In the normal course of pursuing its investment objective, the Portfolio is subject to the following risks:
Credit Risk: During the fiscal year to date ended July 31, 2024, the Portfolio entered into credit default swap contracts to enhance total return and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities.
Foreign Exchange Risk: The Portfolio engages in forward foreign currency exchange contracts, currency options and cross-currency swaps to enhance total return, to seek to hedge against fluctuations in currency exchange rates and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities or currencies.
Interest Rate Risk: The Portfolio utilizes various interest rate derivatives including non-deliverable bond forward contracts, interest rate futures contracts and interest rate swaps to enhance total return, to seek to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates and/or to change the effective duration of its portfolio.
At July 31, 2024, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under open derivative contracts.
Affiliated Investments
At July 31, 2024, the value of the Portfolio's investment in funds that may be deemed to be affiliated was $17,732,837, which represents 1.5% of the Portfolio's net assets. Transactions in such investments by the Portfolio for the fiscal year to date ended July 31, 2024 were as follows:
Name | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales proceeds | Net realized gain (loss) | Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | Value, end of period | Dividend income | Shares, end of period |
Short-Term Investments |
Liquidity Fund, Institutional Class(1) | $97,178,009 | $452,593,493 | $(532,038,665) | $ — | $ — | $17,732,837 | $2,281,788 | 17,732,837 |
(1) | Represents investment in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio. |
Fair Value Measurements
Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
• | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |