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 | 811-09054 |
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CREDIT SUISSE OPPORTUNITY FUNDS |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) |
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One Madison Avenue, New York, New York | | 10010 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) |
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John G. Popp Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds One Madison Avenue New York, New York 10010 |
(Name and address of agent for service) |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (212) 325-2000 | |
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Date of fiscal year end: | October 31 | |
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Date of reporting period: | November 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014 | |
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS
Semiannual Report
April 30, 2014
(unaudited)
n CREDIT SUISSE
MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND
The Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses (which should be considered carefully before investing), and more complete information about the Fund, are provided in the Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain additional copies by calling 877-870-2874 or by writing to Credit Suisse Funds, P.O. Box 55030, Boston, MA 02205-5030.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Distributor, is located at One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Credit Suisse Funds are advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
AFFIRMATION OF THE COMMODITY POOL OPERATOR
To the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in the attached financial statements for the period from November 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014, is accurate and complete.
Kenneth J. Lohsen, Managing Director
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC,
Commodity Pool Operator for the Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should be aware that they may be eligible to purchase Class I shares (where offered) directly or through certain intermediaries. Such shares are not subject to a sales charge. Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should also be aware that they may be eligible for a reduction or waiver of the sales charge with respect to Class A or C shares (where offered). For more information, please review the relevant prospectuses or consult your financial representative.
Fund shares are not deposits or other obligations of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") or any affiliate, are not FDIC-insured and are not guaranteed by Credit Suisse or any affiliate. Fund investments are subject to investment risks, including loss of your investment.
Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
June 23, 2014
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to present this Semiannual Report covering the activities of the Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund (the "Fund") for the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
Performance Summary
11/01/13 – 04/30/14
Fund & Benchmark | | Performance | |
Class I1 | | | -0.91 | % | |
Class A1,2 | | | -1.10 | % | |
Class C1,2 | | | -1.31 | % | |
Credit Suisse Managed Futures Liquid Index3 | | | -0.93 | % | |
Performance shown for the Fund's Class A and Class C Shares does not reflect sales charges, which are a maximum of 5.25% and 1.00%, respectively.2
Market Review: A challenging period for trend following strategies
The managed futures strategy performed negatively for the six-months ended April 30, 2014, as the Credit Suisse Managed Futures Liquid Index, the Fund's benchmark, returned -0.93%.
Volatility in equity markets resulted in a difficult environment for trend following strategies in Q1 2014. Additionally, rising bond prices early in the year put pressure on short fixed income positions, resulting in a shift to long exposure across geographies.
Portfolio Review and Outlook: Anticipating continued diversification benefits
For the six-months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund performed in line with the Credit Suisse Managed Futures Liquid Index.
Currency positions, such as the positions in Canadian Dollar and British Pound futures, and fixed income positions, most notably in Euro-Bund futures, were the top performance drivers for the period. A position in agriculture also produced gains in the Fund, but was offset by losses in other commodity sectors and negative performance from equities. The Hang Seng and FTSE 100 positions were the largest detractors to performance primarily due to the equity sector range-bound trading (when a security's price fluctuates between its low and high prices over a given time period rather than following a trend).
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Managed futures funds seek to profit from upward or downward trending markets by taking long or short positions across asset classes. We continue to believe that their unique return profile may appeal to investors searching for meaningful portfolio diversifiers that can help mitigate risk and provide uncorrelated returns.
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Team
Jordan Drachman, Ph.D.
Sheel Dhande
This Fund is non-diversified, which means it may invest a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified mutual fund and may therefore be subject to greater volatility. The Fund's investment in alternative instruments may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investment in traditional securities, particularly in investments involving leverage.
The use of alternative assets and strategies entails substantial risks, including risk of loss of principal, commodity exposure risks, currency risk, equity exposure risk, fixed income risk, derivatives risk, exchange-traded notes risk, credit risk, foreign securities risk, interest rate risk, market risk, forwards risk, futures contracts risk, index/tracking error risk, leveraging risk, short position risk, swap agreements risk, model and style risk, portfolio turnover risk, repurchase agreements risk, speculative disclosure risk, structured note risk, subsidiary risk, U.S. government securities risk and tax risk. Gains and losses from speculative positions in derivatives may be much greater than the derivative's cost. For a detailed discussion of these and other risks, please refer to the Fund's Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing.
In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements, which may concern, among other things, domestic and foreign market, industry and economic trends and developments and government regulation and their potential impact on the Fund's investments. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual trends, developments and regulations in the future, and their impact on the Fund could be materially different from those projected, anticipated or implied. The Fund has no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
The views of the Fund's management are as of the date of the letter and the Fund holdings described in this document are as of April 30, 2014; these views and Fund holdings may have changed subsequent to these dates. Nothing in this document is a recommendation to purchase or sell securities.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower.
2 Total return for the Fund's Class A shares for the reporting period, based on offering price (including maximum sales charge of 5.25%), was (6.26)%. Total return for the Fund's Class C shares for the reporting period, based on redemption value (including maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00%), was (2.27)%.
3 The Credit Suisse Managed Futures Liquid Index is currently composed of 14 futures contracts and 4 commodity indices which provide exposure to the asset classes. The Index uses a proprietary quantitative methodology to seek to identify price trends in each of the asset classes over a variety of time horizons. Components of the Index, which may change from time to time, are positioned either long or short based on the price trends within the asset classes determined using the Index's quantitative methodology. An index does not have transaction cost; investors cannot invest directly in an index.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Average Annual Returns as of April 30, 20141
| | 1 Year | | Since Inception2 | |
Class I | | | (2.51 | )% | | | 1.67 | % | |
Class A Without Sales Charge | | | (2.89 | )% | | | 1.48 | % | |
Class A With Maximum Sales Charge | | | (7.95 | )% | | | (1.88 | )% | |
Class C Without CDSC | | | (3.30 | )% | | | 0.72 | % | |
Class C With CDSC | | | (4.24 | )% | | | 0.11 | % | |
Returns represent past performance and include change in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Past performance cannot guarantee future results. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Returns and share price will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. The performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds.
The annualized gross expense ratios are 1.95% for Class I shares, 2.20% for Class A shares and 2.95% for Class C shares. The annualized net expense ratios after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements excluding interest expense are 1.70% for Class I shares, 1.95% for Class A shares and 2.70% for Class C shares.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower. The Fund has entered into a written contract to limit expenses to 1.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.95% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares and 2.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares through at least February 28, 2015.
2 Inception Date September 28, 2012.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Information About Your Fund's Expenses
As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section and which would result in higher total expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. The table is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
The table illustrates your Fund's expenses in two ways:
• Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses 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 "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.
• Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Expenses and Value for a $1,000 Investment
for the six months ended April 30, 2014
Actual Fund Return | | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 990.90 | | | $ | 989.00 | | | $ | 986.90 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 8.44 | | | $ | 9.67 | | | $ | 13.35 | | |
Hypothetical 5% Fund Return | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,016.31 | | | $ | 1,015.08 | | | $ | 1,011.36 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 8.55 | | | $ | 9.79 | | | $ | 13.51 | | |
| | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Annualized Expense Ratios* | | | 1.71 | % | | | 1.96 | % | | | 2.71 | % | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year period, then divided by 365.
The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" and the "Annualized Expense Ratios" in the tables are based on actual expenses paid by the Fund during the period, net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. If those fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements had not been in effect, the Fund's actual expenses would have been higher.
For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.
Sector Breakdown*
United States Agency Obligations | | | 9.91 | % | |
Short-Term Investment1 | | | 90.09 | % | |
Total | | | 100.00 | % | |
* Expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding securities lending collateral if applicable) and may vary over time.
1 Primarily reflects cash invested in State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, for which the purchases of securities have been executed but not yet settled at April 30, 2014.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
UNITED STATES AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (9.0%) | |
$ | 6,000 | | | Federal Farm Credit Banks# (Cost $5,999,507) | | (AA+, Aaa) | | 02/27/15 | | | 0.162 | | | $ | 6,003,996 | | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (82.3%) | |
| 54,555 | | | State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit^^ (Cost $54,555,000) | | | | | | 05/01/14 | | | 0.010 | | | | 54,555,000 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS AT VALUE (91.3%) (Cost $60,554,507) | | | 60,558,996 | | |
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES (8.7%) | | | 5,766,572 | | |
NET ASSETS (100.0%) | | $ | 66,325,568 | | |
† Credit ratings given by the Standard & Poor's Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Moody's) are unaudited.
# Variable rate obligations — The interest rate is the rate as of April 30, 2014.
^^ Security or portion thereof held in the subsidiary (See note 1).
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Assets | |
Investments at value (Cost $60,554,507) (Note 2) | | $ | 60,558,996 | | |
Cash | | | 936 | | |
Cash segregated held at brokers for futures contracts and swap contracts | | | 3,747,486 | | |
Variation margin receivable on futures contracts (Note 2) | | | 1,862,197 | | |
Unrealized appreciation on open swap contracts (Note 2) | | | 302,545 | | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | 86,581 | | |
Interest receivable | | | 123 | | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | | 25,349 | | |
Total Assets | | | 66,584,213 | | |
Liabilities | |
Advisory fee payable (Note 3) | | | 66,927 | | |
Administrative services fee payable (Note 3) | | | 15,063 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fee payable (Note 3) | | | 1,941 | | |
Unrealized depreciation on open swap contracts (Note 2) | | | 72,942 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | 950 | | |
Accrued expenses | | | 100,822 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 258,645 | | |
Net Assets | |
Capital stock, $.001 par value (Note 6) | | | 6,646 | | |
Paid-in capital (Note 6) | | | 66,530,581 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | | (482,110 | ) | |
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency transactions | | | (656,695 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation from investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency translations | | | 927,146 | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 66,325,568 | | |
I Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 60,180,888 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 6,027,190 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 9.98 | | |
A Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 5,068,364 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 509,172 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | $ | 9.95 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value/(1-5.25%)) | | $ | 10.50 | | |
C Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,076,316 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 109,541 | | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 9.83 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Investment Income (Note 2) | |
Interest | | $ | 7,947 | | |
Total investment income | | | 7,947 | | |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fees (Note 3) | | | 288,487 | | |
Administrative services fees (Note 3) | | | 29,573 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fees (Note 3) | |
Class A | | | 7,031 | | |
Class C | | | 5,231 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 45,131 | | |
Legal fees | | | 35,176 | | |
Audit and tax fees | | | 25,667 | | |
Registration fees | | | 23,526 | | |
Trustees' fees | | | 17,488 | | |
Printing fees (Note 3) | | | 10,886 | | |
Transfer agent fees (Note 3) | | | 6,451 | | |
Interest expense (Note 4) | | | 1,579 | | |
Insurance expense | | | 614 | | |
Commitment fees (Note 4) | | | 52 | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | 3,711 | | |
Total expenses | | | 500,603 | | |
Less: fees waived (Note 3) | | | (60,305 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 440,298 | | |
Net investment loss | | | (432,351 | ) | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Related Items | |
Net realized gain from investments | | | 1,116 | | |
Net realized gain from futures contracts | | | 28,655 | | |
Net realized loss from swap contracts | | | (149,637 | ) | |
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions | | | (20,676 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments | | | (3,849 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from futures contracts | | | (154,327 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from swap contracts | | | 148,579 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency translations | | | (9,736 | ) | |
Net realized and unrealized loss from investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency related items | | | (159,875 | ) | |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | (592,226 | ) | |
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
From Operations | |
Net investment loss | | $ | (432,351 | ) | | $ | (448,412 | ) | |
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency transactions | | | (140,542 | ) | | | 708,236 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency translations | | | (19,333 | ) | | | 1,047,910 | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (592,226 | ) | | | 1,307,734 | | |
From Dividends and Distributions | |
Distributions from net realized gains | |
Class I | | | (873,874 | ) | | | — | | |
Class A | | | (160,800 | ) | | | — | | |
Class C | | | (30,498 | ) | | | — | | |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions | | | (1,065,172 | ) | | | — | | |
From Capital Share Transactions (Note 6) | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 36,277,752 | | | | 12,058,695 | | |
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 1,065,172 | | | | — | | |
Net asset value of shares redeemed | | | (2,777,068 | )1 | | | (1,912,635 | )2 | |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | | | 34,565,856 | | | | 10,146,060 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 32,908,458 | | | | 11,453,794 | | |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | | | 33,417,110 | | | | 21,963,316 | | |
End of period | | $ | 66,325,568 | | | $ | 33,417,110 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | $ | (482,110 | ) | | $ | (49,759 | ) | |
1 Net of $7 of redemption fees retained by the Fund.
2 Net of $524 of redemption fees retained by the Fund.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(For a Class I Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.36 | | | $ | 9.76 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Net gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.77 | | | | (0.23 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.09 | ) | | | 0.60 | | | | (0.24 | ) | |
REDEMPTION FEES | | | 0.003 | | | | 0.003 | | | | — | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.29 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.29 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 9.98 | | | $ | 10.36 | | | $ | 9.76 | | |
Total return4 | | | (0.91 | )% | | | 6.15 | % | | | (2.40 | )% | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 60,181 | | | $ | 26,794 | | | $ | 21,768 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.71 | %5 | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | %5 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense | | | 1.70 | %5 | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (1.68 | )%5 | | | (1.64 | )% | | | (1.69 | )%5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.24 | %5 | | | 1.10 | % | | | 3.01 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | — | % | | | — | % | | | — | % | |
1 For the period September 28, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(For a Class A Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.35 | | | $ | 9.76 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.20 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | |
Net gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.79 | | | | (0.22 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.11 | ) | | | 0.59 | | | | (0.24 | ) | |
REDEMPTION FEES | | | 0.003 | | | | 0.003 | | | | — | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.29 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.29 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 9.95 | | | $ | 10.35 | | | $ | 9.76 | | |
Total return4 | | | (1.10 | )% | | | 6.05 | % | | | (2.40 | )% | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 5,068 | | | $ | 5,824 | | | $ | 98 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.96 | %5 | | | 1.95 | % | | | 1.95 | %5 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense | | | 1.95 | %5 | | | 1.95 | % | | | 1.95 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (1.92 | )%5 | | | (1.90 | )% | | | (1.94 | )%5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.24 | %5 | | | 1.10 | % | | | 3.01 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | — | % | | | — | % | | | — | % | |
1 For the period September 28, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(For a Class C Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.25 | | | $ | 9.75 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.13 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | |
Net gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | — | | | | 0.77 | | | | (0.23 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.13 | ) | | | 0.50 | | | | (0.25 | ) | |
REDEMPTION FEES | | | 0.003 | | | | 0.003 | | | | — | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.29 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.29 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 9.83 | | | $ | 10.25 | | | $ | 9.75 | | |
Total return4 | | | (1.31 | )% | | | 5.13 | % | | | (2.50 | )% | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 1,076 | | | $ | 800 | | | $ | 98 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 2.71 | %5 | | | 2.70 | % | | | 2.70 | %5 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense | | | 2.70 | %5 | | | 2.70 | % | | | 2.70 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (2.67 | )%5 | | | (2.64 | )% | | | (2.70 | )%5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.24 | %5 | | | 1.10 | % | | | 3.01 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | — | % | | | — | % | | | — | % | |
1 For the period September 28, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a non-diversified open-end management investment company that seeks to achieve investment results that correspond to the performance (before fees and expenses) of the Credit Suisse Managed Futures Liquid Index. The Trust was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as a business trust on May 31, 1995.
Credit Suisse, the investment adviser to the Fund, is registered as a Commodity Pool Operator with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing directly and/or indirectly through the Credit Suisse Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd. (the "Subsidiary"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, in a combination of securities and derivative instruments. The Subsidiary invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments, such as swaps and futures, as well as other types of futures, swaps and options. The Subsidiary may also invest in debt securities, some of which are intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivatives positions.
The Subsidiary is managed by the same portfolio managers that manage the Fund and the accompanying financial statements reflect the financial position of the Fund and its Subsidiary and the results of operations on a consolidated basis. The consolidated financial statements include portfolio holdings of the Fund and the Subsidiary and all intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total net assets in the Subsidiary. As of April 30, 2014, the Fund held $5,485,934 in the Subsidiary, representing 8.3% of the Fund's consolidated net assets. See footnotes 2G and 2H for derivatives held through the subsidiary and see Consolidated Schedule of Investments for other securities held through the subsidiary. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the realized loss on securities held in the subsidiary was $131,034.
The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class I shares, Class A shares and Class C shares. Each class of shares represents an equal pro rata interest in the Fund, except they bear different expenses, which reflect the differences in the range of services provided to them. Class A shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge of up to 5.25%. Class C shares are sold subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within the first year of purchase.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A) SECURITY VALUATION — The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange is open for business. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost. Structured note agreements are valued in accordance with a dealer-supplied valuation based on changes in the value of the underlying index. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Forward contracts are valued at the London closing spot rates and the London closing forward point rates on a daily basis. The currency forward contract pricing model derives the differential in point rates to the expiration date of the forward and calculates its present value. The forward contracts are valued at the net of the present value and the spot rate and are generally categorized as Level 2. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") to fair value certain securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the investment adviser to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the investment
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
adviser using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved and established by the Fund's Board.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP established a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2014 in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | |
United States Agency Obligations | | $ | — | | | $ | 6,003,996 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 6,003,996 | | |
Short-term Investment | | | — | | | | 54,555,000 | | | | — | | | | 54,555,000 | | |
Other Financial Instruments* | |
Futures Contracts | | | 695,056 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 695,056 | | |
Swap Contracts | | | — | | | | 229,603 | | | | — | | | | 229,603 | | |
| | $ | 695,056 | | | $ | 60,788,599 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 61,483,655 | | |
*Other financial instruments include unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and swap contracts.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The Fund follows Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") amendments to authoritative guidance which require the Fund to disclose details of transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements and Level 2 and Level 3 measurements and the reasons for the transfers. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, there were no transfers in and out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. All transfers are assumed to occur at the end of the reporting period.
B) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES — The Fund adopted amendments to authoritative guidance on disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities which require that a fund disclose (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a fund's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the consolidated Fund's derivatives did not qualify for hedge accounting as they are held at fair value.
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of April 30, 2014
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | |
Foreign Exchange Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | $ | 207,144 | * | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | $ | 271,596 | * | |
Index Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | | 490,605 | * | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | | 37,333 | * | |
Interest Rate Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | | 306,236 | * | | Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | | | — | | |
Commodity Index Return Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on open swap contracts | | | 302,545 | | | Unrealized depreciation on open swap contracts | | | 72,942 | | |
| | | | | | $ | 1,306,530 | | | | | | | $ | 381,871 | | |
*Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations
| | Location | | Realized Gain (Loss) | | Location | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Foreign Exchange Contracts | | Net realized gain from futures contracts | | $ | 1,377,278 | | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from futures contracts | | $ | (280,465 | ) | |
Index Contracts | | Net realized loss from futures contracts | | | (1,456,589 | ) | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from futures contracts | | | 11,811 | | |
Interest Rate Contracts | | Net realized gain from futures contracts | | | 107,966 | | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from futures contracts | | | 114,327 | | |
Commodity Index Return Contracts | | Net realized loss from swap contracts | | | (149,637 | ) | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from swap contracts | | | 148,579 | | |
| | | | $ | (120,982 | ) | | | | | | $ | (5,748 | ) | |
The notional amount of futures contracts and swap contracts at the period ended April 30, 2014 are reflected in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The notional amounts of long and short open positions of futures contracts and swap contracts at each month ended throughout the reporting period averaged approximately 235.5% and 34.6%, respectively of net assets of the consolidated Fund.
The Fund is a party to International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") Master Agreements ("Master Agreements") with certain counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivative (including Total Return, Credit Default and Interest Rate Swaps) and foreign exchange contracts entered into by the Fund. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties' general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. Termination events applicable to the Fund may occur upon a decline in the Fund's net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time.
The following table presents by counterparty the Fund's derivative assets net of related collateral held by the Fund at April 30, 2014:
Counterparty | | Gross Amounts of Assets Presented in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities(a) | | Financial Instruments and Derivatives Available for Offset | | Non-Cash Collateral Received | | Cash Collateral Received(c) | | Net Amount of Derivative Assets | |
Goldman Sachs | | $ | 302,545 | | | $ | (72,942 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (229,603 | ) | | $ | — | | |
Exchange Traded Futures(b) | | | 1,003,985 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,003,985 | | |
| | $ | 1,306,530 | | | $ | (72,942 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (229,603 | ) | | $ | 1,003,985 | | |
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following table presents by counterparty the Fund's derivative liabilities net of related collateral pledged by the Fund at April 30, 2014:
Counterparty | | Gross Amounts of Liabilites Presented in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities(a) | | Financial Instruments and Derivatives Available for Offset | | Non-Cash Collateral Pledged | | Cash Collateral Pledged | | Net Amount of Derivative Liabilities | |
Goldman Sachs | | $ | 72,942 | | | $ | (72,942 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | |
Exchange Traded Futures(b) | | | 308,929 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 308,929 | | |
| | $ | 381,871 | | | $ | (72,942 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 308,929 | | |
(a) Swap contracts are included.
(b) Includes financial instruments (futures) which are not subject to a master netting arrangement, or another similar arrangement.
(c) The actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amounts shown.
C) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME/EXPENSE — Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income/expense is recorded on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts using the effective interest method. Dividend income/expense is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain expenses are class-specific expenses, vary by class and are charged only to that class. Income, expenses (excluding class-specific expenses) and realized/unrealized gains/losses are allocated proportionately to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of the outstanding shares of that class. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.
D) DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. However, to the extent that a net realized capital gain can be reduced by a capital loss carryforward, such gain will not be distributed. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
E) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — No provision is made for federal taxes as it is the Fund's intention to continue to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and to make the requisite distributions to its shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve it from federal income and excise taxes.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. One of these requirements is that the Fund derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies or net income derived from interests in certain publicly traded partnerships ("Qualifying Income"). The IRS has issued a ruling that income realized from certain types of commodity-linked derivatives would not be Qualifying Income. As a result, the Fund's ability to realize income from investments in such commodity-linked derivatives as part of its investment strategy would be limited to a maximum of 10% of its gross income. The IRS has issued private letter rulings to registered investment companies concluding that income derived from their investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary would constitute Qualifying Income to the fund. The IRS has indicated that the granting of these types of private letter rulings is currently suspended, pending further internal discussion. As a result, the Fund has not received and there can be no assurance that the IRS will grant, such a private letter ruling to the Fund. If the Fund does not request and receive such a private letter ruling, there is a risk that the IRS could assert that the income derived from the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary will not be considered Qualifying Income for purposes of the fund remaining qualified as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If the Fund is unable to ensure continued qualification as a RIC, the Fund may be required to change its investment objective, policies or techniques, or may be liquidated. If the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income and capital gains at regular corporate rates (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and become subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the Fund would be subject to the risk of diminished returns.
The Fund adopted the authoritative guidance for uncertainty in income taxes and recognizes a tax benefit or liability from an uncertain position only if it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits and consideration of the relevant taxing authority's widely understood administrative practices and procedures. The Fund has reviewed its current tax positions and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's federal tax returns for the prior two fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
F) SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG, pools available cash into a short-term variable rate time deposit issued by State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"), the Fund's custodian. The short-term time deposit issued by SSB is a variable rate account classified as a short-term investment.
G) FUTURES — The Fund may enter into futures contracts to the extent permitted by its investment policies and objectives. The Fund may use futures contracts to gain exposure to or hedge against changes in interest rates, equity and market price movements and/or currency risks. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash and/or pledge U.S. Government securities as initial margin. Subsequent payments, which are dependent on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying instrument, are made or received by the Fund each day (daily variation margin) and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund's basis in the contract. Risks of entering into futures contracts for hedging purposes include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying instruments. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange's clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. In addition, the purchase of a futures contract involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than the original margin deposit and subsequent payments may be required for a futures transaction. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following open futures contracts and the amount of restricted cash held at brokers was $2,087,486:
Contract Description | | Currency | | Expiration Date | | Notional Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Contracts to Purchase | |
Foreign Exchange Contracts | |
AUD Currency Futures | | USD | | | | Jun 2014 | | $ | 8,062,290 | | | $ | (10,461 | ) | |
EUR Currency Futures | | USD | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 15,257,000 | | | | 865 | | |
GBP Currency Futures | | USD | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 13,610,306 | | | | 206,279 | | |
| | | | | | | | $ | 196,683 | | |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Contract Description | | Currency | | Expiration Date | | Notional Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Index Contracts | |
Hang Seng Index Futures | | HKD | | | | May 2014 | | $ | 1,689,985 | | | $ | (37,322 | ) | |
EURO Stoxx 50 Index Futures | | EUR | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 6,148,583 | | | | 230,486 | | |
FTSE 100 Index Futures | | GBP | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 8,882,973 | | | | 167,101 | | |
S&P 500 E Mini Index Futures | | USD | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 6,478,755 | | | | 93,018 | | |
| | | | | | | | $ | 453,283 | | |
Interest Rate Contracts | |
10YR JGB Mini Futures | | JPY | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 36,458,022 | | | $ | 9,593 | | |
10YR U.S. Treasury Note Futures | | USD | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 5,972,250 | | | | 15,724 | | |
German EURO Bund Futures | | EUR | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 29,861,359 | | | | 271,864 | | |
Long Gilt Futures | | GBP | | | | Jun 2014 | | | 18,257,180 | | | | 9,055 | | |
| | | | | | | | $ | 306,236 | | |
Contracts to Sell | |
Foreign Exchange Contracts | |
CAD Currency Futures | | USD | | | | Jun 2014 | | | (11,590,020 | ) | | $ | (195,919 | ) | |
JPY Currency Futures | | USD | | | | Jun 2014 | | | (7,591,125 | ) | | | (65,216 | ) | |
| | | | | | | | $ | (261,135 | ) | |
Index Contracts | |
Nikkei 225 Index Futures OSE | | JPY | | | | Jun 2014 | | | (278,414 | ) | | $ | (11 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | | | | $ | 695,056 | | |
Currency Abbreviations:
AUD = Australian Dollar
CAD = Canadian Dollar
EUR = Euro
GBP = British Pound
HKD = Hong Kong Dollar
JPY = Japanese Yen
USD = United States Dollar
H) SWAPS — The Fund may enter into swap contracts either for hedging purposes or to seek to increase total return. A swap contract is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset or notional principal amount. The Fund will enter into swap contracts only on a net basis, which means that the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap contract to
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
comply with the terms of the swap contract. The extent of the Fund's exposure to credit and counterparty risks is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract's remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. These risks are mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund's exposure to the counterparty. Therefore, the Fund considers the creditworthiness of each counterparty as well as the amounts posted by counterparty pursuant to the master netting agreement to a swap contract in evaluating potential credit risk. Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying reference asset or index.
The Fund may enter into total return swap contracts, involving commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market-linked return, both based on notional amounts. To the extent the total return of the security or index underlying the transactions exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty.
The Fund records unrealized gains or losses on a daily basis representing the value and the current net receivable or payable relating to open swap contracts. Net amounts received or paid on the swap contract are recorded as realized gains or losses. Fluctuations in the value of swap contracts are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap contracts. Realized gains and losses from terminated swaps are included in net realized gains/losses on swap contracts transactions. The Fund may invest in total return swap contracts for hedging purposes or to seek to increase total return. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following outstanding swap contracts and the amount of restricted cash held at brokers was $1,660,000:
Currency | | Notional Amount | | Expiration Date | | Counterparty | | Receive | | Pay | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
USD | |
$1,827,940 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | |
Fixed Rate | | Dow Jones — UBS Precious Metals Subindex | | $ | (5,064 | ) | |
USD | |
$1,784,418 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | |
Fixed Rate | | Dow Jones — UBS Precious Metals Subindex | | | 6,960 | | |
USD | |
$799,467 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | | Dow Jones — UBS Industrial Metals Subindex | |
Fixed Rate | | | (15,600 | ) | |
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Currency | | Notional Amount | | Expiration Date | | Counterparty | | Receive | | Pay | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
USD | |
$763,574 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | | Dow Jones — UBS Industrial Metals Subindex | |
Fixed Rate | | $ | (5,836 | ) | |
USD | | $11,507,665 | | 05/16/14 | | Goldman Sachs | | Dow Jones — UBS Agriculture Subindex | | Fixed Rate | | | 267,201 | | |
USD | |
$1,553,304 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | |
Fixed Rate | | Dow Jones — UBS Precious Metals Subindex | | | 16,543 | | |
USD | |
$3,755,414 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | | Dow Jones — UBS Industrial Metals Subindex | |
Fixed Rate | | | (32,045 | ) | |
USD | | $9,204,318 | | 05/16/14 | | Goldman Sachs | | Dow Jones — UBS Energy Subindex | | Fixed Rate | | | 7,462 | | |
USD | |
$930,139 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | |
Fixed Rate | | Dow Jones — UBS Precious Metals Subindex | | | 4,379 | | |
USD | |
$772,135 | |
05/16/14 | |
Goldman Sachs | | Dow Jones — UBS Industrial Metals Subindex | |
Fixed Rate | | | (14,397 | ) | |
| | | | $ | 229,603 | | |
I) SECURITIES LENDING — Loans of securities are required at all times to be secured by collateral at least equal to 102% of the market value of domestic securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon) and 105% of the market value of foreign securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon). Cash collateral received by the Fund in connection with securities lending activity may be pooled together with cash collateral for other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse and may be invested in a variety of investments, including funds advised by SSB, the Fund's securities lending agent, or money market instruments. However, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
SSB has been engaged by the Fund to act as the Fund's securities lending agent. The Fund's securities lending arrangement provides that the Fund and SSB will share the net income earned from securities lending activities. During the six months ended April 30, 2014, there were no securities out on loan. Securities lending income is accrued as earned.
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
J) OTHER — In the normal course of business the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (credit risk). Similar to credit risk, the Fund may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The extent of the Fund's exposure to credit and counterparty risks in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded in the Fund's Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
K) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS — In preparing the financial statements as of April 30, 2014, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the date of release of this report. No such events requiring recognition or disclosure were identified through the date of the release of this report.
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse serves as investment adviser for the Fund. For its investment advisory services, Credit Suisse is entitled to receive a fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 1.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, investment advisory fees earned and fees waived/expenses reimbursed were $288,487 and $60,305, respectively. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than three years after the end of the fiscal year during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause a class to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees were limited or expenses are paid. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2015. Credit Suisse contractually waives fees and reimburses expenses so that the Fund's annual operating expenses will not exceed 1.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.95% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, and 2.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares.
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse and SSB serve as co-administrators to the Fund. For its co-administrative services, Credit Suisse received a fee calculation at an annual rate of 0.09% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by Credit Suisse were $22,577.
For its co-administrative services, SSB receives a fee, exclusive of out-of-pocket expenses, calculated in total for all the Credit Suisse funds/portfolios co-administered by SSB and allocated based upon the relative average net assets of each fund/portfolio, subject to an annual minimum fee. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by SSB (including out-of-pocket expenses) with respect to the Fund were $6,996.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("CSSU"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, serves as distributor of the Fund's shares. Pursuant to distribution plans adopted by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, CSSU received fees for its distribution services. These fees were calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. For the Class C shares, the fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund paid Rule 12b-1 distribution fees of $7,031 for Class A shares and $5,231 for Class C shares. Class I shares are not subject to Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.
Certain brokers, dealers and financial representatives provide transfer agent related services to the Fund and receive compensation from the Fund. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund reimbursed Credit Suisse $6,858, which is included in the Fund's transfer agent expense.
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, CSSU and its affiliates advised the Fund that it retained $77 from commissions earned on the sale of the Fund's Class A shares.
Merrill Corporation ("Merrill"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, has been engaged by the Fund to provide certain financial printing services. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, Merrill was paid $12,804 for its services by the Fund. This amount was included in the printing fees presented on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse (collectively, the "Participating Funds"), participates in a committed, unsecured line of credit facility ("Credit Facility"), in an aggregated amount of $20 million for temporary or emergency purposes with SSB. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the Participating Funds pay an aggregate commitment fee on the average unused amount of the Credit Facility, which is allocated among the Participating Funds in such manner as is determined by the governing Boards of the Participating Funds. In addition, the Participating Funds pay interest on borrowings at either the Overnight Federal Funds rate or the Overnight LIBOR rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2014, and during the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility.
On May 20, 2014, the Board approved to increase the credit facility from $20 million to $200 million effective June 4, 2014.
Note 5. Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government and Agency Obligations were as follows:
Investment Securities | | U.S. Government/ Agency Obligations | |
Purchases | | Sales | | Purchases | | Sales | |
$ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,001,070 | | |
At April 30, 2014, the cost of investments (excluding foreign currency related transactions) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:
Cost of investments | | $ | 60,554,507 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | $ | 4,489 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | | | — | | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | $ | 4,489 | | |
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value per share. The Fund offers Class I,
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
Class A and Class C shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class of the Fund were as follows:
| | Class I | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 3,480,102 | | | $ | 35,157,939 | | | | 476,564 | | | $ | 4,927,737 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 85,842 | | | | 873,874 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (124,263 | ) | | | (1,261,212 | ) | | | (121,055 | ) | | | (1,252,839 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 3,441,681 | | | $ | 34,770,601 | | | | 355,509 | | | $ | 3,674,898 | | |
| | Class A | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 80,931 | | | $ | 824,622 | | | | 613,956 | | | $ | 6,405,758 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 15,827 | | | | 160,800 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (150,492 | ) | | | (1,515,856 | ) | | | (61,050 | ) | | | (638,880 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) | | | (53,734 | ) | | $ | (530,434 | ) | | | 552,906 | | | $ | 5,766,878 | | |
| | Class C | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 28,485 | | | $ | 295,191 | | | | 70,016 | | | $ | 725,200 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 3,032 | | | | 30,498 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Shares redeemed | | | — | | | | — | | | | (1,992 | ) | | | (20,916 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 31,517 | | | $ | 325,689 | | | | 68,024 | | | $ | 704,284 | | |
Prior to February 1, 2014, the Fund imposed a redemption fee of 2% of the value of shares that were redeemed or exchanged within 30 days from the date of purchase. For the six months ended April 30, 2014 and the year ended October 31, 2013, the redemption fees received by the Fund were $7 and $524, respectively. On February 1, 2014, the Fund eliminated the redemption fee.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
On April 30, 2014, the number of shareholders that held 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Fund was as follows:
| | Number of Shareholders | | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Shares | |
Class I | | | 3 | * | | | 94 | % | |
Class A | | | 2 | | | | 97 | % | |
Class C | | | 2 | * | | | 99 | % | |
*This includes the seed money from Merchant Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Credit Suisse.
Some of the shareholders may be omnibus accounts, which hold shares on behalf of individual shareholders.
Note 7. Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Fund may provide general indemnifications pursuant to certain contracts and organizational documents. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
Note 8. Other Matters
On May 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (the "Department of Justice") filed a one-count criminal information (the "Information") in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia charging Credit Suisse AG ("CSAG") with conspiracy to commit tax fraud related to accounts CSAG established for cross-border clients. The Department of Justice and CSAG entered into a plea agreement (the "Plea Agreement") settling the action pursuant to which CSAG pleaded guilty to the charge set out in the Information.
The Plea Agreement requires CSAG to pay over $1.8 billion to the U.S. government, including the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Plea Agreement also requires CSAG to lawfully undertake certain remedial actions to address the conduct described in the Plea Agreement.
CSAG has entered into other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Reserve Board (the "Federal Reserve") to resolve certain findings by the Federal Reserve, including that the activities of CSAG regarding opening of foreign
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
accounts for U.S. taxpayers, provision of investment services to U.S. clients, and operation of CSAG's New York representative office prior to 2009 lacked adequate enterprise-wide risk management and compliance policies and procedures sufficient to ensure that all of its activities comply with U.S. laws and regulations. In addition, CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS") to resolve the DFS's investigation into the conduct described in the Plea Agreement. The settlement with the Federal Reserve requires CSAG to pay $100 million to the Federal Reserve, and the settlement with the DFS requires CSAG to pay $715 million to the DFS.
These settlements follow a settlement by Credit Suisse Group AG ("CS Group"), the parent company of CSAG, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 21, 2014 to resolve an investigation by the Commission into solicitation and provision of broker-dealer and investment advisory services to certain U.S. cross-border clients by CS Group while not registered with the Commission as a broker-dealer or investment adviser. As part of the settlement, CS Group retained an independent consultant to evaluate its policies and procedures and examine its broker-dealer and investment adviser activities to fully verify that the business that was the subject of the Commission investigation has been completely exited. CS Group also agreed to pay $196,511,014, which includes $82,170,990 in disgorgement, $64,340,024 in interest and a $50,000,000 penalty.
CSAG is the indirect parent company of Credit Suisse and CSSU. Neither Credit Suisse, CSSU nor the Fund was named in the Plea Agreement (as defined below) or other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. The conduct set out in the Plea Agreement did not involve the Fund, Credit Suisse or CSSU with respect to its investment adviser and distribution activities relating to the Fund.
Credit Suisse, CSSU and certain of their affiliates have received a permanent exemptive order from the Commission to permit them to continue serving as investment advisers and principal underwriters for U.S.-registered investment companies, such as the Fund. Due to a provision in the law governing the operation of U.S.-registered investment companies, they would otherwise have become ineligible to perform these activities as a result of the plea in the Plea Agreement. The permanent exemptive order permits Credit Suisse and CSSU to continue to provide services to the Fund, so long as, among other things, no current or former employee of CSAG or any affiliate of CSAG who previously has been or who subsequently may be identified by CSAG or any U.S. or
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
non-U.S. regulatory or enforcement agencies as having been responsible for the conduct described in the Plea Agreement will be employed by Credit Suisse and certain of its affiliates. Credit Suisse and CSSU have informed the Fund that Credit Suisse and CSSU believe the Settlements will not have any material impact on the Fund or on the ability of Credit Suisse or CSSU to perform services for the Fund.
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited)
In approving the renewal of the current Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including all of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Independent Trustees"), at a meeting held on November 11 and 12, 2013, considered the following factors:
Investment Advisory Fee Rates and Expenses
The Board reviewed and considered the contractual advisory fee rate of 1.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets ("Gross Advisory Fee") for the Fund in light of the extent and quality of the advisory services provided by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse"). The Board also considered that Credit Suisse has entered into an expense limitation agreement ("Expense Limitation Agreement") limiting the Fund's total net expenses to 1.95%, 2.70% and 1.70% of the average daily net assets of Class A, Class C and Class I, respectively, until February 28, 2014.
Additionally, the Board received and considered information comparing the Fund's Gross Advisory Fee, the combined Gross Advisory Fee and gross administration fee (together, the "Gross Management Fee"), the Gross Management Fee less waivers (the "Net Management Fee"), and the Fund's net total expenses with those of funds in the relevant expense group ("Expense Group") provided by an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also received and considered information comparing the Fund's net total expenses and Net Management Fee to the funds in the relevant Morningstar category ("Morningstar Category"). The Board was provided with a description of the methodology used to arrive at the funds included in the Expense Group and the Morningstar Category.
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services under the Advisory Agreement
The Board received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement. The Board also noted information received at regular meetings throughout the year related to the services rendered by Credit Suisse. The Board reviewed background information about Credit Suisse including its Form ADV Part 2 – Disclosure Brochure and Brochure Supplement. The Board considered the background and experience of Credit Suisse's senior management and the expertise of, and the amount of attention given to the Fund by, senior personnel of Credit Suisse. In addition, the Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio
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management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and the extent of the resources devoted to research and analysis of actual and potential investments. The Board evaluated the ability of Credit Suisse, based on its resources, reputation and other attributes, to attract and retain qualified investment professionals including research, advisory, and supervisory personnel. The Board also received and considered information about the nature, extent and quality of services and fee rates offered to other Credit Suisse clients for comparable services.
Fund Performance
The Board received and considered performance results of the Fund since inception, along with comparisons to the Expense Group and Morningstar Category for the Fund.
Credit Suisse Profitability
The Board received and considered a profitability analysis of Credit Suisse based on the fees payable under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, including any fee waivers, as well as other relationships between the Fund on the one hand and Credit Suisse affiliates on the other. The Board also considered Credit Suisse's methodology for allocating costs to the Fund, recognizing that cost allocation methodologies are inherently subjective. The Board received profitability information for the other funds in the Credit Suisse family of funds.
Economies of Scale
The Board considered information regarding whether there have been economies of scale with respect to the management of the Fund and whether the Fund has appropriately benefited from any economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. Accordingly, the Board considered whether breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fee structure would be appropriate or reasonable taking into consideration economies of scale or other efficiencies that might accrue from increases in the Fund's asset levels.
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Other Benefits to Credit Suisse
The Board considered other benefits received by Credit Suisse and its affiliates as a result of their relationship with the Fund. Such benefits include, among others, benefits potentially derived from an increase in Credit Suisse's businesses as a result of its relationship with the Fund (such as the ability to market to shareholders other financial products offered by Credit Suisse and its affiliates) and the fees paid to Credit Suisse and an affiliate of Credit Suisse for co-administration and distribution services, respectively.
The Board considered the standards applied in seeking best execution for the Fund and reviewed Credit Suisse's method for allocating portfolio investment opportunities among its advisory clients.
Other Factors and Broader Review
As discussed above, the Board reviews detailed materials received from Credit Suisse as part of the annual re-approval process. The Board also reviews and assesses the quality of the services that the Fund receives throughout the year. In this regard, the Board reviews reports of Credit Suisse at least quarterly, which include, among other things, detailed portfolio and market reviews, detailed fund performance reports and Credit Suisse's compliance procedures.
Conclusions
In selecting Credit Suisse, and approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and the investment advisory fee under such agreement, the Board concluded that:
• The Gross Advisory Fee, the Gross Management Fee, the Net Management Fee, and the net total expenses were all below the median of the Expense Group. The Board also considered the demands, complexity and quality of the investment management of the Fund and the Expense Limitation Agreement. The Board determined the fees to be reasonable.
• The Fund's performance, which was above the median of the Expense Group for the year-to-date and one-year periods ended September 30, 2013, was satisfactory. The Fund also outperformed its Morningstar Category average for year-to-date and one-year periods ended September 30, 2013.
• The Board was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the investment advisory services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse and that, based on dialogue with management and counsel, the services
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited) (continued)
provided by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement are typical of, and consistent with, those provided to similar mutual funds by other investment advisers.
• In light of the costs of providing investment management and other services to the Fund and Credit Suisse's ongoing commitment to the Fund and willingness to waive fees, Credit Suisse's profitability based on fees payable under the Advisory Agreement, as well as other ancillary benefits that Credit Suisse and its affiliates received, were considered reasonable.
• In light of the information received and considered by the Board, the Fund's current fee structure was considered reasonable.
No single factor reviewed by the Board was identified by the Board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. The Independent Trustees were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process.
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Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited)
At Credit Suisse, we know that you are concerned with how we protect and handle nonpublic personal information that identifies you. This notice is designed to help you understand what nonpublic personal information we collect from you and from other sources, and how we use that information in connection with your investments and investment choices that may be available to you. Except where otherwise noted, this notice is applicable only to consumers who are current or former investors, meaning individual persons whose investments are primarily for household, family or personal use ("individual investors"). Specified sections of this notice, however, also apply to other types of investors (called "institutional investors"). Where the notice applies to institutional investors, the notice expressly states so. This notice is being provided by Credit Suisse Funds and Credit Suisse Closed-End Funds. This notice applies solely to U.S. registered investment companies advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
Categories of information we may collect:
We may collect information about you, including nonpublic personal information, such as
• Information we receive from you on applications, forms, agreements, questionnaires, Credit Suisse websites and other websites that are part of our investment program, or in the course of establishing or maintaining a customer relationship, such as your name, address, e-mail address, Social Security number, assets, income, financial situation; and
• Information we obtain from your transactions and experiences with us, our affiliates, or others, such as your account balances or other investment information, assets purchased and sold, and other parties to a transaction, where applicable.
Categories of information we disclose and parties to whom we disclose it:
• We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our individual investors, except as permitted or required by law or regulation. Whether you are an individual investor or institutional investor, we may share the information described above with our affiliates that perform services on our behalf, and with our asset management and private banking affiliates; as well as with unaffiliated third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as our accountants, auditors, attorneys, broker-dealers, fund administrators, and other service providers.
