N-Q 1 sim_nq.htm QUATERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS sim_nq.htm

 
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2013
 



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
FORM N-Q
 
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act file number 811-07959



Advisors Series Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Douglas G. Hess, President
Advisors Series Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 5th Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53202

(Name and address of agent for service)


(414) 765-6609
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end:  April 30, 2013



Date of reporting period:  January 31, 2013
 
 
 
 

 
 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.
 
 
SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
 
January 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
           
Shares
     
Value
 
   
EQUITIES - 6.8%
     
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts - 6.8%
     
  7,262  
American Capital Agency Corp.
  $ 229,697  
  25,453  
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
    378,486  
  8,487  
Hatteras Financial Corp.
    229,828  
  10,066  
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.
    218,432  
     
TOTAL EQUITIES (Cost $1,027,657)
    1,056,443  
               
     
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 80.0%
       
     
Equity ETFs - 25.5%
       
  3,880  
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund
    166,491  
  4,623  
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund
    373,538  
  5,153  
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund
    303,924  
  4,409  
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index
    194,966  
  5,758  
iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund
    393,042  
  4,545  
iShares Russell 1000 Value Index Fund
    352,101  
  2,196  
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund
    223,201  
  2,009  
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund
    160,740  
  2,971  
iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund
    198,047  
  2,879  
iShares Russell Midcap Value Index Fund
    155,437  
  7,101  
SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Securities ETF
    294,620  
  4,976  
SPDR S&P BRIC 40 ETF
    124,848  
  6,660  
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund
    195,804  
  2,239  
Utilities Select Sector SPDR
    81,903  
  4,949  
Vanguard Growth ETF
    367,760  
  5,852  
Vanguard Value ETF
    365,984  
            3,952,406  
     
Fixed Income ETFs - 54.5%
       
  3,503  
iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund
    371,668  
  9,925  
iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund
    1,114,379  
  15,286  
iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund
    1,647,830  
  3,095  
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund
    373,814  
  9,452  
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
    885,369  
  11,811  
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund
    1,410,470  
  7,385  
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    880,957  
  22,446  
iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund
    901,207  
  21,708  
SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF
    886,121  
            8,471,815  
     
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (Cost $11,718,388)
    12,424,221  
               
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
     
CORPORATE BONDS - 9.9%
       
     
Accommodation and Food Services - 2.0%
       
     
MGM Resorts International
       
$ 275,000  
7.75%, 3/15/22
    301,125  
     
Health Care and Social Assistance - 1.9%
       
     
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
       
  305,000  
8.25%, 6/1/19
    301,950  
     
Manufacturing - 2.0%
       
     
North Atlantic Trading, Inc.
       
  290,000  
11.50%, 7/15/16 (b)
    313,925  
     
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 4.0%
       
     
Griffey Intermediate, Inc.
       
  295,000  
7.00%, 10/15/20 (b)
    307,538  
     
Syncreon Global Finance Inc.
       
  290,000  
9.50%, 5/1/18 (b)
    305,950  
            613,488  
     
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $1,512,260)
    1,530,488  
               
Shares
     
Value
 
     
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.2%
       
  491,683  
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio - Class I, 0.12% (a)
    491,683  
     
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $491,683)
    491,683  
               
     
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $14,749,988) - 99.9%
    15,502,835  
     
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%
    18,620  
     
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
  $ 15,521,455  
   
 
ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund
   
(a) Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of January 31, 2013.
   
(b) Security purchased within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt
   
from registration under Rule 144A of the Securites Act of 1933, as amended, and
   
may be sold only to dealers in the program or other "qualified institutional buyers."
   
Strategic Income Management, LLC, the Fund's adviser, has determined that such security is liquid in
   
accordance with the liquidity guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees of Advisors Series Trust.
   
As of January 31, 2013, the value of these investments was $927,413 or 6.0% of net assets.
   


 
 

 

SiM Dynamic Allocation Equity Income Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
 
January 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
           
Shares
     
Value
 
   
EQUITIES - 2.8%
     
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts - 2.8%
     
  5,539  
American Capital Agency Corp.
  $ 175,199  
  35,335  
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
    525,431  
  6,543  
Hatteras Financial Corp.
    177,184  
  8,220  
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.
    178,374  
     
TOTAL EQUITIES (Cost $1,027,100)
    1,056,188  
               
     
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 92.6%
       
     
Equity ETFs - 82.6%
       
  34,505  
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund
    1,480,610  
  27,432  
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund
    2,216,506  
  44,183  
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund
    2,605,913  
  41,549  
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index
    1,837,297  
  45,276  
iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund
    3,090,540  
  35,458  
iShares Russell 1000 Value Index Fund
    2,746,931  
  19,919  
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund
    2,024,567  
  21,958  
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund
    1,756,860  
  25,760  
iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund
    1,717,162  
  18,525  
iShares Russell Midcap Value Index Fund
    1,000,165  
  25,725  
SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Securities ETF
    1,067,330  
  38,095  
SPDR S&P BRIC 40 ETF
    955,804  
  53,457  
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund
    1,571,636  
  19,949  
Utilities Select Sector SPDR
    729,734  
  41,708  
Vanguard Growth ETF
    3,099,321  
  50,602  
Vanguard Value ETF
    3,164,648  
            31,065,024  
     
Fixed Income ETFs - 10.0%
       
  1,239  
iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund
    131,458  
  3,555  
iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund
    399,155  
  6,398  
iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund
    689,704  
  1,110  
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund
    134,066  
  3,735  
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
    349,857  
  5,066  
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund
    604,982  
  3,397  
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    405,228  
  17,618  
iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund
    707,364  
  8,576  
SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF
    350,072  
            3,771,886  
     
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (Cost $30,307,898)
    34,836,910  
               
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
     
CORPORATE BONDS - 1.9%
       
     
Health Care and Social Assistance - 0.9%
       
     
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
       
$ 355,000  
8.25%, 6/1/19
    351,450  
     
Manufacturing - 1.0%
       
     
North Atlantic Trading, Inc.
       
