99,351 | |
American Woodmark Corp.* | | | 11,400 | | | | 625,290 | |
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | | | 7,739 | | | | 407,381 | |
Astronics Corp.* | | | 8,931 | | | | 633,119 | |
Blount International, Inc.* | | | 15,137 | | | | 165,296 | |
Celadon Group, Inc. | | | 49,380 | | | | 1,021,178 | |
Deluxe Corp. | | | 23,138 | | | | 1,434,556 | |
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | | | 19,300 | | | | 414,564 | |
Dycom Industries, Inc.* | | | 17,258 | | | | 1,015,633 | |
EnerSys | | | 25,880 | | | | 1,819,105 | |
Essendant, Inc. | | | 10,802 | | | | 423,979 | |
Exponent, Inc. | | | 10,760 | | | | 481,833 | |
The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.4 | | | 17,253 | | | | 808,303 | |
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.* | | | 24,572 | | | | 583,585 | |
Hexcel Corp. | | | 9,780 | | | | 486,457 | |
HNI Corp. | | | 18,545 | | | | 948,577 | |
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. | | | 4,249 | | | | 294,371 | |
Kadant, Inc. | | | 8,800 | | | | 415,360 | |
Knoll, Inc. | | | 31,769 | | | | 795,178 | |
Matson, Inc. | | | 13,790 | | | | 579,732 | |
Meritor, Inc.* | | | 39,263 | | | | 515,131 | |
Proto Labs, Inc.*,4 | | | 45,006 | | | | 3,037,004 | |
RBC Bearings, Inc.* | | | 6,504 | | | | 466,727 | |
RPX Corp.* | | | 7,500 | | | | 126,750 | |
Saia, Inc.* | | | 33,736 | | | | 1,325,487 | |
TASER International, Inc.*,4 | | | 12,431 | | | | 414,077 | |
Trex Co., Inc.* | | | 10,963 | | | | 541,901 | |
US Ecology, Inc. | | | 8,782 | | | | 427,859 | |
Wabash National Corp.* | | | 99,714 | | | | 1,250,414 | |
WageWorks, Inc.* | | | 58,690 | | | | 2,374,011 | |
West Corp. | | | 24,136 | | | | 726,494 | |
Total Industrials | | | | | | | 26,993,488 | |
Information Technology - 24.0% | | | | | |
Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.4 | | | 24,100 | | | | 447,055 | |
Ambarella, Inc.*,4 | | | 10,898 | | | | 1,119,116 | |
Arista Networks, Inc.*,4 | | | 5,241 | | | | 428,399 | |
Aspen Technology, Inc.* | | | 2,120 | | | | 96,566 | |
Barracuda Networks, Inc.* | | | 22,665 | | | | 897,987 | |
Benefitfocus, Inc.*,4 | | | 14,126 | | | | 619,425 | |
Cardtronics, Inc.* | | | 9,130 | | | | 338,267 | |
Cavium, Inc.* | | | 13,566 | | | | 933,476 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Information Technology - 24.0% (continued) | | | | | |
CEVA, Inc.* | | | 40,843 | | | $ | 793,579 | |
Cheetah Mobile, Inc., ADR* | | | 4,916 | | | | 141,138 | |
Cimpress N.V.*,4 | | | 9,471 | | | | 797,080 | |
Cirrus Logic, Inc.* | | | 12,770 | | | | 434,563 | |
Cognex Corp. | | | 16,123 | | | | 775,516 | |
comScore, Inc.* | | | 11,235 | | | | 598,376 | |
Cray, Inc.* | | | 10,825 | | | | 319,446 | |
Criteo, S.A., Sponsored ADR* | | | 16,408 | | | | 782,169 | |
CSG Systems International, Inc. | | | 15,800 | | | | 500,228 | |
CyberArk Software, Ltd.* | | | 10,852 | | | | 681,723 | |
Demandware, Inc.* | | | 7,953 | | | | 565,299 | |
DTS, Inc.* | | | 3,400 | | | | 103,666 | |
Ellie Mae, Inc.* | | | 55,044 | | | | 3,841,521 | |
Envestnet, Inc.* | | | 37,906 | | | | 1,532,540 | |
EPAM Systems, Inc.* | | | 22,906 | | | | 1,631,594 | |
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.* | | | 9,290 | | | | 573,193 | |
FireEye, Inc.* | | | 14,695 | | | | 718,732 | |
Gigamon, Inc.* | | | 7,527 | | | | 248,316 | |
Glu Mobile, Inc.* | | | 67,545 | | | | 419,454 | |
Gogo, Inc.*,4 | | | 43,901 | | | | 940,798 | |
GrubHub, Inc.* | | | 16,678 | | | | 568,219 | |
The Hackett Group, Inc. | | | 16,500 | | | | 221,595 | |
Infinera Corp.* | | | 65,369 | | | | 1,371,442 | |
Integrated Device Technology, Inc.* | | | 20,749 | | | | 450,253 | |
InterDigital, Inc. | | | 16,713 | | | | 950,803 | |
IPG Photonics Corp.* | | | 4,998 | | | | 425,705 | |
LogMeln, Inc.* | | | 17,835 | | | | 1,150,180 | |
Luxoft Holding, Inc.* | | | 1,785 | | | | 100,942 | |
Manhattan Associates, Inc.* | | | 41,182 | | | | 2,456,506 | |
Materialise N.V., ADR*,2,4 | | | 7,980 | | | | 72,578 | |
MAXIMUS, Inc. | | | 59,399 | | | | 3,904,296 | |
Methode Electronics, Inc. | | | 10,000 | | | | 274,500 | |
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A* | | | 2,500 | | | | 425,200 | |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | 9,316 | | | | 472,414 | |
NetScout Systems, Inc.*,4 | | | 12,340 | | | | 452,508 | |
NeuStar, Inc., Class A*,4 | | | 50,985 | | | | 1,489,272 | |
Nimble Storage, Inc.*,4 | | | 19,926 | | | | 559,124 | |
Paycom Software, Inc.* | | | 15,728 | | | | 537,111 | |
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Paylocity Holding Corp.* | | | 19,504 | | | $ | 699,218 | |
Polycom, Inc.* | | | 88,415 | | | | 1,011,467 | |
Proofpoint, Inc.* | | | 10,157 | | | | 646,696 | |
Qualys, Inc.*,4 | | | 20,270 | | | | 817,895 | |
Rambus, Inc.* | | | 50,138 | | | | 726,500 | |
Rogers Corp.* | | | 1,100 | | | | 72,754 | |
Rubicon Technology, Inc.* | | | 42,300 | | | | 102,789 | |
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.* | | | 112,447 | | | | 1,162,702 | |
Science Applications International Corp. | | | 1,500 | | | | 79,275 | |
Shopify, Inc., Class A* | | | 294 | | | | 9,981 | |
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.* | | | 55,990 | | | | 3,024,020 | |
Sohu.com, Inc.* | | | 4,665 | | | | 275,655 | |
SPS Commerce, Inc.* | | | 15,890 | | | | 1,045,562 | |
SunPower Corp.* | | | 25,014 | | | | 710,648 | |
Sykes Enterprises, Inc.* | | | 19,390 | | | | 470,208 | |
Synaptics, Inc.* | | | 7,302 | | | | 633,339 | |
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.* | | | 13,625 | | | | 623,071 | |
Tableau Software, Inc., Class A* | | | 5,008 | | | | 577,422 | |
Tessera Technologies, Inc. | | | 25,318 | | | | 961,577 | |
Tyler Technologies, Inc.* | | | 3,963 | | | | 512,733 | |
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.* | | | 3,278 | | | | 538,707 | |
VASCO Data Security International, Inc.*,4 | | | 10,639 | | | | 321,191 | |
Virtusa Corp.* | | | 6,169 | | | | 317,087 | |
Web.com Group, Inc.* | | | 31,493 | | | | 762,760 | |
WebMD Health Corp.* | | | 4,140 | | | | 183,319 | |
Xcerra Corp.* | | | 41,200 | | | | 311,884 | |
Youku, Inc., ADR* | | | 11,633 | | | | 285,357 | |
Zendesk, Inc.* | | | 18,948 | | | | 420,835 | |
Total Information Technology | | | | | | | 54,466,522 | |
Materials - 1.1% | | | | | | | | |
Berry Plastics Group, Inc.* | | | 10,296 | | | | 333,590 | |
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | | | 19,160 | | | | 266,899 | |
Innospec, Inc. | | | 6,400 | | | | 288,256 | |
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | 8,070 | | | | 549,809 | |
Trinseo, S.A.*,4 | | | 16,200 | | | | 434,808 | |
U.S. Concrete, Inc.* | | | 14,717 | | | | 557,627 | |
Worthington Industries, Inc. | | | 4,112 | | | | 123,607 | |
Total Materials | | | | | | | 2,554,596 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Telecommunication Services - 0.5% | | | | |
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | | 32,854 | | $ | 1,111,779 | |
Utilities - 0.1% | | | | | | |
Vivint Solar, Inc.*,4 | | 21,287 | | | 259,063 | |
Total Common Stocks (cost $175,330,806) | | | | | 221,083,402 | |
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| | Principal Amount | | | |
Short-Term Investments - 8.3% | | | | |
Repurchase Agreements -7.2%7 | | | | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.150%, total to be received $3,894,623 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.500%, 07/15/15 - 05/20/65, totaling $3,972,499) | | $ 3,894,607 | | | 3,894,607 | |
Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.180%, total to be received $3,894,626 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.250%, 11/15/15 - 03/01/48, and cash totaling $3,972,480) | | 3,894,607 | | | 3,894,607 | |
Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.140%, total to be received $3,894,622 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/31/15 - 05/20/65 totaling $3,972,500) | | 3,894,607 | | | 3,894,607 | |
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| | Principal Amount | | Value | |
RBC Capital Markets LLC, dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.100%, total to be received $2,859,866 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.375% - 6.500%, 03/01/19 - 02/20/65, totaling $2,917,055) | | $ 2,859,858 | | $ | 2,859,858 | |
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/15, due 07/01/15, 0.200%, total to be received $1,854,620 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 2.500%, 01/15/17 - 01/15/29, totaling $1,892,412) | | 1,854,610 | | | 1,854,610 | |
Total Repurchase Agreements | | | | | 16,398,289 | |
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Other Investment Companies - 1.1%8 | | | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | | 2,434,571 | | | 2,434,571 | |
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $18,832,860) | | | 18,832,860 | |
Total Investments - 105.9% (cost $194,163,666) | | | 239,916,262 | |
Other Assets, less Liabilities - (5.9)% | | | (13,341,792 | ) |
Net Assets - 100.0% | | | | $ | 226,574,470 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)
The following footnotes and abbreviations should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.