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Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited) (continued)
• We want our investors to be informed about additional products or services. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information relating to individual investors to our affiliates for marketing purposes, nor do we use such information received from our affiliates to solicit individual investors for such purposes. Whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we may disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, regarding our transactions and experiences with you to our affiliates.
• In addition, whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we reserve the right to disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, about you to any person or entity, including without limitation any governmental agency, regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over us or our affiliates, if (i) we determine in our discretion that such disclosure is necessary or advisable pursuant to or in connection with any United States federal, state or local, or non-U.S., court order (or other legal process), law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy, including without limitation any anti-money laundering law or the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; and (ii) such disclosure is not otherwise prohibited by law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy.
Confidentiality and security
• To protect nonpublic personal information about individual investors, we restrict access to those employees and agents who need to know that information to provide products or services to us and to our investors. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect nonpublic personal information.
Other Disclosures
This notice is not intended to be incorporated in any offering materials, but is a statement of our current Notice of Privacy and Information Practices and may be amended from time to time. This notice is current as of March 31, 2014.
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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information (unaudited)
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30 of each year, as well as the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to its portfolio securities are available:
• By calling 1-877-870-2874
• On the Fund's website, www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds
• On the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund's Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, DISTRIBUTOR. MFS-SAR-0414

CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS
Semiannual Report
April 30, 2014
(unaudited)
n CREDIT SUISSE
MULTIALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FUND
The Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses (which should be considered carefully before investing), and more complete information about the Fund, are provided in the Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain additional copies by calling 877-870-2874 or by writing to Credit Suisse Funds, P.O. Box 55030, Boston, MA 02205-5030.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Distributor, is located at One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Credit Suisse Funds are advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
AFFIRMATION OF THE COMMODITY POOL OPERATOR
To the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in the attached financial statements for the period from November 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014, is accurate and complete.
Kenneth J. Lohsen, Managing Director
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC,
Commodity Pool Operator for the Credit Suisse Multialternative
Strategy Fund
Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should be aware that they may be eligible to purchase Class I shares (where offered) directly or through certain intermediaries. Such shares are not subject to a sales charge. Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should also be aware that they may be eligible for a reduction or waiver of the sales charge with respect to Class A or C shares (where offered). For more information, please review the relevant prospectuses or consult your financial representative.
Fund shares are not deposits or other obligations of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") or any affiliate, are not FDIC-insured and are not guaranteed by Credit Suisse or any affiliate. Fund investments are subject to investment risks, including loss of your investment.
Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
June 23, 2014
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to present this Semiannual Report covering the activities of the Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund (the "Fund") for the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
Performance Summary
11/01/13 – 04/30/14
Fund & Benchmark | | Performance | |
Class I1 | | | 1.56 | % | |
Class A1,2 | | | 1.37 | % | |
Class C1,2 | | | 0.98 | % | |
Primary Benchmark — Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index3 | | | 3.26 | % | |
Secondary Benchmark — Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index4 | | | 2.26 | % | |
Performance shown for the Fund's Class A and Class C Shares does not reflect sales charges, which are a maximum of 5.25% and 1.00%, respectively.2
Market Review: A positive period for hedge funds
The six-months ended April 30, 2014 was a positive period for hedge funds with the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, the Fund's primary benchmark, returning 3.26%.
During the period, event driven hedge funds benefitted from distressed corporate credit, risk arbitrage, and special situations equity positions. Additionally, during the last two months of 2013, equity directional managers gained as a result of a positive global equity market overall, and year to date, they performed positively overall despite equity market volatility. Within the hedge fund universe, range-bound trading in equity markets during the first quarter of 2014 resulted in a difficult environment for trend-following strategies, such as managed futures.
Portfolio Review and Outlook: Anticipating continued diversification benefits
For the six-months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund underperformed both the Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index and the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index. The Fund follows a multi-strategy methodology and benefitted from exposure across different markets.
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Allocations to the global strategies sub-strategy resulted in gains, primarily due to positions in the iBoxx High Yield, S&P 500 PutWrite and Managed Futures, while the currency carry detracted from performance. The event driven sub-strategy benefitted from exposure to credit, profiting mostly from the iBoxx High Yield position. Additionally, S&P exposure within the long/short equity sub-strategy benefitted the Fund and most of the sector exposure contributed positively to performance. Conversely, positions in MSCI Emerging Markets detracted from performance.
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Team
Jordan Drachman, Ph.D.
Sheel Dhande
The Fund is non-diversified, which means it may invest a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified mutual fund and may therefore be subject to greater volatility. The Fund's investment in alternative instruments may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investment in traditional securities, particularly in investments involving leverage.
The use of alternative assets and strategies entails substantial risks, including risk of loss of principal, arbitrage or fundamental risk, below investment grade securities risk, commodity exposure risks, concentration risk, derivatives risk, risks of investing in other funds, exchange-traded notes risk, credit risk, foreign securities risk, interest rate risk, market risk, model and style risk, forwards risk, futures contracts risk, index/tracking error risk, portfolio turnover risk, leveraging risk, swap agreements risk, small-and mid-cap stock risk, speculative exposure risk, subsidiary risk and tax risk. For a detailed discussion of these and other risks, please refer to the Fund's Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing.
In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements, which may concern, among other things, domestic and foreign market, industry and economic trends and developments and government regulation and their potential impact on the Fund's investments. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual trends, developments and regulations in the future, and their impact on the Fund could be materially different from those projected, anticipated or implied. The Fund has no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
The views of the Fund's management are as of the date of the letter and the Fund holdings described in this document are as of April 30, 2014; these views and Fund holdings may have changed subsequent to these dates. Nothing in this document is a recommendation to purchase or sell securities.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower.
2 Total return for the Fund's Class A shares for the reporting period, based on offering price (including maximum sales charge of 5.25%), was (3.95)%. Total return for the Fund's Class C shares for the reporting period, based on redemption value (including maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00%), was 0.01%.
3 Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index is compiled by Credit Suisse Hedge Index LLC and CME Group Index Services LLC. It is an asset-weighted hedge fund index and includes only funds, as opposed to separate accounts. The Index uses the Credit Suisse database, which tracks over 9,000 funds, and consists only of funds with a minimum of US$50 million under management, a 12-month track record, and audited financial statements. It is calculated and rebalanced on a monthly basis, and shown net of all performance fees and expenses. An index does not have transaction costs; investors may not invest directly in an index.
4 Using only liquid securities, the Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index seeks to replicate the return of the overall hedge fund industry, as represented by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index. An index does not have transactions costs; investors may not invest directly in an index.
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Average Annual Returns as of April 30, 20141
| | 1 Year | | Since Inception2 | |
Class I | | | 3.73 | % | | | 3.40 | % | |
Class A Without Sales Charge | | | 3.34 | % | | | 3.14 | % | |
Class A With Maximum Sales Charge | | | (2.09 | )% | | | 0.53 | % | |
Class C Without CDSC | | | 2.56 | % | | | 2.37 | % | |
Class C With CDSC | | | 1.57 | % | | | 1.90 | % | |
Returns represent past performance and include change in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Past performance cannot guarantee future results. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Returns and share price will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. The performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds.
The annualized gross expense ratios are 5.05% for Class I shares, 5.30% for Class A shares and 6.05% for Class C shares. The annualized net expense ratios after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements excluding securities sold short dividend expense are 1.70% for Class I shares, 1.95% for Class A shares and 2.70% for Class C shares.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower. The Fund has entered into a written contract to limit expenses to 1.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.95% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares and 2.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares through at least February 28, 2015.
2 Inception Date March 30, 2012.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Information About Your Fund's Expenses
As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section and which would result in higher total expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. The table is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
The table illustrates your Fund's expenses in two ways:
• Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses 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 "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.
• Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Expenses and Value for a $1,000 Investment
for the six months ended April 30, 2014
Actual Fund Return | | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,015.60 | | | $ | 1,013.70 | | | $ | 1,009.80 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 9.10 | | | $ | 10.34 | | | $ | 14.05 | | |
Hypothetical 5% Fund Return | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,015.77 | | | $ | 1,014.53 | | | $ | 1,010.81 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 9.10 | | | $ | 10.34 | | | $ | 14.06 | | |
| | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Annualized Expense Ratios* | | | 1.82 | % | | | 2.07 | % | | | 2.82 | % | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year period, then divided by 365.
The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" and the "Annualized Expense Ratios" in the tables are based on actual expenses paid by the Fund during the period, net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. If those fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements had not been in effect, the Fund's actual expenses would have been higher.
For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Sector Breakdown*
| | Long | | Short | | Net | |
Common Stocks | | | 79.43 | % | | | (35.88 | )% | | | 43.55 | % | |
Investment Company | | | 22.60 | % | | | (0.00 | )% | | | 22.60 | % | |
Options Purchased | | | 7.45 | % | | | (0.00 | )% | | | 7.45 | % | |
Exchange Traded Funds | | | 5.99 | % | | | (0.00 | )% | | | 5.99 | % | |
Rights | | | 0.00 | % | | | (0.00 | )% | | | 0.00 | % | |
Short-Term Investment1 | | | 20.41 | % | | | (0.00 | )% | | | 20.41 | % | |
Total | | | 135.88 | % | | | (35.88 | )% | | | 100.00 | % | |
* Expressed as a percentage of total long (short) investments, (excluding securities lending collateral if applicable) and may vary over time.
1 Primarily reflects cash invested in State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, for which the purchases of securities have been executed but not yet settled at April 30, 2014.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
LONG POSITIONS (46.2%) | |
COMMON STOCKS (31.8%) | |
CANADA (0.9%) | |
Oil & Gas (0.9%) | |
Caracal Energy, Inc.* | | | 9,200 | | | $ | 84,353 | | |
TransGlobe Energy Corp.* | | | 1,916 | | | | 14,910 | | |
| | | 99,263 | | |
FRANCE (3.0%) | |
Construction Materials (2.2%) | |
Lafarge S.A. | | | 2,724 | | | | 249,099 | | |
Energy Equipment & Services (0.8%) | |
Bourbon S.A. | | | 2,928 | | | | 96,565 | | |
| | | 345,664 | | |
LUXEMBOURG (1.5%) | |
Chemicals (1.5%) | |
AZ Electronic Materials S.A. | | | 25,615 | | | | 174,377 | | |
SWEDEN (1.9%) | |
Machinery (1.9%) | |
Scania AB, B Shares | | | 7,465 | | | | 226,918 | | |
SWITZERLAND (1.5%) | |
Construction & Engineering (1.5%) | |
Foster Wheeler AG* | | | 4,950 | | | | 169,686 | | |
UNITED KINGDOM (1.5%) | |
Capital Markets (0.7%) | |
F&C Asset Management PLC | | | 43,650 | | | | 88,094 | | |
Oil & Gas (0.8%) | |
Essar Energy PLC* | | | 79,066 | | | | 89,730 | | |
| | | 177,824 | | |
UNITED STATES (21.5%) | |
Banks (2.4%) | |
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.^^^ | | | 20,578 | | | | 204,957 | | |
Taylor Capital Group, Inc.* | | | 3,605 | | | | 76,750 | | |
| | | 281,707 | | |
Beverages (2.2%) | |
Beam, Inc.^^^ | | | 3,027 | | | | 252,664 | | |
Construction Materials (1.5%) | |
Texas Industries, Inc.* | | | 2,029 | | | | 175,914 | | |
Electric Utilities (1.4%) | |
UNS Energy Corp. | | | 2,594 | | | | 155,796 | | |
Healthcare Equipment & Supplies (1.1%) | |
ArthroCare Corp.* | | | 2,726 | | | | 132,293 | | |
Healthcare Providers & Services (0.8%) | |
Emeritus Corp.* | | | 2,991 | | | | 89,221 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
LONG POSITIONS | |
COMMON STOCKS | |
UNITED STATES | |
Media (4.1%) | |
Omnicom Group, Inc.^^^ | | | 3,204 | | | $ | 216,846 | | |
Time Warner Cable, Inc.^^^ | | | 1,841 | | | | 260,428 | | |
| | | 477,274 | | |
Metals & Mining (0.9%) | |
AMCOL International Corp.§ | | | 2,235 | | | | 102,475 | | |
Pharmaceuticals (2.0%) | |
Forest Laboratories, Inc.*^^^ | | | 2,549 | | | | 234,279 | | |
Semiconductor Equipment & Products (3.7%) | |
ATMI, Inc.* | | | 3,379 | | | | 114,886 | | |
LSI Corp.^^^ | | | 18,354 | | | | 204,464 | | |
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.* | | | 8,007 | | | | 113,539 | | |
| | | 432,889 | | |
Specialty Retail (1.4%) | |
Aaron's, Inc. | | | 1,731 | | | | 51,012 | | |
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.*§ | | | 1,663 | | | | 107,347 | | |
| | | 158,359 | | |
| | | 2,492,871 | | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $3,646,962) | | | 3,686,603 | | |
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (2.4%) | |
UNITED STATES (2.4%) | |
Diversified Financial Services (2.4%) | |
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | | | 1,468 | | | | 138,491 | | |
iShares Russell 2000 ETF | | | 1,247 | | | | 139,639 | | |
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $254,728) | | | 278,130 | | |
INVESTMENT COMPANY (9.0%) | |
UNITED STATES (9.0%) | |
Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund (Cost $1,042,838)• | | | 105,103 | | | | 1,048,926 | | |
| | Number of Rights | | | |
RIGHTS (0.0%) | |
UNITED STATES (0.0%) | |
Biotechnology (0.0%) | |
Trius Therapeutics, Inc. (Cost $0)*^ | | | 400 | | | | 52 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Contracts | | Value | |
LONG POSITIONS | |
OPTIONS PURCHASED (3.0%) | |
UNITED STATES (3.0%) | |
Put Purchased Options (3.0%) | |
S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $2,000, expires 05/17/14 (Cost $417,659) | | | 29 | | | $ | 345,680 | | |
TOTAL LONG POSITIONS (Cost $5,362,187) | | | 5,359,391 | | |
| | Number of Shares | | | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (9.2%) | |
State Street Navigator Prime Portfolio, 0.14%§§ | | | 119,108 | | | | 119,108 | | |
| | Par (000) | | | |
State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, 0.010% 05/01/2014^^ | | $ | 947 | | | | 947,000 | | |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,066,108) | | | 1,066,108 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS AT VALUE (55.4%) (Cost $6,428,295) | | | 6,425,499 | | |
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (-14.4%) (Proceeds $1,638,112) | | | (1,665,353 | ) | |
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES (59.0%) | | | 6,844,270 | | |
NET ASSETS (100.0%) | | $ | 11,604,416 | | |
| | Number of Shares | | | |
SHORT POSITIONS (-14.4%) | |
COMMON STOCKS (-14.4%) | |
FRANCE (-1.9%) | |
Media (-1.9%) | |
Publicis Groupe S.A. | | | (2,606 | ) | | | (222,813 | ) | |
SWITZERLAND (-2.2%) | |
Construction Materials (-2.2%) | |
Holcim, Ltd.* | | | (2,724 | ) | | | (249,736 | ) | |
UNITED KINGDOM (-0.8%) | |
Energy Equipment & Services (-0.8%) | |
AMEC PLC^^^ | | | (4,454 | ) | | | (93,031 | ) | |
UNITED STATES (-9.5%) | |
Banks (-2.3%) | |
M&T Bank Corp. | | | (1,729 | ) | | | (210,955 | ) | |
MB Financial, Inc. | | | (2,319 | ) | | | (62,242 | ) | |
| | | (273,197 | ) | |
Construction Materials (-1.5%) | |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | | | (1,421 | ) | | | (176,673 | ) | |
Healthcare Providers & Services (-0.8%) | |
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.* | | | (2,842 | ) | | | (90,490 | ) | |
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
SHORT POSITIONS | |
COMMON STOCKS | |
UNITED STATES | |
Media (-2.4%) | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | (5,293 | ) | | $ | (273,966 | ) | |
Pharmaceuticals (-1.5%) | |
Actavis PLC* | | | (843 | ) | | | (172,250 | ) | |
Semiconductor Equipment & Products (-1.0%) | |
RF Micro Devices, Inc.* | | | (13,412 | ) | | | (113,197 | ) | |
| | | (1,099,773 | ) | |
TOTAL SHORT POSITIONS (Proceeds $1,638,112) | | $ | (1,665,353 | ) | |
* Non-income producing security.
^^^ At April 30, 2014, this security has been pledged, in whole or in part, as collateral for open securities sold short.
§ Security or portion thereof is out on loan (See note 2-L).
• Affiliated issuer. See Note 3.
^ Not readily marketable security; security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Trustees.
§§ Represents security purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan. The rate shown is the annualized one-day yield at April 30, 2014.
^^ Security or portion thereof held in the subsidiary (See note 1).
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Assets | |
Investments in unaffiliated issuers at value, including collateral for securities on loan of $119,108 (Cost $5,385,457) (Note 2) | | $ | 5,376,5731 | | |
Investment in affiliated issuer at value (Cost $1,042,838) (Note 3) | | | 1,048,926 | | |
Cash | | | 1,182 | | |
Foreign currency at value (cost $39,796) | | | 39,811 | | |
Cash segregated held at brokers for future contracts, swap contracts, written options and securities sold short | | | 6,974,678 | | |
Receivable for investments sold | | | 246,346 | | |
Unrealized appreciation on open swap contracts (Note 2) | | | 42,302 | | |
Receivable from investment adviser (Note 3) | | | 5,597 | | |
Dividend and interest receivable | | | 986 | | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) | | | 696 | | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | | 32,765 | | |
Total Assets | | | 13,769,862 | | |
Liabilities | |
Administrative services fee payable (Note 3) | | | 2,655 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fee payable (Note 3) | | | 1,461 | | |
Securities sold short, at value (Proceeds $1,638,112) (Note 2) | | | 1,665,353 | | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | 156,977 | | |
Payable upon return of securities loaned (Note 2) | | | 119,108 | | |
Outstanding written options, at value (Proceeds $181,698) (Note 2) | | | 87,580 | | |
Trustees' fee payable | | | 11,678 | | |
Unrealized depreciation on open swap contracts (Note 2) | | | 9,904 | | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) | | | 4,471 | | |
Interest payable for open swap contracts | | | 1,145 | | |
Dividend expense payable on securities sold short | | | 233 | | |
Accrued expenses | | | 104,881 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 2,165,446 | | |
Net Assets | |
Capital stock, $.001 par value (Note 6) | | | 1,128 | | |
Paid-in capital (Note 6) | | | 11,381,722 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | | (107,777 | ) | |
Accumulated net realized gain from investments, futures contracts, swap contracts written options, securities sold short and foreign currency transactions | | | 236,549 | | |
Net unrealized appreciation from investments, swap contracts, written options, securities sold short and foreign currency translations | | | 92,794 | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 11,604,416 | | |
I Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 9,536,507 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 924,423 | | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 10.32 | | |
A Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 379,625 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 36,932 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.28 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value/(1-5.25%)) | | $ | 10.85 | | |
C Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,688,284 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 166,213 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.16 | | |
1 Including $116,517 of securities on loan.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Investment Income (Note 2) | |
Dividends | | $ | 14,755 | | |
Securities lending (net of rebates) | | | 815 | | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | (595 | ) | |
Total investment income | | | 14,975 | | |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fees (Note 3) | | | 50,566 | | |
Administrative services fees (Note 3) | | | 5,879 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fees (Note 3) | |
Class A | | | 450 | | |
Class C | | | 8,531 | | |
Legal fees | | | 41,298 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 29,169 | | |
Audit and tax fees | | | 25,668 | | |
Registration fees | | | 23,783 | | |
Trustees' fees | | | 14,976 | | |
Printing fees (Note 3) | | | 12,639 | | |
Transfer agent fees (Note 3) | | | 5,913 | | |
Dividend expense for securities sold short | | | 5,146 | | |
Insurance expense | | | 372 | | |
Commitment fees (Note 4) | | | 11 | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | 6,831 | | |
Total expenses | | | 231,232 | | |
Less: fees waived and expenses reimbursed (Note 3) | | | (142,357 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 88,875 | | |
Net investment loss | | | (73,900 | ) | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap Contracts, Written Options, Securities Sold Short and Foreign Currency Related Items | |
Net realized gain from investments | | | 26,166 | | |
Net realized loss from investment in affiliated issuer | | | (1,524 | ) | |
Net realized gain from futures contracts | | | 9,067 | | |
Net realized gain from swap contracts | | | 135,413 | | |
Net realized gain from written options | | | 98,187 | | |
Net realized gain from securities sold short | | | 1,524 | | |
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions | | | (17,633 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments | | | (49,890 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments in affiliated issuer | | | (26,594 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from swap contracts | | | (33,041 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from written options | | | 74,623 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from securities sold short | | | (27,241 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency translations | | | 7,516 | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain from investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, securities sold short and foreign currency related items | | | 196,573 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 122,673 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
From Operations | |
Net investment loss | | $ | (73,900 | ) | | $ | (123,075 | ) | |
Net realized gain from investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, securities sold short and foreign currency transactions | | | 251,200 | | | | 326,825 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, written options, securities sold short, swap contracts and foreign currency translations | | | (54,627 | ) | | | 181,844 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 122,673 | | | | 385,594 | | |
From Dividends and Distributions | |
Dividends from net investment income | |
Class I | | | — | | | | (27,302 | ) | |
Class A | | | — | | | | (1,006 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | |
Class I | | | (168,910 | ) | | | (4,398 | ) | |
Class A | | | (9,044 | ) | | | (220 | ) | |
Class C | | | (54,515 | ) | | | (1,132 | ) | |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions | | | (232,469 | ) | | | (34,058 | ) | |
From Capital Share Transactions (Note 6) | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 4,140,623 | | | | 1,283,655 | | |
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 232,469 | | | | 34,058 | | |
Net asset value of shares redeemed | | | (136,464 | ) | | | (397,505 | ) | |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | | | 4,236,628 | | | | 920,208 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 4,126,832 | | | | 1,271,744 | | |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | | | 7,477,584 | | | | 6,205,840 | | |
End of period | | $ | 11,604,416 | | | $ | 7,477,584 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | $ | (107,777 | ) | | $ | (33,877 | ) | |
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(For a Class I Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.483 | | | $ | 9.95 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income (loss)2 | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | | | 0.01 | | |
Net gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, written options, securities sold short, swap contracts and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.75 | | | | (0.06 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.17 | | | | 0.60 | | | | (0.05 | ) | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | — | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | — | | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.07 | ) | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.32 | | | $ | 10.483 | | | $ | 9.95 | | |
Total return4 | | | 1.56 | % | | | 6.11 | % | | | (0.50 | )% | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 9,536 | | | $ | 5,409 | | | $ | 4,904 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.82 | %5 | | | 1.78 | % | | | 1.79 | %5 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding securities sold short dividend expense | | | 1.70 | %5 | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (1.47 | )%5 | | | (1.49 | )% | | | 0.21 | %5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 3.23 | %5 | | | 6.31 | % | | | 9.22 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 215 | % | | | 284 | % | | | 228 | % | |
1 For the period March 30, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset values for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns for shareholder transactions.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Consolidated Financial Highlights
(For a Class A Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.463 | | | $ | 9.93 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Net gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, written options, securities sold short, swap contracts and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.76 | | | | (0.06 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.15 | | | | 0.58 | | | | (0.07 | ) | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | — | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | — | | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.28 | | | $ | 10.463 | | | $ | 9.93 | | |
Total return4 | | | 1.37 | % | | | 5.96 | % | | | (0.70 | )% | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 380 | | | $ | 324 | | | $ | 228 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 2.07 | %5 | | | 2.03 | % | | | 2.04 | %5 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding securities sold short dividend expense | | | 1.95 | %5 | | | 1.95 | % | | | 1.95 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (1.75 | )%5 | | | (1.75 | )% | | | (0.18 | )%5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 3.23 | %5 | | | 6.31 | % | | | 9.22 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 215 | % | | | 284 | % | | | 228 | % | |
1 For the period March 30, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset values for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns for shareholder transactions.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Financial Highlights
(For a Class C Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.373 | | | $ | 9.89 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.13 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | |
Net gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, written options, securities sold short, swap contracts and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.74 | | | | (0.05 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.49 | | | | (0.11 | ) | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.16 | | | $ | 10.373 | | | $ | 9.89 | | |
Total return4 | | | 0.98 | % | | | 5.15 | % | | | (1.10 | )% | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 1,688 | | | $ | 1,745 | | | $ | 1,074 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 2.82 | %5 | | | 2.77 | % | | | 2.79 | %5 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding securities sold short dividend expense | | | 2.70 | %5 | | | 2.70 | % | | | 2.70 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (2.50 | )%5 | | | (2.49 | )% | | | (1.00 | )%5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 3.23 | %5 | | | 6.31 | % | | | 9.22 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 215 | % | | | 284 | % | | | 228 | % | |
1 For the period March 30, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset values for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns for shareholder transactions.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a non-diversified open-end management investment company that seeks to achieve investment results that correspond to the performance (before fees and expenses) of the Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index. The Trust was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as a business trust on May 31, 1995.
Credit Suisse, the investment adviser to the Fund, is registered as a Commodity Pool Operator with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The Fund intends to gain exposure to commodities derivatives through investing in a wholly-owned subsidiary, Credit Suisse Cayman Multialternative Strategy Fund, Ltd., organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). The Subsidiary invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments, such as swaps and futures. The Subsidiary may also invest in debt securities, some of which are intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivatives positions.
The Subsidiary is managed by the same portfolio managers that manage the Fund and the accompanying financial statements reflect the financial position of the Fund and its Subsidiary and the results of operations on a consolidated basis. The consolidated financial statements include portfolio holdings of the Fund and the Subsidiary and all intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total net assets in the Subsidiary. As of April 30, 2014, the Fund held $36,096 in the Subsidiary, representing 0.3% of the Fund's Consolidated net assets. See footnotes 2H and 2J for derivatives held through the subsidiary and see Consolidated Schedule of Investments for other securities held through the subsidiary. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, there was no realized gain (loss) on securities held in the subsidiary.
The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class I shares, Class A shares and Class C shares. Each class of shares represents an equal pro rata interest in the Fund, except they bear different expenses, which reflect the differences in the range of services provided to them. Class A shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge of up to 5.25%. Class C shares are sold subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within the first year of purchase.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A) SECURITY VALUATION — The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange is open for business. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost. Structured note agreements are valued in accordance with a dealer-supplied valuation based on changes in the value of the underlying index. Option contracts on securities, currencies, indices, futures contracts, swaps and other instruments are valued at the mid-point between the last bid and ask quotations as of the close of trading on the exchange which the option is traded. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Forward contracts are valued at the London closing spot rates and the London closing forward point rates on a daily basis. The currency forward contract pricing model derives the differential in point rates to the expiration date of the forward and calculates its present value. The forward contracts are valued at the net of the present value and the spot rate and are generally categorized as Level 2. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") to fair value certain securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. If
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the investment adviser to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the investment adviser using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved and established by the Fund's Board.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP established a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2014 in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 2,677,467 | | | $ | 1,009,136 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 3,686,603 | | |
Exchange Traded Funds | | | 278,130 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 278,130 | | |
Investment Company | | | 1,048,926 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,048,926 | | |
Rights | | | — | | | | — | | | | 52 | | | | 52 | | |
Put Purchased Options | | | 345,680 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 345,680 | | |
Short-term Investments | | | — | | | | 1,066,108 | | | | — | | | | 1,066,108 | | |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Securities Sold Short | |
Common Stocks | | $ | (1,099,773 | ) | | $ | (565,580 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (1,665,353 | ) | |
Other Financial Instruments* | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | | | — | | | | (3,775 | ) | | | — | | | | (3,775 | ) | |
Swap Contracts | | | — | | | | 32,398 | | | | — | | | | 32,398 | | |
Written Options | | | (87,580 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (87,580 | ) | |
| | $ | 3,162,850 | | | $ | 1,538,287 | | | $ | 52 | | | $ | 4,701,189 | | |
*Other financial instruments include unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forwards, swaps and written options, at value.
As of April 30, 2014, the amounts shown by the Fund as being Level 3 securities that were measured at fair value amounted to less than 0.01% of net assets.
The Fund follows Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") amendments to authoritative guidance which require the Fund to disclose details of transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements and Level 2 and Level 3 measurements and the reasons for the transfers. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, there were no transfers in and out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. All transfers are assumed to occur at the end of the reporting period.
B) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES — The Fund adopted amendments to authoritative guidance on disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities which require that a fund disclose (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a fund's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. The Fund also invests indirectly in derivative instruments through the Subsidiary. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Consolidated Fund's derivatives did not qualify for hedge accounting as they are held at fair value.
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of April 30, 2014.
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | |
Currency Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts | | $ | 696 | | | Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts | | $ | 4,471 | | |
Interest Rate Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on open swap contracts | | | 42,302 | | | Unrealized depreciation on open swap contracts | | | 9,904 | | |
Equity Contracts | | Outstanding written options, at value | | | — | | | Outstanding written options, at value | | | 87,580 | * | |
| | | | $ | 42,998 | | | | | | | $ | 101,955 | | |
*Written options are reported at market value.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the consolidated Statement of Operations
| | Location | | Realized Gain (Loss) | | Location | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Currency Contracts | | Net realized loss from foreign currency | | $ | (17,633 | ) | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency transactions | | $ | 7,177 | | |
Index Contracts | | Net realized gain from futures contracts | | | 9,067 | | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from futures contracts | | | — | | |
Interest Rate Contracts | | Net realized gain from swap contracts | | | 135,413 | | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from swap contracts | | | (33,041 | ) | |
Equity Contracts | | Net realized gain from written options | | | 98,187 | | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from written options | | | 74,623 | | |
| | | | $ | 225,034 | | | | | | | $ | 48,759 | | |
The notional amount of futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts, swap contracts and written options at the period ended April 30, 2014 are reflected in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The notional amounts of long and short open positions of futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts, swap contracts and written options at each month end throughout the reporting period averaged approximately 0.7%, 2.8%, 50.7% and 1.0%, respectively of net assets of the Consolidated Fund.
The Fund is a party to International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") Master Agreements ("Master Agreements") with certain counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivative (including Total Return, Credit Default and Interest Rate Swaps) and foreign exchange contracts entered into by the Fund. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties' general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. Termination events applicable to the Fund may occur upon a decline in the Fund's net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following table presents by counterparty the Fund's derivative assets net of related collateral held by the Fund at April 30, 2014:
Counterparty | | Gross Amounts of Assets Presented in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities(a) | | Financial Instruments and Derivatives Available for Offset | | Non-Cash Collateral Received | | Cash Collateral Received(b) | | Net Amount of Derivative Assets | |
Goldman Sachs | | $ | 974 | | | $ | (974 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | |
JPMorgan Chase | | | 16,550 | | | | (12,602 | ) | | | — | | | | (3,948 | ) | | | — | | |
Societe Generale | | | 25,474 | | | | (1,773 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 23,701 | | |
| | $ | 42,998 | | | $ | (15,349 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (3,948 | ) | | $ | 23,701 | | |
The following table presents by counterparty the Fund's derivative liabilities net of related collateral pledged by the Fund at April 30, 2014:
Counterparty | | Gross Amounts of Liabilites Presented in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities(a) | | Financial Instruments and Derivatives Available for Offset | | Non-Cash Collateral Pledged | | Cash Collateral Pledged(b) | | Net Amount of Derivative Liabilities | |
Goldman Sachs | | $ | 87,580 | | | $ | (974 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (86,606 | ) | | $ | — | | |
JPMorgan Chase | | | 12,602 | | | | (12,602 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Societe Generale | | | 1,773 | | | | (1,773 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | $ | 101,955 | | | $ | (15,349 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (86,606 | ) | | $ | — | | |
(a) Swap contracts, written options and Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are included. Written options are reported at market value.
(b) The actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amounts shown.
C) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME/EXPENSE — Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income/expense is recorded on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts using the effective interest method. Dividend income/expense is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain expenses are class-specific expenses, vary by class and are charged only to that class. Income, expenses (excluding class-specific expenses) and realized/unrealized gains/losses are allocated proportionately to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of the outstanding shares of that class. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.
D) DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. However, to the extent that a net realized capital gain can be reduced
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
by a capital loss carryforward, such gain will not be distributed. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
E) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — No provision is made for federal taxes as it is the Fund's intention to continue to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and to make the requisite distributions to its shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve it from federal income and excise taxes.
In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. One of these requirements is that the Fund derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies or net income derived from interests in certain publicly traded partnerships ("Qualifying Income"). The IRS has issued a ruling that income realized from certain types of commodity-linked derivatives would not be Qualifying Income. As a result, the Fund's ability to realize income from investments in such commodity-linked derivatives as part of its investment strategy would be limited to a maximum of 10% of its gross income. The IRS has issued private letter rulings to registered investment companies concluding that income derived from their investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary would constitute Qualifying Income to the fund. The IRS has indicated that the granting of these types of private letter rulings is currently suspended, pending further internal discussion. As a result, the Fund has not received and there can be no assurance that the IRS will grant, such a private letter ruling to the Fund. If the Fund does not request and receive such a private letter ruling, there is a risk that the IRS could assert that the income derived from the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary will not be considered Qualifying Income for purposes of the fund remaining qualified as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If the Fund is unable to ensure continued qualification as a RIC, the Fund may be required to change its investment objective, policies or techniques, or may be liquidated. If the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income and capital gains at regular corporate rates (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and become subject to federal income
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
tax, shareholders of the Fund would be subject to the risk of diminished returns.
The Fund adopted the authoritative guidance for uncertainty in income taxes and recognizes a tax benefit or liability from an uncertain position only if it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits and consideration of the relevant taxing authority's widely understood administrative practices and procedures. The Fund has reviewed its current tax positions and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's federal tax returns for the prior two fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
F) SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG, pools available cash into a short-term variable rate time deposit issued by State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"), the Fund's custodian. The short-term time deposit issued by SSB is a variable rate account classified as a short-term investment.
G) SHORT SALES — The Fund enters into short sales transactions collateralized by cash deposits received from brokers in connection with securities lending activities and securities. Cash deposits are shown as collateral for securities on loan on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The collateral amounts required are determined daily by reference to the market value of the short positions. Short sales expose the Fund to the risk that it will be required to cover its short position at a time when the securities have appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the Fund. The Fund's loss on a short sale could theoretically be unlimited in a case where the Fund is unable, for whatever reason, to close out its short position. Short sales also involve transaction and other costs that will reduce potential gains and increase potential Fund losses. The use by the Fund of short sales in combination with long positions in the Fund in an attempt to improve performance may not be successful and may result in greater losses or lower positive returns than if the Fund held only long positions. It is possible that the Fund's long equity positions will decline in value at the same time that the value of the securities it has sold short increases, thereby increasing potential losses to the Fund. In addition, the Fund's short selling strategies may limit its ability to fully benefit from increases in the equity markets. Short selling also involves a form of financial leverage that may exaggerate any losses realized by the Fund. Also, there is the risk that the counterparty to a short sale may fail to honor its contractual terms, causing a loss to the Fund. At April 30, 2014,
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
the amount of restricted cash held at brokers for securities sold short was $818,611.
H) FUTURES — The Fund may enter into futures contracts to the extent permitted by its investment policies and objectives. The Fund may use futures contracts to gain exposure to or hedge against changes in interest rates, equity and market price movements and/or currency risks. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash and/or pledge U.S. Government securities as initial margin. Subsequent payments, which are dependent on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying instrument, are made or received by the Fund each day (daily variation margin) and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund's basis in the contract. Risks of entering into futures contracts for hedging purposes include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying instruments. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange's clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. In addition, the purchase of a futures contract involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than the original margin deposit and subsequent payments may be required for a futures transaction. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had no open futures contracts. The amount of restricted cash held at brokers for futures contracts was $34,067.
I) FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS — The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency. Forward foreign currency contracts are adjusted by the daily forward exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date or an offsetting position is entered into. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:
Forward Foreign Currency to be Purchased (Local) | | Forward Foreign Currency to be Sold (Local) | | Expiration Date | | Counterparty | | Value on Settlement Date | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
AUD | 118,753 | | | USD | 111,049 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | $ | 111,049 | | | $ | 109,895 | | | $ | (1,154 | ) | |
NOK | 538,559 | | | USD | 89,992 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | 89,992 | | | | 90,367 | | | | 375 | | |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Forward Foreign Currency to be Purchased (Local) | | Forward Foreign Currency to be Sold (Local) | | Expiration Date | | Counterparty | | Value on Settlement Date | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
NZD | 300,151 | | | USD | 257,538 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | $ | 257,538 | | | $ | 257,478 | | | $ | (60 | ) | |
SEK | 166,396 | | | USD | 25,205 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | 25,205 | | | | 25,526 | | | | 321 | | |
USD | 81,862 | | | JPY | 8,371,306 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | (81,862 | ) | | | (81,960 | ) | | | (98 | ) | |
USD | 115,064 | | | CHF | 101,423 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | (115,064 | ) | | | (115,209 | ) | | | (145 | ) | |
USD | 66,902 | | | CAD | 73,745 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | (66,902 | ) | | | (67,167 | ) | | | (265 | ) | |
USD | 78,914 | | | EUR | 57,160 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | (78,914 | ) | | | (79,252 | ) | | | (338 | ) | |
USD | 112,559 | | | GBP | 67,047 | | | 05/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | (112,559 | ) | | | (113,197 | ) | | | (638 | ) | |
USD | 412,351 | | | EUR | 298,684 | | | 05/20/14 | | Societe Generale | | | (412,351 | ) | | | (414,124 | ) | | | (1,773 | ) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (3,775 | ) | |
Currency Abbreviations:
AUD = Australian Dollar
CAD = Canadian Dollar
CHF = Swiss Franc
EUR = Euro
GBP = British Pound
JPY = Japanese Yen
NOK = Norwegian Krone
NZD = New Zealand Dollar
SEK = Swedish Krona
USD = United States Dollar
J) SWAPS — The Fund may enter into swaps either for hedging purposes or to seek to increase total return. A swap contract is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset or notional principal amount. A centrally cleared swap is a transaction executed between the Fund and a counterparty, then cleared by a clearing member through a central clearinghouse. The central clearinghouse serves as the counterparty, with whom the Fund exchanges cash flows. The Fund will enter into swap contracts only on a net basis, which means that the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap contract to comply with the terms of the swap contract. The extent of the Fund's exposure to credit and counterparty risks is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract's remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. These risks are mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund's exposure to the counterparty. Therefore, the Fund considers the creditworthiness of each counterparty as well as the amounts posted by
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counterparty pursuant to the master netting agreement to a swap contract in evaluating potential credit risk. Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying reference asset or index.
The Fund may enter into total return swap contracts, involving commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market-linked return, both based on notional amounts. To the extent the total return of the security or index underlying the transactions exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty.
The Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements either as a buyer or seller. The Fund may buy a credit default swap to attempt to mitigate the risk of default or credit quality deterioration in one or more individual holdings or in a segment of the fixed income securities market. The Fund may sell a credit default swap in an attempt to gain exposure to an underlying issuer's credit quality characteristics without investing directly in that issuer.
The Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a credit default swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of the counterparty. The Fund will enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that meet certain standards of creditworthiness (generally, such counterparties would have to be eligible counterparties under the terms of the Fund's repurchase agreement guidelines). Credit default swap agreements are generally valued at a price at which the counterparty to such agreement would terminate the agreement.
The Fund records unrealized gains or losses on a daily basis representing the value and the current net receivable or payable relating to open swap contracts. Net amounts received or paid on the swap contract are recorded as realized gains or losses. Fluctuations in the value of swap contracts are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap contracts. Realized gains and losses from terminated swaps are included in net realized gains/losses on swap contracts transactions. The Fund may invest in total return swap contracts for hedging purposes or to seek to increase total return. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit with a financial intermediary cash or securities ("initial margin") in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the notional amount of the swap. Subsequent payments ("variation margin") are made or received by the Fund dependent upon the daily fluctuations in the value of the swap. In a cleared swap transaction, counterparty risk is minimized as the
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
central clearhouse acts as the counterparty. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following outstanding swap contracts and the amount of restricted cash held at brokers was $530,000:
Total Return Swap Contracts
Currency | | Notional Amount | | Expiration Date | | Counterparty | | Receive | | Pay | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
USD | | $ | 196,608 | | | 04/16/15 | | Goldman Sachs | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | MSCI Emerging Markets Index | | $ | 974 | | |
USD | | $ | 368,000 | | | 06/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | 9,439 | | |
USD | | $ | 111,000 | | | 06/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | 1,610 | | |
USD | | $ | 1,000,000 | | | 06/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | (161 | ) | |
USD | | $ | 332,000 | | | 06/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | | (3,002 | ) | |
USD | | $ | 760,000 | | | 06/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | 4,805 | | |
USD | | $ | 160,000 | | | 06/20/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | | (751 | ) | |
USD | | $ | 101,395 | | | 06/23/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | Russell 2000 Total Return Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | (1,350 | ) | |
USD | | $ | 1,119,000 | | | 09/22/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | (1,351 | ) | |
USD | | $ | 357,000 | | | 09/22/14 | | JPMorgan Chase | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index | | | (2,436 | ) | |
USD | | $ | 64,039 | | | 02/19/15 | | JPMorgan Chase | | Russell 2000 Total Return Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | (853 | ) | |
USD | | $ | 1,689,559 | | | 05/16/14 | | Societe Generale | | NASDAQ-100 Total Return | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | 23,574 | | |
USD | | $ | 227,525 | | | 05/16/14 | | Societe Generale | | Utility Select Sector Index | | Fee Plus LIBOR | | | 1,900 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 32,398 | | |
K) OPTION CONTRACTS — The Fund will enter into options contracts to gain exposure to risk volatility based assets. When the Fund purchases an option, it pays a premium and the option is subsequently marked to market to reflect current value. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium paid.
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Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the net premium received (the premium less commission) is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value. Net premiums received for written options which expire are treated as realized gains. Net premiums received for written options which are exercised or closed are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying instrument or closing purchase transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. The Fund, as writer of a written option, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the instrument underlying the written option.
Exchange-traded options have standardized contracts and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment guaranteed by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund are limited. Over-the-counter options are subject to the risk that the counterparty is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the option. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following written options and the amount of restricted cash held at brokers was $5,592,000:
Number of Contracts | | Put Written Options | | Counterparty | | Expiration Date | | Premiums Received | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
| 29 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,800 | | Goldman Sachs | | May 2014 | | $ | 31,841 | | | $ | (6,960 | ) | | $ | 24,881 | | |
| 2 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,860 | | Goldman Sachs | | May 2014 | | | 4,916 | | | | (2,030 | ) | | | 2,886 | | |
| 29 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,900 | | Goldman Sachs | | May 2014 | | | 144,941 | | | | (78,590 | ) | | | 66,351 | | |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | $ | 94,118 | | |
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, transactions for written options on securities, interest rate swaps and futures were as follows:
| | Number of Contracts | | Premium Received | |
Written Options, outstanding as of October 31, 2013 | | | 27 | | | $ | 30,835 | | |
Options written | | | 454 | | | | 1,025,843 | | |
Options closed | | | (374 | ) | | | (798,865 | ) | |
Options exercised | | | — | | | | — | | |
Options expired | | | (47 | ) | | | (76,115 | ) | |
Written Options, outstanding as of April 30, 2014 | | | 60 | | | $ | 181,698 | | |
L) SECURITIES LENDING — Loans of securities are required at all times to be secured by collateral at least equal to 102% of the market value of domestic securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon) and 105% of the market value of foreign securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon). Cash collateral received by the Fund in connection with securities
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Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
lending activity may be pooled together with cash collateral for other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse and may be invested in a variety of investments, including funds advised by SSB, the Fund's securities lending agent, or money market instruments. However, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
SSB has been engaged by the Fund to act as the Fund's securities lending agent. As of April 30, 2014, the Fund had investment securities on loan with a fair value of $116,517 and a related liability of $119,108 for collateral received on securities loaned, both of which are presented gross on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The carrying value of the collateral for securities loaned approximates fair value which would have been considered level 2 under the fair value hierarchy if the collateral for securities loaned were carried at fair value. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the securities loaned.
