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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-06431
MANAGERS TRUST II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Managers Investment Group LLC
800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 299-3500 | ||
Date of fiscal year end: | DECEMBER 31 | |
Date of reporting period: | JANUARY 1, 2009 – DECEMBER 31, 2009 | |
(Annual Shareholder Report) |
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ANNUAL REPORT
Managers Trust II Funds
December 31, 2009
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund
Managers High Yield Fund
Managers Fixed Income Fund
Managers Short Duration Government Fund
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund
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INVESTMENT MANAGER’S COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOTS, AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS | ||
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Fund balance sheets, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts | ||
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Detail of sources of income, Fund expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the year | ||
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Detail of changes in Fund assets for the past two years | ||
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Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets | ||
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Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks | ||
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Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the Managers Family of Funds. Such offering is made only by Prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.
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Dear Shareholder:
Our foremost goal at Managers Investment Group (“MIG”) is to structure and manage mutual funds that will help our shareholders and clients successfully reach their investment goals and objectives.
Each of our Funds is geared to provide you with exposure to a specific asset class or style of investing. Investors tend to use our Funds as part of their broader portfolio in order to tailor their asset allocation to meet their individual needs. Most of our Funds, like those detailed in this report, are therefore designed to be building blocks.
At MIG, we have overall responsibility for the investment management and administration of the Funds. As a “manager of managers,” we work with external investment managers that make the day-to-day investment decisions in the Funds (the “Portfolio Managers”). We devote considerable resources to our disciplined process of identifying and selecting Portfolio Managers for the Funds. As a manager of managers, MIG performs many activities to monitor the ongoing investment, compliance, and administrative aspects of all of the Funds, which gives our shareholders added confidence in their investments.
Our parent company, Affiliated Managers Group (“AMG”) is a global asset management company with ownership interests in a diverse group of boutique investment management firms (its “Affiliates”). MIG has the unique opportunity to access the investment skills and acumen of some of AMG’s Affiliates. The set of our Funds managed by these proprietary firms also benefit from our activities to monitor the investment, compliance, and administrative aspects of the Funds.
Below is a brief overview of the securities markets and the performance results for the Funds. Following this letter, we also provide the Portfolio Managers’ discussion of their investment management approach, performance results, and market outlook.
The year 2009 will go down in the history books as one in which securities markets sank to unimaginable levels and some investors briefly questioned the viability of capitalism. As it turned out, capitalism did not cease to exist and equities, as well as credit-sensitive fixed income securities, managed to regroup and record one of the most impressive rebounds in the history of the capital markets. The government’s unprecedented efforts with respect to healing the economy and stabilizing the securities markets via programs such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”), the Public-Private Investment Program (“PPIP”) and the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”) seem to have achieved their desired short-term effects, although some would argue that the programs played a minor role in the stabilization of the markets and that free market forces simply corrected oversold conditions, just as they have on numerous occasions in the past.
Against this backdrop, the Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund, Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund, Managers High Yield Fund, Managers Fixed Income Fund, Managers Short Duration Government Fund and the Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), generated strong absolute returns in this historic environment, as detailed below.
Periods Ended 12/31/09 | 6 Months | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | Since Inception | Inception Date | |||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-Class A | No Load | 26.43 | % | 39.20 | % | (6.77 | )% | (0.40 | )% | 2.36 | % | 8.31 | % | 1/2/1997 | ||||||||
-Class A | With Load | 19.10 | % | 31.15 | % | (8.59 | )% | (1.57 | )% | 1.76 | % | 7.82 | % | 1/2/1997 | ||||||||
-Class B | No Load | 25.87 | % | 38.06 | % | (7.51 | )% | (1.14 | )% | 1.73 | % | 6.56 | % | 1/28/1998 | ||||||||
-Class B | With Load | 20.87 | % | 33.06 | % | (8.37 | )% | (1.51 | )% | 1.73 | % | 6.56 | % | 1/28/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | No Load | 25.96 | % | 38.18 | % | (7.55 | )% | (1.17 | )% | 1.73 | % | 5.95 | % | 2/19/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | With Load | 24.96 | % | 37.18 | % | (7.55 | )% | (1.17 | )% | 1.73 | % | 5.95 | % | 2/19/1998 | ||||||||
-Institutional Class | 26.54 | % | 39.59 | % | (6.63 | )% | (0.18 | )% | 2.74 | % | 8.75 | % | 1/2/1997 | |||||||||
Russell Midcap® Index | 27.76 | % | 40.48 | % | (4.59 | )% | 2.43 | % | 4.98 | % | 8.13 | % | ||||||||||
S&P Mid Cap 400 Index (former benchmark) | 26.65 | % | 37.38 | % | (1.83 | )% | 3.27 | % | 6.36 | % | 9.85 | % |
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Periods Ended 12/31/09 | 6 Months | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | Since Inception | Inception Date | |||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-Class A | No Load | 13.84 | % | 20.06 | % | 0.71 | % | 3.90 | % | 3.74 | % | 7.19 | % | 1/2/1997 | ||||||||
-Class A | With Load | 7.26 | % | 13.14 | % | (1.25 | )% | 2.67 | % | 3.13 | % | 6.70 | % | 1/2/1997 | ||||||||
-Class B | No Load | 13.42 | % | 19.42 | % | (0.00 | )% | 3.16 | % | 3.13 | % | 5.42 | % | 2/10/1998 | ||||||||
-Class B | With Load | 8.42 | % | 14.42 | % | (0.97 | )% | 2.80 | % | 3.13 | % | 5.42 | % | 2/10/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | No Load | 13.43 | % | 19.33 | % | (0.02 | )% | 3.14 | % | 3.12 | % | 5.36 | % | 2/13/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | With Load | 12.43 | % | 18.33 | % | (0.02 | )% | 3.14 | % | 3.12 | % | 5.36 | % | 2/13/1998 | ||||||||
-Institutional Class | 14.00 | % | 20.44 | % | 0.97 | % | 4.17 | % | 4.14 | % | 7.63 | % | 1/2/1997 | |||||||||
60% Russell 1000® Index/40% Barclays Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 15.31 | % | 20.12 | % | 0.24 | % | 3.23 | % | 2.87 | % | 6.31 | % | ||||||||||
60% S&P 500 Index/40% Barclays Capital U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Aggregate Bond Index (former benchmark) | 15.01 | % | 19.00 | % | 0.07 | % | 3.00 | % | 2.58 | % | 6.16 | % | ||||||||||
Managers High Yield Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-Class A | No Load | 21.39 | % | 53.38 | % | 3.28 | % | 4.61 | % | 5.53 | % | 5.90 | % | 1/2/1998 | ||||||||
-Class A | With Load | 16.24 | % | 46.97 | % | 1.81 | % | 3.71 | % | 5.07 | % | 5.52 | % | 1/2/1998 | ||||||||
-Class B | No Load | 20.82 | % | 51.64 | % | 2.34 | % | 3.72 | % | 4.80 | % | 4.85 | % | 2/19/1998 | ||||||||
-Class B | With Load | 15.82 | % | 46.64 | % | 1.52 | % | 3.42 | % | 4.80 | % | 4.85 | % | 2/19/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | No Load | 20.84 | % | 51.98 | % | 2.40 | % | 3.76 | % | 4.84 | % | 4.86 | % | 2/19/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | With Load | 19.84 | % | 50.98 | % | 2.40 | % | 3.76 | % | 4.84 | % | 4.86 | % | 2/19/1998 | ||||||||
-Institutional Class | 21.35 | % | 54.06 | % | 3.59 | % | 4.90 | % | 5.97 | % | 5.97 | % | 3/2/1998 | |||||||||
Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index | 21.29 | % | 58.21 | % | 5.97 | % | 6.46 | % | 6.71 | % | N/A | |||||||||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-Class A | No Load | 11.19 | % | 23.14 | % | 5.18 | % | 5.05 | % | 6.52 | % | 6.23 | % | 1/2/1997 | ||||||||
-Class A | With Load | 6.43 | % | 17.86 | % | 3.66 | % | 4.15 | % | 6.06 | % | 5.88 | % | 1/2/1997 | ||||||||
-Class B | No Load | 10.83 | % | 22.22 | % | 4.39 | % | 4.28 | % | 5.87 | % | 5.35 | % | 3/20/1998 | ||||||||
-Class B | With Load | 5.83 | % | 17.22 | % | 3.48 | % | 3.94 | % | 5.87 | % | 5.35 | % | 3/20/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | No Load | 10.79 | % | 22.13 | % | 4.38 | % | 4.26 | % | 5.86 | % | 5.45 | % | 3/5/1998 | ||||||||
-Class C | With Load | 9.79 | % | 21.13 | % | 4.38 | % | 4.26 | % | 5.86 | % | 5.45 | % | 3/5/1998 | ||||||||
-Institutional Class | 11.42 | % | 23.39 | % | 5.44 | % | 5.31 | % | 6.94 | % | 6.70 | % | 1/2/1997 | |||||||||
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 3.95 | % | 5.93 | % | 6.04 | % | 4.97 | % | 6.33 | % | 6.23 | % | ||||||||||
Short Duration Government Fund | 2.45 | % | 6.54 | % | 3.39 | % | 3.50 | % | 3.85 | % | 4.48 | % | 3/31/1992 | |||||||||
Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index | 0.27 | % | 0.58 | % | 3.24 | % | 3.52 | % | 3.39 | % | 4.06 | % | ||||||||||
Intermediate Duration Government Fund | 6.47 | % | 12.40 | % | 6.43 | % | 5.12 | % | 5.92 | % | 6.53 | % | 3/31/1992 | |||||||||
Citigroup Mortgage Index | 2.98 | % | 5.76 | % | 7.07 | % | 5.81 | % | 6.50 | % | 6.64 | % |
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund (Institutional Class) returned 39.59%, modestly trailing the 40.48% return for the Russell Midcap® Index. Over the last several quarters, we discussed the difficult market environment we experienced since the latter part of 2007, and this past year was no different. The riskiest stocks with the weakest fundamentals performed the best and did so by a substantial margin, making stock picking difficult. The Fund’s relative performance was driven primarily by strong stock selection within the industrials and materials sectors. These gains were somewhat offset by negative stock selection results in the information technology sector.
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For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund (Institutional Class) returned 20.44%, marginally outpacing the 20.12% return for the hypothetical benchmark, which consists of 60% of the return of the Russell 1000® Index and 40% of the return of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The equity portion of the Fund slightly underperformed the benchmark for the year. While the Fund’s holdings in the financial sector contributed positively to relative results for the second consecutive year, holdings within the consumer discretionary and technology sectors detracted most from relative performance during the year. Within the fixed income portion of the Fund, sector allocation and security selection were the biggest contributors to excess returns for the one-year period.
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Managers High Yield Fund (Institutional Class) returned 54.06%, while the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index returned 58.21%. It was the best year on record for both the Fund and the high-yield market. The Fund’s modest underperformance is not atypical since fixed income indexes often invest in very illiquid investments, which are not accessible to most investors, and indexes don’t incur fees or trading costs. Nevertheless, the Fund did lag during the year. Its underperformance is attributable to some poor security selection and a drag from cash.
For the year ended December 31, 2009, Managers Fixed Income Fund (Institutional Class) returned 23.39%, easily outpacing the 5.93% return for the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”). Much of the Fund’s solid performance, both absolute and relative to the Index, was driven by a greater than benchmark exposure to investment-grade corporate bonds and the related underweight to U.S. Treasuries. After widening to historic levels during the 2008 crisis, yield spreads on corporate bonds narrowed throughout 2009, driving prices on these bonds higher. This trend was the primary driver of the Fund’s performance during the period.
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Managers Short Duration Government Fund returned 6.54%, well outperforming its benchmark, the Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, which returned 0.58%. In 2009, spreads tightened substantially across almost all fixed income sectors, including agency mortgage backed securities (“MBS”), which is the primary investment segment for the Fund. The primary driver of the Fund’s strong absolute and relative performance was its exposure to agency MBS, which rallied for most of the year, partly as a result of attractive values at the beginning of the year and the Federal Reserve’s purchase programs. To a lesser extent, other contributors to performance included the Fund’s exposure to commercial mortgage backed securities (“CMBS”) as well as its yield curve positioning.
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund returned 12.40%, compared to 5.76% for its benchmark, the Citigroup Mortgage Index. As noted above, in 2009, spreads tightened substantially across almost all fixed income sectors, including agency MBS, which is the primary investment segment for this Fund as well. Similarly, the Fund also benefited from its exposure to agency MBS but unlike the Managers Short Duration Government Fund, there were other significant drivers of performance. Most notably, the Fund’s exposures to non-agency MBS and CMBS were key contributors. The management team at Smith Breeden Associates, Inc, the Fund’s subadvisor, added CMBS securities in the second quarter to take advantage of their wide spreads.
The following report covers the one-year period ended December 31, 2009. Should you have any questions about this report, or if you’d like to receive a prospectus and additional information, including fees and expenses for these or any of the other Funds in our family, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-835-3879, or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com. As always, please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.
If you are curious about how you can better diversify your investment program, visit the Knowledge Center on our Web site and view our articles in the investment strategies section. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit. We thank you for your continued confidence and investment in The Managers Funds.
Respectfully,
John H. Streur
Senior Managing Partner
Managers Investment Group LLC
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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.
Six Months Ended December 31, 2009 | Expense Ratio for the Period | Beginning Account Value 07/01/2009 | Ending Account Value 12/31/2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* | ||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund Class A | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.24 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,264 | $ | 7.08 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.24 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,019 | $ | 6.31 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund Class B | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.99 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,259 | $ | 11.33 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.99 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,015 | $ | 10.11 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund Class C | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.99 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,260 | $ | 11.33 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.99 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,015 | $ | 10.11 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund Institutional Class | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 0.99 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,265 | $ | 5.65 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 0.99 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,020 | $ | 5.04 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund Class A | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.25 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,138 | $ | 6.74 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.25 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,019 | $ | 6.36 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund Class B | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 2.00 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,134 | $ | 10.76 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 2.00 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,015 | $ | 10.16 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund Class C | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 2.00 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,134 | $ | 10.76 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 2.00 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,015 | $ | 10.16 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund Institutional Class | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.00 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,140 | $ | 5.39 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.00 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,020 | $ | 5.09 |
* | 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 fiscal half-year (184), then divided by 365. |
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About Your Fund’s Expenses (continued)
Six Months Ended December 31, 2009 | Expense Ratio for the Period | Beginning Account Value 07/01/2009 | Ending Account Value 12/31/2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* | ||||||||
Managers High Yield Fund Class A | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.15 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,214 | $ | 6.42 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.15 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,019 | $ | 5.85 | ||||
Managers High Yield Fund Class B | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.90 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,208 | $ | 10.58 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.90 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,016 | $ | 9.65 | ||||
Managers High Yield Fund Class C | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.90 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,208 | $ | 10.58 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.90 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,016 | $ | 9.65 | ||||
Managers High Yield Fund Institutional Class | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 0.90 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,214 | $ | 5.02 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 0.90 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,021 | $ | 4.58 | ||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund Class A | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 0.84 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,112 | $ | 4.47 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 0.84 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,021 | $ | 4.28 | ||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund Class B | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.59 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,108 | $ | 8.45 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.59 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,017 | $ | 8.08 | ||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund Class C | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 1.59 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,108 | $ | 8.45 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 1.59 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,017 | $ | 8.08 | ||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund Institutional Class | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 0.59 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,114 | $ | 3.14 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 0.59 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,022 | $ | 3.01 | ||||
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 0.85 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,025 | $ | 4.34 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 0.85 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,021 | $ | 4.33 | ||||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | ||||||||||||
Based on Actual Fund Return | 0.89 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,065 | $ | 4.63 | ||||
Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return | 0.89 | % | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,021 | $ | 4.53 |
* | 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 fiscal half-year (184), then divided by 365. |
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Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund
Investment Manager’s Comments
The Year in Review
The Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund’s Institutional class returned 39.59% for 2009, versus the Russell Midcap® Index at 40.48%. The Fund’s benchmark was changed effective December 31, 2009 from the previously used S&P Mid-cap 400 Index, which returned 37.38% during the period. After continuing the decline of 2008 early in the year, markets bounced back sharply during the remainder of 2009, providing investors with solid double-digit returns across most asset classes.
The Fund finished the year modestly trailing the Russell Midcap® Index, while outpacing the S&P Midcap Index. Given the extreme returns experienced throughout the year, we believe this result was a success. Over the last several quarters, we discussed the difficult market environment we experienced since the latter part of 2007, and this past year was no different. The riskiest stocks with the weakest fundamentals performed the best and did so by a substantial margin. This made stock picking difficult, witnessed by the poor performance of Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, which lagged the S&P 500 by the most in a decade (since the tech bubble of 1999). This speaks to the disconnect between established fundamentals and price performance. In summary, despite the tough environment of 2009, we were able to add excess return. Although our performance improved significantly last year, we are optimistic about the outlook for 2010 and thereafter. Here is why:
During a recession, value factors tend to work well, while momentum factors generally do not provide any significant information. This is especially true in the last three months of a recession, when the market begins to anticipate a recovery. Stocks with the weakest near-term fundamentals tend to lead stock market rallies that occur during the end of an economic recession. In particular, the value factor of price-to-book performs extremely well in these time periods, at the expense of all the other factors that consider near-term company information like earnings and balance sheet quality. We experienced this in 2009; the outperformance of low-quality stocks as described by quality ratings highlighted this inversion. This behavior tends to be short-lived, however, and the past has shown that as economic expansion sets in following a value-led rally, consideration for near-term company metrics returns to favor.
History has shown that a period of broad-based factors providing strong excess returns typically follows the initial rally and continues for an extended period of time. While value continues to be relevant, price-to-book is less effective, and the price-to-earnings ratio usually becomes the most powerful value factor both six and twelve months post recession as investors return their focus to near-term expectations. Likewise, all of the momentum factors typically work in the post recession period — particularly price momentum and earnings revisions — because earnings matter again. We are beginning to see this as our factors have broadened out over the last several months.
The Fund’s positive relative performance was driven primarily by strong stock selection within the industrials and materials sectors. Within industrials, Oshkosh Corp and Joy Global Inc. were among the top contributors to performance, while Ashland Inc. and Terra Industries were among the Fund’s best performers in the materials sector. These gains were somewhat offset by negative stock selection results in the information technology sector, where NCR Corp. and InterDigital Inc. were among the leading detractors.
Looking Forward
Overall, our philosophy will not change based on short-term trends or conditions in the market. Our goal is to add value through security selection, while attempting to neutralize other risk factors, such as market timing and sector rotation, for which there is not adequate compensation by the market. Quantitative investing has faced a challenging period over the last several quarters, including significant and dramatic rotations in factor preference as well as style preference. We believe this trend is reversing, which will be beneficial for fundamental based quantitative investing. We will continue to use our disciplined approach to provide added value at controlled levels of risk.
This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, Chicago Equity Partners, as of January 26, 2010.
Cumulative Total Return Performance
Mid-Cap’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all dividends and distributions were reinvested. The Russell Midcap® Index measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell Midcap® Index is a subset of the Russell 1000® Index and measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000® Index, which represent approximately 27% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000® Index. The S&P Mid Cap 400 Index is the most widely used index for mid-size companies and covers approximately 7% of the U.S. equity market. Both indices assume reinvestment of dividends. Unlike the Fund, the indices are unmanaged, are not available for investment and do not incur expenses. This chart compares a hypothetical $10,000
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Cumulative Total Return Performance (continued)
investment made in the Fund’s Class A Shares on December 31, 1999, with a $10,000 investment made in the Russell Midcap® Index and the S&P Mid Cap 400 Index for the same time periods. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the indices exclude expenses.
The table below shows the average annualized total returns for the Mid-Cap Fund, the Russell Midcap® Index and the S&P Mid Cap 400 Index from December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2009.
Average Annual Total Returns1 | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||
Mid-Cap2,3 | -Class A | No Load | 39.20 | % | (0.40 | )% | 2.36 | % | |||||
-Class A | With Load | 31.15 | % | (1.57 | )% | 1.76 | % | ||||||
-Class B | No Load | 38.06 | % | (1.14 | )% | 1.73 | % | ||||||
-Class B | With Load | 33.06 | % | (1.51 | )% | 1.73 | % | ||||||
-Class C | No Load | 38.18 | % | (1.17 | )% | 1.73 | % | ||||||
-Class C | With Load | 37.18 | % | (1.17 | )% | 1.73 | % | ||||||
-Institutional Class | No Load | 39.59 | % | (0.18 | )% | 2.74 | % | ||||||
Russell Midcap® Index | 40.48 | % | 2.43 | % | 4.98 | % | |||||||
S&P Mid Cap 400 Index (former benchmark) | 37.38 | % | 3.27 | % | 6.36 | % |
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 the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.
Performance differences among the share classes are due to differences in sales charge structures and class expenses. Returns shown reflect maximum sales charge of 5.75% on Class A, as well as the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on both Class B and C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1 through 6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charge is assessed after year six. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC.
In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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 December 31, 2009. All returns are in U.S. dollars($). |
2 | The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in mid-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history, and a reliance on one or a limited number of products. |
3 | From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. |
The Russell Midcap® Index is a registered trademark of Russell Investments. Russell® is a trademark of Russell Investments.
Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.
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Fund Snapshots
December 31, 2009
Portfolio Breakdown
Industry | Mid-Cap Fund** | Russell Midcap® Index | S&P Mid Cap 400 Index | ||||||
Financials | 18.3 | % | 18.4 | % | 18.7 | % | |||
Information Technology | 17.5 | % | 15.4 | % | 14.8 | % | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 14.6 | % | 14.9 | % | 15.8 | % | |||
Industrials | 13.7 | % | 12.7 | % | 14.5 | % | |||
Health Care | 10.8 | % | 8.8 | % | 12.4 | % | |||
Energy | 7.3 | % | 7.2 | % | 6.1 | % | |||
Utilities | 6.5 | % | 7.5 | % | 6.2 | % | |||
Materials | 5.7 | % | 6.4 | % | 7.0 | % | |||
Consumer Staples | 3.3 | % | 6.8 | % | 3.9 | % | |||
Telecommunication Services | 0.2 | % | 1.9 | % | 0.6 | % | |||
Other Assets and Liabilities | 2.1 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % |
Top Ten Holdings
Top Ten Holdings | % of Net Assets | ||
Health Net, Inc.* | 2.1 | % | |
Sybase, Inc.* | 2.0 | ||
Ross Stores, Inc.* | 1.7 | ||
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A* | 1.7 | ||
Kennametal, Inc. | 1.6 | ||
Tech Data Corp. | 1.6 | ||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 1.5 | ||
Timken Co. | 1.4 | ||
NVR, Inc. | 1.4 | ||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | 1.3 | ||
Top Ten as a Group | 16.3 | % | |
* | Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2009 |
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
December 31, 2009
Shares | Value | |||||
Common Stocks - 97.9% | ||||||
Consumer Discretionary - 14.6% | ||||||
Aeropostale, Inc.* | 6,200 | $ | 211,110 | |||
American Greetings Corp., Class A | 2,500 | 54,475 | ||||
AnnTaylor Stores Corp.* | 6,500 | 88,660 | ||||
Autonation, Inc.* | 11,000 | 2 | 210,650 | |||
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. | 5,800 | 167,910 | ||||
Brinker International, Inc. | 8,000 | 119,360 | ||||
Cheesecake Factory, Inc., The* | 8,500 | 183,515 | ||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc.* | 18,500 | 259,925 | ||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.* | 1,200 | 105,792 | ||||
Corinthian Colleges, Inc.* | 11,200 | 2 | 154,224 | |||
Dollar Tree, Inc.* | 8,200 | 396,060 | ||||
ITT Educational Services, Inc.* | 1,600 | 153,536 | ||||
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. | 5,100 | 81,906 | ||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 8,800 | 179,520 | ||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Capital, Series A* | 4,900 | 117,012 | ||||
Marvel Entertainment, Inc.* | 2,300 | 124,384 | ||||
Netflix, Inc.* | 4,700 | 2 | 259,158 | |||
NVR, Inc.* | 685 | 486,836 | ||||
Panera Bread Co., Class A* | 2,800 | 187,516 | ||||
priceline.com, Inc.* | 1,100 | 240,350 | ||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 13,900 | 593,669 | ||||
Strayer Education, Inc. | 505 | 2 | 107,307 | |||
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.* | 8,100 | 193,428 | ||||
Timberland Co., Class A* | 5,200 | 93,236 | ||||
Tupperware Brands Corp. | 5,600 | 260,792 | ||||
Warnaco Group, Inc., The* | 3,700 | 156,103 | ||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 5,186,434 | |||||
Consumer Staples - 3.3% | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A* | 12,700 | 202,311 | ||||
Del Monte Foods Co. | 6,800 | 77,112 | ||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 7,700 | 296,065 | ||||
Lancaster Colony Corp. | 8,900 | 442,330 | ||||
SUPERVALU, Inc. | 11,100 | 141,081 | ||||
Total Consumer Staples | 1,158,899 | |||||
Energy - 7.3% | ||||||
Cimarex Energy Co. | 5,800 | 307,226 | ||||
Encore Acquisition Co.* | 2,300 | 110,446 | ||||
FMC Technologies, Inc.* | 5,000 | 289,200 | ||||
Newfield Exploration Co.* | 7,000 | 337,610 | ||||
Oil States International, Inc.* | 5,800 | $ | 227,882 | |||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 34,700 | 532,645 | ||||
Whiting Petroleum Corp.* | 5,500 | 392,975 | ||||
World Fuel Services Corp. | 14,800 | 396,492 | ||||
Total Energy | 2,594,476 | |||||
Financials - 18.3% | ||||||
AmeriCredit Corp.* | 11,100 | 2 | 211,344 | |||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 11,800 | 204,730 | ||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | 10,100 | 475,306 | ||||
Equity One, Inc. | 14,500 | 2 | 234,465 | |||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 2,700 | 2 | 182,844 | |||
First American Corp. | 6,100 | 201,971 | ||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 33,200 | 289,504 | ||||
Hospitality Properties Trust | 16,300 | 386,473 | ||||
HRPT Properties Trust | 42,100 | 272,387 | ||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 10,200 | 2 | 193,086 | |||
Jefferies Group, Inc.* | 2,300 | 2 | 54,579 | |||
Liberty Property Trust | 7,900 | 252,879 | ||||
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. | 12,400 | 428,668 | ||||
MFA Financial, Inc. | 30,800 | 226,380 | ||||
National Retail Properties, Inc. | 11,600 | 2 | 246,152 | |||
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. | 5,800 | 204,044 | ||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | 12,000 | 2 | 174,120 | |||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 16,400 | 318,980 | ||||
Platinum Underwriter Holdings, Ltd. | 7,200 | 275,688 | ||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 9,600 | 228,192 | ||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 7,400 | 352,610 | ||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. | 4,900 | 260,435 | ||||
SVB Financial Group* | 8,800 | 366,872 | ||||
Unitrin, Inc. | 12,200 | 269,010 | ||||
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. | 6,000 | 183,240 | ||||
Total Financials | 6,493,959 | |||||
Health Care - 10.8% | ||||||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 2,700 | 131,814 | ||||
Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 1,900 | 124,336 | ||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* | 7,100 | 239,199 | ||||
Coventry Health Care, Inc.* | 8,900 | 216,181 | ||||
Health Net, Inc.* | 32,600 | 759,254 | ||||
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | 13,700 | 328,663 | ||||
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.* | 10,700 | 197,522 | ||||
Life Technologies Corp. | 4,106 | 214,456 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Shares | Value | |||||
Health Care - 10.8% (continued) | ||||||
Owens & Minor, Inc. | 10,700 | $ | 459,351 | |||
PDL BioPharma, Inc. | 5,900 | 40,474 | ||||
Perrigo Co. | 9,000 | 358,560 | ||||
Steris Corp. | 13,500 | 377,595 | ||||
Techne Corp. | 2,500 | 171,400 | ||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 4,000 | 122,000 | ||||
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International* | 3,100 | 2 | 98,549 | |||
Total Health Care | 3,839,354 | |||||
Industrials - 13.7% | ||||||
Alaska Airgroup, Inc.* | 5,300 | 183,168 | ||||
Alliant Techsystems, Inc.* | 800 | 70,616 | ||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 2,200 | 80,278 | ||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 7,700 | 263,802 | ||||
Crane Co. | 6,500 | 199,030 | ||||
EMCOR Group, Inc.* | 10,200 | 274,380 | ||||
GrafTech International, Ltd.* | 5,700 | 88,635 | ||||
Harsco Corp. | 4,000 | 128,920 | ||||
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.* | 15,800 | 188,336 | ||||
Hubbell, Inc., Class B | 8,100 | 383,130 | ||||
Joy Global, Inc. | 1,400 | 72,226 | ||||
KBR, Inc. | 6,400 | 121,600 | ||||
Kennametal, Inc. | 22,300 | 578,016 | ||||
Landstar System, Inc. | 9,100 | 352,807 | ||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 3,800 | 203,148 | ||||
Manpower, Inc. | 3,100 | 169,198 | ||||
Nordson Corp. | 5,100 | 312,018 | ||||
Oshkosh Truck Corp. | 11,400 | 422,142 | ||||
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. | 3,200 | 71,264 | ||||
Timken Co. | 21,300 | 505,023 | ||||
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | 10,200 | 201,858 | ||||
Total Industrials | 4,869,595 | |||||
Information Technology - 17.5% | ||||||
3Com Corp.* | 15,300 | 114,750 | ||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 14,900 | 144,232 | ||||
Arris Group, Inc.* | 12,200 | 139,446 | ||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.* | 5,000 | 148,050 | ||||
Avnet, Inc.* | 7,100 | 214,136 | ||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 8,300 | 187,248 | ||||
CommScope, Inc.* | 1,800 | 47,754 | ||||
Convergys Corp.* | 25,100 | 269,825 | ||||
Cree, Inc.* | 2,600 | $ | 146,562 | |||
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.* | 8,400 | 83,916 | ||||
F5 Networks, Inc.* | 1,300 | 68,874 | ||||
Gartner, Inc.* | 10,300 | 185,812 | ||||
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A* | 13,900 | 587,414 | ||||
Informatica Corp.* | 6,300 | 162,918 | ||||
Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A* | 10,100 | 176,245 | ||||
JDS Uniphase Corp.* | 7,900 | 65,175 | ||||
LSI Logic Corp.* | 28,500 | 171,285 | ||||
Lender Processing Services, Inc. | 6,400 | 260,224 | ||||
NeuStar, Inc., Class A* | 9,900 | 228,096 | ||||
Novellus Systems, Inc.* | 8,600 | 200,724 | ||||
Plantronics, Inc. | 5,800 | 150,684 | ||||
Quest Software, Inc.* | 13,700 | 252,080 | ||||
RF Micro Devices, Inc.* | 50,500 | 240,885 | ||||
SAIC, Inc.* | 16,200 | 306,828 | ||||
Solera Holdings, Inc. | 1,600 | 57,616 | ||||
Sybase, Inc.* | 16,000 | 694,400 | ||||
Tech Data Corp.* | 12,300 | 573,918 | ||||
TIBCO Software, Inc.* | 5,600 | 53,928 | ||||
Western Digital Corp.* | 6,500 | 286,975 | ||||
Total Information Technology | 6,220,000 | |||||
Materials - 5.7% | ||||||
Cabot Corp. | 9,800 | 257,054 | ||||
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | 2,400 | 110,616 | ||||
Louisana-Pacific Corp.* | 16,700 | 116,566 | ||||
Lubrizol Corp. | 4,400 | 320,980 | ||||
MeadWestvaco Corp. | 13,900 | 397,957 | ||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 2,500 | 108,050 | ||||
Terra Industries, Inc. | 3,900 | 125,541 | ||||
Valspar Corp., The | 3,200 | 86,848 | ||||
Westlake Chemical Corp. | 7,200 | 2 | 179,496 | |||
Worthington Industries, Inc. | 24,700 | 322,829 | ||||
Total Materials | 2,025,937 | |||||
Telecommunication Services - 0.2% | ||||||
NII Holdings, Inc.* | 2,100 | 70,518 | ||||
Utilities - 6.5% | ||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 11,100 | 326,340 | ||||
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. | 11,400 | 2 | 238,260 | |||
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. | 2,500 | 104,975 | ||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 13,300 | 313,880 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Shares | Value | |||||
Utilities -6.5% (continued) | ||||||
Mirant Corp.* | 16,900 | $ | 258,063 | |||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 3,800 | 142,120 | ||||
NiSource, Inc. | 23,500 | 361,430 | ||||
NSTAR | 4,800 | 176,640 | ||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 31,200 | 394,680 | ||||
Total Utilities | 2,316,388 | |||||
Total Common Stocks | 34,775,560 | |||||
Short-Term Investments - 7.9%1 | ||||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series A, 0.05%3 | 1,889,000 | 1,889,000 | ||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series B*3,10 | 159,721 | 31,146 | ||||
Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | 890,556 | 890,556 | ||||
Total Short-Term Investments | 2,810,702 | |||||
Total Investments - 105.8% | 37,586,262 | |||||
Other Assets, less Liabilities - (5.8)% | (2,072,420 | ) | ||||
Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 35,513,842 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund
Investment Manager’s Comments
The Year in Review
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund returned 20.44%, marginally outpacing the 20.12% return for its hypothetical benchmark, which consists of 60% of the return of the Russell 1000® Index and 40% of the return of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund’s benchmark was changed, effective December 31, 2009, from the previously used hypothetical benchmark consisting of 60% of the return of the S&P 500 Index and 40% of the return of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The previous hypothetical benchmark returned 19% for the 12-month period.
After declining nearly 24% to begin 2009, the Russell 1000® Index rallied 68.0% from its March 9th bottom through December 31st. The Index returned 6.1% in the fourth quarter and 28.4% for the year. The equity portion of the Fund slightly underperformed the benchmark for the year and for the quarter. The Fund’s holdings in the financial sector contributed positively to relative results for the second consecutive year, but much of that performance was achieved during the first half of the year. Holdings within the consumer discretionary and technology sectors detracted most from relative performance during the year.