At June 30, 2015, the approximate cost of investments for federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation based on tax cost were as follows:
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Fund | | Cost | | | Appreciation | | | Depreciation | | | Net | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | $ | 2,645,959,652 | | | $ | 166,495,346 | | | $ | (56,527,869 | ) | | $ | 109,967,477 | |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | 43,278,094 | | | | 987,061 | | | | (3,290,301 | ) | | | (2,303,240 | ) |
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | | | 196,310,662 | | | | 49,396,859 | | | | (5,791,259 | ) | | | 43,605,600 | |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Principal amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated. |
# | Rounds to less than 0.1%. |
(a) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At June 30, 2015, the value of these securities amounted to the following: |
| | | | | | | | |
Fund | | Market Value | | | % of Net Assets | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | $ | 327,430,385 | | | | 12.0 | % |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | 15,845,891 | | | | 38.6 | % |
(b) | Step Bond: A debt instrument with either deferred interest payments or an interest rate that resets at specific times during its term. |
1 | Floating Rate Security. The rate listed is as of June 30, 2015. Date in parentheses represents the security’s next coupon rate reset. |
2 | Illiquid Security: A security not readily convertible into cash such as a stock, bond or commodity that is not actively traded and would be difficult to sell in a timely sale. The Fund may not invest more than 15% of their net assets in illiquid securities. All illiquid securities are valued by an independent pricing agent. The market value of illiquid securities at June 30, 2015, amounted to the following: |
| | | | | | | | |
Fund | | Market Value | | | % of Net Assets | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | $ | 57,501,377 | | | | 2.1 | % |
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | | | 72,578 | | | | 0.03 | % |
3 | Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of June 30, 2015, and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture. |
4 | Some or all of these shares were out on loan to various brokers as of June 30, 2015, amounting to the following: |
| | | | | | | | |
Fund | | Market Value | | | % of Net Assets | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | $ | 35,247,676 | | | | 1.3 | % |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | 1,413,570 | | | | 3.4 | % |
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | | | 16,329,692 | | | | 7.2 | % |
5 | Convertible Security. A corporate bond or preferred stock, usually a junior debenture, that can be converted, at the option of the holder, for a specific number of shares of the company’s preferred stock or common stock. The market value of convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks at June 30, 2015, amounted to the following: |
Convertible Bonds
| | | | | | | | |
Fund | | Market Value | | | % of Net Assets | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | $ | 67,700,910 | | | | 2.5 | % |
Convertible Preferred Stock
| | | | | | | | |
Fund | | Market Value | | | % of Net Assets | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | $ | 17,094,441 | | | | 0.6 | % |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | 62,606 | | | | 0.2 | % |
6 | Represents yield to maturity at June 30, 2015. |
7 | Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments. |
8 | Yield shown represents the June 30, 2015, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage. |
9 | Perpetuity Bond. The date shown is the final call date. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Country | | AMG Managers Bond Fund* | |
Australia | | | 0.9 | % |
Bermuda | | | 1.1 | % |
Brazil | | | 0.3 | % |
Canada | | | 1.2 | % |
Cayman Islands | | | 0.2 | % |
France | | | 0.3 | % |
Iceland | | | 0.3 | % |
India | | | 0.0 | %# |
Ireland | | | 0.4 | % |
Luxembourg | | | 1.4 | % |
Malaysia | | | 0.1 | % |
Mexico | | | 3.5 | % |
Netherlands | | | 1.4 | % |
New Zealand | | | 0.4 | % |
Norway | | | 0.2 | % |
South Korea | | | 0.1 | % |
Spain | | | 0.1 | % |
United Arab Emirates | | | 0.9 | % |
United Kingdom | | | 1.9 | % |
United States | | | 85.3 | % |
| | | | |
| | | 100.0 | % |
| | | | |
# | Rounds to less than 0.1%. |
* | As a percentage of long-term investments as of June 30, 2015. |
| | | | |
Country | | AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund* | |
Argentina | | | 1.7 | % |
Australia | | | 2.2 | % |
Bermuda | | | 0.4 | % |
Brazil | | | 2.7 | % |
Canada | | | 5.7 | % |
Cayman Islands | | | 1.6 | % |
Chile | | | 0.7 | % |
China | | | 0.5 | % |
Colombia | | | 3.1 | % |
Dominican Republic | | | 0.6 | % |
France | | | 2.6 | % |
Hungary | | | 0.4 | % |
Iceland | | | 0.9 | % |
Indonesia | | | 3.2 | % |
Ireland | | | 1.1 | % |
Israel | | | 0.7 | % |
Italy | | | 4.7 | % |
Japan | | | 1.8 | % |
Luxembourg | | | 2.7 | % |
Mauritius | | | 0.5 | %�� |
Mexico | | | 6.8 | % |
Morocco | | | 0.5 | % |
Netherlands | | | 5.4 | % |
New Zealand | | | 3.9 | % |
Norway | | | 2.5 | % |
Panama | | | 0.8 | % |
Peru | | | 0.7 | % |
Philippines | | | 0.2 | % |
Poland | | | 2.2 | % |
Singapore | | | 0.5 | % |
South Africa | | | 1.6 | % |
South Korea | | | 2.5 | % |
Spain | | | 2.3 | % |
Turkey | | | 3.1 | % |
United Arab Emirates | | | 1.1 | % |
United Kingdom | | | 3.5 | % |
United States | | | 23.8 | % |
Venezuela | | | 0.8 | % |
| | | | |
| | | 100.0 | % |
| | | | |
* | As a percentage of long-term investments as of June 30, 2015. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
The following tables summarize the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:
(See Note 1(a) in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 | | | Total | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | — | | | $ | 56,472,217 | | | $ | 21,580,834 | | | $ | 78,053,051 | |
Common Stocks† | | $ | 19,709,125 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 19,709,125 | |
Corporate Bonds and Notes†† | | | — | | | | 1,439,273,929 | | | | — | | | | 1,439,273,929 | |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations | | | — | | | | 173,913,256 | | | | — | | | | 173,913,256 | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | | | — | | | | 34,000,831 | | | | — | | | | 34,000,831 | |
Municipal Bonds | | | — | | | | 29,561,522 | | | | — | | | | 29,561,522 | |
Preferred Stocks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financials | | | 10,078,358 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 10,078,358 | |
Industrials | | | 4,514,089 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,514,089 | |
Materials | | | 3,897,856 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,897,856 | |
Utilities | | | 329,688 | | | | 56,223 | | | | — | | | | 385,911 | |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations†† | | | — | | | | 908,206,471 | | | | — | | | | 908,206,471 | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Repurchase Agreements | | | — | | | | 37,103,717 | | | | — | | | | 37,103,717 | |
Other Investment Companies | | | 17,229,013 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 17,229,013 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 55,758,129 | | | $ | 2,678,588,166 | | | $ | 21,580,834 | | | $ | 2,755,927,129 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The following table below is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value at June 30, 2015:
| | | | |
AMG Managers Bond Fund | | | |
Balance as of December 31, 2014 | | $ | 22,194,033 | |
Accrued discounts (premiums) | | | (4,256 | ) |
Realized gain (loss) | | | (5,074 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 112,583 | |
Purchases | | | — | |
Sales | | | (716,452 | ) |
Transfers in to Level 3 | | | — | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | | — | |
Balance as of June 30, 2015 | | $ | 21,580,834 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at June 30, 2015 | | $ | 112,583 | |
The Fund’s investment that are categorized as Level 3 were valued utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. Such valuations are based on unobservable inputs. A significant change in third party information inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investment.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 | | | Total | |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | — | | | $ | 350,762 | | | | — | | | $ | 350,762 | |
Corporate Bonds and Notes†† | | | — | | | | 23,067,789 | | | | — | | | | 23,067,789 | |
Foreign Government and Agency Obligations | | | — | | | | 12,864,456 | | | | — | | | | 12,864,456 | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | | | — | | | | 475,953 | | | | — | | | | 475,953 | |
Preferred Stocks† | | $ | 352,286 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 352,286 | |
U.S. Government†† | | | — | | | | 1,785,618 | | | | — | | | | 1,785,618 | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Repurchase Agreements | | | — | | | | 1,474,546 | | | | — | | | | 1,474,546 | |
Other Investment Companies | | | 603,444 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 603,444 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 955,730 | | | $ | 40,019,124 | | | | — | | | $ | 40,974,854 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial Derivative Instruments-Assets††† | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign Exchange Contracts | | | — | | | $ | 227,733 | | | | — | | | $ | 227,733 | |
Financial Derivative Instruments-Liabilities††† | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign Exchange Contracts | | | — | | | | (82,346 | ) | | | — | | | | (82,346 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Financial Derivative Instruments | | | — | | | $ | 145,387 | | | | — | | | $ | 145,387 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
| | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments Level 1 | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 | | | Total | |
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Health Care | | $ | 58,604,708 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 58,604,708 | |
Information Technology | | | 54,393,944 | | | $ | 72,578 | | | | — | | | | 54,466,522 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 39,122,444 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 39,122,444 | |
Industrials | | | 26,993,488 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 26,993,488 | |
Financials | | | 24,385,697 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 24,385,697 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 9,242,147 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 9,242,147 | |
Energy | | | 4,342,958 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,342,958 | |
Materials | | | 2,554,596 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,554,596 | |
Telecommunication Services | | | 1,111,779 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,111,779 | |
Utilities | | | 259,063 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 259,063 | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Repurchase Agreements | | | — | | | | 16,398,289 | | | | — | | | | 16,398,289 | |
Other Investment Companies | | | 2,434,571 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,434,571 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | $ | 223,445,395 | | | $ | 16,470,867 | | | | — | | | $ | 239,916,262 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
† | All common stocks and preferred stocks held in the Funds are level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of the common stocks and preferred stocks, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments. |
†† | All corporate bonds and notes and U.S. government and agency obligations held in the Funds are level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of the corporate bonds and notes and U.S. government and agency obligations by major industry or agency classification, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments. |
††† | Derivative instruments, such as futures and forwards contracts, are not reflected in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments and are valued at the unrealized appreciation/ depreciation of the instrument. |
As of June 30, 2015, the Funds had no significant transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.
The following schedule shows the value of derivative instruments at June 30, 2015:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Asset Derivatives | | | Liability Derivatives | |
Fund | | Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Fair Value | |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Foreign exchange contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency contracts | | $ | 227,733 | | | Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency contracts | | $ | 82,346 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
For the year ended June 30, 2015, the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations and the amount of realized gain/(loss) and unrealized gain/ (loss) on derivatives recognized in income is as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Realized Gain (Loss) | | | Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Fund | | Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | Statement of Operations Location | | Realized Gain/(Loss) | | | Statement of Operations Location | | Change In Unrealized Gain/(Loss) | |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | | | | | |
| | Interest rate contracts | | Net realized loss on futures contracts | | $ | (824 | ) | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts | | $ | (6,108 | ) |
| | Foreign exchange contracts | | Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions | | | 111,671 | | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency translations | | | 41,541 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Totals | | $ | 110,847 | | | | | $ | 35,433 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
At June 30, 2015, the following Fund had foreign currency contracts (in U.S. dollars):
(See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign Currency | | Position | | Settlement Date | | Counterparty | | | Receivable Amount | | | Payable Amount | | | Unrealized Gain/ (Loss) | |
British Pound | | Long | | 09/16/15 | | | CS | | | $ | 1,491,870 | | | $ | 1,469,906 | | | $ | 21,964 | |
Euro | | Long | | 07/28/15 | | | CS | | | | 511,422 | | | | 491,900 | | | | 19,522 | |
Euro | | Long | | 09/16/15 | | | MS | | | | 4,713,135 | | | | 4,783,886 | | | | (70,751 | ) |
Japanese Yen | | Long | | 09/16/15 | | | CS | | | | 4,666,269 | | | | 4,565,870 | | | | 100,399 | |
Australian Dollar | | Short | | 08/27/15 | | | CS | | | | 638,239 | | | | 630,673 | | | | 7,566 | |
Brazilian Real | | Short | | 09/09/15 | | | CS | | | | 207,659 | | | | 209,134 | | | | (1,475 | ) |
Canadian Dollar | | Short | | 09/08/15 | | | CS | | | | 553,756 | | | | 555,925 | | | | (2,169 | ) |
Indonesian Rupiah | | Short | | 07/14/15 | | | CITI | | | | 297,066 | | | | 299,173 | | | | (2,107 | ) |
Mexican Peso | | Short | | 09/17/15 | | | UBS | | | | 723,017 | | | | 711,817 | | | | 11,200 | |
New Zealand Dollar | | Short | | 09/16/15 | | | CS | | | | 1,461,070 | | | | 1,420,425 | | | | 40,645 | |
Norwegian Krone | | Short | | 07/28/15 | | | CS | | | | 491,900 | | | | 497,091 | | | | (5,191 | ) |
Norwegian Krone | | Short | | 09/16/15 | | | UBS | | | | 190,317 | | | | 190,970 | | | | (653 | ) |
Polish Zloty | | Short | | 09/16/15 | | | CITI | | | | 903,303 | | | | 877,165 | | | | 26,138 | |
Swiss Franc | | Short | | 09/16/15 | | | UBS | | | | 64,667 | | | | 64,368 | | | | 299 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Totals | | | $ | 16,913,690 | | | $ | 16,768,303 | | | $ | 145,387 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | |
INVESTMENTS DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS: |
| |
EMTN: | | European Medium-Term Notes |
FHLMC: | | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. |
FNMA: | | Federal National Mortgage Association |
GMTN: | | Global Medium-Term Notes |
MTN: | | Medium-Term Note |
SAU: | | Saugus |
|
COUNTERPARTY ABBREVIATIONS: |
| |
CITI: | | Citibank N A |
CS: | | Credit Suisse |
MS: | | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
UBS: | | UBS Securities LLC |
| | |
CURRENCY ABBREVIATIONS: |
| |
AUD: | | Australian Dollar |
BRL: | | Brazilian Real |
CAD: | | Canadian Dollar |
COP: | | Colombian Peso |
EUR: | | Euro |
GBP: | | British Pound |
IDR: | | Indonesian Rupiah |
KRW: | | South Korean Won |
MXN: | | Mexican Peso |
NOK: | | Norwegian Krone |
NZD: | | New Zealand Dollar |
PLN: | | Polish Zloty |
TRY: | | Turkish Lira |
ZAR: | | South African Rand |
ADR: ADR after the name of a holding stands for American Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a domestic custodian bank. The value of the ADR security is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored ADRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | AMG Managers Bond Fund | | | AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $35,247,676, $1,413,570 and $16,329,692, respectively) | | $ | 2,755,927,129 | | | $ | 40,974,854 | | | $ | 239,916,262 | |
Foreign currency** | | | 897,808 | | | | 868,482 | | | | — | |
Cash | | | — | | | | 25 | | | | 1,000 | |
Dividends, interest and other receivables | | | 22,077,143 | | | | 436,703 | | | | 82,055 | |
Receivable for investments sold | | | 4,093,687 | | | | 195,035 | | | | 9,835,124 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | | 3,752,031 | | | | 112,290 | | | | 97,139 | |
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | 227,733 | | | | — | |
Receivable from affiliate | | | 61,862 | | | | 13,596 | | | | 24,543 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 74,551 | | | | 11,950 | | | | 23,600 | |
Total assets | | | 2,786,884,211 | | | | 42,840,668 | | | | 249,979,723 | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payable upon return of securities loaned | | | 37,103,717 | | | | 1,474,546 | | | | 16,398,289 | |
Payable for Fund shares repurchased | | | 9,174,656 | | | | 67,246 | | | | 460,995 | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | — | | | | 68,435 | | | | 6,217,813 | |
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | 82,346 | | | | — | |
Accrued expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment advisory and management fees | | | 1,429,561 | | | | 23,587 | | | | 171,136 | |
Administrative fees | | | 571,824 | | | | 6,739 | | | | 47,538 | |
Shareholder servicing fees - Service Class | | | 153,139 | | | | — | | | | 43,329 | |
Trustee fees and expenses | | | 6,527 | | | | 192 | | | | 1,723 | |
Other | | | 195,255 | | | | 50,498 | | | | 64,430 | |
Total liabilities | | | 48,634,679 | | | | 1,773,589 | | | | 23,405,253 | |
Net Assets | | $ | 2,738,249,532 | | | $ | 41,067,079 | | | $ | 226,574,470 | |
* Investments at cost | | $ | 2,641,099,282 | | | $ | 43,344,532 | | | $ | 194,163,666 | |
** Foreign currency at cost | | $ | 906,481 | | | $ | 877,840 | | | | — | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | AMG Managers Bond Fund | | | AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | |
Net Assets Represent: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 2,602,702,082 | | | $ | 45,278,017 | | | $ | 309,445,569 | |
Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss) | | | (189,538 | ) | | | 625,333 | | | | (373,234 | ) |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments | | | 20,999,064 | | | | (2,599,612 | ) | | | (128,250,461 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments | | | 114,737,924 | | | | (2,236,659 | ) | | | 45,752,596 | |
Net Assets | | $ | 2,738,249,532 | | | $ | 41,067,079 | | | $ | 226,574,470 | |
Shares outstanding | | | n/a | | | | 2,128,083 | | | | n/a | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share | | | n/a | | | $ | 19.30 | | | | n/a | |
Service Class: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 1,822,442,244 | | | | n/a | | | $ | 206,271,175 | |
Shares outstanding | | | 66,714,364 | | | | n/a | | | | 2,146,607 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share | | $ | 27.32 | | | | n/a | | | $ | 96.09 | |
Institutional Class: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 915,807,288 | | | | n/a | | | $ | 20,303,295 | |
Shares outstanding | | | 33,530,577 | | | | n/a | | | | 206,628 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share | | $ | 27.31 | | | | n/a | | | $ | 98.26 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Operations (unaudited)
For the six months ended June 30, 2015
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | AMG Managers Bond Fund | | | AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | |
Investment Income: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest income | | $ | 50,921,645 | | | $ | 914,483 | | | | — | |
Dividend income | | | 814,500 | | | | 10,031 | | | $ | 944,875 | 1 |
Securities lending income | | | 75,642 | | | | 1,578 | | | | 189,511 | |
Foreign withholding tax | | | (55,263 | ) | | | (3,088 | ) | | | (257 | ) |
Total investment income | | | 51,756,524 | | | | 923,004 | | | | 1,134,129 | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment advisory and management fees | | | 9,114,556 | | | | 158,938 | | | | 1,019,904 | |
Administrative fees | | | 3,645,823 | | | | 45,411 | | | | 283,307 | |
Shareholder servicing fees - Service Class | | | 962,788 | | | | — | | | | 259,144 | |
Reports to shareholders | | | 131,803 | | | | 11,286 | | | | 12,060 | |
Custodian fees | | | 120,122 | | | | 27,360 | | | | 34,796 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 87,517 | | | | 5,949 | | | | 18,079 | |
Trustees fees and expenses | | | 77,777 | | | | 1,268 | | | | 6,390 | |
Professional fees | | | 73,465 | | | | 20,159 | | | | 15,436 | |
Registration fees | | | 39,972 | | | | 8,522 | | | | 10,692 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 23,650 | | | | 467 | | | | 2,236 | |
Total expenses before offsets | | | 14,277,473 | | | | 279,360 | | | | 1,662,044 | |
Expense reimbursements | | | (335,557 | ) | | | (77,255 | ) | | | (144,964 | ) |
Expense reductions | | | — | | | | — | | | | (9,717 | ) |
Fee waivers | | | (20,670 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Net expenses | | | 13,921,246 | | | | 202,105 | | | | 1,507,363 | |
| | | |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | 37,835,278 | | | | 720,899 | | | | (373,234 | ) |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss): | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | | | 19,492,448 | | | | (523,808 | ) | | | 12,651,504 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions | | | (319,345 | ) | | | 88,000 | | | | — | |
Net realized loss on futures contracts | | | — | | | | (824 | ) | | | — | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments | | | (79,803,869 | ) | | | (1,274,924 | ) | | | 7,117,250 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency translations | | | 14,222 | | | | 52,100 | | | | — | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts | | | — | | | | (6,108 | ) | | | — | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | (60,616,544 | ) | | | (1,665,564 | ) | | | 19,768,754 | |
| | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | (22,781,266 | ) | | $ | (944,665 | ) | | $ | 19,395,520 | |
1 | Includes non-recurring dividends of $468,877. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the six months ended June 30, 2015 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2014
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | AMG Managers Bond Fund | | | AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund | | | AMG Managers Special Equity Fund | |
| | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 37,835,278 | | | $ | 75,898,352 | | | $ | 720,899 | | | $ | 1,425,350 | | | $ | (373,234 | ) | | $ | (1,929,755 | ) |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency and futures transactions | | | 19,173,103 | | | | 19,650,411 | | | | (436,632 | ) | | | 226,867 | | | | 12,651,504 | | | | 31,378,178 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, foreign currency and futures transactions | | | (79,789,647 | ) | | | 44,512,783 | | | | (1,228,932 | ) | | | (853,882 | ) | | | 7,117,250 | | | | (27,506,007 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (22,781,266 | ) | | | 140,061,546 | | | | (944,665 | ) | | | 798,335 | | | | 19,395,520 | | | | 1,942,416 | |
Distributions to Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Single Class Fund | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (939,214 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Service Class | | | (22,370,582 | ) | | | (53,905,501 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Institutional Class | | | (12,059,421 | ) | | | (26,975,772 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
From net realized gain on investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Single Class Fund | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Service Class | | | — | | | | (12,282,776 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Institutional Class | | | — | | | | (6,717,285 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | | (34,430,003 | ) | | | (99,881,334 | ) | | | — | | | | (939,214 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Capital Share Transactions:1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions | | | (213,355,631 | ) | | | 677,749,792 | | | | (8,201,126 | ) | | | 2,058,911 | | | | (17,099,627 | ) | | | (38,040,718 | ) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | (270,566,900 | ) | | | 717,930,004 | | | | (9,145,791 | ) | | | 1,918,032 | | | | 2,295,893 | | | | (36,098,302 | ) |
Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 3,008,816,432 | | | | 2,290,886,428 | | | | 50,212,870 | | | | 48,294,838 | | | | 224,278,577 | | | | 260,376,879 | |
End of period | | $ | 2,738,249,532 | | | $ | 3,008,816,432 | | | $ | 41,067,079 | | | $ | 50,212,870 | | | $ | 226,574,470 | | | $ | 224,278,577 | |
End of period undistributed net investment income (loss) | | $ | (189,538 | ) | | $ | (3,594,813 | ) | | $ | 625,333 | | | $ | (95,566 | ) | | $ | (373,234 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 | See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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AMG Managers Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding throughout each period
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | For the six months ended June 30, 2015 | | | For the years ended December 31, | |
Service Class† | | (unaudited) | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | $ | 27.88 | | | $ | 27.33 | | | $ | 27.93 | | | $ | 25.97 | | | $ | 25.61 | | | $ | 24.29 | |
Income from Investment Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income1,2 | | | 0.35 | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.92 | | | | 1.03 | | | | 1.14 | | | | 1.16 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | | (0.59 | ) | | | 0.78 | | | | (0.63 | ) | | | 2.04 | | | | 0.39 | | | | 1.34 | |
Total income (loss) from investment operations | | | (0.24 | ) | | | 1.58 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 3.07 | | | | 1.53 | | | | 2.50 | |
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.85 | ) | | | (0.89 | ) | | | (1.11 | ) | | | (1.17 | ) | | | (1.18 | ) |
Net realized gain on investments | | | — | | | | (0.18 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (1.03 | ) | | | (0.89 | ) | | | (1.11 | ) | | | (1.17 | ) | | | (1.18 | ) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | | $ | 27.32 | | | $ | 27.88 | | | $ | 27.33 | | | $ | 27.93 | | | $ | 25.97 | | | $ | 25.61 | |
Total Return2 | | | (0.88 | )%15 | | | 5.81 | % | | | 1.06 | % | | | 12.04 | % | | | 6.06 | % | | | 10.47 | %4 |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions) | | | 0.99 | %16 | | | 0.99 | % | | | 1.01 | %5 | | | 0.99 | %6 | | | 0.99 | % | | | 0.99 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets) | | | 0.99 | %16 | | | 0.99 | % | | | 1.01 | %5 | | | 0.99 | %6 | | | 0.99 | % | | | 0.99 | % |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3 | | | 1.01 | %16 | | | 1.02 | % | | | 1.05 | %5 | | | 1.05 | %6 | | | 1.05 | % | | | 1.06 | % |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2 | | | 2.56 | %16 | | | 2.85 | % | | | 3.33 | %5 | | | 3.79 | %6 | | | 4.36 | % | | | 4.59 | % |
Portfolio turnover | | | 6 | %15 | | | 26 | % | | | 19 | % | | | 26 | % | | | 17 | % | | | 17 | % |
Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted) | | $ | 1,822,442 | | | $ | 1,947,536 | | | $ | 1,545,765 | | | $ | 2,374,012 | | | $ | 2,121,491 | | | $ | 1,986,376 | |
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| | For the six months ended June 30, 2015 | | | For the year ended December 31, | | | For the period from April 1, 2013 | |
Institutional Class†† | | (unaudited) | | | 2014 | | | to December 31, 2013 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | $ | 27.87 | | | $ | 27.33 | | | $ | 28.19 | |
Income from Investment Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income1,2 | | | 0.37 | | | | 0.83 | | | | 0.73 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | | (0.60 | ) | | | 0.77 | | | | (0.88 | ) |
Total income (loss) from investment operations | | | (0.23 | ) | | | 1.60 | | | | (0.15 | ) |
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.88 | ) | | | (0.71 | ) |
Net realized gain on investments | | | — | | | | (0.18 | ) | | | — | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (1.06 | ) | | | (0.71 | ) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | | $ | 27.31 | | | $ | 27.87 | | | $ | 27.33 | |
Total Return2 | | | (0.83 | )%15 | | | 5.88 | % | | | (0.48 | )%15 |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions) | | | 0.89 | %16 | | | 0.89 | % | | | 0.91 | %5,16 |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets) | | | 0.89 | %16 | | | 0.89 | % | | | 0.91 | %5,16 |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3 | | | 0.91 | %16 | | | 0.92 | % | | | 0.95 | %5,16 |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2 | | | 2.66 | %16 | | | 2.93 | % | | | 3.53 | %5,16 |
Portfolio turnover | | | 6 | %15 | | | 26 | % | | | 19 | %15 |
Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted) | | $ | 915,807 | | | $ | 1,061,280 | | | $ | 745,121 | |
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AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund
Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding throughout each period
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| | For the six months ended June 30, 2015 | | | For the years ended December 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | $ | 19.68 | | | $ | 19.69 | | | $ | 20.56 | | | $ | 19.30 | | | $ | 19.33 | | | $ | 18.82 | |
Income from Investment Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income1,2 | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.57 | | | | 0.51 | | | | 0.53 | | | | 0.53 | | | | 0.50 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | | (0.69 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.80 | ) | | | 1.52 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.87 | |
Total income (loss) from investment operations | | | (0.38 | ) | | | 0.36 | | | | (0.29 | ) | | | 2.05 | | | | 0.65 | | | | 1.37 | |
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | — | | | | (0.37 | ) | | | (0.58 | ) | | | (0.79 | ) | | | (0.68 | ) | | | (0.86 | ) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | | $ | 19.30 | | | $ | 19.68 | | | $ | 19.69 | | | $ | 20.56 | | | $ | 19.30 | | | $ | 19.33 | |
Total Return2 | | | (1.93 | )%15 | | | 1.84 | % | | | (1.40 | )% | | | 10.63 | % | | | 3.39 | % | | | 7.27 | % |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions) | | | 0.89 | %16 | | | 0.89 | % | | | 0.91 | %7 | | | 1.05 | %8 | | | 1.10 | % | | | 1.10 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets) | | | 0.89 | %16 | | | 0.89 | % | | | 0.91 | %7 | | | 1.05 | %8 | | | 1.10 | % | | | 1.10 | % |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3 | | | 1.23 | %16 | | | 1.26 | % | | | 1.23 | %7 | | | 1.36 | %8 | | | 1.39 | % | | | 1.43 | % |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2 | | | 3.18 | %16 | | | 2.78 | % | | | 2.49 | %7 | | | 2.63 | %8 | | | 2.63 | % | | | 2.57 | % |
Portfolio turnover | | | 27 | %15 | | | 56 | % | | | 40 | % | | | 59 | % | | | 91 | % | | | 131 | % |
Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted) | | $ | 41,067 | | | $ | 50,213 | | | $ | 48,295 | | | $ | 34,948 | | | $ | 24,608 | | | $ | 25,722 | |
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AMG Managers Special Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding throughout each period
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| | For the six months ended June 30, 2015 | | | For the years ended December 31, | |
Service Class††† | | (unaudited) | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | $ | 88.30 | | | $ | 87.24 | | | $ | 60.14 | | | $ | 54.51 | | | $ | 52.71 | | | $ | 39.60 | |
Income from Investment Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment loss1,2 | | | (0.16 | )17 | | | (0.72 | ) | | | (0.52 | )9 | | | (0.24 | )10 | | | (0.50 | ) | | | (0.41 | ) |
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | | | 7.95 | | | | 1.78 | | | | 27.62 | | | | 5.87 | | | | 2.30 | | | | 13.52 | |
Total income from investment operations | | | 7.79 | | | | 1.06 | | | | 27.10 | | | | 5.63 | | | | 1.80 | | | | 13.11 | |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | | $ | 96.09 | | | $ | 88.30 | | | $ | 87.24 | | | $ | 60.14 | | | $ | 54.51 | | | $ | 52.71 | |
Total Return2 | | | 8.82 | %15 | | | 1.22 | % | | | 45.06 | %11 | | | 10.35 | %4 | | | 3.41 | %4 | | | 33.11 | % |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions) | | | 1.35 | %16 | | | 1.35 | % | | | 1.37 | %12 | | | 1.35 | %13 | | | 1.37 | %14 | | | 1.48 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets) | | | 1.36 | %16 | | | 1.36 | % | | | 1.38 | %12 | | | 1.36 | %13 | | | 1.38 | % | | | 1.50 | % |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3 | | | 1.49 | %16 | | | 1.51 | % | | | 1.52 | %12 | | | 1.55 | %13 | | | 1.54 | % | | | 1.55 | % |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2 | | | (0.35 | )%16 | | | (0.83 | )% | | | (0.71 | )%12 | | | (0.40 | )%13 | | | (0.89 | )% | | | (0.95 | )% |
Portfolio turnover | | | 56 | %15 | | | 121 | % | | | 129 | % | | | 107 | % | | | 126 | % | | | 138 | % |
Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted) | | $ | 206,271 | | | $ | 205,362 | | | $ | 240,162 | | | $ | 184,142 | | | $ | 243,858 | | | $ | 278,701 | |
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| | For the six months ended June 30, 2015 | | | For the years ended December 31, | |
Institutional Class | | (unaudited) | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | $ | 90.18 | | | $ | 88.87 | | | $ | 61.34 | | | $ | 55.45 | | | $ | 53.43 | | | $ | 40.04 | |
Income from Investment Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment loss1,2 | | | (0.05 | )17 | | | (0.51 | ) | | | (0.34 | )9 | | | (0.05 | )10 | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) |
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | | | 8.13 | | | | 1.82 | | | | 27.87 | | | | 5.94 | | | | 2.31 | | | | 13.69 | |
Total income from investment operations | | | 8.08 | | | | 1.31 | | | | 27.53 | | | | 5.89 | | | | 2.02 | | | | 13.39 | |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | | $ | 98.26 | | | $ | 90.18 | | | $ | 88.87 | | | $ | 61.34 | | | $ | 55.45 | | | $ | 53.43 | |
