UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
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AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund | ||||||||
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1633 Broadway, New York, New York |
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Lawrence G. Altadonna 1633 Broadway New York, New York 10019 | ||||||||
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: |
212-739-3371 |
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Date of fiscal year end: |
January 31 |
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Date of reporting period: |
January 31, 2017 |
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ITEM 1. REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
Table of Contents
23 |
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Letter from the President |
411 |
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Fund Insights |
1214 |
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Performance & Statistics |
1549 |
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Schedules of Investments |
50 |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities |
51 |
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Statements of Operations |
52-53 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
54 |
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Statement of Cash Flows |
5574 |
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Notes to Financial Statements |
7577 |
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Financial Highlights |
78 |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
79 |
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Tax Information |
80-81 |
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Annual Shareholder Meeting Results |
82 |
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Changes to the Board of Trustees/Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures |
8385 |
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Privacy Policy |
8688 |
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Dividend Reinvestment Plan |
8991 |
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Board of Trustees |
92 |
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Fund Officers |
Letter from the President
Dear Shareholder:
The US economy continued to expand during the 12-month fiscal reporting period ended January 31, 2017, but the overall pace was far from robust. Economic activity overseas remained generally tepid. Against this backdrop, US equities generated strong results, but international equities generated mixed results. In addition, the US bond market posted a modest return during the 12-month period.
For the 12-month period ended January 31, 2017
¡ AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund returned 26.01% on net asset value (NAV) and 32.56% on market price.
¡ AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund returned 16.35% on NAV and 21.69% on market price.
¡ AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund returned 17.62% on NAV and 24.60% on market price. |
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Thomas J. Fuccillo President & Chief |
During the 12-month period ended January 31, 2017, the Russell 3000 Index, a broad measure of US stock market performance, gained 21.73%; the Russell 1000 Value Index, a measure of large-cap value-style stocks, rose 24.62%; and the Russell 1000 Growth Index, a measure of growth-style stocks, gained 17.23%. Convertible securities, as reflected by the BofA Merrill Lynch All Convertibles Index, returned 20.82%.
Turning to the US economy, gross domestic product (GDP), the value of goods and services produced in the country, which is the broadest measure of economic activity and the principal indicator of economic performance, expanded at a 0.9% annualized pace during the first quarter of 2016. After ticking down to 0.8% in the second quarter, GDP grew at a 3.5% annualized pace during the third quarter. This represented the strongest expansion in two years. The Commerce Departments second estimate showed that GDP grew at an annualized pace of 1.9% for the fourth quarter of 2016.
The US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade at its meeting in December 2015. More specifically, the Fed increased the federal funds rate from a range between 0% and 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. After remaining on hold at its first seven meetings in 2016, the Fed again raised interest rates in December 2016 to a range between 0.50% and 0.75%. In the statement following the December meeting the Fed said, The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run. However, the actual path of the federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data.
Outlook
Looking ahead, we believe investors should expect muted growth as the US enters its late-cycle period, Japan struggles with its aging population and Europe suffers from the uncertainties related to the approval by citizens of the United Kingdom, in June 2016, of a referendum to leave the European Union (Brexit). In our view, the US and European Union should ultimately avoid recessions, but remain mired in a relatively weak economic expansion. We expect the Fed to modestly increase rates in 2017, prompting central banks in emerging markets to lower their rates as inflation falls. Elsewhere, we expect the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan should maintain their accommodative monetary policies. We have passed peak global liquidity as central banks have pushed past negative interest rate policies to begin supporting government spending. |
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The tides of deregulation continued shifting in 2016, and nationalism and populism gained ground. Given the results from the November elections in the US and significant elections looming in Europe in 2017, politics should remain a key investment consideration. We also feel that monetary policy will become more political. As to where governments will spend the money their central banks print, we believe domestic infrastructure and defense spending will be the focus of many countries in the coming years.
Against this backdrop, we believe markets are increasingly susceptible to volatility as politics, geopolitics, divergent monetary policies and internal market structures all converge and evolve. We believe that navigating this sea of uncertainty requires a clear direction and an active management approach, with investors staying agile in their asset allocations, confident in their processes and thorough in their research.
Together with, Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, the Funds investment manager, and NFJ Investment Group LLC, the sub-adviser to the AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund, we thank you for investing with us.
We remain dedicated to serving your investment needs.
Thomas J. Fuccillo
President & Chief Executive Officer
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
For the period of February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017, as provided by Doug Forsyth, CFA, Portfolio Manager.
For the 12-month period ended January 31, 2017, the AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (the Fund) returned 26.01% on NAV and 32.56% on market price.
During the reporting period, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, a measure of growth style stocks, advanced 17.23%; and convertible securities, as reflected by the BofA Merrill Lynch All Convertibles Index, returned 20.82%.
Market Environment
Several factors influenced large-cap equities, convertibles and high-yield bonds throughout the period, including constructive economic trends, corporate health, the Treasury market and the Fed, US elections, risk appetite and commodity price strength.
In the US, economic reports were largely positive, signaling ongoing economic growth and supporting the markets advance. Jobless claims remained subdued and the unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low. Housing prices continued to ascend, and in December, consumer confidence hit its highest level in more than 15 years. Overall, the trend in economic data reinforced the favorable market conditions for all three asset classes.
Operating performance for most equity, convertible and high-yield issuers met or exceeded expectations and credit metrics showed further improvement. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, net leverage ticked lower for a second consecutive quarter and interest coverage rose quarter over quarter. Furthermore, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EDITDA), far exceeded the gains reported in the second quarter, spiking dramatically (on a year-over-year percentage basis) in the third quarter. These statistics provided additional proof of the underlying fundamental strength of the convertible and high-yield bond markets as well as the large-cap equity space.
In addition to strong absolute returns, equities, convertible and high-yield bonds provided substantial diversification benefits, significantly outperforming core fixed income and US Treasuries. Additionally, the high-yield market responded positively to the Feds rate decision and commentary. On balance, a cautious Fed and a highly accommodative environment outside the US helped support the performance of risk assets over the period.
The unexpected election of Donald Trump as the US president triggered a rotation into risk assets, with investors fleeing safe-haven investments. Despite an initial negative reaction, the market rallied into year-end. It appeared that the then president-elects pro-growth agenda caused an abrupt shift in
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited) (continued)
sentiment, and without hesitation, investors anticipated a more favorable corporate earnings backdrop, predicated on positive tax reforms, decreased regulation, increased fiscal spending and less congressional gridlock. The Fund was a natural beneficiary of the increased appetite for risk, and this investor behavior was evident among the sub-asset class categories as well.
After bottoming in February, energy and base-metal prices stabilized, traded range-bound and then strengthened into year-end. Crude oil benefited from an agreement by the Organization of the Petroleum Countries (OPEC) to cut oil production and pledges of support from non-OPEC producers. Copper and other base-metals ended the reporting period higher. A more favorable economic backdrop and a continual improvement in industry dynamics helped support the energy and the materials-related industries, which were the best performers of 2016, in part due to their oversold conditions exiting 2015.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) started the period spiking into the stock markets 2016 lows in mid-February. It then moved lower with the recovery of equities before rising into the Brexit decision. After plummeting following the UK vote, volatility surged into the US elections. Following the elections, the VIX plunged into period-end.
Portfolio Specifics
The Fund was a natural beneficiary of the increased appetite for risk, both pre- and post-election, and was able to share in the strong capital appreciation across the three asset classes that compose the portfolio. In addition to providing a strong total return, the Fund also provided a high level of income over the reporting period.
In the equity sleeve, industrials, real estate and financials helped relative performance. Conversely, the consumer staples, energy and telecommunication services sectors hindered relative performance.
In the convertible sleeve, sectors that contributed positively to relative performance were financials, energy and consumer staples. On the other hand, technology, health care and industrials pressured relative performance.
In the high yield sleeve, industries that aided relative performance were diversified financial services, banking and utilities. In contrast, metals/mining ex steel, theaters and entertainment and energy hampered relative performance.
The covered call strategy captured fewer gains than anticipated. The covered calls did provide some capital gains for the portfolio, but with the depressed implied volatilities, the magnitude of the premiums faced headwinds.
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited) (continued)
Outlook
Equity markets finished the year near all-time highs with volatility near all-time lows. In addition, interest rates moved higher on an improving economic outlook. Historically, these factors have been positive indicators for both economic and corporate earnings growth and supportive of investments in risk assets.
Stress in select industries has waned, and overall, balance sheets, leverage ratios and interest coverage ratios continue to support an investment in the high-yield and convertible asset classes.
The US economy is expected to expand at a moderate pace in 2017 and the equity market performance along with the steepness of the Treasury yield curve confirms this notion. Moreover, we believe that the Presidents agenda should result in even stronger economic growth.
Regarding corporate health, profits are poised to trend higher in 2017 after accelerating into year-end. Additionally, the new administrations policies could create the most favorable backdrop for corporate earnings in years.
US monetary policy continues to be modestly accommodative with the Fed expected to take a gradual approach toward adjustments. Until the Fed either moves aggressively or is well into the tightening cycle, monetary policy should not be expected to drive an extended sell-off and spread-widening in high-yield and convertibles.
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
For the period of February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017, as provided by Doug Forsyth, CFA, Portfolio Manager.
For the 12-month period ended January 31, 2017, the AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (the Fund) returned 16.35% on NAV and 21.69% on market price.
During the reporting period, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, a measure of growth style stocks, advanced 17.23%; and convertible securities, as reflected by the BofA Merrill Lynch All Convertibles Index, returned 20.82%.
Market Environment
Several factors influenced large-cap equities and convertibles throughout the reporting period, including constructive economic trends, corporate health, the Treasury market and the Fed, US elections, risk appetite and commodity price strength.
As widely expected, in December 2016, the Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 0.50% to 0.75%, citing a stronger economy and rising employment. This was the first increase in US interest rates since December 2015. At the outset of the reporting period, capital markets were facing a year of
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited) (continued)
heightened political risk. Despite US equities suffering the worst start to a calendar year in decades, investors were able to shrug off volatility and major US stock market indices, including the S&P 500, Dow Jones and NASDAQ, all rose to record highs towards the end of the period.
In the US, economic reports were largely positive, signaling ongoing economic growth and supporting the markets advance. Jobless claims remained subdued and the unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low. Housing prices continued to ascend, and in December, consumer confidence hit its highest level in more than 15 years. Overall, the trend in economic data reinforced the favorable market conditions for equities and convertibles.
Operating performance for most equity and convertible issuers met or exceeded expectations and credit metrics showed further improvement. These developments provided additional proof of the underlying fundamental strength of the convertible market as well as the large-cap equity space.
In addition to strong absolute returns, equities and convertibles provided substantial diversification benefits, significantly outperforming core fixed income and US Treasuries. On balance, a cautious Fed and a highly accommodative environment outside the US helped support the performance of risk assets over the period.
The unexpected election of Donald Trump as the US president triggered a rotation into risk assets, with investors fleeing safe-haven investments. Despite an initial negative reaction, the market rallied into year-end. It appeared that the then president-elects pro-growth agenda caused an abrupt shift in sentiment, and without hesitation, investors anticipated a more favorable corporate earnings backdrop, predicated on positive tax reforms, decreased regulation, increased fiscal spending and less congressional gridlock. The Fund was a natural beneficiary of the increased appetite for risk, and this investor behavior was evident among the sub-asset class categories as well.
After bottoming in February, energy and base-metal prices stabilized, traded range-bound, and then strengthened into year-end. Crude oil benefited from an agreement by the OPEC to cut oil production and pledges of support from non-OPEC producers. Copper and other base-metals ended the reporting period higher. A more favorable economic backdrop and a continual improvement in industry dynamics helped support the energy and the materials-related industries, which were the best performers of 2016, in part due to their oversold conditions exiting 2015.
The VIX started the period spiking into the stock markets 2016 lows in mid-February. It then moved lower with the recovery of equities before rising into the Brexit decision. After plummeting following the UK vote,
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited) (continued)
volatility surged into the US elections. Following the elections, the VIX plunged into period-end.
During the latter half of the reporting period, the richly valued defensive stocks that tend to do well in times of economic uncertainty, reversed course and lagged in the second half of the reporting period. The laggards-to-leaders trend helped drive the emergence of value stocks during the reporting period after years of playing runner-up to growth. Helping to drive the Russell 1000 Value indexs performance was the cyclical turnaround of traditional value-oriented sectors such as energy, materials and financials, all of which were among top performers for most of 2016.
Portfolio Specifics
The Fund was a natural beneficiary of the increased appetite for risk, both pre- and post-election, and was able to share in the strong capital appreciation across the two asset classes that compose the portfolio. In addition to providing a strong total return, the Fund also provided a high level of income over the reporting period.
In the equity sleeve, information technology, industrials and real estate helped relative performance. Conversely, the consumer discretionary, consumer staples and telecommunication services sectors hindered relative performance.
In the convertible sleeve, sectors that contributed positively to relative performance were energy, materials and financials. On the other hand, technology, consumer discretionary and telecom pressured relative performance.
The covered call strategy captured fewer gains than anticipated. The covered calls did provide some capital gains for the portfolio, but with the depressed implied volatilities, the magnitude of the premiums faced headwinds.
Outlook
Equity markets finished the year near all-time highs with volatility near all-time lows. In addition, interest rates moved higher on an improving economic outlook. Historically, these factors have been positive indicators for both economic and corporate earnings growth and supportive of investments in risk assets.
Stress in select industries has waned, and overall, balance sheets, leverage ratios and interest coverage ratios continue to support an investment in the convertible asset class.
The US economy is expected to expand at a moderate pace in 2017 and the equity market performance and steepness of the Treasury yield curve confirms this notion. Moreover, we believe that the Presidents agenda should result in even stronger economic growth.
Regarding corporate health, profits are poised to trend higher in 2017 after accelerating into year-end. Additionally, the new administrations
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited) (continued)
policies could create the most favorable backdrop for corporate earnings in years.
US monetary policy continues to be modestly accommodative with the Fed expected to take a gradual approach toward adjustments. Until the Fed either moves aggressively or is well into the tightening cycle, monetary policy should not be expected to drive an extended sell-off and spread-widening.
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
For the period of February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017, as provided by the NFJ Investment Team.
For the 12-month period ended January 31, 2017, the AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (the Fund) returned 17.62% on NAV and 24.60% on market price.
During the reporting period, the Russell 1000 Value Index, a measure of large-cap value style stocks, advanced 24.62%; and convertible securities, as reflected by the BofA Merrill Lynch All Convertibles Index, returned 20.82%.
Market Environment
Several factors influenced convertibles throughout the reporting period, including constructive economic trends, corporate health, the Treasury market and the Fed, US elections, risk appetite and commodity price strength.
At the outset of the reporting period, capital markets were facing a year of heightened political risk. Despite US equities suffering the worst start to a calendar year in decades, investors were able to shrug off volatility and major US stock market indices, including the S&P 500, Dow Jones and NASDAQ, all rose to record highs towards the end of the period.
As widely expected, in December 2016 the Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 0.50% to 0.75%, citing a stronger economy and rising employment. This was the first increase in US interest rates since December 2015.
In the US, economic reports were largely positive, signaling ongoing economic growth and supporting the markets advance. Jobless claims remained subdued and the unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low. Housing prices continued to ascend, and in December, consumer confidence hit its highest level in more than 15 years. Overall, the trend in economic data reinforced the favorable market conditions for convertibles.
Operating performance for most convertible issuers met or exceeded expectations and credit metrics showed further improvement. These developments provided additional proof of the underlying fundamental strength of the convertible market.
In addition to strong absolute returns, convertibles provided substantial diversification
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited) (continued)
benefits, significantly outperforming core fixed income and US Treasuries. On balance, a cautious Fed and a highly accommodative environment outside the US helped support the performance of risk assets over the period.
The unexpected election of Donald Trump as the US president triggered a rotation into risk assets with investors fleeing safe-haven investments. Despite an initial negative reaction, the market rallied into year-end. It appeared that the then president-elects pro-growth agenda caused an abrupt shift in sentiment, and without hesitation, investors anticipated a more favorable corporate earnings backdrop, predicated on positive tax reforms, decreased regulation, increased fiscal spending and less congressional gridlock. The Fund was a natural beneficiary of the increased appetite for risk, and this investor behavior was evident among the sub-asset class categories as well.
After bottoming in February, energy and base-metal prices stabilized, traded range bound, and then strengthened into year-end. Crude oil benefited from an agreement by OPEC to cut oil production and pledges of support from non-OPEC producers. Copper and other base-metals ended the reporting period higher. A more favorable economic backdrop and a continual improvement in industry dynamics helped support the energy and the materials-related industries, which were the best performers of 2016, in part due to their oversold conditions exiting 2015.
Throughout the last few years, compression in longer-term treasury bonds has given way to higher valuation premiums in bond-proxies areas, like Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), utilities and consumer staples. During the latter half of the reporting period, those richly valued defensive stocks that tend to do well in times of economic uncertainty, reversed course and lagged. The laggards-to-leaders trend helped drive the emergence of value stocks during the reporting period after years of playing runner-up to growth. Helping to drive the Russell 1000 Value Indexs performance was the cyclical turnaround of traditional value-oriented sectors such as energy, materials and financials, all of which were among top performers for most of 2016.
Portfolio Specifics
In the equity sleeve negative stock selection, partially offset by positive sector allocation, detracted from relative returns during the trailing reporting period. Selection was strong across the industrials holdings which outpaced benchmark shares. However, that positive impact was overwhelmed by poor selection in the financials and energy sectors. Overweight positions in the telecommunications and consumer discretionary sectors dampened performance over the reporting period. Conversely, an overweight in materials and underweight in consumer staples aided relative results.
Fund Insights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund/AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund/AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited) (continued)
In the convertibles sleeve, sector allocations that helped relative performance in the period were energy, financials and consumer discretionary. In contrast, technology, telecommunications and healthcare exposure weighed on relative returns.
In the equity options sleeve, retaining call premiums proved difficult during the reporting period. The broad market remained at elevated levels to start the period, and then soared after the victory by Donald Trump in the US Presidential election. The charge higher was shouldered by the financial and technology sectors returning 22.5% and 10.5%, respectively, while the industrial, energy and material sectors also contributed with high single digit returns. Levels of implied volatility, as measured by the VIX, dropped to a low of 10.6 and only averaged a level of 13.4 during the period, adversely affecting the strike distances on the call options written. The overall strong performance in equities resulted in many of our option positions expiring in-the-money, requiring cash assignments in excess of the premium collected.
Outlook
Equity markets finished the year near all-time highs with volatility near all-time lows. In addition, interest rates moved higher on an improving economic outlook. Historically, these factors have been positive indicators for both economic and corporate earnings growth and supportive of investments in risk assets.
Stress in select industries of the market has waned, and overall, balance sheets, leverage ratios and interest coverage ratios continue to support an investment in the convertible asset class.
The US economy is expected to expand at a moderate pace in 2017 and the equity market performance and steepness of the Treasury yield curve confirms this notion. Moreover, we believe that the Presidents agenda should result in even stronger economic growth.
Regarding corporate health, profits are poised to trend higher in 2017 after accelerating into year-end. Additionally, the new administrations policies could create the most favorable backdrop for corporate earnings in years.
US monetary policy continues to be modestly accommodative with the Fed expected to take a gradual approach toward adjustments. Until the Fed either moves aggressively or is well into the tightening cycle, monetary policy should not be expected to drive an extended sell-off and spread-widening.
Performance & Statistics
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited)
Total Return(1) |
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Market Price |
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NAV | ||
1 Year |
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32.56 |
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26.01 |
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Commencement of Operations (5/27/15) to 1/31/17 |
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-4.44 |
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3.14 |
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Market Price/NAV Performance |
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Market Price/NAV |
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Commencement of Operations (5/27/15) to 1/31/17 |
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Market Price |
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$19.49 |
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NAV(2) |
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$21.59 |
NAV |
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Discount to NAV |
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-9.73% |
Market Price |
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Market Price Yield(3) |
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10.28% |
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Leverage Ratio(4) |
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32.12% | |
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(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV or market price (as applicable) in the specified period. The calculation assumes that all dividends and distributions, if any, have been reinvested. Total return does not reflect broker commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares and includes the effect of any expense reductions, if any. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return.
Performance at market price will differ from results at NAV. Although market price returns typically reflect investment results over time, during shorter periods returns at market price can also be influenced by factors such as changing views about the Fund, market conditions, supply and demand for the Funds shares, or changes in the Funds dividends.
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including the loss of principal. Total return, market price, market price yield and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one-time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are traded in the open market through a stock exchange. NAV is equal to total assets attributable to common shareholders less total liabilities divided by the number of common shares outstanding. Holdings are subject to change daily.
(2) The NAV disclosed in the Funds financial statements may differ due to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
(3) Market Price Yield is determined by dividing the annualized current (declared February 1, 2017) monthly dividend per common share (comprised of net investment income and net capital gains, if any) by the market price per common share at January 31, 2017.
(4) Represents Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares, Senior Secured Notes and amounts drawn under the short-term margin loan facility (Leverage) outstanding, as a percentage of total managed assets. Total managed assets refer to total assets (including assets attributable to Leverage) minus liabilities (other than liabilities representing Leverage).
Performance & Statistics
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited)
Total Return(1) |
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Market Price |
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NAV | ||
1 Year |
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21.69 |
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16.35 |
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5 Year |
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9.73 |
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9.02 |
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Commencement of Operations (2/27/07) to 1/31/17 |
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5.23 |
% |
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6.24 |
% |
Market Price/NAV Performance |
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Market Price/NAV |
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Commencement of Operations (2/27/07) to 1/31/17 |
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Market Price |
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$19.03 |
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NAV(2) |
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$21.54 |
NAV |
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Discount to NAV |
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-11.65% |
Market Price |
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Market Price Yield(3) |
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7.99% |
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(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV or market price (as applicable) in the specified period. The calculation assumes that all dividends and distributions, if any, have been reinvested. Total return does not reflect broker commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares and includes the effect of any expense reductions, if any. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return.
Performance at market price will differ from results at NAV. Although market price returns typically reflect investment results over time, during shorter periods returns at market price can also be influenced by factors such as changing views about the Fund, market conditions, supply and demand for the Funds shares, or changes in the Funds dividends.
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including the loss of principal. Total return, market price, market price yield and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one-time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are traded in the open market through a stock exchange. NAV is equal to total assets less total liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding. Holdings are subject to change daily.
(2) The NAV disclosed in the Funds financial statements may differ due to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
(3) Market Price Yield is determined by dividing the annualized current quarterly dividend per share (comprised of net investment income and net capital gains, if any) by the market price per share at January 31, 2017.
Performance & Statistics
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (unaudited)
Total Return(1) |
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Market Price |
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NAV | ||
1 Year |
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24.60 |
% |
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17.62 |
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5 Year |
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4.80 |
% |
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5.75 |
% |
10 Year |
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2.38 |
% |
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3.02 |
% |
Commencement of Operations (2/28/05) to 1/31/17 |
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3.66 |
% |
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4.52 |
% |
Market Price/NAV Performance |
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Market Price/NAV |
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Commencement of Operations (2/28/05) to 1/31/17 |
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Market Price |
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$13.03 |
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NAV(2) |
|
$14.72 |
NAV |
|
Discount to NAV |
|
-11.48% |
Market Price |
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Market Price Yield(3) |
|
2.80% |
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(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV or market price (as applicable) in the specified period. The calculation assumes that all dividends and distributions, if any, have been reinvested. Total return does not reflect broker commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares and includes the effect of any expense reductions, if any. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return.
Performance at market price will differ from results at NAV. Although market price returns typically reflect investment results over time, during shorter periods returns at market price can also be influenced by factors such as changing views about the Fund, market conditions, supply and demand for the Funds shares, or changes in the Funds dividends.
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including the loss of principal. Total return, market price, market price yield and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one-time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are traded in the open market through a stock exchange. NAV is equal to total assets less total liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding. Holdings are subject to change daily.
(2) The NAV disclosed in the Funds financial statements may differ due to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
(3) Market Price Yield is determined by dividing the annualized current quarterly dividend per share (comprised of net investment income and net capital gains, if any) by the market price per share at January 31, 2017.