From our model perspective, only the value factors have been rewarded throughout most of the year. We began to see this dissipate during the last several months of the year. This behavior is typical when risk appetites increase in anticipation of an economic recovery (late recession periods), and investors seek the cheapest stocks without regard to other fundamental metrics. This time period of extremely narrow factor performance is unusual. In fact, over the last twenty years, a scarce 8% of the time is only one factor group working. A vast majority of the time (92%), the markets reward multiple factor groups.
Fixed income market conditions improved dramatically in 2009. Spreads tightened more than 400 basis points, but still remained somewhat wide on a historical basis. Although interest rates were historically low, they increased during the year. After bottoming at 2.1% in December 2008, the 10-year Treasury yield finished 2009 at 3.8%. The corporate and commercial mortgage-backed sectors, two of the most impaired areas of the market in 2008, rebounded dramatically returning 18.7% and 28.5%, respectively, and significantly outperforming the 3.6% return from the U.S. Treasury sector. Within the corporate sector, lower-ranked securities were the best performers, with the BBB sector up 27.5%. Corporate investment-grade and high-yield debt issuance was estimated to be $1.2 trillion in 2009, after virtually drying up in mid- to late-2008. Issuance increased across all credit rating categories. The yield curve steepened dramatically in 2009, with long-term rates rising and short-term rates pinned down due to the historically low federal funds target rate. Long-term rates increased due to inflationary concerns and are now at levels similar to those at late 2007.
Within the fixed income portion of the Fund, sector allocation and security selection were the biggest contributors to excess returns for the one-year period. We overweighted corporate securities, with industrials representing our largest industry overweight. We significantly reduced our overweight in agency-backed mortgage securities due to the Federal Reserve’s significant purchases in the marketplace. We have benefited from improving market conditions, but we maintain our risk awareness in our portfolio structure and holdings. We anticipate increasing exposure to shorter-maturity, lower-quality corporates while decreasing allocations to agency debt. We will be diligent in monitoring exposures and will be prepared to reduce risky assets later in the year based on valuations or economic outlook.
Looking Forward
Overall, our philosophy will not change based on short-term trends or conditions in the market. Our goal is to add value through security selection while attempting to neutralize other risk factors, such as market timing and sector rotation, for which there is not adequate compensation by the market. Quantitative investing has faced a challenging period over the last several quarters, including significant and dramatic rotations in factor preference as well as style preference. We believe this trend is reversing, which will be beneficial for fundamental-based quantitative investing. We will continue to use our disciplined approach to provide added value at controlled levels of risk.
This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, Chicago Equity Partners, as of January 26, 2010.
Cumulative Total Return Performance
The Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all dividends and distributions were reinvested. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an index of the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, including both government and corporate bonds. The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index and includes approximately 1000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 1000® Index represents approximately 90% of the U.S. market. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The S&P 500 Index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 1000® Index, the S&P 500 Index, and the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index are unmanaged, are not available for investment, and do not incur expenses. The chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund’s Class A Shares on December 31, 1999, to a $10,000 investment made in the benchmarks for the same time periods. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. Performance for periods longer than
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Investment Manager’s Comments (continued)
Cumulative Total Return Performance (continued)
one year is annualized. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the indices exclude expenses. Total returns for the Fund would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
The table below shows the average annualized total returns for the Fund, 60% Russell 1000® Index & 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 60% S&P 500 & 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index from December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2009.
Average Annual Total Returns1 | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||
Balanced2,3 | -Class A | No Load | 20.06 | % | 3.90 | % | 3.74 | % | |||||
-Class A | With Load | 13.14 | % | 2.67 | % | 3.13 | % | ||||||
-Class B | No Load | 19.42 | % | 3.16 | % | 3.13 | % | ||||||
-Class B | With Load | 14.42 | % | 2.80 | % | 3.13 | % | ||||||
-Class C | No Load | 19.33 | % | 3.14 | % | 3.12 | % | ||||||
-Class C | With Load | 18.33 | % | 3.14 | % | 3.12 | % | ||||||
-Institutional Class | No Load | 20.44 | % | 4.17 | % | 4.14 | % | ||||||
60% Russell 1000® Index & | |||||||||||||
40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 20.12 | % | 3.23 | % | 2.87 | % | |||||||
60% S&P 500 Index & | |||||||||||||
40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (former benchmark) | 19.00 | % | 3.00 | % | 2.58 | % |
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 the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.
Performance differences among the share classes are due to differences in sales charge structures and class expenses. Returns shown reflect maximum sales charge of 5.75% on Class A, as well as the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on both Class B and C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1 through 6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charge is assessed after year six. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC.
In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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 December 31, 2009. All returns are in U.S. dollars($). |
2 | The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtors’ ability to pay their creditors. |
3 | From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. |
The Russell 1000® Index is a registered trademark of Russell Investments. Russell® is a trademark of Russell Investments.
Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.
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Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund
Fund Snapshots
December 31, 2009
Portfolio Breakdown
Industry | Balanced Fund** | ||
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations | 17.1 | % | |
Industrials | 16.9 | % | |
Financials | 12.4 | % | |
Information Technology | 12.3 | % | |
Health Care | 7.5 | % | |
Consumer Staples | 6.9 | % | |
Energy | 6.5 | % | |
Consumer Discretionary | 6.1 | % | |
Utilities | 4.3 | % | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 3.3 | % | |
Materials | 2.6 | % | |
Telecommunication Services | 1.4 | % | |
Asset-Backed Securities | 1.0 | % | |
Other Assets and Liabilities | 1.7 | % |
Top Ten Holdings
Top Ten Holdings | % of Net Assets | ||
FNMA, 4.500%, 12/01/24 | 2.2 | % | |
FNMA, 5.500%, 02/01/37* | 1.9 | ||
Johnson & Johnson* | 1.7 | ||
FNMA, 4.500%, 09/01/20 | 1.7 | ||
FNMA, 5.500%, 08/01/37 | 1.7 | ||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.6 | ||
Pfizer, Inc.* | 1.5 | ||
FNMA, 5.000%, 09/01/33 | 1.5 | ||
Microsoft Corp. | 1.5 | ||
Exxon Mobil Corp.* | 1.4 | ||
Top Ten as a Group | 16.7 | % | |
* | Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2009 |
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
December 31, 2009
Security Description | Shares | Value | |||
Common Stocks - 60.1% | |||||
Consumer Discretionary - 6.1% | |||||
Amazon.com, Inc.* | 800 | $ | 107,616 | ||
Ford Motor Co.* | 11,300 | 113,000 | |||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 2,800 | 57,120 | |||
Liberty Media Corp., Interactive Group, Class A* | 4,300 | 46,612 | |||
Macy’s, Inc. | 8,300 | 139,108 | |||
McDonald’s Corp. | 2,500 | 156,100 | |||
NVR, Inc.* | 75 | 53,303 | |||
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. | 700 | 56,686 | |||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 2,600 | 111,046 | |||
Time Warner, Inc. | 2,600 | 75,764 | |||
Virgin Media, Inc. | 6,100 | 102,663 | |||
Walt Disney Co., The | 2,950 | 95,138 | |||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 1,114,156 | ||||
Consumer Staples - 6.9% | |||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 3,720 | 73,023 | |||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 3,300 | 103,323 | |||
Avon Products, Inc. | 2,450 | 77,175 | |||
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | 5,500 | 116,600 | |||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 900 | 73,935 | |||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A* | 2,800 | 44,604 | |||
Estee Lauder Co., Class A | 800 | 38,688 | |||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 1,300 | 82,823 | |||
Lorillard, Inc. | 600 | 48,138 | |||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 2,350 | 142,880 | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 1,020 | 49,154 | |||
Sysco Corp. | 3,900 | 108,966 | |||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 3,600 | 192,420 | |||
Walgreen Co. | 2,700 | 99,144 | |||
Total Consumer Staples | 1,250,873 | ||||
Energy - 6.5% | |||||
Apache Corp. | 1,800 | 185,706 | |||
Chevron Corp. | 1,400 | 107,786 | |||
ConocoPhillips Co. | 4,800 | 245,136 | |||
Devon Energy Corp. | 2,300 | 169,050 | |||
Ensco International PLC, Sponsored ADR | 1,500 | 59,910 | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 3,620 | 246,848 | |||
FMC Technologies, Inc.* | 1,900 | 109,896 | |||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 3,200 | 49,120 | |||
Total Energy | 1,173,452 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Shares | Value | |||
Financials - 8.5% | |||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 4,900 | $ | 122,255 | ||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 4,300 | 74,605 | |||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 2,300 | 64,331 | |||
Blackrock, Inc. | 410 | 95,202 | |||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 1,110 | 187,413 | |||
HRPT Properties Trust | 13,900 | 89,933 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6,948 | 289,523 | |||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The | 3,100 | 163,649 | |||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 2,800 | 139,328 | |||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 3,400 | 80,818 | |||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 1,300 | 65,312 | |||
U.S. Bancorp | 4,400 | 99,044 | |||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 2,400 | 64,776 | |||
Total Financials | 1,536,189 | ||||
Health Care - 7.5% | |||||
Abbott Laboratories | 2,500 | 134,975 | |||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 6,600 | 172,062 | |||
Amgen, Inc.* | 1,700 | 96,169 | |||
CR Bard, Inc. | 500 | 38,950 | |||
Gilead Sciences, Inc.* | 1,900 | 82,232 | |||
Humana, Inc.* | 2,200 | 96,558 | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 4,880 | 314,321 | |||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.* | 2,300 | 146,993 | |||
Pfizer, Inc. | 15,257 | 277,525 | |||
Total Health Care | 1,359,785 | ||||
Industrials - 5.9% | |||||
3M Co. | 1,200 | 99,204 | |||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | 200 | 19,724 | |||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 1,000 | 58,730 | |||
Cintas Corp. | 1,900 | 49,495 | |||
Cooper Industries PLC | 2,500 | 106,600 | |||
General Dynamics Corp. | 1,600 | 109,072 | |||
General Electric Co. | 11,400 | 172,482 | |||
Grainger (W.W.), Inc. | 400 | 38,732 | |||
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.* | 7,100 | 84,632 | |||
Joy Global, Inc. | 600 | 30,954 | |||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 1,600 | 89,360 | |||
Raytheon Co. | 1,800 | 92,736 | |||
Timken Co. | 2,900 | 68,759 | |||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 700 | 40,159 | |||
Total Industrials | 1,060,639 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||
Information Technology - 12.3% | ||||||
Adobe Systems, Inc.* | 2,800 | $ | 102,984 | |||
AOL, Inc.* | 254 | 5,913 | ||||
Apple, Inc.* | 865 | 182,394 | ||||
BMC Software, Inc.* | 1,200 | 48,120 | ||||
Cisco Systems, Inc.* | 6,400 | 153,216 | ||||
Computer Sciences Corp.* | 3,900 | 224,367 | ||||
F5 Networks, Inc.* | 1,800 | 95,364 | ||||
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A* | 2,300 | 97,198 | ||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 1,000 | 51,510 | ||||
Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A* | 3,800 | 66,310 | ||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 1,400 | 183,260 | ||||
LSI Logic Corp.* | 20,500 | 123,205 | ||||
MasterCard, Inc., Class A | 365 | 93,433 | ||||
Microsoft Corp. | 8,650 | 263,738 | ||||
NeuStar, Inc., Class A* | 2,700 | 62,208 | ||||
Novellus Systems, Inc.* | 2,600 | 60,684 | ||||
Sandisk Corp.* | 3,500 | 101,465 | ||||
Seagate Technology, Inc. | 6,100 | 110,959 | ||||
Tech Data Corp.* | 600 | 27,996 | ||||
Tellabs, Inc.* | 8,900 | 50,552 | ||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 5,100 | 132,906 | ||||
Total Information Technology | 2,237,782 | |||||
Materials - 2.6% | ||||||
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.* | 1,300 | 104,377 | ||||
Lubrizol Corp. | 2,900 | 211,555 | ||||
MeadWestvaco Corp. | 3,200 | 91,616 | ||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 1,500 | 64,830 | ||||
Total Materials | 472,378 | |||||
Telecommunication Services - 1.4% | ||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 6,600 | 184,998 | ||||
Qwest Communications International, Inc. | 18,300 | 77,043 | ||||
Total Telecommunication Services | 262,041 | |||||
Utilities - 2.4% | ||||||
Edison International | 6,500 | 226,070 | ||||
NiSource, Inc. | 2,800 | 43,064 | ||||
PG&E Corp. | 3,700 | 165,205 | ||||
Total Utilities | 434,339 | |||||
Total Common Stocks | 10,901,634 | |||||
Principal Amount | ||||||
Asset-Backed Securities - 1.0% | ||||||
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2006-2, Class A2, 5.350%, 03/15/13 | $ | 84,039 | 86,498 | |||
John Deere Owner Trust 2007, Class A4, 5.070%, 04/15/14 | 94,825 | 97,343 | ||||
Total Asset-Backed Securities | 183,841 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 3.3% | |||||||
Bank of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2005-6, Class A4, 5.179%, 09/10/47 7 | $ | 96,000 | $ | 94,433 | |||
CSFB Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-C2, Class A3, 4.691%, 04/15/37 | 70,000 | 68,698 | |||||
GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp., Series 2002-2A, Class A2, 4.970%, 08/11/36 | 17,953 | 18,602 | |||||
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2004-GG1, Class A7, 5.317%, 06/10/36 7 | 80,000 | 81,297 | |||||
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2005-GG5, Class A2, 5.117%, 04/10/37 | 140,000 | 140,584 | |||||
JP Morgan Chase Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2002-C2, Class A2, 5.050%, 12/12/34 | 90,000 | 92,802 | |||||
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-C16, Class A4, 4.847%, 10/15/41 7 | 70,000 | 67,606 | |||||
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-C19, Class A2, 4.516%, 05/15/44 | 34,452 | 34,451 | |||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities | 598,473 | ||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 17.1% | |||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 0.9% | |||||||
FHLMC, 5.000%, 12/01/20 | 92,096 | 96,842 | |||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 6.000%, 04/01/38 | 69,243 | 73,502 | |||||
Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | 170,344 | ||||||
Federal National Mortgage Association - 15.2% | |||||||
FNMA, 4.000%, 10/01/20 to 12/01/21 | 65,056 | 62,610 | |||||
FNMA, 4.500%, 11/01/19 to 11/01/39 | 891,673 | 922,398 | |||||
FNMA, 5.000%, 03/01/23 to 02/01/36 | 557,819 | 575,880 | |||||
FNMA, 5.500%, 02/01/22 to 08/01/37 | 668,714 | 702,517 | |||||
FNMA, 6.000%, 05/15/11 to 08/01/37 | 454,077 | 484,335 | |||||
Total Federal National Mortgage Association | 2,747,740 | ||||||
United States Treasury Securities - 1.0% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.250%, 05/15/39 | 175,000 | 2 | 164,226 | ||||
U.S. Treasury, Principal Only Strip, 08/15/39 | 50,000 | 12,261 | |||||
Total United States Treasury Securities | 176,487 | ||||||
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | 3,094,571 | ||||||
Corporate Bonds - 16.8% | |||||||
Financials - 3.9% | |||||||
American Express Co., 7.250%, 05/20/14 | 50,000 | 56,472 | |||||
Bank of America Corp., 5.750%, 12/01/17 | 65,000 | 66,666 | |||||
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., 4.850%, 01/15/15 | 50,000 | 53,592 | |||||
CME Group, Inc., 5.750%, 02/15/14 | 35,000 | 38,317 | |||||
Chubb Corp., The, 6.500%, 05/15/38 | 25,000 | 27,624 | |||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.500%, 04/11/13 | 60,000 | 62,252 | |||||
General Electric Capital Corp., MTN, Series A, 6.750%, 03/15/32 | 35,000 | 35,788 | |||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.950%, 01/18/18 | 60,000 | 63,460 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.000%, 01/15/18 | 45,000 | 48,452 | |||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 5.375%, 07/15/14 | 45,000 | 46,068 | |||||
Morgan Stanley, 5.950%, 12/28/17 | 30,000 | 30,992 | |||||
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 10.375%, 11/01/18 | 45,000 | 59,721 | |||||
Prudential Financial, Inc., 4.750%, 09/17/15 | 50,000 | 50,764 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Financials - 3.9% (continued) | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc., 5.375%, 06/15/12 | $ | 40,000 | $ | 42,373 | ||
Wachovia Bank, N.A., 5.850%, 02/01/37 | 25,000 | 23,994 | ||||
Total Financials | 706,535 | |||||
Industrials - 11.0% | ||||||
Abbott Laboratories, 5.875%, 05/15/16 | 68,000 | 75,103 | ||||
Altria Group, Inc., 8.500%, 11/10/13 | 25,000 | 28,915 | ||||
Altria Group, Inc., 9.700%, 11/10/18 | 23,000 | 28,476 | ||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., 5.450%, 03/15/18 | 55,000 | 58,679 | ||||
AT&T, Inc., 5.100%, 09/15/14 | 80,000 | 86,143 | ||||
Boeing Co., 3.750%, 11/20/16 | 50,000 | 48,408 | ||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., 5.650%, 05/01/17 | 20,000 | 21,320 | ||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., 5.900%, 07/01/12 | 35,000 | 37,970 | ||||
Cardinal Health, Inc., 5.500%, 06/15/13 | 25,000 | 26,592 | ||||
Cisco Systems, Inc., 5.900%, 02/15/39 | 20,000 | 20,292 | ||||
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 7.375%, 03/03/14 | 50,000 | 58,033 | ||||
Comcast Corp., 5.875%, 02/15/18 | 35,000 | 37,215 | ||||
Devon Energy Corp., 6.300%, 01/15/19 | 70,000 | 78,078 | ||||
Dow Chemical Co., The, 7.600%, 05/15/14 | 30,000 | 34,169 | ||||
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 5.000%, 01/15/13 | 40,000 | 42,868 | ||||
General Mills, Inc., 5.200%, 03/17/15 | 80,000 | 85,469 | ||||
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.380%, 05/15/38 | 35,000 | 38,909 | ||||
Hess Corp., 8.125%, 02/15/19 | 40,000 | 48,319 | ||||
Hewlett-Packard Co., 4.500%, 03/01/13 | 55,000 | 58,352 | ||||
Honeywell International, Inc., 4.250%, 03/01/13 | 55,000 | 57,784 | ||||
IBM Corp., 4.750%, 11/29/12 | 75,000 | 80,631 | ||||
Kellogg Co., 7.450%, 04/01/31 | 35,000 | 42,557 | ||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 6.125%, 08/01/17 | 40,000 | 44,411 | ||||
Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.875%, 01/26/39 | 35,000 | 36,868 | ||||
Kroger Co., The, 5.500%, 02/01/13 | 25,000 | 26,718 | ||||
Kroger Co., The, 6.750%, 04/15/12 | 40,000 | 43,711 | ||||
Lockheed Martin Corp., 7.650%, 05/01/16 | 65,000 | 77,389 | ||||
McDonald’s Corp., 4.300%, 03/01/13 | 40,000 | 42,346 | ||||
McDonald’s Corp., 6.300%, 10/15/37 | 40,000 | 43,528 | ||||
McKesson Corp., 7.500%, 02/15/19 | 40,000 | 47,516 | ||||
Norfolk Southern Corp., 5.640%, 05/17/29 | 25,000 | 24,275 | ||||
Northrop Grumman Corp., 7.750%, 02/15/31 | 25,000 | 30,977 | ||||
PACCAR, Inc., 6.875%, 02/15/14 | 50,000 | 56,454 | ||||
Spectra Energy Capital LLC, 6.200%, 04/15/18 | 40,000 | 42,550 | ||||
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 5.250%, 11/15/13 | 45,000 | 47,372 | ||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.850%, 05/01/17 | 40,000 | 42,089 | ||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.750%, 07/01/18 | 45,000 | 49,516 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Industrials - 11.0% (continued) | ||||||
TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd., 4.875%, 01/15/15 | $ | 45,000 | $ | 47,261 | ||
TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd., 7.125%, 01/15/19 | 15,000 | 17,568 | ||||
Union Pacific Corp., 6.250%, 05/01/34 | 23,000 | 23,893 | ||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., 6.200%, 01/15/38 | 25,000 | 27,813 | ||||
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.400%, 02/15/38 | 35,000 | 36,711 | ||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 6.500%, 08/15/37 | 40,000 | 45,675 | ||||
Wyeth Co., 5.250%, 03/15/13 | 40,000 | 43,524 | ||||
Total Industrials | 1,992,447 | |||||
Utilities - 1.9% | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc., 5.375%, 12/15/15 | 75,000 | 81,154 | ||||
Exelon Generation Co., LLC, 6.200%, 10/01/17 | 45,000 | 48,312 | ||||
Florida Power & Light Co., 4.850%, 02/01/13 | 45,000 | 47,670 | ||||
Midamerican Energy Co., 5.750%, 11/01/35 | 25,000 | 25,112 | ||||
NiSource Finance Corp., 6.800%, 01/15/19 | 25,000 | 26,782 | ||||
Pacific Gas & Electric, 8.250%, 10/15/18 | 65,000 | 79,497 | ||||
Virginia Electric and Power Co., 8.875%, 11/15/38 | 25,000 | 35,403 | ||||
Total Utilities | 343,930 | |||||
Total Corporate Bonds | 3,042,912 | |||||
Shares | ||||||
Short-Term Investments - 1.6%1 | ||||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series A, 0.05%3 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series B*3,10 | 28,392 | 5,536 | ||||
Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | 287,974 | 287,974 | ||||
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $317,366) | 294,510 | |||||
Total Investments - 99.9% | 18,115,941 | |||||
Other Assets, less Liabilities - 0.1% | 14,842 | |||||
Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 18,130,783 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Investment Manager’s Comments
The Year in Review
The Managers High Yield Fund (Institutional Class shares) returned 54.06% in 2009, compared with 58.21% for the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index. The high-yield market exploded in 2009, posting record-breaking monthly, quarterly, and annual performance returns. The outset of the year presented a challenging backdrop for the high-yield market due to the deterioration in the global economy, accelerating corporate default activity, and declining market confidence. However, by the end of the first quarter, signs of economic stabilization emerged, which contributed to boosting investor sentiment and reversing the course of negative performance in the high-yield market. Money began to steadily flow into the asset class and ignited the return of high-yield capital market activity. With continued improvements in economic and technical data, as well as plummeting levels of distressed debt, default risk progressively declined. After bottoming in early March, the high-yield market rallied through year end to post its best calendar year return on record.
In stark contrast to last year’s flight to quality, the lower end of the quality spectrum (i.e., CCC-rated bonds and distressed bonds) significantly outperformed single-B and double-B rated credits for the year, illustrating the improving desire for riskier assets. Broadcasting, insurance, and financial sectors led performance in 2009, though all high-yield sectors posted positive returns. The sectors that performed well this year were generally the worst performers in 2008. The lowest performing sectors for the year were utilities, cable, and railroads.
As high-yield bonds rebounded, the spread between high-yield bonds and comparable maturity Treasury bonds narrowed over 1000 basis points (10.0%) during 2009. This is unprecedented considering that the yield spread has rarely ever been over 1000 basis points (10.0%) and the average yield spread over the last ten years was closer to 600 basis points (6.0%) than 1600 basis points (16.0%). At current levels, valuations now price in a significantly lower implied default rate that is more in line with forward market expectations. The year was record breaking for high yield as the Index was up over 50%, significantly rewarding investors. In comparison, the Barclays Capital 10-year Treasury Index returned -8.76% and the S&P 500 Index returned 26.46%.
Despite high-default volume and an upward spike in the default rate in 2009, the trend of default activity in the high-yield market clearly declined during the latter half of the year. As evidence, an average of 15 companies defaulted during the first four months of the year, an average of ten companies defaulted during the middle four months, and only five companies defaulted in the last four months. As of December 31 2009, the 12-month trailing par-weighted domestic default rate was 10.23% across the high-yield market. With the improved economic outlook, robust capital market activity, and extremely low levels of distressed debt, the default rate should gradually decline during 2010.
After a sluggish start to the year, the high-yield primary market returned in earnest in April. Increased demand for riskier assets helped to foster a robust new-issue market for high-yield bonds. High yield issuers priced over $180 billion in 2009, well over three times the 2008 volume and exceeding the prior record of $158.2 billion set in 2004. High yield mutual funds experienced record inflows of $31.1 billion in 2009, compared to a meager $4.3 billion in inflows during 2008. Year-to-date redemptions, maturities, tenders, and upgrades to investment grade totaled $107.3 billion, versus $103.8 billion for the same period last year. These activities are important because they effectively create additional market demand for remaining issues.
The Fund underperformed its primary benchmark during the trailing twelve-month period, but this was not atypical as the benchmark ranked in the 10th percentile relative to the Morningstar High Yield Fund category. It is not uncommon for fixed income indexes to rank highly when compared to a broad peer universe because they do not incur trading costs, often invest in illiquid segments of the fixed income market that may not be easily accessible to investors, have no cash flows, and exclude fees. The Fund’s relative performance was hurt by its relative exposure to media-noncable, banking, and financials sectors. Performance was also hindered by relative weightings to American International Group, Clear Channel Communications, EchoStar Corp., Realogy Corp., and First Data Corporation. Additionally, in this robust high-yield market environment with annual returns of nearly 60%, carrying cash to accommodate flows had a negative impact on the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark, which does not have a cash allocation. Conversely, relative performance for the Fund was aided by security selection in the consumer products, chemicals, and electric utilities sectors, with the largest individual performance contributions coming from the relative weightings in Simmons Bedding Company, Ineos Group Holdings, Open Solutions, Travelport, and Tenneco.
Looking Forward
Despite the record-breaking year of performance for high-yield bonds, spreads are still wider than long-term averages, and JPMorgan, the Fund’s sub-advisor, believes the broad market is still reasonably attractively priced as markets continue to normalize from extreme levels. Corporate fundamentals have improved as revenue growth resumed and lower expenses have resulted in better cash flow. JPMorgan expects that high-yield spreads will migrate toward the long-term average between 500-550 basis points (5.0% to 5.5%), with the timing and magnitude of the move largely dictated by improvement in corporate fundamentals. As the macroeconomic backdrop further improves, the default rate should move back toward the long-term average of 4 to 5% and even trend lower. With respect to technical factors, improved sentiment and attractive spreads will continue to contribute to inflows into the high-yield market, but the excess demand experienced in 2009 will be lessened as issuance increases in 2010 to meet demand. As we return to a more normalized credit environment, security selection will be the primary driver of performance over the next credit cycle.
This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, J.P. Morgan Investment, Inc., as of January 26, 2010.
Cumulative Total Return Performance
High Yield’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index is a total return performance benchmark for fixed income securities having a maximum quality rating of Ba1 (as determined by Moody’s
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Investment Manager’s Comments (continued)
Cumulative Total Return Performance (continued)
Investors Service). Unlike the Fund, the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund’s Class A Shares on December 31, 1999 to a $10,000 investment made in the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index for the same time period. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Total returns for the Fund would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
The table below shows the average annualized total returns for the High Yield Fund and the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index from December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2009.
Average Annual Total Returns1 | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||
High Yield2,3 | -Class A | No Load | 53.38 | % | 4.61 | % | 5.53 | % | |||||
-Class A | With Load | 46.97 | % | 3.71 | % | 5.07 | % | ||||||
-Class B | No Load | 51.64 | % | 3.72 | % | 4.80 | % | ||||||
-Class B | With Load | 46.64 | % | 3.42 | % | 4.80 | % | ||||||
-Class C | No Load | 51.98 | % | 3.76 | % | 4.84 | % | ||||||
-Class C | With Load | 50.98 | % | 3.76 | % | 4.84 | % | ||||||
-Institutional Class | No Load | 54.06 | % | 4.90 | % | 5.97 | % | ||||||
Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index | 58.21 | % | 6.46 | % | 6.71 | % |
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 the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.
Performance differences among the share classes are due to differences in sales charge structures and class expenses. Returns shown reflect maximum sales charge of 4.25% on Class A, as well as the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on both Class B and C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1 through 6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charge is assessed after year six. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC.
In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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 December 31, 2009. All returns are in U.S. dollars($). |
2 | The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtors’ ability to pay their creditors. |
3 | From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value. |
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Fund Snapshots
December 31, 2009
Portfolio Breakdown
Industry | High Yield Fund** | ||
Industrials | 81.2 | % | |
Financials | 12.4 | % | |
Utilities | 3.7 | % | |
Materials | 0.4 | % | |
Information Technology | 0.2 | % | |
Consumer Staples | 0.2 | % | |
Other Assets and Liabilities | 1.9 | % |
Top Ten Holdings
Top Ten Holdings | % of Net Assets | ||
HCA, Inc., 9.625%, 11/15/16* | 2.9 | % | |
Biomet, Inc., 10.375%, 10/15/17* | 1.5 | ||
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.900%, 05/01/19* | 1.5 | ||
EchoStar DBS Corp., 7.750%, 05/31/15* | 1.4 | ||
Sungard Data Systems, Inc., 10.250%, 08/15/15* | 1.3 | ||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, 7.800%, 06/01/12 | 1.3 | ||
Visant Holding Corp., 10.250%, 12/01/13* | 1.0 | ||
GMAC LLC, 6.875%, 08/28/12* | 1.0 | ||
Sealy Mattress Co., 8.250%, 06/15/14* | 1.0 | ||
CCO Holdings LLC, 8.750%, 11/15/13 | 0.9 | ||
Top Ten as a Group | 13.8 | % | |
* | Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2009 |
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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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Corporate Bonds - 97.1% | |||||||
Financials - 12.2% | |||||||
ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Term Loan, Class B-1, 11.250%, 07/15/14, (02/03/10) 5 | $ | 82,721 | $ | 80,614 | |||
ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Term Loan, Class B-2, 9.000%, 07/15/11, (01/04/10) 5 | 8,217 | 8,008 | |||||
ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Term Loan, Class B-2, 11.750%, 01/15/11, (02/03/10) 5 | 4,636 | 4,518 | |||||
CIT Group, Inc., 7.000%, 05/01/13 | 27,193 | 2 | 25,561 | ||||
CIT Group, Inc., 7.000%, 05/01/14 | 40,789 | 37,985 | |||||
CIT Group, Inc., 7.000%, 05/01/15 | 40,789 | 36,710 | |||||
CIT Group, Inc., 7.000%, 05/01/16 | 67,983 | 60,165 | |||||
CIT Group, Inc., 7.000%, 05/01/17 | 95,176 | 83,041 | |||||
Claire’s Stores, Inc., Term Loan, Class B, 3.032%, 05/29/14, (03/31/10) 5 | 272,789 | 222,323 | |||||
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Term Loan, Class B, 3.880%, 01/29/16, (01/29/10) 5 | 45,000 | 37,057 | |||||
First Data Corp., Term Loan, Class B1, 3.032%, 09/24/14, (03/31/10) 5 | 12,095 | 10,765 | |||||
First Data Corp., Term Loan, Class B1, 2.981%, 09/24/14, (01/25/10) 5 | 223,212 | 198,659 | |||||
First Data Corp., Term Loan, Class B1, 2.999%, 09/24/14, (03/24/10) 5 | 6,786 | 6,040 | |||||
First Data Corp., Term Loan, Class B2, 2.999%, 09/24/14, (03/24/10) 5 | 56,425 | 50,345 | |||||
First Data Corp., Term Loan, Class B2, 3.032%, 09/24/14, (03/31/10) 5 | 2,967 | 2,648 | |||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, 7.000%, 10/01/13 | 8,000 | 7,994 | |||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, 7.500%, 08/01/12 | 50,000 | 50,452 | |||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, 7.800%, 06/01/12 | 490,000 | 495,537 | |||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, 8.700%, 10/01/14 | 45,000 | 47,093 | |||||
Freescale Semiconductor, Incremental Term Loan,12.500%, 12/15/14, (03/01/10) 5 | 220,864 | 228,042 | |||||
GMAC LLC, 6.625%, 05/15/12 (a) | 110,000 | 108,900 | |||||
GMAC LLC, 6.750%, 12/01/14 (a) | 17,000 | 16,320 | |||||
GMAC LLC, 6.875%, 09/15/11 (a) | 175,000 | 174,125 | |||||
GMAC LLC, 6.875%, 08/28/12 (a) | 386,000 | 382,140 | |||||
Harrah’s Operating Co., Term Loan, Class B-3, 3.282%, 01/28/15, (01/26/10) 5 | 118,124 | 95,659 | |||||
Harrah’s Operating Co., Term Loan, Class B-3, 3.283%, 01/28/15, (03/31/10) 5 | 1,668 | 1,351 | |||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., 6.375%, 03/15/15 | 275,000 | 270,875 | |||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., 6.750%, 06/01/16 | 75,000 | 2 | 75,000 | ||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., 6.875%, 11/01/14 | 50,000 | 50,562 | |||||
Ineos Group Holdings, Ltd., Term Loan, Class B2, 7.500%, 12/16/13, (03/29/10) 5 | 202,129 | 183,685 | |||||
Ineos Group Holdings, Ltd., Term Loan, Class C2, 8.001%, 12/16/14, (03/29/10) 5 | 202,129 | 183,685 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, Dutch Revolving Credit Term Loan, 3.731%, 12/20/13, (01/29/10) 5 | 1,805 | 1,344 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, Dutch Tranche A Dollar Term Loan, 3.734%, 12/20/13, (01/29/10) 5 | 4,085 | 3,042 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, German Tranche B-1 Euro Term Loan, 3.981%, 12/20/14, (01/29/10) 5 | 5,181 | 3,858 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, German Tranche B-2 Euro Term Loan, 3.981%, 12/20/14, (01/29/10) 5 | 5,181 | 3,858 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, German Tranche B-3 Euro Term Loan, 3.981%, 12/20/14, (01/29/10) 5 | 5,181 | 3,858 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, New Money DIP Term Loan, 1.500%, 06/03/10, (01/04/10) 5 | 51,691 | 54,056 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, New Money DIP Term Loan, 13.000%, 06/03/10, (01/29/10) 5 | 103,430 | 108,162 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, Primary Revolving Credit Term Loans, 3.731%, 12/20/13, (01/29/10) 5 | 6,767 | 5,039 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Financials - 12.2% (continued) | |||||||
Lyondell Chemical, Roll-Up DIP Term Loan, 5.795%, 04/06/10, (01/29/10) 5 | $ | 64,883 | $ | 67,559 | |||
Lyondell Chemical, Roll-Up DIP Term Loan, 5.940%, 04/06/10, (01/29/10) 5 | 93 | 97 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, Term Loan, Class B2, 7.000%, 12/20/14, (01/29/10) 5 | 22,482 | 16,741 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, U.S. Tranche A Dollar Term Loan, 3.731%, 12/20/13, (01/29/10) 5 | 12,894 | 9,601 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, U.S. Tranche B-1 Dollar Term Loan, 7.000%, 12/20/14, (01/29/10) 5 | 22,482 | 16,741 | |||||
Lyondell Chemical, U.S. Tranche B-3 Dollar Term Loan, 7.000%, 12/20/14, (01/29/10) 5 | 22,482 | 16,741 | |||||
Nuveen Investments, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 12.000%, 07/31/15, (06/30/10) 5 | 70,000 | 73,238 | |||||
Nuveen Investments, Term Loan, Class B, 3.281%, 11/07/14, (01/29/10) 5 | 90,512 | 79,582 | |||||
Nuveen Investments, Term Loan, Class B, 3.282%, 11/07/14, (01/27/10) 5 | 91,629 | 80,565 | |||||
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, 9.250%, 04/01/15 (a) | 40,000 | 2 | 40,800 | ||||
Realogy Corp., Term Loan, Class B, 3.284%, 10/10/13, (01/11/10) 5 | 48,088 | 42,878 | |||||
Realogy Corp., Term Loan, Class B, 3.287%, 10/10/13, (01/04/10) 5 | 51,404 | 45,835 | |||||
Rite Aid Corp., Term Loan, 9.500%, 06/01/15, (01/29/10) 5 | 105,000 | 109,019 | |||||
Sensata Technologies Finance Co., LLC, Term Loan, Class B, 2.031%, 04/27/13, (01/29/10) 5 | 161,880 | 144,478 | |||||
Simmons Bedding Co., Term Loan, Class D, 10.500%, 12/19/11, (01/29/10) 5 | 85,000 | 84,309 | |||||
Simmons Holding Co., Inc., Term Loan, 7.351%, 02/15/12, (02/15/10) 5,8 | 130,837 | 3,925 | |||||
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, Term Loan, 3.735%, 10/10/14, (01/11/10) 5 | 305,656 | 249,683 | |||||
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, Term Loan, 3.782%, 10/10/14, (03/31/10) 5 | 3,159 | 2,581 | |||||
UCI Holdco, Inc., 9.250%, 12/15/13 6 | 144,783 | 123,789 | |||||
Total Financials | 4,627,238 | ||||||
Industrials - 81.2% | |||||||
ACCO Brands Corp., 7.625%, 08/15/15 | 155,000 | 144,925 | |||||
ACCO Brands Corp., 10.625%, 03/15/15 (a) | 225,000 | 248,625 | |||||
Aeroflex, Inc., 11.750%, 02/15/15 | 145,000 | 147,175 | |||||
Alliance Laundry Corp., 8.500%, 01/15/13 | 275,000 | 276,375 | |||||
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., 6.750%, 04/01/16 | 20,000 | 19,900 | |||||
Ames True Temper, Inc., 4.284%, 01/15/12, (01/15/10) 5 | 180,000 | 164,700 | |||||
Ames True Temper, Inc., 10.000%, 07/15/12 | 85,000 | 2 | 77,562 | ||||
Amkor Tech, Inc., 7.750%, 05/15/13 | 220,000 | 224,400 | |||||
Anixter International, Inc., 10.000%, 03/15/14 | 100,000 | 111,000 | |||||
Arch Coal, Inc., 8.750%, 08/01/16 (a) | 35,000 | 37,188 | |||||
Arch Western Finance, LLC, 6.750%, 07/01/13 | 270,000 | 269,325 | |||||
Ashland, Inc., 9.125%, 06/01/17 (a) | 130,000 | 143,000 | |||||
Ashtead Capital, Inc., 9.000%, 08/15/16 (a) | 170,000 | 171,062 | |||||
Associated Materials LLC, 9.875%, 11/15/16 (a) | 55,000 | 58,300 | |||||
Atlas Energy Operating Co. LLC, 10.750%, 02/01/18 | 230,000 | 255,300 | |||||
Atlas Energy Operating Co. LLC, 12.125%, 08/01/17 | 15,000 | 17,100 | |||||
Avaya, Inc., 9.750%, 11/01/15 (a) | 50,000 | 48,750 | |||||
Avaya, Inc., 10.125%, 11/13/15 (a) 6 | 70,000 | 66,500 | |||||
Baldor Electric Co., 8.625%, 02/15/17 | 165,000 | 169,538 | |||||
Bausch & Lomb, Inc., 9.875%, 11/01/15 | 170,000 | 180,200 | |||||
Belden, Inc., 9.250%, 06/15/19 (a) | 30,000 | 31,837 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrials - 81.2% (continued) | |||||||
Biomet, Inc., 10.375%, 10/15/17 6 | $ | 530,000 | $ | 577,700 | |||
Bombardier, Inc., 8.000%, 11/15/14 (a) | 75,000 | 78,281 | |||||
Boyd Gaming Corp., 7.125%, 02/01/16 | 200,000 | 2 | 175,000 | ||||
Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.750%, 12/15/15 (a) | 70,000 | 70,350 | |||||
BWAY Corp., 10.000%, 04/15/14 (a) | 95,000 | 100,938 | |||||
Case New Holland, Inc., 7.750%, 09/01/13 (a) | 130,000 | 133,575 | |||||
CCH II LLC/CCH II Capital Corp., 13.500%, 11/30/16 | 84,203 | 99,570 | |||||
CCO Holdings LLC, 8.750%, 11/15/13 | 345,000 | 355,781 | |||||
Central Garden and Pet Co., 9.125%, 02/01/13 | 185,000 | 188,469 | |||||
Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp., 8.625%, 11/15/17 (a) | 165,000 | 167,475 | |||||
Charter Communications Operating LLC, 8.375%, 04/30/14 (a) | 50,000 | 51,625 | |||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 7.000%, 08/15/14 | 200,000 | 203,500 | |||||
Chiquita Brands International, Inc., 8.875%, 12/01/15 | 165,000 | 2 | 169,125 | ||||
Citizens Communications Co., 6.625%, 03/15/15 | 100,000 | 97,750 | |||||
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.625%, 08/15/16 | 30,000 | 30,562 | |||||
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series A, 9.250%, 12/15/17 (a) | 45,000 | 46,125 | |||||
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B, 9.250%, 12/15/17 (a) | 85,000 | 87,975 | |||||
Clearwater Paper Corp., 10.625%, 06/15/16 (a) | 85,000 | 95,306 | |||||
Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC/Cloud Peak Energy Finance Corp., 8.250%, 12/15/17 (a) | 70,000 | 70,350 | |||||
Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC/Cloud Peak Energy Finance Corp., 8.500%, 12/15/19 (a) | 45,000 | 46,125 | |||||
Community Health Systems, Inc., 8.875%, 07/15/15 | 210,000 | 217,875 | |||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.125%, 09/01/16 | 175,000 | 178,500 | |||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., 8.375%, 12/15/14 | 90,000 | 96,300 | |||||
Cooper Companies, Inc., 7.125%, 02/15/15 | 120,000 | 117,300 | |||||
Corrections Corp. of America, 6.250%, 03/15/13 | 60,000 | 60,600 | |||||
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.750%, 06/01/17 | 120,000 | 124,200 | |||||
Cricket Communications I, 9.375%, 11/01/14 | 200,000 | 2 | 202,000 | ||||
Crown Americas LLC, 7.625%, 11/15/13 | 29,000 | 30,088 | |||||
Crown Americas LLC, 7.625%, 05/15/17 (a) | 50,000 | 52,125 | |||||
Crown Castle International Corp., 9.000%, 01/15/15 | 185,000 | 197,950 | |||||
Del Monte Foods Co., 7.500%, 10/15/19 (a) | 30,000 | 31,050 | |||||
Denbury Resources, Inc., 7.500%, 04/01/13 | 145,000 | 146,450 | |||||
Denbury Resources, Inc., 9.750%, 03/01/16 | 20,000 | 21,450 | |||||
Dex Media West LLC, 9.875%, 08/15/13 8 | 130,000 | 41,275 | |||||
Dex Media, Inc., 8.000%, 11/15/13 8 | 125,000 | 32,188 | |||||
Dex Media, Inc., 9.000%, 11/15/13 8 | 270,000 | 69,525 | |||||
Digicel Group, Ltd., 8.875%, 01/15/15 (a) | 100,000 | 97,500 | |||||
Digicel Group, Ltd., 9.125%, 01/15/15 (a) 6 | 4,000 | 3,960 | |||||
Digicel Group, Ltd., 12.000%, 04/01/14 (a) | 100,000 | 111,500 | |||||
DJO Finance LLC, 10.875%, 11/15/14 | 210,000 | 222,600 | |||||
Dole Food Co., Inc., 8.000%, 10/01/16 (a) | 40,000 | 40,800 | |||||
Dole Food Co., Inc., 13.875%, 03/15/14 (a) | 36,000 | 43,470 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrials - 81.2% (continued) | |||||||
Dynergy Holdings, Inc., 7.625%, 10/15/26 | $ | 140,000 | $ | 97,300 | |||
Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., 9.750%, 12/01/16 (a) | 100,000 | 104,125 | |||||
EchoStar Communications Corp., 7.125%, 02/01/16 | 355,000 | 364,319 | |||||
EchoStar DBS Corp., 7.750%, 05/31/15 | 495,000 | 520,988 | |||||
El Paso Corp., 8.250%, 02/15/16 | 70,000 | 75,075 | |||||
El Paso Natural Gas Co., 7.250%, 06/01/18 | 90,000 | 89,370 | |||||
Esco Corp., 4.129%, 12/15/13, (03/15/10) (a) 5 | 30,000 | 27,488 | |||||
Esco Corp, 8.625%, 12/15/13 (a) | 15,000 | 15,000 | |||||
First Data Corp., 9.880%, 09/24/15 | 350,000 | 328,125 | |||||
Flextronics International, Ltd., 6.250%, 11/15/14 | 82,000 | 81,180 | |||||
FMG Finance Property, Ltd., 10.625%, 09/01/16 (a) | 205,000 | 227,806 | |||||
Ford Motor Co., 6.500%, 08/01/18 | 75,000 | 63,656 | |||||
Forest Oil Corp., 7.750%, 05/01/14 | 140,000 | 142,450 | |||||
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 8.375%, 04/01/17 | 110,000 | 120,615 | |||||
GCI, Inc., 8.625%, 11/05/19 (a) | 150,000 | 152,062 | |||||
General Cable Corp., 7.125%, 04/01/17 | 125,000 | 123,438 | |||||
Geo Group, Inc., The, 7.750%, 10/15/17 (a) | 30,000 | 30,862 | |||||
Georgia-Pacific Corp., 7.000%, 01/15/15 (a) | 115,000 | 117,012 | |||||
Georgia-Pacific Corp., 7.125%, 01/15/17 (a) | 70,000 | 71,225 | |||||
Georgia-Pacific Corp., 8.250%, 05/01/16 (a) | 185,000 | 197,025 | |||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The, 8.625%, 12/01/11 | 83,000 | 86,528 | |||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The, 9.000%, 07/01/15 | 10,000 | 10,450 | |||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The, 10.500%, 05/15/16 | 45,000 | 49,950 | |||||
Graham Packaging Co., L.P., 8.250%, 01/01/17 (a) | 90,000 | 89,325 | |||||
Graham Packaging Co., L.P., 9.875%, 10/15/14 | 190,000 | 194,750 | |||||
Greif, Inc., 7.750%, 08/01/19 | 20,000 | 20,500 | |||||
GXS Worldwide, Inc., 9.750%, 06/15/15 (a) | 135,000 | 133,312 | |||||
Hanesbrands, Inc., 3.831%, 12/15/14, (06/15/10) 5 | 270,000 | 256,838 | |||||
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., 10.000%, 12/15/18 (a) | 227,000 | 2 | 183,302 | ||||
Harrahs Operating Escrow LLC, 11.250%, 06/01/17 (a) | 140,000 | 147,175 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 8.500%, 04/15/19 (a) | 55,000 | 59,538 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 9.625%, 11/15/16 6 | 998,000 | 1,082,830 | |||||
Health Management Associates, Inc., 6.125%, 04/15/16 | 245,000 | 230,912 | |||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 9.500%, 01/15/16 (a) | 80,000 | 82,400 | |||||
Hertz Corp., 8.875%, 01/01/14 | 165,000 | 169,538 | |||||
Huntsman International LLC, 5.500%, 06/30/16 (a) | 45,000 | 40,162 | |||||
Huntsman International LLC, 7.375%, 01/01/15 | 50,000 | 48,250 | |||||
Huntsman International LLC, 7.875%, 11/15/14 | 55,000 | 54,038 | |||||
Ineos Group Holdings PLC, 8.500%, 02/15/16 (a) | 45,000 | 30,487 | |||||
Inergy Finance Corp., 8.250%, 03/01/16 | 35,000 | 35,700 | |||||
Inergy L.P. / Inergy Finance Corp., 6.875%, 12/15/14 | 50,000 | 49,625 | |||||
Inergy L.P. / Inergy Finance Corp., 8.750%, 03/01/15 | 30,000 | 30,975 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrials - 81.2% (continued) | |||||||
Intelsat Bermuda, Ltd., 11.250%, 06/15/16 | $ | 190,000 | $ | 206,625 | |||
Intelsat Jackson Holdings, Ltd., 8.500%, 11/01/19 (a) | 55,000 | 56,925 | |||||
Intelsat Jackson Holdings, Ltd., 9.500%, 06/15/16 | 310,000 | 333,250 | |||||
Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co., Ltd., 8.875%, 01/15/15 | 50,000 | 52,000 | |||||
Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co., Ltd., 8.875%, 01/15/15 (a) | 35,000 | 36,225 | |||||
Interline Brands, Inc., 8.125%, 06/15/14 | 85,000 | 85,850 | |||||
IPCS, Inc., 2.406%, 05/01/13, (02/01/10) 5 | 90,000 | 84,600 | |||||
IPCS, Inc., 3.531%, 05/01/14, (02/01/10) 5,6 | 215,433 | 184,195 | |||||
Iron Mountain, Inc., 8.750%, 07/15/18 | 240,000 | 250,200 | |||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 7.950%, 04/01/17 | 105,000 | 115,238 | |||||
Jarden Corp., 7.500%, 05/01/17 | 215,000 | 215,538 | |||||
Jarden Corp., 8.000%, 05/01/16 | 100,000 | 103,750 | |||||
JDA Software Group, Inc., 8.000%, 12/15/14 (a) | 115,000 | 117,875 | |||||
JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc., 8.250%, 11/15/19 (a) | 100,000 | 101,750 | |||||
KAR Holdings, Inc., 8.750%, 05/01/14 | 115,000 | 119,169 | |||||
Koppers, Inc., 7.875%, 12/01/19 (a) | 50,000 | 50,750 | |||||
L-3 Communications Corp., 5.875%, 01/15/15 | 205,000 | 205,769 | |||||
L-3 Communications Corp., 6.375%, 10/15/15 | 50,000 | 50,438 | |||||
Levi Strauss & Co., 9.750%, 01/15/15 | 75,000 | 79,125 | |||||
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 5.900%, 12/01/16 | 80,000 | 78,400 | |||||
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 7.875%, 07/15/15 | 210,000 | 232,575 | |||||
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 8.750%, 04/15/18 | 155,000 | 160,425 | |||||
McJunkin Red Man Corp., 9.500%, 12/15/16 (a) | 135,000 | 132,638 | |||||
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.250%, 11/01/14 | 280,000 | 2 | 284,900 | ||||
MGM Mirage, Inc., 6.750%, 04/01/13 | 405,000 | 351,338 | |||||
MGM Mirage, Inc., 6.875%, 04/01/16 | 40,000 | 2 | 30,700 | ||||
MGM Mirage, Inc., 7.500%, 06/01/16 | 175,000 | 137,375 | |||||
MGM Mirage, Inc., 10.375%, 05/15/14 (a) | 40,000 | 43,600 | |||||
MGM Mirage, Inc., 11.125%, 11/15/17 (a) | 55,000 | 61,188 | |||||
Navistar International Corp., 8.250%, 11/01/21 | 100,000 | 103,000 | |||||
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., 10.600%, 04/15/19 | 100,000 | 125,991 | |||||
Newfield Exploration Co., 6.625%, 04/15/16 | 70,000 | 70,525 | |||||
NewPage Corp., 11.375%, 12/31/14 (a) | 50,000 | 50,750 | |||||
Noranda Aluminium Acquisition Co., 5.274%, 05/15/15, (05/15/10) 5,6 | 208,390 | 162,805 | |||||
Nordic Telephone Co., 8.875%, 05/01/16 (a) | 190,000 | 201,875 | |||||
Novelis, Inc., 7.250%, 02/15/15 | 65,000 | 62,238 | |||||
NXP B.V., 7.875%, 10/15/14 | 180,000 | 164,250 | |||||
OPTI Canada, Inc., 8.250%, 12/15/14 | 55,000 | 45,581 | |||||
OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.000%, 12/15/12 (a) | 55,000 | 56,512 | |||||
P.H. Glatfelter, 7.125%, 05/01/16 | 130,000 | 129,838 | |||||
Packaging Dynamics, Inc., 10.000%, 05/11/16 (a) | 160,000 | 121,000 | |||||
Paetec Holding Corp., 8.875%, 06/30/17 | 130,000 | 132,275 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrials - 81.2% (continued) | |||||||
Paetec Holding Corp., 9.500%, 07/15/15 | $ | 180,000 | 2 | $ | 174,150 | ||
Petrohawk Energy Corp., 7.875%, 06/01/15 | 230,000 | 233,450 | |||||
Petrohawk Energy Corp., 9.125%, 07/15/13 | 75,000 | 78,750 | |||||
PolyOne Corp., 8.875%, 05/01/12 | 260,000 | 269,100 | |||||
Pride International, Inc., 8.500%, 06/15/19 | 80,000 | 92,800 | |||||
Quebecor Media, Inc., 7.750%, 03/15/16 | 270,000 | 270,675 | |||||
Quebecor World, Escrow, 6.500%, 08/01/27 (a) 8 | 165,000 | 0 | |||||
Quicksilver Resources, Inc., 7.750%, 08/01/15 | 50,000 | 51,500 | |||||
Qwest Communications International, Inc., 7.500%, 02/15/14 | 240,000 | 171,487 | |||||
Qwest Corp., 7.500%, 10/01/14 | 105,000 | 109,594 | |||||
Qwest Corp., 8.875%, 03/15/12 | 49,000 | 52,920 | |||||
RailAmerica, Inc., 9.250%, 07/01/17 | 114,000 | 121,838 | |||||
Range Resources Corp., 7.500%, 05/15/16 | 75,000 | 77,438 | |||||
RBS Global, Inc., & Rexnord LLC, 9.500%, 08/01/14 | 75,000 | 75,562 | |||||
RBS Global, Inc., & Rexnord LLC, 9.500%, 08/01/14 (a) | 222,000 | 223,665 | |||||
Reichhold Industries, Inc., 9.000%, 08/15/14 (a) | 235,000 | 198,575 | |||||
Rental Service Corp., 9.500%, 12/01/14 | 285,000 | 286,781 | |||||
Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.750%, 10/15/16 (a) | 100,000 | 102,750 | |||||
R.H. Donnelley, Inc., 11.750%, 05/15/15 (a) 8 | 71,000 | 58,930 | |||||
Rite Aid Corp., 7.500%, 03/01/17 | 100,000 | 94,500 | |||||
Rite Aid Corp., 9.500%, 06/15/17 | 80,000 | 70,000 | |||||
Rite Aid Corp., 10.250%, 10/15/19 (a) | 25,000 | 26,500 | |||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 6.875%, 12/01/13 | 80,000 | 79,000 | |||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 7.000%, 06/15/13 | 110,000 | 110,275 | |||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 7.250%, 06/15/16 | 45,000 | 43,706 | |||||
Sally Holdings LLC, 9.250%, 11/15/14 | 175,000 | 182,438 | |||||
SBA Telecommunications, Inc., 8.000%, 08/15/16 (a) | 40,000 | 42,000 | |||||
SBA Telecommunications, Inc., 8.250%, 08/15/19 (a) | 40,000 | 42,600 | |||||
Sealy Mattress Co., 8.250%, 06/15/14 | 380,000 | 381,900 | |||||
Sensata Technologies, B.V., 8.000%, 05/01/14 | 120,000 | 118,200 | |||||
Sequa Corp., 11.750%, 12/01/15 (a) | 75,000 | 70,125 | |||||
Service Corp. International, 6.750%, 04/01/15 | 275,000 | 270,875 | |||||
Service Corp. International, 7.000%, 06/15/17 | 35,000 | 34,125 | |||||
ServiceMaster Co., 10.750%, 07/15/15 (a) 6 | 140,000 | 146,300 | |||||
Simmons Co., 7.875%, 01/15/14 8 | 380,000 | 351,500 | |||||
Simmons Co., 10.000%, 12/15/14 8 | 559,000 | 47,515 | |||||
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc., 8.375%, 07/01/12 8 | 170,000 | 151,300 | |||||
Solo Cup Co., 8.500%, 02/15/14 | 35,000 | 34,388 | |||||
Solo Cup Co., 10.500%, 11/01/13 (a) | 100,000 | 107,000 | |||||
Solutia, Inc., 8.750%, 11/01/17 | 90,000 | 94,162 | |||||
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 12.000%, 08/28/19 6 | 146,964 | 144,760 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrials - 81.2% (continued) | |||||||
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., 7.500%, 10/01/17 (a) | $ | 75,000 | $ | 74,250 | |||
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.900%, 05/01/19 | 595,000 | 550,375 | |||||
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 03/15/32 | 75,000 | 71,062 | |||||
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., 6.750%, 05/15/18 | 145,000 | 146,087 | |||||
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., 7.875%, 10/15/14 | 100,000 | 107,375 | |||||
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., 7.000%, 03/01/14 (a) | 225,000 | 205,312 | |||||
Sun Media Corp., 7.625%, 02/15/13 | 85,000 | 77,881 | |||||
Sungard Data Systems, Inc., 10.250%, 08/15/15 | 470,000 | 502,900 | |||||
SUPERVALU, Inc., 8.000%, 05/01/16 | 285,000 | 290,700 | |||||
Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc., 8.875%, 07/15/15 (a) 6 | 151,978 | 139,060 | |||||
Swift Energy Co., 7.125%, 06/01/17 | 80,000 | 76,000 | |||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.875%, 07/01/19 (a) | 45,000 | 48,825 | |||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 9.250%, 01/01/15 | 290,000 | 2 | 310,300 | ||||
Terex Corp., 8.000%, 11/15/17 | 290,000 | 280,575 | |||||
Terra Capital Inc., 7.750%, 11/01/19 (a) | 155,000 | 166,625 | |||||
Tesoro Corp., 6.625%, 11/01/15 | 95,000 | 90,725 | |||||
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., 9.000%, 10/15/15 6 | 209,897 | 2 | 206,224 | ||||
Titan International, Inc., 8.000%, 01/15/12 | 200,000 | 197,000 | |||||
Travelport LLC, 4.881%, 09/01/14, (03/01/10) 5 | 80,000 | 72,900 | |||||
Travelport LLC, 9.875%, 09/01/14 | 10,000 | 10,375 | |||||
Travelport LLC, 11.875%, 09/01/16 | 90,000 | 2 | 95,850 | ||||
Triumph Group, Inc., 8.000%, 11/15/17 (a) | 15,000 | 2 | 15,206 | ||||
TRW Automotive, Inc., 7.000%, 03/15/14 (a) | 50,000 | 49,250 | |||||
TRW Automotive, Inc., 7.250%, 03/15/17 (a) | 150,000 | 146,250 | |||||
United Components, Inc., 9.375%, 06/15/13 | 60,000 | 58,200 | |||||
United Rentals, Inc. 9.250%, 12/15/19 | 115,000 | 119,312 | |||||
United Surgical Partners International, Inc., 8.875%, 05/01/17 | 15,000 | 15,525 | |||||
United Surgical Partners International, Inc., 9.250%, 05/01/17 6 | 185,000 | 189,625 | |||||
US Oncology, Inc., 9.125%, 08/15/17 | 100,000 | 105,500 | |||||
Vail Resorts, Inc., 6.750%, 02/15/14 | 275,000 | 274,312 | |||||
Vedanta Resources PLC, 9.500%, 07/18/18 (a) | 120,000 | 122,400 | |||||
Videotron, Ltd., 6.875%, 01/15/14 | 153,000 | 154,530 | |||||
Virgin Media Finance PLC, 3.375%, 10/15/19 | 110,000 | 113,712 | |||||
Visant Holding Corp., 10.250%, 12/01/13 (b) | 380,000 | 394,250 | |||||
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V., 9.125%, 02/01/17 8 | 285,000 | 123,975 | |||||
Wind Acquisition Finance, S.A., 10.750%, 12/01/15 (a) | 75,000 | 80,625 | |||||
Wind Acquisition Finance, S.A., 11.750%, 07/15/17 (a) | 100,000 | 109,750 | |||||
Windstream Corp., 8.125%, 08/01/13 | 60,000 | 62,550 | |||||
Windstream Corp., 8.625%, 08/01/16 | 165,000 | 168,711 | |||||
WMG Acquisition, 9.500%, 06/15/16 (a) | 95,000 | 102,244 | |||||
Wynn Las Vegas LLC & Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 6.625%, 12/01/14 | 55,000 | 53,419 | |||||
Yankee Acquisition Corp., Series B, 8.500%, 02/15/15 | 40,000 | 39,900 | |||||
Total Industrials | 30,784,588 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Utilities - 3.7% | ||||||||
AES Corp., The, 8.000%, 10/15/17 | $ | 35,000 | $ | 36,094 | ||||
AES Corp., The, 9.750%, 04/15/16 (a) | 225,000 | 247,500 | ||||||
Calpine Construction Finance Co., 8.000%, 06/01/16 (a) | 85,000 | 87,975 | ||||||
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.875%, 11/01/17 | 180,000 | 148,050 | ||||||
Linn Energy LLC, 11.750%, 05/15/17 (a) | 30,000 | 33,825 | ||||||
Mirant Americas Generation LLC, 8.500%, 10/01/21 | 100,000 | 95,500 | ||||||
Mirant North America LLC, 7.375%, 12/31/13 | 145,000 | 144,094 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.250%, 02/01/14 | 145,000 | 147,175 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.375%, 02/01/16 | 220,000 | 220,825 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.375%, 01/15/17 | 35,000 | 35,175 | ||||||
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC, 10.250%, 11/01/15 | 265,000 | 2 | 215,975 | |||||
Total Utilities | 1,412,188 | |||||||
Total Corporate Bonds | 36,824,014 | |||||||
Shares | ||||||||
Common Stocks - 1.0% | ||||||||
Consumer Staples - 0.2% | ||||||||
Spectrum Brands, Inc.* | 3,342 | 75,195 | ||||||
Financials - 0.2% | ||||||||
CIT Group, Inc.* | 2,339 | 64,580 | ||||||
Industrials - 0.0%# | ||||||||
World Color Press, Inc.* | 1,066 | 10,121 | ||||||
Information Technology - 0.2% | ||||||||
Flextronics International, Ltd.* | 13,000 | 95,030 | ||||||
Materials - 0.4% | ||||||||
Huntsman Corp. | 12,603 | 142,289 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | 387,215 | |||||||
Warrants - 0.0%# | ||||||||
World Color Press, Inc., $13.00, 07/20/14 | 604 | 3,382 | ||||||
World Color Press, Inc., $16.30, 07/20/14 | 604 | 2,395 | ||||||
Total Warrants | 5,777 | |||||||
Short-Term Investments - 5.6%1 | ||||||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series A, 0.05%3 | 1,963,000 | 1,963,000 | ||||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series B*3,10 | 87,750 | 17,111 | ||||||
Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | 122,171 | 122,171 | ||||||
Total Short-Term Investments | 2,102,282 | |||||||
Total Investments - 103.7% | 39,319,288 | |||||||
Other Assets, less Liabilities - (3.7)% | (1,414,480 | ) | ||||||
Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 37,904,808 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Investment Manager’s Comments
The Year in Review
Managers Fixed Income Fund (Institutional Class) returned 23.39% for the 12 months ended December 31, 2009, easily outpacing the return of 5.93% for the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
Just a year ago, much of the globe faced a deep recession and a significant financial crisis. Yield spreads on corporate bonds had widened to historic levels, reflecting investors’ fear of the potential for a sizeable uptick in defaults. Liquidity in the fixed income markets was nearly non-existent. Following months of global policy intervention on a scale never before seen, the economy has begun to claw back, banks are stronger, and financial markets are operating more efficiently. Yield spreads on corporate bonds have narrowed dramatically, reflecting the prospects of slow growth rather than the disaster scenario from last year. Spreads on investment-grade corporate bonds peaked at the end of last year at roughly 600 basis points over U.S. Treasuries. That spread shrunk to roughly 170 basis points by the end of 2009.
The Fund’s performance relative to the Index during 2009 was primarily driven by an overweight in corporate bonds and a related underweight in U.S. Treasuries. While this exact exposure detracted from performance in 2008, the Fund benefited from the narrowing of spreads in 2009. A sizeable portion of the Fund’s corporate exposure is in BBB-rated securities, which are at the lower end of the investment-grade credit scale. These securities were among the hardest hit in 2008, and bounced back strongest in 2009. The Fund’s exposure to non-U.S. Dollar denominated securities contributed positively during the period, particularly those tied to commodity-related currencies such as the Australian Dollar, New Zealand Dollar and the Canadian Dollar. A modest exposure to both asset-backed and convertible securities also benefited the Fund, as both segments of the market performed well.
Looking Forward
The Fund’s subadvisor, Loomis Sayles & Co., L.P. (“Loomis”), believes we are in the early stages of economic recovery and valuations broadly reflect that. They expect yields to remain low, with a bias to move higher during the year as economic conditions likely improve. If this happens, U.S. Treasuries will likely underperform. Investor appetite for risk assets may remain strong as they continue to seek incremental yield. Underlying that bid is the belief that economic growth and market liquidity will be sufficiently supportive. Loomis believes that market opportunities are fewer and farther between relative to a year ago. It suggests that we’ve exited the crisis period when many investments were priced at or near distressed levels. After the tremendous rally in risk assets in 2009, it would be hard to call any major market sector “cheap.” Within each sector, however, lie pockets of value waiting to be found. The constituents within each sector are by no means identical, with a diverse set of characteristics and range of valuations. Global markets provide a broad example, with a spectrum of offerings (bond and currency) from high-grade developed sovereigns to lower-rated emerging markets. The economies of Europe and Japan have their challenges, and Loomis thinks the U.S. Dollar will hold up against those currencies. However, the Dollar may weaken against non-Japan Asian currencies if that region continues to experience stronger growth.
Within securitized assets, Loomis is cautious on agency mortgage-backed securities but views carefully selected non-agency offerings as potentially attractive where the credit fundamentals are satisfactorily supported by their economic outlook, liquidity is good, and supply scarce. Within the corporate bond market — particularly in the BBB- to B-rated buckets — lies a diverse set of industries and issuers priced at a wide range of spreads. Loomis currently advocates a specific risk strategy in the Fund, as opposed to a strategy that emphasizes market risk. This approach requires extra diligence in identifying attractive bonds, but also provides the opportunity to capture additional yield, which may ultimately help offset future price declines. While Loomis expects U.S. Treasuries to underperform in 2010 as they did in 2009, they believe the performance for most other sectors is likely to look very different this year. Returns may be positive but lower, and probably more varied, as the major sectors are no longer wildly mispriced. Still, if the economy continues to chug along, Loomis believes investors may be able to earn positive returns. Loomis plans to stay nimble, because if the economy tilts weaker, it might be necessary to take some risk off the table.
This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, Loomis, Sayles and Company L.P., as of January 26, 2010.
Cumulative Total Return Performance
Managers Fixed Income Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an index of the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, including both government and corporate bonds. Unlike the Fund, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund’s Class A Shares on December 31, 1999, with a $10,000 investment made in the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index for the same time period. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder
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Cumulative Total Return Performance (continued)
would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Total returns for the Fund would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
The table below shows the average annualized total returns for the Fixed Income Fund and the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index from December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2009.
Average Annual Total Returns1 | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||
Fixed Income2,3 | -Class A | No Load | 23.14 | % | 5.05 | % | 6.52 | % | |||||
-Class A | With Load | 17.86 | % | 4.15 | % | 6.06 | % | ||||||
-Class B | No Load | 22.22 | % | 4.28 | % | 5.87 | % | ||||||
-Class B | With Load | 17.22 | % | 3.94 | % | 5.87 | % | ||||||
-Class C | No Load | 22.13 | % | 4.26 | % | 5.86 | % | ||||||
-Class C | With Load | 21.13 | % | 4.26 | % | 5.86 | % | ||||||
-Institutional Class | No Load | 23.39 | % | 5.31 | % | 6.94 | % | ||||||
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 5.93 | % | 4.97 | % | 6.33 | % | |||||||
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 the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.
Performance differences among the share classes are due to differences in sales charge structures and class expenses. Returns shown reflect maximum sales charge of 4.25% on Class A, as well as the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on both Class B and C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1 through 6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charge is assessed after year six. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC.
In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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 December 31, 2009. All returns are in U.S. dollars($). |
2 | The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtors’ ability to pay its creditors. |
3 | From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. |
Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.
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Fund Snapshots
December 31, 2009
Portfolio Breakdown
Industry | Fixed Income Fund** | ||
Industrials | 42.5 | % | |
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | 14.9 | % | |
Financials | 14.9 | % | |
Foreign Government Obligations | 9.2 | % | |
Utilities | 8.1 | % | |
Asset-Backed Securities | 3.3 | % | |
Municipal Bonds | 1.4 | % | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 0.9 | % | |
Preferred Stocks | 0.4 | % | |
Other Assets and Liabilities | 4.4 | % |
Top Ten Holdings
Top Ten Holdings | % of Net Assets | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.125%, 05/15/19* | 4.1 | % | |
Canadian Government, 2.000%, 09/01/12 | 3.9 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.000%, 08/31/11 | 3.0 | ||
Inter-American Development Bank, 6.000%, 12/15/17* | 1.8 | ||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 5.950%, 02/15/18* | 1.8 | ||
International Paper Co., 7.500%, 08/15/21 | 1.6 | ||
PPG Industries, Inc., 6.650%, 03/15/18* | 1.5 | ||
FNMA, 1.375%, 04/28/11 | 1.5 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.375%, 11/15/39 | 1.4 | ||
American General Finance Corp., Series J, 6.900%, 12/15/17 | 1.4 | ||
Top Ten as a Group | 22.0 | % | |
* | Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2009 |
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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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Corporate Bonds - 65.5% | |||||||
Financials - 14.9% | |||||||
AgriBank FCB, 9.125%, 07/15/19 9 | $ | 810,000 | $ | 891,591 | |||
American General Finance Corp., Series J, 6.900%, 12/15/17 | 2,770,000 | 1,925,998 | |||||
Associates Corp. of North America, 6.950%, 11/01/18 | 650,000 | 658,291 | |||||
Bank of America Capital Trust VI, 5.625%, 03/08/35 | 295,000 | 236,869 | |||||
Barclays Capital Corp., 4.160%, 02/22/10 (a) | THB | 6,000,000 | 180,985 | ||||
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., The, 4.650%, 07/02/18 | 480,000 | 463,180 | |||||
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., The, 5.300%, 10/30/15 | 25,000 | 26,475 | |||||
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., The, 6.400%, 10/02/17 | 65,000 | 70,964 | |||||
Camden Property Trust, 5.700%, 05/15/17 | 255,000 | 240,872 | |||||
Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., 7.875%, 10/15/19 (a) 9 | 700,000 | 686,205 | |||||
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Series MTN, 5.450%, 04/15/18 | 30,000 | 31,299 | |||||
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 6.125%, 02/17/14 | 615,000 | 687,918 | |||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.500%, 10/15/14 | 1,340,000 | 1,358,204 | |||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.850%, 12/11/34 | 75,000 | 66,373 | |||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.875%, 05/29/37 | 100,000 | 88,398 | |||||
Citigroup, Inc., 6.125%, 05/15/18 | 345,000 | 347,428 | |||||
Colonial Realty, L.P., 4.800%, 04/01/11 | 181,000 | 176,354 | |||||
Duke Realty, L.P., 5.950%, 02/15/17 | 35,000 | 32,620 | |||||
ERP Operating, L.P., 5.125%, 03/15/16 | 15,000 | 14,641 | |||||
ERP Operating, L.P., 5.750%, 06/15/17 | 70,000 | 70,113 | |||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, 7.250%, 10/25/11 | 5,000 | 5,052 | |||||
GE Capital Australia Funding Pty., Ltd., MTN, 8.000%, 02/13/12 | AUD | 260,000 | 241,833 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp., MTN, Series A, 0.584%, 05/13/24, (01/10/15) 5 | 180,000 | 153,169 | |||||
Highwoods Realty, L.P., 5.850%, 03/15/17 | 30,000 | 27,406 | |||||
Highwoods Realty, L.P., 7.500%, 04/15/18 | 350,000 | 341,209 | |||||
iStar Financial, Inc., 0.751%, 10/01/12, (04/01/10) 5,12 | 325,000 | 179,172 | |||||
MBIA Insurance Corp., 14.000%, 01/15/33 (a) 7 | 25,000 | 2 | 11,125 | ||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 5.375%, 07/15/14 | 410,000 | 419,732 | |||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 5.750%, 09/15/15 | 652,000 | 681,035 | |||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 5.875%, 08/01/33 | 1,230,000 | 1,095,235 | |||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 9.250%, 04/15/19 | 138,000 | 167,711 | |||||
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.110%, 01/29/37 | 1,800,000 | 1,664,701 | |||||
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., MTN, Series C, 6.050%, 06/01/34 | 1,100,000 | 990,388 | |||||
Morgan Stanley, 4.750%, 04/01/14 | 540,000 | 543,620 | |||||
Morgan Stanley, 5.550%, 04/27/17 | 620,000 | 623,672 | |||||
Morgan Stanley, 5.950%, 12/28/17 | 200,000 | 206,614 | |||||
Morgan Stanley, 6.625%, 04/01/18 | 160,000 | 173,263 | |||||
Morgan Stanley, Series MTN, 5.625%, 09/23/19 | 300,000 | 302,754 | |||||
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 6.800%, 06/15/36 (a) | 620,000 | 522,970 | |||||
National City Bank of Indiana, 4.250%, 07/01/18 | 395,000 | 361,240 | |||||
ProLogis Trust, 5.625%, 11/15/15 | 15,000 | 14,281 | |||||
ProLogis Trust, 5.750%, 04/01/16 | 15,000 | 14,107 | |||||
SLM Corp., 0.582%, 01/27/14, (01/25/10) 5 | 135,000 | 104,242 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Financials - 14.9% (continued) | ||||||
SLM Corp., 5.000%, 10/01/13 | $ | 10,000 | $ | 9,207 | ||
SLM Corp., 5.375%, 01/15/13 | 20,000 | 18,879 | ||||
SLM Corp., 8.450%, 06/15/18 | 845,000 | 835,043 | ||||
Simon Property Group, L.P., 5.250%, 12/01/16 | 25,000 | 24,348 | ||||
Simon Property Group, L.P., 5.750%, 12/01/15 | 85,000 | 86,787 | ||||
Simon Property Group, L.P., 5.875%, 03/01/17 | 40,000 | 40,114 | ||||
Simon Property Group, L.P., 6.100%, 05/01/16 | 100,000 | 102,187 | ||||
Sovereign Bank, 5.125%, 03/15/13 | 335,000 | 338,281 | ||||
Standard Chartered Bank, 6.400%, 09/29/17 (a) | 100,000 | 103,568 | ||||
Standard Chartered PLC, 5.500%, 11/18/14 (a) | 750,000 | 802,071 | ||||
WEA Finance LLC / WT Finance Australia, 6.7500%, 09/02/19 (a) | 535,000 | 575,479 | ||||
Willis North America, Inc., 7.000%, 09/29/19 | 220,000 | 224,409 | ||||
XL Capital PLC, 6.500%, 01/15/12 | 105,000 | 108,711 | ||||
Total Financials | 20,368,393 | |||||
Industrials - 42.5% | ||||||
Alltel Corp., 7.875%, 07/01/32 | 210,000 | 250,454 | ||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 5.950%, 09/15/16 | 450,000 | 487,439 | ||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 6.450%, 09/15/36 | 395,000 | 413,864 | ||||
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 5.950%, 01/15/33 | 330,000 | 324,112 | ||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/14 (a) | 975,000 | 1,033,391 | ||||
AT&T Corp., 6.500%, 03/15/29 | 775,000 | 773,557 | ||||
Avnet, Inc., 6.000%, 09/01/15 | 720,000 | 731,921 | ||||
Avnet, Inc., 6.625%, 09/15/16 | 140,000 | 144,630 | ||||
Bell Atlantic Pennsylvania, Inc., 6.000%, 12/01/28 | 85,000 | 76,027 | ||||
BellSouth Corp., 6.000%, 11/15/34 | 280,000 | 274,102 | ||||
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 5.950%, 05/15/37 | 410,000 | 390,538 | ||||
Cardinal Health, Inc., 4.000%, 06/15/15 | 320,000 | 314,344 | ||||
Charter Communications Operating LLC, 8.000%, 04/30/12 (a) | 245,000 | 252,962 | ||||
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ltd., 6.250%, 04/04/13 | 715,000 | 714,645 | ||||
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC, 8.250%, 06/15/19 (a) | 1,205,000 | 1,420,628 | ||||
CIGNA Corp., 6.150%, 11/15/36 | 240,000 | 215,058 | ||||
Coca-Cola HBC Finance, B.V., 5.125%, 09/17/13 | 265,000 | 283,822 | ||||
Comcast Corp., 5.650%, 06/15/35 | 405,000 | 379,798 | ||||
Comcast Corp., 6.450%, 03/15/37 | 240,000 | 248,260 | ||||
Comcast Corp., 6.500%, 11/15/35 | 325,000 | 338,051 | ||||
Continental Airlines, Inc., 5.983%, 04/19/22 | 425,000 | 410,125 | ||||
Continental Airlines, Inc., Series 00A1, 8.048%, 11/01/20 | 94,165 | 92,517 | ||||
Continental Airlines, Inc., Series B, 6.903%, 04/19/22 | 94,000 | 81,780 | ||||
Corning, Inc., 6.850%, 03/01/29 | 600,000 | 600,879 | ||||
Covidien International Finance, S.A., 6.000%, 10/15/17 | 295,000 | 319,352 | ||||
CSX Corp., 6.000%, 10/01/36 | 504,000 | 499,635 | ||||
Cummins Engine Co., Inc., 6.750%, 02/15/27 | 153,000 | 147,509 | ||||
Cytec Industries, Inc., 6.000%, 10/01/15 | 80,000 | 84,440 | ||||
D.R. Horton, Inc., 5.250%, 02/15/15 | 420,000 | 396,900 | ||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc., 6.000%, 08/15/35 | 170,000 | 154,835 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrials - 42.5% (continued) | |||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc., 8.021%, 08/10/22 | $ | 707,264 | $ | 620,624 | |||
DP World, Ltd., 6.850%, 07/02/37 (a) | 1,420,000 | 1,098,022 | |||||
Dun & Bradstreet Corp., The, 6.000%, 04/01/13 | 790,000 | 813,860 | |||||
El Paso Corp., 6.950%, 06/01/28 | 165,000 | 142,343 | |||||
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., 6.125%, 02/15/17 | 65,000 | 67,516 | |||||
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., 6.625%, 10/15/36 | 145,000 | 145,162 | |||||
Equifax, Inc., 7.000%, 07/01/37 | 228,000 | 224,851 | |||||
Equitable Resources, Inc., 6.500%, 04/01/18 | 1,730,000 | 1,777,677 | |||||
ERAC USA Finance Co., 6.375%, 10/15/17 (a) | 240,000 | 242,784 | |||||
ERAC USA Finance Co., 6.700%, 06/01/34 (a) | 65,000 | 57,607 | |||||
ERAC USA Finance Co., 7.000%, 10/15/37 (a) | 925,000 | 908,125 | |||||
Express Scripts, Inc., 6.250%, 06/15/14 | 305,000 | 333,119 | |||||
Express Scripts, Inc., 7.250%, 06/15/19 | 185,000 | 210,561 | |||||
Ford Motor Co., 4.250%, 11/15/16 12 | 1,080,000 | 1,359,450 | |||||
GATX Corp., 4.750%, 10/01/12 | 560,000 | 572,202 | |||||
Georgia-Pacific Corp., 7.250%, 06/01/28 | 70,000 | 65,450 | |||||
Hasbro, Inc., 6.600%, 07/15/28 | 165,000 | 150,794 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 6.250%, 02/15/13 | 5,000 | 4,888 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 6.375%, 01/15/15 | 5,000 | 4,744 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/27 | 750,000 | 646,875 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/33 | 75,000 | 65,965 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 7.750%, 07/15/36 | 5,000 | 4,475 | |||||
HCA, Inc., 8.750%, 09/01/10 | 625,000 | 642,969 | |||||
Home Depot, Inc., The, 5.875%, 12/16/36 | 630,000 | 610,125 | |||||
Intel Corp., 2.950%, 12/15/35 12 | 265,000 | 257,050 | |||||
Intel Corp., 3.250%, 08/01/39 (a) 12 | 1,035,000 | 1,194,131 | |||||
International Paper Co., 7.500%, 08/15/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,245,394 | |||||
International Paper Co., 7.950%, 06/15/18 | 625,000 | 722,017 | |||||
Intuit, Inc., 5.750%, 03/15/17 | 210,000 | 217,828 | |||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 5.750%, 02/15/18 | 25,000 | 24,781 | |||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/36 | 580,000 | 517,940 | |||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 7.400%, 04/01/37 | 20,000 | 19,950 | |||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 7.625%, 03/01/97 | 25,000 | 22,625 | |||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 5.950%, 02/15/18 | 2,335,000 | 2,477,254 | |||||
Kinder Morgan Finance Co., 5.700%, 01/05/16 | 165,000 | 159,225 | |||||
KLA Instruments Corp., 6.900%, 05/01/18 | 1,135,000 | 1,196,072 | |||||
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., 6.875%, 03/11/38 | 295,000 | 335,760 | |||||
Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.500%, 11/01/31 | 185,000 | 186,378 | |||||
Kroger Co., The, 7.000%, 05/01/18 | 460,000 | 2 | 515,135 | ||||
Liberty Media Corp., 5.700%, 05/15/13 | 190,000 | 181,925 | |||||
Lubrizol Corp., 6.500%, 10/01/34 | 880,000 | 902,361 | |||||
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.790%, 07/15/27 | 80,000 | 67,600 | |||||
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.900%, 04/01/29 | 30,000 | 26,550 | |||||
Marks & Spencer Group PLC, 7.125%, 12/01/37 (a) | 300,000 | 305,806 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Industrials - 42.5% (continued) | ||||||
Masco Corp., 5.850%, 03/15/17 | $ | 350,000 | $ | 326,126 | ||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., 7.125%, 03/15/18 | 1,105,000 | 1,244,133 | ||||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., 7.250%, 08/15/13 | 420,000 | 466,975 | ||||
Methanex Corp., 6.000%, 08/15/15 | 320,000 | 273,264 | ||||
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 5.000%, 01/01/45 9 | 200,000 | 134,000 | ||||
Motorola, Inc., 5.220%, 10/01/97 | 40,000 | 20,720 | ||||
Motorola, Inc., 6.500%, 09/01/25 | 15,000 | 13,062 | ||||
Motorola, Inc., 6.500%, 11/15/28 | 70,000 | 60,366 | ||||
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., 7.875%, 11/15/29 | 95,000 | 104,201 | ||||
News America, Inc., 6.200%, 12/15/34 | 350,000 | 352,870 | ||||
News America, Inc., 6.400%, 12/15/35 | 425,000 | 437,801 | ||||
News America, Inc., 7.280%, 06/30/28 | 225,000 | 228,429 | ||||
News America, Inc., 7.625%, 11/30/28 | 460,000 | 492,890 | ||||
Nextel Communications, Inc., 5.950%, 03/15/14 | 710,000 | 666,513 | ||||
Northwest Airlines, Inc., 8.028%, 11/01/17 | 423,886 | 336,989 | ||||
Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 04/15/16 9 | 125,000 | 114,478 | ||||
Owens Corning, Inc., 6.500%, 12/01/16 | 210,000 | 215,352 | ||||
Owens Corning, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/36 | 360,000 | 336,724 | ||||
PPG Industries, Inc., 6.650%, 03/15/18 | 1,935,000 | 2,109,696 | ||||
Pulte Homes, Inc., 6.000%, 02/15/35 | 1,265,000 | 1,005,675 | ||||
Pulte Homes, Inc., 6.375%, 05/15/33 | 465,000 | 377,813 | ||||
Qantas Airways, Ltd., 6.050%, 04/15/16 (a) | 1,500,000 | 1,515,138 | ||||
Questar Market Resources, Inc., 6.800%, 04/01/18 | 1,365,000 | 1,424,712 | ||||
Qwest Corp., 6.875%, 09/15/33 | 20,000 | 17,700 | ||||
Rowan Cos., Inc., 7.875%, 08/01/19 | 300,000 | 334,349 | ||||
SBC Communications, Inc., 6.150%, 09/15/34 | 840,000 | 832,955 | ||||
Safeway, Inc., 6.350%, 08/15/17 | 400,000 | 438,450 | ||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 7.700%, 10/01/27 (a) | 540,000 | 567,213 | ||||
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.900%, 05/01/19 | 15,000 | 13,875 | ||||
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 03/15/32 | 5,000 | 4,738 | ||||
Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A., 6.000%, 09/30/34 | 40,000 | 37,946 | ||||
Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A., 6.375%, 11/15/33 | 105,000 | 103,835 | ||||
Tele-Communications, Inc., 9.800%, 02/01/12 | 350,000 | 396,320 | ||||
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.877%, 07/15/19 | 265,000 | 284,556 | ||||
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 7.045%, 06/20/36 | 455,000 | 521,231 | ||||
Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P., 7.000%, 07/15/32 | 255,000 | 287,467 | ||||
TGT Pipeline LLC, 5.200%, 06/01/18 | 465,000 | 443,205 | ||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.750%, 07/01/18 | 1,500,000 | 1,650,536 | ||||
Time Warner, Inc., 6.625%, 05/15/29 | 270,000 | 282,306 | ||||
Time Warner, Inc., 6.950%, 01/15/28 | 120,000 | 129,466 | ||||
Time Warner, Inc., 7.625%, 04/15/31 | 80,000 | 93,192 | ||||
Time Warner, Inc., 7.700%, 05/01/32 | 685,000 | 806,731 | ||||
Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 5.150%, 05/15/15 | 555,000 | 531,667 | ||||
Toro Co., The, 6.625%, 05/01/37 9 | 365,000 | 295,469 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrials - 42.5% (continued) | |||||||
V.F. Corp., 6.450%, 11/01/37 | $ | 412,000 | $ | 434,867 | |||
Verizon Global Funding Corp., 5.850%, 09/15/35 | 735,000 | 719,067 | |||||
Verizon Maryland, Inc., 5.125%, 06/15/33 | 295,000 | 234,112 | |||||
Verizon New England, Inc., 6.500%, 09/15/11 | 530,000 | 565,132 | |||||
Verizon New York, Inc., Series B, 7.375%, 04/01/32 | 110,000 | 118,827 | |||||
Viacom, Inc., 6.875%, 04/30/36 | 470,000 | 509,820 | |||||
Western Union Co., 6.200%, 11/17/36 | 635,000 | 633,704 | |||||
Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.875%, 12/15/33 | 645,000 | 573,447 | |||||
Total Industrials | 58,321,655 | ||||||
Utilities - 8.1% | |||||||
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., 7.250%, 08/01/18 (a) | 1,040,000 | 1,063,651 | |||||
Ameren Energy Generating Co., 7.000%, 04/15/18 | 1,200,000 | 1,245,696 | |||||
Bruce Mansfield Unit 12, 6.850%, 06/01/34 9 | 319,348 | 321,586 | |||||
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., The, 5.950%, 12/15/36 | 715,000 | 668,180 | |||||
Commonwealth Edison Co., 4.700%, 04/15/15 | 510,000 | 528,812 | |||||
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, Yankee, 7.875%, 02/01/27 | 900,000 | 1,007,403 | |||||
Illinois Power Co., 6.250%, 04/01/18 | 1,370,000 | 1,454,126 | |||||
ITC Holdings Corp., 5.875%, 09/30/16 (a) | 225,000 | 227,554 | |||||
ITC Holdings Corp., 6.375%, 09/30/36 (a) | 300,000 | 278,588 | |||||
Korea Gas Corp., 6.000%, 07/15/14 (a) | 300,000 | 325,343 | |||||
NiSource Finance Corp., 6.400%, 03/15/18 | 1,645,000 | 1,712,473 | |||||
NiSource Finance Corp., 6.800%, 01/15/19 | 900,000 | 964,135 | |||||
Southwestern Electric Power Co., 6.450%, 01/15/19 | 1,225,000 | 1,314,282 | |||||
Total Utilities | 11,111,829 | ||||||
Total Corporate Bonds | 89,801,877 | ||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 14.9% | |||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 1.9% | |||||||
FHLMC, 1.625%, 09/26/12 | 1,040,000 | 1,036,498 | |||||
FHLMC, 2.125%, 09/21/12 | 1,560,000 | 2 | 1,577,630 | ||||
Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | 2,614,128 | ||||||
Federal National Mortgage Association - 2.8% | |||||||
FNMA, 1.375%, 04/28/11 | 2,080,000 | 2,095,979 | |||||
FNMA, 1.750%, 08/10/12 | 1,040,000 | 1,040,449 | |||||
FNMA, 1.875%, 04/20/12 | 650,000 | 657,137 | |||||
Total Federal National Mortgage Association | 3,793,565 | ||||||
United States Treasury Securities - 10.2% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.000%, 08/31/11 | 4,095,000 | 4,098,362 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.125%, 05/15/19 | 6,000,000 | 5,684,064 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.375%, 11/15/39 | 2,060,000 | 1,972,452 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.500%, 09/30/11 | 750,000 | 795,410 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.750%, 05/15/14 | 835,000 | 919,023 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.000%, 01/15/14 | 514,686 | 544,923 | |||||
Total United States Treasury Securities | 14,014,234 | ||||||
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | 20,421,927 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Foreign Government Obligations - 9.2% | ||||||
Brazil, Republic of, 10.250%, 01/10/28 | BRL | 750,000 | $ | 432,941 | ||
Canadian Government, 2.000%, 09/01/12 | CAD | 5,600,000 | 5,364,831 | |||
Canadian Government, 3.750%, 06/01/12 | CAD | 135,000 | 135,077 | |||
Canadian Government, 5.250%, 06/01/12 | CAD | 390,000 | 403,421 | |||
Inter-American Development Bank, 6.000%, 12/15/17 | NZD | 3,500,000 | 2,508,602 | |||
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 9.500%, 05/27/10 | ISK | 3,300,000 | 26,540 | |||
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Series GDIF, 1.430%, 03/05/14 | SGD | 1,000,000 | 686,515 | |||
Mexican Bonos, Series M10, 7.250%, 12/15/16 | MXN | 6,850,000 | 516,043 | |||
Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, 8.000%, 12/07/23 | MXN | 3,500,000 | 258,821 | |||
Mexican Government, 9.000%, 12/20/12 | MXN | 5,950,000 | 482,340 | |||
New South Wales Treasury Corp., Series 10RG, 7.000%, 12/01/10 | AUD | 995,000 | 914,481 | |||
New South Wales Treasury Corp., Series 12RG, 6.000%, 05/01/12 | AUD | 260,000 | 238,301 | |||
Queensland Treasury Corp., Series 11G, 6.000%, 06/14/11 | AUD | 665,000 | 608,773 | |||
Total Foreign Government Obligations | 12,576,686 | |||||
Municipal Bonds - 1.4% | ||||||
Buckeye Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Asset-A-2, 5.875%, 06/01/47 9 | $ | 250,000 | 187,947 | |||
California State, 4.500%, 08/01/27 (AMBAC Insured) | 45,000 | 39,826 | ||||
California State, 4.500%, 10/01/29 | 130,000 | 111,883 | ||||
California State, 4.500%, 08/01/30 | 30,000 | 25,791 | ||||
California State, 4.500%, 08/01/30 (AMBAC Insured) | 35,000 | 29,876 | ||||
California State, Variable Purpose Bond, 3.250%, 12/01/27 (National Insured) | 25,000 | 18,375 | ||||
California State, Variable Purpose Bond, 4.500%, 12/01/33 (AMBAC Insured) | 110,000 | 91,234 | ||||
Chicago Illinois O’Hare International Airport Revenue Bond, Series A, 4.500%, 01/01/38 (AGM Insured) | 15,000 | 14,223 | ||||
Eufaula Alabama, Series C, 4.000%, 08/15/12 (AMBAC Insured) | 255,000 | 254,946 | ||||
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Financial Authority, Series A, 7.309%, 06/01/34 9 | 390,000 | 311,618 | ||||
Omaha Public Power District (Nebraska), Electric System Subordinated Revenue Bonds, Series AA, 4.500%, (FGIC Insured) | 45,000 | 45,120 | ||||
San Jose California Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation, Series C, 3.750%, 08/01/28 (National Insured) | 35,000 | 26,831 | ||||
San Jose California Redevelopment Agency, 3.750%, 08/01/28 (BHAC Insured) | 15,000 | 12,625 | ||||
Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., 6.706%, 06/01/46 9 | 1,055,000 | 761,057 | ||||
Total Municipal Bonds | 1,931,352 | |||||
Asset-Backed Securities - 3.3% | ||||||
Capital One Auto Finance Trust 2006-C A4, 0.263%, 05/15/13, (01/15/10) 5 | 661,548 | 653,718 | ||||
Centex Home Equity Loan, Series 2004-A, Class AF6, 0.603%, 01/25/34 7 | 258,319 | 211,016 | ||||
Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2007-B1, Class B1, 0.483%, 04/15/19, (01/15/10) 5 | 845,000 | 732,163 | ||||
Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2005-C1, Class C1, 0.603%, 11/15/12, (01/15/10) 5 | 56,000 | 55,902 | ||||
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2008-C6, Class C6, 6.300%, 06/20/14 | 780,000 | 806,018 | ||||
Countrywide Home Loans, Series 2002-S1, Class A5, 5.960%, 11/25/16 | 184,807 | 131,036 | ||||
Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust, Series 2009-2A, Class A, 4.809%, 07/20/31 (a) | 1,149,237 | 1,142,956 | ||||
MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2005-B2, Class B, 0.413%, 12/17/12, (01/15/10) 5 | 535,000 | 530,948 | ||||
Merrill Auto Trust Securitization, Series 2008-1, Class B, 6.750%, 04/15/15 | 200,000 | 201,414 | ||||
Total Asset-Backed Securities | 4,465,171 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 0.9% | ||||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-7, Class 3A1, 5.000%, 08/25/20 | $ | 275,417 | $ | 268,870 | ||
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital, Series 2007-C5, Class A4, 5.695%, 09/15/40 7 | 300,000 | 240,140 | ||||
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2007-LDPX, Class A3, 5.420%, 01/15/49 | 110,000 | 93,058 | ||||
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2007-LD11, Class A4, 5.818%, 06/15/49 7 | 220,000 | 192,130 | ||||
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2001-C3, Class A2, 6.365%, 12/15/28 | 320,000 | 334,282 | ||||
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Inc., Series 2001-PPM, Class A2, 6.400%, 02/15/31 | 99,493 | 102,437 | ||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities | 1,230,917 | |||||
Shares | ||||||
Preferred Stocks - 0.4% | ||||||
FHLMC, Series F, 5.000%* | 750 | 1,320 | ||||
FHLMC, Series V, 5.570%* | 11,750 | 11,750 | ||||
FHLMC, Series W, 5.660%* | 3,450 | 3,277 | ||||
FHLMC, Series R, 5.700%* | 1,200 | 2,568 | ||||
FHLMC, Series K, 5.790%* | 2,250 | 3,802 | ||||
FHLMC, Series O, 5.810%* | 750 | 1,298 | ||||
FHLMC, Series U, 5.900%* | 1,700 | 1,462 | ||||
FHLMC, Series P, 6.000%* | 1,000 | 1,680 | ||||
FHLMC, Series T, 6.420%* | 700 | 1,253 | ||||
FHLMC, Series Y, 6.550%* | 3,300 | 3,333 | ||||
FHLMC, Series Z, 8.375%* | 29,524 | 31,000 | ||||
FNMA, Series M, 4.750%* | 1,500 | 2,175 | ||||
FNMA, Series L, 5.125%* | 550 | 814 | ||||
FNMA, Series I, 5.375%* | 1,050 | 1,680 | ||||
FNMA, Series H, 5.810%* | 450 | 688 | ||||
FNMA, Series Q, 6.750%* | 700 | 682 | ||||
FNMA, Series S, 8.250%* | 52,775 | 58,052 | ||||
Newell Financial Trust I, 5.250% | 13,455 | 474,289 | ||||
Total Preferred Stocks | 601,123 | |||||
Short-Term Investments - 3.4%1 | ||||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series A, 0.05%3 | 1,759,000 | 1,759,000 | ||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series B*3,10 | 247,573 | 48,277 | ||||
Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | 765,551 | 765,551 | ||||
JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.19% | 2,023,130 | 2,023,130 | ||||
Total Short-Term Investments | 4,595,958 | |||||
Total Investments - 99.0% | 135,625,011 | |||||
Other Assets, less Liabilities - 1.0% | 1,435,154 | |||||
Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 137,060,165 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Managers Short Duration Government Fund
Investment Manager’s Comments
The Managers Short Duration Government Bond Fund (“the Fund”) seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income, consistent with a low volatility of net asset value.
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by matching the duration, or interest-rate risk, of a portfolio that invests exclusively in six-month U.S. Treasury securities on a constant maturity basis. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in debt securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities and synthetic instruments or derivatives having economic characteristics similar to such debt securities.
The Fund typically employs hedging techniques using instruments such as interest rate futures, options, floors, caps, and swaps, designed to reduce the interest-rate risk of its fixed income securities. The Fund’s benchmark is the Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index.
The Portfolio Manager
Smith Breeden Associates, Inc.
Smith Breeden Associates, Inc. (“Smith Breeden”) is the subadvisor for the Fund. Smith Breeden, located at 280 South Mangum Street, Suite 301, Durham, NC, was founded in 1982. Smith Breeden is a money management and consulting firm involved in money management for separate accounts such as pensions and endowments, financial institution consulting and investment advice, and equity investments. The firm specializes in high-credit-quality fixed-income investments, interest rate risk management, and the application of option pricing to banking and investments. As of December 31, 2009, Smith Breeden advised or managed assets of approximately $13.1 billion.
Smith Breeden believes that innovative research provides critical insights into the fixed income market. The firm’s experienced investment professionals apply these research insights to the management of investment portfolios designed to achieve their clients’ objectives. The key tenets of this market-tested investment philosophy are:
• | Over a market cycle, a portfolio of fixed income securities with wide risk-adjusted spreads produces an attractive total return in comparison to the market return. |
• | The incremental return available from security selection and sector allocation, based on careful relative-value analysis, quantitative research, and experienced market judgment, is more consistent than the incremental return from predicting the direction of interest rates. |
• | Within the investment-grade fixed income market, the spread sectors (e.g., corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), commercial MBS (CMBS), and asset-backed securities (ABS)) will tend to outperform Treasury securities over a market cycle. The mortgage, corporate, CMBS, and ABS sectors also offer the greatest active management opportunity for adding value through security selection. |
The portfolio management team at Smith Breeden specializes in analyzing and investing in mortgage-backed securities. Through careful analysis and comparison of the characteristics of these securities, such as type of issuer, coupon, maturity, geographic structure, and prepayment rates, the portfolio manager seeks to structure a portfolio with similar risk characteristics to the Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index and slightly higher returns. Because there is less certainty about the timing of principal payments to individual mortgage securities than for U.S. Treasury securities, they tend to carry a slightly higher yield. A properly structured portfolio of mortgage securities, however, can have a highly predictable cash flow while maintaining a yield advantage over Treasuries. Although the portfolio management team often purchases securities with maturities longer than six months, it does not attempt to increase returns by actively positioning the interest rate sensitivity of the Portfolio. Instead, the team typically manages the weighted average duration of the Portfolio so that it remains close to six months.
The ideal investment exhibits many of the following traits:
• | Yield advantage over Treasuries |
• | Very high quality (AAA or Government) |
• | Attractive value relative to other MBS opportunities |
The portfolio:
• | Seeks to optimize return per unit of risk |
• | Minimal exposure to credit risk and interest rate risk |
• | Consists of high-quality MBS, CMBS, and ABS securities |
• | Will tend to have an interest-rate sensitivity similar to that of the benchmark |
The investment team will make a sell decision when:
• | They no longer view the bonds as attractive |
• | They deem it necessary to reallocate the Portfolio |
• | To maintain the Portfolio’s target duration |
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Investment Manager’s Comments (continued)
The Year in Review
During the 12 months ended December 31, 2009, the Fund returned 6.54%, while the Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index returned 0.58%.
The credit and financial crises of 2008 and 2009 was an exceptionally challenging time for fixed income markets. The federal government became heavily involved in supporting industries and the broad market by initiating several programs, including the following which particularly aided the fixed income markets:
• | Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) |
• | Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) and expanded TALF |
• | Federal Reserve MBS purchase program |
• | Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) |
With these new programs in place, spread products, including the mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities on which Smith Breeden focuses, outperformed Treasury hedges as market participants were once again willing to accept risk, and demand (in some cases, such as ABS) outpaced supply. Realized volatility and hedging costs dropped significantly throughout the year, and market liquidity improved dramatically from 2008 levels. The yield curve steepened in 2009; short-term rates dropped while long-term interest rates rose, the latter particularly towards the end of the year.
At the beginning of 2009, the Fund had fairly modest positions in non-agency adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), ABS, and CMBS, with these combined positions representing roughly 8% of capital exposure. All of this exposure was positioned at the top of the capital structure to provide maximum credit protection to the securities.
Most of the portfolio outperformance for the year was attributed to the Fund’s agency MBS exposure. Agency adjustable-rate mortgages and fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) were beneficiaries of lower realized volatility, hedging costs, and mortgage rates. Additionally, as of December 31, 2009, the Federal Reserve had purchased $1.1 trillion in agency MBS out of the expected $1.25 trillion total, which narrowed spreads across the sector — especially in 30-year mortgages.
Yield curve positioning was another positive factor for Fund performance. Towards year end, the Fund’s longer-dated treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) performed well as concerns regarding federal deficit levels (and the end to quantitative easing) surfaced. For most of the year, the Fund maintained exposure to the front end of the yield curve.
Looking Forward
On December 31, portfolio duration closely approximated that of the benchmark. The manager maintains effectively no leverage in the portfolio. ARM (agency and non-agency), CMBS, and ABS exposures were reduced by approximately 2.5%, 1%, and 0.5%, respectively, on a market-value basis within the portfolio. The largest sector decrease was in 15-year agency FRMs, which was reduced by nearly 6% of capital. The Fund maintains small allocations to TIPS and Interest-Only Strips. We believe that high-quality spread assets held in the portfolio are likely to continue to experience positive performance. Although spreads may tighten more slowly in 2010 as government intervention and stimulus efforts begin slowing or coming to an end, continued market demand for risk assets should keep a floor on prices across sectors.
This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, Smith Breeden Associates, as of January 26, 2010.
Cumulative Total Return Performance
Managers Short Duration Government Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that measures returns of six-month U.S. Treasury bills. Unlike the Fund, the Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund on December 31, 1999 to a $10,000 investment made in the Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index for the same time periods. Figures include reinvestment of
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Investment Manager’s Comments (continued)
Cumulative Total Return Performance (continued)
capital gains and dividends. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Total returns for the Fund would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
The table below shows the average annualized total returns for the Managers Short Duration Government Fund and the Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index from December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2009.
Average Annual Total Returns1 | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||
Short Duration Government Fund 2,3,4 | 6.54 | % | 3.50 | % | 3.85 | % | |||
Merrill Lynch Six-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index | 0.58 | % | 3.52 | % | 3.39 | % |
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 the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.
In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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 December 31, 2009. All returns are in U.S. dollars($). |
2 | 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. |
3 | The Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging purposes or as part of its investment strategy. There is a risk that a derivative intended as a hedge may not perform as expected. The main risk with derivatives is that some types can amplify a gain or loss, potentially earning or losing substantially more money than the actual cost of the derivative or that the counterparty may fail to honor its contract terms, causing a loss for the Fund. Use of these instruments may also involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, management risk and the risk that a fund could not close out a position when it would be most advantageous to do so. |
4 | Many bonds have call provisions which allow the debtors to pay them back before maturity. This is especially true with mortgage securities, which can be paid back anytime. Typically debtors prepay their debt when it is to their advantage (when interest rates drop making a new loan at current rates more attractive), and thus likely to the disadvantage of bondholders, who may have to reinvest prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields. Prepayment risk will vary depending on the provisions of the security and current interest rates relative to the interest rate of the debt. |
Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.
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Fund Snapshots
December 31, 2009
Portfolio Breakdown
Portfolio Breakdown | Short Duration Government Fund** | ||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | 87.8 | % | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 6.1 | % | |
Asset-Backed Securities | 0.6 | % | |
Other Assets and Liabilities | 5.5 | % |
Top Ten Holdings
Top Ten Holdings | % of Net Assets | ||
FHLMC, 5.898%, 02/01/37* | 2.9 | % | |
FNMA, Series 2007-20, Class F, 0.491%, 03/25/37 | 2.1 | ||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 0.483%, 06/15/35* | 2.0 | ||
FHLMC, 5.500%, 11/01/19 | 1.9 | ||
FNMA, Series 2007-25, Class FA, 0.631%, 04/25/37 | 1.8 | ||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.500%, 01/01/20 | 1.8 | ||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, 2.375%, 01/15/25 | 1.8 | ||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2005-W2, Class A1, 0.431%, 05/25/35* | 1.7 | ||
FHLMC, 5.370%, 09/01/35 | 1.6 | ||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2004-W14, Class 1AF, 0.631%, 07/25/44* | 1.5 | ||
Top Ten as a Group | 19.1 | % | |
* | Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2009 |
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
December 31, 2009
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 87.8% | ||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 31.8% | ||||||
FHLMC, 2.725%, 10/01/33, (10/01/10) 5 | $ | 2,317,978 | $ | 2,388,063 | ||
FHLMC, 2.935%, 07/01/34, (06/01/10) 5 | 690,835 | 710,106 | ||||
FHLMC, 2.951%, 05/01/34, (06/01/10) 5 | 378,398 | 388,963 | ||||
FHLMC, 3.936%, 06/01/35, (06/01/10) 5 | 1,472,733 | 1,527,665 | ||||
FHLMC, 4.000%, 09/15/15 | 806,333 | 817,726 | ||||
FHLMC, 4.902%, 12/01/35, (10/01/10) 5 | 1,400,393 | 1,459,002 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.000%, 05/01/18 to 09/15/31 | 8,164,204 | 8,394,861 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.500%, 11/01/19 | 4,872,190 | 5,192,550 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.370%, 09/01/35, (09/01/10) 5 | 4,130,322 | 4,301,898 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.898%, 02/01/37, (02/01/12) 5 | 7,533,962 | 8,007,708 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 0.483%, 06/15/35, (01/15/10) 5 | 5,421,476 | 5,423,966 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 3.750%, 11/15/25 | 1,909,848 | 1,936,000 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, 01/01/19 to 08/01/19 | 2,083,365 | 2,194,492 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.500%, 11/01/17 to 01/01/20 | 7,065,876 | 7,518,274 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 7.000%, 06/01/17 | 2,265,966 | 2,445,076 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 7.500%, 04/01/15 to 03/01/33 | 1,357,663 | 1,512,128 | ||||
FHLMC REMICS, Series 2870, Class CN, 4.000%, 10/15/27 | 615,235 | 630,424 | ||||
FHLMC REMICS, Series 2003-86, Class OX, 4.500%, 09/15/26 | 473,459 | 481,950 | ||||
FHLMC REMICS, Series 2769, Class BX, 4.500%, 07/15/27 | 537,509 | 553,013 | ||||
FHLMC REMICS, Series 2885, Class DE, 4.500%, 12/15/17 | 358,391 | 371,857 | ||||
FHLMC REMICS, Series 3059, Class PA, 5.500%, 10/15/26 | 2,726,081 | 2,779,528 | ||||
FHLMC REMICS, Series 3153, Class NB, 5.500%, 02/15/27 | 841,955 | 862,257 | ||||
FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, 7.500%, 02/25/42 | 124,527 | 139,587 | ||||
FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Series T-51, Class 2A, 7.500%, 08/25/42 7 | 199,868 | 224,039 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2890, Class AB, 3.750%, 12/15/11 | 1,666,607 | 1,680,083 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2628, Class PV, 3.750%, 10/15/16 | 289,838 | 293,273 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2675, Class CB, 4.000%, 05/15/16 | 977,389 | 1,002,137 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2551, Class CH, 4.000%, 12/15/16 | 891,642 | 909,681 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2608, Class GJ, 4.000%, 03/15/17 | 949,111 | 969,898 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2561, Class EO, 4.500%, 09/15/16 | 2,436,310 | 2,480,474 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2697, Class LP, 4.500%, 10/15/19 | 485,215 | 496,190 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 3449, Class AI, 4.500%, 10/15/20 | 2,367,157 | 169,893 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2963, Class WL, 4.500%, 07/15/25 | 291,310 | 293,639 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2691, Class TC, 4.500%, 07/15/26 | 1,732,291 | 1,759,936 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2725, Class PC, 4.500%, 05/15/28 | 2,483,334 | 2,528,176 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2707, Class PC, 5.000%, 02/15/17 | 2,441,503 | 2,489,782 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 3062, Class HB, 5.000%, 03/15/25 | 453,913 | 463,972 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2958, Class NB, 5.000%, 05/15/25 | 1,335,651 | 1,342,062 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2764, Class UC, 5.000%, 05/15/27 | 3,211,108 | 3,316,481 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2589, Class GD, 5.000%, 09/15/28 | 552,647 | 555,292 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2827, Class TC, 5.000%, 10/15/28 | 882,572 | 917,339 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 2964, Class NA, 5.500%, 02/15/26 | 768,943 | 781,218 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 31.8% (continued) | ||||||
FHLMC, Series 2984, Class NA, 5.500%, 04/15/26 | $ | 1,846,643 | $ | 1,884,019 | ||
FHLMC, Series 3165, Class JA, 5.500%, 04/15/26 | 481,726 | 494,987 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 3138, Class PA, 5.500%, 02/15/27 | 2,126,436 | 2,185,407 | ||||
FHLMC, Series 3167, Class QA, 6.000%, 10/15/26 | 416,060 | 418,429 | ||||
Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | 87,693,501 | |||||
Federal National Mortgage Association - 46.0% | ||||||
FNMA, 0.551%, 11/25/30, (01/25/10) 5 | 2,453,154 | 2,412,825 | ||||
FNMA, 0.631%, 03/25/35, (01/25/10) 5 | 2,488,239 | 2,414,087 | ||||
FNMA, 2.329%, 11/01/34, (04/01/10) 5 | 816,537 | 832,958 | ||||
FNMA, 2.388%, 08/01/34, (04/01/10) 5 | 945,264 | 964,621 | ||||
FNMA, 2.813%, 06/01/34, (05/01/10) 5 | 2,356,219 | 2,387,668 | ||||
FNMA, 2.833%, 08/01/33, (02/01/10) 5 | 686,397 | 704,760 | ||||
FNMA, 2.863%, 02/01/33, (03/01/10) 5 | 3,354,803 | 3,434,855 | ||||
FNMA, 2.869%, 06/01/34, (06/01/10) 5 | 1,908,612 | 1,957,334 | ||||
FNMA, 2.987%, 09/01/33, (09/01/10) 5 | 1,143,591 | 1,163,416 | ||||
FNMA, 2.987%, 01/01/35, (05/01/10) 5 | 632,447 | 643,373 | ||||
FNMA, 3.500%, 12/15/14 | 678,187 | 680,412 | ||||
FNMA, 3.882%, 08/01/34, (06/01/10) 5 | 1,309,971 | 1,355,680 | ||||
FNMA, 4.000%, TBA | 3,000,000 | 3,017,342 | ||||
FNMA, 4.211%, 03/01/36, (05/01/10) 5 | 3,781,944 | 3,945,550 | ||||
FNMA, 4.263%, 01/01/33, (09/01/10) 5 | 121,148 | 125,004 | ||||
FNMA, 4.294%, 03/01/36, (05/01/10) 5 | 3,122,989 | 3,263,642 | ||||
FNMA, 4.352%, 01/01/35, (04/01/10) 5 | 1,132,011 | 1,163,295 | ||||
FNMA, 4.417%, 04/01/35, (03/01/10) 5 | 1,245,528 | 1,286,122 | ||||
FNMA, 4.500%, 11/25/14 | 382,320 | 382,225 | ||||
FNMA, 4.824%,01/01/33, (03/10/10) 5 | 2,760,927 | 2,845,115 | ||||
FNMA, 4.910%, 06/01/35, (06/01/10) 5 | 634,910 | 662,906 | ||||
FNMA, 4.955%, 02/01/37, (06/01/10) 5 | 1,668,165 | 1,724,219 | ||||
FNMA, 4.959%, 06/01/35, (06/01/10) 5 | 660,939 | 686,630 | ||||
FNMA, 4.986%, 01/01/36, (11/01/10) 5 | 449,015 | 470,523 | ||||
FNMA, 5.000%, 03/01/18 to 03/25/27 | 10,341,766 | 10,800,803 | ||||
FNMA, 5.161%, 01/01/36, (12/01/10) 5 | 187,470 | 196,540 | ||||
FNMA, 5.317%, 06/01/37, (05/01/10) 5 | 1,469,355 | 1,535,959 | ||||
FNMA, 5.364%, 08/01/36, (05/01/11) 5 | 791,261 | 828,448 | ||||
FNMA, 5.472%, 05/01/36, (05/01/11) 5 | 661,460 | 696,120 | ||||
FNMA, 5.500%, 11/01/18 to 12/25/26 | 4,030,620 | 4,252,566 | ||||
FNMA, 5.877%, 09/01/37, (09/01/12) 5 | 1,556,179 | 1,652,406 | ||||
FNMA, 5.932%, 11/01/37, (10/01/12) 5 | 2,257,920 | 2,402,672 | ||||
FNMA, 6.000%, 03/01/17 | 14,046,054 | 15,018,945 | ||||
FNMA, 6.500%, 04/01/17 to 08/01/32 | 1,788,080 | 1,937,932 | ||||
FNMA, 7.000%, 09/01/14 | 868,418 | 935,852 | ||||
FNMA, 7.500%, 12/01/33 to 01/01/34 | 248,248 | 272,479 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
Federal National Mortgage Association - 46.0% (continued) | ||||||
FNMA Grantor Trust, Series 2002-T5, Class A1, 0.471%, 05/25/32, (01/25/10) 5 | $ | 546,938 | $ | 510,386 | ||
FNMA Grantor Trust Pass Through, Series 2004-T1, Class 1A2, 6.500%, 01/25/44 | 806,184 | 872,725 | ||||
FNMA Pass Through Securities, Series 2002-33, Class A2, 7.500%, 06/25/32 | 123,144 | 138,845 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2007-20, Class F, 0.491%, 03/25/37, (01/25/10) 5 | 5,959,510 | 5,867,144 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2007-25, Class FA, 0.631%, 04/25/37, (01/25/10) 5 | 4,988,536 | 4,933,089 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2003-86, Class OX, 4.500%, 09/25/26 | 332,301 | 337,630 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2003-37, Class PC, 4.500%, 06/25/27 | 1,794,147 | 1,828,335 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2005-86, Class WH, 5.000%, 11/25/25 | 1,261,491 | 1,282,474 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2005-33, Class QA, 5.000%, 06/25/27 | 541,881 | 551,739 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2003-32, Class PG, 5.000%, 10/25/27 | 2,695,946 | 2,711,845 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2882, Class YB, 5.000%, 10/15/27 | 2,137,332 | 2,216,240 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2005-16, Class LY, 5.500%, 09/25/25 | 293,640 | 295,354 | ||||
FNMA, Series 3101, Class PA, 5.500%, 10/15/25 | 1,184,388 | 1,211,312 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2005-57, Class PA, 5.500%, 05/25/27 | 818,288 | 827,650 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2006-57, Class PA, 5.500%, 08/25/27 | 2,945,545 | 3,032,424 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2006-48, Class TA, 5.500%, 04/25/28 | 2,317,769 | 2,396,040 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2006-75, Class YA, 5.000%, 12/25/25 | 873,153 | 900,949 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2008-22, Class KA, 5.500%, 06/25/21 | 156,179 | 156,292 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2006-129, Class PA, 5.500%, 07/25/28 | 1,062,420 | 1,097,648 | ||||
FNMA, Series 2003-73, Class SM, 6.369%, 04/25/18, (01/25/10) 5 | 1,012,408 | 98,512 | ||||
FNMA, Series 1993-139, Class GA, 7.000%, 08/25/23 | 2,338,759 | 2,394,580 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2005-W2, Class A1, 0.431%, 05/25/35, (01/25/10) 5 | 4,647,394 | 4,598,078 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2003-W8, Class 3F1, 0.631%, 05/25/42, (01/25/10) 5 | 1,939,140 | 1,916,980 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2004-W14, Class 1AF, 0.631%, 07/25/44, (01/25/10) 5 | 4,021,043 | 4,028,044 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2004-W5, Class F1, 0.681%, 02/25/47, (01/25/10) 5 | 982,499 | 956,876 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2002-W1, Class 2A, 7.500%, 02/25/42 7 | 586,988 | 661,829 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2002-W6, Class 2A, 7.500%, 06/25/42 | 502,514 | 566,585 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2003-W4, Class 4A, 7.500%, 10/25/42 | 1,015,297 | 1,144,747 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2003-W1, Class 2A, 7.500%, 12/25/42 | 33,054 | 37,269 | ||||
Total Federal National Mortgage Association | 126,626,905 | |||||
Government National Mortgage Association - 5.8% | ||||||
GNMA, 2.625%, 03/20/37, (04/01/10) 5 | 819,488 | 832,314 | ||||
GNMA, 3.500%, 02/20/34 | 466,885 | 475,956 | ||||
GNMA, 3.500%, 07/20/35 to 09/20/35, (10/01/10) 5 | 3,505,551 | 3,572,277 | ||||
GNMA, 3.625%, 07/20/18 to 09/20/35, (10/01/10) 5 | 4,442,719 | 4,502,942 | ||||
GNMA, 3.750%, 01/20/32, (04/01/10) 5 | 157,752 | 161,648 | ||||
GNMA, 3.750%, 10/20/34, (01/01/11) 5 | 449,709 | 461,594 | ||||
GNMA, 4.000%, 10/20/32, (01/01/11) 5 | 318,640 | 324,715 | ||||
GNMA, 4.000%, 03/20/35, (04/01/10) 5 | 108,953 | 111,138 | ||||
GNMA, 4.000%, 06/20/35, (07/01/10) 5 | 130,315 | 133,531 | ||||
GNMA, 4.125%, 10/20/17 to 11/20/27, (01/01/11) 5 | 1,796,906 | 1,835,722 | ||||
GNMA, 4.250%, 01/20/28, (04/01/10) 5 | 77,976 | 80,312 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Government National Mortgage Association - 5.8% (continued) | |||||||
GNMA, 4.375%, 03/20/21 to 03/20/23, (04/01/10) 5 | $ | 164,827 | $ | 169,962 | |||
GNMA, 4.375%, 06/20/22 to 05/20/33, (07/01/10) 5 | 1,537,018 | 1,579,922 | |||||
GNMA, 4.500%, 01/20/34, (04/01/10) 5 | 625,727 | 642,428 | |||||
GNMA, 9.500%, 12/15/17 | 11,713 | 12,907 | |||||
GNMA, Series 2005-58, Class NJ, 4.500%, 08/20/35 | 990,740 | 1,028,627 | |||||
Total Government National Mortgage Association | 15,925,995 | ||||||
Interest Only Strips - 2.1% | |||||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 4.500%, 08/15/35 to 09/15/35 | 750,620 | 144,983 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 5.000%, 05/15/18 to 08/01/35 | 5,465,105 | 1,111,835 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 6.467%, 11/15/18, (01/15/10) 5 | 1,263,092 | 107,510 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 6.867%, 11/15/30, (01/15/10) 5 | 438,645 | 34,720 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 7.500%, 10/01/27 9 | 46,866 | 9,309 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 8.000%, 06/01/31 9 | 11,125 | 3,004 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2637, Class SI, 5.767%, 06/15/18, (01/15/10) 5 | 753,163 | 64,599 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2882, Class SJ, 6.467%, 10/15/34, (01/15/10) 5 | 1,101,130 | 125,501 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2929, Class CS, 6.567%, 12/15/22, (01/15/10) 5 | 716,201 | 49,340 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2608, Class SJ, 6.867%, 03/15/17, (01/15/10) 5 | 968,926 | 52,718 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2644, Class ES, 6.917%, 02/15/18, (01/15/10) 5 | 2,179,473 | 222,823 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2772, Class KS, 6.947%, 06/15/22, (01/15/10) 5 | 663,593 | 51,961 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 5.000%, 02/01/35 to 12/01/35 | 5,912,661 | 1,314,185 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 7.000%, 01/25/24, (01/25/10) 5 | 89,857 | 12,853 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 7.500%, 11/18/14 9 | 39,691 | 1,818 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 8.000%, 08/25/22 9 | 80,966 | 19,916 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 8.000%, 03/18/27 to 05/18/27 | 72,751 | 16,566 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 8.000%, 05/01/30 9 | 26,515 | 5,278 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 9.000%, 12/15/16 9 | 38,543 | 7,443 | |||||
FNMA, 2.500%, 09/25/39 | 3,288,294 | 748,601 | |||||
FNMA, Series 2008-22, Class AI, 1.097%, 09/25/12 7 | 58,125,234 | 981,677 | |||||
FNMA, Series 2005-29, Class SC, 6.519%, 04/25/35, (01/25/10) 5 | 2,097,130 | 225,655 | |||||
FNMA, Series 2003-67, Class TS, 6.869%, 08/25/17, (01/25/10) 5 | 1,672,798 | 140,961 | |||||
FNMA, Series 2003-26, Class QS, 6.869%, 10/25/17, (01/25/10) 5 | 828,885 | 70,019 | |||||
GNMA, Series 2002-66, Class SA, 7.418%, 12/16/25, (01/16/10) 5 | 1,265,319 | 194,374 | |||||
Total Interest Only Strips | 5,717,649 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes - 2.1% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, 2.375%, 04/15/11 | 799,392 | 2 | 822,999 | ||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, 2.375%, 01/15/25 | 4,587,240 | 4,840,254 | |||||
Total U.S. Treasury Notes | 5,663,253 | ||||||
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | 241,627,303 | ||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities and Interest Only Strips - 6.1%1 | |||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 6.0% | |||||||
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 0.731%, 02/25/35, (01/25/10) 5,9 | 1,443,155 | 334,986 | |||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2001-CK1, Class C, 6.730%, 12/18/35 | 1,500,000 | 1,511,236 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 6.0% (continued) | |||||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series C5, Class A3, 4.500%, 11/15/37 | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 967,850 | |||
Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc. Mortgage Loan, 6.250%, 07/25/36 7,9 | 298,752 | 218,459 | |||||
Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates, Series 3113, Class QA, 5.000%, 11/15/25 | 987,185 | 1,011,968 | |||||
GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corporation, 6.496%, 01/15/33 | 475,498 | 488,531 | |||||
GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corporation, Series 2001-3, Class A2, 6.070%, 06/10/38 | 765,000 | 801,252 | |||||
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Series 2000-C3, Class A2, 6.957%, 09/15/35 | 1,490,896 | 1,534,030 | |||||
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Class A2, Series 2005-GG3, 4.305%, 08/10/42 | 1,346,021 | 1,343,534 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-LDP6, Class A3B, 5.559%, 04/15/43 7 | 1,000,000 | 988,646 | |||||
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2001-C3, Class A2, 6.365%, 12/15/28 | 3,000,000 | 3,132,809 | |||||
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-MKB1, Class A3, 4.892%, 02/12/42 | 2,000,000 | 2,014,076 | |||||
PNC Mortgage Acceptance Corp., Series 2000-C2, Class A2, 7.300%, 10/12/33 | 1,651,390 | 1,685,962 | |||||
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Series 2000-C2, Class A2, 7.455%, 07/18/33 | 122,563 | 122,845 | |||||
Washington Mutual, Class 2A3, Series 2005-AR2, 0.581%, 01/25/45, (01/25/10) 5,9 | 849,351 | 418,665 | |||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities | 16,574,849 | ||||||
Mortgage-Backed Interest Only Strips - 0.1% | |||||||
Bank of America-First Union IO Strip, Series 2001-3, Class XC, 1.662%, 04/11/37 (a) 7 | 4,651,382 | 102,134 | |||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., IO Strip, Series 1998-C1, Class AX, 0.976%, 05/17/40 7 | 500,200 | 32,031 | |||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., IO Strip, Series 2001-CP4, Class AX, 1.259%, 12/15/35 (a) 7 | 1,366,303 | 22,304 | |||||
GMAC, Series 1999-C1 IO Strip, Class X, 0.660%, 05/15/33 7 | 1,979,135 | 28,452 | |||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Interest Only Strips | 184,921 | ||||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities and Interest Only Strips | 16,759,770 | ||||||
Asset-Backed Securities - 0.6% | |||||||
FNMA Grantor Trust, Series 2003-T4, Class A1, 0.451%, 09/26/33, (01/26/10) 5 | 17,672 | 14,974 | |||||
FNMA Grantor Trust, Series 2003-T2, Class A1, 0.511%, 03/25/33, (01/25/10) 5 | 352,704 | 290,819 | |||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2003-W13, Class AV2, 0.511%, 10/25/33, (01/25/10) 5,9 | 132,342 | 120,974 | |||||
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF10, Class A4, 0.551%, 11/25/35, (01/25/10) 5 | 1,354,747 | 1,042,325 | |||||
Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 0.771%, 12/25/34, (01/25/10) 5 | 256,268 | 245,052 | |||||
Total Asset-Backed Securities | 1,714,144 | ||||||
Short-Term Investments - 5.6% | |||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Discount Notes - 0.3% | |||||||
FHLMC Discount Notes, 0.049%, 03/01/10 4,11 | 750,000 | 749,941 | |||||
Shares | |||||||
Other Investment Companies - 5.3%1 | |||||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series A, 0.05% 3 | 42,000 | 42,000 | |||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series B* 3,10 | 15,506 | 3,024 | |||||
Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | 14,677,161 | 14,677,161 | |||||
Total Other Investment Companies | 14,722,185 | ||||||
Total Short-Term Investments | 15,472,126 | ||||||
Total Investments - 100.1% | 275,573,343 | ||||||
Other Assets, less Liabilities - (0.1)% | (243,729 | ) | |||||
Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 275,329,614 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Investment Manager’s Comments
The Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund’s objective is to achieve total return in excess of the total return of the major market indices for mortgage-backed securities.
The Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund seeks to achieve its objective by matching the duration, or interest-rate risk, of a portfolio that invests exclusively in mortgage-backed securities, as weighted in the major market indices for mortgage-backed securities. These indices currently include the Citigroup Mortgage Index and the Barclays Capital Mortgage Index, each of which includes all outstanding government sponsored fixed-rate mortgage-backed securities, weighted in proportion to their current market capitalization. The duration of these indices is generally similar to that of intermediate-term U.S. Treasury notes, and typically will range between three and five years.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in debt securities issued by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and synthetic instruments or derivatives, or securities having economic characteristics similar to such debt securities. The Fund’s benchmark is the Citigroup Mortgage Index.
The Portfolio Manager
Smith Breeden Associates, Inc.
Smith Breeden Associates, Inc. (“Smith Breeden”) is the subadvisor for the Fund. Smith Breeden, located at 280 South Mangum Street, Suite 301, Durham, NC, was founded in 1982. Smith Breeden is a money management and consulting firm involved in money management for separate accounts such as pensions and endowments, financial institution consulting and investment advice, and equity investments. The firm specializes in high-credit-quality fixed-income investments, interest rate risk management, and the application of option pricing to banking and investments. As of December 31, 2009, Smith Breeden advised or managed assets of approximately $13.1 billion.
Smith Breeden believes that innovative research provides critical insights into the fixed income market. The firm’s experienced investment professionals apply these research insights to the management of investment portfolios designed to achieve their clients’ objectives. The key tenets of this market-tested investment philosophy are:
• | Over a market cycle, a portfolio of fixed-income securities with wide risk-adjusted spreads produces an attractive total return in comparison to the market return. |
• | The incremental return available from security selection and sector allocation, based on careful relative-value analysis, quantitative research, and experienced market judgment, is more consistent than the incremental return from predicting the direction of interest rates. |
• | Within the investment-grade fixed-income market, the spread sectors, e.g., corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), commercial MBS (CMBS), and asset-backed securities (ABS), will tend to outperform Treasury securities over a market cycle. The mortgage, corporate, CMBS, and ABS sectors also offer the greatest active management opportunity for adding value through security selection. |
The portfolio management team at Smith Breeden Associates specializes in analyzing and investing in mortgage-backed securities. Through careful analysis and comparison of the characteristics of these securities, such as type of issuer, coupon, maturity, geographic structure, and historic and prospective prepayment rates, the team seeks to structure a portfolio that will outperform the Citigroup Mortgage Index. While the portfolio managers will purchase securities of any maturity or duration, they do not attempt to add value by actively positioning the interest rate sensitivity of the portfolio. Instead, they typically manage the weighted average duration of the portfolio so that it is similar to that of the duration of the Citigroup Mortgage Index.
The ideal investment exhibits the following traits:
• | Very high quality (AAA or Government) |
• | Attractive value relative to other MBS opportunities |
The portfolio managers limit purchases to securities from the following asset classes:
• | Securities issued directly or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities |
• | Mortgage-backed securities rated AAA by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or Aaa by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) |
• | Securities fully collateralized by assets in either of the above classes |
• | Assets that would qualify as liquidity items under federal regulations (which may change from time to time) if held by a commercial bank or savings institution; and hedge instruments |
• | Stripped mortgage-backed securities, which may only be used for risk management purposes |
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The investment team will make a sell decision when:
• | They no longer view the bonds as attractive |
• | To maintain the portfolio’s target duration |
• | For portfolio allocation purposes |
The Year in Review
During the 12 months ended December 31, 2009, the Fund returned 12.4% compared to 5.76% for its benchmark, the Citi-group Mortgage Index.
The credit and financial crises of 2008 and 2009 was an exceptionally challenging time for fixed income markets. The federal government became heavily involved in supporting industries and the broad market by initiating several programs, including the following which particularly aided the fixed-income markets:
• | Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) |
• | Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”) and expanded TALF |
• | Federal Reserve MBS purchase program |
• | Public-Private Investment Program (“PPIP”) |
With these new programs in place, spread products, including the mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities on which Smith Breeden focuses, outperformed Treasury hedges as market participants were once again willing to accept risk, and demand (in some cases, such as ABS) outpaced supply. Realized volatility and hedging costs dropped significantly throughout the year, and market liquidity improved dramatically from 2008 levels. The yield curve steepened in 2009; short-term rates dropped while long-term interest rates rose, the latter particularly towards the end of the year.
At the beginning of 2009, the Fund owned very little CMBS, and a modest amount of non-agency adjustable rate mortgages (“ARMs”), with both sectors representing a total of 3.3% of capital exposure. All of this exposure was positioned at the very top of the capital structure to provide maximum credit protection to the securities. That said, we opportunistically added CMBS exposure in April and May of 2009 to take advantage of wide spreads. This portfolio adjustment and allocation was a large contributor to the Fund’s outperformance, as CMBS spreads tightened remarkably during the year. The Fund also benefited from its exposure to non-agency ARMs, non-agency fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) as these segments received a boost from programs such as TALF and PPIP. Agency ARMs, FRMs, and CMOs also performed well, as they were beneficiaries of lower-realized volatility, hedging costs, and mortgage rates. Additionally, the Federal Reserve’s MBS purchase program (as of December 31, 2009, the Fed had purchased $1.1 trillion in agency MBS out of the expected $1.25 trillion total) narrowed spreads across the sector, especially in 30-year mortgages. For most of the year, the Fund maintained positions in the longer term portion of the yield curve. Favorable effects from yield curve positioning further contributed to portfolio returns.
Looking Forward
On December 31, 2009, the Fund held the bulk of its exposure in 15- and 30-year agency FRMs. Agency ARMs were the next highest sub-sector exposure. In addition, 7% of capital was allocated to CMBS, which are not included in the Citigroup Mortgage Index. The total allocation to CMBS increased by 6% of capital during the year. We decreased the Fund’s allocation to 15- and 30-year agency FRMs by approximately 10% during the year. The Fund also maintains a small allocation to Interest-Only strips, CMOs, and treasury inflation protected securities. We believe that high-quality spread assets that are held in the portfolio are likely to continue experiencing positive performance. Although spreads may tighten more slowly in 2010 as government intervention and stimulus efforts begin slowing or coming to an end, continued market demand for risk assets should keep a floor on prices across sectors.
This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, Smith Breeden Associates, as of January 26, 2010.
Cumulative Total Return Performance
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. Unlike the Fund, the Citigroup Mortgage Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund on December 31, 1999 to a $10,000 investment made in the Citigroup Mortgage Index for the same time periods. Figures include
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Investment Manager’s Comments (continued)
Cumulative Total Return Performance (continued)
reinvestment of capital gains and dividends. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Total returns for the Fund would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
The table below shows the average annualized total returns for the Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund and the Citigroup Mortgage Index from December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2009.
Average Annual Total Returns1 | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||
Intermediate Duration Government Fund 2,3,4,5 | 12.40 | % | 5.12 | % | 5.92 | % | |||
Citigroup Mortgage Index | 5.76 | % | 5.81 | % | 6.50 | % |
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 the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.
In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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 December 31, 2009. 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 debtors’ ability to pay their creditors. |
4 | The Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging purposes or as part of its investment strategy. There is a risk that a derivative intended as a hedge may not perform as expected. The main risk with derivatives is that some types can amplify a gain or loss, potentially earning or losing substantially more money than the actual cost of the derivative or that the counterparty may fail to honor its contract terms, causing a loss for the Fund. Use of these instruments may also involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, management risk and the risk that a fund could not close out a position when it would be most advantageous to do so. |
5 | Many bonds have call provisions which allow the debtors to pay them back before maturity. This is especially true with mortgage securities, which can be paid back anytime. Typically debtors prepay their debt when it is to their advantage (when interest rates drop making a new loan at current rates more attractive), and thus likely to the disadvantage of bondholders, who may have to reinvest prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields. Prepayment risk will vary depending on the provisions of the security and current interest rates relative to the interest rate of the debt. |
Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.
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Fund Snapshots
December 31, 2009
Portfolio Breakdown
Portfolio Breakdown | Intermediate Duration Government Fund** | ||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | 116.4 | % | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 14.4 | % | |
Other Assets and Liabilities | (30.8 | )% |
Top Ten Holdings
Top Ten Holdings | % of Net Assets | ||
FNMA, 5.500%, TBA* | 8.8 | % | |
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.500%, TBA | 6.7 | ||
FNMA, 5.000%, 10/01/35* | 6.4 | ||
GNMA, 4.500%, 01/15/40 | 5.2 | ||
FHLMC, 5.615%, 01/01/36* | 4.6 | ||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.500%, 06/01/35* | 4.5 | ||
FNMA, 5.000%, TBA | 4.3 | ||
FNMA, 6.000%, TBA | 4.1 | ||
GNMA, 5.500%, 01/01/35 | 4.0 | ||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, TBA | 3.3 | ||
Top Ten as a Group | 51.9 | % | |
* | Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2009 |
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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December 31, 2009
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 116.4% | ||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 48.4% | ||||||
FHLMC, 2.647%, 11/01/33, (12/01/10) 5 | $ | 2,055,100 | $ | 2,120,464 | ||
FHLMC, 4.500%, 04/01/35 | 601,802 | 603,934 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.000%, 05/01/18 to 12/01/35 | 6,650,620 | 6,835,579 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.500%, 11/01/17 to 05/01/34 | 3,672,315 | 3,881,187 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.615%, 01/01/36, (01/01/13) 5 | 6,771,994 | 7,179,462 | ||||
FHLMC, 5.898%, 02/01/37, (02/01/12) 5 | 630,834 | 670,502 | ||||
FHLMC, 6.000%, 02/01/22 to 03/01/22 | 1,284,405 | 1,373,166 | ||||
FHLMC, 7.500%, 07/01/34 | 2,743,901 | 3,090,753 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 3.750%, 11/15/25 | 1,282,036 | 1,299,592 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 4.500%, 05/01/34 to 11/01/35 | 11,427,238 | 11,447,800 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, 04/01/19 to 08/01/19 | 267,201 | 281,262 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, TBA | 5,000,000 | 5,126,560 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.500%, 10/01/33 to 12/01/38 | 14,058,434 | 14,775,978 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.500%, TBA | 10,000,000 | 10,475,000 | ||||
FHLMC Gold Pool, 6.000%, 09/01/17 to 05/01/22 | 5,302,160 | 5,671,692 | ||||
FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Series T-51, Class 2A, 7.500%, 08/25/42 7 | 279,814 | 313,655 | ||||
Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | 75,146,586 | |||||
Federal National Mortgage Association - 48.0% | ||||||
FNMA, 0.551%, 11/25/30, (01/25/10) 5 | 2,453,154 | 2,412,825 | ||||
FNMA, 0.631%, 03/25/35, (01/25/10) 5 | 1,545,913 | 1,499,844 | ||||
FNMA, 2.813%, 06/01/34, (05/01/10) 5 | 1,878,074 | 1,903,141 | ||||
FNMA, 2.869%, 06/01/34, (06/01/10) 5 | 1,547,326 | 1,586,825 | ||||
FNMA, 3.102%, 07/01/33, (06/01/10) 5 | 629,861 | 642,956 | ||||
FNMA, 3.882%, 08/01/34, (06/01/10) 5 | 1,047,977 | 1,084,544 | ||||
FNMA, 4.000%, TBA | 1,000,000 | 1,005,781 | ||||
FNMA, 4.500%, TBA | 5,000,000 | 4,990,625 | ||||
FNMA, 5.000%, 06/01/18 to 07/01/37 | 14,523,060 | 14,990,099 | ||||
FNMA, 5.000%, TBA | 6,500,000 | 6,669,611 | ||||
FNMA, 5.317%, 06/01/37, (05/01/10) 5 | 1,167,784 | 1,220,719 | ||||
FNMA, 5.500%, 03/01/17 to 07/01/38 | 11,517,516 | 12,158,469 | ||||
FNMA, 5.500%, TBA | 13,000,000 | 13,607,346 | ||||
FNMA, 5.508%, 02/01/36, (01/01/11) 5 | 326,987 | 341,826 | ||||
FNMA, 6.000%, 08/01/17 | 290,890 | 311,744 | ||||
FNMA, 6.000%, TBA | 6,000,000 | 6,354,371 | ||||
FNMA, 6.500%, 11/01/28 to 07/01/32 | 561,690 | 604,018 | ||||
FNMA, Series 1994-55, Class H, 7.000%, 03/25/24 | 2,615,687 | 2,858,074 | ||||
FNMA Whole Loan, Series 2003-W4, Class 4A, 7.500%, 10/25/42 | 169,216 | 190,791 | ||||
Total Federal National Mortgage Association | 74,433,609 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Government National Mortgage Association - 17.5% | |||||||
GNMA, 3.625%, 08/20/17 to 08/20/18, (10/01/10) 5 | $ | 124,817 | $ | 128,260 | |||
GNMA, 4.125%, 11/20/17 to 12/20/17, (01/01/11) 5 | 266,557 | 273,573 | |||||
GNMA, 4.375%, 03/20/16, (04/01/10) 5 | 23,397 | 24,029 | |||||
GNMA, 4.375%, 06/20/16 to 05/20/21, (07/01/10) 5 | 71,198 | 73,221 | |||||
GNMA, 4.500%, TBA | 8,000,000 | 8,005,000 | |||||
GNMA, 5.000%, 09/15/39 to 11/15/39 | 4,986,107 | 5,137,072 | |||||
GNMA, 5.000%, TBA | 2,000,000 | 2,056,562 | |||||
GNMA, 5.500%, 10/15/39 to 11/15/39 | 4,989,830 | 5,234,090 | |||||
GNMA, 5.500%, TBA | 6,000,000 | 6,285,000 | |||||
GNMA, 7.500%, 09/15/28 to 11/15/31 | 27,908 | 31,439 | |||||
Total Government National Mortgage Association | 27,248,246 | ||||||
Interest Only Strips - 2.0% | |||||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 4.500%, 08/15/35 to 09/15/35 | 1,415,329 | 273,850 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 5.000%, 05/15/17 to 09/15/35 | 6,297,296 | 1,298,537 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 6.000%, 05/01/31 | 7,901 | 1,970 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 6.467%, 11/15/18, (01/15/10) 5 | 1,003,996 | 85,457 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 6.867%, 11/15/30, (01/15/10) 5 | 178,327 | 14,115 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 7.417%, 09/15/16 to 10/15/16, (01/15/10) 5 | 214,916 | 9,241 | |||||
FHLMC IO Strip, 7.667%, 06/15/31, (01/15/10) 5 | 66,730 | 10,274 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2637, Class SI, 5.767%, 06/15/18, (01/15/10) 5 | 576,578 | 49,453 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2882, Class SJ, 6.467%, 10/15/34, (01/15/10) 5 | 842,961 | 96,076 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2608, Class SJ, 6.867%, 03/15/17, (01/15/10) 5 | 1,483,507 | 80,715 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2644, Class ES, 6.917%, 02/15/18, (01/15/10) 5 | 1,155,004 | 118,084 | |||||
FHLMC, Series 2772, Class KS, 6.947%, 06/15/22, (01/15/10) 5 | 508,008 | 39,779 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 4.000%, 09/01/33 to 09/01/34 | 1,099,096 | 117,150 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 4.500%, 09/01/33 | 369,373 | 63,004 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 5.000%, 05/01/34 to 12/01/35 | 2,456,949 | 511,966 | |||||
FNMA IO Strip, 7.000%, 04/01/23 to 06/01/23 9 | 308,265 | 64,162 | |||||
FNMA, Series 2003-73, Class SM, 6.369%, 04/25/18, (01/25/10) 5 | 775,041 | 75,415 | |||||
FNMA, Series 2005-29, Class SC, 6.519%, 04/25/35, (01/25/10) 5 | 1,128,344 | 121,412 | |||||
FNMA, Series 2003-67, Class TS, 6.869%, 08/25/17, (01/25/10) 5 | 1,280,597 | 107,911 | |||||
Total Interest Only Strips | 3,138,571 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes - 0.5% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, 2.375%, 04/15/11 | 715,532 | 2 | 736,663 | ||||
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | 180,703,675 | ||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 14.4% | |||||||
American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, 2.231%, 02/25/45, (02/01/10) 5,9 | 865,384 | 652,444 | |||||
American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, 2.431%, 04/25/44, (02/01/10) 5,9 | 198,212 | 147,633 | |||||
American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, 2.431%, 06/25/45, (02/01/10) 5,9 | 128,929 | 81,605 | |||||
American Home Mortgage Assets, Series 2005-1, Class 1A1, 3.530%, 11/25/35, (03/25/10) 5,9 | 148,803 | 71,941 | |||||
American Home Loan Investment Trust, 5.294%, 06/25/45, (03/25/10) 5,9 | 1,889,615 | 1,287,440 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities - 14.4% (continued) | |||||||
Bank of America Funding Corp., Series 2004-B, Class 1A2, 3.444%, 12/20/34 7,9 | $ | 227,801 | $ | 180,685 | |||
Bank of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., Series 2006-2, Class A3, 5.710%, 05/10/45 7 | 3,015,000 | 3,093,876 | |||||
Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 4.138%, 04/25/35 7,9 | 196,343 | 127,538 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2005-PWR9, Class A3, 4.868%, 09/11/42 | 1,000,000 | 966,468 | |||||
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 0.531%, 05/25/35, (01/25/10) 5,9 | 947,935 | 801,721 | |||||
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Series 2004-R2, Class 1AF1, 0.651%, 11/25/34, (01/25/10) (a) 5,9 | 404,556 | 326,158 | |||||
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Series 2005-HYB8, Class 1A1, 3.475%, 12/20/35 7,9 | 162,686 | 106,683 | |||||
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 4.868%, 05/20/35 7,9 | 165,099 | 92,734 | |||||
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-CD3, Class A4, 5.658%, 10/15/48 | 2,000,000 | 1,954,980 | |||||
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2008-C7, Class A3, 6.092%, 12/10/49 7 | 1,148,000 | 1,159,530 | |||||
Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc., Series 2006-AR6, Class A6, 0.421%, 02/25/37, (01/25/10) 5,9 | 1,464,763 | 663,357 | |||||
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-RP2, Class 1AF, 0.581%, 03/25/35, (01/25/10) (a) 5,9 | 337,525 | 272,400 | |||||
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 1A3, 2.160%, 05/25/34, (02/01/10) 5,9 | 79,758 | 64,409 | |||||
Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 3.363%, 11/19/34 7,9 | 141,105 | 78,266 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-LDP6, Class A3B, 5.559%, 04/15/43 7 | 1,900,000 | 1,878,426 | |||||
Master Alternative Loans Trust, 6.000%, 01/25/35 9 | 1,075,166 | 945,138 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 6.075%, 08/25/35 7,9 | 1,639,706 | 1,408,610 | |||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2005-RF1, Class A, 0.581%, 03/25/35, (01/25/10) (a) 5,9 | 398,002 | 302,596 | |||||
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C28, Class A3, 5.679%, 10/15/48 | 2,206,000 | 2,086,804 | |||||
Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 6.000%, 10/25/35 9 | 2,111,212 | 1,475,868 | |||||
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2007-16, Class 1A1, 6.000%, 12/28/37 | 2,191,493 | 2,079,864 | |||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities | 22,307,174 | ||||||
Short-Term Investments - 10.9% | |||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Discount Notes - 0.2% | |||||||
FHLMC Discount Notes, 0.049%, 03/01/10 4,11 | 100,000 | 99,992 | |||||
FHLMC Discount Notes, 0.097%, 04/19/10 4,11 | 178,000 | 177,948 | |||||
Total U.S. Government and Agency Discount Notes | 277,940 | ||||||
Shares | |||||||
Other Investment Companies - 10.7%1 | |||||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series A, 0.05% 3 | 44,000 | 44,000 | |||||
BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, Series B* 3,10 | 13,850 | 2,701 | |||||
Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.08% | 2,657,296 | 2,657,296 | |||||
JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.19% | 14,004,075 | 14,004,075 | |||||
Total Other Investment Companies | 16,708,072 | ||||||
Total Short-Term Investments | 16,986,012 | ||||||
Total Investments - 141.7% | 219,996,861 | ||||||
Other Assets, less Liabilities - (41.7)% | (64,770,469 | ) | |||||
Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 155,226,392 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments
The following footnotes and abbreviations should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.
At December 31, 2009, the approximate cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes and the gross aggregate unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation based on tax cost were:
Fund | Cost | Appreciation | Depreciation | Net | |||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | $ | 33,749,295 | $ | 4,772,680 | $ | (935,713 | ) | $ | 3,836,967 | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | 16,205,613 | 2,008,934 | (98,606 | ) | 1,910,328 | ||||||||
Managers High Yield Fund | 38,159,820 | 3,092,109 | (1,932,641 | ) | 1,159,468 | ||||||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | 134,283,988 | 6,702,750 | (5,361,727 | ) | 1,341,023 | ||||||||
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | 275,553,995 | 3,385,018 | (3,365,670 | ) | 19,348 | ||||||||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | 217,893,524 | 6,951,411 | (4,848,074 | ) | 2,103,337 |
* | Non-income-producing security |
# | Rounds to less than 0.1% |
(a) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At December 31, 2009, the value of these securities amounted to the following: |
Fund | Value | % of Net Assets | ||||
Managers High Yield Fund | $ | 8,243,013 | 21.7 | % | ||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | 14,516,302 | 10.6 | % | |||
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | 124,438 | 0.0 | %# | |||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | 901,154 | 0.6 | % |
(b) | Step Bond. A debt instrument with either deferred interest payments or an interest rate that resets at specific times during its term. |
1 | Yield shown for an investment company represents its December 31, 2009, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage. |
2 | Some or all of these securities were out on loan to various brokers as of December 31, 2009, amounting to: |
Fund | Value | % of Net Assets | ||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | $ | 1,989,786 | 5.6 | % | ||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | 29,092 | 0.2 | % | |||
Managers High Yield Fund | 1,963,078 | 5.2 | % | |||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | 1,942,081 | 1.4 | % | |||
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | 51,477 | 0.0 | %# | |||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | 51,477 | 0.0 | %# |
3 | Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in this short-term investment. |
4 | Percentage rate listed represents yield to maturity at December 31, 2009. |
5 | Floating rate security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2009. Date in parentheses represents the securities next coupon rate reset. |
6 | Payment-in-kind security. A type of high yield debt instrument whose issuer has the option of making interest payments in either cash or additional debt securities. |
7 | Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2009 and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture. |
8 | Security is in default. Issuer has failed to make a timely payment of either principal or interest or has failed to comply with some provision of the bond indenture. |
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9 | 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 current sale. The Funds may not invest more than 15% of their net assets in illiquid securities. All securities are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or independent pricing services. Illiquid securities at December 31, 2009, amounted to the following: |
Fund | Value | % of Net Assets | ||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | $ | 3,703,951 | 2.7 | % | ||
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | 1,139,852 | 0.4 | % | |||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | 9,151,388 | 5.9 | % |
10 | On September 12, 2008, The Bank of New York Mellon established a separate sleeve of the BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers floating rate notes. The Fund’s position in Series B is being marked to market daily. |
11 | Security pledged to cover margin requirements for open futures positions at December 31, 2009. |
12 | Convertible Bond: A corporate bond, 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. Convertible bonds market value at December 31, 2009, amounted to the following: |
Fund | Value | % of Net Assets | ||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | $ | 2,989,803 | 2.2 | % |
Investments Definitions and Abbreviations:
AGM: | Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. | GDIF: | Global Debt Insurance Facility | |||
AMBAC: | American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp. | GMAC: | General Motors Acceptance Corporation | |||
BHAC: | Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. | GNMA: | Government National Mortgage | |||
DIP: | Debtor In Possession | Association | ||||
FGIC: | Federal Guaranty Insurance Corp. | GSR: | Goldman Sachs REMIC | |||
FHLB: | Federal Home Loan Bank | MTN: | Medium Term Notes | |||
FHLMC: | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | National: | National Public Finance Guarantee Group | |||
FNMA: | Federal National Mortgage Association | REIT: | Real Estate Investment Trust | |||
Abbreviations have been used throughout the portfolios to indicate amounts shown in currencies of par values other than the U.S. dollar (USD): | ||||||
AUD: | Australian Dollar | MXN: | Mexican Peso | |||
BRL: | Brazilian Real | NZD: | New Zealand Dollar | |||
CAD: | Canadian Dollar | SGD: | Singapore Dollar | |||
ISK: | Iceland Krona | THB: | Thailand Baht |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2009
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | Managers High Yield Fund | Managers Fixed Income Fund | |||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $1,989,786, $29,092, $1,963,078, and $1,942,081, respectively) | $ | 37,586,262 | $ | 18,115,941 | $ | 39,319,288 | $ | 135,625,011 | ||||||||
Cash | — | — | 2,328 | — | ||||||||||||
Foreign currency** | — | — | — | 146 | ||||||||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 88,936 | — | 74,037 | 2,034,644 | ||||||||||||
Receivable for Fund shares sold | 2,257 | 3,496 | 62,907 | 118,060 | ||||||||||||
Receivable from affiliate | 6,280 | 9,397 | 18,434 | 30,822 | ||||||||||||
Dividends, interest and other receivables | 47,644 | 85,651 | 655,364 | 1,738,645 | ||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses | 25,346 | 25,141 | 34,248 | 29,696 | ||||||||||||
Total assets | 37,756,725 | 18,239,626 | 40,166,606 | 139,577,024 | ||||||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Payable for Fund shares repurchased | 18,900 | 17,720 | 40,429 | 318,791 | ||||||||||||
Payable upon return of securities loaned | 2,048,721 | 29,392 | 2,050,750 | 2,006,573 | ||||||||||||
Payable for investments purchased | 97,431 | — | 86,609 | — | ||||||||||||
Accrued expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Investment management and advisory fees | 20,838 | 11,285 | 22,374 | 53,265 | ||||||||||||
Administrative fees | 5,954 | 3,224 | 6,393 | 23,673 | ||||||||||||
Other | 51,039 | 47,223 | 55,243 | 114,557 | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 2,242,883 | 108,844 | 2,261,798 | 2,516,859 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 35,513,842 | $ | 18,130,783 | $ | 37,904,808 | $ | 137,060,165 | ||||||||
Net Assets Represent: | ||||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 48,522,119 | $ | 18,835,944 | $ | 42,133,647 | $ | 136,333,116 | ||||||||
Undistributed net investment income | 57,893 | 1,100 | 14,874 | — | ||||||||||||
Accumulated net realized loss from investments and foreign currency transactions | (17,241,116 | ) | (2,763,638 | ) | (5,434,874 | ) | (640,488 | ) | ||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations | 4,174,946 | 2,057,377 | 1,191,161 | 1,367,537 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 35,513,842 | $ | 18,130,783 | $ | 37,904,808 | $ | 137,060,165 | ||||||||
Class A Shares - Net Assets | $ | 6,148,650 | $ | 6,932,702 | $ | 28,450,343 | $ | 40,624,706 | ||||||||
Shares outstanding | 569,268 | 562,221 | 3,872,429 | 3,896,069 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share | $ | 10.80 | $ | 12.33 | $ | 7.35 | $ | 10.43 | ||||||||
Offering price per share based on a maximum sales charge of 5.75% | ||||||||||||||||
(NAV per share/(100% - 5.75%) | $ | 11.46 | $ | 13.08 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||
Offering price per share based on a maximum sales charge of 4.25% | ||||||||||||||||
(NAV per share/(100% - 4.25%) | n/a | n/a | $ | 7.68 | $ | 10.89 | ||||||||||
Class B Shares - Net Assets | $ | 620,853 | $ | 977,822 | $ | 1,309,125 | $ | 4,055,258 | ||||||||
Shares outstanding | 61,314 | 80,356 | 180,921 | 391,959 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share | $ | 10.13 | $ | 12.17 | $ | 7.24 | $ | 10.35 | ||||||||
Class C Shares - Net Assets | $ | 3,669,427 | $ | 3,056,147 | $ | 4,487,674 | $ | 57,657,561 | ||||||||
Shares outstanding | 362,911 | 249,469 | 619,789 | 5,540,074 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share | $ | 10.11 | $ | 12.25 | $ | 7.24 | $ | 10.41 | ||||||||
Institutional Class Shares - Net Assets | $ | 25,074,912 | $ | 7,164,112 | $ | 3,657,666 | $ | 34,722,640 | ||||||||
Shares outstanding | 2,201,813 | 576,224 | 492,912 | 3,320,270 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share | $ | 11.39 | $ | 12.43 | $ | 7.42 | $ | 10.46 | ||||||||
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* Investments at cost | $ | 33,411,316 | $ | 16,058,564 | $ | 38,128,127 | $ | 134,260,484 | ||||||||
** Foreign currency at cost | — | — | — | $ | 146 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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December 31, 2009
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | ||||||
Assets: | |||||||
Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $51,477 and $51,477, respectively) | $ | 275,573,343 | $ | 219,996,861 | |||
Receivable for delayed delivery investments sold | 10,545,500 | 5,002,344 | |||||
Receivable for Fund shares sold | 1,881,310 | 213,054 | |||||
Dividends, interest and other receivables | 1,808,376 | 1,024,951 | |||||
Receivable for variation margin on futures | 41,509 | 43,370 | |||||
Receivable from affiliate | 659 | 13,419 | |||||
Prepaid expenses | 27,951 | 22,432 | |||||
Total assets | 289,878,648 | 226,316,431 | |||||
Liabilities: | |||||||
Payable upon return of securities loaned | 57,506 | 57,850 | |||||
Payable for delayed delivery investments purchased | 3,122,250 | 68,321,254 | |||||
Payable for Fund shares repurchased | 628,411 | 521,920 | |||||
Payable for TBA sale commitments | 10,441,064 | 1,996,250 | |||||
Payable for variation margin on futures | 43,652 | 16,669 | |||||
Accrued expenses: | |||||||
Investment management and advisory fee payable | 180,621 | 93,825 | |||||
Other | 75,530 | 82,271 | |||||
Total liabilities | 14,549,034 | 71,090,039 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 275,329,614 | $ | 155,226,392 | |||
Shares outstanding | 28,789,758 | 14,244,938 | |||||
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share | $ | 9.56 | $ | 10.90 | |||
Net Assets Represent: | |||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 281,505,694 | $ | 152,436,864 | |||
Undistributed net investment income | 170,161 | 6,062 | |||||
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments and futures contracts | (5,594,995 | ) | 584,539 | ||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, futures contracts and TBA sale commitments | (751,246 | ) | 2,198,927 | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 275,329,614 | $ | 155,226,392 | |||
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* Investments at cost | $ | 275,553,995 | $ | 217,878,245 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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For the year ended December 31, 2009
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | Managers High Yield Fund | Managers Fixed Income Fund | Managers Short Duration Government Fund | Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | |||||||||||||||||||
Investment Income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend income | $ | 690,656 | $ | 307,677 | $ | 36,007 | $ | 92,298 | $ | 142,077 | $ | 87,672 | ||||||||||||
Interest income | — | 330,233 | 3,392,384 | 7,729,189 | 8,554,143 | 7,898,865 | ||||||||||||||||||
Securities lending fees | 20,257 | 751 | 6,880 | 11,015 | 468 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total investment income | 710,913 | 638,661 | 3,435,271 | 7,832,502 | 8,696,688 | 7,986,539 | ||||||||||||||||||
Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment management and advisory fees | 223,097 | 148,328 | 228,636 | 574,366 | 1,857,994 | 1,183,530 | ||||||||||||||||||
Administrative fees | 63,742 | 42,379 | 65,325 | 255,274 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Distribution Fees - Class A | 11,860 | 25,736 | 58,238 | 97,447 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Distribution Fees - Class B | 11,327 | 16,275 | 18,479 | 53,855 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Distribution Fees - Class C | 34,704 | 28,787 | 40,735 | 514,065 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Registration fees | 45,516 | 48,448 | 53,115 | 60,873 | 58,677 | 33,988 | ||||||||||||||||||
Professional fees | 34,045 | 31,080 | 32,531 | 60,561 | 91,656 | 69,105 | ||||||||||||||||||
Custodian | 14,790 | 31,650 | 40,314 | 27,917 | 83,467 | 51,197 | ||||||||||||||||||
Transfer agent | 13,611 | 6,799 | 18,747 | 39,767 | 74,048 | 247,178 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reports to shareholders | 4,882 | 5,347 | 19,352 | 23,650 | 35,108 | 38,061 | ||||||||||||||||||
Trustees fees and expenses | 2,934 | 2,033 | 2,661 | 12,107 | 25,779 | 17,296 | ||||||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous | 4,634 | 3,469 | 4,922 | 9,682 | 17,317 | 10,657 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total expenses before offsets | 465,142 | 390,331 | 583,055 | 1,729,564 | 2,244,046 | 1,651,012 | ||||||||||||||||||
Expense reimbursements | (90,344 | ) | (107,402 | ) | (170,328 | ) | (310,627 | ) | — | (145,541 | ) | |||||||||||||
Expense reductions | (16,860 | ) | (4,398 | ) | (127 | ) | (512 | ) | (1,086 | ) | (697 | ) | ||||||||||||
Expense waivers | — | — | — | (1,501 | ) | (5,192 | ) | (2,483 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net expenses | 357,938 | 278,531 | 412,600 | 1,416,924 | 2,237,768 | 1,502,291 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 352,975 | 360,130 | 3,022,671 | 6,415,578 | 6,458,920 | 6,484,248 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | (4,735,306 | ) | (324,188 | ) | (3,933,716 | ) | (326,938 | ) | 474,701 | 3,881,427 | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gain on options and futures contracts | — | — | — | — | 911,350 | 495,913 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions | — | — | — | (20,679 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation of investments | 14,983,377 | 3,834,541 | 14,623,076 | 20,356,882 | 8,260,917 | 9,169,976 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts | — | — | — | — | 299,340 | (380,909 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation of foreign currency translations | — | — | — | 22,965 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain | 10,248,071 | 3,510,353 | 10,689,360 | 20,032,230 | 9,946,308 | 13,166,407 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 10,601,046 | $ | 3,870,483 | $ | 13,712,031 | $ | 26,447,808 | $ | 16,405,228 | $ | 19,650,655 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the years ended December 31,
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | |||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 352,975 | $ | 280,442 | $ | 360,130 | $ | 400,727 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions | (4,735,306 | ) | (11,493,243 | ) | (324,188 | ) | (863,028 | ) | ||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency translations | 14,983,377 | (14,400,228 | ) | 3,834,541 | (3,372,720 | ) | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 10,601,046 | (25,613,029 | ) | 3,870,483 | (3,835,021 | ) | ||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||
From net investment income: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | (49,401 | ) | (29,318 | ) | (174,382 | ) | (128,430 | ) | ||||||||
Class B | — | — | (13,932 | ) | (48,453 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C | (1,778 | ) | — | (32,235 | ) | (49,264 | ) | |||||||||
Institutional Class | (248,789 | ) | (245,740 | ) | (138,347 | ) | (170,512 | ) | ||||||||
From net realized gain on investments: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | — | (4,013 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Class B | — | (1,900 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Class C | — | (3,738 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Institutional Class | — | (23,113 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Return of capital: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | — | — | — | (11,286 | ) | |||||||||||
Class B | — | — | — | (2,780 | ) | |||||||||||
Class C | — | — | — | (3,360 | ) | |||||||||||
Institutional Class | — | — | — | (6,852 | ) | |||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (299,968 | ) | (307,822 | ) | (358,896 | ) | (420,937 | ) | ||||||||
From Capital Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 3,048,654 | 4,850,028 | 4,406,764 | 11,344,962 | ||||||||||||
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions | 270,979 | 252,585 | 200,915 | 240,711 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (9,422,753 | ) | (20,919,460 | ) | (11,346,529 | ) | (5,840,568 | ) | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions | (6,103,120 | ) | (15,816,847 | ) | (6,738,850 | ) | 5,745,105 | |||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 4,197,958 | (41,737,698 | ) | (3,227,263 | ) | 1,489,147 | ||||||||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 31,315,884 | 73,053,582 | 21,358,046 | 19,868,899 | ||||||||||||
End of year | $ | 35,513,842 | $ | 31,315,884 | $ | 18,130,783 | $ | 21,358,046 | ||||||||
End of year undistributed net investment income (loss) | $ | 57,893 | $ | 2,590 | $ | 1,100 | — | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Managers High Yield Fund | Managers Fixed Income Fund | ||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
$ | 3,022,671 | $ | 2,899,783 | $ | 6,415,578 | $ | 6,213,046 | ||||||
(3,933,716) | (1,475,419 | ) | (347,617 | ) | 552,575 | ||||||||
14,623,076 | (12,135,159 | ) | 20,379,847 | (20,610,809 | ) | ||||||||
13,712,031 | (10,710,795 | ) | 26,447,808 | (13,845,188 | ) | ||||||||
(2,177,410) | (1,870,572 | ) | (1,993,554 | ) | (1,887,389 | ) | |||||||
(157,986) | (361,874 | ) | (233,528 | ) | (384,003 | ) | |||||||
(353,778) | (419,878 | ) | (2,238,016 | ) | (1,992,311 | ) | |||||||
(322,893) | (256,424 | ) | (1,699,098 | ) | (1,843,604 | ) | |||||||
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
— | — | (67,729 | ) | — | |||||||||
— | — | (6,757 | ) | — | |||||||||
— | — | (96,278 | ) | — | |||||||||
— | — | (57,608 | ) | — | |||||||||
(3,012,067) | (2,908,748 | ) | (6,392,568 | ) | (6,107,307 | ) | |||||||
22,442,475 | 23,364,772 | 47,864,130 | 69,659,067 | ||||||||||
2,190,315 | 2,090,161 | 4,423,829 | 3,710,771 | ||||||||||
(23,516,157) | (26,043,337 | ) | (44,997,081 | ) | (42,420,841 | ) | |||||||
1,116,633 | (588,404 | ) | 7,290,878 | 30,948,997 | |||||||||
11,816,597 | (14,207,947 | ) | 27,346,118 | 10,996,502 | |||||||||
26,088,211 | 40,296,158 | 109,714,047 | 98,717,545 | ||||||||||
$ | 37,904,808 | $ | 26,088,211 | $ | 137,060,165 | $ | 109,714,047 | ||||||
$ | 14,874 | — | — | $ | (113,024 | ) | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the years ended December 31,
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | |||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 6,458,920 | $ | 9,732,459 | $ | 6,484,248 | $ | 8,113,649 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, options and futures | 1,386,051 | (5,391,403 | ) | 4,377,340 | 974,502 | |||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, options and futures | 8,560,257 | (8,237,454 | ) | 8,789,067 | (7,870,193 | ) | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 16,405,228 | (3,896,398 | ) | 19,650,655 | 1,217,958 | |||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (6,294,858 | ) | (9,735,159 | ) | (6,508,347 | ) | (8,103,541 | ) | ||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | — | — | (1,431,402 | ) | (2,192,978 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (6,294,858 | ) | (9,735,159 | ) | (7,939,749 | ) | (10,296,519 | ) | ||||||||
From Capital Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 219,292,105 | 211,840,428 | 90,588,567 | 69,809,959 | ||||||||||||
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions | 6,090,797 | 9,362,027 | 7,193,562 | 9,362,400 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (203,712,138 | ) | (199,139,461 | ) | (124,447,216 | ) | (93,353,146 | ) | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions | 21,670,764 | 22,062,994 | (26,665,087 | ) | (14,180,787 | ) | ||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 31,781,134 | 8,431,437 | (14,954,181 | ) | (23,259,348 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 243,548,480 | 235,117,043 | 170,180,573 | 193,439,921 | ||||||||||||
End of year | $ | 275,329,614 | $ | 243,548,480 | $ | 155,226,392 | $ | 170,180,573 | ||||||||
End of year undistributed net investment income | $ | 170,161 | $ | 2,715 | $ | 6,062 | $ | 30,161 | ||||||||
Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Sale of shares | 23,244,837 | 22,203,945 | 8,559,142 | 6,633,814 | ||||||||||||
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions | 647,394 | 985,459 | 674,455 | 903,908 | ||||||||||||
Shares repurchased | (21,579,682 | ) | (20,999,033 | ) | (11,724,027 | ) | (8,928,366 | ) | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in shares | 2,312,549 | 2,190,371 | (2,490,430 | ) | (1,390,644 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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For a share outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 7.82 | $ | 13.67 | $ | 14.60 | $ | 13.48 | $ | 12.10 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | 0.09 | 0.06 | (0.02 | )2 | 0.05 | (0.01 | )2 | |||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 2.98 | (5.84 | ) | 0.17 | 2 | 1.11 | 1.39 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 3.07 | (5.78 | ) | 0.15 | 1.16 | 1.38 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.09 | ) | (0.06 | ) | — | (0.04 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments | — | (0.01 | ) | (1.08 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.09 | ) | (0.07 | ) | (1.08 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 10.80 | $ | 7.82 | $ | 13.67 | $ | 14.60 | $ | 13.48 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 39.20 | % | (42.28 | )% | 0.84 | % | 8.69 | % | 11.32 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.19 | % | 1.18 | % | 1.21 | % | 1.23 | % | 1.33 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets 1 | 1.15 | % | 0.57 | % | (0.10 | )% | 0.34 | % | (0.13 | )% | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 115 | % | 107 | % | 125 | % | 85 | % | 84 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 6,149 | $ | 3,863 | $ | 6,464 | $ | 9,178 | $ | 8,712 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.53 | % | 1.44 | % | 1.37 | % | 1.36 | % | 1.45 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 0.81 | % | 0.31 | % | (0.25 | )% | 0.22 | % | (0.24 | )% | ||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 7.33 | $ | 12.80 | $ | 13.79 | $ | 12.82 | $ | 11.59 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment loss | (0.12 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.13 | )2 | (0.08 | ) | (0.06 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 2.92 | (5.40 | ) | 0.15 | 2 | 1.09 | 1.29 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.80 | (5.46 | ) | 0.02 | 1.01 | 1.23 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | — | — | — | (0.04 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments | — | (0.01 | ) | (1.01 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | — | (0.01 | ) | (1.01 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 10.13 | $ | 7.33 | $ | 12.80 | $ | 13.79 | $ | 12.82 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 38.20 | %4 | (42.67 | )% | (0.03 | )% | 7.88 | % | 10.61 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.94 | % | 1.94 | % | 1.96 | % | 1.98 | % | 1.99 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets 1 | 0.33 | % | (0.30 | )% | (0.86 | )% | (0.41 | )% | (0.79 | )% | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 115 | % | 107 | % | 125 | % | 85 | % | 84 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 621 | $ | 1,742 | $ | 6,909 | $ | 11,197 | $ | 15,512 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 2.27 | % | 2.20 | % | 2.12 | % | 2.11 | % | 2.11 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 0.00 | % | (0.56 | )% | (1.02 | )% | (0.59 | )% | (0.91 | )% | ||||||||||
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For a share outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
Class C | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 7.32 | $ | 12.79 | $ | 13.80 | $ | 12.83 | $ | 11.60 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | 0.02 | (0.03 | ) | (0.12 | )2 | (0.06 | ) | (0.06 | )2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 2.77 | (5.43 | ) | 0.12 | 2 | 1.07 | 1.29 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.79 | (5.46 | ) | — | 1.01 | 1.23 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.00 | )# | — | — | (0.04 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments | — | (0.01 | ) | (1.01 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.00 | )# | (0.01 | ) | (1.01 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 10.11 | $ | 7.32 | $ | 12.79 | $ | 13.80 | $ | 12.83 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 38.18 | % | (42.71 | )% | (0.19 | )% | 7.87 | % | 10.60 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.94 | % | 1.94 | % | 1.96 | % | 1.98 | % | 1.99 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets 1 | 0.38 | % | (0.23 | )% | (0.85 | )% | (0.41 | )% | (0.79 | )% | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 115 | % | 107 | % | 125 | % | 85 | % | 84 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 3,669 | $ | 3,558 | $ | 8,651 | $ | 11,748 | $ | 13,845 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 2.28 | % | 2.19 | % | 2.12 | % | 2.11 | % | 2.11 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 0.04 | % | (0.49 | )% | (1.02 | )% | (0.56 | )% | (0.91 | )% | ||||||||||
Institutional Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 8.24 | $ | 14.42 | $ | 15.41 | $ | 14.19 | $ | 12.70 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 3.12 | (6.18 | ) | 0.11 | 2 | 1.17 | 1.39 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 3.26 | (6.08 | ) | 0.14 | 1.26 | 1.49 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.11 | ) | (0.09 | ) | — | (0.04 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments | — | (0.01 | ) | (1.13 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.11 | ) | (0.10 | ) | (1.13 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 11.39 | $ | 8.24 | $ | 14.42 | $ | 15.41 | $ | 14.19 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 39.59 | % | (42.13 | )% | 0.78 | % | 8.96 | % | 11.74 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.94 | % | 0.94 | % | 0.96 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.99 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 1.39 | % | 0.77 | % | 0.16 | % | 0.59 | % | 0.21 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 115 | % | 107 | % | 125 | % | 85 | % | 84 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 25,075 | $ | 22,152 | $ | 51,029 | $ | 56,008 | $ | 59,571 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.28 | % | 1.19 | % | 1.12 | % | 1.11 | % | 1.11 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.05 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.47 | % | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||
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For a share outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 10.45 | $ | 13.18 | $ | 12.86 | $ | 11.55 | $ | 11.24 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.17 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.87 | (2.74 | ) | 0.34 | 1.32 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.09 | (2.45 | ) | 0.59 | 1.57 | 0.47 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.21 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.16 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | — | (0.01 | ) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.21 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.27 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.16 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 12.33 | $ | 10.45 | $ | 13.18 | $ | 12.86 | $ | 11.55 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 20.06 | % | (18.68 | )% | 4.63 | % | 13.73 | % | 4.24 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.23 | % | 1.17 | % | 1.23 | % | 1.23 | % | 1.31 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 1.77 | % | 2.53 | % | 1.93 | % | 2.05 | % | 1.45 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 114 | % | 99 | % | 206 | % | 66 | % | 53 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 6,933 | $ | 9,932 | $ | 2,076 | $ | 1,933 | $ | 1,677 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.76 | % | 1.68 | % | 1.78 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.85 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.24 | % | 2.03 | % | 1.38 | % | 1.49 | % | 0.89 | % | ||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 10.29 | $ | 12.96 | $ | 12.64 | $ | 11.36 | $ | 11.06 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.09 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.83 | (2.66 | ) | 0.33 | 1.29 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.99 | (2.50 | ) | 0.49 | 1.47 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.11 | ) | (0.16 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.19 | ) | (0.09 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | — | (0.01 | ) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.11 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.19 | ) | (0.09 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 12.17 | $ | 10.29 | $ | 12.96 | $ | 12.64 | $ | 11.36 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 19.42 | % | (19.38 | )% | 3.86 | % | 12.83 | % | 3.53 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.98 | % | 1.97 | % | 1.98 | % | 1.98 | % | 1.98 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 1.11 | % | 1.53 | % | 1.16 | % | 1.30 | % | 0.79 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 114 | % | 99 | % | 206 | % | 66 | % | 53 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 978 | $ | 2,434 | $ | 6,026 | $ | 8,485 | $ | 9,692 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 2.51 | % | 2.55 | % | 2.53 | % | 2.56 | % | 2.52 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.58 | % | 0.95 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.71 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||
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Class C | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 10.38 | $ | 13.08 | $ | 12.76 | $ | 11.46 | $ | 11.16 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.09 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.88 | (2.70 | ) | 0.33 | 1.31 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.00 | (2.52 | ) | 0.49 | 1.47 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.13 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.09 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | — | (0.01 | ) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.13 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.17 | ) | (0.09 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 12.25 | $ | 10.38 | $ | 13.08 | $ | 12.76 | $ | 11.46 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 19.33 | % | (19.36 | )% | 3.86 | % | 12.88 | % | 3.49 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.98 | % | 1.96 | % | 1.98 | % | 1.98 | % | 1.98 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 1.04 | % | 1.57 | % | 1.17 | % | 1.30 | % | 0.79 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 114 | % | 99 | % | 206 | % | 66 | % | 53 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 3,056 | $ | 2,926 | $ | 4,013 | $ | 4,479 | $ | 5,081 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 2.51 | % | 2.52 | % | 2.53 | % | 2.56 | % | 2.52 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.51 | % | 1.01 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.71 | % | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||
Institutional Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 10.54 | $ | 13.28 | $ | 12.96 | $ | 11.64 | $ | 11.33 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.18 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.90 | (2.74 | ) | 0.34 | 1.32 | 0.31 | ||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.13 | (2.43 | ) | 0.63 | 1.61 | 0.49 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.24 | ) | (0.30 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.18 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | — | (0.01 | ) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.24 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.18 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 12.43 | $ | 10.54 | $ | 13.28 | $ | 12.96 | $ | 11.64 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 20.44 | % | (18.51 | )% | 4.87 | % | 13.98 | % | 4.57 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.98 | % | 0.96 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.98 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 2.03 | % | 2.58 | % | 2.18 | % | 2.30 | % | 1.80 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 114 | % | 99 | % | 206 | % | 66 | % | 53 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 7,164 | $ | 6,065 | $ | 7,754 | $ | 7,676 | $ | 7,501 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.51 | % | 1.52 | % | 1.53 | % | 1.56 | % | 1.52 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.50 | % | 2.02 | % | 1.63 | % | 1.73 | % | 1.26 | % | ||||||||||
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Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers High Yield Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 5.25 | $ | 8.23 | $ | 8.63 | $ | 8.30 | $ | 8.67 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.57 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 2.10 | (2.99 | ) | (0.40 | ) | 0.33 | (0.37 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.70 | (2.35 | ) | 0.19 | 0.88 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.60 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (0.55 | ) | (0.57 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 7.35 | $ | 5.25 | $ | 8.23 | $ | 8.63 | $ | 8.30 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 53.97 | %4 | (30.02 | )%4 | 2.25 | % | 11.07 | % | 2.37 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.15 | % | 1.15 | %7 | 1.15 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.22 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 9.33 | % | 8.57 | %7 | 6.92 | % | 6.65 | % | 6.64 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 56 | % | 41 | % | 51 | % | 65 | % | 63 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 28,450 | $ | 17,105 | $ | 24,151 | $ | 26,953 | $ | 20,478 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.68 | % | 1.70 | % | 1.55 | % | 1.54 | % | 1.59 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 8.80 | % | 8.01 | % | 6.52 | % | 6.26 | % | 6.28 | % | ||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers High Yield Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 5.18 | $ | 8.13 | $ | 8.54 | $ | 8.22 | $ | 8.60 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.51 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 2.02 | (2.94 | ) | (0.43 | ) | 0.31 | (0.38 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.60 | (2.38 | ) | 0.11 | 0.81 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.54 | ) | (0.57 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (0.49 | ) | (0.51 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 7.24 | $ | 5.18 | $ | 8.13 | $ | 8.54 | $ | 8.22 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 52.52 | %4 | (30.62 | )%4 | 1.30 | % | 10.21 | % | 1.59 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.90 | % | 1.90 | %7 | 1.90 | % | 1.90 | % | 1.90 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 8.90 | % | 7.80 | %7 | 6.14 | % | 5.88 | % | 5.96 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 56 | % | 41 | % | 51 | % | 65 | % | 63 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 1,309 | $ | 2,577 | $ | 6,536 | $ | 12,318 | $ | 17,782 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 2.42 | % | 2.45 | % | 2.30 | % | 2.28 | % | 2.27 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 8.38 | % | 7.25 | % | 5.74 | % | 5.50 | % | 5.59 | % | ||||||||||
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Class C | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers High Yield Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 5.18 | $ | 8.12 | $ | 8.53 | $ | 8.21 | $ | 8.59 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.51 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 2.06 | (2.94 | ) | (0.41 | ) | 0.32 | (0.38 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.60 | (2.37 | ) | 0.12 | 0.81 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.54 | ) | (0.57 | ) | (0.53 | ) | (0.49 | ) | (0.51 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 7.24 | $ | 5.18 | $ | 8.12 | $ | 8.53 | $ | 8.21 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 52.57 | %4 | (30.54 | )%4 | 1.32 | % | 10.24 | % | 1.60 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.90 | % | 1.90 | %7 | 1.90 | % | 1.90 | % | 1.90 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 8.68 | % | 7.91 | %7 | 6.18 | % | 5.89 | % | 5.97 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 56 | % | 41 | % | 51 | % | 65 | % | 63 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 4,488 | $ | 3,516 | $ | 6,186 | $ | 7,653 | $ | 7,934 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 2.43 | % | 2.46 | % | 2.30 | % | 2.29 | % | 2.27 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 8.15 | % | 7.36 | % | 5.78 | % | 5.50 | % | 5.60 | % | ||||||||||
Institutional Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers High Yield Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 5.29 | $ | 8.29 | $ | 8.70 | $ | 8.36 | $ | 8.74 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 0.60 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 2.11 | (2.98 | ) | (0.43 | ) | 0.34 | (0.38 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.75 | (2.34 | ) | 0.21 | 0.92 | 0.22 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.62 | ) | (0.66 | ) | (0.62 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.60 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 7.42 | $ | 5.29 | $ | 8.29 | $ | 8.70 | $ | 8.36 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 54.64 | %4 | (29.80 | )%4 | 2.40 | % | 11.38 | % | 2.60 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.90 | % | 0.90 | %7 | 0.90 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.90 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 9.68 | % | 8.90 | %7 | 7.16 | % | 6.91 | % | 6.96 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 56 | % | 41 | % | 51 | % | 65 | % | 63 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 3,658 | $ | 2,890 | $ | 3,423 | $ | 7,053 | $ | 3,440 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.42 | % | 1.46 | % | 1.30 | % | 1.29 | % | 1.27 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 9.16 | % | 8.34 | % | 6.77 | % | 6.51 | % | 6.59 | % | ||||||||||
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Managers Fixed Income Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 8.93 | $ | 10.54 | $ | 10.55 | $ | 10.36 | $ | 10.62 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.53 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.49 | (1.62 | ) | 0.01 | 0.19 | (0.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.01 | (1.07 | ) | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.28 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.49 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (0.54 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | (0.02 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.51 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (0.54 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 10.43 | $ | 8.93 | $ | 10.54 | $ | 10.55 | $ | 10.36 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 23.14 | % | (10.45 | )% | 5.53 | % | 7.10 | % | 2.68 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.84 | % | 0.84 | % | 0.82 | % | 0.74 | % | 0.81 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 5.30 | % | 5.72 | % | 5.12 | % | 4.98 | % | 4.65 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 42 | % | 16 | % | 17 | % | 55 | % | 24 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 40,625 | $ | 33,417 | $ | 24,122 | $ | 11,776 | $ | 7,591 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.08 | % | 1.08 | % | 1.12 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.27 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 5.06 | % | 5.48 | % | 4.84 | % | 4.60 | % | 4.19 | % | ||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 8.86 | $ | 10.47 | $ | 10.48 | $ | 10.30 | $ | 10.56 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.43 | 0.46 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.43 | (1.62 | ) | (0.03 | ) | 0.19 | (0.25 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.92 | (1.14 | ) | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.21 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.41 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (0.49 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | (0.02 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.43 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (0.49 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 10.35 | $ | 8.86 | $ | 10.47 | $ | 10.48 | $ | 10.30 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 22.22 | % | (11.13 | )% | 4.74 | % | 6.25 | % | 2.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.59 | % | 1.59 | % | 1.55 | % | 1.49 | % | 1.49 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 4.67 | % | 4.90 | % | 4.37 | % | 4.23 | % | 3.96 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 42 | % | 16 | % | 17 | % | 55 | % | 24 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 4,055 | $ | 6,349 | $ | 9,029 | $ | 13,089 | $ | 16,837 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.83 | % | 1.82 | % | 1.85 | % | 1.90 | % | 1.95 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 4.43 | % | 4.66 | % | 4.05 | % | 3.80 | % | 3.50 | % | ||||||||||
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Managers Fixed Income Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 8.92 | $ | 10.54 | $ | 10.55 | $ | 10.36 | $ | 10.63 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.46 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.49 | (1.62 | ) | 0.01 | 0.20 | (0.26 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.93 | (1.14 | ) | 0.49 | 0.63 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.42 | ) | (0.48 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | (0.02 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.44 | ) | (0.48 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 10.41 | $ | 8.92 | $ | 10.54 | $ | 10.55 | $ | 10.36 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 22.13 | % | (11.11 | )% | 4.75 | % | 6.31 | % | 1.90 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.59 | % | 1.59 | % | 1.56 | % | 1.49 | % | 1.49 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 4.53 | % | 4.96 | % | 4.38 | % | 4.23 | % | 3.96 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 42 | % | 16 | % | 17 | % | 55 | % | 24 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 57,658 | $ | 41,387 | $ | 32,154 | $ | 15,454 | $ | 11,480 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 1.83 | % | 1.83 | % | 1.86 | % | 1.90 | % | 1.95 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 4.29 | % | 4.73 | % | 4.08 | % | 3.82 | % | 3.50 | % | ||||||||||
Institutional Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $ | 8.96 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.40 | $ | 10.66 | ||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.56 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 1.48 | (1.63 | ) | 0.01 | 0.19 | (0.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.03 | (1.05 | ) | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.31 | ||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.51 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.60 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.57 | ) | ||||||||||
Return of capital | (0.02 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.53 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.60 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.57 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $ | 10.46 | $ | 8.96 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.40 | ||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 23.39 | % | (10.23 | )% | 5.84 | % | 7.34 | % | 2.91 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.59 | % | 0.59 | % | 0.56 | % | 0.49 | % | 0.49 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1 | 5.55 | % | 5.93 | % | 5.37 | % | 5.23 | % | 4.96 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 42 | % | 16 | % | 17 | % | 55 | % | 24 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted) | $ | 34,723 | $ | 28,561 | $ | 33,412 | $ | 25,861 | $ | 25,641 | ||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 0.83 | % | 0.83 | % | 0.86 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.95 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 5.31 | % | 5.69 | % | 5.07 | % | 4.82 | % | 4.50 | % | ||||||||||
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For the fiscal year ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short Duration Government Fund | For the year ended December 31, 2009 | For the year ended December 31, 2008 | For the period from April 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $ | 9.20 | $ | 9.68 | $ | 9.68 | $ | 9.61 | $ | 9.66 | $ | 9.69 | ||||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 0.35 | (0.45 | ) | 0.01 | 0.06 | (0.05 | ) | (0.02 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.59 | (0.11 | ) | 0.32 | 0.48 | 0.29 | 0.25 | |||||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.23 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.32 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.34 | ) | (0.28 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $ | 9.56 | $ | 9.20 | $ | 9.68 | $ | 9.68 | $ | 9.61 | $ | 9.66 | ||||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 6.43 | %4 | (1.19 | )% | 3.41 | %8 | 5.05 | % | 3.00 | % | 2.62 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 5 | 0.84 | % | 0.83 | % | 0.84 | %9 | 0.83 | % | 0.83 | % | 0.78 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1,5 | 2.43 | % | 3.88 | % | 4.49 | %9 | 4.15 | % | 3.41 | % | 2.90 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 152 | % | 282 | % | 199 | %8 | 230 | % | 315 | % | 341 | % | ||||||||||||
Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted) | $ | 275,330 | $ | 243,548 | $ | 235,117 | $ | 179,984 | $ | 206,523 | $ | 237,900 | ||||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 0.84 | % | 0.84 | % | 1.22 | %9 | 1.36 | % | 1.08 | % | 1.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 2.43 | % | 3.87 | % | 4.11 | %9 | 3.62 | % | 3.16 | % | 2.68 | % | ||||||||||||
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Intermediate Duration Government Fund | For the year ended December 31, 2009 | For the year ended December 31, 2008 | For the period from April 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $ | 10.17 | $ | 10.67 | $ | 10.54 | $ | 10.37 | $ | 10.53 | $ | 10.74 | ||||||||||||
Income from Investment Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 0.83 | (0.37 | ) | 0.13 | 0.17 | (0.16 | ) | (0.06 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 1.24 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.21 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less Distributions to Shareholders from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.41 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.26 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments | (0.10 | ) | (0.13 | ) | — | — | — | (0.15 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders | (0.51 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.41 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $ | 10.90 | $ | 10.17 | $ | 10.67 | $ | 10.54 | $ | 10.37 | $ | 10.53 | ||||||||||||
Total Return 1 | 12.40 | % | 0.85 | % | 4.85 | %8 | 6.30 | % | 2.02 | % | 1.78 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 6 | 0.89 | % | 0.89 | % | 0.83 | %9 | 0.87 | % | 0.88 | % | 0.88 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1,6 | 3.84 | % | 4.32 | % | 4.62 | %9 | 4.46 | % | 3.53 | % | 2.45 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover | 370 | % | 429 | % | 240.00 | %8 | 445 | % | 672 | % | 851 | % | ||||||||||||
Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted) | $ | 155,226 | $ | 170,181 | $ | 193,440 | $ | 182,771 | $ | 194,545 | $ | 186,026 | ||||||||||||
Ratios absent expense offsets: 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | 0.98 | % | 0.95 | % | 0.84 | %9 | 0.89 | % | 0.88 | % | 0.89 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 3.75 | % | 4.26 | % | 4.61 | %9 | 4.44 | % | 3.53 | % | 2.44 | % | ||||||||||||
Notes to Financial Highlights
The following notes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Funds presented on the previous pages.
# | Rounds to less than 0.01 |
1 | Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced. (See Note 1(c) of Notes to Financial Statements.) |
2 | Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares. |
3 | Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest and taxes. (See Note 1(c) of Notes to Financial Statements.) |
4 | The total return is based on the Financial Statements Net Asset Values as shown. |
5 | Excludes interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2009, and 2008, the period ended December 31, 2007 and the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 of 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.38%, 0.53%, 0. 23%, and 0.16%, respectively. (See Note 1(c) of Notes to Financial Statements.) |
6 | Excludes interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the period ended December 31, 2007 and the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 of 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.01%, 0.04%, 0.00%, and 0.01%, respectively. (See Note 1(c) of Notes to Financial Statements.) |
7 | Excludes interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2008, of 0.06%. |
8 | Not annualized. |
9 | Annualized. |
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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Managers Trust II (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 is comprised of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks and policies. Included in this report are: Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund (“Mid-Cap”), Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund (“Balanced”), Managers High Yield Fund (“High Yield”), Managers Fixed Income Fund (“Fixed Income”), Managers Short Duration Government Fund (“Short Duration”), and Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund (“Intermediate Duration”), collectively the “Funds.”
Mid-Cap, Balanced, High Yield, and Fixed Income each offer four classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C and Institutional Class. Sales of Class A shares may be subject to a front-end sales charge. Redemptions of Class A, Class B and Class C shares may be subject to a contingent-deferred sales charge (as a percentage of the original offering price or the net asset value at time of sale, whichever is less). Institutional Class shares are available, with no sales charge, to certain institutional investors and qualifying individual investors. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund and the classes are identical except for class specific expenses related to shareholder activity. Each class has equal voting privileges except that each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its services and/or distribution plan. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.
The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, 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 periods. 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. Over-the-counter securities are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, if one is available. Lacking any sales, over-the counter securities are valued at the last quoted bid price. The Funds’ investments are generally valued based on market quotations provided by third party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Funds. Under certain circumstances, the value of each Fund’s investment may be based on an evaluation of its fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. Each Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio security to calculate its NAV when, for example, (1) market quotations are not readily available because a portfolio security is not traded in a public market or the principal market in which the security trades is closed, (2) trading in a portfolio security is suspended and has not resumed before the Fund calculates its NAV, (3) a significant event affecting the value of a portfolio security is determined to have occurred between the time of the market quotation provided for a portfolio security and the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV, (4) a security’s price has remained unchanged over a period of time (often referred to as a “stale price”), or (5) Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”) determines that a market quotation is inaccurate. Portfolio investments that trade primarily on foreign markets are priced based upon the market quotation of such securities as of the close of their respective principal markets, as adjusted to reflect the Investment Manager’s determination of the impact of events occurring subsequent to the close of such markets but prior to the time as of which the Funds calculate its NAV. In accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, the Investment Manager relies upon recommendations of a third-party fair valuation service in adjusting the prices of such foreign portfolio investments. The Funds may invest in securities that may be thinly traded. The Board of Trustees has adopted procedures to adjust prices when thinly traded securities 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. An investment’s valuation may differ depending on the method used and the factors considered in determining value according to the Fund’s fair value procedures.
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. 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 investments having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments in other regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share except iShares or other ETF’s, which are valued the same as equity securities. 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 securities and yield to maturity in determining value. Securities (including derivatives) for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued, as determined in good faith, and pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Further, 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.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) define 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. GAAP also establishes a
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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 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk)
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of December 31, 2009:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||
Mid-Cap | |||||||||||
Investments in Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | $ | 5,186,434 | — | — | $ | 5,186,434 | |||||
Consumer Staples | 1,158,899 | — | — | 1,158,899 | |||||||
Energy | 2,594,476 | — | — | 2,594,476 | |||||||
Financials | 6,493,959 | — | — | 6,493,959 | |||||||
Health Care | 3,839,354 | — | — | 3,839,354 | |||||||
Industrials | 4,869,595 | — | — | 4,869,595 | |||||||
Information Technology | 6,220,000 | — | — | 6,220,000 | |||||||
Materials | 2,025,937 | — | — | 2,025,937 | |||||||
Telecommunication Services | 70,518 | — | — | 70,518 | |||||||
Utilities | 2,316,388 | — | — | 2,316,388 | |||||||
Short-Term Investments | 2,779,556 | $ | 31,146 | — | 2,810,702 | ||||||
Total Investments in Securities | $ | 37,555,116 | $ | 31,146 | — | $ | 37,586,262 | ||||
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Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||
Balanced | |||||||||||
Investments in Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | $ | 1,114,156 | — | — | $ | 1,114,156 | |||||
Consumer Staples | 1,250,873 | — | — | 1,250,873 | |||||||
Energy | 1,173,452 | — | — | 1,173,452 | |||||||
Financials | 1,536,189 | — | — | 1,536,189 | |||||||
Health Care | 1,359,785 | — | — | 1,359,785 | |||||||
Industrials | 1,060,639 | — | — | 1,060,639 | |||||||
Information Technology | 2,237,782 | — | — | 2,237,782 | |||||||
Materials | 472,378 | — | — | 472,378 | |||||||
Telecommunication Services | 262,041 | — | — | 262,041 | |||||||
Utilities | 434,339 | — | — | 434,339 | |||||||
Asset-Backed Securities | — | $ | 183,841 | — | 183,841 | ||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 598,473 | — | 598,473 | |||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | |||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | — | 170,344 | — | 170,344 | |||||||
Federal National Mortgage Association | — | 2,747,740 | — | 2,747,740 | |||||||
United States Treasury Securities | — | 176,487 | — | 176,487 | |||||||
Corporate Bonds | |||||||||||
Financials | — | 706,535 | — | 706,535 | |||||||
Industrials | — | 1,992,447 | — | 1,992,447 | |||||||
Utilities | — | 343,930 | — | 343,930 | |||||||
Short-Term Investments | 288,974 | 5,536 | — | 294,510 | |||||||
Total Investments in Securities | $ | 11,190,608 | $ | 6,925,333 | — | $ | 18,115,941 | ||||
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Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||
High Yield | |||||||||||
Investments in Securities | |||||||||||
Corporate Bonds | |||||||||||
Financials | — | $ | 4,627,238 | — | $ | 4,627,238 | |||||
Industrials | — | 30,784,588 | — | 30,784,588 | |||||||
Utilities | — | 1,412,188 | — | 1,412,188 | |||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||||||
Consumer Staples | $ | 75,195 | — | — | 75,195 | ||||||
Financials | 64,580 | — | — | 64,580 | |||||||
Information Technology | 95,030 | — | — | 95,030 | |||||||
Industrials | 10,121 | — | — | 10,121 | |||||||
Materials | 142,289 | — | — | 142,289 | |||||||
Warrants | 5,777 | — | — | 5,777 | |||||||
Short-Term Investments | 2,085,171 | 17,111 | — | 2,102,282 | |||||||
Total Investments in Securities | $ | 2,478,163 | $ | 36,841,125 | — | $ | 39,319,288 | ||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||
Fixed Income | |||||||||||
Investments in Securities | |||||||||||
Corporate Bonds | |||||||||||
Financials | — | $ | 20,368,393 | — | $ | 20,368,393 | |||||
Industrials | — | 58,321,655 | — | 58,321,655 | |||||||
Utilities | — | 11,111,829 | — | 11,111,829 | |||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | |||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | — | 2,614,128 | — | 2,614,128 | |||||||
Federal National Mortgage Association | — | 3,793,565 | — | 3,793,565 | |||||||
United States Treasury Securities | — | 14,014,234 | — | 14,014,234 | |||||||
Foreign Government Obligations | — | 12,576,686 | — | 12,576,686 | |||||||
Municipal Bonds | — | 1,931,352 | — | 1,931,352 | |||||||
Asset-Backed Securities | — | 4,465,171 | — | 4,465,171 | |||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 1,230,917 | — | 1,230,917 | |||||||
Preferred Stocks | $ | 601,123 | — | — | 601,123 | ||||||
Short-Term Investments | 4,547,681 | 48,277 | — | 4,595,958 | |||||||
Total Investments in Securities | $ | 5,148,804 | $ | 130,476,207 | — | $ | 135,625,011 | ||||
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Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||
Short Duration | |||||||||||||
Investments in Securities | |||||||||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | — | $ | 241,627,303 | — | $ | 241,627,303 | |||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities and Interest Only Strips | — | 16,759,770 | — | 16,759,770 | |||||||||
Asset-Backed Securities | — | 1,714,144 | — | 1,714,144 | |||||||||
Short-Term Investments | $ | 14,719,161 | 752,965 | — | 15,472,126 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities | 14,719,161 | 260,854,182 | — | 275,573,343 | |||||||||
Other Financial Instruments* | (875,030 | ) | — | — | (875,030 | ) | |||||||
Totals | $ | 13,844,131 | $ | 260,854,182 | — | $ | 274,698,313 | ||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||
Intermediate Duration | |||||||||||||
Investments in Securities | |||||||||||||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations | — | $ | 180,703,675 | — | $ | 180,703,675 | |||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 22,307,174 | — | 22,307,174 | |||||||||
Short-Term Investments | $ | 16,705,371 | 280,641 | — | 16,986,012 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities | 16,705,371 | 203,291,490 | — | 219,996,861 | |||||||||
Other Financial Instruments* | 75,624 | — | — | 75,624 | |||||||||
Totals | $ | 16,780,995 | $ | 203,291,490 | — | $ | 220,072,485 | ||||||
* | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation of the instrument. |
The fair values of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2009 for Short Duration and Intermediate Duration were as follows:
Asset Derivatives | Liability Derivatives | |||||||||||
Fund | Derivatives not accounted for as hedging | Statement of Assets and | Fair Value | Statement of Assets and | Fair Value | |||||||
Short Duration | Interest rate contracts | Receivable for variation margin on futures | $ | 41,509 | Payable for variation margin on futures | $ | 43,652 | |||||
Intermediate Duration | Interest rate contracts | Receivable for variation margin on futures | $ | 43,370 | Payable for variation margin on futures | $ | 16,669 | |||||
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For the year ended December 31, 2009, the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for Short Duration and Intermediate Duration and the amount of realized gain/(loss) on derivatives recognized in income were as follows:
Fund | Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | Futures | |||
Short Duration | Interest rate contracts | $ | 911,350 | ||
Intermediate Duration | Interest rate contracts | $ | 495,913 | ||
The change in unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives recognized in income were as follows:
Fund | Derivatives not accounted for as hedging | Futures | ||||
Short Duration | Interest rate contracts | $ | 299,340 | |||
Intermediate Duration | Interest rate contracts | $ | (380,909 | ) | ||
b. Security Transactions
Security transactions are accounted for as of the 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, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed. These dividends are recorded as soon as the Trust is informed of the ex-dividend date. Dividend income on foreign securities is recorded net 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.
The following Funds had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers who paid a portion of such Fund’s expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2009, under these arrangements, the amount by which the Funds’ expenses were reduced and the impact on the expense ratios were: Mid-Cap—$16,732 or 0.05%, and Balanced—$4,312 or 0.02%.
The Funds have a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York Mellon, 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 custody expenses that would otherwise be charged to each Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the custodian expense was not reduced for any of the Funds.
Overdrafts will cause a reduction of any earnings credits, computed at 2% above the effective Federal Funds rate on the day of the overdraft. For the year ended December 31, 2009, overdraft fees and the impact on the expense ratios, if any, for Mid-Cap, Balanced, High Yield, Fixed Income, Short Duration, and Intermediate Duration equaled $377, $15, $1,186, $0, $0, and $0, respectively.
The Trust also has a balance credit arrangement with its Transfer Agent, PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc., whereby earnings credits are used to offset banking charges and other out-of-pocket expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the transfer agent expense was reduced as follows: Mid-Cap—$128, Balanced—$86, High Yield—$127, Fixed Income—$512, Short Duration—$1,086, and Intermediate Duration—$697.
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 each Fund may have made in the JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund – Capital. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the management fee was reduced as follows: Mid-Cap—$0, Balanced—$0, High Yield—$0, Fixed Income—$1,501, Short Duration—$5,192, and Intermediate Duration—$2,483.