Total Return2 | | | 8.96 | %15 | | | 1.47 | % | | | 44.88 | % | | | 10.62 | % | | | 3.78 | % | | | 33.44 | %4 |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions) | | | 1.10 | %16 | | | 1.10 | % | | | 1.12 | %12 | | | 1.10 | %13 | | | 1.12 | %14 | | | 1.23 | % |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets) | | | 1.11 | %16 | | | 1.11 | % | | | 1.13 | %12 | | | 1.11 | %13 | | | 1.13 | % | | | 1.25 | % |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3 | | | 1.24 | %16 | | | 1.26 | % | | | 1.27 | %12 | | | 1.30 | %13 | | | 1.29 | % | | | 1.30 | % |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2 | | | (0.12 | )%16 | | | (0.58 | )% | | | (0.46 | )%12 | | | (0.08 | )%13 | | | (0.53 | )% | | | (0.70 | )% |
Portfolio turnover | | | 56 | %15 | | | 121 | % | | | 129 | % | | | 107 | % | | | 126 | % | | | 138 | % |
Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted) | | $ | 20,303 | | | $ | 18,917 | | | $ | 20,215 | | | $ | 16,407 | | | $ | 13,961 | | | $ | 4,786 | |
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Notes to Financial Highlights (unaudited)
The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Funds previously presented in this report.
† | Formerly shares of the Fund’s sole class, which were reclassified and redesignated as Service Class shares on April 1, 2013. |
†† | Commencement of operations was April 1, 2013. |
††† | All Managers Class shares were renamed Service Class shares on April 1, 2013. |
1 | Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares. |
2 | Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset. |
3 | Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Note 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.) |
4 | The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown in the Financial Highlights. |
5 | Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.023% and 0.015% of average net assets for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively. |
6 | Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% of average net assets. |
7 | Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.020% of average net assets. |
8 | Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% of average net assets. |
9 | Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.59) and $(0.41) for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively. |
10 | Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.45) and $(0.27) for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively. |
11 | The total return would have been 44.56% had the capital contribution of $851,162 not been included. (See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.) |
12 | Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.018% and 0.018% of average net assets for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively. |
13 | Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.003% and 0.004% of average net assets for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively. |
14 | Effective July 1, 2011, the Fund’s expense cap was reduced to 1.11% from 1.14%. For the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, the Fund’s expense cap was 1.14%. From January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011, the Fund’s expense cap was 1.19%. The expense ratio shown reflects the weighted average expense ratio for the full year ended December 31, 2011. |
17 | Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.35) and $(0.24) for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively. |
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
June 30, 2015
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
AMG Funds III (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust, and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different Funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks and policies. Included in this report are AMG Managers Bond Fund (“Bond”), AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund (“Global Income Opportunity”) and AMG Managers Special Equity Fund (“Special Equity”) each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds.” Global Income Opportunity will deduct a 1.00% redemption fee from the proceeds of any redemption (including a redemption by exchange) of shares if the redemption occurs within 60 days of the purchase of those shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Fund had redemption fees amounting to $626.
Bond and Special each offer two classes of shares: Service Class and Institutional Class. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.
Global Income Opportunity is non-diversified. A greater percentage of the Fund’s holdings may be focused in a smaller number of securities which may place the Fund at greater risk than a more diversified fund.
The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which require 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 income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:
a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS
Equity securities traded on a domestic or international securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price, or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price. Equity securities traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded on NASDAQ or in a U.S. or non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the market’s official closing price, or, if there are no trades on the applicable date, at the last quoted bid price. In addition, if the applicable market does not offer an official closing price or if the official closing price is not representative of the overall market, equity securities traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded in a non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sales price. The Funds’ investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Funds (the “Board”).
Fixed-income securities are valued based on valuations furnished by independent pricing services that utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Debt obligations (other than short term debt obligations that have 60 days or less remaining until maturity) will be valued using the evaluated bid price or the mean price provided by an authorized pricing service. Futures contracts for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the settlement price as of the close of the futures exchange. Short-term debt obligations (debt obligations with maturities of one year or less at the time of issuance) that have 60 days or less remaining until maturity will be valued at amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share. Investments in certain mortgage-backed and stripped mortgage-backed securities, preferred stocks, convertible securities, derivatives and other debt securities not traded on an organized securities market are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities and various relationships between such securities and yield to maturity in determining value.
Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee and Pricing Committee are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations for such investments. Each Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not deemed to be readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) or the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from a current sale of that investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental analytical data and press releases relating to the investment and its issuer; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.
The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing, as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Pricing Committee, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.
Portfolio investments that trade on foreign markets are priced based upon the market quotation of such securities as of the close of their respective principal
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
markets. Under certain circumstances, on behalf of a fund that invests in international securities, the Investment Manager or applicable subadvisor may recommend an adjustment of such prices based on its determination of the impact of events occurring subsequent to the close of such markets but prior to the time as of which each Fund calculates its NAV. The Board has also adopted a policy that securities held in a fund that invests in international securities and certain foreign debt obligations held by a fund, in each case, that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day without regard to a “trigger” (e.g., without regard to invoking fair value based upon a change in a U.S. equity securities index exceeding a pre-determined level). The Funds may invest in securities that may be thinly traded. The Board has adopted procedures to adjust prices of securities that are judged to be stale so that they reflect fair value. An investment valued on the basis of its fair value may be valued at a price higher or lower than available market quotations.
U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds. Unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.
The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:
Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts)
Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)
Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)
Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. Transfers
between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.
b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS
Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust and in some cases other affiliated funds based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of each Fund, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of each Fund.
Special Equity had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers, under a brokerage recapture program, which paid a portion of the Fund’s expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the amount by which the Fund’s expenses were reduced and the impact on the annualized expense ratios, was $9,717 or 0.01%.
The Funds have a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), the Funds’ custodian, whereby each Fund is credited with an interest factor equal to 0.75% below the effective 90-day T-Bill rate for account balances left uninvested overnight. If the T-Bill rate falls below 0.75%, no credits will be earned. These credits serve to reduce custodian expenses that would otherwise be charged to each Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Funds’ custodian expense was not reduced.
Overdraft fees are computed at 1% above the effective Federal Funds rate on the day of the overdraft. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, overdraft fees for Global Income Opportunity and Special Equity equaled $27 and $54, respectively.
d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Funds’ prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Temporary differences are due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to excise tax regulations, wash sales, foreign currency, futures, a net operating loss and income recognition of certain convertible securities.
e. FEDERAL TAXES
Each Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.
Additionally, based on each Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, each Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.
Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2014, and for all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Additionally, the Funds are not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.