The Fund's securities lending arrangement provides that the Fund and SSB will share the net income earned from securities lending activities. During the six months ended April 30, 2014, total earnings from the Fund's investment in cash collateral received in connection with securities lending arrangements was $962, of which $2 was rebated to borrowers (brokers). The Fund retained $815 in income from the cash collateral investment, and SSB, as lending agent, was paid $145. Securities lending income is accrued as earned.
M) OTHER — In the normal course of business the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (credit risk). Similar to credit risk, the Fund may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The extent of the Fund's exposure to credit and counterparty risks in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded in the Fund's Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
N) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS — In preparing the financial statements as of April 30, 2014, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the
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Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
date of release of this report. No such events requiring recognition or disclosure were identified through the date of the release of this report.
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse serves as investment adviser for the Fund. For its investment advisory services, Credit Suisse is entitled to receive a fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 1.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, investment advisory fees earned and fees waived/expenses reimbursed were $50,566 and $142,357, respectively. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than three years after the end of the fiscal year during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause a class to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees were limited or expenses are paid. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2015. Credit Suisse contractually waives fees and reimburses expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, dividend expense related to short sales, interest charges on Fund borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions, dealer spreads and other transaction charges, expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, extraordinary expenses, and any other expenses that may be approved by the governing Board of Trust) so that the Fund's annual operating expenses will not exceed 1.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.95% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, and 2.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares.
Credit Suisse and SSB serve as co-administrators to the Fund. For its co-administrative services, Credit Suisse received a fee calculation at an annual rate of 0.09% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by Credit Suisse were $3,957.
For its co-administrative services, SSB receives a fee, exclusive of out-of-pocket expenses, calculated in total for all the Credit Suisse funds/portfolios co-administered by SSB and allocated based upon the relative average net assets of each fund/portfolio, subject to an annual minimum fee. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by SSB (including out-of-pocket expenses) with respect to the Fund were $1,922.
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("CSSU"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, serves as distributor of the Fund's shares. Pursuant to distribution plans adopted by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, CSSU received fees for its distribution services. These fees were calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. For the Class C shares, the fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund paid Rule 12b-1 distribution fees of $450 for Class A shares and $8,531 for Class C shares. Class I shares are not subject to Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.
Certain brokers, dealers and financial representatives provide transfer agent related services to the Fund and receive compensation from the Fund. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund reimbursed Credit Suisse $6,298, which is included in the Fund's transfer agent expense.
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, CSSU and its affiliates advised the Fund that it retained $31 from commissions earned on the sale of the Fund's Class A shares.
Merrill Corporation ("Merrill"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, has been engaged by the Fund to provide certain financial printing services. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, Merrill was paid $13,779 for its services by the Fund. This amount was included in the printing fees presented on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Affiliated Issuers — The Fund may invest in Underlying Credit Suisse Funds. The Underlying Credit Suisse Funds in which the Fund invests are considered to be affiliated investments. The Fund invested 9.0% of the Fund's net assets. Investments in affiliated funds are valued at the affiliated fund's net asset value per share ("NAV") as of the report date. A summary of the Fund's transactions with an affiliated Underlying Credit Suisse Fund during the six months ended April 30, 2014 is as follows:
Issuer | | Beginning Shares | | Purchases | | Sales | | Ending Shares | | Gain/ Loss | | Dividend Income | | Value of Affiliate at 04/30/2014 | |
Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund | | | 97,874 | | | | 52,298 | | | | 45,069 | | | | 105,103 | | | $ | 1,524 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,048,926 | | |
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse (collectively, the "Participating Funds"), participates in a committed, unsecured line of credit facility ("Credit Facility"), in an aggregated amount of $20 million for temporary or emergency purposes with SSB. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the Participating Funds pay an aggregate commitment fee on the average unused amount of the Credit Facility, which is allocated among the Participating Funds in such manner as is determined by the governing Boards of the Participating Funds. In addition, the Participating Funds pay interest on borrowings at either the Overnight Federal Funds rate or the Overnight LIBOR rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2014, and during the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility.
On May 20, 2014, the Board approved to increase the credit facility from $20 million to $200 million effective June 4, 2014.
Note 5. Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:
Investment Securities | |
Purchases | | Sales | |
$ | 6,338,300 | | | $ | 2,453,783 | | |
Securities sold short and purchases to cover securities sold short were as follows:
Investment Securities | |
Securities Sold Short | | Purchases to Cover | |
$ | 2,098,040 | | | $ | 359,162 | | |
At April 30, 2014, the cost of investments (excluding foreign currency related transactions) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:
Cost of investments | | $ | 6,428,295 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | $ | 100,520 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | | | (103,316 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | $ | (2,796 | ) | |
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 5. Purchases and Sales of Securities
At April 30, 2014, the proceeds from securities sold short (excluding foreign currency related transactions) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:
Proceeds from investments | | $ | 1,638,112 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | $ | 20,710 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | | | (47,951 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | $ | (27,241 | ) | |
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value per share. The Fund offers Class I, Class A and Class C shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class of the Fund were as follows:
| | Class I | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 391,809 | | | $ | 4,030,982 | | | | 19,951 | | | $ | 210,698 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 16,674 | | | | 168,910 | | | | 3,170 | | | | 31,699 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (178 | ) | | | (1,800 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net increase | | | 408,305 | | | $ | 4,198,092 | | | | 23,121 | | | $ | 242,397 | | |
| | Class A | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 10,722 | | | $ | 109,641 | | | | 15,142 | | | $ | 154,575 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 896 | | | | 9,044 | | | | 123 | | | | 1,226 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (5,651 | ) | | | (58,669 | ) | | | (7,231 | ) | | | (73,284 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 5,967 | | | $ | 60,016 | | | | 8,034 | | | $ | 82,517 | | |
| | Class C | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | — | | | $ | — | | | | 91,378 | | | $ | 918,382 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 5,445 | | | | 54,515 | | | | 114 | | | | 1,133 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (7,443 | ) | | | (75,995 | ) | | | (31,887 | ) | | | (324,221 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) | | | (1,998 | ) | | $ | (21,480 | ) | | | 59,605 | | | $ | 595,294 | | |
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
Prior to February 1, 2014, the Fund imposed a redemption fee of 2% of the value of shares that were redeemed or exchanged within 30 days from the date of purchase. For the six months ended April 30, 2014 and the year ended October 31, 2013, the Fund did not receive any redemption fees. On February 1, 2014, the Fund eliminated the redemption fee.
On April 30, 2014, the number of shareholders that held 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Fund was as follows:
| | Number of Shareholders | | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Shares | |
Class I | | | 4 | * | | | 93 | % | |
Class A | | | 1 | * | | | 97 | % | |
Class C | | | 3 | | | | 93 | % | |
*This includes the seed money from Merchant Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Credit Suisse.
Some of the shareholders may be omnibus accounts, which hold shares on behalf of individual shareholders.
Note 7. Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Fund may provide general indemnifications pursuant to certain contracts and organizational documents. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
Note 8. Other Matters
On May 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (the "Department of Justice") filed a one-count criminal information (the "Information") in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia charging Credit Suisse AG ("CSAG") with conspiracy to commit tax fraud related to accounts CSAG established for cross-border clients. The Department of Justice and CSAG entered into a plea agreement (the "Plea Agreement") settling the action pursuant to which CSAG pleaded guilty to the charge set out in the Information.
The Plea Agreement requires CSAG to pay over $1.8 billion to the U.S. government, including the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Plea Agreement also requires CSAG to lawfully undertake certain remedial actions to address the conduct described in the Plea Agreement.
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
CSAG has entered into other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Reserve Board (the "Federal Reserve") to resolve certain findings by the Federal Reserve, including that the activities of CSAG regarding opening of foreign accounts for U.S. taxpayers, provision of investment services to U.S. clients, and operation of CSAG's New York representative office prior to 2009 lacked adequate enterprise-wide risk management and compliance policies and procedures sufficient to ensure that all of its activities comply with U.S. laws and regulations. In addition, CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS") to resolve the DFS's investigation into the conduct described in the Plea Agreement. The settlement with the Federal Reserve requires CSAG to pay $100 million to the Federal Reserve, and the settlement with the DFS requires CSAG to pay $715 million to the DFS.
These settlements follow a settlement by Credit Suisse Group AG ("CS Group"), the parent company of CSAG, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 21, 2014 to resolve an investigation by the Commission into solicitation and provision of broker-dealer and investment advisory services to certain U.S. cross-border clients by CS Group while not registered with the Commission as a broker-dealer or investment adviser. As part of the settlement, CS Group retained an independent consultant to evaluate its policies and procedures and examine its broker-dealer and investment adviser activities to fully verify that the business that was the subject of the Commission investigation has been completely exited. CS Group also agreed to pay $196,511,014, which includes $82,170,990 in disgorgement, $64,340,024 in interest and a $50,000,000 penalty.
CSAG is the indirect parent company of Credit Suisse and CSSU. Neither Credit Suisse, CSSU nor the Fund was named in the Plea Agreement (as defined below) or other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. The conduct set out in the Plea Agreement did not involve the Fund, Credit Suisse or CSSU with respect to its investment adviser and distribution activities relating to the Fund.
Credit Suisse, CSSU and certain of their affiliates have received a permanent exemptive order from the Commission to permit them to continue serving as investment advisers and principal underwriters for U.S.-registered investment companies, such as the Fund. Due to a provision in the law governing the operation of U.S.-registered investment companies, they would otherwise have become ineligible to perform these activities as a result of the plea in the Plea
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Agreement. The permanent exemptive order permits Credit Suisse and CSSU to continue to provide services to the Fund, so long as, among other things, no current or former employee of CSAG or any affiliate of CSAG who previously has been or who subsequently may be identified by CSAG or any U.S. or non-U.S. regulatory or enforcement agencies as having been responsible for the conduct described in the Plea Agreement will be employed by Credit Suisse and certain of its affiliates. Credit Suisse and CSSU have informed the Fund that Credit Suisse and CSSU believe the Settlements will not have any material impact on the Fund or on the ability of Credit Suisse or CSSU to perform services for the Fund.
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited)
In approving the renewal of the current Investment Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including all of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Independent Trustees"), at a meeting held on November 11 and 12, 2013, considered the following factors:
Investment Advisory Fee Rates and Expenses
The Board reviewed and considered the contractual advisory fee rate of 1.15% of the Fund's average daily net assets (the "Gross Advisory Fee") for the Fund in light of the extent and quality of the advisory services provided by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse"). The Board also considered that Credit Suisse entered into an expense limitation agreement ("Expense Limitation Agreement") limiting the Fund's total net expenses to 1.95%, 2.70% and 1.70% of the average daily net assets of Class A, Class C and Class I, respectively, until February 28, 2014.
Additionally, the Board received and considered information comparing the Fund's Gross Advisory Fee, the combined Gross Advisory Fee and gross administration fee (together, the "Gross Management Fee"), the Gross Management Fee less waivers (the "Net Management Fee"), and the Fund's net total expenses with those of funds in the relevant expense group ("Expense Group") provided by an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also received and considered information comparing the Fund's net total expenses and Net Management Fee to the funds in the relevant Morningstar category ("Morningstar Category"). The Board was provided with a description of the methodology used to arrive at the funds included in the Expense Group and the Morningstar Category.
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services under the Advisory Agreement
The Board received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement. The Board also noted information received at regular meetings throughout the year related to the services rendered by Credit Suisse. The Board reviewed background information about Credit Suisse, including its Form ADV Part 2 — Disclosure Brochure and Brochure Supplement. The Board considered the background and experience of Credit Suisse's senior management and the expertise of, and the amount of attention given to the Fund by, senior personnel of Credit Suisse. In addition, the Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio
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management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and the extent of the resources devoted to research and analysis of actual and potential investments. The Board evaluated the ability of Credit Suisse, based on its resources, reputation and other attributes, to attract and retain qualified investment professionals including research, advisory, and supervisory personnel. The Board also received and considered information about the nature, extent and quality of services and fee rates offered to other Credit Suisse clients for comparable services.
Fund Performance
The Board received and considered performance results of the Fund since inception, along with comparisons to the Expense Group and Morningstar Category for the Fund.
Credit Suisse Profitability
The Board received and considered a profitability analysis of Credit Suisse based on the fees payable under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, including any fee waivers, as well as other relationships between the Fund on the one hand and Credit Suisse affiliates on the other. The Board also considered Credit Suisse's methodology for allocating costs to the Fund, recognizing that cost allocation methodologies are inherently subjective. The Board received profitability information for the other funds in the Credit Suisse family of funds.
Economies of Scale
The Board considered information regarding whether there have been economies of scale with respect to the management of the Fund, whether the Fund has appropriately benefited from any economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. Accordingly, the Board considered whether breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fee structure would be appropriate and reasonable taking into consideration economies of scale or other efficiencies that might accrue from increases in the Fund's asset levels.
Other Benefits to Credit Suisse
The Board considered other benefits received by Credit Suisse and its affiliates as a result of their relationship with the Fund. Such benefits include,
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among others, benefits potentially derived from an increase in Credit Suisse's businesses as a result of its relationship with the Fund (such as the ability to market to shareholders other financial products offered by Credit Suisse and its affiliates) and the fees paid to Credit Suisse and an affiliate of Credit Suisse for co-administration and distribution services, respectively.
The Board considered the standards applied in seeking best execution and reviewed Credit Suisse's method for allocating portfolio investment opportunities among its advisory clients.
Other Factors and Broader Review
As discussed above, the Board reviews detailed materials received from Credit Suisse as part of the annual re-approval process. The Board also reviews and assesses the quality of the services that the Fund receives throughout the year. In this regard, the Board reviews reports of Credit Suisse at least quarterly, which include, among other things, detailed portfolio and market reviews, detailed fund performance reports and Credit Suisse's compliance procedures.
Conclusions
In selecting Credit Suisse, and approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and the investment advisory fee under such agreement, the Board concluded that:
• The Gross Advisory Fee and the Net Management Fee were below the median of the Expense Group, but the Gross Management Fee and the net total expenses were above the median of the Expense Group. The Board also considered the demands, complexity and quality of the investment management of the Fund and the Expense Limitation Agreement. The Board determined the fees to be reasonable. In addition, the Trustees concluded that the advisory fees are based on services provided that will be in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided under the advisory contracts of any underlying fund in which the Fund may invest.
• The Fund's performance, which was above the median of the Expense Group for the year-to-date and one-year periods ended September 30, 2013, was satisfactory. The Fund also outperformed its Morningstar Category average for the year to date and one-year periods ended September 30, 2013.
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited) (continued)
• The Board was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the investment advisory services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse and that, based on dialogue with management and counsel, the services provided by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement are typical of, and consistent with, those provided to similar mutual funds by other investment advisers.
• In light of the costs of providing investment management and other services to the Fund and Credit Suisse's ongoing commitment to the Fund and willingness to waive fees, Credit Suisse's profitability based on fees payable under the Advisory Agreement, as well as other ancillary benefits that Credit Suisse and its affiliates received, were considered reasonable.
• In light of the information received and considered by the Board, the Fund's current fee structure was considered reasonable.
No single factor reviewed by the Board was identified by the Board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. The Independent Trustees were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process.
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Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund
Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited)
At Credit Suisse, we know that you are concerned with how we protect and handle nonpublic personal information that identifies you. This notice is designed to help you understand what nonpublic personal information we collect from you and from other sources, and how we use that information in connection with your investments and investment choices that may be available to you. Except where otherwise noted, this notice is applicable only to consumers who are current or former investors, meaning individual persons whose investments are primarily for household, family or personal use ("individual investors"). Specified sections of this notice, however, also apply to other types of investors (called "institutional investors"). Where the notice applies to institutional investors, the notice expressly states so. This notice is being provided by Credit Suisse Funds and Credit Suisse Closed-End Funds. This notice applies solely to U.S. registered investment companies advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
Categories of information we may collect:
We may collect information about you, including nonpublic personal information, such as
• Information we receive from you on applications, forms, agreements, questionnaires, Credit Suisse websites and other websites that are part of our investment program, or in the course of establishing or maintaining a customer relationship, such as your name, address, e-mail address, Social Security number, assets, income, financial situation; and
• Information we obtain from your transactions and experiences with us, our affiliates, or others, such as your account balances or other investment information, assets purchased and sold, and other parties to a transaction, where applicable.
Categories of information we disclose and parties to whom we disclose it:
• We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our individual investors, except as permitted or required by law or regulation. Whether you are an individual investor or institutional investor, we may share the information described above with our affiliates that perform services on our behalf, and with our asset management and private banking affiliates; as well as with unaffiliated third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as our accountants, auditors, attorneys, broker-dealers, fund administrators, and other service providers.
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Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited) (continued)
• We want our investors to be informed about additional products or services. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information relating to individual investors to our affiliates for marketing purposes, nor do we use such information received from our affiliates to solicit individual investors for such purposes. Whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we may disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, regarding our transactions and experiences with you to our affiliates.
• In addition, whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we reserve the right to disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, about you to any person or entity, including without limitation any governmental agency, regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over us or our affiliates, if (i) we determine in our discretion that such disclosure is necessary or advisable pursuant to or in connection with any United States federal, state or local, or non-U.S., court order (or other legal process), law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy, including without limitation any anti-money laundering law or the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; and (ii) such disclosure is not otherwise prohibited by law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy.
Confidentiality and security
• To protect nonpublic personal information about individual investors, we restrict access to those employees and agents who need to know that information to provide products or services to us and to our investors. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect nonpublic personal information.
Other Disclosures
This notice is not intended to be incorporated in any offering materials, but is a statement of our current Notice of Privacy and Information Practices and may be amended from time to time. This notice is current as of March 31, 2014.
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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information (unaudited)
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30 of each year, as well as the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to its portfolio securities are available:
• By calling 1-877-870-2874
• On the Fund's website, www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds
• On the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund's Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.
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CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS
Semiannual Report
April 30, 2014
(unaudited)
n CREDIT SUISSE
STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
The Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses (which should be considered carefully before investing), and more complete information about the Fund, are provided in the Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain additional copies by calling 877-870-2874 or by writing to Credit Suisse Funds, P.O. Box 55030, Boston, MA 02205-5030.
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Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should be aware that they may be eligible to purchase Class I shares (where offered) directly or through certain intermediaries. Such shares are not subject to a sales charge. Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should also be aware that they may be eligible for a reduction or waiver of the sales charge with respect to Class A or C shares (where offered). For more information, please review the relevant prospectuses or consult your financial representative.
Fund shares are not deposits or other obligations of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") or any affiliate, are not FDIC-insured and are not guaranteed by Credit Suisse or any affiliate. Fund investments are subject to investment risks, including loss of your investment.
Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
June 23, 2014
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to present this Semiannual Report covering the activities of the Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund (the "Fund"), for the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
Performance Summary
11/01/13 – 04/30/14
Fund & Benchmark | | Performance | |
Class I1 | | | 5.72 | % | |
Class A1,2 | | | 5.56 | % | |
Class C1,2 | | | 5.22 | % | |
BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index3 | | | 0.04 | % | |
Performance shown for the Fund's Class A and Class C Shares does not reflect sales charges, which are a maximum of 4.75% and 1.00%, respectively.2
Market Review: An interesting period for fixed income
The six-months ended April 30, 2014, was a volatile period for fixed income markets, with the BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month US Treasury Bill Index, the Fund's benchmark, returning 0.04%. Fed tapering of the quantitative easing program initially caused widening of the 10-year Treasury, which peaked at 3.03% in December of 2013. In contrast, so far in 2014, fixed income markets have remained resilient, with a rally in the 10-year Treasury that tightened yields to 2.65% by the end of April. In turn, these robust conditions have supported a bid for duration products.
Credit markets, in both the investment grade and high yield space, have posted positive returns for the period. The BofA Merrill Lynch US Corporate Index returned 4.17%, while the BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Constrained Index registered a return of 3.70%. Additionally, the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index posted a return of 2.56% for the period.
Notable headlines within credit markets include the highly telegraphed default of Energy Futures (TXU), a Texas based utility company. Absent this default, expectations for default rates continue to remain below historical averages given the constructive outlook on fundamentals.
Additionally, during the period, high yield spreads tightened by 57 basis points versus Treasuries to finish April at +388 basis points. The yield-to-worst finished the month close to unchanged at 5.22%, compared to 5.66% at the end of October. The discount margin for the senior loan asset class, using a three-year
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
average life assumption, tightened 34 basis points to +464 basis points. The average price for the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index finished the period at 98.62 (up 0.40 points).
Portfolio Review and Outlook: Well positioned for the near term
For the six-months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund outperformed the BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, its benchmark. Given the positive interest rate and credit rate environments, returns in the high yield, leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligation ("CLO") asset classes all contributed to returns.
The Fund has favored the defensive segments of the senior loan asset class and will focus on shorter duration, lower beta securities. Within the loan asset class, the Fund has been focused on the new issue calendar, in both first lien and second lien paper, where we believe there is compelling value versus the existing secondary market. In high yield bonds, we have also taken advantage of recent interest rate volatility by taking profits in bonds with 8-10 year maturities that have traded higher with Treasuries. In CLOs, the Fund has been taking gains on seasoned junior mezzanine tranches and rotating into longer duration tranches at a lower dollar price, both in the primary and secondary markets.
Fundamentals generally remained strong, supporting our continued below-average default rate outlook. Treasury yields have continued to remain low and have provided additional support to fixed income markets. In addition, positive high yield fund flows have lent strength to the market. Looking forward, although high yield markets have rallied through the beginning of this year, we believe valuations in many cases are capped as a portion of bonds in the high yield market are already trading at or above their call prices. Given that many names within the loan universe are already trading near or above par, our outlook for the loan market for the remainder of 2014 is for returns to be focused on interest collection coupled with limited price upside.
The credit landscape continues to be constructive, though we are keeping an eye on companies with over-levered balance sheets. With the discount margin at 464 basis points, the market is currently trading slightly wide of historical averages. However, given low default expectations, valuations continue to be compelling from a risk-return perspective. Therefore, we continue to be selective in security selection and overall, we believe that the loan market is well positioned in the near term.
In the CLO asset class, while new issuance has been robust, spreads have softened somewhat due to the flood of supply. We continue to like the asset class,
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
and the Fund is adding selectively to better-enhanced mezzanine tranches (rated BBB and BB) within the heavy new issue pipeline.
Against these backdrops, we will remain selective in security selection and look for pockets of opportunities within the high yield, leveraged loan and CLO classes.
The Credit Suisse Credit Investments Group
John G. Popp
Andrew H. Marshak
Thomas J. Flannery
Louis I. Farano
Wing Chan
Senior secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans") are subject to the risk that a court could subordinate a Senior Loan, which typically holds the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure, to presently existing or future indebtedness or take other action detrimental to the holders of Senior Loans.
High yield bonds are lower-quality bonds that are also known as "junk bonds." Such bonds entail greater risks than those found in higher-rated securities.
Collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs") are subject to the risk of substantial losses due to actual defaults, decrease of market value due to collateral defaults and disappearance of subordinate tranches, market anticipation of defaults, and investor aversion to CLO securities as a class. The risks of CLOs depend largely on the type of the underlying loans and the tranche of CLOs in which the Fund invests. In addition, CLOs carry risks including interest rate risk and credit risk.
In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements, which may concern, among other things, domestic and foreign market, industry and economic trends and developments and government regulation and their potential impact on the Fund's investments. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual trends, developments and regulations in the future, and their impact on the Fund could be materially different from those projected, anticipated or implied. The Fund has no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
The views of the Fund's management are as of the date of the letter and the Fund holdings described in this document are as of April 30, 2014; these views and Fund holdings may have changed subsequent to these dates. Nothing in this document is a recommendation to purchase or sell securities.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower.
2 Total return for the Fund's Class A shares for the reporting period, based on offering price (including maximum sales charge of 4.75%), was 0.56%. Total return for the Fund's Class C shares for the reporting period, based on redemption value (including maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00%), was 4.22%.
3 Using only liquid securities, the BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index seeks to replicate the return of the overall hedge fund industry, as represented by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index. An index does not have transactions costs; investors may not invest directly in an index.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Average Annual Returns as of April 30, 20141
| | 1 Year | | Since Inception2 | |
Class I | | | 8.60 | % | | | 11.87 | % | |
Class A Without Sales Charge | | | 8.29 | % | | | 11.61 | % | |
Class A With Maximum Sales Charge | | | 3.17 | % | | | 8.23 | % | |
Class C Without CDSC | | | 7.54 | % | | | 10.81 | % | |
Class C With CDSC | | | 6.54 | % | | | 10.81 | % | |
Returns represent past performance and include change in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Past performance cannot guarantee future results. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Returns and share price will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. The performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds.
The annualized gross expense ratios are 1.16% for Class I shares, 1.41% for Class A shares and 2.16% for Class C shares. The annualized net expense ratios after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements are 0.99% for Class I shares, 1.24% for Class A shares and 1.99% for Class C shares.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower. The Fund has entered into a written contract to limit expenses to 0.99% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.24% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares and 1.99% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares through at least February 28, 2015.
2 Inception Date September 28, 2012.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Information About Your Fund's Expenses
As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section and which would result in higher total expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. The table is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
The table illustrates your Fund's expenses in two ways:
• Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses 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 "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.
• Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Expenses and Value for a $1,000 Investment
for the six months ended April 30, 2014
Actual Fund Return | | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,057.20 | | | $ | 1,055.60 | | | $ | 1,052.20 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 5.05 | | | $ | 6.32 | | | $ | 10.13 | | |
Hypothetical 5% Fund Return | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,019.89 | | | $ | 1,018.65 | | | $ | 1,014.93 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 4.96 | | | $ | 6.21 | | | $ | 9.94 | | |
| | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Annualized Expense Ratios* | | | 0.99 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.99 | % | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year period, then divided by 365.
The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" and the "Annualized Expense Ratios" in the tables are based on actual expenses paid by the Fund during the period, net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. If those fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements had not been in effect, the Fund's actual expenses would have been higher.
For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Credit Quality Breakdown*
(% of Total Investments as of April 30, 2014) | |
S&P Ratings
BBB | | | 1.2 | % | |
BB | | | 22.5 | | |
B | | | 38.2 | | |
CCC | | | 14.4 | | |
NR | | | 7.2 | | |
Subtotal | | | 83.5 | | |
Equity and Other | | | 1.9 | | |
Short-Term Investment1 | | | 14.6 | | |
Total | | | 100.0 | % | |
* Expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding securities lending collateral if applicable) and may vary over time.
1 Primarily reflects cash invested in State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, for which the purchases of securities have been executed but not yet settled at April 30, 2014.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS (30.1%) | | | |
Beverages (1.2%) | | | |
$ | 1,000 | | | Premier Foods Finance PLC, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 03/15/17 @ 103.25)‡£ | | (B, B2) | | 03/15/21 | | | 6.500 | | | $ | 1,735,154 | | |
Brokerage (0.9%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Jefferies Finance LLC, Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 04/01/16 @ 105.53)‡ | | (B, B1) | | 04/01/20 | | | 7.375 | | | | 526,250 | | |
| 750 | | | Jefferies Finance LLC, Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 04/15/17 @ 105.16)‡ | | (B, B1) | | 04/15/22 | | | 6.875 | | | | 753,750 | | |
| | | 1,280,000 | | |
Building & Construction (0.4%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Rialto Corp., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 12/01/15 @ 103.50)‡ | | (B, B2) | | 12/01/18 | | | 7.000 | | | | 522,188 | | |
Building Materials (1.4%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Euramax International, Inc., Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 04/01/15 @ 100.00) | | (B-, Caa2) | | 04/01/16 | | | 9.500 | | | | 1,007,500 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Headwaters, Inc., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 01/15/16 @ 103.63)‡ | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 01/15/19 | | | 7.250 | | | | 1,057,500 | | |
| | | 2,065,000 | | |
Chemicals (1.0%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding, Inc., Reg S, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 02/01/16 @ 104.31)€ | | (B+, B1) | | 02/01/21 | | | 5.750 | | | | 746,525 | | |
| 500 | | | Ineos Group Holdings S.A., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 02/15/16 @ 102.94)‡ | | (B-, B3) | | 02/15/19 | | | 5.875 | | | | 511,250 | | |
| 250 | | | Polymer Group, Inc., Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 02/01/15 @ 103.88) | | (B-, B1) | | 02/01/19 | | | 7.750 | | | | 269,375 | | |
| 34 | | | Reichhold Industries, Inc., PIK, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes‡ | | (CCC-, NR) | | 05/08/17 | | | 11.000 | | | | 22,209 | | |
| | | 1,549,359 | | |
Consumer Products (0.7%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Alphabet Holding Co., Inc., PIK, Global Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 11/01/14 @ 102.00) | | (B-, Caa1) | | 11/01/17 | | | 8.500 | | | | 1,036,250 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | | | |
Diversified Capital Goods (1.0%) | | | |
$ | 750 | | | Anixter, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes | | (BB, Ba3) | | 05/01/19 | | | 5.625 | | | $ | 804,375 | | |
| 750 | | | Belden, Inc., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 09/01/17 @ 102.75)‡ | | (B+, Ba2) | | 09/01/22 | | | 5.500 | | | | 766,875 | | |
| | | 1,571,250 | | |
Electronics (0.3%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Flextronics International Ltd., Global Company Guaranteed Notes | | (BB+, Ba1) | | 02/15/20 | | | 4.625 | | | | 505,000 | | |
Energy - Exploration & Production (1.0%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 04/15/17 @ 103.38) | | (B-, B3) | | 04/15/21 | | | 6.750 | | | | 1,075,000 | | |
| 500 | | | Harkand Finance, Inc., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 03/28/16 @ 104.50)‡ | | (NR, NR) | | 03/28/19 | | | 7.500 | | | | 502,500 | | |
| | | 1,577,500 | | |
Environmental (0.5%) | | | |
| 700 | | | EnergySolutions LLC, Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 08/15/14 @ 105.38) | | (B+, Caa2) | | 08/15/18 | | | 10.750 | | | | 736,750 | | |
Gaming (0.7%) | | | |
| 750 | | | Safari Holding Verwaltungs GmbH, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 02/15/17 @ 104.13)‡€ | | (B, B2) | | 02/15/21 | | | 8.250 | | | | 1,117,905 | | |
Gas Distribution (2.0%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Energy Transfer Equity LP, Senior Secured Notes | | (BB, Ba2) | | 10/15/20 | | | 7.500 | | | | 1,157,500 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Genesis Energy LP, Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 02/15/17 @ 102.88) | | (B, B1) | | 02/15/21 | | | 5.750 | | | | 1,045,000 | | |
| 750 | | | Holly Energy Finance Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 03/01/16 @ 103.25) | | (BB-, B1) | | 03/01/20 | | | 6.500 | | | | 802,500 | | |
| | | 3,005,000 | | |
Health Facilities (1.1%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Aviv Healthcare Capital Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 10/15/17 @ 103.00) | | (BB, Ba3) | | 10/15/21 | | | 6.000 | | | | 527,500 | | |
| 700 | | | MPT Finance Corp., Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 02/15/17 @ 103.19) | | (BB, Ba1) | | 02/15/22 | | | 6.375 | | | | 754,250 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | | | |
Health Facilities | | | |
$ | 400 | | | MPT Finance Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 05/01/16 @ 103.44) | | (BB, Ba1) | | 05/01/21 | | | 6.875 | | | $ | 437,000 | | |
| | | 1,718,750 | | |
Hotels (0.9%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Financiere Quick SAS, Rule 144A, Unsecured Notes (Callable 10/15/15 @ 102.00)‡€# | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 10/15/19 | | | 7.825 | | | | 1,393,620 | | |
Insurance Brokerage (0.2%) | | | |
| 250 | | | A-S Merger Sub LLC, Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 12/15/15 @ 103.94)‡ | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 12/15/20 | | | 7.875 | | | | 266,250 | | |
Investments & Misc. Financial Services (0.6%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Cabot Financial Luxembourg S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 10/01/15 @ 107.78)‡£ | | (B+, B2) | | 10/01/19 | | | 10.375 | | | | 960,363 | | |
Media - Cable (1.0%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Midcontinent Communications & Midcontinent Finance Corp., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 08/01/16 @ 104.69)‡ | | (B-, B3) | | 08/01/21 | | | 6.250 | | | | 1,040,000 | | |
| 250 | | | Virgin Media Finance PLC, Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 04/15/18 @ 103.19)‡ | | (B, B2) | | 04/15/23 | | | 6.375 | | | | 263,750 | | |
| 250 | | | Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 04/15/17 @ 102.69)‡ | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 04/15/21 | | | 5.375 | | | | 257,500 | | |
| | | 1,561,250 | | |
Media - Diversified (0.7%) | | | |
| 965 | | | National CineMedia LLC, Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 04/15/17 @ 103.00) | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 04/15/22 | | | 6.000 | | | | 1,018,075 | | |
| 35 | | | National CineMedia LLC, Global Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 07/15/16 @ 103.94) | | (B, B2) | | 07/15/21 | | | 7.875 | | | | 38,762 | | |
| | | 1,056,837 | | |
Media - Services (1.1%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B, Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 11/15/17 @ 103.25) | | (B, B1) | | 11/15/22 | | | 6.500 | | | | 537,500 | | |
| 1,000 | | | WMG Acquisition Corp., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 01/15/16 @ 104.50)‡ | | (B+, B1) | | 01/15/21 | | | 6.000 | | | | 1,052,500 | | |
| | | 1,590,000 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | | | |
Medical Products (0.1%) | | | |
$ | 200 | | | Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 04/01/17 @ 103.94)‡ | | (B+, B1) | | 04/01/22 | | | 5.250 | | | $ | 203,500 | | |
Metals & Mining - Excluding Steel (3.9%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Boart Longyear Management Pty. Ltd., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 04/01/16 @ 103.50)‡ | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 04/01/21 | | | 7.000 | | | | 382,500 | | |
| 500 | | | Boart Longyear Management Pty. Ltd., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes‡ | | (B, B2) | | 10/01/18 | | | 10.000 | | | | 527,500 | | |
| 750 | | | Eldorado Gold Corp., Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 12/15/16 @ 103.06)‡ | | (BB, Ba3) | | 12/15/20 | | | 6.125 | | | | 755,625 | | |
| 1,000 | | | KGHM International Ltd., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 06/15/15 @ 103.88)‡ | | (BB-, B1) | | 06/15/19 | | | 7.750 | | | | 1,080,000 | | |
| 750 | | | Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 03/01/16 @ 105.50) | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 06/01/19 | | | 11.000 | | | | 706,875 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Taseko Mines Ltd., Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 04/15/15 @ 103.88) | | (B, B3) | | 04/15/19 | | | 7.750 | | | | 2,050,000 | | |
| 500 | | | Xinergy Corp., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/15 @ 104.63)‡ | | (NR, NR) | | 05/15/19 | | | 9.250 | | | | 337,500 | | |
| | | 5,840,000 | | |
Oil Field Equipment & Services (1.1%) | | | |
| 900 | | | Pioneer Energy Services Corp., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 03/15/17 @ 104.59)‡ | | (B+, B2) | | 03/15/22 | | | 6.125 | | | | 924,750 | | |
| 500 | | | Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/01/15 @ 104.31)‡ | | (B+, B1) | | 11/01/18 | | | 8.625 | | | | 541,250 | | |
| 250 | | | Sidewinder Drilling, Inc., Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 11/15/16 @ 104.88)‡ | | (B-, B3) | | 11/15/19 | | | 9.750 | | | | 248,750 | | |
| | | 1,714,750 | | |
Oil Refining & Marketing (2.0%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Coffeyville Finance, Inc., Global Secured Notes (Callable 11/01/17 @ 103.25) | | (B+, B2) | | 11/01/22 | | | 6.500 | | | | 1,055,000 | | |
| 250 | | | Northern Tier Finance Corp., Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 11/15/2015 @ 105.34) | | (BB-, B1) | | 11/15/20 | | | 7.125 | | | | 269,375 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | | | |
Oil Refining & Marketing | | | |
$ | 1,250 | | | PBF Finance Corp., Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 02/15/16 @ 104.13) | | (BB+, Ba3) | | 02/15/20 | | | 8.250 | | | $ | 1,371,875 | | |
| 250 | | | Western Refining, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 04/01/17 @ 103.13) | | (B+, B3) | | 04/01/21 | | | 6.250 | | | | 261,250 | | |
| | | 2,957,500 | | |
Packaging (0.5%) | | | |
| 750 | | | Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 10/15/15 @ 104.31) | | (B+, B1) | | 10/15/20 | | | 5.750 | | | | 783,750 | | |
Software/Services (1.1%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | NeuStar, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 01/15/18 @ 102.25) | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 01/15/23 | | | 4.500 | | | | 875,000 | | |
| 500 | | | Sophia Holding Finance, Inc., PIK, Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 12/01/14 @ 102.00)‡ | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 12/01/18 | | | 9.625 | | | | 523,750 | | |
| 250 | | | Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 01/15/15 @ 104.56) | | (B-, Caa1) | | 01/15/19 | | | 9.125 | | | | 272,500 | | |
| | | 1,671,250 | | |
Specialty Retail (0.6%) | | | |
| 850 | | | Penske Automotive Group, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 10/01/17 @ 102.88) | | (B, B2) | | 10/01/22 | | | 5.750 | | | | 893,563 | | |
Support-Services (1.8%) | | | |
| 500 | | | BlueLine Rental Finance Corp., Rule 144A, Secured Notes (Callable 02/01/16 @ 103.50)‡ | | (B, B3) | | 02/01/19 | | | 7.000 | | | | 536,250 | | |
| 750 | | | CoreLogic, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 06/01/16 @ 103.63) | | (B+, B1) | | 06/01/21 | | | 7.250 | | | | 817,500 | | |
| 500 | | | H&E Equipment Services, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 09/01/17 @ 103.50) | | (B+, B3) | | 09/01/22 | | | 7.000 | | | | 552,500 | | |
| 250 | | | The Geo Group, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 02/15/16 @ 103.31) | | (B+, B1) | | 02/15/21 | | | 6.625 | | | | 270,000 | | |
| 500 | | | TMS International Corp., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 10/15/16 @ 105.72)‡ | | (B-, B3) | | 10/15/21 | | | 7.625 | | | | 537,500 | | |
| | | 2,713,750 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | | | |
Telecom - Integrated/Services (1.4%) | | | |
$ | 750 | | | Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., Global Senior Secured Notes | | (B+, Ba3) | | 06/15/19 | | | 6.500 | | | $ | 828,750 | | |
| 500 | | | Numericable Group S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/16 @ 103.66)‡ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 05/15/19 | | | 4.875 | | | | 505,625 | | |
| 600 | | | Numericable Group S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/17 @ 104.50)‡ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 05/15/22 | | | 6.000 | | | | 615,000 | | |
| 200 | | | Numericable Group S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/19 @ 103.13)‡ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 05/15/24 | | | 6.250 | | | | 205,000 | | |
| | | 2,154,375 | | |
Telecom - Wireless (0.4%) | | | |
| 600 | | | Sprint Corp., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes‡ | | (BB-, B1) | | 06/15/24 | | | 7.125 | | | | 631,500 | | |
Theaters & Entertainment (0.5%) | | | |
| 250 | | | Carmike Cinemas, Inc., Global Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/15 @ 105.53) | | (B, B1) | | 05/15/19 | | | 7.375 | | | | 273,750 | | |
| 500 | | | Regal Entertainment Group, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 06/15/18 @ 102.88) | | (B-, B3) | | 06/15/23 | | | 5.750 | | | | 512,500 | | |
| | | 786,250 | | |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $44,009,693) | | | 45,598,614 | | |
BANK LOANS (40.1%) | | | |
Aerospace & Defense (0.3%) | | | |
| 101 | | | Aveos Fleet Performance, Inc.# | | (CCC+, B3) | | 03/12/15 | | | 12.750 | | | | 10,085 | | |
| 500 | | | LM U.S. Corp. Acquisition, Inc.# | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 10/26/20 | | | 9.500 | | | | 509,375 | | |
| | | 519,460 | | |
Auto Parts & Equipment (0.9%) | | | |
| 446 | | | ASP HHI Acquisition Co., Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 10/05/18 | | | 5.000 | | | | 446,806 | | |
| 950 | | | BBB Industries LLC# | | (B-, B2) | | 03/27/19 | | | 5.500 | | | | 952,769 | | |
| | | 1,399,575 | | |
Banking (1.3%) | | | |
| 996 | | | Citco Funding LLC# | | (NR, B1) | | 06/29/18 | | | 4.250 | | | | 998,050 | | |
| 995 | | | McJunkin Red Man Corp.# | | (BB-, B2) | | 11/08/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 1,002,671 | | |
| | | 2,000,721 | | |
Building Materials (0.7%) | | | |
| 996 | | | Roofing Supply Group Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B3) | | 05/31/19 | | | 5.000 | | | | 998,299 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | | | |
Chemicals (4.7%) | | | |
$ | 494 | | | AIlnex (Luxembourg) & Cy S.C.A.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 10/03/19 | | | 4.500 | | | $ | 493,177 | | |
| 256 | | | Allnex U.S.A., Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 10/03/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 255,886 | | |
| 500 | | | Allnex U.S.A., Inc.# | | (B-, B3) | | 04/03/20 | | | 8.250 | | | | 511,250 | | |
| 750 | | | American Pacific Corp.# | | (B, B2) | | 02/27/19 | | | 7.000 | | | | 757,500 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Minerals Technologies, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 04/14/21 | | | 4.000 | | | | 1,003,115 | | |
| 500 | | | Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc.# | | (BB-, B2) | | 01/18/20 | | | 8.000 | | | | 510,937 | | |
| 1,000 | | | PeroxyChem LLC# | | (B+, B2) | | 02/13/20 | | | 7.500 | | | | 1,010,000 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Polymer Group, Inc.# | | (B-, B1) | | 12/13/19 | | | 5.250 | | | | 1,005,625 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Ravago Holdings America, Inc.# | | (BB-, B2) | | 12/18/20 | | | 5.500 | | | | 1,011,875 | | |
| 500 | | | Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 01/31/19 | | | 9.750 | | | | 508,750 | | |
| | | 7,068,115 | | |
Consumer Products (0.3%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Ranpak Corp.# | | (B-, Caa1) | | 04/23/20 | | | 8.500 | | | | 511,875 | | |
Diversified Capital Goods (0.9%) | | | |
| 750 | | | Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.# | | (B, Ba3) | | 07/02/18 | | | 4.250 | | | | 752,955 | | |
| 701 | | | Revere Industries LLC# | | (CCC-, B3) | | 04/30/15 | | | 10.000 | | | | 595,807 | | |
| | | 1,348,762 | | |
Electric - Generation (0.3%) | | | |
| 600 | | | Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC# | | (CCC, Caa3) | | 10/10/17 | | | 4.737 | | | | 453,582 | | |
Electronics (1.0%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Fidji Luxembourg Sarl# | | (BB-, B1) | | 12/27/20 | | | 6.250 | | | | 1,010,000 | | |
| 500 | | | The TriZetto Group, Inc.# | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 03/28/19 | | | 8.500 | | | | 504,375 | | |
| | | 1,514,375 | | |
Financial Services (0.6%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | MergerMarket U.S.A., Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 01/07/22 | | | 7.500 | | | | 987,085 | | |
Food - Wholesale (0.5%) | | | |
| 748 | | | Big Heart Pet Brands# | | (B+, B1) | | 03/08/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 743,361 | | |
Gaming (0.5%) | | | |
| 746 | | | ROC Finance LLC# | | (BB-, B2) | | 06/20/19 | | | 5.000 | | | | 725,728 | | |
Health Facility (0.3%) | | | |
| 496 | | | Premier Dental Services, Inc.# | | (B, B3) | | 11/01/18 | | | 6.000 | | | | 498,416 | | |
Health Services (2.6%) | | | |
| 1,133 | | | AccentCare# | | (B, B3) | | 12/22/16 | | | 6.500 | | | | 694,039 | | |
| 794 | | | Alere, Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 06/30/17 | | | 4.250 | | | | 796,130 | | |
| 1,500 | | | Connolly LLC# | | (B, NR) | | 01/29/21 | | | 5.000 | | | | 1,503,750 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Valitas Health Services, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 06/02/17 | | | 6.000 | | | | 977,500 | | |
| | | 3,971,419 | | |
Household & Leisure Products (0.7%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Steinway Musical Instruments# | | (B+, Caa1) | | 09/11/20 | | | 9.250 | | | | 1,027,500 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | | | |
Insurance Brokerage (1.0%) | | | |
$ | 1,000 | | | AssuredPartners, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 04/02/22 | | | 7.750 | | | $ | 1,002,500 | | |
| 498 | | | Genex Services, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 07/26/18 | | | 5.250 | | | | 499,987 | | |
| | | 1,502,487 | | |
Insured (0.7%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 02/11/22 | | | 6.750 | | | | 992,190 | | |
Investments & Misc. Financial Services (4.0%) | | | |
| 755 | | | EZE Software Group LLC# | | (B+, B1) | | 04/06/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 754,525 | | |
| 1,691 | | | ION Trading Technologies Sarl# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 05/22/21 | | | 8.250 | | | | 1,702,232 | | |
| 1,943 | | | StoneRiver Group LP# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 05/29/20 | | | 8.500 | | | | 1,960,825 | | |
| 1,000 | | | TransFirst Holdings, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 06/27/18 | | | 7.500 | | | | 1,009,170 | | |
| 609 | | | Walter Investment Management Corp.# | | (B+, B2) | | 12/18/20 | | | 4.750 | | | | 604,652 | | |
| | | 6,031,404 | | |
Life Insurance (0.4%) | | | |
| 377 | | | MMM Holdings, Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 12/12/17 | | | 9.750 | | | | 380,122 | | |
| 274 | | | MSO of Puerto Rico, Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 12/12/17 | | | 9.750 | | | | 276,362 | | |
| | | 656,484 | | |
Machinery (0.8%) | | | |
| 409 | | | Alliance Laundry Systems LLC# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 12/07/19 | | | 9.500 | | | | 411,136 | | |
| 547 | | | Wheelabrator Allevard S.A.€#^ | | (NR, NR) | | 01/24/19 | | | 4.288 | | | | 753,919 | | |
| | | 1,165,055 | | |
Metals & Mining - Excluding Steel (0.7%) | | | |
| 992 | | | FMG Resources# | | (BBB-, Baa3) | | 06/30/19 | | | 4.250 | | | | 993,675 | | |
Oil Field Equipment & Services (1.0%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd.# | | (B+, B2) | | 10/08/18 | | | 10.000 | | | | 1,025,000 | | |
| 500 | | | Utex Industries, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 04/10/21 | | | 8.750 | | | | 505,000 | | |
| | | 1,530,000 | | |
Oil Refining & Marketing (0.5%) | | | |
| 750 | | | Wildhorse Resources LLC# | | (B, B3) | | 12/13/18 | | | 7.500 | | | | 760,781 | | |
Packaging (0.7%) | | | |
| 500 | | | Berlin Packaging LLC# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 04/03/20 | | | 8.750 | | | | 511,250 | | |
| 500 | | | Clondalkin Acquisition B.V.# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 11/30/20 | | | 10.000 | | | | 502,500 | | |
| | | 1,013,750 | | |
Pharmaceuticals (1.6%) | | | |
| 963 | | | Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.# | | (B, Ba2) | | 04/26/17 | | | 6.250 | | | | 976,937 | | |
| 500 | | | Patheon, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 03/11/21 | | | 4.250 | | | | 493,957 | | |
| 988 | | | Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.# | | (BB, Ba1) | | 01/02/20 | | | 4.250 | | | | 992,670 | | |
| | | 2,463,564 | | |
Printing & Publishing (1.0%) | | | |
| 736 | | | Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 05/22/18 | | | 7.000 | | | | 744,217 | | |
| 750 | | | Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 08/05/19 | | | 6.000 | | | | 755,156 | | |
| | | 1,499,373 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | | | |
Restaurants (1.7%) | | | |
$ | 700 | | | SSP Financing Ltd.€# | | (NR, NR) | | 06/15/17 | | | 1.002 | | | $ | 1,057,680 | | |
| 808 | | | SSP Financing Ltd.£# | | (NR, NR) | | 06/15/17 | | | 1.006 | | | | 1,483,345 | | |
| | | 2,541,025 | | |
Software/Services (2.3%) | | | |
| 496 | | | Deltek, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 10/10/18 | | | 4.500 | | | | 496,234 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Flexera Software, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 04/02/21 | | | 8.000 | | | | 1,005,000 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Landslide Holdings, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 02/25/21 | | | 8.250 | | | | 1,003,750 | | |
| 1,000 | | | MRI Software LLC# | | (B+, B2) | | 02/04/21 | | | 5.250 | | | | 1,005,000 | | |
| | | 3,509,984 | | |
Specialty Retail (2.0%) | | | |
| 995 | | | BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.# | | (B-, B3) | | 09/26/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 995,352 | | |
| 1,000 | | | BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.# | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 03/31/20 | | | 8.500 | | | | 1,024,875 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Ollie's Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 09/28/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 1,002,500 | | |
| | | 3,022,727 | | |
Support-Services (1.3%) | | | |
| 987 | | | Evergreen Tank Solutions# | | (B-, B3) | | 09/28/18 | | | 9.500 | | | | 989,314 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 04/30/21 | | | 5.000 | | | | 995,000 | | |
| | | 1,984,314 | | |
Telecom - Integrated/Services (1.3%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Coronado Guarantor LLC# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 05/25/21 | | | 8.750 | | | | 1,011,565 | | |
| 992 | | | Zayo Group LLC# | | (B, B1) | | 07/02/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 991,502 | | |
| | | 2,003,067 | | |
Telecommunications Equipment (0.6%) | | | |
| 991 | | | Avaya, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 10/26/17 | | | 4.734 | | | | 959,703 | | |
Theaters & Entertainment (0.3%) | | | |
| 473 | | | MTL Publishing LLC# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 06/29/18 | | | 3.750 | | | | 472,138 | | |
Transportation - Excluding Air/Rail (2.6%) | | | |
| 1,801 | | | Fraikin France€#^ | | (CCC+, B2) | | 03/31/17 | | | 5.427 | | | | 2,371,773 | | |
| 1,495 | | | Navios Maritime Partners LP# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 06/27/18 | | | 5.250 | | | | 1,516,491 | | |
| | | 3,888,264 | | |
TOTAL BANK LOANS (Cost $59,984,139) | | | 60,758,258 | | |
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (18.1%) | | | |
Collateralized Debt Obligations (18.1%) | | | |
| 750 | | | ALM V Ltd., 2012-5A, Rule 144A‡# | | (NR, Ba2) | | 02/13/23 | | | 5.737 | | | | 750,422 | | |
| 900 | | | ARES CLO Ltd., 2012-2A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 10/12/23 | | | 6.027 | | | | 898,080 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Atlas Senior Loan Fund Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB-, NR) | | 08/15/24 | | | 6.486 | | | | 1,000,655 | | |
| 750 | | | Black Diamond CLO Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 02/01/23 | | | 6.238 | | | | 746,650 | | |
| 900 | | | BlueMountain CLO Ltd., 2013-2A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 01/22/25 | | | 5.278 | | | | 853,879 | | |
| 1,177 | | | Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., 2012-3A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 10/04/24 | | | 5.727 | | | | 1,155,606 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES | | | |
Collateralized Debt Obligations | | | |
$ | 750 | | | Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., 2012-4A, Rule 144A‡ | | (NR, NR) | | 01/20/25 | | | 0.000 | | | $ | 667,500 | | |
| 750 | | | Catamaran CLO Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A‡#^ | | (BB, NR) | | 04/20/26 | | | 4.705 | | | | 672,623 | | |
| 600 | | | CIFC Funding Ltd., 2012-3A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB-, NR) | | 01/29/25 | | | 6.227 | | | | 599,886 | | |
| 750 | | | CIFC Funding Ltd., 2012-3A, Rule 144A‡# | | (B, NR) | | 01/29/25 | | | 7.127 | | | | 751,999 | | |
| 500 | | | CIFC Funding Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 10/24/25 | | | 5.006 | | | | 467,935 | | |
| 500 | | | Gale Force 4 CLO Ltd., 2007-4A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BBB, Ba1) | | 08/20/21 | | | 3.735 | | | | 495,420 | | |
| 750 | | | Greywolf CLO Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 04/22/26 | | | 5.326 | | | | 709,658 | | |
| 500 | | | Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., 2012-2A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 12/20/24 | | | 5.635 | | | | 482,694 | | |
| 1,000 | | | ING Investment Management CLO Ltd., 2012-1RA, Rule 144A‡# | | (B, NR) | | 03/14/22 | | | 6.734 | | | | 1,000,234 | | |
| 500 | | | Jamestown CLO III Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB-, NR) | | 01/15/26 | | | 4.843 | | | | 457,835 | | |
| 500 | | | JFIN CLO Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 01/20/25 | | | 4.978 | | | | 462,430 | | |
| 1,300 | | | KVK CLO Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 04/14/25 | | | 5.727 | | | | 1,267,271 | | |
| 500 | | | Neuberger Berman CLO Ltd., 2012-12A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 07/25/23 | | | 7.239 | | | | 501,319 | | |
| 500 | | | Ocean Trails CLO IV, 2013-4A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BBB, NR) | | 08/13/25 | | | 4.237 | | | | 495,063 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Ocean Trails CLO IV, 2013-4A, Rule 144A‡# | | (B, NR) | | 08/13/25 | | | 6.137 | | | | 937,886 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB-, NR) | | 01/15/24 | | | 5.489 | | | | 961,401 | | |
| 750 | | | Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (B, NR) | | 01/15/24 | | | 6.739 | | | | 728,485 | | |
| 500 | | | OZLM Funding V Ltd., 2013-5A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 01/17/26 | | | 5.028 | | | | 463,240 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Shackleton CLO Ltd., 2014-5A, Rule 144A‡^ | | (BB-, NR) | | 05/07/26 | | | 4.580 | | | | 876,900 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Shackleton I CLO Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 08/14/23 | | | 6.434 | | | | 1,000,005 | | |
| 750 | | | Shackleton II CLO Ltd., 2012-2A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 10/20/23 | | | 5.437 | | | | 720,563 | | |
| 750 | | | Sound Point CLO II Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (B, NR) | | 04/26/25 | | | 5.728 | | | | 681,523 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Sound Point CLO IV Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A‡# | | (NR, Ba3) | | 01/21/26 | | | 4.728 | | | | 897,358 | | |
| 750 | | | Sound Point CLO IV Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A‡# | | (NR, B2) | | 01/21/26 | | | 5.178 | | | | 650,735 | | |
| 750 | | | Sound Point CLO V Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (NR, Ba3) | | 04/18/26 | | | 4.502 | | | | 656,882 | | |
| 750 | | | Trinitas CLO Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A‡#^ | | (BB, NR) | | 04/15/26 | | | 4.983 | | | | 683,290 | | |
| 1,325 | | | Venture X CDO Ltd., 2014-17A, Rule 144A‡ | | (NR, Ba2) | | 07/15/26 | | | 5.225 | | | | 1,214,230 | | |
| 750 | | | Venture X CLO Ltd., 2012-12A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB, NR) | | 02/28/24 | | | 5.533 | | | | 720,857 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Whitehorse VII Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A‡# | | (BB-, NR) | | 11/24/25 | | | 5.036 | | | | 933,609 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Whitehorse VII Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A‡^ | | (NR, Ba3) | | 05/01/26 | | | 4.550 | | | | 884,600 | | |
TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $27,195,079) | | | 27,448,723 | | |
Number of Shares | |
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COMMON STOCK (1.9%) | | | |
Diversified Capital Goods (1.9%) | | | |
| 698,462 | | | Electrical Components International, Inc.* (Cost $2,130,309) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,968,464 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| |
| | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (15.5%) | |
$ | 23,435 | | | State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit (Cost $23,435,000) | | | | | | 05/01/14 | | | 0.010 | | | $ | 23,435,000 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS AT VALUE (105.7%) (Cost $156,754,220) | | | 160,209,059 | | |
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-5.7%) | | | (8,641,515 | ) | |
NET ASSETS (100.0%) | | $ | 151,567,544 | | |
INVESTMENT ABBREVIATIONS
NR = Not Rated
PIK = Payment in Kind
Reg S = Regulation S
† Credit ratings given by the Standard & Poor's Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") are unaudited.