Total returns and net investment income for the Funds would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset. Total expenses before offsets exclude the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense offsets such as brokerage recapture credits, but include non-reimburseable expenses, if any, such as interest and taxes, except in such cases where interest expense is disclosed separately.
d. Dividends and Distributions
Dividends resulting from net investment income, if any, normally will be declared and paid annually for the Mid-Cap Fund, monthly for the Fixed Income, High Yield, Short Duration and Intermediate Duration and quarterly for the Balanced Fund. Distributions of capital gains, if any, will be made on an annual basis and when required for Federal excise tax purposes. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to wash sales, REITS, equalization
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accounting for tax purposes, foreign currency, options, futures, and market discount transactions. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in-capital. The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows:
Mid Cap | Balanced | High Yield | Fixed Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions paid from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary income | $ | 299,968 | $ | 277,852 | $ | 358,896 | $ | 396,655 | $ | 3,012,067 | $ | 2,908,748 | $ | 6,164,196 | $ | 6,107,307 | ||||||||||||
Short-term capital gains | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term capital gains | — | 29,970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Return of capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | 228,372 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | $ | 299,968 | $ | 307,822 | $ | 358,896 | $ | 396,655 | $ | 3,012,067 | $ | 2,908,748 | $ | 6,392,568 | $ | 6,107,307 | ||||||||||||
As a % of distributions paid (unaudited): |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualified ordinary income | 100.00 | % | 51.62 | % | 75.22 | % | 48.06 | % | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Ordinary income—dividends received deduction | 100.00 | % | 100.00 | % | 83.23 | % | 54.23 | % | — | — | — | — |
Short Duration | Intermediate Duration | |||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Distributions paid from: | ||||||||||||
Ordinary income | $ | 6,294,858 | $ | 9,735,159 | $ | 6,508,347 | $ | 8,106,785 | ||||
Short-term capital gains | — | — | 1,431,402 | 1,562,810 | ||||||||
Long-term capital gains | — | — | — | 626,924 | ||||||||
Totals | $ | 6,294,858 | $ | 9,735,159 | $ | 7,939,749 | $ | 10,296,519 | ||||
As a % of distributions paid (unaudited): | ||||||||||||
Qualified ordinary income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Ordinary income—dividends received deduction | — | — | — | — |
As of December 31, 2009, the components of distributable earnings (excluding unrealized appreciation/depreciation) on a tax basis consisted of:
Mid Cap | Balanced | High Yield | Fixed Income | Short Duration | Intermediate Duration | |||||||||||||
Capital loss carryforward | $ | 16,798,422 | $ | 2,616,100 | $ | 5,403,181 | $ | 616,984 | $ | 5,968,396 | — | |||||||
Undistributed ordinary income | 57,893 | 611 | 14,874 | — | 170,161 | $ | 6,062 | |||||||||||
Undistributed short-term capital gains | — | — | — | — | — | 1,039,157 | ||||||||||||
Undistributed long-term capital gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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e. Federal Taxes
Each Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 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 for all open tax years (tax years ended December 31, 2006-2009), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. 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.
f. Capital Stock
The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each series 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. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the capital stock transactions by class for Mid-Cap, Balanced, High Yield, and Fixed Income were:
Mid-Cap | Balanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||
Class A: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 175,871 | $ | 1,573,981 | 193,100 | $ | 2,186,766 | 259,779 | $ | 2,845,086 | 887,710 | $ | 9,935,110 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,252 | 24,752 | 2,277 | 17,119 | 4,278 | 49,025 | 3,175 | 36,148 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (102,802 | ) | (889,571 | ) | (174,458 | ) | (1,997,426 | ) | (651,802 | ) | (7,638,243 | ) | (98,450 | ) | (1,068,697 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Increase (Decrease)—Class A | 75,321 | $ | 709,162 | 20,919 | $ | 206,459 | (387,745 | ) | $ | (4,744,132 | ) | 792,435 | $ | 8,902,561 | ||||||||||||||
Class B: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 168 | $ | 1,155 | 5,625 | $ | 56,961 | 23,140 | $ | 259,990 | 19,896 | $ | 233,307 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | — | — | 122 | 860 | 614 | 6,744 | 1,609 | 18,325 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (176,441 | ) | (1,444,034 | ) | (307,761 | ) | (3,310,412 | ) | (179,904 | ) | (1,952,017 | ) | (249,963 | ) | (2,999,626 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Decrease—Class B | (176,273 | ) | $ | (1,442,879 | ) | (302,014 | ) | $ | (3,252,591 | ) | (156,150 | ) | $ | (1,685,283 | ) | (228,458 | ) | $ | (2,747,994 | ) | ||||||||
Class C: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 13,179 | $ | 106,965 | 12,546 | $ | 135,835 | 20,193 | $ | 221,969 | 34,838 | $ | 413,646 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 53 | 542 | 129 | 910 | 716 | 8,106 | 1,068 | 12,081 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (136,234 | ) | (1,128,150 | ) | (203,110 | ) | (2,045,048 | ) | (53,253 | ) | (571,245 | ) | (60,886 | ) | (715,503 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Decrease—Class C | (123,002 | ) | $ | (1,020,643 | ) | (190,435 | ) | $ | (1,908,303 | ) | (32,344 | ) | $ | (341,170 | ) | (24,980 | ) | $ | (289,776 | ) | ||||||||
Institutional Class: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 152,518 | $ | 1,366,553 | 199,679 | $ | 2,470,466 | 97,908 | $ | 1,079,719 | 63,486 | $ | 762,899 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 21,216 | 245,685 | 29,469 | 233,696 | 11,948 | 137,040 | 14,878 | 174,157 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (659,517 | ) | (5,960,998 | ) | (1,080,728 | ) | (13,566,574 | ) | (109,145 | ) | (1,185,024 | ) | (86,606 | ) | (1,056,742 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Class | (485,783 | ) | $ | (4,348,760 | ) | (851,580 | ) | $ | (10,862,412 | ) | 711 | $ | 31,735 | (8,242 | ) | $ | (119,686 | ) | ||||||||||
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High Yield | Fixed Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||
Class A: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 2,670,648 | $ | 15,897,970 | 2,801,422 | $ | 20,561,791 | 2,132,956 | $ | 20,258,557 | 3,327,108 | $ | 32,869,031 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 266,725 | 1,670,573 | 230,576 | 1,572,459 | 141,825 | 1,362,744 | 111,756 | 1,075,961 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (2,325,239 | ) | (13,838,087 | ) | (2,706,598 | ) | (20,623,729 | ) | (2,119,817 | ) | (20,513,025 | ) | (1,986,511 | ) | (18,515,373 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Increase—Class A | 612,134 | $ | 3,730,456 | 325,400 | $ | 1,510,521 | 154,964 | $ | 1,108,276 | 1,452,353 | $ | 15,429,619 | ||||||||||||||||
Class B: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 15,442 | $ | 93,910 | 14,993 | $ | 109,348 | 78,959 | $ | 754,143 | 177,579 | $ | 1,818,362 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 12,989 | 77,355 | 21,065 | 141,495 | 11,848 | 112,028 | 15,233 | 147,128 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (344,519 | ) | (2,060,740 | ) | (342,829 | ) | (2,470,946 | ) | (415,290 | ) | (4,008,505 | ) | (338,815 | ) | (3,309,389 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Decrease—Class B | (316,088 | ) | $ | (1,889,475 | ) | (306,771 | ) | $ | (2,220,103 | ) | (324,483 | ) | $ | (3,142,334 | ) | (146,003 | ) | $ | (1,343,899 | ) | ||||||||
Class C: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 93,651 | $ | 514,827 | 77,051 | $ | 547,383 | 1,890,577 | $ | 17,735,537 | 2,518,847 | $ | 25,245,989 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 27,854 | 172,760 | 24,296 | 161,751 | 136,213 | 1,311,233 | 86,932 | 836,530 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (180,948 | ) | (1,112,602 | ) | (183,999 | ) | (1,222,428 | ) | (1,127,609 | ) | (10,841,496 | ) | (1,015,969 | ) | (9,644,130 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Increase (Decrease)—Class C | (59,443 | ) | $ | (425,015 | ) | (82,652 | ) | $ | (513,294 | ) | 899,181 | $ | 8,205,274 | 1,589,810 | $ | 16,438,389 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales | 1,070,145 | $ | 5,935,768 | 326,591 | $ | 2,146,250 | 945,116 | $ | 9,115,892 | 983,478 | $ | 9,725,685 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 42,482 | 269,627 | 31,126 | 214,456 | 169,866 | 1,637,824 | 169,130 | 1,651,152 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (1,165,972 | ) | (6,504,728 | ) | (224,492 | ) | (1,726,234 | ) | (982,160 | ) | (9,634,055 | ) | (1,120,916 | ) | (10,951,949 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Class | (53,345 | ) | $ | (299,333 | ) | 133,225 | $ | 634,472 | 132,822 | $ | 1,119,661 | 31,692 | $ | 424,888 | ||||||||||||||
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At December 31, 2009, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, specifically omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the outstanding shares of the following Funds: Mid-Cap – one owns 67.1%; Balanced – 3 collectively own 69.3%; High Yield – one owns 29.1%; Fixed Income – 2 collectively own 25.3%; Short Duration – two collectively own 64.6%; Intermediate Duration – three collectively own 72.3%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Funds.
g. Capital Loss Carryovers
As of December 31, 2009, 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 realized capital gains, if any, through the expiration dates listed.
Capital Loss Carryover Amount | Expires Dec. 31, | ||||
Mid-Cap | |||||
$ | 2,458,446 | 2016 | |||
14,339,976 | 2017 | ||||
Total | $ | 16,798,422 | |||
Balanced | |||||
$ | 1,575,061 | 2010 | |||
72,549 | 2016 | ||||
968,490 | 2017 | ||||
Total | $ | 2,616,100 | |||
High Yield | |||||
$ | 744,082 | 2016 | |||
4,659,099 | 2017 | ||||
Total | $ | 5,403,181 | |||
Fixed Income | |||||
$ | 616,984 | 2017 | |||
Short Duration | |||||
$ | 213,372 | 2012 | |||
285,554 | 2014 | ||||
1,518,156 | 2016 | ||||
3,951,314 | 2017 | ||||
Total | $ | 5,968,396 | |||
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Funds did not utilize any capital loss carryovers.
h. Reverse Repurchase Agreements
A reverse repurchase agreement involves the sale of portfolio assets together with an agreement to repurchase the same or substantially the same assets later at a fixed price. An interest expense is charged to the Fund for the duration of the sale. Additional assets are maintained in a segregated account with the custodian, and are marked to market daily. The segregated assets may consist of cash, U.S. Government securities, or other liquid securities at least equal in value to the obligations under the reverse repurchase agreements. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a fund’s use of the proceeds under the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the obligation to repurchase the securities. For the year ended December 31, 2009, there were no reverse repurchase agreements, and therefore no interest expense.
i. Delayed Delivery Transactions and When-Issued Securities
The Short Duration and Intermediate Duration Funds may purchase or sell securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. During the time a delayed delivery sell is outstanding, the contract is marked to market daily and equivalent deliverable securities are held for the transaction. The value of the securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are identified as such in the Funds’ Schedules of Portfolio Investments. With respect to purchase commitments, the Funds identify securities as segregated in its records with a value at least equal to the amount of the commitment. The payables and receivables associated with the purchases and sales of delayed delivery securities having the same coupon, settlement date and broker are offset. Delayed delivery or when-issued securities that have been purchased from and sold to different brokers are reflected as both payables and receivables in the Funds’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors.
j. Dollar Roll and Reverse Dollar Roll Agreements
The Short Duration and Intermediate Duration Funds may enter into dollar rolls in which they sell debt securities for delivery currently and simultaneously contract to repurchase similar, but not identical, securities at the same price or a lower price on an agreed date. The Funds receive compensation as consideration for entering into the commitment to repurchase. The compensation is the difference between the current sale price and the forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the “drop”) as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. The Funds may also be compensated by the receipt of a commitment fee. As the holder, the counterparty receives all principal and interest payments, including prepayments, made with respect to the similar security. Dollar rolls may be renewed with a new sale and repurchase price with a cash settlement made at renewal without physical delivery of the securities subject to the contract.
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Certain risks may arise upon entering into dollar rolls from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their commitments. Additionally, the value of such securities may change adversely before the Funds are able to repurchase them. There can be no assurance that the Funds’ use of the cash that they receive from a dollar roll will provide a return that exceeds its cost.
k. Securities Transacted on a When Issued Basis
The Short Duration and Intermediate Duration Funds may enter into To Be Announced (“TBA”) sale commitments to hedge its portfolio positions or to sell mortgage-backed securities they own under delayed delivery arrangements. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, equivalent deliverable securities, or an offsetting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date, are held as “cover” for the transaction. Unsettled TBA sale commitments are valued at the current market value of the underlying securities, according to the procedures described under “Valuation of Investments,” in footnote 1a above. Each contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting purchase commitment, the Fund realizes a gain or loss. If the Fund delivers securities under the commitment, the Fund realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into.
TBA sale commitments outstanding at December 31, 2009, were as follows:
Fund | Principal/Share Amount | Security | Current Liability | |||||
Short Duration | ||||||||
$ | 5,500,000 | FNMA, 5.000%, 01/15/23 | $ | 5,747,500 | ||||
4,400,000 | FNMA, 6.000%, 01/15/23 | 4,693,564 | ||||||
Total | $ | 10,441,064 | ||||||
Intermediate Duration | ||||||||
$ | 2,000,000 | FNMA, 4.500%, 01/15/40 | $ | 1,996,250 | ||||
Total | $ | 1,996,250 | ||||||
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l. Futures Contracts
The Short Duration and Intermediate Duration Funds may use interest rate futures contracts for risk management purposes in order to reduce the interest rate risk of fixed income securities. The Funds are subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Funds since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. 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. The Funds recognize 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 Statements 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.
Short Duration had the following open futures contracts as of December 31, 2009:
Type | Number of Contracts | Position | Expiration Month | Unrealized Gain/(Loss) | ||||||
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note | 99 | Long | March 2010 | $ | (99,248 | ) | ||||
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note | 10 | Long | March 2010 | 2,828 | ||||||
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note | 17 | Long | March 2010 | (49,183 | ) | |||||
U.S. Treasury Long Bond | 12 | Short | March 2010 | 36,720 | ||||||
5-Year Interest Rate Swap | 47 | Long | March 2010 | (133,407 | ) | |||||
10-Year Interest Rate Swap | 38 | Short | March 2010 | 202,671 | ||||||
3-Month Eurodollar | 17 | Long | December 2010 - September 2011 | 120,070 | ||||||
3-Month Eurodollar | 194 | Short | March 2010 - December 2013 | (955,481 | ) | |||||
Total | $ | (875,030 | ) | |||||||
Intermediate Duration had the following open futures contracts as of December 31, 2009: |
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Type | Number of Contracts | Position | Expiration Month | Unrealized Gain/(Loss) | ||||||
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note | 7 | Short | March 2010 | $ | 6,983 | |||||
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note | 1 | Long | March 2010 | 283 | ||||||
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note | 30 | Short | March 2010 | 104,691 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Long Bond | 3 | Long | March 2010 | (21,593 | ) | |||||
5-Year Interest Rate Swap | 21 | Short | March 2010 | 59,502 | ||||||
10-Year Interest Rate Swap | 6 | Long | March 2010 | (32,031 | ) | |||||
3-Month Eurodollar | 5 | Long | September 2010 - December 2010 | 44,736 | ||||||
3-Month Eurodollar | 63 | Short | June 2010 - December 2013 | (86,947 | ) | |||||
Total | $ | 75,624 | ||||||||
Futures transactions involve additional costs and may result in losses. The effective use of futures depends on the Fund’s ability to close futures positions at times when the Fund’s portfolio managers deem it desirable to do so. The use of futures also involves the risk of imperfect correlation among movements in the values of the securities underlying the futures purchased and sold by the Funds, of the futures contracts themselves, and of the securities that are the subject of a hedge.
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m. Assets Pledged to Cover Margin Requirements for Open Futures Positions
The aggregate market value of assets pledged to cover margin requirements for the open futures positions at December 31, 2009 was:
Fund | Assets Pledged | ||
Short Duration | $ | 749,941 | |
Intermediate Duration | 277,940 |
n. Option Contracts
A written option contract is a contract in which the writer of the option grants the buyer of the option the right to purchase from (call option) or sell to (put option) the writer a designated instrument at a specified price within a specified period of time. Options written (sold) are recorded as liabilities. When an option expires, the premium (original option value) is realized as a gain if the option was written or as a loss if the option was purchased. When the exercise of an option results in a cash settlement, the difference between the premium and the settlement proceeds is recognized as realized gain or loss. When securities are acquired or delivered upon exercise of an option, the acquisition cost or sale proceeds are adjusted by the amount of the premium. When an option is closed, the difference between the premium and the cost to close the position is realized as a gain or loss. For the year ended December 31, 2009, there were no options written or outstanding.
o. Stripped Securities
The Short Duration and Intermediate Duration Funds invest in stripped securities (“STRIPS”), primarily interest-only strips for their hedging characteristics. Interest-only STRIPS will most likely move differently than typical fixed-income securities in relation to changes in interest rates. STRIPS are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions from a pool of underlying assets. A common type of STRIP will have one class receiving all of the interest from the underlying assets (“interest-only” or “IO” class), while the other class will receive the entire principal (“principal only” or “PO” class). However, in some instances, one class will receive some of the interest and most of the principal while the other class will receive most of the interest and the remainder of the principal. STRIPS are unusually volatile in response to changes in interest rates. The yield to maturity on an IO class of STRIPS is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying assets. A rapid rate of principal prepayments may have a measurably adverse effect on a Fund’s yield to maturity to the extent it invests in IOs. Conversely, POs tend to increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. Thus, if the underlying assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, a Fund may fail to fully recover its initial investment in these securities, even if the STRIPS were rated of the highest credit quality by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s. These risks are managed by investing in a variety of such securities and by using certain hedging techniques. In addition the secondary market for STRIPS may be less liquid than that of other mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities, potentially limiting a Fund’s ability to buy of sell those securities at any particular time.
p. Commitments and Contingencies
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 agreements 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 expect the risks of loss to be remote.
q. Foreign Currency Translation
The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value 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.
In addition, the Funds do not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations resulting from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.
2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates
The Trust has entered into an Investment Management Agreement under which the Investment Manager, an independently managed subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), provides or oversees investment management services to the Funds. The Investment Manager selects subadvisors for each Fund (subject to Trustee approval), allocates assets among subadvisors and monitors the subadvisors’ investment programs and results. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by a portfolio manager who serves pursuant to Subadvisory Agreements with the Investment Manager.
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Investment management fees are paid directly by each Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. The annual investment management fee rates, as a percentage of average daily net assets for the ended December 31, 2009, were as follows:
Investment Management Fee | |||
Mid-Cap | 0.70 | % | |
Balanced | 0.70 | % | |
High Yield | 0.70 | % | |
Fixed Income | 0.45 | % | |
Short Duration | 0.70 | % | |
Intermediate Duration | 0.70 | % |
The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2010 to waive fees and pay or reimburse expenses to the extent that the total operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and extraordinary expenses) exceed the following percentages of the following Fund’s average daily net assets.
Mid-Cap | Balanced | ||||||
1.24% | Class A | 1.25 | % | Class A | |||
1.99% | Class B | 2.00 | % | Class B | |||
1.99% | Class C | 2.00 | % | Class C | |||
0.99% | Institutional Class | 1.00 | % | Inst. Class | |||
High Yield | Fixed Income | ||||||
1.15% | Class A | 0.84 | % | Class A | |||
1.90% | Class B | 1.59 | % | Class B | |||
1.90% | Class C | 1.59 | % | Class C | |||
0.90% | Institutional Class | 0.59 | % | Inst. Class | |||
Intermediate Duration | Short Duration | ||||||
0.89% | n/a |
Each Fund may be 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 the Fund’s expenses in any such year to exceed the above percentages, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Funds made no such repayments to the Investment Manager.
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the cumulative amount of expense reimbursement by the Investment Manager subject to the repayment by Mid-Cap, Balanced, High Yield, Fixed Income, and Intermediate Duration equaled $305,458, $316,064, $525,904, $810,721, and $252,944, respectively.
Mid-Cap, Balanced, High Yield, and Fixed Income have entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement under which Managers Investment Group LLC serves as each Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to each 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. During the year ended December 31, 2009, each of these Funds paid an Administration fee at the rate of 0.20% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
The aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee is $65,000, plus $4,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated among all of the Funds for which the Investment Manager serves as the advisor (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $15,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $5,000 per year. The “Trustees fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents the Funds’ allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid by the Managers Funds.
The Funds are distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor” or “MDI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. MDI serves as the principal underwriter for each Fund in the Trust. MDI 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 by brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. MDI bears all the expenses of providing services pursuant to the Underwriting 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 Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.
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On June 23, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted an exemptive order that permits the Funds to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible Funds in the Managers Family of Funds (the “Fund 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 Funds’ Board of Trustees (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 period from June 23, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the following Funds either borrowed from or lent to other Funds in the Fund family: Balanced borrowed varying amounts up to $549,603 for 15 days paying interest of $133; Fixed Income lent varying amounts up to $116,472 for 7 days earning interest of $23. The interest amounts can be found in the Statement of Operations in interest income or as miscellaneous expense.
Mid-Cap, Balanced, High Yield, and Fixed Income have adopted distribution and service plans with respect to Class A, Class B and Class C shares of each Fund (the “Plans”), in accordance with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and the requirements of the applicable rules of the FINRA regarding asset-based sales charges. Pursuant to the Plans, each Fund may compensate MDI for its expenditures in financing any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of each such class of Fund shares and for maintenance and personal service provided to existing shareholders of that class. The Plans authorize payments to MDI up to 0.25%, 1.00% and 1.00% annually of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to its Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively.
The Plans further provide for periodic payments by MDI to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries for providing shareholder services and for promotional and other sales related costs. The portion of payments by Class A, Class B or Class C shares of a Fund for shareholder servicing may not exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of Fund shares of that class owned by clients of such broker, dealer or financial intermediary.
The following summarizes the total fees incurred under the plans for Class A, Class B and Class C shares for the year ended December 31, 2009:
Amount | |||
Mid-Cap | $ | 57,891 | |
Balanced | 70,798 | ||
High Yield | 117,452 | ||
Fixed Income | 665,367 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Securities
Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities) for the year ended December 31, 2009, were as follows:
Long-Term Securities (excluding U.S. Government Obligations) | U.S. Government Obligations | |||||||||||
Fund | Purchases | Sales | Purchases | Sales | ||||||||
Mid-Cap | $ | 36,194,749 | $ | 42,930,847 | n/a | n/a | ||||||
Balanced | 16,721,748 | 20,578,769 | $ | 6,714,384 | $ | 9,184,639 | ||||||
High Yield | 20,741,254 | 17,018,296 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
Fixed Income | 33,066,878 | 33,814,781 | 23,437,660 | 15,227,913 | ||||||||
Short Duration | 52,611,871 | 56,293,634 | 357,488,223 | 356,461,688 | ||||||||
Intermediate Duration | 16,508,911 | 16,373,466 | 809,499,639 | 854,808,829 |
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4. Portfolio Securities Loaned
The Funds may participate in a securities lending program offered by BNYM, providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending fees 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 Fund, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and/or government securities 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. The Funds bear the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Collateral received in the form of cash is invested temporarily in the BNY Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (the “ICRF”), or other short-term investments as defined in the Securities Lending Agreement with BNYM.
In September of 2008, BNYM advised the Investment Manager that the ICRF had exposure to certain defaulted debt obligations, and that BNYM had established a separate sleeve of the ICRF to hold these securities. The net impact of these positions is not material to each Fund. Each Fund’s position in the separate sleeve of the ICRF is included in the Schedule of Investments and the unrealized loss on such investment is included in Net Unrealized Depreciation on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations.
5. Risks Associated with Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (“CMOs”)
The net asset value of the Short Duration and Intermediate Duration Funds may be sensitive to interest rate fluctuations because the Funds may hold several instruments, including CMOs and other derivatives, whose values can be significantly impacted by interest rate movements. CMOs are obligations collateralized by a portfolio of mortgages or mortgage-related securities. Payments of principal and interest on the mortgages are passed through to the holder of the CMOs on the same schedule as they are received, although certain classes of CMOs have priority over others with respect to the receipt of prepayments on the mortgages. Therefore, the investment in CMOs may be subject to a greater or lesser risk of prepayment than other types of mortgage-related securities. CMOs may have a fixed or variable rate of interest.
6. Risks Associated with High Yield Securities (High Yield)
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. Subsequent Events
The Funds have determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred subsequent to December 31, 2009, and through February 25, 2010, the date of issuance of the Funds’ financial statements, which require additional disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.
Tax Information (unaudited)
Each Fund hereby designates the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividends as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The 2009 Form 1099-DIV you receive for each Fund will show the tax status of all distributions paid to you during the year.
Pursuant to section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, Mid-Cap, Balanced, High Yield, Fixed Income, Short Duration, and Intermediate Duration hereby designate as a capital gain distribution with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2009, $0, $0, $0, $0, $0 and $0, respectively or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gains of such year.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of Managers Trust II and the Shareholders of Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund, Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund, Managers High Yield Fund, Managers Fixed Income Fund, Managers Short Duration Government Fund and Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund, Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund, Managers High Yield Fund, Managers Fixed Income Fund, Managers Short Duration Government Fund and Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund (constituting Managers Trust II, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at December 31, 2009, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 25, 2010
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The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their business addresses, principal occupations for the past five years and dates of birth are listed below. The Trustees provide broad supervision over the affairs of the Trust and the Funds. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Funds’ activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Funds, and review the Funds’ performance. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee or Officer is the address of the Trust: 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854.
There is no stated term of office for Trustees. Trustees serve until their resignation, retirement or removal in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time. The Chairman of the Trustees, President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Trust are elected by the Trustees annually. Other officers hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
The following Trustees are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act:
Name, Date of Birth, Number of Funds Overseen in Fund Complex* | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |
Jack W. Aber, 9/9/37
• Trustee since 2000
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | Professor of Finance, Boston University School of Management (1972-Present); Trustee of Appleton Growth Fund (1 portfolio); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio). | |
William E. Chapman, II, 9/23/41
• Independent Chairman
• Trustee since 2000
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | President and Owner, Longboat Retirement Planning Solutions (1998-Present); Hewitt Associates, LLC (part time) (provider of Retirement and Investment Education Seminars) (resigned Nov. 2009); Trustee of Bowdoin College (2002-Present); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio). | |
Edward J. Kaier, 9/23/45
• Trustee since 2000
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | Attorney at Law and Partner, Teeters Harvey Gilboy & Kaier LLP (2007-Present); Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-2007); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio). | |
Steven J. Paggioli, 4/3/50
• Trustee since 2000
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | Consultant (2001-Present); Formerly Executive Vice President and Director, The Wadsworth Group (1986- 2001); Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Investment Company Administration, LLC (1990-2001); Vice President, Secretary and Director, First Fund Distributors, Inc. (1991-2001); Trustee, Professionally Managed Portfolios (22 portfolios); Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Growth Advisors, LP; Independent Director, Chase Investment Counsel (2008-Present). | |
Eric Rakowski, 6/5/58
• Trustee since 2000
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | Professor, University of California at Berkeley School of Law (1990-Present); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio). | |
Thomas R. Schneeweis, 5/10/47
• Trustee since 2000
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1977-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-Present); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-Present); Partner, White Bear Partners, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Capital Management, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Associates, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC (2004-Present); Partner, TRS Associates (2007-Present). | |
* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II. |
Interested Trustees
The following Trustees are “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Dalton is an interested person by virtue of his positions with, and interest in securities of, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and his position with Managers Distributors, Inc. Mr. Streur is an interested person by virtue of his positions with Managers Investment Group LLC.
Name, Date of Birth, Number of Funds Overseen in Fund Complex* | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |
Nathaniel Dalton, 9/29/66
• Trustee since 2008
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., (2006-Present); Executive Vice President, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., (2002 -2006); Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2001-2002); Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1996-2001). Director, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2000-Present). | |
John H. Streur, 2/6/60
• Trustee since 2008
• President since 2008
• Oversees 34 Funds in Fund Complex | Senior Managing Partner, Managers Investment Group LLC (2006-Present); President, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2006-Present); Managing Partner, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-2006); Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Burridge Group LLC (1996-2004). | |
Officers
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Name, Date of Birth, Position(s) Held with Fund and Length of Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | |
Christine C. Carsman, 4/2/52
• Secretary since 2004 | Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-Present); Secretary, The Managers Funds, Managers AMG Funds and Managers Trust II (2004-Present); Senior Counsel, Vice President and Director of Operational Risk Management and Compliance, Wellington Management Company, LLP (1995-2004); Deputy General Counsel, The Boston Company, Inc. (1993-1995); Associate General Counsel, The Boston Company Advisors, Inc. (1991-1993); Associate, Sullivan & Worcester LLP (1987-1991). | |
Donald S. Rumery, 5/29/58
• Chief Financial Officer since 2007
• Treasurer since 2000 | Senior Vice President, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Director, Finance and Planning, The Managers Funds LLC, (1994-2004); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2000-Present); Treasurer, The Managers Funds (1995-Present); Treasurer, Managers AMG Funds (1999-Present); Treasurer, Managers Trust I (2000-Present); Secretary, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000-2004) and Secretary, The Managers Funds (1997-2004); Chief Financial Officer, The Managers Funds, Managers AMG Funds and Managers Trust I (2007-Present). | |
Keitha L. Kinne, 5/16/58
• Chief Operating Officer since 2007 | Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2007-Present); Chief Investment Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2008-Present); Chief Operating Officer, The Managers Funds, Managers AMG Funds and Managers Trust I (2007-Present); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004- 2006); Senior Vice President, Prudential Investments (1999-2004). | |
David Kurzweil, 6/22/74
• Assistant Secretary since 2008 | Senior Vice President and Associate Counsel, Managers Investment Group LLC (2008-Present); Assistant Secretary, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I, Managers Trust II, and Managers AMG Funds (2008-Present); Counsel and Senior Vice President, Lazard Asset Management LLC (2003-2008). |
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Investment Manager and Administrator
Managers Investment Group LLC
333 W. Wacker Drive
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 835-3879
Distributor
Managers Distributors, Inc.
333 W. Wacker Drive
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 835-3879
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
2 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, New York 11217
Legal Counsel
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624
Transfer Agent
PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
Attn: Managers
P.O. Box 9769
Providence, Rhode Island 02940
(800) 548-4539
Trustees
Jack W. Aber
William E. Chapman, II
Nathaniel Dalton
Edward J. Kaier
Steven J. Paggioli
Eric Rakowski
Thomas R. Schneeweis
John H. Streur
For Managers Choice Only
Managers
c/o PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
P.O. Box 61204
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0851
(800) 358-7668
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MANAGERS AND MANAGERS AMG FUNDS
EQUITY FUNDS | BALANCED FUNDS | |||
EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY Rexiter Capital Management Limited Schroder Investment Management North | CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS MID-CAP Chicago Equity Partners, LLC | CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS BALANCED Chicago Equity Partners, LLC | ||
ALTERNATIVE FUNDS | ||||
ESSEX GROWTH ESSEX LARGE CAP GROWTH ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH Essex Investment Management Co., LLC | REAL ESTATE SECURITIES Urdang Securities Management, Inc.
RENAISSANCE LARGE CAP GROWTH Renaissance Group LLC | FQ GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES FQ GLOBAL ESSENTIALS First Quadrant, L.P. | ||
INCOME FUNDS | ||||
FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY FQ U.S. EQUITY First Quadrant, L.P. | SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES PORTFOLIO Skyline Asset Management, L.P. | BOND (MANAGERS) FIXED INCOME GLOBAL BOND Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P. | ||
GW&K SMALL CAP EQUITY Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC | FRONTIER SMALL CAP GROWTH Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC | |||
INSTITUTIONAL MICRO-CAP MICRO-CAP Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P. Next Century Growth Investors LLC RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. | SPECIAL EQUITY Ranger Investment Management, L.P. Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC Smith Asset Management Group, L.P. Federated MDTA LLC | BOND (MANAGERS PIMCO) Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC | ||
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY AllianceBernstein L.P. Lazard Asset Management, LLC Martin Currie Inc. | SYSTEMATIC VALUE SYSTEMATIC MID CAP VALUE Systematic Financial Management, L.P. | CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE TAX-FREE Miller Tabak Asset Management LLC | ||
TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | GW&K MUNICIPAL BOND GW&K MUNICIPAL ENHANCED YIELD Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC | |||
HIGH YIELD J.P. Morgan Investment Management LLC | ||||
INTERMEDIATE DURATION GOVERNMENT SHORT DURATION GOVERNMENT Smith Breeden Associates, Inc. | ||||
MONEY MARKET JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc. |
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 Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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) Web site at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended December 31, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.
The Funds file their 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 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.managersinvest.com.
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Item 2. | CODE OF ETHICS |
Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics. See attached Exhibit (a) (1).
Item 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT |
Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that independent Trustees Mr. Jack W. Aber and Mr. Steven J. Paggioli each qualify as the Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Aber and Mr. Paggioli are “independent” as such term is defined in Form N-CSR.
Item 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
The aggregate fees billed by PwC to the Fund for the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for audits of annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements (“Audit Fees”) were as follows:
Fiscal 2009 | Fiscal 2008 | |||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | $ | 28,971 | $ | 21,594 | ||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | $ | 21,101 | $ | 20,551 | ||
Managers High Yield Fund | $ | 25,786 | $ | 21,704 | ||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | $ | 28,971 | $ | 26,789 | ||
Managers Short Duration Government Fund | $ | 23,554 | $ | 22,897 | ||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | $ | 23,554 | $ | 22,897 | ||
All Funds in the Managers Complex Audited by PwC | $ | 850,498 | $ | 769,183 |
Audit-Related Fees
There were no fees billed by PwC to the Funds in its two recent fiscal years for services rendered for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements, but are not reported as Audit Fees (“Audit-Related Fees”).
For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed by PwC for engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of one or more Funds by a Fund Service Provider. A Fund Service Provider is (a) any investment adviser to the Fund (not including any Subadvisor whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) or (b) any entity that provides ongoing services to the Fund and is controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Fund investment adviser described in (a).
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Tax Fees
The aggregate fees billed by PwC to the Funds for the two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning (“Tax Fees”) were as follows:
Fiscal 2009 | Fiscal 2008 | |||||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Mid-Cap Fund | $ | 5,800 | $ | 5,556 | ||
Managers AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund | $ | 5,800 | $ | 5,656 | ||
Managers High Yield Fund | $ | 6,500 | $ | 6,327 | ||
Managers Fixed Income Fund | $ | 6,500 | $ | 6,135 | ||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | $ | 9,050 | $ | 8,939 | ||
Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund | $ | 9,050 | $ | 8,939 |
For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, Tax Fees billed by PwC for engagements by Fund Service Providers that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds were $0 for fiscal 2008 and $0 for fiscal 2007, respectively.
The services for which Tax Fees were charged comprise all services performed by professional staff in PwC’s tax division except those services related to the audit. Typically, this category would include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice. Tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services include preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for refund and tax payment-planning services, assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.
All Other Fees
There were no other fees billed by PwC to the Funds for all other non-audit services (“Other Fees”) during the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years. During the same period, there were no Other Fees billed by PwC for engagements by Fund Service Providers that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.
According to policies adopted by the Audit Committee, services provided by PwC to the Funds must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee. On an annual basis, the Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves various types of services that PwC may perform for the Funds without specific approval of each engagement, subject to specified budget limitations. As contemplated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC rules, the Audit Committee also pre-approves non-audit services provided by PwC to any Fund Service Provider for any engagement that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. Any engagement that is not already pre-approved or that will exceed a pre-approved budget must be submitted to the Audit Committee for pre-approval. The Chairman of the Audit Committee is authorized on behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee to approve the engagement of PwC to perform non-audit services subject to certain conditions, including notification to the Audit Committee of such pre-approval not later than the next meeting of the Audit Committee following the date of such pre-approval.
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There were no other fees billed by PwC for non-audit services rendered to the Funds and to Fund Service Providers for the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years.
The Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by PwC to Fund Service Providers that were not required to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee is compatible with maintaining PwC’s independence in its audit of the Funds, taking into account representations from PwC, in accordance with Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, regarding its independence from the Funds and its related entities.
The following table sets forth the non-audit services provided by PwC to the Funds and its service affiliates defined as the Funds’ investment advisor and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Managers Investment Group LLC that provides ongoing services to the Funds (“Control Affiliates”) for the last two fiscal years.
Audit-related fees A | Tax fees A | All other fees A | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Control Affiliates | $ | 343,015 | $ | 467,485 | $ | 897,895 | $ | 1,264,360 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
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.
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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 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 fourth fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect, the internal control over financial reporting.
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Item 12. | EXHIBITS |
(a)(1) | Any Code of Ethics or amendments hereto. Filed herewith. | |
(a)(2) | Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith. | |
(a)(3) | Not applicable. | |
(b) | Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith. |
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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.
MANAGERS TRUST II | ||
By: | /S/ JOHN H. STREUR | |
John H. Streur, President |
Date: March 9, 2010
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /S/ JOHN H. STREUR | |
John H. Streur, President |
Date: March 9, 2010
By: | /S/ DONALD S. RUMERY | |
Donald S. Rumery, Chief Financial Officer |
Date: March 9, 2010