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes (a) 61.3% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Aerospace & Defense 0.6% |
|
|
|
$1,340 |
|
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., 2.25%, 12/15/23 (b)(c) |
|
$1,331,625 |
|
|
|
Automobiles 1.8% |
|
|
|
4,075 |
|
Tesla Motors, Inc., 0.25%, 3/1/19 |
|
3,950,203 |
|
|
|
Biotechnology 3.3% |
|
|
|
700 |
|
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2.50%, 2/15/19 |
|
787,937 |
|
|
|
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., |
|
|
|
820 |
|
0.75%, 10/15/18 |
|
949,150 |
|
760 |
|
1.50%, 10/15/20 |
|
919,600 |
|
715 |
|
Incyte Corp., 0.375%, 11/15/18 |
|
1,697,678 |
|
1,520 |
|
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2.25%, 6/15/22 |
|
1,696,700 |
|
525 |
|
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0.75%, 8/15/19 |
|
786,516 |
|
325 |
|
Novavax, Inc., 3.75%, 2/1/23 (b)(c) |
|
143,203 |
|
185 |
|
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 7.50%, 11/1/19 (b)(c) |
|
439,144 |
|
|
|
|
|
7,419,928 |
|
|
|
Communications Equipment 1.4% |
|
|
|
1,530 |
|
Finisar Corp., 0.50%, 12/15/36 (b)(c) |
|
1,544,344 |
|
1,160 |
|
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., zero coupon, 7/1/19 |
|
1,660,975 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,205,319 |
|
|
|
Construction & Engineering 1.5% |
|
|
|
1,265 |
|
Dycom Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 9/15/21 |
|
1,382,013 |
|
1,550 |
|
Tutor Perini Corp., 2.875%, 6/15/21 (b)(c) |
|
1,854,187 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,236,200 |
|
|
|
Consumer Finance 0.3% |
|
|
|
675 |
|
PRA Group, Inc., 3.00%, 8/1/20 |
|
645,891 |
|
|
|
Electrical Equipment 0.8% |
|
|
|
1,915 |
|
SolarCity Corp., 1.625%, 11/1/19 |
|
1,674,428 |
|
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services 0.6% |
|
|
|
1,320 |
|
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 4.25%, 5/1/22 |
|
1,371,150 |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trust 0.1% |
|
|
|
215 |
|
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., 3.75%, 5/15/21 |
|
224,810 |
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.8% |
|
|
|
1,770 |
|
Hologic, Inc., 2.00%, 3/1/42 (d) |
|
2,422,687 |
|
1,410 |
|
NuVasive, Inc., 2.25%, 3/15/21 (b)(c) |
|
1,862,962 |
|
1,705 |
|
Spectranetics Corp., 2.625%, 6/1/34 |
|
1,825,416 |
|
800 |
|
Wright Medical Group, Inc., 2.00%, 2/15/20 |
|
872,500 |
|
1,135 |
|
Wright Medical Group NV, 2.25%, 11/15/21 (b)(c) |
|
1,513,097 |
|
|
|
|
|
8,496,662 |
|
|
|
Health Care Products 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,010 |
|
Nevro Corp., 1.75%, 6/1/21 |
|
1,194,325 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 1.9% |
|
|
|
685 |
|
Anthem, Inc., 2.75%, 10/15/42 |
|
1,458,194 |
|
1,515 |
|
Molina Healthcare, Inc., 1.625%, 8/15/44 |
|
1,764,975 |
|
705 |
|
Tivity Health, Inc., 1.50%, 7/1/18 |
|
984,356 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,207,525 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 15
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Health Care Technology 0.5% |
|
|
|
$1,040 |
|
Medidata Solutions, Inc., 1.00%, 8/1/18 |
|
$1,123,850 |
|
|
|
Household Durables 0.5% |
|
|
|
825 |
|
CalAtlantic Group, Inc., 1.625%, 5/15/18 |
|
1,007,016 |
|
|
|
Insurance 0.8% |
|
|
|
2,010 |
|
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., 2.75%, 12/15/44 |
|
1,722,319 |
|
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 2.8% |
|
|
|
1,390 |
|
Ctrip.com International Ltd., 1.00%, 7/1/20 |
|
1,470,794 |
|
2,585 |
|
Priceline Group, Inc., 0.35%, 6/15/20 |
|
3,455,822 |
|
1,360 |
|
Vipshop Holdings Ltd., 1.50%, 3/15/19 |
|
1,360,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,286,616 |
|
|
|
Internet Software & Services 3.4% |
|
|
|
1,635 |
|
Akamai Technologies, Inc., zero coupon, 2/15/19 |
|
1,716,758 |
|
1,120 |
|
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., 1.50%, 7/1/18 |
|
1,164,100 |
|
1,495 |
|
Gogo, Inc., 3.75%, 3/1/20 |
|
1,112,841 |
|
1,310 |
|
Pandora Media, Inc., 1.75%, 12/1/20 |
|
1,362,400 |
|
925 |
|
VeriSign, Inc., 4.485%, 8/15/37 |
|
2,169,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
7,525,224 |
|
|
|
IT Services 3.4% |
|
|
|
2,120 |
|
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., 1.50%, 1/15/22 (b)(c) |
|
2,138,550 |
|
1,275 |
|
Cardtronics, Inc., 1.00%, 12/1/20 |
|
1,510,875 |
|
1,715 |
|
CSG Systems International, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/36 (b)(c) |
|
1,907,937 |
|
1,640 |
|
Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 1.50%, 10/1/44 |
|
1,875,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
7,433,112 |
|
|
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.8% |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
Illumina, Inc., 0.50%, 6/15/21 |
|
1,757,375 |
|
|
|
Machinery 0.5% |
|
|
|
940 |
|
Trinity Industries, Inc., 3.875%, 6/1/36 |
|
1,182,637 |
|
|
|
Media 4.5% |
|
|
|
2,180 |
|
DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/26 (b)(c) |
|
2,557,413 |
|
2,350 |
|
Liberty Interactive LLC, 1.75%, 9/30/46 (b)(c) |
|
2,648,156 |
|
1,140 |
|
Liberty Media Corp., 2.25%, 9/30/46 (b)(c) |
|
1,224,075 |
|
1,500 |
|
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, 1.00%, 1/30/23 (b)(c) |
|
1,530,938 |
|
1,915 |
|
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2.50%, 5/15/19 |
|
2,083,759 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,044,341 |
|
|
|
Metals & Mining 0.5% |
|
|
|
75 |
|
Royal Gold, Inc., 2.875%, 6/15/19 |
|
82,125 |
|
965 |
|
RTI International Metals, Inc., 1.625%, 10/15/19 |
|
1,057,881 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,140,006 |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.4% |
|
|
|
1,240 |
|
Alon USA Energy, Inc., 3.00%, 9/15/18 |
|
1,322,925 |
|
2,820 |
|
Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/45 |
|
1,870,012 |
|
890 |
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 9/15/26 (b)(c) |
|
952,856 |
|
1,000 |
|
Ensco Jersey Finance Ltd., 3.00%, 1/31/24 (b)(c) |
|
1,095,000 |
|
1,205 |
|
Nabors Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 1/15/24 (b)(c) |
|
1,221,569 |
|
16 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) |
|
|
|
$1,275 |
|
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 2.625%, 9/15/23 |
|
$1,705,313 |
|
1,710 |
|
PDC Energy, Inc., 1.125%, 9/15/21 |
|
1,934,438 |
|
1,740 |
|
SM Energy Co., 1.50%, 7/1/21 |
|
1,906,387 |
|
|
|
|
|
12,008,500 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 3.7% |
|
|
|
1,290 |
|
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3.00%, 12/1/19 |
|
1,510,106 |
|
650 |
|
Depomed, Inc., 2.50%, 9/1/21 |
|
745,875 |
|
1,360 |
|
Horizon Pharma Investment Ltd., 2.50%, 3/15/22 |
|
1,309,850 |
|
1,945 |
|
Impax Laboratories, Inc., 2.00%, 6/15/22 |
|
1,576,666 |
|
1,905 |
|
Medicines Co., 2.75%, 7/15/23 (b)(c) |
|
1,922,859 |
|
960 |
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, 0.25%, 2/1/26 |
|
1,021,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
8,087,156 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 10.1% |
|
|
|
1,375 |
|
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2.125%, 9/1/26 |
|
2,060,781 |
|
1,650 |
|
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/22 (b)(c) |
|
1,905,750 |
|
1,740 |
|
Inphi Corp., 0.75%, 9/1/21 (b)(c) |
|
1,884,638 |
|
55 |
|
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., 0.875%, 11/15/22 |
|
58,713 |
|
2,215 |
|
Intel Corp., 3.25%, 8/1/39 |
|
3,946,864 |
|
1,350 |
|
Lam Research Corp., 1.25%, 5/15/18 |
|
2,558,250 |
|
1,775 |
|
Microchip Technology, Inc., 1.625%, 2/15/25 |
|
2,412,891 |
|
2,980 |
|
Micron Technology, Inc., 3.00%, 11/15/43 |
|
3,063,812 |
|
1,100 |
|
NXP Semiconductors NV, 1.00%, 12/1/19 |
|
1,251,938 |
|
3,615 |
|
SunEdison, Inc., 3.375%, 6/1/25 (b)(c)(e) |
|
86,037 |
|
|
|
SunPower Corp., |
|
|
|
1,115 |
|
0.875%, 6/1/21 |
|
798,618 |
|
1,035 |
|
4.00%, 1/15/23 |
|
756,844 |
|
1,380 |
|
Teradyne, Inc., 1.25%, 12/15/23 (b)(c) |
|
1,564,575 |
|
|
|
|
|
22,349,711 |
|
|
|
Software 5.8% |
|
|
|
1,175 |
|
BroadSoft, Inc., 1.00%, 9/1/22 |
|
1,447,453 |
|
825 |
|
Nice Systems, Inc., 1.25%, 1/15/24 (b)(c) |
|
883,781 |
|
|
|
Nuance Communications, Inc., |
|
|
|
955 |
|
1.00%, 12/15/35 |
|
892,328 |
|
975 |
|
1.50%, 11/1/35 |
|
974,391 |
|
1,370 |
|
Proofpoint, Inc., 0.75%, 6/15/20 |
|
1,644,856 |
|
955 |
|
Rovi Corp., 0.50%, 3/1/20 |
|
944,256 |
|
1,355 |
|
Salesforce.com, Inc., 0.25%, 4/1/18 |
|
1,715,769 |
|
1,405 |
|
ServiceNow, Inc., zero coupon, 11/1/18 |
|
1,871,285 |
|
1,040 |
|
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., 0.75%, 8/15/19 |
|
1,090,050 |
|
1,515 |
|
Verint Systems, Inc., 1.50%, 6/1/21 |
|
1,440,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
12,904,366 |
|
|
|
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 1.1% |
|
|
|
1,950 |
|
MGIC Investment Corp., 9.00%, 4/1/63 (b)(c) |
|
2,524,031 |
|
|
|
Transportation Infrastructure 0.9% |
|
|
|
1,800 |
|
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp., 2.875%, 7/15/19 |
|
2,012,625 |
|
Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (cost-$148,505,969) |
|
136,066,951 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 17
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
Common Stock 35.5% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Aerospace & Defense 0.9% |
|
|
|
12,100 |
|
Boeing Co. (a) |
|
$1,977,382 |
|
|
|
Auto Components 0.1% |
|
|
|
3,025 |
|
Adient PLC (a)(f) |
|
192,057 |
|
|
|
Automobiles 1.4% |
|
|
|
168,976 |
|
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (a)(f) |
|
1,857,046 |
|
104,700 |
|
Ford Motor Co. (a) |
|
1,294,092 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,151,138 |
|
|
|
Banks 0.9% |
|
|
|
36,000 |
|
Bank of America Corp. (a) |
|
815,040 |
|
20,300 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. (a) |
|
1,143,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,958,539 |
|
|
|
Beverages 1.2% |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
Coca-Cola Co. (a) |
|
1,247,100 |
|
14,200 |
|
PepsiCo, Inc. (a) |
|
1,473,676 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,720,776 |
|
|
|
Biotechnology 2.9% |
|
|
|
30,600 |
|
AbbVie, Inc. (a) |
|
1,869,966 |
|
9,300 |
|
Amgen, Inc. (a) |
|
1,457,124 |
|
4,200 |
|
Biogen, Inc. (a)(f) |
|
1,164,408 |
|
18,600 |
|
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) |
|
1,347,570 |
|
1,843 |
|
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(f) |
|
662,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,501,240 |
|
|
|
Building Products 0.6% |
|
|
|
30,252 |
|
Johnson Controls International PLC (a) |
|
1,330,483 |
|
|
|
Chemicals 0.8% |
|
|
|
15,400 |
|
Monsanto Co. (a) |
|
1,667,974 |
|
|
|
Communications Equipment 0.4% |
|
|
|
17,200 |
|
Qualcomm, Inc. (a) |
|
918,996 |
|
|
|
Construction & Engineering 0.4% |
|
|
|
15,300 |
|
Fluor Corp. (a) |
|
849,150 |
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunications Services 0.6% |
|
|
|
25,100 |
|
Verizon Communications, Inc. (a) |
|
1,230,151 |
|
|
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.6% |
|
|
|
19,200 |
|
Amphenol Corp., Class A (a) |
|
1,295,808 |
|
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services 0.6% |
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
Schlumberger Ltd. (a) |
|
1,255,650 |
|
|
|
Food & Staples Retailing 2.0% |
|
|
|
8,400 |
|
Costco Wholesale Corp. (a) |
|
1,377,180 |
|
37,600 |
|
Kroger Co. (a) |
|
1,276,896 |
|
22,400 |
|
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (a) |
|
1,835,456 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,489,532 |
|
18 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.5% |
|
|
|
21,400 |
|
Baxter International, Inc. (a) |
|
$1,025,274 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 1.4% |
|
|
|
9,300 |
|
McKesson Corp. (a) |
|
1,294,095 |
|
11,100 |
|
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (a) |
|
1,799,310 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,093,405 |
|
|
|
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 1.7% |
|
|
|
12,100 |
|
McDonalds Corp. (a) |
|
1,483,097 |
|
14,100 |
|
MGM Resorts International (a)(f) |
|
406,080 |
|
34,300 |
|
Starbucks Corp. (a) |
|
1,894,046 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,783,223 |
|
|
|
Household Durables 0.4% |
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
Lennar Corp., Class A (a) |
|
893,000 |
|
|
|
Household Products 0.4% |
|
|
|
11,100 |
|
Procter & Gamble Co. (a) |
|
972,360 |
|
|
|
Industrial Conglomerates 1.2% |
|
|
|
9,200 |
|
3M Co. (a) |
|
1,608,344 |
|
35,500 |
|
General Electric Co. (a) |
|
1,054,350 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,662,694 |
|
|
|
Insurance 0.6% |
|
|
|
13,400 |
|
Prudential Financial, Inc. (a) |
|
1,408,474 |
|
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 1.0% |
|
|
|
2,700 |
|
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)(f) |
|
2,223,396 |
|
|
|
Internet Software & Services 2.5% |
|
|
|
11,500 |
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR (a)(f) |
|
1,165,065 |
|
2,700 |
|
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)(f) |
|
2,214,513 |
|
16,400 |
|
Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)(f) |
|
2,137,248 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,516,826 |
|
|
|
IT Services 1.3% |
|
|
|
7,400 |
|
International Business Machines Corp. (a) |
|
1,291,448 |
|
18,000 |
|
Visa, Inc., Class A (a) |
|
1,488,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,780,228 |
|
|
|
Machinery 1.1% |
|
|
|
16,000 |
|
AGCO Corp. (a) |
|
1,004,800 |
|
9,500 |
|
Deere & Co. (a) |
|
1,016,975 |
|
12,200 |
|
Joy Global, Inc. (a) |
|
343,064 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,364,839 |
|
|
|
Media 1.9% |
|
|
|
29,200 |
|
Comcast Corp., Class A (a) |
|
2,202,264 |
|
13,573 |
|
LiveStyle, Inc. (f)(g)(h) |
|
1 |
|
18,700 |
|
The Walt Disney Co. (a) |
|
2,069,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,271,420 |
|
|
|
Multiline Retail 0.7% |
|
|
|
25,100 |
|
Target Corp. (a) |
|
1,618,448 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 19
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.7% |
|
|
|
8,100 |
|
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (a) |
|
$548,937 |
|
2,210 |
|
Southwestern Energy Co. (a)(f) |
|
19,912 |
|
15,200 |
|
Valero Energy Corp. (a) |
|
999,552 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,568,401 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 0.4% |
|
|
|
20,300 |
|
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (a) |
|
997,948 |
|
|
|
Road & Rail 0.8% |
|
|
|
17,300 |
|
Union Pacific Corp. (a) |
|
1,843,834 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.6% |
|
|
|
48,300 |
|
Intel Corp. (a) |
|
1,778,406 |
|
23,200 |
|
Texas Instruments, Inc. (a) |
|
1,752,528 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,530,934 |
|
|
|
Software 1.9% |
|
|
|
36,500 |
|
Microsoft Corp. (a) |
|
2,359,725 |
|
47,000 |
|
Oracle Corp. (a) |
|
1,885,170 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,244,895 |
|
|
|
Specialty Retail 0.8% |
|
|
|
12,300 |
|
Home Depot, Inc. (a) |
|
1,692,234 |
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.2% |
|
|
|
22,200 |
|
Apple, Inc. (a) |
|
2,693,970 |
|
Total Common Stock (cost-$85,757,673) |
|
78,724,679 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes 34.5% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Aerospace & Defense 1.1% |
|
|
|
$1,000 |
|
KLX, Inc., 5.875%, 12/1/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
1,051,250 |
|
435 |
|
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 7.00%, 5/15/19 (a) |
|
425,213 |
|
1,000 |
|
TransDigm, Inc., 6.50%, 5/15/25 (a) |
|
1,008,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,485,213 |
|
|
|
Air Freight & Logistics 0.1% |
|
|
|
200 |
|
XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.50%, 6/15/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
209,500 |
|
|
|
Banks 0.4% |
|
|
|
160 |
|
CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, 8/15/22 (a) |
|
168,000 |
|
680 |
|
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 5.125%, 5/28/24 (a) |
|
678,998 |
|
|
|
|
|
846,998 |
|
|
|
Building Products 0.3% |
|
|
|
565 |
|
Builders FirstSource, Inc., 5.625%, 9/1/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
582,656 |
|
|
|
Chemicals 1.2% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Chemours Co., 7.00%, 5/15/25 (a) |
|
1,001,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
Platform Specialty Products Corp., 6.50%, 2/1/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
1,025,625 |
|
235 |
|
Tronox Finance LLC, 7.50%, 3/15/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
230,300 |
|
365 |
|
Univar USA, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/23 (a)(b)(c) |
|
381,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,638,850 |
|
20 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Commercial Services 0.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
Cenveo Corp. (a)(b)(c), |
|
|
|
$205 |
|
6.00%, 8/1/19 |
|
$183,475 |
|
350 |
|
6.00%, 5/15/24 |
|
315,000 |
|
500 |
|
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 9.25%, 3/1/21 (a)(b)(c) |
|
460,625 |
|
1,000 |
|
United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.50%, 7/15/25 (a) |
|
1,041,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,000,350 |
|
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.8% |
|
|
|
915 |
|
RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 6.00%, 4/1/24 (a) |
|
873,825 |
|
1,000 |
|
West Corp., 5.375%, 7/15/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
966,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,840,075 |
|
|
|
Construction & Engineering 0.2% |
|
|
|
500 |
|
AECOM, 5.875%, 10/15/24 (a) |
|
541,250 |
|
|
|
Consumer Finance 0.9% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Navient Corp., 8.45%, 6/15/18 (a) |
|
1,067,100 |
|
1,000 |
|
Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.90%, 12/15/17 (a) |
|
1,032,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,099,600 |
|
|
|
Diversified Financial Services 1.6% |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
Community Choice Financial, Inc., 10.75%, 5/1/19 (a) |
|
1,222,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
International Lease Finance Corp., 8.25%, 12/15/20 (a) |
|
1,182,340 |
|
1,000 |
|
Nationstar Mortgage LLC / Nationstar Capital Corp., 7.875%, 10/1/20 (a) |
|
1,045,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,449,840 |
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunications Services 0.5% |
|
|
|
290 |
|
Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 7.00%, 7/15/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
307,038 |
|
700 |
|
Frontier Communications Corp., 10.50%, 9/15/22 (a) |
|
734,562 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,041,600 |
|
|
|
Electric 0.4% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Talen Energy Supply LLC, 6.50%, 6/1/25 (a) |
|
812,500 |
|
|
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.3% |
|
|
|
500 |
|
Kemet Corp., 10.50%, 5/1/18 (a) |
|
501,562 |
|
250 |
|
Zebra Technologies Corp., 7.25%, 10/15/22 (a) |
|
270,625 |
|
|
|
|
|
772,187 |
|
|
|
Energy-Alternate Sources 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 6.375%, 2/1/23 (a)(b)(c)(d) |
|
1,032,500 |
|
|
|
Entertainment 0.3% |
|
|
|
750 |
|
Cedar Fair LP / Canadas Wonderland Co. / Magnum Management Corp., 5.375%, 6/1/24 (a) |
|
776,250 |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trust 0.9% |
|
|
|
360 |
|
Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC, 8.25%, 10/15/23 (a) |
|
392,400 |
|
500 |
|
Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 1/1/22 (a) |
|
531,250 |
|
1,000 |
|
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., 5.875%, 4/1/24 (a) |
|
1,036,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,960,250 |
|
|
|
Food & Staples Retailing 0.5% |
|
|
|
170 |
|
Albertsons Cos LLC / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons, Inc. / Albertsons LLC, 6.625%, 6/15/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
177,599 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 21
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Food & Staples Retailing (continued) |
|
|
|
$85 |
|
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.875%, 11/1/26 (a)(b)(c) |
|
$85,319 |
|
1,000 |
|
SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/21 (a) |
|
1,002,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,265,418 |
|
|
|
Forest Products & Paper 0.3% |
|
|
|
525 |
|
Mercer International, Inc., 7.75%, 12/1/22 (a) |
|
564,375 |
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.2% |
|
|
|
360 |
|
Hologic, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
376,650 |
|
|
|
Health Care Products 0.3% |
|
|
|
620 |
|
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. / KCI USA, Inc., 9.625%, 10/1/21 (a)(b)(c) |
|
665,415 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 1.1% |
|
|
|
310 |
|
DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/24 (a) |
|
307,675 |
|
185 |
|
Envision Healthcare Corp., 6.25%, 12/1/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
195,175 |
|
1,000 |
|
Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 8.75%, 1/15/23 (a) |
|
913,750 |
|
1,000 |
|
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/1/22 (a) |
|
1,015,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,431,600 |
|
|
|
Health Care Services 0.8% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/1/22 (a) |
|
735,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
HCA, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/22 (a) |
|
1,141,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,876,250 |
|
|
|
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 1.0% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
International Game Technology PLC, 6.25%, 2/15/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
1,070,620 |
|
1,000 |
|
MGM Resorts International, 6.625%, 12/15/21 (a) |
|
1,117,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,188,120 |
|
|
|
Household Durables 0.9% |
|
|
|
375 |
|
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 8.75%, 3/15/22 (a)(b)(c) |
|
408,750 |
|
500 |
|
Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/20 (a)(b)(c) |
|
517,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
KB Home, 8.00%, 3/15/20 (a) |
|
1,116,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,042,500 |
|
|
|
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/24 (a) |
|
1,022,500 |
|
|
|
Internet Software & Services 0.0% |
|
|
|
90 |
|
Zayo Group LLC / Zayo Capital, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/27 (a)(b)(c) |
|
92,250 |
|
|
|
Iron/Steel 0.1% |
|
|
|
265 |
|
AK Steel Corp., 7.50%, 7/15/23 (a) |
|
290,938 |
|
|
|
IT Services 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Cardtronics, Inc., 5.125%, 8/1/22 (a) |
|
1,020,000 |
|
|
|
Lodging 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.50%, 3/1/25 (a)(b)(c) |
|
1,005,000 |
|
|
|
Machinery 1.0% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
BlueLine Rental Finance Corp., 7.00%, 2/1/19 (a)(b)(c) |
|
992,500 |
|
940 |
|
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., 7.875%, 4/15/19 (a) |
|
949,400 |
|
360 |
|
Terex Corp., 5.625%, 2/1/25 (a)(b)(c) |
|
368,118 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,310,018 |
|
22 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Media 2.5% |
|
|
|
$1,000 |
|
Cablevision Systems Corp., 8.00%, 4/15/20 (a) |
|
$1,107,700 |
|
|
|
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., |
|
|
|
125 |
|
5.125%, 5/1/27 (b)(c) |
|
127,344 |
|
500 |
|
5.75%, 1/15/24 (a) |
|
526,250 |
|
1,000 |
|
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 6.50%, 11/15/22 (a) |
|
1,049,000 |
|
425 |
|
CSC Holdings LLC, 6.75%, 11/15/21 (a) |
|
462,612 |
|
750 |
|
DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 7/15/22 (a) |
|
781,500 |
|
500 |
|
LIN Television Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/22 (a) |
|
512,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
Mediacom Broadband LLC / Mediacom Broadband Corp., 6.375%, 4/1/23 (a) |
|
1,052,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,619,406 |
|
|
|
Metals & Mining 1.4% |
|
|
|
305 |
|
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 6.75%, 9/30/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
331,688 |
|
1,000 |
|
ArcelorMittal, 10.85%, 6/1/19 (a) |
|
1,178,750 |
|
560 |
|
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 3.55%, 3/1/22 (a) |
|
526,400 |
|
|
|
HudBay Minerals, Inc. (a)(b)(c), |
|
|
|
80 |
|
7.25%, 1/15/23 |
|
85,000 |
|
270 |
|
7.625%, 1/15/25 |
|
290,250 |
|
545 |
|
United States Steel Corp., 8.375%, 7/1/21 (a)(b)(c) |
|
606,312 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,018,400 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous Manufactureres 0.1% |
|
|
|
235 |
|
Koppers, Inc., 6.00%, 2/15/25 (a)(b)(c) |
|
243,813 |
|
|
|
Multiline Retail 0.2% |
|
|
|
500 |
|
Dollar Tree, Inc., 5.75%, 3/1/23 (a) |
|
530,750 |
|
|
|
Oil & Gas 1.6% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
BreitBurn Energy Partners LP / BreitBurn Finance Corp., 8.625%, 10/15/20 (a)(e) |
|
745,000 |
|
560 |
|
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP / Calumet Finance Corp., 6.50%, 4/15/21 (a) |
|
487,200 |
|
1,000 |
|
CVR Refining LLC / Coffeyville Finance, Inc., 6.50%, 11/1/22 (a) |
|
1,015,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
Sunoco LP / Sunoco Finance Corp., 6.375%, 4/1/23 (a) |
|
1,031,500 |
|
165 |
|
Weatherford International Ltd., 8.25%, 6/15/23 (a) |
|
168,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,447,412 |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 3.3% |
|
|
|
250 |
|
Callon Petroleum Co., 6.125%, 10/1/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
265,937 |
|
1,000 |
|
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 6.25%, 4/15/23 (a) |
|
1,031,250 |
|
1,000 |
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.625%, 8/15/20 (a) |
|
1,010,000 |
|
2,030 |
|
Cobalt International Energy, Inc., 10.75%, 12/1/21 (a)(b)(c) |
|
1,928,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
Energy Transfer Equity LP, 5.875%, 1/15/24 (a) |
|
1,072,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
Rice Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/22 (a) |
|
1,042,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.125%, 1/15/23 (a) |
|
965,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
7,315,687 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 1.0% |
|
|
|
615 |
|
Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/23 (a)(b)(c) |
|
518,138 |
|
1,000 |
|
Horizon Pharma, Inc., 6.625%, 5/1/23 (a) |
|
970,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 6.125%, 4/15/25 (a)(b)(c) |
|
752,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,240,638 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 23
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Pipelines 0.5% |
|
|
|
$1,000 |
|
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.75%, 5/15/24 (a) |
|
$1,093,750 |
|
|
|
Retail 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC, 8.00%, 10/15/21 (a)(b)(c) |
|
625,000 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors 0.2% |
|
|
|
400 |
|
Sensata Technologies BV, 5.625%, 11/1/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
421,248 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.2% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Amkor Technology, Inc., 6.375%, 10/1/22 (a) |
|
1,041,250 |
|
1,000 |
|
Micron Technology, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/22 (a) |
|
1,043,120 |
|
500 |
|
Qorvo, Inc., 7.00%, 12/1/25 (a) |
|
555,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,639,370 |
|
|
|
Software 0.3% |
|
|
|
340 |
|
Camelot Finance S.A., 7.875%, 10/15/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
360,400 |
|
290 |
|
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/23 (a) |
|
303,050 |
|
|
|
|
|
663,450 |
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.4% |
|
|
|
520 |
|
Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2 Finance Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
569,636 |
|
310 |
|
Western Digital Corp., 10.50%, 4/1/24 (a)(b)(c) |
|
366,187 |
|
|
|
|
|
935,823 |
|
|
|
Telecommunications 2.9% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Consolidated Communications, Inc., 6.50%, 10/1/22 (a) |
|
1,007,500 |
|
1,000 |
|
Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 7.625%, 6/15/21 (a) |
|
1,104,490 |
|
1,000 |
|
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 7.25%, 4/1/19 (a) |
|
864,375 |
|
500 |
|
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/1/25 (a) |
|
511,565 |
|
1,000 |
|
Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/22 (a) |
|
1,020,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.836%, 4/28/23 (a) |
|
1,070,000 |
|
1,000 |
|
Windstream Services LLC, 7.50%, 6/1/22 (a) |
|
972,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,550,430 |
|
|
|
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 7.00%, 9/1/22 (a) |
|
1,058,760 |
|
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (cost-$77,168,849) |
|
76,644,590 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock (a) 12.3% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.7% |
|
|
|
23,485 |
|
Stericycle, Inc., 5.25%, 9/15/18 |
|
1,534,040 |
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunications Services 0.8% |
|
|
|
24,375 |
|
Frontier Communications Corp., 11.125%, 6/29/18 |
|
1,782,056 |
|
|
|
Electrical Components & Equipment 0.9% |
|
|
|
18,290 |
|
Belden, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/19 |
|
1,958,127 |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trust 1.0% |
|
|
|
22,950 |
|
American Tower Corp., 5.50%, 2/15/18 |
|
2,314,049 |
|
|
|
Financial Services 0.9% |
|
|
|
16,170 |
|
Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.75%, 6/3/19 (b)(c) |
|
1,998,046 |
|
24 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Food Products 1.4% |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
Bunge Ltd., 4.875% (i) |
|
$499,375 |
|
12,105 |
|
Post Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 6/1/17 |
|
1,757,706 |
|
10,630 |
|
Tyson Foods, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/17 |
|
724,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,981,622 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 2.2% |
|
|
|
72,540 |
|
Anthem, Inc., 5.25%, 5/1/18 |
|
3,513,838 |
|
11,480 |
|
Envision Healthcare Corp., 5.25%, 7/1/17 |
|
1,455,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,969,502 |
|
|
|
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers 0.2% |
|
|
|
6,130 |
|
Dynegy, Inc., 7.00%, 7/1/19 |
|
411,813 |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.9% |
|
|
|
20,135 |
|
Hess Corp., 8.00%, 2/1/19 |
|
1,298,506 |
|
27,685 |
|
Southwestern Energy Co., 6.25%, 1/15/18 |
|
612,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,911,175 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 2.4% |
|
|
|
4,870 |
|
Allergan PLC, 5.50%, 3/1/18 |
|
3,854,556 |
|
2,310 |
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., 7.00%, 12/15/18 |
|
1,407,368 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,261,924 |
|
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.9% |
|
|
|
20,440 |
|
T-Mobile US, Inc., 5.50%, 12/15/17 |
|
2,088,151 |
|
Total Convertible Preferred Stock (cost-$33,756,135) |
|
27,210,505 |
| ||
Preferred Stock (f)(g)(h) 0.5% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Media 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,248 |
|
LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. A |
|
124,800 |
|
11,496 |
|
LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. B |
|
1,040,273 |
|
1,250 |
|
LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. B |
|
13 |
|
Total Preferred Stock (cost-$2,499,840) |
|
1,165,086 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units |
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants (f)(g)(h) 0.0% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Commercial Services 0.0% |
|
|
|
37,000 |
|
Cenveo Corp., strike price $12.00, expires 6/10/24 (a) |
|
10,634 |
|
|
|
Media 0.0% |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. C, expires 11/30/21 |
|
|
|
Total Warrants (cost-$10,114) |
|
10,634 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Short-Term Investment 2.8% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Time Deposit 2.8% |
|
|
|
$6,168 |
|
ANZ National Bank-London, 0.29%, 2/1/17 (cost-$6,167,733) |
|
6,167,733 |
|
Total Investments, before call options written |
|
325,990,178 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 25
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts |
|
|
|
Value |
|
Call Options Written (f) (0.0)% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
3M Co., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
55 |
|
strike price $185, expires 2/17/17 |
|
$(275 |
) |
|
|
AGCO Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
80 |
|
strike price $65, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(5,800 |
) |
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
80 |
|
strike price $105, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(6,440 |
) |
|
|
Alphabet, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
15 |
|
strike price $910, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(338 |
) |
|
|
Amazon.com, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
16 |
|
strike price $900, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(4,848 |
) |
|
|
Apple, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
30 |
|
strike price $130, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(555 |
) |
|
|
Bank of America Co., (ASE), |
|
|
|
180 |
|
strike price $25, expires 3/17/17 |
|
(2,160 |
) |
|
|
Baxter International, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
110 |
|
strike price $49.50, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(2,860 |
) |
|
|
Boeing Co., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
65 |
|
strike price $170, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(1,950 |
) |
|
|
Comcast Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
150 |
|
strike price $77.50, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(4,575 |
) |
|
|
Deere & Co., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
60 |
|
strike price $115, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(3,000 |
) |
|
|
Facebook, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
100 |
|
strike price $140, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(7,600 |
) |
|
|
Home Depot, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
60 |
|
strike price $143, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(1,350 |
) |
|
|
Intel Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
145 |
|
strike price $38.50, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(870 |
) |
|
|
International Business Machines Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
45 |
|
strike price $185, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(383 |
) |
|
|
MGM Resorts International, (CBOE), |
|
|
|
85 |
|
strike price $31, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(1,147 |
) |
|
|
Microsoft Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
180 |
|
strike price $69, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(540 |
) |
|
|
Prudential Financial, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
80 |
|
strike price $115, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(3,280 |
) |
|
|
Starbucks Corp., (ASE), |
|
|
|
205 |
|
strike price $62, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(205 |
) |
|
|
Texas Instruments, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
120 |
|
strike price $81, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(780 |
) |
|
|
Union Pacific Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
120 |
|
strike price $110, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(8,520 |
) |
|
|
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
65 |
|
strike price $170, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(1,495 |
) |
26 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
Contracts |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Visa, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
90 |
|
strike price $87, expires 2/17/17 |
|
$(1,890 |
) |
Total Call Options Written (premiums received-$79,800) |
|
(60,861 |
) | ||
Total Investments, net of call options written |
|
325,929,317 |
| ||
Other liabilities in excess of other assets (46.9)% |
|
(104,080,269 |
) | ||
Net Assets 100.0% |
|
$221,849,048 |
|
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for call options written and long-term and short-term loan financing.
(b) Private PlacementRestricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $56,927,266, representing 25.7% of net assets.
(c) 144AExempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.
(d) Step BondCoupon is a fixed rate for an initial period then resets at a specific date and rate.
(e) In Default.
(f) Non-income producing.
(g) Fair-ValuedSecurities with an aggregate value of $1,175,721 representing 0.5% of net assets. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(h) Illiquid.
(i) Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.
(j) Transactions in call options written for the year ended January 31, 2017:
|
|
Contracts |
|
Premiums |
|
Options outstanding, January 31, 2016 |
|
1,870 |
|
$102,810 |
|
Options written |
|
18,472 |
|
734,206 |
|
Options terminated in closing transactions |
|
(4,638 |
) |
(174,102 |
) |
Options expired |
|
(13,568 |
) |
(583,114 |
) |
Options outstanding, January 31, 2017 |
|
2,136 |
|
$79,800 |
|
(k) Fair Value MeasurementsSee Note 1(b) in Notes to Financial Statements.
|
|
Level 1 |
|
Level 2 |
|
Level 3 |
|
Value at |
|
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes |
|
$ |
|
$136,066,951 |
|
$ |
|
$136,066,951 |
|
Common Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media |
|
4,271,419 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
4,271,420 |
|
All Other |
|
74,453,259 |
|
|
|
|
|
74,453,259 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
|
|
|
76,644,590 |
|
|
|
76,644,590 |
|
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Services |
|
|
|
1,998,046 |
|
|
|
1,998,046 |
|
Food Products |
|
724,541 |
|
2,257,081 |
|
|
|
2,981,622 |
|
Health Care Providers & Services |
|
3,513,838 |
|
1,455,664 |
|
|
|
4,969,502 |
|
Pharmaceuticals |
|
3,854,556 |
|
1,407,368 |
|
|
|
5,261,924 |
|
All Other |
|
11,999,411 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,999,411 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 27
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
Level 1 |
|
Level 2 |
|
Level 3 |
|
Value at |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$1,165,086 |
|
$1,165,086 |
|
Warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
10,634 |
|
10,634 |
|
Short-Term Investment |
|
|
|
6,167,733 |
|
|
|
6,167,733 |
|
|
|
98,817,024 |
|
225,997,433 |
|
1,175,721 |
|
325,990,178 |
|
Investments in Securities Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Call Options Written, at value: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market price |
|
(60,861 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(60,861 |
) |
Totals |
|
$98,756,163 |
|
$225,997,433 |
|
$1,175,721 |
|
$325,929,317 |
|
For the year ended January 31, 2017, the Fund had no transfers between levels.
A roll forward of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the year ended January 31, 2017, was as follows:
|
|
Beginning |
|
Purchases |
|
Sales |
|
Accrued |
|
Net |
|
Net |
|
Transfers |
|
Transfers |
|
Ending |
|
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Common Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$1 |
|
|
|
|
|
$1 |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
581,250 |
|
1,249,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(666,004 |
) |
|
|
|
|
1,165,086 |
|
Warrants |
|
|
|
10,113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
521 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,634 |
|
Totals |
|
$581,250 |
|
$1,259,953 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$(665,482 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$1,175,721 |
|
The following table presents additional information about valuation techniques and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 at January 31, 2017:
|
|
Ending Balance |
|
Valuation |
|
Unobservable |
|
Input |
|
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock |
|
$1 |
|
Model Price |
|
Proprietary Data Used in Model |
|
$0.0001 |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
1,165,073 |
|
Model Price |
|
Proprietary Data Used in Model |
|
$90.49 $100.00 |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
13 |
|
Liquidation Value |
|
Price of Stock |
|
$0.01* |
|
Warrants |
|
10,634 |
|
Fundamental Analytical Data Relating to the Investment |
|
Price of Warrant |
|
$0.287388 |
|
* Preferred stock trades are in lots of 1,000.
Issued via reorganization.
Issued via corporate action.
The net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of Level 3 investments held at January 31, 2017, was $(665,482). Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation is reflected on the Statements of Operations.
28 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
(l) The following is a summary of the fair valuation of the Funds derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure:
The effect of derivatives on the Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities at January 31, 2017:
Location |
|
Market Price |
|
Liability derivatives: |
|
|
|
Call options written, at value |
|
$(60,861) |
|
The effect of derivatives on the Funds Statements of Operations for the year ended January 31, 2017:
Location |
|
Market Price |
|
Net realized gain on: |
|
|
|
Call options written |
|
$243 |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: |
|
|
|
Call options written |
|
$(8,361) |
|
The average volume (based on the open positions at each fiscal quarter-end) of derivative activity during the year ended January 31, 2017 was 2,068 call options written contracts.
Glossary :
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
ASE - American Stock Exchange
CBOE - Chicago Board Options Exchange
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 29
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
Common Stock 64.8% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Aerospace & Defense 2.0% |
|
|
|
46,700 |
|
Boeing Co. (a) |
|
$7,631,714 |
|
39,116 |
|
United Technologies Corp. |
|
4,289,852 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,921,566 |
|
|
|
Auto Components 0.1% |
|
|
|
13,354 |
|
Adient PLC (b) |
|
847,845 |
|
|
|
Automobiles 1.1% |
|
|
|
547,300 |
|
Ford Motor Co. |
|
6,764,628 |
|
|
|
Banks 1.4% |
|
|
|
96,000 |
|
Bank of America Corp. |
|
2,173,440 |
|
101,000 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. |
|
5,689,330 |
|
|
|
|
|
7,862,770 |
|
|
|
Beverages 2.4% |
|
|
|
164,300 |
|
Coca-Cola Co. |
|
6,829,951 |
|
72,000 |
|
PepsiCo, Inc. |
|
7,472,160 |
|
|
|
|
|
14,302,111 |
|
|
|
Biotechnology 4.4% |
|
|
|
138,100 |
|
AbbVie, Inc. |
|
8,439,291 |
|
52,700 |
|
Amgen, Inc. |
|
8,257,036 |
|
9,700 |
|
Biogen, Inc. (b) |
|
2,689,228 |
|
91,000 |
|
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
|
6,592,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
25,978,505 |
|
|
|
Building Products 1.0% |
|
|
|
133,544 |
|
Johnson Controls International PLC |
|
5,873,265 |
|
|
|
Chemicals 1.0% |
|
|
|
56,400 |
|
Monsanto Co. |
|
6,108,684 |
|
|
|
Communications Equipment 1.1% |
|
|
|
128,100 |
|
Qualcomm, Inc. |
|
6,844,383 |
|
|
|
Construction & Engineering 0.1% |
|
|
|
15,200 |
|
Fluor Corp. |
|
843,600 |
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunications Services 1.2% |
|
|
|
140,400 |
|
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
|
6,881,004 |
|
|
|
Electric Utilities 0.6% |
|
|
|
97,185 |
|
Exelon Corp. |
|
3,486,998 |
|
|
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 2.1% |
|
|
|
103,900 |
|
Amphenol Corp., Class A |
|
7,012,211 |
|
208,840 |
|
Corning, Inc. (a) |
|
5,532,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
12,544,383 |
|
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services 2.4% |
|
|
|
103,271 |
|
Baker Hughes, Inc. |
|
6,514,335 |
|
53,600 |
|
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. |
|
2,026,616 |
|
72,000 |
|
Schlumberger Ltd. |
|
6,027,120 |
|
|
|
|
|
14,568,071 |
|
30 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Food & Staples Retailing 3.3% |
|
|
|
44,900 |
|
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
|
$7,361,355 |
|
182,400 |
|
Kroger Co. |
|
6,194,304 |
|
74,100 |
|
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
|
6,071,754 |
|
|
|
|
|
19,627,413 |
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.8% |
|
|
|
93,300 |
|
Baxter International, Inc. |
|
4,470,003 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 2.3% |
|
|
|
46,400 |
|
McKesson Corp. |
|
6,456,560 |
|
44,400 |
|
United Health Group, Inc. |
|
7,197,240 |
|
|
|
|
|
13,653,800 |
|
|
|
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 2.6% |
|
|
|
58,900 |
|
McDonalds Corp. |
|
7,219,373 |
|
33,700 |
|
MGM Resorts International (a)(b) |
|
970,560 |
|
128,900 |
|
Starbucks Corp. (a) |
|
7,117,858 |
|
|
|
|
|
15,307,791 |
|
|
|
Household Products 1.2% |
|
|
|
83,000 |
|
Procter & Gamble Co. |
|
7,270,800 |
|
|
|
Industrial Conglomerates 2.0% |
|
|
|
37,100 |
|
3M Co. (a) |
|
6,485,822 |
|
184,485 |
|
General Electric Co. |
|
5,479,204 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,965,026 |
|
|
|
Insurance 1.2% |
|
|
|
67,300 |
|
Prudential Financial, Inc. |
|
7,073,903 |
|
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 1.9% |
|
|
|
14,000 |
|
Amazon.com, Inc. (b) |
|
11,528,720 |
|
|
|
Internet Software & Services 4.3% |
|
|
|
26,800 |
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR (b) |
|
2,715,108 |
|
14,305 |
|
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)(b) |
|
11,732,818 |
|
85,900 |
|
Facebook, Inc., Class A (b) |
|
11,194,488 |
|
|
|
|
|
25,642,414 |
|
|
|
IT Services 2.5% |
|
|
|
42,400 |
|
International Business Machines Corp. |
|
7,399,648 |
|
93,200 |
|
Visa, Inc., Class A |
|
7,708,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
15,108,220 |
|
|
|
Machinery 2.0% |
|
|
|
85,100 |
|
AGCO Corp. |
|
5,344,280 |
|
47,800 |
|
Deere & Co. (a) |
|
5,116,990 |
|
49,400 |
|
Joy Global, Inc. |
|
1,389,128 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,850,398 |
|
|
|
Media 3.2% |
|
|
|
121,800 |
|
Comcast Corp., Class A (a) |
|
9,186,156 |
|
88,200 |
|
The Walt Disney Co. |
|
9,759,330 |
|
|
|
|
|
18,945,486 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 31
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Metals & Mining 0.1% |
|
|
|
23,400 |
|
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. (b) |
|
$389,610 |
|
|
|
Multiline Retail 1.9% |
|
|
|
126,482 |
|
Macys, Inc. |
|
3,736,278 |
|
118,000 |
|
Target Corp. |
|
7,608,640 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,344,918 |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 2.0% |
|
|
|
257,162 |
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (b) |
|
1,658,695 |
|
25,683 |
|
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (b) |
|
25,190 |
|
83,400 |
|
Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
|
5,652,018 |
|
3,185 |
|
Southwestern Energy Co. (b) |
|
28,697 |
|
72,400 |
|
Valero Energy Corp. |
|
4,761,024 |
|
|
|
|
|
12,125,624 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 0.9% |
|
|
|
108,500 |
|
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
|
5,333,860 |
|
|
|
Road & Rail 0.9% |
|
|
|
51,300 |
|
Union Pacific Corp. |
|
5,467,554 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.2% |
|
|
|
275,700 |
|
Intel Corp. (a) |
|
10,151,274 |
|
116,400 |
|
Texas Instruments, Inc. (a) |
|
8,792,856 |
|
|
|
|
|
18,944,130 |
|
|
|
Software 3.7% |
|
|
|
198,500 |
|
Microsoft Corp. (a) |
|
12,833,025 |
|
230,000 |
|
Oracle Corp. |
|
9,225,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
22,058,325 |
|
|
|
Specialty Retail 1.6% |
|
|
|
71,000 |
|
Home Depot, Inc. (a) |
|
9,768,180 |
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 2.3% |
|
|
|
115,378 |
|
Apple, Inc. |
|
14,001,120 |
|
Total Common Stock (cost-$444,498,222) |
|
386,705,108 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes 21.5% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Automobiles 0.5% |
|
|
|
$3,280 |
|
Tesla Motors, Inc., 0.25%, 3/1/19 |
|
3,179,550 |
|
|
|
Biotechnology 0.5% |
|
|
|
1,050 |
|
Incyte Corp., 0.375%, 11/15/18 |
|
2,493,094 |
|
600 |
|
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.00%, 11/15/21 |
|
604,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,097,594 |
|
|
|
Capital Markets 0.4% |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
Walter Investment Management Corp., 4.50%, 11/1/19 |
|
2,190,000 |
|
32 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Communications Equipment 0.6% |
|
|
|
$1,200 |
|
Finisar Corp., 0.50%, 12/15/33 |
|
$1,402,500 |
|
1,500 |
|
InterDigital, Inc., 1.50%, 3/1/20 |
|
2,072,812 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,475,312 |
|
|
|
Construction & Engineering 0.4% |
|
|
|
2,315 |
|
Dycom Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 9/15/21 |
|
2,529,138 |
|
|
|
Consumer Finance 0.6% |
|
|
|
3,625 |
|
PRA Group, Inc., 3.00%, 8/1/20 |
|
3,468,672 |
|
|
|
Electrical Equipment 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
SolarCity Corp., 1.625%, 11/1/19 |
|
1,486,438 |
|
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services 0.1% |
|
|
|
750 |
|
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 4.25%, 5/1/22 |
|
779,063 |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trust 0.7% |
|
|
|
2,225 |
|
Extra Space Storage LP, 3.125%, 10/1/35 (c)(d) |
|
2,294,531 |
|
2,000 |
|
Two Harbors Investment Corp., 6.25%, 1/15/22 |
|
1,998,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,293,281 |
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.7% |
|
|
|
2,400 |
|
Hologic, Inc., 2.00%, 3/1/42 (e) |
|
3,285,000 |
|
500 |
|
Nevro Corp., 1.75%, 6/1/21 |
|
591,250 |
|
2,500 |
|
Wright Medical Group NV, 2.25%, 11/15/21 (c)(d) |
|
3,332,812 |
|
2,955 |
|
Wright Medical Group, Inc., 2.00%, 2/15/20 |
|
3,222,797 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,431,859 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 0.4% |
|
|
|
2,075 |
|
Molina Healthcare, Inc., 1.625%, 8/15/44 |
|
2,417,375 |
|
|
|
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers 0.4% |
|
|
|
2,265 |
|
NRG Yield, Inc., 3.25%, 6/1/20 (c)(d) |
|
2,218,284 |
|
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 0.8% |
|
|
|
3,500 |
|
Priceline Group, Inc., 0.35%, 6/15/20 |
|
4,679,062 |
|
|
|
Internet Software & Services 1.6% |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
Akamai Technologies, Inc., zero coupon, 2/15/19 |
|
1,575,008 |
|
1,300 |
|
Gogo, Inc., 3.75%, 3/1/20 |
|
967,688 |
|
1,700 |
|
Pandora Media, Inc., 1.75%, 12/1/20 |
|
1,768,000 |
|
2,650 |
|
Web.com Group, Inc., 1.00%, 8/15/18 |
|
2,553,937 |
|
2,390 |
|
WebMD Health Corp., 2.625%, 6/15/23 (c)(d) |
|
2,264,525 |
|
685 |
|
Zillow Group, Inc., 2.00%, 12/1/21 (c)(d) |
|
692,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
9,821,436 |
|
|
|
IT Services 0.8% |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
Cardtronics, Inc., 1.00%, 12/1/20 |
|
2,370,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
CSG Systems International, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/36 (c)(d) |
|
2,225,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,595,000 |
|
|
|
Machinery 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Meritor, Inc., 7.875%, 3/1/26 |
|
1,567,500 |
|
|
|
Media 1.2% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/26 (c)(d) |
|
1,173,125 |
|
1,765 |
|
Liberty Interactive LLC, 1.75%, 9/30/46 (c)(d) |
|
1,988,934 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Media (continued) |
|
|
|
$1,950 |
|
Liberty Media Corp., 2.25%, 9/30/46 (c)(d) |
|
$2,093,813 |
|
1,665 |
|
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2.50%, 5/15/19 |
|
1,811,728 |
|
|
|
|
|
7,067,600 |
|
|
|
Metals & Mining 0.6% |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
Royal Gold, Inc., 2.875%, 6/15/19 |
|
1,642,500 |
|
1,500 |
|
RTI International Metals, Inc., 1.625%, 10/15/19 |
|
1,644,375 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,286,875 |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 1.5% |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/45 |
|
2,652,500 |
|
2,000 |
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 9/15/26 (c)(d) |
|
2,141,250 |
|
525 |
|
Ensco Jersey Finance Ltd., 3.00%, 1/31/24 (c)(d) |
|
574,875 |
|
2,000 |
|
Nabors Industries, Inc., 0.75%, 1/15/24 (c)(d) |
|
2,027,500 |
|
1,500 |
|
SM Energy Co., 1.50%, 7/1/21 |
|
1,643,438 |
|
|
|
|
|
9,039,563 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 0.4% |
|
|
|
900 |
|
Jazz Investments I Ltd., 1.875%, 8/15/21 |
|
908,437 |
|
250 |
|
Medicines Co., 2.75%, 7/15/23 (c)(d) |
|
252,344 |
|
1,115 |
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, 0.25%, 2/1/26 |
|
1,186,778 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,347,559 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 5.4% |
|
|
|
755 |
|
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2.125%, 9/1/26 |
|
1,131,556 |
|
1,000 |
|
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/22 (c)(d) |
|
1,155,000 |
|
|
|
Inphi Corp., |
|
|
|
2,615 |
|
0.75%, 9/1/21 (c)(d) |
|
2,832,372 |
|
2,000 |
|
1.125%, 12/1/20 |
|
2,640,000 |
|
2,000 |
|
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., 0.875%, 11/15/22 |
|
2,135,000 |
|
2,610 |
|
Intel Corp., 3.25%, 8/1/39 |
|
4,650,707 |
|
3,070 |
|
Microchip Technology, Inc., 1.625%, 2/15/25 |
|
4,173,281 |
|
|
|
Micron Technology, Inc., |
|
|
|
500 |
|
2.125%, 2/15/33 |
|
1,135,625 |
|
5,315 |
|
3.00%, 11/15/43 |
|
5,464,484 |
|
2,270 |
|
Rovi Corp., 0.50%, 3/1/20 |
|
2,244,463 |
|
|
|
SunEdison, Inc., (c)(d)(f), |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
2.625%, 6/1/23 |
|
95,200 |
|
1,000 |
|
3.375%, 6/1/25 |
|
23,800 |
|
|
|
SunPower Corp., |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
0.875%, 6/1/21 |
|
2,148,750 |
|
2,135 |
|
4.00%, 1/15/23 |
|
1,561,219 |
|
1,000 |
|
Teradyne, Inc., 1.25%, 12/15/23 (c)(d) |
|
1,133,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
32,525,207 |
|
|
|
Software 0.8% |
|
|
|
2,500 |
|
FireEye, Inc., 1.00%, 6/1/35 |
|
2,309,375 |
|
1,250 |
|
ServiceNow, Inc., zero coupon, 11/1/18 |
|
1,664,844 |
|
825 |
|
Workday, Inc., 0.75%, 7/15/18 |
|
952,359 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,926,578 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Specialty Retail 0.5% |
|
|
|
$3,495 |
|
RH, zero coupon, 6/15/19 (c)(d) |
|
$2,964,197 |
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
Electronics For Imaging, Inc., 0.75%, 9/1/19 |
|
1,574,063 |
|
|
|
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.4% |
|
|
|
2,595 |
|
Iconix Brand Group, Inc., 1.50%, 3/15/18 |
|
2,452,275 |
|
|
|
Tobacco 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
Vector Group Ltd., 1.75%, 4/15/20 (g) |
|
1,958,187 |
|
Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (cost-$128,032,331) |
|
128,371,668 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock 11.0% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Banks 2.0% |
|
|
|
3,965 |
|
Bank of America Corp., Ser. L, 7.25% (h) |
|
4,727,271 |
|
3,050 |
|
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 8.50% (h) |
|
4,209,000 |
|
2,195 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co., Ser. L, 7.50% (h) |
|
2,636,305 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,572,576 |
|
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.3% |
|
|
|
29,890 |
|
Stericycle, Inc., 5.25%, 9/15/18 |
|
1,952,415 |
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunications Services 0.5% |
|
|
|
42,905 |
|
Frontier Communications Corp., Ser. A, 11.125%, 6/29/18 |
|
3,136,784 |
|
|
|
Electric Utilities 0.9% |
|
|
|
105,000 |
|
Exelon Corp., 6.50%, 6/1/17 |
|
5,204,850 |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trust 1.8% |
|
|
|
36,635 |
|
American Tower Corp., 5.50%, 2/15/18 |
|
3,693,907 |
|
98,900 |
|
FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Ser. A, 1.95% (h) |
|
2,462,610 |
|
75,000 |
|
Welltower, Inc., 6.50% (h) |
|
4,499,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,655,767 |
|
|
|
Financial Services 0.5% |
|
|
|
23,400 |
|
Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.75%, 6/3/19 (c)(d) |
|
2,891,421 |
|
|
|
Food Products 1.3% |
|
|
|
48,800 |
|
Bunge Ltd., 4.875% (h) |
|
4,873,900 |
|
11,900 |
|
Post Holdings, Inc., 2.50% (h) |
|
1,892,844 |
|
13,800 |
|
Tyson Foods, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/17 |
|
940,608 |
|
|
|
|
|
7,707,352 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 0.7% |
|
|
|
85,670 |
|
Anthem, Inc., 5.25%, 5/1/18 |
|
4,149,855 |
|
|
|
Multi-Utilities 0.5% |
|
|
|
58,650 |
|
AES Trust III, 6.75%, 10/15/29 |
|
2,991,150 |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.9% |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
ATP Oil & Gas Corp., 8.00% (c)(d)(f)(h) |
|
2 |
|
46,870 |
|
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 9.75%, 10/26/18 |
|
2,312,097 |
|
39,900 |
|
Southwestern Energy Co., Ser. B, 6.25%, 1/15/18 |
|
882,987 |
|
35,410 |
|
WPX Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 7/31/18 |
|
2,204,273 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,399,359 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 1.0% |
|
|
|
5,515 |
|
Allergan PLC, Ser. A, 5.50%, 3/1/18 |
|
$4,365,067 |
|
2,960 |
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., 7.00%, 12/15/18 |
|
1,803,380 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,168,447 |
|
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.6% |
|
|
|
36,255 |
|
T-Mobile US, Inc., 5.50%, 12/15/17 |
|
3,703,811 |
|
Total Convertible Preferred Stock (cost-$71,547,927) |
|
65,533,787 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes 0.7% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
Cobalt International Energy, Inc., (c)(d), |
|
|
|
$2,509 |
|
7.75%, 12/1/23 |
|
1,342,315 |
|
3,200 |
|
10.75%, 12/1/21 |
|
3,040,000 |
|
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (cost-$6,390,721) |
|
4,382,315 |
| ||
Short-Term Investment 1.4% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Time Deposit 1.4% |
|
|
|
8,326 |
|
Citibank-Puerto Rico, 0.29%, 2/1/17 (cost-$8,325,862) |
|
8,325,862 |
|
Total Investments, before call options written |
|
593,318,740 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
Call Options Written (b) (0.0)% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
3M Co., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
220 |
|
strike price $185, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(1,100 |
) |
|
|
Alphabet, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
85 |
|
strike price $910, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(1,913 |
) |
|
|
Amazon.com, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
85 |
|
strike price $900, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(25,755 |
) |
|
|
Apple, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
325 |
|
strike price $130, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(6,013 |
) |
|
|
Bank of America Co., (ASE), |
|
|
|
480 |
|
strike price $25, expires 3/17/17 |
|
(5,760 |
) |
|
|
Baxter International, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
465 |
|
strike price $49.50, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(12,090 |
) |
|
|
Boeing Co., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
235 |
|
strike price $170, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(7,050 |
) |
|
|
Comcast Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
610 |
|
strike price $77.50, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(18,605 |
) |
|
|
Corning, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
1,045 |
|
strike price $26.50, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(45,980 |
) |
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Deere & Co., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
290 |
|
strike price $115, expires 2/17/17 |
|
$(14,500 |
) |
|
|
Facebook, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
515 |
|
strike price $140, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(39,140 |
) |
|
|
Home Depot, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
355 |
|
strike price $143, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(7,987 |
) |
|
|
Intel Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
825 |
|
strike price $38.50, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(4,950 |
) |
|
|
MGM Resorts International, (CBOE), |
|
|
|
200 |
|
strike price $31, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(2,700 |
) |
|
|
Microsoft Corp., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
990 |
|
strike price $69, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(2,970 |
) |
|
|
Prudential Financial, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
405 |
|
strike price $115, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(16,605 |
) |
|
|
Starbucks Corp., (ASE), |
|
|
|
770 |
|
strike price $62, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(770 |
) |
|
|
Texas Instruments, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
585 |
|
strike price $81, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(3,802 |
) |
|
|
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., (CBOE), |
|
|
|
265 |
|
strike price $170, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(6,095 |
) |
|
|
Visa, Inc., (ASE), |
|
|
|
470 |
|
strike price $87, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(9,870 |
) |
Total Call Options Written (premiums received-$278,983) |
|
(233,655 |
) | ||
Total Investments, net of call options written |
|
593,085,085 |
| ||
Other assets less other liabilities 0.6% |
|
3,825,843 |
| ||
Net Assets 100.0% |
|
$596,910,928 |
|
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for call options written.
(b) Non-income producing
(c) Private PlacementRestricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $38,757,328, representing 6.5% of net assets.
(d) 144AExempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.
(e) Step BondCoupon is a fixed rate for an initial period then resets at a specific date and rate.
(f) In default.
(g) In addition to the coupon rate shown, the issuer is expected to pay additional interest based on the actual dividends paid on its common stock.
(h) Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.
(i) Transactions in call options written for the year ended January 31, 2017:
|
|
Contracts |
|
Premiums |
| ||||
Options outstanding, January 31, 2016 |
|
|
7,750 |
|
|
|
$452,476 |
|
|
Options written |
|
|
83,839 |
|
|
|
3,198,669 |
|
|
Options terminated in closing transactions |
|
|
(17,750 |
) |
|
|
(697,237 |
) |
|
Options expired |
|
|
(64,619 |
) |
|
|
(2,674,925 |
) |
|
Options outstanding, January 31, 2017 |
|
|
9,220 |
|
|
|
$278,983 |
|
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
(j) Fair Value MeasurementsSee Note 1(b) in Notes to Financial Statements.
|
|
Level 1 |
|
Level 2 |
|
Level 3 |
|
Value at |
|
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock |
|
$386,705,108 |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$386,705,108 |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes |
|
|
|
128,371,668 |
|
|
|
128,371,668 |
|
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Services |
|
|
|
2,891,421 |
|
|
|
2,891,421 |
|
Food Products |
|
940,608 |
|
6,766,744 |
|
|
|
7,707,352 |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
|
5,399,357 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
5,399,359 |
|
Pharmaceuticals |
|
4,365,067 |
|
1,803,380 |
|
|
|
6,168,447 |
|
All Other |
|
43,367,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
43,367,208 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
|
|
|
4,382,315 |
|
|
|
4,382,315 |
|
Short-Term Investment |
|
|
|
8,325,862 |
|
|
|
8,325,862 |
|
|
|
440,777,348 |
|
152,541,392 |
|
|
|
593,318,740 |
|
Investments in Securities Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Call Options Written, at value: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market price |
|
(233,655) |
|
|
|
|
|
(233,655) |
|
Totals |
|
$440,543,693 |
|
$152,541,392 |
|
$ |
|
$593,085,085 |
|
For the year ended January 31, 2017, the Fund had no transfers between levels.