Net capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the enactment of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 may be carried forward for an unlimited time period and retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.
f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS
As of June 30, 2015, the following Funds had accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes as shown in the following chart. These amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, if any, through the expiration dates listed, or in the case of post-enactment losses, for an unlimited time period.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Capital Loss Carryover | | | Expires December 31, | |
| | Amounts | | |
Fund | | Short-Term | | | Long-Term | | |
Global Income Opportunity | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(Pre-Enactment) | | $ | 1,106,243 | | | | — | | | | 2017 | |
(Pre-Enactment) | | | 1,033,512 | | | | — | | | | 2018 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Totals | | $ | 2,139,755 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Special Equity | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(Pre-Enactment) | | $ | 137,240,413 | | | | — | | | | 2017 | |
g. CAPITAL STOCK
The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Each Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Funds in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Funds’ policy on investment valuation.
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For the six months ended June 30, 2015 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2014, the capital stock transactions by class for Bond, Special Equity and Global Income Opportunity were:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bond | | | Special Equity | |
| | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
| | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | |
Service Class: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 9,384,838 | | | $ | 261,510,743 | | | | 25,134,692 | | | $ | 706,336,967 | | | | 68,533 | | | $ | 6,486,057 | | | | 127,816 | | | $ | 10,959,745 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | 729,213 | | | | 20,294,065 | | | | 2,120,744 | | | | 59,466,578 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Cost of shares repurchased | | | (13,262,047 | ) | | | (368,340,343 | ) | | | (13,950,198 | ) | | | (392,082,752 | ) | | | (247,637 | ) | | | (23,381,464 | ) | | | (554,853 | ) | | | (47,485,696 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) | | | (3,147,996 | ) | | $ | (86,535,535 | ) | | | 13,305,238 | | | $ | 373,720,793 | | | | (179,104 | ) | | $ | (16,895,407 | ) | | | (427,037 | ) | | $ | (36,525,951 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Institutional Class: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 4,122,579 | | | $ | 114,755,487 | | | | 15,346,011 | | | $ | 431,593,970 | | | | 16,796 | | | $ | 1,635,035 | | | | 36,933 | | | $ | 3,200,523 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | 432,850 | | | | 12,046,499 | | | | 1,200,803 | | | | 33,651,290 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Cost of shares repurchased | | | (9,100,899 | ) | | | (253,622,082 | ) | | | (5,737,789 | ) | | | (161,216,261 | ) | | | (19,935 | ) | | | (1,839,255 | ) | | | (54,632 | ) | | | (4,715,290 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) | | | (4,545,470 | ) | | $ | (126,820,096 | ) | | | 10,809,025 | | | $ | 304,028,999 | | | | (3,139 | ) | | $ | (204,220 | ) | | | (17,699 | ) | | $ | (1,514,767 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Global Income Opportunity | |
| | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
| | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | |
Single Class: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 337,595 | | | $ | 6,576,097 | | | | 1,097,732 | | | $ | 22,441,055 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | — | | | | — | | | | 45,941 | | | | 902,744 | |
Cost of shares repurchased | | | (761,139 | ) | | | (14,777,223 | ) | | | (1,044,754 | ) | | | (21,284,888 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) | | | (423,544 | ) | | $ | (8,201,126 | ) | | | 98,919 | | | $ | 2,058,911 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
At June 30, 2015, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, specifically omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of each Fund as follows: Bond - two collectively own 66%; Global Income Opportunity - two collectively own 43%; Special Equity - two collectively own 52%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on their respective Fund.
h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements provided that the value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, will equal or exceed the value of the repurchase agreement during the term of the agreement. The underlying collateral for all repurchase agreements is held in safekeeping by the Funds’ custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited. At June 30, 2015, the market value of repurchase agreements outstanding for Bond, Global Income Opportunity and Special Equity was $37,103,717, $1,474,546 and $16,398,289, respectively.
i. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange
rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holdings of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.
The Funds do not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.
j. FOREIGN SECURITIES
The Funds invest in securities of foreign entities and in instruments denominated in foreign currencies which involve risks not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Non-domestic securities carry special risks, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability, a lack of company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and, potentially, less liquidity.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level, at rates ranging from approximately 10% to 15%. The Fund would pay such foreign taxes at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction.
2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
For each of the Funds, the Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Fund and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisors for the Funds (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadvisor’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by one or more portfolio managers who serve pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager.
Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Funds’ investment management fees were paid at the following annual rate of each Fund’s respective average daily net assets:
| | | | |
Bond | | | 0.625 | % |
Global Income Opportunity | | | 0.700 | % |
Special Equity | | | 0.900 | % |
The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2016, to waive management fees (but not below zero) and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of Global Income Opportunity to 0.89%, of the Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances. The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.
The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2016, to waive management fees (but not below zero) and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of Bond and Special Equity to 0.89% and 1.11%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances. The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager, Board
of Trustees, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.
Each Fund is obligated to repay the Investment Manager such amounts waived, paid or reimbursed in future years provided that the repayment occurs within thirty-six (36) months after the waiver or reimbursement and that such repayment would not cause that Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements in any such future year to exceed that Fund’s contractual expense limitation amount. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, each Fund’s components of reimbursement available consisted of:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bond | | | Global Income Opportunity | | | Special Equity | |
Reimbursement Available - 12/31/14 | | $ | 2,964,446 | | | $ | 407,173 | | | $ | 1,119,479 | |
Additional Reimbursements | | | 335,557 | | | | 77,255 | | | | 144,964 | |
Expired Reimbursements | | | (661,569 | ) | | | (40,223 | ) | | | (251,139 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Reimbursement Available - 06/30/15 | | $ | 2,638,434 | | | $ | 444,205 | | | $ | 1,013,304 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The expiration of each Fund’s reimbursement are as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expiry Date | | Bond | | | Global Income Opportunity | | | Special Equity | |
Less than 1 year* | | $ | 1,057,304 | | | $ | 97,550 | | | $ | 351,521 | |
Within 2 years | | | 743,215 | | | | 164,006 | | | | 330,720 | |
Within 3 years | | | 837,915 | | | | 182,649 | | | | 331,063 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total amount subject to reimbursement | | $ | 2,638,434 | | | $ | 444,205 | | | $ | 1,013,304 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
* | A portion of this represents the expiration amount through the year ended December 31, 2015 of $651,999, $58,260 and $192,887 for Bond, Global Income Opportunity and Special Equity, respectively. |
The Investment Manager has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in consideration of shareholder servicing fees that it has received from JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc., with respect to short-term cash investments the Funds may have made in JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund, Capital Shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the management fee for Bond was reduced by $20,670.
Each Fund has entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as Funds’ administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to the Fund, its shareholders, and certain institutions, such as bank trust departments, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, that advise or act as an intermediary with the Funds’ shareholders. Bond, Global Income Opportunity and Special Equity each pay a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.25%, 0.20%, 0.25%, respectively, per annum of each Fund’s average daily net assets for this service.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Effective January 1, 2015, the Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trust, other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively the “AMG Funds family”) and other affiliated funds. Previously, the Board provided supervision to only the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family.
Beginning January 1, 2015, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board is $200,000, plus $16,000, $4,000 or $2,000 for each regular, in-person special or telephonic special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $55,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $25,000 per year.
Prior to January 1, 2015, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board was $130,000, plus $7,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts formerly received an additional payment of $35,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee formerly received an additional payment of $15,000 per year.
Effective January 1, 2015, the Trustees’ fees and expenses are generally allocated among all of the Funds in the Trust, other trusts within the AMG Funds family and other affiliated funds based on the relative net assets of such funds. Before January 1, 2015, the Trustees’ fees and expenses were generally allocated among all of the funds in the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The “Trustees fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents each Fund’s allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid to the Independent Trustee of the Board.
The Funds are distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for each Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of each Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Subject to the compensation arrangement discussed below, generally the Distributor bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Trust are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.
For Bond and Special Equity Service Class shares, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to third parties such as a bank, broker-dealer, trust company or other financial intermediaries who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. The Service Class shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of the Class’s average daily net assets as shown in the table below.
The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2015, were as follows:
| | | | | | | | |
Fund | | Maximum Amount Allowed | | | Actual Amount Incurred | |
Bond | | | | | | | | |
Service Class | | | 0.10 | % | | | 0.10 | % |
Special Equity | | | | | | | | |
Service Class | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.25 | % |
The Securities and Exchange Commission granted an exemptive order that permits each Fund to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible Funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both borrowing and lending Funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating Fund. The Investment Manager administers the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating Funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the following Fund lent to other Funds in the AMG Funds family: Bond lent $9,838,726 for one day earning interest of $168. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. At June 30, 2015, the Funds had no interfund loans outstanding.
For the six month period ended June 30, 2015, Special Equity executed security transactions with other funds affiliated with Lord, Abbett & Co., LLC, one of the Fund’s subadvisors. Each of the transactions were executed at the closing price of the security transacted and with no commissions under Rule 17a-7 procedures approved by the Board. The amounts purchased and sold during the six months ended June 30, 2015, are reflected in the following chart:
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Number of Transactions | | Total Quantity | | | Cost Proceeds | |
Purchases | | 5 | | | 37,118 | | | $ | 462,335 | |
Sales | | 3 | | | 4,500 | | | | 65,990 | |
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2015, were as follows:
| | | | | | | | |
| | Long-Term Securities excluding (U.S. Government Obligations) | |
Fund | | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Bond | | $ | 87,272,140 | | | $ | 120,037,124 | |
Global Income Opportunity | | | 10,461,799 | | | | 16,478,968 | |
Special Equity | | | 122,836,217 | | | | 140,715,184 | |
| |
| | U.S. Government Obligations | |
Fund | | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Bond | | $ | 73,543,090 | | | $ | 101,924,125 | |
Global Income Opportunity | | | 750,059 | | | | 566,972 | |
Special Equity | | | — | | | | — | |
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4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED
The Funds participate in a securities lending program offered by BNYM (the “Program”), providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income include earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Funds, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Funds’ policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into overnight government repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.