‡ Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2014, these securities amounted to a value of $48,950,787 or 32.3% of net assets.
£ This security is denominated in British Pound.
€ This security is denominated in Euro.
# Variable rate obligations — The interest rate is the rate as of April 30, 2014.
^ Not readily marketable security; security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Trustees.
* Non-income producing security.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Assets | |
Investments at value (Cost $156,754,220) (Note 2) | | $ | 160,209,059 | | |
Cash | | | 37,706 | | |
Foreign currency at value (cost $2,372,094) | | | 2,384,113 | | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | 2,561,073 | | |
Interest receivable | | | 1,169,753 | | |
Receivable for investments sold | | | 697,325 | | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 33,623 | | |
Total Assets | | | 167,092,652 | | |
Liabilities | |
Advisory fee payable (Note 3) | | | 81,091 | | |
Administrative services fee payable (Note 3) | | | 15,106 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fee payable (Note 3) | | | 17,744 | | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | 15,006,750 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | 202,833 | | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) | | | 63,663 | | |
Dividend payable | | | 2,841 | | |
Accrued expenses | | | 135,080 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 15,525,108 | | |
Net Assets | |
Capital stock, $.001 par value (Note 6) | | | 14,010 | | |
Paid-in capital (Note 6) | | | 147,632,728 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | | (46,955 | ) | |
Accumulated net realized gain from investments and foreign currency transactions | | | 586,136 | | |
Net unrealized appreciation from investments and foreign currency translations | | | 3,381,625 | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 151,567,544 | | |
I Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 64,531,042 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 5,967,998 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.81 | | |
A Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 85,839,430 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 7,931,816 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.82 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value/(1-4.75%)) | | $ | 11.36 | | |
C Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,197,072 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 110,655 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.82 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Investment Income (Note 2) | |
Interest | | $ | 3,347,020 | | |
Total investment income | | | 3,347,020 | | |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fees (Note 3) | | | 391,927 | | |
Administrative services fees (Note 3) | | | 70,725 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fees (Note 3) | |
Class A | | | 76,563 | | |
Class C | | | 2,723 | | |
Legal fees | | | 30,204 | | |
Registration fees | | | 26,043 | | |
Audit and tax fees | | | 25,399 | | |
Transfer agent fees (Note 3) | | | 17,562 | | |
Trustees' fees | | | 17,488 | | |
Printing fees (Note 3) | | | 11,068 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 9,877 | | |
Insurance expense | | | 905 | | |
Commitment fees (Note 4) | | | 142 | | |
Interest expense (Note 4) | | | 35 | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | 4,018 | | |
Total expenses | | | 684,679 | | |
Less: fees waived (Note 3) | | | (88,016 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 596,663 | | |
Net investment income | | | 2,750,357 | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments and Foreign Currency Related Items | |
Net realized gain from investments | | | 771,498 | | |
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions | | | (202,607 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments | | | 2,292,540 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency translations | | | (58,287 | ) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain from investments and foreign currency related items | | | 2,803,144 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 5,553,501 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
From Operations | |
Net investment income | | $ | 2,750,357 | | | $ | 2,183,342 | | |
Net realized gain from investments and foreign currency transactions | | | 568,891 | | | | 1,183,257 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and foreign currency translations | | | 2,234,253 | | | | 1,096,476 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 5,553,501 | | | | 4,463,075 | | |
From Dividends and Distributions | |
Dividends from net investment income | |
Class I | | | (1,170,321 | ) | | | (1,613,430 | ) | |
Class A | | | (1,606,609 | ) | | | (562,582 | ) | |
Class C | | | (11,449 | ) | | | (7,330 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | |
Class I | | | (444,056 | ) | | | (31,458 | ) | |
Class A | | | (730,997 | ) | | | (153 | ) | |
Class C | | | (2,529 | ) | | | (208 | ) | |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions | | | (3,965,961 | ) | | | (2,215,161 | ) | |
From Capital Share Transactions (Note 6) | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 72,244,909 | | | | 76,580,548 | | |
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 3,950,227 | | | | 2,201,120 | | |
Net asset value of shares redeemed | | | (4,806,999 | )1 | | | (23,349,446 | )2 | |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | | | 71,388,137 | | | | 55,432,222 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 72,975,677 | | | | 57,680,136 | | |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | | | 78,591,867 | | | | 20,911,731 | | |
End of period | | $ | 151,567,544 | | | $ | 78,591,867 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | $ | (46,955 | ) | | $ | (8,933 | ) | |
1 Net of $418 of redemption fees retained by the Fund.
2 Net of $1,563 of redemption fees retained by the Fund.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class I Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.65 | | | $ | 10.06 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income2 | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.61 | | | | 0.01 | | |
Net gain on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.60 | | | | 0.06 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.60 | | | | 1.21 | | | | 0.07 | | |
REDEMPTION FEES | | | 0.003 | | | | 0.003 | | | | — | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.81 | | | $ | 10.65 | | | $ | 10.06 | | |
Total return4 | | | 5.72 | % | | | 12.29 | % | | | 0.67 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 64,531 | | | $ | 31,830 | | | $ | 20,710 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 0.99 | %5 | | | 0.99 | % | | | 0.99 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 5.39 | %5 | | | 5.77 | % | | | 0.87 | %5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.17 | %5 | | | 0.63 | % | | | 5.25 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 51 | % | | | 159 | % | | | 31 | % | |
1 For the period September 28, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class A Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.66 | | | $ | 10.07 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income2 | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 0.003 | | |
Net gain on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.73 | | | | 0.08 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.58 | | | | 1.18 | | | | 0.08 | | |
REDEMPTION FEES | | | 0.003 | | | | 0.003 | | | | — | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.28 | ) | | | (0.57 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.42 | ) | | | (0.59 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.82 | | | $ | 10.66 | | | $ | 10.07 | | |
Total return4 | | | 5.56 | % | | | 11.94 | % | | | 0.76 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 85,839 | | | $ | 46,573 | | | $ | 101 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.24 | %5 | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.24 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 5.18 | %5 | | | 4.22 | % | | | 0.42 | %5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.17 | %5 | | | 0.63 | % | | | 5.25 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 51 | % | | | 159 | % | | | 31 | % | |
1 For the period September 28, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class C Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 20121 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.65 | | | $ | 10.06 | | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income (loss)2 | | | 0.22 | | | | 0.50 | | | | (0.00 | )3 | |
Net gain on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.61 | | | | 0.06 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.55 | | | | 1.11 | | | | 0.06 | | |
REDEMPTION FEES | | | 0.003 | | | | 0.003 | | | | — | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.24 | ) | | | (0.50 | ) | | | (0.00 | )3 | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | | | — | | |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.38 | ) | | | (0.52 | ) | | | (0.00 | )3 | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.82 | | | $ | 10.65 | | | $ | 10.06 | | |
Total return4 | | | 5.22 | % | | | 11.18 | % | | | 0.62 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 1,197 | | | $ | 189 | | | $ | 101 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.99 | %5 | | | 1.99 | % | | | 1.99 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | 4.21 | %5 | | | 4.77 | % | | | (0.33 | )%5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.17 | %5 | | | 0.63 | % | | | 5.25 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 51 | % | | | 159 | % | | | 31 | % | |
1 For the period September 28, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a diversified open-end management investment company that seeks both current income and capital appreciation as elements of total return. The Trust was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as a business trust on May 31, 1995.
The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class I shares, Class A shares and Class C shares. Each class of shares represents an equal pro rata interest in the Fund, except they bear different expenses, which reflect the differences in the range of services provided to them. Class A shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge of up to 4.75%. Class C shares are sold subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within the first year of purchase.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A) SECURITY VALUATION — The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange is open for business. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost. Structured note agreements are valued in accordance with a dealer-supplied valuation based on changes in the value of the underlying index. Forward contracts are valued at the London closing spot rates and the
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
London closing forward point rates on a daily basis. The currency forward contract pricing model derives the differential in point rates to the expiration date of the forward and calculates its present value. The forward contracts are valued at the net of the present value and the spot rate and are generally categorized as Level 2. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") to fair value certain securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the investment adviser to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the investment adviser using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved and established by the Fund's Board.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP established a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2014 in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | |
Corporate Bonds | | $ | — | | | $ | 45,598,614 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 45,598,614 | | |
Bank Loans | | | — | | | | 57,632,566 | | | | 3,125,692 | | | | 60,758,258 | | |
Asset Backed Securities | | | — | | | | 24,331,310 | | | | 3,117,413 | | | | 27,448,723 | | |
Common Stocks | | | — | | | | 2,968,464 | | | | — | | | | 2,968,464 | | |
Short-term Investments | | | — | | | | 23,435,000 | | | | — | | | | 23,435,000 | | |
Other Financial Instruments* | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | | | — | | | | (63,663 | ) | | | — | | | | (63,663 | ) | |
| | $ | — | | | $ | 153,902,291 | | | $ | 6,243,105 | | | $ | 160,145,396 | | |
*Other financial instruments include unrealized appreciation(depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts.
The following is a reconciliation of investments as of April 30, 2014 in which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining value. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the end of the period value of any security or instrument where a change in the level has occurred from the beginning to the end of the period.
| | Asset Backed Securities | | Bank Loans | | Common Stocks | | Total | |
Balance as of October 31, 2013 | | $ | 1,794,200 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 2,060,463 | | | $ | 3,854,663 | | |
Accrued discounts (premiums) | | | 8,674 | | | | 3,428 | | | | — | | | | 12,102 | | |
Purchases | | | 3,106,497 | | | | 3,070,414 | | | | — | | | | 6,176,911 | | |
Sales | | | (1,827,800 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (1,827,800 | ) | |
Realized gain (loss) | | | 37,859 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 37,859 | | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | (2,018 | ) | | | 51,851 | | | | — | | | | 49,833 | | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | | — | | | | — | | | | (2,060,463 | ) | | | (2,060,463 | ) | |
Balance as of April 30, 2014 | | $ | 3,117,412 | | | $ | 3,125,693 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 6,243,105 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments still held as of April 30, 2014 | | $ | (2,018 | ) | | $ | 51,851 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 49,833 | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
| | Quantitative Disclosure About Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Asset Class | | Fair Value at 4/30/2014 | | Valuation Technique(s) | | Unobservable Input | | Range | |
Bank Loans | | $ | 3,125,692 | | | Market Approach | | Single Broker Quote | | | NA | | |
Asset Backed Securities | | $ | 2,434,123 | | | Acquisition Value | | Acquisition Value | | | NA | | |
| | $ | 683,290 | | | Market Approach | | Single Broker Quote | | | NA | | |
Each fair value determination is based on a consideration of relevant factors, including both observable and unobservable inputs. Observable and unobservable inputs the Adviser considers may include (i) the existence of any contractual restrictions on the disposition of securities; (ii) information obtained from the company, which may include an analysis of the company's financial statements, the company's products or intended markets or the company's technologies; (iii) the price of the same or similar security negotiated at arm's length in an issuer's completed subsequent round of financing; (iv) the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies; or (v) a probability and time value adjusted analysis of contractual term. Where available and appropriate, multiple valuation methodologies are applied to confirm fair value. Significant unobservable inputs identified by the Adviser are often used in the fair value determination. A significant change in any of these inputs may result in a significant change in the fair value measurement. Due to the uncertainty inherent in the valuation process, such estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and differences could be material. Additionally, changes in the market environment and other events that may occur over the life of the investments may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on these investments to be different from the valuations used at the date of these financial statements.
The Fund follows Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") amendments to authoritative guidance which require the Fund to disclose details of transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements and Level 2 and Level 3 measurements and the reasons for the transfers. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, there were no significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2, but there was $2,060,463 transferred out from Level 3 to Level 2 as a result of the availability of a pricing source supported by observable inputs. All transfers are assumed to occur at the end of the reporting period.
B) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES — The Fund adopted amendments to authoritative guidance on disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities which require that a fund
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
disclose (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a fund's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund's derivatives did not qualify for hedge accounting as they are held at fair value.
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of April 30, 2014
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | |
Currency Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts | | $ | — | | | Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts | | $ | 63,663 | | |
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
| | Location | | Realized Gain (Loss) | | Location | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Currency Contracts | | Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions | | $ | (202,607 | ) | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency translations | | $ | (58,287 | ) | |
The notional amount of forward foreign currency contracts at the period ended April 30, 2014 are reflected in the Notes to Financial Statements. The notional amounts of forward foreign currency contracts at each month end throughout the reporting period averaged approximately 5.9% of net assets of the Fund.
The Fund is a party to International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") Master Agreements ("Master Agreements") with certain counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivative (including Total Return, Credit Default and Interest Rate Swaps) and foreign exchange contracts entered into by the Fund. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties' general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. Termination events applicable to the Fund may occur upon a decline in the Fund's net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following table presents by counterparty the Fund's derivative liabilities net of related collateral pledged by the Fund at April 30, 2014:
Counterparty | | Gross Amounts of Liabilites Presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities(a) | | Financial Instruments and Derivatives Available for Offset | | Non-Cash Collateral Pledged | | Cash Collateral Pledged | | Net Amount of Derivative Liabilities | |
Morgan Stanley | | $ | 63,663 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 63,663 | | |
(a)Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are included.
C) FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS — The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the current prevailing exchange rates. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the current exchange rate at the end of the period. Translation gains or losses resulting from changes in the exchange rate during the reporting period and realized gains and losses on the settlement of foreign currency transactions are reported in the results of operations for the current period. The Fund does not isolate that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in equity securities which is due to changes in the foreign exchange rate from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities. The Fund isolates that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities which is due to changes in the foreign exchange rate from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities.
D) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME/EXPENSE — Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income/expense is recorded on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts using the effective interest method. Dividend income/expense is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain expenses are class-specific expenses, vary by class and are charged only to that class. Income, expenses (excluding class-specific expenses) and realized/unrealized gains/losses are allocated proportionately to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of the outstanding shares of that class. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.
E) DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
annually. However, to the extent that a net realized capital gain can be reduced by a capital loss carryforward, such gain will not be distributed. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
F) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — No provision is made for federal taxes as it is the Fund's intention to continue to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and to make the requisite distributions to its shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve it from federal income and excise taxes.
In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. One of these requirements is that the Fund derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies or net income derived from interests in certain publicly traded partnerships ("Qualifying Income"). If the Fund is unable to ensure continued qualification as a RIC, the Fund may be required to change its investment objective, policies or techniques, or may be liquidated. If the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income and capital gains at regular corporate rates (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and become subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the Fund would be subject to the risk of diminished returns.
The Fund adopted the authoritative guidance for uncertainty in income taxes and recognizes a tax benefit or liability from an uncertain position only if it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits and consideration of the relevant taxing authority's widely understood administrative practices and procedures. The Fund has reviewed its current tax positions and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's federal tax returns for the prior two fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
G) SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG, pools available cash into a short-term
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
variable rate time deposit issued by State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"), the Fund's custodian. The short-term time deposit issued by SSB is a variable rate account classified as a short-term investment.
H) FUTURES — The Fund may enter into futures contracts to the extent permitted by its investment policies and objectives. The Fund may use futures contracts to gain exposure to or hedge against changes in interest rates, equity and market price movements and/or currency risks. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash and/or pledge U.S. Government securities as initial margin. Subsequent payments, which are dependent on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying instrument, are made or received by the Fund each day (daily variation margin) and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund's basis in the contract. Risks of entering into futures contracts for hedging purposes include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying instruments. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange's clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. In addition, the purchase of a futures contract involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than the original margin deposit and subsequent payments may be required for a futures transaction. There were no open futures contracts as of April 30, 2014.
I) FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS — The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency. The Fund will enter into forward foreign currency contracts primarily for hedging foreign currency risk. Forward foreign currency contracts are adjusted by the daily forward exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date or an offsetting position is entered
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
into. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:
Forward Foreign Currency to be Purchased (Local) | | Forward Foreign Currency to be Sold (Local) | | Expiration Date | | Counterparty | | Value on Settlement Date | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
USD | 7,428,513 | | | EUR | 5,375,000 | | | 07/15/14 | | Morgan Stanley | | $ | (7,428,513 | ) | | $ | (7,451,498 | ) | | $ | (22,985 | ) | |
USD | 4,220,479 | | | GBP | 2,525,000 | | | 07/15/14 | | Morgan Stanley | | | (4,220,479 | ) | | | (4,261,157 | ) | | | (40,678 | ) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (63,663 | ) | |
Currency Abbreviations:
EUR = Euro
GBP = British Pound
USD = United States Dollar
J) SECURITIES LENDING — Loans of securities are required at all times to be secured by collateral at least equal to 102% of the market value of domestic securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon) and 105% of the market value of foreign securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon). Cash collateral received by the Fund in connection with securities lending activity may be pooled together with cash collateral for other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse and may be invested in a variety of investments, including funds advised by SSB, the Fund's securities lending agent, or money market instruments. However, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
SSB has been engaged by the Fund to act as the Fund's securities lending agent. The Fund's securities lending arrangement provides that the Fund and SSB will share the net income earned from securities lending activities. During the six months ended April 30, 2014, there were no securities out on loan. Securities lending income is accrued as earned.
K) OTHER — The high yield, fixed income securities in which the fund will invest will primarily consist of senior secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans") issued by non-investment grade companies. Senior Loans are typically secured by specific collateral of the issuer and hold the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure. The interest rate on Senior Loans is periodically adjusted to a recognized base rate, typically the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). While these characteristics may reduce interest rate risk and mitigate losses in the event of borrower default, the Senior Loans in which the Fund invests have below investment grade credit ratings and thereby are considered speculative because of the significant credit risk of their issuers.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Lower-rated debt securities (commonly known as "junk bonds") possess speculative characteristics and are subject to greater market fluctuations and risk of lost income and principal than higher-rated debt securities for a variety of reasons. Also, during an economic downturn or substantial period of rising interest rates, highly leveraged issuers may experience financial stress which would adversely affect their ability to service their principal and interest payment obligations, to meet projected business goals and to obtain additional financing.
In addition, periods of economic uncertainty and changes can be expected to result in increased volatility of market prices of lower-rated debt securities and the Fund's net asset value.
L) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS — In preparing the financial statements as of April 30, 2014, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the date of release of this report. No such events requiring recognition or disclosure were identified through the date of the release of this report.
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse serves as investment adviser for the Fund. For its investment advisory services, Credit Suisse is entitled to receive a fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, investment advisory fees earned and fees waived/expenses reimbursed were $391,927 and $88,016, respectively. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than three years after the end of the fiscal year during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause a class to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees were limited or expenses are paid. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2015. Credit Suisse contractually waives fees and reimburses expenses so that the Fund's annual operating expenses will not exceed 0.99% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.24% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, and 1.99% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited ("Credit Suisse U.K."), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, serves as sub-investment advisor to the Fund directly. Credit Suisse U.K.'s sub-investment advisor fees are paid by Credit Suisse.
Credit Suisse and SSB serve as co-administrators to the Fund. For its co-administrative services, Credit Suisse received a fee calculation at an annual rate of 0.09% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by Credit Suisse were $47,031.
For its co-administrative services, SSB receives a fee, exclusive of out-of-pocket expenses, calculated in total for all the Credit Suisse funds/portfolios co-administered by SSB and allocated based upon the relative average net assets of each fund/portfolio, subject to an annual minimum fee. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by SSB (including out-of-pocket expenses) with respect to the Fund were $23,694.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("CSSU"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, serves as distributor of the Fund's shares. Pursuant to distribution plans adopted by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, CSSU received fees for its distribution services. These fees were calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. For the Class C shares, the fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund paid Rule 12b-1 distribution fees of $76,563 for Class A shares and $2,723 for Class C shares. Class I shares are not subject to Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.
Certain brokers, dealers and financial representatives provide transfer agent related services to the Fund and receive compensation from the Fund. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund reimbursed Credit Suisse $23,396, which is included in the Fund's transfer agent expense.
Merrill Corporation ("Merrill"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, has been engaged by the Fund to provide certain financial printing services. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, Merrill was paid $13,682 for its services by the Fund. This amount was included in the printing fees presented on the Statement of Operations.
Note 4. Line of Credit
The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse (collectively, the "Participating Funds"), participates in a committed, unsecured
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
line of credit facility ("Credit Facility"), in an aggregated amount of $20 million for temporary or emergency purposes with SSB. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the Participating Funds pay an aggregate commitment fee on the average unused amount of the Credit Facility, which is allocated among the Participating Funds in such manner as is determined by the governing Boards of the Participating Funds. In addition, the Participating Funds pay interest on borrowings at either the Overnight Federal Funds rate or the Overnight LIBOR rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2014, and during the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had borrowings under the Credit Facility as follows:
Average Daily Loan Balance | | Weighted Average Interest Rate % | | Maximum Daily Loan Outstanding | |
$ | 2,569 | | | | 1.350 | % | | $ | 312,600 | | |
On May 20, 2014, the Board approved to increase the credit facility from $20 million to $200 million effective June 4, 2014.
Note 5. Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) were $102,599,004 and $50,286,493, respectively.
At April 30, 2014, the cost of investments (excluding foreign currency related transactions) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:
Cost of investments | | $ | 157,003,966 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | $ | 3,745,518 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | | | (343,925 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | $ | 3,401,593 | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value per share. The Fund offers Class I, Class A and Class C shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class of the Fund were as follows:
| | Class I | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 2,959,787 | | | $ | 31,821,834 | | | | 1,096,985 | | | $ | 11,429,787 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 150,581 | | | | 1,608,178 | | | | 155,857 | | | | 1,638,107 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (130,337 | ) | | | (1,399,480 | ) | | | (322,555 | ) | | | (3,422,530 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 2,980,031 | | | $ | 32,030,532 | | | | 930,287 | | | $ | 9,645,364 | | |
| | Class A | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 3,662,196 | | | $ | 39,435,771 | | | | 6,183,314 | | | $ | 65,076,457 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 218,070 | | | | 2,328,574 | | | | 52,394 | | | | 555,475 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (317,528 | ) | | | (3,406,249 | ) | | | (1,876,636 | ) | | | (19,925,148 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 3,562,738 | | | $ | 38,358,096 | | | | 4,359,072 | | | $ | 45,706,784 | | |
| | Class C | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 91,774 | | | $ | 987,304 | | | | 7,199 | | | $ | 74,304 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 1,258 | | | | 13,475 | | | | 718 | | | | 7,538 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (128 | ) | | | (1,270 | ) | | | (168 | ) | | | (1,768 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 92,904 | | | $ | 999,509 | | | | 7,749 | | | $ | 80,074 | | |
Prior to February 1, 2014, the Fund imposed a redemption fee of 2% of the value of shares that were redeemed or exchanged within 30 days from the date of purchase. For the six months ended April 30, 2014 and the year ended October 31, 2013, the redemption fees received by the Fund were $418 and $1,563, respectively. On February 1, 2014, the Fund eliminated the redemption fee.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
On April 30, 2014, the number of shareholders that held 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Fund was as follows:
| | Number of Shareholders | | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Shares | |
Class I | | | 4 | * | | | 92 | % | |
Class A | | | 2 | * | | | 90 | % | |
Class C | | | 7 | * | | | 60 | % | |
*This includes the seed money from Merchant Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Credit Suisse.
Some of the shareholders are omnibus accounts, which hold shares on behalf of individual shareholders.
Note 7. Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Fund may provide general indemnifications pursuant to certain contracts and organizational documents. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
Note 8. Other Matters
On May 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (the "Department of Justice") filed a one-count criminal information (the "Information") in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia charging Credit Suisse AG ("CSAG") with conspiracy to commit tax fraud related to accounts CSAG established for cross-border clients. The Department of Justice and CSAG entered into a plea agreement (the "Plea Agreement") settling the action pursuant to which CSAG pleaded guilty to the charge set out in the Information.
The Plea Agreement requires CSAG to pay over $1.8 billion to the U.S. government, including the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Plea Agreement also requires CSAG to lawfully undertake certain remedial actions to address the conduct described in the Plea Agreement.
CSAG has entered into other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Reserve Board (the "Federal Reserve") to resolve certain findings by the Federal Reserve, including that the activities of CSAG regarding opening of foreign accounts for U.S. taxpayers, provision of investment services to U.S. clients,
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
and operation of CSAG's New York representative office prior to 2009 lacked adequate enterprise-wide risk management and compliance policies and procedures sufficient to ensure that all of its activities comply with U.S. laws and regulations. In addition, CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS") to resolve the DFS's investigation into the conduct described in the Plea Agreement. The settlement with the Federal Reserve requires CSAG to pay $100 million to the Federal Reserve, and the settlement with the DFS requires CSAG to pay $715 million to the DFS.
These settlements follow a settlement by Credit Suisse Group AG ("CS Group"), the parent company of CSAG, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 21, 2014 to resolve an investigation by the Commission into solicitation and provision of broker-dealer and investment advisory services to certain U.S. cross-border clients by CS Group while not registered with the Commission as a broker-dealer or investment adviser. As part of the settlement, CS Group retained an independent consultant to evaluate its policies and procedures and examine its broker-dealer and investment adviser activities to fully verify that the business that was the subject of the Commission investigation has been completely exited. CS Group also agreed to pay $196,511,014, which includes $82,170,990 in disgorgement, $64,340,024 in interest and a $50,000,000 penalty.
CSAG is the indirect parent company of Credit Suisse and CSSU. Neither Credit Suisse, CSSU nor the Fund was named in the Plea Agreement (as defined below) or other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. The conduct set out in the Plea Agreement did not involve the Fund, Credit Suisse or CSSU with respect to its investment adviser and distribution activities relating to the Fund.
Credit Suisse, CSSU and certain of their affiliates have received a permanent exemptive order from the Commission to permit them to continue serving as investment advisers and principal underwriters for U.S.-registered investment companies, such as the Fund. Due to a provision in the law governing the operation of U.S.-registered investment companies, they would otherwise have become ineligible to perform these activities as a result of the plea in the Plea Agreement. The permanent exemptive order permits Credit Suisse and CSSU to continue to provide services to the Fund, so long as, among other things, no current or former employee of CSAG or any affiliate of CSAG who previously has been or who subsequently may be identified by CSAG or any U.S. or non-U.S. regulatory or enforcement agencies as having been responsible for the
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
conduct described in the Plea Agreement will be employed by Credit Suisse and certain of its affiliates. Credit Suisse and CSSU have informed the Fund that Credit Suisse and CSSU believe the Settlements will not have any material impact on the Fund or on the ability of Credit Suisse or CSSU to perform services for the Fund.
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement
and Sub-Advisory Agreement (unaudited)
In approving the renewal of the current Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including all of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Independent Trustees"), at a meeting held on November 11 and 12, 2013, considered the following factors:
Investment Advisory Fee Rates and Expenses
The Board reviewed and considered the contractual advisory fee rate of 0.75% of the Fund's average daily net assets ("Gross Advisory Fee") for the Fund in light of the extent and quality of the advisory services provided by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse"), as investment adviser, and Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited (the "Sub-Adviser"), as sub-adviser. The Board noted that the compensation paid to the Sub-Adviser does not increase the fees and expenses otherwise incurred by the Fund. The Board also considered that Credit Suisse has entered into an expense limitation agreement ("Expense Limitation Agreement") limiting the Fund's total net expenses to 1.24%, 1.99% and 0.99% of the average daily net assets of Class A, Class C and Class I, respectively, until February 28, 2014.
Additionally, the Board received and considered information comparing the Fund's Gross Advisory Fee, the combined Gross Advisory Fee and gross administration fee (together, the "Gross Management Fee"), the Gross Management Fee less waivers (the "Net Management Fee"), and the Fund's net total expenses with those of funds in the relevant expense group ("Expense Group") provided by an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also received and considered information comparing the Fund's net total expenses and Net Management Fee to the funds in the relevant Morningstar category ("Morningstar Category"). The Board was provided with a description of the methodology used to arrive at the funds included in the Expense Group and the Morningstar Category.
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services under the Advisory Agreement
The Board received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement and by the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Board also noted information received at regular meetings throughout the year related to the services rendered by Credit Suisse and the Sub-Adviser. The Board reviewed background information about Credit Suisse
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and the Sub-Adviser including its Form ADV Part 2 — Disclosure Brochure and Brochure Supplement. The Board considered the background and experience of Credit Suisse's senior management and the expertise of, and the amount of attention given to the Fund by, senior personnel of Credit Suisse. In addition, the Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and the extent of the resources devoted to research and analysis of actual and potential investments. The Board evaluated the ability of Credit Suisse and the Sub-Adviser, based on its resources, reputation and other attributes, to attract and retain qualified investment professionals including research, advisory, and supervisory personnel. The Board also received and considered information about the nature, extent and quality of services and fee rates offered to other Credit Suisse clients for comparable services.
In approving the renewal of the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the benefits of retaining Credit Suisse's affiliate as the Fund's Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Adviser's investment style.
Fund Performance
The Board received and considered performance results of the Fund since inception, along with comparisons to the Expense Group and Morningstar Category for the Fund.
Credit Suisse Profitability
The Board received and considered a profitability analysis of Credit Suisse based on the fees payable under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, including any fee waivers, as well as other relationships between the Fund on the one hand and Credit Suisse affiliates on the other. The Board also considered Credit Suisse's methodology for allocating costs to the Fund, recognizing that cost allocation methodologies are inherently subjective. The Board received profitability information for the other funds in the Credit Suisse family of funds.
Economies of Scale
The Board considered information regarding whether there have been economies of scale with respect to the management of the Fund, whether the Fund has appropriately benefited from any economies of scale, and whether
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there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. Accordingly, the Board considered whether breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fee structure would be appropriate or reasonable taking into consideration economies of scale or other efficiencies that might accrue from increases in the Fund's asset levels.
Other Benefits to Credit Suisse
The Board considered other benefits received by Credit Suisse, the Sub-Adviser and their affiliates as a result of their relationship with the Fund. Such benefits include, among others, benefits potentially derived from an increase in Credit Suisse's and the Sub-Adviser's businesses as a result of its relationship with the Fund (such as the ability to market to shareholders other financial products offered by Credit Suisse and its affiliates) and the fees paid to Credit Suisse and an affiliate of Credit Suisse for co-administration and distribution services, respectively.
The Board considered the standards Credit Suisse and the Sub-Adviser applied in seeking best execution for the Fund and considered Credit Suisse's method for allocating portfolio investment opportunities among its advisory clients.
Other Factors and Broader Review
As discussed above, the Board reviews detailed materials received from Credit Suisse as part of the annual re-approval process. The Board also reviews and assesses the quality of the services that the Fund receives throughout the year. In this regard, the Board reviews reports of Credit Suisse at least quarterly, which include, among other things, detailed portfolio and market reviews, detailed fund performance reports and Credit Suisse's compliance procedures.
Conclusions
In selecting Credit Suisse and the Sub-Adviser, and approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and the investment advisory fee under such agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Board concluded that:
• The Gross Advisory Fee, the Gross Management Fee, and the net total expenses were all above the median and in the first quartile of the Expense Group, and the Net Management Fee was below the median of the Expense
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Group. The Board also considered the demands, complexity and quality of the investment management of the Fund and the Expense Limitation Agreement. The Board determined the fees to be reasonable.
• The Fund's performance, which was above the median of the Expense Group for the year-to-date and one-year periods ended September 30, 2013, was satisfactory. The Fund also outperformed its Morningstar Category average for year-to-date and one-year periods.
• The Board was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the investment advisory services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse and the Sub-Adviser and that, based on dialogue with management and counsel, the services provided by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement are typical of, and consistent with, those provided to similar mutual funds by other investment advisers.
• In light of the costs of providing investment management and other services to the Fund and Credit Suisse's ongoing commitment to the Fund and willingness to waive fees, Credit Suisse's profitability based on fees payable under the Advisory Agreement, as well as other ancillary benefits that Credit Suisse and its affiliates received, were considered reasonable.
• In light of the information received and considered by the Board, the Fund's current fee structure was considered reasonable.
No single factor reviewed by the Board was identified by the Board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Independent Trustees were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process.
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Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund
Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited)
At Credit Suisse, we know that you are concerned with how we protect and handle nonpublic personal information that identifies you. This notice is designed to help you understand what nonpublic personal information we collect from you and from other sources, and how we use that information in connection with your investments and investment choices that may be available to you. Except where otherwise noted, this notice is applicable only to consumers who are current or former investors, meaning individual persons whose investments are primarily for household, family or personal use ("individual investors"). Specified sections of this notice, however, also apply to other types of investors (called "institutional investors"). Where the notice applies to institutional investors, the notice expressly states so. This notice is being provided by Credit Suisse Funds and Credit Suisse Closed-End Funds. This notice applies solely to U.S. registered investment companies advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
Categories of information we may collect:
We may collect information about you, including nonpublic personal information, such as
• Information we receive from you on applications, forms, agreements, questionnaires, Credit Suisse websites and other websites that are part of our investment program, or in the course of establishing or maintaining a customer relationship, such as your name, address, e-mail address, Social Security number, assets, income, financial situation; and
• Information we obtain from your transactions and experiences with us, our affiliates, or others, such as your account balances or other investment information, assets purchased and sold, and other parties to a transaction, where applicable.
Categories of information we disclose and parties to whom we disclose it:
• We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our individual investors, except as permitted or required by law or regulation. Whether you are an individual investor or institutional investor, we may share the information described above with our affiliates that perform services on our behalf, and with our asset management and private banking affiliates; as well as with unaffiliated third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as our accountants, auditors, attorneys, broker-dealers, fund administrators, and other service providers.
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• We want our investors to be informed about additional products or services. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information relating to individual investors to our affiliates for marketing purposes, nor do we use such information received from our affiliates to solicit individual investors for such purposes. Whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we may disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, regarding our transactions and experiences with you to our affiliates.
• In addition, whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we reserve the right to disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, about you to any person or entity, including without limitation any governmental agency, regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over us or our affiliates, if (i) we determine in our discretion that such disclosure is necessary or advisable pursuant to or in connection with any United States federal, state or local, or non-U.S., court order (or other legal process), law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy, including without limitation any anti-money laundering law or the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; and (ii) such disclosure is not otherwise prohibited by law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy.
Confidentiality and security
• To protect nonpublic personal information about individual investors, we restrict access to those employees and agents who need to know that information to provide products or services to us and to our investors. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect nonpublic personal information.
Other Disclosures
This notice is not intended to be incorporated in any offering materials, but is a statement of our current Notice of Privacy and Information Practices and may be amended from time to time. This notice is current as of March 31, 2014.
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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information (unaudited)
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30 of each year, as well as the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to its portfolio securities are available:
• By calling 1-877-870-2874
• On the Fund's website, www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds
• On the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund's Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.
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CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS
Semiannual Report
April 30, 2014
(unaudited)
n CREDIT SUISSE
FLOATING RATE HIGH INCOME FUND
The Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses (which should be considered carefully before investing), and more complete information about the Fund, are provided in the Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain additional copies by calling 877-870-2874 or by writing to Credit Suisse Funds, P.O. Box 55030, Boston, MA 02205-5030.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Distributor, is located at One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Credit Suisse Funds are advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should be aware that they may be eligible to purchase Class I shares (where offered) directly or through certain intermediaries. Such shares are not subject to a sales charge. Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should also be aware that they may be eligible for a reduction or waiver of the sales charge with respect to Class A, B or C shares (where offered). For more information, please review the relevant prospectuses or consult your financial representative.
Fund shares are not deposits or other obligations of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") or any affiliate, are not FDIC-insured and are not guaranteed by Credit Suisse or any affiliate. Fund investments are subject to investment risks, including loss of your investment.
Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
June 23, 2014
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to present this Semiannual Report covering the activities of the Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund (the "Fund"), for the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
Performance Summary
11/01/13 – 04/30/14
Fund & Benchmark | | Performance | |
Class I1 | | | 2.05 | % | |
Class A1,2 | | | 1.91 | % | |
Class B1,2 | | | 1.53 | % | |
Class C1,2 | | | 1.53 | % | |
Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index Total Return3 | | | 2.56 | % | |
Performance shown for the Fund's Class A, Class B and Class C Shares does not reflect sales charges, which are a maximum of 4.75%, 4.00% and 1.00%, respectively.2
Market Review: A positive period
The six-months ended April 30, 2014, was a positive period for senior secured loans, with the the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index (the "Index"), the Fund's benchmark, returning 2.56% for the period.
The discount margin for the senior loan asset class, using a three-year average life assumption, tightened 34 basis points during the period, to +464 basis points. The average index price finished the period at 98.62, up by 0.40 points.
In the senior loan market, the credit landscape has been constructive, with fundamentals benign as forecasts for defaults in 2014 and 2015 are expected to be sub-2% (excluding the default of Energy Futures (TXU), a Texas utility company). Although overall default rates rose to 4.64% versus 2.31% in October, as a result of the much-telegraphed default of Energy Futures (TXU), many market participants believe that expected default rates will remain contained over the next 12-18 months.
Company balance sheets continue to be healthy, with many corporations taking advantage of robust conditions to refinance their debt and extend maturity. In fact, according to JP Morgan, of the $299 billion in new issuance for this period, 64% were for re-financings or re-pricings.
From a demand perspective, though the loan market had enjoyed an unprecedented 95 weeks of continued inflows, we have seen the magnitude of
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
inflows temper this year, and in April, the loan market saw its first mutual fund outflow. In 2013, senior loan mutual fund inflows totaled $62.8 billion, as reported by Lipper FMI. Through April 2014, year-to-date retail fund flows into the senior loan asset class totaled $7.5 billion.
From a quality point-of view, the lower rated portion of the Index outperformed for the period. Distressed (CC, C, and Default) posted the highest returns of 21.49%, followed by CCC/Split CCC loans, which returned 6.29% during the period. Split BBB and BB rated loans underperformed with respective returns of 1.26% and 1.50%.
Portfolio Review and Outlook: Well positioned for the near term
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund slightly underperformed the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index. Positive security selection in B and BB rated debt contributed to returns. In addition, security selection in the chemicals and healthcare sectors contributed positively to relative returns. On the other hand, underweights to positions in the utilities and printing/publishing sectors detracted from performance.
Portfolio exposures remain underweight in the lower-rated, higher beta names in the Index that typically experience higher volatility during market corrections. We expect the loan market to remain stable in the near term, but remain cautious of potential exogenous shocks that may cause temporary volatility in the loan market in the near future.
Given that many names within the loan universe are already trading near or above par, our outlook for the loan market for the remainder of 2014 is for returns to be focused on interest collection coupled with limited price upside. The credit landscape continues to be constructive, though we are keeping an eye on companies with over-levered balance sheets. With the discount margin at 464 basis points, the market is currently trading slightly wide of historical averages. However, given low default expectations, valuations continue to be compelling from a risk-return perspective. Therefore, we continue to be selective in security selection and overall, we believe that the loan market is well positioned in the near term.
The Credit Suisse Credit Investments Group Team
John G. Popp
Thomas J. Flannery
Louis I. Farano
Wing Chan
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Senior secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans") are subject to risk that a court could subordinate a Senior Loan, which typically holds the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure, to presently existing or future indebtedness or take other action detrimental to the holders of Senior Loans.
High yield bonds are lower-quality bonds that are also known as "junk bonds." Such bonds entail greater risks than those found in higher-rated securities.
In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements, which may concern, among other things, domestic and foreign market, industry and economic trends and developments and government regulation and their potential impact on the Fund's investments. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual trends, developments and regulations in the future, and their impact on the Fund could be materially different from those projected, anticipated or implied. The Fund has no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
The views of the Fund's management are as of the date of the letter and the Fund holdings described in this document are as of April 30, 2014; these views and Fund holdings may have changed subsequent to these dates. Nothing in this document is a recommendation to purchase or sell securities.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower. Waivers and/or reimbursements may be discontinued at any time.
2 Total return for the Fund's Class A shares for the reporting period, based on offering price (including maximum sales charge of 4.75%), was (2.96)%. Total return for the Fund's Class B shares for the reporting period, based on redemption value (including maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 4.00%), was (2.47)%. Total return for the Fund's Class C shares for the reporting period, based on redemption value (including maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00%), was 0.53%.
3 Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is an unmanaged index that is designed to mirror the investable universe of the U.S dollar denominated institutional leveraged loan market. An index does not have transaction costs, investors cannot invest directly in an index.
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Average Annual Returns as of April 30, 20141
| | 1 Year | | 5 Years | | 10 Years | | Since Inception | |
Class I Class | | | 3.50 | % | | | 13.10 | % | | | 6.86 | % | | | 6.93 | %2 | |
Class A Without Sales Charge | | | 3.37 | % | | | 12.84 | % | | | 6.60 | % | | | 6.46 | %3 | |
Class A With Maximum Sales Charge | | | (1.53 | )% | | | 11.74 | % | | | 6.08 | % | | | 6.12 | %3 | |
Class B Without CDSC | | | 2.61 | % | | | 12.01 | % | | | 5.83 | % | | | 5.65 | %3 | |
Class B With CDSC | | | (1.37 | )% | | | 12.01 | % | | | 5.83 | % | | | 5.65 | %3 | |
Class C Without CDSC | | | 2.60 | % | | | 11.96 | % | | | 5.81 | % | | | 5.74 | %4 | |
Class C With CDSC | | | 1.61 | % | | | 11.96 | % | | | 5.81 | % | | | 5.74 | %4 | |
Returns represent past performance and include change in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Past performance cannot guarantee future results. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Returns and share price will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. The performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds.
The annualized gross expense ratios are 0.73% for Class I shares, 0.98% for Class A shares, 1.73% for Class B shares and 1.73% for Class C shares. The annualized net expense ratios after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements are 0.70% for Class I shares, 0.95% for Class A shares, 1.70% for Class B shares and 1.70% for Class C shares.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower. Waivers and/or reimbursements may be discontinued at any time.
2 Inception Date 08/01/00.
3 Inception Date 03/08/99.
4 Inception Date 02/28/00.
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Information About Your Fund's Expenses
As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section and which would result in higher total expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. The table is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six-months ended April 30, 2014.
The table illustrates your Fund's expenses in two ways:
• Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses 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 "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.
• Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds.
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Expenses and Value for a $1,000 Investment
for the six month period ended April 30, 2014
Actual Fund Return | | Class I | | Class A | | Class B | | Class C | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,020.50 | | | $ | 1,019.10 | | | $ | 1,015.30 | | | $ | 1,015.30 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 3.51 | | | $ | 4.76 | | | $ | 8.49 | | | $ | 8.49 | | |
Hypothetical 5% Fund Return | |
Beginning Account Value 11/01/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,021.32 | | | $ | 1,020.08 | | | $ | 1,016.36 | | | $ | 1,016.36 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 3.51 | | | $ | 4.76 | | | $ | 8.50 | | | $ | 8.50 | | |
| | Class I | | Class A | | Class B | | Class C | |
Annualized Expense Ratios* | | | 0.70 | % | | | 0.95 | % | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | % | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year period, then divided by 365.
The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" and the "Annualized Expense Ratios" in the tables are based on actual expenses paid by the Fund during the period, net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. If those fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements had not been in effect, the Fund's actual expenses would have been higher.
For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.
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Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
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Credit Quality Breakdown *
(% of Total Investments as of April 30, 2014)
S&P Ratings
BBB | | | 4.3 | % | |
BB | | | 31.8 | | |
B | | | 50.6 | | |
CCC | | | 2.1 | | |
NR | | | 4.8 | | |
Subtotal | | | 93.6 | | |
Equity and Other | | | 0.0 | | |
Short-Term Investment1 | | | 6.4 | | |
Total | | | 100.0 | % | |
* Expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding securities lending collateral if applicable) and may vary over time.
1 Primarily reflects cash invested in State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, for which the purchases of securities have been executed but not yet settled at April 30, 2014.
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Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS (82.3%) | |
Aerospace & Defense (1.1%) | | | |
$ | 2,415 | | | Camp International Holding Co.# | | (B-, B2) | | 05/31/19 | | | 4.750 | | | $ | 2,426,146 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Camp International Holding Co.# | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 11/30/19 | | | 8.250 | | | | 1,025,000 | | |
| 607 | | | Landmark Aviation FBO Canada, Inc.# | | (B-, B2) | | 10/25/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 609,000 | | |
| 9,005 | | | LM U.S. Corp. Acquisition, Inc.# | | (B-, B2) | | 10/25/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 9,027,076 | | |
| 7,376 | | | LMI Aerospace, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 12/28/18 | | | 4.750 | | | | 7,216,566 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 20,303,788 | | |
Airlines (0.9%) | | | |
| 6,942 | | | Delta Air Lines, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba1) | | 10/18/18 | | | 3.500 | | | | 6,921,990 | | |
| 10,154 | | | United Air Lines# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 04/01/19 | | | 3.500 | | | | 10,101,186 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 17,023,176 | | |
Auto Parts & Equipment (2.9%) | | | |
| 10,288 | | | Affinia Group, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 04/25/20 | | | 4.750 | | | | 10,291,979 | | |
| 4,225 | | | Allison Transmission, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 08/23/19 | | | 3.750 | | | | 4,232,394 | | |
| 8,084 | | | ASP HHI Acquisition Co., Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 10/05/18 | | | 5.000 | | | | 8,100,484 | | |
| 5,000 | | | CS Intermediate HoldCo 2 LLC# | | (BB-, B1) | | 04/04/21 | | | 4.000 | | | | 4,993,750 | | |
| 13,300 | | | Schaeffler AG# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 01/27/17 | | | 4.250 | | | | 13,352,402 | | |
| 4,987 | | | UCI International, Inc.# | | (B, Ba3) | | 07/26/17 | | | 5.500 | | | | 5,010,503 | | |
| 9,893 | | | Veyance Technologies, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 09/08/17 | | | 5.250 | | | | 9,914,135 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 55,895,647 | | |
Automakers (0.6%) | | | |
| 12,156 | | | Chrysler Group LLC# | | (BB+, Ba1) | | 05/24/17 | | | 3.500 | | | | 12,159,358 | | |
Banking (2.5%) | | | |
| 7,425 | | | Citco Funding LLC# | | (NR, B1) | | 06/29/18 | | | 4.250 | | | | 7,439,248 | | |
| 9,473 | | | Duff & Phelps Corp.# | | (B, B2) | | 04/23/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 9,502,755 | | |
| 9,453 | | | McJunkin Red Man Corp.# | | (BB-, B2) | | 11/08/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 9,525,379 | | |
| 11,917 | | | Ocwen Financial Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 02/15/18 | | | 5.000 | | | | 12,008,693 | | |
| 5,545 | | | RBS Worldpay, Inc.#£ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 11/12/19 | | | 5.750 | | | | 9,466,406 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 47,942,481 | | |
Beverages (0.5%) | | | |
| 7,980 | | | Del Monte Foods, Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 02/18/21 | | | 4.250 | | | | 7,957,857 | | |
| 1,500 | | | Del Monte Foods, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 08/18/21 | | | 8.250 | | | | 1,488,750 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,446,607 | | |
Building Materials (1.8%) | | | |
| 10,911 | | | American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.# | | (BB+, B1) | | 04/16/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 10,883,797 | | |
| 1,110 | | | Materis SAS#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 01/27/16 | | | 3.769 | | | | 1,535,612 | | |
| 2,105 | | | Materis SAS#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 01/27/16 | | | 3.805 | | | | 2,913,816 | | |
| 3,432 | | | Monier Group Sarl#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 04/16/18 | | | 7.250 | | | | 4,795,941 | | |
| 3,380 | | | Monier Group Sarl#€^ | | (NR, NR) | | 04/16/18 | | | 7.250 | | | | 4,732,823 | | |
| 10,347 | | | Roofing Supply Group Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B3) | | 05/31/19 | | | 5.000 | | | | 10,368,396 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 35,230,385 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
8
Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Chemicals (7.1%) | | | |
$ | 2,614 | | | AIlnex (Luxembourg) & Cy S.C.A.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 10/03/19 | | | 4.500 | | | $ | 2,610,549 | | |
| 3,970 | | | AIlnex (Luxembourg) & Cy S.C.A.#€ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 10/03/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 5,518,361 | | |
| 1,356 | | | Allnex U.S.A., Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 10/03/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 1,354,488 | | |
| 11,501 | | | Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC# | | (B, B2) | | 04/10/18 | | | 6.750 | | | | 11,443,621 | | |
| 15,254 | | | Axalta Coating Systems U.S. Holding, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 02/01/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 15,238,755 | | |
| 4,041 | | | AZ Chem U.S., Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 12/22/17 | | | 5.250 | | | | 4,066,020 | | |
| 13,803 | | | Chromaflo Technologies Corp.# | | (B, B2) | | 12/02/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 13,820,179 | | |
| 2,500 | | | Chromaflo Technologies Corp.# | | (B-, Caa2) | | 05/20/20 | | | 8.250 | | | | 2,531,250 | | |
| 12,493 | | | Houghton International, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 12/20/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 12,461,810 | | |
| 13,409 | | | Ineos U.S. Finance LLC# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 05/04/18 | | | 3.750 | | | | 13,311,707 | | |
| 8,000 | | | Minerals Technologies, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 05/07/21 | | | 4.000 | | | | 8,024,920 | | |
| 3,940 | | | Nexeo Solutions LLC# | | (B+, B2) | | 09/08/17 | | | 5.000 | | | | 3,939,902 | | |
| 5,387 | | | Nexeo Solutions LLC# | | (B+, B2) | | 09/09/17 | | | 5.000 | | | | 5,383,133 | | |
| 626 | | | OEP Pearl Holdings LP# | | (B, B1) | | 03/30/18 | | | 6.500 | | | | 633,236 | | |
| 7,084 | | | Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc.# | | (BB+, Ba3) | | 07/19/19 | | | 4.250 | | | | 7,106,137 | | |
| 1,500 | | | Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc.# | | (BB-, B2) | | 01/18/20 | | | 8.000 | | | | 1,532,813 | | |
| 3,980 | | | Oxea Finance & Cy S.C.A.#€ | | (BB-, B1) | | 01/15/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 5,570,091 | | |
| 10,195 | | | Ravago Holdings America, Inc.# | | (BB-, B2) | | 12/18/20 | | | 5.500 | | | | 10,315,964 | | |
| 4,115 | | | Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC# | | (B, B1) | | 07/31/18 | | | 5.500 | | | | 4,145,893 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 01/31/19 | | | 9.750 | | | | 3,052,500 | | |
| 3,548 | | | Sonneborn LLC# | | (B, B1) | | 03/30/18 | | | 6.500 | | | | 3,588,338 | | |
| 1,470 | | | Vantage Specialties, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 02/10/19 | | | 5.000 | | | | 1,473,702 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 137,123,369 | | |
Computer Hardware (0.7%) | | | |
| 13,880 | | | Dell, Inc.# | | (BB+, Ba2) | | 04/29/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 13,870,742 | | |
Consumer Products (0.8%) | | | |
| 2,804 | | | Calceus Acquisition, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 01/31/20 | | | 5.000 | | | | 2,809,790 | | |
| 4,801 | | | NBTY, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 10/01/17 | | | 3.500 | | | | 4,810,322 | | |
| 1,616 | | | Prestige Brands# | | (BB, Ba2) | | 01/31/19 | | | 3.750 | | | | 1,615,762 | | |
| 4,640 | | | Ranpak Corp.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 04/23/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 4,669,431 | | |
| 993 | | | Spectrum Brands, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 09/04/19 | | | 3.500 | | | | 991,982 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 14,897,287 | | |
Consumer/Commercial/Lease Financing (0.6%) | | | |
| 11,175 | | | Home Loan Servicing Solutions Ltd.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 06/26/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 11,244,946 | | |
Diversified Capital Goods (1.5%) | | | |
| 11,976 | | | Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services# | | (B, B1) | | 11/26/20 | | | 4.750 | | | | 12,001,764 | | |
| 1,244 | | | Douglas Dynamics LLC# | | (BB, B1) | | 04/18/18 | | | 5.750 | | | | 1,246,027 | | |
| 217 | | | Flint Group Holdings Sarl# | | (NR, NR) | | 06/30/18 | | | 7.334 | | | | 218,038 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
9
Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Diversified Capital Goods | | | |
$ | 305 | | | Flint Group Holdings Sarl# | | (NR, NR) | | 12/31/16 | | | 7.334 | | | $ | 305,383 | | |
| 14,354 | | | Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.# | | (B, Ba3) | | 07/02/18 | | | 4.250 | | | | 14,410,425 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 28,181,637 | | |
Electric - Generation (0.0%) | | | |
| 578 | | | Calpine Corp.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 10/09/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 579,704 | | |
Electric - Distribution/Transportation (0.5%) | | | |
| 9,864 | | | Generac Power Systems, Inc.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 05/31/20 | | | 3.250 | | | | 9,833,099 | | |
Electronics (3.6%) | | | |
| 2,674 | | | Applied Systems, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 01/25/21 | | | 4.250 | | | | 2,675,513 | | |
| 10,000 | | | Avago Technologies Ltd.# | | (BBB-, Ba1) | | 05/06/21 | | | 3.750 | | | | 10,042,350 | | |
| 13,518 | | | CCC Information Services Group, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 12/20/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 13,492,942 | | |
| 7,960 | | | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 01/15/21 | | | 5.000 | | | | 8,014,765 | | |
| 8,618 | | | MicroSemi Corp.# | | (BB+, Ba2) | | 02/19/20 | | | 3.250 | | | | 8,572,056 | | |
| 2,127 | | | MicroSemi Corp.# | | (BB+, Ba2) | | 02/19/20 | | | 5.000 | | | | 2,117,382 | | |
| 8,410 | | | Presidio, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 03/31/17 | | | 5.000 | | | | 8,489,062 | | |
| 10,515 | | | The TriZetto Group, Inc.# | | (B-, B2) | | 05/02/18 | | | 4.750 | | | | 10,491,291 | | |
| 1,000 | | | The TriZetto Group, Inc.# | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 03/28/19 | | | 8.500 | | | | 1,008,750 | | |
| 4,472 | | | Verint Systems, Inc.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 09/06/19 | | | 3.500 | | | | 4,462,122 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 69,366,233 | | |
Energy - Exploration & Production (0.5%) | | | |
| 1,250 | | | Delek Benelux B.V.#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 02/08/17 | | | 5.378 | | | | 1,735,353 | | |
| 8,203 | | | EP Energy# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 05/24/18 | | | 3.500 | | | | 8,177,698 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,913,051 | | |
Environmental (0.3%) | | | |
| 3,016 | | | EnergySolutions, Inc.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 08/15/16 | | | 6.750 | | | | 3,027,738 | | |
| 3,446 | | | Waste Industries U.S.A., Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 03/17/17 | | | 4.250 | | | | 3,451,510 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,479,248 | | |
Food & Drug Retailers (0.2%) | | | |
| 2,084 | | | Holding Bercy Investissement S.C.A.#€ | | (BB-, B3) | | 03/29/19 | | | 4.384 | | | | 2,897,676 | | |
Food - Wholesale (2.3%) | | | |
| 8,465 | | | Allflex Holdings III, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 07/17/20 | | | 4.250 | | | | 8,473,338 | | |
| 12,304 | | | Big Heart Pet Brands# | | (B+, B1) | | 03/08/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 12,231,921 | | |
| 7,481 | | | Dole Food Co., Inc.# | | (B-, B2) | | 11/01/18 | | | 4.500 | | | | 7,495,277 | | |
| 1,404 | | | JBS U.S.A. LLC# | | (BB, Ba2) | | 05/25/18 | | | 3.750 | | | | 1,404,967 | | |
| 1,995 | | | JBS U.S.A. LLC# | | (BB, Ba2) | | 09/18/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 1,991,257 | | |
| 10,365 | | | U.S. Foodservice# | | (B-, B2) | | 03/31/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 10,386,740 | | |
| 3,960 | | | Weight Watchers International, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 04/02/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 3,111,352 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 45,094,852 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
10
Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Gaming (0.2%) | | | |
$ | 1,545 | | | Affinity Gaming LLC# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 11/09/17 | | | 4.250 | | | $ | 1,549,473 | | |
| 1,977 | | | MGM Resorts International# | | (BB, Ba2) | | 12/20/19 | | | 3.500 | | | | 1,968,210 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,517,683 | | |
Health Facilities (3.0%) | | | |
| 10,992 | | | Drumm Investors LLC# | | (B, B2) | | 05/04/18 | | | 5.000 | | | | 10,875,700 | | |
| 10,426 | | | HCA, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 03/31/17 | | | 2.900 | | | | 10,429,822 | | |
| 10,899 | | | Heartland Dental Care LLC# | | (B, B1) | | 12/21/18 | | | 5.500 | | | | 10,953,536 | | |
| 9,811 | | | Premier Dental Services, Inc.# | | (B, B3) | | 11/01/18 | | | 6.000 | | | | 9,853,677 | | |
| 1,957 | | | Surgical Care Affiliates# | | (B, B2) | | 12/29/17 | | | 4.234 | | | | 1,954,677 | | |
| 9,940 | | | Surgical Care Affiliates# | | (B, B2) | | 06/29/18 | | | 4.000 | | | | 9,939,900 | | |
| 972 | | | United Surgical Partners International, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 04/19/17 | | | 4.250 | | | | 974,787 | | |
| 2,475 | | | United Surgical Partners International, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 04/03/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 2,487,375 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 57,469,474 | | |
Health Services (3.2%) | | | |
| 10,304 | | | ABB Con-Cise Optical Group LLC# | | (B, B2) | | 02/06/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 10,265,506 | | |
| 5,917 | | | Alvogen Pharma U.S., Inc.# | | (B-, B3) | | 05/23/18 | | | 7.000 | | | | 5,954,174 | | |
| 9,860 | | | Ardent Medical Services, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 07/02/18 | | | 6.750 | | | | 9,909,188 | | |
| 3,970 | | | Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 09/15/16 | | | 3.650 | | | | 3,979,765 | | |
| 2,457 | | | Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.# | | (B, Caa1) | | 12/31/17 | | | 6.500 | | | | 2,475,427 | | |
| 6,001 | | | Faenza Acquisition GmbH# | | (B, Ba3) | | 08/30/20 | | | 4.250 | | | | 5,998,580 | | |
| 12,388 | | | Inc. Research, Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 07/12/18 | | | 4.250 | | | | 12,396,071 | | |
| 3,500 | | | Mediq NV#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 02/13/20 | | | 4.791 | | | | 4,909,798 | | |
| 6,138 | | | Valitas Health Services, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 06/02/17 | | | 6.000 | | | | 6,000,123 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 61,888,632 | | |
Hotels (1.4%) | | | |
| 7,463 | | | Four Seasons Holdings, Inc.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 06/29/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 7,429,889 | | |
| 20,407 | | | Hilton Worldwide Finance# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 10/26/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 20,354,861 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 27,784,750 | | |
Household & Leisure Products (1.2%) | | | |
| 14,184 | | | Serta Simmons Holdings LLC# | | (B+, B1) | | 10/01/19 | | | 4.250 | | | | 14,218,536 | | |
| 9,277 | | | Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 03/18/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 9,232,112 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 23,450,648 | | |
Insurance Brokerage (0.3%) | | | |
| 6,079 | | | Genex Services, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 07/26/18 | | | 5.250 | | | | 6,109,847 | | |
Insured (0.6%) | | | |
| 12,000 | | | Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 03/01/21 | | | 3.750 | | | | 11,862,840 | | |
Investments & Misc. Financial Services (2.3%) | | | |
| 6,425 | | | Altisource Solutions Sarl# | | (B+, B1) | | 12/09/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 6,427,774 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Ascensus, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 12/11/20 | | | 9.000 | | | | 2,045,000 | | |
| 12,000 | | | Delos Finance Sarl# | | (BBB-, Ba2) | | 03/06/21 | | | 3.500 | | | | 11,981,280 | | |
| 7,340 | | | LPL Holdings, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 03/29/19 | | | 3.250 | | | | 7,309,740 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
11
Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Investments & Misc. Financial Services | | | |
$ | 2,992 | | | StoneRiver Group LP# | | (B+, B1) | | 11/29/19 | | | 4.500 | | | $ | 2,986,540 | | |
| 5,900 | | | StoneRiver Group LP# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 05/29/20 | | | 8.500 | | | | 5,954,879 | | |
| 488 | | | U.S. Security Associates Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 07/28/17 | | | 6.000 | | | | 491,772 | | |
| 6,983 | | | VFH Parent LLC# | | (NR, Ba3) | | 11/08/19 | | | 5.750 | | | | 6,898,151 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 44,095,136 | | |
Leisure (0.9%) | | | |
| 8,561 | | | ClubCorp Club Operations# | | (B+, B1) | | 07/23/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 8,549,801 | | |
| 6,948 | | | Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.# | | (BB-, B3) | | 08/06/20 | | | 4.250 | | | | 6,956,184 | | |
| 1,809 | | | Merlin Entertainments Group Luxembourg 2 Sarl#€ | | (BB+, NR) | | 07/03/19 | | | 3.520 | | | | 2,520,897 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 18,026,882 | | |
Life Insurance (0.1%) | | | |
| 1,573 | | | MMM Holdings, Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 12/12/17 | | | 9.750 | | | | 1,584,917 | | |
| 1,144 | | | MSO of Puerto Rico, Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 12/12/17 | | | 9.750 | | | | 1,152,287 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,737,204 | | |
Media - Broadcast (2.5%) | | | |
| 1,488 | | | Gray Television, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 10/14/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 1,494,296 | | |
| 3,217 | | | IMG Worldwide, Inc.# | | (B+, Ba2) | | 06/16/16 | | | 6.500 | | | | 3,228,750 | | |
| 9,058 | | | Lin Television Corp.# | | (BB+, Ba2) | | 12/21/18 | | | 4.000 | | | | 9,073,377 | | |
| 3,017 | | | Mission Broadcasting, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 10/01/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 3,012,085 | | |
| 3,421 | | | Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 10/01/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 3,415,752 | | |
| 3,960 | | | Nine Entertainment Group Ltd.# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 02/05/20 | | | 3.250 | | | | 3,911,312 | | |
| 12,725 | | | TWCC Holding Corp.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 02/13/17 | | | 3.500 | | | | 12,611,571 | | |
| 5,000 | | | UPC Financing Partnership#€ | | (BB, Ba3) | | 03/31/21 | | | 3.985 | | | | 6,972,817 | | |
| 2,040 | | | Ziggo Finance B.V.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 01/15/22 | | | 1.250 | | | | 2,007,592 | | |
| 2,960 | | | Ziggo Finance B.V.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 01/15/22 | | | 3.250 | | | | 2,912,208 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 48,639,760 | | |
Media - Cable (1.6%) | | | |
| 1,960 | | | Bragg Communications, Inc.# | | (BB+, Ba2) | | 02/27/18 | | | 3.500 | | | | 1,965,518 | | |
| 8,248 | | | Cequel Communications LLC# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 02/14/19 | | | 3.500 | | | | 8,228,234 | | |
| 5,500 | | | Virgin Media Investment Holding# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 06/07/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 5,468,815 | | |
| 5,000 | | | Virgin Media Investment Holding#£ | | (NR, NR) | | 06/30/23 | | | 3.500 | | | | 8,451,785 | | |
| 5,000 | | | YPSO France SAS#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 12/31/18 | | | 4.012 | | | | 6,942,486 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 31,056,838 | | |
Media - Diversified (0.9%) | | | |
| 16,958 | | | Tribune Co.# | | (BB+, Ba3) | | 12/27/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 16,957,500 | | |
Media - Services (0.5%) | | | |
| 9,950 | | | WMG Acquisition Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 07/01/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 9,876,420 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
12
Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Medical Products (0.7%) | | | |
$ | 2,500 | | | BSN Medical GmbH & Co.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 08/28/19 | | | 4.000 | | | $ | 2,502,087 | | |
| 2,410 | | | Convatec, Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 12/22/16 | | | 4.000 | | | | 2,417,199 | | |
| 4,000 | | | IMS Health, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 03/17/21 | | | 3.500 | | | | 3,990,280 | | |
| 2,969 | | | IMS Health, Inc.#€ | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 03/17/21 | | | 3.750 | | | | 4,151,919 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 13,061,485 | | |
Metals & Mining - Excluding Steel (2.2%) | | | |
| 455 | | | CeramTec Acquisition Corp.# | | (B, Ba3) | | 08/30/20 | | | 4.250 | | | | 454,977 | | |
| 15,014 | | | FMG Resources# | | (BBB-, Baa3) | | 06/30/19 | | | 4.250 | | | | 15,031,801 | | |
| 2,000 | | | H.C. Starck GmbH#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 05/30/16 | | | 3.142 | | | | 2,743,066 | | |
| 10,078 | | | Noranda Aluminium Acquisition Corp.# | | (B, B2) | | 02/28/19 | | | 5.750 | | | | 9,674,470 | | |
| 8,176 | | | Novelis, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 03/10/17 | | | 3.750 | | | | 8,171,582 | | |
| 6,950 | | | U.S. Silica Co.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 07/23/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 6,967,362 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 43,043,258 | | |
Oil Field Equipment & Services (2.1%) | | | |
| 5,928 | | | BakerCorp International, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 02/07/20 | | | 4.250 | | | | 5,875,839 | | |
| 10,434 | | | Pacific Drilling S.A.# | | (B+, B1) | | 06/04/18 | | | 4.500 | | | | 10,446,729 | | |
| 9,451 | | | Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC# | | (BB-, B1) | | 04/04/18 | | | 6.250 | | | | 8,494,184 | | |
| 3,500 | | | Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd.# | | (B+, B2) | | 10/08/18 | | | 10.000 | | | | 3,587,500 | | |
| 9,567 | | | Utex Industries, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 04/10/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 9,593,218 | | |
| 2,500 | | | Utex Industries, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 04/10/21 | | | 8.750 | | | | 2,525,000 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 40,522,470 | | |
Oil Refining & Marketing (0.3%) | | | |
| 5,000 | | | Wildhorse Resources LLC# | | (B, B3) | | 12/13/18 | | | 7.500 | | | | 5,071,875 | | |
Packaging (1.2%) | | | |
| 12,920 | | | Berry Plastics Holding Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 02/08/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 12,813,638 | | |
| 690 | | | Berry Plastics Holding Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 01/06/21 | | | 3.750 | | | | 687,123 | | |
| 3,391 | | | BWAY Holding Co.# | | (B, B1) | | 08/06/17 | | | 4.500 | | | | 3,397,247 | | |
| 2,978 | | | Clondalkin Acquisition B.V.# | | (B, B2) | | 05/31/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 2,984,944 | | |
| 2,003 | | | Pertus Sechzehnte GmbH Mauser# | | (NR, NR) | | 12/14/16 | | | 4.525 | | | | 2,004,668 | | |
| 1,997 | | | Pertus Sechzehnte GmbH Mauser# | | (NR, NR) | | 06/14/17 | | | 4.775 | | | | 1,999,332 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 23,886,952 | | |
Pharmaceuticals (3.5%) | | | |
| 8,211 | | | Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC# | | (B, B2) | | 11/01/19 | | | 5.750 | | | | 8,242,026 | | |
| 14,676 | | | Capsugel Holdings U.S., Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 08/01/18 | | | 3.500 | | | | 14,652,873 | | |
| 17,106 | | | Par Pharmaceutical# | | (B, B1) | | 09/30/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 17,050,039 | | |
| 7,000 | | | Patheon, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 03/11/21 | | | 4.250 | | | | 6,915,405 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Patheon, Inc.#€ | | (B, B2) | | 03/11/21 | | | 4.500 | | | | 1,387,852 | | |
| 16,338 | | | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba1) | | 12/11/19 | | | 3.750 | | | | 16,327,822 | | |
| 2,780 | | | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba1) | | 08/05/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 2,785,019 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 67,361,036 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Printing & Publishing (0.7%) | | | |
$ | 108 | | | F & W Media, Inc.# | | (CCC-, Caa3) | | 12/09/14 | | | 15.000 | | | $ | 106,062 | | |
| 10,847 | | | Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 06/30/17 | | | 5.484 | | | | 10,850,733 | | |
| 2,453 | | | Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 05/22/18 | | | 7.000 | | | | 2,480,723 | | |
| 146 | | | Hibu Connect S.A.#€ | | (CCC+, NR) | | 03/03/19 | | | 1.500 | | | | 53,039 | | |
| 1,246 | | | YH Ltd.# | | (CCC+, NR) | | 03/03/19 | | | 5.253 | | | | 326,225 | | |
| 2,292 | | | YH Ltd.#1 | | (CCC-, NR) | | 03/03/24 | | | 0.000 | | | | 600,254 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 14,417,036 | | |
Real Estate Development & Management (0.7%) | | | |
| 3,547 | | | Capital Automotive LP# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 04/10/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 3,553,981 | | |
| 10,473 | | | Wilsonart International Holding# | | (B+, B2) | | 10/31/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 10,381,843 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 13,935,824 | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.6%) | | | |
| 12,209 | | | iStar Financial, Inc.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 10/15/17 | | | 4.500 | | | | 12,252,169 | | |
Restaurants (0.9%) | | | |
| 8,234 | | | Dunkin Brands, Inc.# | | (B+, B2) | | 02/07/21 | | | 3.250 | | | | 8,170,873 | | |
| 8,440 | | | Select Service Partner Ltd.# | | (NR, NR) | | 06/15/16 | | | 2.653 | | | | 8,426,328 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 16,597,201 | | |
Software/Services (6.7%) | | | |
| 10,900 | | | Deltek, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 10/10/18 | | | 4.500 | | | | 10,900,522 | | |
| 4,697 | | | Eagle Parent, Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 05/16/18 | | | 4.000 | | | | 4,703,249 | | |
| 10,290 | | | Evertec, Inc.# | | (BB-, B1) | | 04/17/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 10,135,962 | | |
| 7,939 | | | First Data Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 03/24/18 | | | 4.152 | | | | 7,940,206 | | |
| 5,698 | | | First Data Corp.# | | (B+, B1) | | 03/24/21 | | | 4.152 | | | | 5,692,754 | | |
| 2,500 | | | Flexera Software, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 04/02/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 2,505,725 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Flexera Software, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 04/02/21 | | | 8.000 | | | | 2,010,000 | | |
| 2,817 | | | Genesys Telecom Holdings U.S., Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 02/08/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 2,827,822 | | |
| 7,731 | | | Genesys Telecom Holdings U.S., Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 11/13/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 7,721,000 | | |
| 8,895 | | | Infor (U.S.), Inc.# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 06/03/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 8,837,960 | | |
| 5,131 | | | Kronos, Inc.# | | (B-, B1) | | 10/30/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 5,148,560 | | |
| 9,694 | | | Landslide Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 02/25/20 | | | 5.000 | | | | 9,721,038 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Landslide Holdings, Inc.# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 02/25/21 | | | 8.250 | | | | 2,007,500 | | |
| 11,067 | | | On Assignment# | | (BB+, Ba2) | | 05/15/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 11,039,454 | | |
| 10,810 | | | Pinnacle (U.S.) Acquisition Co. Ltd.# | | (B+, B1) | | 07/30/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 10,791,710 | | |
| 8,548 | | | SumTotal Systems, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 11/16/18 | | | 6.250 | | | | 8,537,142 | | |
| 8,271 | | | U.S. Ft Holdco, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 11/30/17 | | | 4.500 | | | | 8,292,062 | | |
| 10,000 | | | Wall Street Systems Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B3) | | 04/09/21 | | | 4.500 | | | | 10,037,500 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 128,850,166 | | |
Specialty Retail (4.2%) | | | |
| 14,720 | | | Academy Ltd.# | | (B, B1) | | 08/03/18 | | | 4.500 | | | | 14,739,276 | | |
| 13,895 | | | BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.# | | (B-, B3) | | 09/26/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 13,900,121 | | |
| 3,000 | | | BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.# | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 03/31/20 | | | 8.500 | | | | 3,074,625 | | |
| 14,983 | | | General Nutrition Centers, Inc.# | | (BBB-, B1) | | 03/04/19 | | | 3.250 | | | | 14,895,243 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Specialty Retail | | | |
$ | 11,358 | | | Leslie's Poolmart, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 10/16/19 | | | 4.250 | | | $ | 11,358,333 | | |
| 13,390 | | | Michaels Stores, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 01/28/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 13,404,737 | | |
| 5,544 | | | Ollie's Holdings, Inc.# | | (B, B2) | | 09/28/19 | | | 4.750 | | | | 5,558,159 | | |
| 1,193 | | | Pilot Travel Centers LLC# | | (BB, Ba2) | | 03/30/18 | | | 3.750 | | | | 1,195,951 | | |
| 3,861 | | | The PEP Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 10/11/18 | | | 4.250 | | | | 3,880,162 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 82,006,607 | | |
Steel Producers/Products (0.5%) | | | |
| 10,561 | | | JMC Steel Group, Inc.# | | (BB-, B2) | | 04/01/17 | | | 4.750 | | | | 10,613,585 | | |
Support-Services (2.3%) | | | |
| 2,000 | | | Aramark Corp.#£ | | (BBB-, B1) | | 02/19/21 | | | 4.000 | | | | 3,386,252 | | |
| 3,842 | | | Aramark Corp.# | | (BBB-, B1) | | 02/24/21 | | | 3.250 | | | | 3,810,569 | | |
| 2,500 | | | Blackstone Perpetual Bidco BV#€ | | (NR, NR) | | 04/16/21 | | | 4.507 | | | | 3,481,538 | | |
| 4,600 | | | DigitalGlobe, Inc.# | | (BBB-, Ba2) | | 01/31/20 | | | 3.750 | | | | 4,615,266 | | |
| 6,385 | | | Emdeon, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 11/02/18 | | | 3.750 | | | | 6,382,344 | | |
| 2,961 | | | Evergreen Tank Solutions# | | (B-, B3) | | 09/28/18 | | | 9.500 | | | | 2,967,942 | | |
| 5,431 | | | Hertz Corp.# | | (BB, Ba1) | | 03/11/18 | | | 3.750 | | | | 5,448,223 | | |
| 1,496 | | | Redtop Acquisitions Ltd.# | | (B, Ba3) | | 12/03/20 | | | 4.500 | | | | 1,505,602 | | |
| 2,494 | | | Redtop Acquisitions Ltd.# | | (CCC+, B3) | | 06/03/21 | | | 8.250 | | | | 2,568,562 | | |
| 6,246 | | | Sabre, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 02/19/19 | | | 4.250 | | | | 6,245,401 | | |
| 3,731 | | | Sabre, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 02/19/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 3,740,112 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 44,151,811 | | |
Telecom - Integrated/Services (2.9%) | | | |
| 14,214 | | | Coronado Guarantor LLC# | | (B+, B1) | | 11/25/20 | | | 4.750 | | | | 14,314,373 | | |
| 750 | | | Coronado Guarantor LLC# | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 05/25/21 | | | 8.750 | | | | 758,674 | | |
| 5,000 | | | Eircom Finco Sarl#€ | | (B, B3) | | 09/30/19 | | | 4.790 | | | | 6,700,360 | | |
| 5,218 | | | Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 06/30/19 | | | 3.750 | | | | 5,226,319 | | |
| 8,937 | | | LTS Buyer LLC# | | (B, B1) | | 04/13/20 | | | 4.000 | | | | 8,927,688 | | |
| 1,950 | | | Windstream Corp.# | | (BB+, Ba2) | | 08/08/19 | | | 3.500 | | | | 1,942,737 | | |
| 3,000 | | | XO Communications LLC# | | (BB-, B2) | | 03/19/21 | | | 4.250 | | | | 3,003,750 | | |
| 15,350 | | | Zayo Group LLC# | | (B, B1) | | 07/02/19 | | | 4.000 | | | | 15,336,085 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 56,209,986 | | |
Telecom - Wireless (0.7%) | | | |
| 12,903 | | | Crown Castle Operating Co.# | | (BBB-, Ba2) | | 01/31/21 | | | 3.250 | | | | 12,872,429 | | |
Telecommunications Equipment (1.2%) | | | |
| 5,435 | | | Alcatel-Lucent U.S.A., Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 01/30/19 | | | 4.500 | | | | 5,447,051 | | |
| 9,844 | | | Avaya, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 10/26/17 | | | 4.734 | | | | 9,529,896 | | |
| 5,846 | | | Avaya, Inc.# | | (B, B1) | | 03/31/18 | | | 6.500 | | | | 5,832,922 | | |
| 2,217 | | | Mitel U.S. Holdings# | | (B+, Ba3) | | 01/31/20 | | | 6.500 | | | | 2,241,615 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 23,051,484 | | |
Textiles & Apparel (0.4%) | | | |
| 6,823 | | | Choo Luxury Holdings Ltd.# | | (NR, NR) | | 06/28/18 | | | 3.585 | | | | 6,791,748 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
BANK LOANS | |
Theaters & Entertainment (2.7%) | | | |
$ | 4,905 | | | AMC Entertainment, Inc.# | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 04/30/20 | | | 3.500 | | | $ | 4,904,753 | | |
| 2,000 | | | CKX Entertainment, Inc.# | | (B+, B1) | | 06/21/17 | | | 9.000 | | | | 1,800,000 | | |
| 16,629 | | | Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 08/16/20 | | | 3.500 | | | | 16,616,763 | | |
| 10,965 | | | MTL Publishing LLC# | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 06/29/18 | | | 3.750 | | | | 10,947,497 | | |
| 14,948 | | | Tech Finance & Co. S.C.A.# | | (B+, B2) | | 07/11/20 | | | 5.500 | | | | 15,004,202 | | |
| 3,580 | | | Village Roadshow Ltd.# | | (NR, A2) | | 11/21/17 | | | 4.750 | | | | 3,633,700 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 52,906,915 | | |
Transportation - Excluding Air/Rail (0.7%) | | | |
| 12,547 | | | Navios Maritime Partners LP# | | (BB, Ba3) | | 06/27/18 | | | 5.250 | | | | 12,727,641 | | |
TOTAL BANK LOANS (Cost $1,586,881,672) | | | | | | | | 1,591,288,578 | |
CORPORATE BONDS (8.9%) | | | |
Auto Parts & Equipment (0.2%) | | | |
| 3,250 | | | UCI International, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 02/15/15 @ 104.31)§ | | (CCC, Caa1) | | 02/15/19 | | | 8.625 | | | | 3,152,500 | | |
Brokerage (0.4%) | | | |
| 5,341 | | | Jefferies Finance LLC, Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 04/01/16 @ 105.53)‡ | | (B, B1) | | 04/01/20 | | | 7.375 | | | | 5,621,402 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Jefferies Finance LLC, Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 04/15/17 @ 105.16)‡ | | (B, B1) | | 04/15/22 | | | 6.875 | | | | 3,015,000 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,636,402 | | |
Building Materials (0.5%) | | | |
| 6,000 | | | Euramax International, Inc., Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 04/01/15 @ 100.00)§ | | (B-, Caa2) | | 04/01/16 | | | 9.500 | | | | 6,045,000 | | |
| 3,850 | | | Headwaters, Inc., Global Secured Notes (Callable 04/01/15 @ 103.81) | | (B+, B2) | | 04/01/19 | | | 7.625 | | | | 4,158,000 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,203,000 | | |
Chemicals (0.1%) | | | |
| 2,000 | | | Nufarm Australia Ltd., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 10/15/15 @ 104.78)‡ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 10/15/19 | | | 6.375 | | | | 2,072,500 | | |
Diversified Capital Goods (0.3%) | | | |
| 5,250 | | | Anixter, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes | | (BB, Ba3) | | 05/01/19 | | | 5.625 | | | | 5,630,625 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | |
Energy - Exploration & Production (0.5%) | | | |
$ | 5,000 | | | Oasis Petroleum, Inc., Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 11/01/16 @ 103.25)§ | | (B+, B2) | | 11/01/21 | | | 6.500 | | | $ | 5,375,000 | | |
| 3,741 | | | Oasis Petroleum, Inc., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 09/15/17 @ 103.44)§‡ | | (B+, B2) | | 03/15/22 | | | 6.875 | | | | 4,077,690 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,452,690 | | |
Environmental (0.3%) | | | |
| 5,500 | | | EnergySolutions LLC, Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 08/15/14 @ 105.38)§ | | (B+, Caa2) | | 08/15/18 | | | 10.750 | | | | 5,788,750 | | |
Forestry & Paper (0.0%) | | | |
| 200 | | | Stone & Webster, Inc.1 | | (NR, NR) | | 10/23/19 | | | 0.000 | | | | 200 | | |
Gaming (0.0%) | | | |
| 197 | | | Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, Rule 144A, Senior Notes (Callable 11/15/14 @ 100.00)‡ | | (B, Caa1) | | 11/15/19 | | | 7.250 | | | | 197,000 | | |
Gas Distribution (0.5%) | | | |
| 2,250 | | | Energy Transfer Equity LP, Senior Secured Notes§ | | (BB, Ba2) | | 10/15/20 | | | 7.500 | | | | 2,604,375 | | |
| 750 | | | Genesis Energy LP, Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 02/15/17 @ 102.88)§ | | (B, B1) | | 02/15/21 | | | 5.750 | | | | 783,750 | | |
| 6,250 | | | Holly Energy Finance Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 03/01/16 @ 103.25)§ | | (BB-, B1) | | 03/01/20 | | | 6.500 | | | | 6,687,500 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,075,625 | | |
Health Facilities (0.6%) | | | |
| 5,392 | | | MPT Finance Corp., Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 02/15/17 @ 103.19)§ | | (BB, Ba1) | | 02/15/22 | | | 6.375 | | | | 5,809,880 | | |
| 4,989 | | | Symbion, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes | | (CCC+, Caa2) | | 08/23/15 | | | 11.000 | | | | 5,021,428 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,831,308 | | |
Health Services (0.0%) | | | |
| 150 | | | inVentiv Health, Inc., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 08/15/14 @ 105.00)§‡ | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 08/15/18 | | | 11.000 | | | | 139,500 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | |
Hotels (0.4%) | | | |
$ | 4,000 | | | Financiere Quick SAS, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 04/15/15 @ 101.00)#€‡ | | (B-, B3) | | 04/15/19 | | | 5.075 | | | $ | 5,560,062 | | |
| 1,500 | | | Financiere Quick SAS, Rule 144A, Unsecured Notes (Callable 10/15/15 @ 102.00)#€‡ | | (CCC, Caa2) | | 10/15/19 | | | 7.825 | | | | 2,090,431 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,650,493 | | |
Insurance Brokerage (0.3%) | | | |
| 3,000 | | | Towergate Finance PLC, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/14 @ 101.00)#£‡ | | (NR, B1) | | 02/15/18 | | | 6.027 | | | | 5,135,304 | | |
Investments & Misc. Financial Services (0.2%) | | | |
| 2,000 | | | Cabot Financial Luxembourg S.A., Rule 144A, Secured Notes (Callable 08/01/16 @ 106.28)£‡ | | (B+, B2) | | 08/01/20 | | | 8.375 | | | | 3,679,351 | | |
| 500 | | | Cabot Financial Luxembourg S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 10/01/15 @ 107.78)£‡ | | (B+, B2) | | 10/01/19 | | | 10.375 | | | | 960,363 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,639,714 | | |
Media - Cable (0.1%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | Altice Financing S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 12/15/16 @ 104.88)‡ | | (BB-, B1) | | 01/15/22 | | | 6.500 | | | | 1,050,000 | | |
Media - Diversified (0.7%) | | | |
| 6,430 | | | Block Communications, Inc., Rule 144A, Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 02/01/16 @ 103.63)‡ | | (BB-, Ba3) | | 02/01/20 | | | 7.250 | | | | 6,880,100 | | |
| 4,050 | | | National CineMedia LLC, Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 04/15/17 @ 103.00) | | (BB-, Ba2) | | 04/15/22 | | | 6.000 | | | | 4,272,750 | | |
| 1,619 | | | National CineMedia LLC, Global Senior Unsecured Notes (Callable 07/15/16 @ 103.94)§ | | (B, B2) | | 07/15/21 | | | 7.875 | | | | 1,793,042 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 12,945,892 | | |
Media - Services (0.3%) | | | |
| 575 | | | Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 11/15/17 @ 103.25) | | (B, B1) | | 11/15/22 | | | 6.500 | | | | 615,250 | | |
| 1,400 | | | Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B, Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 11/15/17 @ 103.25) | | (B, B1) | | 11/15/22 | | | 6.500 | | | | 1,505,000 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | |
Media - Services | | | |
$ | 4,120 | | | WMG Acquisition Corp., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 01/15/16 @ 104.50)§‡ | | (B+, B1) | | 01/15/21 | | | 6.000 | | | $ | 4,336,300 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,456,550 | | |
Metals & Mining - Excluding Steel (0.7%) | | | |
| 3,000 | | | Global Brass & Copper, Inc., Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 06/01/16 @ 104.75) | | (B, B3) | | 06/01/19 | | | 9.500 | | | | 3,472,500 | | |
| 7,500 | | | KGHM International Ltd., Rule 144A, Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 06/15/15 @ 103.88)‡ | | (BB-, B1) | | 06/15/19 | | | 7.750 | | | | 8,100,000 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Xinergy Corp., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/15 @ 104.63)‡ | | (NR, NR) | | 05/15/19 | | | 9.250 | | | | 1,350,000 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 12,922,500 | | |
Oil Field Equipment & Services (0.6%) | | | |
| 4,518 | | | Pacific Drilling V Ltd., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 12/01/15 @ 103.63)§‡ | | (B+, B2) | | 12/01/17 | | | 7.250 | | | | 4,856,850 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Pioneer Energy Services Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 03/15/15 @ 102.47)§ | | (B+, B2) | | 03/15/18 | | | 9.875 | | | | 3,161,400 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/01/15 @ 104.31)§‡ | | (B+, B1) | | 11/01/18 | | | 8.625 | | | | 3,247,500 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 11,265,750 | | |
Oil Refining & Marketing (0.6%) | | | |
| 6,522 | | | Coffeyville Finance, Inc., Global Secured Notes (Callable 11/01/17 @ 103.25)§ | | (B+, B2) | | 11/01/22 | | | 6.500 | | | | 6,880,710 | | |
| 4,000 | | | PBF Finance Corp., Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 02/15/16 @ 104.13) | | (BB+, Ba3) | | 02/15/20 | | | 8.250 | | | | 4,390,000 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 11,270,710 | | |
Packaging (0.4%) | | | |
| 2,000 | | | Innovia Group Finance PLC, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 03/15/15 @ 101.00)#€‡ | | (B, B2) | | 03/31/20 | | | 5.287 | | | | 2,799,443 | | |
| 4,423 | | | Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, Global Senior Secured Notes (Callable 10/15/15 @ 104.31) | | (B+, B1) | | 10/15/20 | | | 5.750 | | | | 4,622,035 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,421,478 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | |
Restaurants (0.1%) | | | |
$ | 1,500 | | | Punch Taverns Finance PLC, Series A, Senior Secured Notes£ | | (BB-, Ba1) | | 04/15/22 | | | 7.274 | | | $ | 2,691,127 | | |
Software/Services (0.1%) | | | |
| 2,000 | | | Epicor Software Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 05/01/15 @ 104.31) | | (CCC+, Caa1) | | 05/01/19 | | | 8.625 | | | | 2,190,000 | | |
Specialty Retail (0.3%) | | | |
| 2,250 | | | DFS Furniture Holdings PLC, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 03/01/15 @ 100.00)#£‡ | | (B, B2) | | 08/15/18 | | | 6.521 | | | | 3,846,729 | | |
| 1,765 | | | Express Finance Corp., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 03/01/15 @ 102.19) | | (BB, NR) | | 03/01/18 | | | 8.750 | | | | 1,848,837 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,695,566 | | |
Support-Services (0.1%) | | | |
| 1,500 | | | Cerved Group SpA, Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 01/15/15 @ 100.00)#€‡ | | (B, B2) | | 01/15/19 | | | 5.703 | | | | 2,119,174 | | |
| 250 | | | CoreLogic, Inc., Global Company Guaranteed Notes (Callable 06/01/16 @ 103.63)§ | | (B+, B1) | | 06/01/21 | | | 7.250 | | | | 272,500 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,391,674 | | |
Telecom - Integrated/Services (0.5%) | | | |
| 100 | | | Hellas Telecommunications Luxembourg II S.C.A., Rule 144A, Subordinated Notes^‡Ø1 | | (NR, NR) | | 01/15/15 | | | 0.000 | | | | — | | |
| 5,699 | | | Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., Global Senior Secured Notes§ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 06/15/19 | | | 6.500 | | | | 6,297,395 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Numericable Group S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/16 @ 103.66)‡ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 05/15/19 | | | 4.875 | | | | 2,022,500 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Numericable Group S.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 05/15/17 @ 104.50)‡ | | (B+, Ba3) | | 05/15/22 | | | 6.000 | | | | 2,050,000 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,369,895 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS | |
Textiles & Apparel (0.1%) | | | |
$ | 275 | | | IT Holding Finance S.A., Company Guaranteed Notesۯ | | (NR, NR) | | 11/15/25 | | | 9.875 | | | $ | 3,756 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Takko Luxembourg 2 S.C.A., Rule 144A, Senior Secured Notes (Callable 04/15/16 @ 104.94)€‡ | | (B-, B3) | | 04/15/19 | | | 9.875 | | | | 1,304,826 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,308,582 | | |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $168,217,036) | | | | | | | | 171,585,335 | |
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (4.0%) | | | |
Collateralized Debt Obligations (4.0%) | | | |
| 1,000 | | | ACAS CLO Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BBB, NR) | | 09/20/23 | | | 5.085 | | | | 1,002,215 | | |
| 3,000 | | | ACAS CLO Ltd., 2013-2A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 10/25/25 | | | 4.729 | | | | 2,695,386 | | |
| 3,450 | | | ACIS CLO Ltd., 2014-4A, Rule 144A‡ | | (BBB, NR) | | 05/01/26 | | | 3.325 | | | | 3,092,062 | | |
| 2,250 | | | ALM V Ltd., 2012-5A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (NR, Ba2) | | 02/13/23 | | | 5.737 | | | | 2,251,267 | | |
| 2,500 | | | ARES CLO Ltd., 2012-2A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 10/12/23 | | | 6.027 | | | | 2,494,667 | | |
| 1,875 | | | ARES XXV CLO Ltd., 2012-3A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BBB, NR) | | 01/17/24 | | | 4.876 | | | | 1,883,721 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Atlas Senior Loan Fund III Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BBB, NR) | | 08/18/25 | | | 3.736 | | | | 1,907,584 | | |
| 500 | | | Black Diamond CLO Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 02/01/23 | | | 6.240 | | | | 497,767 | | |
| 2,500 | | | BlueMountain CLO Ltd., 2013-2A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 01/22/25 | | | 5.278 | | | | 2,371,885 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 07/15/25 | | | 4.826 | | | | 1,861,972 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Catamaran CLO Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A#^‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 04/20/26 | | | 4.705 | | | | 1,793,660 | | |
| 1,000 | | | CIFC Funding Ltd., 2012-3A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB-, NR) | | 01/29/25 | | | 6.227 | | | | 999,810 | | |
| 2,250 | | | CIFC Funding Ltd., 2012-3A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (B, NR) | | 01/29/25 | | | 7.127 | | | | 2,255,999 | | |
| 2,000 | | | CIFC Funding Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 10/24/25 | | | 5.006 | | | | 1,871,738 | | |
| 1,965 | | | Dryden XXIII Senior Loan Fund, 2012-23A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 07/17/23 | | | 6.226 | | | | 1,966,639 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Greywolf CLO Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 04/22/26 | | | 5.326 | | | | 2,838,633 | | |
| 1,419 | | | Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 08/15/23 | | | 5.736 | | | | 1,382,957 | | |
| 1,500 | | | Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., 2012-2A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 12/20/24 | | | 5.635 | | | | 1,448,082 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Jamestown CLO III Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB-, NR) | | 01/15/26 | | | 4.843 | | | | 1,831,340 | | |
| 1,850 | | | KVK CLO Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 07/15/23 | | | 6.476 | | | | 1,877,846 | | |
| 3,000 | | | KVK CLO Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 04/14/25 | | | 5.727 | | | | 2,924,472 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Neuberger Berman CLO Ltd., 2012-12A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 07/25/23 | | | 7.239 | | | | 2,005,274 | | |
| 1,000 | | | Ocean Trails CLO II, 2007-2X# | | (BBB-, Ba2) | | 06/27/22 | | | 2.577 | | | | 965,015 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB-, NR) | | 01/15/24 | | | 5.489 | | | | 2,884,203 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings† (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES | |
Collateralized Debt Obligations | | | |
$ | 3,000 | | | Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (B, NR) | | 01/15/24 | | | 6.739 | | | $ | 2,913,939 | | |
| 2,500 | | | OZLM Funding V Ltd., 2013-5A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 01/17/26 | | | 5.028 | | | | 2,316,197 | | |
| 2,500 | | | Saratoga Investment Corp. CLO Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BBB, NR) | | 10/20/23 | | | 3.728 | | | | 2,416,540 | | |
| 2,500 | | | Shackleton CLO Ltd., 2014-5A, Rule 144A#^‡ | | (NR, NR) | | 05/07/26 | | | 4.580 | | | | 2,192,250 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Shackleton I CLO Ltd., 2012-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 08/14/23 | | | 6.434 | | | | 3,000,015 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Sound Point CLO II Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (B, NR) | | 04/26/25 | | | 5.728 | | | | 1,817,396 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Sound Point CLO IV Ltd., 2013-3A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (NR, Ba3) | | 01/21/26 | | | 4.728 | | | | 2,692,074 | | |
| 3,250 | | | Sound Point CLO V Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (NR, Ba3) | | 04/18/26 | | | 4.502 | | | | 2,846,490 | | |
| 3,000 | | | Symphony CLO VIII LP, 2012-8A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 01/09/23 | | | 5.979 | | | | 3,009,603 | | |
| 1,500 | | | TICP CLO I Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 04/26/26 | | | 4.734 | | | | 1,357,874 | | |
| 2,000 | | | Trinitas CLO Ltd., 2014-1A, Rule 144A#^‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 04/15/26 | | | 4.983 | | | | 1,822,108 | | |
| 1,666 | | | Venture X CLO Ltd., 2012-12A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB, NR) | | 02/28/24 | | | 5.533 | | | | 1,601,264 | | |
| 2,250 | | | Whitehorse VII Ltd., 2013-1A, Rule 144A#‡ | | (BB-, NR) | | 11/24/25 | | | 5.036 | | | | 2,100,620 | | |
TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $76,306,104) | | | | | | | | 77,190,564 | |
Number of Shares | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
COMMON STOCKS (0.0%) | | | |
Automotive (0.0%) | | | |
| 588 | | | Safelite Realty Corp. ^* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
Building & Construction (0.0%) | | | |
| 6,800 | | | Ashton Woods U.S.A. LLC, Class B^* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 113,832 | | |
Chemicals (0.0%) | | | |
| 9,785 | | | Huntsman Corp. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 245,114 | | |
Gaming (0.0%) | | | |
| 10,150 | | | Majestic Holdco LLC* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,866 | | |
Health Services (0.0%) | | | |
| 22 | | | Magellan Health Services, Inc.* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,270 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Number of Shares | |
| |
| | | | | | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS | | | |
Printing & Publishing (0.0%) | | | |
| 708 | | | F & W Media, Inc.* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 34,324 | | |
| 884,979 | | | Hibu PLC^* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 34,324 | | |
| TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $93,165) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 402,406 | | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (7.1%) | | | |
| 10,590,193 | | | State Street Navigator Prime Portfolio§§ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,590,193 | | |
Par (000) | |
| |
| | Maturity | | Rate% | | | |
$ | 126,300 | | | State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit | | | | | | 05/01/14 | | | 0.010 | | | | 126,300,000 | | |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $136,890,193) | | | 136,890,193 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS AT VALUE (102.3%) (Cost $1,968,388,170) | | | 1,977,357,076 | | |
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-2.3%) | | | (45,214,721 | ) | |
NET ASSETS (100.0%) | | $ | 1,932,142,355 | | |
INVESTMENT ABBREVIATION
NR = Not Rated
† Credit ratings given by the Standard & Poor's Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") are unaudited.
# Variable rate obligations — The interest rate is the rate as of April 30, 2014.
£ This security is denominated in British Pound.
€ This security is denominated in Euro.
^ Not readily marketable security; security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Trustees.
§ Security or portion thereof is out on loan (See note 2-x).
‡ Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2014, these securities amounted to a value of $152,737,574 or 7.9% of net assets.
1 Zero-coupon security .
Ø Bond is currently in default.
* Non-income producing security.
§§ Represents security purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan. The rate shown is the annualized one-day yield at April 30, 2014.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Assets | |
Investments at value, including collateral for securities on loan of $10,590,193 (Cost $1,968,388,170) (Note 2) | | $ | 1,977,357,0761 | | |
Foreign currency at value (cost $32,104,206) | | | 32,245,505 | | |
Receivable for investments sold | | | 58,967,640 | | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | 19,381,244 | | |
Dividend and interest receivable | | | 8,882,184 | | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | | 183,530 | | |
Total Assets | | | 2,097,017,179 | | |
Liabilities | |
Advisory fee payable (Note 3) | | | 647,388 | | |
Administrative services fee payable (Note 3) | | | 216,711 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fee payable (Note 3) | | | 262,542 | | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | 148,416,446 | | |
Payable upon return of securities loaned (Note 2) | | | 10,590,193 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | 3,051,396 | | |
Dividend payable | | | 932,623 | | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) | | | 659,655 | | |
Due to custodian | | | 12,909 | | |
Trustees' fee payable | | | 8,790 | | |
Accrued expenses | | | 76,171 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 164,874,824 | | |
Net Assets | |
Capital stock, $.001 par value (Note 6) | | | 277,751 | | |
Paid-in capital (Note 6) | | | 1,935,845,508 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | | (31,882 | ) | |
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions | | | (12,278,072 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation from investments and foreign currency translations | | | 8,329,050 | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 1,932,142,355 | | |
I Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,233,882,422 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 177,744,632 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 6.94 | | |
A Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 506,817,081 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 72,645,468 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | $ | 6.98 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value/(1-4.75%)) | | $ | 7.33 | | |
B Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 4,074,342 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 582,202 | | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 7.00 | | |
C Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 187,368,510 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 26,778,299 | | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 7.00 | | |
1 Including $10,388,382 of securities on loan.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Investment Income (Note 2) | |
Interest | | $ | 41,769,744 | | |
Dividends | | | 2,446 | | |
Securities lending (net of rebates) | | | 14,550 | | |
Total investment income | | | 41,786,740 | | |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fees (Note 3) | | | 4,495,385 | | |
Administrative services fees (Note 3) | | | 932,387 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fees (Note 3) | |
Class A | | | 599,258 | | |
Class B | | | 21,016 | | |
Class C | | | 899,036 | | |
Transfer agent fees (Note 3) | | | 573,059 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 126,938 | | |
Registration fees | | | 103,585 | | |
Printing fees (Note 3) | | | 39,449 | | |
Legal fees | | | 37,523 | | |
Audit and tax fees | | | 24,552 | | |
Trustees' fees | | | 15,525 | | |
Insurance expense | | | 14,361 | | |
Commitment fees (Note 4) | | | 2,179 | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | 10,273 | | |
Total expenses | | | 7,894,526 | | |
Less: fees waived (Note 3) | | | (220,526 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 7,674,000 | | |
Net investment income | | | 34,112,740 | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments and Foreign Currency Related Items | |
Net realized gain from investments | | | 636,119 | | |
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions | | | (2,405,609 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments | | | 1,345,873 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency translations | | | (221,099 | ) | |
Net realized and unrealized loss from investments and foreign currency related items | | | (644,716 | ) | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 33,468,024 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
From Operations | |
Net investment income | | $ | 34,112,740 | | | $ | 37,124,544 | | |
Net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency transactions | | | (1,769,490 | ) | | | 2,269,107 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and foreign currency translations | | | 1,124,774 | | | | 2,025,993 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 33,468,024 | | | | 41,419,644 | | |
From Dividends | |
Dividends from net investment income | |
Class I | | | (22,353,037 | ) | | | (22,082,097 | ) | |
Class A | | | (9,124,931 | ) | | | (11,256,846 | ) | |
Class B | | | (64,515 | ) | | | (168,251 | ) | |
Class C | | | (2,746,718 | ) | | | (4,035,091 | ) | |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from dividends | | | (34,289,201 | ) | | | (37,542,285 | ) | |
From Capital Share Transactions (Note 6) | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 710,047,816 | | | | 1,358,631,102 | | |
Reinvestment of dividends | | | 28,640,321 | | | | 30,519,329 | | |
Net asset value of shares redeemed | | | (310,767,546 | )1 | | | (343,530,928 | )2 | |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | | | 427,920,591 | | | | 1,045,619,503 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 427,099,414 | | | | 1,049,496,862 | | |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | | | 1,505,042,941 | | | | 455,546,079 | | |
End of period | | $ | 1,932,142,355 | | | $ | 1,505,042,941 | | |
Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss) | | $ | (31,882 | ) | | $ | 144,579 | | |
1 Net of $8,678 of redemption fees retained by the Fund.
2 Net of $110,770 of redemption fees retained by the Fund.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class I Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 2012 | | 2011 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 6.94 | | | $ | 6.89 | | | $ | 6.66 | | | $ | 6.72 | | | $ | 6.24 | | | $ | 4.94 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.56 | | | | 0.54 | | |
Net gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.00 | )2 | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.21 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 0.50 | | | | 1.36 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.37 | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.39 | | | | 1.06 | | | | 1.90 | | |
REDEMPTION FEES | | | 0.002 | | | | 0.002 | | | | 0.002 | | | | 0.002 | | | | 0.002 | | | | — | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.45 | ) | | | (0.58 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) | |
Total dividends | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.45 | ) | | | (0.58 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 6.94 | | | $ | 6.94 | | | $ | 6.89 | | | $ | 6.66 | | | $ | 6.72 | | | $ | 6.24 | | |
Total return3 | | | 2.05 | % | | | 5.47 | % | | | 8.51 | % | | | 5.85 | % | | | 17.87 | % | | | 41.87 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 1,233,882 | | | $ | 876,418 | | | $ | 226,027 | | | $ | 46,482 | | | $ | 31,374 | | | $ | 383 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 0.70 | %4 | | | 0.70 | % | | | 0.70 | % | | | 0.70 | % | | | 0.72 | % | | | 0.85 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 4.05 | %4 | | | 4.35 | % | | | 4.99 | % | | | 6.32 | % | | | 8.48 | % | | | 10.32 | % | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.03 | %4 | | | 0.07 | % | | | 0.20 | % | | | 0.68 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.58 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 89 | % | | | 96 | % | | | 144 | % | | | 88 | % | | | 63 | % | |
1 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class A Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 2012 | | 2011 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 6.98 | | | $ | 6.92 | | | $ | 6.69 | | | $ | 6.74 | | | $ | 6.26 | | | $ | 4.96 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.52 | | | | 0.53 | | |
Net gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.00 | )2 | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.22 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.53 | | | | 1.36 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.36 | | | | 0.54 | | | | 0.38 | | | | 1.05 | | | | 1.89 | | |
REDEMPTION FEES2 | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.13 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) | | | (0.57 | ) | | | (0.59 | ) | |
Total dividends | | | (0.13 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) | | | (0.57 | ) | | | (0.59 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 6.98 | | | $ | 6.98 | | | $ | 6.92 | | | $ | 6.69 | | | $ | 6.74 | | | $ | 6.26 | | |
Total return3 | | | 1.91 | % | | | 5.33 | % | | | 8.19 | % | | | 5.74 | % | | | 17.54 | % | | | 41.36 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 506,817 | | | $ | 456,550 | | | $ | 148,636 | | | $ | 49,439 | | | $ | 20,492 | | | $ | 22,237 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 0.95 | %4 | | | 0.95 | % | | | 0.95 | % | | | 0.95 | % | | | 1.11 | % | | | 1.10 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 3.81 | %4 | | | 4.13 | % | | | 4.65 | % | | | 5.97 | % | | | 8.00 | % | | | 10.07 | % | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.03 | %4 | | | 0.07 | % | | | 0.20 | % | | | 0.69 | % | | | 0.61 | % | | | 0.59 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 89 | % | | | 96 | % | | | 144 | % | | | 88 | % | | | 63 | % | |
1 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class B Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 2012 | | 2011 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 7.00 | | | $ | 6.93 | | | $ | 6.70 | | | $ | 6.74 | | | $ | 6.26 | | | $ | 4.95 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.11 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 0.39 | | | | 0.47 | | | | 0.49 | | |
Net gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.00 | )2 | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.22 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 0.53 | | | | 1.36 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.11 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.48 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 1.00 | | | | 1.85 | | |
REDEMPTION FEES2 | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) | | | (0.52 | ) | | | (0.54 | ) | |
Total dividends | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) | | | (0.52 | ) | | | (0.54 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 7.00 | | | $ | 7.00 | | | $ | 6.93 | | | $ | 6.70 | | | $ | 6.74 | | | $ | 6.26 | | |
Total return3 | | | 1.53 | % | | | 4.64 | % | | | 7.30 | % | | | 5.03 | % | | | 16.58 | % | | | 40.55 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 4,074 | | | $ | 4,422 | | | $ | 5,185 | | | $ | 4,647 | | | $ | 7,283 | | | $ | 7,280 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.70 | %4 | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.86 | % | | | 1.85 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 3.07 | %4 | | | 3.52 | % | | | 3.83 | % | | | 5.80 | % | | | 7.25 | % | | | 9.40 | % | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.03 | %4 | | | 0.07 | % | | | 0.20 | % | | | 0.68 | % | | | 0.61 | % | | | 0.59 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 89 | % | | | 96 | % | | | 144 | % | | | 88 | % | | | 63 | % | |
1 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class C Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 | | For the Year Ended October 31, | |
| | (unaudited) | | 2013 | | 2012 | | 2011 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 7.00 | | | $ | 6.94 | | | $ | 6.71 | | | $ | 6.75 | | | $ | 6.27 | | | $ | 4.96 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.11 | | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 0.37 | | | | 0.47 | | | | 0.49 | | |
Net gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.00 | )2 | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.21 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | 0.53 | | | | 1.36 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.11 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.48 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 1.00 | | | | 1.85 | | |
REDEMPTION FEES2 | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | |
LESS DIVIDENDS | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.38 | ) | | | (0.52 | ) | | | (0.54 | ) | |
Total dividends | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.38 | ) | | | (0.52 | ) | | | (0.54 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 7.00 | | | $ | 7.00 | | | $ | 6.94 | | | $ | 6.71 | | | $ | 6.75 | | | $ | 6.27 | | |
Total return3 | | | 1.53 | % | | | 4.47 | % | | | 7.29 | % | | | 5.03 | % | | | 16.57 | % | | | 40.46 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 187,369 | | | $ | 167,653 | | | $ | 75,699 | | | $ | 23,905 | | | $ | 17,695 | | | $ | 17,435 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.70 | %4 | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.86 | % | | | 1.85 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 3.06 | %4 | | | 3.40 | % | | | 3.93 | % | | | 5.39 | % | | | 7.25 | % | | | 9.33 | % | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 0.03 | %4 | | | 0.07 | % | | | 0.20 | % | | | 0.68 | % | | | 0.61 | % | | | 0.59 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 89 | % | | | 96 | % | | | 144 | % | | | 88 | % | | | 63 | % | |
1 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 This amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a diversified open-end management investment company that seeks to provide a high level of current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation. The Trust was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as a business trust on May 31, 1995.
The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class I shares, Class A shares and Class C shares. Each class of shares represents an equal pro rata interest in the Fund, except they bear different expenses, which reflect the differences in the range of services provided to them. Class A shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge of up to 4.75%. Class C shares are sold subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within the first year of purchase. Effective February 29, 2012, Class B shares of the Fund are no longer being offered for sale. Existing shareholders may continue to purchase additional Class B shares of the Fund through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions paid by the Fund. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 8 years.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A) SECURITY VALUATION — The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange is open for business. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost. Structured note agreements are valued in accordance with a dealer-supplied valuation based on changes in the value of the underlying index. Forward contracts are valued at the London closing spot rates and the London closing forward point rates on a daily basis. The currency forward contract pricing model derives the differential in point rates to the expiration date of the forward and calculates its present value. The forward contracts are valued at the net of the present value and the spot rate and are generally categorized as Level 2. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") to fair value certain securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the investment adviser to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the investment adviser using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved and established by the Fund's Board.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP established a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2014 in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | |
Bank Loans | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,586,555,755 | | | $ | 4,732,823 | | | $ | 1,591,288,578 | | |
Corporate Bonds | | | — | | | | 171,585,335 | | | | — | | | | 171,585,335 | | |
Asset Backed Securities | | | — | | | | 71,382,546 | | | | 5,808,018 | | | | 77,190,564 | | |
Common Stocks | | | 246,384 | | | | 42,190 | | | | 113,832 | | | | 402,406 | | |
Short-term Investments | | | — | | | | 136,890,193 | | | | — | | | | 136,890,193 | | |
Other Financial Instruments* | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | | | — | | | | (659,655 | ) | | | — | | | | (659,655 | ) | |
| | $ | 246,384 | | | $ | 1,965,796,364 | | | $ | 10,654,673 | | | $ | 1,976,697,421 | | |
*Other financial instruments include unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts.
The following is a reconciliation of investments as of April 30, 2014 in which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining value. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the end of the period value of any security or instrument where a change in the level has occurred from the beginning to the end of the period.
| | Bank Loans | | Corporate Bonds | | Asset Backed Securities | | Common Stocks | | Total | |
Balance as of October 31, 2013 | | $ | — | | | $ | 40 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 101,388 | | | $ | 101,428 | | |
Accrued discounts (premiums) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Purchases | | | 4,706,074 | | | | — | | | | 5,778,910 | | | | — | | | | 10,484,984 | | |
Sales | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Realized gain (loss) | | | — | | | | (407,141 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (407,141 | ) | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 26,749 | | | | 407,101 | | | | 29,108 | | | | 12,444 | | | | 475,402 | | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Balance as of April 30, 2014 | | $ | 4,732,823 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 5,808,018 | | | $ | 113,832 | | | $ | 10,654,673 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments still held as of April 30, 2014 | | $ | 26,749 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 29,108 | | | $ | 12,444 | | | $ | 68,301 | | |
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
| | Quantitative Disclosure About Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Asset Class | | Fair Value at 4/30/2014 | | Valuation Technique(s) | | Unobservable Input | | Range | |
Bank Loans | | $ | 4,732,823 | | | Acquisition Value | | Acquisition Value | | | NA | | |
Asset Backed Securities | | $ | 5,808,018 | | | Acquisition Value | | Acquisition Value | | | NA
| | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 113,832 | | | Market Approach | | Single Broker Quote | | | NA | | |
The Fund follows Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") amendments to authoritative guidance which require the Fund to disclose details of transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements and Level 2 and Level 3 measurements and the reasons for the transfers. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, there were no significant transfers in and out of Level 1 Level 2, and Level 3. All transfers are assumed to occur at the end of the reporting period.
B) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES — The Fund adopted amendments to authoritative guidance on disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities which require that a fund disclose (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a fund's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund's derivatives did not qualify for hedge accounting as they are held at fair value.
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of April 30, 2014
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | |
Currency Contracts | | Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts | | $ | — | | | Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts | | $ | 659,655 | | |
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
| | Location | | Realized Gain (loss) | | Location | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Currency Contracts | |
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions | | $ | (2,551,803 | ) | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency translations | | $ | (238,022 | ) | |
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The notional amount of forward foreign currency contracts at the period ended April 30, 2014 are reflected in the Notes to Financial Statements. The notional amounts of forward foreign currency contracts at each month end throughout the reporting period averaged approximately 5.4% of net assets of the Fund.
The Fund is a party to International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") Master Agreements ("Master Agreements") with certain counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivative (including Total Return, Credit Default and Interest Rate Swaps) and foreign exchange contracts entered into by the Fund. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties' general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. Termination events applicable to the Fund may occur upon a decline in the Fund's net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time.
The following table presents by counterparty the Fund's derivative liabilities net of related collateral pledged by the Fund at April 30, 2014:
Counterparty | | Gross Amounts of Liabilites Presented in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities(a) | | Financial Instruments and Derivatives Available for Offset | | Non-Cash Collateral Pledged | | Cash Collateral Pledged | | Net Amount of Derivative Liabilities | |
Morgan Stanley | | $ | 659,655 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 659,655 | | |
(a) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are included.
C) FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS — The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the current prevailing exchange rates. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the current exchange rate at the end of the period. Translation gains or losses resulting from changes in the exchange rate during the reporting period and realized gains and losses on the settlement of foreign currency transactions are reported in the results of operations for the current period. The Fund does not isolate that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in equity securities which is due to changes in the foreign exchange rate from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities. The Fund isolates that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities which is due to changes in the foreign exchange rate from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
D) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME/EXPENSE — Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income/expense is recorded on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts using the effective interest method. Dividend income/expense is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain expenses are class-specific expenses, vary by class and are charged only to that class. Income, expenses (excluding class-specific expenses) and realized/unrealized gains/losses are allocated proportionately to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of the outstanding shares of that class. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.
E) DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. However, to the extent that a net realized capital gain can be reduced by a capital loss carryforward, such gain will not be distributed. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
F) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — No provision is made for federal taxes as it is the Fund's intention to continue to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and to make the requisite distributions to its shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve it from federal income and excise taxes.
In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. One of these requirements is that the Fund derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies or net income derived from interests in certain publicly traded partnerships ("Qualifying Income").
The Fund adopted the authoritative guidance for uncertainty in income taxes and recognizes a tax benefit or liability from an uncertain position only if it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits and consideration of the relevant taxing authority's widely understood
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
administrative practices and procedures. The Fund has reviewed its current tax positions and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
G) SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG, pools available cash into a short-term variable rate time deposit issued by State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"), the Fund's custodian. The short-term time deposit issued by SSB is a variable rate account classified as a short-term investment.
H) FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS — The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency. The Fund will enter into forward foreign currency contracts primarily for hedging foreign currency risk. Forward foreign currency contracts are adjusted by the daily forward exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date or an offsetting position is entered into. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:
Forward Foreign Currency to be Purchased (Local) | | Forward Foreign Currency to be Sold (Local) | | Expiration Date | | Counterparty | | Value on Settlement Date | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
USD | 95,395,935 | | | EUR | 69,025,000 | | | 07/15/14 | | Morgan Stanley | | $ | (95,395,935 | ) | | $ | (95,691,103 | ) | | $ | (295,168 | ) | |
USD | 37,817,167 | | | GBP | 22,625,000 | | | 07/15/14 | | Morgan Stanley | | | (37,817,167 | ) | | | (38,181,654 | ) | | | (364,487 | ) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (659,655 | ) | |
Currency Abbreviations:
EUR = Euro
GBP = British Pound
USD = United States Dollar
I) SECURITIES LENDING — Loans of securities are required at all times to be secured by collateral at least equal to 102% of the market value of domestic securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon) and 105% of the market value of foreign securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon). Cash collateral received by the Fund in connection with securities
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
lending activity may be pooled together with cash collateral for other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse and may be invested in a variety of investments, including funds advised by SSB, the Fund's securities lending agent, or money market instruments. However, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
SSB has been engaged by the Fund to act as the Fund's securities lending agent. As of April 30, 2014, the Fund had investment securities on loan with a fair value of $10,388,382 and a related liability of $10,590,193 for collateral received on securities loaned, both of which are presented gross on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The carrying value of the collateral for securities loaned approximates fair value which would have been considered level 2 under the fair value hierarchy if the collateral for securities loaned were carried at fair value. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the securities loaned.
The Fund's securities lending arrangement provides that the Fund and SSB will share the net income earned from securities lending activities. During the six months ended April 30, 2014, total earnings from the Fund's investment in cash collateral received in connection with securities lending arrangements was $17,132, of which $0 was rebated to borrowers (brokers). The Fund retained $14,550 in income from the cash collateral investment, and SSB, as lending agent, was paid $2,582. Securities lending income is accrued as earned.
J) OTHER — The high yield, fixed income securities in which the fund will invest will primarily consist of senior secured floating rate loans ("Senior Loans") issued by non-investment grade companies. Senior Loans are typically secured by specific collateral of the issuer and hold the most senior position in the issuer's capital structure. The interest rate on Senior Loans is periodically adjusted to a recognized base rate, typically the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). While these characteristics may reduce interest rate risk and mitigate losses in the event of borrower default, the Senior Loans in which the Fund invests have below investment grade credit ratings and thereby are considered speculative because of the significant credit risk of their issuers.
Lower-rated debt securities (commonly known as "junk bonds") possess speculative characteristics and are subject to greater market fluctuations and risk of lost income and principal than higher-rated debt securities for a variety of reasons. Also, during an economic downturn or substantial period of rising interest rates, highly leveraged issuers may experience financial stress which
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
would adversely affect their ability to service their principal and interest payment obligations, to meet projected business goals and to obtain additional financing.
In addition, periods of economic uncertainty and changes can be expected to result in increased volatility of market prices of lower-rated debt securities and the Fund's net asset value.
K) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS — In preparing the financial statements as of April 30, 2014, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the date of release of this report. No such events requiring recognition or disclosure were identified through the date of the release of this report.
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse serves as investment adviser for the Fund. For its investment advisory services, Credit Suisse is entitled to receive a fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 0.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets less than or equal to $100 million and 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets greater than $100 million. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, investment advisory fees earned and voluntarily waived were $4,495,385 and $220,526, respectively. Fee waivers and expense reimbursements are voluntary and may be discontinued by Credit Suisse at any time.
Credit Suisse and SSB serve as co-administrators to the Fund. For its co-administrative services, Credit Suisse received a fee calculation at an annual rate of 0.09% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by Credit Suisse were $791,317.
For its co-administrative services, SSB receives a fee, exclusive of out-of-pocket expenses, calculated in total for all the Credit Suisse funds/portfolios co-administered by SSB and allocated based upon the relative average net assets of each fund/portfolio, subject to an annual minimum fee. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by SSB (including out-of-pocket expenses) with respect to the Fund were $141,070.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("CSSU"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, serves as distributor of the Fund's shares. Pursuant to distribution plans adopted by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, CSSU received fees for its distribution services. These fees were calculated at an annual rate
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. For the Class B and Class C shares, the fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund paid Rule 12b-1 distribution fees of $599,258 for Class A shares, $21,016 for Class B shares and $899,036 for Class C shares. Class I shares are not subject to Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.
Certain brokers, dealers and financial representatives provide transfer agent related services to the Fund and receive compensation from the Fund. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund reimbursed Credit Suisse $619,455, which is included in the Fund's transfer agent expense.
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, CSSU and its affiliates advised the Fund that it retained $25,918 from commissions earned on the sale of the Fund's Class A shares.
Merrill Corporation ("Merrill"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, has been engaged by the Fund to provide certain financial printing services. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, Merrill was paid $23,124 for its services by the Fund. This amount was included in the printing fees presented on the Statement of Operations.
Note 4. Line of Credit
The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse (collectively, the "Participating Funds"), participates in a committed, unsecured line of credit facility ("Credit Facility"), in an aggregated amount of $20 million for temporary or emergency purposes with SSB. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the Participating Funds pay an aggregate commitment fee on the average unused amount of the Credit Facility, which is allocated among the Participating Funds in such manner as is determined by the governing Boards of the Participating Funds. In addition, the Participating Funds pay interest on borrowings at either the Overnight Federal Funds rate or the Overnight LIBOR rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2014, and during the six months ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility.
On May 20, 2014, the Board approved to increase the credit facility from $20 million to $200 million effective June 4, 2014.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 5. Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the six months ended April 30, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) were $1,008,385,698 and $561,481,953, respectively.
At April 30, 2014, the cost of investments (excluding foreign currency related transactions) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:
Cost of investments | | $ | 1,968,388,170 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | $ | 14,864,310 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | | | (5,895,404 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | $ | 8,968,906 | | |
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value per share. The Fund offers Class I, Class A, and Class C shares. Class B shares are shown but not offered. Transactions in capital shares for each class of the Fund were as follows:
| | Class I | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 74,087,295 | | | $ | 515,334,656 | | | | 122,789,111 | | | $ | 851,983,662 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends | | | 2,676,897 | | | | 18,613,791 | | | | 2,561,784 | | | | 17,766,435 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (25,268,627 | ) | | | (175,717,238 | ) | | | (31,903,094 | ) | | | (221,274,219 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 51,495,565 | | | $ | 358,231,209 | | | | 93,447,801 | | | $ | 648,475,878 | | |
| | Class A | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 22,356,347 | | | $ | 156,279,908 | | | | 57,399,112 | | | $ | 400,181,086 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends | | | 1,171,909 | | | | 8,189,755 | | | | 1,432,214 | | | | 9,982,858 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (16,332,713 | ) | | | (114,165,490 | ) | | | (14,858,423 | ) | | | (103,535,867 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 7,195,543 | | | $ | 50,304,173 | | | | 43,972,903 | | | $ | 306,628,077 | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
| | Class B | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 4,304 | | | $ | 30,303 | | | | 6,144 | | | $ | 42,917 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends | | | 3,999 | | | | 28,026 | | | | 10,609 | | | | 74,101 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (58,123 | ) | | | (407,117 | ) | | | (132,666 | ) | | | (922,622 | ) | |
Net decrease | | | (49,820 | ) | | $ | (348,788 | ) | | | (115,913 | ) | | $ | (805,604 | ) | |
| | Class C | |
| | For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited) | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2013 | |
| | Shares | | Value | | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 5,478,088 | | | $ | 38,402,949 | | | | 15,215,739 | | | $ | 106,423,437 | | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends | | | 258,082 | | | | 1,808,749 | | | | 385,645 | | | | 2,695,935 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | (2,922,543 | ) | | | (20,477,701 | ) | | | (2,549,166 | ) | | | (17,798,220 | ) | |
Net increase | | | 2,813,627 | | | $ | 19,733,997 | | | | 13,052,218 | | | $ | 91,321,152 | | |
Prior to February 1, 2014, the Fund imposed a redemption fee of 2% of the value of shares that were redeemed or exchanged within 30 days from the date of purchase. For the six months ended April 30, 2014 and the year ended October 31, 2013, the redemption fees received by the Fund were $8,678 and $110,770, respectively. On February 1, 2014, the Fund eliminated the redemption fee.
On April 30, 2014, the number of shareholders that held 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Fund was as follows:
| | Number of Shareholders | | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Shares | |
Class I | | | 5 | | | | 66 | % | |
Class A | | | 4 | | | | 70 | % | |
Class B | | | 4 | | | | 69 | % | |
Class C | | | 4 | | | | 69 | % | |
Some of the shareholders are omnibus accounts, which hold shares on behalf of individual shareholders.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
In the normal course of business, the Fund may provide general indemnifications pursuant to certain contracts and organizational documents. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
Note 8. Other Matters
On May 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (the "Department of Justice") filed a one-count criminal information (the "Information") in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia charging Credit Suisse AG ("CSAG") with conspiracy to commit tax fraud related to accounts CSAG established for cross-border clients. The Department of Justice and CSAG entered into a plea agreement (the "Plea Agreement") settling the action pursuant to which CSAG pleaded guilty to the charge set out in the Information.
The Plea Agreement requires CSAG to pay over $1.8 billion to the U.S. government, including the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Plea Agreement also requires CSAG to lawfully undertake certain remedial actions to address the conduct described in the Plea Agreement.
CSAG has entered into other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Reserve Board (the "Federal Reserve") to resolve certain findings by the Federal Reserve, including that the activities of CSAG regarding opening of foreign accounts for U.S. taxpayers, provision of investment services to U.S. clients, and operation of CSAG's New York representative office prior to 2009 lacked adequate enterprise-wide risk management and compliance policies and procedures sufficient to ensure that all of its activities comply with U.S. laws and regulations. In addition, CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS") to resolve the DFS's investigation into the conduct described in the Plea Agreement. The settlement with the Federal Reserve requires CSAG to pay $100 million to the Federal Reserve, and the settlement with the DFS requires CSAG to pay $715 million to the DFS.
These settlements follow a settlement by Credit Suisse Group AG ("CS Group"), the parent company of CSAG, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 21, 2014 to resolve an
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
investigation by the Commission into solicitation and provision of broker-dealer and investment advisory services to certain U.S. cross-border clients by CS Group while not registered with the Commission as a broker-dealer or investment adviser. As part of the settlement, CS Group retained an independent consultant to evaluate its policies and procedures and examine its broker-dealer and investment adviser activities to fully verify that the business that was the subject of the Commission investigation has been completely exited. CS Group also agreed to pay $196,511,014, which includes $82,170,990 in disgorgement, $64,340,024 in interest and a $50,000,000 penalty.
CSAG is the indirect parent company of Credit Suisse and CSSU. Neither Credit Suisse, CSSU nor the Fund was named in the Plea Agreement (as defined below) or other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. The conduct set out in the Plea Agreement did not involve the Fund, Credit Suisse or CSSU with respect to its investment adviser and distribution activities relating to the Fund.
Credit Suisse, CSSU and certain of their affiliates have received a permanent exemptive order from the Commission to permit them to continue serving as investment advisers and principal underwriters for U.S.-registered investment companies, such as the Fund. Due to a provision in the law governing the operation of U.S.-registered investment companies, they would otherwise have become ineligible to perform these activities as a result of the plea in the Plea Agreement. The permanent exemptive order permits Credit Suisse and CSSU to continue to provide services to the Fund, so long as, among other things, no current or former employee of CSAG or any affiliate of CSAG who previously has been or who subsequently may be identified by CSAG or any U.S. or non-U.S. regulatory or enforcement agencies as having been responsible for the conduct described in the Plea Agreement will be employed by Credit Suisse and certain of its affiliates. Credit Suisse and CSSU have informed the Fund that Credit Suisse and CSSU believe the Settlements will not have any material impact on the Fund or on the ability of Credit Suisse or CSSU to perform services for the Fund.
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Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund
Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited)
In approving the renewal of the current Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including all of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Independent Trustees"), at a meeting held on November 11 and 12, 2013, considered the following factors:
Investment Advisory Fee Rates and Expenses
The Board reviewed and considered the contractual advisory fee rate of 0.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets less than or equal to $100 million and 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets greater than $100 million (the "Gross Advisory Fee") for the Fund in light of the extent and quality of the advisory services provided by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse"). The Board also reviewed and considered the voluntary fee waivers currently in place for the Fund and considered the actual fee rate of 0.54% paid by the Fund after taking waivers and breakpoints into account (the "Net Advisory Fee") during the twelve months ended September 30, 2013. The Board acknowledged that voluntary fee waivers could be discontinued at any time.
Additionally, the Board received and considered information comparing the Fund's Gross Advisory Fee, the combined Gross Advisory Fee and gross administration fee (together, the "Gross Management Fee"), the Gross Management Fee less waivers (the "Net Management Fee"), and the Fund's net total expenses with those of funds in the relevant expense group ("Expense Group") provided by an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also received and considered information comparing the Fund's net total expenses and Net Management Fee to the funds in the relevant Morningstar category ("Morningstar Category"). The Board was provided with a description of the methodology used to arrive at the funds included in the Expense Group and the Morningstar Category.
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services under the Advisory Agreement
The Board received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement. The Board also noted information received at regular meetings throughout the year related to the services rendered by Credit Suisse. The Board reviewed background information about Credit Suisse, including its Form ADV Part 2 — Disclosure Brochure and Brochure Supplement. The Board considered the background and experience of Credit Suisse's senior
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited) (continued)
management and the expertise of, and the amount of attention given to the Fund by, senior personnel of Credit Suisse. In addition, the Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and the extent of the resources devoted to research and analysis of actual and potential investments. The Board evaluated the ability of Credit Suisse, based on its resources, reputation and other attributes, to attract and retain qualified investment professionals including research, advisory, and supervisory personnel. The Board also received and considered information about the nature, extent and quality of services and fee rates offered to other Credit Suisse clients for comparable services.
Fund Performance
The Board received and considered performance results of the Fund over time, along with comparisons to the Expense Group and Morningstar Category for the Fund.
Credit Suisse Profitability
The Board received and considered a profitability analysis of Credit Suisse based on the fees payable under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, including any fee waivers, as well as other relationships between the Fund on the one hand and Credit Suisse affiliates on the other. The Board also considered Credit Suisse's methodology for allocating costs to the Fund, recognizing that cost allocation methodologies are inherently subjective. The Board received profitability information for the other funds in the Credit Suisse family of funds.
Economies of Scale
The Board considered information regarding whether there have been economies of scale with respect to the management of the Fund, whether the Fund has appropriately benefited from any economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. Accordingly, the Board considered whether the breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fee structure were appropriate and reasonable taking into consideration economies of scale or other efficiencies that might accrue from increases in the Fund's asset levels.
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited) (continued)
Other Benefits to Credit Suisse
The Board considered other benefits received by Credit Suisse and its affiliates as a result of their relationship with the Fund. Such benefits include, among others, benefits potentially derived from an increase in Credit Suisse's businesses as a result of its relationship with the Fund (such as the ability to market to shareholders other financial products offered by Credit Suisse and its affiliates) and the fees paid to Credit Suisse and an affiliate of Credit Suisse for co-administration and distribution services, respectively.
The Board considered the standards applied in seeking best execution and reviewed Credit Suisse's method for allocating portfolio investment opportunities among its advisory clients.
Other Factors and Broader Review
As discussed above, the Board reviews detailed materials received from Credit Suisse as part of the annual re-approval process. The Board also reviews and assesses the quality of the services that the Fund receives throughout the year. In this regard, the Board reviews reports of Credit Suisse at least quarterly, which include, among other things, detailed portfolio and market reviews, detailed fund performance reports and Credit Suisse's compliance procedures.
Conclusions
In selecting Credit Suisse, and approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and the investment advisory fee under such agreement, the Board concluded that:
• The Gross Advisory Fee, the Gross Management Fee, the Net Management Fee, and the net total expenses were all below the median of the Expense Group, and the Board considered the fees to be reasonable.
• The Fund's performance, which was above the median of the Expense Group for the year-to-date, one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods as of September 30, 2013, was satisfactory. The Fund also outperformed its Morningstar Category average for three-, five- and ten-year periods but underperformed during the year-to-date and one-year periods ended September 30, 2013. The Board noted that, in June 2011, the Fund changed its investment strategy to invest primarily in senior secured floating rate loans.
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Board Approval of Advisory Agreement (unaudited) (continued)
• The Board was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the investment advisory services provided to the Fund by Credit Suisse and that, based on dialogue with management and counsel, the services provided by Credit Suisse under the Advisory Agreement are typical of, and consistent with, those provided to similar mutual funds by other investment advisers.
• In light of the costs of providing investment management and other services to the Fund and Credit Suisse's ongoing commitment to the Fund and willingness to waive fees, Credit Suisse's profitability based on fees payable under the Advisory Agreement, as well as other ancillary benefits that Credit Suisse and its affiliates received, were considered reasonable.
• In light of the information received and considered by the Board, the Fund's current fee structure was considered reasonable.
No single factor reviewed by the Board was identified by the Board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. The Independent Trustees were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process.
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Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited)
At Credit Suisse, we know that you are concerned with how we protect and handle nonpublic personal information that identifies you. This notice is designed to help you understand what nonpublic personal information we collect from you and from other sources, and how we use that information in connection with your investments and investment choices that may be available to you. Except where otherwise noted, this notice is applicable only to consumers who are current or former investors, meaning individual persons whose investments are primarily for household, family or personal use ("individual investors"). Specified sections of this notice, however, also apply to other types of investors (called "institutional investors"). Where the notice applies to institutional investors, the notice expressly states so. This notice is being provided by Credit Suisse Funds and Credit Suisse Closed-End Funds. This notice applies solely to U.S. registered investment companies advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
Categories of information we may collect:
We may collect information about you, including nonpublic personal information, such as
• Information we receive from you on applications, forms, agreements, questionnaires, Credit Suisse websites and other websites that are part of our investment program, or in the course of establishing or maintaining a customer relationship, such as your name, address, e-mail address, Social Security number, assets, income, financial situation; and
• Information we obtain from your transactions and experiences with us, our affiliates, or others, such as your account balances or other investment information, assets purchased and sold, and other parties to a transaction, where applicable.
Categories of information we disclose and parties to whom we disclose it:
• We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our individual investors, except as permitted or required by law or regulation. Whether you are an individual investor or institutional investor, we may share the information described above with our affiliates that perform services on our behalf, and with our asset management and private banking affiliates; as well as with unaffiliated third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as our accountants, auditors, attorneys, broker-dealers, fund administrators, and other service providers.
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Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited) (continued)
• We want our investors to be informed about additional products or services. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information relating to individual investors to our affiliates for marketing purposes, nor do we use such information received from our affiliates to solicit individual investors for such purposes. Whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we may disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, regarding our transactions and experiences with you to our affiliates.
• In addition, whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we reserve the right to disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, about you to any person or entity, including without limitation any governmental agency, regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over us or our affiliates, if (i) we determine in our discretion that such disclosure is necessary or advisable pursuant to or in connection with any United States federal, state or local, or non-U.S., court order (or other legal process), law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy, including without limitation any anti-money laundering law or the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; and (ii) such disclosure is not otherwise prohibited by law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy.
Confidentiality and security
• To protect nonpublic personal information about individual investors, we restrict access to those employees and agents who need to know that information to provide products or services to us and to our investors. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect nonpublic personal information.
Other Disclosures
This notice is not intended to be incorporated in any offering materials, but is a statement of our current Notice of Privacy and Information Practices and may be amended from time to time. This notice is current as of March 31, 2014.
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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information (unaudited)
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30 of each year, as well as the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to its portfolio securities are available:
• By calling 1-877-870-2874
• On the Fund's website, www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds
• On the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund's Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) INC, DISTRIBUTOR. FLHI-SAR-0414

CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS
Semiannual Report
April 30, 2014
(unaudited)
n CREDIT SUISSE
EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY
FUND
The Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses (which should be considered carefully before investing), and more complete information about the Fund, are provided in the Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain additional copies by calling 877-870-2874 or by writing to Credit Suisse Funds, P.O. Box 55030, Boston, MA 02205-5030.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Distributor, is located at One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Credit Suisse Funds are advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should be aware that they may be eligible to purchase Class I shares (where offered) directly or through certain intermediaries. Such shares are not subject to a sales charge. Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should also be aware that they may be eligible for a reduction or waiver of the sales charge with respect to Class A or C shares (where offered). For more information, please review the relevant prospectuses or consult your financial representative.
Fund shares are not deposits or other obligations of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") or any affiliate, are not FDIC-insured and are not guaranteed by Credit Suisse or any affiliate. Fund investments are subject to investment risks, including loss of your investment.
Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
June 23, 2014
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to present this Semiannual Report covering the activities of the Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the "Fund"), for the period from the Fund's inception on December 26, 2013 to April 30, 2014.
Performance Summary
12/26/13 – 04/30/14
Fund & Benchmark | | Performance | |
Class I1 | | | 0.10 | % | |
Class A1,2 | | | 0.10 | % | |
Class C1,2 | | | -0.20 | % | |
MSCI Emerging Markets USD Index NR3 | | | 0.86 | % | |
Performance shown for the Fund's Class A and Class C Shares does not reflect sales charges, which are a maximum of 5.25% and 1.00%, respectively.2
Market Review: A bumpy ride so far in 2014
The four-months ended April 30, 2014, was a challenging one that took emerging market equities on a bumpy ride. The MSCI Emerging Markets USD Index NR, the Fund's benchmark, finished the period down 0.10%.
The emerging markets were afflicted by a number of shocks during the period. No sooner had interest rate hikes in more fragile markets such as India, Turkey, and Brazil stabilized weak currencies, then Argentina devalued its peso. This led to panic among investors and started an orderly but persistent wave of selling within the asset class. Additionally, tensions in the Ukraine reached a boil as the President left the country and Russian troops entered Crimea, placing severe pressure on any equity that had Russian exposure.
Portfolio Review and Outlook: Valuation will drive positions going forward
The Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund commenced operations on December 26, 2013. The Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies based in the emerging markets globally.
Credit Suisse believes that, in emerging markets, most investment return is derived from company selection, rather than sector or country selection . The Fund leverages Credit Suisse's proprietary Industrial Life Cycle ("ILC") investment methodology, powered by HOLT. ILC provides for an innovative method to stock selection, and offers a consistent, structured, and repeatable investment process. ILC, based on the idea that wealth creation principles vary
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depending on where a company falls on a scale of maturity, classifies the universe of companies into five stages: Startup, Growth, Cash Cow, Fading Winner, and Restructuring. The approach then identifies the primary drivers of future share price performance within each life cycle stage, determining attractiveness based upon measures including Valuation, Quality, Earnings Momentum, and Price Momentum. The ILC risk management methodology helps to maximize exposure to potential sources of alpha via stock selection, while minimizing traditional sources of active risk, including country, sector, and industry exposure.
The Fund's investment portfolio will generally consist of 80-100 positions selected by Credit Suisse, although the number can vary based on market conditions. Credit Suisse intends to manage the Fund in a way that is neutral to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the Fund's benchmark, in terms of country weight, sector weight, and life cycle stage weight. For a more complete discussion of the Fund's strategy, please refer to the Fund's Prospectus.
The Fund's year to date performance was influenced by several sub-currents. The Growth stage was the largest negative contributor during the period, with a reversal in stage leadership taking place late in Q1 and continuing into April. This was caused by a wave of selling pressure on the strongest performers, and negatively impacted stock selection in the Growth stage,
The top positive contributor in Q1 was the Cash Cow stage, whose stronger performers were mostly mid-sized companies, ranging from solar panel manufacturers in China, Korean media players and South African retailers. Small and mid-sized companies within Emerging Markets behaved slightly more predictably in the quarter, as they were shielded from redemption-driven selling due to their lower liquidity levels. Positive performance in April was attributed to the Fading Winner and Restructuring phases, with winners in these stages ranging broadly from smartphone supply chain companies to Brazilian utility companies.
Outlook: Elections loom across many Emerging Markets, with voting already completed in India. Some countries, such as Brazil and Turkey, appear set for a continuation of leadership, while investors have bid up the Indian bourse 10% in anticipation of new directions. Election outcomes will introduce additional volatility to an already tenuous macro backdrop. The inversion seen between leaders and laggards in March also introduced growing strength in cheaper names outperforming more expensive names. A more prolonged shift away from the price momentum and quality driven market that we have faced in the
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last 18 months to a more valuation driven theme should continue to drive our positions in the later life cycle segments, such as Cash Cow and Fading Winner.
Global Equity Investment Group
Alfred S. Bryant
Foreign investments involve significant risks including risk of loss of principal, currency risk, derivatives risk, emerging markets risk, equity exposure risk, foreign securities risk, information risk, political risk, access risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, manager risk, market risk, and small- and mid-cap stock risk. For a detailed discussion of these and other risks, please refer to the Fund's Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing.
In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements, which may concern, among other things, domestic and foreign market, industry and economic trends and developments and government regulation and their potential impact on the Fund's investments. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual trends, developments and regulations in the future, and their impact on the Fund could be materially different from those projected, anticipated or implied. The Fund has no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
The views of the Fund's management are as of the date of the letter and the Fund holdings described in this document are as of April 30, 2014; these views and Fund holdings may have changed subsequent to these dates. Nothing in this document is a recommendation to purchase or sell securities.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower.
2 Total return for the Fund's Class A shares from December 26, 2013, based on offering price (including maximum sales charge of 5.25%), was (5.12)%. Total return for the Fund's Class C shares through April 30, 2014, based on redemption value (including maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00%), was (1.20)%.
3 Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Index (the "MSCI Index")
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Returns as of April 30, 20141
| | Since Inception2 | |
Class I | | | 0.10 | % | |
Class A Without Sales Charge | | | 0.10 | % | |
Class A With Maximum Sales Charge | | | (5.12 | )% | |
Class C Without CDSC | | | (0.20 | )% | |
Class C With CDSC | | | (1.20 | )% | |
Returns represent past performance and include change in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Past performance cannot guarantee future results. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Returns and share price will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. The performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds.
The annualized gross expense ratios are 3.06% for Class I shares, 3.31% for Class A shares and 4.06% for Class C shares. The annualized net expense ratios after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements are 1.25% for Class I shares, 1.50% for Class A shares and 2.25% for Class C shares.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower. The Fund has entered into a written contract to limit expenses to 1.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares and 2.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares through at least February 28, 2015.
2 Inception Date December 26, 2013.
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Information About Your Fund's Expenses
As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section and which would result in higher total expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. The table is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period ended April 30, 2014.
The table illustrates your Fund's expenses in two ways:
• Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses 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 "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.
• Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds.
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Expenses and Value for a $1,000 Investment
for the period ended April 30, 2014
Actual Fund Return | | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Beginning Account Value 12/26/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,001.00 | | | $ | 1,001.00 | | | $ | 998.00 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 4.28 | | | $ | 5.14 | | | $ | 7.70 | | |
Hypothetical 5% Fund Return | |
Beginning Account Value 12/26/13 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,012.84 | | | $ | 1,011.99 | | | $ | 1,009.42 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 4.31 | | | $ | 5.17 | | | $ | 7.74 | | |
| | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Annualized Expense Ratios* | | | 1.25 | % | | | 1.50 | % | | | 2.25 | % | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year period, then divided by 365.
The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" and the "Annualized Expense Ratios" in the tables are based on actual expenses paid by the Fund during the period, net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. If those fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements had not been in effect, the Fund's actual expenses would have been higher.
For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.
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Sector Breakdown*
Financials | | | 20.3 | % | |
Information Technology | | | 15.9 | | |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 13.1 | | |
Energy | | | 8.7 | | |
Industrials | | | 8.3 | | |
Telecommunication Services | | | 8.0 | | |
Materials | | | 5.6 | | |
Commingled Fund | | | 5.1 | | |
Consumer Staples | | | 5.1 | | |
Utilities | | | 3.9 | | |
Short-Term Investment1 | | | 3.7 | | |
Health Care | | | 2.3 | | |
Total | | | 100.0 | % | |
* Expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding securities lending collateral if applicable) and may vary over time.
1 Primarily reflects cash invested in State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, for which the purchases of securities have been executed but not yet settled at April 30, 2014.
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Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS (88.0%) | |
BRAZIL (9.4%) | |
Commercial Banks (1.9%) | |
Banco do Brasil S.A. | | | 36,000 | | | $ | 377,082 | | |
Diversified Consumer Services (1.5%) | |
Kroton Educacional S.A. | | | 14,800 | | | | 316,270 | | |
Household Durables (1.5%) | |
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. | | | 23,400 | | | | 141,555 | | |
MRV Engenharia e Participacoes S.A. | | | 50,000 | | | | 157,945 | | |
| | | 299,500 | | |
Insurance (0.9%) | |
Porto Seguro S.A. | | | 13,100 | | | | 190,497 | | |
IT Services (0.8%) | |
Cielo S.A. | | | 8,800 | | | | 155,529 | | |
Metals & Mining (2.0%) | |
Vale S.A., ADR | | | 30,400 | | | | 401,888 | | |
Transportation Infrastructure (0.8%) | |
EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica S.A. | | | 28,000 | | | | 167,002 | | |
| | | 1,907,768 | | |
CHILE (1.5%) | |
Electric Utilities (1.5%) | |
Enersis S.A., ADR | | | 19,300 | | | | 310,730 | | |
CHINA (13.0%) | |
Commercial Banks (8.0%) | |
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Series H | | | 454,000 | | | | 190,449 | | |
Bank of China Ltd., Series H | | | 911,000 | | | | 402,567 | | |
China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Series H | | | 353,000 | | | | 210,871 | | |
China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Series H | | | 129,000 | | | | 130,151 | | |
Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, Series H | | | 273,000 | | | | 118,999 | | |
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Series H | | | 925,000 | | | | 551,515 | | |
| | | 1,604,552 | | |
Computers & Peripherals (0.5%) | |
Coolpad Group Ltd. | | | 240,000 | | | | 104,187 | | |
Construction & Engineering (1.1%) | |
China Communications Construction Co. Ltd., Series H | | | 339,000 | | | | 221,096 | | |
Internet Software & Services (0.8%) | |
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | | | 2,400 | | | | 151,168 | | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.2%) | |
WuXi PharmaTech Cayman, Inc., ADR* | | | 7,300 | | | | 248,200 | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (1.0%) | |
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Series H | | | 238,000 | | | | 210,672 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS | |
CHINA | |
Real Estate Management & Development (0.4%) | |
Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | 220,000 | | | $ | 88,212 | | |
| | | 2,628,087 | | |
COLOMBIA (1.4%) | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (1.4%) | |
Ecopetrol S.A., ADR | | | 7,400 | | | | 277,426 | | |
CYPRUS (0.5%) | |
Road & Rail (0.5%) | |
Globaltrans Investment PLC, GDR, Reg S | | | 10,800 | | | | 102,816 | | |
HONG KONG (5.1%) | |
Chemicals (0.5%) | |
Huabao International Holdings Ltd. | | | 207,000 | | | | 98,048 | | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.1%) | |
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.* | | | 27,000 | | | | 213,321 | | |
Industrial Conglomerates (1.2%) | |
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | | | 8,000 | | | | 109,758 | | |
Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd. | | | 3,500 | | | | 125,219 | | |
| | | 234,977 | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.7%) | |
CNOOC Ltd. | | | 91,000 | | | | 149,707 | | |
Real Estate Management & Development (1.2%) | |
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. | | | 46,000 | | | | 113,120 | | |
Shimao Property Holdings Ltd. | | | 62,500 | | | | 123,609 | | |
| | | 236,729 | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.4%) | |
China Mobile Ltd. | | | 9,500 | | | | 90,427 | | |
| | | 1,023,209 | | |
INDIA (2.8%) | |
Automobiles (1.2%) | |
Tata Motors Ltd., ADR | | | 6,600 | | | | 246,972 | | |
Commercial Banks (0.9%) | |
State Bank of India, GDR, Reg S | | | 2,800 | | | | 191,660 | | |
Pharmaceuticals (0.7%) | |
Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., ADR | | | 3,000 | | | | 135,210 | | |
| | | 573,842 | | |
INDONESIA (3.0%) | |
Food Products (1.9%) | |
Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT | | | 615,200 | | | | 376,338 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS | |
INDONESIA | |
Gas Utilities (1.1%) | |
Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk PT | | | 486,700 | | | $ | 224,784 | | |
| | | 601,122 | | |
JAPAN (0.4%) | |
Household Products (0.4%) | |
Pigeon Corp. | | | 2,000 | | | | 89,617 | | |
MEXICO (3.7%) | |
Metals & Mining (1.3%) | |
Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V., Series B | | | 89,400 | | | | 269,109 | | |
Transportation Infrastructure (1.2%) | |
OHL Mexico S.A.B. de C.V.* | | | 89,000 | | | | 236,626 | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services (1.2%) | |
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., Series L | | | 236,000 | | | | 237,821 | | |
| | | 743,556 | | |
NETHERLANDS (1.1%) | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services (1.1%) | |
VimpelCom Ltd., ADR | | | 27,000 | | | | 226,800 | | |
RUSSIA (4.3%) | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (4.3%) | |
Gazprom OAO, ADR | | | 24,000 | | | | 173,280 | | |
Lukoil OAO, ADR | | | 11,000 | | | | 582,120 | | |
NovaTek OAO* | | | 11,000 | | | | 105,377 | | |
| | | 860,777 | | |
SINGAPORE (0.8%) | |
Industrial Conglomerates (0.8%) | |
Sembcorp Industries Ltd. | | | 37,000 | | | | 158,637 | | |
SOUTH AFRICA (4.0%) | |
Food & Staples Retailing (1.3%) | |
The SPAR Group Ltd. | | | 22,677 | | | | 266,170 | | |
Specialty Retail (1.9%) | |
The Foschini Group Ltd. | | | 22,500 | | | | 232,302 | | |
Truworths International Ltd. | | | 19,000 | | | | 152,497 | | |
| | | 384,799 | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.8%) | |
MTN Group Ltd. | | | 7,500 | | | | 150,311 | | |
| | | 801,280 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS | |
SOUTH KOREA (13.6%) | |
Automobiles (4.1%) | |
Hyundai Motor Co. | | | 2,500 | | | $ | 557,416 | | |
Kia Motors Corp. | | | 5,000 | | | | 277,411 | | |
| | | 834,827 | | |
Construction & Engineering (1.4%) | |
Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd. | | | 3,600 | | | | 293,753 | | |
Insurance (1.1%) | |
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. | | | 7,300 | | | | 214,178 | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (3.1%) | |
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | | | 475 | | | | 619,381 | | |
Software (0.9%) | |
NCSoft Corp. | | | 900 | | | | 179,081 | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services (3.0%) | |
SK Telecom Co. Ltd. | | | 2,950 | | | | 610,812 | | |
| | | 2,752,032 | | |
TAIWAN (13.1%) | |
Commercial Banks (0.6%) | |
King's Town Bank | | | 124,000 | | | | 115,141 | | |
Computers & Peripherals (2.4%) | |
Asustek Computer, Inc. | | | 23,000 | | | | 237,798 | | |
Catcher Technology Co. Ltd. | | | 29,000 | | | | 244,863 | | |
| | | 482,661 | | |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (2.3%) | |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. | | | 163,000 | | | | 468,130 | | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.4%) | |
St Shine Optical Co. Ltd. | | | 4,300 | | | | 91,294 | | |
Personal Products (0.6%) | |
Grape King Bio Ltd. | | | 28,000 | | | | 125,553 | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (4.8%) | |
Hermes Microvision, Inc. | | | 4,000 | | | | 166,144 | | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | | 206,000 | | | | 809,447 | | |
| | | 975,591 | | |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (2.0%) | |
Eclat Textile Co. Ltd. | | | 36,100 | | | | 395,808 | | |
| | | 2,654,178 | | |
THAILAND (5.2%) | |
Chemicals (2.0%) | |
PTT Global Chemical PCL | | | 182,700 | | | | 393,799 | | |
Commercial Banks (0.9%) | |
Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR | | | 30,600 | | | | 178,465 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS | |
THAILAND | |
Food Products (0.9%) | |
Thai Union Frozen Products PCL | | | 87,200 | | | $ | 188,628 | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (1.4%) | |
PTT PCL | | | 30,000 | | | | 290,173 | | |
| | | 1,051,065 | | |
TURKEY (3.4%) | |
Construction & Engineering (0.7%) | |
Tekfen Holding A.S. | | | 52,300 | | | | 132,073 | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.7%) | |
Turk Telekomunikasyon A.S. | | | 114,000 | | | | 342,184 | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.0%) | |
Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi A.S. | | | 157,600 | | | | 206,375 | | |
| | | 680,632 | | |
UNITED KINGDOM (0.9%) | |
Insurance (0.9%) | |
Old Mutual PLC | | | 52,600 | | | | 177,808 | | |
UNITED STATES (0.8%) | |
Internet Software & Services (0.8%) | |
Sohu.com, Inc.* | | | 2,800 | | | | 154,476 | | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $17,859,583) | | | 17,775,858 | | |
PREFERRED STOCKS (5.2%) | |
BRAZIL (5.2%) | |
Commercial Banks (3.0%) | |
Banco Bradesco S.A. | | | 14,300 | | | | 212,361 | | |
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | | | 24,000 | | | | 395,177 | | |
| | | 607,538 | | |
Electric Utilities (1.4%) | |
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais | | | 35,900 | | | | 272,911 | | |
Machinery (0.8%) | |
Randon Participacoes S.A. | | | 50,500 | | | | 162,688 | | |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $862,491) | | | 1,043,137 | | |
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (5.2%) | |
FRANCE (2.5%) | |
Lyxor ETF MSCI India* | | | 36,050 | | | | 513,597 | | |
LUXEMBOURG (2.7%) | |
db x-trackers CNX Nifty UCITS ETF* | | | 4,825 | | | | 544,172 | | |
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $987,800) | | | 1,057,769 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | Par (000) | | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (3.8%) | |
State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, 0.010% 05/01/2014 (Cost $770,000) | | $ | 770 | | | $ | 770,000 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS AT VALUE (102.2%) (Cost $20,479,874) | | | 20,646,764 | | |
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-2.2%) | | | (450,610 | ) | |
NET ASSETS (100.0%) | | $ | 20,196,154 | | |
INVESTMENT ABBREVIATIONS
ADR = American Depositary Receipt
GDR = Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR = Non-Voting Depository Receipt
Reg S = Regulation S
* Non-income producing security.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Assets | |
Investments at value (Cost $20,479,874) (Note 2) | | $ | 20,646,764 | | |
Cash | | | 284 | | |
Dividend receivable | | | 78,906 | | |
Prepaid offering cost (Note 3) | | | 69,699 | | |
Receivable from investment adviser (Note 3) | | | 26,706 | | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 5,528 | | |
Total Assets | | | 20,827,887 | | |
Liabilities | |
Administrative services fee payable (Note 3) | | | 12,387 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fee payable (Note 3) | | | 1,040 | | |
Due to custodian for foreign currency at value (cost $261,679) | | | 256,541 | | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | 245,381 | | |
Trustees' fee payable | | | 8,375 | | |
Offering costs (Note 3) | | | 51,119 | | |
Accrued expenses | | | 56,890 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 631,733 | | |
Net Assets | |
Capital stock, $.001 par value (Note 6) | | | 2,017 | | |
Paid-in capital (Note 6) | | | 20,171,783 | | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | 37,747 | | |
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions | | | (187,282 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation from investments and foreign currency translations | | | 171,889 | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 20,196,154 | | |
I Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 18,099,045 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 1,807,476 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.01 | | |
A Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,099,193 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 109,862 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.01 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value/(1-5.25%)) | | $ | 10.56 | | |
C Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 997,916 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 100,000 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 9.98 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1
Investment Income (Note 2) | |
Dividends | | $ | 130,746 | | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | (5,130 | ) | |
Total investment income | | | 125,616 | | |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fees (Note 3) | | | 60,257 | | |
Administrative services fees (Note 3) | | | 18,208 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fees (Note 3) | |
Class A | | | 842 | | |
Class C | | | 3,337 | | |
Offering costs (Note 3) | | | 47,094 | | |
Legal fees | | | 27,433 | | |
Audit and tax fees | | | 20,523 | | |
Trustees' fees | | | 9,964 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 7,171 | | |
Printing fees (Note 3) | | | 5,106 | | �� |
Transfer agent fees (Note 3) | | | 2,914 | | |
Registration fees | | | 2,561 | | |
Insurance expense | | | 729 | | |
Commitment fees (Note 4) | | | 34 | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | 2,656 | | |
Total expenses | | | 208,829 | | |
Less: fees waived and expenses reimbursed (Note 3) | | | (120,960 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 87,869 | | |
Net investment income | | | 37,747 | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments and Foreign Currency Related Items | |
Net realized loss from investments | | | (175,334 | ) | |
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions | | | (11,948 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments | | | 166,890 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from foreign currency translations | | | 4,999 | | |
Net realized and unrealized loss from investments and foreign currency related items | | | (15,393 | ) | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 22,354 | | |
1 For the period December 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
From Operations | |
Net investment income | | $ | 37,747 | | |
Net realized loss from investments and foreign currency transactions | | | (187,282 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and foreign currency translations | | | 171,889 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 22,354 | | |
From Capital Share Transactions (Note 6) | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 20,173,800 | | |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | | | 20,173,800 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 20,196,154 | | |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | | | — | | |
End of period | | $ | 20,196,154 | | |
Undistributed net investment income | | $ | 37,747 | | |
1 For the period December 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class I Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout the Period)
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income2 | | | 0.02 | | |
Net loss on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.01 | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.01 | | |
Total return3 | | | 0.10 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 18,099 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.25 | %4 | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 0.62 | %4 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 1.81 | %4 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 22 | % | |
1 For the period December 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class A Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout the Period)
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment income2 | | | 0.01 | | |
Net gain on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.00 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.01 | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.01 | | |
Total return3 | | | 0.10 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 1,099 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.50 | %4 | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 0.45 | %4 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 1.81 | %4 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 22 | % | |
1 For the period December 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class C Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout the Period)
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Net loss on investments and foreign currency related items (both realized and unrealized) | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.02 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 9.98 | | |
Total return3 | | | (0.20 | )% | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 998 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 2.25 | %4 | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | (0.38 | )%4 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 1.81 | %4 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 22 | % | |
1 For the period December 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a diversified open-end management investment company seeks capital appreciation. The Trust was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as a business trust on May 31, 1995. The Fund commenced operations on December 26, 2013.
The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class I shares, Class A shares and Class C shares. Each class of shares represents an equal pro rata interest in the Fund, except they bear different expenses, which reflect the differences in the range of services provided to them. Class A shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge of up to 5.25%. Class C shares are sold subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within the first year of purchase.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A) SECURITY VALUATION — The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange is open for business. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost. Structured note agreements are valued in accordance with a dealer-supplied valuation
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
based on changes in the value of the underlying index. Forward contracts are valued at the London closing spot rates and the London closing forward point rates on a daily basis. The currency forward contract pricing model derives the differential in point rates to the expiration date of the forward and calculates its present value. The forward contracts are valued at the net of the present value and the spot rate and are generally categorized as Level 2. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") to fair value certain securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the investment adviser to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the investment adviser using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved and established by the Fund's Board.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP established a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2014 in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 4,773,110 | | | $ | 13,002,748 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 17,775,858 | | |
Preferred Stocks | | | 1,043,137 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,043,137 | | |
Exchange Traded Funds | | | 1,057,769 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,057,769 | | |
Short-term Investment | | | — | | | | 770,000 | | | | — | | | | 770,000 | | |
| | $ | 6,874,016 | | | $ | 13,772,748 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 20,646,764 | | |
The Fund follows Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") amendments to authoritative guidance which require the Fund to disclose details of transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements and Level 2 and Level 3 measurements and the reasons for the transfers. For the period ended April 30, 2014, there were no transfers in and out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. All transfers are assumed to occur at the end of the reporting period.
B) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES — The Fund adopted amendments to authoritative guidance on disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities which require that a fund disclose (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a fund's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. The Fund has not entered into any derivative or hedging activities during the period covered by this report.
C) FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS — The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the current prevailing exchange rates. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the current exchange rate at the end of the period. Translation gains or losses resulting from changes in the exchange rate during the reporting period and realized gains and losses on the settlement of foreign currency transactions are reported in the results of operations for the current period. The Fund does not isolate that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in equity securities which is due to changes in the foreign exchange rate from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
securities. The Fund isolates that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities which is due to changes in the foreign exchange rate from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities.
D) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME/EXPENSE — Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income/expense is recorded on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts using the effective interest method. Dividend income/expense is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain expenses are class-specific expenses, vary by class and are charged only to that class. Income, expenses (excluding class-specific expenses) and realized/unrealized gains/losses are allocated proportionately to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of the outstanding shares of that class. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.
E) DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. However, to the extent that a net realized capital gain can be reduced by a capital loss carryforward, such gain will not be distributed. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
F) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — No provision is made for federal taxes as it is the Fund's intention to continue to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and to make the requisite distributions to its shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve it from federal income and excise taxes.
In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. One of these requirements is that the Fund derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies or net income derived from interests in certain publicly traded partnerships ("Qualifying Income"). If the Fund is unable to ensure continued qualification as a RIC, the Fund may be required to change its investment
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
objective, policies or techniques, or may be liquidated. If the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income and capital gains at regular corporate rates (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and become subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the Fund would be subject to the risk of diminished returns.
The Fund adopted the authoritative guidance for uncertainty in income taxes and recognizes a tax benefit or liability from an uncertain position only if it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits and consideration of the relevant taxing authority's widely understood administrative practices and procedures. The Fund has reviewed its current tax positions and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements.
G) SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG, pools available cash into a short-term variable rate time deposit issued by State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"), the Fund's custodian. The short-term time deposit issued by SSB is a variable rate account classified as a short-term investment.
H) SECURITIES LENDING — Loans of securities are required at all times to be secured by collateral at least equal to 102% of the market value of domestic securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon) and 105% of the market value of foreign securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon). Cash collateral received by the Fund in connection with securities lending activity may be pooled together with cash collateral for other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse and may be invested in a variety of investments, including funds advised by SSB, the Fund's securities lending agent, or money market instruments. However, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
SSB has been engaged by the Fund to act as the Fund's securities lending agent. The Fund's securities lending arrangement provides that the Fund and SSB will share the net income earned from securities lending activities. During the period ended April 30, 2014, there were no securities out on loan. Securities lending income is accrued as earned.
I) OTHER — In the normal course of business the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (credit risk). Similar to credit risk, the Fund may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The extent of the Fund's exposure to credit and counterparty risks in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
J) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS — In preparing the financial statements as of April 30, 2014, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the date of release of this report. No such events requiring recognition or disclosure were identified through the date of the release of this report.
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse serves as investment adviser for the Fund. For its investment advisory services, Credit Suisse is entitled to receive a fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 0.90% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the period ended April 30, 2014, investment advisory fees earned and fee waived/expense reimbursed were $60,257 and $120,960, respectively. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than three years after the end of the fiscal year during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause a class to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees were limited or expenses are paid. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2015. Credit Suisse contractually waives fees and reimburses expenses so that the Fund's annual operating expenses will not exceed 1.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, and 2.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares.
Credit Suisse and SSB serve as co-administrators to the Fund. For its co-administrative services, Credit Suisse received a fee calculation at an annual rate of 0.09% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the period ended
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by Credit Suisse were $6,025.
For its co-administrative services, SSB receives a fee, exclusive of out-of-pocket expenses, calculated in total for all the Credit Suisse funds/portfolios co-administered by SSB and allocated based upon the relative average net assets of each fund/portfolio, subject to an annual minimum fee. For the period ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by SSB (including out-of-pocket expenses) with respect to the Fund were $12,183.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("CSSU"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, serves as distributor of the Fund's shares. Pursuant to distribution plans adopted by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, CSSU received fees for its distribution services. These fees were calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. For the Class C shares, the fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets. For the period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund paid Rule 12b-1 distribution fees of $842 for Class A shares and $3,337 for Class C shares. Class I shares are not subject to Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.
Certain brokers, dealers and financial representatives provide transfer agent related services to the Fund and receive compensation from the Fund. For the period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had no reimbursement to Credit Suisse.
For the period ended April 30, 2014, CSSU and its affiliates advised the Fund, that there was no retained commissions earned on the sale of the Fund's Class A shares.
Merrill Corporation ("Merrill"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, has been engaged by the Fund to provide certain financial printing services. For the period ended April 30, 2014, Merrill was paid $3,921 for its services by the Fund. This amount was included in the printing fees presented on the Statement of Operations.
Offering costs, including initial registration cost, were deferred and will be charged to expenses over the Fund's first 12 months of operation. For the period ended April 30, 2014, $47,094 has been expensed to the Fund.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse (collectively, the "Participating Funds"), participates in a committed, unsecured line of credit facility ("Credit Facility"), in an aggregated amount of $20 million ($200 million effective June 4, 2014) for temporary or emergency purposes with SSB. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the Participating Funds pay an aggregate commitment fee on the average unused amount of the Credit Facility, which is allocated among the Participating Funds in such manner as is determined by the governing Boards of the Participating Funds. In addition, the Participating Funds pay interest on borrowings at either the Overnight Federal Funds rate or the Overnight LIBOR rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2014, and during the period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility.
On May 20, 2014, the Board approved to increase the credit facility from $20 million to $200 million effective June 4, 2014.
Note 5. Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the period ended April 30, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) were $23,365,505 and $3,480,296, respectively.