A roll forward of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the year ended January 31, 2017, was as follows:
|
|
Beginning |
|
Purchases |
|
Sales |
|
Accrued |
|
Net |
|
Net |
|
Transfers |
|
Transfers |
|
Ending |
| |
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Electronic Equipment, |
|
$3,895,800 |
|
|
|
$(5,297,600 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$1,401,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Health Care Providers & |
|
9,097,103 |
|
|
|
(10,886,327 |
) |
|
|
|
|
1,789,224 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Technology Hardware, |
|
5,086,196 |
|
|
|
(6,551,657 |
) |
|
|
|
|
1,465,461 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Totals |
|
$18,079,099 |
|
|
|
$(22,735,584 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$4,656,485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Conversion
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
(k) The following is a summary of the fair valuation of the Funds derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure:
The effect of derivatives on the Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities at January 31, 2017:
Location |
|
Market Price |
|
Liability derivatives: |
|
|
|
Call options written, at value |
|
$(233,655) |
|
The effect of derivatives on the Funds Statements of Operations for the year ended January 31, 2017:
Location |
|
Market Price |
|
Net realized gain on: |
|
|
|
Call options written |
|
$296,705 |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: |
|
|
|
Call options written |
|
$(112,933) |
|
The average volume (based on the open positions at each fiscal quarter-end) of derivative activity during the year ended January 31, 2017 was 9,293 call options written contracts.
Glossary :
ADR |
- |
American Depositary Receipt |
ASE |
- |
American Stock Exchange |
CBOE |
- |
Chicago Board Options Exchange |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 39
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
Common Stock 69.0% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Aerospace & Defense 3.1% |
|
|
|
116,300 |
|
General Dynamics Corp. (a) |
|
$21,059,604 |
|
200,000 |
|
United Technologies Corp. (a) |
|
21,934,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
42,993,604 |
|
|
|
Automobiles 1.1% |
|
|
|
411,100 |
|
General Motors Co. (a) |
|
15,050,371 |
|
|
|
Banks 11.3% |
|
|
|
356,100 |
|
Citigroup, Inc. (a) |
|
19,881,063 |
|
612,500 |
|
Fifth Third Bancorp (a) |
|
15,986,250 |
|
468,100 |
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (a) |
|
39,615,303 |
|
172,200 |
|
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (a) |
|
20,743,212 |
|
391,900 |
|
US Bancorp (a) |
|
20,633,535 |
|
722,600 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. (a) |
|
40,704,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
157,563,421 |
|
|
|
Biotechnology 1.5% |
|
|
|
335,000 |
|
AbbVie, Inc. (a) |
|
20,471,850 |
|
|
|
Capital Markets 1.2% |
|
|
|
150,000 |
|
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (a) |
|
16,840,500 |
|
|
|
Chemicals 3.5% |
|
|
|
254,700 |
|
Celanese Corp., Class A (a) |
|
21,496,680 |
|
950,000 |
|
Sasol Ltd., ADR (a) |
|
28,367,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
49,863,680 |
|
|
|
Communications Equipment 1.2% |
|
|
|
546,900 |
|
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) |
|
16,800,768 |
|
|
|
Consumer Finance 1.5% |
|
|
|
272,000 |
|
American Express Co. (a) |
|
20,775,360 |
|
|
|
Containers/Packaging 1.4% |
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
International Paper Co. (a) |
|
19,810,000 |
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunications Services 2.9% |
|
|
|
508,200 |
|
AT&T, Inc. (a) |
|
21,425,712 |
|
395,500 |
|
Verizon Communications, Inc. (a) |
|
19,383,455 |
|
|
|
|
|
40,809,167 |
|
|
|
Electric Utilities 2.7% |
|
|
|
309,400 |
|
American Electric Power Co., Inc. (a) |
|
19,820,164 |
|
255,700 |
|
Entergy Corp. |
|
18,318,348 |
|
|
|
|
|
38,138,512 |
|
|
|
Electrical Equipment 1.7% |
|
|
|
337,900 |
|
Eaton Corp. PLC (a) |
|
23,916,562 |
|
|
|
Food & Staples Retailing 1.2% |
|
|
|
242,300 |
|
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (a) |
|
16,171,102 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 2.2% |
|
|
|
85,000 |
|
Aetna, Inc. (a) |
|
10,081,850 |
|
218,700 |
|
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (a) |
|
20,102,904 |
|
|
|
|
|
30,184,754 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Household Products 1.1% |
|
|
|
175,000 |
|
Procter & Gamble Co. (a) |
|
$15,330,000 |
|
|
|
Industrial Conglomerates 1.5% |
|
|
|
176,200 |
|
Honeywell International, Inc. (a) |
|
20,847,984 |
|
|
|
Insurance 5.6% |
|
|
|
355,000 |
|
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (a) |
|
17,292,050 |
|
418,400 |
|
MetLife, Inc. (a) |
|
22,765,144 |
|
323,700 |
|
The Travelers Cos, Inc. (a) |
|
38,125,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
78,182,580 |
|
|
|
IT Services 1.4% |
|
|
|
108,940 |
|
International Business Machines Corp. (a) |
|
19,012,209 |
|
|
|
Leisure Products 1.5% |
|
|
|
795,800 |
|
Mattel, Inc. (a) |
|
20,857,918 |
|
|
|
Media 1.2% |
|
|
|
264,601 |
|
CBS Corp., Class B (a) |
|
17,064,118 |
|
|
|
Multi-Utilities 1.4% |
|
|
|
449,600 |
|
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (a) |
|
19,894,800 |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 8.7% |
|
|
|
325,800 |
|
Apache Corp. (a) |
|
19,489,356 |
|
754,870 |
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (b) |
|
4,868,912 |
|
171,000 |
|
Chevron Corp. (a) |
|
19,040,850 |
|
220,000 |
|
Exxon Mobil Corp. (a) |
|
18,455,800 |
|
737,900 |
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR (a) |
|
40,134,381 |
|
7,105 |
|
Southwestern Energy Co. (b) |
|
64,016 |
|
380,000 |
|
Total SA, ADR (a) |
|
19,212,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
121,266,115 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 3.7% |
|
|
|
154,900 |
|
Johnson & Johnson (a) |
|
17,542,425 |
|
1,092,884 |
|
Pfizer, Inc. (a) |
|
34,677,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
52,219,634 |
|
|
|
Road & Rail 1.5% |
|
|
|
269,900 |
|
Ryder System, Inc. (a) |
|
20,944,240 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.1% |
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
Intel Corp. (a) |
|
14,728,000 |
|
|
|
Software 2.5% |
|
|
|
487,700 |
|
CA, Inc. (a) |
|
15,250,379 |
|
479,500 |
|
Oracle Corp. (a) |
|
19,232,745 |
|
|
|
|
|
34,483,124 |
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.3% |
|
|
|
152,200 |
|
Apple, Inc. (a) |
|
18,469,470 |
|
Total Common Stock (cost-$863,166,713) |
|
962,689,843 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes 18.0% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Air Freight & Logistics 0.3% |
|
|
|
$4,400 |
|
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 2.25%, 6/1/22 |
|
$4,581,500 |
|
|
|
Automobiles 0.5% |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
Tesla Motors, Inc., 0.25%, 3/1/19 |
|
7,270,313 |
|
|
|
Biotechnology 0.2% |
|
|
|
725 |
|
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 0.75%, 10/15/18 |
|
839,187 |
|
1,500 |
|
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.00%, 11/15/21 |
|
1,511,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,350,437 |
|
|
|
Capital Markets 0.3% |
|
|
|
6,615 |
|
Walter Investment Management Corp., 4.50%, 11/1/19 |
|
4,828,950 |
|
|
|
Communications Equipment 1.3% |
|
|
|
2,500 |
|
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 1.375%, 1/1/20 |
|
2,518,750 |
|
|
|
Ciena Corp., |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
0.875%, 6/15/17 |
|
998,750 |
|
500 |
|
3.75%, 10/15/18 (c)(d) |
|
675,312 |
|
|
|
Finisar Corp., |
|
|
|
3,300 |
|
0.50%, 12/15/33 |
|
3,856,875 |
|
5,840 |
|
0.50%, 12/15/36 (c)(d) |
|
5,894,750 |
|
2,610 |
|
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., zero coupon, 7/1/19 |
|
3,737,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
17,681,631 |
|
|
|
Consumer Finance 0.8% |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
Encore Capital Group, Inc., 2.875%, 3/15/21 |
|
4,450,000 |
|
7,130 |
|
PRA Group, Inc., 3.00%, 8/1/20 |
|
6,822,519 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,272,519 |
|
|
|
Electrical Equipment 0.3% |
|
|
|
4,175 |
|
SolarCity Corp., 1.625%, 11/1/19 |
|
3,650,516 |
|
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services 0.1% |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 1.50%, 9/1/19 |
|
1,450,000 |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trust 0.3% |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
Two Harbors Investment Corp., 6.25%, 1/15/22 |
|
3,997,500 |
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.0% |
|
|
|
3,750 |
|
Hologic, Inc., zero coupon, 12/15/43 (e) |
|
4,603,125 |
|
1,500 |
|
Nevro Corp., 1.75%, 6/1/21 |
|
1,773,750 |
|
4,285 |
|
Wright Medical Group, Inc., 2.00%, 2/15/20 |
|
4,673,328 |
|
2,000 |
|
Wright Medical Group NV, 2.25%, 11/15/21 (c)(d) |
|
2,666,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
13,716,453 |
|
|
|
Health Care Technology 0.1% |
|
|
|
1,750 |
|
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., 1.25%, 7/1/20 |
|
1,713,906 |
|
|
|
Household Durables 0.6% |
|
|
|
6,500 |
|
CalAtlantic Group, Inc., 0.25%, 6/1/19 |
|
6,077,500 |
|
2,000 |
|
KB Home, 1.375%, 2/1/19 |
|
1,970,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
8,047,500 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
NRG Yield, Inc. (c)(d), |
|
|
|
$4,300 |
|
3.25%, 6/1/20 |
|
$4,211,313 |
|
450 |
|
3.50%, 2/1/19 |
|
455,062 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,666,375 |
|
|
|
Insurance 0.2% |
|
|
|
2,530 |
|
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., 2.75%, 12/15/44 |
|
2,167,894 |
|
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 0.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
Priceline Group, Inc., |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
0.35%, 6/15/20 |
|
2,673,750 |
|
5,000 |
|
0.90%, 9/15/21 |
|
5,406,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
8,080,000 |
|
|
|
Internet Software & Services 2.0% |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
Akamai Technologies, Inc., zero coupon, 2/15/19 |
|
4,200,020 |
|
5,000 |
|
Gogo, Inc., 3.75%, 3/1/20 |
|
3,721,875 |
|
12,530 |
|
Twitter, Inc., 0.25%, 9/15/19 |
|
11,801,694 |
|
250 |
|
VeriSign, Inc., 4.485%, 8/15/37 |
|
586,250 |
|
5,000 |
|
Web.com Group, Inc., 1.00%, 8/15/18 |
|
4,818,750 |
|
2,285 |
|
WebMD Health Corp., 2.625%, 6/15/23 (c)(d) |
|
2,165,037 |
|
1,325 |
|
Zillow Group, Inc., 2.00%, 12/1/21 (c)(d) |
|
1,339,078 |
|
|
|
|
|
28,632,704 |
|
|
|
Iron/Steel 0.1% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
AK Steel Corp., 5.00%, 11/15/19 |
|
1,708,750 |
|
|
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.2% |
|
|
|
400 |
|
Fluidigm Corp., 2.75%, 2/1/34 |
|
264,250 |
|
2,500 |
|
Illumina, Inc., 0.50%, 6/15/21 |
|
2,584,375 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,848,625 |
|
|
|
Machinery 0.7% |
|
|
|
3,020 |
|
Meritor, Inc., 7.875%, 3/1/26 |
|
4,733,850 |
|
4,500 |
|
Navistar International Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/19 |
|
4,463,438 |
|
|
|
|
|
9,197,288 |
|
|
|
Media 0.9% |
|
|
|
6,975 |
|
DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/26 (c)(d) |
|
8,182,547 |
|
1,500 |
|
Liberty Media Corp., 1.375%, 10/15/23 |
|
1,629,375 |
|
2,000 |
|
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2.50%, 5/15/19 |
|
2,176,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,988,172 |
|
|
|
Metals & Mining 0.1% |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
Royal Gold, Inc., 2.875%, 6/15/19 |
|
1,642,500 |
|
345 |
|
RTI International Metals, Inc., 1.625%, 10/15/19 |
|
378,206 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,020,706 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.6% |
|
|
|
$5,315 |
|
Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 3/15/45 |
|
$3,524,509 |
|
3,000 |
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 9/15/26 (c)(d) |
|
3,211,875 |
|
2,000 |
|
SM Energy Co., 1.50%, 7/1/21 |
|
2,191,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
8,927,634 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 1.0% |
|
|
|
3,425 |
|
Impax Laboratories, Inc., 2.00%, 6/15/22 |
|
2,776,391 |
|
3,600 |
|
Jazz Investments I Ltd., 1.875%, 8/15/21 |
|
3,633,750 |
|
2,500 |
|
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3.25%, 12/15/21 (c)(d) |
|
2,445,312 |
|
3,800 |
|
Teligent, Inc., 3.75%, 12/15/19 |
|
3,633,750 |
|
885 |
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, 0.25%, 2/1/26 |
|
941,972 |
|
|
|
|
|
13,431,175 |
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.3% |
|
|
|
1,315 |
|
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2.125%, 9/1/26 |
|
1,970,856 |
|
2,000 |
|
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/22 (c)(d) |
|
2,310,000 |
|
|
|
Inphi Corp., |
|
|
|
5,155 |
|
0.75%, 9/1/21 (c)(d) |
|
5,583,510 |
|
2,400 |
|
1.125%, 12/1/20 |
|
3,168,000 |
|
2,500 |
|
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., 0.875%, 11/15/22 |
|
2,668,750 |
|
2,400 |
|
Lam Research Corp., 1.25%, 5/15/18 |
|
4,548,000 |
|
6,150 |
|
Microchip Technology, Inc., 1.625%, 2/15/25 |
|
8,360,156 |
|
|
|
Micron Technology, Inc., |
|
|
|
850 |
|
2.125%, 2/15/33 |
|
1,930,563 |
|
7,200 |
|
3.00%, 11/15/43 |
|
7,402,500 |
|
100 |
|
NVIDIA Corp., 1.00%, 12/1/18 |
|
541,625 |
|
|
|
SunEdison, Inc., (c)(d)(f), |
|
|
|
2,915 |
|
2.625%, 6/1/23 |
|
69,377 |
|
3,820 |
|
3.375%, 6/1/25 |
|
90,916 |
|
|
|
SunPower Corp., |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
0.875%, 6/1/21 |
|
3,581,250 |
|
2,365 |
|
4.00%, 1/15/23 |
|
1,729,406 |
|
2,000 |
|
Veeco Instruments, Inc., 2.70%, 1/15/23 |
|
1,965,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
45,919,909 |
|
|
|
Software 1.2% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
BroadSoft, Inc., 1.00%, 9/1/22 |
|
1,231,875 |
|
|
|
FireEye, Inc., |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
1.00%, 6/1/35 |
|
923,750 |
|
4,500 |
|
1.625%, 6/1/35 |
|
4,030,313 |
|
1,450 |
|
Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.00%, 12/15/35 |
|
1,354,844 |
|
2,500 |
|
ServiceNow, Inc., zero coupon, 11/1/18 |
|
3,329,687 |
|
4,500 |
|
Verint Systems, Inc., 1.50%, 6/1/21 |
|
4,277,812 |
|
2,000 |
|
Workday, Inc., 0.75%, 7/15/18 |
|
2,308,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
17,457,031 |
|
|
|
Specialty Retail 0.3% |
|
|
|
5,950 |
|
RH, zero coupon, 7/15/20 (c)(d) |
|
4,629,844 |
|
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
Principal |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.3% |
|
|
|
$3,570 |
|
Electronics For Imaging, Inc., 0.75%, 9/1/19 |
|
$3,746,269 |
|
|
|
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.4% |
|
|
|
5,720 |
|
Iconix Brand Group, Inc., 1.50%, 3/15/18 |
|
5,405,400 |
|
Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (cost-$261,046,465) |
|
251,389,001 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock 9.0% |
| ||||
|
|
Banks 1.2% |
|
|
|
7,465 |
|
Bank of America Corp., Ser. L, 7.25% (g) |
|
8,900,146 |
|
3,525 |
|
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 8.50% (g) |
|
4,864,500 |
|
2,580 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co., Ser. L, 7.50% (g) |
|
3,098,709 |
|
|
|
|
|
16,863,355 |
|
|
|
Chemicals 0.7% |
|
|
|
99,000 |
|
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc., 8.00%, 8/15/19 |
|
10,116,810 |
|
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.2% |
|
|
|
30,390 |
|
Stericycle, Inc., 5.25%, 9/15/18 |
|
1,985,075 |
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunications Services 0.6% |
|
|
|
110,050 |
|
Frontier Communications Corp., Ser. A, 11.125%, 6/29/18 |
|
8,045,756 |
|
|
|
Electric Utilities 0.4% |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
NextEra Energy, Inc., 6.123%, 9/1/19 |
|
5,007,000 |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trust 0.3% |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
American Tower Corp., 5.50%, 2/15/18 |
|
1,008,300 |
|
55,725 |
|
Welltower, Inc., 6.50% (g) |
|
3,342,943 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,351,243 |
|
|
|
Financial Services 0.5% |
|
|
|
60,000 |
|
Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.75%, 6/3/19 (c)(d) |
|
7,413,900 |
|
|
|
Food Products 0.7% |
|
|
|
78,830 |
|
Bunge Ltd., 4.875% (g) |
|
7,873,146 |
|
15,500 |
|
Post Holdings, Inc., 2.50% (g) |
|
2,465,469 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,338,615 |
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 0.4% |
|
|
|
125,775 |
|
Anthem, Inc., 5.25%, 5/1/18 |
|
6,092,541 |
|
|
|
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers 0.2% |
|
|
|
57,635 |
|
Dynegy, Inc., 5.375%, 11/1/17 |
|
1,983,220 |
|
|
|
Multi-Utilities 1.2% |
|
|
|
204,100 |
|
AES Trust III, 6.75%, 10/15/29 |
|
10,409,100 |
|
121,500 |
|
Dominion Resources, Inc., 6.375%, 7/1/17 |
|
6,151,545 |
|
|
|
|
|
16,560,645 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 45
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
Shares |
|
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 1.6% |
|
|
|
45,100 |
|
ATP Oil & Gas Corp., 8.00% (c)(d)(f)(g) |
|
$5 |
|
16,265 |
|
Energy XXI Ltd., 5.625% (b)(g) |
|
8,295 |
|
56,750 |
|
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 9.75%, 10/26/18 |
|
2,799,477 |
|
224,530 |
|
Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.50% (g) |
|
9,933,207 |
|
89,005 |
|
Southwestern Energy Co., Ser. B, 6.25%, 1/15/18 |
|
1,969,681 |
|
116,625 |
|
WPX Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 7/31/18 |
|
7,259,906 |
|
|
|
|
|
21,970,571 |
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 0.5% |
|
|
|
3,920 |
|
Allergan PLC, Ser. A, 5.50%, 3/1/18 |
|
3,102,641 |
|
6,225 |
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., 7.00%, 12/15/18 |
|
3,792,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,895,222 |
|
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.5% |
|
|
|
70,565 |
|
T-Mobile US, Inc., 5.50%, 12/15/17 |
|
7,208,920 |
|
Total Convertible Preferred Stock (cost-$138,013,588) |
|
124,832,873 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes (c)(d) 0.5% |
| ||||
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
Cobalt International Energy, Inc., |
|
|
|
$4,647 |
|
7.75%, 12/1/23 |
|
2,486,145 |
|
5,350 |
|
10.75%, 12/1/21 |
|
5,082,500 |
|
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (cost-$11,233,799) |
|
7,568,645 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units |
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant (b)(h)(i) 0.0% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Commercial Services 0.0% |
|
|
|
97,838 |
|
Cenveo, Corp., strike price $12.00, expires 6/10/24 (cost-$0) |
|
28,118 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
Short-Term Investments 3.2% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Time Deposits 3.2% |
|
|
|
$10,655 |
|
Citibank-London, 0.29%, 2/1/17 |
|
10,655,020 |
|
33,580 |
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.-New York, 0.29%, 2/1/17 |
|
33,579,933 |
|
Total Short Term Investments (cost-$44,234,953) |
|
44,234,953 |
| ||
Total Investments, before call options written |
|
1,390,743,433 |
|
46 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
Contracts |
|
|
|
Value |
|
Call Options Written (b) (0.3)% |
|
|
| ||
|
|
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Index, |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
strike price $84, expires 2/3/17, (CBOE) |
|
$(118,800 |
) |
1,500 |
|
strike price $84.50, expires 2/10/17, (CBOE) |
|
(129,750 |
) |
1,500 |
|
strike price $85, expires 2/10/17, (CBOE) |
|
(88,500 |
) |
3,500 |
|
strike price $85, expires 2/17/17, (CBOE) |
|
(273,000 |
) |
3,000 |
|
strike price $86, expires 2/24/17, (ASE) |
|
(145,500 |
) |
|
|
NASDAQ 100 Index, (CBOE), |
|
|
|
30 |
|
strike price $5050, expires 2/3/17 |
|
(236,400 |
) |
25 |
|
strike price $5100, expires 2/10/17 |
|
(124,750 |
) |
20 |
|
strike price $5100, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(120,600 |
) |
25 |
|
strike price $5125, expires 2/24/17 |
|
(138,250 |
) |
25 |
|
strike price $5225, expires 3/3/17 |
|
(55,375 |
) |
|
|
Philadelphia Oil Services Sector Flex Index, (CBOE), |
|
|
|
800 |
|
strike price $200, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(7,270 |
) |
900 |
|
strike price $201, expires 2/24/17 |
|
(17,995 |
) |
700 |
|
strike price $205, expires 2/3/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
Philadelphia Stock Exchange KBW Bank Flex Index, (CBOE), |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
strike price $94, expires 2/24/17 |
|
(385,304 |
) |
4,500 |
|
strike price $96, expires 2/10/17 |
|
(44,974 |
) |
3,700 |
|
strike price $96.50, expires 2/3/17 |
|
(284 |
) |
3,500 |
|
strike price $96.50, expires 3/3/17 |
|
(188,223 |
) |
|
|
Standard & Poors 500 Index, (CBOE), |
|
|
|
100 |
|
strike price $2275, expires 2/24/17 |
|
(224,000 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2280, expires 2/3/17 |
|
(70,500 |
) |
200 |
|
strike price $2280, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(326,000 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2280, expires 2/24/17 |
|
(194,500 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2280, expires 3/3/17 |
|
(229,500 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2285, expires 2/3/17 |
|
(46,000 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2285, expires 2/10/17 |
|
(97,500 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2285, expires 2/17/17 |
|
(136,500 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2285, expires 2/24/17 |
|
(166,000 |
) |
150 |
|
strike price $2290, expires 2/3/17 |
|
(41,250 |
) |
250 |
|
strike price $2290, expires 2/10/17 |
|
(188,750 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2290, expires 2/24/17 |
|
(142,000 |
) |
75 |
|
strike price $2300, expires 3/3/17 |
|
(97,875 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2305, expires 3/3/17 |
|
(110,500 |
) |
100 |
|
strike price $2305, expires 3/10/17 |
|
(143,000 |
) |
Total Call Options Written (premiums received-$5,895,707) |
|
(4,288,850 |
) | ||
Total Investments, net of call options written |
|
1,386,454,583 |
| ||
Other assets less other liabilities 0.6% |
|
8,661,193 |
| ||
Net Assets 100.0% |
|
$1,395,115,776 |
|
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 47
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
Notes to Schedule of Investements:
(a) All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for call options written.
(b) Non-income producing.
(c) Private PlacementRestricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $58,912,733, representing 4.2% of net assets.
(d) 144AExempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.
(e) Step BondCoupon is a fixed rate for an initial period then resets at a specific date and rate.
(f) In default.
(g) Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.
(h) Illiquid.
(i) Fair-ValuedSecurity with a value of $28,118 representing less than 0.05% of net assets. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(j) Transactions in call options written for the year ended January 31, 2017:
|
|
Contracts |
|
Premiums |
|
Options outstanding, January 31, 2016 |
|
36,590 |
|
$7,877,431 |
|
Options written |
|
308,980 |
|
62,160,829 |
|
Options terminated in closing transactions |
|
(128,074 |
) |
(32,010,669 |
) |
Options expired |
|
(172,840 |
) |
(31,192,766 |
) |
Options exercised |
|
(13,956 |
) |
(939,118 |
) |
Options outstanding, January 31, 2017 |
|
30,700 |
|
$5,895,707 |
|
(k) Fair Value MeasurementsSee Note 1(b) in Notes to Financial Statements.
|
|
Level 1 |
|
Level 2 |
|
Level 3 |
|
Value at |
|
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock |
|
$962,689,843 |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$962,689,843 |
|
Convertible Bonds & Notes |
|
|
|
251,389,001 |
|
|
|
251,389,001 |
|
Convertible Preferred Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Services |
|
|
|
7,413,900 |
|
|
|
7,413,900 |
|
Food Products |
|
|
|
10,338,615 |
|
|
|
10,338,615 |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
|
12,029,064 |
|
9,941,507 |
|
|
|
21,970,571 |
|
Pharmaceuticals |
|
3,102,641 |
|
3,792,581 |
|
|
|
6,895,222 |
|
All Other |
|
78,214,565 |
|
|
|
|
|
78,214,565 |
|
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
|
|
|
7,568,645 |
|
|
|
7,568,645 |
|
Warrant |
|
|
|
|
|
28,118 |
|
28,118 |
|
Short-Term Investments |
|
|
|
44,234,953 |
|
|
|
44,234,953 |
|
|
|
1,056,036,113 |
|
334,679,202 |
|
28,118 |
|
1,390,743,433 |
|
Investments in Securities Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Call Options Written, at value: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market price |
|
(3,644,800 |
) |
(644,050 |
) |
|
|
(4,288,850 |
) |
Totals |
|
$1,052,391,313 |
|
$334,035,152 |
|
$28,118 |
|
$1,386,454,583 |
|
For the year ended January 31, 2017, the Fund had no transfers between levels.
48 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Schedule of Investments
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017 (continued)
A roll forward of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the year ended January 31, 2017, was as follows:
|
|
Beginning |
|
Purchases |
|
Sales |
|
Accrued |
|
Net |
|
Net |
|
Transfers |
|
Transfers |
|
Ending |
|
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Warrant |
|
$ |
|
$* |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$28,118 |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$28,118 |
|
* Issued via corporate action. Less than $1
The following table presents additional information about valuation techniques and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 at January 31, 2017:
|
|
Ending Balance |
|
Valuation |
|
Unobservable |
|
Input |
|
Investments in Securities Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant |
|
$28,118 |
|
Fundamental Analytical |
|
Price of Warrant |
|
$0.287388 |
|
The net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of Level 3 investments held at January 31, 2017, was $28,118. Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation is reflected on the Statements of Operations.
(l) The following is a summary of the fair valuation of the Funds derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure:
The effect of derivatives on the Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities at January 31, 2017:
Location |
|
Market Price |
|
Liability derivatives: |
|
|
|
Call options written, at value |
|
$(4,288,850 |
) |
The effect of derivatives on the Funds Statements of Operations for the year ended January 31, 2017:
Location |
|
Market Price |
|
Net realized loss on: |
|
|
|
Call options written |
|
$(37,826,171 |
) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: |
|
|
|
Call options written |
|
$3,674,681 |
|
The average volume (based on the open positions at each fiscal quarter-end) of derivative activity during year ended January 31, 2017 was 37,512 call options written contracts.