At June 30, 2015, the value of the securities loaned and cash collateral received, were as follows:
| | | | | | | | |
| | Securities | | | Cash Collateral | |
Fund | | Loaned | | | Received | |
Bond | | $ | 35,247,676 | | | $ | 37,103,717 | |
Global Income Opportunity | | | 1,413,570 | | | | 1,474,546 | |
Special Equity | | | 16,329,692 | | | | 16,398,289 | |
5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Funds under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds had no prior claims or losses and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
6. RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH YIELD SECURITIES
Investing in high yield securities involves greater risks and considerations not typically associated with U.S. Government and other high quality/investment grade securities. High yield securities are generally below investment grade securities and do not have an established retail secondary market. Economic downturns may disrupt the high yield market and impair the issuer’s ability to repay principal and interest. Also, an increase in interest rates would likely have an adverse impact on the value of such obligations and could cause the securities to become less liquid.
7. FORWARD COMMITMENTS
Certain transactions, such as futures and forward transactions, dollar roll agreements, or purchases of when-issued or delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on the Fund’s net asset value as if the Fund had created a degree of leverage in its portfolio. However, if the Fund enters into such a transaction, the Fund will establish a segregated account with its custodian in which it will maintain cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities equal in value to its obligations in respect to such transaction. Securities and other assets held in the segregated account may not be sold while the transaction is outstanding, unless other suitable assets are substituted.
8. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The following disclosures contain information on how and why Global Income Opportunity uses derivative instruments, the credit risk and how derivative instruments affect the Fund’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The location and fair value amounts of these instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the realized and changes in unrealized gains and losses on the Statement of Operations, each categorized by type of derivative contract, are included in a table in the Notes to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the average quarterly balances of derivative financial instruments outstanding were as follows:
| | | | |
| | Global Income | |
Foreign currency exchange contracts: | | Opportunity | |
Average US dollar amounts purchased/sold | | $ | 17,247,701 | |
9. FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS
During the six months ended June 30, 2015, Bond and Global Income Opportunity Funds invested in forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on its non-U.S. dollar denominated investment securities.
A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between a fund and another party to buy or sell a currency at a set price at a future date. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked-to-market daily, and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Gain or loss on the purchase or sale of contracts having the same settlement date, amount and counterparty is realized on the date of offset, otherwise gain or loss is realized on the settlement date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.
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10. FUTURES CONTRACTS
Global Income Opportunity entered into futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital shares transactions. There are certain risks associated with futures contracts. Prices may not move as expected or the Fund may not be able to close out the contract when it desires to do so, resulting in losses.
On entering into a futures contract, either cash or securities in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value (initial margin) must be deposited with the futures broker. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received each day. The variation margin payments equal the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. For OTC futures, daily variation margin is not required. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Futures are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the
financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
11. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS
The Funds may enter into master netting agreements with its counterparties for the securities lending program, repurchase agreements and derivative instruments, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For securities lending transactions, see Note 4.
The following tables are a summary of the Funds’ open repurchase agreements and derivatives that are subject to master netting agreements as of June 30, 2015:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Gross Amount Not Offset in the | | | | |
| | | | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | | |
Fund | | Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | Financial Instruments | | | Cash Collateral Received | | | Net Amount | |
Bond | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc. | | $ | 8,812,152 | | | $ | 8,812,152 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Daiwa Capital Markets America | | | 8,812,152 | | | | 8,812,152 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Nomura Securities International, Inc. | | | 8,812,152 | | | | 8,812,152 | | | | — | | | | — | |
RBC Capital Markets LLC | | | 6,489,618 | | | | 6,489,618 | | | | — | | | | — | |
State of Wisconsin Investment Board | | | 4,177,643 | | | | 4,177,643 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | $ | 37,103,717 | | | $ | 37,103,717 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Global Income Opportunity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc. | | $ | 1,000,000 | | | $ | 1,000,000 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Citibank NA | | | 26,138 | | | | 2,107 | | | | — | | | $ | 24,031 | |
Credit Suisse | | | 190,096 | | | | 8,835 | | | | — | | | | 181,261 | |
Nomura Securities International, Inc. | | | 474,546 | | | | 474,546 | | | | — | | | | — | |
UBS Securities LLC | | | 11,499 | | | | 653 | | | | — | | | | 10,846 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | $ | 1,702,279 | | | $ | 1,486,141 | | | | — | | | $ | 216,138 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Special Equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc. | | $ | 3,894,607 | | | $ | 3,894,607 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Daiwa Capital Markets America | | | 3,894,607 | | | | 3,894,607 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Nomura Securities International, Inc. | | | 3,894,607 | | | | 3,894,607 | | | | — | | | | — | |
RBC Capital Markets LLC | | | 2,859,858 | | | | 2,859,858 | | | | — | | | | — | |
State of Wisconsin Investment Board | | | 1,854,610 | | | | 1,854,610 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | $ | 16,398,289 | | | $ | 16,398,289 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Gross Amount Not Offset in the | | | | |
| | | | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | | |
| | Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | Financial Instruments | | | Cash Collateral Pledged | | | Net Amount | |
Global Income Opportunity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Citibank NA | | $ | 2,107 | | | $ | 2,107 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Credit Suisse | | | 8,835 | | | | 8,835 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | | | 70,751 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 70,751 | |
UBS Securities LLC | | | 653 | | | | 653 | | | | — | | | | — | |
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Total | | $ | 82,346 | | | $ | 11,595 | | | | — | | | $ | 70,751 | |
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12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Each Fund has determined that no material events or transactions occurred through the issuance of the Funds’ financial statements, which require additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Funds’ financial statements.
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AMG Managers Special Equity Fund, AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund and AMG Managers Bond Fund: Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements on June 24-25, 2015
At an in-person meeting held on June 24-25, 2015, the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), and separately a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved the Investment Management Agreement and separately an amendment to the Investment Management Agreement, in each case with AMG Funds, LLC (the “Investment Manager”), (collectively the “Investment Management Agreement”) for each of AMG Managers Special Equity Fund, AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund and AMG Managers Bond Fund (each a “Fund”) and the Subadvisory Agreement for each of the Subadvisors to the Funds. The Independent Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel in connection with their consideration of the approval of these agreements. In considering the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees reviewed a variety of materials relating to each Fund, the Investment Manager and each Subadvisor, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for an appropriate peer group of similar mutual funds (each a “Peer Group”), performance information for relevant benchmark indices (each a “Fund Benchmark”) and, with respect to each Subadvisor, comparative performance information for an appropriate peer group of managed accounts, and, as to all other matters, other information provided to them on a periodic basis throughout the year, as well as information provided in connection with the meetings of June 24-25, 2015, regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadvisors under their respective agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees: (a) reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management; (b) received materials from their independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to their
consideration of the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements; and (c) met with their independent legal counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present.
NATURE, EXTENT, AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.
In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information relating to the Investment Manager’s operations and personnel. Among other things, the Investment Manager provided financial information, biographical information on its supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Trustees also took into account information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Investment Manager in Board meetings relating to the performance of its duties with respect to the Funds and the Trustees’ knowledge of the Investment Manager’s management and the quality of the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Investment Management Agreement, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the operation and management of the Funds; (b) the quality of the search, selection and monitoring services performed by the Investment Manager in overseeing the portfolio management responsibilities of the Subadvisors; (c) the Investment Manager’s ability to supervise the Funds’ other service providers; and (d) the Investment Manager’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account that, in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising each Subadvisor, the Investment Manager: performs periodic detailed analysis and reviews of the performance by each Subadvisor of its obligations to a Fund, including without limitation, analysis and review of portfolio and other compliance matters and review of each Subadvisor’s investment performance in respect of a Fund; prepares and presents periodic reports to the Board regarding the investment performance
of each Subadvisor and other information regarding each Subadvisor, at such times and in such forms as the Board may reasonably request; reviews and considers any changes in the personnel of each Subadvisor responsible for performing the Subadvisor’s obligations and makes appropriate reports to the Board; reviews and considers any changes in the ownership or senior management of each Subadvisor and makes appropriate reports to the Board; performs periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings, including with respect to compliance matters, with representatives of each Subadvisor; assists the Board and management of the Trust in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of each Subadvisory Agreement and annual consideration of each Subadvisory Agreement thereafter; prepares recommendations with respect to the continued retention of any Subadvisor or the replacement of any Subadvisor, including at the request of the Board; identifies potential successors to or replacements of any Subadvisor or potential additional subadvisors, performs appropriate due diligence, and develops and presents to the Board a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional subadvisor, including at the request of the Board; designates and compensates from its own resources such personnel as the Investment Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services; and performs such other review and reporting functions as the Board shall reasonably request consistent with the Investment Management Agreement and applicable law. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Investment Manager with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Investment Management Agreement and the Investment Manager’s undertaking to maintain contractual expense limitations for the Funds. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s risk management processes.
The Trustees also reviewed information relating to each Subadvisor’s operations and personnel and the investment philosophy, strategies and
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techniques (for each Subadvisor, its “Investment Strategy”) used in managing a Fund or the portion of a Fund for which the Subadvisor has portfolio management responsibility. Among other things, the Trustees reviewed biographical information on portfolio management and other professional staff, information regarding each Subadvisor’s organizational and management structure and each Subadvisor’s brokerage policies and practices. The Trustees considered specific information provided regarding the experience of the individuals at each Subadvisor with portfolio management responsibility for a Fund or the portion of a Fund managed by the Subadvisor, including the information set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. With respect to AMG Managers Special Equity Fund, which is managed by multiple Subadvisors, the Trustees also noted information provided by the Investment Manager regarding the manner in which each Subadvisor’s Investment Strategy complements those utilized by the Fund’s other Subadvisors. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by each Subadvisor in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Subadvisor’s personnel; and (c) the Subadvisor’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of each Subadvisor with respect to its ability to provide the services required under its Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees also considered each Subadvisor’s risk management processes.
PERFORMANCE.