At April 30, 2014, the cost of investments (excluding foreign currency related transactions) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:
Cost of investments | | $ | 20,479,874 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | $ | 1,182,118 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | | | (1,015,228 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | $ | 166,890 | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value per share. The Fund offers Class I, Class A and Class C shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class of the Fund were as follows:
| | Class I | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 1,807,476 | | | $ | 18,073,800 | | |
Net increase | | | 1,807,476 | | | $ | 18,073,800 | | |
| | Class A | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 109,862 | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | |
Net increase | | | 109,862 | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | |
| | Class C | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 100,000 | | | $ | 1,000,000 | | |
Net increase | | | 100,000 | | | $ | 1,000,000 | | |
1 For the period December 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
On April 30, 2014, the number of shareholders that held 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Fund was as follows:
| | Number of Shareholders | | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Shares | |
Class I | | | 1 | * | | | 100 | % | |
Class A | | | 2 | * | | | 100 | % | |
Class C | | | 1 | * | | | 100 | % | |
*This includes the seed money from Merchant Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Credit Suisse.
Some of the shareholders are omnibus accounts, which hold shares on behalf of individual shareholders.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
In the normal course of business, the Fund may provide general indemnifications pursuant to certain contracts and organizational documents. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
Note 8. Other Matters
On May 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (the "Department of Justice") filed a one-count criminal information (the "Information") in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia charging Credit Suisse AG ("CSAG") with conspiracy to commit tax fraud related to accounts CSAG established for cross-border clients. The Department of Justice and CSAG entered into a plea agreement (the "Plea Agreement") settling the action pursuant to which CSAG pleaded guilty to the charge set out in the Information.
The Plea Agreement requires CSAG to pay over $1.8 billion to the U.S. government, including the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Plea Agreement also requires CSAG to lawfully undertake certain remedial actions to address the conduct described in the Plea Agreement.
CSAG has entered into other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Reserve Board (the "Federal Reserve") to resolve certain findings by the Federal Reserve, including that the activities of CSAG regarding opening of foreign accounts for U.S. taxpayers, provision of investment services to U.S. clients, and operation of CSAG's New York representative office prior to 2009 lacked adequate enterprise-wide risk management and compliance policies and procedures sufficient to ensure that all of its activities comply with U.S. laws and regulations. In addition, CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS") to resolve the DFS's investigation into the conduct described in the Plea Agreement. The settlement with the Federal Reserve requires CSAG to pay $100 million to the Federal Reserve, and the settlement with the DFS requires CSAG to pay $715 million to the DFS.
These settlements follow a settlement by Credit Suisse Group AG ("CS Group"), the parent company of CSAG, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 21, 2014 to resolve an
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
investigation by the Commission into solicitation and provision of broker-dealer and investment advisory services to certain U.S. cross-border clients by CS Group while not registered with the Commission as a broker-dealer or investment adviser. As part of the settlement, CS Group retained an independent consultant to evaluate its policies and procedures and examine its broker-dealer and investment adviser activities to fully verify that the business that was the subject of the Commission investigation has been completely exited. CS Group also agreed to pay $196,511,014, which includes $82,170,990 in disgorgement, $64,340,024 in interest and a $50,000,000 penalty.
CSAG is the indirect parent company of Credit Suisse and CSSU. Neither Credit Suisse, CSSU nor the Fund was named in the Plea Agreement (as defined below) or other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. The conduct set out in the Plea Agreement did not involve the Fund, Credit Suisse or CSSU with respect to its investment adviser and distribution activities relating to the Fund.
Credit Suisse, CSSU and certain of their affiliates have received a permanent exemptive order from the Commission to permit them to continue serving as investment advisers and principal underwriters for U.S.-registered investment companies, such as the Fund. Due to a provision in the law governing the operation of U.S.-registered investment companies, they would otherwise have become ineligible to perform these activities as a result of the plea in the Plea Agreement. The permanent exemptive order permits Credit Suisse and CSSU to continue to provide services to the Fund, so long as, among other things, no current or former employee of CSAG or any affiliate of CSAG who previously has been or who subsequently may be identified by CSAG or any U.S. or non-U.S. regulatory or enforcement agencies as having been responsible for the conduct described in the Plea Agreement will be employed by Credit Suisse and certain of its affiliates. Credit Suisse and CSSU have informed the Fund that Credit Suisse and CSSU believe the Settlements will not have any material impact on the Fund or on the ability of Credit Suisse or CSSU to perform services for the Fund.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited)
At Credit Suisse, we know that you are concerned with how we protect and handle nonpublic personal information that identifies you. This notice is designed to help you understand what nonpublic personal information we collect from you and from other sources, and how we use that information in connection with your investments and investment choices that may be available to you. Except where otherwise noted, this notice is applicable only to consumers who are current or former investors, meaning individual persons whose investments are primarily for household, family or personal use ("individual investors"). Specified sections of this notice, however, also apply to other types of investors (called "institutional investors"). Where the notice applies to institutional investors, the notice expressly states so. This notice is being provided by Credit Suisse Funds and Credit Suisse Closed-End Funds. This notice applies solely to U.S. registered investment companies advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited) (continued)
• We want our investors to be informed about additional products or services. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information relating to individual investors to our affiliates for marketing purposes, nor do we use such information received from our affiliates to solicit individual investors for such purposes. Whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we may disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, regarding our transactions and experiences with you to our affiliates.
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This notice is not intended to be incorporated in any offering materials, but is a statement of our current Notice of Privacy and Information Practices and may be amended from time to time. This notice is current as of March 31, 2014.
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Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information (unaudited)
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30 of each year, as well as the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to its portfolio securities are available:
• By calling 1-877-870-2874
• On the Fund's website, www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds
• On the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund's Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.
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CREDIT SUISSE FUNDS
Semiannual Report
April 30, 2014
(unaudited)
n CREDIT SUISSE
VOLARIS US STRATEGIES FUND
The Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses (which should be considered carefully before investing), and more complete information about the Fund, are provided in the Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain additional copies by calling 877-870-2874 or by writing to Credit Suisse Funds, P.O. Box 55030, Boston, MA 02205-5030.
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Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should be aware that they may be eligible to purchase Class I shares (where offered) directly or through certain intermediaries. Such shares are not subject to a sales charge. Investors in the Credit Suisse Funds should also be aware that they may be eligible for a reduction or waiver of the sales charge with respect to Class A or C shares (where offered). For more information, please review the relevant prospectuses or consult your financial representative.
Fund shares are not deposits or other obligations of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC ("Credit Suisse") or any affiliate, are not FDIC-insured and are not guaranteed by Credit Suisse or any affiliate. Fund investments are subject to investment risks, including loss of your investment.
Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
June 23, 2014
Dear shareholder:
We are pleased to present this One-Month Report covering the activities of the Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund (the "Fund"), for the one-month period ended April 30, 2014.
Performance Summary
03/31/14 – 04/30/14
Fund & Benchmark | | Performance | |
Class I1,4 | | | 0.70 | % | |
Class A1,2 | | | 0.60 | % | |
Class C1,2 | | | 0.60 | % | |
S&P 500 Total Return Index3 | | | 0.74 | % | |
Performance shown for the Fund's Class A and Class C Shares does not reflect sales charges, which are a maximum of 5.25% and 1.00%, respectively.2
Market Review:
The one-month period ended April 30, 2014 was an interesting period for volatility, with the S&P 500 Total Return Index, the Fund's benchmark, returning 0.74%.
S&P 500 realized volatility was 13.09% over the month, an increase of 2.64% over the March level. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX), a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 index options, ended the month at 13.41 – 0.47 below the March month end value of 13.88. Based on closing levels, the S&P 500 Index experienced a range of 4.02% in April, compared with the 1.99% range in March
Volatility increased in the first half of April with multiple days of S&P 500 Index returns exceeding 1% and the Index losing up to 3% from the March month end value. Short-term (5-day) return volatility far exceeded VIX levels for four consecutive days. As the Index subsequently rose, VIX decreased rapidly and volatility stabilized. The month end Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) economic assessment balanced the disappointing GDP report and mixed labor indicators with references to adverse weather conditions and household spending increases.
Portfolio Review and Outlook: A positive first month
The Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund commenced operations on March 31, 2014. The Fund seeks total return. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, in equity securities and other financial instruments that provide exposure to the S&P 500
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Total Return Index (the "Total Return Index") (the "index exposure strategy"), combined with actively managed options overlay strategies. These strategies are intended to provide the Fund with returns exceeding those of the Total Return Index over a full market cycle, while limiting downside risk and improving returns during periods of significant, extreme downward market movement. The Total Return Index assumes reinvestment of all dividends paid by the issuers in the S&P 500 Index, which is a market capitalization-weighted price index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market ("the S&P 500 Index").
To implement the index exposure strategy, the Fund purchases and writes (sells) S&P 500 Index options and futures, and invests in stocks and ETFs that provide exposure to the S&P 500 Index. The value of the Fund's S&P 500 Index options and futures positions is intended to closely track changes in the value of the S&P 500 Index. The Fund typically seeks to gain long exposure to the S&P 500 Index in an amount approximately equal to the Fund's net assets. The Fund's use of S&P 500 Index options and futures enables the Fund to obtain exposure to the S&P 500 Index with a fraction of the assets that would otherwise be needed if the Fund were to obtain such exposure solely through a direct investment in the stocks that comprise the S&P 500 Index or in a representative sample of such stocks. This provides the Fund with the ability to invest a greater portion of its assets in options and futures as part of its options overlay strategies and in fixed income securities that serve as collateral for the Fund's options and futures positions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of U.S. issuers. For a more complete discussion of Fund strategy, please refer to the Fund's Prospectus.
For the one-month period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund slightly underperformed the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Dynamic Volatility (DV), the component of the Fund that seeks to benefit from short or long exposures to volatility, contributed positively to performance, although it was offset by the negative contribution arising from the Tail-Risk Hedging (TRH) component and management fees.
The fund maintained its target exposure to the S&P Total Return Index (100%), Tail-Risk Hedging Strategy (100%), and the Dynamic Volatility Strategy (50%).
The Credit Suisse Volaris Investment Team
Vivek Kapoor
Timothy Knowles
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
The Fund is non-diversified, which means it may invest a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified mutual fund and may therefore be subject to greater volatility. The Fund's investment in alternative instruments may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investment in traditional securities, particularly in investments involving leverage.
The use of alternative assets and strategies entails substantial risks, including risk of loss of principal, credit risk, derivatives risk, equity exposure risk, exchange traded funds risk, exposure risk, fixed income risk, futures contracts risk, index/tracking error risk, interest rate risk, market risk, leveraging risk, options risk, short position risk, strategy risk and U.S. government securities risk. For a detailed discussion of these and other risks, please refer to the Fund's Prospectus, which should be read carefully before investing.
In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements, which may concern, among other things, domestic and foreign market, industry and economic trends and developments and government regulation and their potential impact on the Fund's investments. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual trends, developments and regulations in the future, and their impact on the Fund could be materially different from those projected, anticipated or implied. The Fund has no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
The views of the Fund's management are as of the date of the letter and the Fund holdings described in this document are as of April 30, 2014; these views and Fund holdings may have changed subsequent to these dates. Nothing in this document is a recommendation to purchase or sell securities.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower.
2 Total return for the Fund's Class A shares from March 31, 2014 (Inception Date) through April 30, 2014, based on offering price (including maximum sales charge of 5.25%), was (4.64)%. Total return for the Fund's Class C shares from March 31, 2014 (Inception Date) through April 30, 2014, based on redemption value (including maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00%), was (0.40)%.
3 The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is an unmanaged index (with no defined investment objective) of common stocks, includes reinvestment of dividends, and is a registered trademark of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Investors. An index does not have transaction costs; investors may not invest directly in an index.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Returns as of April 30, 20141
| | Since Inception2 | |
Class I | | | 0.70 | %3 | |
Class A Without Sales Charge | | | 0.60 | % | |
Class A With Maximum Sales Charge | | | (4.64 | )% | |
Class C Without CDSC | | | 0.60 | % | |
Class C With CDSC | | | (0.40 | )% | |
Returns represent past performance and include change in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Past performance cannot guarantee future results. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Returns and share price will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. The performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds.
The annualized gross expense ratios are 2.97% for Class I shares, 3.22% for Class A shares and 3.97% for Class C shares. The annualized net expense ratios after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements are 1.30% for Class I shares, 1.55% for Class A shares and 2.30% for Class C shares.
1 Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may reduce expenses for the Fund, without which performance would be lower. The Fund has entered into a written contract to limit expenses to 1.30% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.55% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares and 2.30% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares through at least February 28, 2015.
2 Inception Date March 31, 2014.
3 Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset values for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns for shareholder transactions.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Information About Your Fund's Expenses
As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section and which would result in higher total expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. The table is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period ended April 30, 2014.
The table illustrates your Fund's expenses in two ways:
• Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses 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 "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.
• Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Semiannual Investment Adviser's Report (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Expenses and Value for a $1,000 Investment
for the period ended April 30, 2014
Actual Fund Return | | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Beginning Account Value 4/01/14 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,007.00 | | | $ | 1,006.00 | | | $ | 1,006.00 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 1.07 | | | $ | 1.28 | | | $ | 1.90 | | |
Hypothetical 5% Fund Return | |
Beginning Account Value 4/01/14 | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | |
Ending Account Value 04/30/14 | | $ | 1,003.04 | | | $ | 1,002.84 | | | $ | 1,002.22 | | |
Expenses Paid per $1,000* | | $ | 1.07 | | | $ | 1.28 | | | $ | 1.89 | | |
| | Class I | | Class A | | Class C | |
Annualized Expense Ratios* | | | 1.30 | % | | | 1.55 | % | | | 2.30 | % | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period, then divided by 365.
The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" and the "Annualized Expense Ratios" in the tables are based on actual expenses paid by the Fund during the period, net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. If those fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements had not been in effect, the Fund's actual expenses would have been higher.
For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.
Sector Breakdown*
United States Agency Obligations | | | 84.02 | % | |
Options Purchased | | | 3.21 | | |
Short-term Investment1 | | | 12.77 | | |
Total | | | 100.00 | % | |
* Expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding securities lending collateral if applicable) and may vary over time.
1 Primarily reflects cash invested in State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit, for which the purchases of securities have been executed but not yet settled at April 30, 2014.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Number of Contracts | | | | | | | | | | Value | |
OPTIONS PURCHASED (4.2%) | | | |
Call Purchased Options (3.7%) | | | |
| 14 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,835, expires 05/02/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 67,620 | | |
| 12 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,870, expires 05/02/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22,140 | | |
| 166 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,970, expires 05/02/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 415 | | |
| 18 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,860, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 57,042 | | |
| 7 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,865, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19,600 | | |
| 34 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,880, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 63,240 | | |
| 91 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $2,000, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 910 | | |
| 17 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,875, expires 05/23/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36,325 | | |
| 166 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,970, expires 05/23/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,980 | | |
| 170 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,955, expires 05/30/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18,700 | | |
| 1 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,850, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,280 | | |
| 12 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,855, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 57,360 | | |
| 134 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,865, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 548,998 | | |
| 2 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,880, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,600 | | |
| 122 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $2,040, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,440 | | |
| 124 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $2,010, expires 07/19/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26,040 | | |
| | | 937,690 | | |
Put Purchased Options (0.5%) | | | |
| 13 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,840, expires 05/02/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 715 | | |
| 8 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,845, expires 05/02/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 600 | | |
| 91 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,510, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 683 | | |
| 7 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,830, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,500 | | |
| 11 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,835, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,105 | | |
| 17 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,850, expires 05/17/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13,430 | | |
| 83 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,650, expires 05/23/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,225 | | |
| 9 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,820, expires 05/23/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,570 | | |
| 2 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,840, expires 05/23/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,160 | | |
| 10 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,850, expires 05/23/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11,500 | | |
| 170 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,685, expires 05/30/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25,840 | | |
| 91 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,525, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,100 | | |
| 85 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,550, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,200 | | |
| 15 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,815, expires 06/21/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26,175 | | |
| 95 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,480, expires 07/19/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14,250 | | |
| | | 137,053 | | |
TOTAL OPTIONS PURCHASED (Cost $1,466,471) | | | 1,074,743 | | |
Par (000) | |
| | Ratings (S&P/Moody's) | | Maturity | | Rate% | |
| |
UNITED STATES AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (111.8%) | | | |
$ | 5,625 | | | United States Treasury Bills | | (AA+, Aaa) | | 05/01/14 | | | 0.020 | | | | 5,625,000 | | |
| 5,625 | | | United States Treasury Bills | | (AA+, Aaa) | | 05/29/14 | | | 0.015 | | | | 5,624,927 | | |
| 5,625 | | | United States Treasury Bills | | (AA+, Aaa) | | 06/05/14 | | | 0.012 | | | | 5,624,966 | | |
| 5,625 | | | United States Treasury Bills | | (AA+, Aaa) | | 06/26/14 | | | 0.010 | | | | 5,624,932 | | |
| 5,625 | | | United States Treasury Bills | | (AA+, Aaa) | | 07/03/14 | | | 0.000 | | | | 5,624,899 | | |
TOTAL UNITED STATES AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $28,124,680) | | | 28,124,724 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Par (000) | |
| | | | Maturity | | Rate% | | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (17.0%) | |
$ | 4,273 | | | State Street Bank and Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit (Cost $4,273,000) | | | | | | 05/01/14 | | | 0.010 | | | $ | 4,273,000 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS AT VALUE (133.0%) (Cost $33,864,151) | | | 33,472,467 | | |
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-33.0%) | | | (8,310,603 | ) | |
NET ASSETS (100.0%) | | $ | 25,161,864 | | |
† Credit ratings given by the Standard & Poor's Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") are unaudited.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Assets | |
Investments at value (Cost $33,864,151) (Note 2) | | $ | 33,472,467 | | |
Cash segregated held at brokers for written options | | | 884,907 | | |
Receivable for investments sold | | | 41,798 | | |
Receivable from investment adviser (Note 3) | | | 13,746 | | |
Prepaid offering costs (Note 3) | | | 94,579 | | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 1,441 | | |
Total Assets | | | 34,508,938 | | |
Liabilities | |
Administrative services fee payable (Note 3) | | | 7,680 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fee payable (Note 3) | | | 1,022 | | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | 5,686,213 | | |
Due to custodian | | | 1,771,524 | | |
Outstanding written options, at value (Proceeds $2,447,144) (Note 2) | | | 1,755,066 | | |
Offering costs (Note 3) | | | 84,119 | | |
Trustees' fee payable | | | 2,383 | | |
Accrued expenses | | | 39,067 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 9,347,074 | | |
Net Assets | |
Capital stock, $.001 par value (Note 6) | | | 2,500 | | |
Paid-in capital (Note 6) | | | 25,001,500 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | | (27,251 | ) | |
Accumulated net realized loss on written options | | | (115,279 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation from investments and written options | | | 300,394 | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 25,161,864 | | |
I Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 23,146,166 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 2,300,000 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.06 | | |
A Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,006,148 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 100,000 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.06 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value/(1-5.25%)) | | $ | 10.62 | | |
C Shares | |
Net assets | | $ | 1,009,550 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 100,400 | | |
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | | $ | 10.06 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1
Investment Income (Note 2) | |
Interest | | $ | 337 | | |
Total investment income | | | 337 | | |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fees (Note 3) | | | 20,435 | | |
Administrative services fees (Note 3) | | | 7,680 | | |
Shareholder servicing/Distribution fees (Note 3) | |
Class A | | | 204 | | |
Class C | | | 818 | | |
Offering costs (Note 3) | | | 15,421 | | |
Audit and tax fees | | | 7,009 | | |
Legal fees | | | 4,110 | | |
Trustees' fees | | | 2,383 | | |
Printing fees (Note 3) | | | 1,752 | | |
Registration fees | | | 525 | | |
Transfer agent fees (Note 3) | | | 288 | | |
Insurance expense | | | 280 | | |
Commitment fees (Note 4) | | | 8 | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | 856 | | |
Total expenses | | | 61,769 | | |
Less: fees waived and expenses reimbursed (Note 3) | | | (34,181 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 27,588 | | |
Net investment loss | | | (27,251 | ) | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Investments and Written Options | |
Net realized loss from written options | | | (115,279 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments | | | (391,684 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from written options | | | 692,078 | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain from investments and written options | | | 185,115 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 157,864 | | |
1 For the period March 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
From Operations | |
Net investment loss | | $ | (27,251 | ) | |
Net realized loss from investments and written options | | | (115,279 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and written options | | | 300,394 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 157,864 | | |
From Capital Share Transactions (Note 6) | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 25,004,000 | | |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | | | 25,004,000 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 25,161,864 | | |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | | | — | | |
End of period | | $ | 25,161,864 | | |
Accumulated net investment loss | | $ | (27,251 | ) | |
1 For the period March 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
(For a Class I Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout the Period)
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Net gain on investments and written options (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.07 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.06 | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.063 | | |
Total return4 | | | 0.70 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 23,146 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.30 | %5 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (1.28 | )%5 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 1.67 | %5 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 0 | % | |
1 For the period March 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset values for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns for shareholder transactions.
4 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
5 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
(For a Class A Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout the Period)
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.01 | ) | |
Net gain on investments and written options (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.07 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.06 | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.06 | | |
Total return3 | | | 0.60 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 1,006 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 1.55 | %4 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (1.53 | )%4 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 1.67 | %4 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 0 | % | |
1 For the period March 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Financial Highlights
(For a Class C Share of the Fund Outstanding Throughout the Period)
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
Per share data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.00 | | |
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
Net investment loss2 | | | (0.02 | ) | |
Net gain on investments and written options (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.08 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.06 | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.06 | | |
Total return3 | | | 0.60 | % | |
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 1,010 | | |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | | 2.30 | %4 | |
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | | | (2.28 | )%4 | |
Decrease reflected in above operating expense ratios due to waivers/reimbursements | | | 1.67 | %4 | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 0 | % | |
1 For the period March 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
2 Per share information is calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and no sales charge. Had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown, total returns would have been lower. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
4 Annualized.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Credit Suisse Volaris US Strategies Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a non-diversified open-end management investment company seeks total return. The Trust was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as a business trust on May 31, 1995. The Fund commenced operations on March 31, 2014.
The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class I shares, Class A shares and Class C shares. Each class of shares represents an equal pro rata interest in the Fund, except they bear different expenses, which reflect the differences in the range of services provided to them. Class A shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge of up to 5.25%. Class C shares are sold subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within the first year of purchase.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A) SECURITY VALUATION — The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") on each day the Exchange is open for business. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost. Structured note agreements are valued in accordance with a dealer-supplied valuation based on changes in the value of the underlying index. Option contracts on securities, currencies, indices, futures contracts, swaps
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
and other instruments are valued at the mid-point between the last bid and ask quotations as of the close of trading on the exchange which the option is traded. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Forward contracts are valued at the London closing spot rates and the London closing forward point rates on a daily basis. The currency forward contract pricing model derives the differential in point rates to the expiration date of the forward and calculates its present value. The forward contracts are valued at the net of the present value and the spot rate and are generally categorized as Level 2. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") to fair value certain securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the investment adviser to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the investment adviser using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved and established by the Fund's Board.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP established a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2014 in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
Investments in Securities | |
United States Agency Obligations | | $ | — | | | $ | 28,124,724 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 28,124,724 | | |
Options Purchased | | | 1,074,743 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,074,743 | | |
Short-term Investment | | | — | | | | 4,273,000 | | | | — | | | | 4,273,000 | | |
Other Financial Instrument* | |
Written Options | | | (1,755,066 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (1,755,066 | ) | |
| | $ | (680,323 | ) | | $ | 32,397,724 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 31,717,401 | | |
*Other financial instruments include written options, at value.
The Fund follows Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") amendments to authoritative guidance which require the Fund to disclose details of transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements and Level 2 and Level 3 measurements and the reasons for the transfers. For the period ended April 30, 2014, there were no transfers in and out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. All transfers are assumed to occur at the end of the reporting period.
B) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES — The Fund adopted amendments to authoritative guidance on disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities which require that a fund disclose (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a fund's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. For the period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund's derivatives did not qualify for hedge accounting as they are held at fair value.
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of April 30, 2014
| | Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives | |
| | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | | Balance Sheet Location | | Fair Value | |
Equity Contracts | | Purchased options, at value | | $ | 1,074,743 | | | Outstanding written options, at value | | $ | 1,755,066 | * | |
*Written options are reported at market value.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
| | Location | | Realized Gain (Loss) | | Location | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Equity Contracts | | Net realized loss from written options | | $ | (115,279 | ) | | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from written options | | $ | 692,078 | | |
The notional amounts of written options at each month end throughout the reporting period averaged approximately 9.7% of net assets of the Fund.
C) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME/ EXPENSE — Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income/expense is recorded on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts using the effective interest method. Dividend income/expense is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain expenses are class-specific expenses, vary by class and are charged only to that class. Income, expenses (excluding class-specific expenses) and realized/unrealized gains/losses are allocated proportionately to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of the outstanding shares of that class. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.
D) DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. However, to the extent that a net realized capital gain can be reduced by a capital loss carryforward, such gain will not be distributed. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
E) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — No provision is made for federal taxes as it is the Fund's intention to continue to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and to make the requisite distributions to its shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve it from federal income and excise taxes.
In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, the Fund must meet certain requirements regarding the source of its income, the diversification of its assets and the distribution of its income. One of these requirements is that the Fund derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from dividends,
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies or net income derived from interests in certain publicly traded partnerships ("Qualifying Income"). If the Fund is unable to ensure continued qualification as a RIC, the Fund may be required to change its investment objective, policies or techniques, or may be liquidated. If the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on its net income and capital gains at regular corporate rates (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC and become subject to federal income tax, shareholders of the Fund would be subject to the risk of diminished returns.
The Fund adopted the authoritative guidance for uncertainty in income taxes and recognizes a tax benefit or liability from an uncertain position only if it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits and consideration of the relevant taxing authority's widely understood administrative practices and procedures. The Fund has reviewed its current tax positions and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements.
F) SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG, pools available cash into a short-term variable rate time deposit issued by State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"), the Fund's custodian. The short-term time deposit issued by SSB is a variable rate account classified as a short-term investment.
G) OPTION CONTRACTS — The Fund will enter into options contracts to gain exposure to risk volatility based assets. When the Fund purchases an option, it pays a premium and the option is subsequently marked to market to reflect current value. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium paid.
When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the net premium received (the premium less commission) is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value. Net premiums received for written options which expire are treated as realized gains. Net premiums received for
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
written options which are exercised or closed are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying instrument or closing purchase transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. The Fund, as writer of a written option, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the instrument underlying the written option.
Exchange-traded options have standardized contracts and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment guaranteed by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund are limited. Over-the-counter options are subject to the risk that the counterparty is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the option. At April 30, 2014, the Fund had the following written options and the amount of restricted cash held at brokers was $884,907:
Number of Contracts | | Call Written Options | | Expiration Date | | Premiums Received | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
| 13 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,840 | | 05/02/14 | | $ | 36,195 | | | $ | (58,357 | ) | | $ | (22,162 | ) | |
| 8 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,845 | | 05/02/14 | | | 23,330 | | | | (32,016 | ) | | | (8,686 | ) | |
| 78 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,915 | | 05/02/14 | | | 79,273 | | | | (1,560 | ) | | | 77,713 | | |
| 7 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,830 | | 05/17/14 | | | 22,605 | | | | (39,200 | ) | | | (16,595 | ) | |
| 11 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,835 | | 05/17/14 | | | 35,631 | | | | (55,880 | ) | | | (20,249 | ) | |
| 17 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,850 | | 05/17/14 | | | 55,792 | | | | (65,450 | ) | | | (9,658 | ) | |
| 44 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,900 | | 05/17/14 | | | 77,225 | | | | (36,520 | ) | | | 40,705 | | |
| 9 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,820 | | 05/23/14 | | | 32,996 | | | | (59,400 | ) | | | (26,404 | ) | |
| 2 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,840 | | 05/23/14 | | | 6,826 | | | | (9,650 | ) | | | (2,824 | ) | |
| 10 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,850 | | 05/23/14 | | | 24,342 | | | | (42,100 | ) | | | (17,758 | ) | |
| 83 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,900 | | 05/23/14 | | | 106,634 | | | | (86,984 | ) | | | 19,650 | | |
| 85 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,900 | | 05/30/14 | | | 84,933 | | | | (116,450 | ) | | | (31,517 | ) | |
| 15 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,815 | | 06/21/14 | | | 69,738 | | | | (118,050 | ) | | | (48,312 | ) | |
| 44 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,930 | | 06/21/14 | | | 71,465 | | | | (40,040 | ) | | | 31,425 | | |
| 45 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,880 | | 07/19/14 | | | 107,631 | | | | (179,190 | ) | | | (71,559 | ) | |
| | $ | (106,231 | ) | |
Number of Contracts | | Put Written Options | | Expiration Date | | Premiums Received | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
| 14 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,835 | | 05/02/14 | | $ | 40,055 | | | $ | (700 | ) | | $ | 39,355 | | |
| 12 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,870 | | 05/02/14 | | | 27,351 | | | | (3,840 | ) | | | 23,511 | | |
| 44 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,750 | | 05/17/14 | | | 27,025 | | | | (3,960 | ) | | | 23,065 | | |
| 18 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,860 | | 05/17/14 | | | 47,025 | | | | (18,270 | ) | | | 28,755 | | |
| 7 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,865 | | 05/17/14 | | | 16,256 | | | | (8,540 | ) | | | 7,716 | | |
| 34 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,880 | | 05/17/14 | | | 85,743 | | | | (58,480 | ) | | | 27,263 | | |
| 83 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,800 | | 05/23/14 | | | 146,826 | | | | (35,275 | ) | | | 111,551 | | |
| 17 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,875 | | 05/23/14 | | | 37,607 | | | | (38,136 | ) | | | (529 | ) | |
| 85 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,800 | | 05/30/14 | | | 104,908 | | | | (53,550 | ) | | | 51,358 | | |
| 85 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,730 | | 06/21/14 | | | 198,357 | | | | (58,735 | ) | | | 139,622 | | |
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Number of Contracts | | Put Written Options | | Expiration Date | | Premiums Received | | Current Value | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
| 44 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,780 | | 06/21/14 | | $ | 81,585 | | | $ | (45,628 | ) | | $ | 35,957 | | |
| 1 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,850 | | 06/21/14 | | | 4,252 | | | | (2,305 | ) | | | 1,947 | | |
| 12 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,855 | | 06/21/14 | | | 49,311 | | | | (31,080 | ) | | | 18,231 | | |
| 134 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,865 | | 06/21/14 | | | 592,844 | | | | (385,920 | ) | | | 206,924 | | |
| 2 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,880 | | 06/21/14 | | | 8,698 | | | | (6,800 | ) | | | 1,898 | | |
| 45 | | | S&P 500 Index, Strike @ $1,750 | | 07/19/14 | | | 144,685 | | | | (63,000 | ) | | | 81,685 | | |
| | $ | 798,309 | | |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | $ | 692,078 | | |
For the period ended April 30, 2014, transactions for written options on securities, interest rate swaps and futures were as follows:
| | Number of Contracts | | Premium Received | |
Written Options, outstanding as of October 31, 2013 | | | 0 | | | $ | 0 | | |
Options written | | | 1,481 | | | | 2,979,411 | | |
Options closed | | | (365 | ) | | | (519,473 | ) | |
Options exercised | | | — | | | | — | | |
Options expired | | | (8 | ) | | | (12,794 | ) | |
Written Options, outstanding as of April 30, 2014 | | | 1,108 | | | $ | 2,447,144 | | |
H) SECURITIES LENDING — Loans of securities are required at all times to be secured by collateral at least equal to 102% of the market value of domestic securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon) and 105% of the market value of foreign securities on loan (including any accrued interest thereon). Cash collateral received by the Fund in connection with securities lending activity may be pooled together with cash collateral for other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse and may be invested in a variety of investments, including funds advised by SSB, the Fund's securities lending agent, or money market instruments. However, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
SSB has been engaged by the Fund to act as the Fund's securities lending agent. The Fund's securities lending arrangement provides that the Fund and SSB will share the net income earned from securities lending activities. During the period ended April 30, 2014, there were no securities out on loan. Securities lending income is accrued as earned.
I) OTHER — In the normal course of business the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (credit risk). Similar to credit risk, the Fund may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The extent of the Fund's exposure to credit and counterparty risks in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
J) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS — In preparing the financial statements as of April 30, 2014, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the date of release of this report. No such events requiring recognition or disclosure were identified through the date of the release of this report.
Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
Credit Suisse serves as investment adviser for the Fund. For its investment advisory services, Credit Suisse is entitled to receive a fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the period ended April 30, 2014, investment advisory fees earned and voluntarily waived and reimbursed were $20,435 and $34,181, respectively. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Credit Suisse for management fees previously limited and/or for expenses previously paid by Credit Suisse, provided, however, that any reimbursements must be paid at a date not more than three years after the end of the fiscal year during which such fees were limited or expenses were reimbursed by Credit Suisse and the reimbursements do not cause a class to exceed the applicable expense limitation in the contract at the time the fees were limited or expenses are paid. This contract may not be terminated before February 28, 2015. Credit Suisse contractually waives fees and reimburses expenses so that the Fund's annual operating expenses will not exceed 1.30% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class I shares, 1.55% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class A shares, and 2.30% of the Fund's average daily net assets for Class C shares.
Credit Suisse and SSB serve as co-administrators to the Fund. For its co-administrative services, Credit Suisse received a fee calculation at an annual rate of 0.09% of the Fund's average daily net assets. For the period ended
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Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by Credit Suisse were $1,839.
For its co-administrative services, SSB receives a fee, exclusive of out-of-pocket expenses, calculated in total for all the Credit Suisse funds/portfolios co-administered by SSB and allocated based upon the relative average net assets of each fund/portfolio, subject to an annual minimum fee. For the period ended April 30, 2014, co-administrative services fees earned by SSB (including out-of-pocket expenses) with respect to the Fund were $5,841.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("CSSU"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, serves as distributor of the Fund's shares. Pursuant to distribution plans adopted by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, CSSU received fees for its distribution services. These fees were calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. For the Class C shares, the fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets. For the period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund paid Rule 12b-1 distribution fees of $204 for Class A shares and $818 for Class C shares. Class I shares are not subject to Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.
Certain brokers, dealers and financial representatives provide transfer agent related services to the Fund and receive compensation from the Fund. For the period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had no reimbursement to Credit Suisse.
For the period ended April 30, 2014, CSSU and its affiliates advised the Fund, that there was no retained commissions earned on the sale of the Fund's Class A shares.
Merrill Corporation ("Merrill"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse, has been engaged by the Fund to provide certain financial printing services. For the period ended April 30, 2014, there was no services incurred by the Fund.
Offering costs, including initial registration cost, were deferred and will be charged to expenses over the Fund's first 12 months of operation. For the period ended April 30, 2014, $15,421 has been expensed to the Fund.
Note 4. Line of Credit
The Fund, together with other funds/portfolios advised by Credit Suisse (collectively, the "Participating Funds"), participates in a committed, unsecured line of credit facility ("Credit Facility"), in an aggregated amount of $20 million for temporary or emergency purposes with SSB. Under the terms of the Credit
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Facility, the Participating Funds pay an aggregate commitment fee on the average unused amount of the Credit Facility, which is allocated among the Participating Funds in such manner as is determined by the governing Boards of the Participating Funds. In addition, the Participating Funds pay interest on borrowings at either the Overnight Federal Funds rate or the Overnight LIBOR rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2014, and during the period ended April 30, 2014, the Fund had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility.
On May 20, 2014, the Board approved to increase the credit facility from $20 million to $200 million effective June 4, 2014.
Note 5. Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the period ended April 30, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) were $0 and $0, respectively.
At April 30, 2014, the cost of investments (excluding foreign currency related transactions) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:
Cost of investments | | $ | 33,864,151 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | $ | 69,339 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | | | (461,023 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | $ | (391,684 | ) | |
Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value per share. The Fund offers Class I, Class A and Class C shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class of the Fund were as follows:
| | Class I | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 2,300,000 | | | $ | 23,000,000 | | |
Net increase | | | 2,300,000 | | | $ | 23,000,000 | | |
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Note 6. Capital Share Transactions
| | Class A | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 100,000 | | | $ | 1,000,000 | | |
Net increase | | | 100,000 | | | $ | 1,000,000 | | |
| | Class C | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2014 (unaudited)1 | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Shares sold | | | 100,400 | | | $ | 1,004,000 | | |
Net increase | | | 100,400 | | | $ | 1,004,000 | | |
1 For the period March 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2014.
On April 30, 2014, the number of shareholders that held 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Fund was as follows:
| | Number of Shareholders | | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Shares | |
Class I | | | 1 | * | | | 100 | % | |
Class A | | | 1 | * | | | 100 | % | |
Class C | | | 1 | * | | | 100 | % | |
*This includes the seed money from Merchant Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Credit Suisse.
Some of the shareholders are omnibus accounts, which hold shares on behalf of individual shareholders.
Note 7. Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Fund may provide general indemnifications pursuant to certain contracts and organizational documents. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
Note 8. Other Matters
On May 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (the "Department of Justice") filed a one-count criminal information (the "Information") in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia charging Credit Suisse AG
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
("CSAG") with conspiracy to commit tax fraud related to accounts CSAG established for cross-border clients. The Department of Justice and CSAG entered into a plea agreement (the "Plea Agreement") settling the action pursuant to which CSAG pleaded guilty to the charge set out in the Information.
The Plea Agreement requires CSAG to pay over $1.8 billion to the U.S. government, including the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Plea Agreement also requires CSAG to lawfully undertake certain remedial actions to address the conduct described in the Plea Agreement.
CSAG has entered into other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Reserve Board (the "Federal Reserve") to resolve certain findings by the Federal Reserve, including that the activities of CSAG regarding opening of foreign accounts for U.S. taxpayers, provision of investment services to U.S. clients, and operation of CSAG's New York representative office prior to 2009 lacked adequate enterprise-wide risk management and compliance policies and procedures sufficient to ensure that all of its activities comply with U.S. laws and regulations. In addition, CSAG has entered into a Consent Order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the "DFS") to resolve the DFS's investigation into the conduct described in the Plea Agreement. The settlement with the Federal Reserve requires CSAG to pay $100 million to the Federal Reserve, and the settlement with the DFS requires CSAG to pay $715 million to the DFS.
These settlements follow a settlement by Credit Suisse Group AG ("CS Group"), the parent company of CSAG, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 21, 2014 to resolve an investigation by the Commission into solicitation and provision of broker-dealer and investment advisory services to certain U.S. cross-border clients by CS Group while not registered with the Commission as a broker-dealer or investment adviser. As part of the settlement, CS Group retained an independent consultant to evaluate its policies and procedures and examine its broker-dealer and investment adviser activities to fully verify that the business that was the subject of the Commission investigation has been completely exited. CS Group also agreed to pay $196,511,014, which includes $82,170,990 in disgorgement, $64,340,024 in interest and a $50,000,000 penalty.
CSAG is the indirect parent company of Credit Suisse and CSSU. Neither Credit Suisse, CSSU nor the Fund was named in the Plea Agreement (as
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April 30, 2014 (unaudited)
defined below) or other settlements relating to the conduct set out in the Plea Agreement. The conduct set out in the Plea Agreement did not involve the Fund, Credit Suisse or CSSU with respect to its investment adviser and distribution activities relating to the Fund.
Credit Suisse, CSSU and certain of their affiliates have received a permanent exemptive order from the Commission to permit them to continue serving as investment advisers and principal underwriters for U.S.-registered investment companies, such as the Fund. Due to a provision in the law governing the operation of U.S.-registered investment companies, they would otherwise have become ineligible to perform these activities as a result of the plea in the Plea Agreement. The permanent exemptive order permits Credit Suisse and CSSU to continue to provide services to the Fund, so long as, among other things, no current or former employee of CSAG or any affiliate of CSAG who previously has been or who subsequently may be identified by CSAG or any U.S. or non-U.S. regulatory or enforcement agencies as having been responsible for the conduct described in the Plea Agreement will be employed by Credit Suisse and certain of its affiliates. Credit Suisse and CSSU have informed the Fund that Credit Suisse and CSSU believe the Settlements will not have any material impact on the Fund or on the ability of Credit Suisse or CSSU to perform services for the Fund.
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Notice of Privacy and Information Practices (unaudited)
At Credit Suisse, we know that you are concerned with how we protect and handle nonpublic personal information that identifies you. This notice is designed to help you understand what nonpublic personal information we collect from you and from other sources, and how we use that information in connection with your investments and investment choices that may be available to you. Except where otherwise noted, this notice is applicable only to consumers who are current or former investors, meaning individual persons whose investments are primarily for household, family or personal use ("individual investors"). Specified sections of this notice, however, also apply to other types of investors (called "institutional investors"). Where the notice applies to institutional investors, the notice expressly states so. This notice is being provided by Credit Suisse Funds and Credit Suisse Closed-End Funds. This notice applies solely to U.S. registered investment companies advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC.
Categories of information we may collect:
We may collect information about you, including nonpublic personal information, such as
• Information we receive from you on applications, forms, agreements, questionnaires, Credit Suisse websites and other websites that are part of our investment program, or in the course of establishing or maintaining a customer relationship, such as your name, address, e-mail address, Social Security number, assets, income, financial situation; and
• Information we obtain from your transactions and experiences with us, our affiliates, or others, such as your account balances or other investment information, assets purchased and sold, and other parties to a transaction, where applicable.
Categories of information we disclose and parties to whom we disclose it:
• We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our individual investors, except as permitted or required by law or regulation. Whether you are an individual investor or institutional investor, we may share the information described above with our affiliates that perform services on our behalf, and with our asset management and private banking affiliates; as well as with unaffiliated third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as our accountants, auditors, attorneys, broker-dealers, fund administrators, and other service providers.
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• We want our investors to be informed about additional products or services. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information relating to individual investors to our affiliates for marketing purposes, nor do we use such information received from our affiliates to solicit individual investors for such purposes. Whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we may disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, regarding our transactions and experiences with you to our affiliates.
• In addition, whether you are an individual investor or an institutional investor, we reserve the right to disclose information, including nonpublic personal information, about you to any person or entity, including without limitation any governmental agency, regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over us or our affiliates, if (i) we determine in our discretion that such disclosure is necessary or advisable pursuant to or in connection with any United States federal, state or local, or non-U.S., court order (or other legal process), law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy, including without limitation any anti-money laundering law or the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; and (ii) such disclosure is not otherwise prohibited by law, rule, regulation, or executive order or policy.
Confidentiality and security
• To protect nonpublic personal information about individual investors, we restrict access to those employees and agents who need to know that information to provide products or services to us and to our investors. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect nonpublic personal information.
Other Disclosures
This notice is not intended to be incorporated in any offering materials, but is a statement of our current Notice of Privacy and Information Practices and may be amended from time to time. This notice is current as of March 31, 2014.
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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information (unaudited)
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30 of each year, as well as the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to its portfolio securities are available:
• By calling 1-877-870-2874
• On the Fund's website, www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds
• On the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund's Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, DISTRIBUTOR. VUS-SAR-0414
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
This item is inapplicable to a semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
This item is inapplicable to a semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
This item is inapplicable to a semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
This item is not applicable to the registrant.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
This item is not applicable to the registrant.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
This item is not applicable to the registrant.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
This item is not applicable to the registrant.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Nominating Committee recommends Board member candidates. Shareholders of the registrant may also submit nominees that will be considered by the Committee. Recommendations should be mailed to the registrant’s Secretary, c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Any submission should include at a minimum the following information: the name, age, business address, residence address and principal occupation or employment of such individual; the class, series and number of shares of the registrant that are beneficially owned by such individual; the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition; whether such shareholder believes such individual is, or is not, an “interested person” of the registrant (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) and information regarding such individual that is sufficient, in the Committee’s discretion, to make such determination; and all other information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in solicitation of proxies for election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved) or is otherwise required pursuant to the rules for proxy materials under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) As of a date within 90 days from the filing date of this report, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) were effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) There were no changes in registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable.
(a)(2) The certifications of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act are exhibits to this report.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) The certifications of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act are an exhibit to this report.
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.
CREDIT SUISSE OPPORTUNITY FUNDS | |
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/s/ John G. Popp | |
Name: | John G. Popp | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | |
Date: | July 1, 2014 | |
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.
/s/ John G. Popp | |
Name: | John G. Popp | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | |
Date: | July 1, 2014 | |
/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg | |
Name: | Bruce S. Rosenberg | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: | July 1, 2014 | |