Glossary:
ADR |
- |
American Depositary Receipt |
ASE |
- |
American Stock Exchange |
CBOE |
- |
Chicago Board Options Exchange |
SPDR |
- |
Standard & Poors Depository Receipt |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 49
Statements of Assets & Liabilities
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
|
|
Diversified |
|
|
Equity & |
|
|
Dividend, |
|
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments, at value (cost-$353,866,313, $658,795,063 and $1,317,695,518, respectively) |
|
$325,990,178 |
|
|
$593,318,740 |
|
|
$1,390,743,433 |
|
Receivable for investments sold |
|
4,801,852 |
|
|
3,144,314 |
|
|
6,765,502 |
|
Interest and dividends receivable |
|
2,145,968 |
|
|
1,336,187 |
|
|
3,180,552 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
13,896 |
|
|
7,744 |
|
|
15,007 |
|
Investments in Affiliated Funds-Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan (see Note 4) |
|
9,260 |
|
|
24,868 |
|
|
60,109 |
|
Total Assets |
|
332,961,154 |
|
|
597,831,853 |
|
|
1,400,764,603 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan payable (see Note 7 and Note 8) |
|
75,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payable for investments purchased |
|
2,966,706 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends payable to common shareholders |
|
1,715,920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan interest payable |
|
822,294 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment management fees payable |
|
276,312 |
|
|
504,913 |
|
|
1,063,895 |
|
Interest payable on dividends to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders |
|
110,280 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses |
|
150,473 |
|
|
157,489 |
|
|
235,973 |
|
Call options written, at value (premiums received-$79,800, $278,983 and $5,895,707, respectively) |
|
60,861 |
|
|
233,655 |
|
|
4,288,850 |
|
Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan payable (see Note 4) |
|
9,260 |
|
|
24,868 |
|
|
60,109 |
|
Mandatory redeemable preferred shares (see Note 7) |
|
30,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities |
|
111,112,106 |
|
|
920,925 |
|
|
5,648,827 |
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders |
|
$221,849,048 |
|
|
$596,910,928 |
|
|
$1,395,115,776 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Composition of Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Par value ($0.00001 per share) |
|
$103 |
|
|
$277 |
|
|
$948 |
|
Paid-in-capital in excess of par |
|
250,781,385 |
|
|
671,525,781 |
|
|
1,564,468,707 |
|
Dividends in excess of net investment income |
|
(2,885,000 |
) |
|
(2,423,770 |
) |
|
(5,527,499 |
) |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) |
|
1,809,756 |
|
|
(6,755,192 |
) |
|
(238,481,152 |
) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
|
(27,857,196 |
) |
|
(65,436,168 |
) |
|
74,654,772 |
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders |
|
$221,849,048 |
|
|
$596,910,928 |
|
|
$1,395,115,776 |
|
Common Shares Issued and Outstanding |
|
10,274,970 |
|
|
27,708,965 |
|
|
94,801,581 |
|
Net Asset Value Per Common Share |
|
$21.59 |
|
|
$21.54 |
|
|
$14.72 |
|
50 Annual Report | January 31, 2017 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Statements of Operations
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Year ended January 31, 2017
|
|
Diversified |
|
|
Equity & |
|
|
Dividend, |
|
Investment Income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
|
$7,720,389 |
|
|
$3,448,511 |
|
|
$6,800,700 |
|
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $26,257, $33,563 and $691,376, respectively) |
|
3,629,015 |
|
|
14,034,521 |
|
|
39,674,941 |
|
Total Investment Income |
|
11,349,404 |
|
|
17,483,032 |
|
|
46,475,641 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment management |
|
3,159,910 |
|
|
5,796,399 |
|
|
12,194,025 |
|
Loan interest |
|
2,410,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest on dividends to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders |
|
1,307,396 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Custodian and accounting agent |
|
116,296 |
|
|
117,480 |
|
|
266,437 |
|
Legal |
|
90,452 |
|
|
49,762 |
|
|
98,342 |
|
Audit and tax services |
|
87,368 |
|
|
86,286 |
|
|
108,431 |
|
Shareholder communications |
|
51,340 |
|
|
72,468 |
|
|
168,302 |
|
Transfer agent |
|
28,978 |
|
|
24,888 |
|
|
24,888 |
|
New York Stock Exchange listing |
|
23,750 |
|
|
26,982 |
|
|
92,313 |
|
Trustees |
|
14,706 |
|
|
33,486 |
|
|
73,454 |
|
Excise tax |
|
12,169 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance |
|
10,054 |
|
|
15,489 |
|
|
30,971 |
|
Dividends on short sales |
|
|
|
|
8,535 |
|
|
532,807 |
|
Miscellaneous |
|
33,291 |
|
|
17,806 |
|
|
89,591 |
|
Total Expenses |
|
7,346,368 |
|
|
6,249,581 |
|
|
13,679,561 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income |
|
4,003,036 |
|
|
11,233,451 |
|
|
32,796,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) on: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
17,171,549 |
|
|
15,917,115 |
|
|
6,171,823 |
|
Call options written |
|
243 |
|
|
296,705 |
|
|
(37,826,171 |
) |
Foreign currency transactions |
|
|
|
|
(1,663 |
) |
|
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
26,243,508 |
|
|
60,316,496 |
|
|
215,742,515 |
|
Call options written |
|
(8,361 |
) |
|
(112,933 |
) |
|
3,674,681 |
|
Foreign currency transactions |
|
|
|
|
1,840 |
|
|
|
|
Net realized and change in unrealized gain |
|
43,406,939 |
|
|
76,417,560 |
|
|
187,762,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations |
|
$47,409,975 |
|
|
$87,651,011 |
|
|
$220,558,928 |
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 51
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
|
|
Year ended |
|
|
Period from |
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
$4,003,036 |
|
|
$2,045,765 |
|
Net realized gain |
|
17,171,792 |
|
|
8,921,255 |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
|
26,235,147 |
|
|
(54,092,343 |
) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations |
|
47,409,975 |
|
|
(43,125,323 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
(5,346,002 |
) |
|
(6,840,347 |
) |
Net realized gains |
|
(15,349,833 |
) |
|
(6,128,074 |
) |
Total dividends and distributions to common shareholders |
|
(20,695,835 |
) |
|
(12,968,421 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Share Transactions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net proceeds from the sale of common stock |
|
|
|
|
269,548,750 |
|
Cost of shares repurchased |
|
(6,509,184 |
) |
|
(11,346,426 |
) |
Offering costs charged to paid-in capital in excess of par (See Note 1) |
|
|
|
|
(564,500 |
) |
Net increase (decrease) from common share transactions |
|
(6,509,184 |
) |
|
257,637,824 |
|
Total increase in net assets |
|
20,204,956 |
|
|
201,544,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
|
201,644,092 |
|
|
100,012 |
|
End of period** |
|
$221,849,048 |
|
|
$201,644,092 |
|
** Including dividends in excess of net investment income of: |
|
$(2,885,000 |
) |
|
$(2,409,473 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares Activity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, beginning of period |
|
10,661,039 |
|
|
4,189 |
|
Shares issued |
|
|
|
|
11,290,000 |
|
Shares repurchased |
|
(386,069 |
) |
|
(633,150 |
) |
Shares outstanding, end of period |
|
10,274,970 |
|
|
10,661,039 |
|
* Commencement of operations.
52 Annual Report | January 31, 2017 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Equity & Convertible Income:
|
|
Year ended |
|
|
Year ended |
| |
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
$11,233,451 |
|
|
$13,055,078 |
|
|
Net realized gain |
|
16,212,157 |
|
|
26,229,402 |
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
|
60,205,403 |
|
|
(58,922,770 |
) |
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations |
|
87,651,011 |
|
|
(19,638,290 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
(14,987,688 |
) |
|
(11,312,659 |
) |
|
Net realized gains |
|
(27,129,938 |
) |
|
(30,804,968 |
) |
|
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders |
|
(42,117,626 |
) |
|
(42,117,627 |
) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
|
45,533,385 |
|
|
(61,755,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year |
|
551,377,543 |
|
|
613,133,460 |
|
|
End of year* |
|
$596,910,928 |
|
|
$551,377,543 |
|
|
* Including undistributed (dividends in excess of) net investment income of: |
|
$(2,423,770 |
) |
|
$505,663 |
|
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy:
|
|
Year ended |
|
|
Year ended |
| |
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
$32,796,080 |
|
|
$36,371,162 |
|
|
Net realized loss |
|
(31,654,348 |
) |
|
(1,509,091 |
) |
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
|
219,417,196 |
|
|
(196,838,824 |
) |
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations |
|
220,558,928 |
|
|
(161,976,753 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
(34,626,028 |
) |
|
(37,129,377 |
) |
|
Return of capital |
|
(79,135,870 |
) |
|
(119,293,232 |
) |
|
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders |
|
(113,761,898 |
) |
|
(156,422,609 |
) |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
|
106,797,030 |
|
|
(318,399,362 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year |
|
1,288,318,746 |
|
|
1,606,718,108 |
|
|
End of year* |
|
$1,395,115,776 |
|
|
$1,288,318,746 |
|
|
* Including dividends in excess of net investment income of: |
|
$(5,527,499 |
) |
|
$(4,587,973 |
) |
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 53
Statement of Cash Flows*
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
For the Year ended January 31, 2017
Increase in Cash from:
Cash Flows provided by Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
Net increase in net assets resulting from investment operations |
|
$47,409,975 |
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations to Net Cash provided by Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
Purchases of long-term investments |
|
(604,000,555 |
) |
Proceeds from sales of long-term investments |
|
631,613,597 |
|
(Purchases) sales of short-term investments, net |
|
(3,104,241 |
) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
|
(26,235,147 |
) |
Net amortization/accretion on investments |
|
(17,829 |
) |
Net realized gain |
|
(17,171,792 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of written options |
|
734,206 |
|
Payments to cover written options |
|
(756,973 |
) |
Increase in payable for investments purchased |
|
1,574,904 |
|
Increase in investments in Affiliated Funds Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan |
|
(5,951 |
) |
Increase in Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan payable |
|
5,951 |
|
Increase in receivable for investments sold |
|
(2,611,965 |
) |
Decrease in interest and dividends receivable |
|
43,008 |
|
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
11,951 |
|
Decrease in accrued expenses |
|
(27,680 |
) |
Increase in investment management fees payable |
|
10,833 |
|
Increase in loan interest payable |
|
171,100 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
27,643,392 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows provided by Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
Shares repurchased |
|
(6,874,642 |
) |
Cash dividends paid |
|
(20,768,750 |
) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
(27,643,392 |
) |
Net increase in cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash: |
|
|
|
Beginning of year |
|
|
|
End of year |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
Noncash investing transactions Conversions of convertible preferred stock |
|
$69,399,457 |
|
Cash Paid for Interest |
|
$2,239,558 |
|
Cash Paid for Interest on Dividends to Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares |
|
$1,302,000 |
|
* A Statement of Cash Flows is not required for Equity & Convertible Income and Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy.
54 Annual Report | January 31, 2017 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (Diversified Income & Convertible), AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (Equity & Convertible Income) and AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy) (each, a Fund and, collectively, the Funds) were organized as Massachusetts business trusts on March 10, 2015, December 12, 2006 and August 20, 2003, respectively. The Funds follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services Investment Companies. Prior to commencing operations on May 27, 2015, February 27, 2007, and February 28, 2005, respectively, the Funds had no operations other than matters relating to their organization and registration as diversified, closed-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), and the rules and regulations thereunder and the sale and issuance of 4,189 shares at an aggregate price of $100,012 for Diversified Income & Convertible to Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. (AAM). Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (AllianzGI U.S. or the Investment Manager), serves as the Funds investment manager. During a portion of the reporting period, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (AGIFM), AllianzGI U.S. and NFJ Investment Group LLC (NFJ or the Sub-Adviser) served as the Funds investment manager and sub-advisers, respectively. On October 1, 2016, AGIFM merged with and into AllianzGI U.S. (the Merger). Following the Merger, AllianzGI U.S. assumed the services and responsibilities previously provided by AGIFM as investment manager of the Funds. Diversified Income & Convertible and Equity & Convertible Income ceased to have a sub-adviser. NFJ, an affiliate of the Investment Manager, continues to serve as a Sub-Adviser to Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy. AllianzGI U.S. and NFJ are, and AGIFM was, prior to the Merger, indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of AAM. AAM is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE, a publicly-traded European insurance and financial services company. Each Fund has authorized an unlimited amount of common shares with $0.00001 par value.
Diversified Income & Convertibles investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation, while seeking to provide downside protection against capital loss. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of convertible securities, debt and other income-producing instruments and common stocks and other equity securities. The Fund expects to employ a strategy of writing (selling) covered call options on the stocks held in the equity portion of the portfolio.
Equity & Convertible Incomes investment objective is to seek total return comprised of capital appreciation, current income and gains.
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
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Under normal market conditions the Fund pursues its objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities and income-producing convertible securities. The Fund will also employ a strategy of writing (selling) call options on the equity securities held by the Fund as well as on equity indexes.
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategys primary investment objective is to seek current income and gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions the Fund pursues its investment objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying common stocks and income-producing convertible securities. The Fund will also employ a strategy of writing (selling) call options on equity indexes in an attempt to generate gains from option premiums.
Diversified Income & Convertible issued 11,200,000 shares of common stock in its initial public offering. An additional 90,000 shares were issued in connection with the exercise of the underwriters over-allotment option. These shares were all issued at $25.00 per share. A sales load of $1.125 per share was deducted from gross offering proceeds. Offering costs of $564,500 (representing $0.05 per share) were also deducted from gross proceeds of the offering and have been charged to paid-in capital in excess of par. The Investment Manager paid all offering costs associated with the initial public offering (other than the sales load) exceeding $0.05 per share, which came to approximately $890,000. In addition, the underwriters commission and offering costs have been charged to paid-in-capital in excess of par.
There can be no assurance that the Funds will meet their stated objectives.
The preparation of the Funds financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires the Funds management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in each Funds financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnifications. The Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred.
In October 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules and forms, and amendments to certain current rules and forms, to modernize reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. The amendments to Regulation S-X will require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements, and will also change the rules governing the form and content of such financial statements. The amendments to Regulation S-X take effect on August 1, 2017. At this time, management is assessing the
Notes to Financial Statements
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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anticipated impact of these regulatory developments.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds:
(a) Valuation of Investments
Portfolio securities and other financial instruments for which market quotations are readily available are stated at market value. Market value is generally determined on the basis of official closing prices, last reported sales prices, or if no sales or closing prices are reported, on the basis of quotes obtained from a quotation reporting system, established market makers, or independent pricing services. The Funds investments are valued daily using prices supplied by an independent pricing service or broker/dealer quotations, or by using the last sale or settlement price on the exchange that is the primary market for such securities, or the mean between the last bid and ask quotations. Independent pricing services use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics.
The Boards of Trustees of each Fund (together, the Board) have adopted procedures for valuing portfolio securities and other financial instruments in circumstances where market quotations are not readily available (including in cases where available market quotations are deemed to be unreliable), and have delegated primary responsibility for applying the valuation methods to the Investment Manager. The Funds Valuation Committee of the Board of each Fund was established by the Board to oversee the implementation of the Funds valuation methods and to make fair value determinations on behalf of the Board, as instructed by the Board. The Investment Manager monitors the continued appropriateness of methods applied and identifies, in consultation with the Sub-Adviser, where applicable, circumstances and events that may require fair valuation. The Investment Manager, in turn, determines if adjustments should be made in light of market changes, events affecting the issuer, or other factors. If the Investment Manager (in consultation with the Sub-Adviser, where applicable) determines that a valuation method may no longer be appropriate, another valuation method may be selected or the Valuation Committee will be convened to consider the matter and take any appropriate action in accordance with procedures set forth by the Board. The Board shall review and ratify the appropriateness of the valuation methods and these methods may be amended or supplemented from time to time by the Valuation Committee.
Short-term debt instruments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, if their original term to maturity was 60 days or less, or by amortizing premiums or discounts based on their value on the 61st day prior to maturity, if the original term to maturity exceeded 60 days.
The prices used by the Funds to value investments may differ from the value that would be realized if the investments were sold, and these differences could be material to the Funds financial statements. Each Funds net
Notes to Financial Statements
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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asset value (NAV) is normally determined at the close of regular trading (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open for business.
(b) Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e. the exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
n Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical investments that the Funds have the ability to access
n Level 2 valuations based on other significant observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates or other market corroborated inputs
n Level 3 valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Investment Managers, Sub-Advisers or Valuation Committees own assumptions and securities whose price was determined by using a single brokers quote)
The valuation techniques used by the Funds to measure fair value during the year ended January 31, 2017 were intended to maximize the use of observable inputs and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
The Funds policy is to recognize transfers between levels at the end of the reporting period. An investment assets or liabilitys level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level input, individually or in aggregate, that is significant to fair value measurement. The objective of fair value measurement remains the same even when there is a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability and regardless of the valuation techniques used. Assets categorized as Level 1 or 2 as of period end may have been transferred between Levels 1 and 2 since the prior period due to changes in the valuation method utilized in valuing the investments.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following are certain inputs and techniques that the Funds generally use to evaluate how to classify each major category of assets and liabilities for Level 2 and Level 3, in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Equity Securities (Common and Preferred Stock and Warrants) Equity securities traded in inactive markets are valued using inputs which include broker-dealer quotes, recently executed transactions adjusted for changes in the benchmark index, or evaluated price quotes received from independent pricing services that take into account the integrity of the market sector and issuer, the individual characteristics of the security, and information received from broker-dealers and other market sources pertaining to the issuer or security. To the extent that these inputs are
Notes to Financial Statements
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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observable, the values of equity securities are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable the values are categorized as Level 3.
Convertible Bonds & Notes Convertible bonds & notes are valued by independent pricing services using various inputs and techniques, which include broker-dealer quotations from relevant market makers and recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. The broker-dealer quotations received are supported by credit analysis of the issuer that takes into consideration credit quality assessments, daily trading activity, and the activity of the underlying equities, listed bonds and sector-specific trends. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of convertible bonds & notes are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable the values are categorized as Level 3.
Corporate Bonds & Notes Corporate bonds & notes are generally comprised of two main categories: investment grade bonds and high yield bonds. Investment grade bonds are valued by independent pricing services using various inputs and techniques, which include broker-dealer quotations, live trading levels, recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, and option adjusted spread models that include base curve and spread curve inputs. Adjustments to individual bonds can be applied to recognize trading differences compared to other bonds issued by the same issuer. High yield bonds are valued by independent pricing services based primarily on broker-dealer quotations from relevant market makers and recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. The broker-dealer quotations received are supported by credit analysis of the issuer that takes into consideration credit quality assessments, daily trading activity, and the activity of the underlying equities, listed bonds and sector-specific trends. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of corporate bonds & notes are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable the values are categorized as Level 3.
Option Contracts Option contracts traded over-the-counter (OTC) and FLexible EXchange (FLEX) options are valued by independent pricing services based on pricing models that incorporate various inputs such as interest rates, credit spreads, currency exchange rates and volatility measurements for in-the-money, at-the-money, and out-of-the-money contracts based on a given strike price. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of OTC and FLEX option contracts are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable the values are categorized as Level 3.
(c) Investment Transactions and Investment Income
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on the identified cost basis. Interest income adjusted for the accretion of discount and amortization of
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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premium is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts or premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted or amortized, respectively, to interest income. Conversion premium is not amortized. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, and then are recorded as soon after the ex-dividend date as the Fund, using reasonable diligence, becomes aware of such dividends. Payments received on synthetic convertible securities are generally included in dividends. Facility fees and other fees (such as origination fees) received on settlement date are amortized as income over the expected term of the senior loan. Consent fees relating to corporate actions and facility fees and other fees received after settlement date relating to senior loans and commitment fees received relating to unfunded purchase commitments are recorded as miscellaneous income upon receipt Payments received from certain investments may be comprised of dividends, realized gains and return of capital. These payments may initially be recorded as dividend income and may subsequently be reclassified as realized gains and/or return of capital upon receipt of information from the issuer. Payments considered return of capital reduce the cost basis of the respective security. Distributions, if any, in excess of the cost basis of a security are recognized as capital gains. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis.
(d) Federal Income Taxes
The Funds intend to distribute all of their taxable income and to comply with the other requirements of Subchapter M of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes is required. The Funds may be subject to excise tax based on distributions to shareholders.
Accounting for uncertainty in income taxes establishes for all entities, including pass-through entities such as the Funds, a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of positions taken in filing tax returns (including whether an entity is taxable in a particular jurisdiction), and requires certain expanded tax disclosures. In accordance with provisions set forth under U.S. GAAP, the Investment Manager has reviewed the Funds tax positions for all open tax years. As of January 31, 2017, the Funds have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions they have taken. The Funds federal tax returns for the prior three years, as applicable, remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
(e) Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders
Diversified Income & Convertible declares dividends and distributions on a monthly basis. Equity & Convertible Income and Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy declare dividends and distributions on a quarterly basis. These dividends and distributions may be comprised in varying proportions of net investment
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
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income, gains from option premiums and the sale of portfolio securities and return of capital. The Funds record dividends and distributions on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains or return of capital is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These book-tax differences are considered either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal income tax treatment. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and/or distributions exceed current and accumulated earnings and profits for federal income tax purposes, they are reported as dividends and/or distributions to shareholders from return of capital.
(f) Convertible Securities
It is the Funds policy to invest a portion of their assets in convertible securities. Although convertible securities derive part of their value from that of the securities into which they are convertible, they are not considered derivative financial instruments. However, certain of the Funds investments in convertible securities include features which render them sensitive to price changes in their underlying securities. The value of structured/synthetic convertible securities can be affected by interest rate changes and credit risks of the issuer. Such securities may be structured in ways that limit their potential for capital appreciation and the entire value of the security may be at risk of loss depending on the performance of the underlying equity security. Consequently, the Funds are exposed to greater downside risk than traditional convertible securities, but typically still less than that of the underlying stock.
(g) Senior Loans
The Funds may purchase assignments of, and participations in, Senior Loans originated, negotiated and structured by a U.S. or foreign commercial bank, insurance company, finance company or other financial institution for a lending syndicate of financial institutions (the Lender). When purchasing an assignment, the Funds succeed to all the rights and obligations under the loan agreement with the same rights and obligations as the assigning Lender. Assignments may, however, be arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, and the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the assigning Lender. The Funds may also enter into lending arrangements involving unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Unfunded loan commitments may include revolving credit facilities, which may obligate the Funds to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Unfunded loan commitments represent a future obligation in full, even though a percentage of the principal amounts will never be utilized by the borrower.
The Funds may purchase the securities of distressed companies (including assignments
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
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or direct investments), including companies engaged in restructurings or bankruptcy proceedings. Investments in distressed companies may include senior obligations of an issuer issued in connection with a restructuring under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (commonly known as debtor-in-possession or DIP financings). Debtor-in-possession financings generally allow the issuer to continue its operations while reorganizing. Such financings constitute senior liens on unencumbered collateral (i.e., collateral not subject to other creditors claims). There is risk that the issuer under a debtor-in-possession financing will not emerge from Chapter 11 and be forced to liquidate its assets under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In the event of liquidation, the Funds only recourse would be against the collateral securing the debtor-in possession financing.
(h) Payment In-Kind Securities
The Funds may invest in payment in-kind securities, which are debt or preferred stock securities that require or permit payment of interest in the form of additional securities. Payment in-kind securities allow the issuer to avoid or delay the need to generate cash to meet current interest payments and, as a result, may involve greater risk than securities that pay interest currently or in cash.
(i) Warrants
The Funds may receive warrants. Warrants are securities that are usually issued together with a debt security or preferred stock and that give the holder the right to buy a proportionate amount of common stock at a specified price. Warrants are freely transferable and are often traded on major exchanges. Warrants normally have a life that is measured in years and entitle the holder to buy common stock of a company at a price that is usually higher than the market price at the time the warrant is issued. Warrants may entail greater risks than certain other types of investments. Generally, warrants do not carry the right to receive dividends or exercise voting rights with respect to the underlying securities, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuer. In addition, their value does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities, and they cease to have value if they are not exercised on or before their expiration date. If the market price of the underlying stock does not exceed the exercise price during the life of the warrant, the warrant will expire worthless. Warrants may increase the potential profit or loss to be realized from the investment as compared with investing the same amount in the underlying securities. Similarly, the percentage increase or decrease in the value of an equity security warrant may be greater than the percentage increase or decrease in the value of the underlying common stock. Warrants may relate to the purchase of equity or debt securities. Debt obligations with warrants attached to purchase equity securities have many characteristics of convertible securities and their prices may, to some degree, reflect the performance of the underlying stock. Debt obligations also may be issued with warrants attached to purchase additional debt securities
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at the same coupon rate. A decline in interest rates would permit the Funds to sell such warrants at a profit. If interest rates rise, these warrants would generally expire with no value.
(j) Statement of Cash Flows
U.S. GAAP requires entities providing financial statements that report both financial position and results of operations to also provide a statement of cash flows for each period for which results of operations are provided, but exempts investment companies meeting certain conditions. One of the conditions is that the fund had little or no debt, based on the average debt outstanding during the period, in relation to average total assets. Diversified Income & Convertibles indebtedness has been determined to be at a level requiring a statement of cash flows. The Statement of Cash Flows has been prepared using the indirect method which requires net change in net assets resulting from operations to be adjusted to reconcile to net cash flows from operating activities.
(k) Loan Interest Expense
Loan Interest expense relates to the Diversified Income & Convertibles participation in debt financing transactions (See Note 7 and Note 8). Interest expense is recorded as it is incurred.
(l) Short Sales
Short sale transactions involve the Funds selling securities they do not own in anticipation of a decline in the market price of the securities. The Funds are obligated to deliver securities at the market price at the time the short position is closed. Possible losses from short sales may be unlimited, whereas losses from purchases cannot exceed the total amount invested. There were no open short sales at January 31, 2017.
2. Principal Risks
In the normal course of business, the Funds trade financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to, among other things, changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (counterparty risk). The Funds also are exposed to other risks such as, but not limited to, interest rate, credit and leverage risks.
Interest rate risk is the risk that fixed income securities valuations will change because of changes in interest rates. During periods of rising nominal interest rates, the values of fixed income instruments are generally expected to decline. Conversely, during periods of declining nominal interest rates, the values of fixed income instruments are generally expected to rise. To the extent that a Fund effectively has short positions with respect to fixed income instruments, the values of such short positions would generally be expected to rise when nominal interest rates rise and to decline when nominal interest rates decline. A nominal interest rate can be described as the sum of a real interest rate and an expected inflation rate. Fixed income securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities with shorter durations. Duration is used primarily as a measure of the sensitivity of a fixed income
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
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securitys market price to interest rate (i.e., yield) movements. Interest rate changes can be sudden and unpredictable, and a Fund may lose money as a result of movements in interest rates. A Fund may not be able to hedge against changes in interest rates or may choose not to do so for cost or other reasons. In addition, any hedges may not work as intended. The values of equity and other non-fixed income securities may decline due to fluctuations in interest rates.
The Funds are exposed to credit risk, which is the risk of losing money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.
The market values of securities may decline due to general market conditions (market risk) which are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, adverse changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, adverse changes to credit markets or adverse investor sentiment. They may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. Equity securities and equity-related investments generally have greater market price volatility than fixed income securities, although under certain market conditions fixed income securities may have comparable or greater price volatility. Credit ratings downgrades may also negatively affect securities held by a Fund. Even when markets perform well, there is no assurance that the investments held by a Fund will increase in value along with the broader market. In addition, market risk includes the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt the economy on a national or global level.
The Funds are exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss to the Funds could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the Funds financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to counterparty risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The Investment Manager or Sub-Adviser, where applicable, seeks to minimize the Funds counterparty risk by performing reviews of each counterparty and by minimizing concentration of counterparty risk by undertaking transactions with multiple customers and counterparties on recognized and reputable exchanges. Delivery of securities sold is only made once the Funds have received payment. Payment is made on a purchase once the securities have been delivered by the counterparty. The trade will fail if either party fails to meet its obligation.
The Funds are exposed to risks associated with leverage. Leverage may cause the value of the Funds shares to be more volatile than if the
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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Funds did not use leverage. This is because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Funds portfolio securities. The Funds may engage in transactions or purchase instruments that give rise to forms of leverage. In addition, to the extent the Funds employ leverage, dividend and interest costs may not be recovered by any appreciation of the securities purchased with the leverage proceeds and could exceed the Funds investment returns, resulting in greater losses. As discussed further in Note 7 and Note 8, Diversified Income & Convertible has mandatory redeemable preferred shares and senior secured notes outstanding and entered into margin loan financing.
The Funds may hold defaulted securities that may involve special considerations including bankruptcy proceedings, other regulatory and legal restrictions affecting the Funds ability to trade, and the availability of prices from independent pricing services or dealer quotations. Defaulted securities may also be illiquid and may not be actively traded. Sale of securities in bankrupt companies at an acceptable price may be difficult and differences compared to the value of securities used by the Funds could be material. A Fund may incur additional expenses to the extent it is required to seek recovery upon a portfolio securitys default in the payment of principal or interest. In any bankruptcy proceeding relating to a defaulted investment, a Fund may lose its entire investment or may be required to accept cash or securities with a value substantially less than its original investment.