As noted above, the Board considered each Fund’s net performance during relevant time periods as compared to each Fund’s Peer Group and Fund Benchmark and considered each Subadvisor’s performance as compared to an appropriate peer group of managed accounts and also considered the gross performance of the Fund or the portion of the Fund managed by each Subadvisor as compared to the Subadvisor’s relevant performance composite that utilizes the same investment strategy and approach and noted that the Board reviews on a quarterly basis detailed
information about each Fund’s performance results, portfolio composition and Investment Strategies, including, with respect to AMG Managers Special Equity Fund, the portion of the Fund managed by each Subadvisor. The Board noted the Investment Manager’s expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of each Subadvisor. The Board also noted each Subadvisor’s performance record with respect to AMG Managers Special Equity Fund. The Board was mindful of the Investment Manager’s attention to monitoring each Subadvisor’s performance with respect to the Funds and its discussions with management regarding the factors that contributed to the performance of the Funds.
ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.
In considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee charged by the Investment Manager for managing each Fund, the Trustees noted that the Investment Manager, and not the Fund, is responsible for paying the fees charged by the Fund’s Subadvisor(s) and, therefore, that the fees paid to the Investment Manager cover the cost of providing portfolio management services as well as the cost of providing search, selection and monitoring services in operating a “manager-of-managers” complex of mutual funds. The Trustees also considered the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Investment Manager after payment of the subadvisory fee with respect to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the additional high quality supervisory services provided by the Investment Manager and the fact that the subadvisory fees are paid out of the advisory fee, the advisory fee payable by each Fund to the Investment Manager can reasonably be expected to exceed the median advisory fee for the Peer Group, which consists of many funds that do not operate with a manager-of-managers structure. In this regard, the Trustees also noted that the Investment Manager has undertaken to maintain contractual expense limitations for the Funds.
In addition, in considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager, the Trustees also reviewed information provided by the Investment Manager setting forth all revenues and other benefits, both direct and indirect (including any so-called “fallout benefits” such as reputational value derived from the Investment Manager serving as Investment Manager to a Fund), received by the Investment Manager and its affiliates attributable to managing each Fund and all the mutual funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, the cost of providing such services and the resulting profitability to the Investment Manager and its affiliates from these relationships. The Trustees also noted the current asset levels of each Fund and the willingness of the Investment Manager to waive fees and pay expenses for all of the Funds from time to time as a means of limiting total expenses. The Trustees also considered management’s discussion of the current asset levels of the Funds, and considered the impact on profitability of the current asset levels and any future growth of assets of the Funds. The Board took into account management’s discussion of the current advisory fee structure, and, as noted above, the services the Investment Manager provides in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising each Subadvisor. In this regard, the Trustees noted that, unlike a mutual fund that is managed by a single investment adviser, the Funds operate in a manager-of-managers structure. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Investment Manager is reasonable and that the Investment Manager is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory fees for any Fund at this time. With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees also noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent that the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.
In considering the reasonableness of the fee payable by the Investment Manager to each Subadvisor, the Trustees relied on the ability of the
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Investment Manager to negotiate the terms of the Subadvisory Agreement at arm’s length as part of the manager-of-managers structure, noting that the Investment Manager is not affiliated with any of the Subadvisors. In addition, the Trustees considered other potential benefits of the subadvisory relationship to a Subadvisor, including, among others, the indirect benefits that the Subadvisor may receive from the Subadvisor’s relationship with a Fund, including any so-called “fallout benefits” to the Subadvisor, such as reputational value derived from the Subadvisor serving as Subadvisor to the Fund. In addition, the Trustees noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. As a consequence of all of the foregoing, the cost of services to be provided by each Subadvisor and the profitability to each Subadvisor of its relationship with the Fund were not material factors in the Trustees’ deliberations. For similar reasons, the Trustees did not consider potential economies of scale in the management of a Fund or the portion of a Fund managed by the Subadvisors to be a material factor in their deliberations at this time.
In addition to the foregoing, the Trustees considered the specific factors and related conclusions set forth below with respect to each Fund, the Investment Manager and each Subadvisor.
AMG Managers Special Equity Fund
Fund Performance.
Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Service Class shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2015 was above, below, above and below, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and below, below, above and below, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including
the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance for the relevant time periods and the fact that the Fund ranked in the top quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 5-year period. The Trustees also noted that the Fund’s 10-year performance includes the performance of the Fund’s prior subadvisors. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory in light of all factors considered.
Advisory and Subadvisory Fees.
The Trustees noted that the Fund’s advisory fees (which include both the advisory and administration fee) and total expenses (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2015 were both higher than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2016, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 1.11%. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and competitiveness with comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadvisors, the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadvisors, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund
Fund Performance.
Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2015 was below, above, above and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and above the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s recent
underperformance relative to the Peer Group and the fact that the Fund ranked in the second quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.
Advisory and Subadvisory Fees.
The Trustees noted that the Fund’s advisory fees (which include both the advisory and administration fee) and total expenses (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2015 were higher and lower, respectively, than the average for the Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2016, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.89%. The Trustees also noted that the Investment Manager previously reduced the Fund’s expense limitation in 2013. The Board took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and the current size of the Fund. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadvisor, the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadvisor, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.
AMG Managers Bond Fund
Fund Performance.
Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Service Class shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2015 was below, above, above and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and below, above, above and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s
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performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s recent underperformance. The Trustees also noted that the Fund ranked in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.
Advisory and Subadvisory Fees.
The Trustees noted that the Fund’s advisory fees (which include both the advisory and administration fee) and total expenses (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2015 were both higher than the average for the Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2016, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.89%. The Trustees also noted that the Investment Manager previously reduced the Fund’s expense limitation
in 2013. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadvisor, the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadvisor, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.
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After consideration of the foregoing, the Trustees also reached the following conclusions (in addition to the conclusions discussed above) regarding the Investment Management Agreement and each Subadvisory Agreement: (a) the Investment Manager and each Subadvisor have demonstrated that they possess the capability and resources to perform the duties required of them under the Investment Management Agreement and the
applicable Subadvisory Agreements; (b) each Subadvisor’s Investment Strategy is appropriate for pursuing the applicable Fund’s investment objectives; and (c) the Investment Manager and each Subadvisor maintain appropriate compliance programs.
Based on all of the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each Trustee not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Trustees concluded that approval of the Investment Management Agreement and each Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on June 24-25, 2015, the Trustees, and separately a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements (as applicable) for each Fund.
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INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR
AMG Funds LLC
800 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06854
(800) 835-3879
DISTRIBUTOR
AMG Distributors, Inc.
800 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06854
(800) 835-3879
CUSTODIAN
The Bank of New York Mellon
2 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
LEGAL COUNSEL
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199-3600
TRANSFER AGENT
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Attn: AMG Funds
P.O. Box 9769
Providence, RI 02940
(800) 548-4539
FOR MANAGERSCHOICETM ONLY
AMG Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
P.O. Box 9847
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-8047
(800) 358-7668
TRUSTEES
Bruce B. Bingham
Christine C. Carsman
William E. Chapman II
Edward J. Kaier
Kurt A. Keilhacker
Steven J. Paggioli
Richard F. Powers III
Eric Rakowski
Victoria L. Sassine
Thomas R. Schneeweis
This report is prepared for the Funds’ shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.
Current net asset values per share for each Fund are available on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.
A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Each 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 Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms 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. To review a complete list of the Funds’ portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.
AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS
BALANCED FUNDS
AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced
Chicago Equity Partners, LLC
AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced
First Quadrant, L.P.
EQUITY FUNDS
AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value
Chicago Equity Partners, LLC
AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity
AMG FQ U.S. Equity
First Quadrant, L.P.
AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth
Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC
AMG GW&K Small Cap Core
AMG GW&K Small Cap Growth
GW&K Investment Management, LLC
AMG Renaissance International Equity
AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth
The Renaissance Group LLC
AMG SouthernSun Small Cap
AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity
SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC
AMG Systematic Large Cap Value
AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value
Systematic Financial Management, L.P.
AMG TimesSquare All Cap Growth
AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap
AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth
AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth
TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC
AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity
AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity
AMG Trilogy Global Equity
AMG Trilogy International Small Cap
Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.
AMG Yacktman Focused
AMG Yacktman
AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities
Yacktman Asset Management LP
FIXED INCOME FUNDS
AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond
AMG GW&K Core Bond
(formerly AMG Managers Total Return Bond)
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond
AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield
GW&K Investment Management, LLC
OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS
EQUITY FUNDS
AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap Growth
AMG Managers Brandywine Blue
AMG Managers Brandywine
Friess Associates, LLC
AMG Managers Cadence Capital Appreciation
AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies
AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap
Cadence Capital Management, LLC
AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.
Next Century Growth Investors LLC
RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.
AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth
Essex Investment Management Co., LLC
AMG Managers Real Estate Securities
CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.
AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities
Skyline Asset Management, L.P.
AMG Managers Special Equity
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.
Federated MDTA LLC
FIXED INCOME FUNDS
AMG Managers Bond
AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity
Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.
AMG Managers High Yield
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
AMG Managers Intermediate Duration Government
AMG Managers Short Duration Government
Amundi Smith Breeden LLC
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Not applicable for the semi-annual shareholder report.
Item 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT |
Not applicable for the semi-annual shareholder report.
Item 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
Not applicable for the semi-annual shareholder report.
Item 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS |
Not applicable.
Item 6. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
The schedule of investments in unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the shareholder report contained in Item 1 hereof.
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 COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS |
Not applicable.
Item 10. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
Not applicable.
Item 11. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
| (a) | The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. |
| (b) | There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting. |
| (a) (2) | Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith. |
| (b) | Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
AMG FUNDS III
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By: | | /s/ Jeffrey T. Cerutti | | |
| | Jeffrey T. Cerutti, Principal Executive Officer |
Date: | | September 2, 2015 | | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By: | | /s/ Jeffrey T. Cerutti | | |
| | Jeffrey T. Cerutti, Principal Executive Officer |
Date: | | September 2, 2015 | | |
By: | | /s/ Donald S. Rumery | | |
| | Donald S. Rumery, Principal Financial Officer |
Date: | | September 2, 2015 | | |