  335,000  
11.50%, 7/15/16 (b)
    362,638  
     
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $700,260)
    714,088  
               
Shares
     
Value
 
     
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.6%
       
  961,786  
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio - Class I, 0.12% (a)
    961,786  
     
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $961,786)
    961,786  
               
     
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $32,997,044) - 99.9%
    37,568,972  
     
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%
    27,845  
     
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
  $ 37,596,817  
   
 
ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund
   
(a) Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of January 31, 2013.
   
(b) Security purchased within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt
   
from registration under Rule 144A of the Securites Act of 1933, as amended, and
   
may be sold only to dealers in the program or other "qualified institutional buyers."
   
Strategic Income Management, LLC, the Fund's adviser, has determined that such security is liquid in
   
accordance with the liquidity guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees of Advisors Series Trust.
   
As of January 31, 2013, the value of these investments was $362,638 or 1.0% of net assets.
   
         
 
 
 
 

 
 
SiM Dynamic Allocation Funds
Notes to Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 1 – Securities Valuation

The SiM Dynamic Allocation Funds’ (the “Funds”) investments in securities are carried at their fair value. Equity securities, including common stocks, REITs, and exchange-traded funds, that are primarily traded on a national securities exchange shall be valued at the last sales price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded on the day of valuation or, if there has been no sale price on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Securities primarily traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If the NOCP is not available, such securities shall be valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation, or if there has been no sale on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter securities which are not traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System shall be valued at the most recent sales price.  Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their net asset value per share. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Corporate bonds, including listed issues, are valued at market on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service which utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and formula-based techniques.  The pricing service may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, and fundamental data relating to the issuer.  Most corporate bonds are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Short-term securities having a maturity of 60 days or less are valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value.  To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or if the closing price does not represent fair value, are valued following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (“Board”). These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events.  Fair valuation may also be used for securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, securities for which no or limited trading activity has occurred for a period of time, or securities that are otherwise deemed to be illiquid.  Depending on the relative significance of the valuation inputs, these securities may be classified in either level 2 or level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Board has delegated day-to-day valuation issues to a Valuation Committee which is comprised of one or more trustees and representatives from U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ administrator.  The function of the Valuation Committee is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available.  All actions taken by the Valuation Committee are reviewed and ratified by the Board.

The Funds have adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for majority security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

·
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access.
·
Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
·
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ securities as of January 31, 2013:

 
 
 

 
 
SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income Fund
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Equities
             
  Real Estate Investment Trusts
$1,056,443
 
   $             -
 
      $              -
 
$1,056,443
Exchanged-Traded Funds
             
  Equity
3,952,406
 
-
 
-
 
3,952,406
  Fixed Income
8,471,815
 
-
 
-
 
8,471,815
Total Exchange-Traded Funds
12,424,221
 
-
 
-
 
12,424,221
Corporate Bonds
              -
 
     1,530,488
 
                      -
 
1,530,488
Short-Term Investments
491,683
 
-
 
-
 
491,683
Total Investments in Securities
 
$13,972,347
 
 
   $1,530,488
 
 
      $              -
 
 
$15,502,835

SiM Dynamic Allocation Equity Income Fund
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Equities
             
  Real Estate Investment Trusts
$1,056,188
 
    $             -
 
      $              -
 
$1,056,188
Exchanged-Traded Funds
             
  Equity
31,065,024
 
-
 
-
 
31,065,024
  Fixed Income
3,771,886
 
-
 
-
 
3,771,886
Total Exchange-Traded Funds
34,836,910
 
-
 
-
 
34,836,910
Corporate Bonds
              -
 
        714,088
 
                      -
 
       714,088
Short-Term Investments
961,786
 
-
 
-
 
961,786
Total Investments in Securities
 
$36,854,884
 
 
     $ 714,088
 
 
      $              -
 
 
$37,568,972

Refer to the Funds’ Schedule of Investments for a detailed break-out of securities.  Transfers between levels are recognized at January 31, 2013, the end of the reporting period.  The Funds recognized no transfers to/from Level 1 or Level 2.  There were no Level 3 securities held in the Funds during the period ended January 31, 2013.

Note 2 – Federal Income Taxes

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at January 31, 2013 was as follows*:

SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income Fund

Cost of investments
  $ 14,466,626  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 1,096,499  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (60,290 )
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 1,036,209  
         

SiM Dynamic Allocation Equity Income Fund

Cost of investments
  $ 32,639,421  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 5,020,613  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (91,062 )
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 4,929,551  
         

*Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above tables reflect the tax adjustments outstanding at the Funds’ previous fiscal year end.  For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Funds’ most recent annual or semi-annual report.

 
 
 

 
 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)
The Registrant’s President/Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”)) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(d)).

(b)
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))  that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Item 3. Exhibits.
 
Separate certifications for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).  Filed herewith.
 

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant)  Advisors Series Trust                                                                 

 
By (Signature and Title)*     /s/ Douglas G. Hess                                         
           Douglas G. Hess, President

Date­­          3/13/13                                                                                               



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 (Signature and Title)*     /s/ Douglas G. Hess                                          
Douglas G. Hess, President

Date          3/13/13                                                                                                

 
By (Signature and Title)*      /s/ Cheryl L. King                                             
Cheryl L. King, Treasurer

Date          3/13/13                                                                                               

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.