Diversified Income & Convertible will terminate on the first business day following the fifteenth anniversary of the effective date of its registration statement, May 22, 2030, unless such term is extended by the Trustees and absent Trustee and shareholder approval to amend the limited term. Leading up to the Funds dissolution date, the Fund may begin liquidating all or a portion of the Funds portfolio, and the Fund may deviate from its investment strategy. As a result, during the wind-down period, the Funds distributions may decrease, and such distributions may include a return of capital. The Fund does not seek to return $25.00 per common share (its initial offering price) upon termination. As the assets of the Fund will be liquidated in connection with its termination, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities when it otherwise would not, including at times when market conditions are not favorable, which may cause the Fund to lose money.
There can be no assurance that repurchases of common shares by Diversified Income & Convertible pursuant to its Repurchase Plan (as defined in Note 9) caused the common shares to trade at a price equal to or in excess of NAV or prevented or reduced any decline in the market price of the common shares. Any acquisition of common shares by the Fund decreased the managed assets of the Fund and therefore tended to have the effect of increasing the Funds gross expense ratio and decreasing the asset coverage with respect to any leverage outstanding. Because of the nature of the Funds investment objective, policies and portfolio, the Investment Manager does not believe that repurchases of common
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shares interfered with the ability of the Fund to manage its investments in order to seek its investment objective, and does not believe any material difficulty in borrowing money or disposing of portfolio securities to consummate repurchases, although no assurance can be given that this was the case. The Funds repurchase of shares under the Repurchase Plan was subject to certain conditions under Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and other applicable laws, including Regulation M, which may have prohibited such repurchases under certain circumstances.
3. Financial Derivative Instruments
Disclosure about derivatives and hedging activities requires qualitative disclosure regarding objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosure about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivatives, and disclosure about credit-risk related contingent features in derivative agreements. The disclosure requirements distinguish between derivatives which are accounted for as hedges, and those that do not qualify for such accounting. Although the Funds at times use derivatives for hedging purposes, the Funds reflect derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Funds Statements of Operations, and such derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment.
Option Transactions
The Funds may write (sell) put and call options on securities and indices to earn premiums, for hedging purposes, risk management purposes or otherwise as part of their investment strategies. When an option is written, the premium received is recorded as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently marked to market to reflect the market value of the option written. These liabilities are reflected as call options written in the Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Premiums received from writing options which expire unexercised are recorded on the expiration date as a realized gain. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transactions as a realized loss. If a call option written is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether there has been a realized gain or loss. If a put option written is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security. In writing an option, the Funds bear the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. Exercise of a written option could result in the Funds purchasing a security at a price different from its current market value.
There are several risks associated with transactions in options on securities. For example, there are significant differences between the securities and options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve its objective. The Funds ability to use options successfully will
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AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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depend on the Investment Manager or Sub-Advisers ability to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. As the writer of a covered call option, a Fund forgoes, during the options life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the strike price of the call, but has retained the risk of loss should the price of the underlying security decline.
4. Investment Manager/Sub-Advisers & Deferred Compensation
Investment Manager/Sub-Advisers. Each Fund has an Investment Management Agreement (for the purposes of this section, each an Agreement) with the Investment Manager. Subject to the supervision of the Funds Board, the Investment Manager is responsible for managing, either directly or through others selected by it, the Funds investment activities, business affairs and administrative matters. Pursuant to their Agreements, Diversified Income & Convertible and Equity & Convertible Income pay the Investment Manager an annual fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of 1.00% of their average daily total managed assets. Pursuant to its Agreement, Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy pays the Investment Manager an annual fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.90% of its average daily total managed assets. Diversified Income & Convertibles Agreement defines total managed assets as the total assets of the Fund (including assets attributable to any Preferred Shares, borrowings, issued debt securities or other forms of leverage that may be outstanding) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing leverage). The Agreements of each of Equity & Convertible Income and Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy define total managed assets as the total assets of each Fund (including assets attributable to any borrowings that may be outstanding) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing borrowings).
Prior to the Merger, AGIFM retained AllianzGI U.S. as sub-adviser to each Fund, and also retained NFJ as sub-adviser to Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy, with respect to its equity sleeve only. From and after the Merger, AllianzGI U.S. has served as Investment Manager to each Fund, and has continued to retain NFJ as sub-adviser for the equity sleeve of Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy.
During the period, the Funds primary adviser (initially AGIFM and then AllianzGI U.S.), and not the Funds, paid advisory fees to the Funds sub-advisers.
Effective October 1, 2016, AGIFM merged with and into AllianzGI U.S. by means of a statutory merger, with AllianzGI U.S. succeeding by operation of law to the advisory business of AGIFM under the Investment Management Agreement with each Fund. The sub-advisory relationships between AGIFM and AllianzGI U.S. and between AGIFM and NFJ terminated upon consummation of the Merger. The Merger did not result in any change to the substantive terms of the Agreements, which continued in effect following the Merger with AllianzGI U.S. as a counterparty instead of AGIFM. The Merger
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 67
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
4. Investment Manager/Sub-Advisers & Deferred Compensation (continued)
also did not result in any change to the manner in which investment advisory services are provided under the Agreements, the personnel responsible for providing investment advisory services to the Funds pursuant to the Agreements or the personnel ultimately responsible for overseeing the provision of such services.
Deferred Compensation. Trustees do not currently receive any pension or retirement benefits from the Funds. The Funds have adopted a deferred compensation plan (the Plan) for the Trustees, which permits the Trustees to defer their receipt of compensation from the Funds, at their election, in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Under the Plan, each Trustee may elect not to receive all or a portion of his or her fees from the Funds on a current basis but to receive in a subsequent period chosen by the Trustee an amount equal to the value of such compensation if such compensation had been invested in one or more series of Allianz Funds Multi- Strategy Trust or Allianz Funds, selected by the Trustees from and after the normal payment dates for such compensation. The deferred compensation program is structured such that the Funds remain in substantially the same financial position whether Trustee fees are paid when earned or deferred.
5. Investments in Securities
For the year ended January 31, 2017, purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term securities were:
|
|
Diversified |
|
Equity & |
|
Dividend, |
|
Purchases |
|
$604,000,555 |
|
$510,015,811 |
|
$514,656,834 |
|
Sales |
|
624,396,653 |
|
536,105,935 |
|
631,272,374 |
|
6. Income Tax Information
The tax character of dividends and distributions paid were:
|
|
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
|
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
| ||||||||||
|
|
Ordinary |
|
15% |
|
Return of |
|
Ordinary |
|
15% |
|
25% |
|
Return of |
|
Diversified Income & Convertible |
|
$20,672,856 |
|
$22,979 |
|
|
|
$12,968,421 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity & Convertible Income |
|
42,117,626 |
|
|
|
|
|
32,371,472 |
|
$9,713,546 |
|
$32,609 |
|
|
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
|
34,626,028 |
|
|
|
$79,135,870 |
|
37,129,377 |
|
|
|
|
|
$119,293,232 |
|
(1) Includes short-term capital gains, if any.
68 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
6. Income Tax Information (continued)
At January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings were as follows.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post-October |
| ||
|
|
Ordinary |
|
Capital |
|
Short-Term |
|
Long-Term |
|
Diversified Income & Convertible |
|
$2,623,342 |
|
|
|
|
|
$750,228 |
|
Equity & Convertible Income |
|
12,012,461 |
|
$18,448,804 |
|
|
|
207,799 |
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
|
|
|
215,025,409 |
|
$8,900,055 |
|
12,113,270 |
|
* Subject to limitations under IRC Sections 381-384 due to the merger with AllianzGI Global Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NGZ).
(2) Capital loss carryforwards available as a reduction, to the extent provided in the regulations, of any future net realized gains. To the extent that these losses are used to offset future realized capital gains, such gains will not be disbursed.
(3) Capital losses realized during the period November 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017 which the Funds elected to defer to the following taxable year pursuant to income tax regulations.
Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Funds will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010, for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. As a result, preenactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term capital losses.
At January 31, 2017, capital loss carryforward amounts were:
|
|
Year of Expiration |
|
No Expiration (4) |
| ||
|
|
2018 |
|
Short-Term |
|
Long-Term |
|
Equity & Convertible Income |
|
|
|
|
|
$18,448,804 |
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
|
$157,410,348 |
|
$11,969,549 |
|
45,645,512 |
|
(4) Carryforward amounts are subject to the provision of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010.
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 69
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
6. Income Tax Information (continued)
For the year ended January 31, 2017, Equity & Convertible Income had a capital loss carryforward which was utilized:
|
|
Post-Enactment Utilized |
| ||
|
|
Short-Term |
|
Long-Term |
|
Equity & Convertible Income |
|
|
|
$1,718,715 |
|
For the year ended January 31, 2017, permanent book tax adjustments were:
|
|
Undistributed |
|
Accumulated |
|
Paid-in Capital |
|
Diversified Income & Convertible (a)(d)(e)(f)(g) |
|
$867,439 |
|
$(855,276) |
|
$(12,163) |
|
Equity & Convertible Income (a)(b)(d)(h)(i) |
|
824,804 |
|
(480,801) |
|
(344,003) |
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy (a)(c)(d) |
|
890,422 |
|
(890,422) |
|
|
|
These permanent book-tax differences were primarily attributable to:
(a) Reclassification of contingent debt
(b) Reversal of non-deductible expenses
(c) Reclassification of dividend expense
(d) Section 305 sales adjustment
(e) Reclassification of non-deductible expenses
(f) Reclassification of consent fee income
(g) Treatment of bond premium amortization
(h) Reclassification of gains and losses from foreign currency transactions
(i) Reversal of OID due to the merger with AllianzGI Global Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NGZ)
Net investment income, net realized gains or losses and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.
At January 31, 2017, the aggregate cost basis and the net unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
|
|
Federal Tax |
|
Unrealized |
|
Unrealized |
|
Net Unrealized |
|
Diversified Income & Convertible |
|
$354,976,964 |
|
$3,861,579 |
|
$32,848,365 |
|
$(28,986,786 |
) |
Equity & Convertible Income |
|
661,234,299 |
|
19,987,900 |
|
87,903,459 |
|
(67,915,559 |
) |
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
|
1,324,187,182 |
|
163,867,718 |
|
97,311,467 |
|
66,556,251 |
|
(5) Differences between book and tax cost basis are primarily attributable to the differing treatment of convertible securities, wash sale loss deferrals, Reclassifications in REITs and differing treatment of bond premium amortization.
70 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
7. Long-Term Financing Arrangements
On October 2, 2015, Diversified Income & Convertible completed a private placement with a single institutional investor, consisting of $30,000,000 in Series A Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (MRPS) with a mandatory redemption date of October 2, 2025, and $50,000,000 in Senior Secured Notes (Notes and together with MRPS, Long-Term Financing Arrangements) due November 22, 2029. Fitch Ratings (Fitch) assigned a rating of AA to the MRPS and AAA to the Notes. The Long-Term Financing Arrangements refinanced a portion of the Diversified Income & Convertibles short-term borrowings under the Margin Loan Financing described in Note 8. Diversified Income & Convertible continues to maintain a short-term credit facility at variable interest rates for a portion of its borrowings.
Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares
At January 31, 2017, Diversified Income & Convertible had 1,200,000 shares of MRPS outstanding with an aggregate liquidation preference of $30,000,000 ($25.00 per share). The following table summarizes the key terms of the MRPS at January 31, 2017:
Mandatory |
|
Annual |
|
Aggregate |
|
Estimated Fair |
|
October 2, 2025 |
|
4.34% |
|
$30,000,000 |
|
$30,000,000 |
|
Holders of MRPS are entitled to receive a quarterly dividend at an annual fixed dividend rate of 4.34%, subject to upward adjustment (by as much as 4.00%) during any period when the MRPS have a rating of below A from Fitch, or the equivalent from another rating agency (with the rate increasing at lower rating levels). The MRPS will have a default interest rate of 5.00% whenever a past due amount is outstanding with respect to the MRPS. Dividends are accrued daily and paid quarterly and are presented in Diversified Income & Convertibles Statement of Assets & Liabilities as dividends payable to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders. For the year ended January 31, 2017, Diversified Income & Convertible paid $1,302,000 in interest on dividends to mandatory redeemable preferred shareholders. The MRPS are senior, with priority in all respects, to Diversified Income & Convertibles outstanding common shares as to payments of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Fund. The MRPS rank pari passu with any and all other preferred shares of the Fund, and rank junior to the Funds indebtedness, including the Notes, the Margin Loan Financing and any other senior secured indebtedness. Diversified Income & Convertible may redeem all or any part of the MRPS at any time, subject to certain redemption premiums. Diversified Income & Convertible is subject to periodic asset coverage testing and must redeem some or all of the MRPS when its asset coverage declines below certain levels.
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 71
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
7. Long-Term Financing Arrangements (continued)
Senior Secured Notes
At January 31, 2017, Diversified Income & Convertible had $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding. The Notes rank pari passu with all other senior debt of Diversified Income & Convertible, including the Margin Loan Financing, and are secured by a lien on all assets of the Fund of every kind, including all securities and all other investment property, equal and ratable with the liens securing the Margin Loan Financing. The Notes are senior, with priority in all respects, to the MRPS and the outstanding common shares as to payments of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Fund. Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive cash interest payments semi-annually until maturity. The Notes accrue interest at an annual fixed rate of 3.94%. The Notes will be subject to a penalty interest rate of an additional 2.00% while overdue payments are outstanding, and an additional 1.00% during any interest rate period when the Notes, at any time, have a rating of less than A- from Fitch or the equivalent from another agency. The Notes are prepayable in whole or in part at any time, subject to a prepayment premium, which may be adjusted under some circumstances based on asset coverage levels. Interest expense of $1,982,406 is included in the Diversified Income & Convertibles Statement of Operations.
The following table shows the maturity date, interest rate, notional/carrying amount and estimated fair value of the Notes outstanding at January 31, 2017:
Maturity Date |
|
Interest Rate |
|
Notional/Carrying |
|
Estimated Fair |
|
November 22, 2029 |
|
3.94% |
|
$50,000,000 |
|
$50,000,000 |
|
The agreements governing the MRPS and Notes impose certain additional customary covenants and restrictions on the Fund, including, among others, asset coverage requirements, restrictions on distributions and a requirement that the Fund adhere to its stated investment policies.
8. Margin Loan Financing
Diversified Income & Convertible has entered into a margin loan financing agreement with BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International, Ltd. (BNP). The margin loan is offered at a daily rate equal to the U.S. 3-month LIBOR rate plus 0.90%. At January 31, 2017, the Fund had a borrowing outstanding under the margin agreement totaling $25,000,000. The interest rate charged at January 31, 2017 was 1.935%. During the year ended January 31, 2017, the weighted average daily balance was $25,000,000 at the weighted average interest rate of 1.68%. With respect to the margin agreement, loan interest expense of $428,252 is included in the Statement of Operations.
The Fund is required to fully collateralize its outstanding loan balance as determined by BNP. Pledged assets are held in a segregated account and are denoted in the Schedule of Investments.
72 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
9. Common Share Repurchase Plan
The common share repurchase plan (the Repurchase Plan) of Diversified Income & Convertible (for purposes of this paragraph, the Fund) became effective on September 4, 2015. The Board of Trustees initially authorized the Repurchase Plan at the Funds organizational meeting on April 20, 2015. The Repurchase Plan was intended in part to provide additional liquidity in the marketplace for the Funds common shares. The Repurchase Plan remained in effect until 230 days after the commencement of the Repurchase Plan (i.e., April 21, 2016) (the Repurchase Period), during which the Fund repurchased its common shares in the open market on any trading day when the Funds common shares were trading at a discount of 2% or more from the common shares closing NAV on the prior trading day and only so long as shares of the SPDR Barclays Convertible Securities ETF had not, at any time during such trading day, traded down 2% or more from their closing market price on the prior trading day. Any repurchases were made through a single broker-dealer who was not an underwriter in this initial public offering of the Funds common shares acting as the Funds agent. On any day that shares were repurchased under the Repurchase Plan, the Fund, subject to certain conditions under Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act and other applicable laws, including Regulation M, repurchased its shares in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $125,000 based on the aggregate purchase price of the common shares or (ii) the maximum number of common shares the Fund may purchase under Rule 10b-18, which, generally, is currently 25% of the average daily trading volume of the common shares over the trailing four week period. In addition to providing potential additional liquidity in the marketplace, any repurchases under the Repurchase Plan were made by the Fund at a discount to then current NAV of the common shares and therefore were accretive to the NAV of the remaining common shares following the repurchases, and the Repurchase Plan may have had the effect of preventing or reducing a significant decline in the market price of the common shares in comparison to their NAV. Effective April 22, 2016, the Common Share Repurchase Plan was discontinued.
For the year ended January 31, 2017, the Fund repurchased 386,069 shares of its common stock on the open market, which represented approximately 4% of shares outstanding as of January 31, 2017 at a total cost, inclusive of commissions ($0.03 per share), of $6,509,184 at a per-share weighted average discount to NAV of 12.37%.
10. Subsequent Events
In preparing these financial statements, the Funds management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.
Effective February 1, 2017, services related to custody and fund accounting for the Funds transitioned from Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. to State Street Bank and Trust Company.
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 73
Notes to Financial Statements
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
January 31, 2017
10. Subsequent Events (continued)
On February 1, 2017, a monthly distribution of $0.167 per share was declared to Diversified Income & Convertible common shareholders, payable March 1, 2017 to common shareholders of record on February 13, 2017.
On March 1, 2017, a monthly distribution of $0.167 per share was declared to Diversified Income & Convertible common shareholders, payable April 3, 2017 to common shareholders of record on March 13, 2017.
On March 3, 2017, the following quarterly distributions were declared to shareholders, payable March 24, 2017 to shareholders of record on March 13, 2017:
Equity & Convertible Income |
|
$0.38 |
per share |
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
|
$0.30 |
per share |
There were no other subsequent events identified that require recognition or disclosure.
74 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Financial Highlights
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
For a common share outstanding throughout each period:
|
|
Year ended |
|
For the period |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of period |
|
$18.91 |
|
$23.88 |
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (1) |
|
0.39 |
|
0.18 |
|
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) |
|
4.21 |
|
(4.09) |
|
Total from investment operations |
|
4.60 |
|
(3.91) |
|
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
(0.51) |
|
(0.62) |
|
Net realized gains |
|
(1.49) |
|
(0.55) |
|
Total dividends and distributions to common shareholders |
|
(2.00) |
|
(1.17) |
|
Common Share Transactions: |
|
|
|
|
|
Offering costs charged to paid-in-capital in excess of par |
|
|
|
(0.05) |
|
Accretion to net asset value resulting from share repurchases |
|
0.08 |
|
0.16 |
|
Net asset value, end of period |
|
$21.59 |
|
$18.91 |
|
Market price, end of period |
|
$19.49 |
|
$16.40 |
|
Total Investment Return (2) |
|
32.56% |
|
(30.12)% |
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000s) |
|
$221,849 |
|
$201,644 |
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets, including interest expense (4)(5) |
|
3.48% |
|
3.26%(3) |
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets, excluding interest expense (4)(5) |
|
2.34% |
|
2.56%(3) |
|
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (5) |
|
1.90% |
|
1.24%(3) |
|
Mandatory redeemable preferred shares asset coverage per share |
|
$209 |
|
$193 |
|
Portfolio turnover rate |
|
196% |
|
149% |
|
* Commencement of operations.
(1) Calculated on average common shares outstanding.
(2) Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a common share at the market price on the first day and a sale of a common share at the market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Funds dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares. Total return for a period of less than one year is not annualized.
(3) Annualized.
(4) Interest expense relates to participation in the debt financing (See Note 7 and Note 8).
(5) Calculated on the basis of income and expenses applicable to both common and mandatory redeemable preferred shares relative to average net assets of common shareholders.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 75
Financial Highlights
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
For a share outstanding throughout each year:
|
|
Year ended January 31, | |||||||||||||
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
|
2015 |
|
2014 |
|
2013 | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of year |
|
$19.90 |
|
|
$22.13 |
|
|
$21.79 |
|
|
$20.10 |
|
|
$19.28 |
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
0.41 |
|
|
0.47 |
|
|
0.53 |
|
|
0.56 |
|
|
0.39 |
|
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) |
|
2.75 |
|
|
(1.18 |
) |
|
1.13 |
|
|
2.49 |
|
|
1.55 |
|
Total from investment operations |
|
3.16 |
|
|
(0.71 |
) |
|
1.66 |
|
|
3.05 |
|
|
1.94 |
|
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
(0.54 |
) |
|
(0.41 |
) |
|
(0.63 |
) |
|
(0.92 |
) |
|
(0.28 |
) |
Net realized gains |
|
(0.98 |
) |
|
(1.11 |
) |
|
(0.69 |
) |
|
(0.44 |
) |
|
(0.84 |
) |
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders |
|
(1.52 |
) |
|
(1.52 |
) |
|
(1.32 |
) |
|
(1.36 |
) |
|
(1.12 |
) |
Net asset value, end of year |
|
$21.54 |
|
|
$19.90 |
|
|
$22.13 |
(1) |
|
$21.79 |
|
|
$20.10 |
|
Market price, end of year |
|
$19.03 |
|
|
$16.97 |
|
|
$20.01 |
|
|
$18.73 |
|
|
$17.91 |
|
Total Investment Return (2) |
|
21.69 |
% |
|
(8.01 |
)% |
|
14.07 |
% |
|
12.35 |
% |
|
10.92 |
% |
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of year (000s) |
|
$596.911 |
|
|
$551,378 |
|
|
$613,133 |
|
|
$603,786 |
|
|
$448,384 |
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets |
|
1.08 |
% |
|
1.10 |
% |
|
1.13 |
% |
|
1.09 |
%(3) |
|
1.09 |
% |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets |
|
1.94 |
% |
|
2.15 |
% |
|
2.34 |
% |
|
2.39 |
%(3) |
|
2.06 |
% |
Portfolio turnover rate |
|
90 |
% |
|
110 |
% |
|
63 |
% |
|
82 |
% |
|
122 |
% |
(1) Payment from affiliates increased the net asset value by less than $0.01.
(2) Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the market price on the first day and a sale of a share at the market price on the last day of each year reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Funds dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares.
(3) Inclusive of Reimbursement from Investment Manager of 0.02%.
76 Annual Report | January 31, 2017 | See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
For a share outstanding throughout each year:
|
|
Year ended January 31, | |||||||||||||
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
|
2015 |
|
2014 |
|
2013 | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of year |
|
$13.59 |
|
|
$16.95 |
|
|
$18.19 |
|
|
$17.91 |
|
|
$18.06 |
|
Investment Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
0.35 |
|
|
0.38 |
|
|
0.41 |
|
|
0.49 |
|
|
0.53 |
|
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) |
|
1.98 |
|
|
(2.09 |
) |
|
0.15 |
|
|
1.59 |
|
|
1.12 |
|
Total from investment operations |
|
2.33 |
|
|
(1.71 |
) |
|
0.56 |
|
|
2.08 |
|
|
1.65 |
|
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
(0.37 |
) |
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
(0.65 |
) |
|
(0.54 |
) |
|
(0.67 |
) |
Return of capital |
|
(0.83 |
) |
|
(1.26 |
) |
|
(1.15 |
) |
|
(1.26 |
) |
|
(1.13 |
) |
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders |
|
(1.20 |
) |
|
(1.65 |
) |
|
(1.80 |
) |
|
(1.80 |
) |
|
(1.80 |
) |
Net asset value, end of year |
|
$14.72 |
|
|
$13.59 |
|
|
$16.95 |
(1) |
|
$18.19 |
|
|
$17.91 |
|
Market price, end of year |
|
$13.03 |
|
|
$11.50 |
|
|
$15.88 |
|
|
$17.86 |
|
|
$16.65 |
|
Total Investment Return (2) |
|
24.60 |
% |
|
(18.68 |
)% |
|
(1.75 |
)% |
|
18.83 |
% |
|
6.83 |
% |
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of year (000s) |
|
$1,395,116 |
|
|
$1,288,319 |
|
|
$1,606,718 |
|
|
$1,719,489 |
|
|
$1,692,659 |
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets |
|
1.01 |
% |
|
0.97 |
% |
|
0.96 |
% |
|
0.94 |
%(3) |
|
0.97 |
% |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets |
|
2.42 |
% |
|
2.41 |
% |
|
2.20 |
% |
|
2.69 |
%(3) |
|
2.97 |
% |
Portfolio turnover rate |
|
39 |
% |
|
54 |
% |
|
47 |
% |
|
48 |
% |
|
46 |
% |
(1) Payment from affiliates increased the net asset value by $0.02.
(2) Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the market price on the first day and a sale of a share at the market price on the last day of each year reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Funds dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares.
(3) Inclusive of reimbursement from Investment Manager of 0.02%.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements | January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 77
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
In our opinion, the (i) accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets applicable to common shareholders, and of cash flows and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets applicable to common shareholders for the year then ended and for the period from May 27, 2015 (commencement of operations) through January 31, 2016 and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period from May 27, 2015 (commencement of operations) through January 31, 2016, and (ii) accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund and the AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and each of their financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended (hereinafter referred to as the Funds), in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as financial statements) are the responsibility of the Funds management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of January 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, NY
March 21, 2017
78 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Tax Information (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
As required by the Internal Revenue Code, shareholders must be notified regarding certain tax attributes of distributions made by each fund.
During the year ended January 31, 2017, the following Funds distributed long-term capital gains in the amounts indicated (or the maximum amount allowable):
|
|
15% Long-Term Capital Gain |
Diversified Income & Convertible |
|
$22,979 |
Under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, the following percentages of ordinary dividends paid during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, are designated as qualified dividend income (or the maximum amount allowable):
Diversified Income & Convertible |
16.59% |
|
|
Equity & Convertible Income |
31.28% |
|
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
100.00% |
|
|
Corporate shareholders are generally entitled to take the dividend received deduction on the portion of a Funds dividend distribution that qualifies under tax law. The percentage of the following Funds ordinary income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, that qualify for the corporate deduction is set below (or the maximum amount allowable):
Diversified Income & Convertible |
15.31% |
|
|
Equity & Convertible Income |
30.59% |
|
|
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy |
94.66% |
|
|
Since the Funds tax year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2017. In January 2018, shareholders will be advised on IRS Form 1099 DIV as to the federal tax status of dividends and distributions received during calendar 2017. The amount that will be reported will be the amount to use on the shareholders 2017 federal income tax return and may differ from the amount which must be reported in connection with the Funds tax year ended January 31, 2017. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisers as to the federal, state and local tax status of the dividend income received from the Funds.
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 79
Annual Shareholder Meeting Results (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
The Funds held their meeting of shareholders on June 30, 2016. Shareholders voted as indicated below:
Diversified Income & Convertible:
|
|
Affirmative |
|
Withheld Authority |
|
Election of Alan Rappaport Class I to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
|
Election of James A. Jacobson Class II to serve until the annual meeting for |
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
|
Election of Hans W. Kertess Class I to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
10,201,229 |
|
169,318 |
|
Election of William B. Ogden, IV Class I to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
10,197,245 |
|
173,302 |
|
Election of Davey S. Scoon Class I to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
10,195,676 |
|
174,871 |
|
Election of A. Douglas Eu Class II to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
10,201,229 |
|
169,318 |
|
Election of Barbara R. Claussen Class III to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
10,193,924 |
|
176,623 |
|
The other members of the Board of Trustees at the time of the meeting, namely, Ms. Deborah A. DeCotis and Messrs. Bradford K. Gallagher, F. Ford Drummond, and James S. MacLeod continued to serve as Trustees of the Fund.
* Messrs. Rappaport and Jacobson were elected by preferred shareholders voting as a separate class. All other trustees of Diversified Income & Convertible were elected by common and preferred shareholders voting together as a single class.
Interested Trustee
Equity & Convertible Income:
|
|
Affirmative |
|
Withheld Authority |
|
Re-election of Deborah A. DeCotis Class III to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
22,215,044 |
|
3,111,250 |
|
Re-election of Bradford K. Gallagher Class III to serve until the annual meeting for the 2019 -2020 fiscal year |
|
22,215,662 |
|
3,110,632 |
|
Election of A. Douglas Eu Class II to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
22,233,909 |
|
3,092,385 |
|
Election of Barbara R. Claussen Class III to serve until the annual meeting for the |
|
22,234,015 |
|
3,092,279 |
|
The other members of the Board of Trustees at the time of the meeting, namely, Messrs. Alan Rappaport, F. Ford Drummond, Hans W. Kertess, James A. Jacobson, William B. Ogden, IV, Davey S. Scoon and James S. MacLeod continued to serve as Trustees of the Fund.
Interested Trustee
80 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Annual Shareholder Meeting Results (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy:
|
|
Affirmative |
|
Withheld Authority |
|
Re-election of Deborah A. DeCotis Class II to serve until the annual meeting for the 2019-2020 fiscal year |
|
79,173,625 |
|
5,356,336 |
|
Re-election of Bradford K. Gallagher Class II to serve until the annual meeting for the 2019-2020 fiscal year |
|
79,099,031 |
|
5,430,930 |
|
Re-election of James A. Jacobson Class II to serve until the annual meeting for the 2019-2020 fiscal year |
|
79,103,771 |
|
5,426,190 |
|
Election of A. Douglas Eu Class I to serve until the annual meeting for the 2018-2019 fiscal year |
|
79,199,420 |
|
5,330,541 |
|
Election of Barbara R. Claussen Class II to serve until the annual meeting for the 2019-2020 fiscal year |
|
79,227,119 |
|
5,302,842 |
|
The other members of the Board of Trustees at the time of the meeting, namely, Messrs. Hans W. Kertess, William B. Ogden, IV, Davey S. Scoon, F. Ford Drummond, Alan Rappaport and James S. MacLeod continued to serve as Trustees of the Fund.
Interested Trustee
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 81
Changes to the Board of Trustees/Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Changes to the Board of Trustees
Effective April 15, 2016, Julian Sluyters resigned as a Trustee and as President amd Chief Executive Officer of each Fund.
Effective April 25, 2016, A. Douglas Eu became a Class I Trustee of Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy and a Class II Trustee of Diversified Income & Convertible and Equity & Convertible Income.
Mr. Eu is an interested person of the Funds, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, due to his positions with the Investment Manager and its affiliates.
Effective April 25, 2016, Thomas J. Fuccillo, formerly the Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary to the Funds was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer to the Funds.
Effective April 25, 2016, Angela Borreggine, formerly an Assistant Secretary to the Funds, was appointed Chief Legal Officer and Secretary to the Funds.
Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds have adopted to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30 is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds shareholder servicing agent at (800) 254-5197; (ii) on the Funds website at us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds; and (iii) on the Securities and Exchange Commissions website at www.sec.gov.
Privacy Policy (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Please read this Policy carefully. It gives you important information about how Allianz Global Investors U.S. and its U.S. affiliates (AllianzGI US, we or us) handle non-public personal information (Personal Information) that we may receive about you. It applies to all of our past, present and future clients and shareholders of AllianzGI US and the funds and accounts it manages, advises, sub-advises, administers or distributes, and will continue to apply when you are no longer a client or shareholder. As used throughout this Policy, AllianzGI US means Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC, NFJ Investment Group LLC and the family of registered and unregistered funds managed by one or more of these firms. AllianzGI US is part of a global investment management group, and the privacy policies of other Allianz Global Investors entities outside of the United States may have provisions in their policies that differ from this Privacy Policy. Please refer to the website of the specific non-US Allianz Global Investors entity for its policy on privacy.
We Care about Your Privacy
We consider your privacy to be a fundamental aspect of our relationship with you, and we strive to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and security of your Personal Information. To ensure your privacy, we have developed policies that are designed to protect your Personal Information while allowing your needs to be served.
Information We May Collect
In the course of providing you with products and services, we may obtain Personal Information about you, which may come from sources such as account application and other forms, from other written, electronic, or verbal communications, from account transactions, from a brokerage or financial advisory firm, financial advisor or consultant, and/or from information you provide on our website.
You are not required to supply any of the Personal Information that we may request. However, failure to do so may result in us being unable to open and maintain your account, or to provide services to you.
How Your Information Is Shared
We do not disclose your Personal Information to anyone for marketing purposes. We disclose your Personal Information only to those service providers, affiliated and non-affiliated, who need the information for everyday business purposes, such as to respond to your inquiries, to perform services, and/or to service and maintain your account. This applies to all of the categories of Personal Information we collect about you. The affiliated and non-affiliated service providers who receive your Personal Information also may use it to process your transactions, provide you with materials (including preparing and mailing prospectuses and shareholder reports and gathering shareholder proxies), and provide you with account statements and other materials relating to your account. These service providers provide services at our direction, and under their agreements with us, are required to keep your Personal Information confidential and to use it only for providing the contractually required services. Our service providers may not use your Personal Information to market products and services to you except in conformance with applicable laws and
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 83
Privacy Policy (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
regulations. We also may provide your Personal Information to your respective brokerage or financial advisory firm, custodian, and/or to your financial advisor or consultant.
In addition, we reserve the right to disclose or report Personal Information to non-affiliated third parties, in limited circumstances, where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required under law, to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities or pursuant to other legal process, or to protect our rights or property, including to enforce our Privacy Policy or other agreements with you. Personal Information collected by us may also be transferred as part of a corporate sale, restructuring, bankruptcy, or other transfer of assets.
Security of Your Information
We maintain your Personal Information for as long as necessary for legitimate business purposes or otherwise as required by law. In maintaining this information, we have implemented appropriate procedures that are designed to restrict access to your Personal Information only to those who need to know that information in order to provide products and/or services to you. In addition, we have implemented physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to help protect your Personal Information.
Privacy and the Internet
The Personal Information that you provide through our website, as applicable, is handled in the same way as the Personal Information that you provide by any other means, as described above. This section of the Policy gives you additional information about the way in which Personal Information that is obtained online is handled.
· Online Enrollment, Account Access and Transactions: When you visit our website, you can visit pages that are open to the general public, or, where available, log into protected pages to enroll online, access information about your account, or conduct certain transactions. Access to the secure pages of our website is permitted only after you have created a User ID and Password. The User ID and Password must be supplied each time you want to access your account information online. This information serves to verify your identity. When you enter Personal Information into our website (including your Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number and your password) to enroll or access your account online, you will log into secure pages. By using our website, you consent to this Privacy Policy and to the use of your Personal Information in accordance with the practices described in this Policy. If you provide Personal Information to effect transactions on our website, a record of the transactions you have performed while on the site is retained by us. For additional terms and conditions governing your use of our website, please refer to the Investor Mutual Fund Access Disclaimer which is incorporated herein by reference and is available on our website.
· Cookies and Similar Technologies: Cookies are small text files stored in your computers hard drive when you visit certain web pages. Cookies and similar technologies help us to provide customized services and information. We use these technologies on our website to improve our website and services, including to
84 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Privacy Policy (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
evaluate the effectiveness of our site, and to enhance the site user experience. Because an industry-standard Do-Not-Track protocol is not yet established, our website will continue to operate as described in this Privacy Policy and will not be affected by any Do-Not-Track signals from any browser.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy from time-to-time to reflect changes in related practices and procedures, or applicable laws and regulations. If we make changes, we will notify you on our website and the revised Policy will become effective immediately upon posting
to our website. We also will provide account owners with a copy of our Privacy Policy annually. We encourage you to visit our website periodically to remain up to date on our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that by using our website after we have posted changes to this Privacy Policy, you are agreeing to the terms of the Privacy Policy as modified.
Obtaining Additional Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy related practices in the United States, you may contact us via our dedicated email at PrivacyUS@allianzgi.com.
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 85
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
Each Fund has adopted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the Plan) which allows common shareholders to reinvest Fund distributions in additional common shares of the Fund. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Plan Agent) serves as agent for common shareholders in administering the Plan. It is important to note that participation in the Plan and automatic reinvestment of Fund distributions does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect against losses in a declining market.
Automatic enrollment / voluntary participation. Under the Plan, common shareholders whose shares are registered with the Plan Agent (registered shareholders) are automatically enrolled as participants in the Plan and will have all Fund distributions of income, capital gains and returns of capital (together, distributions) reinvested by the Plan Agent in additional common shares of the Funds, unless the shareholder elects to receive cash. Registered shareholders who elect not to participate in the Plan will receive all distributions in cash paid by check and mailed directly to the shareholder of record (or if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, to the nominee) by the Plan Agent. Participation in the Plan is voluntary. Participants may terminate or resume their enrollment in the Plan at any time without penalty by notifying the Plan Agent online at www.amstock.com, by calling (800) 254-5197, by writing to the Plan Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, at P.O. Box 922, Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10269-0560, or, as applicable, by completing and returning the transaction form attached to a Plan
statement. A proper notification will be effective immediately and apply to the Funds next distribution if received by the Plan Agent at least three (3) days prior to the record date for the distribution; otherwise, a notification will be effective shortly following the Funds next distribution and will apply to the Funds next succeeding distribution thereafter. If you withdraw from the Plan and so request, the Plan Agent will arrange for the sale of your shares and send you the proceeds, minus a transaction fee and brokerage commissions.
How shares are purchased under the Plan. For each Fund distribution, the Plan Agent will acquire common shares for participants either (i) through receipt of newly issued common shares from the Funds (newly issued shares) or (ii) by purchasing common shares of the Funds on the open market (open market purchases). If, on a distribution payment date, the net asset value per common share of the Funds (NAV) is equal to or less than the market price per common share plus estimated brokerage commissions (often referred to as a market premium), the Plan Agent will invest the distribution amount on behalf of participants in newly issued shares at a price equal to the greater of (i) NAV or (ii) 95% of the market price per common share on the payment date. If the NAV is greater than the market price per common share plus estimated brokerage commissions (often referred to as a market discount) on a distribution payment date, the Plan agent will instead attempt to invest the distribution amount through open market purchases. If the Plan Agent is unable to invest the full distribution amount in open market
86 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
purchases, or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Agent will invest any un-invested portion of the distribution in newly issued shares at a price equal to the greater of (i) NAV or (ii) 95% of the market price per share as of the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date (which, in either case, may be a price greater or lesser than the NAV per common share on the distribution payment date). No interest will be paid on distributions awaiting reinvestment. Under the Plan, the market price of common shares on a particular date is the last sales price on the exchange where the shares are listed on that date or, if there is no sale on the exchange on that date, the mean between the closing bid and asked quotations for the shares on the exchange on that date. The NAV per common share on a particular date is the amount calculated on that date (normally at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange) in accordance with the Funds then current policies.
Fees and expenses. No brokerage charges are imposed on reinvestments in newly issued shares under the Plan. However, all participants will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred by the Plan Agent when it makes open market purchases. There are currently no direct service charges imposed on participants in the Plan, although the Funds reserve the right to amend the Plan to include such charges. The Plan Agent imposes a transaction fee (in addition to brokerage commissions that are incurred) if it arranges for the sale of your common shares held under the Plan.
Shares held through nominees. In the case of a registered shareholder such as a broker, bank or other nominee (together, a nominee) that holds common shares for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of common shares certified by the nominee/record shareholder as representing the total amount registered in such shareholders name and held for the account of beneficial owners who participate in the Plan. If your common shares are held through a broker, bank or other nominee and are not registered with the Plan Agent, neither you nor the nominee will be participants in or have distributions reinvested under the Plan. If you are a beneficial owner of common shares and wish to participate in the Plan, and your nominee is unable or unwilling to become a registered shareholder and a Plan participant on your behalf, you may request that your nominee arrange to have all or a portion of your shares re-registered with the Plan Agent in your name so that you may be enrolled as a participant in the Plan. Please contact your nominee for details or for other possible alternatives. Participants whose shares are registered with the Plan Agent in the name of one nominee firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan.
Tax consequences. Automatically reinvested dividends and distributions are taxed in the same manner as cash dividends and distributions i.e., automatic reinvestment in additional shares does not relieve shareholders of, or defer the need to pay, any income tax that may be payable (or that is required to be
January 31, 2017 | Annual Report 87
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
withheld) on Fund dividends and distributions. The Funds and the Plan Agent reserve the right to amend or terminate the Plan. Additional information about the Plan, as well as a copy of the full Plan itself, may be obtained from the
Plan Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC., P.O. Box 922, Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10269-0560; telephone number: (800) 254-5197; web site: www.amstock.com.
88 Annual Report | January 31, 2017
Board of Trustees (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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Term of Office |
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Independent Trustees (1) |
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Davey S. Scoon |
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Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison (since 2011). Formerly, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, Toms of Maine (personal care products manufacturing) (2003-2005); and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer (formerly Vice President and Chief Financial Officer), Sun Life Financial U.S. (financial services) (2001-2003). |
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Director, Albireo Pharma, Inc. (since 2016) Chairman, Tufts Health Plan; Director, AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (since 2006); Director, Orthofix International N.V. (since 2011); and Director, Biodel Inc. (since 2013). Formerly, Director, CardioKine Inc (2005-2011); and Director, NitroMed, Inc. (2003-2009). |
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Deborah A. DeCotis |
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Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. (since 1996); Member, Circle Financial Group (since 2009); and Member, Council on Foreign Relations (since 2013). Formerly, Co-Chair Special Projects Committee, Memorial Sloan Kettering (2005-2015); Trustee, Stanford University (2010-2015); Director, Helena Rubenstein Foundation (1997-2010); Principal, LaLoop LLC, a retail accessories company (1999-2014); and Director, Armor Holdings (2002-2010). |
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F. Ford Drummond |
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Owner/Operator, Drummond Ranch; and Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Board. Formerly, Director, The Cleveland Bank; and General Counsel, BMI-Health Plans (benefits administration). |
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Director, BancFirst Corporation. |
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Bradford K. Gallagher |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Retired. Founder, Spyglass Investments LLC, a private investment vehicle (since 2001). Formerly Chairman and Trustee, The Common Fund (2005-2014), Partner, New Technology Ventures Capital Management LLC, a venture capital fund (2011-2013); Chairman and Trustee, Atlantic Maritime Heritage Foundation (2007-2012); and Founder, President and CEO, Cypress Holding Company and Cypress Tree Investment Management Company (1995-2001). |
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Formerly, Chairman and Trustee, Grail Advisors ETF Trust (2009-2010); and Trustee, Nicholas-Applegate Institutional Funds (2007-2010). |
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Board of Trustees (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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James A. Jacobson |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Retired. Trustee (since 2002) and Chairman of Investment Committee (since 2007), Ronald McDonald House of New York; and Trustee, New Jersey City University (since 2014). Formerly, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Spear, Leeds & Kellogg Specialists, LLC, a specialist firm on the New York Stock Exchange (2003-2008). |
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Formerly, Trustee, Alpine Mutual Funds Complex (consisting of 18 funds) (2009-2016). |
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Hans W. Kertess |
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NFJ |
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President, H. Kertess & Co., a financial advisory company; and Senior Adviser (formerly Managing Director), Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets (since 2004). |
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None. |
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James S. MacLeod |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.; Director and President, CoastalStates Bank; Chairman, Homeowners Mortgage; and Trustee, University of Tampa. Formerly, Executive Vice President, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation; and Chief Executive Officer, Homeowners Mortgage. |
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Non-Executive Chairman (formerly Director), Sykes Enterprises, Inc. |
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William B. Ogden, IV |
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NFJ |
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Retired. Formerly, Asset Management Industry Consultant; and Managing Director, Investment Banking Division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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None. |
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Alan Rappaport |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Advisory Director (formerly Vice Chairman), Roundtable Investment Partners (since 2009); Adjunct Professor, New York University Stern School of Business (since 2011); Lecturer, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (since 2013); and Director, Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., an asset management firm (since 2013). Formerly, Trustee, American Museum of Natural History (2005-2015); Trustee and Member of Board of Overseers, NYU Langone Medical Center (2007-2015); and Vice Chairman (formerly Chairman and President), US Trust (formerly Private Bank of Bank of America, the predecessor entity of US Trust) (2001-2008). |
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None. |
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Board of Trustees (unaudited) (continued)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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Name, Address*, |
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Barbara R. Claussen |
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Chief Operating Officer (since 2016) and Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee (since 2013) of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC; Managing Director of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; and Managing Director of NFJ Investment Group LLC (since 2003). Formerly, Chairman of the Management Board of Allianz Global Investors Capital LLC (2012); Chief Administrative Officer of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC (2013-2016); Member of Management Board and Chief Risk Officer (2008-2011); and Interim Global Chief Operating Officer Liaison (2012-2014) of Allianz Global Investors Capital LLC (a predecessor of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC). |
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None. |
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A.Douglas Eu |
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NIE, NFJ & ACV |
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Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC (since 2016); and Member of the Global Executive Committee of Allianz Global Investors GmbH (since 2006). Formerly, Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific GmbH (2006-2015). |
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Formerly, Director, Securities and Futures Commission Advisory Committee Hong Kong (2007-2013). |
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* Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of the persons listed above is c/o Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.
Includes 25 PIMCO Funds that the Trustee currently presides over.
(1) Independent Trustees are those Trustees who are not Interested Persons (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act), and Interested Trustees are those Trustees who are Interested Persons of the Funds.
(2) Ms. Claussen and Mr. Eu are Interested Persons of the Funds, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, due to their affiliation with the Investment Manager and its affiliates.
Fund Officers (unaudited)
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
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Thomas J. Fuccillo |
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Managing Director, Chief Regulatory Counsel and Head of Retail and Funds Legal of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC; Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC; President and Chief Executive Officer of 63 funds in the Fund Complex; Formerly, Vice President, Secretary Chief Legal Officer of numerous funds in the Fund Complex (2004-2016); and Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of The Korea Fund, Inc. |
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Lawrence G. Altadonna |
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Director, Director of Fund Administration of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of 63 funds in the Fund Complex and of The Korea Fund, Inc. Formerly, Assistant Treasurer of numerous funds in the Fund Complex (2005-2010). |
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Angela Borreggine |
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Director and Senior Counsel of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC; Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of 63 funds in the Fund Complex. Formerly, Assistant Secretary of numerous funds in the Fund Complex (2015-2016). |
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Thomas L. Harter, CFA |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Director of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC; Director, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; Chief Compliance Officer of 63 funds in the Fund Complex and of The Korea Fund, Inc. Formerly, Vice President and Compliance Manager (2005-2012). |
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Richard J. Cochran |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Vice President of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; Assistant Treasurer of 63 funds in the Fund Complex and of The Korea Fund, Inc. |
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Orhan Dzemaili |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Director of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; and Assistant Treasurer of 63 funds in the Fund Complex and of The Korea Fund, Inc. |
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Scott Whisten |
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NIE & NFJ |
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Director of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; and Assistant Treasurer of 63 funds in the Fund Complex. |
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Debra Rubano |
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NIE, NFJ & ACV |
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Director and Senior Counsel of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC; and Assistant Secretary of 63 funds in the fund complex. |
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Each of the Funds executive officers is an interested person of the Funds (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) as a result of his or her position(s) set forth in the table above.
* Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of the persons listed above is c/o Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.
Trustees |
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Investment Manager* |
Davey S. Scoon |
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Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC |
Chairman of the Board of Trustees |
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1633 Broadway |
Barbara R. Claussen |
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New York, NY 10019 |
Deborah A. DeCotis |
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F. Ford Drummond |
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Sub-Advisor |
A. Douglas Eu |
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AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund |
Bradford K. Gallagher |
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NFJ Investment Group LLC |
James A. Jacobson |
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2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 700 |
Hans W. Kertess |
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Dallas, TX 75201 |
James S. MacLeod |
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William B. Ogden, IV |
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Custodian & Accounting Agent** |
Alan Rappaport |
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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co |
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50 Post Office Square |
Fund Officers |
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Boston, MA 02110 |
Thomas J. Fuccillo |
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President & Chief Executive Officer |
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Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar |
Lawrence G. Altadonna |
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American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC |
Treasurer & Principal Financial & Accounting Officer |
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6201 15th Avenue |
Angela Borreggine |
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Brooklyn, NY 11219 |
Secretary & Chief Legal Officer |
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Thomas L. Harter, CFA |
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Chief Compliance Officer |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Scott Whisten |
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300 Madison Avenue |
Assistant Treasurer |
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New York, NY 10017 |
Orhan Dzemaili |
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Assistant Treasurer |
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Legal Counsel |
Richard J. Cochran |
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Ropes & Gray LLP |
Assistant Treasurer |
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Prudential Tower |
Debra Rubano |
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800 Boylston Street |
Assistant Secretary |
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Boston, MA 02199 |
* Prior to October 1, 2016, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (AGIFM) served as investment manager. On October 1, 2016, AGIFM merged into Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (AllianzGI U.S.). The merger did not result in any change of control and all services provided by AGIFM will continue to be provided by AllianzGI U.S.
** Effective February 1, 2017, services related to custody and fund accounting for the Funds transitioned from Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. to State Street Bank and Trust Company.
This report, including the financial information herein, is transmitted to the shareholders of AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund, AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund and AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund, for their information. It is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase of shares of the Funds or any securities mentioned in this report.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that from time to time the Funds may purchase shares of their stock in the open market.
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of their fiscal year on Form N-Q. Each Funds Form N-Q is available on the SECs website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The information on Form N-Q is also available on the Funds website at us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds.
Information on the Funds is available at us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds or by calling the Funds shareholder servicing agent at (800) 254-5197.
Receive this report electronically and eliminate paper mailings.
To enroll, go to us.allianzgi.com/edelivery.
104213
Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC |
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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS
(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers) that applies to the registrants Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer; the registrants Principal Financial Officer also serves as the Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-254-5197. The code of ethics is included as an Exhibit 99.CODEETH hereto.
(b) During the period covered by this report, there were not any amendments to a provision of the code of ethics adopted in 2(a) above.
(c) During the period covered by this report, there were not any waivers or implicit waivers to a provision of the code of ethics adopted in 2(a) above.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
The registrants Board has determined that Messrs. James A. Jacobson and Davey S. Scoon, each a member of the Boards Audit Oversight Committee, is an audit committee financial expert, and that each is independent, for purposes of this Item.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
a) Audit fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years (the Reporting Periods) for professional services rendered by the Registrants principal accountant (the Auditor) for the audit of the Registrants annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $76,220 in 2016 and $79,650 in 2017.
b) Audit-Related Fees. There were no audit related fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years.
c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance,
tax service and tax planning (Tax Services) were $16,960 in 2016 and $17,723 in 2017. These services consisted of review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns and calculation of excise tax distributions.
d) All Other Fees. There were no other fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor to the Registrant.
e) 1. Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrants Audit Committee has established policies and procedures for pre-approval of all audit and permissible non-audit services by the Auditor for the Registrant, as well as the Auditors engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant. The Registrants policy is stated below.
AUDIT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE POLICY FOR PRE-APPROVAL OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Funds Audit Oversight Committee (Committee) is charged with the oversight of the Funds financial reporting policies and practices and their internal controls. As part of this responsibility, the Committee must pre-approve any independent accounting firms engagement to render audit and/or permissible non-audit services, to the Fund as well as to the Funds investment manager or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund (Applicable Service Providers), if the engagement relates directly to operations and financial reporting of the Fund. In evaluating a proposed engagement by the independent accountants, the Committee will assess the effect that the engagement might reasonably be expected to have on the accountants independence. The Committees evaluation will be based on:
a review of the nature of the professional services expected to provided, the fees to be charged in connection with the services expected to be provided,
a review of the safeguards put into place by the accounting firm to safeguard independence, and periodic meetings with the accounting firm.
POLICY FOR AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE FUND
On an annual basis, the Funds Committee will review and pre-approve the scope of the audits of the Fund and proposed audit fees and permitted non-audit (including audit-related) services that may be performed by the Funds independent accountants. At least annually, the Committee will receive a report of all audit and non-audit services that were rendered in the previous calendar year pursuant to this Policy. In addition to the Committees
pre-approval of services pursuant to this Policy, the engagement of the independent accounting firm for any permitted non-audit service provided to the Fund will also require the separate written pre-approval of the President of the Fund, who will confirm, independently, that the accounting firms engagement will not adversely affect the firms independence. All non-audit services performed by the independent accounting firm will be disclosed, as required, in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
AUDIT SERVICES
The categories of audit services and related fees to be reviewed and pre-approved annually by the Committee are:
Annual Fund financial statement audits
Seed audits (related to new product filings, as required)
SEC and regulatory filings and consents
AUDIT-RELATED SERVICES
The following categories of audit-related services are considered to be consistent with the role of the Funds independent accountants and services falling under one of these categories will be pre-approved by the Committee on an annual basis if the Committee deems those services to be consistent with the accounting firms independence:
Accounting consultations
Fund merger support services
Agreed upon procedure reports
Other attestation reports
Comfort letters
Other internal control reports
Individual audit-related services that fall within one of these categories and are not presented to the Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process described above, may be pre-approved, if deemed consistent with the accounting firms independence, by the Committee Chair (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $500,000. Any such pre-approval shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
TAX SERVICES
The following categories of tax services are considered to be consistent with the role of the Funds independent accountants and services falling under one of these categories will be pre-approved by the Committee on an annual basis if the Committee deems those services to be consistent with the accounting firms independence:
Tax compliance services related to the filing or amendment of the following:
Federal, state and local income tax compliance; and, sales and use tax compliance
Timely RIC qualification reviews
Tax distribution analysis and planning
Tax authority examination services
Tax appeals support services
Accounting methods studies
Fund merger support service
Other tax consulting services and related projects
Individual tax services that fall within one of these categories and are not presented to the Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process described above, may be pre-approved, if deemed consistent with the accounting firms independence, by the Committee Chairman (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $500,000. Any such pre-approval shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
PROSCRIBED SERVICES
The Funds independent accountants will not render services in the following categories of non-audit services:
Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund
Financial information systems design and implementation
Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports
Actuarial services
Internal audit outsourcing services
Management functions or human resources
Broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services
Legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit
Any other service that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible
PRE-APPROVAL OF NON-AUDIT SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE FUND COMPLEX
The Committee will pre-approve annually any permitted non-audit services to be provided to Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC or any other investment manager to the Fund (but not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is sub-contracted by the investment manager) (the Investment Manager) and any entity
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Investment Manager that provides ongoing services to the Fund (including affiliated sub-advisers to the Fund), provided, in each case, that the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund (such entities, including the Investment Manager, shall be referred to herein as the Accounting Affiliates). Individual projects that are not presented to the Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process, may be pre-approved, if deemed consistent with the accounting firms independence, by the Committee Chairman (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $500,000. Any such pre-approval shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Although the Committee will not pre-approve all services provided to the Investment Manager and its affiliates, the Committee will receive an annual report from the Funds independent accounting firm showing the aggregate fees for all services provided to the Investment Manager and its affiliates.
DE MINIMUS EXCEPTION TO REQUIREMENT OF PRE-APPROVAL OF NON-AUDIT SERVICES
With respect to the provision of permitted non-audit services to a Fund or Accounting Affiliates, the pre-approval requirement is waived if:
(1) The aggregate amount of all such permitted non-audit services provided constitutes no more than (i) with respect to such services provided to the Fund, five percent (5%) of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to its independent accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided, and (ii) with respect to such services provided to Accounting Affiliates, five percent (5%) of the total amount of revenues paid to the Funds independent accountant by the Fund and the Accounting Affiliates during the fiscal year in which the services are provided;
(2) Such services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement for such services to be non-audit services; and
(3) Such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Committee or by the Committee Chairman (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this Committee Chairman or other delegate shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
e) 2. No services were approved pursuant to the procedures contained in paragraph (C) (7) (i) (C) of Rule 2-01 of Registration S-X.
f) Not applicable
g) Non-audit fees. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Adviser, for the 2016 Reporting Period was $5,097,596 and the 2017 Reporting Period was $4,602,257.
h) Auditor Independence. The Registrants Audit Oversight Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Adviser which were not pre-approved is compatible with maintaining the Auditors independence.
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANT
The Fund has a separately designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The audit committee of the Fund is comprised of Deborah A. DeCotis, F. Ford Drummond, Bradford K. Gallagher, James A. Jacobson, Hans W. Kertess, James S. MacLeod, William B. Ogden, IV, David S. Scoon and Alan Rappaport.
ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
(a) The registrants Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
(b) Not applicable.
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
ALLIANZGI NFJ DIVIDEND, INTEREST & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND
(the Trust)
PROXY VOTING POLICY
1. It is the policy of the Trust that proxies should be voted in the interest of its shareholders, as determined by those who are in the best position to make this determination. The Trust believes that the firms and/or persons purchasing and selling securities for the Trust and analyzing the performance of the Trusts securities are in the best position and have the information necessary to vote proxies in the best interests of the Trust and its shareholders, including in situations where conflicts of interest may arise between the interests of shareholders, on one hand, and the interests of the investment adviser, a sub-adviser and/or any other affiliated person of the Trust, on the other. Accordingly, the Trusts policy shall be to delegate proxy voting responsibility to those entities with portfolio management responsibility for the Trust.
2. The Trust delegates the responsibility for voting proxies to Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (AllianzGI US) and/or the sub-adviser of the Trust. A summary of the detailed proxy voting policy of AllianzGI US is attached as Appendix A hereto. A summary of the detailed proxy voting policy of the Trusts current sub-adviser is set forth in Appendix B attached hereto. Such summaries may be revised from time to time to reflect changes to AllianzGI USs or the sub-advisers detailed proxy voting policies.
3. The party voting the proxies (i.e., AllianzGI US or the sub-adviser) shall vote such proxies in accordance with such partys proxy voting policy and, to the extent consistent with such policy, may rely on information and/or recommendations supplied by others.
4. AllianzGI US and the sub-adviser of the Trust with proxy voting authority shall deliver a copy of its respective proxy voting policy and any material amendments thereto to the applicable Board of the Trust promptly after the adoption or amendment of any such policy.
5. The party voting the proxy shall: (i) maintain such records and provide such voting information as is required for the Trusts regulatory filings including, without limitation,
Form N-PX and the required disclosure of policy called for by Item 18 of Form N-2 and Item 7 of Form N-CSR; and (ii) shall provide such additional information as may be requested, from time to time, by the Board or the Trusts Chief Compliance Officer.
6. This Proxy Voting Policy Statement, summaries of the detailed proxy voting policies of AllianzGI US and the sub-adviser of the Trust with proxy voting authority, and how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve month period ending June 30, shall be made available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-254-5197; (ii) on the Trusts website at us.allianzgi.com; and (iii) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions (SECs) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, to the extent required by applicable law or determined by the Trusts Chief Compliance Officer or Board of Trustees, summaries of the detailed proxy voting policies of AllianzGI US and the sub-adviser with proxy voting authority shall also be included in the Trusts Registration Statement or Form N-CSR filings.
Appendix A
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (AllianzGI US)
Description of Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures
AllianzGI US typically votes proxies as part of its discretionary authority to manage accounts, unless the client has explicitly reserved the authority for itself. To ensure that the proxies are voted in the best interests of its clients, AllianzGI US has adopted proxy voting procedures and guidelines for voting proxies on specific types of issues. When voting proxies, AllianzGI US seeks to make voting decisions solely in the best interests of its clients and to enhance the economic value of the underlying portfolio securities held in its clients accounts. AllianzGI US will not be responsible for voting of proxies that AllianzGI US has not been notified of on a timely basis by the clients custodian.
AllianzGI US has adopted written Proxy Policy Guidelines and Procedures (the Proxy Guidelines) that are reasonably designed to ensure that the firm is voting in the best interest of its clients. The Proxy Guidelines reflect AllianzGI USs general voting positions on specific corporate governance issues and corporate actions. AllianzGI US has retained an independent third party service provider (the Proxy Provider) to assist in the proxy voting process by implementing the votes in accordance with the Proxy Guidelines as well as assisting in the administrative process. The services provided offer a variety of proxy-related services to assist in AllianzGI USs handling of proxy voting responsibilities.
In certain circumstances, a client may request in writing that AllianzGI US vote proxies for its account in accordance with a set of guidelines which differs from the Proxy Guidelines. For example, a client may wish to have proxies voted for its account in accordance with the Taft-Hartley proxy voting guidelines. In that case, AllianzGI US will vote the shares held by such client accounts in accordance with their direction, which may be different from the vote cast for shares held on behalf of other client accounts that vote in accordance with the Proxy Guidelines.
AllianzGI US will generally refrain from voting proxies on non-U.S. securities that are subject to share blocking restrictions. Certain countries require the freezing of shares for trading purposes at the custodian/sub-custodian bank level in order to vote proxies to ensure that shareholders voting at meetings continue to hold the shares through the actual shareholder meeting. However,
because AllianzGI US cannot anticipate every proxy proposal that may arise (including a proxy proposal that an analyst and/or portfolio manager believes has the potential to significantly affect the economic value of the underlying security, such as proxies relating to mergers and acquisitions), AllianzGI US may, from time to time, instruct the Proxy Provider to cast a vote for a proxy proposal in a share blocked country.
The Proxy Guidelines also provide for oversight of the proxy voting process by a Proxy Committee. The Proxy Guidelines summarize AllianzGI USs position on various issues, including issues of corporate governance and corporate actions, and give general indication as to how AllianzGI US will vote shares on such issues. Occasionally, there may be instances when AllianzGI US may not vote proxies in strict adherence to the Proxy Guidelines. To the extent that the Proxy Guidelines do not cover potential voting issues or a case arises of a potential material conflict between AllianzGI USs interest and those of a client with respect to proxy voting, the Proxy Committee will convene to discuss the issues. In evaluating issues, the Proxy Committee may consider information from many sources, including the portfolio management team, the analyst responsible for monitoring the stock of the company at issue, management of a company presenting a proposal, shareholder groups and independent proxy research services. In situations in which the Proxy Guidelines do not give clear guidance on an issue, an analyst or portfolio manager and/or the Proxy Committee will review the issue. In the event that either the analyst or portfolio manager wishes to override the Proxy Guidelines, the proposal will be presented to the Proxy Committee for a final decision. Any deviations from the Proxy Guidelines will be documented and maintained in accordance with Rule 204-2 under the Advisers Act.
In accordance with the Proxy Guidelines, AllianzGI US may review additional criteria associated with voting proxies and evaluate the expected benefit to its clients when making an overall determination on how or whether to vote a proxy. Upon receipt of a clients written request, AllianzGI US may also vote proxies for that clients account in a particular manner that may differ from the Proxy Guidelines. In addition, AllianzGI US may refrain from voting a proxy on behalf of its clients accounts due to de-minimis holdings, immaterial impact on the portfolio, items relating to non-U.S. issuers (such as those described below), non-discretionary holdings not covered by AllianzGI US, timing issues related to the opening/closing of accounts, securities lending issues (see below), contractual arrangements with clients and/or their authorized
delegate, the timing of receipt of information, or where circumstances beyond its control prevent it from voting. For example, AllianzGI US may refrain from voting a proxy of a non-U.S. issuer due to logistical considerations that may impair AllianzGI USs ability to vote the proxy. These issues may include, but are not limited to: (i) proxy statements and ballots being written in a language other than English, (ii) untimely notice of a shareholder meeting, (iii) requirements to vote proxies in person, (iv) restrictions on non-U.S. persons ability to exercise votes, (v) restrictions on the sale of securities for a period of time in proximity to the shareholder meeting, or (vi) requirements to provide local agents with power of attorney to facilitate the voting instructions. Such proxies are voted on a best-efforts basis.
AllianzGI US may vote in accordance with the proxy guidelines of its affiliate advisers when voting in connection with Wrap Programs. The affiliated advisers guidelines may differ and in fact be in conflict with AllianzGI USs voting guidelines.
If a client has decided to participate in a securities lending program, AllianzGI US will defer to the clients determination and not attempt to recall securities on loan solely for the purpose of voting routine proxies as this could impact the returns received from securities lending and make the client a less desirable lender in the marketplace. If the participating client requests, AllianzGI US will use reasonable efforts to notify the client of proxy measures that AllianzGI US deems material.
The ability to timely identify material events and recommend recall of shares for proxy voting purposes is not within the control of AllianzGI US and requires the cooperation of the client and its other service providers. Efforts to recall loaned securities are not always effective and there can be no guarantee that any such securities can be retrieved in a timely manner for purposes of voting the securities.
Appendix B
NFJ Investment Group LLC (NFJ)
Description of Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures
NFJ typically votes proxies as part of its discretionary authority to manage accounts, unless the client has explicitly reserved the authority for itself. When voting proxies, NFJs primary objective is to make voting decisions solely in the best economic interests of its clients. NFJ will act in a manner that it deems prudent and diligent and which is intended to enhance the economic value of the underlying portfolio securities held in its clients accounts.
NFJ has adopted written Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (the Proxy Guidelines) that are reasonably designed to ensure that it is voting in the best interest of its clients. The Proxy Guidelines reflect NFJs general voting positions on specific corporate actions, including but not limited to those relating to social and corporate responsibility issues, stock option plans and other management compensation issues, changes to a portfolio companys capital structure and corporate governance. For example, NFJ generally votes for proposals to declassify boards and generally opposes proposals to institute supermajority voting requirements relating to business combinations. In addition, because Proxy Guidelines cannot anticipate all situations and the surrounding facts of each proxy issue, some proxy issues may require a case-by-case analysis (whether or not required by the Proxy Guidelines) and may result in a vote being cast that will deviate from the Proxy Guidelines.
In accordance with the Proxy Guidelines, NFJ may review additional criteria associated with voting proxies and evaluate the expected benefit to its clients when making an overall determination on how or whether to vote the proxy. NFJ may vote proxies individually for an account or aggregate and record votes across a group of accounts, strategy or product. In addition, NFJ may refrain from voting a proxy on behalf of its clients accounts in certain circumstances, for example, due to de-minimis holdings, impact on the portfolio, items relating to foreign issuers (including ADRs), timing issues related to the opening/closing of accounts and contractual arrangements with clients and/or their authorized delegate. For example, NFJ may refrain from voting a proxy of a foreign issuer due to logistical considerations that may have a detrimental effect on NFJs ability to vote the proxy. These issues may include, but are not limited to: (i) proxy statements and ballots being written in a foreign language, (ii) untimely
notice of a shareholder meeting, (iii) requirements to vote proxies in person, (iv) restrictions on a foreigners ability to exercise votes, (v) restrictions on the sale of securities for a period of time in proximity to the shareholder meeting, or (vi) requirements to provide local agents with power of attorney to facilitate the voting instructions. Such proxies are voted on a best-efforts basis.
To assist in the proxy voting process, NFJ may retain an independent third party service provider to assist in providing research, analysis and voting recommendations on corporate governance issues and corporate actions as well as assist in the administrative process. The services provided offer a variety of proxy-related services to assist in NFJs handling of proxy voting responsibilities.
Conflicts of Interest. NFJ may have conflicts of interest that can affect how it votes its clients proxies. For example, NFJ or an affiliate may manage a pension plan whose management is sponsoring a proxy proposal. The Proxy Guidelines are designed to prevent material conflicts of interest from affecting the manner in which NFJ votes its clients proxies. In order to ensure that all material conflicts of interest are handled appropriately while carrying out its obligation to vote proxies, NFJs Proxy Committee has established procedures addressing how NFJ identifies and resolves any material conflicts of interest with its clients.
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(a)(1)
As of March 30, 2017, the following individual has primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (NFJ or the Fund):
Allianz Global Investors US LLC (AllianzGI US)
The following individual has primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the Funds Convertible Component.
Douglas G. Forsyth, CFA
Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, US Income & Growth Strategies
Mr. Forsyth, CFA, is a portfolio manager, a managing director and CIO US Income & Growth Strategies with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 1994. He is the head of the Income and Growth Strategies team. Mr. Forsyth has portfolio management, trading and research responsibilities, and oversees all aspects of the Income and Growth platforms business, including product development and implementation. He has 24 years of investment-industry experience. Mr. Forsyth was previously an analyst at AEGON USA. He has a B.B.A. from The University of Iowa.
The following individual has primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the Index Option Strategy.
Stephen G. Bond-Nelson
Director, Portfolio Manager
Mr. Bond-Nelson is a portfolio manager and a managing director with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 1999. He has portfolio-management and research responsibilities for the Structured Products team. Mr. Bond-Nelson has 24 years of investment-industry experience. He has a B.S. from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University.
NFJ Investment Group LLC (NFJ)
The following individuals constitute the team that has primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the Funds Equity Component, with Mr. Fischer serving as head of the team:
Ben J. Fischer, CFA
Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, NFJ, Portfolio Manager
Mr. Fischer, CFA, is a portfolio manager, an analyst, a managing director and Vice Chair. He has 50 years of investment-industry experience. Before founding NFJ in 1989, he was chief investment officer (institutional and fixed income), and a senior vice president and a senior portfolio manager at NationsBank, which he joined in 1971. Before that, Mr. Fischer was a securities analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank and Clark Dodge Asset Management. He has a B.A. in economics and a J.D. from The University of Oklahoma, and an M.B.A. from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
L. Baxter Hines, CFA
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst
Mr. Hines, CFA, is a portfolio manager, an analyst, a managing director and Head of Research for the Dallas-based Equity Value team. He has 11 years of investment-industry experience. Before joining the firm in 2008, Mr. Hines was a market-data specialist for Reuters. He has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas, McCombs School of Business.
(a) (2) AllianzGI US
The following summarizes information regarding each of the accounts, excluding the Fund, that were managed by the Portfolio Managers as of January 31, 2017 including accounts managed by a team, committee, or other group that includes the Portfolio Managers.
Portfolio |
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Other Registered |
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Other Accounts |
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Other Pooled Investment |
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Manager |
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# |
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AUM ($million) |
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# |
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AUM ($million) |
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# |
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AUM ($million) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Douglas G. Forsyth, CFA |
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8 |
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8,954 |
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18 |
|
3,470 |
* |
20 |
|
22,674 |
** |
Stephen G. Bond-Nelson |
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2 |
|
339 |
|
4 |
|
84 |
|
16 |
|
7,042 |
*** |
* Of the Other Accounts, two accounts totaling $292 million in assets pay an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the accounts.
**Of the Other Pooled Investment Vehicles, four accounts totaling $1,719 million pays an advisory fee that is based in part on the performance of the account.
***Of the Other Pooled Investment Vehicles, fifteen accounts totaling $6,996 million pays an advisory fee that is based in part on the performance of the account.
NFJ
The following summarizes information regarding each of the accounts, excluding the Fund, that were managed by the Portfolio Managers as of January 31, 2017 including accounts managed by a team, committee, or other group that includes the Portfolio Managers.
Portfolio |
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Other Registered |
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Other Accounts |
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Other Investment |
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Managers |
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# |
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AUM($million) |
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# |
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AUM($million) |
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# |
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AUM($million) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Ben Fischer, CFA |
|
11 |
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11,480 |
|
48 |
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7,057 |
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4 |
|
605 |
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L. Baxter Hines, CFA |
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10 |
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6,801 |
|
34 |
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6,284 |
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2 |
|
549 |
|
AllianzGI US
Potential Conflicts of Interest
Like other investment professionals with multiple clients, a portfolio manager for a Fund may face certain potential conflicts of interest in connection with managing both the Portfolio and other accounts at the same time. The paragraphs below describe some of these potential conflicts, which AllianzGI US believes are faced by investment professionals at most major financial firms.
AllianzGI US has adopted compliance policies and procedures that address certain of these potential conflicts. The management of accounts with different advisory fee rates and/or fee structures, including accounts that pay advisory fees based on account performance (performance fee accounts), may raise potential conflicts of interest by creating an incentive to favor higher- fee accounts. These potential conflicts may include, among others:
· The most attractive investments could be allocated to higher-fee accounts or performance fee accounts.
· The trading of higher-fee accounts could be favored as to timing and/or execution price. For example, higher -fee accounts could be permitted to sell securities earlier than other accounts when a prompt sale is desirable or to buy securities at an earlier and more opportune time.
· The investment management team could focus their time and efforts primarily on higher-fee accounts due to a personal stake in compensation.
When AllianzGI US considers the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interests of a Fund as well as other accounts, AllianzGI USs trading desk may, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, aggregate the securities to be sold or purchased. Aggregation of trades may create the potential for unfairness to a Fund or another account if one account is favored over another in allocating the securities purchased or soldfor example, by allocating a disproportionate amount of a security that is likely to increase in value to a favored account. AllianzGI US considers many factors when allocating securities among accounts, including the accounts investment style, applicable investment restrictions, availability of securities, available cash and other current holdings. AllianzGI US attempts to allocate investment opportunities among accounts in a fair and equitable manner. However, accounts are not assured of participating equally or at all in particular investment allocations due to such factors as noted above.
Cross trades, in which one AllianzGI US account sells a particular security to another account (potentially saving transaction costs for both accounts), may also pose a potential conflict of interest when cross trades are effected in a manner perceived to favor one client over another. For example, AllianzGI US may cross a trade between performance fee account and a fixed fee account that results in a benefit to the performance fee account and a detriment to the fixed fee account. AllianzGI US has adopted compliance procedures that provide that all cross trades are to be made at an independent current market price, as required by law.
Another potential conflict of interest may arise from the different investment objectives and strategies of a Fund and other accounts. For example, another account may have a shorter-term investment horizon or different investment objectives, policies or restrictions than a Portfolio. Depending on another accounts objectives or other factors, a portfolio manager may give advice and make decisions that may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of decisions made, with respect to a Fund. In addition, investment decisions are subject to suitability for the particular account involved. Thus, a particular security may not be bought or sold for certain accounts even though it was bought or sold for other accounts at the same time. More rarely, a particular security may be bought for one or more accounts managed by a portfolio manager when one or more other accounts are selling the security (including short sales). There may be circumstances when purchases or sales of portfolio securities for one or more accounts may have an adverse effect on other accounts. AllianzGI US maintains trading policies designed to provide portfolio managers an opportunity to minimize the effect that short sales in one portfolio may have on holdings in other portfolios.
A portfolio manager who is responsible for managing multiple funds and/or accounts may devote unequal time and attention to the management of those funds and/or accounts. As a result, the portfolio manager may not be able to formulate as complete a strategy or identify equally attractive investment opportunities for each of those accounts as might be the case if he or she were to devote substantially more attention to the management of a single fund. The effects of this potential conflict may be more pronounced where funds and/or accounts overseen by a particular portfolio manager have different investment strategies.
A Portfolios portfolio manager(s) may be able to select or influence the selection of the broker/dealers that are used to execute securities transactions for the Fund. In addition to executing trades, some brokers and dealers provide AllianzGI US with brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), which may result in the payment of higher brokerage fees than might have otherwise be available. These services may be more beneficial to certain funds or accounts than to others. In order to be assured of continuing to receive services considered of value to its clients, AllianzGI US has adopted a brokerage allocation policy embodying the concepts of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the payment of brokerage commissions is subject to the requirement that the portfolio manager determine in good faith that the commissions are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided to the Fund and the Sub-Advisers other clients, a portfolio managers decision as to the selection of brokers and dealers could yield disproportionate costs and benefits among the funds and/or accounts that he or she manages.
A Funds portfolio manager(s) may also face other potential conflicts of interest in managing a Portfolio, and the description above is not a complete description of every conflict that could be deemed to exist in managing both the Portfolios and other accounts. In addition, a Funds portfolio manager may also manage other accounts (including their personal assets or the assets of family members) in their personal capacity.
AllianzGI USs investment personnel, including each Funds portfolio manager, are subject to restrictions on engaging in personal securities transactions pursuant to AllianzGI USs Code of Business Conduct and Code of Ethics (the Code), which contain provisions and requirements designed to identify and address conflicts of interest between personal investment activities and the interests of the Fund. The Code is designed to ensure that the personal securities transactions, activities and interests of the employees of AllianzGI US will not interfere with (i) making decisions in the best interest of advisory clients (including the Portfolios) or (ii) implementing such decisions while, at the same time, allowing employees to invest for their own accounts.
NFJ
Potential Conflict of Interest
Like other investment professionals with multiple clients, a portfolio manager for the Fund may face certain potential conflicts of interest in connection with managing both the Portfolio and other accounts at the same time. The paragraphs below describe some of these potential conflicts, which NFJ believes are faced by investment professionals at most major financial firms. NFJ has adopted compliance policies and procedures that attempt to address certain of these potential conflicts. The management of accounts with different advisory fee rates and/or fee structures, including accounts that pay advisory fees based on account performance (performance fee accounts), may raise potential conflicts of interest by creating an incentive to favor higher-fee accounts. These potential conflicts may include, among others:
· The most attractive investments could be allocated to higher-fee accounts or performance fee accounts.
· The trading of higher-fee accounts could be favored as to timing and/or execution price. For example, higher fee accounts could be permitted to sell securities earlier than other accounts when a prompt sale is desirable or to buy securities at an earlier and more opportune time.
· The investment management team could focus their time and efforts primarily on higher-fee accounts due to a personal stake in compensation.
A potential conflict of interest may arise when the Fund and other accounts purchase or sell the same securities. On occasions when a portfolio manager considers the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interest of the Fund as well as other accounts, the NFJs trading desk may, to the extent by applicable laws and regulations, aggregate the securities to be sold or purchased in order to obtain the best execution and lower brokerage commissions, if any. Aggregation of trades may create the potential for unfairness to the Fund or another account if one account is favored over another in allocating securities purchased or soldfor example, by allocating a disproportionate amount of a security that is likely to increase in value to a favored account.
Another potential conflict of interest may arise based on the different investment objectives and strategies of the Fund and other accounts. For example, another account may have a shorter term investment horizon or different investment objective, policies or restrictions than the Fund. Depending on another accounts objectives or other factors, a portfolio manager may give advice and make decisions that may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of decision made, with respect to the Fund. In addition, investment decisions are the product of many factors in addition to basic suitability for the particular account involved. Thus, a particular security may be bought or sold for certain accounts even though it could have been bought or sold for other accounts at the
same time. More rarely, a particular security may be bought for one or more accounts managed by a portfolio manager when one or more other accounts are selling the security. There may be circumstances when purchased or sales of portfolio securities for one or more accounts may have an adverse effect on other accounts.
The Funds portfolio manager who is responsible for managing multiple funds and/or accounts may allocate unequal time and attention to the management of those funds and/or accounts. As a result, the portfolio manager may not be able to formulate as complete a strategy or identify equally attractive investment opportunities for each of those accounts as might be the case if he or she were to devote substantially more attention to the management of a single fund. The effects of this potential conflict may be more pronounced where funds and/or accounts overseen by a particular portfolio manager have different investment strategies.
The Funds portfolio managers may be able to select or influence the selection of the brokers and dealers that are used to execute securities transactions for the Fund. In addition to executing trades, some brokers and dealers provide portfolio managers with brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), which may result in the payment of higher brokerage fees than might have otherwise been available. These services may be more beneficial to certain funs or accounts than to others. Although the payment of brokerage commissions is subject to the requirement that the portfolio manager determine in good faith and the commissions are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided to the Portfolio and NFJs other clients, a portfolio managers decision as to the selection of brokers and dealers could yield disproportionate costs and benefits among the funds and/or accounts that he or she managers.
The Funds portfolio managers may also face other potential conflicts of interest in managing the Fund, and the description above is not complete description of every conflict that could be deemed to exist in managing both the Fund and other accounts. In addition, the Funds portfolio manager may also manage other accounts (including their personal assets or the assets of family members) in their personal capacity. The management of these accounts may also involve certain of the potential conflicts described above. Front-running could also exist if a portfolio manager transacted in his own account prior to placing an order for the Fund or other clients. NFJs investment personnel, including the Funds portfolio manager, are subject to restrictions on engaging in personal securities transactions, pursuant to a code of ethics adopted by NFJ, which contain provisions and requirements designed to identify and address certain conflicts of interest between personal investments activities and the interest of the Fund.
(a) (3)
Compensation Structure for AllianzGI US (including NFJ)
As of January 31, 2017, the following explains the compensation structure of each individual that shares primary responsibility for day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund:
The compensation system is designed to support the organizations corporate values and culture. While acknowledging the importance of financial incentives and seeking to pay top quartile compensation for top quartile performance, AllianzGI US also believes that compensation is only one of a number of critically important elements that allow the emergence of a strong, winning culture that attracts, retains and motivates talented investors and teams. AllianzGI USs compensation system supports its belief that investment professionals are a key element of the companys success in meeting clients objectives. To the extent that there are regional experts located in other AllianzGI US-affiliated offices worldwide who are associated persons of AllianzGI US and who serve as portfolio managers for certain of the Funds, this compensation strategy is applied independently by the AllianzGI US-affiliated company that employs such a portfolio manager. In such cases, AllianzGI US compensates the employing company through an affiliated transfer pricing arrangement that takes into account the value placed by AllianzGI US on the shared service of the portfolio manager.
The primary components of compensation are the base salary and an annual variable compensation payment. Base salary typically reflects scope, responsibilities and experience required in a particular role, be it on the investment side or any other function in the company. Base compensation is regularly reviewed against peers with the help of compensation survey data. Base compensation is typically a greater percentage of total compensation for more junior positions, while for the most senior roles it is typically a comparatively small component, often capped and only adjusted every few years.
The variable compensation component typically comprises a cash bonus that pays out immediately after the performance year as well as a deferred component, for members of staff whose variable compensation exceeds a certain threshold. Except for certain specialist investment teams as noted below, variable compensation is determined on a discretionary basis and is primarily designed to reflect the achievements of an individual against set goals, over a certain time period. For an investment professional these goals will typically be 70% quantitative and 30% qualitative. The former will reflect a weighted average of investment performance over a three-year rolling time period (one-year (25%) and three year (75%) results) and the latter reflects contributions to broader team goals, contributions made to client review meetings, product development or product refinement initiatives. Portfolio managers have their performance metric aligned with the benchmarks of the client portfolios they manage.
Variable compensation for certain specialist investment teams including AllianzGI US Income & Growth, Structured Products, and NFJ is determined on a formulaic basis. These teams share a percentage of advisory fee revenue including performance fee revenue, if applicable, generated by the investment strategy. Variable compensation for the NFJ Funds also takes into account the performance of the strategy over a five-year period. The relevant performance benchmark for a Fund is the Funds primary benchmark index.
After consultation and oversight from the firms compensation committee, the lead portfolio manager allocates the teams share of the shared revenue to the individual team members. Allocation to individual team members is determined based on individual performance and contribution to the team and client success. All team members have
agreed upon performance objectives to serve as a basis for performance evaluation during the year. These objectives are both quantitative and qualitative in nature. Quantitative objectives typically align to investment performance and client-stated objectives. Qualitative objectives reflect contributions to broader team goals, such as idea sharing, contributions made to client review meetings, product development or product refinement initiatives, and the way behaviors reflect AllianzGI USs core values of excellence, passion, integrity and respect. For all investment professionals, a 360 degree feedback evaluation forms part of the qualitative input. Achievement against these goals as measured by the lead portfolio manager and Chief Investment Officer serve to link performance to compensation. Notwithstanding the basis for determining variable compensation, all compensation principles, including the deferral rules and deferred instruments described below, apply.
As noted above, variable compensation includes a deferral component. The deferred component for most recipients would be a notional award of the Long Term Incentive Program (LTIP); for members of staff whose variable compensation exceeds an additional threshold, the deferred compensation is itself split 50%/50% between the LTIP and a Deferral into Funds program (DIF). Deferral rates increase in line with the overall variable compensation and can reach up to 42%. Overall awards, splits, components and deferral percentages are regularly reviewed to ensure they are competitive and, where applicable, comply with regulatory standards.
The LTIP element of the variable compensation cliff vests three years after each (typically annual) award. Its value is directly tied to the operating profit of Allianz Global Investors.
The DIF element of the variable compensation cliff vests three years after each (typically annual) award and enables qualifying members of staff to invest in a range of Allianz Global Investors funds. Investment professionals are encouraged to invest into their own funds or funds of a similar nature to those that they manage. The value of the DIF award is determined by the performance of the fund over the three-year period covering each award.
Assuming an annual deferral of 33% over a three year period, a typical member of staff will have roughly one years variable compensation (3x33%) as a deferred component in the bank. Three years after the first award, and for as long as deferred components were awarded without break, cash payments in each year will consist of the annual cash bonus for that current years performance as well as a payout from LTIP/DIF commensurate with the prior cumulative three-year performance.
In addition to competitive compensation, the firms approach to retention includes providing a challenging career path for each professional, a supportive culture to ensure each employees progress and a full benefits package.
(a)(4)
The following summarizes the dollar range of securities each portfolio manager for the Fund beneficially owned of the Fund that he managed as of January 31, 2017.
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend Interest and Premium Strategy | ||
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PM Ownership |
Douglas Forsyth, CFA |
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None |
Stephen Bond-Nelson |
|
None |
Ben Fischer, CFA |
|
$500,001 - $1,000,000 |
L. Baxter Hines, CFA |
|
None |
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES
None
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Funds Board of Trustees since the Fund last provided disclosure in response to this item.
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) The registrants President and Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, Principal Financial Accounting Officer have concluded that the registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))), as amended are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.
(b) There were no significant changes in the registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3 (d))) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that materially affected , or is reasonably likely to affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS
(a) (1) Exhibit 99.CODE ETH - Code of Ethics
(a) (2) Exhibit 99.302 Cert. - Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(a) (3) Not Applicable
(b) Exhibit 99.906 Cert. - Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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.
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
By: |
/s/ Thomas J. Fuccillo |
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Thomas J. Fuccillo, President & Chief Executive |
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Date: |
March 30, 2017 |
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By: |
/s/ Lawrence G. Altadonna |
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Lawrence G. Altadonna, Treasurer, Principal |
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Date: |
March 30, 2017 |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: |
/s/ Thomas J. Fuccillo |
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Thomas J. Fuccillo, President & Chief Executive |
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Date: |
March 30, 2017 |
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By: |
/s/ Lawrence G. Altadonna |
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Lawrence G. Altadonna, Treasurer, Principal |
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Date: |
March 30, 2017 |
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